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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-27

the pyramidic growth OF temperance
work. The music of the evening was in
charge Of Mrs. Earl Socum The We'd
no.dav morning session was given up
wholly to business The department work
of the county was revised to meet the
needs of the present reconstruction per-
iod and IL superintendents were appointed.
The treasurer's report showed all bills
Maid and "a little over two-thirds of the
county quota of $500 for jubilee fund, had
been raised
The following officers were elected:
President. Miss Ellen n. Wagner OF Mil
ton: secretary, Mrs. n. II. Fuller of Mil
ton treasurer, Miss Cora Blethem Of
Burlington; vice -presidents, Mrs. Leland
Cooley of Milton and Mrs. o. N. Clements
of Burlington. An original poem Jubilee
Bells was read by Mrs. w. c. Hoag of
Burlington. Mrs. Elsie Pease Barney OF
Swanton. acting state president was a
guest of the convention and spoke at
both the afternoon sessions. Among the
visitors were three state delegates to tn
last national convention in st. Louis, Mo.
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Road Building to Continue

Montpelier, May 25.-The State highway
commissioner has received from the fed
eral road department the following tele'
gram bearing upon the effort of the rail-
roads to stop highway construction:
Contrary to the newspaper reports the
Interstate Commerce Commission has not
issued any instructions that will stop
road building Before any action is taken
we have requested privilege of represent"
ing evidence from state highway depart
ments and Others of the necessity of con-
tnued road building If highways are to
meet the traffic demand already upon
them" So it does not look as though the
road building will he prevented, for
time at least.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-27
SENATE PASSES, ARMY
APPROPRIATION BILL

Washington. May 25-The Senate to-
day passed the annual army appropriation
bill carrying $t15ol9,oo and sent it to
conference.
AS passed. the bill provides for an in
crease of approximately &2,ooo,co0 over
the House bill. but 1858 600 less than
the appropriation for the present fiscal
year. The principal Senate increase was
$12, 745. 900 for the army air service, max
ing the total for this purpose 100000.
The Senate eliminated House provisions
which would give the army air service
control of all military aerial operations
from land bases and would confine naval
aviation to fleet operations, fleet shore
bases, training of personnel and con
struction and experimentation work.
Authorization was given by the Senate
for the sale of the old army transports,
Sherman. sheridan, Thomas, Logan, Blu
ford. Fitzpatrick, Crook and Warren and
of the Howitzer plant at Erie, Pa, and
establishment from the proceeds of the
latter sale of a government owned plant
at the Watervlet arsenal, New York for
the manufacture of medium caliber field
artillery.
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SUFFRAGISTS ASK
GOVERNOR A QUESTION
Won't He Point Out where Constitu-
ton Provides for Ratification by
Referendum

Montpelier, May 2o.-Gov. p. W. Clement
tonight released the following letter for
publication relative. to the refusal to call
a special session Of the Legislature.
Hotel Vermont. Burlington. May T. 1920.
Hon. Percival w. Clement.
Montpelier. VT
Your Excellency:
Replying to your letter Of May It'll. |
am pleased to confirm the telegram sent
you on April Goth as follows:
Have read your letter Of the 2sth
with much interest. You state that you
lack assurance that present Legislature
would submit question to vote Of people
of Vermont and therefore you deny re-
quest for special session. In case suf-
fragists submit signed statement from
proper number of representatives and
senator's that they will vote to submit
matter Of ratification to people will you
call special session.
Upon receipt of your letter of April
26th. it seemed to me that the particular
point stressed by you was the fact that
you had no assurance that il a special
session we're called that the question of
ratification would be submitted to the
people.
LAS perhaps you know, we have already
polletl the legislators four times and each
time the results were satisfactory TO our
cause. Those of us who arc interested
in woman suffrage feel that before con-
siderinE the expense and effort curtailed
by taking another poll of the legislators.
we must be very sure that such a step
as implied in your letter would be legal,
and therefore binding.
"ln giving the matter your immediate
| consideration, as you suggest in your let
ter of the seventh. will you not point out
to me any section of the Constitution of
Vermont which provides for the ratfca-
| ton of federal amendment by referen-
dun to the people of the State: You will
remember that in a conversation with me
early in April you told me the attorney
general was to be in Montpelier the fol-
! lowing week and that you would consul,
/ him as to his opinion on above point
AS you are the only person who car
legally obtain an opinion from the attor.
ney-general on this matter. may | no,
ask that you will let me know what his
opinion is regarding ratification by refer
endum?
Awaiting your reply. l remain.
Very sincerely yours.
(signed) "LILLIAN II, OLZENDAM.'
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IMPORTANT ADVANCE IN
SOCIAL SERVICE WORK

