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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
NEW YORK LIVESTOCK.

New York, Sept. 20.
BEEvEs-Receipts $500. Steady. steers
So. so % 1870; bulls $8.5O@8; cows $4.50@
$50.
CALvEs-Receipts 1.4OO. Steady. veals
Sl2617; culls 500 11.5O; grassers and skim
milks &6.5O@s.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts $500.
Quiet. Sheep $7.5O@1 IL 80; culls 1907;
lambs $14@17; culls $547.
HOGS-Receipts 3,45O. Firm, at $4,000
0.25; roughs $3.50.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
GEORGIA..

- The condition of the Rev. c. w. Clark,
who has benn critically i'll for a week. Is
a little improved.-The Rev. w. c. and
Mrs. Clark of Barnet arrived at the Con-
parsonage Thursday evening,
7 called here by the serious condition Of
his father, the Rev. c. w. Clark.-Miss
Stella r. Herbert of Rome. N. Y. is a
guest of her aunt, Mrs. William Rankin.
The Ladies Aid of the Congregational
Church met with Mrs. Myron Hickok
Wednesday a~fternoon.-The Rev. Albert
Clark, a retired missionary from Austria
will speak in the Congregational Church
jnext Sunday afternoon.
+ Meetings at the Methodist Church this
tweek will be rs follows: Thursday eve
Fning at 7:30. church prayer meeting. led
by the pastor; Friday, 4:3O p. M. meet
ing at the parsonage for organization of
Junior League for winter. Next Sunday
the Rev. F.. r.. Keller will preach on the
subject "Justice of Charity at II a. m.
lEpworth League service will be held in
the evening at 1880, leader Mrs. F. o.
Pattee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
SPOT COTTON AND FUTURES.

New York. Sept. 90.
Spot cotton quiet. Middling uplands
$2b.
Cotton futures closed; Oct. $24.O0 a 10;
Dec. $23. 80 q SO: Jan. As; March
sea. 81 q IS; May 500. 10 q rs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
SWANTON.

Duck shooting opened last week and
very good luck is reported by the hunt
ers. William Payne is up from Kings
ton, Pa. for his annual early duck shoot
ing, as usual. The Payne shooting prem
Uses are among the best in this vicinity,
including Metcalf ISLANDS,. II. Caldwell,
~, S. immigration inspector, stationed
at this place. has leased the Debarge
residence on First street and expects to
. move his family here from West Berk-
"a shire Nov. 1T. d. Lapelle has return
! ed to Oswego. N. Y.-E. T.. Bradley, in
jured last week by being hit by an auto
mobile while he was crossing the street
= in the evening, is moving about a little
y with the aid of a crutch.-The Reming-
ton people are increasing their working
tiforce now every week, quite an additional
number being taken on yesterday morn
,1ng.-John Quinn, operated on for appen-
" adicitis two weeks ago at the st. Adams
hospital, is improving satisfactorily
sfMiss Nellie Jewett of st. Adams spent
l4Sunday with SWautOn friends.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
BOSTON BUTTER MARKET.

FURNISHED by the Associated Press.)
Boston, Sept. %.
BUTTER-Northern 45h q Acc; western
43h GHhc.
CHEESE-New York twins. choice,
27Q27hc; good 25h q 28hc C.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
QUOTATIONS ON BUTTER
Boston, Sept. 20.

T1OUTOU, bbpV. . "
To-day's Chamber Of quota
tions, the price of commission merchants
to dealers. follow:
BUTTER-Creamery extras 46c; creamery
nrsts AZ a 44c; creamery seconds ~ q 42ac;
ladies soc; renovated butter 4lhc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
FLETCHER.

Henry Porter and family of Johnson
spent Sunday in town.-Mrs. Lucia Par
sons is in quite poor health.-Mr. NJ. c..
Leach and family of Cambridge junction
were recent visitors in town.-Bert Rey-
nolds of Jeffersonville was a business
visitor here Monday.-John Brice has
purchased a farm in Cambridge.-W. II.
Beardsley is in st. Aibans on jury duty.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27
HILL WEST.

