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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31

LAUNCHING OF VERMONT.
Further Particulars about the Exer-
ci.es mt Quincy To-day.

Boston. Aug. 2S.-Arrangements have
been completed for the launching next
Thursday of the battleship Vermont at
the works Of the Fore River ShiphuildnS
Co. at Quincy. AS now planned, the
launching will take place at 1890 in the
forenoon. and will be witnessed by
large party OF distinguished people from
Vermont as we'll as from other New Eng
land States. AS already announced. the
battleship will be christened by Miss
Jennie Bell. daughter of Governor Bell
Of Vermont. who will use bottle OF
American wine
Governor Bell with his entire persona
staff and their wives will be present and
occupy a position on the launching stand
at the bow of the battleship Others
who have accepted invitations TO bs
present are Governor and Mrs. Douglass
and some OF his staff officers, Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy Charles II. Oar.
lins, Commander A. G. Boutakoff Rus.
sian naval attache at Washington, Mayor
Thompson of Quincy, several OF the New
England congressman. w. S. Lark and
W. l.. Balsingcr of the Carnegie Steel
company. President Grove of the William
Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Co. The Yer
mont Veteran association. 80 strong. will
Il
the bow OF the ship the officers of the
Vermont Association OF Massachusetts
and the Massachusetts Daughters 81
Vermont will be present. 1t is also ex'
pected that number OF the naval Of
fcers at the Charlestown navy yard will
he present, also the marine band from
the yard.
The official Vermont party will arrive
In Boston Wednesday night and will make
their headquarters at the Somerset
Thursday morning they will leave the
south station in a special train at On
O'Clock for the shipyards The train
will run over the Fore River company's
private track from East Rrantree IA
the yard. landing the party within a few
feet Of the hattleship.
After the launching the guests will
he entertained at lunch in the mould loft
by the officials Of the Fore River COM
pary. 1t is expected that there will he
some speech making at tho lunch, al.
though it is intended that it shall be In
formal. The special train will return Il
boston about noon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31
FRAUD ALLEGED.
oliver Devnrennes PetitiOned into
bankruptcy by Provision Company.

Because ne is charged with dsposing
of his property to mis- wife and son.
Oliver DcEarcnnes has been pctitioned
into bankruptcy by the Northern Provis-
ion Co., the papers having filed Tues
day in the office of George +. Johnson,
clerk of the United States Courts.
The Northern Provision Co.'S claim,
amounts to s6i7.9s. and is in the form of
a promissory note. The company claims
that Mr.. DcNarennes is insolvent and
says that he has less than l2 creditors
They allege that on February 5, 1904, hi
conveyed to his wife all his real estate
valued at 5000, with the intention OF
defrau his creditors. They further
aliegc that on May l. 1905, he conveyed
the stock of groceries and provisions at
his store on North street to his son
George DeVarenncs. without cOnsidera-
ton The case Will como before Referee
@. W. Dcbcrville
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their ships and until now Boston looked
upon the all water route to New York
much as common sense engineers have
viewed perpetual motion.
The fact that water is a far quicker
and better conductor Of electricity than
air led to experiments which produced
government system of submarine tclc-
phones. This apparatus consists of Il
pair Of l6-inch cubical receiving boxes,
located one on each side II the forward
hold several feet below the wave line.
The sides Of the vessel act as conductors.
The direction of the signals can be ac-
curatcly determined ty listening alter
natively at the port and starboard re-
ccvers. In order that the knowledge
Of the signal may be utilized instantly a
|mcgaphone attachment Is employed, from
which wires transmit the sound to the
receiver in the wheel house.
All the light ships between New York
and Boston are equipped with the system
and lines carrying the receiving appara-
tus report having picked up the signals
clearly at distance of from two TO five
miles.
With this and other safeguards ma
riners now concede that the historic diff
ficulties of navigation outside Of Cane
Cod are no greater than those the Bos-
ton to Name line has overcome, and that
the fogs OF Vineyard and Nantucket
sounds do not exceed in danger those Of
Long Island sound, which at most ne.
cessitate 9 diminution of speed.
London Engineering. one of the most
foremost authorities on this and kindred
subjects, states that while the swift ves-
sells that crowd the ocean are in con-
slant danger of collision, and in fog this
becomes a matter Of acute anxiety to the
passengers IL not to the ships company,
these submarine signals and the electrical
long arm" system for closing bulkhead
doors from a central station on the bridge,
perfected in the American navy, reduce
vessels navigated with due skill and care.
In the light of experience with these
two projecting systems a line has just
ordered two new and well appointed ves-
sells with which TO establish an all-water
express route to Boston. The necessity
OF covering the distance of about s75
miles in the shortest possible time has
led to the adoption of turbine engines,
the superiority of which as speed pro-
ducers has been so clearly demonstrated
in new ships of the Cunard and other
English lines. With these it will be "a
simple matter it is held to exceed the re-
quired rate of twenty miles an hour and
to make "A journey from New York to
Boston as swift a fight as that by any
of the channel lines between England and
the continent
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regret that Russia had coded to Japan
even half of Sakhalip. "The Japanese
were bluifng," he said. land If we had
hcid out we would not have been Obliged
to give them any territory whatever
FRANCE PRAISES ROOSEVELT.
Paris, Aug. 25.-The unwavcring con.
viction of France that prcsido,t
Rooscvelt's noble initiative would cui.
inmate in peace has received its reward
The news OF the successful tcr,nir,,io,
of the conference at Portsmouth produced
"A profound impression and prosido,t
Roosevelts unrelonting persistence wac
generally considered to have been III,
main factor in bringing about the hanny
results.
Another high official said:
"The result attained at Portsmouth kills
Russia in the Far East. Our long years
Of effort and the expenditure of vast sums
are practically totally lost to us from to.
day. We give UP Manchuria and retain q
useless icebound port IT is hard blow
and will assurcdly effcctupallv stop oli
growth in the Far East for years, may Ia
for generations to come, and our prestige
thee suffers beyond description"
1.-THE war Will be good thing for Rus.
STA this informant said in conclusion
III it results in forcing her to change the
ways and methods OF internal and othei
administration and I think it will"
GREAT PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT.
Vienna. Aug, 23.--'rhc news Of the con.
clnsion Of peace though Japanese conccs.
SONS was received here with amazoment
Great praise is given to Fro sidcnt Roose.
....lN H..e
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w y D w I'VE T
Vergennes, VI, Aug. %, 1905.

