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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-06
CONVENTION CLOSES.
Gunernl Directors and Embnlmers Hold
Election Of Officers.

The nth annual convention of the YER
mont Association of Funeral Directors
and Embalmers was brought to close
Thursday morning with the election Of
officers. which resulted as follows: Presi-
dent. Frank j. Dwyer of this city; first
vice-president E. j. Seamans of Fac
Haven; second vice-president, c. A. yenDa
ley Of st. Johnsbury; secretary. L. j.
Hewitt of South Royalton; treasurer,
r. w. Barnard of Pittsford.
A vote of thanks was extended to
President Benton of the university for
the use Of the Medical College building.
A vote of thanks was also extended to
Manager George II. Steele of the New
Sherwood for his hospitality during the
convention. to the quartette which fur.
nished the entertainment at the banquet
Wednesday evening, and to Prof. J. f.
Crandall of Paterson, n. j., who gave
the lecture and demonstration at the col-
lege Wednesday morning and furnished
his audience with some valuable infor.
nation concerning their work
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CALL new MURDER JURY
Opening Day in Trial of Kennerson ana
to Get Change Of Venue.

st. Johnsbury. Aug. 31.--The Caledonia
county court room was filled to the doors
this morning, mostly with women tne
crowd having come to hear the evidence III
the cases against the two women charged
with the murder of little Alice Bradshaw
on July s. The special grand jury brought
in true bills and both Mrs. Sarah kenner-
son and Eta Hicks are charged with inc
murder of the girl After each had PLEADED
not guilty to the charge. motions were
made by Alexander Dunnett for the HICKS
woman and by David e. Porter, represent
ing the firm of Porter, Writer'S & Harvey.
for change of venue on the ground tnat
the case had already been prejudged by
the entire county and that 1t would be
impossible to secure an unprecedented ana
impartial jury. Attorney Porter read
copious extracts from the local papers
and also presented affidavits from indiVio-
uals in every town in the county. Those
signing the affidavits all expressed the opin-
ion that everybody was familiar with the
case. Both Porter and Dunnett argued
| strenuously for change OF venue anu
| the entire forenoon was spent in the con-
| sderation of this question. Just before
| dinner Judge Fish announced that the
motion was denied, stating that ne pc
lieved IL men could be found in Caledonia
county that would fairly try the case and
that the court expected fair trial.
Immediately after dinner, counsel Tor
the defense raised the point that mas
much as jurymen had been drawn from
| Lyndon and st. Johnsbury there was a
question as to whether the law had been
compiled with. The last Legislature re-
| pealed the law relating to summoning OF
| juries and that law provided that jury
| men should be selected from every town
| in the county. The court said that this
was the first time this question had come
| to the attention of Vermont court and
that he wished to be on the safe side in
| this matter.
The 81 jurymen drawn for this trial
were then discharged and the court
ordered a new jury to be drawn to appear
in court Monday afternoon. An adjourn
ment was therefore taken at about three
o'clock this afternoon until Monday aft
| ernoon.
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TWO PLEAD GUILTY.
ViolatOrs Of Automobile Laws Arraign-
ed before Judge Stenrns.

DR.. G. o. Coutu of 1879 Elmwood ave-
nue. was fined $25 and costs of SSH by
Judge Joseph T. Stearns In city court
yesterday for a violation Of the auto
mobile laws.
The physician appeared In answer to
a warrant issued by States Attorney
Martin. The warrant was made out by
the States attorney on complaint of the
police department. The specific charge
was that on last Saturday evening the
respondent was driving his Buick car
at a rate exceeding ten miles per hour
on Church street.
law to which DR.. Coutu pleaded guilty.
the complaining officer said the doctor
was travelling at the rate of 80 miles
per hour. and added that he attempted
to pass an electric car that was about
to discharge passengers. The police
man also added that lady narrowly
escaped being run over at the time.
DIR. Coutu asked to say a word In
self defense, after the States atorny
had requested the fine. On being al
lowed to speak the doctor claimed that
his car. a Buick, was unable to travel
on low speed at a rate faster than ten
miles per hour. and declared that he
was travelling on low at the time OF
that he had stopped his car when the
| electric car was brought to stand.
still, then a little later he said that he
attempted to get pass the electric cal
before it stopped.
| 1t took but a few minutes reflection
on the part of Judge Stearns to levy
the fine recommended by the State'I
attorney. DIR. Coutu made arrange.
ments to pay and departed.
Louis Block Of 10 Hyde street wa.
the next offender to face the court. on
similar charge. On Blocks plea o.
guilty he was fined IS and costs of $40;
for a violation of the automobile laws
on North Winooski avenue on Angus
26. Block was arraigned on a warran
issued by City Attorney Hamilton S
Peck. The complaint was made by thu
police department. Mr.. Peck wen
surety for the sum of s12.05, and Blocl
| was allowed his liberty.
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SALMON IN THE LAKE.
ThOmpsOn's Point Camper Captures One
OFT South Reef.

