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Meeting OF SOrOsis

A Sorosis meeting was held in the
Library Parlors Wednesday evening Of
last week. under direction of the pres
ident, Mrs. Vivian Woodbury., the fol-
lowing program was rendered: Miss
Gertrude Weston, president OF the
Town Improvement Society, gave a
report of the Federation Of Women's
Clubs, which she attended few
weeks ago at Augusta A piano solo
was given by John Oddly; reading by
Miss Marie Fletcher II Gather Goat
Feathers. Do You?" by Parker Ellis
Butler; vocal solo "Duna" sung by
Miss Alta Porter, accompanied by
Mrs. Ethel Ames; reading. Mrs. Angie
Steward. The Womens Land Army.
This article was followed by selec-
tions from THE Rhymes Of The Red
Cross Mann, Miss Leila Fairbrother;
vocal solo Until, Miss Alta Porter;
reading "The City of Refuge" by
Harry Van Dyke, read by Miss Alice
Whitten.
The hostesses were Mrs. Bertha
Holt and Mrs Effie Furber.
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SK0WHEGAN WOMAN MEETS
DEATH N THE WEST
Miss Jennie Cass Killed by Fall at
Ely, Nevada, Wednesday Of Last
Week

a telegram received by Mr.. r. 5
Morrill,. Thursday morning Of last
week. brought the sad intelligence of
the death Of Miss Jennie Cas- From
this brief message ii was gathered
that she fell from the second story
veranda Al the home Of her sister.
Mrs Emery Fletcher, and that her
death MAS practically instantaneous
Miss cass and her father Captain f.
a. Gass left here several months since
to spend the winter with Mr. and Mrs
Fletcher in Ely. The remains are
en- route for Skowhegan accompanied
by Mr. Fletcher and will probably ar
rive here today. The funeral services,
in which the members cf Priscilla Re
bekah Lodge will participate, will oc-
cur at the Bethany Baptist church, at
> p NJ. probably tomorrow friday
afternoon Rev. George Merriam Off
ciating
The father and sister already men
toned are the only surviving near
relatives, the mother (who was be
fore her marriage, Miss Annie French.
having passed away December "a.
1912, the family then residing at the
corner of Madison avenue and Winter
street
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MARRIED In 1858
Golden Wedding Anniversary OF Mr..
and Mrs. LauristOn L. Lowe of Nor
rldgeWOck Last Tuesday

On Tuesday, December the thirty
first occurred happy family gather
ing al the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lauriston l. Lowe Of Norridgewock to
help celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
of their marriage. Plans had been
made during the past year to have
very large gathering of friends. in
cluding the members of Cedar Chap
ter O. +. S and of the neighbors. to
celebrate the happy event, but on ac-
count of the serious influenza epidem-
ic in town at this time the plan had
to be given up. The families of both
Mr.. and Mrs Lowe were invited but
as it happened none of Mr.. loves
relatives We're able to come on ac-
count of illness. Mr. and Mrs Lowe
were married, by the late Rev Mr..
Wilbur, in Sidney on Dec. 31st. 1868
and for time resided in Sidney, later
moving to Smithfeld and then to Fair
field, where they resided number of
years. They then moved to Mercer
and later came to this place where
they purchased the farm now owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Caswell, and
they later purchased their present
very pleasant home on Upper Main
street. Mrs. loves maiden name
was Miss Lydia Manter. She was
the daughter of the late David and
Mrs. Lydia Hayden Manter of Madi-
son. Mr.. Lowe was the son of the
late David and Mrs Betsey Hallet
Lowe of Sidney Mr.. Lowe and his
good wife are honored members of
Cedar Chapter, O. E. S., and of Som
erset Grange. Mr.. Lowe is also
member of Lebanon Lodge F. & A. NJ.
and of Echo Lodge X of P. Although
the anniversary was not celebrated as
was planned, nevertheless the few
relatives who did come to make the
day a happy one for Mr.. and Mrs.
Lowe had very delightful time and
with Mr. and Mrs. Loves many
friends join in wishing them many
more happy years together. Those
present from out of town were Mrs.
Flora Withee and daughter of Show
hegan; Mrs. Laura Hilton and two
granddaughters of Madison; Mrs.
Mary Rowe and daughter of Skowhe-
gan and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hilton
of kingsbury
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Death of Edward j. Holland

