Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-19
new ENGLAND NEWS
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srly leader Of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, Tor the period of the war
was ordered by the Department OF
Justice. The Department Of Justice
after an extensive investigation OF
DIR. Muck's record Of pro-German
sympathies and utterances and his
close associations In the past with
State leaders In Germany, decided II
would be dangerous to permit him to
remain at large. DR.. Muck was ar
rested about two weeks ago and held
on Presidential warrant while the
Department Of Justice reviewed re-
ports Of secret agents, who have
followed the ex-orchestra leaders
movements for several years since he
obtained special permission from En-
peror William to remain in this
country. Since his arrest his resig-
nation as leader of the orchestra has
been accepted.
At Bath. Me-, the plant Of the Wat
son Frye Company. engaged In the
manufacture of bronze castings for
The Emergency Fleet Corporation and
machinery for paper and pulp mills.
was destroyed by fire with loss Of
$4,000. The fire, which is believed
70 have been due to spontaneous
combustion. started in the foundry,
which Is OF concrete construction.
md spread rapidly to the rest of the
ytructure, which Is wooden.
A dispatch from Barre, Mass, says !:
Barrels quota of $4,000 for the third
liberty Loan has already been sub
scribed. The total of $4,000 has
been taken up by three manufactur-
ing concerns. Harding & Allen sub
scribed for $4,000 worth o. bonds,
Norway Worsted Company and the
Barre Wool Combing Company sub
scrfbed to $4,000 worth each. In
The second Liberty Loan campaign
Barre over subscribed her quota by
100000 The town has total popu-
Iation of $500 inhabitants and has
given approximately 100 of her sons
into military service.
Having passed it's quota of 100
men in the drive of the American
Red Cross for motor drivers for i'm
mediate foreign service, Boston and
New England is going ahead and has
already secured 140 men, most Of
whom have been or will be accepted.
The first of the men accepted for
foreign service will sail from New
York on or about April 10. They have
volunteered Cor general service,
which includes driving the great sup
oily trucks, the lighter battle line de-
livery trucks and in all probability
ambulance duty at the front line as
we'll. The Boston office, 470 Boylston
st., in charge of Alfred Nestor, vet
eran ambulance driver in France, will
remain open as long as men continue
to apply for foreign service.
Theodore J. Ritter. Boston pub
Usher has been arrested by agents of
the Department of Justice as an
enemy alien and after a grilling by
Assistant United States District At
torney Judd Dewey was lodged in the
East Cambridge Jail and a report of
the arrest wired to Washington. Fol-
lowing the arrest of Ritter, Federal
agents visited his home on Manomet
street, Newton Center, and seized an
automobile load Of books and papers,
both in the English and German Ian
guage, and a part Of German army
uniform. The Federal authorities
will not make any statement con-
corning this arrest other than saying
that 1t Is one OF the most important
made here and that much incrimin-
ating evidence of propaganda work
had been seized.
Work on Boston's 1918 War Gar
dens has begun. Already fifteen acres
Of the Franklin Park golf course, in
the Scarboro Hill section, have been
turned over A foreman and sew
eral men are supervising the work
In the meantime hundreds of appli-
cations continue to pour into the Of
fees of the Public Safety Committee
at City Hall.
So persistent and enthusiastic are
the applicants who besiege the COM
mittee's Offices, 1t is safe to say that
IL everyone Is cared for. three times
as much land will be needed for this
years gardens.
Chairman Heath Is anxious to get
additional land space. He states, that
from an economical standpoint, any
parcel less than Eve acres would be
useless.
Last years crops on the 120 acres
we're as follows:
Potatoes 1000 bushels
Beans 400 bushels
Turnips 500 bushels
Carrots 80 bushels
This year It is claimed by the COM
hittee that three times this amount
will be raised at one third less the
cost
Mrs. Dexter H. Spaulding OF Wa
terville, Me-, required the services of
4 surgeon after eating bread made
from recently Durchaaed hap NJ