Rutland, May Gothic Social Serv-
ice Commission of the Diocese of Vcr-
mont held very important meeting
in this city this morning at which ac-
ton was taken in regard to two de-
partments of social service work in
which the Episcopal Church is espe-
cially interested. The first is the mis-
sion of the Church of Our Savior,
Sherburne, where rural community
work is being developed under the di-
rection of the Rev. John White, who
came to Vermont from the Cathedral
in indianapolis last December. The
commission Is interested in furnishing
tho equipment for this work and has
become responsible for the immediate
purchase of fine cows and harvest ma
chinery.
The second proposition is the fitting
up Of the rectory AT West Rutland as
a homo for the temporary care of chill
dren committed to the Board of Charities
and Probation by the courts OF the
state. The house has been turned over
to the commission by the ecclesiastical
authority of diocese. who in turn are 10
put it in first class repair. equip 1t with
a heating plant, bath rooms and electric
lights and loan 1t to mouse
committee" which will be responsible Tor
it's maintenance as A home The state
Board of Charities and Probation has
agreed to use it by placing its children
there, paying so much "A week per child.
Children are often turned over to the
board by the courts in a dirty, vermin
covered condition. Here they will be
cleaned up their health condition looked
after and then they can he placed in per-
manent private homes in good condition.
At present there is no such home in the
state and the board has no authority TO
establish such an institution under its
own direction.
The commission needs to raise between
three and four thousand dollars in order
to carry out its part of the undertaking
An appeal will be made shortly to the
people of the diocese for this money and
also for funds to meet it's undertaking ir
regard to the Sherburne Mission. The
personnel of the house committee is mo-
yet complete. but the following have
! accepted positions on that committee
! Thomas ] Magner of Burlington. Far
s. kinsley Of Rutland, Mrs Margare
/ Hayward of St. Johnsbury and Miss Eliza
| beth W. Clement of Rutland. Their,
| were present At the meeting. besides thu
commission. Bishop A. C. A. Hall. Bishop
| G.. Y. Bliss and the Rev. John White
| The members of the commission are tn,
! Rev. +. Barnby Leach of Montpelier
chairman; Miss Lena C. Ross of Rutland
secretary treasurer; the Rev Morgan
| Ashley of Rutland, the Rev. j. T. Atkins
of Enosburg Falls. DR. f. b. Cliff o
Fair Haven and Miss Elizabeth w. Glen
ent of Rutland
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BUYS CAMP WESTMORE
n. n. Cookman Gets Girls Camp Mt
wiiloughby-Built Last summer
Owner, Bankrupt. Skips

Newport May 25.--Camp Wcstmore
on Willoughby Lake was sold to-day
to II. r. Goodman. manager OF girls
camp at Lake Morey. Camp Westmore,
a summer camp for girls. was built
last year by Russell Bancroft of New
York. who fitted it up in palatial fash
ion. doing business mainly on credit.
He went bankrupt and disappeared
before the season closed. leaving a
large number of creditors amounting
to about $4,000, with assets of about
$4,000. Among the creditors were lead
ing citizens and firms of Orleans, Bar
ton and Newport.
At an auction sale the camp equip
ment was sold to-day to +. o. Smith
of Orleans for s5.675. The camp furni-
ture and real estate was rc-sold to r.
r. Goodman Immediately afterward.
The camp will be managed this sea-
son by Charles II. Dudley Of Hanover,
n. II.
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LIGHTED CIGARETTE THE
CAUSE OF ANOTHER FIRE

ST. Adams. May 1.-THE danger OF
throwing lighted cigar or cigarette stub
on the floor or in a waste paper basket
was demonstrated here tonight shortly
after nine o'clock when the fire depart
ment was called to the Central Vermont
offices for blaze on the third floor of
the building. The fire was extinguished
with little damage. except from water.
The blaze was in the locker used by
the janitor. who had left about 10 minutes
before after putting a wicker basket of
sweepings which evidently contained a
live cigar or cigarette stub in the locker.
The flames had gone one partition but
for discovery by clerk in the building
would have resulted disastrously.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-27
STATE NURSES MEET
Elizabeth Van Patten Of Burlington
Reelected President

