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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
BRIEF AND BRIGHT.
Sayings Grave and Gay Most About
Current vents

Sayings Grave and Gay Most About
Current Events.
According to the state movie censor
ship board, "the harem type of women
has no place in Kansas"
Sweden has determined to reform it's
foreign office. There certainly seems to
be a fine field in that direction.
With eggs at As cents frost before
the middle of September, n fur thick
on the girls wraps, look out for a hard
winter.
Speaking Of the picnic, BLY, Skiffling-
toms cousin. observed: III I'd a know
ed l could a rode I'd a went. But IL
I'd a went I couldn't a. ct nothing"
Mr.. Hoover has stopped the trading
In coffee futures on the New York ex-
change. So we don't ned to let coffee
keep us awake for the rest of the war.
Eighty thousand barrels of flour in
tended for export nave bene seized in
New York and will be distributed to
our bakers. Yes, we will feed our own
folks first.
Washington gives out information
about the Swedish spy system a little
at a time. According to the old advertise
ments, lit comes easier on the INSTALL
ment PLAN"
lHc lopckd flHk nay Says tHe recent
advance in the soldiers pay to $50 a
month is going to cut deep into the ranks
of newspaper men everywhere.
Since father is in the reserves and
mothers in the preserves, 1t looks as II the
Kaiser is soon to get what he deserves.
BLY, Skiffington's sister says: Il used
to want to be smart. an still l am a
fairly intelligent woman, but in these days
when everybody Is smart, just bein'
| useful is enough
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27

II. That each church have It's honor
roll, properly framed in a conspicuous
place, with the names of all its soldiers
and sailors inscribed thereon.
'2. That everything be done to homo
these men when they go and when they
return.
'3. That regular correspondence be
kept up with them by a committee On cor
respondence, and that these letters be
as newsy as possible.
-. That the women of the church pre-
pare packages for the men to include
Knitted goods, clippings, papers,. dainties
and other articles. These should be sent
not only at Christmas time. but at reg
ular intervals. Women from the house,
holds of the soldiers should be invited
to assist.
20. That the young peoples ~organiza-
tons IN the churches and In this conven-
ton take this task as their special duty
and provide for it's efficient accomplish
ment.
This then is what we urge:
"A summer activity of the church for
the children of its neighborhood; a forum
for public discussion; some use to the
Masters glory Of the picture film; a bind
ing and very close tie of church to the
men at war. In the light Of its own
doctrine Of gaining life by losing 1t in
service. can the church d. less thar
this?'
CONVENTION NOTES.
DR.. Dawson in reading his report to-
day paused to ask Deacon George w.
Wright Of Montgomery rise that those
present might see the oldest man In the
convention. Deacon Wright is 81 years and
two months old.
The report of the committee on resoiu-
tons presented just before the close OF
the session was laid on the table for
action by the convention. The report of
the nominating committee was presented
and accepted. The officers are as follows
President. the Hon. Henry Bond of Brat
tleboro; vice-presidents. f. B. Bailey of
Burlington and Mrs. John A. Greenwood
Of Chester; clerk, the Rev. j. Fl. Black
burn of Fair Haven.
This afternoon greetings were given
from other denominations and inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL organizations, with ad-
dresses as follows: 1.-THE State the Rev.
Ivan H.. Benedict Of Montpelier; THE
Nation" Miss Harriet Cooper Of Boston
The World" Mrs. W.T.. Elmore of New
York, a missionary to India who is home
on a ~furlough.
This evening at the Colonial theatre the
Rev. Charles l.. White, ID. d., of New
York and DR.. r. H. j. Lerrigo of New York
were the speakers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
ASK FOR
Part Owners Of Crescent Beach roper
ty Take Issue with Lessee,

