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stating that Mr.. Reynolds was In me
party that left New Sharon last week
for Florida.
Mrs. George Greenleaf OF the Starks
road returned home last week froIp
Franklin Hospital and his friends are
pleased TO learn that she is making
satisfactory recovery.
Arthur Brown, student at Bates
College spent the week end here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Brown.
MIR. and Mrs. Howard Greenleaf OF
Doyer-Foxeroft were callers at John
Iemieux and other friends on the
Starks road the first of the week.
Alonzo Parlin and men are cutting
cord wood on his lot in Arson for
the market at Madison this winter.
Fred NJ. Swan is making extensive
changes and repairs on his buildings.
The work Is in charge of George Rus
sell and when completed Mr.. Swain
will have one of the best set of farm
buildings in this vicinity.
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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

Whereas, the Supreme Commander
of the universe has, mills infinite wis
dom, seen fit to recall from our Post
our we'll loved and respected comrade,
Doctor Percival o. Hopkins, there
fore be it
Resolved, That In the death of our
commander the Am ericaE Legion,
Stanley Beane Post No. 80 has lost a
faithful and honored leader whose
guidance will be greatly missed.
Resolved, That the Post extends its
deepest sympathy to Mrs. Hopkins.
Resolved, That we drape our char
ter in mourning for sixty days.
Be 1t further resolved that copy
OF these resolutions be sent to Mrs.
Hopkins, copy placed in our rec
ords, and one sent to the Independent
Reporter for publication.
RAYMOND l.. WHITNEY,
Vice Commander
LESTER G. MORRIS,
Adjutant
Bingham, Me-, Nov. /, 1923.
Remember the fair, chicken-pie sup
per and dance at Bingham Grange
hail, Wednesday, November 7. Every
body invited. everybody come.
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SOUTH BINGHAM AND VICINITY

The S. d. Warren Co. have repair
ed the dam near Selden Buzzells on
Fall Brook and have men clearing the
stream preparatory for the spring
drive.
A card party was held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice McQuiikin
Saturday evening and good time re-
ported.
Miss Ruby Drury has returned to
her home in Belgrade. Mrs. Hattie
Robinson is now at Fred Drury's.
l.. P. Albee and Tom Perkins are
running threshing machine.
Harold and Lawrence Gehrke are
working for the S. d. Warren Co. al
Beams camp in West Brighton.
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SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE
CHURCHES
Continued from Page One)

church, Tuesday at 6.15. A delicious
supper was served at which seventeen
of the officers of the church school
we're present. Important work was
considered and adopted for the church
school this fall and winter.
On last Monday evening the boys of
Harry Fosters class were entertain
ed at the home of the pastor from
7 until g. Candy pulling, making of
popcorn balls and general good time
were among the features.
METHODIST CHURCH
The w. F. NJ. S. met with Mrs.
Alma Bishop at her home on Bloom
field street, Monday, with a splendid
attendance of the women of the
church. Mrs. Bishop was both hos
tess and program leader. The devo-
tional topic was 1.-THE Far Look" and
was considered by Mrs. Nichols. Mrs.
|. J. Smith presented the Mechanical
Outline of the Years Work" Our
Daughters as Corner-stones" was ably
presented by Mrs. Laura Dinsmore.
"R-F Messages" were delivered by
Mrs. Bishop, and Mrs. Nichols gave a
most interesting report of the New
England Branch meeting which she
recently attended in Boston. Re-
freshments and a delightful social
half hour concluded a most interest
ing and profitable afternoon. The
October meeting will be held with
Mrs. Carrie Mcpherson, Nov. 18th. and
will be the annual Mite-Box opening
The Kings Heralds and the Little
Light Bearers are jointly preparing a
missionary entertainment entitled
Mother Goose and Her Family with
a Flag drill in addition, to be given
in the near future. A rehearsal will
be held Friday afternoon at close OF
the school session.
The Epworth League will hold its
monthly business meeting with Miss
Ethelyn Mills at the home of her aunt
Mrs. A. B. Lamb, Friday evening at
100 o'clock.
The choir Is doing splendid work
under the direction of Mrs. Rose Bur-
rill and is now busily engaged in re-
hearsal of the Christmas Cantata to
be given on the evening of Christmas
Sunday.
Fifty additional Methodist Hymnals
nave been put INTO the Cnurch loI
use in the public worship. The
Ladies' Social Circle donates half the
number, the rest provided by generous
individuals.
This Thursday evening the Ladies
Social Circle will hold its Vacation
Bag opening and annual parish sup
per. All members Of the Church and
Parish are urged to be present. A
pleasing entertainment is being ar
ranged. Supper will be served at $50
Sunday services will follow the
usual order: Preaching by the pas
tor at 1890 a. M; Sunday School at
II M; Epworth League devotional
service at 8 p. m, and evening wor-
ship at o'clock. Last Sunday was
a most encouraging day as to attend
ance and interest at every service
Let's surpass it this coming Lords
Day!
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SKOWHEGAN LOCALS.

