davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-11

Washington, Nov. 1o.-About twenty
seven Americans are believed to have
been lost with the torpedoed Italian liner
.Ancona, according to a cable to the state
department tonight from Ambassador
1'age at Rome.
The ambassador said the probable VII"
time were Alexander Patattivo, his wife
and four children of New York and Mrs.
Frances Mascolo Lamura. and about 20
unnamed third-clnss passengers.
Mrs. Cecil l.. Griel Girst reported Grey
was named as the one known American
survivor among the passengers.
Rome, Nov 10.--How many persons
lost their lives in the sinking of the
Italian liner Ancona by submarine
an the Mediterranean has not been def
anitely ascertained, but latest advices
from Naples say that 800 survivors
have been landed at Tunis ports and
30 at Malta. The number of passengers
on the Ancona is placed at 4S2 and the
crew has been estimated variously
from 60 to 160.
The Ancona carried boats for the ac-
commodation of $500. and it is pos
sible that some Of the boats are still
{tlOdl anu plihS III 'i'''NApi !
survivors in the next twenty-four
hours.
The Ancona was torpedoed Tuesday
morning and a Tunis despatch to the
tiiornale DItalia gives dramatic
though brief account of the attack.
"A submarine approached the Ancona
towards noon" says this account. and
as soon as the steamer saw it, an attempt
WAS made to escape at full speed. The
Ancona was overtaken and stopped. Then
the submarine fired on the Ancona, sink
tng her amid the cries of the passengers
The lifeboats We're next attacked, the
submarine likewise firing on them A
woman and two children We're killed; theii
bodies are Bizerta
The submarine then disappeared imme
diately, proceeding probably in the direc
tion of the Aegean sea.
Before sinking, the Ancona was ahl'
10 send out wireless call for help. This
was heard by the station at Bzerta. Ai'
was sent promptly, and thus 100 passen
gers and ten sailors were saved. The
were taken to Ferryville On the environ
Of Bzerta) whore they were attended b.
physicians and the consul.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-11
FRUIT MEN TO MEET.
Annual state Gathering to he Held at
Worthwhile November II, Is and 10.

Morrisville, Nov. l0.-The 2lst annual
meeting and exhibition of the Vermont
State Horticultural society will be held
in the town hall here November Il, Is and
10 The first meeting will be held Wednes-
day evening. the opening day of the eXhi-
biton, The program Includes a number
OF interesting talks on fruit and vegeta-
BILE raising.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-11
SUBMARINES SEEK
To DESTROY TROOP
SHIPS OF ALLIES
British Transport Mercian At
tackled but Manages to Es-
cape with % Killed
A Steamer Sunk.

London, Nov. 10-The renewed activity
of German and Austrian submarines
especially those in the Mediterranean, as
evidenced by the sinking of the Italian
liner Ancona, and the attack on the
British transport Mcrclan, has again
brought to the front the unceasing
vigilance required by the navles of the
allies to secure the safe transport OF the
troops needed in the Near East.
The news of the sinking of the Ancona,
which reached the British public to-day
In a despatch from New York, created
sensation and was compared with the
destruction of the I4usitania, the London
evening parers heading the report OF her
loss with the words another 1usitania.
London, Nov. 10.-Twenty-three mon
were killed and 30 wounded in an attack
by gun fire from submarine on tho
British transport Mercian in the Medi-
terranean The Mercian escaped and
reached port. Announcement Of the at
tack on the MerCian was made tonight
by the British war office as follows:
; The outward bound transport Mercian
/ was attacked by Eunfire from an enemy
| submarine in the Mediterranean. She
reached harbor safely with casualties
=
who were Landed and are in hospital.
! The Mercian. of G,3o5 tons gross. was
built in 1908 and is owned in Liverpool.
Rome via Paris, Nov 1O-A German
submarine has sunk the French liner
France, according to n despatch from
Cagliari to the Giornale D'Italia. The
attack occurred Sunday morning. The
Il
Paris. Nov. 1o.-The steamer France
torpedoed by submarine Sunday. be
onged to the Transport Maritime line
OF Marseilles The crew numbered Z
men, of whom one was seriously an,
three were severely wounded. Th
France was vessel OF 4,oo5 tons gross
She was built in 1897 and owned by tn
Soclete Generate Des Transports Mari
times Vapeur of Marseilles. TIL
steamer has been generally used In tn
Mediterranean and South American
trade The last record of the Franc
shows that she was at Algiers Septembe
20 last.
London, Nov. 1O.-The following Of
J fetal statement was given out her
to-day.
) THE British torpedo boat destroye
A Louis, Lieut.. Commander Harold I
g A. Hall, has been stranded in tn
. eastern Mediterranean and has be
: come a total wreck. All OF the Off
GERS and crew are safe. The Loui
| was built In 1913. She was EGO fec
long and displaced 965 tons. She wa
armed with three four-inch guns an
' four torpedo tubes Her normal com
plement was 100 men.
London, Nov 10-The British steamshi
Clan MacAllister has been sunk. The NJ
a Allister, 1855 tons gross. was owned
IS Glasgow.
s. London. Nov. 10.-Telegrams receive
u here from Algeciras. Morocco. by wa
i of Madrid, reports a British cruiser HI
IS sunk two German submarines In tt
p Straits Of Gibraltar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-11
BRATTLEBORO BOY HIGH.
Harry A. Montgomery Named by Sem
atOr Page for West Point.


