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The independent-reporter., 1919-05-29

ADDRESS OF WELCOME in behalf of
Skowhegan by CARLETON p. MERRILL.
RESPONDED to by LIEUT.. COL. ROY L.
MARSTON in behalf of enlisted and drafted
men,
BAKED BEAN DINNER will be SERVED
FREE to all Soldiers and Sailors in uniform, all
Grand Army and Spanish War Veterans.
AFTERNOON devoted to SPORTS con-
sisting of Boxing Matches Ball Games, Tug of
War, Novelty Races and Dancing in the EXhibi-
tion Hall
The independent-reporter., 1919-05-29

All Towns and Organized Plantations in
the County will be represented by their Select
men and Assessors, riding in Automobiles.
PARADE STARTS AT 10 O'CLOCK,
RAIN OR SHINE, and ends at FairView Park,
followed by:
ADDRESS OF WELCOME in behalf of
Somerset County by CLYDE H. SMITH, Chair
man of Welcome Home Committee
ACKNOWL EDGMENT by CAPT. JOHN
w. HEALY in behalf of Co. : Il
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
Prince Carol and the Throne.

In 1866 the Roumanians Offerd their
throne to Prince Carol of q side branch
of the Ho~henzollern family, who was
also, however, connected through his
mother with the dynasty of Napoleon.
Austria and Russia were not enthusi-
astic 0ver seeing a Hohenzollern reign
ing at Bucharest, but Bismarck saw
a chance to put a friend of Prussia
in the Balkans and urged the young
prince TO accept.
William Stearns Davis in Roots OF
the War" Century Magazine) in re-
lating the incident quotes the great
minister as saying: Even if you fail
you will always remember with pleas
ure an adventure which can never be
a reproach to you" Mr.. Davis goes
on to relate that through fear the
prince travelled down the Danube dis
guised as a second-class passenger I'M
til at Turnu-Severin on Roumanian
soil, he left the BOAT and was greeted
by his future prime minister. Aus
tria fumed and might have taken ac-
ton, but her great war with Prussia
was about to break out and she soon
had more grievous troubles. The 9TH
er powers declined to intervene,
and the sultan of Turkey, the princes
nominal s~uzerain, confirmed the new
ruler. Thus Prince Carol kept his
throne.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31

voted most attention to BAH playing
and pugilism been the dominating ones
In commerce and government?
Recreation is a product of character
expressing itself freely. What does
the game of checkers mean? Evidently
a contemplative, mildly p%ugnacious,
calculating spirit, delighting to plan
campaigns, carry on defense and Of
tense and at the end feel that one
made a good contest. That was what
the New Hampshire men of past gen.
erations delighted to do in life. Some
are of that nature still. Some ex-
press it with other games. A faction
will forever keep the checker board in
view. Perhaps they are the kind of
men who will remain the conservatives
in social and political life.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
CONVERT lie MANS
INTO BUSY Center
U. S. Embarkation Headquarters
Takes Care of Men to Be
Sent to Ports.

Transformed In a few weeks from
q quiet provincial town to the Ameri-
q embarkation center, LeMans was
described In a dispatch received In
washington by the American Red
Cross as one of the most important
military points in France. The sur
rounding country has been divided into
areas for ten divisional headquarters,
the dispatch said, and the establish
ment when completed will be able to
take care OF $4,000 men In the camps,
not less than $4,000 In the divisional
areas, and for entertainment of $500 to
1000 men daily to embarkation port.
Each division as Ii arrived from
Belgium. Lorraine, or Argonne, will go
to the divisional area assigned to 1t.
There the men wait until their turn
comes to go to the classification camp,
where they are medically examined
and "deloused." Then they are sent to
a forwarding camp. from which they
are sent to Brest In troop trains or
long strings OF camions. At the port
they either go aboard at once or into
a rest camp to wait for an available
transport.
The Red Cross, the dispatch said,
has opened a large canteen at the Lee
Mans railroad station and has institute
ed other activities. For the housing
Of casual officers and men as they pass
through the town to join their division
after being evacuated from hospitals
a rest house of the dormitory type has
been provided.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
Pat "Produced the Goods"

A jealous excise officer was sent to
ireland to try to locate several
"moonshine" stills which were known
to exist.
Meeting a native the excise officer
approached Pat, saying:
"IIl give you five shillings, Pat. If
you can take me to a private still"
"Troth, an ] will, SIR" was Pats
reply, as he pocketed the money.
"Come with me-"
For many weary miles e noun
tain, bog, and moor they tramped.
until they came into view of a bar
racks. Pointing to a soldier seated on
a step inside the square, Pat said:
"There you are, sir, my brother
Mike; he's been a soldier for ten
years, an he's a private STILL"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
MADE SCIENCE OF CHECKERS
New E~nglanders Put Pastime on EIe.
Walton That Made II Far Above
Mere Game.

