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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-05-24
STARKSBORO.

Miss Ruth Carpenter. who has been Ill
with q sore throat. instead OF measles.
as reported last week, has returned to
her school In Bristol.-Mrs. Jellison and
family and Mry. Newton ana son OF Bur-
lington spent Sunday at j. L. Carpenters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Clifford and SON.
and Mrs. M. ]. Graves and daughter were
at C. r. Cliford's May 3.-The ladies' In
town arc requested to meet at the hall
to-day at 2:aO p. m. to hear County Agent
CarriGan speak concerning county lady
demonstrator.-A patriotic social will be
held at the Baptist Church vestry Tues
day evening. May 20. An appropriate
program and games will be furnished.
Mrs. George Lane and children are spend
Ing . few weeks with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. r. c. Smith.-This week Is the
| regular Grange meeting. The third and
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
MERCHANT MARINE
 PROBLEM PROVOKING
 NEW INVESTIGATION
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S-Re- organ ization of the governments machin- cry for building a merchant marine culminated today in the ordering of thorough investigation of the whole situation by the senate.
 Almost at the moment Chairman Hurley of the shipping board was an- nouncing the resignation of Rear Admiral Harris as general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the appointment of Charles A. Piez of Chicago to the place, resolu- tions for investigation were being in troduced in both houses amid heated charges of red tape" "inefficiency," "a crime" and other hot phrases of denunciation.
 Action came on the resolution in troduced by Senator Harding of Ohio who denounced the boards continu- ing difficulties as "an interminable tangle of red tape.''
 With haste rarely shown the sen ate auditing committee which first has to pass on the expense of such investigations, approved Senator Hardins resolution and the senate ordered the inquiry, referring it to
 
 Fletcher called the committee to meet Thursday to arrange it's procedure.
 It is more than vlikely that the whole inside story of the shipping boards progress. beginning with the celebrated row between former Chair man Denman and Major General Goe- thals will be laid bare
 The keynote of the demand for in- vestigation was the necessity fo1 building ships if the nation is to win the war.
 Senator Chamberlain. an admins. tration spokesman, declared the ship ping board has resolved itself into z debating society" and added
 Something has got to be done. fol nothing can be accomplished as Ions as there are constant changes beins made in the personnel of the board. Senator Williams, democrat, declar. ing for the investigation, said:
 NO one can close his eyes to tn, fact that we as a nation have no done our full part in this var"
 "The best thing that can be done Senator Williams continued, lis t. let your own people know all abou the matter. I have no fear to hay, the full glare of publicity turned ol any department of the government.
 Senator Lewis, the democratic whir declared officers of the shippinj board would welcome the investiga tion because it would shoe who wa responsible for the conflicts in tn organization.
 Senator Swanson, democrat. de clared the boards trouble arose fror failing to empower naval officers t
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Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
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WASHI9 ~nN. Dec. 1S.-Nineteen lives werl >n the American submarine F-I~,- A,,, and sunk by submarine F-3 In Td9f, .ers during fog Monday afteI4.~ 5L
 The F-3 was undamaged and plcn~ up five survivors of her victim. Sec retary Daniels announced the disas- ter late today in brief statement which gave no further details.
 Lieutenant A. E. Montgomery com manding officer of the Fl, was among the five saved. His mother lives at Fort H. G. Wright, New York
 Other survivors are:
 J. M. Schmissauter, machinist, Hills City, Tenn.
 Henry L. Brown, gunner's mate, Macon, Ga.
 Joseph J. Burns, chief gunner's mate, San Pedro, Cal.
 John J. Stewart, ships cook, Huron, $. D. The list of those lost was an- nounced by the navy department as follows: John R. Belt, seaman, mother, Mrs. J. E. Belt, Silsbee, Texas. Frank M. Bernard, machinist mate. Oakland, Cal. William L. Cartwright, seaman | Fresno, Cal.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
NINETEEN LOST IN
 SUBMARINE CRASH

Harry L. Corson, chief electrician, Long Beach, Cal.
 James Goonan, chief gunner's mate, Lima, Ohio.
