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rTHE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS AND TIMES t THUKSDAT, APRIL 3, 191Q. 1 DIGS OUT ONE LINE Bllmrd Which Began Thursday Early Saturday Morning But ' Snow Continues to Fall During Night Reaches Its Climax the Day and Sunday v'the belated blizzard which struck Bur lington Thursday night and prevailed all day Friday spent Its fury early Satur day morning, but snow continued to fall the greater part of Saturday and Sun day. Feoplo who had put their sleighs and sleds away for the summer got them out again after using wheels through tlio drifts on Friday, and Monday, tho last day of March and tho tenth day or spring, had every appearance of mid winter In Burlington. Trains ran about an hour late on Satur day and the rural carriers had not a little difficulty In making their trips. Tho Traction company made no effort to run their cars and as automobiles had a hard time making headway because of the now and cold those who had no horse drawn vehicles of their own or who were not fortunate enough to secure one of the limited number of hacks In the city were obliged to walk. One South Union street man" who because of foot trouble was unable to walk, waited an hour at his lOme before he could secure a hack to take him to his place of business. Naturally, every kind of a turnout used the middle of the street and when the Traction company started out to open their line Sunday they round tho rails burled under several Inches of snow that bad been packed down almost as hard M Ice. The snow plow was powerless and a large gang of men, armed with pickaxes and shovels, wero set to work. The snow plow followed them and In this -way the Pine street lino was opened during the day. Nothing was done tow ard opening tho South" Union steet line. Officials of the Traction company Btate that In the 2fi years they have been doing business they have never experienced such difficulties as Friday's storm fur nished. Among other things, four of the cars have been off the track and the feed wires broke because of tho load of Ice which they carried. UNCLAIMED LETTERS Tdst of unclaimed letters In the Bur lington postofflce for the week ending March 29, 1319: WOMEN'S LIST Miss Margaret Brenell, Mrs. Mary Bushey, Mrs. Mary Blssonette, Miss Net tle Bessette, Mrs. Mary Bernard, Miss Josephine Buttrlck, Mrs. Laura Bullard, Miss Mary Cross, Miss Ada Cross, Dor othy Chase, Mrs. Rosanna Droln, Miss Helen Freeman, Mandy Ookey, Evalyn Harold, Dortha Ingalls, Miss Mollle King ton, Miss Louise Landry. Miss Bessie Meller, Miss Janice Meade, Miss Alice O'Brien, Miss Oeorglana Potvln, Sadie Reed, Mrs. Helen Boot, Miss Mary Root, Mrs. J. C. Robleou, Mrs. J. Scnntlon, Mrs. J, L. Spauldlng, Miss Lydla Stew art, Dora Smith, Myrtle Wheeler. MEN'S LIST Itobert Alexander, Frank Brand, Cha piireteh Moos, John Cliff, E. Cobb, F. A. Foster & Co., D. C. Fuller, Hollls Gtryette, Will Goodrich, Albert M. Hall. i fa, Prtv. P. T. Lonergan, Tom Murray, W. E. McKcnzte, Chas. Mason, Herbert Pratt, J. M. Ripley, A. S. Reynolds, F. , C, Snow, W. Smith, Hollls Turner, C. V. Wry, Prof. C. B. Wright. HOME ECONOMICS AGENT 1 MSMvHaael Cnmtdy of Hlnenburj; named for Position on Farm Dnrran r Miss Hazel Cassldy, a graduate of the home economics department of the Uni versity of Vermont and a young lady of much experience In the line, has been appointed as home demonstration and ! economics specialist to work about the county under the direction of the Chlt 1 tenden County Farm Bureau. The new appointee commenced work Tuesday morning. Miss Cassldy resides In Hinesburg but will remove to Burling ton soon. She had chargo of the public canning kitchen at Mlddlebury last sum mer, which was such a success. One of the first events which she will Institute in, her new position will be the establish ment of similar canning kitchens at j Hinesburg and at Richmond. "For the Land's Sake Use Bowker's fertilizers. They enrich the earth and those who till It" (adv.) 19,wtje30. LEGUMINOUS CROPS Chittenden County" Farm Bnrran to , - Push Tola Important Work The Chittenden County Farm Bureau association is to push the work of grow ing leguminous forage crops this season. These crops are of great recognized value to farmers, especially those who are I operating dairies. The crops to bo fos i tared Include alfalfa, clover, oy beans, etc., and a special committeeman In each town or community center will assist County Agent Roy W. Peasleo in tho ' development of this Important project. 