Robert w. Staley of Thompson's Point
while fishing Thursday near his cottage
landed a salmon. To his knowledge this is
the first one that was ever found in Lake
Champlain. Some years ago Mr.. Staley,
together with some other men, placed
some small salmon in the lake to multiply
and this may be one of them. The one that
Mr.. Staley captured weighed four pounds
and nine ounces and was Aas inches in
length; it is of the Chinicook variety. If
1t had not been for the extra strong tested
line that he had, probably Mr.. Staley
would not have captured 1t for the salmon
always puts up a stiff fight and this one
was no exception. The fish was landed
near tho south reef off Thompson's Point
1t was on display in l.. r. Woods sport
Ing goods store window Friday morn
Ing. taken about noon to n taxidermist's
whore 1t will be mounted and then sent
to the home OF its captor, in Troy. N. Y.
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NEW JUDGE ON BENCH.
Vi0lntOr Of Automobile Laws First to
Face the Court.

N1OlntOr Of Automobile Laws First to
Face the Court.
City court opened promptly at nine
o'clock yesterday morning with Judge
Joseph r. Stearns on the bench.
The oath of office had been administered
previously by Judge Seneca Haselton at
the Hotel Vermont. After having qualified
for the city tudgeship. Judge Stearns
went at once to the city court rooms.
Once there, his first official move was to
administer the oath of office to the clerk
of city court. Jed p. Ladd. who accepted
the office when rendered him by the new
Judge.
There were a large number of the
friends of both Judge Stearns and Clerk
Ladd present. Congratulations were the
order of the next ten minutes, after which
Judge Stearns mounted the bench and
tried his first case.
! man who gave his name as John
Spratt and his residence as Whalonsville,
Mass, was the first respondent to face
the court. He was arraigned on the
charge of violating the automobile laws.
in that he passed a stationary electric
car that was receiving and discharging
passengers. The warrant for his appear
ance was issued by States Attorney Allen
Martin on a complaint by the police de-
| pdTtHcHt' Upon MS plea OF guilty opTdts
was fined $40 and costs of $7.05. He paid
Charles Shackett of this city was SEN
fenced to not less than II nor more than
Is months in the house of correction. He
pleaded guilty to the charge of escap.
ing from the custody of Sheriff James
| II. Alien on April 6. The court later de-
cided to suspend the sentence and
Shackett was placed In the hands Of the
probation officer.
Sam Cohen. cattle buyer. was in or
a complaint by the police department
The charge was a violation of the auto
mobile laws on North avenue one nigh
last week 1t was claimed at the tim,
the complaint was issued that CoheI
struck team containing a woman. throw
ing her out. He then disappeared In thu
direction of Ethan Allen Park, but wal
overtaken by Urban A. Woodbury.. Fo
this offense. which is a particularly seri
GUS one. he was hned S35 and costs o
SSH. lie paid the sum Of $43.11 and de
parted. Allen Martin. States attorney
prosecuted.
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Postpone School Opening.

ST. Adams. Aug. 30.--The date of
the opening of the city schools is in
question yet. 1t will be at least an
other week before n decision can be
reached. said DR.. w. b. Arnold. city
health officer. to-day. The quarantine
on children 16 years old or younger
because of case OF poliomye litis in
this city Is effective until September
G. The schools were scheduled to
open September 10. The public Ii
brary Is practically closed, no chill
dren Of the quarantine age being al
lowed to enter the library or take
books.
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GOVERNOR APPOINTS JUDGES
Joseph r. stearns TO he Judge Of Bur-
lington City Court-Ben A. Eastman
Member Of Public safety Board.