CnafleS HanS0n mas returned
Boston where he attended the
vard-Dartmouth game.
The Ladies' Social Circle Of d
E. Church will meet with Mrs.
Nutting, Wednesday, Nov. 7th.
Miss Helen Bonnell of Jal
Plains, Mass. is spending a week
her sister, Mrs. Frank Murphy Of
fist Hill.
Mt. Moriah Council goes to n
Foxcroft tomorrow evening to
plify the work on a class of 4
dates.
Mrs. Charlotte Hutchinson of
erness, N. II. is the guest this w(
Mr.. and Mrs. w, d. Snow of ]
street.
Frank P. Pencil Of Skowhel
former Somerset County Sheriff
on Tuesday nominated by Gov.
as coroner for Somerset County
Mrs. Rose Strickland and son
of Hinckley are to move the III
the week into the upper apartml
T. C. Fox's house on Fairyiew al
Miss Helen Halves, a member,
class of 1923, will leave the "a
January for Boston, where shy
enter the New England Conserv
of Music.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Dunbar ret
Saturday from a weeks visit
with their daughter, Mrs. Roy X.
in Portland and Mr.. Dunbar's
Mrs. Harold Joy in South WindhI
The many friends of Attorney
Butler, who has been i'll al hlS
home on Madison Ave, will be
fed to learn that he is much i'm
ed and able to be dressed and
the house.
Mrs. Caroline 0ulton left M
morning for Pasadena, Cal,
she will spend the winter.
Oulton spends much of her TING
her daughter Mrs. George oalq
the East Madison road.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Sprague q
ington, Mass. arrived here Tal
having made the journey IN tW1
by motor car. Mr.. Sprague, a
brosher-in-law, Carl Curtis, mi
trip to Bangor, yesterday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph F. Poole1
Mrs. F. X. Poulin and William
made a trip to Beauceville, r.
week end. They left here Say
noon, arriving home Monday
in Beauceville and Jackman'
List of letters remaining III
for at Postotiice for the week
October q Mrs. Virgie /.
Gertrude Parmenter These
will be sent to the Dead Lellei
If not called for before Noven'
The Philathea Sewing Cas
meet with Mrs. Elmer GeraM
home on Water street this Inv
afternoon at 2.30. On Novemo
there will be a special business
ing of the class at 73O in the
parlors.
Miss Lovina Murray re'uil
Boston, Monday afternoon 10 !
her duties as a student nnise
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,
spending several weeks vacation
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs D. II
ray here.
The members of the First I'M
Glass of the Federated Church
delightful Halloween party ;, .
State Reformatory for inc q q
last evening. Mrs. Lottle Urn
in charge of the arrangements
lowe'en games and stunts were
ed and refreshments OF puinpn
doughnuts, coffee, apples anu
were served at refreshments ''''
Mrs. Abbie Goodwin, VINO I'd
spending the summer win h1 5I,
Mrs. Helen Burrill in Nortn u,
and niece, Miss Belle Mason ~
visited here Tuesday with Mfs !,
Prescott on Water street. she
ing shortly for California Wv ~
visit her daughter in New ,o ~
In Texas before arriving az NO
ney's end.
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NORTH ANSON

Regular meeting Of the Woman't
Auxiliary of the. American Legion will
meet with Mrs. Fred Young on Unior
street on Tuesday, November 9Th.
Wallace Parsons and wife and
Judge Elmer Sawyer and wife attend.
ed the Colby-U. OF M. football game
at Waterville last Saturday.
a Owen Savage and wife, Mrs. Van
Antwerp and Mrs. Althea Savage made
an extended trip in Mr.. Savage's cal
visiting at Kittery and Dover, N. H.
Mrs. Minnie Mantor, Hovey Barn
ably and ErIand Bailey attended the
football game at Waterville, Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick went to the
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NEW SHARON

Perley Brown has been assisting
Henry Parlin of the Rome road on
stonework about his buildings for a
few days.
Your correspondent was in error In
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BINGHAM

