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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-04
FUNERAL OF EX-GOV.
STEWART HELD AT
MIDDLEBURY.

Middlebury, Oct. 31.-The funeral Of
Ex-Governor John Wolcott Stewart,
whose death occurred suddenly Friday
afternoon. was held this afternoon at
two o'clock at the Congregational
Church. attended by a large gather
ing. among those present being many
distinguished men of the state. Tho
faculty and students Of Middlebury
College attended in a body.
President John NJ. Thomas of Middle
bury College opened the service with
prayer. Scripture passages were read by
DIR. Ezra Branerd. former president Of
the college Prayer by the Rev. A. T.
Lancaster, pastor of the church, closed
the service. Music was by the dou-
BILE male quartette from the Memo
rial Baptist Church, led by DR.. G. w.
Cunningham, director. Nearer. My God,
to Thee" one Of the favorite hymns OF
Ex-Governor Stewart, and Jesus, Lover
Of My Soul were sung. Mrs G. E. Minor
presided at the organ.
The honorary pallbearors were: Senator
Carroll S. Page of Hyde Park Senator
William p. Dillingham; of Waterbury,
Governor Charles w Gates. State Treas
urcr Walter +. Scott of Brandon. ex-
Governor John A. Mead of Rutland,
Congressman Frank L. Greene of St
Adams, the Hon. Frank C. Partridge of
Proctor, the Hon. Robert Roberts and
the Hon. Charles p. Smith OF Burlington,
Judge John f. Weeks and John A. Flet-
cher of Middlebury.
The bearers Were Philip B. Stewart
of Colorado Springs. son OF Ex-Governor
Stewart. John w. Stewart, grandson Of
the deceased, Charles N Sw.N of Middle
bury son-in-law, Warner Bot of Shell
burne John A. Stewart of Middlebury
and Samuel S. Swift of Middebury, the
two latter being nephews of Ex-Governor
Stewart.
Among those from away who at
tended the service were: Roger w.
Hulburd of Hyde Park: L. II. Lewis of
Hyde Park; Percival Wilds and Miss
Eliza beth Wilds of New York: Hall F.
Mccullough. Mrs. John b. MCCULLOUGH
and Mrs. T. +. Turner and Frederick b.
Jennings. all of Bennington: Carl B.
Hinsman of Rutland; Mrs. Freeman of
Albany: Mrs. Bancroft of Ithaca, n. Y:
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson w. Fiske Of Isle
La Motto.
Burial was in the family lot in the
West cemetery.
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OIL ON THE SEVEN SEAS
Change in Fuel of Bnttlcships Not
Realized by the Public.

