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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-05
SHERIFF To SEE THAT
CHILD IS SAFE
Long Pond Couple Before Judge Saw
yer In the Local Municipal
Court. Hearing

Fred Smith and his wife of Long
Pond were before Judge Sawyer Mon
day. Mr.. Smith being charged with
illegal possession of intoxicating IL
quor and Mr.. and Mrs. Smith were
both charged with cruelty and abuse
to their three year old son. Accord
ing to the evidence it was claimed
that Mrs. Smith had struck and
abused this child on more than one
occasion, also that she had put 1t to
bed without food, not even allowing
1t water to drink, the testimony furth-
er showing, it Is alleged that the child
was in disfavor with its parents and
that they were attempting to give 1t
away. Mrs. Smith in her testimony
denied the charges but admitted that
she had struck the child and refused
II water, denying that she had ever
caused blood to show on the child's
face. She was found guilty and paid
a fine of $1,000 without costs, while
Smith pleaded guilty to the charge of
illegal possession, was given two
months in Jail and ordered to pay a
fine of $14S.00 and in default of pay
ment was to serve four months addi-
tional in jail. He proposes to pay
and Immediately entered upon execu
ton of his sentence. The respond
ents were represented by Harold ].
Phillips Esq. and the state by Sheriff
Mooers. The child was taken back
to Long Pond by its mother but Sher-
if Mooers stated to the Reporter that
he should take immediate steps to
have the boy taken from their custody
and placed where at least 1t will be
safe from assault. There are three
other children in the family, two of
whom are younger.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-05

Andrew Gotta of Camden spent the
week end with his mother Mrs. Fred
Gotta,
The remains of George Smith of
Harmony were taken to that town
Tuesday for treatment He died at
Kennebec Valley Hospital where he
had been patient for one day.
Mrs. C. f. spragne of Lexington,
Mass. with her granddaughter, Pris-
ella Sprague of Boston and maid ar
rived Tuesday to visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Curtis; Mrs. Sprague being
Mr. Curtis sister.
q. Milton Hatch of New Vineyard.
one of the well known agricultural
writers and prominently connected
with the Maine Farmer, was in town
yesterday attending to matters of
business and remaining over the 4th.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. W. philbrick and
Karl R. Philbrick returned Monday
Attorney Donald w. Philbrick and
family. Karl Philbrick returned to
Portland Tuesday to attend a dinner
dance.
Mrs. Linnie Parker of Wakefield,
Mass. and the Misses Pauline and
Bernadine Smith of Waltham, Mass,
arrived Monday night to visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. X. A. Withee. The two
children are children OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Withee's granddaughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Roulette of
Lewiston are over-the-Fourth guests
of Mr.. Boulette's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Boardman, of East Maple
street. Other guests at the Board
man home were Gordon Buteau and
children also OF lewiston.
Somerset Pomona. returned Monday
night from Old Orchard, where she
had been for two days attending a
reunion of lecturers of the state
headed by state lecturer, Merle j.
Hartman of Readfeld. Mrs. Watson
spoke very recently at Granite Grange
in Pownal.
Mr.. and Mrs George King of Gardi-
ner are guests this week at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Haskell on East
Front street. Mr.. and Mrs. King
were former residents of this place
Mr.. King being a brother of Mrs. Has
kell. He was superintendent of the
old shoe shop in this town for over
twenty years.
Rev. III. L. Nichols was in Oakland
Monday to attend a group meeting OF
Methodist preachers. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Nichols and his sister
Miss Mildred Nichols of Bath, who
came Saturday to spend the Fourth at
the parsonage and by Thomas Nichols
They spent the day at Belgrade.
Several Skowhegan people motored
to Dexter Sunday to visit with Mr.
and Mrs. L. II. Whitney, former resi-
dents of this place. Included were
Mr.. and Mrs e. F. Merrill and chill
dren and Mrs. Merrill's father, Her.
bert Day, Mrs. Lena e. Wentworth
G. Allan Wentworth and DR.. julie
Nay Kincaid.
Arthur II. McQuillan. a student a
Harvard Medical school, who recently
returned to Boston for hospital work
during the summer has lately beer
substituting at the Boston City Hos
pital, Relief Station, for one of the
house officers who had been away or
his vacation. All of the accidents in
the section of BOSTON where the reliei
station Is located In Haymarket Square
are received and treated there ant
the days list averages upwards of
one hundred patients.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-05

