Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18
TURN HUNDREDS AWAY.
Two Overflow Audiences mt war Cons
venttOn in st. AIbpus.


st. Adams. Oct. IA history making
celebration took place tonight when an
enthusiastic war convention in which all
the towns of Franklin county joined was
held. The celebration began at $3.50 o'clock
with the forming in line for the parade
and this was followed by two meetings, as
no one hall was large enough to accom-
modate the crowds, with prominent speak,
ers.
At five o'clock the stores in the city
closed and when the special train arrived
over the Missisquoi Valley division of the
Central Vermont railway everything was
In readiness for the parade, which formed
at the city hall on North Main street with
James g. Finn chief marshal and NJ. A.
Common, i. n. Royce, II. NJ. brennan, G.
| w. Buckley, Fl. w. Ballard and Il. J. st.
Clair assistants. The line included Grand
Army and Spanish american War veter-
| ans, the speakers and guests. Home
Guards. representatives from all the fra
| ternal organizations Of the City, army and
navy floats, the largest and most elaborate
of the kind ever seen in ST. Adams, em-
ployes Of the Central Vermont railway.
st. Adams school children, members Of
the st. Adams Business and Professional
\ Mems association, boy scouts, delegations
from the Is towns of the county and bands
from st. Adams Swanton, Enosburg Falls
and Richford.
The business section Of the city was dec
GRATED with the national colors and flags
were displayed from nearly every house
in the city. Town delegations brought
! flags and banners. The city hall on
North Main street and the armory on
| Fairfield, where the meetings were held,
were lavishly decorated.
From seven to eight o'clock was given
over to magnificent demonstration One
thousand 25-ball Roman candles formed an
arch under which the parade marched A
thousand national red fuses. burning Ii
minutes each, brilliantly lighted the BUSH
| ness district and Taylor Park while there
| was a thunderous salute of hundred L.
pound aerial bombs There was also a
| cannon salute.
! The big meetings opened Immediately
after the parade and outdoor demonstra-
ton were over. over 1900 were in the two
! halls and hundreds were turned away.
| Ex-Governor Edward c. Smith presided
| over the meeting at the city hall and Con-
gresham Frank Greene was the chair
man of the armory meeting. At the city
hall the Rev. S. w. Anthony, pastor of ths
First Congregational Church. offered pray
er and at the armory the Rev. George w.
Smith, rector of st. Luke's Church The
speakers were the Hon. George Adam of
| the bTltlSH war Office, w liIldHi ID. putillic'
a professor of law at City College, New
York. and Newton w. Gilbert, ex-gover-
nor-general of the Philippines, Joseph f.
O'Toole, assistant secretary. u. $. Senate.
The Richford Brigade band and the st.
Adams Brigade band were at the city hall
while at the armory the Swanton and
Enosburg Brigade bands furnished music.
Another musical feature was the singing
of national airs in which the St. Adams
Glee club and a double male quartette led.
The demonstration was one of the most
enthusiastic ever held here. The conven-
ton was an adjunct of the food campaign
which is being wagedthroughout the State
and country and of which Fuller c. Smith
of Barlow street is Franklin county chair
man. Mr.. Smith had direct charge of the
arrangements for the convention.