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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-06-19
THURSDAY. JUNE 10, 1919
Give The Schools Victrolas

The towns OF North Arson and Ath-
ems have had victrolas in their schools
for years and consider them OF great
importance from an educational
standpoint. East Skowhegan had
hustlng teacher, and through her ef-
forts a victrola was purchased for
the school in that part of the town.
Madison has recently installed
school model of this valuable must
cal instrument With the idea of
helping the schools OF Skowhegan to
get Victrola, Professor Towne
brought his band from Madison and
gave splendid concert, the proceeds
to go for this purpose and not enough
money was raised to procure a ma
chine. While the idea was excellent
and we certainly enjoyed the concert,
it would almost seem unnecessary to
give entertainments In order to raise
money for the purchase of Victrolas
or anything else that will aid or ad-
vance the education OF our children.
While 1t is both proper and highly
commendable for citizen to donate
money for school purposes, 1t Is the
proyjnce OF the School Board to see
that the schools are provided with
the proper working tools. Too little
attention has been given to school
matters in the past We are prone
to consider the education of our chill
dren matter of routine, when in fact,
1t is the most important of all lifes
problems The whole social, econo-
mic and business future of America
depends upon the education and de
velopment of the growing generation.
IT would then follow that our schools
must be our first consideration. We
must get out of the old ruts and ad-
vance with the times If Victrolas
will aid in educational work, and they
need
A commendable step by the School
Board is the raising of the salaries
of the teachers Too long, Maine
has been the training school for
teachers and the rest of New England
has received the benefit. 1t Is a
business proposition, pure and simple,
to get the best, and pay the price.
The cost in dollars and cents is not
to be considered In the education and
development of children.
AS a town we were unitedly behind
every movement that tended to bring
the past war to a successful end In
school matters, which are of the
greatest and gravest Importance, we
should be equally patriotic Get in
closer touch with the schools; stand
behind the teachers; insist upon the
best for the children and from them;
above all, do little missionary work
at home and know what the boys and
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-06-19

PUBLIC TRUCKING. PIANOS
and Furniture Moving a special
ty. Out of town work also
handled. New England Tele-
phone 6-14, Skowhegan, Edward
Tague 4W23.
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WIDELY KNOWN HOTEL PROP
ERTY, Seboomook House, northern ex-
tremity Of Moosehead Lake for sale.
Splendid patronage from fishermen,
sportsmen. and timber land proprietors.
Circular giving fun particulars, on APP
plication. F. l.. GIBSON, Administra-
tor, Bingham. tf25
SEVERAL GOOD TRADES IN SEC
OND hand oil stoves; also nice line of
new stoves to select from. Wicks and
ond hand cook stove with pipe. Drop
me a postal. j. H. Murray, East
Front St, Skowhegan. tf25
TWELVE BRACKETS FOR SALE
Suitable for the construction of tenn
porary or permanent shelving. These
are IA" long. Ten of them 912" high
two Of them G" high. These are of
ash. nicely finished and substantially
made. INSTRUMENTATION Co. tf25
IRON SINK FOR SALE O. a"x22"
Would cost $500, will sell for $3.50.
independent Reporter Co. tf25
ABOUT I5' SECOND HAND GAL
VANIZED sheet iron for sale. one yard
wide. Three dollars for the lot. In
dependent Reporter Co. tf25
ABOUT 70 TWO INCH GALVANIZED
sheet iron piping for sale. One dollar
for the lot independents Reporter
co. ties
TEN. TWELVE QUART GALVANIZ-
ED iron kettles for sale al one dollar
each. These were used to bake the
beans. Welcome Home Day, and are
now offered at half price. r. T. Pat
ten for Welcome Home Committee. tf25
NICE FIVE YEAR OLD HORSE
1900 lbs. for sale. q. S. Benson. No.
8, Jewett st, Skowhegan. 1w25'
HoUsEKEEPER WANTED. FAMILY
of one on small farm. No hired help
and no butter to make. Good easy
place. permanent job. George W
Batchelder, New Sharon. fw25'
SMALL. FARM FOR SALE, TWO
miles from New sharon Village on
Belgrade Augusta road. Good build
ings. Well water in house good gar
den, some pine and wood, nice orchard,
plenty OF blueberries Crops go with
for village property. Price 5000 If
taken at once. SW2o
BROWN ASH BOARDS THORoUGH-
LY dry for sale. about 1000 feet also
il few Eastwood boards, we'll sea
soned. II. T. Patten tf25
FIVE Tons OF GOOD LOOSE HAY
for sale. Mrs. Isaac HolwaY, Scion,
X. +. -. ,. Farmers Tel, Scion 5-l4.
IVES
SQUARE-EDGED PINE AND FIR
boards for sale; good quality: small
Works New England Telephone 6-i
ties
TWO MEN. BORN FARMERS, WITH
pair of 1000 pound horses, moving
machine and hayrack, want haying job
by the day or contract. W. 5. Banks.
II. +. d. 7, Skowhegan. lw25s
TWO or THREE ROOMS FOR
light housekeeping wanted, or "A small
rent, preferably not too distant from
Somerset Shoe Factory. Mrs. Leslie
f. Martin. Skowhegan. n. f.. Tel $50.
ties
WANT TO HIRE A FEW GOOD
sized tents State what you have and
terms in first letter. f. w Spauldng
Norridgewock 2w25
COOK STOVE FOR SALE At BAR
GAIN. May be seen at l0l Madison
avenue, over Marble Shop, SkowheEan.
2w25"
WE WANT TO BUE STANDING
grass that can be cut with machine
Preble e Robinson, Bingham. Both
Telephones. 3w25
TWO MEN WANTED TO WORK ON
Ford cars. Must understand Fords
thoroughly. Leon H. Witham, Court
St 2w25*
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The part OF THE Brat will be as
sumed at Lakewood by the new lead
ing lady Miss Zania Curzon. Per-
formances every evening at $40 at
the usual popular prices on both cars
and at the theatre.
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Announcements for schools, church
es, Libraries, fraternities, and other
public institutions, published free, If
copy is received Monday noon or
90 rlipr
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pendent Reporter.
Butter Paper

