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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
FAMINE TALK.

Germany and England may put UP
world from seeing that. whatever may
be their military or naval exhaustion.
both are up against" serious food
situation.
All doubt concerning the food stress
in Germany has been removed by the
reorganization of the food department
with the admitted idea of securing more
thorough conservation of the empires
supplies.
England now admits a somewhat
similar condition of affairs through the
utterance of Francis Dyke Acland
financial secretary of the treasury, who
said it WIS imperative that farmers drop
their prejudice against the employment
of female labor. a breakdown in
home supplies was only avoidabe If the
The hanger point had been reached
he added, and, as things were going 1t
was feared England could not maintain
her production on last years level.
If mora men We're swept into the
army from the farms she could only
escape famine by divertng to importa-
ton of foodstuffs ships which are SO
urgently needed for the transport of
munitions and" Mr.. Acland con-
Guided, I'VE are unable to say whether
there Will be ships to divert that way"
Rowland Edmund Prothero, repre-
sentng oxford University, said sooner
or later the government would be COM
PEELED to put the country on rations.
In the case OF both Germany and
England the food situation Is not pic
tured by an enemy. but by friend and
champion in an effort to meet the stua-
ton. 1t is not impos sible that the out
| come Of the present war may be deter
mined by the settlement OF another
question. which shall faco famine first,
Germany or England?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
DANISH WEST INDIES
United States and Denmark
Reaching Transfer Agreement.
Islands Have Been UnprOfitable ts
Mother Country Since slavery AboI-
ishment Made Sugar Plantations
Losing Venture to Owners.

In connection with the news that the
United States and Denmark are report
ed to be approaching an agreement on
terms FOR the purchase of the Danish
West Indies, the National Geographic
society, from It's Washington, D. c.,
headquarters. has issued the following
bulletin:
III the United States and Denmark
strike a bargain and the three islands
which comprise the Danish West In
dies are transferred TO the former the
sale will mark the elimination of i bit
OF bartering which began nearly fifty
years ago. when the American govern
ment offered s7.5oO,0Oo for the 13S square
miles Of territory in the Antilles. "A sum
exceeding by 10000 the price paid to
Russia In the same year Os6O for the
vast. rich territory of Alaska, compris-
ing an area more than four thousand
times as large. The sale was not consum-
mated, because the United States Senate
failed to ratify the treaty Fourteen
years ago negotiations We're renewed and
price of 100000 was agreed upon, but
this time the Danish parliament refused
to sanction the sale, although the is
lands had been governed at a loss To the
mother country for many years in fact
over since slavery was abolished in 1918.
thereby putting an end to the profitable
operation OF the sugar plantatio
These three islands of the Virgin
group-St CroiS, St Thomas and st
John, In the order of their size and
population-were discovered by Column
bus in 1898 Spanish. British French
Dutch and Danish flags have foated
over one or all of the islands al various
times St. Croix, lying 60 miles south
east Of Porto Rico, has an area of 81
square miles, and is the most prosperous
Of the group, with its two towns of
Christianstad and Frederkstad. 1t was
held at one time by the Knights of
Malta, having been given to that famous
order by Louis XIV Of France.
st. Thomas. which lies only 40 miles
east of Porto Rico. was at one time
the chief distributing center OF West
Indian trade, its Importance being direct
ly attributable to the fact that the
mother country, Denmark, maintained
its neutrality during the numerous Euro
pean wars of the eighteenth century
the temporary occupation of the island
by the British during several periods of
the Napoleonlc wars added further to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES.

ton the abysmal bunk We read in the
school histories Of America-how ono
hardy New Engander, nurtured on root
beer and beans, had only to rip down
his towing piece from the chimney and
sally forth to dismay the British reg
ulars. How a posse of farmers, il they
would only wait until they saw the
whites of their opponents eyes. could
riddle them with slugs while Priscilla
at home was melting down the pewter
platters to make more bullets. II is 10
he hoped that the now rising genera
tions on whom the chief burden Of
American defense will lie, is not being
nourished with any such twaddle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

the Importance Of the chief port. Char
lotte Amalie, where merchant vessels
rode at anchor in the magnificent land
locked harbor while waiting for conveys
to protect them on the voyage across
the Atlantic. This town, with a popula-
ton of less than lo0"o, mainly negroes
is still an important Coaling station for
steamers in the West Indian trade With
a depth of from q to 70 feet of water
tho roadstead can accommodate the
largest merchant ships which sail these
seas. The export and import trade has
become negligible since the rapid decline
of the sugar industry which the Danish
government has tried in vain TO revive
by granting annual subsidies.
50. John least Important of the ia
lands, lying four miles to the east Of
St Thomas. has an area Of q square
miles. 1t is scarcely more than ten
mile mountain ridge with but one dis
tinguishng feature, Coral Bay. the best
harbor Of refuge in the Antilles Crux-
bay, village Of one thousand inhah-
tants on the northern shore, is the CEN
ter of population.
While Danish is the official language
of the islands, English is quite general
ly spoken The monotony Of existence
is not infrequenty broken by earth
quakes and hurricanes.
IF Denmark decides 10 part with these
islands there will remain to her only
two colonial ossessions-Greenland and
Iceland, which have an aggregate area
more than five times as large as the
mother country. but with only one
w. In
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
BRYAN AND 4 PROHIBITION PLANK