The many friends of Edward j..
Holland will be shocked to learn OF
his sudden death which occurred last
Saturday night at his home on Court
street Mr.. Holland had been i'll but
one week. He was the son OF John
and Mary Holland. His father pass
ed away three years ago last Novem-
Der. Mr.. Holland was born in Show
hegan % years ago and this place has
been his home ever since. He has
been employed for the Maine Spinning
Company the greater part of the time,
The cause of his death was an acute
attack of influenza and pneumonia. He
was a devout Catholic.
The funeral services were held from
St. Mary's Catholic church last Tues
day, at nine o'clock, with Rev. J. l..
A. Renaud officiating. The remains
were placed in the tomb and in the
spring will be inferred in the Catho-
lie Cemetery on North avenue. The
deceased is survived by his mother,
lbove mentioned, and one brother,
William Holland of this place. He is
t present employed by the Somerset
Traction Company. Mrs. Holland
has been a resident of this place for
the past 33 years. coming here from
)uebec, Canada.
John Holland, the father OF the de-
ceased, will be recalled by many
Skowhegan people. He was native
of Ireland but lived in Skowhegan Tor
fifty years. He was at one time en-
ployed as a driver and caretaker by
Governor Coburn, and later worked
for 27 years in the same capacity Tor
the Stephen Coburn family. his
home for much of this time vas on
Summer street On December >, 1914
he went to live with his sister Mrs.
Thomas Murtha at st. George +. V.
His ~death occurred there November
1915.
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In Municipal Court

A complaint was entered yesterday
with trial Justice T. G. Lord. by Lor-
EMO W. l.. York and Herbert L. York
(father and SOM who live on the Som
erset railroad, between Hoxies and
Bangs Sidings, on the so-called Alvin
B. Sawtelle farm Joel and William
York, brothers Of Lorenzo w l.. York
above mentioned. live on farm about
one mile distant. The trouble arises
over dispute as to boundary lines
which has led to the complaint that
wood had been cut by the two broth
ers last named on land which did not
belong to them. John Henry Blod-
get is a witness at the hearing held
today. Joel and William York have
retained Judge Buswell OF Solon as
their counsel.
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Agricultural Meetings

DIR. L. S. Cleveland Extension
Sheep Specialist, will be with County
Agent Stiles to give demonstrations Of
treating sheep for worms at the fol-
lowing places:
George Merrill's, St. Adams We'd
nesday. Jan. 5. at $50 a. m.
J. B. LeBree's, Cambridge, Wednes-
day, Jan. s, at 200 p. m.
Tuttle Brothers, Skowhegan. Thurs
day. January 3, at 1.30 p, m.
w. G. McKenney's, North Anson,
Friday. Jan. TO- at 100 p. m.
Z. W Morton, Extension Dairyman
and Mr.. Stiles will be at the Larone
schoolhouse, Saturday Jan. II, for a
meeting in Dairy Feeding which will
begin at $50 a. m and continue until
$50 p. m.
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MRS. JANE L. ALLEN
Aged Resident Passed Away Sunday
January