We have been specialists for years
in butter paper work. Our Job de-
partment uses a very high grade pa
ner and an ink that moisture will not
change. The price schedule Is as fol-
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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
INVITING CRISP TO
COME AND SPEAK
CONGRESSMAN GETS CALL FROM
LOCAL BOARD OF TRADE FOR
VISIT

Congressman Charles r. Crisp has
been invited to come here within the
course of the next month to lend as
distance in creating sentiment in
favor Of permanent roads. He will de-
liver in address in the afternoon to
the voters Ut Crisp, if plans are car
ried out as discussed in the monthly
meeting of the board of trade direc-
tors yesterday afternoon, and at
night he will be in a trade board
rally which will be rendered the bust
ness men of the community in the
form of a banquet. To this the mem
bers of the trade board will be in
yited and such other business men
and farmers as can be provided for on
this occasion.
Congressman Crisp has been mott
fled by Secretary Bussey and as soon
as word can be had from him the
trade board directors will fix date
for his coming. The body expects to
use Congressman Crisp in the good
roads bond campaign to the very
best advantage. He is a great good
RAIDS enthusiast and helped to Sc
cure the tremendously large federal
fund for assisting in getting paved
roads all over the country.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
Monroe Doctrine Exempted

Paris, April 12.-With the single
exception of the amendment secpifi-
cally excepting the Monroe Doctrine
from being affected by the covenant
no vital change was made by the
League of Nations commission in that
document in its meetings Thursday
and Friday nights. Last nights meet
ing marked the conclusion OF the CON
sideration OF the covenant
Last nights discussion lasted four
hours, President Wilson attending the
session.
No date is set for the plenary SEES
sion of the peace conference to con
slider the covenant.
AS the commission left 1t the cove
nant did not include any section
granting Japan's request for the
recognition of racial equality, neither
was the section introduced covering
the request of France for an, Internal
ional military general staff. AS it
now stands the covenant contains
twenty-siX sections.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
BRITISH COMPLAIN
| OF AMERICAN TRADE
WATCHING ACTIVITIES OF THIS
COUNTRY ABROAD.

