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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
WANTS STATE To
CONTROL ROADS
Gov. Foss Says People Will
Demand Federal Ownership.
THIRD INAUGURAL ADDRESS
David S. Walsh, First Democratic
Lieut.. Governor Since 1S43-Cush-
ing Speaker Of House-Green-
wood President of Senate.

Boston:-The Massachusetts, State
inaugural was more than usually nota-
BILE.
Eugene N. Foss of Jamaica Plain
was indicted into Office for his third
successive term. He became the
forty-seventh executive of the State
but, what is much more, he is the only
Democrat, with the exception of the
late William E. Russell, to get the
third term as Governor.
David l. Walsh of Clinton was
sworn in as Northumberland, the
first Democratic second-in-command
that Massachusetts has known since
1S43.
Grafton D. Gushing of Ward II,
Boston, was elected Speaker OF the
House. Levi H. Greenwood of Gard
ner was reelected president Of the
Senate. For the first time in half a
century in the House, a third candi-
date appeared for Speaker. This was
George P. Webster of Bedford, Bull
Mooser. Webster received five Pro
gressive votes in the House.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
SHIPPERS HOPES
UPSET BY DEAL
The Grand Trunk-New Haven
Scheme Reviewed.
RAILROAD CONDITIONS BAD
George w. Mead Says They Are Worse
Than Ever-Urges Produce Men
for State Control of
Roads.

Boston-"That conditions are worse
than ever seems a truth SO self-evi-
dent as to be almost unnecessary of
expression" is the way George f.
Mead, chairman of the transportation
committee of the Boston Fruit and
Produce Exchange. describes the pres
ent railroad situation in New England.
For above five years no." says
Mr.. Mead, the Boston and Maine has
been under New Haven control. and,
instead of conditions improving, we
have seen them pass from bad to
worse, and the New Haven lines, too,
during the past year have reached a
stage of deteriorated service nearly
as bad as that on the Boston and
Maine.
I'VE are confronted no longer by
theory, but by fact Such as delayed
schedules, lack of system in delivery
and congested freight houses, absence
OF dump delivery, in vogue in every
other large city in the country, fail
ure to set cars for delivery within
AOcoOiliDIC lIlhO dlJCl IlNdl,
Gus accidents, delays in dealing with
claims, taxation for generalization
through classification changes and
raise of water rates, circuitous routing
of freight to favor New Haven lines
against Boston and Maine lines.
Hopes that were our in anticipa-
ton of the coming of the Grand Trunk
have been rudely shattered by events
of the past few months, and in place
of this new road there has been Of
fered traffic agreement by the New
Haven, and by this proposed agree
ment increased transportation is to
be assumed by a system unable to
care for its own volume of trade at
the present time.
''The New Haven today is a great
holding company rather than trans
portation company and much of its
holdings have been acquired at price
far above the appraisers value. OF
the $450,00O,000 capitalization, only
$3.50, 100000 is railroad capital, and the
shippers are taxed and rates made in
an attempt to make the entire capt.
talization pay
eff the New Haven does not show
the correct spirit in dealing with Bos-
ton and New England, it may be well
for the State to take over the stock
of the holding company, leaving the
details to experts; but as rs to so
per cent. of the Boston and Maine
stock is owned in New England and
35 per cent in Massachusetts, it would
seem reasonable that the management
of the same should be in the hands
of New England men, who would ma
turally place the interests of Boston
and New England as paramount to
those of New York"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
PENSION PLAN
AFFECTS $4,000
Provides for Accident and Dis
ability Benefits.
PAID ALSO BY BELL SYSTEM
Employees of New England Telegraph
& Telephone Co., Beneficiaries
of New insurance Order
of Pres. Vial.

