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A regular meeting of the Christms

A regular meeting of the Christmas
Club was held at the home of Mrs. l..
G. Trafton last Monday afternoon
with good attendance. The ladies
continued their sewing on Christmas
gifts and during the Afternoon inter
esting readings and recitations were
given by Mrs. Alice Dow, Mrs. Eta
Lacas Sc and Mrs. Traitor. Delicious
refreshments were served by the host
ess of ice cream and cakes and the
favors were Valentines in effect Mrs.
Trafton was assisted in serving by
Bin Packard. the five year old son of
Mrs. Lester Parkard, who was re-
ceived into the club that afternoon.
THE next meeting will be held with
Mrs. r. o. Eaton ON Monday. Feb.
eth, Gossiping, is strictly forbidden
at the meetings and should any men,
Der forget this warning they must
darn a pair of stockings for the
hostess.
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at sHH6ftl meeting oil somerset
Lodge 81 II Monday evening
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LOST BETWEEN WINTER STREET
and Shoe Factory by way of North Ave
pair of heavy rim glasses. DIR. Bor-
denis name on case. Finder kindly
return to Angelina chabot, Winter St.
SkoWheEan 1w7*
DOG LOST FEB. q, BETWEEN EMB-
DEN Station and Town Hall. yellow
and white Saint Bernard and Collie.
One side of face white. Answers to
name Of Betty. Has strap with bell.
c. r.. Withee. Dunbar Hill. Embden.
+. o. Address. North Arson, Route l.
1w7
GRAY COON CAT LOST. REWARD
given for its return to Mrs. W. q. Wy
man, 3l3 Water st, Skowhegan. 1w7
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Everybody's Column

H. p. INTERNATIONAL HARNEs-
TER, gasoline and kerosene engine
price 400. Gray grain separator at
SIS. Both guaranteed in fine con-
dition. Fred c. Ford, Winterport. wv
GUARANTEED TH0RoUGHBRBD
Ancona Cockereis straight from Shep-
pard hatcheries last spring. High lay
ing strain. Every one tame and per
feet breeder. Only 10 left at St each.
Fred C. Ford. Winterport. Me. Sw2'
OAK DINING TABLE, PERFECT
condition, price reasonable. Mrs. Ell
len Cover. 285 Water St, Skowhegan.
GUMMED TAPE IN ROLLs-WE
have for sale gummed paper tape. so
called, three inches wide in rolls con-
venlent for doing up packages for the
American Express Company for certain
containers. Price s1.05 per roll. lnde-
pendent Reporter Co. tf3oF
SEVEN ROOM ROUSE LOCATED IN
East Madison. Electric lights, large
shed. garage and hen house. All in
good condition. George w. MacDon-
aid, Skowhegan. r F d No. and D.
Swls
DIMENSION LUMBER. DELIVERED
anywhere in Skowhegan Fred r. Cox,
Hanover ST., Town. y. h. Phone 1874.
til
CRYSTAL HEADAcHE POWDERS.
invaluable remedy for your tired, aching
head Money refunded II you are not
satisfied. BY mail postpaid CSC. 1lolley's
Drug Store, North AnsoH tfSsf'
CASH. PAID FOR FRESH BEEF
Hides. w. Il. Whittier. Skowhegan.
Farmers phone 5-15. tf50
CUsTOMED Tailored SUITS AND
o, Big drop In A Drses Care of
+. II. Morrill,. 20 Court ST., Skowhe-
gan. Tel. t41-2. tf5O
BEING A LICENSED AGENT TO RE-
CEIVE orders for Nursery stock, Will
be pleased to answer inquiries in re-
gard to same. Fairfield Williams.
Madison. 1Gw47'
AT A BARGAIN. PAIN SPLENDID
5000 ID. work horses together with
double harness, whiffle trees, chains and
Skowlegan. N. Il. Tel. HAZE. tf47
BUIrDING LOCATED AT EAST MAD
lSON tLower Mills) inquire of j. T..
EIGHT TONS OF GeoD LOOSE HAY
$25 delivered. p. c. White, Farmers
Phone f-13. II F d 7. tf4S
MARK YOUR LINEN WITH A RUIZ
BIER printing stamp. Your name and
mail soc. independents Reporter Co. tao
HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH
those famous weather strips, includ-
ing storm doors. It. M. Tinkham,
High St.. Skowhegan. tf43
APPLE acknowledgements
Farmers Union. tf42
WE HAVE THE BEST RADIATOR
for Ford Cars that we have ever seen.
Price $23.50. h. E. Parsons, Skowhe-
gan. 10 go tf441
GOOD PAIR HEAVY HORSES ABOUT
$500 lbs. Well matched and extra
nice working team. Henry II. Reed.
East Madison. r. Q. address. Skowhe-
gan r. h ID 4! - 'Ha tao
IHAvE 4 VIEW NESTLE HOME
Outfit for permanent waving. has been
'ased once. Paid $4,000, win sell for
STREET rs s IS "a W%,s9
HOUSE ON LOCUST ST. o ROOMS
and Bath, electric lights, large level
lot. II. 4. Patten. skowhegan. tf29
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TWO tSNiyERsARIrS

