Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-14


cr they could hold meetings on the city
Hall Park. The mayor answered them in
the negative at once and told them it
would he useless to argue with him on the
subject. The elders said they had hold
meetings in other places in the state The
mayor replied that the meetings had been
tolerated, perhaps. but not really allowed
Architect Frank l.. Austin was in
Nergennes Thursday and opened the bids
for the construction of the new dairy
barn for the industrial school. The CON
tract was awarded to A. n. Brown of
Middlebury, whose bid was the lowest.
The figures were s772. The other bid
ders were Spear Bros, and the II. p.
Cummings Construction company of Bur
linGton. Plans and specifications have
been ordered for the construction of a
power house, two boys dormitories, a
lchapol and n gymnasium for the school.
Large delegations of Burlington Odd
Fellows will go to Montpelier next week
to attend the annual sessions of tho de-
partment council, grand cncampment,
grand lodge and Rebckah assembly, the
meetings of which will occupy four days,
beginning Tuesday. The 10th annual ses-
'ioll VI lll' department council, 1dtildTCHS
Militant. will he held Tuesday: the 18th
annual meeting OF the grand encampment
on Wednesday: the GSth annual session OF
the grand lodge on Thursday; the 10Th an
nual session Of the Rebcka MS on Friday
The annual meeting of the Klifa club
was held at their house on Pearl street
Thursday afternoon and the following
officers were elected: President, Mrs. NJ
u. Chittendon; vice. presidcnt Miss Mary
f. Benedict; corresponding secretary, Miss
Margaret Whiting: recording secretary,
Mrs. }. Holmes Jackson: treasurer Mrs
T. A. Brodie; chairman of financial COM
mittoe, Mrs. +. w. Perry; chairman of
calendar committee, Mrs. j. II. Taylor:
| chairman of house committee, Mrs d. c.
| liawley chairman of civics committee
| Mrs. Lyman Allen
The plant of the T.umiere North Amer
| lean company, which has occupied How
ard Park since 1902 will he sold at public
auction May Is at two O'Clock n. IN. The
cost of the plant, which has now been
| abandoned by the company. was sos. 900
| This branch has been merged with several
others with headquarters at Lyons
| France, under the name Of the Lumiere-
Jougla company and does large business
In the manufacture of moving picture
films. There are several prospective bid
| ders for the Burlington property. The site
occupies O. acres.
| Fred Whittemorc, dcput; collector of
| internal revenue, whose offices are now in
this city, has been Informed that the man
who broke into lis house at Brattleboro
| and stole a large quantity of goods that
We're to have been shipped to Burlington,
mad been apprehended and was now under
arrest. His name is Adolphus J. Clough
and he is an employe Of the Carpenter
Organ works. The goods. which were val
ued at about $3.50. have been recovered in
large part but some of the more valuable
things are still missing. Clourh has been
held in $1,000 bail, pending a hearing.
Collector of Customs Charles II. OAR
ling furnished Free Press reporter yes
terday with the figures showing tho
amount of business done in this customs
district during the month of April. The
| amount of duties collected was s3S, or. 10
which is a big falling off from the figures
| of the corresponding month last YER
when they We're 50,4Si.0l. The April i'm
| portations We're valued at l27S.351. n big
| gain over the importations of Aprll. 1913
when the amount was s6Si360 The OK
portatiOns last month amounted to sl,G74,-
4'3 In April of last year they were $685.,
1856
y letter has been received from Gov
ernor Fletcher by Mayor Burke which
was written by Walter f. FernaId.
NJ D., superintendent of the Massa-
| chuSetts School for the Feeble Minded.
to Warner A. Graham, the Governor's
secretary of civil and military affairs.
1t is to the effect that Laura Kidder.
who was committed from Burlington to
the institution in 1899 had become violent
ly insane and suggests the removal
| OF the patient to a Vermont hospital
The mayor has taken steps to see that
| the removal to the State hospital at
| Waterbury is made.
In probate court Monday the will of
| Nelson a. Bcro, late of Burlington. was
| nieo Tor probate Arthur W. Hill and
Morris Abraham of Burlington were APP
| pointed special administrators. II. w.
| Allen and q. l.. Preston were appointed
| appraisers. Theodore j. St. Antoine of
Burlington was appointed administrator
| of the estate of Lizzie b. Smith, late of
| Burlington. Fred o. Beaupre and James
| H. Dolan of burlington were APPOINTED
commissioners and appraisers. Judge Ma
combcr in his capacity of juvenile court
judge committed Mary Ross of Burling-
ton to the State industrial school at Yer
gennes, for waywardness.
| Tuesdays New York American says
| that Mrs. William r. Chapman presi-
| dent of the Ruhenstein club. was IN the
| Butler street court, Brooklyn, Monday
charged with libel by G. Dexter Richard
| SON "A concert manager, who Is suing
| her Tor SoO,Gr damages in a civil suit
| The case was continued until to-day. It
grows ont of a letter written by Mrs.
Chapman to Justice Farrar, before whom
| Richardson had a suit for 1925 over pay
mcnt for entertainers he furnished to
the Rubenstein club concerts In the
Waldorf Mrs. Chapman is well known
| in burlington through her connection
with various musical festivals Of which
her husband was the conductor
j. W. Roby Council p, of j., of the
| Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite for the
northern Masonic jurisdiction of the
United states of America, held its an
| nual assembly in the rooms of the coun-
ell in Masonic Temple Friday Off
GERS were elected and appointed for the
year ensuing as follows: Sovereign
prince, e. d. Huntley; high priest G. II.
Jones; S. w, j. *. Hooper; j, w, c. u.
Grafton; treasurer. T.. II, Martin; secre-
tary, l.. J. Paige; NJ. of c.. II. II. Shu-
felt; hospitaler, T.. L. Brown, NJ, of e..