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The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
Mrs. l.. j. Stevens Died Yesterday

Mrs. L. j. Stevens. a former resi-
dent of this place. d.ed in Cambridge
Mass, Yesterday. The remains will
be broasht here for interment. \
prlel service will occur at the grave,
-s2t2s9'}ss' is.11i-iiiiii1i115 ms al i8 u. III IL
which friends are invited Mr. Me
ElhineA viii ottioiates.
Afs Stevens was, born in Randolph.
Me. Mafeh 25, 1922 but after her
marriage to the late DR. Horace Ste
sens she made Skowhegan her home
until about 1882, when she removed
10 Gambr dye, Mass. That city con-
tinued to be her home. but with Il
warm. spot in her heart for Skowhe
gan and its people, she was often
among us, the same interested worker
for all things gooA as. of old. Since
the purchase Of a 'eGuptry. PLACE he re
by her son, DR. !: E. Horace. Stevens,
the deceased has passed her summers
at that delightful rural s10cation near
tha Middle Road3 and, her kindly hos
pitality on all 'Ncdasiags; i bestowed
with such winsome grace.. WILL long
be remembered. -, %.k;s9
The deceased was the mothareof' five
children, four sons and one.sdAA&etar
MSS Luella B. Stevens, who haBAsen
her mothers constant comnaniGn and
the son previously mentioned, who is
one of Cambridgde's prominent physi-
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
VILLAGE IS SWEPT BY
FIRE
North New Portland Nearly Destroyed
By Fire

Monday afternoon at little after
, o'clock. fire broke out in the old
Bert Hutchins Blacksmith shop. in
North New Portland village and be-
fore il could be checked. had destroy
ed a large part of the village. 1t is
thought that a spark or piece of hot
iron flew into some hay which was in
the blacksmith shop and caused the
fire. Famed by high wind the fire
swiftly spread to the neighboring
bu dings and was soon beyond con
troll An attempt was made to check
the fire by blowing up the Grammar
School building with dynamite. This
Was partially successful as five sets
of buildings were saved above the
sehoolhonse. At this point the fire
crossed fbe STREET ap6 eanJjnUed its
march Il VAS only through the aid
Of The surrounding towns. who has
tened Ii the rescue and fought with
chemicals and water, that any part of
the village was saved
On the de of the street where the
ire started. the following buildings
were destroyed Dwelling houses of
Harris Richardson and Dir. Hutehins; j;
The Mollie Viles house, Ross Knapp
Residence. the homes of. DR.. Pratt.
Bertha Hutchins. s. Norton, Earl
'Fehlason and Frank Norton, the Clark
stable and the Grahimar School build
ing On the other side of the street,
the dwelling house of John Abbott,
Walker Hall. the Henderson barber
shop and home, the dwellings Of Ward
'Runker, Charles Lfshness and Charles
Harris were. destroyed. There Were
several very SEX epeople.:in the path
of the flames who were removed on
their beds. Mrs Burpee 'Hutchlns
with a baby girl one and one-half
days old We're among this number
This is the second serious contiag-
ration that this pretty lfttle village
has suffered, the first one being in
1891 when the greater part of the
town was destroyed OF the build
ings that were left then, there are
now standing the postotlee, drug
store, Kimball building and the Romeo
place.
The loss Is estimated around $40,
900.
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
EUGENE MOORE DROPS
DEAD SUNDAY
Was Among Crowd witnessing Whip
pet Tank Demonstration

o Eugene A. Moore of kennebec
street, dropped dead near the city
building last Sunday while watching
the demonstration of the Whippet
tanks on Mt Pleasant avenue, near
the residence of ]. H. Williams. The
cause of his death Is believed to have
been heart trouble Mr Moore was
seventyone years of age. His pa
rents were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Moore, both natives of Sidney. The
deceased was born in Canaan and
came here about % years ago, and for
a number of years has followed the
occupation of a nursery stock sales
man
Mr. Moore was twice married, his
first wife being Miss Sarah Burrill.
He took as his second wife Miss Clara
T. Burrll OF the first union there is
one daughter surviving Mrs. Maud
Weymouth of Fairfield Mr.. Moore
is survived by his wife and daughter
already mentioned. He was mem
Der of the Masonic Order.
The funeral services were held yes
terday at one o'clock and were con
Quoted by Rev. George Merriam of the
Bethany Baptist church. The re
mains were taken to Canaan for
burial in the family lot
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01