Mrs. Daniel Robinson has been Wis
iting her daughter Mrs. James kelle-
her of WaterYille, for a few days re-
Gently.
FOR sALE-Cook stove, parlor
etove II. O. Morrison. tf3S
A SURPRISE PARTY
A complete surprise was given Mrs
Robert w. Smith, Monday evening
October 29th, at her home on Murray
street, Bingham, when several auto
mobiles drove into the yard with horns
a-blowing. Soon children were run
ming from all directions to greet their
former principal, Mrs. Smith, as 1t
proved to be the Sth grade pupils of
the Garfield school, Arson. chaper-
oned by the teachers Mrs. Winnifred
Norton, Mrs. Ethel Viles. Miss Martha
Spear, and friends Mrs. Myra Cooper,
Mrs. Lucy Paine and Mrs. Leighton.
The jolly party arrived at $50 p. IN.
bringing refreshments of fudge, sand
witches and hot cocoa. During the
evening Mrs Smith was presented
with a beautiful box OF stationery and
a box OF very fine chocolates, as a
token of affection from her former
pupils. Games and music were en-
joyed by all and at nine O'Clock the
hostess was loathe to see her happy
friends depart.
DR.. A. II. Clark will be at the resi-
dence of A. s. Burke, Bingham, on
Tuesday, November 6 for four days
for the practice of dentistry
Wilder Rollins. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Rollins of Main street, con-
tinues on the sick list, and his con-
dition remains about the same. DR..
Mitchell of Portland was called In to
see him the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Snow OF Show
hogan were calling on friends in
town Sunday.
Mrs. Charlotte Hutchinson who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Howard
Moore, has gone to Skowhegan as the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Snow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Moore and
Mrs. Moore's sister. Mrs. Charlotte
Hutchinson recently drove thru to
the Canadian lines.
Harry Padham was in town over the
week end and moved his family and
household goods to Bangor MONDAY.
Our new doctor, and by the way he
writes his name Devereau and not De-
voc as reported, has bought the home
of Frank Rowe on River street.
My house for sale on River street.
Price to suit the purchaser. Easy
terms. Come and see 1t. F. b.
Rowe tf41
We understand that Mr.. and Mrs.
Benz. Mitchell are planning to move
to Oakland soon. That Mr.. and Mrs.
Beecher Vincent are talking strongly
of Waterville, and that Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Padham have their eyes fasten-
ed on Detroit, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Stewart enter
tanned at Bingham Hotel at dinner,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Seekins of Show
hogan.
Miss Gladys Stewart who has been
in Auburn the past few months has
returned home.
Evening star., 1923-04-26
Money for the Potomac.

The Potomac. river at Washington
gets an allotment Of $74,000 out Of
the general appropriation of $4,000
600 forN rivers and harbors. 1t is not
4 large sum, but it will be used in
keeping the Virginia or Georgetown
channel at the, depth required for nav
fgation and in carrying on the work
OF building Columbia Island. which is
an important part Of the river park
system of the. District. The money
will help in pushing forward the gen
eral plan Of river conservation and
park creation. For navigation, it. 10
desired to maintain the west channel
at a depth Of twenty.four feet, and
there has been q gradual shoaling till
it is now about eighteen feet. In deep
ening the channel the dredged mate
rial will be pumped on Columbia
Island, which is the long island that
has been built below Analostan Island
and above the Highway bridge and
close to the Virginia shore. The whole
allotment is not to be spent on this
work. q share OF it being reserved for
the maintenance Of the levee around
Colun,bia Island. Small but presum.
Evening star., 1923-04-26
An I. w. w. Strike.

Industrial Workers Of the World
sometimes called the Il Won't Works"
are staging a ship strike centering
in New York city. On the eve of the
strike. including ships crews and dock
men, it is claimed that 10000 would
walk out, but at latest accounts only
one ship was affected sufficiently to
prevent sailing. Shipping men said
that less than a dozen ships were
in any way Handicapped. The places
of strikers were quickly filled. Ship
operators refuse to have any dealings
with the organization and decline to
open negotiations for adjustment.
1t is surprising that this I. w. w.
organization, is able to maintain it's
existence. 1t is thoroughly discredited
as labor body. 1t has no standing
with the larger labor associations and
unions. 1t is recognized as radical
influence and it's leaders have been
dispersed and some imprisoned. Yet
it seemingly succeeds in recruiting it's
ranks to some extent by appealing to
the "red" type of worker. Its claim
of a membership Of 10000 among the
shipmen may be correct on paper. but.
judging from the strike reports. not
all of these members are disciplined
to the point Of obeyins orders.
In the west the l. W. W. has been
heretofore strong. especial among the
lumbermen and in some of the larger
cities. There will probably always
be some form of association among
the more radical of the discontented
and they will always bear watching.
As serious industrial factor. how
ever, the I. w. w. has ceased to
exist. The American workingman is
not so easily fooled by. wild claims
and preposterous proposals as to sup
port such subversive movement as
this. go;
Evening star., 1923-04-26