1 The use of lime and Inoculating material Is' Insurance for these crops and lu ll creases the yields per acre. , The following Is the list of co-operators with the farm bureau In each community: ' A. B. Rice, Westford; W. V, Ring, Jericho Corner; Frank Talcott, Wllliston; Ernest Mlllham, Hinesburg; J, P. Ramsey, West Charlotte; H. J. Ellis, Huntington; F. A. Philips, Bolton; M. K. Thompson, Col chester; N. W. Church, Essex Center; Walter LaBounty. East Charlotte; Harry Hall, Jericho Center; E. A. Rhodes, Rich mond; B. L. Munger, West Bolton. By their co-operation a larger numhor of farmers can be reached than by the county agent working alone, Anyone who , wants his soil tested, who needs Inoculat ing material or help with any of the legumlnlous crops should let his commit teeman know at once,. The committee man will see to It that the county ngent calls on all who wish such help. BONUS FOR SOLDIERS ATmT Reernlttnr Ottlorr Prepared to Help tn Collection '.The following Instructions regarding the payment of the bonus of sixty dollars to .men discharged from the United States army prior to tho passing of the bill au UjorUIng such payment have been re ceived by the various army recruiting stations throughout the country: AU discharged officers nnd enlisted men , Who do not wish to forward their dlp- charge certificate to the lone finance officer, Lemon building, Washington, j D. C, may furnish a certified copy of tioni: The copy must be a literal, full Md complete copy of the original and Wfll contain both written and printed matter of every nature on both sides of the original discharge certificate. This camndeta r.nnv nnd thn nHvtnnl lo.Vm.n. land a letter addressed to the zone Mooa officer. Lemon building. Waah. 3 The first law of nature I" Mit.prnlonltnn, Uu this I. in madam fnrn, tin P'! )ng younalf Blal fdy'wj far namauai resulting. '"PI automobile fseliUnti by Inius: ing In lha TavUri-:t la'ioBt nnrt belt company la the buslns". INSURANCE AGENCY INSURANCE 152 COLLEGE ST. bit. iaoa o inc.i9Iz PHONE-513 lllhllHIIiiMi'llliillll'lll'llHliiiflllllllliilil! ington, D. C, statins tho soldier's scrvloo since April 6, 1517. tho dato of last dis charge and tho present address to which they desire their bonus check to he scut will be presented to the nearest recruit ing officer of the army, who will certify on the margin of the back of the original discharge certificate of tho fact that a copy of samo has boon forwarded to Washington for the purpose of obtaining tho bonus. The original will then bo re turned to tho owner. Sergeant Steltz of the army recruiting station in Burlington will be prepared with duplicate dlschargo forms and form letters to the zone finance officer by tho first of jicxt week. These forms may bo procured by calling or writing to the Army Recruiting Station, Church and College streets, Burlington." Sergeant Steltz will be glad to furnish any other information relative to obtain ing tho bonus or ether Information of Interest to the returned soldiers or their friends and relatives. PROMOTIONS FOR U. V. M. MEN Word of recent promotions of Vermont men show that Harry G. Williams of tho class of, 1906, has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain In the medical corps. Ho Is stationed at field hospital 35, A. E. 'F. ; also that Alfred A: Fenton of the clas3 of 1908 has been promoted from first lieu tenant, medical corps to captain. He has seen a year's service abroad nnd Is now In the baBe hospital at Camp Lee, Vn. Horace C. Woodard, '17, Is now a first lieutenant In the ICTth Infantry. He re ceived his commission at Longrcs,- Franco, as second lieutenant and was promoted recently. He was wounded at Brehvllle, France, November in, 1918. VERMONT STATE SEAL Some One In Xctv York linn Queer Conception of Wlint It In One of tho features of the big parade In New York city March 23 in honor of the return from Franco of the 27th Division was a "court of honor" on tho marble esplanade In front of the public library on Fifth avenue between 40th and 42d streets. Thero rat veterans of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, from all the 48 States, and at the base of the ten pylons of burnished spears and shields had been deposited wreaths and what were designed to bo the coats of arms or seals for each State In tho Union. These wreaths and peals were said to have been sent from each State. Tho