Montpelier May 2o-The annual meet
ing of the Vermont State Nurses asso-
citation was held at the State House here
yesterday. The attendance was large.
A fine paper on Current Nursing Legis-
lation' was read by Miss Ethel Miller of
the Mary Fletcher hospital. Burlington.
The report of Mrs. Rose A. Lawor of
the Fanny Allen hospital, Winooski, dele
gate to the national convention of the
American Nurses association at Atlanta,
Ga, was received with great enthusiasm.
The following officers were elected:
President, Elizabeth Van Patten of Bur
lington, reelected vice president, Eliza
beth Holmes of Burlington; secretary
Rose A, Lawlor Of Springfield. Vt; treas
urer, Katherine Kingsley of Burlington
directors to serve two years, Mrs. B. II
Stone and Miss Mary Garland of Bur.
lington.
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CARRANzA'SMURDER
STARTS REACTION
De Facto Govt. in Mexico Faced
With Problem of Subduing
Villa and Other Armed OppO-
sitiOn

Washington. May 2.-Offcial interest
in the Mexican situation was intensified
today by reports OF a widespread reaction
resulting from the killing of Venustiano
Carranza. the deposed president. These
indications were accompanied by informa-
ton that the de facto government might
have to face almost Immediately not only
the problem of reducing Villa, the long
time rebel leader. to submission but also
more important armed opposition.
Reports reached Washington to-day
from the Mexican capital that men prom
inent in political affairs we're suspected
of preparing to take advantage OF the
INDIGNATION caused by Carranza's death
to lead an avenging movement as did
Carranza when Madero was assassinated
In 1918.
Confrma ion was received by the state
department during the day OF the failure
of General Elias Gales to effect an al
justment betwee nthe new government
forces and villa. Ignacio Enriauez was
said to have left Chihuahua saturday
with strong force to cooperate with
other troops in the pursuit OF villa VINO
then was reported at Boquillas.
One development in the situation oc-
CURED here to-day when Luis n. Ma
rones, a confidential agent sent to the
white House to leave for President Will
son a message signed by Obregon con-
tanning reassuring declarations as TO the
aims of the revolutionists Marones. who
lis the generally acknowledged leader or
, Mexican labor and who was accompanied
| by Samuel Ciompers, supplemented GEN
eral Obregon's message with statement
Of his own expressing the belief that a
strong and unopposed government would
be established.
| Villas chances Of making more trou-
BILE for the Mexican government were
m,nimized by the governments repre-
sentatves here who declared it would
be difficult for him to recruit force
of more than few hundred men
American army officers studying the
| situation, however, called attention tc
| the mobile nature villa would have as
opposed to punitive forces that might
| be sent against him. One menace tc
the international rel a | ons wa:
eliminated by the reported re-
lease of George Miller, British man
aeer of the Alvarado mining and mill
ing company who has been held pris
oner by villa. and by the announce
ment that the oil companies had com
piled with the demands of the de fact'
authorities regarding the payment o
the export taxes. The oil companies hat
delayed their payments until the!
could obtain reassurances as to whom
the taxes should be paid. The take
were paid at Mexico City.
Manuel Palace. to whom the oil com
panies have paid tribute for scvcra
years but who was announced to hav
joined in the revolutionary movement
was reported to be on his way to tn
capital after making public state
ment that he favored the "movemen
Of General Obregon and Gonzales" Hi
endorsement of the plan of Agu
Prieta. the revolutionary program pro
mulgated in Sonora. was withheld.
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WOOD LED IN PRIMARIES
Committee Makes RepoT
Several Got 3.451 Votes-McAdoo
Led Democrats