Mrs. Frank Goslett is visiting her moth
er, Mrs. Dee Sinclair at Berkshire Center.
Mrs. j. V. Martin and daughter visited
at Howard Jewett's Sunday.-Mrs. Wal
ter Norway and children visited at Frank
Lumbra's Sunday.-Austin McGrail who
has had blood poisoning in his hand Ia
somewhat improved.-Mr. and Mrs
Mitchell Martin of Montgomery Gen.
ter were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Monteith, Sunday.-A daughter. Dorothy
Marie, was born September 16 to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred LaRose.-William McGrail had
a telephone Installed last week.-Mr. and
Mrs. William Rivers were guests at Ed
mund Sylvester's Sunday.-Mrs. John
Ariel is visiting relatives in and near Bos'
t~on.-Thomas Gosley is ill.-Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Bodette have gone to Stanstead,
+. Q. Louis Bodette will return with
them and make his home with his broth
err, Joseph Bodette.-Mrs Fred Jewett
and children returned home from a sew
,,eral days visit at the home of her par
lents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Ordway. OF
East Bakersfield.-Roy Weatherby and
~'teisters Ruth and Annie spent Sunday ir
at the home of their g%randpar'
1ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Filligin.-Tht
'body/of Moses Maynard, who died Thur
.lday at the home of his son, F. d. May
hard of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. was brought
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27

Boston. Sept. 20.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-27

BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

publish to the world that the advice Of pro
hibitiOnists was neither asked for nor re-
ceived on the subject
Prohibition is coming but let it come IN
the good Old democratic way- through the
majority vote Of the people.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
One Of the reassuring reports that comes

One Of the reaSsuring reports that comes
from the seat Of war is the statement of
NIr. Root that he expects to see the end of
the conflict in 1915 As the duration Of the
var depends OIL REIMBURSEMENT Of internal
affairs in Russia and as Mr.. Root is now on
the ground in Petrograd more than ordi-
nary significance attaches to his opinion
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

Tie safe arrival in France Of General
IrTahiAg'5 inst contingent viii be most sat
isluctofy news 10 americans.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-30

The furnishings o. the capitol at
Baton Rouge is OF more Importance than the
building Itself.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-06
MILITARIsM AND PREPAR


NESS. - Militarism is now and al
ways has been the greatest curse to
humanity; it has caused more blood
shed, more misery and more suffer-
ing than all other evils combined.
Our military friends are now clamOr-
ing to have our schoOIboys trained in
the art of wholesale murder.
Big business, the Navy and Army
leagues and the manufacturers of
munitions are filling the daily press
throughout the country with articles
on preparedness and how beneficent
it will be to our boys. Preparedness
for what? There can be only one
answer. Preparedness for war. If
we humbly submit to this insane
clamoring for military training in our
schools we viii pay for it in sorrow
and blOodshed. Fathers and mothers,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-06

90 not uSLeQ 10 JQaL SPIDER anu ny
talk that it viii make your boy
healthy, active and manly. tell you
it is all damnable bunk. These mill
tary parasites want to plant the seed
Of militaTism and dollar patriotism
in your child's mind while it is in its
plastic stage of development. Once
this is accomplished it is then very
easy for them to create a vast mill
tary machine, and when this ma
chine is completed sooner or later
they will find the excuse for war.
A few years ago there came a man
from Europe (whOse motto has al
ways been preparedness) who estab-
lished an organization known today
as the Boy Scouts, which was, and
still is, nothing more nor less than a
military organization, but being of
the volunteer order it, has not pro-
crossed as its founders expected. So
now they are becoming more drastic
and are going into our schools, and
if we do not stop them it is just a step
from the school to our homes and
the cradle. When this idea Of the
Boy Scouts was flashed upon you,
you unthinkingly permitted, and in
some cases advised, your boys to
Join this organization, which is moth
ing more nor less than baby militar-
ism.
Men and women Of the masses,
you must unite and forget your ma
tionaIity and color and forget the
traditions that have been taught you
for the past 1000 years. The great
est enemies of mankind are CONNER
cialism, militarism and ecclesiast-
cism. For centuries these three or
CARNATIONS have retarded the evolU-
ton and progress Of man and wom-
an. They have Travelled from city to
city and from country to country,
and from nation to nation, lighting
the fires of bigotry and hatred. They
have set brother against brother, sis
L.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-06