 Simon Greenberg, electrician first class, Philadelphia, Pa.
 Dudley Slough, chief gunner's mate, Vallejo, Cal.
 Charles F. Vincent, electrician, Exeter, Cal.
 Thomas A. Walsh, machinist mate, Hillyard, W.
 Clyde w. Wyatt, machinist mate Venice, Cal.
 Edward E. Hall, machinist mate, Seattle, Wn.
 Ray E. Scott. electrician, Vallejo, Cal
 Albert P. Smith, machinist mate, Merced, Cal.
 Guy R. Stewart, chief machinist mate, Los Angeles, Cal. Lyman F. Lovely, machinist mate, father, Lyman Lovely. Denver, Colo. Ralph E.. Mcclure, electrician, De- troit, Mich.
 Duncan A. McRae, electrician, | Blaine, Wn.
 John P Messange, chief machinists mate, Philadelphia, Pa.
 Grover E. Metz, machinist's mate l San Francisco.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
OFFICER |S KILLED
 WHILE PRACTICINC
 WITH HAND GRENADE
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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1S.-First Lieu tenant Irving McCracken, 157th in fantry, of San Antonio. Texas, was killed today at Camp Kearney, near this city, in an explosion of a hand grenade in practice. First Lieutenant Herbert G. Brown of the same regi- ment, whose home is in Denver. Colo was badly injured in the same explo- sion.
 The two lleutenantS were engaged in practice work and stood behind a bar rlcade built in accordance with speci- fications sent from the Fort Sill school of fire. Despite their shelter frag- ments from a hand grenade which was thrown accurately and to a spot some distance from the barricade flew back through the barricade with great force. A nail or slug from the iron casing of the grenade struck McCrack- en in the chest and passed through his heart. Another fragment struck Lieu tenant Brown in the abodmen, inflict- ing jagged and dangerous wound. At the base hospital it was said that unless unforeseen complications set in he had d good chance of recovery Lieutenant McCracken was unmarried His mother Mrs. Lilly B. McCracken lives at San Antonio. For two years he was a member of the Texas Ma tional Guard and was commissioned in the United States reserves soon after the declaration of a state of war with Germany by the United States.
 Lieutenant Brown is married
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
Terrorism Aim of Men Who Menace
 Governors S Home
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SACRAMENTO, Cal. Dec. 1S.-Gov- ernor William D. Stephens, whose of ficial residence here was damaged last night by a dynamite explosion, char acterized the act in statement to- night as probably having been done with a view to terrorism. the chief weapon of the alien enemy" Through out the day Governor Stephens had refrained from advancing any theory as to the probable motive of the ex- plosion which wrecked the kitchen and laundry of the executive mansion and endangered the lives of the governor, Mrs. Stephens and other members of his household.
 Combined efforts of the police, the sheriff's force and scores of indi- viduals failed during the day to pro- duce any tangible clues as to the per sons responsible for the dynamiting. A search of the debris likewise failed to reveal any metal fragments that might indicate the explosive was in the form of a bomb.
 Explosive experts who examined the wrecked portion of the building eX- pressed the belief that a charge of dynamite had been set off against the rear basement wall. Charles E. Fearl, a government agent, declared that be- tween '12 and 15 sticks of dynamite with time fuse attached, probably caused the explosion.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Sharp tilts between Chairman Reed and Earl Babst. president of the American Sugar Refining company, marked today's session of the senate committee in- vestigating the sugar situation. Mr. Babst, on the witness stand. protested vigorously because the chairman would not permit him to make a statement except in answer to questions by mem bers of the committee, and charged that an attempt was being made to impugn his motives in working for the food administration.
 Senator Reed said the committee was not attempting to impugn the wit nesses' motives, but added: e
 We have developed from you that beet sugar prices are affected by cane sugar prices, that your company has holdings in beet sugar companies and that the international sugar commit tee of which you are a member fixed prices"
 Later. when the committee was in executive session, it is understood that MT. Babst succeeded in getting in a statement to the effect that the price of refined sugar at seaports was fixed before he became a member of the in- ternational committee and while he was on a vacation.