Bratteboro, Nov. 10.-Harry Alexander
Montgomery, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. p.
Montgomery of Brattleboro, received
word this morning from Senator Page
that he had passed at the head Of the
II candidates for the appointment from
this State to West Point and had been
named by the senator as the principal
Montgomery also passed a severe ply
steal examination. which was given at
the same time. at the University of Ver-
mont last month
He was graduated from the Brattleboro
high school last June, was class treas
urer and had the class prophecy at the
class day exercises. He also won n
scholarship to the University OF Yer
mont but did not make use of 1t, as he
had the West Point plan In mind,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-11
BIGGEST ACCIDENT DAY.
Reports of 20 Cases Received by In.
dustrial Accident Board.

Montpelier, Nov lo-Reports of % ac-
cidcnts We're received by the industrial
Accident Board to-day. the largest num-
ber to be reported on one single day since
the commission was created over four
months ago.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-11
Rutland Co. Land Case.

Montpelier. Nov. l0.-1n supreme court
to-day the Rutland county land case, Yer
mont Marble company VS.. Eastman and
Clement, was heard the case having been
started Tuesday morning. There were
many maps used in presenting the case.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-11
WOMEN DISCUSS .s~" W"
MISSIONARY WORK
IN FOREIGN LANDS

Delegates from Congregational Churches in the
Eastern Part of the United States Gather in
Burlington for the 48th Annual Meeting OF
the Womans Board-Addresses by Officers
and Reports from the Field.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-11

CONTINUED On page two)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-11

London. Nov. 10.-Telegrams received
here from Algeciras. Morocco, by way
of Madrid, reports a British cruiser has
sunk two German submarines in the
Straits Of Gibraltar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-11

London, Nov. 10-The British steamship
Clan MacAllister has been sunk. The Nc
Allister, 4.S3S tons gross, was owned in
Glasgow.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
STATE HIGHWAY
NEAR COMPLETION

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29.-The let
ting of contract to the Lemoor Con
struction company of Los Angeles re-
moves the last obstacle for the com
pletion of the highway between San
Francisco and San Diego.
The Los Angeles firm agreed to con,
struct a 141a emile road over the crest
of the TETON pass and to have it fin
shed by May %.
This means that within $50 days
the last gap between Bakersfield and
Los Angeles will be filled and mag,
nificent road from exposition to expo
sition completed. On account of diff
ficulties over rights of way and financ
ing, the coast road probably will not
be finished before the end of next year
But the valley route will reach with
few Interruptions from Oregon to the
Mexican line and cut off 20 miles from
the present route over the Tehachapi
pass.
The Lemoor company agreed to
build the road for $303,572.46.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
STATES BOND INDEBTEDNESS
GROWS DURING PAST YEAR
BIENNIAL REPORT OF STATE CONTROLLER CHAMBERS CALLS
attention TO LARGE GAINS IN RECENT BOND ISSUES
Tax Payers Must Pay $OOOOOO for Buildings Valued at $S5OOOOO
Interest for the Next Fifty Years Will be $4,000 Year-Super
vsOrS Should Take Advantage Of Delinquent Tax Land Law

