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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
MAY SHORTEN LYNCH'S
10-YEAR SENTENCE

London, May ga full statement of
the acts for which Is Irish Insurgents
have been put to death will he made in
-.the House of Commons next Thursday by
Prime Minister Asquith. He announced
to-day that he is anxious because of the
misunderstanding on this subject in
america to present the statement at the
, earliest possible moment.
Regarding the case of jeremiah C.
Lynch a naturalized American citizen,
long resident in New York, the foreign
Office stated to-day that General Max
well, the commander-in-C chief in Ireland,
has reported to MIR. Asquith by wire that
Lynch participated in the rebellion openly
and that during the fighting he was fire.
Quently seen in Liberty hall in Irish uni
form. Acourt martial sentenced him to
ceath but after receiving from the Amer
lean embassy request that execution Of
sentence he stayed until the government
at Washington could inquire into the cir
cumstances, General Maxwell reviewed
the sentence and commuted It to 10 vears'
imprisonment. It is believed that General
Maxwell left the way open to Premier
Asquith for further communication of
sentence.
1t was officially announced in Dublin
to-day that the sentence of death i'm
posed upon Peter Galighan has been com
muted to five years penal servitude. A
number of other persons have been SEN
fenced TO various terms of Imprisonment.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
DISCOVER SMUGGLING
PLOT ON BORDER
Siexfcan ConsuIs Snid to BE Back of
scheme to Spirit Arms across Line.

FL Paso, Texas, May 23.-AEents of
che United States department OF justice
are searching along the border of. New
Mexico for evidence Of a gigantic SNUG
Cling plot alleged to have had the back
ing of Mexican consuls. The search is
being conducted under the leadership of
il. f.. Stone, chief agent here Of depart
ment of justice, who has been given a
military escort for the work of running
down the consplrators.
Word reached Stone several days ago
that MeXiCans We're smuggling American
arms and ammunition across the border
from New Mexico In large quantities An
Investigation that began Immediately re-
suited in a raid last night on a Mexican
house in Douglas, Ari2. There the mill
tary posse found a complete wireless
plant, 10 rifles and thousands of rounds
of ammunition.
American officers at Fort Bliss believe
that the rifles and ammunition seized at
Douglas were to be taken into Mexico,
but the Douglas authorities assert the
discovery Of the wireless plant is evil
dcnce that an outbreak of Mexican resi-
dents of that town was planned for the
near future.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
ASQUITH MAY RUN
IRELAND HIMSELF

London. May S.-AlthouCh Premier AS
uuith did not make his expected state
ment on the Irish situation yesterday the
hopes which We're entertained he had re-
turned to London with "A solution of the
problem increase rather than diminish
ed and it is confidently predicted that the
premier will to-day be able to make an
announcement satisfactory to all parties
Mr., Asquith himself would possibly OBJ
iect to be described as the deus ex ma
china, but in the proposed settlement his
personal role will, from an ordinarily re-
liable source, be sen to be of the highest
Importance. 1t may even extend to his
taking into his own hands direct CON
troll Of the Irish executives: in other
words the premier may assume person
ally the functions of chief secretary for
Ireland, Lord Wmlorne probably re-
manning as lord lieutenant In any case
the projected solution is in no sense de-
pendent upon the extension OF conscrip-
tion to Ireland which has been a fetish in
certain political quarters
Home rule which stands on tho st,tutc
books will remain there and become
operative in due course so far at least
as the three southern provinces are con-
cerned In regard to Ulster the Orange
men viii be propitiated by amending the
bill as was suggested during the par
liamentary debates on home rule. The
war may have altered Sir Edward
Carson's views on this matter and the
margin of difference which existed in tho
Kings conference Of eight held before
the outbreak Of war and which was
then slight. being concerned chiefly with
the two counties, Tyrone and Fer
managh, may now he eliminated.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
OFFICIAL PRIMARY
VOTE GIVES $3.50
T0JUST|CE HUGHES
Colonel Roosevelt Also Receives
1881 Republican Ballots
and I,41S Progressive
Votes.

Essex junction, May 2.-The following
figures of the results of the preferential
presidential primaries held May 16 We're
announced this evening by Secretary Of
State Guy W. Bailey, as follows:
On the republican ticket, Charles T.,
Hughes received $3.50 votes, Theodore
Roosevelt 1881 Samuel w. Mccall Isl,
Elihu Root $50, Henry Ford a. and John
w. Weeks q
ON the democratic ticket, Woodrow VIII
son received 3.7ll and Champ Clark %,
On the progressive ticket Theodore
Roosevelt received 1,41S.
There were l5l scattering votes
The board of canvassers will meet at
Montpelier tomorrow morning at ten
o'clock. The board consists of a superior
court Judge. who has been designated by
Chief Justice Munson of the supreme
court,, Willard w. Miles of Barton: stan
ley G. Wilson of Chelsea. chairman of
the republican State committee, James
T.. Kennedy of North Wiljston, chairman
of the democratic State committee. and
II. Nelson Jackson of Burlington chair
man of the progressive State committee,
and Secretary of State Guy w. Bailey.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
COTTON MAY DECIDE
THE EUROPEAN WAR
Its Great scarcity in Germany Is the
TcutonS' Most Serious Plight.