Those who mention the death of Ly.
man S%tearns, long an agent for the
Union, recall always his championship
among New Hampshire checker play.
ers. 1t seems a minor matter now
but there was a time when checkers
were important, observes Manchester
Union. In old times, when the snow
was deep, the papers not what they
are now, and the telephone not known,
this game, so easy and yet so hard,
had its votaries everywhere. A board
was at every grocery and in every
tavern, shrewd, usually rather thought.
full men with a mathematical turn OF
mind, held the honors In each locality,
Here and there notable authorities
were developed. Men walked miles
to play with each other. The merits
of center and side attack, Of conserva.
ton or sacrifice, were widely debated.
Now, the dominating thought of the
people has become better expressed
in baseball. Only a few of the elect
still make the game a passion.
liner is yet TO be written q philOSO-
ply OF games. Why are English.
speaking peoples almost the only PEG
pie, except American Indians, to play
baseball? How does 1t happen that be-
fore the war n might see a crowd In
France waiting with GREATNESS inter.
est the important strokes in a game
of croQuet? Why do all the South
American nations seem to have little
interest In any out-of-doJr sports, ex.
cept racing, rooster fighting or bull
lighting? Why has India no out-of.
door national sport except talking
philosophy and religion? Why is
Scotland devoted to golf instead OF
cricket? Why has Germany produced
only n or two pugilists Of reputa.
ton? Why have nations that have de.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31

scantiest food; many Of them lived in
the open; and If they objected, or
slackened their efforts, deprivation Of
food. and beating, were their rewards.
Under such conditions diseases
thrived and the number Of Greeks rap
idly diminished. No n knows how
man Of the 10000 or so Greeks who
were deported will ever return.
Apparently some are being detained
against their will. One investigator re-
ports that often the names of children
are changed by adding an off at the
end, SO as to make them seem to be
Bulgarian children. 1t is hard to be-
lieve the reports coming to Greece,
where one hears estimates that from
one-third to four-ifths of the entire
number have persisted.
Red Cross Renders Aid.
Meanwhile the American Red Gross
is establishing feeding places along the
line Of the railway to which these re-
turning pilgrims find their way.
After they reach the Greek terri
tory, at each station groups leave the
trains to go over the plains or the bar
ren hills to their village homes.
In one such waiting group sat two
women, each with a small dead child
in her arms. Ii these people succeeded
In reaching their homes they were
likely to find them either completely
destroyed or stripped of furniture,
bedding and utensils, and without
doors and windows.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
Ohio Bill Blow at Anarchists.

Columbus, March 31.-A bill de.
signed to keep B~olshevist and KIN
dred lawlessness from gaining a foot
hold in Ohio was introduced in the
legislature. The measure terms Grim
inal syndicalism a doctrine which ad-
vocates crime, sabotage, violence and
other unlawful methods of terrorism
as a means of accomplishing industrial
or political reform, and makes advo-
cacy OF it a felony, punishable by a
fine of $4,000 and Imprisonment in the
D~enitentiary for ten years
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
CHORUS GIRL CHICK

Sings q Song, When Asked, for a Nice
Policeman.
It Is a mighty hard task to distin-
guish between chickens, as many q
policeman and constable who has been
called on to arbitrate In neighborhood
disputes concerning the ownership
can testify. But Mrs. Frank Bechtle,
Of Marion, Ohio, has solved the prob
lem.
She separated her seven chicks from
q flock In Oakley Miller's barn here In
the presence of Officer Burt Powell by
an odd little cluck which they recog.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
Cood an a Ferret.

