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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26
American Members of Keller
Commission Declare Half a
Million Tons of Food Will BE
Required This Winter.
BABES IN WANT Of MILK
Cattle Are Gone-United States
"Will Have to Strain Every
Effort to Bring the Belgians
through the Cold Weather
Alive"

. Now York; Nov 19-The American COM
mission for relief in Belgium, which was
ormod by Ambassador Walter Hines
'arc in London soon after it became
pparont that famine was impending. has
Ipencd offices and hired dock space in
Few York Tho commission announced
o-day that it was ready to ship provis-
ons in any quantity straight through to
Belgium.
| This commission is attending strictly to
he transportation end of Belgian relief
york and does not in any way conflict
|cith relief committee already constituted
b America. 1t has the funds to handle
. II the shipments which Americans can
aisc this winter and it has made all
| ipomatic ARRANGEMENTS to have the food
Ont through eXpeditiously and without
Interference. Brand Whitlock. the Ameri-
an minister at Brussels, and all the
'nited States consuls and prominent
americans living in Belgium, are mem
ers Of the commission They are there
o see that the food is distributed oXpedi-
lousy Already LOO tons of food have
cen sent across the water and dis
ributed with the help Of the German
Military authorities. 10000 tons are now
float and the commission announced to-
ay that 10000 tons more We're in sight.
10000 TONS NEEDED.
Lindon W. Bates American vico-chair-
nan of the commission. said to-day.
I'm spite Of the efforts of the Bel
ian relief funds, the Rockefeller
foundation and many other organiza
ions at work in the west Belgium
annot he fed at this pace. American
hembers of the commission declare
we must send at least a half million
ons Of food this winter.
Certain parts At the west are doing
ohly, but certain others have not vet
Weakened to the call on our charity
"A proposition IS on foot to send a
'arload of wheat or -four from every
me of the ninety-nine counties in
owa.
Indiana, California. and parts OF
ne Pacific coast are now hard a,
work. but from many sections OF the
ountry the call has had no response
wv nat Belgium needs most Of all is
ood-any kind of food 90 long as it vii
tand ocean transportation. America vii
ave to strain every effort this white,
bring the Relgians through alive
Vhoat flour and preserved meats. bean.
nd peas are especially needed, but per
laps above all things the most pathetic
iced of Belgium Is for condensed milk
ne cattle are gone and children of &
ertain age cannot live without milk.
I'VE have lust received $4,000 from
laval to be expended for food
Tn" commission hopes to be able t.
nnounce in few days a plan whereof,
ny person wishing to send food in small
uanttios may do SO without further
rouble than delivering the goods at al
xpress office. We will then be able tC
end any and all supplies from the poin
f first shipment clear to the coast o
belgium free of cost to the donor. w,
re already doing that for the larg,
hipments
THE American Offices Of the commits
ion are ~ = Broadway, New York city
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26
REPEAL THE STATE HOUSE act
(From the Rutland Herald)

REPEAL THE STATE HOUSE act
(From the Rutland Herald)
Act No II Of the laws of 1872 contains
record of duplcty that is very difficult
p explain on the grounds Of public policy
This measure, after having been sue
essfully opposed by legislators who de-
red to POSTPONE the plan for building a
ew state building, was just as desper
tely and donautly advocated By Wash
hgton county interests who proposed 10
pend $4,000 of the States money IN such
manner as to secure for all time the To-
ation Of the State capital in Montpelier.
Confronted with certain defeat, these in
.rcsts then tackled on joker referendum
ause and secured the passage of the bill
his Is the clause:
Section :. This act shall take effect
uly !, 1914. provided that If Il majority oi
he ballot to bc cast as hereinafter pro-
idod shall be yes, otherwise july !, 1915
How a body of sane men could be hood
linked iuto permitting a referendum
ause which makes it necessary to Kill a
casurc twice, once at the polls ana agar
tho next session Of the Legislature
asses reasonable understanding, but II
as done.
The people voted "No.' There was no.
UGH "A tremendous vote and the majority
as only a couple Of thousand, hut tn,
eoplc OF the state voted down this 500
70 Montpelier grab and the Legislator,
bust do likewise If 1t would keep faith
Progressive and democratic speakers ur
be stump accused the Republican party
nd the republican goVernOr-oIrct Of holm,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26
STORE ROBBED OF
$4,000 IN JEWELS