Montpelier, Aug. Ex-Governor Graham
announced to-day the following appoint-
ments: Daniel A. Guiltiman Of Benning-
ton. Judge Of the Bennington municipal
court; George c. Frye Of st. Johnsbury,
Judge Of the Caledonia county municipal
court; Joseph T. Stearns Of Burlington,
Judge of the Burlington city court; Leo
T.. Pratt Of Fair Haven. Judge Of the Fair
Haven municipal court; F. c. Swinnerton
Of Rutland, Judge Of the Rutland city
municipal court; Ben A. Eastman Of
Barre, member Of the Vermont committee
Of public safety, vice Guy r. varnum. re-
signed.
| Guy r. varnum resigned as q member
Of the committee as he IL at the reserve
officers training camp at Plattsburgh.
N. Y,
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FINE MOTORISTS.
Rutland Officials Inf0rcing Non-Glare
Lights Traffic Law.

Rutland. Aug. 30.-Grand Juror Charles
f. Novak and Acting Chief Of Police
Harry A. Mattison of this city are maxi
ing special effort to enforce in Rutland
the phase Of the traffic laws providing
for non-glare lights on motor vehicles.
Last night there were fireworks here and
many automobiles came to town. Station
ing themselves on two principal APP
proaches $50 machines were examined
and three Wolators of the law were found.
AS a result Clarence S. Nourse and
Henry Crowley Of this city and Barney
Mead of Brattleboro paid fines of $500
and costs Of sos before Municipal Judge
Leo E. Pratt of Fair Haven here to-day.
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CUT HER WAY OUT.


Rutland. Aug. 30.-Gladys Farnsworth,
13-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ad-
Olson Farnsworth, formerly Of this city.
an unusually pretty child, who escaped
from the Vermont Industrial school at
Vergennes Tuesday night by cutting a
wire window screen and scissors and
running away under cover Of darkness,
was captured to-day in this city by the
police. She was taken back to the YER
genhes institution this afternoon.
The girl said that she came here alone
on the midnight train last Tuesday, hav-
ing paid her railroad fare with money
she had when she was committed to the
school last Saturday from Springfield.
where she lived with her grandmother.
Mrs. c. Il. Wheldon. She was intending
to go back to Springfield when caught.
She was sent to Vergennes for the re-
mainder of her minority on the ground
that she is an incorrigible child. She
says that she does not know where her
parents are.
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GUILDINAN APPOINTED.
To he Judge Of Bennington Municipal
COurt-Admitted to Bar In 1893.

Bennington. Aug. 3l.-Daniel A. Guildi.
nan to-day received his commission to bS
judge of the Bennington municipal court
the term of office to begin tomorrow,
September I, and to continue to February.
1919. The new presiding officer succeeds
Judge f. II. Holden. who received his first
appointment from Governor Prouty Judge
Guildinan is a native of Bennington and n
years old. He was admitted to the bar
in 1886 and had appeared for the plaintiffs
in many Of the industrial accident cases
tried before Bennington county court.
Governor Fletcher appointed him a men,
Der Of the committee to revise the statutes
following the changes In the constitution
and he was clerk Of the revision committee
Of the 1915 Legislature.
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Following is the schedule:
GOES TO MIDDLEBURY.
The Rev. e. b. Holmes Of Richf0rd to
he Rector at St. Stephens.

The Rev. e. b. Holmes Of RichfOrd to
He Rector at St. Stephens.
Middlebury, Aug. 31.-St. Stephens
parish Of the Episcopal Church announces
that it has secured a new rector. the Rev.
E. B. Holmes, now of Richford. Mr..
Holmes has never preached in this village.
He has accepted the rectorship here
through the recommendation of Bishop
Bliss. 1t is probable that he and his fam
lily. consisting Of a wife. two girls and a
son. will arrive before the middle OF
September and take charge of the parish
which has been without rector since the
recent resignation of the Rev. John Evans
Bold.
Mr.. Holmes is 3s years old. native OF
Maine, where he has spent most of his
life. He was graduated from Bowdoin Col.
lege in 1900 and from the General Seminary
| in New York in 1905. He then became as.
sistant in the cathedral at Portland. Me.
and thereafter in succession was rector
at Fort Fairfield and Sanford. Me-, and
Richford, having been at the latter post
for about three years.
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MIDDLEBURY FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE ALTERED

