Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-01-27
NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF.

" TeaUlne IuIlnN W
Press.
NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF.
IS15614S persons entered Panama Pa
ific fair during it's ten months eXhi-
,ition, and only 81 were elected Tor
slide in Panama Canal is said TO he
,artly responsible for high price of gaso-
enc by cutting off cheap transportation
rom california.
providing for government to lease It's
coal. oil, gas. phosphate and sodium
ands to private enterprises.
ST Rartholomew's Protestant Episcopal
Church will erect new S.0oo.0O editice
at Park avenue and 10th street, New
York 1t is known as the Vanderbilt
church. Model alone cost 5000.
Danish government Is reported to have
entered American market for shrapnel
and cartridges. and that 1t Is negotiating
with Maxim Munitions corporation for
300 600 oIO cartridges.
The annual report of landing agent at
Ellis Island shows that during 1915 the
total westbound movement of ocean
travellers was 216274 as against 1874
previous year and 1,332,2OO in 1918.
Panama canal will be reopened to the
largest ships now nfloat on February
To- This announcement was made by Col.
r. f. Glenn, L. S. A., on his return
from visit to canal zone.
One hundred thousand cases Of typhus
reported in Mexico are cause of contem-
plated sanitary expedition of American
doctors. according to announcement of
chief surgeon of American Smelling e.
Refining Co.
A s5ooOOoo government, munitlon plant
at Toledo, Ohio. is proposed in a bill
introduced by Representative Sherwood
of Ohio. He declared that government
manufacture of munitions would tend
to put an end to the preparedness
propaganda.
26OOOO.OoO gallons of vodka, owned by
Russian government, cannot he drunk
because of the perpetual prohibition. and
it's destruction or technical utilization Is
demanded. Chemists are endeavorine
to adopt it to motor car fuel use. OF
manufacture Of synthetic rubber
rnDl2ca
Austria and Germany. entering occupa
tons hitherto confined to men. BARRIERS
bla cksmlths. machinists. factory hands
street cleaners and cobblcrs count womer
in their ranks. They work for less money
and many fear post bellum effects.
j. G. Peters of United States Forestr,
Bureau says that pine forests valued n
more than 500 oOO. 900 In the United States
are menaced by n new tree disease
known as pine blister rust. which ha
spread to this country from Europe with
! in a few years
German press is eXhorting population
| to be content on a diet of dry bread
meatless meals and artificial food
| patriotic duty. Main topic of feminin
conversation is butter scarcity. but i'm
pending famine of sausages, because o
pork scarcity, dwarfs all other hard
! ships.
Green soap for food is latest Germa
| idea, according to Scandinavian news
papers. who are at a loss otherwise t
account for enormous German import
of this commodity. They believe som
inventor has found way to extract III
fats for food purposes Norway has pre-
hibited its further export.
II Greece joins the central powers. ST
starves, declares Richard Harding Dav
in New York Times. There is nevt
more than ten days food in Greece, al
all her supplies come over the waite
With the allies in absolute control
the seas, and the German fleet at Kie
Greece must at least stay neutral or fe
the allied thumb on her supply arterie
A Packingtown authority says: "Fo
and mouth disease. which was rampa
over half the United States year al
and has cost the livestock interests
the country unestimated millions, HI
been practically exterminated. With Il
exception of one spot at Libert yvill
ILL.,, the whole country is now clean. al
it is expected that Chicago will
placed on a free basis 30 days henc
both as to slaughter and stocker trad
Disastrous as was the visitation, q
charge is made however. that adeQua
measures for preventing another ha
not been taken by the Washington a
thorities. r. w. Tomlinson Of Denvt
secretary of the American National Ii
Stock association, charges that Arse
= tine beef is burapped at River Pla
slaughter houses which reek with d
ease germs. and that these GOVERN
go into commercial channels on reac
y ing New York, whereas they ought
be destroyed
WOMEN FARMERS INTERESTED
n Rutland, Jan. 23.-There will be an II
!, usual feature at the farmers institu
a to be conducted by the county agricultur
=, agent at Pawlet from January 81 to Fe
a ruary T. There are to be really "
. schools Of instruction and while the m
q are learning all the fine principles OF farl
L.. ,IRTt, Il nc