I Roston Nav economic
meets of the world war were little nm
iderstood in 1914, especially on this side
/ of the Atlantic.
I Indeed. many people made inquiry as
to why financial publications should
devote so much space to the war Now
ton is calling loudly for peace the in
torwoven relations Of modern finance
and commerce become steadily more
iapparent. cspeciallv with rubber in
iGermauv So per mound and conner so
cents hid
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
HERO NO. LIZA.

Roy Allen, brakeman of freight train
running through Tampa, Fla, looked
from the locomotive cab and saw Alice
HaR one-Year-old baby. crawling
across the track. The train was running
ID miles an hour; the child was a hundred
and twenty-five feet from the engine
when Allen saw her first Unconscious
of her danger, she had stopped halfway
across the rail. With a shout to the en-
gneer Allen crawled through the fire
mans window, hurried along the running
board, and jumped down on to the COW
catcher. The locomotive was six feet from
the child when he jumped one of his
feet touched the roadbed between the
rails as he grabbed the girl. The front
Of the train stopped thirty feet beyond
the point of rescue. This is what the
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission calls
Heroic Act No. 1,124 in its latest annual
report in awarding Roy Allen $1,000 and
a silver medal. The commission cata-
logues 12S deeds of herosm rewarded dur
Ing years time. 1t is an inspiring
document, golden source book for short
story writer's, and convincing testimony
that unsefish bravery Is not confined to
one race or sex or class or age
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
GERMANY'S U-1S
TORPEDOED SUSSEX
Lieutenant otto Stcinbrink Command
I ed the sub.

Washington, May 2.-The submarine
that attacked the channel steamer Sus-
sex was the us OF the German navy,
and it was commanded at the time by
Lieutenant Otto Steinbrink. This ufor-
nation has been in the possession of the
state department for "A week. hut was not
disclosed until to-day. when II was ad-
United by officials that the facts were oh
tanned ny the state department from one
Of the entente allies
According to the despatch to the state
department, the number of the submarine
that torpedocd the Sussex and the name
of its commander were obtained from the
captured crew OF another German sub
marine which was taken in allied waters.
Secretary Lansing is still awaiting a re-
Spouse to The cablogram he sent to Amer
io an Amba ssador Gerard at Berlin direct
ing him to endeaVOr to ascertain from
tho German authorities the nature of the
punishment inflicted on the commander
Of the submarine. The German gov %
ernments last note ON the Sussex case
asserted that the submarine commands
had been appropriately punished. The
state department is anxious to ascertain
the precise nature of the punishment and
to know whether ii was adequate to the
offense.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

hawk. The newest French machine is
q swallow, a graceful, almost frail look
ing bipane. It Ia called Il spad. the
word being derived from the initial let
ters of the Societe poud lAviation ct
Derives. II climbs rapidly and smoothly
and can attain n speed of more than
125 miles an hour. The FOkker's speed
is 100 miles an hour. ON account of its
swiftness the spad can he intrusted TO
only the most expert pilots, because,
although the speed can be reduced n
little, only the most skillful airmen can
allght without smashing the machine.
The deadly work of the spads may be
traced through the daily French COM
mrnques.
asked NJ Blcriot his opinion of the
Fokker.
ut Is very greatly overrated ma
chine" he said ''and no better than
the aeropane we have had in France
for long time. I refer to Morane-
Saulnior. The German machines are
without doubt inferior to ours or yours
hut they have an engine, the Mercedes
which is as good az. but not better
than the French engines Never for
a moment has Germany had the mas
tership of the air and now that we
have this machine We have established
n lead which will never be wrested from
us"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
DECLARES L. S. PEACE
TALK POLITICAL
Austrian Pnpcr Also Declares Am-ri-
cans Would See Wilson in Dramatic
Role of Pence InItintOr.

