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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
BRADSTREETS VERMONT
WEEKLY TRADE REPORT.

Bradstreet's Burlington office reports
the main features of the weeks reports
comprise a steady and insistent demand
for all kinds of labor. both for the shops
and on the farm. With harvesting crowd
ing close on the heels Of the hay crop,
which crop will pass previous records. the
demand for farm labor is heavy. Reports
from the granite section indicate the vol-
ume of business in the hands of the man-
ufacturers is large, and demand for stona
cutters is apparent. This applies to mon
umental line and quarries supplying stone
for that purpose. Demand for cutting
tools and equipment is heavy. No im-
provement is apparent among the build
ing stone trade. which has experienced
a much larger period Of quietness than
has heretofore been known. Manufacture
ers of paper state there has been no inn
provement in demand for general lines
but that for news print there is an ac-
tive demand. WaXed paper business
shows up well. State tanneries report
export leather business is as large as ever
but domestic demand is slow. There Is
not much change in conditions surround
ing honey business over what was noted
few weeks ago. Price for extracted
honey is still unsettled. The demand for
milk and cream separators is larger than
it was year ago and there is an optimis-
tic feeling regarding further Improvement
in this line. Continued hot weather OF
the past week has made ii difficult to
keep volume of business up to standard.
Further damage to property and standing
grain is result Of the severe storms of the
week. Retail merchants report shopping
during the week was intermittent. Mid
summer sales. however. are being well
patronized.-- One failure was recorded in
the State for the week. Collections. how
ever, do not show much improvement, al.
though the average is placed at fair.
August 4 1917
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
SUCCESSFUL RAID.
Hhilllp Perrottrs Place Yields Squirrel
Whiakey and Beer.


whiskey and Beer.
Phillip Perrottrs place of residence
1t the corner Of Bank and Battery
Streets was the scene of as thorough
. raid by the police department Sat-
urday night as though the house had
been torn asunder by lightning and the
interior subjected to the rays Of the
searching sun.
The aftermath Of the raid in which
every nook and corner was searched,
was eight full quarts of what appeared
to be "squirrer' whiskey and "a bottles
OF beer. Phillip and his confiscated
property were placed in the patrol
wagon, the former being lodged in the
county jail and the latter in the police
station. where it will be used as evil
dence to-day to convict him.
The warrant on which the police
made the search was issued by the
States attorney. Allen Martin. The
police had been watching the place for
some time. as 1t had been a source of
considerable trouble to them because
OF the alleged fact that soldiers had
been furnished liquor there, one SOL
der bringing to the police station a
pint of whiskey in a lager beer bottle
which, 1t Is charged, he had purchased
there for the price of a dollar.
While the officers found the beer in
the shed. 1t was a much more difficult
matter to discover the hiding place of
the whiskey. 1t was found after a
time, however. in a hole in the cellar.
A window in the cellar had been brok en-
and 1t Is said it was through this WIN
dow that Perriottis helper would hand
to him the bottle of whiskey, when the
customer appeared.
Perrotti has a wife and a large fam
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
A CHARLOTTE FARM.
Dispute Over Management Results in
Agreement to Abitrate.


Agreement to Abitrate.
The haying which is being done on most
OF the farms in the vicinity of Char
lotte must have stopped temporarily Tues
day afternoon. judging from the large
number of witnesses. who were present in
the county court, ready to testify In the
chancery suit of Josephine Stebbins VS..
Will ]. Nimblett. The case was finally
settled by agreement, but it had caused
% people. of whom seven were women, to
travel to Burlington and to spend the
greater part of the afternoon at the court
house. the agreement not being reached
until about 4.30 o'clock
The case concerned the management OF
farm, owned by Mrs. Stebbins and which
, she and Nimblett were farming on shares
| Mrs. Stebbins sought an injunction to pre-
vent Nimblet from handling the farm
| and also asked for a receiver Counsel for
| the parties, c. p. Cowles and v. A. Bull
lard representing the plaintiff. and J. j
Enright and S. r. Moulton. the defendant
reached an agreement to arbitrate.
! A board consisting of States Attorney
Allen Martin, Frank Smith of Charlotte
and Edward Childs of Weybridge was
agreed upon as arbitrators. Nimblett has
agreed to leave the farm and the only
question to be settled is the amount OF
money which Mrs. Stebbins must pay hin
for giving up his lease.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
STORMS CAUSE MUCH TROUBLE
Many Telephone Lines Put Out
of Commission.
Damage Done by Lightning Just Re-
paired. when High Wind Throws
Trees Across Wires. Gripping
Service Again.