A chancery case in which Moses Ra-
cicot of Crescent beach is made the de-
PENDANT and Caroline Conger Houston
and Jennie Conger Allen are the plain
tiffs. was entered at the county clerks
office yesterday.
The case has to do with the clam
bake which the Eagles held on the
PLAINTIFFS property on September 3
without, it is alleged, the plaintiffs
knowledge or consent, as we'll as with
the fruit and fruit trees thereon. 1t is
claimed by the plaintiffs that although
tho place was leased verbally to Ra-
cicot he now conducts himself about
the property as If 1t were his own.
The plaintiffs set up in their petition
that Racicot invited a large c%oncourse
of men to attend What he called a
'clambake." and that a multitude at
tended on the occasion and wrought in
jury to the property.
Part Of the land where the con-
course congregated is orchard land, and
thereon are a dozen or more apple trees
and other fruit trees. AS most of the
trees are bearing, it is alleged the de-
PENDANT has already gathered some Of
the fruit and he threatens to pick the
whole crop.
1t is also set up that he has threat
ened to administer personal violence to
any person attempting to pick the ap-
pies for the plaintiffs-owners of two
thirds of the property. E. b.. Taft is
administrator of the other third-the
estate Of the late William p. Conger.
The plaintiffs claim that the defend
ant is absolutely irresponsible hnan-
cially. and could not be made to
respond to damages; and II he should
be sued by these plaintiffs in that be-
half 1t would result in an exemplif-
cation of the p~roverb in regard to
Isuing a beggar. etc."
In the petition the plaintiffs pray for
an injunction from the court Of chan
Gerry which will restrain and enjoin
Moses Racicot from picking the fruit,
and restrain and enjoin him from inter-
ferency with any person picking the
fruit in behalf of Caroline Conger
Houston and Jennie Conger Allen at
Crescent beach; and enjoin him from
further waste n injury to the proper
ty, and from taking and carrying away
any personal property of these plain
tiffs, and for such other relief as the
court may deem expedient for these
two ladies.
Frank B. Houston, husband Of Caro-
line Houston. made a verbal lease in
April. 1917, 1t is claimed, by which
T~tacicot was to retain the part of the
house he was then occupying, and
enough land for a garden.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
S%H|PBU|LO|NG ON
ENORMOUS SCALE
United States Will Have 1000
New Merchantmen within
Year.

Washington, Sept. @.-The magnitude
of the American governments %shipbuild-
ing program was revealed to-day for the
first time In a statement by the shipping
board showing that nearly 1900 merchant
vessels of about 100000 tonnage will be
completed within a little more thar a
year.
Completion of ships Communicated I'm
ship yards and of vessels actually or about
to be contracted for will give the country
a fleet of 1000 ships with a total tonnage
of more than 9,000.0 900. in addition to this
the board will complete in 1913 vessels
already contracted for and under negotia-
ton of about 1900. 900 tons. A billion dol
lars has Just been asked of Congress to
complete the program.
The United States now is leading the
world in ~shipbuilding and II the present
rate of construction were kept up would
become the leading shipping nation of the
world in a few years.
America now has n total overseas
tonnage Of 2.40O, 900. to which has
been added about 700, 900 tons Of Ger
man and Austrian shipping. British
tonnage is about $4,000. 900; Japan
2,oOo. 5000; italy 1.95o.OO0; France L.
$50, 900; Norway 1.650,00O; Holland L.
AS, 900; Sweden $50. 900: Denmark $780,
900; Spain 100000; Russia $4,000;
Portugal 1000 and all Of South
America 800, 900.
The progress of the fleet
corporation in getting vessels con.
%structed was outlined in the state
ment as follows:
During the last two months there
have been awarded contracts for 11S
wooden vessels Of $500 tons dead
weight capacity each to 81 yards.
There had previously been awarded
contracts for 235 vessels of the same
type and SIS composite ships, a total
Of All. with a tonnage of 1,460, 900.
Great difficulty has been experienced
on the Atlantic coast in obtaining
suitable lumber n It is anticipated
there will be a greater delay in their
completion than was expected.
"Since August / there have been award
ed contracts for 155. more steel cargo
vessels of 1,O76, 500 tons to six yards. Pre-
vious to August 1 seventy steel cargo
vessels of $4,000 tons had been contracted
for with ten ship yards. Therefore. at the
present time the total number of steel
vessels under construction is 225 with a
tonnage Of 1868, 800.
THE fleet corporation has requisitioned
400 vessels of about 1000. 900 tons
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
GOAL SITUATION
STILL IN THE AIR
Miners Demands Now in Hands
of Joint Committee of OPP.
orators and Miners.

