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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-07
GARDNER LEAVES RED SOx
Star Third Baseman Traded to PhiIs.
delphia Athletics by President Fr...>

SUR Ihiro boseman Traded to Phfla.
delphia Athletics by President France.
One OF the big deals now going on in
major league baseball circles, prior to thu
opening OF the season next month. ia the
transfer Of three OF the Boston Red Sox
players to the Philadelphia Athletics in re-
turn for "Stuffy McInnis. The three Boston
men in the trade are Larry Gardner. reg
ular third baseman since 1911; Centerfielder
Clarence Walker and Catcher Forest
Cady. 1t was with reluctance that the
Boston men parted with the trio Of ath-
lethes, all Of whom have been conspicu.
GUS in Red Sox triumphs. President Fra
zee of the Red Sox would much rather
have given the Mackmen cash in return
for Stuffy than players. but the leader Of
the Athletics held out for players.
Burt Whitman says in the Boston Her.
aid:
There is nothing positive about Gard
ner playing ball this season. 1 talked
with him last night He was in his Enos-
burg Falls, VT, garage when I got him
on the long distance telephone. He said
neither Frazee nor Mack had commune
Gated with him.
"Will you play ball this year for the
Athletics? he was asked.
1T Is so new to me-" Larry responded.
that have not any comment to make at
this time. 1 like Connie Mack and always
have. But I have been very busy in this
new garage of mine this winter and the
truth of 1t is that I have made more
money in this business than I ever did In
baseball.
Gardner unquestionably represents the
balance of power and ability in the trio
Mack has obtained. Last spring at Miami.
Fla, where the AS had a spring series
with the Braves, Mack told me that he
considered Gardner one of the two best
third basemen in the American League. On
the open baseball market Gardner would
bring twice as much as Walker and Cady
combined"
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Burlington swung into the no-license
column Tuesday by the sweeping ma
Jority of 292 votes. and thereby established
herself like great desert amidst TWO
GASES, Winooski and Shelburne. high ana
dry for another year, starting from May L.
The voters also showed their disapproval
of granting fifth class licenses to drug
gists, by majority vote of ga, and their
approval Of the Continuance Of the medical
inspection in the public schols, by ma
jority vote Of 2374.
1t was n victory of the women. and to
the women alone belong the credit They
turned out In remarkable numbers and In
the majority Of the wards more than 80
per cent. Of those registered cast their
vote. and cast 1t early. Even before the
polling places were open at 600 a. m. there
were women standing in line. ready to
accept with open arms the franchise given
them by the last Legislature.
The other feature Of the election was
the defeat of Alderman George J. Grafton,
citizens and democratic candidate for re-
election in ward two. by Fred A. Deyette,
republican. Deyette's majority was &c
votes. In the third ward Edward B.
Bessette. democrat, won a reelection over
Edward Lavalley, republican, by a ma
Jority of IS.
In the only other fight for an aldermanic
seat. which was in ward six, ]. Lindley
Hall. the present incumbent. was re-
elected by the handsome majority of 100
votes.
Jed P. Ladd, republican and democratic
candidate for alderman in ward five,
though unopposed, was given one Of the
largest votes Of any aldermanic candidate
In the history Of voting in Burlington and
he is justly proud of his splendid show
ing of 575 votes.
The aldermen elected were: George d.
Mcbride. ward one; Fred A. Deyette. ward
two; Edward B. Bessette, ward three
Victor A. Bergeron. ward four, also Frank
/ j. Dwyer Ito fill unexpired term); Jed p
Ladd. ward five, and j. Lndley Hall
ward six.
denotes reflections.
| NJ j. Barnes and ]. B. Hallihan were
reelected as school commissioners.
True to its numerical number, ward one
was the first ward to have it's officiai count
returned to the office Of City Clerk Edward
B. Corley the officials from that ward ar.
irving at 4:20 p. m. Next in order name
ward four. at 1855 p. m. then ward five. a,
SLY; ward six at exactly six O'Clock. Ward
two came at 6:32 p. m. and last was ware
three which arrived at $40 o'clock. Ware
three should have arrived sooner but 9
mistake was made by the driver sent tt
convey the officials to the city hall and HI
went to the wrong polling place.
BURL1NGTONs VOTE ON LICENSE.
Since the adoption Of the local CD.
ton license law in 1902 and which be
came effective in 1908, Burlington ha,
oeen 1or license every year with the ex,
ceptton OF 1907. when the city went dr.,
by vote Of ISL majority. A compare.
tive table Of figures of past years fol.
| lows.
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BURLINGTON AGAIN IN
NO-LICENSE COLUMN
For Second Time Since Local Option Law Went
into Effect Voters of the Queen City Decide
to Get Along without the Sale Of Liquor :
Majority of 292 Largely Due to Women Who
Voted for the First Time.