The two thunderstorms which most Bur-
lington people welcomed as a little relief
from the intense heat of the past two
weeks caused the New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph company a great
deal Of trouble. Wednesday the storm hit
the whole system with the apparent inten-
ton of leaving nothing standing behind 1t.
Lightning struck the Burlington ontpe-
lier pole line, completely stopping all SER
vice between the two points. and caused
a great deal of trouble by hitting about
four miles out of the city. The whole
toll service, practically, was crippled. the
only lines which could be used being the
Burlington-Plattsburgh circuits and a few
circuits to Essex Junction. Out Of the
seven circuits to st. Adams only two were
working Wednesday night, while the serv.
ice to Montreal, White River Junction.
Rutland and AIiddlebury was completely
held up.
/ The repair men had just barely got
| the lines Strengthened out and service re-
| established between Burlington and other
points when the next storm struck the
| city at 12:15 p. m. Thursday. This storm
did more damage. If such a thing could
be possible than the storm on Wednes-
day. Although there was lot Of light
ming. which did considerable harm, the
| high wind accompanying the storm did
| its share. At Shelburne large elm tree
was blown down. Gripping the Rutland
! and Middlebury service. At New Haven
Junction another tree was blown across
the wires and at Vergennes still another.
In Fairfield Center, where the wind was
practically hurricane, the whole pole
line was blown into the river
On the circuits going north from Bur-
lington, the lightning caused most of tho
trouble. At Milton. the Burlingon-St. AL
bans toll line was struck and wire melted
off. allowing the wire to cross several
other wires and causing a lot Of trouble.
In addition. the lightning correctors at
Burlington and at st. Adams were oper-
ated. The Burlington-Montpe toll line
seemed to bear the special fury of the
storm, for not only did the wind blow two
| large limbs across the wires between
Jonesville and Montpelier, but also the
| lightning struck the line just south of
Jonesville, destroying one cross arm and
| tangling the general wires.
| Toll Wire Chief w. f. McCreedy of the
local exchange has men working hard to
| fix all trouble. and Is hoping that
there will be no more such storms this
| summer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
LIGHTS ON VEHICLES.
Text Of q Law That II Generally Vio-
lated in Vermont.

Because numerous complaints have been
heard around town about violators Of the
act relating to vehicles on wheels carry
ing lights at night on public highways,
publication Of the act may serve to en-
tighten those who violate the law, and
save possible prosecution. The act reads
as follows:
Section 1. Every vehicle on wheels.
whether stationary or in motion on a
public highway, shall have attached to 1t
a light which shall be so displayed as to
be visible from the front and rear dur
ing the period from As minutes after sun
set to As minutes before sunrise; provided,
however that this act shall not apply to
a vehicle that is designed to be propelled
by hand or to any vehicle designed for
the transportation of hay. straw. wood.
lumber. stone, machinery, or to other
heavy freight. nor to farm machinery.
Section 2 Nothing contained in this
act shall be construed to affect the pro-
visions Of any existing statute. rule or
regulation requiring lighted lamps on
motor vehicles and the obligations of the
owners. operators or occupants thereof.
Section 3. The driver or custodian of a
vehicle shall be deemed the responsible
party, liable to the penalty provided for
violations of this act.
Section 4. A person who violates the
provisions OF this act shall be flned not
more than five dollars.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
HOTEL VERMONT BAR CLOSED
Orange County Officers Spring
Great Surprise.
Purchase Of q Drink Of Gin Followed
By Arrest Of Bartender ON Charge
Of Selling Liquor on
sunday.