Gen. Ira Allen died in Philadelphia
was long unknown. Seven years ago a
laborous and persistent search instituted
by the Hon. John Converse and prose-
cuted in considerable part by Mr. Francis
Olcott Allen of Philadelphia, brought to
light the contemporaneous records of his
death and interment in the burial ground
religious society which owned that burial
ground has become extinct and the ground
is long unused and wholly neglected
lot, surrounded and hidden by some old
buildings and n brick wall. A few ancient
grave stones remain above ground in it.
but no one of them bears the name Of
Ira Allen. Other stones arc supposed to
he hidden beneath the surface, several
feet of earth and rubbish having been
filled in, under which some PROSTATE
stones may have become buried; other
have probably sunk beneath the soil.
marked the grave of General Allen. The
Quakers did not generally erect grave
stones for their own deceased members,
decming them to be IA worldly vanity"
and the records of the cemetery show
intcrmcnts of non Quakcrs. mot marked
by any stone" II by removing the sur
face OF the ground a PROSTATE stone
should be uncovered bearing the name of
Ira Allen, it would be practically impos-
siblc to identify his remains after lapse
of ninety years during which his dust
must have mingled with the soil.
The facts of the search and its results
were fully detailed in the FREE PRESS
of November 80, 1895.
| A noble monuments to Ira Allen exists
in the University which he founded, and
each anniversary of his birth. This paper
has heretofore suggested the propriety
of the erection of a monument to Ira
Allen by the side OF the monument to
Ethan Allen in Green Mount cemetery.
which overlooks the site of Ira Aliens
home on the opposite side OF the river.
And it would gladly welcome tower to
| Ira Allen on "the pinnacle" at tho north
end of Indian Rock. suggested by the
the 10th inst.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31
SURPRISE IN RUSSIA
Officials Had Not Expected an Agree.
ment Would Bc Rcached-Some
Grumbling.

St. Petersburg. Aug. 3.-The Associated
Press dispatches from Portsmouth
brought the first news of the results OF
the peace conference here. II Came as an
electric surprise as official and diplomatic
circles had heen practically without hopes
OF a succession result Of the negotiations,
The news became known to orly COM
paratively few persons UP to midnight
outside Of diplomatic circles. among few
officials and IN the newspaper Offices. and
consequently there was no expression of
public feeling. At this hour there is alb
soluteiy nothing to indicate even to a
close observer that the eighteen months
war Ia at an end
Wherever the news was known surprise
and even amazcnt,nt was expressed that
Japan had so completely met the Russian
demands. but the reception OF the news
so far as It had gone up to the time
this despatch was filed. was calm and
even apathetic.
A HOGGISH EXPRESSION.
A Russian official of high standing, who
is thoroughly convcrsant with the policy
of the government. when informed by
the Associated Press that peace had been
concluded ut Portsmouth,. expressed his
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31
WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED.