Vienna via Berlin. May 9&--The Aus
trian press has given the widest pub
icity to various peace stories emanat.
ing from the United States. The peace
stories have We'd with the news from
Tyrol for the most favorable position
in the papers. The Neue Freo Presse
now devotes two-coumn leader to
their discussion.
The paper assumes n receptive atti-
tude. apparently fearing that the entire
movement, which, it says. lis now so
obvious in the United States" has been
occasioned chiefly by political considera-
lions and if not by these, has been
prompted by "The conccit of the people,
who would like to sec President Wilson
in the role of peace initiator. that his
name and his country might be con-
neCted with the greatest event in his
tory.
THE American policy of might" con-
tinues the paper, has led TO struggle
of conscience and it is possible to under
stand the desire to add to the advantages
gained through the delivery of capital
and ammunition the renoWn of having
brought to an end the most earnest trag-
edy in human history. The thought that
the only great power not drawn into this
war might take mp the occupation or
throwing its entire political and moral
influence toward ending the hloodshed is
certainly worthy OF a striving people one
Of the mightiest in culture among nations
and one connected by so many thousand
ties Of memory ana relationship with Eu-
rome
THE vision of President Wilson stem
ping in 70 stop the battle Offering his good
services after the loss of so much life. is
surely attractive. His entrance would be
a climax such as is present in every we!
constructed drama"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
FEDERAL CENSORSHIP
OF MOVIES OPPOSED
Minority Report in Congress Intsmates
Great Political Evil Might Arise.

! Washington, May 23.-"It gives a few
men despotic control over an art witch at
the very threshold of it9 development has
power to influence more than ~ 100000
people every day" says a minority report
filed t>-.lay by four members OF the House
committee on education regarding; the
Hughes bill to create a federal censor
ship Of motion pictures.
The report contends that the motion
picture industry is a "lfth estate" that
a proposal to censor this medium Of ex-
preston is just as unwise as to censor
speech or The press. that no evidence has
been adduced to show that state and
municipal censorship is not adequate, and
that a federal censorship would mean that
the industry would be used for political
purposes by the party in power The
report is signed by Representative VIII
liam W. RucEer, democrat. and Represen-
tativcs Caleb Powers, Edmund Plat; and
Frederick w Balliuger. republicans.
at is not proposed to censor the
plays or operas produced at the high
priced theatres throughout the coun-
try" says the report, but to give five
men at Washington the absolute power
to determine beforehand what the great
mass of the American people shall be
.
moving picture screen. Before the ma
uonal government undertakes to thus
exercise the police power hitherto re-
served to the States. and to reg 'llate
purely local amusements thus stretch
Ing the implied power Of the Interstate
commerce clause Of the federal con-
stitution to its breaking point. It Is
incumbent upon the proponents Of yuch
legislation to show that a widespread
evil exists with which the State and
] local authorities are unable To cope.
No real evidence has been introduced
/ tending to show that any significant
proportion Of the moving picture films
now exhibited in the United states is
/ dE'ectionable,"
! The report says that under the nro-
posal to censor all pictures denictng
crime or immortality. the evil side Of
life most of Shakespeare's plays and
even many parts of the Scriptures
would be barred"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
MEX|CO'S ECONOMIC
SITUATION SAID To
Be VERY SERIOUS
De FactO Government Faces
Serious Domestic Plight
Money, Food and Labor
Problems.

Washington, MAY % Tho economic sit.
uation in Mexico Is extremely grave. ac-
cording to official advices to-day to- the
state department With the monetary
problem already acute, the food shortage
without prospects Of any i'm
mediate relief and with tie la
hor strike extending over virtually a..
the Mexican railway lines. the dc fac;o
government is pictured as facing a So
rious domestic plight.
First hand reports as to tire situation
in northern Mexico will reach the dcnart-
ment tomorrow. Consul Letchcr from
chihuahua CITY is on the WAY to Wash.
ington. presumably bringing with him a
synopsis OF the reports OF five corsuls
recently ordered TO the border go talk over
conditions with military officials there
The department to-day received fur
ther advices from Special Agent Rogers
at Mexico city telling Of the new note
That was IN process If preparation by
the DC facto government: but the mes
sage threw no light on its purport.
While reports as to the domestic situ-
alton of the Carranza government are
gloomy. the attitude of Mexico officials
toward tho United states has been de-
scribed as moro friendly since the Dor
der conference between Generals Scott
ana Obreron 1t is believed possible
! this will be reflected in the new note
although some officials think it prob
able that now request for withdrawal
Of the American expeditionary forces
will be included with whatever other
proposals General Carranza has to
make.
Reports from General Funston that
llS members If the Texas National
Guard had refused to take the muster
ing oath and enter the federal service
under the Presidents call brought
members Of Congress from that State
to the war department to-day to find
out what action was in contemplation
They We're told the matter had not yet
reached Secretary Baker for considera-
ton. Mr. Bakers military advisers are
preparing recommendations for him
They appear to agree that the men are
subject to court martial under the ex-
sting militia law, and it Is known that
some officers believe they should be
tried and fined as a warning to national
Cuardsmen in general that they are I'M
dertaking a serious responsibility in
joining the organization.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
ITALY CELEBRATES
ITS WARS BIRTHDAY
Flags and Flowers In Evidence
Throughout the Kingdom