Washington, April 12.-British resi-
dents abroad have bombarded their
home government with complaints of
the activity of American business men
throughout the world, advices to of
ficials of the State Department de-
clare. Notes of the complaints also
have appeared in the London papers
Ogicial advices report the necessity
for action is particularly realized in
the Lancashire cotton district in re.
gard to trade wit hthe Orient A
deputation from the Manchester cham.
Der of commerce has proposed that a
commercial mission be sent at once
to China and ased the government to
pay the expenses of the mission
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
WILL COOPERATE WITH
POTATO AND TOBACCO MEN

Directors of the trade body in Cor
dele yesterday afternoon evinced
their keen interest in the potato dry
ing plant which Mr.. R. D. Minis is
organizing and also in the efforts OF
J. D. Ryals to secure stc'
house Accommodations here. Both these
things are badly needed, the board
thought, and they have been engaged
already in lending assistance.
They will keep behind this move.
ment and promise to lend a hand
where word can be done that will
prove worth something. Mr. NJ A,
Pridgen who heads this department
of the work of the trade body is doing
some effective work to secure both en-
terprises.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13

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1oto LIo bo. cousontad +o s.,,,o
Ordi,.r,, w D E,o,ri,u !, coorotory
He was elected this morning County
demonstration Aren't II M Turner
vac namad as director IN succead
tho former a.eent Mr. + Johnson
Other officers are Judge O ~ Cow
az, vira nrasideut and T. vinsnn
treasurer
The hoard of directors will he as
follows. I & Williams Mobiles
ID w Spires A / CIarv w A Tuck
and I I Rowland representing the
farming and live stock interests of
the various sections OF the county
and }. NJ. Dltlee, j. K, Kelley, thas
e. Greer, THOMAS NlSbet, }. ). Shep'
pard. {. ). Jones. ii M. Turner and
{. e. Brown Will serve as C0rdele
business men.
Miss Lou Hamilton was given
authority to proceed with the full and
complete organization of the woman's
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
WIRE BOARD MAKES
RATE SHOWING
GIVES REASONS FOR INCREASED
WIRE CHARGES.

Washington, April 12.-In making
available today the figures upon
which it based it's recent increase in
telegraph rates, the wire control
board directs attention to the fact
that while the increase in the price
of products and service of various in.
dustrial and mercantile corporations
have increased a hundred percent,
telegraph service has been rendered
at pre-war prices throughout the pc
riod when industrial business profits
were unprecedented.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
BRITISH PLANES
HURRY TO START
RIVAL CAMPS GETTING READY TO
CROSS ATLANTIC.

St Johns, April 12.-With two air
planes on the ground and two rival
camps of British aviation experts hur-
rying to put their machines in per-
feet working condition, preparations
for the transatlantic flight took on
the appearance of real race today.
The Sopwith plane is considered
virtually ready for a start, officers in
charge of the Martinsyde plane hoped
to be ready for a trial flight in few
days.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
SOLDIERS READ
Dol LEAFLETS
QUESTION PUT TO OFFICER
SAME AS THAT ADVISED.

Washington April 12.-Company
OF the Three Hundred and Thirty,
Ninth infantry was identified today
by Gen. March as the unit which re-
Gently refused to return to the front
line trenches in the Archangel sec
tor until induced to do so after u
speech of the regimental commander
A supplementary report said it was
worthy of note that the question put
by the men to the officers Wen
identical with the question which the
Bolsheviki propaganda advised that
they put to them
The Department has not yet recely-
ed copies of the BolSheVIk leaflets
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
GOVERNMENT HAS
GERMAN NITROGEN
PROPOSES SYNDICATE AND WILL
MAKE GOOD BY LAW.

Berlin, (Friday. Associated Press.)
"A syndicate of all the German nitro
gen plants has beententatively organ
lied under the direction of the min
istry Of finance. The government,
which will invest heavily in this war
born industry, having secured the
controlling interest, now proposes to
validate the syndicate by legislation
and to submit the contract with the
consumers to the national assembly
for ratification
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
DEBS WILL NOT
FURTHER RESIST
COURT SENTENCE
WILL GO TO WEST VIRGINIA
FEDERAL PRISON
MANDATE RECEIVED
Debs Says viii Make No
Further Effort To Delay Car
rying Ont OF Sentence.

Cleveland, April 12.-The United
States supreme court mandate order
ing Eugene Debs. socialist leader, to
be taken to the MoundsVille, West
Virginia federal prison to begin a ten
year sentence for violation of the es-
pionage act was received by District
Attorney Wertz this morning.
When notified by telephone at his
Terre Haute, Ind, home Debs prOmis-
ed to deliver himself here and said
he would make no further effort to
delay the carrying out of the SEN
tence.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
ENEMY TONNAGE
WILL Be DIVIDED
SHIPS WILL GO TO THOSE MOST
CAPABLE OF USING.