Free Press has received from a New York news photo service a photo graph of the thing which was supposed to be tho Vermont State seal. No cut will be mado by this paper from the picture and It has been returned with thanks. In this connection the Rutland News makes this pertinent rnmmcnt; "The spa! rpspmhleri Vnminn. Kpn! closely as a hippopotamus resembles'l Memorial library. Its background wns an Iceberg or possibly Mt. McKinley. In the right foreground was a structure in lemon-yellow of Spanish or Moorish type of architecture that looked like a cross between a monastery and a hay barn. In tho foreground wns a palm tree. The wreath was made up of greens that grow everywhere and a bulbous or cone-shaped llower or growth never seen In Vermont and which tho tenth person asked (the first nine hadn't tho slightest Idea what It was) said It was a red hot pocus. "Of course, tho seal and the wreath never saw Vermont. The Incident Is given simply as a little side-light or further proot of the weakness, tho hol lowness, the trlcktness. if not down right dishonesty of the Hearst-Ilylan rule In New York." VIOLATED DEER ACT Charge Mndr Agnlimt I In nil d VnmrT or I'ittKliursr, N. II. Harold Vnrney, who lives In Pittsburg, N. H will bo prorccuted In this district by United States Attorney Hullard for shipping three wild deer contrary to law. The Information has been filed against him In this district as he is suspected of taking tho deer In Vermont. Vnrney In charged with shipping tho deer to Boston and Connecticut points. It s presumed that tho deer were taken Illegally In Vermont as no man Is allowed to take more than one during tho season. Tho government has passed a law pro hibiting the shipping of wild meat which has been Illegally obtained, and Varnoy will be prosecuted under this act. IlIJRLIXnTOX nov BECOMES AD VERTISING MANAGER OF NEW YORK TECHNICAL PUBLICA TION Capt. J. II. Moore, eldest son of Mrs. Alice H, Moore, who has Just been dis charged from tho army, has Joined tho staff of The Gas Age, New York, as ad vertising inanngcr. Captain Moorn In a graduate of the University nf Vermont, clai-s of 1911, and is a member of the Lambda Iota fraternity. For three years previous to ontcrlng the service ho wan employed on the staff of tho Iron Age, New York, In the advertising fnles promotion depart ment, nnd subsequently as assistant manager of Tho Hardware Age, Now York. He volunteered "or service Ir. 1917, and was at onco commissioned a first lieutenant In tho ordnance depart ment and assigned to duty nt Sandy Hook proving grounds. When tho new proving ground.-t wero established at Aberdeen, Md., Lieut. Mooro was trans ferred to that post to organize and take charge of tho, department for the pur chase and storngo of materials, the em ployment of labor, nnd the keeping of all cost records. Ho was commissioned a captain "early In 1913, having com pleted a course of study In two army schools, the advance school of applica tion nt Randy Hook nnd tho advance school of engineering nt Aberdeen. Friends of Captain Mooro. In this city will he pleased to hear that he hns been discharged from the army and that ho Is again actively engaged in businebs In ilw York city. w MEETS IN BURLINGTON FROM AUGUST 4 T0 10 Northern New England School of Religious Education to Hold Sessions This Year at Univer sity of Vermont and New Hampshire State College Because of tho 'probable fourth term this year at Dartmouth College, tho Northern Now England School of Re ligious Education, known before It was Incorporated last year as the Twin-State school, will not bo held at Hanover n3 In former years. Two sessions will bo held howovcr, with faculty and program surpassing nnythlng yet attempted nnd thoro Is nl rendy Indication of a record breaking enrollment. Tho co-oporatlng colleges will bo tho University of Vermont, where tho first cession will be held from August 4 to 10, Inclusive, and the second nt tho New Hampshire Slate College, Durham, Aug ust 11 to 17. Both of these educational Institutions were most cordlnl In their Invitation to the school, and tho arrangements In each Instance for quartering the students and for their entertainment out of school hours are most attractive. Mrs. Nelllo T. llontlrlck of Nashua, N. H., dean and founder of tho school, has secured tho faculty and under her di rection the general program Is being rapidly whipped Into shape. The churches of Burlington arc taking keen Interest In tho