The Hotel Vermont bar was closed
Sunday afternoon at one o'clock by
Sheriff A. A. Read Of williamstown, on
a warrant issued by States Attorney
Allen Martin on the charge Of violat-
ing the public statutes relating to the
sale Of intoxicating liquor on Sunday.
The warrant was made out for John
Doe. and 1t was served on John Dunn.
the bartender on duty at the time. by
the sheriff Of Orange county, who was
accompanied by Deputy Sheriff George
A. Tracy Of Chelsea, and Deputy Sheriff
Leon NJ. M. McAllister Of williamstown.
these two men also being from Orange
county.
The first inkling Of trouble in the air
arose after one Of the deputies had
purchased drink Of gin and began
grinning at the bartender The bottle
was then seized by the sheriff. This
evidence in hand. the next step was to
read the warrant, which was also done
by the sheriff. After this formality
the bartender was placed under arrest.
and Sheriff Allen was sent for.
Deputy Sheriff Tracy hurried to the
county jail to get the sheriff Of Chit
tenden county. but he was informed
that the sheriff was at his home in Es-
sex Junction. Deputy Tracy then CALL
ed the sheriff on the phone. and that
official came to this city Immediately.
Once at the hotel. the bartender was
turned over to the sheriffs custody.
The man under arrest then called for
bondsman. and after telephone com.
munication with Allen Martin, States
attorney. the prisoner was released un-
der $500 bail for his appearance in
court. Sheriff Allen becoming surety.
After mis- release from the sheriff's
custody. Mr.. Dunn Immediately closed
the barroom door leading to the lobby
Of the hotel. no more hard or soft
drinks being sold during the remainder
of the day. The hotel dining room was
filled at the time with guests. many Of
| whom. It is said. had been in the habit
Of INDUCING in drinks with their meals
there for years.
There was no commotion, however, but
the incident remained the sole topic for
discussion at the hotel through the re-
mainder Of the afternoon and evening.
That the plan to raid the hotel was
pre-arranged is now admitted by all
| connected with the hosiery, especially
as the sheriff and his two deputies
from Orange county had been regis
tered part Of Saturday and all Of Sat-
| urday night at the hotel.
To many with whom the Free Press
| man was In communication Sunday eve
ming. speculation was rife as to the
purpose and probable outcome of the
affair. Mr.. Dunn avows that hotel
men in this city have always sold
liquor to their guests on Sundays and
thinks that this will be nothing more
or less than test case to find out IL
the practice Of Is years can be con-
tinued.
! Others could not understand why
sheriffs from the eastern part Of the
State should be brought into Sheriff
Aliens territory to enforce a statute
law, but this Is easily understood when
one stops to consider the fact that
men from this locality would be de-
tected by the frequenters of the bar
rooms.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
HIGH OFFICIALS HERE
Independent Order of FOresters
Entertain Guests.
state Organization Work Considered "a
Well ~ Local Courts-rield Super
intendent Making Trip
through State.

The high Standing committee Of the
high court Of the State of Vermont Of the
Indepent Order Of Foresters spent Tues
day in Burlington, considering the or
ganization of the Burlington courts Of the
order and attending a banquet in the eve
ming as the guests Of Court General How
ard. Those attending the meeting were:
High Chief Ranger z. L. McGinnis of
Fairhaven; high secretary, DR.. g. o. Nit
chell of st. Adams; high treasurer. J. o.
Kimball Of Enosburg Falls; high council
Tor. j. A. Sennett Of Poultney; high vice
chief ranger A. p. Bernhard Of Burling-
ton; superintendent Of field work Of the
State Of Vermont. r. L. Kinney Of New
York.
The afternoon meeting was held at the
organization department office Of the or.
der at 40 Church street. In the evening the
executive work of the State was consider
ed. and the State officers enjoyed a social
session and banquet at the rooms Of Court
General Howard in the Hayward block or
Main street. There was class initiation
IN which the unwritten work was given
by the superintendent Of field work In
Vermont. who presented the officers OF
the court with handsome set of officers
badges. valued at about $780, High Chief
Ranger McGinnis presided at the banquet
at which addresses were made by all OF
the members of the committee The re.
ports of the officers Of Court Genera
Howard, which were read at this time
showed the court to be in a flourishine
condition.
The new high court Of the State of Yer
| mont was organized at Barre in October
Of 1916. 1t has 80 local lodges and a tota
membership of 1900. There are two court.
in Burlington. Court General Howard ant
Companion Court, which was also repre-
sented at last evenings meeting. Thu
| court at Island Pond has a membership
Of 2H in a town Of $500. A new court viii
probably be located in Richmond soon
and another class initiation will take plac,
in Burlington in October.
| r. L. Kinney of New York. superinten
dent of field work in Vermont, leaves to
day for Franklin, where a class Of Q
candidates will be initiated. He will mi
tiate classes Of candidates in st. Alban,
and Swanton on the succeeding evenings
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
FOUR HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Car Goes Down Embankment on
Shelburne Road.
Henry j. Ready at Hospital with Fes-
sible Internal Injuries and Edward
Edwards At Home with Two
Broken Ribs.