Last SUNDAY Wls Lincoln birthday
and next Wednesday viii he Wash
ingtons birthday We should remsm
Ter on the Ind. man who deter.
mined to lole and risk his life TIN
other men might assert and live thef
lives a nan who made common
eanse with others similarly impressed
That whoever Of thcm survived might
frame a government in which they
could stand together nj citizens. and
stand farther apart men and free men
You may for your own personal sat.
isfaction put INTO Washineton'a birth
Dir iar more than this But for Sa-
tIoual Observance YOU an never put
les II means this or il means moth
inR compaetet union under law
wider freedom under law
With Lincoln birthday we should
remember latter American of life
mold with the earlier American; Il
man who ordered the mastering and
the movements and tie moving down
of armies. thal the bonds of slavery
might be rent and the bonds Of union
not he rent It is the same ideal =
widening union widening liberty.
These are two OF the six National An
nwersarics which should be kept as
peculiarly the Nations DAYS.
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To Let

four rooms with bath and electric
lights. Mrs. Frank Hayeock, 10 Cedar
St, Skowhegan. tic
WORK ROOM ABOUT :Ox3O TIT. IN
the rear of my barber shop. Suitable
for any purpose. With heat, water
and light. ED Sayers. Skowhegan.
Telephone>234-3. TIC
TWO NICE LIVERY TEAMS TO
careful drivers only. Harry Nelson, 40
Pleasant St. Skowhegan. tf5
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EDW ARD AMHERST OFT

Skowhegan people have hal nm
goods things through the medium =
the Chautauqua Cours IS. huth aam
mer and winter Certainly anon
the best in the Inc of lectures was tut
given by Edward Amherst OFT II H.
Opera House last Thursday cyeu|ns
Very rarely in recent wears has d mn
come among us go aplendidiF eqHzH
ped 10 both entertain md interest,"
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ALL KINDS OF n1 -