Boston-Over $4,000 telephone
workers, about 1000 telegraph en-
ployees and about 20 on the pay roll
of the Western Electric Company
have become beneficiaries of the pen
sion, disability and insurance plan de-
vised by President Val of the Bell
system
1t will not be long before the first
applications will be received from en-
ployees desiring enrolment as long
time members of either the New Eng
land Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, the Western Union Telegraph
Company or the Western Electric
Company, which are included in this
plan, though the number of bene--
ficiaries is at present unknown.
Both accident and disability bene-
fits will be paid as they may arise, and
those entitled to the death benefits
will be the dependents of the $4,000
employees of these companies in
northern New England.
President Vial sent to Presiden,
Spalding of the New England Com,
pany, a Geographic despatch in the
form of a New Year greeting, which
was addressed to all employees. This
general proclamation was made in
connection with the distribution OF
the pamphlets giving full details OF
the plan. His telegram reads in
mort &C fallnUc.
"The new plan of benefits for dis
ability due to accidents or sickness, OF
insurance and of pensions, goes into
effect with the new years.
Nearly 100000 men and women
who are now giving their best years
to the telephone and Telegraph ser
vice of the country, will hencefortf
be assured of assistance in the ex
igencies of life, for which all are not
able to provide, and will also be as
sured of a provision for their de
clining years"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
LIQUOR BIGGEST TAX.
Internal Revenue Collections Total
$7,167 ,544.27,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. last year
contributed $7,167, 54427 to the Golfers
of the national government in the
form of internal revenue collections.
This was $2S,792.11 more than the
total collections for the year 1911.
In a statement issued by Collector
James Gill, alcoholic spirits are given
as having contributed the largest sum,
the collections on this kind of mer-
chandise having been $3.50, 560.42.
Fermented liquors paid in the next
largest sum, S2,493, 20S.50. On cigars
and tobacco taxes of $714,640.56 were
collected; on oleomargine $11,39S.75,
and $2,45689 was collected on butter.
The total income to the internal
revenue department. from the corpora
ton tax in Massachusetts was 81 ,397,-
434.36, and from miscellaneous sources
there was an income of $791.99.
The sum of SIT ,112.S0 was collected
as penalties from corporations that
failed to file their returns before the
expiration of the time allowed by law.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
MAINE FISHERIES.
Some Statistics From the Report OF
Commissioner Donahue.

Commissioner Donanue.
Augusta. Me.-Statistics and report
of the department Of sea and shore
fisheries for the year 1911 and 1912
have been completed at the office of
the Commissioner and forwarded to
the Governor as required by law.
The value of the catch paid to the
fishermen for the raw material taken
from the water in 1912 is the largest
in the history of the department,
amounting to s5,954,4 which is an
increase of over S2,000.G00 in the past
five years.
Holsters are of the greatest value,
herring, ground fish, clans and seal
lops coming next, in the order men
toned.
The value of wharves, buildings
factories, boats and fishing apparatus
used in connection Herewith is over
100000; and the total number OF
people, over 10000.
Commissioner Donahue advises
changes in the reg tlation of several
of the species which in his opinion
would largely increase their value, no
tably the clam, alewive and salmon
and he intended to try to have laws
enacted by the incoming Legislature
toward that end.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
To Cover All Cities.

Boston-The Civil Service Commits
sioner has recommended to the Legis-
lature that the pay rolls of every city
in the Commonwealth be submitted to
the commission and that the board
shall certify that the persons therein
named are properly employed under
the classified service before payments
can be made. This law at present ap-
plies to the pay rolls of the city of
Boston, and the commission declares
that the time has arrived when the sys-
TEN should be extended to include all
other cities in the Commonwealth,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
DEATH OF COL. BARRON.
Pioneer in White Mountain Hotel Bus
mess.