Conlon, democrat. 20; James II. Dolan
democrat, 4s1; Arthur L. Walker. republi.
can, 439: Harry c. wheelock. republican
$50. Messrs. Dolan. Walker and Wheelock
elected.
WARD SIX.
Alderman. j. Lindiey Hall, republican
$3.50; Roy J. Yandow, independent and
democrat, 2SO; ward clerk. Henry II
Hagar. republican. 3ss: William H. Brown
democrat, 2o1: inspectors Of election
Joseph H. Carlin, republican. AZ; E. H
Chase, republican. 323; John w. Coffey, Jr.
democrat, 500; George W. Grandy. republi'
can, 29e: M. c. Powers, democrat, 200
Messrs. Carlin, Chase and Coffey. Jr.
elected.
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u. V. M. MEN DINE.
Engineering Graduates Meet In New
York for Their Sixth Annual.

Engineering Graduates Meet In New
York for Their Sixth Annual.
The sixth annual dinner Of the New
York engineers Of the University of Yer
mont was held Wednesday. Feb. q. at the
Chemists club in New York city. The
general subject Of the meeting was THE
Engineering Side Of the World War"
Although many members of the organi-
cation are now serving at the front or
In the engineering division of the army.
| there was an attendance Of about 50 men.
Dean J. w. Votey of the university gave
a very interesting summary Of the work
at the college, as we'll as interesting facts
in regard to the men who had gone into
the service from all departments Of the
university. Some classes had as high a.
60 per cent. Of the men in the service
of the government at the present time.
Another guest was Alvin NJ. Taylor,
80. of Chicago. president of the Yer
mont Alumni association. He spoke
briefly Of the part that chemists have
taken in the world war.
James j. Pearson, Of the Allied Machin.
cry company OF New York. an American
engineer who has recently been two years
in England speeding up industry, spoke
at length and with great interest of the
condition OF industry In the British Isles.
his intimate knowledge OF ohop manage
ment. handling Of labor. etc.. fitted him
admirably for the work Of the dilution
of labor and the speeding up Of NUM-
ton plants which he described In interest.
ing detail.
Another speaker who has recently
passed considerable time In France was
C. w. E. Clarke. an engineer connected
with the firm Of Stone & Webster of Bos-
ton. This latter firm has a contract
for $2o.ooo.0oo worth OF buildings being
erected In France. and It was IN con-
nection with this work that Mr.. Clarke
was In that country. His description OF
their trips through the submarine zone
and his observations Of the French
people. the conditions brought about BY
the war. showed keen sense Of OBSERVE
ton and an ability to present It in a
pleasing manner to his hearers,
The program was concluded with an
illustrated talk on the use Of Telephones
In connection with the war. Mr.. Carroll
OF the New York Telephone COMPANY
presented by picture and description the
vital and interesting part which tsle-
phony plays on the battle front. Merton
G. Robbins Of the class of 1898 acted as
toastmaster.
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THE WOMEN'S PART.
Practically 10 per Cent. OF Those Reg.
istered Cast Ballots.

Practically 10 per Cent. Of Those Reg
istered Cast Ballots.
The Equal FRANCHISE League feels very
much gratifed with the results of Tues
days voting The league has carefully
checked up the lists Of those not voting
in all the wards and feels sure that at
least one-half of those who did not vote
were out of town or unavoidably de-
tained in most cases by sickness. A very
few got their names on the check list and
then refused to vote Tuesday.
Although 1t probably will never be
known what woman cast the first vote.
and 1t is probable that some voted
simultaneously in different wards, Mrs.
Mary Frances Vincent was the first wom-
an to vote in ward two. and maybe the
first in the city. Mrs. Vincent cast her
vote at six o'clock Tuesday morning and
80 was one Of the first II not the first
woman to vote in the city.
The league has prepared a list which
shows at a glance how the women came
out on election day. 1t follows:
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A LETTER TO VI. MERCHANTS
TO THE RETAIL MERCHANTS OF
VERMONT:

