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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-12-20
Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our kind neigh
bors and friends for the loving sym
pathy shown us in our recent bereaye-
ment and their beautiful floral Offer
ings. Especially would we mention
the Priscilla Rebekah Lodge, Russell
Relief Corps and Grange.
x. A. Withee
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace s. Withee
Mr.. and Mrs, Milford d. Withee
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley F. Withee
Miss Lettie NJ. Rowe
Skowhegan, Dec 20, 1929
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Biaisdell.Leaird

Married in Norridgewock, Deem
Der IL by Rev James F. Taylor, Ell.
den G. Blaisdell of Norridgewock and
Jennie M. Leaird of Rome. the single
ring ceremony being used, Their
many friends all join in wishing them
long and happy life.
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Gard of Thanks

We wish to thank our kind friends
and neighbors of Madison and Show
hogan for the noble way in which
they came to our assistance since the
burning of our buildings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph f. Doe
Madison, Me-, December 30, 1928.
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II you haven't spotted the little ever
green that's going to find its way to
the house about Christmas time. bet
ter do II now.
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ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON
District Of Maine. Northern Division.
=. IS.
On this 9Th day of December, A n
1929, on reading the foregoing petition
oRDERED BY THE COURT. tina,
hearing be had upon the same on The
25th day OF JANUARY. A. D. 1924 be-
bistrict, Northern Division. at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon; and that notice
thereof be published In The Independ-
eht 5Reporter, newspaper printed in
said Dtatrict. Northern Division, and
that all :, known creditors, and Other
persons In interest, may appear at the
said time and place, and show cause,
" any they have. why the prayer Of
said petitioner .should not be granted.
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED
by the Court that the clerk shall
send by mail to all known creditors
copies Of said petition and this order,
addressed to them at their places OF
residence an stated.
WITNESS the Honorable John A.
Peters, Judge OF the said Court, and
the zeal thereof at Bangor, in the
Northern Division Of said District on
the Sth day of December, A. D. 1929.
ISABEL SHEEHAN,
Deputy Clerk.
IL. 81
"A true copy of petition and order
thereon.
ISABEL sHEEHAN.
Deputy Clerk.
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BANKRUPrs PETITION FOR Ma.
CHARGE

In the matter OF John T. Roberta,
Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy.
To the Hon. John A. Peters Judge n,
the District Court Of the United Sat-.
for the District OF Maine.
Iohn +. Robertson of Fairfield IN
the County OF Somerset and State a.,
Maine. IN said District. respectfullr
Represents that on the 18th day q,
September. last past. he was duly ad.
Judged bankrupt under the Acts of Con,
areas Relating to bankruptcy; that bs
has duly surrendered all his propertv
and rights of property. and has full
cutnplIe0 with ali the requirements y
said Acts and Of the orders OF Con-,
touching his bankruptcy.
WHEREFORE he prays that he nav
be decreed by the Court to have fun
discharge from all debts provable
against his estate under said bank.
ruptcy Acts, except such debts as are
excepted by law from such discharge
Dated this 5th day of December
A. D. 1928.
JOHN T. ROBERTSON.
Bankrupt
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Rippogenus Dam is the third larg-
est in the world.
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Read the ads in this weeks issue
1t will pay oou.
, 1923-03-24
PILGRIM PLAYS
To BIC HOUSE

The Pilgrim" opened TO packed
houses at the American theater yes
terday and last night Charlie
Chaplin demonstrated thai he could
still rouse the latent humor hidden
away In humans Tho c~leverness
OF tho flmis most widely heralded
comic actor IS still evident in this.
the latest Of Chaplin's productions,
and although the actor has no such
stellar assistant playing with him as
he had when no and Jackie CpoEan
produced ''rhe KID the photoplay
IL still to DO reckoned rs one OF the
funniest OF the year.
THE pilgrim" outlines the dttie.
OF an escaped convict who throu =
the mere fact OF having obtained n
costume worn by certain members of
the clergy Is compelled to carry out
tho role of n minister.
Probably the funniest episode re-
corded on this four reels OF celluloid
Is he advent OF tho new minister
when he turns the pulpit into a
stage for comic acting. There arc
many other clever Incidents. many OF
which are decidedly original.
"The Pilgrim" plays again today.
Sunday and Monday.
, 1923-03-24
ACTRESS DENIES
INTIMACY WITH
LOU TELLEGEN
Farrar Divorce Trial Is
Enlivened by Denial
OF Charges.