 Food Administrator Hoover made futile effort early in the day to get a hearing before the committee but Chairman Reed announced that while he wanted to treat the administration with courtesy, he did not see any rea- son for keeping other witnesses waiting.
 Mr. Babst told the committee that soon after Herbert Hoover returned from Belgium he warned him that stories that a sugar famine was il sight threatened a dangerous situation and pointed to the fact that his com pany advertised that there was plenty of sugar and admonished people tt purchase only usual amounts. He saiC that in June he saw Hoover again ant
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
 DEPARTS
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 WASHINGTON Dec. 1S.-Luis Ca brera, special envoy of the Mexican government sent here to seek modifi- cation of restrictions upon American exports to Mexico, has departed for Buenos Aires without troubling himself with the formality of goodbyes to the state department. He goes to attend the so-called neutrality conference Tn the Argentine capital.
 MT. Cabrera sailed last Saturday and the state department heard of It at the time, but it did not become generally known until today, when Ambassador Fletcher arrived from Mexico City to participate in the conference which the Mexican envoy came here to hold.
 The failure of Secretary Lansing to take the initiative in beginning the ne gotiations is understood to have of tended Cabrera, who Is said to have resented the idea of having to deal di- rectly with thS war trade board, which controls the export situation. The state department has not been advised on the subject but it is assumed that as Mexico is sorely in need of American corn and other products, the negoti- ations will be taken up by the embassy here, assisted probably by some other special commissioner.
 Cabrera's trip to Buenos Aires at tracts peculiar interest just at thlS time when German propagandists are doing their utmost to hold Argentina in line as a neutral and to spread an tagonism against the United States in Latin America. While his professions have been most friendly, he is general ly accounted here a determined enemy of the United States and dangerous one because he is one of the shrewdest of CarranZa s advisers.
 The proposed conference at Buenos Aires was called immediately after the | United States broke. relations with Germany last spring, shortly before which President Carranza of Mexico | had directed a communication to all the neutral powers, proposing all neu- tral nations decline to sell or furnish supplies or assistance of any kind to any belligerent with the object of has, tening the end of the war. The call for the conference was directed to all the Latin American countries from the Rio Grande to Cape Horn. The pur- pose of the conference as announced in the call was to decide on what atti- tude the Latin American countries would take with regard to the world war and to settle upon course of ac- tion which would tend to promote o1 hasten peace. A number of the Centra and South American countries have announced they would send delegates but it is not expected that the nations which have broken with Germany wil be represented.
 Some connection is seen between thu Cabrera visit and the recent tour o South American republics by Isidrt Fabela, Mexican minister at Bueno Aires who has returned to Mexico witt report on his mission. One of th' chief purposes of this tour is under stood to have been propaganda work il favor of the formation of a Soutl
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Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
COTTON SAYS HOLD HOGS AND AVOID
 FALLING IF PRICES
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CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-A warning to farmers not to ship hogs but to hold them back for the present in order to avoid falling prices was sent out today by J. P. Cotton, head of the meat di- vision of the food administration.
 In a written statement he said:
 Hold back your hogs. On Novem- Der ?, stated that the prices of hogs so far as this division could affect them, would not fall below about $l5.50 per hundredweight for the average of the packers droves on the Chicago market until further notice. The state ment I make again.
 "The packers inform me they are doing their best to asc us in that poll icy; but largely owing to transporta- ton difficulties in the east there is a glut of hogs on the Chicago market, and more hogs than the packers can handle.
 .'The farmers and commission men in this territory must help by holding back hogs temporarily, especially from the Chicago market. If there is CO., operation. the minimum will be main- tained. Do not sacrifice your hogs by duDping them on an oyercrowded market"
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
Congress Takes Recess
 For Holiday Vacation

vestigations into war activities will be in progress. Heading the list is the railroad inquiry. An address by President Wilson with his recom- mendations for solution of the problem is expected soon after congress re- convenes. Senator Borah failed in an effort to hold congress in session for consideration of the transportation question.
