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Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
A JOINT NOTE
From Mediatins Powers Advising Peru
to Arbitratc Boundary Dispute.

Lima, Peru. Jan. IA i"int note from
the mediating powers. the United States.
Brazil and Argentina. was presented to
the government Friday, advising Peru 10
submit it's boundary dispute with Ecua-
dor to The Hague tribunal.
The feeling here is that Ecuador will
not accept the suggestion and that war
will result.
The newspapers urge the government
to prepare for hostiities.
The two countries We're brought to
the verge of war last spring because
OF their inability to reach Il settle
ment of the border question which
mad been submitted to King Alfonso
of Spain as arbitrator. His Majesty
delayed an award. intimating that the
parties themselves might directly ne
gutiate With better results. Meantime
both countries had sent armies to the
frontier.
When lighting appeared imminent,
Washington took the initiative, and with
Brazil and Argentina offered friendly Of
fees to assure peace, This was condi-
tional upon the withdrawal of both arm
ies which was eventually accomplished.
The republics. however. remained at odds.
and unless the present proposal for ar
bitration Is accepted it is believed that
the dispute will be settled on the battle
field
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
PEACE COUNCIL FOR LYNN
Movement in Shoe City for Advance
Method Of Arbitration.

Lynn, Mass. Ian. 1.-Thcrc is n.
workers of this city for the establish
nent of II peace council. the object of
which will be To prevent strikes. Wal
ter q. Murphy, president of the Good
year Operatives Union, has undertake
en- to appear before each of the unions
conn, cted with the shoe manufactures,
and outline the plans for the proposed
organization. Briefly. the plan is for
each union to elect one representative
to a central body to be known as the
peace council. This central body is to
have the power to restrain any unio,
from declaring "A strike until all efforts
to settle the difficulties by arbitration
have failed.
Tho Goodyear operatives and the
heelers have already declared in favor
of such an organization.
The reason for the agitation is found
in tho fact that the strike of shop
crow of half dozen men in one de-
pnrtment of shoe factory often re-
suits IN the enforced idlencss of 80
times as many operatives in other de
partments of the factory who nave NJ,
grievance of their own. =
1t is provided also. that the business
interests of the city i'm general and the
shoe manufacturers shall have rep
resentation on the council
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
FOREST FIRES REPORT.
Destructivencss, Cause and Proven
ton, Discussed at Length.

Washington. Jam 1.-Forcst fires,
heir destructiveneSs, cause and pre-
'ention. are discussed at length in
he annual report of Henry s Graves
.hief forester. made public Friday He
says that in the organization and ad-
mnistration of the national forests the
most important consideration is their
protection from fires.
In a forest fully organized and with
adequate means Of transportation and
communication and d sufficient force
If rangers and guards. the risk from
tirc is very smalI' he says. In for
,ign countries. III which forests are $"
organized that the risk is so small that
he forests are insurable at moder-
,te rate"
After citing the various causes of
;orest fires. Mr.. Graves says that 81
per cert. of the fires during the cal
andar year of 1909 were due to the
Lack of preventive care on the part
If the users of the forests and of tn"
railroads traversing them" Hc say
hat the railways. realizing the forest
Tres are against their own Interests
Have sGown an admirable spirit in
cooperating To prevent them" He
suggests that the railroads be required
either to use efficient spark arreSterS
II to burn oil.
Four per cent. of the fires of tn"
calendar year 1893 were from inccn-
diarism and IL per cent. from light
ming.
'Incendisrism' can be stopped part
~ through education of the public and
partly through increased watching of
the forests which will result in the ap
Drehensiou and punishment of incen-
laries.
The approximate total stand OF tim
Der in national forests, exclusive of
Alaska, according to the report is
i30. .000. 900. 900 feet. Though the stand
If timber in the two national forests
in Alaska is believed to be very large,
not even a toughest estimate is made.
The total cut of timber during the
last fiscal year amounted to 4S4.412.
300 feet. an increase over the previous
year of 26,773.000 feet. OF the former
amount 379,616.000 feet was cut under
sale and 104. 100000 feet under free
use. The amount of timber sold dur
'ng the fiscal year 1909 was 74.555.000
feet. valued at $l400,992.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
spARRoWs PROVE EDIBLE.
lmpudent Insect Eaters Discovered to
bc Worth Something, After All.