William Jennings Bryan will not be a
delegate to the democratic national con-
venton in St. Louis, but he will have
many friends in that gathering ready
TO carry out his suggestions so far as
possible 1t will not be SURPRISING
advantage of the situation to seek to
force the adoption of a plank provid-
ing for national prohibition. Indeed
Mr.. Bryan himself strongly minated
IN his address before 1900 hearers in
Atlantic City Sunday that he may
attempt to write such plank into the
democratic national platform.
In discussing the subject Mr. Bryan
said that political parties have habit
OF postponing issues that might split
Them. but they can't much longer ignore
the liquor question. They have to meet
this question and the time for action
,Dn it is going to be ripe very soon"
To many who heard this Mr., Bryan's
emphasis on the words very soon"
".
Continuing. the speaker said:
Whenever one party does take action
an the question. the other Will have to
follow In self-defense And 1t is we'll to
remember that of the eighteen States
that now have prohibition, ten so demo-
cratic at every election. ] want to tell
you that the day has passed when a
man has to get drunk to be democrat
In good standing"
number Of considerations present
themselves in this connection. In the
first place, resolution declaring for
national prohibition would naturally
cause chills to chase up and down the
6pines of spineess delegates who would
Ike to dodge q question Of this char
Rcter
The first move on the part Of said
Spineless delegates would be move to
refer the same to tho committee on
resolutions, and if they were extremely
anxious to mako safety play they
would INCORPORATE in tho resolution the
words Preferred without debate" That
as the ugual gag motion to head off
troublesome agitators OF issues which
4 deliberative body does not care to
ks6e under open elaboration.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
THE BRANDEIS SITUATION.

The spectacle afforded the world In
connection with the attempt of Presi-
dent Wilson to secure the confirmation
| by the United States Senate Of his
appointment of Louis d. Brandeis OF
| Boston as associate justice OF the
| Supreme Court OF the United States
would be amusing were the matter less
! serious.
one moment the American public Is
| informed that Brandeis is entirely unit
to become a member OF the highest
judicial tribunal in the world. The next
moment We arc told OF the comprehen-
sive and varied service performed by
Brandes in behalf of the people. And
no less a parsonage than the President
of tho United States vouches for his
character and standing
This sort of thing has been going on
for months with the committee of the
| United States Senate giving public
| hearings on the matter Of the coniirma-
ton Of Rrandeis. We have had pro-
tests and endorsements galore We
have had charges that President Wilson
was playing politics by naming jew
for the Supreme Court and in effect
daring republicans to prevent the con-
| irmaton OF the appointment With
over 100000 Jews in New York city
alone, the number Of votes that might
be involved will readily become evident
After all that has been said and done
along comes an apparently unsolicited
testimonial to the character and service
and merit OF Brandeis from no less an
| authority than President Emeritus
Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University.
DR.. Eliot says:
II have known Mr.. Louis d. Brandeis
! for forty years, and believe that
understand his capacities and his char
acter. He was a distinguished student
In the Harvard Law school in 1873
He possessed by nature a keen ntelli-
remarkable capacity for labor, and
character In which gentleness, courage.
and JOY in combat were intimately
blended. His professional career has
exhibited all these qualities. and with
them much practical altruism and pub
lie spirit. lIo has sometimes advocated
| measures or policies which did not
commend themselves to me. but | have
never questioned his honesty and sim
certify or his desire for justice. He has
become learned Jurist
"Undor present circumstances, be-
lieve that the rejection by the Senate
OF Ills nomination to the Supreme Court
would be grave misfortune for the
whole legal profession. the court. all
American business, and the country"
The more you study that testimonial
To Brandeis the more will you be i'm
pressed by the fact that the judiciary
! committee OF the United States Senate
must be puzzled at times to know
whether IL Is on foot or horseback.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

Massachusetts officers who raided
cock-fght took an inventory of the
booty seized and they made a wonder
full discovery. The list included one
hundred overcoats left behind by men
who had sudden calls elsewhere,
seventy-two live game cocks, seven
dead birds, a half bushel of steel spurs,
and other paraphernalia. Incidentally,
the two officers also gathered in four
spectators and secured the names of
others in the list of 120 sports who
attended the main. The chances are that
'Remember the main will have new
Significance for the parties of the second
part
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

If you are worrying about slim
house in Nermont's direct primary In
September when the voters themselves
direct will make practically all nominal
lions in a single primary or caucus,
bear in mind that every contest over
town representative, or State senator,
or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., or United States
senator, or sheriff, will alone get out
the voters Together. all these contests
will food the polling places with voters.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
PaCan's Advice.

