Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-11-16

NDuHl <AnaIn Oe laTnOW- AFnONSki VIII
be new Austro- Hungarian ambassador to
United States, succeeding Dr. COnstantin
Dumba, recalled by request of United
States over a year ago, and is acceptable
to this government
Fireproof soldiers is the latest develop
ment on the Sonme. German soldiers
equipped with n new kind of flame gren-
ade are sent against the allies The gren-
AIDES burst into flames when thrown, and
soldiers using them wear asbestos uni
forms
Treating tuberculosis by absolute silence
for year to give tissues of the vocal
organ chance to strengthen or by clos
ing one lung for year to give the other
infected lung chance to recover are
new methods discovered to combat con-
sumption successfully.
Migration of negroes from South is hit
ting that section hard, especially Florida.
Twelve thousand negroes are reported to
have left latter. Many turpentine and
lumber camps are confronted with such
shortage Of labor that operations are
already badly hampered. Jacksonville is
trying to stop migration by passing ordi-
nance forbidding agents inducing men to
leave.
There are many moving picture
actors running about loose nova days
that they have been cluttering up the
streets of New York and the parks In
an effort to make the business a little
less promiscuous. the park board has
placed it on a license basis. For operat-
ing in park with a motion picture
camera. without actors or paraphernalia,
costs IS. When actors are brought alona
the charge is $40: when there are ten
actors the rate is raised to SIS: g actors
without paraphernalia have to pay SIS to
the city treasury. If they bring their
truck with them 1t costs an extra five
spot. Horses are a dollar a head. and
automobiles IS each.
General Brussiloff. commander of Rus
sian armies. says entrance of Roumania
has made enemy. Eat time when he was
hardest pressed for troops. extend his
line by several hundred additional miles.
Even this year. he saws. Russians have
been obliged to conduct offensive with
inferiority in material and heavy guns.
Next year Russians will have material
on equality with enemy and superiority
in human resources which will steadily
increase as long as war cndures. Morale
of Russian people. he says. is steadily
rising and If it were possible to take
vote of entire population. 80 out of every
100 Russians would demand continuation
of war to definite and final victory re-
gardlcss of price.
New York city often has to pay for inter-
est an amount grea;lyin excess Of the debt.
During the Mcclellan administration 1885,
54a. J7.S in corporate stock was sold, car
rving interest charges to maturity Of sSS,-
400 900. s., making the total 10 be paid $751;
OIL 9S.64 In the Gaynor administration
corporate stock amounting to 1886, 2,ooS.o,
was sold. carrying interest charges to ma
turity of s6s} 564, ll52, making the total
1862, SIC -. 81. During the two years Of the
Mitchell administration $40, 800, 36s, OF in cor
porate stock has been sold carrying in
terest charges to maturity OF $ll4. 4S6. lh.ll,
making tho total amount to be paid $964,-
SO +S3.13. 1t will thus be seen that with
the 1852 OK. ;@3s rs in additional bonded dehs
incurred during the 10 years ending jan
nary !, 196. the interest charges to ma
turity amount to 81 90, 40, sol IS, making
the total amount to he paid s2,o2S, fSS,3l.