Rome, Via Paris. May 23.-The ami
versary Of ltaly's entrance into the war
was celebrated to-day throughout the
country with the greatest enthusiasm.
Towns. villages and hamlets We're
decorated with flags In these places there
We're professions, patriotic speeches were
delivered and the army was acclaimed.
The monument of King Victor En-
manuel in Rome was buried under
flowers, while the mayor, Prince Colonna.
from the Capitoline Hin removed in tho
name of the Rome the pledge that Italy
will not sheathe the word until the lost
Italian lands are redeemed.
Thousands of messages of loyalty wora
sent to the King, who since the no.
ginning OF the war has been almost cor-
stantly at the front. Numerous GREETINGS
were also sent to General Cadorna.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
$500, 100000 NEEDED
FOR WAR SUFFERERS
L. s. should he big BrOthcr to World
Sufferers, Says Morgentbau.

Chicago, May 23.-IIenry Morgcn
than. formerly United States ambassa-
dor to Turkey. addressing the Won
ans Board of Missions of the Interior
to-day, told of the conditions which
! led to the massacre by the Turks Of
hundreds of thousands of Armenians
and Syrans. and said that the remain
ing half million people of those races
now face death by starvation and ox-
posurc unless immediate aid was given
to them.
"The time has come" Mr.. Morron-
thau said, FOR this country to assume
the role of big brother to all the suffer
ing now in the world We can raise
in this country easily, if properly or
ganizcd. $500, 10000 That is ONLY 81
per capita. On the basis of our average
wealth this is less than one-third of
! per cent. Something must be done.
and the United States is the only nation
now in the world that is in a position
to do relief work on the immense scale
1t has got to he done"
Following the declaration of a state
of war between the entente and Tur-
key the Turks warned the Armenians
not to aid the Russians, the ambassa-
dor said
nevertheless some of the Armenians
did aid Russians" he continued. land
instantly the Turks were on them like
a lot of wild barbarians. mcrcilessly
striking right and left. Before they
could be stopped hundreds of thou
sands of Armenians had been killed.
and the rest driven far from their
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

NO Cordelia we do not admire the four
young men from burlington who Went t.
Boston to testify that they had kissed
the girl who Is suing all Episcopal rector
In breach of promise case. our opinion
or them would not look pretty in print"
-Brattlehoro Reformar
you would advise them we take 1t tc
obey certain maxim Of Hafz:
II She have spoken a word
hemember thy lips are sealed,
anu 'he brand of the dog is upon him
by Whom Is the secret revealed
n she have written a letter,
Delay not an instant but burn II
Tear IT in pieces, o Fool,
And the wind to her mate shall return il
u there be trouble to herward,
And lie of the BLACKLIST can clear.
Lie while thy lips can move
Or man is alive to hear.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

likely to he an unusual amount of noise
and enthusiasm.
Fred NJ Upham, chairman of the local
committee ON arrangements. was in
formed to-day that plans have been made
to bring more than 100 bands and ATTY
clce and marching clubs to Chicago dur
ing convention week. Harry Daugherty
of Columbus, ohio, telographed that ne
would bring a glcc club of 60 voices to
Chicago to boom the candidacy of
Theodore f.. Burton of Ohio
Word comes from Indiana that every
large city in the State is planning to send
either band or y marching club to the
convention for Charles w Fairbanks
Similar reports were received form other
States which have candidates.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
TULIPS AND TWO LIDS

from the Essex County Herald)
"A Burlington young woman was be-
wailing the fact that crimson tulip
bulbs set out last year sent up white
plossomS the present year. when her
father assured her the phenomenon was
due to the famine in dyestuffs. Bur
ington Free Press.
This may be all true as far as color
Ing the flowers Is concerned But Bur-
lington young women don't as yet have
any trouble in securing the crimson
tintings for their two lips and cheeks,
we are told."-Rutland News.
Two lips and cheeks as we are told,
Will also fade. or thoy grow old.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
MURDER VICTIM
is IDENTIFIED

Danbury Conn, May 23.-The body
of man believed to have been
strangled to death with n belt, then
carried eight miles from here to
Brcwsters, ~ y by automobile and
thrown from bridge on the railroad
tracks of the Central New England
railroad was tonight identified as
Mohammed Jameel of this city. Jam
eel, who worked in fur factory, had
not been seen since Monday.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
OSCILLATION ECHOES.
CFrom the Bennington Banner.

Vt WITT erTV
A verdict of over 1900 against n young
former Vermont clergyman who hasn't a
dollar in the world and who earns Some
500 per year Is a striking exhibition on
the part of a putty headed Massachuset Is
jury as far as one can gather from the
newspaper reports of the trial. TWO son
timental young people thrown into each
others society are not to be seriously
blamed for spooning and haAdholding, but
jury made up of men of mature years
ought 10 know enough Of the ways of
the world not 10 let their sympathy FOR
silly girl stand in the way of sound
JUDGMENT