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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-01
White Arsenic.

The United States produced moro
white arsenic in 1912 than ever before,
the output for the last three years be-
ing BAL short tons, valued at $190,757,
as against 1892 short tons, valued at
s73,40S, in 1911, according to a report
on the subject by Frank L. Hess, just
issued by the United States Geological
Survey The imports in 1912 We're
also the largest on record, amounting
to more than 6156 short tons, valued ct
$42S,741. as against 1895 short tons.
valued at s247,323 in 1911. The only
white arsenic produced in the United
States was that made as a by product
of smelling operations.
White arsenic is used principally in
glass making and in the manufacture
of Paris green, lead arsenate and other
insecticides. With the growth of hor-
ticulture and the necessarily greater
attention paid to killing insect pests,
the demand for arsenical insecticides
has grown largely. Experiments con-
Quoted by a number of the state agrt-
cultural experiment stations have
demonstrated the value Of arsenic
when combined with lime a. az ef-
fective spray against insect pests,
while arsenic solutions have been
found Of considerable value when used
VA 7ssl!lyeh ID a4s as1IC sd s sENf
oxides are used incidentally, among
them the bromide. trisulphide. Tri-
oxide sodium arsenate, both natural
and artificial, is used as paint pig
ment; in calico printing and dyeiny;
in tanning; and, as it burns with Al
intenst white light. in fireworks. Or
pinent the trisulphide, called also
kings yellow, is used as a paint pig
ment and reducing agent in chemi-
cal work. The trioxide Is used in
paints; for preserving hides, both for
taxidermists and in the leather indus
try; as an antiseptic; and in killing
animal pests. Sodium arsenate Is
used in dyeing with turkey-red oil and
in printing fabrics, the -arsenite In
making soaps for use on skins and
hides. Potassium arsenite is used as
a reducer for silver in the manufacture
of mirrors.-Indianap polls News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-01

e. S. Libby, who has been visiting
relatives in this city for several
months past, left, Friday, for his
home in Redlands, Cal He will stop
s ssss saa ID ...,ll !. -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-01

Miss Clara Collins returned, Sunday,
to Waterville, after passing the week.
end with friends in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-01

General Elliott C. Dill was at home
over Sunday, from Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-01
Mrs. Fred Mitchell.

ing of the Ladies of the G. A. r. will
be held.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-01
Gardiner, Maine.

REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS, ovERHA ULING, PAIN
WORK.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Here and There.

Thirty new members of the First
BAPTIST church, Nashua, were bap-
tized by immersion on a recent Sun.
day evening.
Concord auto dealers are making
great preparations for the show the
week of Feb. IT. Already their special
exhibits are beginning to arrive.
Milk dealers of Dover, Rcllinsford
and Madbnry protest against the new
Dover milk ordinance, particularly
that clause that forbids the delivery
of milk of temperature higher than
so degrees Fahrenheit. This is an
unnecessary hardship and it would be
very difficult to comply with the rule
in summer. they claim.
Those who do not believe in the hen
business as profitable will be interest
ed to learn of the remarkable record
of hens owned by Mrs. l.. S. Rolft
of Littleton, who seems to have dis
covered some magic method to make
them lay She has only dozen hens
and in II months, these IL hens laic
LIZA eggs In one month alone, the
hens laid 233 eggs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Dartmouth Football Schedule.

Hanover, N. H.-The Dartmouth
football schedule for 1913 was given
out Friday night by Graduate Man
ager H. G. McAllister. The schedule
contains nine games, the first five of
which are to be played in Hanover,
the last four away from home. Cor
nell does not appear on the new
schedule, but instead of that game
the University of Pennsylvania is to
played at Philadelphia. 1t is sixteen
years since these teams met In
place of the much discussed Harvard
game, Carlisle is to be played on the
Polo grounds, New York. In view of
the fact that many of the college foot.
ball schedules were probably complet.
ed before the announcement of Dart
mouths being dropped from the Har.
ward schedule, the present Dartmouth
schedule as rearranged is very good
The dates are Sept. q, M. A. c.; Oct
3, Colby: 8, Norwich University; H.
University of Vermont; IS, Williams
%, Princeton at Princeton; Nov. I
Amherst at Amherst; 8, University of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; Is
Carlisle at New York.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
NAMES FORCE
OF FIRE FIGHTERS
Gen. Dill Reports Improvements
During Year.
SOME GAIN IN MEMBERSHIP
The State Militia Has Attained
Greater Efficiency and
Is Numerically
Stronger.