Farmers! See Steward & Smiley's
announcement on Agricultural Page.
1w27
Have you visited the Spa Francois
formerly Williams Spa) at Lake
wood? They serve ice cream, con-
fectionery and soft drinks. Complete
line fancy groceries at lowest prices.
1w27
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-05

DR.. and Mrs. o. ]. GAIA and child
rem returned home Tuesday evening
from q visit with relatives In Montreal
and elsewhere in Canada.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-10-04

the basis of 300 days year the actuai
saving in fuel alone for moving this
tonnage would be 81 l.,,22 If the paved
highway costs $4,000 mile, the av-
erage interest at per cent would he
81 900 a year. which, deducted from
the saving on fuel. would leave bal
ance which would retire the cost of
the road in less than IL years.
This calculation does not take Into
account other savings in the cost of OPP
Grating commercial vehicles or value
of the heavy movement Of passenger
vehicles.
In less developed rural sections the
value of the gasoline saved is reduced
n proportion to the lighter travel but
the cost of the reads is corresponding
ly reduced, and there is no doubt that
an analysis and comparison of the
highway costs and the vehicle Operat-
Ing cost IN any particular case will
demonstrate The economy Of improve
melt wherever the traffic Is sufficient
t. call for any Improvement at all.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-10-04
.FRENCHMAN MAKES FIRST ONE
NAN VOYAGE ACROSS ATLANTIC
Battles Storms, Hunger, Thirst And
Illness in 142 Day Trip From
Gibraltar to New York

NEW YORK, October 2, Some
place beneath the name OF Columbus
in the marine hall OF fame, must be
recorded the name OF Alain J. Ger
brault, Lavo, France, 1923. The %
Year old Frenchman sailed into New
York Harbor tn 5 week in a thirty
loot sail. boat-the first man ever to
cross the Atlantic alone in such a
small winddr ven craft.
For l42 days, battling storm, hunger
thirst and illness Ccrbrault kept a
spark of confidence burning He sail
ed from Gibraltar April ) and arr we'd
in New York September II With the
cup of victory still at his lips, he
paused to say and now 70 cross the
Pac iic."
Alan j. Gerbault is soldier of
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-10-04
Survey Shows Good Road
Soon RepaYs It's Cost

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
good road is such paying invest
ment that it is the poorest kind of
business Judgment to do Without it, &C
cording to the bureau of public roads
of the United States Department of
Agriculture. The bureau produces tiS-
ures based upon survey of traffic in
Connecticut to prove its contention. An
actual count of the traffic on the Ros-
ton post road showed that the average
weight of vehicles and commodities
passing over the road in nine hoUfs
each day was LAO tons. Aiding one
third as d conservative estimate for
the full day increases the weight 10 l.
$40 gross tons daily
Experiments made at the loWH eX,
pertinent station show that with ,,"sn-
line at - cents gallon the co.t of
moving this tonnage over dir road
would have been $26.44 mile. assum-
ing the impossible, that such traffic
could be carried over dirt road. The
cost of fuel for moving the same ton
mage over Il paved road would be
S11.70, a difference Of Sl414 day. On
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-10-04