The nation which controls the oil sup
ply possesses one of the great factors
upon which ocean borne commerce will
depend. and about which naval politics
The public has not realized the steps
already taken by the great naval powers
for their battleships All the battleships
of the American navy built in the last
eight years use oil for fuel. eight use it
as auxiliary to coal, four use It exclu-
sively. The dreadnoughts Oklahoma and
Nevada use oil exclusively; and Al of
our destroyers. built or building, use oil
fuel only. Storage facilities are being
proportionately increased. Oiling stations
are replacing coaling stations. In 1912,
steps were taken for the construction Of
fuel oil tanks at Pearl Harbor. Hawaii;
Melville. Rhode Island; Norfolk, Nir-
ginia: Charleston, South Carolina; and
4,ey West Florida. Five tanks are under
construction at Guantanamo. Cuba. The
combined capacity OF all these Is $3.50 90
gallons. During the year 1912, the navy
used 14l+0,7l4 gallons, as compared with
7,77s657 gallons in the previous year.
Our present oil burning-feet would re-
quire 23,ooo tons of fuel oil to keep 1t in
active service for single month.
But more significant is the recently an
nounced intention of the British adj
mralty that all British warships to be
built from now on will use oil for fuel
exclusively. This action Is one which will
almost certainly be followed by other ma
val powers.
The government of the United States
will assuredly not be slow to see the i'm
portance Of the oil supplies in the neigh
boring republics as an influence bearing
upon its own foreign policy. Our inter-
ests In this matter have thus far been
brought into contrast only with those of
one other power, but the general policy
which we may adopt will have much
wider application. SO far as a supply for
our own governmental needs is concerned.
no question Is apt to rise; but the degree
to which other nations may get de facto
control OF Caribbean oil resources may be.
for us, a matter Of great moment. caus-
ing this government to consider again
the Interpretation which is to be placed
on the Monroe Doctrine.-Chester Jones
In the North American Review
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movement OF the children through the
building. This exit was reopened, how
ever, and many children escaped through
It.
The classes Of pupils. marshaled by the
sisters in the rooms and halls, had filed
through the corridors and started down
the stairs in orderly procession, notwith-
standing curling plumes of smoke, until
the blockade occurred at the doors. Then
with cries from those below in their
t1rs, the children in the rear Of the lines
scattered to the rooms on all three floors
OF the building. Those on the lower floor
dropped safely to the ground From the
second floor most OF the children super
vised by the sisters. Jumped into the
coa's Of firemen and bystanders which
we're held out to catch them. Many of
those who went to the windows Of the
upper story were warned agnst risking the
long jump and made their escape
from windows below. Some of the Drawer
and more resourceful Skinned down water
spouts, among them Morris Harris. a
boy Of IA years, who assisted his friend,
Tom Shea, with only one leg, over a
shaking spout. Two girls, who were
dropped to the ground sustained serious
injuries. one, Marion Hayes dying at a
hospital tonight.
Through the undertaker's shop where
In a back room were laid out the bodies
taken from the fire, filed hundreds Of per-
sons tonight, both the morbidly curious
and those who were looking for their
dead. The bodies were charred and the
work Of Identification proceeded slowly.
Criticism by citizens of the lack Of fire.
escapes on the school building were met
by statements from state and town off,
Gals that every requirement of law had
been met. Deputy Chief George C. Neal.
OF the State police, said that the loss of
life apparently was not due to any lack
Of fire precautions but simply to the un-
fortunate place in which the fire started,
almost under tho front steps. and to the
accident which blocked the front door"
The school building was erected n few
years ago at n cost Of about 800 900
1t was square shaped with wood fitting
lining the interior OF the brick frame.
There were 16 classrooms on the three
floors. At each end of the building
wooden stairways led down from the
two upper floors. The head of the
school is Mother Superior Sister Aide
gon. who is assister by Is sisters.
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EXPLAINED.

Nick Longworth tells this one on him
self: When I was travelling in China 7
met very delightful Chinese man who
seemed to know something of America,
and as we chatted he asked me: What
was your college, Harvard said I
proudly Ever interested in rowing in
your day?' he inquired. Quite a bit 7
replied. What's the length OF the Har-
ward slide now?' he wanted to know, and
something of the boat. So we talked
OF Craftsmanship and watermen, and at
that ] asked. When you were in Amer
lea were you ever at New London for
the races? oh, yes he said, softly, for
three years Then you've seen Har-
ward row. | offered. No, never saw
her. he almost lisped You We're at New
London for three years and never saw
Harvard row? How could that be-? Il
was cox'un in the Yale boat, and Har-
ward was so far behind each year that
] never saw her row."
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LAID TO ENVIRONMENT.
Explanation of the Alleged Physical
Defects of Country Children.