The death on Sunday of Mrs.
Jane T. (Hoxie) Allen. removes one
of the oldest residents of this COM
munty This lady who was 96
years old at the time of her demise
was born and had always lived in
Skowhegan. Her parents were Barn
aabas and Jane Hoxie and the farm
in the Bigelow Hill neighborhood
upon which she was born, was
always her home until comparative
ly short time ago when she came
to Skowhegan to reside with her
daughter Mrs. NJ. S. Adams. Mrs.
Allen was woman who was greatly
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interested in the welfare of her
family, and having been at an early
age bereft of her father, she was of
great aid to her widowed mother in
maintaining the old home. Upon
her marriage to the late Freeman AL
len. whose death occurred in 1884,
she still continued to reside there,
proving a true helpmeet to the young
farmer in his fight for worldly goods.
During the latter years of her long
life she retained her faculties to a
very remarkable degree cherishing
happy memories of the past and
blessed with kindly children Of
these there are now living A. B. Al
len, Justice of the Peace, at Wilton .
Lucinda, who married Mark S.
Adams of Skowhegan; Lucy,
who married George Buzzel and
lives at Larone; Daniel X. Allen,
who lives on the home farm and Amy,
who married Elwyn Packard and re-
sides in Skowhegan. There were
two other children, Edward and Mary
who married Albert Bowman, both of
whom are deceased.
Mrs. Allen has two surviving sis
ters who have attained a ripe old
age, one being Mrs. Lydia Hoxie of
Fairfield. There are also six grand
children and two great-grandchildren
The funeral services were conduct
ed yesterday with Rev. II. c. Turner
officiating The remains were placed
in the tomb
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Basketball Schedule

On Dec. 26th the Skowhegan IIiGh
School Girls Basketball team played
the first game Of the present season.
being defeated by the Alumni of the
same school Tomorrow evening
they are to play. here, a team from
Coburn Classical Intitute by their op-
ponents. The dates for future games
are as follows: Jan. II. Cony High
at Augusta; Jan. "a. Waterville High
at Wsterville; Jan. 81. Pennington
High at Pennington; Feb T. Cony
High at Skowhegan: Feb. IA. Open;
Feb. 81, Pennington High at Skowhe-
gan; Feb. 2s, Waterville High at
Skowhegsn, Mar, Z. Open; Mar. IA.
Coburn Classical at Waterville.
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Meeting OF United Order of Golden
Cross

The weekly meeting of the tinted
Order OF the Golden Cross was held
in Heselton hall last Thursday even
ing under the direction of Mis-
Lydia Vashon very pleasing en-
tertainment was carried out After
the regular business. a dance followed
Music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Roderick.
Tonight Thursday there will he
an entertainment under the direction
OF William Witham One of the
events Is a bean bag guessing contest.
Prizes will be awarded for the most
accurate guess and a consolation
prize to the party who displays the
best judgment in estimating the con
tents OF the bag. There will be a
dance and music will be furnished by
the same parties already mentioned
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Card of Thanks

" ave felt. during the past few
weeks the inestimable value of
friendship and sympathy.
We are deeply grateful for this time
" AID and assistance in our recent
bereavement. and wish to extend sin
cere thanks TO all.
Mrs Emma f. Shepley
y Lester Shepley
SkoRhegan. Me. Jan. 9, 1e19'
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Go to Church Next Sunday

Letters will be issued tomorrow by
the Pastors of the Federated Churches
calling attention to two special days
which are to be observed in the near
future. The first Of these Is Every
body at Church Sunday, the hope be-
ing that. for this one Sabbath at
least tJanuary 12) everyone. unless
physically unable, will attend church.
The second OF these two important
days is to be observed on Sunday,
February ninth, and this will be
known as Decision Day.. The OBJ
jects aimed at BY these two special
eobservances are more fully recounted
In the letter above referred to and
will be further explained at the
church services NEXT Sunday.
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trains we now have. but the absolute
necessity Of an arriving and departing
evening train was urged The prop
ostion of the committee was to have
train leave at 7 O'Clock which would
make connection with thf train going
East from Waterville aud with the
somewhat later train for Portland and
Boston This train would return. ar
rive here at about 9 O'Clock p. m.
This would be restoration OF our
pre-war time service. except that the
departure at in the evening would
be substituted for the IL train
which we used to have
Another meeting is to be held this
evening, at which every citizen Wheth-
er or not a member of the Board of
Trade, should be present
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Notice to Patrons of Husbandry

Somerset Pomona will meet WIN
Skowhegan Grange next Tuesday and
Wednesday, January lth and 10Th.
Dinner and supper are to be served
the first day, and dinner the second
day. Members who have not already
been solicited from are requested to
bring biscuit, cake. doughnuts and
milk
Per order OF the Committee.
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MIX Producers Meeting