clans, being the only surviving mem
bers of her former household Mrs
Stevens, however. in place of her de
ceased children. brought up and edu
Gated three young people, and thai
she was successful In these materna
undertakings would be inferred from
the fact that one of them became d
minister, one ira ned nurse, and one
a successful business man in Boston
She is survived also by three grand
sons. one great grandson and one
great granddaughter.
Over half a century ago Mrs. Ste
yens studied medicine in Boston and
her skill and knowledge of medical
science has aided many in times Of i'll
ness Three of her brothers We're
physicians and three generation OF
her own family followed the same
profession, namely her husband. her
son and her grandson, the latter be-
ing Dr. Horace p. Stevens OF Cam
bridge.
During the months of her absence
from Skowhegan the deceased Was al
ways in close touch with its people,
its municipal and religious AFFAIRS,
She was a member of the w. C. I. L.
and was a staunch Congrega
loyal to her church in word and deed.
Her rel gion was of the helpful kind
and with genuine charitableness to a
fault, she had been unsparng IN her
energies to make the world brighter
and happier one in which to dwell.
Thus 1t has been with this sweet and
generous woman, admired and rever-
ed by all who knew her Such lie
may be summed up as containing the
best qualities of human existence
steadfastness, honesty and knowledge
of the true value of things.
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
Benefit Entertainment Next Saturday
Evening

@ Skowhegan people should remem-
Der the benefit concert at Grange
Hall, Saturday evening. Ihls IS CIV
en- by one hundred boys and girls Sc
lected from the Skowhegan schools In
conjunction with the Madison Psblic
School Band. The affair Is being
promoted under the management OF
Elmer E. Towne, instructor in music
for Madison and Skowhegan. The
admission is 35c. There Is to be a
dance after the concert until 1l.30
with music by the boys band OF 45
pieces.
The proceeds will be used in pur-
chasing educational monographs for
the schools.
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
June ; lis the Date for the Home VEL
come Celebration

The executive committee having in
charge the Welcome Home celebra-
ton held its second meeting at the
Nun eipal Building Friday evening
One of the most important decisions
Of the committee was the fixing of
The date which will be Thursday
June s. Two additional committees
were appointed and several names
added to the committees which had
dlready been selected.
The complete organization as Civ
IN out by the executive officers IS
as follows
Grounds and Transportation--Dr.
o. ]. Caza chairman; Joseph Dulac,
Carroll Goodwin, E. T. Goodrich,
yerna Abbey, Airline Burnor.
Finance-F. w. Bucknam, chair
man; A. r. Jewett, w. p Ordway, e.
P Whiting, Albert Libby, Walter
Hight, S. " Bisson, L. G. Trafton,
G. e. Avore, Michael Boulette.
Parade-George Plummer, George
Tobey, Mrs. Wallace J. Lashon, Fred
C. Dunlap, Robert B. Cole, Mrs. Helen
l.. Pulsifer
Entertainment-Fr K. Madden,
W II. Cummings. John jenkins, Will
Demo, Gus Pooler, Edith Steward,
Fedora Lessor
Refreshments-R T. Patten, Mrs.
Louis Dow, Robert Simpson, Willard
] Croteau, Mrs. Annie p. Hackett
Moving Picture Entertainment
George Moore, John Provencal, Miss
Fedora Lewia, Eldon II. Boyd, Frank
f Lessor, Blanche Jewett.
Music-L. H. Goldsmith. Harry
Murray, G. II. Mckinney, Julian Con
roy, Clara Libby. Della Carriveau.
ecorations-George L. H. Smith.
Edward lies, Rev. J. L. A Renaud,
Allie Lewia, Miss Ruth Greenwood,
Miss Mildred Beale
Publicity committee-Carlton NJ.
Holt, Clarence Mantor, Mrs. Vivian
Woodbury., Thomas Laney, Miss Mar
garet Chase.
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
MEETING OF THE WATER SUPPLY
INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE
Work 10 Commence II Once

y The first meeting of the Water
Supply Investigation Committee for
the town of Skowhegan, consisting of
Fred F Lawrence, Esq, r. T. Patten,
byron Perkins. Adelbert Porter and
Everett 7 Goodrich. was held at the
once OF Mr. Lawrence. Saturday af-
ternoon, April 10. Fred F. Lawrence
was chosen chairman and r. T. Pat
ten secretary 1t Was voted that the
CHAIRMAN write Walter Sawyer of Au-
burn an engineer and request him to
come here for "A conference 1t was
also voted that the secretary write B.
F. Smith X Co of Boston for the
same purpose.
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01