VT FLAMING q.
and blacksmithing at b IT,
~ East Front 81. near Ameri.a
en- Co. Wagons. dump cars ~
and lumber of all kinds an ~ ~
DEVELOPING AND FIy,s,,
Amateurs neatly and pronn,'lat
The Huff Studio. 81 War;. y
hogan, Maine. Twenty. ~
vice. Every modern deyicat ~
to the profession is used IN AZ
Take or mail your, films here ,aA
NOTICE-A LARGE cn,.
of pictures and descriptions ~,
ladies sent free to any ona
quest. Address Prot Ward
OLD SONG BOOKS w.yr,,
Skowhegan Public Library Fa
The Forget Me Not Sopsstar
thing in secular songs and -.
early date with or without g ~
be appreciated. Mrs NJ
White, Skowhegan.
WOULD LIKE ONE ORITwo
DREN to board for the VIM
Arthur Cover, Skowhcgan =
DRESSMAKING-PLAIy vr
and repairing done by Mrs NJ
York, Hanover st. Skowheeas
ELDERLY PERSON cav
good home and care by address.
undersigned. Reasonable prica
dress w. &. Care of Indenend.x
porter.
REST W ANTED by Say4Itv
no children. Must have stabI.
quire at Farmers Telephone
Skowhegan.
HAVE YOUR FILMS DEvr,
and printed at l.. II. Hussey's
ham. All work promptly find
reasonable prices. Calendar
from your own films.
TAKE NOTICE--IF YOr
your wood sawed and sawed i'll
Joe Beaudette, 80 French 81
will he glad to go anywhere in
set county. no job too large
small. All work guaranteed a
tory Mt reasonable prices. Ma
ready to do job work of any Kind
phone number 49,.
HONEY. DARK BUCK WHEN,
TRAcTED postpaid within mi
zone, lbs, $1.30; 10 lbs. $9sf
count on large lots. Roscoe y
son, Dept. F., Dundee, New York
HONEY WARRANTED Pure
Est quality clover bees honey !
ed. all charges prepaid as 'ioNu|
lbs. 81; 6 lbs. si.75; - lbs 81
lbs. $1,000; one dozen 81 or. gIa}
So Satisfaction guaranteed. ID
low Bros, Ilallowell Maine.
HAVE FOR SALE rom
Overland Model 50. Dodge "a
j. a. Caswell, Skowhcgan. y IA
17l-1I.
WOULD YOU WRITE A WEi|
pretty girl? Stamped enyelops
Lillian Sproul, Station IL, elsi
Ohio. ~
SETH PHOTO STUDIO
photo on Post Card. Finlshodl
YOU wait. Developing and ID
High grade amateur work N
four hour service. Telephone
Skowhegan. 4
TYPEwEITING AND CIV
. Stenograpby work. We are 50
ed that we can do a limited d
of custom typewritinE ard slsl
phic work. Independent Rewwi1
Skowhegan. .l#.
ADDING MACHINES TO REnI
n day. $500 IL week. $5.00 n
These rates do not include patsll
transportation. independently
/ Co.
TYPEWRTrERs TO RENT op)
sale on the instaflment plan
Smith and other makes. lndepz
Reporte- =.
STED SHOES TO REP AIR.
! us your repairing by parcel posi-
will be returned to you in a
c. o. D. Guss Pooler. a. Sod, SD
gan.
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WANT TO HInE AN Ou.rvru
Typewriter and possibly might pur-
chase, Taylor's Theatre, North New
Portland. Me. 2w7E
CATHOLICS WISHING TO MARRY.
wanting introductions. booklet free
Write. Catholic Correspondence club
Grand Rapids. Mich 1w7s
YOUR FUTURE F0RETOLD. sESB
dime. histhdate for truthful, reliable
convincing trial reading Hazel Hause
Box 215. Los Angeles, Cal. 5yr7.
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Positions. Wanted

~ POSITION WANTED TO DO
housewqrjs by an, experienced girl.
Somewhere in Skowhegan preferred.
Emma Rhymes, care of James Stinch-
field, Skowhegani 81 bIN- 1w7F
WOMAN or sfxTY. CAPABLE, REL
IABEE, wants work at once, as house
keeper or helper In home. Small farm
preferred. good home rather than high
wages. Write Mrs. G, Clinton, Me. Il
+ II ~. 2W7F
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YARNS FOR KNITTING AND
croclfeting sweaters. scarfs. stockings
etc, in desired shades, at mill prices.
Samples sent. Colonial Yarn Co... Dos
Main St. Worcester, Mass Sw3s
xYLOPHONE GOOD AS NEW, NICKEL
pfated stand and y,fpes. mquice OF
Mary b. Stinchfeld, Skowhegan. Tele-
phone 174-3 or 1918. tf3
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CAUTION NOTICE