Middlebury. Aug. Slowing to the un-
settled condition of college athletics due
to the war. the Middlebury College foot
ball schedule has been altered. Middlebury
will carry out it's schedule as outlined be-
low. as far as possible. Several games
have been cancelled, but others have been
arranged to fill their places. Dartmouth
has taken the place of Brown. scheduled
for October 10. Middlebury will meet Tufts
instead Of Massachusetts Agricultural
College. The date on which the Middle
bury-Vermont game was scheduled is open
owing to the cancellation Of Vermont's
football schedule. Several of last years
team will return to college, and the out
look for material in the incoming class is
good.
Following is the schedule:
September 20, Trinity, at Hartford
| Conn: October G. Clarkson, at Middlebury
Is, Dartmouth, at Hanover. N. H.; 90
Tufts. at Middlebury, (pending); a.
Stevens, at Hoboken; November g. Nor.
witch. at Northfeld TO- Williams, at Will
Jamestown; II. Boston College. at Boston
a. open.
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SETTLE OUT OF COURT.
Miss Adah 8. Walker Pays Rev. ID. p.
Hurlburt for Wife's Death.

Rutland. Aug. 3o.-The $4,000 suit
brought by the Rev. d. p. Hurlburt Of
Shrewsbury. pastor Of the Christian
Church in Northam. against Miss Adah
s. Walker of Chippenhook, in Clarendon,
because Of the death of Mrs. Hurlburt
from injuries received August / when
she was knocked down at a street cross
ing here by a motor car driven by the
defendant. has been settled outside of
courts. The amount paid to the clergy
man, who has two children. is not made
public, but 1t Is known that counsel for
the plaintiff asked for 5000 before suit
was brought.
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ILL, TAKES HIS LIFE.
Rufus Brown, 45, Discouraged by Large
Amount Of Work.

Hyde Park. Sept. 2.-Rufus Brown, aged
45 years. committed suicide at an early
hour this morning by shooting himself in
the head with shotgun.
He had been in poor health for some
time and had frequently said he would
put himself out Of tho way. He arose
about five o'clock this morning and went
to the barn, where he killed himself. He
was road commissioner Of Hyde Park
and the large amount Of work that de-
volved upon him by the cloudburst and
many freshets worked upon his mind and
discouraged him, having once or twice
endeavored to resign.
He leaves a wife and five young chill
dren
The funeral will be held Monday at
CenterVille,
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NEVER BOTHERED SINCE

After suffering with terrible pains In
his back for eight years. and after having
tried doctors and medicines, Avis Souers
AIDE. Ind. writes: Foley Kidney Pills
were recommended to me and the first
bottle removed the pain. After taking
three bottles the bloating was all gone
and has never bothered me since" j
w. O'Sullivan. 80 Church street. (Adv.)
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LACKS FOUR MEN.
Washington County Has IS Names Ger
tiled for Service.

Montpelier. Aug. 31.-The federal district
board of appeals certified eight more
names of the Washington county drafted
men to the Acknowledgement yesterday.
two of the number having claimed exemp-
ton, but the claims were disallowed. This
makes a total of IS names certified from
Washington county The county quota is
% men. The names of those certified yes
terday are Jesse Leonard Lawless, Mont
pelier; Giosne Gelpi, Barre: Glenn w.
Whitcomb. Plainfield; John C. Gilman,
East Calais; Charles J. Woods. Barre
Ashley Charles Barnett. West Danvile
Paul Movalli. Barre; Ernest Gilbert Web
steryille.
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INSTANTLY KILLED.
James n. Edward Hit by Car While
Crossing Side Track.

Barre. Aug. 31.-James B. Edward, a
granite manufacturer. was instantly
killed early this morning by an empty
fiat car. He was on his way to his
stoneshed and was crossing a sidetrack
when hit He received fracture of the
pelvis and fractures of the right arm
and left leg. Physicians believed that
death came at once with the fracture
of the pelvis.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-06
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
PROFESSOR DIES
Rev. DIR. Samuel w. BOardman Once
Head Of Maryville College.

Bloomfield. N. j.. Aug. 3O.--The Rev. DR..
Samuel w. Boardman. president of Mary
Vile College. Tennessee. from 1889 to 1901,
died at his home here to-day at the age
of 81. DR.. Boardman was graduated from
Middlebury College in 1851 and from An
dover Theological Seminary in 1856. He
was ordained for the Congregational min
stry in 1857. He was professor of rhetoric,
English literature and psychology at Mid
dlebury College from 1859 to 1861. He held
pastorates in Norwich, VT, Auburn, NJ
Y, Sterling, ILL.,, and Stanhope, N. ].
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B. & M. STRIKE
AFFECTS $50 MEN

Lyndonville. Aug. 3l.-The machnists.
engineers and boiler men employed at the
Boston & Maine railroad shops went
out on a strike to-day. demanding an in
creased pay Of eight cents an hour. The
strike affects about 150 employees.
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REST-HOME INCORPORATES.
Brandon Organization to Establish
Home for Women Who Work.