Begin the morning by saying to thy.
self, ! shall meet with the busy. body.
the ungrateful. the arrogant, deceit
full, envious, the unsocial All these
things happen to them by reason of
their ignorance of what is good and
evil But, | who have seen the nature
of good that it is beautiful and of the
bad that it is ugly, and the nature OF
him who does wrong-that it is akin
to me. can neither be injured by
any Of them Marcus Aurelius.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
PENSIONS WILL COST u. 3. se,OOO. OOO
LESS THIS YEAR.

Pensions will cost the American peo-
pie s6,OOo,OO less this year than last I'M
der the annual pension bill. as reported
by the appropriations committee The
total is SIS. os5 900. &2.5oO,OOo less than
the estimates submitted. Pensions paid
under recent special act creating an
army and navy medal roll OF honor will
como owl Of tho general FUND. The
oountry's annual pension budget has de-
creased steadily stnoe 1913. when Il
reached high mark OF S74o0anna
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

1t will he well for republicans and
progressives to remember that we must
presidency, but also elect him. We
have repeatedly expressed the belief
that the candidate would be either
fnghes Roosevelt, and we have seen
our minds. We should say nothing that
I'VE will want to take back whichever
one Of these great men is the ultimate
choice at Chicago.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

After the committee on resolutions
reports a platform to the national con-
vention. however, delegates can offer
amendments from the floor, if so dis
posed and Bryan Will thus be able to
Issue of national prohibition.
If the democratic national annvAntinn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

Is thus confronted by the issue in
way making it impossible to dodge FUR
party I'm hole on this particular prob
lem. If the democratic convention
votes against national prohibition. It
VIII drive away active temperance
workers. from tina marty, If IL adopts a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

Britain has also undertaken to save
6aylight by Juggling the clocks an hour.
IT is hard to cheat yourself when you
are reminded every hour of your
attempts
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

A New Orleans man pawned his wife
for Just s34. That is sufficiently note
worthy in itself The most astounding
thing about the whole situation. how
ever, is that the court upheld the deal.
Why send missionaries to China or
Turkey and neglect our own heather?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
WANTED.

When you want anything, advertise
In the new special column of this paper
Some bargains arc offered there '"'"
week which IL will pay YOU to read
about. See page two. This paper
has more than $4,000 readers every
week and one cent word Will reach
them all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
JOHN j. FLYNN, Vice-President.
e. J. BOOTH. President.
SAVE THE PENNIES.
DO That and the Dollars VIII Take
Carc of ThemsclNes.

The way to build savings account
is to look carefully after the pennies.
Deposit your surplus money in our
savings department whore it will draw
Observation-Disclosures County Trust Co.
Burlington, VT.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
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fafne he'o out her scroll to the poet.
write thy name here" quoth she.
But 'he poet said, Not II know Il.
I've quit giving autographs FREQ"
Boston Transcript
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25

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less AT one place than another. the ad-
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-05
AVOID ALL MEAT
# KIDNEYS AND
BLADDER BOTHER
Uric Acid in meat cXcites Kid
ncyS and irritatcS the
Bladder.
Take Salts at first sign Of Rad
der weakness or Kidney
Backache.

Kidney and bladder weakness re-
suit from uric acid, says a noted
authority. The kidneys filter this acid
from tho blood and pass il on 10 the
bladder. whore ii often remains TO
irritato and innamc. causing a BURNING
scaltiiuc sensation, or setting up an
irritation ut the neck of the bladder
obliSinE you To seek relief two or
thrca times during the night. The
sufferer Is in constant dread. the water
passes sometimes with n scaldinG SEN
aation and is very profuse: again there
ia difficulty in avoiding it.
Bladder weakness. most folks call
While II is extremely annoying and
one or the mos, simple ailments to
lad Salts from your pharmacist and
water before breakfast. Continue this
traliZo the acids in the urine so il
no longer Is a source OF irritation to
,,he bladder and urinary organs. which
thcn act normally again.
- lad salts is inexpensive harmless
Isnd rs made from the acid OF grapes
and lemon juice. combined with lithia
and liz used by thousands OF folks who
arc subject 10 urinary disorders caused
~ uric acid irritation. lad Salts is
splendid for Kidneys and causes no
had effects whatever.
Hero YOU have pleasant. effer-
ccHcent lithia water drink which
quickly relieves bladder trouble.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-05
PATIENT WAS
BITTEN BY NEGRO BOY
Rabies Reported Since First OF Year
From Seventeen Counties,
With Forty Cases.
STATE BOARD ISSUES WARNING
Especially Urges Steps to Get Rid OF
Stray DOgs-Antirabic Treatment
Reported as Wonderfully Effective
When Taken I'm Time.