The English sparrows have tempted
fate too far. Ever since an English
railroad contractor brought the first
pair to this country, a couple of gen
erationS ago. on account of their in
sectivorous propcnsities. they haT.
been steadily making enemies. From.
.Ahe tip of their impudcnt beak to tho
toes OF their insolent tail they have
Esssumed an attitude of defiance. For
them the highway was dust bath
and the gutter their natatorium. They
have multiplied and increased unit.
they have overrun the continent.
Perhaps they may have had. original
ly. Il certain fondness for insects, but
tho record goes to show that in recent
years they have spent their tine chas-
inS away the song birds until now
the robin and the bluebird are in Ger
tain sections. practically extinct.
If the English sparrow goes lac can
AT least have the satisfaction of know
ing that nothing short OF dn organized
movement was necessary for his eX-
termination. John Davy of Kent. o.,
has taken the initiative in such d
movement. lie Is a lover of birds
and therefore hates the English spar
row. That is to say, lie wants to pro-
tect the song birds. sand therefore has
called upo, the world at large to join
in. the crusade against the street
gAtptn Of ornithology. Tho details O
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
VIOLET RAYS DANGEROUS
Work Havoc With Eyes If Light IS Un-
dJnmed

The subject of ultra violet rays ana
their effect upon the human nerve
system has leefl one of no little dis
eussion of late years. Heretofore IL
had been discussed with various mys-
teal references t. certain varieties OF
electric lamps not commonly known,
the whole topic VAS tingcd with in
detiniteness in regard to the real cause
and the actual effect. Experiments on
large scale Just concluded in one OF
the foreign laboratories, indicate that
the danger from ultra violet light may
soon assume proportions formerly I'm
dreamed of.
The principal source N danger is
said TO be in the ordinary species ot
carbon are light, like that formerly III
gt neral use for street illumination.
The danger from the other known
lamps is very small, and their effect
is said to le overshadowed by the Oct
rimcntal effect of even the glare from,
artificial light upon the eyes. Tier,
have been attempts made at one time
or another to have the globes inclos-
ing the street arc lamps removed ol
account ot the greater amount of ligh,
that. would then be available: bII
when il is realized that the lead glaS
entirely itcrcepts the dangerous I'LL
ira : iol t rays which proceed from TIL,
arc in great abundance. the wise poll.
cy which has retained them in place
Will be appreciatcd.-Man
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
CLARENCE LExoW DEAD.
Father Of the Famous New York In
vestigation Committee.

New York, Jan. 1.-Clarence LeXow,
known the country over for the com
nittee to which he gave his name,
died Friday night at his home in South
Mack of pneumonia, after "a illness
Of four days, known only to his friend,
ana family. y widow, three children
and three brothers. survive. Tha
,uneral will be at Mack on Monday
Clarence LeAoW was born in Brook
lyn in 1862 and graduated srom botl
Columbia University and the .Cniver.
gity of lena. He took up the practice
ri Law. entered politics and in 1893
was elected 10 the state Senate In
the year following he was appointed
chairman of the committee to inVcs
tigate the city government. of New
York universally known as the LeXoU
committee. The results were startling.
For tie first time. the public at
large heard of the police System
The Illicit alliance between officers
high in the department and gamblers.
prophet ,rs of disorderly houses, hotels
and saloons that violated the excisa
laws was uncovered. DR.. Charles
Parkhurst gave testimony that shocked
the country at large as well as the
city.
Inspector Byrnes. at that time per e
haps the best known police officer In
the world, resigned The whole depart
ment was shaken from head to foot.
The excise laws were revised and
"Raines law began to BE- known. In
facts the methods and much of the
material LeXow committee have been
frritfully available ever since for
many other cities in the throes of re-
form.
lii addition to his services as chair
man nf the Lexow committee, Senator
Lexow was active for years in politics
and was chairman of the committee OF
resolutions of the state convention II
the Presidential years of 1896 that IN
troduced the first gold plank,
In more recent years ne deVoted
himself to his law practice and pri-
vate business. At the time OF his
Heath he was a director in many COM
panies.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02

Inc is gcue from home for five and six
months at a strctCl}.
The last time he went awa%. accord
ing - the mans story lie was Obliged
10 leave home right in the midst If
a meal
You ought to wait another day and
have Your suit pressed. remarked his
wife. Il hate to have you go looking
50 ll-groomcd."
"I'lI have il done within Il day or
two--or at the first chance. promised
the husband. wish could stay.
though. for piece Of that apple pie
YOU were making. Save me It piece.
won't youi" he added with a grin.
Well. she went to the train with
him and badc him II fond goodby
just five months and 10 days later he
returned
His wife was again at the train. du-,
tifully. Il see YOU kept Your promise
and had your suit pressed" were her
frs, words as she threw her arms
around his neck
Yes" he said. but. by tie way.
did you save me that piece of apple
pc?"--Cleveland Plain Dealer
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
STRIKE OF THE ERMiNE.
New Chapter Added to Chronicle o
Influence Of Animals on History.