Washington. Sept. 26.-Demands of
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and western
Pennsylvania coal miners for wage in
the hands of a joint scale sub commit
tee of miners n operators tonight,
with indications that as a result of
the operators flat refusal to grant
more pay. DR.. II. A. Garfield. the fuel
administrator would be called into the
negotiations.
The operators contended that the
wage demands, presented at a joint
conference to-day were exorbitant in
view Of the government fixed prices
for bituminous coal and that ever
without giving the miners more pay,
many mines would be forced to sus-
pend.
They agreed, however, to discussion
Of the demands by a sub committee to-
morrow. Results of the elaboration
will be communicated to DR.. Garfield
by John p. White, president Of the
United Mine Workers, the chairman
of the committee, who Is also an Of
fetal adviser Of the fuel administra-
ton.
Most of the miners leaders agreed
with the operators that an advance
Is impossible under the government
prices. and admitted hat their only
hope lay in an expected revision OF
the prices after DR.. Garfield and the
federal trade commission complete ar
investigation of production costs.
In preparation for extensive dealings
with the fuel administration over Ques.
lions of prices and production, operators
of the entire country meeting here to-day
perfected organization of the National AS,
ISOLATION of Coal Operators. and elected
| w. X. Field president.
I, Discussion of the wage demands FOL
the four States composing the centra
competitive field was limited in conference.
to-day. mainly to the situation created
by the governments price restrictions.
Operators told the miners that unles.
the prices are raised, many mines con
tanning thin veins which cost more t.
work. will be forced out of business mad
miners will lose their Jobs. Production will
be reduced in other ways. they argued
and with the resultant dismissal of work
men higher wages for those who remain
could not be considered.
, The work of the scale subcommittee to-
morrow will be watched with interest
throughout the country, because wage
in the central field. directly affected b,
the demands. form the basis for virtual,
all other bituminous producing areas. tt
assist DIR. Garfield in keeping In clost
touch with the discussions. Rembrandt
Peale. Pennsylvania coal producer. wht
has been named fuel administration ad
wiser, may sit with the committee. 1t wal
said tonight,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
OLD-TIME HARVEST APPLES.
(From the Brattleboro Phoenix.)


What has become of the old, tried
and true brands of apples which were
so plentiful years ago? There were
the early harvest. Red Astrachan, Yell
low Pippins of fragrant memory, egg-
shaped Porters. and ave knows how
many other summer and early fall
varieties. Now all the summer and
fall it has been impossible to obtain
a decent native early summer or fall
al the fruit stands. You can get
some sad looking green and white
striped apples of unknown ancestry, or
erhap some yellow ones that may
or may not be the golden sweets Of
our youth-do you remember. Cordelia.
how they tasted when baked. But the
mainstay of the fruit stands in the ap-
pie line is the highly coiored. beauti-
fully polished. tissue-paper-wrapped
annie. that looks like a poem in fruit
and has about as much flavor as a last
years birds nest.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
DO YOU KNOW BEANsV
(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer

50 Aoih DOoiOTsy
The greatest bear crop in United tatea
history is predicted for this year. Last
years crop was 100000 bushels. This
years will be about three times as large.
1t Is good news. The bean is a producer
of protein and a builder of muscle. 1t ID
first-class war food.
In New England the Saturday bean
feast is almost a religious ceremony. Else>
where the bean has in days past been
somewhat scorned as a plebeian among
the vegetables. Now is the beams day -
come into it, own.
Beans are heterogeneous. They also COM
tain the essential carbohydrates. Thus
they combine the essential values of both
animal and vegetable food. Governments
have long realized the value of beans.
They feed beans to fighters. Our every-
day white bean is well named the navy
beam" There is no better food for hushA
seamen.
What is good for fighters is good fou
those who stay at homo. The New Eng.
land bean habit has produced strong men
and women. 1t will be a fine year for
those who do not know the bean to MAKE
its intimate acquaintance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
SAVE YOUR OWN SEED.
Home Gardeners should Secure n Sup
ply for Next Year.

Home gardeners as we'll as truck grow
ers who find seed OF favored varieties
difficult to secure or high in price would
do well to save their own seed, accord
ing to the United States department Of
agriculture. The saving Of seed from
beans. peas, corn. peppers, okra. egg
plant, squash. cucumbers. muskmelons.
and watermelons is very simple, the
chief requirement being to select seed
from good plants. Obtaining seed from
tomato, radish, lettuce. kale. col!ards,
cabbage. kohl-rabi. beets. carrots. and
mustard, while not so simple. is not be-
yond the ability Of any amateur gardener.
A newly published Farmers Bulletin,
Saving Vegetable Seeds for the Home
and Market Garden" ono. 884) which will
be supplied free by the United States de-
partment Of agriculture. explains In de-
tail how to gather and cure seeds COM
monty used by truck growers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
VERMONT WHEAT AND OTHER
CROPS.
From the st. %Johnsbury Caledonia