TO THE RETAIL MERCHANTS OF
VERMONT:
The food Administration says repeat
eddy FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR"
That statement inspires the questions Of
HOW AND WHY. Therefore the problem
is one of education.
The American method of conservation
depends upon the democratic principle Of
voluntary service. Everyone must rea-
lie the grim fact that American Soldiers
must be properly fed by the United States.
This means a big increase in the demand
for MEAT. WHEAT. FATS AND SUGAR.
People at home must go easy" on these
war-winning commodities.
This fact must be driven home to every
Individual He must be constantly remind
ed that In his personal diet and In his
home kitchen other foods-just as noursh-
ing and often cheaper-must be substitute
ed SO these four war-essentials can be
shipped abroad.
THE RETAIL MERCHANTS PART.
Vermont retail merchants have an i'm
portant and valuable duty to perform In
aiding the vital work Of the United States
Food Administration. They must realize
tHttt tHiS rs primarily an eUOrt OF SELF
PRESERVATION. Unless people volun-
tarily follow the requests of the Food Ad-
ministration 1t may be necessary to en-
force demands that will mean actual self
denial.
! In order to keep business as usual the
merchant must enroll his entire forces in
the campaign Of education now in progress
Here are some of the ways: BY using
Food Conservation Slogans at the head
of his newspaper advertisements; by win.
dow display cards on the subject; by sIo-
gans printed on sales slips and monthly
bills. on business printed matter of ali
kinds; by literature on FOOD CONSER.
WALTON and last, but not least by
keeping business up to a normal level
The Merchant Representative of tn,
Food Administration has ready to distrib
ute circular entitled Seven Ways t,
Help" which he will gladly send to an,
merchant who requests it. 1t is full o
practical suggestions. He also has print
ed matter to send out in packages of pur
chased goods. window cards and other in
teresting matter. All this costs the mer
chant nothing but the effort to use 1t.
Simply state your wants In letter to r
ID. Abernethy. State Merchant Representa-
tive, Y. s. Food Administration, Bur
lington. VT.
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TO REMODEL CARS.
Unable to buy New Ones. Traction
Company Does Next Best Thing.


Along with the scarcity Of almost
everything, it is impossible to get cleo
trio cars. according to the officials Of
the Military Post line. and a new line
of procedure is to be brought into play
In order to supply the demand for closed
cars for next winter. Four of the open
cars which run between Burlington and
Essex Junction are to he torn apart
and remodeled after the latest car which
has been added to the line. That is to
say, four more open CATS will have the
seats arranged with the aisle in the mid
die. BY getting the cars into this shape.
1t Is an easy matter to make closed cars
or them when the cold weather sets in.
Even the proposition of remodeling the
cars has it's dificulties. so far as getting
material goes. for the seats, which have
only Just arrived. have been ordered
since last summer. 1t is expected that
with the advent of warmer weather, the
cars will be ready for use.
FREE PRESS WA Mt ms pAV nEcsn
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EGG GAMBLERS HIT HARD.



Slump In Price.
The wholesale price Of fresh eggs in
New York city Saturday was IS cents a
dozen and II was held that the retail price
should be about y cents There was total
drop Of q cents per dozen in price during
the week The crash was attributed by
dealers to the recent transportation con-
gestion which held UP more than SO, COZ. 900
fresh eggs from q fortnight to three weeks
and then threw consignments In a mass
upon the market
Scenes in the egg exchanges Saturday
rivalled Black Friday In the stock ex-
change. Spectators sought cover while
agents in other cities wired frantically
for funds to cover sight drafts presented
by producers. The federal food board acted
to prevent spectators from repudating
sight drafts upon technical faults in the
quality Of shipments. Spectators and
commission men will incur an estimated
loss Of more than $250.000.
It is possible that the drop in price
Of eggs may reach Burlington in the
course Of time. even IL they have to be sent
up from New York city.
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PLOW IN JANUARY.
SPRING Work IN Progress In France
byron N. Clark Writes.