Every man or woman in Somerset
County who owns COW is invited to
a meeting to be held at Grange Hall
at $50 q. m. Jan. 23rd. Richard
Pattee. general secretary OF the MIX
Producers Association will be pres
eut
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Gard of Thanks

We wish to thank all OF our friends
who assisted us in our bereavement
and for their floral offerings, as we'll
as the Maine Spinning Company and
its employees for their tribute OF kind
ness.
Mrs Mary Holland
william Holland
Skowhegan, Me, January 8, 1S1s'
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NORTH CORNvTLLE

Miss Eleanor Tufts OF the Kinsman
school was not absent or tardy during
the fall term OF fifteen weeks.
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Thrice-a- Week World. 76c.
Boston Post, to our subscribers,
4.00 q year.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
URGED TO ENCOURAGE
HABITS OF THRIFT
Council on Education Joins With
Savings Division in Wide
spread Effort.

Through the government savings
directors Of the twelve federal re-
serve districts. the savings division
of the Treasury Department has
called on the normal schools. colleges
and universities of the country to aid
in the government campaign to make
thrift a habit. The American council
on education, representing institu-
tions of higher learning throughout
the country. has jained with the saw
ings division to secure the co-opera-
ton of the schools.
Plans evolved by the savings diyi-
sion and the council on education
contemplate the creation of a thrift
organization in each of the normal
schools, colleges and universities. to
teach the basic principles of INTEL
ligent saving-wise buying, sane
spending, safe investment and avoid
ance OF waste-and to aid in featur-
ing the advantage of thrift stamps
and war savings stamps as the
ideal investment for small savings.
Through the American council on ed
uca tion the presidents Of the institu-
tions Of higher learning have been
urged to name institutional thrift
representatives, who will cooperate
with the local savings organizations
Evening star., 1919-03-30

Paris with respect to Germany. 1t
will be seen that in the main the ter
ritories which are to be subtracted
belong to the nations which are now
to receive them. The Rhenish repub-
lie is a compromise between French
and Belgian demands for security and
President Wilson's principle of self
determination. Only within Poland
are considerable German populations
possibly but not certainly to be as
signed to rulers of another race. but
here the question is whether
25,0O0,000 Poles shall be deprived Of
economic freedom in the interests of
preserving the racial independence
Of 100000 of Germans or whether
the relatively smaller German popula-
ton shall be sacrificed as neces-
sary detail in the creation of a real
and enduring Poland.
Copyright. 1919. Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
Evening star., 1919-03-30
World View of Production.

The chief opportunity as DR.. Rutter
sees it lies in a series of Industrial
studies. He is making a world view
of production, or where production
can be had on each particular, indi-
vidual commodity. and then get a
similar world-view Of the trade in
that particular commodity The pro-
duction may be found in four coun-
tries while the trade extends into
$50 countries. The hard job is to get
accurate production figures.
Each OF the statistical Offices is
sues a big volume and each of these
volumes deals with one thousand
and one industries and many
times that number of commodi-
ties. The United States exports
and imports cover trade in practical
ly every important product, the CEN
sus supplies the figures on produc-
ton. Now any given manufacturer or
exporter is not interested in this
discouraging bulk of statistics on all
commodities and trade in general, but
in the production and trade in just
this one particular commodity. Sta
tistics on production and on trade in
one particular commodity have never
before been hooked up in usable form
for the business man.
The bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce has done some good work
in making special commodity studies
for example, on furniture, boots and
shoes. cement. paper. cotton goods.
automobiles. These deal with exports
and imports and are excellent as far
as they go, but the statistical adviser
is going to carry them further and
compare the trade statistics and pro,
ductioh statistics. The work will be
expanded and new subjects taken up
just as rapidly as the facilities af-
forded will enable. ...
Capitalization Of Work.
Or, Rutter intends to take the sta
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Contracts Dropped, 81, ,1s524o,o 900.