1t is estimated that ermonter this
oororared with $500 bushels the year
nrav,ous. That is a pretty good increase
To- one year and shows what the farmers
car DO IL they set out for it. That Ver-
,onrters nave not confined their efforts
90 Increased production of wheat is
Shown by the fact that the estimated
nroduction of corn. wheat. oats. barley
"a potatoes, in 1917 is 10. sos, 900 bushels
oon,pared with 7.S47.0O 0 bushels in 1916.
Varn,onters have certainly responded
wall to the appeal to produce more.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27

In tho classified column you can get
your message to everyone who would have
an interest In It.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.

81 100000 MORE FOR FRANCE.
Washington. Sept. ga further credit
of $40, 900, 900 was extended to-day by the
government to France. This brings the
total advanced the allies up 70 NtDCNeAeoI
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
SAVINGS IN THRIFT" BOXES.

ATThHBeIlents LOT guarding the trea-
sure in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delos
were absurdly inadequate in the earliest
days. The Greek word for thief, Toi-
korukos, means one who digs through
the wall. suggests that premeditated burg
larry was not uncommon. Chests were the
depositaries for valuables among the
Greeks. Often they were very elaborate.
The Romans evidently made considerable
towards security. their locks be-
ing more efficient than any known to the
Greeks. The Roman strong boxes ex-
cavated at Pompeii show that they were
often Of wood, iron bound, and fastened
to a block OF granite by rods. In Rome,
as In Egypt and in Greece. the public
funds were placed in temples for safe
keeping. The state treasury of Rome the
Aerarium. was in the Temple of Saturn.
From the Roman days to the present GEN.
fury the poor kept their savings IN small
thrift" boxes-receptacles Of pottery
holding from a pint to a quart with only
one opening, a small slot. Savings could
not be removed without breaking the
receptacle. These pottery receptacles
often took on odd shapes. pigs, cats, Ash,
etc. Notifications of the Roman strong
box were used al treasure chests In al
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27

Clubs which maintains a department de-
voted to this. They would welcome our
cooperation and they need 1t. 1t must
be that the theatre owner
Ia In the business to make money n
he Is very susceptible to argument in
that direction.
I'm no place In the State do we find
the use of films for church and Sunday
school purposes though this Is quite COM
mon elsewhere. n many distinctively
religious themes, like the life of Christ.
are available. Quite a few Of our
churches are in position to make use Of
this new and effective agent of religious
instruction and we shall be very glad to
assist. This form of entertainment and
education is not yet available to the small
rural community which really needs 1t
most but we hope soon to have a feasible
plan for carrying 1t to the smaller
churches and through them to their COM
munities.
Your commission has assured the State
committee of public safety of the loyal
support of our churches In this crisis.
May every Baptist In Vermont spare
not himself or herself In earnest effort
in food conservation or in relief of suf-
fering here or abroad. II existing or
CARNATIONS like the Red Cross are avail
able. they should be utilized; II not, let
the church societies be the medium of
work.
Each church from which men go to
the front-which now or soon comprises
every church in our convention-has a
great opportunity and responsibility with
regard to these men and their families.
To honor these soldiers of liberty and
democracy, to keep In touch with them In
camp and field. to maintain intimate re-
lations with their families, and to do all
that can be done in anxiety and sorrow
these are noble and powerful ministries,
We therefore urge each church to under
take the following work for their own
enlisted men and their families;
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-03-13
Sdnab Ser Mrbeiter.