Rabies has begun to claim it's toll
OF human life in Virginia. and that
which the state Board Of Health has
been dreading has happened. Patients
ar" now under treatment in tn. States
laboratory who have been bitten. not
10y 81 rabid dog. but by rabid boy. who
expired In the throcs OF the disease a
t"w naYs ago in a sOuthside county
According 10 tn" story told officers
81 the board. the victim was Il nero
boy OF ton years, who was bitten or
TIA" lip one afternoon during the frs,
week IN January. by a dog belonging
/" the family. The bite WAS treated
AZ mat time and no further thought
was given IT.. The next day, when The
dog was carried hunting with a pack.
nc Kept Swapping at the othe, ANNA Is
and was finally Killed for this but even
then rabies was not suspected
The wound on the child's lin healed
quickly and II" trouble developed until
February IS. On that day the boy had
temperature and WAS uneasy and rnst :
less. but showed no evidence Of localized
pam. The following morning SUNDAY.
IN" boy complained Of severe discorn
tort ~ tho throat and had a nI.nner
"f COMMISSIONS. Physicians were called
In aud consultation war held The
"i::noSis was rabies. From that Tim q
uhiil his death. the boy suffered from,
nhinistakable symptoms OF madness
ana would snap and bite a, ,bosc
around him. The face Of tho boy,.
grandmother was bitten and bruised
hut IN" skin not broken The hog
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-05

sister. however. was bitten on the fore
arm during one OF his commissions. and
had to he brought TO Richmond for
antirabic treatment.
SENENTEEN COMMUNITIES
REPORT INFECTION
The arrival Of this case at tho State
laboratory increases to seventeen the
number OF rural communities in Viz
ginia from which rabies has been re-
ported since tho first Of the wear and
raises To forty the number or patient.
III" same period
Unless dogs are muzzlcd or kent
tied where there Is even the faintcst
suspicion of rabies. the State may OK
poet other fatalities similar to this
distressing case" declares the board, in
us announcement. There arc evil
dences OF an unusual prevalence OF
fahics IN this country at present. and
virginia ts bY no means immune In
California. Kansas. idaho and Nevada
ihe disease has become so widespread
that the Federal authorities have been
called upon for assistance.
III Is shortsightcd policy to recon.
Gle ourselves 10 the spread merely be.
cause We have satisfactory proven
tive. The antirabic treatment is won
dertullY effective, and in more than
400 cases treated by the state during
the last few Gears. no i'll effects have
been noted. But there is alwav.
danger. as in tho case discussed above
that tho disease will not be rccog niZcd
and that death may result. Ever
where this does not occur, n long alb.
sence from home ia necessary for treat
nent. and much valuable stock ma!
have 10 he killed
Most outbreaks OF rabies begin with
stray dogs"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-05
TWO COAL BARGEs WRECKED
Five Men Lost and Five Others
Washed Ashore on Deck
hOuac.

ScirCATE. MASS. March 1.-Two
light coal barScs. the Ashland and
kohinoor, which broke adrift from the
tug Swatara. in tow for Philadelphia,
were wrecked last night on Mino.'s
light Lodges. Five mon. the crow OF
the kohinoor. were lost. while five
men aboard the Ashland were washed
ashore on the deckhouse carly to-day
and hauled through the breakers TO
safety.
The North Scituatc coast guard
picked up an exhausted man from the
Nohinoor. who died before the surf
boat landed. The bodies OF Captain
Ira Montson'ciy. OF Philadelphia md
other members OF the kohinoor's crew
had not been recovered this forenoon
Inc tug encountered Il gale soon after
leaving Boston harbor. The towing
hawscr parted and the barges fetched
up on the lodges. the kohinoor going
I" pieces almost immediately
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-05

Especial TO Tho Times dispatch.
NCiiBtRG. Va, March i.--Ecy j.
Barnhardt. FOR ten years pastor Of the
kedron. Edge ana EbencZcr Baptist
Churches. in lower Campbell County.
has resigned his work there in order
to accept call 10 The Baptist Church
at kcysvilie. where he begins his work
on Sunday.
Rev. p. c. Scyars. 4 native OF Pitt
sylvania COUNTY but who has been
preaching in Alabama. has accepted the
call to the three churches TO succeed
Mr.. Barnhardt lie is expected 10 ne
Gin his pastorate there on April !.