session to bo held In this city and have pledged at the very least 100 Btudents. It Is tho policy of tho school to devote tho forenoon and evenings to study and tho afternoons to excursions. Lake Champlatn and tho Green Mountnlns offering alluring at tractions, while at Durham, In addition to excursions to points of Interest, there will be various forms of recreation In Smith par:., and on tho unusually fine athletic Held. Tho faculty will be representative of tho colleges of tho East and Includes religious educational experts of national fame. Among them are Professor Charles Fos ter Kent of Yale and Professor W. H. Wood of Dartmouth, who will give Blhlo courses; the Rev. Milton S. Llttlcfield, D. D., of Now York city, writer of grad ed lessons, will lmvo chargo of tho young people's division work and will give spe cial course for pastors and superintend ents, and Professor II. Augustine Smith of Boston University, who will give a course In music nnd pageantry, showing the church, the nation, nnd the new day In art. Miss Nanlo Leo Frayser of Louis ville, Ky will direct courses In psychol ogy and Junior work and Miss Mome Brockwny of Philadelphia will bo tho specialist In chargo of primary work. Miss Laura Ella Cragln of Boston Uni versity will conduct a course In begin ners' work, also conferences for older girls. The faculty will bo augmented by professors from both the University of Vermont nnd the State College nt Dur ham. Prof. J. F. Messenger, director of the summer session at University of Vormont, will give a course in pedagogy. Prof. George G. Groat and Prof. Kvan Thomas will have a part on the program. President Benton will bo asked to gtvo the commencement address. Prof. Will S. Monroe of the normal school at Montclalr, N. J., will take ono of a series of evening lectures on "Religion and Our Modern Problems"; Miss Mary C. Warren of North Pom fret will give some of her unique courses for workers in rural communities. In making plans for tho school, tho Apjm Is ably supported by the hoard of trustees, among them Prof. W. II. Wood of Dartmouth, chairman; Prof. Charles ! Foster Kent of Yale, Dr. Gertrude A. Walker of Philadelphia, Prof. Charles F, Emerson of 'Hanover, Mrs. Lucius H. Thayer, Portsmouth; Miss Elizabeth Saw- yor, Dover; the Rev. John E. Johnson, Philadelphia; E. M. Bowkcr, Whltefleld; j the Rev. J. B. Tarney, Manchester; W. I H. Glynn. Saxton's River, president of I tho Vermont Sunday School association; Dr. Guy Potter Benton, president of the 'University of Vermont; the Rev. A. Jl. ' Morrill, D. D Woodstock, and tho ; Rev. Charles C. Merrill, Burlington. I The school was organized' In 1913 by I Mrs. Hendrlck whllo general secretary 1 of tho Now Hampshire Sunday School association, as a Stato school of methods for Sunday school olllcers nnd teachers. Later, Vermont joining in, it became the Twin State School of Religious Education, and last October It was incorporated un der its present namo, tho Northern New England School of Religious Education. While the greater number of its stu dents are from New Hampshire and Ver mont, yet tho enrollment Is wide-spread and tho other New England States, New York, Now Jersey. Pennsylvania and Canada have sent representatives.1?, also, each year. Students from Washington, D. C, havo been registered. RAILROADS SUED Claim .11 ndr tlint They Violated Law Governing; Shipment of Live Stock United- States District Attorney V. A. Bullard has tiled two Important cases !u the United States court in suits against tho Canadian Pacific Railway company for $300 nnd tho Boston & Maine for 54.000. Tho suits are filed for the purpose of compelling tho payment of the penalty. The railroads, according to tho chnrges, violated tho law enacted by Congress, which does not allow animals In transit to bo confined for a period of more than Zi hours. At the cud of this time they fhould bo given fivo hours' rest In pens nnd take out for exercises, and given water pud food. According to the com plaints animals In some cases were he)4 more than 40 hours and wero taken out dead. Tho livestock was shipped from Canadian iwilntr and was not taken out of the cars until It l cached Newport. Tho penalty In such a case may bo as high ns 5(W or lew. There Is only ono caso against tho Canadian Pacific whllo thero are eight against tho Boston & Maine. This explains tho difference In the size of the suits. J. II. Hustls, re ceiver of the Boston & Maine and who lives In