Nayhower descendant. :. The Oldest
on Corp. Francs A is just back
from Il months service in France
With the 327th. Infantry and was
wounded in the. Argonne drive He
has gone to Hartford, Conn. to Resume
his former position with the Hartford
Rubber Works. One daughter, Mar
ietta S. employed in clerical 'aw6rk
With the Carroll Jellison Shoe Com
pany of Norway, will come here in
about two weeks. The, yaapgest son.
Thomas. has entered the skowhegan
public schools. Mr. Nichols has
been very successful in HIS different
pastorates and during the war was
chairman of the Oxford County Red
ross Chapter.
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01

n,a.t.r Of hi l.sra
an anu at .EseA7e1s Interested IN
Their part oyer taere. We know
there was n weakness II their fight
ine abjlfty .r9 e,.., .p.z.....L D.. Al,
a'' NJ" 't9 s29 seed 5f24s d. 1aeffe.
. We are proud q them
don't suppose y8. lH.=U ,hat whom
1oa asked e.4 -. .....s .-a,,- nanor
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automatic rire Fas fNa latter wea-
PeAS OF "2r ~. = ea.5r-s. new TO
u. and mHzt 44Is' -. = t.'st
most of Us felt rataer funny with
I've hand-grenade n our hands which
We had about five seconds 70 throw.
then take cover. OF course there
were times later Whe0 we felt much
lunnler.
inns sort OF training ended FEB. 5tn
and on the 9th We entrained for the
front. under the direction OF the
French. This part of the front. the
GheYier de Danier Sector, was very
quiet one, as we found out later but
at that time II was plenty lively
enough for us The French did not
want US TO do anything unless we
were attacked. but all the boys were
ANXIOUS To get crack at the Boone,
and II was pretty hard holding them
back.
Along toward the last OF March we
were relieved by the French, but this
by no means meant rest for us. for
we went directly 10 the La Reive sec
tor, near Tonl, to relieve the first
division. Here The Boche were much
NOR ae.iNe. anu y =. ti'ai; No.
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
SKOWHEGAN NAN IN
TROUBLE
John Groa u Ill fse y rio4, eren,e

John Eroau 4 L! f1s y. riei> efen>n
luhn brown. Who has been work
INK Oh the fdrm of Mr. Stanley Nay
of thi- town. was arrested Monday on
warrant ehar@ing assault upon the
person al q l. .a24as old girl baby.
/ Names mol mentioned by request of
parents brown Was given hear
ing before Judge Brazzell in the Mu-
nicipal Court room, Tuesday after
noon County Attorney Merrill call
ed as witnesses the parents of the
child, Drs Dascombe and Richardson
and Roy p Nay The mother testi-
fed that she had been working at Mr.
Nays for the past four weeks, her
husband being Al Camp Deyens. Sat
urday, April 70. the day OF the alleged
assault she had taken her baby out
to the stable and left her playing. A
little later, Brown came in with the
child and said that she was crying
and asked the mother if she did not
wish him to take the baby out for
awhile Receiving her consent. he
went out with the child and came
back aga in Is or % minutes. The
mother noticed that her baby had
been crying very hard and also look
ed different than usual and her sus-
picions were at once aroused She
examined the child at once finding
blood and other evidence OF assault
and that she was unable to stand for
Il long time. The mother testified
that the condition of the child had
been normal an hour previous "a fhe
alleged assault.
Both physicians testified th5f thy
had exam ned the little girl am hit
her appearance showed that she
might have been tampered WITH.
Brown. called by the defense. testl-
fled that he had taken the child on
to see the horses, but that she had
cried so hard he brought her directly
in He denied emphatically that he
had injured the baby in any manner.
Mrs Hamilton, who IS also stop
ping at Mr. Nays, testified that she
had been shown the condition OF the
child and had advised the mother not
to say anything until sAe had con
suited physician
Roy Nay, the son of Stanley Nay
testified that he had been called il
from the barn to notice the condition
OF the baby and had advised the moth
er not to accuse Brown until she had
seen a doctor. On cross examtna
ton, Nay was asked II he had told
Sheriff Mooers that Brown had told
him Nay that he had been famil ar
with girls under Il years of age. Nay
answered No.
Sheriff Mooers was called and told
of the conversation with young Nav
which was contrary to his testimony.
Judge BrazZell found probable
cause and Brown was bound over in
the sum OF $1,000 for appearance be-
fore the Grand Jury in September
County Attorney Merrill appeared
for the State and II j. Phillips for
the respondent
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
OUR OWN BOYS IN The
WAR
Brooks Savage Tells IN Interesting
story ii His Experience

" aafe asked seyeraI q cur boys
- giee az an account u heir ex-
perenee II M Gra4t War and in
nearly eyery case. i has been given
in thor e@n word Brooks claims
d week.-Mrs. IL III art Of story writ
ing. l. Is not necessary for any Of
the boys 10 apologize for a small
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
METHODIST PASTOR OC-
CUP|ES PULPIT
NeM Pastor breaches First Sermon
TO His People

