Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-20

| The customs figures for February. AS
made publir Friday by Collector G.. n.
! Daring, show a further marked falling
| on the duties being only a little more
| imam one-half what. they were in the cor
| responding month of the previous year.
Inc value OF Imports also il smaller this
! year than In 1912, and the only increase
| Is In IN" exports. Last month the duties
! were S3'95l as against $lO05S4 the previous
year. and the value of imports was SJi7 $40
compared with s644,75S a year ago. The
exports were SSi9S52 last month, almost
| twice the value of those Of February, 1912,
when they reached ony si69Sl6.
Ihe annual meeting of the Unitarian
! church was held Monday afternoon
when officers were elected for the ensuing
year and reports read Henry G. Fuller
was elected clerk; NJ f. SoruborEer, treas
urer; Perry Il. Miles, auditor; Il. +. Pat
ten member of the prudential committee
Tor three years; Mrs. Martha NJ Gates
and Mrs. c. T.. Soule, representatives to
the Home for Destitute children: Miss
Ehte Moore librarian. The other members
OF the prudential committee who hold
over are DR. G.. D. Samson and Herald
stevens. The trustees Of trust funds who
are Fred Johonnott. A. q. Whittomore
and II. g. Fuller. remain the same. Dr
j. NJ. Clarke acted as moderator ycstcr-
day The meeting then adjourned until
$50 ON the evening of March g.
Louis Grupe district deputy of the
ID. o. H., was pleasantly surprised at
his home on Weston street Sunday
morning when he was presented with
gold watch by Mrs. Pauline Howard
ana Mrs. Wilhelm Vessel of Bellows
Falls on behalf Of Wilhelmine, Schil-
Ter Pestalosse. and Won Moltke
lodges Of the society. which he helped
10 organize at different places in the
state The watch was inscribed with
ms initials and also bears the namey
and numbers of the lodges inside the
case The ladies were sent as spe-
clal delegation to make the prcsen-
tation Of the watch which was given
In token of the appreciation of the
German societies in the state of what
ME- Grupe had done for them dur
Ing his term of several years Of Of
flee.
1t is now intended to start the steamer
llconderosa a week from next TUESDAY
ana the crew, which has already been
engaged, will report at Shelburne harbor
on the preceding day. In case of any un-
foreseen obstacles the boat will make
her first trip Just as soon as possible
following that date, Although this is
much earlier than in most seasons, there
nave been several years when the boats
started earlier and not many years ayo
the Chateaugay came out of the harbor a
week ~ b, limo no ,r-I
OF navigation this year. The steamer will
he in charge of Captain T. @. White, with
John Rushlow first pilot and Grant Edison
second pilot The purscr will 10 Fred
Fuller who is now in Florida and there
are no changes in any of the important
positions.
Some idea Of the business transacted
between Burlingt ton and points across he
lake and also Of the value of transporta-
ton lines may b. gained by the figures
OF the Champld.n Transportation com.
pany which last year took out of Burling-
ton 3.lb3 tons of general merchandise
or what would I'LL - freight cars at the
average Of is tons to the car This is
Il substantial increase over the season OF
1911, when Burlington shipped only 2S4i
freight traffic over the Companys line
into Burlington is about as large as the
exports, and last year was s. ~ tons n :
compared with 3,G43 in 1911. This does not
take into account the tons of freight
which are taken out OF Burlington annu-
ally 10y shoppers as most Of the retail
business Is done by this means and the
company carries such goods as baggage
tyt oh I,,
OF 1872 1000 people were brought into
Burlington. This is not az large as IN
many seasons in the past. as the inclem-
ent weather affected the excursion busi-
ness dsastrously. The automobile bust
being carried last year as compared with
1895 the year previous.
Business in Chitteuden county court
was resumed Tuesday the petit jury
attending in the afternoon. There being
no case ready for the jury, the jurors
We're excused until yesterday at nine
o'clock. But little progress was made
Tuesday, although Judge Waterman
was ready to proceed. Informatlons were
filed against two respondents by States
Attorney Hopkins. one was against
Louise Townsend, who is charged with
forging an endorsement to certified
check Bail was fixed at $500 which was
furnished. An Information was filed
against Atwood G. Smith, "A man with
several aliases, now serving time in
Windsor for forging check. He Is
charged in the information filed to-day
with passing a worthless check for $50 on
stanton Williams Of Charlotte in 1898
The prosecution VIII be ready for Smith
at this ond when he completes his SEN
tcnce. Mary Rose Collette Of Essex, who
was arrested on a Joint complaint with
Sergeant Lindsay of the 10Th cavalry, !
furnished bail in the sum Of $1,000 for her
appearance in county court Zeb Blair, |
charged with burglary of the Central Yer
mont round house, furnished bail in the
sum of 500