fortune When two friends at Paris
doubted his assertion that the Atlantic
could be sailed by one man in a 80
foot boat, he decided to show them
Gerbault is the fifth ranking tennis
player of France and has contested in
international matches. During the war
as a French aviator. he is credited with
bringing down ten German planes. On
ly Alan and brother remain of the
Gerbault family. They own lime fac
! tory at Laval, France The brother is
the business man.
Just call me sa hor" said Gerbault
here this morning. The sea is my
home-and I'll soon be headed out
across the Pacific. Hazardous? | don't
think so. You always pull through
somehow, il You handle your boat like
sd FOR should
Veteran mariners declare Gerbault's
feat one of the most daring and unique
in the annals of the sea. Ninety-seven
days he was out of sight of land, tossed
about ON mountainous waves in boat
whose deck dipped water when four
men crowded onto her after he locked
here Monday.
Battled Great Storm
For eight hours he lay sprawled in
the bunk of his tiny cabin, unconsc Gus
from a fever which struck him down
during gale which battered the
little craft, sweeping her deck clean
of rigging and flooding the dozen or
SO feet of cabin space.
Twenty-four days he battled the
| fury of the Atlantic which broke his
bowsprit, loosened his mast and ripped
his sails-a storm which reached cy-
cbonic heights and was reported some
weeks ago at the time by incoming
transatlantic liners.
Provisions he'd stocked for a 100
day trip ran low two weeks from New
| York because of delay by terrific gales
while beating his way across the south
ern portion of the Atlantic. Two-thirds
of his water spoiled and was cast over
board, poisoned by the wood in the
newly made kegs.
Two weeks ago, when crazed by
thirst and lack of food he was hailed
by great ocean liner bound for New
York, which wanted to pick him up
or at least town him in, He thanked
the captain but refused. Victory was
Ill SIGHT. ne Was given PROVISIONS diu
left to his fate.
Never Thought of Failure
Lose hope? Not this sailorman Ger
bault
During the height of that "a day
storm my mast was battered loose, my
bowsprit broken and l was drenched
to the skin, which brought about the
fever, but l always figured that if the
worst should happen-the mast topp-
ling-l'd rig up something with a sail
and put in for nearest land, Bermuda
The twenty-fifth day, about the mid
die of July, however. the storm SUBJ
sided and | continued for New York
l rebuilt the bowsprit, frightened the
mast, mended the rigging and sailed
on. | knew I'd reach New York some
how.
Coming over he wore only heavy
wooden trousers, slipover sweater; no
socks or shoes. Since April when he
started his trip from Gibraltar he had
been barefooted. doesn't like any kind
of footwear while handling his boat.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-10-04
Are Known as Midsummer.

The students Of the United States
Naval academy at Annapolis are
allied midshipmen. Previous to 1902
hey had been called naval cadets. hut
h that year the old term midshipman
was revived.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-10-04
Too Much to EXpeCI.

You cant expect foreigners to under
stand a laaguaSa that says a man is
down and out when he is hard up and
nn iu.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-10-04
No MonosAnv About That.

A woman sued her husband for di.
vorce because he has forced her TO
move SO times IN - years. And some
women complain that married life is
monotonOuS
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-10-04

Alain J. Gerbault, French tennis
star, lett France April 5, alone in
5O-toot boat For 142 days, battling
storms, fever, thirst, and hunger, he
sailed West, arriving at New York
September II. His feat is history in
ocean sailing. He was often without
sleep three and four days at time.
Now he says he will sail the Pacific
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-29
Ante la reserva que Sc guarda pOr los kderes
mas signi6cados, no puede conOcerse la forma
en- que Sc desarrOllaran los acontecimientos
poEticos que Sc esperan
Resua impossible de precisdr, ademds como Sc eUard
eecto el periodic Legislative, nj cudl habrd de ser ell

ell que Ia controversial fuera de6nitiva-
mente resuelta.
Ell estado de Ia situacion, pues en-
los actuales momentos presenta como
lnica complication la de que toda &C
ci6n q seguir por Ell partido unionista
estara supeditada a la accion que sea
adoptada por la Administration, va que
no Sc sabe con certeza absolute, 81 Ia
Legislature tendria que realizarse con
Ell Gobernador Reilly, con I'm goberna-
dor INFERNO con otro gobernador, Ell
cada uno de cuyos tres casos la situa-
ci6n sera distinta y diferente ell aspec-
to que tomaran lbs acontecimientos.
Hay, sin embargo, una cosa de Ia
cual todo Ell mundo puede estar COM
pletamente seguro, Y es de que al abrir
sus sesiones la Legislature el conficto
politico adquirir& por primera vez un
caracter de extraordin3tia gravedad,
va que Ell conflicto pasara ser de una
controversial entire ell Executive Y nm
partido pol1tico, serio conficto en- que
Sc confrontaran los dos principales po-
deres que rigen los destinos del pals o
sea ell poder Legislative y ell Eiecutivo,
en- circunstancias en- que la Legislatu-
ra tiene, por primera veg, desde que
ell Gobernador Reilly esta en- Puerto
Rico Ia oportunidad de reunirse con
sus dos ramas legislativas hacer uso
de los privilegios que lie concede el
Acta organica para conseguir hacer
prevalent los derechos que la mayoria
alega haberles sido conculcados.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-29