Montpelier, May 25.-The canvassint
committee composed of Judge H. e. Chase.
Secretary Of State Harry A. Black. T. f.
Callahan. cpresenting the Democra tic
party and Maurice w. Dewey. representing
the Republican party, at 10 O'Clock this
morning canvassed the returns from the
several town clerks in the State, with the
result that the official vote is as follows:
Wood. 3,457; Webster 354, Hoover, 564;
Lowden. %; Lodge, l2 Knox, 6; total. o.
Lowden. % Lodge, IL; Knox, 6; total, s.
2S3
Democratic: McAdoo, 1877; Wilson, 6s;
Cox. "A; Debs, S; Clark l6: Edw ards, 80;
Hoover, 3d. Bryan, &c; Ford, I: Palmer,
z; Marshall. Z: johnson, Is; total. 1885,
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3O-ACRE AVIATION FIELD
Vermont No. Is Name Of Field on Por-
ton Of Maurice Harvey Estate Mt
White River junction

White River Junction. May 25.-Through
the initiative of the local Board of Trade.
White River Junction has 3o-acre avia-
ton field and members of the Vermont
State Aero Club. who have inspected It..
pronounce 1t the best and most ideal area
of its kind in all Vermont.
Tho field is a portion of the Maurice G..
Harvey estate on Highland Park. half
mile from the Union Passenger Station.
the business interests Of White River
Junction and the union of the Connecticut
and White Rivers.
The name of the field Is vermont No.
25'' and this designation will be in white
letters. each three feet wide and flat
length OF Is feet
The field is for tho free use OF all AVA
tors. The area was leased and aligned by
the following members Of the Board OF
Trade. Garfield II. Miller. Thomas j
Adams. Harold Stacey and James F. Dew
ey.
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FEDERAL RECOGNITION
Medical Detachment OF National Guard
Ia Recognized

Montpelier, May oh. 4. johnson.
adjutant- general, has received from the
war department federal recognition of the
medical detachment of the Vermont Ma
tional Guard, Of which the headquarters
is at Rutland. The following are the Of
ficers; Major, T. j. Hagan. senior medical
officer in the old National Guards; cap
tains, Seth II. Martin and Dennis j.
Carroll OF Rutland, both ex-service men.
Company + of Bellows Falls has been
inspected. this having taken place Thurs
day evening by Col. l.. Il. Scherer of the
northeastern department. making a total
of five companies of infantry. a machine
gun company, and medical detachment
now constituting the National Guard
organization in Vermont with Major Guy
G. Cowan of Rutland commanding.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-27
MONTANA HAS BEST
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

New York, May A.-The State OF Mon
tana has the best all-round public school
system in the United States, according
to the results of a comparative study of
State school systems made public to-day
by the Russell Sage Foundation. The re-
port assigns second place to the schools
of California, third place to those of Ar-
IONA, fourth place to New Jersey and
fifth to the State of Washington.
These findings are contained in a re-
port by the department of education of
the foundation. The volume is entitled IAN
Index Number for State School Systems"
and the author is Dr. Leonard p. AyreS,
director of the foundations department
of education.
other findings of the report are that the
school system of the United States as a
whole has doubled in efficiency during
the last so years, having an index number
or rating of &c in 1870 and one of - at
the present time Since these index num-
bers are figured on the basis of 100 the
school system Of the country has now an
effectiveness or efficiency of only 50
per cent, according to the report.
The figures for the individual States
as given by the foundation show that dur
| ing the past 20 years the West has been
coming up educationaly while the East
has been going down. During this time the
greatest increase among all the States
! has been made by Utah while the State
to which is attributed the greatest falling
off in relative standing is Maryland In
the East the only State that has gained
instead Of losing is New Jersey. In the
West the State that has the best and most
consistently high record is California.
Among the interesting results of the
study Is the conclusion that the school
system Of the United States territorial
possessions. such as Hawaii. the Canal
Zone and Porto Rico. have higher ratings
than those of many of the IS States. That
of Hawaii is reported better than those
Of the majority of the American States
Ten Southern States have records poorer
than that of Porto Rico.
The Foundations educational measure
rnent is worked out by taking the officia
data showing the number of children at
tending school, the amount of training
they secure, the progress they make, the
lamounts expended for buildings and sup
plies, the salaries paid their teachers anc
other similar items. and combining these
factors into a single index number which
shows the general standing or efficienc,
of the school system. This method re
sembles that used by the federal govern
ment in indexing the cost of living anC
prices for commodities.
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SHOE SHINES DO NOT GO UP