vermont mas peeh coIhPeiioo 10 hsht
1gainst most of her neighbors at some
Neriod in her history to retain all her pres.
H. ..rr,&or, ma r,h,,o tho.o NO. r,oho.,,,
I'''e e"A"ee % "e' 'os'"s d si'ce VI 'aho
Is a result Of a new survey Of the inter-
..t,ono, ho,ra,r, ho.r,o., ~.r.a. a
'''0 @~ S'' ~ 30 "o' ''eo"' "
contemplate what might have happened.
i the loss indicated had actually oc.
,,,rr.a Tho .;,uo.;o,, 10 1t. ~ t., -.
Soiio"ihs happy manner IN the current
humber Of Harpers Weekly:
There came from the north an ominous
sound of whettinr scythcs when IL wa.
announced the other day that as a result
of the new survey fixing the border-line
Vermont might have to give to Canada a
slics OF her territory and some of her few.
Remaining p.oplc. Stern experience con.
Neved a warning TO that free and indie
osndent republic. Mt present somewhat Of
konstyely and defensiyely allied with the
United States of America. It was not
the first time her ally had indicated a
willingness to depriye her of territory and
population. AS enrly as I7S1 the churlish
Congress proposed considerable curtail.
ment of her boundaries as a condition OF
her admission IN the Union. The offer
WAS rejected with scorn. the muskets wero
billed. the scythes were ground. the now.
aer-horn was placed nv the anvil Yer.
mont and Ethan Allen were readv. After
ten wears. during which time Congress
was stunned more than once nv rumors
of an alliance between the Green Noun
tain republic and Great britain. the bars
were let down. and Vermont Walked
proudly into the Union upon her own
terms, with colors flying in the very faces
d ."e detestcd workers.
It,. 80 s,.,s ~ ~ go.
at this late dav was enough ~ ,nfuse life
tnto the fine bronze statue overlooking
Lake Champlain. But We think ana hope
~ p'"' ma. w. """seI 10 pas'' III"
his car 70 the ground one nipht and caupbt
lhe music Of the milestone. Whereupon
bhere promptly came out of Washington
NAV Wv "."'''i WIN NC ao'
nv mountain or tu,o or Iavo ,ts cbons
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31

In commenting upon the results OF the
bearings at Bellows Falls. the Boston
Elobe says
1.-THE Investigation of Vermonts State
prison is causing prison reform en-
thuaiaets to shout again that there
pevar yet was a prison run on the
level. because the nature of the en-
ployment of gooler is deba sing. and
lhat even IL decent men can be secured
% begin with. their very work soon re-
luces their moral sense"
This statement seems to seriously con-
pict with the theory that people are sent
10 prison largely for the purpose Of CIV
ng them an opportunity to reform, and
MAT a murdcress like Mary Rogers would
be improved and elevated by being given
Nh opportunity to repent Of her mis-
deeds. II u to be feared that while
many shseaders Of blood are imprisoned,
lew truly reform.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31
THE BURIAL PLACE OF INA ALLEN.

To the Editor of the Free Press:
Shortly after the dedication of the tow
er TO Ethan Allen I saw a suggestion in
your newspaper to the effect that there
was room enough OH where the Ethan
Allen tower stands to erect one to the
memory of Gen. ira Allen. would ask.
Mr.. Editor, where Gen. Ira Allen died
and whore he was buried? If my memory
serves me right since reading his his
tory. he died in Philadelphia of poverty
and was buried in the Potter's Field
Would it not be we'll. before erecting Il
tower to his memory to get his body home
and give il the burial worthy of the man !?
He lost his property by neglccting his
own business for the good Of Vermont,
and as it was the law at that time to Jail
for debt. he was Obliged to go TO Phiadel-
phia in trying to fix up his affairs aud
died before he had done so. He did more
for Vermont than Gen. Ethan Allen.
While ] am not criticizing the tribute to
Gen. Ethan Allen, yet believe we should
be remindful that there are other patriots
who deserve to share our attention. Ira
Allen did as much as any other one man
to establish Vermont as a State. and con-
tributcd to her wants at the dctrincnt
of his own private fortune. moro than
any other man. and it almost seems to
be IL disgrace to Vermont to allow his
suggest opening subscription paper to
raise funds to find his body and bring it
home and bury it in the State he worked
so hard for and loved SO we'll.
Respectfully yours.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31

