Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-01

in Killing himself was. lie was 50
years old and his wife and six chill
dren, the youngest of whom is only q
years old survive.
A boy of six years and a girl Of four
were burned to death in their beds, early
Wednesday. and two other children,
brother and sister of the victims, are
in a critical condition in the Swedish hos
pitaI in Brooklyn, as the result of an
explosion of an oil lamp in the home of
Louis Iscr, their father. Iser and AS
wife We're seriously burned. The lamp
had been burning low during the night.
lsler attempted 10 refill it without cx-
tingushiny the light ana it exploded
Kentucky's proposed anti tipping
law passed the lower House of the
Legislature Tuesday, by vote Of SO
To 7, with an emergency clause at
tached, which read: Whereas, niem-
bers of the Legislature are now pay
ing out sums of money in The way of
tips. an emergency is therefore de
cIarcd to exist and This hill shall be
come Il law as soon as signed by the
governor" The bill provides hue
tor tipping walters and porters
Eight men were injured, four seri-
ously. by the falling of a mine cage
crowded with men going to work in
the Electric Coal MINI, six miles west
Of Bdnvlle, ILL., "Wednesday morning.
The cage dropped a distance Of about
2h0 feet. II WAS stated by the mine
owners that the engineer in charge Of
the cages lost control of the maehin-
erY5 causing enc eage With its human
| freight To drop TO The bottom of the
shaft and the other, coming UP empty,
to be thrown from the mouth of the
mine.
Scientific management at the Water
town. Mass, arsenal. has resulted in al
substantial saving of money for the eov-
efntnent aud increased pay for employees
and everybody concerned is well satisfied
with the working of the new system. ac-
cotding to a statement prepared by Cen
eral Crozier, chief of the army ordnance
bureau, for The congressional committee
Investigating this subject The statement
covers the operation of the arsenal dur
NE December and shows that while there
has been no reduction in force, great
economy has been effected and a large
Share of the saving has gone to the work
men III the shape of Increased wages.
Peary and other American explorers
have given American names to so
many Canadian lands that unless
something is done Hail Columbia
viii be scattered all over the Canadian
Arctic map says Capt Bernier of
Ottawa, the Canadian explorer who
recently returned from a trip to the
North. In making this statement
u a.
Peary hit5 named one particular Dor
ton of Crocker's Land in honor of
one OF his party, although he had new
er been within miles Of ii. Others, he
said, had done the same thing. Cant.
i5ernier considers that such places
should be renamed by proper occupa-
ton. Although Capt. Bernier has nor
yet made his report 10 the govern
ment, 1t IS understood that his discoV-
cries will show some radical differ
eneee from the reports of the Amer
lean explorers.
According To Games .. Newcomb.
secretary of Hiram College. at Hiram.
o, an attempted hazing of r. l..
Thomas of Youngstown, a Sophomore,
resulted i'll Earl Gookfof Youngstown
being badly cut and William Oldaere
| and j. Maus being less seriously
wounded. Thomas was member of
the football and basketball teams. The
other day .he is said To have torn the
H from his sweater, declaring he
was ashamed of his college and in
tended to leave. He was not called ON
to play in the basketball game with
Mount Union, Saturday night. Monday
night, a party of students found
Thomas in a restaurant. Thomas, See
ing they intended 10 attack him.
turned out the lights. In the fight In
the darkness which followed, it is said,
Thomas hair was clipped and the
three students We're wounded.
Adjutant General Verbeck of New
York has been advised of the plans
for the joint maneuVres of the regular
army and organized militia for this
year, SO far as they relate to the Ma
tional Guard of New York state. They
include am oversee expedition involv-
ing the land defense of New York.
This problem calls for an attempt to
turn the coast defence works and cap
tufe New York city by u force made
UP of organized militia. of the New
| England states and detachments at
The regular army This force is to be
| modified at New London and Boston
and transferred by sea to some point
off the Connecticut coast and there
landed on the beach A forward move
| ment against New York is then to fol-
low. The defending force is TO be made
MP Of the organized militia. of New
York and New Jersey assisted by small
detachments OF the regular army.
JOICE.