 Other investigations, in addition to those of railroad problems and the shipbuilding situation, deal with army and navy war operations, the sugar and fuel shortages and the alleged disloyal St. Paul speech of Senator La Toilette.
 Some of the congressional commit tees will work during the holiday period on the enormous appropriation bills under preparation, and other leg islation, including water power and other natural resource development.
 Capital leaders think the IA legisla- tive days since the second session of the sixty-fifth congress was begun December 3, have seen an unusual record of accomplishment, beginning with the declaration of war with Austria
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Congress closed today for a holiday vacation, leaving behind series of investiga- tions to proceed during the recess. Both houses adjourned until Thursday, January 3. when war legislation is to take the forefront of the calendar.
 In the last days business the senate took final action toward submission to the states of a national prohibition amendment to the constitution, or dered two new investigations, into railroad legislation and the merchant shipbuiding situation-and arranged for disposal of the coal and oil land leasing bill on January [. The house passed the resolution to remove doubt as to application of the new war excess profits taxes to congressman and ar ranged for a renewal of the battle for woman suffrage on January To-
 Efforts to rush through legislation authorizing the treasury to buy $100,- 000, 900 of farm loan bonds before the adjournment failed. The senate passed the bill today but it was held up in the house to be considered when congress reassembles.
 During the recess a half dozen in-
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
RAILROAD SITUATION
 GIVES CONGRESS WORK

proposed in the house the formation of great governments controlled corpora ton to provide equipment for the roads. It will be modelled after the Panama railroad and the shipping cor porations with the government own ing all the stock, building and leasing cars. and locomotives to the railroads. All the corporations directors would be members of the interstate commerce commission except the secretary of the treasury: and its general manager would be a practical man.
 Wherever the net income of a rail- road exceeds seven per cent on it's in- vested capital the corporation would take 70 per cent of the excesses to buy equipment The equipment corpora tion, so named by Representative Len roots resolution, would be capitalized at $100, 900 at first with lateY e~ tension to $500,000,000.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
PROBE IF SUGAR SITUATION
 BRINGS MANY SHARP T|[TS

told him the large shipments abroad threatened the shortage now being suffered in the east.
 Efforts of the food administrator to keep down the price for Cuban sugar were shown in letter to the American company on September 17 in which he suspected there were only 10000 tons left in Cuba and suggested that the American not bid for it and close it's refineries when it's supply was ex- hausted. Hoover wrote that public an- nouncement that the American would refuse to pay exorbitant prices would help a lot
 MT Babst stated that he heard other refiners received the same letter and that in October all but four plants depending on Cuban sugar closed.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Congress worked on the railroad situation today despite the fact that administration spokesmen gave indications that Pres ident Wilson would not present his plans until after the holiday recess.
 The senate adopted a resolution by Senator Cummins providing an inves- tigation of the interstate commerce commissions recent recommendation for government operation unless con- gress wishes to assist the roads by permitting their practical unification and give financial assistance.
 Senator Newlands, the administra- ton spokesman on railroad affairs, did not object, and the investigation will get under way before congress reas- sembles on January 3. x
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Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
Kills Son, Then Orders Soap Made
 Of the Dead Body
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 MoNTRoSE, Colo, Dec. 1S.-After killing his son with an ax. John O. Bush chopped the body to pieces and compelled the boys grandmother, Mrs. J. Fl. Bush, to make soap of the body, according to the story Mrs. Bush told sheriff officers today. The murder was said to have been committed Sun day night at the Bush home, four miles west of Olathe, because the boy had stolen s1.35. Officers today began a search for Bush ir the western slope region.
 Mrs. Bush said Bush compelled her to assist in destroying the body of the II year old boy, Otis, after the child had fallen in a dying condition from the effect of punishment administered by his father for the alleged theft. (. She said the body was dismembered and then boiled. The bones were scat tered around the yard and she was compelled to try to make soap out of the flesh.