Chicago, Nov, 22-Twenty thousand dol
lars worth of jewels We're taken from a
downtown jewelry store here to-day by
a burglar who entered with a false key
and knew how to respond with a secret
90 X" to the inquiry of the burglar
alarm office TWO clerks saw the man
escape on a street car
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26
FOLEY CATHARTIC TABLETS

Are wholesome, thorou hly cleansing
md have a stimulating effect on the
tonlach liver and bowels, Regulate you
Effects Stout people find they give i'm
IleEse reliei ana comfort, Anti-Blious
w. O'Sullivan, LAdy)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26
HnW 'e[E f MIN
R OF CAME ABOUT

Douglas, Isle Of Man, via London Nov.
%. 30 hive alien prisoners We're
killed and u others were seriously wound
ed in Thursdays riot at the detention
camp here. The riot was precpitatcd
when somc of the prisoners attempted to
escape. These facts We're brought out
at an inquest held at the camp Friday.
According to the evidence presented to
o'clock Thursday lust after the mid day
meal There were $50 alien prisoners
in the dining room at the t.uo. The
guards consisting Of national reservists
We're standing in a room which separates
the dining room from the kitchens,
At an arranged signal--the break
ing of a window with a chair-thc
prisoners suddenly attacked the guards
with cups, sauccrs. tables and any
thing else that happened to be handy.
/ The guards fired volley In the air.
| This failed to Qucll the riot and sec
ond volley was fired as result of
which four Of the prisoners fell dead
or so seriously wounded that they died
almost Immediately. Twelve others
We're so badly wounded that they had
| to be conveyed to the hospital
The rioters then surrendered. When
quiet had been restored 1t was discov-
cred that one alien had escaped
/ through a window and while running
! along roof had fallen through a sky
light to a stone floor below, breaking
his skull.
Formal medical evidence was given
and the inquest was adjourned for one
week SO that a representative of the
war office might he presented The cir
0cumstances of the riot Will be further
inquired into at the next session.
The guards of the detention cam
consisted of 800 men of the national re-
serve The prisoners were confined in
two separate camps, which were con-
Injected by an underground passage, bur
all dined together in a large hall Most
Of the prisoners belonged to the work.
ing classes, being walters, sailors, me.
chanics and so forth.
Everything went well for a time but
about three weeks ago there We're signs
Of INSTRUMENTATION and the scntres besaI
to complain that they were being insult
ed by the prisoners. The first overt act
however, was committed a fortnight age
when large body of men refused to leave
the dining han on a stormy night They
were allowed to remain indoors instead OF
being sent to the tents. After that the au.
thorities started building huts in order II
furnish better accommodations for tn,
prisoners.
The next ebullition occurred last Wed
uosday when a number of prisoners dur
ing dinner complained violently and il
contemptutous terms of the food The an,
thoritics contend that the food furnished
is of good quality.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26
SOME SOLICITOR

Father-Why do YOU keep asking me
If ] won't give you some money to give
your Ma to do Christmas shopping with?
Johnnie-Ma has agreed to give me 1--WE
per cent. of all car work YOU for.-Bos-
ton Record
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26
SATURDAYS FOOTBALL GAMES

SATURDAYS FOOTBALL GAMES.
Vermont o; Nddlebury o.
L. V. NJ sophomores -; freshmen o.
Harvard sc; Yale 0,
Dartmouth 40; Syracuse o
Navy 49, Ursinus >.
Army 10; Springfield T. S. G.
W. & j. "A; GEORGETOWN 0.
Lehigh l., Lafayette :.
Carlisle 81; Dickinson 0,
Fordham II; Boston College g.
Wesleyan %; \. Y. L. a
Rutgers 49, Stevens o
r. =. L. :; Rochester O
Haverford g. Swarthmore 3
Illinois "a Wisconsin ..
Minnesota 10, Chicago I.
Missouri 10; Kansas Z
Western Maryland e, Johns Hopkins (
ohio State 27; Northwestern 0.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26
GERMANS DIARY TELLS
OF BATTLES TERRORS
Notes Found on Body of Bavarian Describing His
Feelings Before, During and After
the Battle.