Paris, (Friday.) 1.-The supreme eco
nomic council has announced an
agreement between the associated
governments providing that enemy
tonnage both acquired before and
since the armistice will be divided
among these governments according
to their ability to bring ships into
speedy use and in the case of pas
senger ships, according to their rela-
tive needs. This arrangement will
not prejudice the ultimate dispo-
sition of ships under the terms OF
the treaty of peace.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
LEAGUE TEXT IS
NOW READY TO Be.
GIVEN TO WORLD.
NO CHANGE EXCEPT EOR MON
ROE DOCTRINE
JAPS LOSE RACE FIGHT
French Lose Military Police
Feature-COUendnt Contains
rs Sections At Present..

Paris. April 12.-The text of the
League of Nations covenant will be
made public in few days, says the
official announcement of the League
of Nations commission regarding last
nights session except for the tech
meal tasg of bringing the French and
English text to accord, the covenant
is ready for the plenary session OF
the peace conference the announc-
ment stated.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
AMERICAN ARMY
DROPS TO BELOW
TWO MILLIONS
HELD EIGHTY THREE MILES OF
BATTLE FRONT
Fl PERCENT ENTIRE line
Rehabilitation Has Reached
Large Figure And American
Army Is DlUindLing.

Washington, April 12.-Demobiliza,
ton mas reduced the total strength
of the American army below two mil
lion reports to April eighth, as an.
nounced by Gen. March showing the
aggregate strength on that date as
a million, nine hundred and eighty
thousand five hundred and six.
The American army in France, oil
the day the armistice was signed
held eighty-three and four-tenths
miles of the battle front, or twenty,
one percent of the entire linc.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
SOLDIER WANTS
TO BE- GOVERNOR
FIRST ENTRY OF THIS ELEMENT
IN KENTUCKY.

Louisville, April 12.-The soldier
element came to the front in Ken
lucky politics today when Col. II. II.
Dpnhardt of Bow ling Green, announc.
ed his candidacy for governor on the
democratic ticket He commanded
the Three Hundred and Nineteenth
field artillery and saw service i'll the
St MihieI and Argonne drives.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
GRAVE REPORTS
TYPHUS SPREAD
RED CROSS HAS FEARS OF RAPID
SPREAD.

Cannes, Friday)-Grave fears
relative to the progress of typhus few
er in eastern Poland, Russia, Serbia
and Macedonia have been received
by the Red Cross conference here
from agents of those countries. The
reports gave the experts the impress
sion that the situation is even more
serious than was stated in the mes
sages but that proper measures
would prevent the sprad to Italy,
France, England and America.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
WILL, CONTINUE WORK ON
Is BIG STEEL SHIPS

Seattle. April 12.-Contracts for
twenty-five steel ships to be construct
ed bv the Skinner-Eddy Corporation
here fol the Emergency Fleet Corpo-
ration and recently suspended, are to
be reinstalled, according to Washing
ton advices received today.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
STRIKING MINERS ORDERED
TO RETURN TO WORK

Indianapolis, April 12.-Orders
were sent out yesterday from head
quarters of the United Mine Workers
of America, directing that twelve hun,
dred striking miners in Michigan re-
sumo work, pending adjudication of
theid differences with the operators
it was announced last night
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
BRIGHT START
IS MADE FOR 1919
FAIR FOR CRISP
PREMIUM LIST READY WITHIN
WEEK TIME
FULL BOARD DIRECTORS
!
LiUeLy Meeting Held Saturday
In Initial Move For Big Shoe
In CoTdele.

The 1919 county fair is launched!
1t promises to be much large Ter fair
than ever this county held, for at
the start Saturday there was IA mani
festation of interest not heretofore
apparent in such meeting. A large
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
NO FOOD PERMITTED
TO GO TO BAVARIA

Berlin, April ~. (Associated
Press).-A dispatch from Bam-
berg to the N0Zziche Zeitung
says the German government
has announced the Entente
powers have informed it tina;
Bavaria is not to be included in
the concIrsion Of peace and
that measures are to be taken
to prevent any Entente food
stuff from reaching Bavaria.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
JAPS STARTED
SEOUL MASSACRE

San Francisco, April IL
The Japanese began what is de-
scribed as "a massacre" in 40
rea at Seoul during the demon
strations of March %, according
to calblegram received by the
Korean National Association
from a native Christian pastor.
The message said several thou
sand have been killed since the
tWenty-seventh.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
CALL GERMANS
TO PEACE MEET
WITHIN A WEEK
ENEMY HAS Is PERSONS CHOS=
EN- FOR TASK =
COUNCIL OF FOUR FINISH
Only Boundary Questions Left
To Decide Monday And Then
Enemy Delegates Come.