Quedar zanjada defnitivamente esta
controversial y 81 esa solucion del con
fiicto habfa de coincidir con Ia pr6xi-
ma aperture del Parlamento.
En- estos dias Sc esperaba que los
lideres unionistas procedieran reu-
nirSe para discutir el plan legislative
Y acordar la politica que habian de
seguir en- la Legislature, 81 es que sc
persistia por parte del Executive en-
sostener sus puntos de vista contrarios
a 10 que la mayoria de los Legislatures
sostienen que debe ser un sabio Y de-
mocratico procedimiento de gobierno.
No ha ocurrido asi, hasta la fecha y
clio, como decimos al principle, a ma
die debera extra1ar si Sc tiene en-
cuenta que una sola palabra de Wash
ington, en- estos precisos instantes en-
que Sc va dar comienzo las labores
legislativas, podrfa cambiar radicslren
tie ell programa que, los legisladores
PC4 4bC4ACC4GAGCS p ltt AStJoAAeI' DC 5IboI.O-
nen llevar a cabo en- Ia Camsra y en-
Ell Senado. Adelantar ahora I'M progra-
ma legislative, seria comprometedcr =
premature. Anunciar al pals y al Co.
bierno sUs prop6sitos v planes politi-
COS, ser a para ri Partido de la mayo
ria inoportuno v antipol1tico.
81 el partido enunciara con antela-
ci6n a la aperture Official del Par,amen-
to cual habia de ser su pauta seguir,
y esta, al mantener los principles que
ha venido sosteniendo ell partido, con-
traria ell pensamiento de la Admiai'-
TRACTION, seria comprometedor para dj-
cha colectividad, porque clio podria ser
interpretado como un desafio o como
una amenazS y hacer que entonces Sc
dettviera la acci6n favorable que Sc
pensaba tomar para poner termino a
la situaci6n anormal que pueda existir
y 81 por Ell contrario. fuera acord@oo
desarrollar un plan arn1oniZador, 10
cual esta considerable por todos como
una cosa impossible, dado el estado de
cosas existente, dlo seria perjuicial
por cuanto esta acci6n podrfa ser con-
siderada como un acto de transaction
del conficto y haer cue Sc detuviera
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-29

Todos cuantos esfuerzos hemos he.
cho para orientarnos en- el sentido &c
poder determinar con alguna certeza
cuales habian de ser los acontecimien
tos pollticos que, necesariamente ha.
bian de desarrollarse dentro de pocos
lias a prop6sito de la pr6xima apertll-
"a del Parlamento, han resultado com.
pletamente inutiles.
Ell fracaso de estas gestiones de nues
ira parte tiene su explcaci6n en- el he
cho de que en- los circulos politicos >
por los mas signifcados lideres Sc man
tiene una reserva absolute, estando to
dos en- una actitud expectante ante Ia
possible adopci6n por la Administrator
nacional, de una medida que consiga
producir un cambio en- la situaci6n poll
tica de la isla, con 10 que Sc conse.
yuira torcer el rumbo de los aconteci-
mientos que pudieran desarrollarse el
febrero.
Al regreso de los comisionados unio
ristas, Sc diio al comentar los resulta-
los de la campafia por ellos reaizada
an Washington, ell buen efecto que Ia
Nnisma habia producido en- las atlas es-
'eras politicas de la naci6n en- el
inimo lie las autoridades de mas respon
'abilidad dentro de la Administrator,
ron 10 cual Sc consigui6 dar a enten-
Ter al pals que 81 ese habia sido ol
sfecto, los resuItados serian favorabIes
= que la solucion del confiicto seria
question de algunos d1as. Sc ignora,
sin embargo, la forma en- que habia de
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-29
BALDWIN HACE IRIPoRTANTEs
r1ANIFEsTAcIoNEs EN-
SOUTHAMPTON

SOUTHAMPTON. enero 2S.-El pre-
sidente del comit6 britanico para ii,
consolidation de las deudas ha hecho
hoy, su llegada este puerto impor-
4 tantes Manifestations con referencia
Va Ia labor realizada por dicho comit6
EN- los Estados Unidos
Ell sefior Baldwin ha manifestado
que los politicos dc Estados Unidos. es-
Ntan muy interesados EN- 10 que respec-
ia a la question de las deudas. Dijo
que eli tesorero Mellon, indudablemen-
te, pudo haber arreglado satisfactoria-
mente ell problema de las deudas ingler
sas, pero que la intervention del Con
ESQ echo perder las buenas ges.
tiones del seiior Mellon de los Conf.
sionados britanicos.
El asunto de las deudas-dijo Bald
win ahora y siempre no debe estar
gresistas.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-29