Home for Women Who Work.
Montpelier Sept 4.-The Mcconnell Rest
Home, Inc, which is incorporated for the
purpose of establishing and maintaining a
home and resting place for working wom-
en- especially teachers. and women tenn
porarily out of employment. and a recrea-
ton park for the public at Brandon, has
filed articles Of association with the Sec
rotary of state. The incorporators are w.
w. Goodnow of Brandon; Anne Adele
Walker Of Leominster. Mass; Matte Buell.
Leonard Of Brandon Edward Dana OF
Rutland and Rosamond B. Hurd of Pasa-
dena. Cal. The articles are the first to be
filed with the new secretary of state
Frederick g. Fleetwood Of Morrisville.
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Is Out of so DISQUALIFIED

st, Adams. Aug. u.-Of about so men
examined by the local selection board Of
Franklin county to-day, Is were physical
ly disqualified. There were ave aliens nd
one clergyman. Seven made no claim Tor
exemption.
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VETERAN FALLS DOWNSTAIRS.
j. Edward Rollins. a veteran Of the Civil
War. was painfully injured recently in a
fall down the stairs of the Gordon building
In Barre. suffering deep Commissions on his
face.
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KILLED IN FRANCE.
Miss Emily Moore Hears OF Cousins
Death in Trenches.

st. Johnsbury. Aug. 31.-Miss Emily
Moore has received word of the death
somewhere in France of her cousin. Ser
geant Howard StoclSwell He was %
years old and frequently visited here
when living in Danville, p. Q. He was
killed in the trenches in the last French
drive. His brother. a lieutenant In the
Royal Flying corps, is back in the serv-
ice again after injuries received In his
aeroplane. when flying at 80 miles an
hour
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neutral countries. swung leisurely at an
Choir on both sides Of the channel stretch
ing far into the dim distance. Ahead on
the left, the towers of New Yorks great
amusement island. Coney. with it's myri-
ads of lights. twinkled in the gathering
twilight. The revolving ferris wheels and
the swinging ocean waves could be
distinguished in their whirl of merriment.
And so. little by little. light after light
faded, the shores Of our beloved home
land became invisible In the gathering
darkness and we turned our faces forward
to the future SO uncertain. and yet so
fascinating.
We are at first mess. which means that
and eight-thirty. have lunch at 1890 and
dinner at flve-thirty. Rather peculiar
hours to one used to American meal
hours. On my left at table sits Monsieur
Jean Verd, born In Paris and a graduate
Of the Paris Conservative with first hon
ors on the piano. He has toured most of
the large American cities and his work
has met with remarkable popularity.
While his strongest work has been done
as a soloist, he has played accompan-
ments for Fritz Kreisler. Pablo Casals,
the Spanish 'cellist. Povla Frijsh. the
Danish soprano, and Ephraim Zimbalist,
the Russian violinist. M. Verd has play
ed at several of the concerts on board
and has played in the afternoons for
, dancing and singing. He has been in
America for two and a half years and
was not called to the trenches because
unable to pass the physical requirements.
Recently. however. the requirements have
been lowered. owing to the great drain
on the men of France and he has been
drafted. He Is only 30 years old and
when I see such men as he called to I'M
known suffering, the bitterness of the
war comes very close. 1t is fine to have
M. Verd sitting next me at meals. for l
am thus able to learn more French than
1 could in any other way. ! am very
sorry that at college we are not taught
more conversational French. rather than
the dry routine of rules and verbs. Be-
sides NJ. Verd. there are number OF
other people of prominence on board
Evert Wendell Of New York. one of the
three Americans on the Olympic games
committee Is a charming man and a cap
ital entertainer. August Post, the
aeronautist. Doctor Paul Van Dyke, pro.
lessor Of history at Princeton, brother OF
Henry Van Dyke. Edwin Clarkson Gar.
rett. a war poet. Professor Nettleton OF
Yale, Alan Hartman. son Of Joseph Har,
riman of the Hartman National bank
| Jerry" Reynolds, once the leader of the
Gles club at Yale. and many others &c
to make up most interesting and attrac.
tive group Of people.
The days 60 drifting BY 10 quickly and
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The Free Press has received the follow
ing interesting letter from Roderic NJ
Olsendam, u. v. NJ. '16. who is now with
the American Red Cross in France:
On hoard the