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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
Ball Teachers Association

The Charles F. Ball Teachers As
sociation will hold its meeting Friday,
August 18th at Bingham Heights
Picnic dinner Anyone who ever
taught for Mr. Ball is invited. Please
bring something for the general
lunch. Beans and coffee furnished
Everyone bring their own dishes.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
\ A R RIS Bull DIN GS
BURN At HARTLAND
Property Entirely Destroyed with
Several Tons of Hay.
Insured

Harlland. Aug l. During the hea-
Wy electrical shower which passed
over here late Sunday afternoon. the
OF II II Harris on Upper
Commercial street We're struck and en-
tirely destroyed including a number
of tons of hay. They saved nearly
everything from the house. The
were insured.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR
IN SKOWHEGAN
Among the Tourists in this Section
lNas Official and his Family

Among the visitors in Skowhegan.
Monday last, was H. Pueyrredon, from
Washington, d. G.. who is the Argen
tina ambassador. He was accom-
panied by members of his family and
WAS touring through this section.
While here he was a guest at the New
Skowhegan House. Others in the
party were Mrs Pueyrredon, Miss
Julia, Raquel, Horace, Richard, Mar
iha and Angelica Pueyrredon
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14

Irned. also went to the fu-
4 Of Lanes wife, who succumbed
he wounds inflicted on her by the
kg guest. Also that night. /
some real American "gobs" from
1.-Two of the destroyers. who ar
that afternoon. I chatted with
until dinner time. They gave
lpod thrill with their American
b next morning, Friday, went
kd to the great Eastern Hotel
ne they stopped) and met the
|tDrS. Smith, Wade, Wilson, Ar
Ogden and Harding. Great
real American type. regular
Ew That night, | talked with
4 more sailors. They were great
The type of sailors was very
y all Of very good appearance.
Saturday after office, | looked the
pes over at Princeps Gleat, where
had been hoisted out of the
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
Last Civil War Veteran Dies

l. NJ. Kinney, the Oldest resident
and last civil war veteran of Yelling
ton passed away at the home of his
son, Harvey Kinney. Tuesday August
5th. The funeral was held Thursday
at the house. Intermenent in Hut
chins Corner cemetery.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
Beginning OF the Schools

The rural schools in Skowhegan
will begin Monday. August 25th but
will be closed during the week of the
Skowhegan Fair The high school
and town grade schools will open
10Th.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
North Fairfield School Reunion

The reunion of the North Fairfield
School will be held on Sunday, Aug.
IL Those attending will meet at
the church at 10 a IN. and attend ser
vice, after which a picnic dinner will
be served in the schoolhouse and the
usual exercises held. All interested
in the reunion are invited to attend.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
Met 0llOr Reunion

The McCollor reunion will be held
Sunday. August II at the home of Mr..
and Mrs John McCollor in Solon
Beans and coffee will be furnished and
tables will be set for all. All 9TH
ers are requested to hiring pastry.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14

Jim Brown of West Athens was ar
rested on Monday by Deputy Cook on
complaint of Dennis knight Of West
Athens. charging him with the burn
ing OF building in. the night, owned
by Knight on April 2lst, last. He
pleaded not guilty before Judge Mer-
rill and waived examination. Failing
to procure bonds, Brown was commit
ted to Jail to await the action of the
Grand Jury.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
announcement

\ aug a., taken over the embroidery
bv BUSINESS OF Miss Iva NJ. Hol-
H. u,Il 1uail be glad to meet all of
Nsr, "o'Sa5 patrons and new Gus
|,p5 ,t a' well. | shall endeavor to
hs w., s same courteous treatment
kto,, 'uluFe as has been accorded
b a' ne Rest Rooms in the
h D. ANNA NJ GRoNDIN
'dse Block women and Children
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
Ola Fashioned Dance at East Madison

There will he an old fashioned
dance AT East Madison Grange hall.
Saturday evening August Is, for the
benefit of the Grange.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
Announcement

The opening OF Milady's Beauty
Shoppe, Saturday August Is, after
noon and evening. Corner Elm st.
and Madison avenue.
EVA w. MAGUGRE
ETHEL NJ. CHRISTENSEN
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
Fletcher.Patterson Reunion