time limits, went to sea to take these
ships. The climax was reached in the
execution Of Vicar General Butchl1a-
witch. which profoundly shocked the
British people. '". .'.'..'
Now a sharp note has been .ad'
dressed to Moscow in terms Of pro-
test, that will, it is expected, elicit
q refusal to recognize the British
right = to intervene in or criticize
actions Of the soviet. Some hesitancy
was felt by the ministry on the score
of sending such note lest 1t, have
g. bad effect upon the fortunes Of
Patriarch Tikhon, whose trial had
been set for last Monday. Now that
the trial has been indefinitely post
joned, it has been decided to press
the matter vigorously without further
delay -, ~ ,...-
A severance Of relations between
Great Britain and Russia, which,, it 10
expected, will follow the dispatch Of
the British note, viii probably int-
prove the general situation. As long
as those relations were formally main.
tained it was possible for the soviet
government to point to the British
position of acknowledgement as a
precedent for other recoSnitions.
Russia's failure to observe interna-
tional obligations has been in re-
spect to Great Britain so fragrant
that this breach now in prospect fully
justifies the stand Of the other pow.
ers that have SO far refused to &C.
knowledge the existence Of organized
government in Russia.
Evening star., 1923-04-26
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advancs'
MaryIand and Virginia.
All Other States,
Member Of the Associated Press.
Not a Paramount Issue.

When President Harding in his
New York speech declared that the
proposal of American adhesion to the
International Court OF Justice was not
a paramount question he stated q
fact supported by the evidence. As
he said in his address. 1T is in har-
mony with platform pledges, candi-
American aspirations" SO the sug-
sestion may be regarded as the status
QUO. Certainly it is nothing now.
Consider the national platform Of
the republicans in 1920 by which they
were swept into power by that seven.
million majority: We pledge the
coming republican administration to
such agreements with other nations
Of the world as shall meet the full
duty of America TO civilization and
humanity, i'll accordance with Ameri-
can ideals, without surrendering the
right of the American people to ex.
crcise it's judgment and its power in
favor Of justice and peace"
Some of the very senators who are
row arrayed in opposition to the
world court plan assisted in framing
II hat platform. all republicans assent
ed 20 it and the campaign was fought
and won upon it. Where is the con-
aisteHcy in their attitude today? Or,
take the platform of 1918, which
specifically advocated a world court
III, -, ~.
peaceful settlement of international
disputes and favor the establishment
Of q world court for that purpose
Again, in 1912: "It tthe republican
partyl believes most earnestly in the
peaceful settlement OF international
disputes and II the reference Of all
controversies between nations to an
International Court OF Justice" This
is the identically named institution to
which President Harding proposes ad-
hesion at this time.
AS the opposition is analyZed and
as logic explodes the asserted ground
for it, that the world court is en-
trance into the league. there is likeii.
hood that the people will become
suspicious that the real anirlus may
rest in opposition to. the Presidents
denomination.
Evening star., 1923-04-26

ably adequate sums VIII BE- apportion;
ed for the operation and maintenance
of the gates Of the tidal basin and
other purposes.
The building of Columbia Island
goes on and soon this stretch of land
will become . park. When the work
is complete. and perhaps before its
completion, there win probably be an
insistent demand that Analostan
Island be added to the river park sys,
tenn. This would give Washinston q
park Of great beauty along the south.
erly side of the river from a point
near the Highway bridge to one quite
near the Key bridge. Logic and topog.
raphy point to the inclusion Of Ana,
lostan Island in the park system.
The memorial bridge which will con-
meet Potomac Park with the govern.
ment lands of Arlington and which
will be the main link in a new way be.
tween the Lincoln Memorial and Ar.
lington cemetery win cross Columbia
Island and the result must be that
this island will become popular.
Evening star., 1923-04-26
No Red Herring.