Littleton, N. H.-Col. Oscar G. Bar
ron, one of the pioneers in the White
Mountain hotel business, died at the
hospital at Littleton at an early hour
Friday morning. The direct couse of
his death was diabetes and hardening
OF the arteries, from which he had suf-
Tered for the last five years. In addi-
ton to this trouble developed with
one foot several months ago. and
about two months ago amputation
was considered necessary. The wound
did not heal, and the leg was ampu-
tated at the knee. For a time he
seemed to be getting along well on
the road to recovery, but complica-
tons set in, and for week before his
death no hope was entertained of his
recovery.
Colonel Barron was the son of Asa
Barron, and he began his hotel career
with his father at White River .Junc.
ton as bell boy, He rapidly worked
his way upward, and was in a few
years partner with C. H. Merrill at
the Twin Mountain House. A little
later the firm became Barron, Merrill
q Barron, and he assumed the man.
agement of the Tabyan House which
he maintained until his death. making
it one of the most popular of the
White Mountain hotels. During the
winter he was connected with hotels
at the south. He was held in the
highest esteem by the people of Car
roll, and though an ardent Republican
while the town was strongly Demo
cratic he has been repeatedly elected
representative and upon the board
of selectmen.
He was 62 years of age, and is sur
vived by wife and daughter. the lat.
ter living in Seattle and leaving there
on New Years to visit her father,
The funeral will take place upon her
arrival.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
$4,000 for Safety Device.

Boston-President Mellen of the
New Haven has advertised an offer
of $4,000 to whoever shall first in
vent IAN automatic device that will
safely arrest an express steam loco
motive that has passed danger sig
nails" The proposition is qualified by
the added condition that the money
shall be paid only with the approval
of the Massachusetts, the Connecticut
and the Federal Railroad Commissions
and of one of three railroad compan-
les, the Pennsylvania, the New York
Central or the New Haven; and the
railroads approval may come as late
as December, 1915.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10

State Highway Commission Wants
Laws Chanued

Boston recommendation for
many important changes in the laws,
governing the operation of automo'
biles, are made in the annual report
of the State Highway Commission,
submitted to the Legislature.
The report states that the number of
automobile accidents during the past
year has increased at faster ratio
than the increase in the number of
automobiles in operation, and recon.
mends in this connection that an abso
lutte maximum speed limit of twenty.
five miles be fixed and that the pres
ent maximum penalty of six months
imprisonment for reckless driving OF
operation while under the influence OF
liquor, be increased.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
Recent Deaths.

After an illness extending over
fortnight Joseph D. Wellington, who
served as city messenger of Newton
for thirty-three years, died last week
at his home in West Newton. Death
was due to pneumonia.
Captain Andrew M. Ropes, the old
est shipmaster in Salem, died there
at the City hospital at the age Of
eighty-three years.
Seth Woodman Lakin, fifty-nine, a
pioneer in the heel manufacturing
business in this country, died at his
home in Haverhill, after a brief ILL
ness from pneumonia.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
Not Adapted to the DRUG Business.

Exeter, N. H.-A sound of falling
glass attracted the attention of resi-.
dents of Exeter to the drug store of
A. S. Wetherell at an early hour Fri
day morning, and going to the spot,
Edward Sarget, 81 years of age, was
found crouching in a nearby door
way with his pockets full of cigars,
cigarettes and a little coin. An ex-
animation of the store found one
drawer had been rifled and an at
tempt made upon another. In court
he was held for the grand jury, bail
being fixed at $1,000, which will make
it necessary to spend sometime in
Exeter Jail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
Rutland Gets Coal Cheap.

Providence.-Rutland, Vermont can
get coal for 81 and $7.25 ton, while
Providence, Boston, Springfield and
other cities have to pay the fancy
price of sS.25 a ton. Rutland is an
inland city depending upon rail con
nection and gets fuel cheaper than
cities more favorably situated.
Ship Building Plant Completed.
Burlington Vt.-The Champlaln
Transportation Co. has completed
erecting a modern ship building plant
at Shelburne harbor, the estimated
cost of which is more than $4,000
and which comprises facilities for get
ting out all kinds of work connected
with a steamboat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
Industry Is Profitable.