The Fletcher Patterson reunion
will he held at the home of George
Fletcher in Anson on August %. 1924
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14

erhsD,o" q Mrs Blaine Emerson Of
biz dan.l. are the parents of a
laughter born August II.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14
Of MISS OLIVE HAYDEN REMOVES
S1AUNCH SUPPORTER Of SP|R|TUALISM
Pathetic Romance and Life Devotion to KinsfoIk
and Friends--Her Public Interests

Memorial services for the late Miss
Olive Hayden. prominent member
Of the Madison Spiritualst Associa-
tion. were held Sunday afternoon.
from her late home at Madison Cen
ter. Rev Frederick A. Wlggin pas
tor OF the Unity Spiritualst Church
in Boston. was the officiating clergy
man. There was probably an attend
anee of $50 people at these ceremonies
and quantities of beautiful flowers be
spoke sympathy for the family and
esteem for the deceased. A sister,
Miss Georgiana Hayden OF Portland.
came for the services and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Tibbetts of Athens were
also in attendance. Burial was in
Blackwell Hill Cemetery and pail
bearers were four nephews, Fred Hay
den, Marcus Moore, Ray Tibbetts and
Frank Day.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-14

The sudden death of Miss Olive
Hayden. after an illness of a half
hour, on Friday morning last. re-
moves one of the well known women
of this section, who had spent a long
and useful life at Madison Center.
Although she Nas fully eighty-fiye
years OF age. at the time OF her de-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
ROmping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Listener-In

OF the many commercial firms
that have arranged musical settings
for their advertisements on the air,
the B. Fischer Company, in our
humble opinion, has created one Of
the most lavish air stages for the
most artless of blurbs.
Appearing at it's Semi-monthly
hour on the Big Six circuit last
night, the Fischer Orchestra played
a tremendously pleasing concert
of dance music only to lead up to
the presentation of salesman who
tried to sell us groceries.
The method is called indirect"
advertising.
Yes, Gerald, about as indirect as
blow from Jack Dempsey's right
fist.
The two, hours that we passed
with the Boernstein Wardman Park
Hotel Orchestra, plus Brooke Johns
and Norman Phillips, jr., provided
q pleasant relief from the advertise.
ment studded concert from New
York.
And as for indirect advertising, -
the laughter ana merrlmenL Oh the
crowds at the Wardman Park ball
room made a far more effective
appeal than the superlatives of
the grocery salesman.
Super-power is quietly and I'm.
ostentatiously getting in its work.
OF the five stations that have
jumped their power to 1900. watts,
WEAF, WGY, WTAM, KIT, and
KYW, the New York WEAF seems
to have achieved the greatest
benefit.
WTAM and WGY have undoubt.
edly obtained greater clarity and
have eliminated much of their for.
mer fading qualities by the extra
watts, but KYW is still the same
feeble voice to our receiver that ii
has always been.
XII is a station that we have
never met.
So far no pereceptible interior
ence has been noticed by the in
creased power.
The next step up to 1000 watts
is probably just around the corner
in 1925.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
CHIEF
WILL RETIRE
IN JUNE
General Richards Credited
With Building Up National
Guard to Present Size.
BY LLOYD LEHRBAS,
international News Service.