WASHINGTON, enero 28.-El re-
presentante Chalmes, de Ohio, present6
una resolution para que Sc nombre un
Comite de diez congresistas fin de So
licitar del presidente Harding que con-
vogue inmediatamente una conferencia
International economical, fin de discu-
tir un proyecto especifico para la re-
habilitacion economical mundial.
La referida resolution sera discuti-
da hoy, pero Sc asegura que no sera
aprobada por las mismas razones que
fue derrotada la proposition del sena-
dor Borah.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-29
La ariStOcratica bO-
. da del. sabadO

En- la noche del iltimo sabado, y
segin habia sido anunciado, Sc nevo
a efecto en- la Santa Iglesia Cathedral
la union matrimonial de los estimadisi-
mos j6venes Mercedes del Vale Goe-
naga y Jose Gonzalez Fernandez, per-
tenecientes ambos a nuestra mejor So
ciedad, por 10 que ell referido acto cons
iituy6 rm verdadero acontecimiento So
cial.
Desde las primeras horas de la no.
che las naves de la catedral, asi como
sl atrio de la misma, Sc veian invadi-
los de numerosos espectadores que pug
1aban por admirar de cerca los encan-
tos atavios de la novia, asi como
presenciar la ceremonial que prometia
resultar briIantisima juzgar por ell
aristocratico acompanamiento y las be
lisimas seioritas y distinguidos j6venes
que formaban la espI6ndida Corte de la
fehz pareja.
De nueve y media a diez lego a Ca
tedral la Comitiva. Radiante de be-
lleza, la gentiisima novia, del brazo
de don Francisco r. de Goenaga, quien
fue ell padrino hizo su entrada triun-
fal en- el Temple. Rieamente ataviada,
con un traje de trocado, adornado con
brooches de perlas: prendida la frente
una magnifica diadema en- forma de
corona portando en- sus manos un ori
ginalisimo. bouquet, los encantos de Mer
cedes resaltaban como nunca pare
cia mas bella mas espiritual con
serlo ella demasiadO.
Seg,ia luego ell joven elegido don
Jose Gonzalez, del brazo de doiia Be-
len Goenaga del Vale, madre de la
novia, quien fu6 la madrina.
Despues la Corte de Honor, esplen-
dida, briI1ante. Sc dijera que en- la Sc
lecci6n Sc tuvo en- cuenta, mas que min
gu1a otra cosa, las cuahdades de be-
lleza Y distinction, porque todas cuantas
formaban aquel admirable conjunto, pro
Queen general admiration por sus null
tiples encantos. He aqui los nombres de
tan gentiles sefioritas Y junto al de
elias, ell de aquellos fehces mortales
cue tuvieron la fortuna de ser sus com
pafieros:
Aida del Vale Bux6 y Carlos Juan
Morales; Estela Stubbe y Pedro Nido;
Hally stubbe y Jose Eduardo Casal.
due; Alicia Gonzalez Blanes Ramon
Iarroca; Margot Sabine Y Augusta Goe
naga; Carmen James y Jose Lomba
Maria Adela Nido DANA de Honor)
Manuel Gonzalez; Maria de los An
geles Guillermety v Carlos Islompart;
Carmen Maria Guillermety Joaquin
villamil; Carmen Medina Gervasic
Conde; Blanca Gutierrez y ell doctor
Guijarro Julita Blondet y Juan Piza
Recogian la cola, que era de "chif
f6n'' con encajes y azahares, dos gra
ciosisimas chiauillas de Rafael Cabrera
Josefina Maria Teresa. Rafael Ange
Cabrera iba de paie.
/ Una vez terniaada la ceremonial.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-29
BALDWIN HA MEr1Do LA PATA

WASHINGTON, enero 2s.-En los
circulos politicos Sc consideran inopor.
tunas las declaraciones vertidas en
southampton por Mr.. Stanley Bald
win, presidente del comite britanico
Spara la consolidation de las deudas.
I'm infuyente senador ha dicho que
las .declaraciones de Baldwin van con
tribuir que ell sentimiento anti-ingles
sc extienda mas aIn en- Ell Congress-
I'm alto funcionario de la Admins
TRACTION Sc ha expresado asi: !.
'sIas declaSaciones de Baldwin son
6iph6biles; Quizas clio pudiera resultar
en- que Inglaterra Estados UnidOs nun
= liegaran un convenio en- 10 que
respects, a la consolidation general de
.ss deudas''.