Key. Herbert L. Nichols. the new
Methodist pastor, occupied the pulpit
for the first time Sunday morning
He was accompanied to Skowhegan
6v his wife and youngest SON Mrs.
Nichols was formerly Miss Annie W.
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
E>t tPED ITALIAN tPTTREn
Given Hearing Wcdne>da, Afternoo

Given Hearing Wedne>da, Afternoon
Sylvester Sassa. mn Italian. who a.
saulted Mrs Ellie G Emery Of Madi-
son list Monday morning was given
Il hearing before Jadse Brazzen II
= meaieiaal court room Yesterday
afternoon The drst witness on the
stand WIS Mrs Emery. wife of Ernest
Emery Of Madison She testified
that she had known Mr Sasso for the
past five rears and had been friendly
With him pp Ia 'he present tim
About &ear ago her husband re
quested that AIr. Sasso keep away
from his residence entirely. because
complaints We're given to him by his
wife that Sasso had threatened to kill
her and Mr. Emery. She stated that
on Monday morning. last. she was
alone in the house and Mr.. Sasso
came in and not long after. an argu-
ment followed between them and he
struck her two or three times The
third time, she fell on the couch be-
ing dazed for a moment and then got
up and asked him to let her speak TO
him. He. went away from her quite
a distance and she proceeded out of
doors screeching in a very hysterical
manner II was alleged that Sasso
escaped into some nearby woods
The next witness on the stand was
Fred Bushey of Madison, who lives
near the Emery family He stated
that he was in his door yard chopping
wood when he heard the screams Of
some woman and he immediatly went
out into the street and saw Mrs
Emery fall He At once picked her
up and her face WIS severely bruised
and bleeding MIR Bushey remarked
that he had never happened Ia see
Mr. Sasso entering the Emery house
nut had seen him walking about fhe
place several times
Ernest Y Emery who is thu hns-
band of the assaulted woman Vas
hen called to the stand He said
ne was away when the assault WAS
made. He stated that he had warned
Mr. Sasso to keep away from his
house. about a year ago. and that he
had an occasion TO call Frank L
Harding to arrest Mr. Sasso for
carrying a dangerous weapon and
walking around the Emery household
81 frequently. This was a year ago
last spring, and that time he said that
Sasso threatened to kill M and his
wife. Following this testimony, Mrs
Emma Wilson "a neighbor, was Ques-
toned. In her statement she said
that she was hanging out her clothes
when she heard woman screaming
She called her husband who was sit
tine on the piazza. Mrs. Wilson went
down to the street where Mrs Emery
had fallen and she testified that her
face was badly injured and that Mrs
Emery remarked that Sasso had tried
to Il her
The next witness was George a
Emery. son Of MIR. and Mrs. Emery
His testimony was practically the
same as the others. with reference
to threats to kill his mother.
The Judge found probable cause
and Sasso was bound over to the
grand jury in the sum of $500 and
also TO furnish bonds in the sum OF
$500 to keep the peace for one year
Al late hour Yesterday Sasso. had
rot secured the required sureties At
torrnv W p Brown represented the
respondent and County Attorney F. +
Merrill appeared for the complainant.
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
Notice

A play Murder Will Out" with a
dance following will be given next
Friday night, May 2, at Solon Grange
Hall, under the auspices OF Bingham
Grange Everyone Is cordially inyit-
cd TO attend
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
Who Sent the Postage Stamps

In our mail of Saturday, April 26th
we received a letter post marked
Solon, conta ming SAC in stamps, un-
der circumstances that would indi-
cate that it was intended to apply on
subscription account There was
nothing with the remittance to indi-
cate by whom 1t was sent VIII the
sender write to identify this rem. t.
lance.
DENT-REPORTER co.
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. co

Fred F. Lawrence, Esq left yester-
day morning for Orono to give his
weekly lectures to the law students
Of L. of M. and on his return home
Will stop n Augusta to visit at the
nome OF Mrs. F. T. Brainerd, Mrs.
Lawrence will join him In that city
and both will arrive home Sunday.
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01

Piseateauis Observer, Dexter Gaz-
ette, edison Bulletin and Pittsfield
aoVoT or, for sale at Sampson &
Avore
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01

Two seyen-room tenementi recent
ly re-f1tted Now ready for oocu-
pancy. K. N. Merrill. 1w18
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-01

Dance at Town Hall, Norridgewock,
every Thursday evening, all summer
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-28
Volunteering in Kansas.