NEW YORK. March 23-Ofnc,Al
denisl that Miss Stella Larrimore, Il
years old actress and sister OF Fran
cine Larr,more. Broadway star. wa
guilty Of intimate relations with Lou
Tellegen, was made today by her
counsel at n hearing IN the divorce
su!t brought against the actor by
Geraldine Farrar, former urima don
IA OF the Metropolitan Opera com
pany.
Lewis p. Brodssy. counsel for the
Young girl. obtained from Referee
Mahoney an adjournment OF enc week
in order that he might persue the
record pertaining 10 the alleged court
ship OF Miss l." by TelleEen and
produce his client at an open hearing
to make public denial OF the charges
IN which her name appeared
Miss L" was one OF three CO re
spondents named by tho diva, and
testimony was given at the asst hear
ing by detectives employed by Miss
Farrar that while TeIleFru was play
ing here in 1921 in the title role OF
Don Juan" he many times escorted
Miss L" to her apartment on River,
side drive n once spent tho night
there.
After this evidence had become
public, MIS- Francino Larrimoro and
other members of the family denied
tho charges vigorously, Gontend.ns
that the evidence vas simply "the
dirty frameup hired detectives"
, 1923-03-24

will find those little briar
pipes from England tho thing: they
may smoke a pipetul then"
Pipes? What will they lead tor
Corncobs7 Oh, decidedly not9
THE business ONT who'0 really
rather be married and keep house
should use those lovely cork cigaret
holders painted with for-get.menots
and things like that. A very subtle
way of encouraging a man. Lets
him know YOU think that after all a
woman's place is in the home"
wearing your heart on your sleeve
isn't in II. YOU see, with wearing It on
your cgaret holder. 1t pay to adver'
tise. the experts pointed out.)
The girl with an !~nfer!ority com
pick should tuck her c'garet into one
Of those amber holders at least nine
inches long. Nobody can feel in
ferior behind one of those tremendou:
affairs"
You keep away from tobacco thai
way. And the teeth exercise. bal
ancln3 the lengthy holder. is a sort
of daily dozen for outw.ttin- den
tists.)
Grandmother smokers have style
too" concluded the experts. "Ciga
rets for them should have colore.
SILK TIPS. Matching their silk frocki
and adding q little touch Of youthful
ness"
, 1923-03-24
fascist IS now
GOING CONCERN
IN j. g., REPORT.

NEW YORK. March "A branch
OF the Fascist of Italy. called the
Fascist OF North America, was found.
ed In this country two years ago and
now has 10000 members in branches
in many of the leading cities in the
United States and Canada. the New
York Herald says
Temporarily the organization in
this hemisphere is said to be under
the direction of U. Menicuccl, who
acts as political secretary" Officers
of the New York headquarters of the
American organization arc to be elect
ed at a meeting here Saturday night.
the sequel to one held last Saturday
night at which headquarters dedi-
Gated, the paper says.
While in Italy the Fascist was OF
such dominant political force that II
swept into the premiership its leader.
Mus5olini. no such end is sought In
this country. the Herald quotes
Slgnor Menicucci as saying. Besides
promoting accord. he said. the Fascist
are here TO SEQ that Italians under
stand the duties of italian citizen
ship and obey the laws OF the coun.
try in which they live It will keep
out OF American politics, he added.
Branches are said to have been
establ shed in Philadelphia, Chicago,
Boston. Montreal, Buffalo. Albany.
Schenectady, Waterbury. Conn: Kan,
sas City. Detroit. Pueblo, Colo: Col
umbus and Niles. Ohio. and Bethle
hem. Pa.
The Fascist In the United State:
will stand principally for this order
sad gnor Menicucci: unity O.
Italian veterans of the American anc
italian armies; help for disabled vet
Grams. mid for immigrants; prevention
OF unemployment IND Americaniza
ton.
, 1923-03-24
New England Rich
In English Bibles

BOSTON. March 24.-BibIes that
date back three hundred years are
not uncommon in New England,
where families have treasured the
volumes for many generations. One
of these Bibles was printed in Eng.
land in 1899 by the deputies OF Chris
topher Barker. printer to the Queens
Most Excellent Majesty" 1t is owned
by Clarence Cheney. of Norwood. and
has been in his family for genera.
tons.
Another Bible. owned by Fred Fl.
IIarria, OF Norfolk Downs. and pub
, 1923-03-24