. still another. There is no end to 1t. And
to think / am forced to stand there.
What is my gun for, ! wonder Az each
shell eXplodes our captain shouts, CLOSE
! your ranks" and we all move to the left,
! stumbling over bodies.
one man seems to have stepped into
a hole, only his body is above ground,
and he is half leaning over, with a funny,
sickly look. lie must be scared. ! see!
! There Is no hole, but both his legs have
! been shot away. God, what n sight
! turn away, sick, and my legs shake like
/ leaves. Can't they let us fight or else 60
off behind the hill? Anywhere away from
this slaughter house.
| What's this in the plain in front of
! us? Red flowers seem to have sprung
suddenly. They move, disappear jump in
j the air. Thousands gather around the
/ bushes. THE French" whispers our cor
! poral in front. The red caps seem to COW
er the plain. How did they get there so
quickly?
Now bees seem to hum all around US
l can't see them, but hear them plainly
The French are within rife range now
and spotting our men. The captain pass
es in front of us saying; THE first to
turn his back will be shot" His revolt
yer in his hand looks wicked and the men
stand firm.
/ can see over 20 of my company on the
ground now ! start to count them but
am interrupted every minute by: Close
your ranks" one of the wounded is
screaming loudly and our corporal goes
over to give him drink, but falls right
on top of the wounded man. dead Arc
We ever going to fight?
GERMAN RANKS MELT.
! 1t is getting worse; our ranks seem to
melt, and have closed the rank until /!
am 90 feet away from where I first stood
The man next to me now is mum
bling. All | hear is: oh Blessed Vr-
gin! He is praying The Virgin
must have heard him, for shout runs
down the line and mounted officer rush
es by US crying: your turn now, hurrah!
forward"
Up go our guns. Down come the bay
onets. It's charge. Across the road,
over a ditch, | run as fast as the rest
and reach the plain. forget the aching
joints, wounded comrade and legless man.
All see are the red caps few hundred
yards away. They are kneeling and
shooting. Thousands OF them They run
a few steps forward kneel. shoot and up
again.
All around me. men of my regiment are
falling. Some without a word, others with
% '''0',i' nv ,'i''o'""ot .
knees. Just then our captains horso
went over him and tramplcd him.
1t seems We will never reach those red
caps. They are still knceing and shoot
in n ~ full bo
49,. ,,. $500, - - 80 '''N
Co.,
,r,'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26
EUGENICS NOTE.

I "My ancestors were all people of
brains"
"You must have been ,dislnherited. -
Detroit Free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26

II keeping boardcrs is not business
matter-what l. ito And If it is a bust
moss matter why not treat it as such. and
advertise?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-26

Following is a translation of the notes
found on the body of Bavarian soldier
killed near Dixmude. Most of the Ger
mans, officers and men. keep diaries The
original notes, translated below, were re
turned by post to the soldiers wife, along
with the photograph of a child and sum
of money found in the pockets.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11

lower plateau given over to the state
luildings. None of these, however,
will be as large as the main build
:ngs, and the exposition shows no anx-
iety about completing everything be-
fore January 1. In fact, it is stated
fatty the work could be completed by
the erd of November if that were
necessary. Today the exposition is
nearer completion than other worlds
fairs have been on their opening day,
and here is nearly five months
ahead.
For long time the New Mexico
building, an impressive replica of the
fine old mission on the Rock Of
Acoma, has stood in solitary gran
deur on the local plateau, but that
state of affairs is changed. San Joa-
Guin valley has the scaffoldings down
from the front of the building, with
only two more pieces of statuary to
be placed. The staff is going on the
Kearn and Tulare building, and that
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
Great Preparations
For San Diego Fair

San Diego's Exposition Beautiful
has started the work of Cleaning
up" which means that the greater
part Of the structural work is COM
pletad and debris is removable. With
the curbing completed along the Pra-
90 the paving is now started and
lawns and flower beds are taking
form. Scaffoldings have come tumb-
ling down and the ornate facades of
the buildings displayed for the first
time. The long cloisters which sweep
through from the Punte Cabrillo clear
to the east gate, on both sides of the
Prado, are, with the exception of o
hundred-yard stretch by the Agricul-
ture building, smoothly paved for their
permanent form, with old fashioned
Spanish tile about the quadrangle Of
The California and Ethnology build
ings and asphalt the rest of the way.
In ether words, the most of the
structural period is past, and the
gardeners are now the principal
worAmen along the Prado and the
patios and lawns and gardens which
open from it. The larger lawns are
already set and the time element is
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11