TOPEKA, Kans., Nov. os.-Kansas to-
day has undertaken enrolment of volun-
teers to dig coal and, according to state
officials, to see that the appeal of Gov
ernor Allen was being readily answered
The governor estimated about 100 men
had been accepted at the recruiting of
fees established in the mining district
From Lawrence came word that stu
dents of the university of Kansas hat
made arrangements to enroll and tina
it was expected they would receiv'
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BODY FOUND IN POND.
Continued from Page ~

cut river, also the woods around West
Brattleboro, without getting any trace
of the missing man.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Brooks's
brother, r. Z. Sage of Niagara Falls, n.
y, came here and this morning he and
Mr.. Sylvester were searching along the
Connecticut when news came of the
finding of the body.
Mr.. Brooks was 40 years old. For
merly he conducted. a general store in
Abingdon, Conn From there he went to
Waterford, Conn, where he operated a
grist mill. also a general store in Mys-
, tie, Conn. From Waterford the family
came to West Brattleboro a year ago
buying Mr.. Sylvester's farm. The work
OF carrying on the farm was too much for
Mr.. Brooks and he sold the farm to John
Mckay, reserving the timberland, which
he sold last week Since selling the farm
the family had lived near the Stockwel
store.
About 25 years ago Mr.. Brooks mar
ried Miss Marion W. Sage of Hartford
Conn. He leaves his father, his wife
and two sons, Lawrence, a student il
the high school here, and Sidney, who il
Younger.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-28

Christmas Committees.
The following committees were an
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-28

credit in their university work if they
joined the force Of coal diggers.
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WILL SEIZE COAL MINES.
Continued from Page ID

to carry out the government program
Fuel Administrator Garfield reafiirmed
in even more emphatic terms his po-
sition that 'protiteering on the part of
either labor or capital will not be toll
Grated"
The public cannot and will not be
asked to bear the increased burden of
higher prices of coal nor of the pay
ment of a large sum as wages to any
special class of workers he said.
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nounced Sunday TO arrange for the
community entertainment Christmas
night. Executive and program, Mrs
E. S. Willard, Rev. G.. Walter Bishop,
Mrs. G. NJ Love, Miss Minnie Hill. Mrs
c H kelsey; music, the choir; boxes,
Mrs. L. ". Shepard, Mrs. H. C. Bing-
ham, Mrs. E. w Morse, Miss Matte
Wade, Mrs. Il. W. Adams, Mrs Clifford
Struthers; getting tree, S. E. Bartlett,
Herbert Bingham, E. J. Dodge; setting
tree, J. f. Morse. Frank Stratton, Del
bert Pierce; candy and popcorn, Mrs.
N. \. Bingham, Mrs. F. Z. Fisher; dec
Grafton, Mrs. L. E. Stratton. Mrs J. E.
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BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

flock of wild geese was heard as it
flew south over this village early last eve
ming.
To the list of game wardens and deer
inspectors, published recently, should be
added the names of Raymond Pratt of
Newfane and Francis MeWilliams of
Wilmington, both deputy wardens.
Up to this noon Town Clerk Carl S
Hopkins had issued 93l licenses to resi-
dents of the state for deer hunting and
Is to non-residents. His office viii be
open until 10 o'clock tomorrow night
which is the latest time that licenses car
be obtained before the deer season opens
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-28
SOUTH NEWFANE.
Thanksgiving Visitors.

Frank Churchill, Mrs NJ. Helson and
Miss Luella Helson of Brattleboro and
Mrs, Ella S. Willard and family were
guests of Mrs. Luella F.. Bingham
Thanksgiving day; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
C. Smead and son, Claude, joined Mr..
and Mrs. Henry c. Smcad at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Harris in
West Brattleboro; Mrs. Abbie NJ. KEEL
sey dined with her sister, Mrs. Frank
a. Railway, at Newfane; b. +. Adams
and family and Samuel E. Bartlett and
family We're Thanksgiving guests of
Rev and Mrs. A. S. Charlton, Harold
Stratton of Bratt4eboro came to enjoy
the holiday with DR. John S. Stratton
and daughter, Miss Ella j. Stratton
Mrs. Ernest f. Bailey Of Greenfield
Mass, and little son came Sunday to
spend week or more with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira NJ. Ingram, Mr.. Bail
ey joining them for the holiday; Mrs
Samuel Morse and Mrs. Love had
Thanksgiving dinner at A. NJ. Merri
field IS in Williamsville; Miss Minnie
Hill, teacher of the village school, left
Thursday morning for the Thanksgiv
ing recess.
Christmas Committees
The following committees were an