Boston, Is mndo a party to tho suits against that road. DIES IN HOSPITAL I,. F. Dnnnir, Son of .Mr". C. It, Ordwny Vlrllin of Shell Shook t Whllo Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ordway wero hastening to his bcdsldo In St. Elizabeth's hospital at Washington Tuenday, Leonard F. Drowno, eldest son of Mrs, Ordwny, died. Ho had been 111 tho hospital the past few wcoks MifforliiK from shelf shock, but tho clrouniBtnnrc. which caused his death wero not known In tho city last eve ning. Drowno wns reported ns missing1 soveral months ago and all offortH on tho part nf Mrs. Ordwny to ascertain his whorenboutH wero unavailing. A search of camps revealed nothing and Without her knowing of It her son wan for sovcral months in the hospi tal across tho lnko In Plattsbiirg His Injury had affected his head, but ho seemed In good physical condition otherwise at that time. It was not until a few weeks ngo that Mrs. Ord way learned that ho was In Washing ton. She went down to seo him but tho shell shock had causod him to lose bis mcmorv-nmt 1, .. . n n r I n her. A telegram received Monday niglit saying tbat he was 111 was tho first Intimation she had of any unfa vorable developments. She left with .Mr. Ordway Tuesday noon and an other telegram, received In tho nfter noon from the wnr department, told of tho mnn's death, Drowno wns 31 years of ago and be sides his mother leaves three brothers, all of whom were In the service. They tho Harold, who is now overseas, Hen ry F. of Buffalo, N. Y and George, who Is attending Kenyon College, nt Gambler, Ohio. TO GET LEAGUE PRICE Ilorden'a Plants In Stnte Not to DU crlitilnntr Aenlnnt Vermont The management nf tho Borden's Condensed Milk company of New York I has agreed to pay tho farmers who I turn tnolr milk Into tho company s ' oondnnsarlos at Hinesburg and at Rich- mond, the latter being tho main plant, I tno same prices that tho farmers of tho Now York Dairymen's League aro being paid In New York and Vermont ; for their products, This agreement took effect Tues day nnd was brought about through tho energetic efforts of President Gay- lord Baldwin of Hinesburg and other nmccrs 01 tno Hinesburg branch of the .ew ion uairymon-B League. Tho I local plants refused during February and March to pay tho League price but ,";.." ., c.,. nw.,lor" p.ala. 1,10 , n , in , . I, nnvetto tho farmer. The analysis has not yet ".: :iT,1"rrr",.Ue1 UP f,,; T ..-J TIf c . , ...... -v.uu uiuuun imu uuicmia oi tho Borden's, tho company agTecd to tho demands. COUNTY COURT APRIL 8 Will Re-convene nt That Date nt 2 O'clock In the Afternoon Chittenden county court will reconvene on Tuesday, April 8. at two o'clock In the afternoon. Judge Sherman, R. Moul ton and Assistant Judges Clinton A. Barber and Chauncey H. Hayden will be on tho bench. At the opening the court cases will bo taken up and disposed of during tho week. Tho petit Jurors drawn have been notified not to appear until tho following Tuesday, April 15, at nine o'clock In the morning. During that week the Jury cases will ho taken up. It Is probable that at this tlmo tho case of the Rev. Orlando E. Aiken of this city against Frederick E. Bell of Swanton will go on trial. MASONIC ELECTION nurllngton Lodge No. 100 Electa C. H. Hnrrlntnn, Worthy Master Burlington Lodge, No. 100, A. F. and A. M., held Its annual communication at the Masonic Temple Tuesday and elected C. H. Harrington worthy master. There was a large attendance at the meeting, after which a banquet was served. The elected officers follow: W. M C. H. Harrington; S. W., S. A. Rand; J. W F. B. Jenks; treasurer,' H. H. Ross; secretary, L. .1. Paige; S. D., H. O. Hutchinson; J. D.. Frank Casavant. The appointed officers were named as follows: , S. S., R. B. Lamson; J. S W. H. Douglas; chaplain, the Rev. C. J. Staples; organist, W. P. Walker; tyler, William Steel. THEY HIT THE SPOT D. McMlllen, Volunteer Fireman's Home, Hudson. N. Y., writes: "Itoley Kidney Pills are like a stream o'f water played on a fire by firemen. They hit tho spot, put out the fire and drown tho pain." Foley Kidney Pills relieve rheumatic palne, backache, sore muscles and other 'symptons of kidney and blad der trouble. J. W. O'Sulllvan, 30 Church St. (Adv.) IN IRELAND A young follow wrote to a firm In the south of Ireland w'hlch wns selling ra zors nt five shillings each. This Is the style of his letter: "Please send mo one of your razors, for which I enclose P. O. for five shil lings. "P. S. I