Major General George c. Rick
ards. chief Of militia. the man
generally accredited with building
the National Guard to it's greatest
Ipeace-time size and highest state Of
efficiency, will retire in June Of
next year, it was learned today.
General Richards retires at the
end of his four-year period as chief
Of militia--the. first chief Of
the bureau to hold the office created
in the National Defense act Of June
IA, 1920-because Of the expiration
Of his four-year appointment: aud
since he has passed the age limit
at which officers in tho regular
army retire, he will not ask for
reappointment.
Made it Fighting Unit.
During General Richards regime
the National Guard has developed,
under his guidance, from the loosely
unified organization that existed
before the war into a first-class
fighting unit of 100000 men and
officers, who could be thrown into
the front-line trenches within two
or three weeks in case of an
emergency.
Instead of the scattered COM
panies and half companies that
drilled in towns and cities through.
out the United States in the days
preceding the war, General Rick
ards has fashioned strong, eff
Client and well-organized tactical
unit of eighteen infantry divisions.
four cavalry divisions, ninety COIN
panies Of coast artillery, fifteen COM
panies Of heavy artillery and four
teen air service observation squad
rons-all ION their toes" and ready
for real fighting as minute men,"
Takes Little Credit.
General Richard modestly admits
the efficiency of the National Guard,
but gives credit to the War Depart.
ment, the officers of his staff. the
CommonwealthS of the Union and
the fine spirit and cooperation of
the men and officers Of the Ma
tional Guard.
General Rickards is veteran Of
the Spanish-American and world
wars, and an officer of the highest
character, His length OF service
exceeds that of any other National
Guard officer in active service,
and his efficiency as a soldier
and executive in unQuestioned.
The retiring chief of militia has
received many Communications and
citations during his long military
service. In the world war he
was recommended by his brigade
commander for a Distinguished
Service Medal, and by his division
commander for Distinguished
Service Cross. He was also cited
by General Pershing.
Numerous National Guard Or
CARNATIONS have attempted to pre-.
vail upon General Richards to ask
for reappointment as chief of
militia, sc that he would remain as
head Of tho National Guard, but in
view Of his age, he has decided
not to make the application.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
JUCOSLAVS ARE
WORRIED BY
RAD|TCH
Mad" Leader in Exile, But
Many Believe He May Be
Savior of Country.
BY CONSTANTINE sTEPHANOyE,
International News Service.


SOFIA, Dec. 27.-Once again an
exile from his native land of
Jugo-Slavia, Stephen Mad" Raditch
still remains the stormy pet petrol
Of Jugo-Slav politics,
Raditch fled when the great old
man of Southeastern Europe,
NlkoIa PaShitch, recently returned
to the helm of his government, but
the majority Of the people of Jugo.
Slavia look upon Raditch as the
future savior of their country.
They believe that, like the legen.
dary Slav hero, Krali Mako
Raditch will return soon, at the
head OF a great Jugo-Slavia, united
and free.
Raditch forced Pashitch's down.
fall seven months ago. But the
new cabinet of the Democratic
Davtdovitch, a rival of Pashitch.
was short lived because it failed
to win the favor Of Raditch and
was not strong enough to stand
long against the Red Sultan
Pashitch, as he is called by the
Croatians. This is not the first
time Raditch has been an exile
put the people still have faith
IN MIN.
Jugo-Slav history of the last few
years will be written about the per-
sonalities of these two men. Pas
hitch and Raditch. The first is an
incarnation of the best. the aristo.
cratic and monarchical bureaucrats
while the second is q man of the
people, self.made man from
among the peasant class.
Pashitch is an inveterate impe.
rialist; Raditch is a republican.
Pashitch is for greater Serbia: Ra.
ditch Is for Great Jugo- Slayia. in
which all Jugo-Slav States will con.
stitute autonomous units under the
name Of "Jugo-Slav Federation. /"
united by the lasting bond of Jugo.
Slav brotherhood.
The ideas Of the two sturdy Slavs
clashed as soon as the Jugo. SlaviaL
of Pashitch came into existence.
Since then Raditch has been treated
as an outlaw by Belgrade, ruled by
Pashitch, but thus far he has
proved too powerful to be hushed
or annihilated.
Pashitch Is now in his eightieth
year. No other public man in the
world has been directing the desti-
MES of his country as long as this
remarkable Slav. He fully deserves
the title OF Serbia's Bismarck.
Raditch is awaiting his opportu.
nifty, realizing that Pashitch's age
won't permit him to continue in
power much longer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
BRIToNS HOPE TO CALL
INDIA ON PHONE SOON

LONDON, Dec. 27.-A few
months ago it was considered an
ambitious undertaking when plans
were announced for a telephone
service between London and Ber-
lin, a distance of 600 miles. Now,
however. British postoffice engin.
GERS are giving serious consider
alton to the practicability of con.
structing new lines and linking up
existing facilities with a view to
enabling conversations to be held
between London and cities in
India.
In some quarters it is stated Oh.
timistically that London and Ran
eoun might be connected by phone.
This distance is no greater than
that covered by the circuit in
volved in the Hayana.Los Angeles
wire. 1t is from the perfecting of
the instrument known as the IRE
peater" that long-distance tele-
phony for Europe is hoped to be
dev eloped into a commercial sue
cess
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
4 I
T|VlQI|S
BILLED
Concert by Williams Musical
Club From New York Hotel
Tops Program