BY JOSEPHINE VAN DE GRIFT
NEW YORK. March 2I.-Glrls, do
you smoke All right. then. But do
you know what to smoke? And how?
That's different
Smokes for IS really such
a nomentous question that experts
must decide. Around the corner
from Fifth avenue in the Lady Me
Shop. the proprietors. Miss Harriette
3. Douglas n Mrs. Edward A Cas-.
sidy Will tell you what's what about
II.
Said Miss Douglas severely: "wo-
men who smoke any old thing in
any old way blunder Just as much as
women who wear any old hat"
Mrs. Cassidy, saEely: There - oti-
quet and styles in smoking as well as
in manners and Dress"
Forthwith we inhaled these tips
given By Miss Douglas and Mrs. Cas-.
s!dy Jointly. On what and how wo.
mon should smoke a long black CT.
saret with a red tip. So sinful look
ing. Upholds vamp traditions, too
Black ~cigarets? Absolutely. But
no. they said firmly. little black
oSaar 8 wouldn't do. Not dainty
enoughl
The 1Rpper reaches her oomplet
est expression-er-tobacco logically
when she acquires a long Russian
pipe holder. 1t looks like a pipe, but
holds a cigaret. Later. perhaps. the
, 1923-03-24

Before the war Germany had be-
tween four and five thousand citizens
In China engaged IN various CONNER
cal pursuits. It Is estimated now that
two.thirce OF these are again in China
endeavoring to re-ostablish their bus
mess connections. German consuls
have been back In all the principal
business centes OF China tor some
time. including the TsinEtau conces-
sion which Japan wrested from Ger
many at the beginning OF the great
war and which has recently been
, 1923-03-24

evacuated by the japanese and turn
cd back to China
Germany's ambitious plans for vast
territorial possessions in the Pacific
which might form the basis for great
navel and commercial power. have
been defeated at least for the pres
ent, by the loss OF Tsingtau. the Mar
shall and Caroline Islands. New
Guinea and other South Sea posses
sions. But German steamship lines
have resumed their sailings to the
orient and are making an effort to
regain their lost business.
, 1923-03-24

Germany sold japan goods valued at
SO 100000 yen. In 1913. German eI-
ports to japan for the entire twelve
months aggregated only es.ooo.ooo
EN-. The yen Is worth about fifty
cents.
In 1921. Germany sold China goods
valued at 10000. 900 taels. An increase
Is anticipated in the figures for 1922
which German exporters believe Will
make the years business greater than
that OF 1913. which was 2s.3o0 900
taels. The .tael is worth about 4
dollar and forty cents.
, 1923-03-24

This discovery may result in a sec
ondary probe in an effort to trace
the persons who diluted the liquor
according TO intelligence officers.
The whereabouts of Father Grac-
remained a mystery TO federal off
cert who are seeking him on 4 war
rant alleging forgery o: government
documents through which he Is al
eyed to have obtained more than
$50 900 Of liquor.
, 1923-03-24
COUNTY AUTHORITIES Asked TO
aid CHOICE OF State OFFICER

dates for the office of state law en-.
forcement commissioner, now vacant,
Leading candidates are Thomas Car.
roll OF Wheatland. A. a. Sanders
sheriff OF Carbon county; w. S,
Burch, until recently sheriff OF Ere
mont county; and Merle c. WachteI
Of Cheyenne. deputy federal prohib
itlon director for wyoming.
, 1923-03-24
WHISkEY SHIPPED ON FORGED
ORDER IS Diluted EN- ROUTE

DENVER Colo. March :<.-Dis
covery hat a shipment OF bonded
whiskey from Kentucky to Denver.
which the Rev. Father A Grace.
missing pastor. Is charged with hay
ing obtained on a forged application.
was diluted and watered en- route or
after It reached Denver. was an
nounced by federal prohibition Of
flcinls while the search for Father
Grace was continued.
, 1923-03-24

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. March
23~-Ry The Associated Press,H
This six United States army air
planes which arrived here from San
Anta MO, Texas, on Monday. took OF
on hlair return trip TO the United
StabaI Mt 1917 o'clock this morning.
, 1923-03-24
GERMANY IS REGA|NING
TRADE IN THE ORIENT
DESPITE COLONY Loss

BERLIN. March z4,-Germnny IS
rapidly remaining its trade in the Far
East IN spite OF the fact that its
stands In the Pacific were taken
away by the Versailles treaty, and
business was interrupted for years
by war conditions and the deporta-
tor. ant internment OF It's business
men.
For the first nine months Of 1922
, 1923-03-24

iished in London by Robert Barker.
printer TO the Kings Most Excellent
Majesty in 1914. a been in the
Harris family since 1880. Mrs. P. 3.
Laskey. OF M~arblehead. has a Bible
2e2 years old, and Samuel ]. Wilde.
of Boston. has a copy Of the Scrip
lures printed IN Cambridge. England.
in ls4s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-21
Maughan's Plane
in No Shape for
Flight to West Coast