Henry J. Ready Of 1879 Maple street
is at the Mary Fletcher hospital suffer-
ing from what may prove to be internal
injuries. a possible broken arm and a
badly disfigured face; Edward Edwards,
who is employed at the Allen farm.
East Lake, is lying at the farm with
two broken ribs and possible internal
injuries; Amos Dubie of 90 King street
Is confined to his bed with a badly
sprained leg and cuts about the face,
and Marcellus Landon is suffering from
cuts on his right hand as the result of
a Ford machine, the property of the
G. s. Blodgett company, leaving the
road north of the cemetery in South
Burlington early Thursday evening and
plunging down an enibankment.
Marcellus Landon was driving the
machine on the way back from Shell
burne. when in some inexplainable
manner 1t. after clearing the embank
ment. left the road The car shot over
some 40 or so feet of ground. and it is
thought that it then turned completely
over. as the machine now lies a mass
Of ruins. facing the opposite direction.
toward Shelburne.
The first news Of the accident to the
four men in this city came by telephone
from young lady. She 'phoned the
police station and Deputy Chief Pat
rick ]. Cosgrove Immediately ordered
the police patrol to the scene. DR.. Ly-
man Allen was also called from this
city. When the physician and the po-
lice arrived the first thought was Of the
badly wounded, and Henry Ready, prov
ing the most seriously hurt of the
four. was Immediately rushed to the
hospital in this city, while Amos Dubie,
TT, l..
the name of Bacon, who was passing
at the time. carried Edwards to his
home, where a physician attended him.
Mr.. Dubie was brought to this city
and DR.. George M. Sabn was summon :
ed to attend him. Landon, the least
hurt of the four. accompanied Ready to
the hospital.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
A MONSTER WHITE ASH LOG.

On recent date in Bethel 1t was the
good luck of a Free Press reporter to
stroll into the commodious and always
interesting yards Of the A. N. Washburn
lumber mills and there he was quick to
see white ash log of size that eX-
ceeded that OF any white ash tree he had
ever seen in all his rambles in search of
big, notable and historic trees. Upon in
quiring he was told that the log was
brought from the adjoining town of Stock
bridge. Upon measurement he found that
the log had circumference at it's base
of nine feet and two inches, that 1t was
II feet and eight inches in length and
had circumference at its tip of seven
feet and seven inches.
While remaining in the yards the re-
porter saw the majestic log sawed into
boards and planks and the total measure
ment of these was no less than 495 feet.
and not single flaw or blemish was
there In tho entire log but everything
was bright and clean. The men at the
mills say the log was the largest of its
kind any Of them had ever seen.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
COAL FOR THE CITY SCHOOLS
Will Cost $4,000 More Than
Last Winter.
Jump Of $3.50 in Price per Ton-Con.
tracts Awarded for Alterations
and Repairs to Several
Buildings.

The board Of school commissioners held
a lengthy meeting last evening. at which
the principal business was the acceptance
of bids for work which must be done at
several of the school buildings The con-
tract to supply the schools with coal dur
ing the winter was awarded to the Stand
ard Coal & Ice company, their bid Of $40
per ton for egg coal being the lowest one
received for this contract. A conservative
estimate of the cost Of coal for the schools
for this winter is about $11.O0O The in
crease Of cost per ton this year is $3.50.
and between 1900 and 1900 tons of coal
were burned last winter, at a cost Of 1900.
e. j. Walker, who submitted the lowest
bid for making alterations at the junior
high school, was awarded this contract.
Four other bids besides that Of Mr.. Walk
er were received for this work. w. H.
Buckley & Co., were awarded the contract
to do some plumbing at the same school
building. The bid of the city electric light
department to install electric lighting at
the Pomeroy school building proved to be
the lowest one received and they were
awarded the contract. Some minor work
was ordered done. which was not extern
sive enough to necessitate the formality
Of bids.
\ Architect Frank L. Austin appeared be-
fore the board with reference to some
plans which Superintendent Chittenden
has asked him to submit regarding the
proposed doubling Of the Ira Allen school
building. These plans and specifications
will be submitted to the board Of aldermen.
1t is estimated that this work will cost
about $18,00O
Some inquiries have been made as to
whether or not the opening of the schools
would be postponed this fall. There are
two factors which might cause such a
postponement, the poliomyelitis situation
and the need Of high school boys for farm
work. Neither the State board Of health
nor the State commissioner Of education
has intimated that the opening of the
schools would be postponed. The present
, opening date Is September 4.
The resignation of Miss Jennie D. Car
ruthers as teacher of English in the high
school was accepted. Miss Carruthers
will teach next year in Worcester, Mass.
Bills amounting to $3OO23 were ordered
paid.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09