y NeW chapter appears about to he
added te thcsehrunicle of the influence
Of ami ll upon human history. 1t is
long chronicle, for ii may be said
To have begun liz the Garden of Eden
whence its recognition by mankind in
history. sacred and profane. can be
traced II innuHtr:tble legends of an
tiiuits and tic MIDDLE Ages. Perhaps
the hcst known anlpals that have de-
cidedc the course of history are the
Roman geese which awakened the
sleeping. offenders OF the capitol in tho
drowsy hours o. the night. Their
cackle was a voice whose echo vas
ultimately carried by the Roman lc-
Gions to the ends of the world
1t Was pet dog that preserved the
life Of William the Silent t. the low
countries in the darkest hour of their
struggle for liberty. when their need
of him Was greatest. On the other
hand, it HaS a mole whose hill tripped
the horse that threw William, III and
broke his cnlllr-oahc with fatal effect
at a critical moment in the history ef
Europe. The influence of the beaver
upon the history Of this country in
;
need pointing out. New York at least
pays just tribute to its service hy
cIdrgiiI., it's image OH its municipal
coat -of-drplS.
And POW the erInine seems To have
decided to Iuu an ultra modern chap
ter to the phase of history. The syU,-
boi among furs of royalty and rank, il
threatens to upset part of the inn
pressive ceremonial of King Georges
coronation sby refusing to he trapped
in the canadian wilderness. 1t de
clirns - play its traditional and eX
alted pa't; it has gone on strike. An
appeal to its Royalty to the crown
will re vain, and. of course. its ST.
"eriar trother cannot be expected to
have heard as yet of the Anglo Rus
sian entente. At any rate. it's first
duty is toward its own throne and
court.
This addiction hy the Canadian er-
mine of am honor that inv Olives duty
affects also the British bench. peer
age. ana otfeisldom. viii Englann
$50 tenacious Of traditions. substitute
tic apnearanee for the substance. and
content itself with "ermelette" or
some such nearfur that will look as
well and wear perhaps even better?
This strike of the crime that 81 ultra
me dern significance that We wonder
what will happen when its act& of
staetsneleidigung' cUncs to tat
Enowlcd; &c of certain ruler by right
divine Nov York Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02

UPRISING THREATENED.

London. Ian. 1.-The correspondent
of the Daily Chronicle who wrote the
brilliant account of the Lisbon revolu-
tion in au article in The Chronicle. Fri
day on the present situation in the new
republic says that everything points
to Il coming conflict in which the bat
ties will not be between Royalists and
Republicans but between the moderate
Republicans and extreme revoluti9n-
aries.
The hidden spring of the conspiracy.
he says is the Camera. or secret So
ciety. which corrupted the army from
it's allegiance to the monarchy and Is
now busily engaged in corrupting 1t
afresh in order to have q powerful
lever at hand again the provisional
government which has never been firm
in the saddle.
The correspondent considers that
source of great danger to foreign busi-
ness folk in Lisbon is the possession
by the people of large quantities of ex-
plosives and fire arms which were dis
tributed on the eve of the revolution.
but not needed by them which all the
governments attempts to regain pos
session of have failed.
Questioned concerning the Portuguese
runIors Thursday night the Marquis
De Souvral. Portuguese minister to
Great Britain declared he knew moth
ing of them. If there was any unrest
In Lisbon King Manual had nothing
to do with it and neither had he, and
the suggestion that it was due to the
Duke of Oporto was perfectly absurd.
special dispatch from Madrid re-
ports dissensions in the Portuguese
ministry. 1t says, that the minister Of
justice has alienated all his colleagues
and made himself Immensely unpopu-
lar by violent legislative projects and
that he will soon become compelled to
resign.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
ASSETS ARE AMPLE
To Care for Outstanding N. ", N. n.
& n. Indebtedness.