A concert by the Williams Col
lege Musical Club, to be presented
at the Hotel Plaza, New York,
will head the Saturday evening
program from WRC. The con-
cert will be broadcast jointlyswith
station WIZ, New York, begin
ming at $3.50.
WRC's dinner music tonight will
be played by the Boelnstein Hotel
Washington Orchestra. Mr.. Boern-
stein will conduct the orchestra
in person, beginning at Z o'clock.
The third concert of the evening
win be played by the Astor Hotel
Dance Orchestra from 1890 to
11:16.
TivoH Recital.
Following the Aston Orchestra =
performance, Otto r. Beck il sched-
uled to render another Saturday eve.
ming organ recital on the Tivoli Thea
ter Grand Organ. Mr.. Beck's pro-
gram will be made up entirely Of
request" numbers.
An interesting feature of the WRC
program will be the first of series
Of Southern dialect stories, told by
Miss Irene Bewley, ChautauQua en-
tertainer and lecturer. Miss Bewley
win take over the WRC microphone
at 10 o'clock.
Evening Program.
The detailed program for the eve.
GAS p. m. Peter Pan" by Peggy
Albion.
Up. m. Dinner Music by the Irving
Boerstein Hotel Washington Orches.
ira broadcast from the Hotel Wash.
ington.
5 p. m. Bible Talk by Vernon Low
reg. associate teacher, First Baptist
Baraca Class, under the auspices of
the Organized Bible Glass Association.
S:15 p. m, Violin Recital by Helen
Stuart.
$3.50 p. m. Joint recital by Minnie
Volkmann, soprano, and Ralph Bis
sonette, pianist.
$50 .. m. Concert by the Williams
College Musical Club, broadcast with
station WIZ from the Hotel Plaza.
New York.
1915 p, m.-Readings by Irene
Bewley.
1890 p. m.-Dance program by
the Hotel Aston Orchestra, broad.
cast with Station WIZ from the
Hotel Astor, New York.
Ills p. Morgan recital by Otto
f. Beck, broadcast from Crandall'S
Tivon Theater.
Church Services.
Church services will be broadcast
tomorrow morning by WCAP from
the Metropolitan Memorial M. L.
Church, where the sermon will be
delivered by the Reverend Harry
Dawson Mitchell, pastor, and to:
morrow afternoon from Bethlehem
Chapel, Mt. st. Alban, where Bishop
James E. Freeman viii preach.
Following the Sunday evening
concert by Roxy and his Capitol
,Theater artists tomorrow night,
WCAP will broadcast the addresses
to be delivered at the dinner in
honor of Viscount Cecil of Chel.
wood, formerly Lord Robert Cecil,
winner of the $4,000 award for the
promotion OF world peace, rendered
by. the Woodrow Wilson Foundation
at the Hotel Aston, New York.
Norman H. Davis, president of
the board of trustees OF the founda-
ton, will make the award to Wis
count Cecil.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
BANDITS TRAIL WIDOW
AND GET $4,000 IN GEMS

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.--Bandits, be.
lieved to have trailed them from
the Friar's Inn, Loop cabaret, re.
Gently forced an automobile, occu.
pied by Mrs. Katherine Armstrong,
wealthy widow, and Harry xiv, TO
the curb, robbed them of jewelry
valued at $4,000 and escaped.
The loot included nine diamond
studded bracelets and two diamond
rings and diamond shirt stud
and $500 in cash.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
700 BUILDING employees
CELEBRATING HOLIDAYS

A serial celebration of Christmas
is being held by 700 employees of
the office Of Public Buildings and
Grounds and the superintendent OF
the State, War and Navy building.
The first Christmas party was
held last night, and two others, o.
night and tomorrow night, are %
be enjoyed, the latter for the color
ed employees. The events are held
In the Interior Department audi.
torium
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
sHoPLIFTER SENT TO JAIL;
TAUGHT CHILD THE TRADE

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Justices in
Special Sessions were told that
Mrs. Catherine Schezer, twenty-five,
mother of a three-year old child.
taught an eleven-year-old girl to be-
come a ishoplifter. They then sen
fenced her to five days in jefferson
Market Prison.
Mrs. Schezer pleaded guilty to
stealing trinkets valued at 1912.
Detectives who arrested her informed
the court that the girl whose ..ame
was not disclosed, would pick the
articles off the counter and pass
them to Mrs. Schezer, who would
place them in q bag.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
MYSTERY IN FINDING
or BODIES At SEASIDE