While Vermont was held In the grip
of several cold waves, sunny France
was busy doing Its blowing. So writes
Byron N. Clark, State secretary of the
Y. M G. A.. in a letter received yeser-
day.
Mr. Clark writes that the snow left
early in January when blowing was be-
gun, and preparations made for the
spring work. Another cold snap did
not delay operations at all.
Riding 40 miles In what is known as
a Red Cross stretcher motor car. Mr..
Clark says 1t was so foggy they could
see nothing at all. He has heard the
roar OF cannons so continuously that
he minds 1t now not at all. in fact does
not notice 1t.
Mr.. Clark. who went abroad Sep
TENDER 10. as an American army Y. M.
g. A. secretary for the national war
work council, will return to Burling-
ton In May. His six months period
was up March I. but he wrote w. j.
Van Patten. chairman OF the State COM
mittee. asking for an extension. and
Mr.. Van Patten extended his leave Of
absence a few more weeks. He will
leave France In April.
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nes'.'. 92 2S5 285 200 216 3O8-1337
No. 1928 449 20s o5s 84s sls-1ssi
Majority against druggist license. 554.
That the voters of the city are heartily
In favor OF continuing the medical inspec-
ton In the public schools Of tho city
was attested to In Tuesdays election. the
majority being in favor OF the continu.
ance. The vote by wards follows:
Msra sas as, $50 .ss SIS sss1 Ts,sI
No,..... 10 145 li8 SO SO 1873 8o7
Majority In favor. 2374.
VOTE FOR WARD OFFICIALS.
The vote for ward officials resulted
as follows:
WARD ONE
Alderman. George d. Mcbride. repub-
lican, 486; ward clerk. Fred 8. Pease,
republican. AIS: inspectors Of election,
Daniel H. Cameron, republican. 37S;
Malcolm G. Clark. republican. 367;
Henry d. Lacey. democrat. 500.
WARD TWO.
Alderman, George j. Grafton, citizens
and democrat. AIS; Fred A. Deyette,
republican, 461; school commissioners.
Monroe ]. Barnes. republican, sos; Jo-
seph Poissant CFisher). citizens and
democrat. 324: ward clerk. James E.
bradley. republican. $50; inspectors OF
| election. Heman Crooker. democrat
Az; Alphonses II. Duhamel. republican,
Dol; Napoleon Laury. republican, 1875;
Frank l.. Murray. democrat, SOs
Messrs. Croker. Duhamel and Laury
elected.
WARD THREE.
Alderman. Edward B. Bessette, demo
crat. 302; Edward Lavalley, repubii-
can. ga; ward clerk. Edward j. Donlin'
democrat, 203; A. j. Gutchell, repuph-
can. 234: inspectors of election. John
G. Bacon. republican. 2?4; Michael
Cummings. democrat. 200; Norman f.
Failey. republican. 1877: Joseph l. f'u-
gere. democrat, 214; John McCuen' re-
publican, .233; Jules Simays. democrat
244. Messrs. Bacon. McCuen, simays
/ elected.
WARD FOUR.
| Alderman, for two years, Victor a.
Bergeron. republican and democrat. s'S'
or alderman for one year unexpired term,
Frank j. Dwyer. democrat. Ss7: schoo
commissioner. John b. Hallihan. democrat
IS; Frank Il. Morgan. republican. lSo; ware
! clerk Oscar Heininger. democrat. 100; IN
spectors Of election, John w. Beatty re-
publican. 2l3; John !. Bergeron. repupn'
can. 2sS; Edward McGrath. democrat, S'4
Joseph ONeil, democrat, SIS. Messrs. ber'
geron. McGrath and O'Neil elected.
WARD FIVE.
Alderman, Jed +. Ladd. republican ant
democrat, s7h; ward clerk. II. w. Cooney
democrat. 2sS: Charles n. Fitch. repupm
tean' VT; inspectors Of election. Thomas
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so can do my house work without any
difficulty. ! advise any woman who Is
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound trial and it will do as much for
them. Mrs. MARIE BOYD, 1927 9th
St., N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi.
tons where q hospital operation 10 the
only alternative, but on the other hand
so many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary every woman who wants
to avoid an operation should give it a
fair trial before submitting to such q
trying ordeal.
If complications exist, write to Lydia
q. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
FOR advice. The result of many years
a,:perience is at your service.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-07
THE SALE OF MILK.
Cooperative Retail Distributing Depot
to BE Established in Burlington.

A cooperative retail milk distributing
depot will be in operation in Burlington In
the future. probably inside Of two or three
months, under the direction of the men,
bers Of the Chittenden County Milk
Producers association. who will form
corporation to conduct the business. 1t is
proposed to purchased the A. r. White
plant in Burlington and install its owner
as manager. or to erect a suitable plant
for the new corporation to use for its
business. The arrangements for the
,arting of the corporation were left In the
.nnds of Messrs. Catlin. Fiske and Cove,
he original committee to investigate the
.tuaton and who reported Monday at q
Meeting of the association in the county
farm bureaus rooms on Church street
they will call a meeting soon with definite
plans of organization Of the CO..
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WE HAVE OBSERVED.
From the Boston Transcript

tFrom the Boston Transcript)
That the man who thinks no lacks time
generally lacks energy.
That no amount OF culture will make a
fat man stop snoring In his sleep.
That . fellow doesn't have to be q Mara
thon runner to be long-winded.
That In the constant sitting Of life men
generally land about whore they belong.
That there are lots OF men with Just
enough knowledge to be nuisances.
That h0mely face saves Q woman from
hearing . lot Of rank nonsense.
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TAKE CHILDREN OUT OF DANGER