Augusta, Me.-'In a resume of the
years work, two things stand out
conspicuously," says Adjutant General
Elliott c. Dill in his annual report
for 1912, filed with the Governor. One
is the fact that never in the history
of the organized militia have the Off
GERS and enlisted men worked so
studiously and so successfully to per-
feet themselves in the essentials of
their military duties. The other is
the fact that despite this hard and
continuous work there has been a
steady gain in membership" Figures
are presented showing that the aggre-
gate strength of the National Guard
and Naval Reserve increased during
the year 1912 from 1874 to 1880. Of
this increase of go, 81 are accounted
for by the muster-in of the new
Tenth Company, Coast ARTILLERY
Corps, at Brunswick in April, but the
remaining increase of IT'S is distribut-
ed generally throughout the several
organizations and indicates a healthy
and most encouraging growth. Discus
sing general conditions in the State
militia General Dill says: | wish
that it might be possible to acquaint
the people of the State more gener-
ally with the work which is being
done in the armories and in summer
camp and on summer cruises. l am
confident that if the general public
could come to appreciate the bust,
men of this State are fitting them.
selves for the better service of the
State and nation in time of need they
would lend hearty support to every.
thing which would tend to the fur.
Their upbullding of the National Guard
and Naval Reserve.
Compared with many States
Maine has done little to encourage
service in the organized militia, yet
| believe this is due more to lack
Of proper presentation than to any
| feeling of antagonism or indifference
In common with many officers who
have studied the militia at close
range, | came to the conclusion a
long time ago that before the militia
could expect greatly increased sup
port from the people it must make
good in its chosen work. But the
time has arrived when the Nationa
Guard and Naval Reserve can justly
claim that they made good From 8
somewhat extended acquaintance
feel justified in saying that the PEG
pie of Maine have a right to be
proud of their militia organization.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
The Joke Worked Badly.

Manchester, N. H.-Antonios Sigel,
who has been languishing in Jail in
Manchester for several days as the
result Of a joke, sees liberty in store
for him as result of the reduction of
his bail from $500 to $500. Sometime
ago Sigel went to call on his best girl
in Nashua and when he arrived there
found another man was ahead of him.
He thought it would be good joke
son his arrival to carry away his over
coat and hat The other man took
the matter altogether too seriously
and had Sigel arrested with the re-
suit that he was lodged in jail under
$500 bonds. An investigation of his
previous good character resulted in
the reduction as above. But he will
play no more jokes on his rival
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
TO GET ice IN
new HAMPSHIRE
Many Dealers Have Secured
Options on Properties.
PRICES WILL GO SOARING
Greatest Shortage of Natural Ice in
History-Report Crops Good in
Northern New
England.

Boston-Every ice dealer in and
around Boston, with the exception OF
one, have been obliged to turn to New
Hampshire tor their ice crops this
year, either buying, LEASING, or secm-
ing options on large tracts of land.
This is because of the poor conditions
of local ponds. Thecost of pond rights,
new buildings and transportation,
will cause big jump in price.
Josiah Q. Bennett, president of the
Massachusetts Ice Dealers Associa-
ton, stated that practically all of the
local men, on account of the poor crop
in this territory, have either leased
or bought land in New Hampshire,
where, they say, the ice is of finer
quality and is already frozen from
nine to fifteen inches thick.
1t has been many years since an open
winter like 1912 or 1913 has been ex-
perienced, and conditions in the ice
trade have greatly changed since then.
At the time the Boston Ice Com
pany was formed, nearly forty years
ago, it required only $4,000 tons Of
ice to supply the city of Boston year
ly. This company alone harvests be-
tween 100000 and $4,000 tons of ice
yearly.
H. II. Davenport, treasurer of the
Fresh Pond Ice Company, stated that
If the present cold spell should con-
tinue for a week the ice In the near
by ponds will be fit for harvesting,
but the company has done no cutting
yet. Even if it did start within
week, he said, the crop would neces-
sarily have to be much smaller than
previous years, owing to the lateness
| of the season.
Present indications point to one of
the greatest shortages of natural ice
ever known in the country, and as a
consequence, high prices for next
summer in the northern markets
might be expected
AS stated by we'll known ice man
the poor conditions here have forced
them to New Hampshire for their
crops. This has resulted in doubling
the cost of securing the ice. 1t has
necessitated the moving of the har-
vesting outfit, the building of ice
houses and camps for the ice cutters
to live in The freight on ice is an
immense item, and after the loading
and unloading, there isn't much for
the ice man to figure on, he said.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
PROTECTION OF IMMIGRANTS
WOULD INVITE BALKAN RACES
TO AMERICA.
Splendid Material for Americans of
the Future.