Ferrets are banned for Ohio hunt
ers, but Adolph Rutta, bank teller, OF
Cleveland, has a substitute plan that
places him In the ranks of the few
Clevelanders who have been bringing
In rabbits. When a rabbit runs into
a hole, Rutta pulls a long piece of
rubber hose from his hunting bag,
places one end in the hole as far as
he can and yells into the other end.
The frightened rabbit then bounces
out in a hurry.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31

freight cars, packed so closely that no
one can either sit or lie down.
Americans, well provided with cloth
Ing, blankets. etc., and inside a closed
Car, suffer severely from the cold. The
condition Of those poor, unfortunate
by-products Of the worlds great war
-thinly clad or In rags, and travelling
on the top or In the open cars, can
hardly be imagined.
Suffer Fearful H~ardshIpa.
They have lived through months of
privation and many of them have had
no food for days, except a little which
the American Red Cross has managed
to get up to stations along the rail-
road. The train crawls along slowly
six days from Constantinople. q dis
lance of about 400 miles.
When a train stops at q station and
the refugees unpack themselves from
the cars to seek food, nearly always
there are several dead bodies to be re-
moved, sometimes six, eight or ten.
At one station As fresh graves were
counted.
The weather approached the freez-
ing point. but children stand barefoot
In water up to their ankles, Ice form
ing around the edges Of the pools.
waiting for food.
Get Scantiest Of Food.
II there are any laws In Bulgaria
regulating the labor Of women and
children, they did not apply to these
unhappy Greeks. They were given the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31

Glzed. They followed her to the barn
yard. Then she knelt and one OF
them came running to her and jumped
on her knee. THAT Is Maybelle, my
chorus girl chick" she informed the
wondering patrolman. "She crows
when the sun sets and goes to roost
when 1t rises. Hasn't she pretty
legs7" and she patted the shapely sup
ports Of her pet. "She sings, don't
you, Maybelle?
snow sing for the gentleman he
has been nice to u.s."
And Maybelle sang. 1t wasn't a
canary birds song, but 1t was a song
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
Hun Red Suspects Held.

Paris, March 31.-Two Germans
were arrested when they alighted
from a Metz train in Paris, it has be.
come known. They had no tickets,
but carried passports from Berlin. The
authorities believe that the Germans
are Bolshevik agents. They are In
the Sante Prison. A report from
Amsterdam quotes the Handesblad as
saying that nine BOlshevik agents, who
escaped from Germany, were arrested
Wednesday. In the province of Gueld.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31

Col. William Hayward, command
ing 3O9th infantry, negro troops, Is
n Of the most popular commanders
In the army. Both he and his troops
covered themselves with glory by
their bravery In the many important
battles of the war in which they par.
~ticipated.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
MERCER TO VISIT AMERICA
Noted Belgian Prelate Wants to Thank
Nation In Person.

vs.
New York, March 31.-Cardinal
Mercier of Belgium is planning to
visit the United States within the
next few months, according to a state
ment by William ]. Mulligan, chair.
man of the Knights of Columbus com.
mittee on war activities.
Mr.. Mulligan on his recent trip
abroad visited the cardinal at Malines
and invited him to be the guest in this
country of the Knights Of Columbus.
The cardinal then told him that his
visit was certain and expressed a keen
desire to make the trip.
Cardinal Mercier, Mr.. Mulligan said,
wants TO come to the United States
to express personally his appreciation
of what this country has done.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
Refugees Suffer Fearful Hard
ships on Journey Home.
THEIR CONDITION RTIABLE
swarm Aboard Trains, and at Each
Stop Bodice Are Removed for Burial
Children Stand Barefoot In Frsez-
Ing Water Up to Their AnkIee
American Red Gross Doing All Pos
elbIe for unfortunatea

Between Constantinople and Salon
III, along the route by which deported
Greeks are returning to their homes,
the refugees are dying by the hum
drods Of cold and starvation.
At every station crowds Of these
refugees swarm upon every passing
train, Milling every inch Of space,
riding on the roofs, on the trucks, un-
der the guns Of the trains carrying ar
tfllefy. under the field kitchens, on the
notwithstanding chiefly crowding into
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
ADOPT MILITARY MEASURES
Roumania and Cze c~ho-Slovakia Send
Troops into Hungary.

Paris, March 31.-The Roumanian
and Czecho-Slovak governments have
taken military measures against the
Hungarian revolutionary government,
a Geneva dispatch to the Petit Partisan
says. Two Roumanian army corps are
said to have crossed the frontier OF
Eastern Galicia.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-31
Triplets' Smiles Stop Divorce.