Paris. April 12.-The Council of
Four of the peace conference ex-
poets to finish it's examination of the
boundary questions in dispute on Mon
day next and summon the German
delegates to Versailles in the course
of the next week, according to the
LIE Journal today
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13
Germans Chosen

Berlin, (Friday.) 1.-The German nat
ional assembly has established com
mittee of twenty eight members which
will be charged with the duty of car
rying on the peace negotiations.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13

Everybody ought to patronize the
Swimming Pool for Cordele certainly
needed one, all the otheG towns sur
rounding Cordele has one 4-S-2Ot.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13

Invite others and watch your Sun
day School grOWl
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-13

You smack your lips
over it, because you
like it's taste, it's
qualities, it's genuine
qualification. 1t salts
fies thirst.
Nobody has ever been
able to successfully
initiate it, because
it's quality is indelibly
registered in the taste
of the American pub
lie.
Demand the genuine
by. full name-nick-
names encourage SUBJ
stitution. q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
BIGGEST DIRIGIBLE
 MAKES FIRST LEG ~> WITHOUT MISHAP
Flyers, on Way to Key West, Land at Hampton Roads, in Good
 Shape
By Associated Press

Norfolk. Va, January 12.-C-l, the navy's biggest drigible, on a 159o-mile flight from Rockaway Beack to Key West, Fla, landed at the Hampton Roads naval base this afternoon at 4:l5 0, klock, successfully completing the first leg of. the long air flight down the At lantic coast. The trip was made without unusual incident, and thousands Wit messed the arrival of the ship from van tage points at old Point Comfort and Wilioughby Beach. The big gas bag was in charge of Capt. c. V. Parker of the naval air station at Rockaway Beach, and carried crew of six men, the ma jority of whom were officers.
 Except that the men suffered ltue from the cold wind while passing over bodies of water, they had little to tell regarding the trip. The C-1 it was ex- pfained left Rockaway Beach at am. this m6rnrg and, made the trip to the
 first stop ir, just seven hours, 15 minutes of the time being credited to finding the designated landing place.
 Tonight Captain Parker and his crew are the e0ests of the officers of the avia- ton .leld at the naval base and expect tt resume the flight south at o'clock tomorrow morning, the weather permit ting They expect to reach Brunswick sometime tomorrow afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
RED FLAG FLOATS
 FROM HOUSE WHERE
 CRAWLEY GANG HIDE
Soldiers From Camp Gordon Start Out to Round Up Men Who
 Killed Federal Official
Pv Associated Pfess

Blairsvlle, Ga, January 12.-The unit of picked soldiers sent from Camp Cor don under command of Col. Herman Glade, to round up George CrawIey and other alleged deserters believed to re hiding in the Blue Ridge mountains. re- ported here today. The men will start tomorrow morning at daybreak for the stronghold of the Crawley gang, waich is said to have been reinforced and pre- pared to put up stubborn resistance.
 United States Marshal Howard Thomp- son will arrive here tomorrow from At lanta to join the party of federal offi- cers aiding the troops in the search.
 Natives of this county have adV1sed Colonel Glade that the Crawley home situated at the foot of Coosa mountain, is flying red flag and that four relatives of Crawley have joined with the men bringing the entire force in the barrl- caded house up to eight men and three women. At their head is said to be Rose Crawley, sister of George, who IS alleged to have loaded the gun while the brothers kept up running fight with the revenue officers, which resulted in the fatal wounding of Deputy Marshal Dixon last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
Coal Export Trade to Be
 Handled by New Body
By Associated Press

Washington, January 12-Organiza- tion under the Web b-Pomerene law of an export coal association as a medium through which the country's foreign trade in bituminous coal may be han dled, was recommended by the foreign trade committee of the National Coal association in a report made public to- day.
 Leading bituminous coal exporters, it was said, will meet at New York within a week or 10 days to consider the report and decide upon a course of action.
 Officials of the fuel administration who have investigated conditions in Europe have reported that there is an acute shortage of coal in most of the countries there and that America will be called upon to furnish a large amount of the needed tonnage if shipping is made available.