Nantucket, Mass.-Scallop taking
in Nantucket Sound is proving more
profitable occupation for fishermen
this year than ever before. Man
tucket is the only place on the coast
where the much sought morsel is
plentiful and as result prices have
scared until the daily income here
from the industry has reached nearly
$1,000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
r. Pidgin Asks $1,000 Pension.

Boston-Charles FELTON, Pidgin, the
Adams Sawyer" and numerous other
books and plays, wants pension from
the State of Massachusetts of $1,000
a year. Mr.. Pidgin's claim is based
on long service to the State. 1t has
been presented by Senator Bagley of
Boston to the Legislature. Mr.. Pid-
gin was for thirty years chief clerk
of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor
and chief of that bureau for four
years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
Railroad Recommendation in lnau-
oural of Governor Foss.

9urdi OF 1OVcrnor ross.
Little dependence can be placed by
the people of Massachusetts, upon
general railroad regulation by nation
al agencies.
We must do our party by providing
adequate regulation in this common
wealth to make national ownership
and operation unnecessary.
The opinion is gaining that the gov
eminent could not possibly serve the
country worse than the present mas
tiers of the railroad system have done.
The only way to postpone national
ownership Of railroads and to retain
in the commonwealth the power tc
regulate our transportation system is
to assert that power at once and tc
apply. it without delay.
The law authorizing the incorpora-
ton of the Boston Holding Company
is a disgrace to Massachusetts and
should be removed from the statute
abooks without delay.
A powerful public service commits
sion armed with mandatory authority
over the public service is recommend
ed.
The public service commission
should have power to force electric.
cation within the metropolitan district
and tunnel connection.
Recommends the passage of a law
so that the Governor shall appoint
in conjunction with Governors of other
states in which the railroad operates
a majority of the board Of directors OF
the railroad.
Such measure, the Governor says
would accomplish directly every re
suit which could be achieved indirect
ly through state ownership and would
preserve to the public the advantage
of private ownership.
The improvement of waterways Is
necessary to furnish cheap and ade
quate transportation.
Fifty million dollars is not an un
reasonable sum to place Immediately
at the disposal of the port directors
The Governor calls for the passage
Immediately of a law which will ena
BILE the people of Massachusetts tt
choose for themselves the Senator
who is to succeed Senator Crane il
the United States Senate.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10

Pressure, Isle, Me,-George w. Saw
age of Presque Isle, who is in his first
season on the farm he bought of ].
b. Blanchard in Maple Grove, appears
to be giving as good an account of
himself farming 500 acres as he did
farming 100 acres. 1t has been rather
an off crop year, but from So acres
of potatoes Mr.. Savage raised 5,400
barrels, and from 1S acres of Cobblers
he raised 1880 barrels.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
Bostor's Bio Buildino Year.

Boston-In the matter of building
construction the year 1912 was the
busiest in the history of Boston since
the establishment of the department
of building inspection on Oct. 2, 1871.
The gain for the last year over the
record for 1912 was enormous.
The total valuation of the buildings
constructed during the year is $21,-
1S1,341. These figures show an in
crease in 1912 over 1911.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
rs MEN LOST LIVES.
Disastrous Year for Gioucester's Fish
ina Fleet,

Gloucester, Mass.-Forty-fve men
lost their lives in the work of the
Gloucester fishing fleet in 1912. Ten
vessels valued at $73,SO0 were wreck
ed.
The wreck of the schooner Patrician
near Shelbulne, N. S., last March was
themost serious disaster of the series,
which left thirteen widows and seven
teen fatherless children in this city.
Her captain mistook a light in run
ming into the harbor for shelter from
a storm, and he and nine members of
the crew were drowned.
Most of the drowEings resulted
from men being swamped while out in
their dories or being washed over
board by heavy seas.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
After Many DAYS.

No Salem, N. H.-About year ago
the post Office at Hampstead was
broken into and mail bags, money or
der book and stamps were taken.
Last week in cleaning out the base
ment of the old Atlas mill at North
Salem, which has recently been sold
to a shoddy company, a lot of the
missing property was found hidden in
a recess in the wall.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
Children Followed by Lynx.