have forgotten to Inclose the five shillings, but no doubt a Arm of your standing will send one." They replied: "Wo beg to acknowledge your es teemed order, and have pleasure In sending the razor , which we trust you will like. "P. H. We have forgotten to Inclose tho razor, but no doubt a fellow of your cheek wont need one." Shots. .Statement of the Ou-nemhlp, Management, Circulation, etc., Reiiulrrrt by the Act of Cnngrenv of A u rust St, 1012. of IlurllnBton Weekly Free Press, published Thursdays at I3urllnBton, Vt for April 1, mill. .State of Vermont, County of Chittenden, Beforo me, a notary public. In and for the State and rounty aforesaid, personally appeared W. D. Howe. who. havlne been duly swum according to law, deposes and Hayx mat he I tlio business manager of tho Hurllncton Free Press, and that the follow ing Is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a truo statement of the ownership, management and circulation of the afore- ald publication for the date shown In the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, nil.', embodied In section 443, postal laws and regulations, to wit: That the names and addresses of tho rjub- Usher, editor, managing editor, and business manager are: Name of Managing Kdltor, J, I,. South wick, Burlington, Vt. Business Manager, W, n. Howe, Burling ton, Vt. Publishers, Free Press Association, Bur lington, Vt. Owners; V. n. dates, D. L, Benedict, t!en. Crosby p. Miller, T.ovl P. Smith, .T. I.lndloy Hall, 11, II. llagar- W. n. Howe, I. XV. Howe, Mary Benedict, Bat. CI. O. Henedlet and Rst. II. I), Benedict, all of Burlington; Et. of .1, (1. McCullough and Hnll Park .McCullough, both of North Ben nington, .Mrs. Ellen M Chandler of New York, N, y and Ituby F. Harwell, I'nhasset, Mass, Known bondholders, mortgages and other cecurlty holders, holding one per rent, or more of total amount nf bonds, mortgages, or other securities: None, That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of tho owners, stockholders, and Security holders, If any, contain not only tho list nf stockholders and security holders as ihey appear upon the books of the eompany, but also, In cases where tho stockholder or i.ecurlty holder appears upon the books of tno company ns trustee or In any .uher fiduciary relation, the namo of the person or corporation for whom such trusleo Is acting. Is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to thu circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appenr upon the boohs of tho company as trustees, hold stock anil securities In a rapacity other than that of n bona nde owner; nnd this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association or corporation has any Interest direct or Indirect In the anld stuck, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. That the average number of copies of eaoh Issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mulls or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the slit months procuillnr (he dale shown aboe Is XV. II. IIOVt'K, nuslness Manager, Sworn tn and subscribed beforo ma this 1st day of April, 1U11). xv it MDiiPorK. (My commission expires January 31, 1021.) T ON PURE MILK SUPPLY Present Prices Preclude Any EX' cuse for the Polluted or Dilu ted Variety Eight Cases Pending Against Boston Deal ers Producers Are Warned Tho United States government is step ping Into the business of seeing to It that the public gets a pure supply of milk and at tiie present tlmo conditions are being pretty carefully Investigated about Vcr mont, with tho result that at least eight cases are pending against Boston dealers, and some producers or farmers are likely to get Into trouble over tho business. Tho prosecutions will be mado under the pure food and drug act. The actions are nil against concerns which havo been getting large quantities of milk In ver mont. The prosecutions are nt the Instigation and recommendation of the agricultural department. All tho nrosecu Hons are for transporting In Interstate commerce polluted milk, and milk said to be filthy and containing decomposed anl mal matter, all of which arises from tho bacteria In the milk. In somo cases the bacteria count was said to be 3,000,000 per otlhln rAnflmAtrtr wbpn ilip nnmhrr allowed only 100,000, Tnls condition must come from one of two sources. n Is either tho fault of the producer or farmer, or the handler or 'Jobber. The shippers lay all the blame on .been made on the milk taken