Whereas. my wife. Edith G.. Kilgore
has left my bed and board without just
cause: this is' to warn and notify all
persons against harboring her or trust
ing her on my account as | shall pay no
bills of her contracting after this date.
Maine,, Feb. .. 1872.
3WG+ ROLAND H. kIi.GoRE
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WANTED--LOSG HAIRED Ill
cats and kittens. Write age
and sex in first letter. Highest
paid. John S. Randlett. Roekrli
A SECONDHAND DLACksHHH
tools. Fred +. Way, X T u =
WANTED TO Buy
SET or DOTBLE HtRNtss-W}
also be interested to hear Of al
tato machinery in good con
planter. horse hoe, sprayer dls
two horse cultiyator, IRON EDGE
Deering makes. Also iuteresied
of double sleds. Luther IL. liH
f. d. 6, Skowhegan. Farm
Canaan So.
A RIP SAW on TABLE
shaft and pulley ali complete,
working condition. W. J. Is
NorridgewoCk.
WANTED Young CALVES. VI
sex. Write or phone Fred H.
Jr.. whpgdn II + - . 3el "a
TEN OR FIFTEEN rows Oh
field rock delivered at my s5al
e. Marble. SkOwhegau.
y GOOD YotNG BITTER cow
freshened. Virgil Holt, canaan
AROIT 200 SAP PALS II
condition: also some Splie-
in the market for an cNapof4i"
Cushing Il f - !, SkoWhrEea
SECONDHAND REFniGER1
with Zee capacity about in HIS
Webster, Bingham, Box ~
WANTED USED BuFFALo, nF
or Buckeye ineuhatOrs anu
brooder. Send description ana
Sasha Ii. Tobias, Norridee&otA i
WOULD LIKE TO my FEW
hogs. VIII pay Sc lb. i've
George b. Pelletier SkoWhee2h'
3.
DOUBLE BARREL SHOT 81 vi
MERLESS. Lester Burke, '#All't4
TON STRAW AND 80 w
oats. DR.. +. S. Bige'o". 9I.oA
Telephone ~
MISUNDERSTANDING ARE Y
Err. 1t will pay you 10 r. -. al
before selling. Highes' III 81,
for all Kinds of furs. T. i.
Dept. 60, whitman, Mass
WANTED, sHAG cars ANp
TENS, all ages and colors H..
what you have for sale. -
field, 8 Grove St, Aug
WANT TO Buy \ TWO n
riding horse hoe. Musi pr -
with all the latest improN''l'''
Il. Hesclton, Skowhegan
HANsON.s HISTORY or esJ
Bloomfield, NorridgewocN' elD,
III you have volume give ~
and price or send on appr"N'' "A
Patten.
BRING IN Your CALF SKINS y n
and pelts to the Skow hesah
Co.. 10 Court St, SkoWh'E""
DAVID BARRIERS POEMS,
use one or two copies. sem he
them in and let me kno" =" m
r. r. Patten. Skowhegah'
LIVE POULTRY-wRITE IN. N
letter, kind and number ~
Harry Cohen. Skowhegan' !
bIyE POULTRY wANTh asss|
me a card. l will cav c, I'D
Harry Nelson, 40 Pleasant a'' m
gan.
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ALL WOOL PAPER MILL

Felt suitable for Blankets and
can be used to make warm gar
ments. 35c per lib. H. Rosen-
thai & Son, Box Sc. Waterville.
8w2s
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LADIES' FIR COAT IN GOOD con-
DITION. Reasonable price. Can be
seen at q Mechanic St, skowhegan.
iw5'
TwENTY-sENEN INCH BELL. WITH
mountings complete In good condition.
Suitable for school or church. Nd
dress Festa Il. Williams. Jackman. 4w5'
ST.. Lewiston. Avs
COFFEE MILL. SHOW CASES, COUN-
TER, bath tub, Dbl. vinegar, bracket
lamps with reflector, l heater bedstead
mattresses, springs. 1-3S Winchester
rifle. / small eraphophone with % rec
ords; / molasses pump. Taylors store
Hathaway St, Skowhegan. 4w4'
NICE FEEDING PRESSED HAY At
barn, s2s: delivered not over five miles
$40: also 2-seated covered top traverse
runner pung with pole and thills. room
for another seat, $50. c. II. Nye, No.
Arson, II + ID 2. Farmers Phone. Sw4'
At PARKMAN's WATER STREET.
Store Farmers Telephone and Stock.
drop side, and telescope touches. Nice
pair draperies for Colorado; very nice
Singer Sewing Machines slightly
shop worn cream separators; Buffalo
black smiths blower. drill and anvil
Round dining table and chairs; stoves
and furniture always in stock. Owing
to small expenses and direct cash buy
ing my prices are the lowest. AVA
POULTRY H0UsE FIXTURES. PORT
ABLE nest boxes In sections, with loose
bottoms Dry mash hoppers. Port
able roosts. Oat sprouter. six trays.
Feed cutter Grindstone. etc w. 4.
Bailey, Skowhegan. 4wi'
MAINE GROWN GLADIOLI BULBS
blooming size. Order, now for spring
planting. HALEY delicate salmon pink,
very early, soc a doz. Altoona Mixture,
containing over 100 fine varieties, en-
surfing bloom from July until frost, Coo
a doz: $2.25 for so: $435 for 100. SPE-
CIAL: so bulbs, 25 each of above, 50.
All bulbs sent to any address postpaid.
GarceIon's Gladioli Gardens, Box 1903.
Auburn Maine 2w6s
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MACHINERY. NEW AND