ing OF the one taken at the mouth of the
rendering plant sewer he said 1t was re-
rnarkably good, showing no sewage
bacteria and being practically the same
as the normal water OF the lake. The
sample taken half way between tho plant
and the sewer he said showed sewage
bacteria and chemical contamination. as
did the sample at the intake. The sam
pie from the mouth OF the river he said
was worse than the others. but was not
MS bad as the one taken from the mouth
of the Burlington sewer.
After explaining the results Of tho
analysis In answer TO questions hc said
that the sample submitted by DR.. Court
ney as the one taken from the mouth
of the sewer at tho rendering plant was
better than samples that had come from
there previously. He said the one taken
by H. II. Shaw was worse and that tho
one submitted by Mr.. Sternbcrg was
much worse. He said the indications
were that the sewer had not been running
for some time before the sample had
bccn taken. The water taken there M
said was better than the sample from
the intake, In fact better than any other
sample shown and nearer the normal
condition Of lake water. In speaking OF
the sample taken by DR.. Courtney from
the intake he said II WIS practically tho
same as samples previously taken by tho
officials ut the laboratory. He said the
laboratory officials had never secured
samples Of water at the rendering plant
and had examined only those brought t.
them for tho purpose He said they had
no method of knowing whether the sam
pies came from the rendering plant be-
yond the word OF the parties who SUBJ
mitted them.
Superintendent Brigham, was asked II
tho usual amount Of business was being
done when Dr. Courtney secured his sam
pie and he said that in reality the plant
had been buster during the past two
weeks than usual owing to heavy ship
mcnts. He said he did not know when
Or Courtney secured his sample
Dr. Courtney said he had got tho SAM
pie early ono morning because Mr.. storm
berg had told him there would bo n scum
on the surface Of the lake and he wanted
to see il but It was not present. He said
he secured launch in which to go and
get the samples and that no ono knew he
was going. he made no arrangements
until he reached the wharf and chartered
the boat. Or. Courtney had two witnesses
with him to prove that his samples were
taken from the places stated.
Mr.. Sternberg was notified that the
board of health was to meet last night
hut did rot appear and had no one ia
represent him. There was no further
discussion of the matter and the board
adjourned. subject to the call of the
health officer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31
GOLD IN WILMINGTON.

Elezar Pellern OF Woodford ella inns to
nave made gold strike on his land in
that town that will make the world sit
up and take notice. Mr. Pellerin has long
been convinced that there was pay ore on
ms property and he has spent the larger
part OF the summer prospecting. lie has
one shaft that is down 80 feet and de-
clares that he has struck a bonanza veiiA
lie isn't giving out the extent of the as
say, but tells Of some big offers that he
says he has received for his property In
whole or in part. There is no record at
the town clerks office OF any sale of
claims by Mr.. Pellerln
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31
JAPAN'S VICTORY MORAL.
Pres. Roosevelt the First Figure in Ins
tcrnatiOnnJ ntc~nmun ship.

Berlin. Aug. 29.-Japan has won a
great moral victory, Russia great
diplomatic one, and President Roose-
welt has become the first figure in in
national statesmanshl ,--that is
what Berlin thinks of the result of
the Portsmouth conference. The for
eign office says unrescrvcdly that
without the Presidents personal ex-
ertions supported by his unique posi-
ton and the power of the United
states, peace would not have been at.
tanned and that Germany and the
whole world will benefit by the states
manship shown by the Washington
government. The foreign office ac-
knowledges the generosity and moder-
alton of Japan and the steadfast spirit
OF the Russian government.
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TO JOIN OPERA COMPANY.
der Management Of II, w. SnvaRe

YORK TO join an opera company, under
the management of Henry w. Savage
and will tour the United States during
the coming season. Mr. Bagnall has OK.
pected such an engagement for several
weeks. but knew nothing definite about
It Until he received telegram. calling
him to New York. II is not known what
company he is to join or what part he
is to assume.
Mr.. Bagnnll has appeared in several
amateur performance in Burlington and
has always made a hit He has given les
sons In voice culture since his residence
here ana has been a member Of the Uni
tartan church choir, His many musical
friends will wish him success in his new
line of work.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31
CAPE COD ELIMINATED.

Science has at last practically elimn-
lted Cape Cod and the treacherous
yhoals outlying 1t, which have been ac-
cation along that part OF New England
shores ever since the white mems ships
began coastwise travel. Wrapped in i'm.
penetrable fog and pounded by Atlantic
gales. the Cape coast has become Il
crave ward for venturesome shippers and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31

The recent disclosures affecting the con-
0emned murderess in the State prison
,re too unsavory for comment. 1t re-
mains to be seen how many Of the senti.
Mental clanlorers for pardon for Mrs.
Rogers will approve the plot to defeat
the ends of Justice by bringing into the
World from her prison cell a child Of a
convicted ravisher and murdercss.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31
LUCIEN HOWE MAY GO WEST

Lucien Howe, since June, 1901. organis
at the CONGREGATIONAL church In Rutland
has resigned. and his resignation beer
accepted by the committee OF the church
society which has such matters In hand
Mr.. Howe presided at the organ last Sun
day for the last time ~ he has stated
and Will leave the city permanently mex
week. Mr. Howe, II is understood. has
no place definitely In view for his futur,
work, but will seek a new field IN thu
middle West.