will be ready before long. These two
structures stand at the foot of the
Plaza de Panama and open the route
into the lower plateau. Immediately
Lelow the San Joaquin structure Is
that of the Salt Lake Route, which
also ranks with the state colony, oc-
cupying vantage point at a slightly
curve of the Canyon Espagnol, and
swinging into that is the long curved
pergola of the 100000 music pavil-
ion which John d. Spreckels has given
outright. Both of these buildings are
we'll advanced.
From the other end of the plateau
the march is being made, with Wash
ington's big building occupying the
site next to New Mexico. This build
irg appears to rise from the depths
of the canyon, it's rear wall starting
some 60 feet down the steep slope,
giving a much better depth on the
Canyon Cabrillo side than from the
rlateau. A double tower, vaguely re
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11

the principal factor now, allowing
the shrubs and vines which have been
growing for months m nursery to
each their full growth in their per-
nanent locations.
Tho most spectacular work of this
sort IS in the outdoor botanical gar
dens which surround the Botanical
building. Every inch of soil there
was hardpan and had to be blasted
loose, plowed, narrowed and then
drenched with water Thus prepared,
the wide area is now being filled with
ralm and pepper trees, with patches
CT the acacia floribunda aglow with
It's Yellow bloom, with low shrubs
covering the ground space beneath
the loftier trees. Completed, it viii
have only narrow lanes winding
through the grove, with long open
space leading from the Prado up be-
tween the Agriculture and Home
Economy buildings to the front of
the Botanical building, over which
towers the broad lathed dome.
The first fifty yards will be occu-
pied by an open pool. Beyond that
is a granite walk, and on the other
side a smaller pool thick with African
water lilies. The narrow strip be-
tuaan fha 1ilv uool and the Potani.
cal building is lined with rocky for
nation, with just enough soil to sus-
tain the flowers and vines which clam
her up the lath. At one end of the
uilding is a giant brick-red Bougain-
lvillea vine, which for nineteen years
had Deen growing over one of the old
San Diego residences, but which was
sacrificed by the owner that the ex-
/ osition might have the finest BoU-
Painyillea available, the king Of the
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11

Bougainvillea "forest," which lines the
streets of the exposition. At the other
end of TIE Botanical building is the
giant climbing teccma, springing from
another old root donated to the ex-
position. Most of the finest palms
on the grounds were also gifts.
When reference is made to the com
rletior of structural work, or most of
i, that applies only to the main group
Of buildings, and to those along the
Alameda. There is still a plenty to
co on the Ischmus, where the amuse-
ment concessions stand, and on the
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
CITY AND VALLEY

To Pick COtton-A train of thirty
wagons left Calexico yesterday for the
Mt. Signal Cotton Company's fields in
Mexico preparatory to hauling the
rev crop to the gins at Calexico.
x Y X
Theatre Tulane-A feature program
will be presented at the Tulane to-
night with an Essanay two-reeler en-
titled "Ashes of Hope" as an attrac-
tion. Selig News of the World and
a Biograph comedy which is sure to
please, "Gilligan's Insurance Policy"
New Power-1t was expected that
the new current of electricity from
the Sirrea Power Company would be
received yesterday by the Holton Pow
CT Company, and everything was ready
here yesterday. But there was some
hitch with the Sierra Company an |
the current has not yet been turned
in, but it is expected in a few hours.
x X X
L. & S. Theatre-The seventh cpl
sode Of "Perils of Pauline" where the
heroine and her sweetheart Harry
have such thrilling experiences, avoid
ing the many death traps set b ytheil
arch enemy, will be featured tonight
across the Mexican Line" a drama
of Mexico; "The Greatest of These
g society drama; "The Cur" and "Al
the Fault of the Dog" both sure-frt
comedies, complete the program
There will be two shows, 7:3O and 6
o'clock. No advance in prices for this
IsiX-reel program.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
CAMP BONITA

Fishing, hunting, croquet. Finest
dance pavilion and tennis court in
mountains. Cobblestone huts and tents
complete for housek eeping. For fur
ther particulars address Camp Bonita,
14O South Hill ST.. Los Angeles, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11

Ford Cars overhauled for $4,000 at
Central Garage, FL Centro.-Adv.
When you come to Los Angeles we
want you to stay with us. No bet
ter rooms, service or cafe in the city,
and prices extremely low. Take a
taxi from station at our expense.
Hotel Cordova, Eighth and Figueroa
streets.-Adv.TTS
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
PLEASANT VIEW APARTMENTS