cess Of the total bond issues author.
lied last month. This money would
be available, too, year by year, as
needed, there would be no interest
to pay Or delay due to the failure to
sell bonds. The controller states that
his idea in presenting the figures, as
given, is that public attention may be
called to the matter.
In that portion of the report deal
ing with delinquent tax lands, he
urges that the boards of supervisors
in the various counties of the state
take advantage of the law, as amend
ed two years ago, authorizing them to
initiate proceedings so that land held
for taxes may be offered for sale with
out waiting for would-be purchaser
to make application.
Before 1913, no state or county Of
fetal could do anything toward sell
ing these lands to recover delinquent
taxes, plus the penalties, and restore
them to the assessment rolls. Moth.
ing could be done until an applicant
made his appearance. The state and
counties were out the taxes mean.
while; and the counties were deprived
Ol uSW LAKES U0CduS0 SUCH IduuS ndu
not been restored to the assessment
rolls. The supervisors now have the
power to start the ball a-rolling
Property Protection Urged
1t is also recommended that the law
which merely makes it a misdemeano1
to damage or destroy buildings, fences
or other property or to remove, say
mining machinery or to cut timber on
delinquent lands held by the state, be
changed to a felony.
The purpose of the amendment en-
powering supervisors to take the in
itiative in offering delinquent land
directly for sale and of the other
amendment, that land be offered at
public auction before being decided to
the state, was to recover not only the
taxes and penalties, but also to get
such land back upon the assessment
rolls as soon as possible.
The suggestions that rents and
profits accrue to the state and that
certain actions now called misde-
meanors be characterized as felonies
has the same object in view.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
GERMAN CASUALTIES
FIXED AT 100000

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 28-The Ger,
man casualty lists numbered 101 to
10S contain the names of 35,SS4 killed
wounded and missing officers and
men, bringing the total Prussian
losses up to 753,202. There are to be
added 80 Saxon, 80 Wurtemberg and
Bavarian and 13 navy lists. The Ba-
varian losses are so heavy that it is
calculated nearly half their army is
out of action.
The German losses to date includ-
ing those not yet published may be
set down as about 250,00O dead, 400
600 missing and $4,000 wounded,
making total of about million and
a half
About $4,000 officers have been
killed and $4,000 wounded, but only
1000 officers are in the list of miss
ing.
According to information from
Vienna, the Austro-Hungarian casual
ties are calculated at about one and a
half millions in officers and men
killed, wounded and missing. This
would bring the total casualties of
the Germanic allies up to three mil
lions.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
NATION PROHIBITION
MEASURE DEFEATED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-After ter
hours debate the Hobson nationwide
prohibition amendment in the house
was defeated because the necessary
two-thirds vote was not obtained. The
official ballot was 1877 ayes and 189
noes.
A measure substituted by Represent
ative Morrison, prohibiting interstate
commerce in Intoxicating liquors was
defeated, 213 to Al.
Prohibition leaders declare that they
had not hoped for tWo-thirds vote at
this time, but were very elated over
the majority vote the amendment re-
ceived.
Because of the defeat of the amend
ment in the house it is believed that
a similar amendment in the senate
submitted by Senator Shepard OF
Texas, will not reach a vote in the
senate this session.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
U. S. AUTO OUTPUT
is $4,000 IN 1914

CHICAGO, Dec. 29-American au-
tomobile manufacturers turned out
$4,000 cars in 1914, the value of which
is approximately $485,OOO,0OO This
represents the production of 45O con-
Germs and shows that the motor indus
try has had an exceedingly good year
despite the European war. Alfred
Reeves, general manager of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, estimates that there are at
least 100000 cars registered in the
various states of the union; that there
are 1880 automobile dealers in the
country, 1850 garages, 1880 repair
shops, $50 supply houses, while the
exports for the year ended in June,
1914, amounted to $34,50O,O00.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
IMMIGRATION BILL
EXPECTED TO PASS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The pres
ident has been advised that the SEN
ate is likely to pass the immigration
bill containing the literacy test in
spite of the plain intimation from the
White House that the president is
opposed to the literacy test and may
veto any bill coming to him with the
test included
The president has encouraged Sen
ator J. Hamilton Lewis in his oppo-
sition of the literacy test and Sena-
tor Lewis has shown a disposition to
block a vote on the bill.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
COUNTY HIGHWAY BOARD
So. ENDS GOOD ROAD PROJECT
ISSIONERS ASK FOR DIS.
CHARGE FROM DUTIES
Six Years Work Results in Expendi
ture of $4,000 ,O00-Roads Are
Nearly All Built of
Macadam