Rock Springs, Wyo., July 20.-Fur-
Their fight in the airplane piloted by
Russell L. Maughan, army aviator,
until he was forced down here yes
terday on the fourth leg oh his pro-
posed ocean to ocean daylight flight,
IS impossible in it's present condi-
ton and to repair the motor would
require an indefinite period, Lieuten-
ant Vaughan announced here to-
night.
An inspection BY mechanics at the
air mail field here where Lieut..
Vaughan landed because OF leaking
OIL, revealed that the plane would not
cave the ground. it was announced.
1t previously had been planned by the
trmy flyer to make test flight today.
Reporting the condition Of the ma
chine to the army air service off,
GERS at Washington, Lieut.. Vaughan
declared that the investigation
showed that not only was his oil
cooler leaking but that water was
moving from the cylinders and mix
ing with the Oil.
Asserting his belief that the army
nyer could not have flown much
farther without having been forced
70 land, o. E. Stutsman, mechanic OF
McCook field told The Associated
rress tonight that the plane was in
"a terrible condition" and to repair
.ne present motor might require sew
eral months.
>, Lieut.. Vaughan reiterated tonight
. .nat ne was prepared at any time
at.lorlty is given to make another
Tempt ~ to fly across the continent
~ the daytime.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-21
Faulty Plane
Cause of Crash
in Boston HarbOr

Boston. July 20.-Bad maintenance
was the primary cause of the air.
plane accident in Boston Harbor last
night which resulted in the death Of
the owner and serious injury to the
pilot, the state advisory board for
the regulation of aeronautics an
nounced today after it's investiga-
ton of the accident. The secondary
cause the board announced, was the
short turn attempted by the pilot at
a comparatively low altitude.
Harbor police worked throughout
the day in an effort to find the body
Of John Stevens of Littleton, n. H.,
the owner, who was killed when the
plane fell. Frank A. Goodwin, regis
trar of motor vehicles today revoked
the license of Lieutenant Caldwell S.
Phillips of East Holden, Maine, pilot
Of the plane. Registrar Goodwin said
that action was taken on the ground
that Lieut.. Phillips had flown an
unregistered plane. He added that
the mechanical condition Of the
plane was faulty.
The aeronautics board. in its find
Ing, declared that the pilot had evil
IDENTIFY done everything in his power
to avert the accident. but that the
faulty condition of the machine, a
condemned government airplane,
prevented what might otherwise have
been a successful effort to regain
equilibrium.
Stevens had planned to use the
machine which he recently purchas-
ed for passenger carrying and stunt
flying.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-21
Minnesota Move
Will Spread Thinks
Senator Moses

+ Washington, July c0.-The wave of
popular sentiment which carried the
farmCr-labor party to victory in the
recent Minnesota election soon will
make itself felt in other states in
the opinion of Senator Moses of
New Hapshire, chairman of the Re-
publican senatorial campaign COM
mittce, who predicted today that the
result might be disastrous to Re-
publican plans for retaining ma
jority in the Senate.
Defeat of the Minnesota senatorial
candidate by Magnus Johnson, far
mer-labor nominee, was attributed by
Senator Moses to General dissat-
isfaction but particularly to COM
plants of the failure of farm legis-
lation Of the last Congress to pro-
duce expected results.
THE people of Minnesota seemed
10 forget" he said that it was their
spokesman in Washington, claiming
to represent the farmers of the north
west who framed and forced through
the legislation.
Il cannot help thinking that the
movement which we have seen in
Minnesota is going to spread. While
in the west | visited five states and
talked with a great many people.
My conclusion is that we have not
heard the last of this by long shot"
Foreign born voters in Minnesota
and the northwest, Senator Moses
said. generally favor the nomination
of 4 presidential candidate by the
tarmer-labor party, and he thought
it likely such a ticket would be in
the field in 1924. One of the domin-
ating influences behind the move, he
asserted, is opposition to the pro-
hibition law and the feeling that
neither the Republican nor the
Democratic party can be expected to
amend it.
Senator Moses declared he con-
sidcred it possible that the farmer
labor party might nominate a presi-
Dental candidate who would be ac-
ccptabe to and be made the can
didate of the Democratic party and
that such a candidate might be
elected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-21
Second FARLEY -"
REVIEWS HOPE END
TELEPHONE STR|k T
s of Workers
Deliberate in Secret
neil Follow
ing Conference with
mpany Officials
Statement Today.
Word of Miss O'COn-
nor