Boston. Jan. IA certificate vail
dating the outstanding securities OF the
New York. New Haven x Hartford
Railroad Co. was filed with Secretary
of state Olin at Boston Friday by
special commission created by the last
Legislature to examine the company's
property. This commission consists of
the board of railroad commissioners,
the state tax commissioner and the
stltc bank commissioner Its report in
the form of the validating certificate.
shows that on June 80. last which II
finds to be the only practical date of
ascertaining it's Indebtedness. the New
Havens outstanding capital stock was
slo4. .4S5, too. and its Indebtedness was
s2S9 ii $685. 1t further certifes that
the aggregate corporate assets of the
corporation were sufficient as of June
Il. 1910. to secure its outstanding cap.
ftaI stock and Indebtedness"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
RECOGNITION.
Continued from Page OncD

Estrada today issued a decree grant
ing general amnesty to all political
cXilcs.
On the election "f Gen. Estrada t"
the Presidency yesterday, the members
of Congress rose t. their feet and
shouted Long live Estrada"
In his inaugural address, he prom.
ised that the laws would be admin
istered tor the god of all in accord
ance with the proper guarantees.
II IS proba bic that in some respects
the constitution will be amended to
comply with the demand fer reforms
and that new laws will he pro mulgated.
Adam Cardenas was elected Presi-
dent of the Congress ana Salvador
Cardenas Vice President. The con
suar Representatives With the eNccp-
tioa of the American We're present at
the inauguration.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
OH, lr rs TERRIBLE!
How Dare This Woman Walk, Ride,
Breathe or Live?

New York. Jan. This time the Pull
nan porters' tip is threatened by the
New York City health department. Tu-
berculosis. dyphtheria. smallpox. yellow
fever, pneumonia and almost every other
human i'll from a common cold to Asiatic
cholera, the commission of health finds,
are set free in the dust stirred by the
porter's whsk broom and breathed into
the passengers lungs.
The commissioners attention was pac-
ticularly called to brooms and dust by a
correspondent who wrote that while trav-
cling to this city she was reused from Il
fit of abstraction by the sensation that
something distasteful and inimical to
her welfare was taking place in her i'm
mediate Deighborhood. She looked. to
find another passenger being brushed off /;
and the next day she had cold.
In acknowledging the letter Friday, the
commissioner wrote that she was quite
right in her contention that brushing off
passengers clothes is a nuisance. He en-
closed the icttor to the Public Service
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
SERIOUS FIGHTING
10 Reported on Border Between Hayti
and San Domingo.

Washington, Jan. i.-Rumors OF scri-
Gus lighting on the border between Sauto
Domingo and Hayti are reported to the
state department in cablegram, dated
Thursday. from American Minister Fur
Miss at Port Au Prince. He says the
Haitien government whiy denying the ru
mors, is sending soldiers to tho border.
The auxiliary cruiser Yankton has sailed
from San juan, P. r., for Sa,nana Bay.
on the north coast of San Domingo. The
ostensible object of her visit Is to lay
out courses for torpedo practice within
the quiet waters Of the bay.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
LIKE TO WALK IN PUDDlES.
Grown Up Man Tries to Describe Rea
son For Fancy Of Boys.

'It may not be a matter of grave
moment" said IA grown up man. "buu
/ would rather like to know why small
boys like to walk in mud puddles.
IT don't refer now to the boy in
rubber boots; his motives i'll wading
in puddles and deeper water ! can
understand. He is proud of his wa
terproof boots and Inc likes to surfeit
himself with the delightful conscious
ness ard proof that they are water
proof: he likes to brave and pass un-
scathed the perils of the deep water
ways OF the cutters after hcaV,
rain: though with his first boots any
way he is likely to overdo this little,
to keep on trying TO see how deep he
can go till at last he steps into place
little deeper than the rest and gets
his boots filed
still. can understand the boy ana
his rubber boots, but / don't quite SO"
TIN ough his fancy for walking or step
ping in puddles generally Wien he has
leather shoes on. Maybe here. too. II
il because lie likes to take risks. or
perhaps it Is because of his innate de
hance of rule and convention.
"A buncii of small boys viii one af.
ter another try Jumping over a puddl'
to see if they can clear it. and then
sooner or later one is sure to come
down with the edge of the water
But that doesn't disturb him; on the
contrary he rather enjoys that expert
ence. and then you NAV see the hunch
wind IN by all running or walking
through the water. Willy do they do
this. getting their shoes wet and mud
dv. and getting them vet causing
them to wear ont the sooner. to say
nothing of causing their mothers care
and worry not only over SHOES but
stockings? Hut all boys like to slusi'
through mud puddeS and for that
matter so do sone older people, too.
VI like myself when have on rub
bers to walk right ahead regardless at
tie riools of water on tie sidewalk. In
fact ] anr likely to step in them de-
liberateiy IL they are not too deep. So
that | nnay get the water over my
rubbcrs to vet my feet. like e
slash aktad unhampered and really
in doin&IAhis simple little free action
fina efioynlent. And | guess it is
sense of4his sort that makes The boS
find a easure in scaiuperins 90
stampl or walking through mu'
puddle he dikes to take the risk anc
see hon much water lie can get int,
witlion ketting his feet wet, but the
thing a. likes best about it is ITS de-
fiant uflfettered freedom New Yorl
Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
GREAT STOCK OF WOOL.
LARGEST Now on Hand in Boston to
the Past Thirty Years.

