Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-07

Rome cable SAYS that Germans arrived
there to purchase corn, boots and other
supplies. despite decree forbiddinR their
expectation. were warned To leave coun-
try.
Richa rd Wackerow. former United
States consul at Bre~lau. says Germans
have 3s4 guns mounted on teligoland.
of which AZ are i2-centimctcr type
German Catholic archbshops and
bishops have ISSUED pastoral letter i'm
which war is called divine Judgment
because of human wckedness
Tho Federal Sugar Refining company
| has received advices from Austria-Hun-
gary that the German empire Is storing
it's sugar with the view to making Great
| Britain pay high prices this year
George T.. Keith companys shoe fac
tory at Broc>ton. Mass. will bc run
| on full time again. Tho plant has been
running on short hours for several
months.
Copenhagen despatch SAYS large cargo
of Christmas tree decorations shipped
from New York intended for Germany
were found on closer examination in tho
harhor 10 he well disguised quantities of
copper and brass The contra nard cargo
was confisCatei
| In effort to attract former American
patrons london hotelkeepers have adopt
cd the slogan Sec London in War TIM"
! Professor julius Wolf OF the Technical
College at Berlin estimates the daily cost
If the war at s3'..Io,otn
About l6oCO Belgian refugees are now
in England. most of them guests in rri-
vate houses.
There are 52s cars heins shown a, New
! York automobile show. costing from $50
| to $500
It is estimated that unsold wool in Bos-
ton market at the end of 1914 was 2S'"rl.-
! ~ pounds.
Steel plants IN Pittsburg have added
800 to their working forces this week
| Germans have placed entire Belgian
railroad system in operation ANA are ON
ploying about 500 railroad m-n. Ia" Of
| whom are Bavarians.
| Herbert Corey writes IL Globe that in
| war artillery duels from 2O To ." shells
frequently drop on a square acre each
hour. every shell when il bursts sowing
from los to 300 pieces Of red hot iron.
| Paris Temps says war contribution Of
i0,0MHn franc H2"o.j"n has been as
sesscd by Germans OH Courtrai Brussels
Tramway company is obliged tn pay 70
per cent Of It's receipts to German All
thortics
over 1,.Wo employees Of the Grand TRUNK
railway and thousands OF others ompls =
ed by Grand Trunk Pacific railway have
declined to accept reductions in pay FRO
posed reduction on Grand Trunk railway
Is to date from April next that on the
Grand Trunk Pacific was effective Jan
uary l.
Great Britain has seized approximately
$4,000 pounds of American copper in
transit to European countries since the
outbreak OF the war. OF this total Eng
land bought lo,oi7.2S0 pounds and released
:. 464 90 pounds; the fate Of the remand
er still hangs In the balance. and has
been the subject Of much diplomatic dis
Icussion for the past few months.
| \ correspondent of tho Pail Mall Ca
zette estimates that there are 100000
men IN Germany and i5O,n' in Great
Britain not yet In armies.
| To get money enough Ia satisfy Ger
mans, Client has compelled its unmar-
ricd men to pay impositlons ranging from
Is to 90 francs
2l5917 aliens were admitted into this
country from Aug. to Dec !, inclusive.
compared With oSS.5ls in same months in
1919.
Wool production OF United states in
l9l, totalI 90, l9261 pounds. This i
about dTo."" pounds less than in 1918.
| After a year of work. railroad phys cal
valuation board. OF which C. \. Prouty
ia chairman, has found itself obliged to
abandon attempt to secure original cost
to date
Inmigration IN 1914 through port OF
New York fell on COL 40 persons, or 10
lper cent. from 1913
Since beginning Of war Canada has
received orders from England for be-
tween S9n0m and se3,n9no worth OF
shrapne
! WASHINGTON. Jan. b-Fortihcations of
the Panama canal were described as sat