 A sister of Bush who visited the Bush home Sunday and saw the blood bespattered rooms is credited with giv- ing officials information which led to a discovery of the crime.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
SECRETARY WILSON
 URGES ALL FORCES
 FULLY ORGANIZED
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ST. PAUL Minn., Dec. 1S.-A strong appeal for perfect organization of Americas industrial forces and greater cooperation between employer and employee was, sounded by William E. Wilson secretary of labor, in an ad dress at a public mass meeting here tonight.
 "A tremendous amount of material is necessary to equip our armies at the front and to secure this equipment will require the most perfect organiza- ton of our forces at home and the highest possible standard of effici- ency," Secretary Wilson declared. Tt will require that our industrial dis putes be abandoned at least until after the war, not by the process of crushing the worker or the employer into submission but by the process of doing justice to both and to the public at large"
 MT. Wilson declared that the atti- tude of mind of the employer and em- ploye had been the cause of consider able industrial unrest.
 And as soon as both realize that our institutions are at stake in the issues of this war and that sacrifices on the part of every one for the com mon good is the great essential duty,
  fected.
 If l were to compress into single sentence my belief of the greatest need of our country, I would say it is the spirit of self sacrifice for the common cause-a sacrifice of our pride, our prejudices, our suspicious against each other, our material comforts and our lives, If need be, so our democratic institutions may continue and our children work out their own destiny unimpeded by the automatic powers of Europe"
 Secretary Wilson said that great progress had been made by the gov- ernment in adjusting labor contro- versies. He reviewed at length the events leading to Americas declara- characterized as ridiculous the state- ments of pro-German propagandists that it. is a Wall Street war.
 If this is a capitalistic war, then it follows that congress and the presi- dent have been dominated by capital ism in declaring war. and it would follow also that they would be domin- ated by capitalism in pursuing the war. And yet instead of permitting capital to secure profits at will, one of the first powers granted the war | administration was to fix prices at which capitalists should sell the pro- ducts of labor; the selling price of coal at the mines was fixed. the price of wheat, the price of certain metal products and the price of copper | fixed.
 But in no instance has there been any attempt on the part of the admin istration to fix the maximum price that should be paid for labor
 "This is a war of the people of the United States for their liberty. If oul boys are willing to sacrifice theil lives, if need be, surely we who remair at home ought to sacrifice our pride our prejudices and our suspicious ant provide our full man power in prepar- ing the material by which these boy! will defend our country'
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
NO STRIKE IN TEXAS
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DALLAS, Tex Dec. '1S.-There will be no railroad strike in Texas. regard less of any complications that may re- suit from debate on wage schedules. This statement was made by repre- sentatives of Texas railroad employees who are members of the four brother hoods after an executive meeting held here today. Upwards of 25 division chairmen from various cities of Texas representing the brotherhoods were present. "Our men stand squarely behind President Wilson and the United States government in the eff fort to win the war and there will be no strike" said a statement given out by Ben J. Flood, secretary of the rail- way trainmen, after the meeting.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
One Man from penxer

DENVER, Dec. 1S.-Lieutenant Her bert E. Brown, who was injured in an explosion of a hand grenade at Camp kearney today, formerly was a mem- Der of the city fire department and was one of the organizers of I com pany, Colorado national guard He entered as a second lieutenant and was promoted to first lieutenant. Lieuten- ant Browns wife and three year old son live in Denver
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
FICKERT RECALL ELECTION
 FAILS OF PURPOSE

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1S.- District Attorney Charles NJ. Flick ert, whose removal from office was sought in a recall election today, has been retained by big major ity on the fact of early returns to- night from 65 out of 375 precincts. Fickert's vote was 1899. and his nearest opponent, Charles Sweig- ert, received 2,551. Frank P. Haynes, the third candidate, was credited with IS votes. Fickert's recall was sought by persons who oppored his method of prosecut- ing defendants of the preparedness day bomb cases.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-19
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AMARILLO, Tex, Dec. IS. Sol Ludin was arrested here today. sus- pected of being a German spy. He was enroute from New Orleans to San Diego. A trunk said to belong to him was broken in transit revealing a Ger man soldier uniform, several papers and nOteS