SIC South Rampant Blvd. Los Angeles
in beautiful Wes1labe district: large
2 and Groom apartments. modern in
every particular. Heliotrope Drive and
West Sixth cars. Home 55734S. Will
/ shire Go.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
long Beach
The Summer Resort Delightful,

recreation anywhere
q
Spen hotels, s,apartm
ewinm
L.
Cal
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
Ratcliff Apartments

1879 West Firth Street, Los Angeles
Cool, comfortable apartments. High
and slightly, near Westlake district.
walking distance to shopping center.
single apartments $1,000 and up. Mrs.
Emma Humphrey, Manager.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11

sembling that of the old Acoma mis-
sion, rises from the west corner, and
furnishes little variation
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
The st. Anthony
apartment Hotel

Cor. broadway ~ 18th ST., San Diego,
Amusement rooms, ball room, sun par
lor. Private baths and telephone in all
apartments Steam heat. Walking dis
tance. Phone Main 1347.
c. W. Soper. Proprietor.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
Rubiyat Apartments

42- South Hone ST. Los Angeles
New two and three-room suites. Fire
proof building, large yeranda, good air,
three short blocks from shopping dis
trict and all theatres. Convenient to
all street cars. Best location in town.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11

Best equipped and most careful
piano mover. Ed Royce Transfer. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11

Ford Cars overhauled for $4,000 at
Central Garage, El Centro.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
ELEANOR APARTMENTS

For Rent-NeWly furnished and s.
room apartments, light and sunny,
neatly furnished, near all depots. very
good car service; children welcome;
rented by day, week or month; prices
$500 per week up. Phone Broadway
C1Q7
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
Minnewaska Hotel
And Apartments A

No noise. No dust, pure air. yet only
three blocks from Broadway. Elevator,
tennis court, Roof garden and reason
able rates. 201 50. Grand, Cor. End Sc
Grand, Los Angeles, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11

Modern two-room housekeeping
apartment. 658 Commercial.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
. .DIEGOHRREEEEt6SRAA AHHD

One of the finest constructed hotels
in san Diego. Possesses every COM
fort and convenience. Hot and cold
running water in each room. Steam
heat. Large ground floor lobby,
Rates, 35c and soc a day, or 81.
$3.50 and So per week.
Under the personal manag cement of
Norris & Moore. Proprietors.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-08-11
ALCAZAR APARTMENTS

:02 North Broadway, Los Angeles
Located in heart of city. Two and
three-room suites, elegantly furnished.
Also single rooms. Hot and cold wa
Rates S4 per week up. j. J, Engleman,
Prop, Home A34S7, Broadway $3.50
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-06
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

THE Presidents pet candidate for United
States Senator from New York, was among
the also rams"
THE Detroit Free Press says that the Panama
Canal changed world map and did it
without bloodshed.
NEW YORK, the keystone to the situation in
1916, has done its duty, and is once more
in the Republican column.
KING ALBERT, says an exchange, is the only
II general who is certain where he will NOT
take his Christmas dinner.
THE surprise of the President at the result in
New York is as nothing compared with the
shock he will receive in 1916.
GAYS the Boston Advertiser: From the re-
- cent accounts, Antwerp must look as badly
shot up as the Baltimore platform"
AND your Uncle JOE CANNON is one of the
"a "boys" who came back, and Congress will
no longer be an old ladys tea party.
THE big Republican gains all over the coun-
1 try seem to indicate that the Presidents
need of support is greater than ever.
WHEN next the American workingman has
W chance at full dinner pail and good wages,
will he have sense enough to keep it?
IN LIGHT of the Bible injunction that faith
L without works is dead" it is hard to see
how the Democratic party keeps alive.
AS WE have said before, had the women of
Polk County been permitted to vote, the
Republican vote would have been larger.
THE return of Nick LoNCwoRTH to Congress
indicates that Ohioans have had enough of
"watchful waiting" and lack of employment for
her laboring people.
MO MAN outside of padded cell will claim
that conditions are even as good today as
they were under any year of the administrations
of MCKINLEY, ROOSEVELT or TAFT.
TT 1T was the intent of Congress- as contended
by Democrats, to collect considerably less
revenues from tariffs, we safely say that they
have succeeded admirably.
A MARYLAND man claims to have committed
"A the Baltimore platform to memory.
good many Democrats would be glad if they
could forget that such a document existed
VICTOR MURDOCH, who gave up his chances
for seat in Congress to try for ono in the
Senate, is probably ruminating on the ingrati-
tude of those he thought ought to have voted tor
him.