II you saw child on a railroad track
you would endeavor to remove the little
one from danger When child Is '.snuf
fling" or coughing. isn't 1t your duty to
get him out OF danger OF severe conse-
quences! Foiey's Honey and Tar givss re-
lief from coughs. colds. Group and whoop-
Ing cough. Contains no opiates. ]. w.
O'Sullivan, 30 Church st. (aAvl
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CARPENTERS WANTED.
WoFlmen Of Draft Age WIN DO weal
to VOLUNTEERS.

to Volunteer.
Six volunteer carpenters. all In the
draft age. are wanted by the Chittenden
county exemption board for immediate
service at Kelley Field, Texas. to be
placed In factories making wooden parts
~ airplanes. These men are requested
to volunteer their services before March
.. and IL sufficient numbers are not forth
coming the board will investigate its
list Of questionnaires and select the de-
sired number and II they pass the physi-
GAL test, draft them into immediate serv-
ice. II registrants who are carpenters
or wood-workers will volunteer they will
receive the State pay Of SO per month
extra, but II drafted they will not get
this additional pay. All registrants who
can qualify. as carpenters or wood
workers are asked to communicate with
Chairman c. J. Russell Of the county
board.
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ENCOURAGEMENT.

Cant we squeeze in this roadster"
asked the polite but timid young man.
Maybe, Charley" replied the swsa.
thingi hut don't you think we'd better
walt until we get homer
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HOY. y MRS. BOYD
Canton, Ohio.-"I suffered from a
female trouble which caused me much

suffering, and TWO
doctors de cided
that I would have
to 60 through an
operation before !
could get well.
"My mother, who
had been helped by
Lydia E. Pinkham' .
Vegetable Com
pound, advised me
to try 1t before SUBJ
hitting to an opera
ton. Itrelieved me
E.- s, G.~~~Iv
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WOMEN'S LIST

List Of unclaimed letters in the Burling-
ton postofiice for the week ending Feb
Yuary q. 1918:
WOMEN'S LIST.
Mrs. Austin. Miss Hattie Brooks, Miss
Florence H. Bryand, Mrs. Mary Church,
Mrs. e. J. Chase, Mrs. William Clark.
Mrs. Guy Collins. Mrs. Charles Conklin,
Mrs. William bidding. Mrs. N. Degree,
Mrs. A. w. Fisher. Miss Deborah Gorham
Dolly Havens ca. Miss Nettie johnson.
Mrs. w. H. Murphy. Mrs. Clarence G.
Martin. Mrs. Minnie Morgan. Mrs Emma
Not5lie. Mrs. J. H. Russell. Mrs. A. c.
6hattuck. Mrs. Samantha Shepard, Miss
Gladys Williams.
MEMS LIST.
George s. Brown. Chevtmee Bowen
Uleaser Badger. Ray Elliott. Jack Hamil
George L. Lavalley. Tony Lamperte. Lore
Bros. Private William G. Murray, vii
liam II. Murphy, Jacob Kezenets.. w. II
Orvis. Master Bill Pulver. Henri Puryea
Allen e. Provost. George w. Pixley. L
c. Pierce (2). oliver Schoolcroft. w. d
ohspasdson. Bonnie Stone. C. e. Seaman
Clarence WEIGH.
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For the Lands Sake Use Bowker' s
Fertilizers. They Enrich the Earth and
Those Who Till It," 16eow,tf.
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~ TINE BAnY 10 CUTTING rrEvr

b. sure and use that old and wsll.trieA
remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrvp,
eor, children tsethins. It. soothes the
sures wind collie and is the bsst re%nsdS
tar diarrhosa- Twsnky.Avo osnts 8 bot.
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A PLEDGE OF LOYALTY
The United States Food Admlnis-
tratiOn Asks Every Loyal Ver-
mOnter to Subscribe to
This Pledge.

My Government needs more Wheat
and Meat to provide for its Armies
and our associates in this war. My
Government asks my help to make up
its supply.
can help. will eat more corn and
oats and rye in place of Wheat. I will
eat more fish in place Of Meat. To do
what my Government asks am keep
ing this pledge:
One meal every day and all
day Wednesday in every week,
eat no Wheat. One meal each
day and all day Tuesday in
every week. eat no Meat Also
Saturday I eat no Pork. Also
will use no more than q of
pound of Sugar every week -
and the others of my house,
hold.
Keeping this pledge. doing with
what we have in abundance, I help
my Government by loyalty in little
things.
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ENGLISH

whether stenographer. secretary. typ.
1T or clerk you need correct English
4 course At this college Will give yos
ihe right training.