Rutland. May 2l.-An attempt to put
the price of shoe shines up to l5 cents
In this city has failed, two Greek sinners
being responsible for saving the people
this item in the high cost Of living. Re-
Gently vito Manfreda, bootblack at the
station. got what he supposed was an
acreement from proprietors of all OF the
stands In this city for the l5-oent charge.
Manfreda declared he could not do bust
mass al profit for ten cents, but when
he found the Greeks were getting all of
the trade he came back to a dime and
he has no intention of closing his stand.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-27
ST. JOHNSBURY TO HAVE
AIRPLANE LANDING FIELD

st. .Johnsbury. May 23.-At the sugges-
ton of the Vermont Aero club some 50
st. Johnsbury citizens have agreed to
subscribe $500 for the purchase Of a land
ing field for airplanes. An option has been
secured on a tract OF 30 acres about a
mile north of the village and Capt. H. f.
stic%nev of Bellows Falls is coming here
tho middle of the week to see IL 1t Is
suitable for landing purposes. Captain
sticknev was a member Of the Lafayette
Flv Corps Of France in the war and is
ready to come here in his Curtiss plane
for exhibition flights just as soon as a
landing field can be secured.
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BREACH OF PURE FOOD ACT
Equinox Springs Co. of Manchester
Charged with Claiming Cura-
tive Value for Goods

Montpelier. May 2o--G. F. Lackey, dep
uty marshal of the United States District
Court. this afternoon served papers on
Harry A. Black as secretary of State and
the officer to accept service for the Equi-
nox Springs company of Manchester. in
which the United States government
through " A. Billiard charges the Springs
company with breach of the pure food and
drugs act. 1t is alleged that on June II.
1918. she company shipped goods claimed
to contain therapeutic and curative val
ue and the summons alleges this was false
Information.
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j. S. COURT At WINDSOR
De Lue Co of Montpelier Bankrupt
Suits of Thaycrs Against G. v.
Arc Settled

Montpelier, May &C. F. Lackey has
returned from Windsor, where he has
been attending United States District
Court at which the DeLue company of
Montpelier was adiudicated a bankrupt
upon the petition filed several weeks
ago by several men of the city
The Thayer and Thayer cases, which
resulted from the accident last May in
South Royalton when the rear car of
the New England States Limited train
of the Central Vermont went off the iron
have been settled, the amount paid to the
man and woman having been $500, 1t was
stated by Attorney Joseph Jones of Rut-
land
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VERMONT TOPS LIST
Heads Supervision and Applications In
Graduating Tubercular Animals

Montpelier, May S-The State commits
soner of agriculture has received from
the federal department the report Of the
work in eradication Of tubercular animals
in which the department shows by its
tabulation that Vermont tops the list on
supervision and applications for testing
when the two subjects are considered to-
gether as they should be. Minnesota is
second.
1t appears that under supervision joint
ly by the state and the federal department
that there are in Minnesota LIE herds un-
der supervision. while Vermont has 1,431,
but when applications for testing is con-
sidered. Vermont has 81 herds under con-
sidcration against Minnesota's 4a5 so that
when the items are added, it shows Yer
mont is doing more to eradicate the dis
ease from its cattle.
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AUTO MISHAPS CONTINUE
DAILY TO INCREASE

MONTPELIER. May 2,-Twenty-five re-
ports of automobile accidents we're TO
ceived at the secretary Of States office
this morning as a result Of the weekend
traffic. The number seems to be increas-
ing as the Sunday traffic increases.
Timothy Sweeney Of Worcester. Mass.
reported that he ran over dog In Nor
risville and that his car was overturned
later on the Goose Green Hill in Corinth.
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MIDDLEBURY TO PLAY
TWO GAMES THIS WEEK

Middlebury. May 25.-The baseball team
plays two games this week meeting the
Connecticut Agges Thursday and Nor
witch on Saturday. Both of these games
will be played here. The track and tennis
teams will be away this week end. The
track men will journey to Troy where
they will meet Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute Saturday. and on the game day
the tennis men will meet the fast Will
liams net men at Williamstown.
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Suicide by Hanging

Randolph. May 2S.-William Hutchin-
son of Braintree committed suicide by
hanging Sunday at his brothers, stephen
Hutchinson, who was away milking at
the time. Mr.. Hutchinson was about
So years old, had lost one hand and lad
been afflicted by other accidents. He
leaves his father. two sisters and two
hrothers