Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-24
BRIEF DISPATCHES.

Washington. Dec. 23.-Thc federal
foot and mouth disease quarantine was
placed on Tioga county, y. Y. to-day.
ratanla. Sicily. Doc. 23-Thcrc is con
sidcra Bile apprehension over the fact that
Mount Etna is showing activity in IN"
form of strong rumhlings and earthquake
shocks.
Rome, Dec. 90, $50 y. ma rumor
is in circulation here that Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary is
dying. The report has it that tho En-
pcror King has received the last sac
raments
san Diego. Cal. Dec. 23.-Capt. Town
send F. Dodd plotting tractor No. y,
with Lieut.. S w Fitzgerald as observer,
won the third annual contest for the
Mackav trophy here to-day when he
descended at the north island aviation
field after a trip of three hours and three
minutes. The Mackay cup is awarded for
combined endurance, altitude efficiency
and other requirements of military avla-
ton.
San Antonio, Texas. Dec. 23.-That Fro
visional President Eulalio Gutierrez
J had quit Mexico City, due to differences
between him and Felipe Angeles and fol
lowers of Zapata was reported to-day to
| r. r. Beltran, local constitutional CON
sui The message said the capital was
governed by committee composed
equally of Villa and Zapata adhcrents
and that another provisional president
would be selected January 10
| Atlanta. Ga. Dec. Further reduc-
tons in the discount rates of the fed
eral reserve bank of the sixth district
were announced her, Tonight 10y Gov
ornor McCord The new rates. effective
December y. are five per cent. on all ma 70
TURTLES to and including those Of sixty
days, 1--WE and oue-half per cent on ma
turtles of more than -iXty days and in
Guiding those of ninety days. and SIX per
cent. on all longer inaturitic>.
London. Dec -. 2.5l a. m Efforts re-
Gently We're mad. officially says the Daily
Telegraph to ascertain whether Germany
would consent to AN oNohauC" OF civihal
| prisoners intoru"d in England and Ger
many Tn" newspaper add, that Ger
manv's reply Just received demands that
the exchange he ou basis ot tho release
Of five Germaus t." on" Eugl.hmau
"Gcrmauy maintains" tho neWspap"
declares. that this is tho only equitable
basil as there are many NOR" German
prisoners in England than there arc Ens
lshmen in Germany. 1t is needless to say
that Great Britain declined the PROPOSED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23-Vice- admiral Don
Ramon Estrada Catorva and NiC"-Ad
miral Onofrc Betbeder have been name,
by the governments of Spain dnc
Argentine. respectively, as their nava
representatives, at the opening of thu
Panama canal next spring
Phoenix. Arlz.. Dec. 23--''We claim thu
right TO deal with all nations, irrespective
of their private wars, Nice-Presiden
Thomas r. Marshall said here to-day
THE United states must have a Worlr
market and We will get i, under the
democratic administration tn" vice
president and his wife are AT Scottsdal'
TO spend the holidays with Mrs Marshall ;
parents. MI and Mrs. W. +, kinsey.
Ocean Side. cal, Dec. 25.-Licut. RALPH
Holiday. observer on the L. :, army
scouting aeroplane which left Los
| Angeles for san Diego to-day, was slight
" injured near here when the aeroplane
piloted by Lieut.. j. G. Morrow, was
wrecked in landing. Holiday was ser
liously cut about the head and face
Morrow escaped with Il few bruises.
Lansing, Mich. Dec, 1.-THE New
York Central Railroad company to-day
paid into the offices of the secretary o.
state franchise TAX Of $4,000, the larg
est fee ever received by the state o
Michigan. Tho payment was made II
connection with the filing Of articles %
merger with the Lake shore and Michi
\ gan Southern railroad
London, Dec. "a, 2.39 a. m.-Rob"r
Lorraine, the actor, who recently wa
= wounded by shrapncl bullet whil
serving with the British forces on tn
continent. has returned to England t
convalascc He SAYS he expects to g
back to the front In two months witt
E the fastest aoroplanc ever built II
EnClaul