MACHINERY. NEW AND
second hand for saw mills and
wood working plants. Whether
1t IL a steam boiler. engine. wat
erw heel or anything else you may
need we can furnish it, Somer-
set Machine CO.. Cor. Hathaway
and Mechanic SITS, SkoWhegan,
stfs
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Advertisements In these columns not n
lines inserted once for nc. four times for =
with order. Each additional line Sc /, "
rtnes reckon average OF O words s,,m.
IL not paid in advance, Zoe additional :.
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SIMPLICITY GASOLINE. KER-

OSENE Engines. ~ to Is Fl. =.
We can convince you they are
better than most engines and the
price is right. Somerset Machine
Co.. Cor Hathaway and Mechanic
SITS, Skowhegan. IT'S
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II TaB<.
Is ind, work single or double. Sell
heap for cash or trade forwood' Fred
Mckay. 227 North Ave, Skowhegan.
Tel. HILL. 2W6F :,
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from stores. sta.ion and large manufae-
turing town Good road, hear neigh
bnrs. wood. lumber and fruit for
home use; Go acres tislage; / = story, /
room house painted white stable 20S2t;
two barns 22x32 and 2Sx35 Price
s3G0n: $3.50 cash. = Apply to- a. Whit
comb. Kew Sharon. Local Repreesepta-
tive of T.. y. Biekford Aeency, Auburn.
, 1922-06-10

earth by several million miles than
at any time since 1903.
DR.. Z. c. slipher. director of the
Lowell Observatory. in statement to-
lay described methods OF photograph,
I'd charted hand drawings by which
ervers are collecting data eoncern.
Mars, the planet Just outside the
Is orbit and with the exception of
4 III nearest neighbor Of this
" Two great telescopes are part
of z Equipment Of the observatory
wni IS built by Purcivai Lowell.
Gurii life an authority on matters
pertnt % Mars. He died in 1915
and lea '>duest which he directed
to be n carrying on his life
work. No
Mars acS -g to Or. Slipher shows
existence o. certain essentials OF life.
Water. atmosphere and temperature
above the freezing point. ! believe.
have been amply shown to exis. on
Mars he said. Furthermore. TO ex-
plain the changes in the dark mark
ings appearing in photographs to wax
darker in summer. nothing tenable has
been suggested save that life in the
form Of vegetation.
ION June is, Mars will be 1850. 900
miles from the earth. n 1894 Mars
will approach closer. howey.- by Il
zoe. 900 miles. but closeness is 20 tina
first essential to favorable results.
Long continued study OF changes in
surface aspects arc what astronomers
need and this approach of the little
red planet has been given that oppor
tunity.
In our big telescope Mars image
10 20 to 25 times the area Of n fu I
moon as seen with the naked
Since January when Mars became Wis
ible in the eastern sky Just before
dawn, the planets diameter IA grown
from I v and a third seconds of arc
TO twenty ond one-hnlf. In that time
Mars has moved eastward among stars
and now rises in the early evening IN
the southwest horizon"
, 1922-06-10
German Soldier
Memorial Big
Political Rally

MUNICH. Bavaria. June 1o.-By
The Associated Press.1The annual
memorial exercises here for the avia'
tors who fell during the war resolved
itself into a huge nationalist demon
stration with a possible p~ortentious
bearing on the approaching visit OF
President Ebert, who on June IL is tc
make his first appearance in Ba'
varia since his election to the presi'
dency. The exercises were attended
by some of the Bavarian princes,
Gen. Ludendorff. DIR. Won Kahr. for
mer Bavarian premier. and throngs
Of former army officers.
Immediately after the conclusion Of
the program spontaneous singing of
Die wacht Am Rhine broke u and
thousands of persona in the street
took up the anthem. Enthusiastic
ovations were given Gen. Ludendorff
and DR.. Won Kahr.
, 1922-06-10
Burlington Builds
NewR Railroad Spur
For Oil Supplies