compelled against his viii when
blackballed out of a lodge.
The man who wants a kiss from
a lady who refuses is compelled
against his will to -forego that pleas
ure. When buy my shoes from a
union shop the nOn-uniOn shop is
compelled to go without my patron
age, which all nOn-UniOnists deserve.
These forms of compulsion are
truly enough compulsiOn, but not in
vasiVe compulsiOn. So long as have
liberty and so also do the lodge mem
bers, the ladies and the unionists and
nOn-unionists each will have the
right, as l will, to boycott or to CO.
operate for any reason or no reason.
All human action originates in de-
sire. Those actions necessary for Sc
curing satisfaction for desires some
times conflict. In the interests of
=, that peace which constitutes a state
Of society and to avoid war which is
not a state of voluntary association
or society, all individuals who come
into contact with one another must
agree to desist wherever another
cannot freely respond. To force CO.
operation in spite of the lack of the
will to cooperate is invasive COM
pUlsiOn. Invasion and not cOmpuI-
sion is the real eVil.-C. C. ViRcent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
$1,000, 1000 Tax
Measure Up To-day

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Plans were
completed tonight for presentation to
Congress tomorrow Of the war tax bill
as revised upward by the Senate and
House conferrees TO levy about $780,
000,0 more taxes.
Unexpected delays in perfecting the
final draft upset the conferrees' pro-
gramme of completing the bill to-day
and announcing their revision. They
worked all day and until late hour
tonight to be ready to present the
conference report TO both houses to-
morrow. The delay probably will post
pone beginning Of House debate on the
report until Monday, but the bills en-
actment into law during the next week
is deemed certain.
In preparing the bill for the final re-
print the conferrees were held up prin-
cipally on the war excess profits sec
ton, in which many technical verbiage
changes were made. The total assess
rnent on war profits. as made by the
Senate, about 81 O6O,00O 1000, was left
practically unchanged however, as well
as the compromise system Of calcu-
lating such taxes previously agreed
upon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Mexico Refuses All
U.S.Currency but Gold
Drastic Rules for Payment of
Federal Taxes and
Duties Framed

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2s.-After Oc-
tober the Mexican government will
refuse to accept American bills, silver
coin or drafts on the United States in
the payment of Federal taxes and
duties
A decree announcing this gives as a
reason that the American government
having prohibited the export Of gold
it is impossible to change bills for
gold. American gold coin will be ac-
cepted for taxes at the rate Of two
for one.
Effective Immediately the decree
prohibits the expectation of any kind
Of Mexican coin or gold in bars. II
ore or concentrates are exported which
contain more than six grammes of gold
per ton the exporters must import an
equal amount Of gold in refined form.
II silver is exported in bars or in ores
and concentrates containing more
than fifty grammes per ton the ex-
porters must import 25 per cent of the
value Of the silver in gold bars or gold
coin At a price 70 be fixed By the Treas
ury Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Swedish Coalition
May Satisfy Allies
Washington Diplomats Call
King Gustave's Plan a
Guarantee

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Entente
diplomats believed to-day that the
creation Of a coalition ministry in
Sweden Of decidedly liberal coloring'
as proposed by King Custave, would
prevent a repetition Of the misuse OF
Swedcn's immunities as neutral coun-
try, and be, in fact, guarantee OF her
strict neutrality.
It was indicated that such an event
uality would be eminently satisfactory
to Great Britain and France, both OF
which countries have been in contro'
versie5 with Sweden. The Liberals,
who would be expected to have the
support Of the Socialists, would pre-
vent future difficulties with the A!ile5
from arising, it was believed. :,
"The North Of Europe, now neutral,
intends TO remain neutral at any haz-
ard" declared the diplomatic repre-
sentative of one of the Northern neu-
trails to-day. Neither Sweden nor any
other country in that part Of Europe
has the slightest inclination to DO
anything to the prejudice of any be!liS-
erent, nor would any of them commit
any act that would be partial.
Sweden is merely awaiting full
proofs of the mistakes of some Of her
diplomats before making an Official
declaration. The silence so far indi-
Gates nothing except that she has not
completed her examination Of the
facts -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Wilson Confers
With Garfield on
Miners Demand
President Expected to Or
der Increased Pay to Avert
Soft Coal Strike
fguerisI Corresponien-el