Observation-Disclosures the people
of the Balkans as splendid material
to be amalgamated in the making of
an ideal America, Prof. E. A. Grosve-
nor of Amherst College, speaking at
the Twentieth Century Club declared
that the doors of this country's ports
should be open to immigrants from
these southern Europe states.
Many of those people," said he,
will not be able to read many of
them will not be able to pass an ex-
animation in the schools. But | say
hail and welcome to every one who
does not come with criminal record
or is not afflicted with contagious
disease. Never mind the examina.
tons. Every one of them augments
our strength and helps us to make
that splendid America to which we
nave not yet attained, but to which
we are on the way.
The Rev. Peter Roberts said: eve
need in every large community an
officer whose duty it will be TO re-
ceive the complaints which immi
grants have to make. We do not
want the immigrant to forget his own
languare. but we want hin
to learn ours" The speaker
critised the provision of the act OF
1906 making a certificate of landing
a pre-condition of naturalization
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
RAILROADS And CIVILIZATION
'LUCiUS FUTILE DECLARES THEY
HAVE DONE MUCH.
Former President of 3. G. NJ. Speaks
to Traffic Veterans.

Boston.-After dwelling upon the
primitive conditions on this and
other countries less than 100 years
ago in the matter of commercial and
social relations for lack of transpor-
alton facilities, former President
ucius futile Oh the Boston & Maine
declares that the railroads have ac-
complished more for the civilized
world than any other industry by es-
tablishing actual communication
from the Orient to the extreme por-
lions of the west.
Mr.. futile spoke for an hour to
400 members of the New England AS
sOciation of Railroad Veterans.
In the opening the speaker told his
auditors that he had declined to dis
cuss the old age pension" and would
instead give them the result of his
observations of three score and ten
years and the results of his fathers
four-sCore years of observation of
world conditions.
In 1870" Mr.. futile said, there
were about 1000 miles of railroad in
the United States, which today has a
quarter of a million miles. During
the pivotal days of the Civil War the
taxable property of this country
amounted to $16,000,00O,000. while
today it amounts to $4,000, 200, 900
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
STORROW hits
HUB Terminals
Calls Boston Conditions Worse
Than in Any of Large Cities.
WANTS THE GRAND TRUNK
Life Underwriters Association Hears
Transportation Problems Dis
cussed-Boston Now in
Third Place.

Boston-The freight terminals of
Boston were condemned as about the
worst of any large commercial city
in the world by President James j..
Storrow, of the Chamber of Com
merce, at the 30th annual banquet of
the Boston Life Underwriters Asso-
ciatiCn.
Mr.. Storrow declared that condi-
tions in Chicago are best, that they
are still bad in New York, but intin-
itely superior to Boston. He said that
while it was not the policy of the
chamber to ruin either New England
or the railroads, it's members did in
tend to see that the community gets
the service it needs, while the roads
get fair play.
He pictured the Grand Trunk as a
help to Boston, not as a drawback to
other roads. He declared that its en-,
trance into the city would eventually
make Boston a clearing house for the
grain and ether exports Of Canada, in
place of New York, Baltimore and
Philadelphia as at present. He said,
in part:
'1n 1907, 80 per cent of Canada S
freight came through Boston, and 8
per cent. through Philadelphia and
Baltimore. In just four years, in 1911,
Philadelphia and Baltimore had just
passed Boston. Why should these cit.
les have the trade which should come
to Boston?
For the better regulation of railroad
problems, Mr. Storrow advocated a
board to be composed of the six chair.
men of the New England states com
missions, to work in conjunction with
the interstate commerce commission
New England's interests cannot be
adequately protected unless she is
represented at the commission" de.
clared Mr.. Storrow.
Prof. Brace Wyman of the Harvard
law School, who has recently drafted
a public utilities law at the request
of Gov Foss urged governmental con
troll for the public utilities problems
and applying this to New England
transportation declared that the New
England states must combine thei1
forces.
1--WE need new terminals, more
tracks, bigger transfer houses, and
large classification yards" he said
before any management, however de
termined, can render the service
which the growth Of our industries re
quire, and as the Governors have sug
gested, very probably the time has
come for a reorganization of the cor
porations constituting the system"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Caught Foot in FROG.