Ordnance contracts for the Army
Cancelled or suspended up to March
6 aggregated $2.1s5.24e. 900 accord
ing to revised figures. The largest
item in cancelled or suspended list
is shell contracts at $ss1.1so. 900.
while the second is $685.. 500. 900 for
explosives i
Evening star., 1919-03-30
UNCLE SAM TO HELP
TRADE IN BIG WAY
Continued from First Page.)

ers; replies to all inquiries regarding
these parts of the world.
The division of foreign tariffs gives
information concerning foreign tar
ifs and customs laws and regula-
tions; commercial policies of foreign
countries: foreign trade marks and
patent laws; embargoes and import
prohibitions; foreign consular regu-
lations.
The division4of distribution handles
the trade lists and is in charge of
the exporters index
Makes Information Available.
. The editorial and publications divi-
sion makes available to the busine SIS
public through publications and in
dexes information on commercial and
Industrial conditions in all parts OF
the world. Through the daily COM
merce reports. now running (thirty-
two pages. no advertisements), trade
opportunities are presented.
The new trade intelligence section
is arranging confidential files and re-
ports concerning foreign firms. not
for credit information, which will not
be given, but to aid in editing trade
. lists. trade directories, adjusting dis
putes and to help American. houses in
establishing agency connections.
The three new Offices of foreign in
vestment adviser, ocean traffic ad-
wiser and statistical adviser are ex-
pected to play an important part in
guiding the commerce of the United
States along the lines of it's best op-
portunity and most stable course.
The foreign investment adviser re-
ceives from the field men reports on
/ These are investigated and referred
! impartially and confidentially to one
or more American houses.
i The ocean traffic adviser is an au-
:. thority on shipping and acts as a
contact officer between the bureau OF
F., foreign and domestic commerce. the
United States Shipping Board and the
! shipping companies.
| The statistical adviser interprets fol
! the commercial public statistical data
on the movement Of commodities ir
! domestic and foreign commerce and
!, points out where these indicate tina,
| there is need, for increase trade oil
! for curtailment.
! This new office. whose work at first
| glance seems dry and humdrum. offers
| a fair example of how the federal bu-
+! reau Is expanding to give extensive
/! and up-to-date cooperation to Amer
| lean business. First thing, it must be
cihputholZOu lhdl LII NutleT, III CHdTSe
of this office, is an exceptionally able
man-of vision. initiative and with a
genius for hard work. His purpose is
, to bring things together and see what
they mean. He is not going to gather
any new statistics for the trade, bu,
to simmer and strain and skim of
the information from the largest num-
ber of sources and see what it means
to a particular industry. to a special
line of trade or to single commod.
ity.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Baltic Empire Vanishes.

Finally. II East and West Prussia are
Joined to Poland. as they must be if
logical and permanent solution Of
the Polish problem is to be achieved,
then Germany will find herself actu-
ally reduced in size despite an
Austrian annexation and her last
hope Of Baltic empire extinguished.
Such then is the present proposal in
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Duty of the Government.

The duty of the federal government.
then. is to provide the financial aid
needed to educate the children, to See
tnat the standards of education are
nigh and that the children attend the
schools. or else the aid will be with
Drawn. and to maintain itself an
organization in Washington which
shall make a careful study of all
that leads to better methods of edu-
cation SO that it may scatter this
knowledge broadcast throughout
the states SO that the local authorities
may make use of it, This government
agency should become a source of
expert knowledge. ready to answer
calls from every part of the country"
In the opinion of DR.. Claxton the
government would make a great mis-
take II, in its effort for a national
system Of education it endeavored to
establish a rigid system, centering
entirely in Washington, seeking TO
compel the teaching of the same
books and subjects throughout the
country, to administer all the schools
the country over and to use the fed
eral authority to compel the attend
ance Of children in the public
schools.
To compel the schools in all parts
of the country to adopt the same
curriculum, with the same studies.
would be a disaster. The vital differ
ence in the needs of the people in the
widely separated sections of the coun-
try make such a plan unthinkable.
DR.. Claxton said. The children in the
rural districts of Vermont would not
require to be taught the same things
that the children of the rural dis
tricts of Alabama, or of New Mexico.
with their vastly different problems
in the business of life. In the same
way. it would be a great mistake to
insist upon teaching the children In
New York city the same things that
are taught in the upstate country
districts.