Boston. July 2o.-A conference,
the second in as many days, was
held late today between leaders of
the striking telephone operators and
officials OF the New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company. AZ
ter the brief meeting, the result of
which was not at the time disclosed
by the conferees. the strategy board
Of the striking operators went into
committee session at their head
quarters. At today's conference the
strikers were represented by Miss
Julia s.. O'Connor, their president,
and two members of her committee,
and the company was represented by
General Manager George H. Dresser
and c. S. Pierce, vice president and
general counsel.
Announcement late today that COM
pany and union heads were to meet
for the second time renewed hope
Of an early conclusion of the strike,
which had been dissipated by the
action last night of the regional
council Of New England telephone
operators unions in refusing the
company's offer to re-employ as
Continued on Page 7-Col. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-21
Migration I. w. w.
to Port Arthur Still
On, Official Declares

New Orleans, La. July OCCIDENTAL
that the l. w. w. invasion of Port
Arthur, Tex, was off and the declara-
ton that statement to that effect
last night by a Texas official OF the
organization was n diplomatic man.
euver' came today from James Nc
Colloster in charge of me local ma
rine workers branch If the l. w. w.
McColloster said fo0t-l loose Mem
bers of the organization were mus
tering in New Orleans and Galveston
today for the trek to Port Arthur
He added that the mobilization was
not merely Port Arthur affair, but
was in preparation for general
strike to be called soon by the |. w.
w. Marines workers who want & 20
lper cent. increase in wage, release of
war convicts from prison and i'm
proved conditions.
New York. July 20-The I. ". W.
invasion of Port Arthur has been held
up because the movement of the
members would cripple shipping,
lumber and oil industries, declared
Secretary John Shustrie of the Mine
Transport Workers tonight despite
reports from New Orleans that the
migration order still is in effect.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-21
Ask Return X. X. X.
Papers Taken from
Atlanta for Publication

New York, July 20.-Asserting that
the International Magazine Co., Inc,
publishers of Hearst's Magazine. print
ed series Of articles by Norman Hap
good which were based upon records
unlawfully taken from it's office in At
lanta, the knights of the Ku Klux
Khan. Inc, today asked the federal
district court to stop publication of
further Khan articles and to order the
return of the papers.
According to the complaint. the pa
pers were taken from the Khan office
by Rhodes McPhail, a clerk. who
through Samuel N. Castleton Of At
lanta and Louis r. CLAWS sold them to
the International company for $4,000.
The purpose of the purchase, it is
asserted, was to discredit the Khan
with the public and to discourage pros
pective members.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-21
General Forecast

The temperature rose considerably
during Friday in the north Atlantic
and middle Atlantic states. with
maximum of 80 degrees at Baltimore,
Md, readings are now above normal
over the entire country except from
the lower Mississippi valley. west
ward to the southern plain states
and southern Rocky Mountain re-
gion. The pressure was relatively
high Friday night from the middle
and lower Mississippi valley, cast
ward to the middle and south Allan
tic coast. The outlook is for gener-
ally fair weather during the next As
hours in the states of the Washington
forecast district. High temperature
will continue Saturday in the north
Atlantic and middle Atlantic states
also on Sunday over those areas ex-
cept in New England and northern
and central New York where readings
will be probably somewhat lower.
Winds north of Sandy Hook: Gen
tie to moderate west and southwest
and partly overcast weather Satur-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-21
Stormy Session /.
Hard Coal Miners
at Wilkesbarre. Pa.

Wilkesbarre. Pa, July 20-Sences
similar to those at the tri-district
convention of anthracite miners at
Scranton when President Lewis de-
nouced members of the communist
party were enacted today at the BIZ
ennjal convention of district number
l.
When George Evans, an ELEPHANT
delegate. supplemented speech by
president elect CaprCllini, who scor-
cd the Italian Fascist movement. a
delegate expressed the fear that
Evans might cause n repetition OF
the Scranton affair. Patrick Hurley
of Planes, declared the objector was
a "Red sympathizer" and demanded
that he be expelled. President Bren-
nan had trouble in restoring order.
Resolutions were adopted favoring
the naturalization of coal mines,
commencing International President
John l.. Lewis for his action in re-
vokinC the charter of district rs for
rchcllinG against his order thas the
miners on strike in Nova Scotia he
sent back to work. dCnOuncing the
progressive committee of the United
Mine Workers OF America" and the
worker" on tho ground that their
mission was "to cause -disscnton ana
defeat the aims of organized labor.