Exeter, N. H.-William Minard, 80
years of age of Charlestown, Mass,
and brakeman on an extra freight
between Exeter and Dover. was killed
in the railroad at Exeter Friday after
noon after o'clock.
Minard was in the act of coupling
cars. AS the engine was backing
slowly, and as the cars came togeth-
er, he started to walk along the track.
His foot caught n a frog, and he was
caught as if in a vice, being utterly
powerless before the car which was
to pass over him. AS the train was
backing the engineer could not see
his predicament, and one car passed
over the man.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Arrested for Embezzlement.

Concord, N. H.-The Boston Shoe
and Clothing company of Concord
caused the arrest OF two employees
last week on a charge of embezzle-
ment. William McCrillis was arrest.
ed in that city Friday and held in
$1,000 bail for the grand jury. Samuel
w. Levy was arrested in Providence,
r. l., Saturday morning and will be
held there until Concord officers can
go and get him. 1t is claimed that the
men took both goods and money
Some of the former, including a suit
case containing valuable articles,
have been recovered
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
news OF the
Granite STATE
Items of Interest CulIed From
Here and There
FOR THE BUSY READER
James S. Hamilton, Railroad Con-
struction Boss Murdered Dart
mouth Football Schedule
Other Items of Interest.

Hinsdale, n. Thames s. Hamil-
ton, walking boss of a construction
gang on the railroad now being built
near Hinsdale was found dead on the
ice on the Connecticut river near
Brattleboro, Vt, Thursday The deed
was committed near a lonely cut on
the New Hampshire side and it APP
pears that he was struck upon the
top of the head with some heavy wea-
pOn and the skull cracked open from
the brow to the base behind. The face
was horribly mutliated and beaten al
most to a pulp. The assassin had
then taken his victims body, drag
ged it across the railroad tracks by
the heels and down the embankment
to the river. Here it seems evident
to those who have investigated, the
murderer rifled the pockets of the dead
man, taking his poCketbook contain
ing about $500 and some time slips
and papers. These latter were thrust
into a hole in the snow and buried up.
The body, while still warm, was then
thrown out upon the ice of the river
and there it was found later.
Several men were laid off a short
time ago, and one among them, Jack
Wren, did Tot take it kindly, and seem
ed to have a grudge against the boss.
He left on an early morning train the
day the murder was discovered. Offic.
ers were at once placed upon his trail
and he was arrested in Halifax Sat
urday evening Wren declares he will
resist extradition proceedings.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Record Of New England Events
LITER" is PARDOKEO
Mime. Tetrazzini instrumental in Sc.
curing Release of Alberto.


curing Release of Alberto.
BosJon.-Continueu good conduct
during almost Is years of imprison-
ment, belief that he had sufficiently
atoned for his crime, and incident
ally a violin fashioned by the hands
of one-time blacksmith grown skill
ed during his incarceration, led to
the pardoning and almost immediate
release from State prison of Charles
Alberto of Springfield, who was serv-
ing a life sentence for killing his
wife.
The Governors Council decided up
on his release after letters from Nine.
Tetrazzini, the opera singer, had been
read, and the Intervention of Enrico
Caruso, the tenor, had been noted.
After he had constructed violins for
the entire orchestra of the state pri-
son, he devised one of superior ex-
cellence and workmanship.
On Nine. Tetrazzini's last visit TO
Boston he sent her his priced posses
sion as gift. The prima donna was
interested at once-the more so be.
cause the instrument was one of real
value and excellent workmanship.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
RECENT DEATHS.