Triplet girls, 2 years old, solved q
problem that has baffled judges and
lawyers in st. Paul for a week. Their
smiles and cries of Daddy" recon-
ciled Reuben and Martha Frisk, and
the quintet marched home together.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-07-05
WILBERFORCE PLANS SOUVENIRS
WAR H{IIIE'rIN

Wilbcrforco University is collecting
data for The preparation Of Il bull
ictin which shall be designed to %ivO
a detailed record OF tho part taken
by its Alumni and former students
liz tho World War. The bulletin Will
DC issued in bould form, and is
Planned 10 constitute n permanent
record Of tho University's partici-
patton III the War.
All former students and Alumni OF
the institution who saw service at
homo or abroad, or who participated
i'll wartime activities are invited to
correspond with superintendent Will
nam y. Joiner, Wilborforco, Ohio
with the view of supplying Informal
ton about themselves or others to
be included in this, tho first porma-
ncnt record planned by n Negro
school 1T
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-07-05
SAY CABINET is OUT.

The Politiken's correspondent at
Wcimar tclcphoncd at 2 o'clock Sat
urday morning by long distance that
the Schcidcmann government has &c
signed, but will continue in office
until a new cabinet has been form
cd
The correspondent added that the
majority Socialists voted rs for and
50 including all women deputies
against acceptance.
The final vote by the national as
Scmbly will be taken Saturday.
lie says it is likely that 30 per
cent Of the majority Socialists, So
per cent of the center and so per
per cent Of the Democrats will vote
for signing.
Theodore Wolf says in his paper
the Bcrlinc TaEchlatt:
"Complctc rejection of the treaty
now seems hardly possible"
The Democratic Lok0l AnzciEcr
which opposes acceptance says: "rhc
balance now seems moro on the side
of those signing"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-07-05

~
office, to DO known as that of "min
lister Of reconstruction and fulfill.
ment of the treaty" Erzbcrgcr's
names heard in connection with it.
In some quarters it is taken however
Us rusc to Impress advocates of &C
ccptance with the fact that signature
means responsibilities responsible
ity, the fear of which is the prime
motive Of those who refuse TO have
anything TO do with the signing.
Beside Noske, Herman Mueller, ma
jority Socialist, is mentioned for the
CHARACTERISTIC.
1t is a reasonably safe presumption
however, that the majority Socialist
party will back Schcidcmann in what
ever course he pursucs Herein lies
one of the critical points Of tho whole
situation.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-07-05

GERMAN ADMIRAL ORDERED Ills
MEN no SINK ALL SHIPS.
Wires British Commander lie Be.
Iicvcd Armisticc Was at End.
English Public and Parliament to
Demand Facts Of Scouting Of Boats.
(ROhCrt WCllcS Rjtchic,)

London, June 22.-Admiral Won
Reuter-, commander Of the surrender
cd German fleet, personally ordered
its scouting by their crows on tho be
lief that tho armistiCc had expired,
he says, according to the Daily Elk
press in tho following message to the
British commander:
Il ordered the sinking in the be.
lief the armistico was terminated and
following the German navy'S tradi-
ton which knows no surrender"
In the firing on boats i'll which
German sailors escaped from tho scut
tied warships six men were killed ana
ten wounded.
The Admiralty will probably have
no further statement today, said an
officer of the naval publicity depart
mont at o'clock ahis afternoon.
docs the Admiralty believe that
the story Of the sinking of the Ger
man fleet has been fully told?" l
asked.
"For tho present at lcast,--ycs. "
was the answer. Beyond this the Of.
ficcr refused to be drawn.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-07-05
THE GIsIGAT BAPTIST REUNION
HERE, JULY 3O-AUGUST 3.

Tho Great Baptist Reunion and
historic celebration OF tho landing OF
the Negroes at jamestown will be
held in Richmond, Va, July 3O-Au-
gust ), 1919, under tho auspices of
the Baptist General Association of
Virginia, the Womon's Missionary and
Educational Association OF Virginia,
the Virginia Baptist State Sunday
School Convention and tho Baptist
Young Peoples Union OF Virginia.
Tho Baptist men and women who
have gone out from our old State are
asked TO cooperate with us in making
tho meeting n success in every way.
An effort will DO made to raise $25,
600 in tho meeting for Missions and
Education.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-07-05
MRS. MIILlIISIiR REPORTS THE
THEFT OF MANY JEWELS.
Asserts 20 New York Hotel Manage.
mcnt Their Value Aggregated
rS0O,0O0.OO.
DISCOVERED LOSS ON JUNE 13.
Will OF Deceased Husband Is Filed
Giving Residue to Daughters, Who
Give Portion Of Annual Income to
Their Mother.