PARIS, Dec. 27.-The discovery
OF the bodies OF two men on the
gether with the broken remains Of
small boat, is mystifying the
local police.
One man had apparently Died of
burns, and as there are no signs Of
burning on his clothes, it Is obvious
that his body must have been
clothed after death and then thrown
into the sea. The other man was
naked.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
TWICE SHE IS INFORMED
BY PAPER OF HER DEATH

CUMBERLAND, Md, Dec. 81
Mrs. Beulah D. Right, of Washing
ton, formerly Of Harpers Ferry, has
read newspaper account Of her
death twice in ten years.
Ten years ago, while she was Sc.
riously Ill, a newspaper here an
nounced she had died. Ten years
later, in a "Ten Years Ago" col.
umn, the story was copied. The
same newspaper also prints a
Twenty Years Ago" column, and
In this Mrs. Right hopes to read
again that she had died.
Like Mark Twain. Mrs. Right says
the report was an ''exaggeration."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
BREAKS WORLD RECORD
FOR ROLLING CIGARS

MANCHESTER, N. H., Dec. 81
What Is believed to be a new
worlds cigar-making record has
been established at the r. G. Sui.
Ivan factory by Oscar Van WY.
mersch, who rolled some $500 cigars
in a week. AS yet no other cigar.
maker can be found who ever rolled
that number in forty-eight hours,
the average cigarmaker rolling about
1000.
In setting the new record Van
Wymersch bettered the factory's
day production record when he rolled
7S4 cigars. The previous record of
764 was held by Robert Wills, an.
other speedy cigarmaker at the fac.
tory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
MANY NATIoNALITIEs
ON MINING Payroll |

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 27-Ac.
cording to statistics recently com.
piled by the Miners Benefit Sociatv
Of the Charleroi district, Belgium
the 6,284 miners on the rolls waro
divided among forty-six nationalities'
They included Belgians, Italians.
Algerians, Frenchmen, three ATneri,
cans, and one representative each of
Abyssinia, Guinea, Persia, the Sudan.
Canada, Finland, Mexico, Senegal
Turkey and Uruguay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27
Coal Mine Claimed l55
Lives During
November

Accidents at coal mines in the
United States during November
caused the death of 155 men, the
Bureau Of Mines announced to-
day. OF this number LA lost
their lives in bituminous coal
mines throughout the country
and Al at anthracite mines in
Pennsylvania.
The fatality rate for the entire
industry was 1926 per million
tons of coal produced, as COM
pared with 3.45 for November,
1928.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-19
Pershing Community
VIII Celebrate Fourth

The Pershing community hall
which has just been completed, vii
be utilized as the central point fol
Fourth Of July celebration. There
will be an interesting program during
the afternoon which will include an
address by an able speaker, a ball
same and a good list Of sports.
The managers request that base
ball players bring the necessary out
fit for game and that broncho
riders and those entering running
horses ais ofurnish the required par
aphernalia
Stands serving refreshments of
kinds will be found on the ground.
Dancing in the hall will begin in the
afternoon and continue through the
evening. Feick's orchestra which will
furnish the music, will use two adj
ditional pieces, harp and violin.
Every effort will be made to make
this first celebration at the new hall
a success and a hearty invitation is
to all.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-19
Rains Make Growth
Beyond Description

Montana, or at least the northeas-
tern portion of it, never had more
splendid agricultural prospects at
this season than it has this year. It
is difficult to choose words to des-
cribe to people at distance, par
ticularly those who left here during
the unfortunate drought period, the
,nderfully verdant appearance of
the country and the luxuriant growth
ade by every sort of cultivated or
native plant. The prairies have the
vivid green seldom seen outside OF
the districts of heavy rainfall. Small
grains, which during the cool wea-
ther of last month, stooled and made
rood root growth, are now growing
bove the ground at a tremendous
rate and are thick and even. Pota-
toes and garden plants stretch up
like they were made of rubber. Corn
S very little back of former years and
5 now coming at tremendous pace.
1t is hard to believe that anything
can prevent the maturing of the
alperest kind of crop. Gentle
showers fall nearly every
day or night, the total for June now
is approaching four inches.