About half of the 10000 600 school chill
dren in the United States are attending
the rural schools, Country children at
and are handicapped by more physical
defects than the children of the cities
Including all the children of the slums).
And this is true, in general, Of all parts
of the United States.
The third condition which helps to
explain this astonishing inferiority of
the country child is the environment. The
country home and the country school
are, on the average, less sanitary and
healthful than the city home and the
city school. 1t has been assumed that
because the country child has all the
features of the country. he is Of course
surrounded by fortunate and wholesome
conditions
But the possession OF all outdoors is
far from enough. The farmers home Is,
as a rule. unsanitary in many respects.
1t is often terribly unventilated and the
dwelers in the house are fed many hours
day with bad air. Country water and
food are less wholesome than water and
food in the city. The standards of liv-
ing on the American farm. when tested
by the accepted principles of sanitation
and hygiene are alarmingly defective.
The rural school, from the standpoint
of health and general fitness for it's i'm
portant use, is the worst type of build
ing in the whole country, including not
only all types of buildings used for HUI
man beings, but also those used for live
stock and all domestic animals. Rural
schools are on the average less ade-
quate for their use than prisons, asy-
lums, almshouses. stables, dairy-barns,
pig-pens, chicken houses, dog kennels are
for their uses.-Professor Thomas d.
Wood in School and Society.
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Peabody. Mass. Oct. 2s.-Twenty chill
dren, most Of them girls, ranging in age
from seven to II years. lost their lives
to-day in fire which destroyed st.
Johns parochial school. Another girl
has injuries which are regarded as prob
ably fatal, while others we're less
severely hurt.
The 600 children In the building had
hardly seated themselves for the morn
ing session when the fire was discov-
cred, and although most OF them we're
guided to safety by the Sisters OF the
Order of Notre Dame. who were their
teachers, panic seized some as they
neared the front door, and in their rush
to escape they lost their footing and
their bodies blocked the exit 1t was
in the front vestibule that nearly all the
bodies were found.
or the 10 bodies at an undertaking shop
tonight, ten had been identified. All OF
the sisters escaped. but Mother Superior
Marie Carmeita was seriously burned
How the fire started may never be
known An early theory that boiler
explosion caused 1t, having been dis
the State police officials to-
night were OF the opinion that a store
room in the basement, where gas
meter was located. was its source. but
investigation of the theory was difficult
because the place where the store room
had been was entirely burned.
The first word of the fire Is believed
to have come from tardy pupil who
smeled smoke and reported it to the
mother superior. The children had just
finished morning prayer, when the gong
sounded for fire drill. Mother Marie
hurried to tell the sisters Of the actual
danger, and the movements OF the fire
drill were quickly started. A few days
ago in n practice drill the building was
emptied within two minutes It would
have been cleared in almost the same
time to-day. in the opinion Of the Rev
Nicholas ]. Murphy. pastor Of ST. Johns
Roman Catholic Church, but for the fall
Inc of a child believed to be cripple
in the front vestibule. Over her body
child after child, fearful OF the flames
and pressed on by the crowd behind
stumbled and fell. The opening was
choked and further escape was in this
way stopped.
Trouble at the rear door, which became
damned for a time, also impeded The
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THE TURKEY LEFT.

Some day-it won't be very long
Wen sing the old Thanksgiving song.
And gather round the ample board
With joy and confidence restored.
Although the dove of peace grows shy
Another bird will greet the eye
The turkey. with complacent stride.
Draws near and fills our hearts with
pride.
The turkey does not gently coo.
Its tones of sentiment are few.
Though gorgeous plumage 1t may claim,
Utility provides its fame
A gentle quietude Of mind
His visit always leaves behind.
Though OF thee dove we are bereft,
Thank heaven, Wen have the turkey
left.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-04
Short Trout Case.

Montpelier. Oct 31.--Arguments in
case OF State. VS.. r. M. Harvey,
charged with having in his possession
snort trout on June %. 1913 were
made yesterday morning by States At
torney Gleason and Attorney John H.
Senter. The case was started late FRI
day afternoon and all the evidence was
In early Saturday morning. Three
witnesses appeared for the State
Game Wardens b. M. Shepard and H.
o. Kent and former County Game War
den IL. l.. Abbott. The respondent and
ut.-Gov Hale X. Darling testified,
the latter having accompanied Mr..
Harvey on fishing trip near Chelsea.
Attorneys John II. Senter. william A.
Lord and Benjamin Gates appear for
the respondent The closing argu
ments will be made Monday afternoon.
BY agreement Of counsel. the jury was
not kept together during the week end
recess.
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$975, 900 GIVEN
TO COLLEGES
Announcement Made by Gen.
eral Education Board, One
of John D. Rockefel-
ler's Enterprises.

New York, Oct. 31-The general educa-
ton board, one Of John d. Rockefeller's
p! il2nthropic enterprises. announced to-
night 1t had made gifts totalling s376. O01
to four colleges and had provided the
funds for a number Of novel experiments
in the field of education. The latter.
which inaugurates a new departure in the
activity OF the board, include n scientific
study Of the Gary, Ind, scheme OF public
school education. and Of the Hampton
Institute system. the results OF which
the board intends to make available for
general sc throughout the country.
The gifts are:
Carlton College. Northheld, Mimi, a
Congregational institution, 500, 900; Hobaft
College, Geneva. n. Y, Episcopalian,
10000; Lafayette College Easton. Pa,
Presbyterian 100000 and Kalamazoo Col
lege, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Baptist $25,
Co.,
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CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS
(Taken from Exchange.)