iSgeGa' Correspcnfen-eI
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-The de-
mands Of the miners for rs per cent
wage advance, which, IL granted, is
likely to result in raising the price Of
bituminous coal 30 cents ton, were
the subject Of conference to-day be-
tween President Wilson and Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield.
The Fuel Administrator went to the
White House with data on the situa-
ton, and remained closated with Mr..
Wilson for more than an hour. When
he departed he said he hoped TO be
able to clear up rsny Iisquieting as
poets Of the coal situation within few
days.
The operators and miners are waiting
to learn whether the Administration Is
disposed to raise the price Of coal TO
the consumer sufficiently to Offset the
wage advance demanded by the miners.
The prevailing opinion here is that the
President will authorize a revision OF
the price upward.
The miners representatives tempo
rarily blocked to-day plans Of oper-
ators for a ten-day adjournment Of the
wage conference OF mine owners and
miners of the central competitive dis
trict of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania. The operators
want the recess in order 70 20 back to
their districts and compile production
costs for submission as the basis Of
an appeal for an increase in the gov
eminent fixed price of coal.
John 7. White, president Of the
United Mine Workers of America, Is
unwilling TO agree TO a postponement
of the conference, declaring that the
labor situation in the affected area de-
mands immediate action.
Propose Similar Increase
Thomas Kennedy, of Hazleton. Penn;
John Dempsey, Of Scranton, and James
Matthews, of Shenandoah, district
presidents representing 100000 an
thracite mine workers, conferred with
John p. White, president OF the United
Mine Workers, this afternoon. As a
result they sent to S. d. Warmer,
president of the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company, who represents the anthra-
cite operators, a proposal TO grant the
anthracite workers at their conference
IAN increase equivalent to that de-
msnded by the bituminous workers"
". II. Haskins, Ohio operator, ex-
hibited a cost sheet showing the ire
mendous increase in the last two years
in the prices of commodities used in
the operation Of coal mines. Steel rails,
which sold at S33 a gross ton in 1915,
are now 1874 a gross ton; powder has
increased from S1.07 to s205 a key,
largely, operators claim, due to manIp-
ulation by powder manufacturers.
Corn for mule fodder has gone up from
65 cents to $207 bushel, and in two
years the price of small pit cars has
scared from $40 to sl37 apiece. Twenty
other items showed increases varying
from 70 per cent to 233 per cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Grand Jury Finds No Law
To Curb Soap-Box Orators
Suocests the Passage of an Ordinance Prevent OpenAir
Meetings Without the Written Permission
Of the Mayor

haye been considered by this jury, it is
our recommendation that these be sent
back to the magistrates to be dealt with
under existing laws.
"The absence Of a penal law in the
State of New York under which an
Indictment may be framed against
seditious speakers is a grave matter.
Il is likewise grave that no municipal
ordinance exists 70 prevent street
meetings at which scdition may be
preached.
.The jury would therefore recon-
mend that a municipal ordinance
should be passed forbidding street
meetings, unless By express written
permission of the Mayor. Such an
enactment would put an end to very
unsatisfactory state Of affairs, and
would reassure our citizens that their
protests against the preaching OF un-
American doctrines in our streets had
been heard and understood. Such an
enactment, it must be added, should
be made to cover the period OF the
war only.
"Thc grand jury has done all in its
power to voice the feelings of the
public and to hasten action in these
matters. 1t has performed it's duty
in the proper spirit of citizenship.
1t has noted with some satisfaction
that since its Investigations began the
disturbances in our streets have
ceased.
an conclusion, it may be stated that
this presentment has received the
unanimous Endorsement of the men,
bers Of the grand jury. as a true and
succinct summary of its recent labors
and its opinion thereon"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Newark German
Paper May Lose
Mail Privileges
Government Serves Order
on the New Jersey
"Freie Zeitung"