Gines BON Sen ni1tig1ten 81=
1esen, meIbe in Der 2egislatur bon
geras angerommen uuroen, lit Die
Mrbeiter : gerliherung in ben Gabri=
fen uno groBen @eid1ftsbduiern; es
lit fopiert nod Der oeutlben Ser
fid)ernng in europa, 10 bel es nad
unieren @erbaltniiien getan perOen
fonnte, gum Shus Ser Mrbeiter,
menn oenielben elm nngliif 5uitoBt.
Doftor, Mpotbefer nno 9oipital limo
fret, uno tpenn permancnte forper=
lide 8erIetungen p%orfomlmen, 10 I'll
oafiir gelorgt, bnB oafiir be5ablt
miro, obne Shaoenerias : 9lage, in
anoeren @orten: ser Mrbeiter, mel
der friiber fIagen mlBte, Inn Sic
l1nterltiitung 5lt erbaltelL pelbe
ibm ebrlid) 5ufommen ioIlte, BE-
Sfommf iie ieBt iogleid, ohne alage
nllo obne MoDofaten llno @erihts
llnfoiten. MlIo elm GROCER Sdritt
poriuarts gum allgenleinen Wol Der
4rbeiter : alaiie, iowie aud gum
5dns ocs 9rbeitgebers iclbIt, ba-
nit Die Damage alage-gpioemie
meggeidnfft uno Die Sarmollie 5mi=
fden Mrbeiter unb Mrbeitgeber be-
foroert miro.
Infer Neprdientant, @err 6. $.
2onge, bot iid iehr piel W6iibe ge-
eeben, oieies @eies gu enttperfen
Ii. es lit ibm aud ~gloungen, oas Sc
ieb ourd beioe &auier 81 bringen.
Gs liegt iett Dem @ouuerneur sur
llnterihrIft Dor.
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| @elo NIT liberaler @ono ausgeben

@elo nit liberaler Sano uusgeben
fann.
llnlere StraBenreinigung labt
innter mebr 5u miini6en iibrig nnO
Sic 9eIprtnfelung Ser StraBen
ideint eingelteat gu iein. @os ge-
idiebt nit Dem fir oieies Departe=
ment bemiGigte @elo. 8iro es an
oerstpie pertpenoet ODER lit es bereits
oufgebraudt2
Gin Sprung in Ser Steueraie
BON $1.89 uuf $2.03, alio I'M IA
Gents, lit feline Meinigfeit. 8oourd
lit oies berbeigefubrt uoroen @as
tperoen mir oafiir auf5umeiien ba-
benz Ni1ts mebr, als mas iebt
porbanoen lit. Die &ommiiiare ba=
BEN aus Dem 8oIen getuirtldaftet,
baben SaIare ms l1ngemeiiene err
bolt, Fir Sic 8eamten lurrlrioie Mn=
idaffnngen eemabt, neue Memter
geidaffen etc. obne baran gu oen=
ten, tDober Dns @elo for1r1en lou,
9ie .@roBe Sper" bon Bottom
bat ale oeutiden anitler ~ertlailen
uno mill in 31lfunft AUDI feline oeut-
Iden 8erfe mebr %auffibren. Gam
iit's eben feine groBe Sper mebr!
@1in finb mir gliidli6 BEL Ell
1er 5teuerrate bon $2.03 angefom-
men nno fem 8rotelt lit 6ageeen
Iaut q~etporoen. Die @erren IN Del
Staotbaae oiirfen thin, mos ibnen Be
Iiebt. Son elmer Ginifranfnng,
Mbfdaffnng bon Sinefuren nnl
iiberfliifigen Memtern lift feline &eoe
- Wit Ser Staats=, County UNI
5taotItener baben Die geonloiger
8iirger inn @at5en 5000 am SUN.
bert gu 3ablen. 9as lit fir eir
fleines gigentum bon, iagen mir,
$780, cine Steuer BON $45.45; eine
groBe Siimme fir einen Wattn mil
camille unb fleinem giufommen.
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@runbeiaentmms : ,ssertrasunaen.

Hobert @ebermam II. Srau an Sobn
g. GuQipan. @rlnbitiid an bet Neus
8raunfefs Ibe. uno @louceffer Str.
$3.50.
NarciHa Ilace Company ON s. 8
gidlib. @runbitiid i'm nenen Gitbs
8lod 1856; $3.50.
sohn Gntbonb II. q. an Srau @tbel
unb Charles NoaG. @runoitid nu Der
Niber @pe.; 1920.
s.. 6. Sommers unb Srau an 9. 8,
Iartens, @rrmbitiid in &rmh 3errace
$500.
@. 8. Saneer unb Srau an 8. SO
Serbs. @rlmoitiid an Der SIena 8iitn
CTR; $2,288.88.
81. 0e. Smitb nno Srau an 6. @rue.
ner unb Srau, 8runbitiid i'm neler
gitbsglod 666; 1910.
Sberefa @roboipsti an @uitap ariid
@rtnoitiid an Der Gaitro urto grinitt
Str; $500.