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29-Formal
notification of the completion of the
Los Angeles good roads project un-
dertaken six years ago is contained in
a report of the county highway COM
mission. The report has been filed
with the board or supervisors. In
closing he commission asks for its
discharge.
The report is lengthy. 1t contains
review of the work done since the
$3,500,000 in bonds for the project
were issued in 1908. The members
of the commission virtually ceased
their labors, so far as construction
work was concerned, in April, when
all matters pertaining to road build
ing and highway maintenance were
transferred to the road commission
er's department established under the
provisions of the county charter. The
commissioners, however, remained ir
Office for the purpose of disposing ot
| multitude of minor matters relating
| to disagreements over rights of way
and the settlement of numerous 1ega
problems.
The report shows that the money
expended by the commission for roaC
building purposes aggregated more
than $4,000,000, more than a half mil
lion over the bond issue being ep
planned by the fact that a large
amount of extra work not called fol
in original contracts was done. This
extra work, it is stated, was required
because methods of construction were
constantly changing and the demand
generally was that the county should
keep pace with other sections of the
country where the adoption of new
ideas had been marked with success
At the time the system was first
mapped out the project was said to
| be the greatest of it's kind ever under
taken by any county in the United
| States.
In a way it was pioneering ven
ture, as the county operated no quar-
ries at the time and the commission
was confronted by rapidly changing
conditions in road construction and
traffic.
With the exception of three Sec
tions which have a concrete base, the
system is all macadam. The last piece
Of work was completed several
months ago. This is known as the
Santa susanna pass road.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
TOURISTS TO GERMANY
MUST CARRY PICTURES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. - New
passport regulations of the German
government will go into effect January
1, according to report received at the
state department from Ambassador
Gerard. Americans contemplating trips
to Germany must have certificates,
copies of their photographs and sigma
lures, and in addition their passports
must be vised by the German embassy
or German consular authority in the
United States. Americans seeking to
enter Germany without observing
these regulations may be turned back
at the German border.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
Iron Works Ships Submarines

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, ,29-Accord-
ing to well-founded reports, the Union
Iron Works is proceeding with the con-
struction of the submarines which at
tracted international attention a short
time ago when President Wilson sum-
moned Charles M. Schwab, president
of the Bethlehem Steel corporation, to
Washington and notified him that I'm
Gle Sam would not permit war craft
to be shipped to any of the warning
nations
Supervisor John M. Walsh, an of
fetal of the ironworkers' union, de-
clared the submarines are being ship
ped from the Union Iron Works plant
in sections. There is no secret about
it, said Walsh.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
1914 CALIFORNIA CROPS
ARE BIGGEST IN HISTORY
ESTIMATED VALUE OF GRAINS is
OVER $100,OOOOO0
Greatest Gain Is Shown in Barley
With a Production of 42,060,OOO
Bushels of 100000
Tons of Hay Shown

4 LOS ANGELES, Dec 29.-Cali-
fornia this year produced the greatest
agricultural crops in the history of
the state, according to the official re-
port of the bureau of estimates of the
United States department of agricul-
! ture.
| The government report was the final
estimate of the acreage, production
and price of eleven staple commodi-
ties produced in this state during 1914.
| According to the report the value
! of the staples, namely, wheat, corn,
| oats, barley, rye, rice, potatoes, sweet
| potatoes, hay, cotton, and sugar beets
is conservatively estimated at ap-
proximately $1O0OOO,UO0.
Production and acreage of barley
shows the greatest gain. About 49,
duced in this state this year, against
33,150,000 last year, gain of nearly
| 100000 bushels The value of the
barley crop is placed at $25,000,000.
The wheat production is placed at
6,S00,000 bushels against 100000 last
year. The average price is given at
$1.04 bushel. 1t is estimated that
the total value of the wheat crop is
S1,O(2,OOO. Ihe present market price
of wheat is $1.25 a bushel. Last year
the price was 95 cents bushel
Corn production totaled 100000
bushels against 1885, 900 in 1913. The
value of the crop is placed at $1,889,-
200 Oats production aggregated T.
| 100000 bushels. In 1913 6,636,000
bushels of oats were produced. Rye
production totaled 10000 bushels, a
gain of $4,000 bushels over last years
| figures.
Nearly 100000 tons of sugar beets
were raised in this state this year.
according to the report. About $4,000
bales of cotton were produced in the
! Imperial valley and other secU1ons.
In 1913 the government report showed
a production of $4,000 bales. This
years cotton production is estimated
to be worth $3,000,O00
An increase of nearly 100000 tons
of hay is shown. This year California
produced 5,265,O00 tons against s.
100000 produced last year. The crop,
it is estimated, is worth more than
$4O,OOO,O00. Potatoes produced in
1914 were placed at 1O,350,0OO bushels
against 8,O92,O00 last year. The pro-
duction of rice totaled 100000 bushels,
an increase of 100000 bushels.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
TWILIGHT SLEEP CURE
FOR LIQUOR OR DRUGS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Twilight
sleep as cure for the liquor and drug
habit has been successfully demon
strated by DR.. B. B. Williams of Silver
Springs, Md, suburb of Washington,
who reports numerous cures within
the last few months.
The scopolamin is administered to
the patient after few days prelimin-
ary treatment. AS soon as he enters
the twilight sleep, which lasts four
days, the drug or stimulant to which
the patient has been addicted is with
drawn from him, and he awakens, it is
said, cured of desire for them.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02