A spur is being built on the Bur
lington tracks north of the Platte riv
er west Of Casper. This is for the
purpose Of sidetracking carr contain
ing supplies for the oil fields. 1t will
greatly help the freighting to Salt
Creek. Goods coming over the Bur
llngton line can be unloaded at a mini
mum of Inconvenience at this point.
, 1922-06-10

"a atp1A NAA0AAN aAAA AAeA ~
was placed under control and the re-
mslnder of the bridge saved. The loss
may approximate $4,000.
Oscar Heistand. fire chief. first
rushed to the bridge to make an in
spection when the alarm was sounded
since the local fire department Is not
supposed to function outside tie city
except on special cases. The big mo
tor hose truck was then called out.
Captain d. II. Smith responding to the
call from station No. 2.
The truck was not used after being
placed at the scene OF h fire because
the water could not be reached with
the suction pump. The blaze also de
fled chemical equipment n only by
chopping away portions OF the struc'
ture and precipitating it into tho riv-
er were the firemen able to extinguish
h fire.
The fire started when the wind blow
ing from the north carried a blaze
from burning rubbish on the city
dumping grounds which r located
Just north of the bridge.
, 1922-06-10
RICH PROPERTY
ALSO SEIZED BY
OFFICERS, CLAIM
Geneaeve Paddleford Of
Gould Divorce Fame
Held for Fraud

VIENNA, June 10.-Gene-
We've Paddleford, who claims
to be the wife of a wealthy
California oil trader, is under
arrest here in connection with
a number of fraudulent oper-
atoms in which business men OF Lu
eernes. Paris and Vienna wsre the vic
tins Eleven trunks containing cost
ly furs and other goods alleged tc
have been obtained Illegally were
seized. as well as two silver mounted
vases bearing the mark OF the Ritz
Carlton hotel. New York.
, 1922-06-10
Shriners In
Fake HOIdup
At POcateLLo

pOCATELLO, Idaho, June 1o.-A
special train OF six carr carrying
shrine mobiles of Erkorah Temple
Boise. Idaho. was held up" at MI
chaud, a switching station near a
here last night The Elkorah mobiles
thought the hoidup a real one. un-
til one Of their number discovered
that the robbers" were brother
shriners and members of the Poca-
tello shrine club. The ETkorah spe-
cial departed from here at midnight
for San francisco.
, 1922-06-10
Won Elm Leads
Coast Golfer

VICTORIA, B. c., June 1o.-Bon
Stein Of Seattle. playing a beautifully
accurate game to the greens. came 2
up to he turn on George Won Elm of
Salt Lake City. Utah. in the morning
round OF the finals in the Pacific
northwest amateur golf championships
today. Won Elm lad trouble three
times with short approaches and but
for his misjudgment OF the texture
of h moist greens Stein might have
had one or two more holes.
, 1922-06-10
PILLORY Wins
$4,000 RACE,
BELM0HTfkRK

NEW YORK, June 1o.-Pfnory. r.
T. Wilson Jr.'s entry won the $4,000
Belmont stakes at Belmont Park this
afternoon. Snob II. finished second
and Hea third.
Pillory. Preakness winner. was third
choice in the odds offered by book
makers on the race. Snob II. was the
favorite and Hea also was picked to
finished ahead of PiIlory.
TIM time was 2:1S As.
United States Senator George
Wharton Pepper was elected Pennsyl.
vania's member of the Republican ma
tionai committee to succeed the late
Boies Penrose. The choice was unan-
imous.
, 1922-06-10

Evening Standard an attempt proba,
bly, will be made TO raise the question
inparliament.
The champions of Home Secretary
SHORTS act of clemency say that un,
der h law he had no alternative. The
law provides that in Ease a prisoner is
sentenced to death, IL there is any
reason to believe him insane, the secre-
tary of state shall appoint exports to
inquire into the prisoners mental con.
dition. A home office official aid to-
cay h a Secretary Short acted on
reportss of two prison doctors. who,
after observing True for two months,
reported he was insane. Mr.. Short
accordingly appointed three medical
experts to examine tho prisoner, all
of whom agreed that he was insane.