Silk was at one time so valuable
that 1t commanded it's own weight in
gold.
The catgut used for violin strings
Is not obtained from cats, but from sheep
or goats.
When elephants are in the vicinity
OF tigers. they beat their trunks on
the ground.
Hyenas' jaws are so powerful that
they can break the shin bones Of a
bullock at one snap.
Fifty years ago tea was too dear
to be an ordinary beverage in the
average household.
statisticians say that out OF every
million Of the worlds population
about Ga are blind
Great Britain's per capita coal con-
sumption is about three times as
great as that Of France.
1t is said that Nero once paid a
sum equal to about s25o.o00 for two
cups Of transparent glass.
Semi Official Spanish estimates place
the worlds production Of wine last
year In excess of 26,417,00 gallons.
There are about 35,00O,ooo fur felt
hats made in the Unied States each
year. and about 100000 wool felt
ones
There are about 1000 times as many
dark" stars as visible ones, according
to the calculations of F. A. Linde-
mann. who bases his estimate on the as
sumption that new stars are due to COL
lisions.
The mines of this country furnish
SO per cent Of all the freight carried
by railroads. This includes the crude
material from the mines only. The
manufactured products of the mines
furnish II per cent. additional
The February records Of the public
service commission Of New York city
show that OF 720 gas meters tested
on complaint about IS per cent. ran
fast per cent. slow and the remain
der correct within the legal limits.
The largest single law office in the
country Is the attorney generals Of
New York State. which takes up all
the time of Attorney General Wood
bury and his IS assistants. At pres
ent the office is handling $3.50 case.
involving more than $l50,O0O 900 in
money and property
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PUMPKIN PIE SEASON.

Customer-'I see YOU have sign in
the window that this is the beginning
of the pumpkin pie season" Garcon.-
Yes. sub. We 'naugerate dat delicacy
dis berry day. Yu IL one OBJ de fust at
de feast" II was In here about three
weeks ago. What was that you gave mo
then. that YOU called pumpkin pie?"
Dat wuz merely limitation, sub.
and you know dat de fotygraf man say
dat limitation am de real extract OBJ
NattarY. Times Dispatch.
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Middlebury, Oct 2a-Ex-Governor John
w. Stewart died at his residence here
this afternoon about $3.50 o. clock very sud
denly and just after returning from an
automobile ride. Governor Stewart was
In his library when the fatal attack of
heart trouble came. With him at the end
was his daugh.er-in-law, Mrs. Philip
Stewart. He would have celebrated his
Goth birthday anniversary on November
a.
The funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon at two o'clock at the
residence.
John Wolcott Stewart was born In
Middlebury on November 81, 1895, the son
OF Ira and Elizabeth (IubbelD Stewart.
He was educated at Middebury Academy
and entered 1lebury College in 1912,
graduating in the class Of 1916. In 1860
he married Miss Emma Battell, daughter
Of Philip Battell, and granddaughter of
the Hon. Horato Seymour. They had
five children, of whom three survive
Elga Philip 3. and Jcssica, wife Of
Charles NJ Swift Mrs. Stewart died many
years ago.
Governor Stewart read law in the
office OF the Hon. Horatio Seymour in
1850, when he was admitted to the YER
mont bar. He practlced by himself in
Middlehury until 1884 He then formed
partnership with exCnited States
Senator Samuel S. Phelps. which con-
tinued until the death of the latter in
the following year. He was made a d.
rector in the Middlebury bank in 1858
and for several years prior to 1851 was
Its president.
In politics he was republican and
had distinguished career. He served
ms States attorney for Addison county
, from 1852 until 1866, and represented
Middlebury in the State Legislature in
1856, 81, "a, co. &c and 81. serving as
speaker during the last three terms
and as chairman of the committee on
railroads in 1856. In 1861 and 1852 he
represented Addison county In the state
Senate and served as chairman Of the
judiciary committee.
In 1870 he was elected Governor OF Yer
mont, the first to be elected for two
year term, and returned as a member
OF the House in 1876 In 1852, 1854, 1886
and 1855 he served in Congress as the
member from the first congressional dis
trict of Vermont and on the death Of
| United States Senator Redfeld Proctor
! in 1908, was appointed by Gov. Fletcher
| d. Proctor to fill out the unexpired term.
! He received this appointment while at
Colorado Springs. Colo, and went imme-
diately to Washington.
In the fall Of 1876 Governor Stewart was
in New York until the day before the
! Legislature convened, arriving in Mont
peier after the flag had been raised on
the State House and the roll was being
called. He found his way to n vacan.
eeat which had been reserved by friend
and In 10 minutes after his arrival had
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TWO CHILDREN HAD GROUP.