Mrs. Abigail G. Andrus, the oldest
woman in the township Of Castleton,
VT, died last week. She would have
been 81 years old had she lived nine
days more.
Henry H. Potter, representative in
the Rhode Island State Legislature
from Scituate, where he was also
town clerk, died suddenly at his home
at North Scituate, R. l.
Leonard c. Bliss, president and di-
rector of the Regal Shoe Company
and one of the best known shoe man.
ufacturers in the country, died in De-
land, Fla, last week.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Wants Constitution Amended.

Providence - Senator Addison P.
Munroe of this city has presented a
resolution providing an amendment
to the constitution of the state for a
redistricting of the state into SEN
atorial districts, providing for 80 SEN
ators in place of 81 as the present
senate is constituted. 1t provides for
census of the legal voters of the
state and a redistricting according to
the population. This would give Prov
idence several senators.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Tuberculosis on Decrease.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT in the third
stage, the most serious stage, is on
the decrease in Boston, say Dr. Edwin
A. Locke and DR.. Timothy ]. Murphy
of the Boston Consumptives' Hospital
This type of consumption has decreas-
ed from 81 per cent. in 1910 to 81
per cent. in 1912.
The total number of persons treat
ed at the hospital from July Z, 1908
to January 1, 1912, was 1907, of whom
1920 were males and SAT females
The report of these physicians show
that cases in the first and second
stage of the disease are likely to re-
cover, if the case and treatment ad-
vised are followed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Eddy Suit Abandoned.

Concord, N H.-The sons of Mary
Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder
of Christian Science on Friday aban-
doned all their proceedings against
their mothers estate, and against The
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in
Boston, Mass and at their own re-
quest final DEGREES and judgments will
be rendered against them in all the
litigation brought by them in the
New Hampshire and Massachusetts,
state courts, and in the federal court
for the District of New Hampshire.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Doc Hospital Burned.

Concord, N. H.-A dog and cat hos
pital conducted by DR.. c. E. Burch-
sted, a veterinary at Concord was
burned soon after midnight Thursday
night and eight valuable dogs and two
cats were lost. The dogs were all
prize dachshunds, two of them val
ued at $500 each. A valuable horse
belonging to the doctor was rescued
at great risk. The total loss was
about $2500, with partial insurance.
There is suspicion that the fire was
incendiary.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
SUBMARINE OYSTER DREDGER.
Lewis Co. of Bridgeport to Test 1t On
Lonu Island Shore

Bridgeport, Conn.-The new model
submarine oyster harvester recently
completed by the Lewis Oyster Com
pany, the invention of n. A. Lybeck,
is to be tried out in the shallow
water on the Long Island shore. The
new vessel consists of three hulls ar
ranged somewhat after the manner of
catamaran and rocker arm be-
tween which brings in the oysters by
system of continuous scoops. 1t is
expected to revolutionize the oyster
harvesting industry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
GOVERNOR FELKER A GUEST
Attends First Banquet of Nashua
Auto Club.

Nashua. \. H.-Goy. Felker was the
chief guest at the first banquet of the
Nashua Auto Club Thursday in Odd
Fellows Hall. His entire Council was
also present, with a State Senator or
two and a sprinkling of Representa-
tives.
Those at the tables numbered $50
and the entertainment lasted from
7 o'clock until midnight, set speeches
being interspersed between minstrel
acts, songs and stunts relating to all.
toing.
For originality the dinner was never
approached in Nashua. The decora'
tions were of the motor world in the
extreme. The president of the even.
ing, George A. Sylvester, sat behind a
wind shield, while the voice of an
auto horn calld attention to every
change i'll the exercises.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Arm Cut by Circular Saw.

Marlboro, n. H.-Leslie White, en-
ployed at he Seaver sawmill, while
setting log on the carriages Thurs
day slipped and fell, throwing his left
arm on the large circular saw close
by. He was rushed to the Elliott City
Hospital, keene, where it was found
necessary to amputate just above the
elbow. White is So years old