New York, June PA 100000
jewel robbery at the Hotel Biltmorc
was made public today when dctcc-
tivcs from police headquarters began
an invest igation Of n statement made
by Mrs. Clarence Nlillhiscr, Of Rich
mond, Va, the owner of the jewels.
Mrs. Millhiscr alleges that she plac
cd Il safc-depoSit box at the hotel on
May 20, and on June Is, when she
opened the box found the jewels miss
ing. The jewels consisted of Il pearl
necklace studded With diamonds, said
TO lie valued ut $260,000.
Just why the disappearance OF the
jcwolry was not made public before
to day is Il mystery. Mrs. Millhiscr
herself refused to make any comment
Detectives who visited the hotel are
OF the opinion that the jewels were
taken from Mrs. Millhisc''s suite be
fore she placed the box containing
them in tho safe-doposit box, or while
waiting for the clerk to take charge
OF The jcWclry some nimblc fingered
person took them.
Counsel for tho Biltmore Hotel
stated that Mrs. Millhiscr and her
husband who died hcrc on May 20 had
registered on that day at tho hotel
and engaged one OF the safcdcposit
vaults in which yaluablcs arc stored
Into the vault Mrs. NIillhiecr claimed
she placed property of considerable
value" II is understood that this pro
pcrty was worth $@50,000. Early in
June when Mrs. Millhiscr opened the
vault, according to her complaint to
the hotel management 100000 worth
was missing.
Mrs. Millhiscr's husband is under
stood ohavc left her n fortune eSti
mated at $30,000.000
Attorneys for Mrs Millhiscr stated
that awaiting further inquiry into the
mysterious disappearance of the jew
els no action would be taken by their
client.
1t was suggested by investigators
that the disappearance Of the jewels
may have resulted from the operations
of thieves who might have followed
Mrs. Millhiscr from Florida resort
where she and her husband had been
staying prior to their arrival in New
York.
Mr.. Millhiser had at one time been
prominent as manufacturer of wood
cnware and is said to have been
heavily Interested in q Pittsburg
steel enterprise.
The will of Mrs. Millhiser's hus-
band filed today in tho Surrogate's
Office here leaves $4,000 to Edgar
Leigh Lamberth Of this city "if he be
living and in my employ at the time
Of my death" The residue Is bequeath
ed to the testator's daughters, Julia
de Fernex Millhiser and Elizabeth
Gimbel Millhiser. They today gave to
their other during her life an annual
income equal to nine-tenths Of their
total income. Upon the death of Mrs.
Millhiser the two daughters are to TO
ceive the principal in equal shares.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-07-05
Huns. They are barbarians."

Huns. They are barbarians." 80
The Baden was towcd into Swan.
blister Bay this afternoon where she
sank in the shadows, the Daily
Sketch learns. Not single German
ship out of the whole fleet is now
afloat. All masts protruding fly the
British naval ensign.
All German prisoners arc aboard
the Royal Sovereign.
The British fleet took TO seward
this morning.
The London Daily Sketch says:
"fIcrc is the story Of the end of the
German fleet, even more dramatic
than tho surrender:
"At midday tho red flag and the
German flag were hoistcd on all of
seventy one vessels and before tho
British knew what was happening,
the valves had been opened and all
ships began TO sink.
almost the entire Britich fleet,
which rightly or wrongly was con
sidcrcd the guardian of the German
ships was scaward, engaged in battle
practice. 1t was Immediately recall
cd by wireless.
'Mcanwhilc tho guardian ships re
naming, mostly. traWlcrS and driftcrS
believing a mutiny had begun open
cd fire on both Ct the German ships
and on the boats crowded with cscap
ing German sailors.
Crews that had not taken to the
boats Immediately began to jump
overheard when The British fired
All were for q considerable time in
the water before being rescued.
'Mauy Of the German ships had
disappeared before tho first units OF
the British fleet returned at top
speed. Every effort was made by
tugs trawlcrs and driftcrs TO beach
the sinking ships.
by ) i. NJ. when the whole British
fleet had returned all cncwy destroy
CrS had either sunk or been bcachcd
Three battlcships and three battle
cruisers remained afioat, but low, and
sinking fast.
cor five light cruisers two were
near laundering.
The Ilindcnburg 1000 ton battle
cruiSor) after an unsuccessful effort
to beach her sank Il short distance
from Cava Island only her masts and
tunnels showing.
"Anothcr battle cruiser turned fur
tie while being bcacncd and sank like
Il stone in less than a minute"