NEWARK, n. J.. Sept. 28.-An order
TO show cause why the New Jersey
Freie Zcitung," German-American
daily published here, should not be ex-
cluded from the mails was served to-
day upon its publishers, Benedict Prieth
and Edwin S. Prieth, brothers. The or
der is returnable in Washington next
Thursday, but neither brother will an
swer II IN person.
1--WE have done nothing for which
we could be barred from the mails"
said Edwin s. Priath. eve have said
nothing against the government, al
though il is true We have criticised the
Allies. However, as the President has
said we have no allies, that Is all right.
We shall not go to Washington; we
shall send written statement. We
are ready at moments notice to pub
lish our newspaper in English.
"Do you know what this trading with
the enemy bill means TO every news
paper in the country? 10 means just
this"-- Mr.. Prieth drew one finger
across his throat. ut is Russian au-
tocracy," he added.
The New Jersey "Freie Zeitung' has
been pro-German ever since the out
break of the war. IL is known that
Federal officials have had an eye en- it
for months, but just what, II any, spe-
cfc article was responsible for the
issuance OF the order has not been
made public.
In every issue the "Freie ZeItung"
has a column in English. The rest Of
the paper is printed in German. 1t has
not assailed the Administration di
rectly in it's English column, but is
strongly against Great Britain and
Colonel Roosevelt, and even upheld
Germany in the Argentine affair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29

The grand jury investigating soap
box oratory, through its foreman, Alex
ander Konta, filed supplementary pre-
sentiment on the subject yesterday with
Judge Mcintyre. in General Sessions.
Regret is expressed that evidence OF
sedition is entirely lacking so far as
the open-air speakers are concerned.
The grand jurors also point out that 1t
Is n grave matter that there is no, mu-
nicipal ordinance to prevent street meet
ings. They recommend that the board
Of Aldermen enact an ordinance forbid
ding street meetings, except by written
permission from the Mayor.
The absence of state law against
sedition caused the grand jury to
recommend that in the future all cases
such as it has been investigating shall
be referred to the United States DIS
trict Attorney for Southern New York.
Jury's Presentment
The presentment says:
THE Investigations of the grand jury
have elected the fact that there is no
law under which this municipality may
proceed against seditious disturbers of
our streets. Sedition Is an offence
which is punishable only by the Federal
authorities.
"The grand jury would therefore rec
ommend, with the permission Of the
court, that the record Of the case men
toned in the foregoing paragraph may,
when corroborative evidence is forth
coming, be referred to the Federal Dis
trict Attorney for his consideration.
As for minor offences, some of which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Ships Lost, Many
Perish in West
Indian Storm
Also Sweeps South
ern Part of u. s., Leaving
Destruction in Wake

HAVANA, Sept. 2S.-One steamer and
several sailing vessels were sunk, nu-
merous houses were RACED and great
damage was done to crops and fruits
by the West Indian hurricane which
struck the Isle Of Pines Wednesday
evening, according TO dispatches re-
ceived here tonight
Advices from Batabano, situated on
the mainland, say that IL is believed
there that many persons persisted in
the islands, although no definite in
formation regarding casualties has
been received.
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 28.-Although
the wind here at times to-day attained
a velocity of ninety-slX miles an hour,
property damage was slight and there
was 40 loss of life in this section, so
far as reported late tonight.
Late this afternoon the police
stopped street cars and shut off all
electric current. Slate roofs and
wooden galleries of houses were torn
away in the business section.
Last reports from Pensacola, Fla,
before communication was cut Oft this
afternoon, said that a 100-m.le wind
was blowing there and that property
damage was great.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 2S.-All tele-
phone and telegraph wires into Mo-
bile were swept away by the tropical
hurricane late to-day. cutting COM
munication with the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Arrests in Chicago
Only the Beginning of
Roundup, Say Officials

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-The in
dictment Of $50 |. W. ". leaders in
Chicago to-day is only beginning in
the government campaign to round up
and punish seditious and disloyal char
acters. according to Department Of JUS
tice officials.
The seized papers are understood to
have revealed the existence Of detin-
tie and farreaching cor spiracy to EN-
barrass the government in the prose
cution of the war. The conspiracy is
said to be the most farreaching in its
scope of any yet unearthed.
In many Instances, officials here feel
the ringleaders in this nationwide
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29

conspiracy are virtually guilty OF trea.
SON Because of the narrow definition
of treason in the Criminal Code and
in court decisions, a decision was
reached not to return indictments
charging that offence. Seditious con-
spiracy is much broader term. y.
A feature brought out By the govs
eminent investigation and the seired
papers is the unusually large member,
ship of Austrians in the |. ". W. local
organizations as well as q large mem
hership Of other races which own 81
legiance 70 the flag OF Australian,
gerry. These men had not been placed
under restraint because Of the faet
tha, the United States is not at war
with Austria Hungary.