The two children OF J, w. NJ Cleve,
land. Ga, had Group. He writes: Both
got so choked up they could hardly
breathe I gave them Foleys Honey and
Tar and nothing else and 1t completed,
1rcd them Contains no opiates. Cuts
the phleSm; opens air passages. J. w
CSulliyan. lAdy1
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been chosen speaker Of the House on the
first ballot his republican opponent hav-
Ing only few votes
As State senator. Governor Stewart and
Senator George r. Edmunds were elected
a committee to revise the State statutes.
Governor Stewart was the oldest living
graduate Of Mddlebury College.
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FAY is NOT KNOWN.
Gcrnany's Investigation Shows Armv
Never Had Man by Tint Nam.

=. Berlin, Oct 31.--A special investiga-
ZION by the German military authori
ties concerning Robert Fay under ar
rest In New York charged with con.
spiracy In connection with an ALLEGED
plot to blow up ships carrying supplies
Tor the entente allies and who has de.
clarel that he was n lieutenant in the
German army, was followed by state
ment from the authorities to-day that
there is not now and never was an
officer called Fay in the German army.
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KAISER THANKS GOD.
With Full Humility ale AcknOwI-
edges "Thus Far Lord Hns Helped U.s.

Amsterdam, Oct. 81, via London.-Em-
peror William. according to a despatch
from Berlin has sent to n congratulatory
telegram from the Prussian cabinet the
following reply:
with full humility I acknowledge to-
gether with the German people that thus
far the Lord has helped us. May he hence
forth graciousy assist us and guide the
German people who stand together unite 1
and impertura5le, ready for all sacrifices,
through the dark days of severe anlioton
to the bright sunlight Of peace; to new
and vigorous work; to the road marked
out by Divine Providence"
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MISSISSIPPI LYNCHING.

Columbia, Miss. Oct. 31.--Jack Hughes
80 years old, foreman of n local lumber
plant, was taken from the county jail
here early to-day by a party of masked
men and hanged to a tree short dis
lance outsode the city limits. Hughes
was under arrest in connection with the
murder of Larue Holloway. n Columbia
youth, who was killed in a lumber camp
near he. on the night of October 81
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EARNED S7,2S2,O21.
PennIylvania's Net Revenue for Sep.
TENDER Largest for One Month.

Philadelphia. Oct 31.-The net earnings
of the Pennsylvania railroad lines east
OF Pittsburg for the month Of September,
amounting to $7,2s2.021. were the largest
for any month in the history of the COM
pany. while the gross earnings OF s20Sl7,.
1861 have been exceeded only twice. For
the months Of August and October 1918,
the gross earnings were slightly larger.
The net earnings for September exceeded
those for the same month last year by
nearly one and q half million dollars.
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HOW TO BE EFFICIENT.

Nothing saps the vitality like kidney
trouble. 1t causes backache, headache.
stiff joints. sore muscles. always tired"
feeling. rheumatism and other ills. To
be efficient. you must be healthy, Foley
Kidney Pills strengthen the kidneys.
help them do their work OF filtering out
from the system the waste matter that
causes the trouble. ]. w. O'Sullivan.
(AdvD
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DAMAGES OF $S,916.
Verdict for Mrs. Raymond of Rutland
In Suit against Light Company.

Of this city was awarded damages Of
S,9l6 from the Rutland Railway. Light
4 Power company by a jury In Rutland
county court Saturday, because Of the
accidental electrocution OF her husband
while he was walking by her side on
the streets Of Rutland last January. Mr..
raymond came in contact with two live
wires which dangled from an act light.
Mrs Raymond sued under negligence
action, claiming that the defendant did
not properly safeguard the public In
that Its appliances for holding. the light
In place were faulty.
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RIrGS.

Isn't this awful" exclaimed Mrs. Gabb
as she looked up from her newspaper.
Isn't what awful?" remanded Mr..
Gabb.
why, here's a woman who complains
that the insane asylum is filled with
bugs" replied Mrs. Gabb.
"Wcll," growled Mr.. Gabb, whats the
blame place for. anyway?"-Philadelph
Ledger.