Rutland, Vt.-According to John
Wilkins, lumberman, who arrived in
Rutland the other day, two children
of Mr., and Mrs. Charles Sparks, of
Hancock, had an exciting experience
with Canadian lynx which followed
them half mile from a patch of
woods to their dooryard.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
Clinton Armory Unsafe.

Clinton, Mass.-Walter A. Penni-
man, a State building inspector, paid
visit to the armory of Company X
of the Ninth Regiment, M. V. M, and
after inspection reported to Cleye-
land Morse, second lieutenant of the
company, that he found the building
unsafe for use.-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10

notwithstanding to decision
handed down by the full bench of the
Massachusetts Supreme Court the
Mayor of any city has right to re-
woke the license of theatre If he be-
lieved that the character of the pro
duction is detrimental to public NOR
ais
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
eoelet Estate Goes to Son.

Newport, R. 1.-The entire estate
of Mrs. Robert Goelet, who died in
Paris a few weeks ago. was bequeath
ed to her son, Robert Walton Goelet,
under the terms OF her will, which has
been filed for probate here.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
Husband of Three Women.

Portland, Me.-John M. LAWN, a
drug clerk who says his home is in
Leominster, Mass, pleaded guilty to
a charge of bigamy in the police court
here. LAWN, who is but twenty-three,
admits that he is the husband of three
women.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
new HAMPSHIRE
LEGISLATURE
Democrats in Control for First
Time in 38 Years.
EXCITING SCENES IN CAPITAL
Enos X. Sawyer of Franklin Elected
President of Senate-William j.
Britton of Wofboro, Chosen
Speaker of the House.

Concord, N HIT is seldom, if ever,
that New Hampshire has seen a more
exciting week politically than that just
closing. Beginning with the arrival of
a few Representatives and politicians
Monday afternoon, the excitement in
creased with additional arrivals
through the day Tuesday, and reached
fever heat in the evening when head
quarters in the Eagle were thronged
and the corridors filled to overlooking
with an earnest and excited crowd of
politicians. Caucuses of the Republi-
cans, Democrats and Progressives
during the evening. The former NOM
mated Charles A. Perkins of Manches-
ter for speaker, the Democrats nomi-
mated Guy II. Cutter of Jaffrey and
the Progressives William j. Britton of
Wolfeboro. Mr. Britton was nominal
ed as a Republican, and was also
elected to an Office on the county tick
ct as such.
The house was called to order on
Wednesday morning by Harris M.
Young, clerk of the last house, and a
roll call showed every living member
present with the exception of Col Os-
car G. Barron, the well known hotel
man, who is in the hospital at Little
ton, having suffered the amputation of
one foot. After calling the roll of
representatives Edwin c. Bean of Bel
mont was elected temporary chairman
and the struggle for the control of the
legislature as we'll as the state offices
was on. That there was deal be-
tween the Democrats and Progressives
was generally understood, and a reso-
luton adopted in the Democratic eau
Gus of the night before that members
should write their names on the backs
of their ballots indicated that it was
intended to keep tabs upon the allied
forces. Colonel Elwell of Exeter NOV
ed that the house proceed to the cleo
ton of speaker, and that no ballot
bearing a distinguishing mark should
b. ccdnted. AS this would neutralize
the effect of the caucus action it was
Immediately opposed by William ].
Ahern, and several short but spicy
speeches upon both sides of the ques-
ton ended in roll call, the original
motion being defeated by a vote of
2O4 to 1877. Ballotting for speaker
was at once begun, the first ballot
standing as follows
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-10
Ex..eov. Guild for U. S. Senator.

Boston-Curtis Guild by cable has
reaffirmed to Charles S. Baxter of the
Association of Progressive Republic
cans that the use of his name as a
senatorial candidate is fully author.
lied.