Boston, Jan. 1.-The commercial
bulletin in it's annual review of the
wool markets of the United States VIII
Saturday call attention to the fact
that the stock of wool in Boston Is the
largest on Jan. 1, in over 20 years. with
the exception of 1899. There remains
in Boston at the close of business at
the end of the year S5.560.000 pounds
OF domestic wool and 13.625.OOO pounds
of foreign wool, against 45.9O5,957
pounds domestic and 7.S41.00O pounds
foreign a year ago. The tota! stock OF
all kinds of wool unsold in the United
States is 162,521.2OO pounds against
97,322.457 pounds last year. This
amount has been exceeded on Jan. l.
1901, when it was 233.S29,000 pounds
and on Jan. 1, 1899 when it was 291.-
16S.6 $50 pounds and on Jan. 1. 1898.
when it was 176.7S7.000 pounds.
The records of the year show that
Boston leads all the worlds wool mar
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
TABUTEAU MAKES RECORD.
Covers 362.66 Miles in Aeroplane in 7
Hours, as Minutes.

Bue. France. Jan. l.-Mauriee Ia
buteau. contesting for the Michelin
up. Friday broge the worlds aviation
record for distance, covering S62 66
mics in a continuous flight of hours.
50 minutes.
Tabuteau before made the best mark
in this years competition for the Mich
elm cup. having on Oct. 2S last flown
2SS miles. The cup is awarded annual
ly along with premium of $4,000 cash
to the aviator making the longest suS-
tanned flight within the l. months.
Henry Farmon won the trophy in 1908.
r,aking $50 miles in hours and Il
minutes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
ANOTHER BODY IDENTIFIED.
Several Victims 'of Morewood ExpIo
sion Wrongly Accounted for.

Pittstcld. Mass. Jan. 1.--Ldte FRIDAY
the body q. one IF the Il victims of
Thursdays explosion at tire plant OF the
Morewood Lake Ice Co, which had been
unidentified was found to be that OF
Avelno Gomiz, d Spaniard The identifi-
cation was made by fellow countrymen.
who also found among the bodies of the
victims three other Spaniards, two of
whom had baea. wrongfully identified.
The body identified as that of Lee Foin-
andez was declared to be Leopold Farnc-
do. and that idsntified as oberlino Gal
lego to be Faustino Gomis. The other
Spaniard among the number was Joseph
Galego
Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
DEADLOCK EXPECTED
In Elceting Successor to Senator AID
rich of Rhode Island.

Providence, r. l.. Jan. l.-That d
deadlockawili be the result of the Leg
islatpre's attempt to elect United
states senator to succeed Nelson W.
Aldrich, or that d compromise candi-
|.iAte VIII be chosen is the latest opin-
ions of experienced political prognosti-
Gators. With the opening of the Cen
eral Assembly only a few days away.
the senatorial situation remains at
5raeticalIy the same stage as it was
several weeks ago. The two factions
of the Republican party are working
quietly but desperately for the election
IF their respective candidates. the
state COMMITTEES and "protectionists"
using their efforts to elect Henry +.
aipptt. "a wealthy textile manufactur-
or. who is the choice of Senator Aid
|rich and the independent element do
ing their utmost to send Judge lie
Baron 3. Colt of the United States
circuit court of appeals and brother
Of Colonel Samuel p. Colt. president
If the United States Rubber Co, to
Washington.
The Democrats. with a strong minority
in the Legislature. areswithout an avow-
ed senatorial candidate, for although tn
party has pledged its support to JudsA
Arthur l. Brown of the United States
circuit court he has never consented to
be a candidate and it is believed by many
that he will soon come out with state
ment declining the office. In this event
the chances of Judge Colt being elected
would be greatly strengthened. as the
Democrats largely prefer Colt to Lippitt.
The Legislature will convene next Tues
day. The vote for senator will begin
Jan. II. 4 Republican caucus to decide
on a Speaker of the House was held at
the State House Friday.