SACRAMENTO, Dec ga rather
startling chapter in the Forthcoming
biennial report of State Controller
John S. Chambers is that which deals
with the ever-increasing bond indebted
ness of the state, counties and cities.
The cities show, for instance, that in
1910 the bond debts of California mu-
inequalities, incomplete, amounted to
$2S, 1854, and in 1913 jumped to
the enormous total of $100,387 ,559.40.
The bond Indebtedness of the var
ious counties in 1907 amounted to $6,-
556,660, and 1914 to $57,353, ,545. The
state of California during the forty
years preceding 1910 did not encour-
age the creation of bond indebted
ness. In that year, however, it voted
bonds in the sum of $29,5000O0, of
which $18,000,000 was for state high
way purposes. The state, in addition,
stands responsible for its share of
the bond Indebtedness of it's various
subdivisions outstanding in Novem-
ber, 1910, when the new system of tax
alton went into effect, amounting to
$77,682,312.28.
Bond Authorized
In November the people by their
votes authorized bond issue of
$3,000,00O for additional state build
ings at Sacramento, and $1,O00,00O for
state buildings at San Francisco.
There also was approved an issue of
81 100000 for the University of Cali
fornia. These bonds run for a period
of fifty years, carrying or AZ per
cent interest. 1t is calculated that at
the end of the fifty-year period the
interest will have amounted to $8,-
100000, or, in round numbers, $3,000,-
900 more than the total issue.
In other words, the cost to the state
for erecting buildings of probable
value of $5,SO0,000 will amount to $14,-
100000. Just as the way of empha-
sizing how the interest charges run
up, it is calculated that for these bond
issues for the fifty-year period the
average amount of interest paid will
be about $4,000 year.
1t is calculated that a general prop
erty tax of cents on the $100 of as
sessed valuation for a term OF four
years would raise an amount in ex-
The Parker post., 1915-01-02

insist on measures of safety. Mayor
Dudley sometime ago wrote the State
Railroad Commission calling atten-
tion to the fact that street railroads
and all other common carriers in this
city were placed under their control.
Should the State Railroad Commission
decide that the regulation of the buses
in this city is part of their duty they
will be asked to take immediate steps
to determine what license tax should
be paid the city and what rules may
be laid down to govern the buses.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
ERUPTION OF KANAKA
ONLY PUFFS OF SNOW

REDDING, Cal, Dec. 29.-Investiga-
tion of the supposed eruption of Mount
Kanaka in Shasta county developed
that heavy north wind was RESPONSE
BILE for the conditions that caused some
persons to think the mountain had
become active.
The wind sent the loose snow high
into the air and at a distance it looked
like puffs of smoke. There was no
fire in the neighborhood, however,
which could be construed as spouting
flames.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
$4,000 EGGS CARGO
FOR BRITISH TROOPS

BOSTON, Dec. 29.-Enough eggs to
stretch 168 miles, placed lengthwise,
and allowing five to foot, were stored
in the hold of the Leyland liner Ang-
lian, Captain Toozes, which sails for
Liverpool and London The eggs are
for the English troops.
There were 100000 dozen or total
Of 100000 eggs, said to be the largest
egg shipment ever made on an ocean
liner. Based on storage prices the
eggs we're valued at about $4,000.
The Parker post., 1915-01-02
White HOT SHE'LL
FIRED BY NEW GUN

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Dec. ga
projectile which after leaving the gun
is turned to white heat and sets afire
all inflammable material where it
strikes, and kills with deadly hydrocy-
anide fumes all fire fighters who ap-
proach, has been invented by John
Hays Hammond, Jr., according to an
announcement made here. The new
missile is being given the government
trial at Sandy Hook.