Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-05
Vouse Wants Admiral Clark to
Command First Ship through
Panama Canal.
FIVE TOWNS FACE A SETBACK
Committee on Appropriations
Likely to Oppose Reinhurs-
ing Them for s31,50O
Spent on Bridges.

Mon,pellcr Dec Capt Charles u.
ClHrl, nud the oregon viii not he for-
gotter it Mr.. Bowman az Waterford can
have his way. lie introduced rcsolu-
ton in the House this afternoon sug-
costing to the secretary If the navy
that when tch Panama canal IS opened
tho procession through the great zap
should he led by the OREGON ana that
the vessel should he commanded by
captain, now Rear Admiral C!ark This
was adopted on the part Of the ltous"
without dissenting voice.
II is Understood thai tho House con-
ntteoe on appropriations las decided to
report uufavorabiY H. ., Ii. 81 Il. J3G, III.
:4,. ard II %. tho i've bills to Teim-
b,rse towns for money expended IN tho
construction OF bridges. IN taking this
action, the committee IS Understood to
have proceeded on tie ground that the
Slate should 10. be huldened with eX-
pensos after tho tact which g what
these appropriations would b.. II tn"
commuters recommendation Is followed
the State Will be s21 500 richer than Il
the bills were to pass The towns af
:ected aN: WeathersliolG. $500, Lunen-
burg. $500; 1'hctford $1,000, 6ratticboro
tiooW; Rockingham. $1,000,
Senator I.aird's bill eXcmntlng from
taxation money loaned within the State
8, Gve no,. cont mr. loss has hoon ordered
20 ,io in +bc Senate II was favorablv
reported by the committee but some sena-
tors desire opportunity to consider and
aoh.+o +, si,ro tho ,,o,s,,ro ooos far
Their than that OF Senator Rabbit, which
eXo,,,,od o,,,,. ,,oro,. lo,,od -, re.1 ae-
into A,o+hor bi,, ,r ,o,o,ior =, ,bo ,,vo.
,;o,, 10 ,o,,,. ao,os;ts ,,.il ,,,t,, i.s an.
o.,o,,..,, T., - Coo. ao.s !, ,,,,.;das .bo,
.,rt do,o.f,s ,o,rod v.ittir fine state
1ar1 nov. ,ax ~ a,.o-ton,,. o- avn nor
,o,,, and .noso ,o,rod or.sido 1.-Two state
.,.,u ,,,r a,, ,,o, oo,. r,rts &c g.,
.o1,,..;a, =, ,,,,hs -, ,,,o,o,. 1o,,od
a., v,. ,a m ,rouoa.o of ,h.ao.
,c,,bs an ,b,t loaned o,,tsido I, Is esti.
r,,,cd INA, or ,ho lonnsi,s and ,,ans
=, ro-or,o1 IN, ,ho hoa1, oorrr,iesionor
MT. ,o,,,,, ;,,,.,,o.,,. ,,,o ,a,. 90 ho not, IL,
mo hanks 10 .,o ox.ort of 500 coo
e,,,..r,o>. -. MN, ,,p
iho Wn"ie tax si'u'''oh is sun IN inc
NJ \" measure mas received maj ac'
pronosnl. nondinr Nemhors anno,r =,
ne as much III doubt as to what actor
hould 10" taken as at the beginning o
Nic session, but there appears dotcrmi
saton to do something, even If II should
rove to be mistake
No ILLS wcr" Introduced in the Scnat,
inrnS the day and only five i'm TIN
douSe. ono Of these. to commute tn
"atn sentence of Arthur Bosworth, wa.
Introduced merely to give him the sam,
opportunity that other persons convicted
Vt murder have had. \ considorahl,
amount of business was transacted bu,
81 was all of a routine character and n,
Achatr onivened the proceedings.
The high wind last night broke the
flag staff at the state House Sergeant.
stArms Parsons has ordered an iron on,
4lom the Lane Manufacturing company
which viii he put in place Tomorrow
There vii! be a hearing on the olco-
margarine bill IN room Il Wednesday
evening
Tho hearing OF Senate bin No %. re-
iatins to the sale of morphine and mar
cotics. which was to have been held this
evening. has been postponed to next
week.
lNNKUEPEkS CIIAECFs Rr,vy,rR
,rh,,o ho,r ~ .,o
Urarsa ,u, vii, ~ ~, 49,. -
.v.n;r. ,r,or. t. .,a-,.,N
part OF some no,nbars 70 nronoee an
amendment whereby the money derived
from such licenses shall be applied to
The highways. THIS blu may have bet
ter prospect than some that have been
ihtrcduceh az previous sessions, since
ter per cent. OF tho voters OF p no-li-
ceLse town must petition for it before
such license can be granted.
It has been decided to hold the re-
union or the Legislature of 1910 next
week Thursday evening The business
meeting Will bs held in Representa-
tlves' hall and the banquet at the Pa
vilioii. Senator McCuen and Represen
tati"eS Gage of Weathersileld and
onn,ic n.ar,nn ~ tha ma,tsr =, ,