ION pOStONlce lot the week endlng Au-
gust T. 1917:
WOMENS LIST.
Mrs. Helen Burker. Miss Marietta Buck.
Rose Burns Mrs. Bonans, Mrs. Sadie Col
Inns, Mrs. Sumner w. Cushing, Mrs.
Mary Clark, Mrs. Sophia Carpenter Mrs.
o. E. Clark. Mrs. w. M. Detorne, Mrs.
J. p. Duff, Mrs. Sarah Doroty. Miss Anna
Devlin (O, Miss Helen Devlin. Mrs. Ellen
Dumas. Miss Frances L. Eager. Mrs.
Emma J. Eaton, Miss Grace Flower,
Elsie Gebo (2), Anna Gagnon. Mrs. Gen.
eva Giffin. Miss Mary Gordon. Mrs. E..
German. Mrs. Hammond. Mrs. NJ. b.
Hazen, Mrs. Helen Haley, Mrs. Hill,
Pearl st. (3). Miss Lydia Huard. Mrs. w.
l.. Jackson. Miss Constance Johnston.
Miss Marion Lyman ca, Mrs. A. S. Royal.
Mrs. Mary Riley (2). May Sangier Mrs.
Mary l.. Smith, Elsie Tacey. Rose Thorn
as. Miss Nellie Wight. Flora White. Mrs.
Hattie Williams. Mrs. Frances Watson.
MEMS LIST.
j. F. Brown, d. w. Beecher. Edw. Ba-
ker. Kenneth Cutler. r. l.. Currie (2). H.
Downe "a. /. Marsh Derby. d. p. OAR
mond, VIM. j. Harvey (2), A. H. Hill,
f. II. Kingsbury. oliver Lowell. Edw.
Lawrence, Billie Murray, Osborne, the
printer. Roy Phelps. Arthur ]. Robarge,
Mason T. Rogers, E. NJ. Root. B. C. SAT-
ford. VIM. Shillito. A. M. Sacks. F.
Staley, G. G. Strother. VIM. Thomas,
Elliott b. Torrey, Prof. w. l.. Epson, f.
II. Walker, John Watson.
WINOoSKI LIST.
Mrs. II. J. Casey. First National Bank,
Mildred Paquette Mae Spaulding, Eliza
beth Turner. Mrs. II. f. Walter, Clifford
Wescott, Mrs. F. G. Wilkes. Grace Win
son.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
RESERVE OFFICERS.
Training Corps in Existence Again at
University after September 10.

All questions concerning the status of
the reserve officers training corps at the
University of Vermont were settled yes
terday, when President Benton,
received letter from Adjutant
General w. r. Johnson, stating that
from September Is the corps would
again be in existence. All graduates of
the university who have received the pre-
scrlbed course of training in the reserve
corps can be commissioned as provisional
second lieutenants for six months.
The munitions, machine guns, foils, etc.,
at the university. with the exception OF the
rifles and side arms used by the cadets OF
the reserve corps, have been asked for by
Brigadier-Genera Clarence r. Edwards.
commander-in-ch chief of the department OF
the East. The munitions include about 20,
600 rounds of ammunition. These, under
the direction Of the ordnance officer at
Fort Ethan Allen and w. NJ. FULLY OF the
university, will be sent to-day to the points
designated by General Edwards.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-09
BITTEN ION THE LIMB"
The Story Of an Unimportant Kansas
Tragedy.

Tragedy.
The other day while was out hunting
items was told that young woman had
been bitten ION the limb" by a vicious
dog, says Tom Thompson. knew at once
that she had been bitten on the arm, but
a few more particulars were needed to
make 1t a news item.
Luckily had scarcely moved from the
spot when l saw the young lady herself
approaching. As she Is a member of my
Sunday school and a modest, sensible girl.
mentally made a bet with myself that
she wouldn't call II her limb. so accosted
her with: whats this l hear about you
being bitten by mad dog?" WELL" she
replied. "a dog ran out and bit me last
evening when was going home. l hardly
think he was mad-but was"
After few other questions and answers
asked: Where did he bite you?''
Right up there on the corner" she an
swered. waving her hand In the direction
OF her home. and looking me squarely and
soberly In the eye. "Yes-ah- and 80 he
did. Well. I'm glad you weren't hurt
much" was about all could think OF
to say. But won the bet-she didn't say
limb.-kansas City Star.