Senator La Toilette sees two reasons
for rejecting the Presidents proposal
for the United States to enter the
world court. The first is that it lis
part Of the cleverly conceived plan
Of the International bankers to en-.
tangle the United States IN the affairs
Of Europe" And the second is that
it is ''an attempt to draw q red her.
ring across the trail Of the great do.
mestic issues" There is more to the
same effect in elaboration Of these
two familiar propositions. The sin.
lister influence plea is always avail
able against any forward movement.
1t appeals to some people who are
naturally Of suspicious disposition
There are certain ones who like to
think crookedly.
On the score Of the red herring" it
is to be borne in mind that the Pres.
ident in his statement in New York
Tuesday specifically said in this con-
nection: Our problems at home inva.
riahly call for first consideration" He
added:
Our own house must be kept in order.
our own good fortune must be assured
before we car be large contributors TO
world "r"'r' - or immeasurably help
ful to humanity.
There is no suggestion Of a red
herring here. Indeed, the President
took occasion in the course OF his
speech. which 1t was expected would
be devoted TO the subject of the world
court, to discuss other questions, sucn
as the merchant marine and the pri.
maries.
This matter of the world court and
Americas participation in it can only
be made into q red herring by. those
who wish for their own purposes TO
regard it as paramount issue and
themselves drag it across the trail Of
other questions. If it is accepted as
an assurance predicated upon the ver-
dict of the American people in 1920
and carried into effect by congres.
sional action undeiayed by filibusters
or demagogic deliperances. there will
be no lack Of opportunity for action
along the lines Of purely domestic
reforms and progressive movement.
The sinister infiuences' in operation
are not all capitalistic.
Evening star., 1923-04-26
An Educational Test Is the Only
Proper One.

The action of the Harvard board of
overseers in voting to maintain the
university's traditional freedom from
racial and religious discrimination
and placing the entrance test entirely
on an educational basis has received
general approval.
Harvard adheres to its fine his
toric ideals" points out the Chicago
Daily News. The sincere. industri-
Gus and mentally equipped applicant
Is to be welcome to Harvard regard
less of race. color, wealth or any
other irrelevant consideration. This
is not the whole story. Harvard
stands by it's ideals in the face OF
difficulties due to the hampering poll
cies of less liberal institutions. These
put on Harvard an extra load by
making It the goal Of students who.
for reasons having nothing to do with
character or educational qualiflca-
tions, do not find a welcome when
they apply in other quarters. Tho
problem that Harvard had 10 solve
was whether 1t would adopt similar
nolicies. 1t has chosen instead to
stand for freedom" This decision is
$50 generally in line with the senti-
ment of the country that to many
people it will not seem to have been
g. serious decision at ALL" says the
Baltimore News. But things were
not quite so simple as that. 1t was
the case of deciding between the very
definite theories of the educat tional
institution. What the Harvard au-
thorities have done is to decide that
where one idea conflicts with the
other it is the idea that the univer-
sity ia a. public service corporation
which supplies the whole people with
education which must take prece-
dence. Under prevalent, ideas OF
social service. and especially under
mental grants to the universities.
that was indeed the only possible
decision. But for all that 1t is no
less important one." The New Eng
land contingent at Harvard Is 'still
very large" the New York Times
points out in explaining why the
task of making Harvard a national
Institution will be difficult, and 1t in
sists dif 1t Is to make the most of its
Opportunity. and Ii at the same time
II is to render its fullest measure Of
service to the country. IT must con-
tinue its campaign for broader STU
dent representation"
=. Characterizfng the action OF the
-overseers as "a blow at reaction" the
New York Call suggests an effort yet
will be made to overturn this decision
but the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
takes the directly opposite view.
president Lowell has been pointedly
rebuked," the Journal Gazette de-
.clares, "and the reputation sof this
venerable institution has been saved.
Nothing more shocking has occurred
IN @ generatisn than the spirit oftin-
tolerance displayed by some OF the
faculty and the president of Harvard
Evening star., 1923-04-26
Great Britain and Russia.

Relations between the British and
soviet governments have reached a
point Of strain. For some time past
the government at London has had
occasion to regret resumption of Of.
fetal dealings in Moscow, which was
one Of the acts Of the Lloyd George
ministry, designed, 1t is believed, to
placate British labor. For two or
three. years a cause of friction has
existed in the case Of c. P. Dawson,
a British civil engineer, who was
arrested in Russia in September, 1919,
and executed in January, 1920. Lon
don has never been able to gain any
satisfaction from Moscow in this case.
More recently British trawlers have
heen seized by so-called pirates of the
Russian coast. really red scouts, who,
in violation Of the international mari