because the chemists are In France, but this will be "one as soon as possible. Tho science haa , ,i,., , ...u j i. .u. . wv vtum, iu ouv.il yuiilL Ull nuk only can the number of bacteria be ascer talned but to a large extent It can bo learned where tho dirt came from. For Instance, thero are certain bacteria which can only come from tho cow and by learning what tho bacteria are, It Is easy In somo cases to fix tho blame. In addition to the prosecution for dirt, one concern will be prosecuted for diluting milk. With the price of milk up where It Is, the government officials are determined that people shall get wlint they pay for. Some one Is pretty careless, and In the opinion of somo the reason that the Job bers In Boston have stopped taking milk from a certain secton of the State Is not that the market Is glutted at this time, when milk Is not over plentiful as a rule. It looks to some people as though the Jobbers wero afraid to take chances on tho Vermont product from the psrt of the State where the have cut off their euslncss connections. It Is not unlikely that some farmers will be prosecuted soon on the same charge as the shlnDers. for the government people will go to the bottom of it. THE YOUNGEST MAJOR Honor Apparently Belong to F Hackett, V. y. M. 1M7 W It Is probable that to the University of Vermont belongs the honor of having among Its graduates the youngest major in tno united States army. Major Fred W. Hackett of the class of 191" Is not yet 23 years old and that fact occasioned the following letter to the editor of the New York Times In its Issue of last Sunday: "Early In December, several, perhaps all, of the newspapers contained accounts of tho entry of the American forces Into Coblenz. I quote from one of them " 'A rosy-cheeked, clean-shaven New York boy, a major of the regular army led his battalion through the ancient streets of the fortress city of Coblenz this afternoon. He was Major Fred W. Hackett of Champlaln, N. Y. and his battalion, which has the honor of being tho first to reach Germany's noted river, was a unit of the 39th Infantry Regiment.' "In view of the fact that much has been said of the youth of some of our officers, and that It has been noted In your columns that a major of 25 years probably Is the youngest In the service It may be of Interest to some of your readers to know that Major Hackett will not be 23 years old until June. Having led his class throughout the course, he was graduated from tho University o Vermont in 1917 Into tho regular army as a second lieutenant. He took the training at tho officers' school at Pitts burgh and was nt onco commissioned a first lieutenant. Last summer he was promoted fo a captaincy and In October or early November he received his com mlsalon as major. I wonder If he Is tho youngest major In tho American army? "WILLIAM H. A. HALL. "New York, March 27, 1919." ICE SKY HIGH Will Coot SO Cent n Hundred Pound ThH Year, Cnh In Advance The price of ice delivered to houses In this city this summer has been fixed at SO cents per hundred pounds, and that is the price rhnrged for coupon hooks, no matter what the size. The Ice delivered to drug stores nnd other large consumers, where the expense of dellv cry la less, will be 60 cents per hundif Last year when the Ice was rut In i broad lake, the price delivered to luni was K cents per hundred. Tho lucre In price Is explained by the great t of getting Ico Into Burlington from .l letts Bay, where it was put on frelr' cars and shipped Into Burlington. Tin will not be enough Ice in Burlington , any rate, unless consumers aro vei economical in its use, as the crop only nhout one-half the amount con sumed under normal conditions. At the price the company finds It necessary 1 1 charge, It Is not likely that must will !. wasted. The management of the Standard C: & Ice Co. announces that the Ico buslm this year will be conducted on a str ci cash basis. STOLE FROM WIDOW Charire on Which llurton Mucline l Wanted In llaltlniore Thomas: P. O'Donnell, lieutenant detectives of Baltimore, Md., arrived I the city Monday and took with hlr on hie return Burton M. Mncl.nm who was arrested at his boarding hout on School street by the Burlington polic department nt the request of the Bald more police on a charge of stealing 3.4 from a widow. According to tho statement of the polU MacLane, who appears to bo a proiti mooth article, fell In with a widow, Mis H. J. Walker, who wns possessed of i neat fortune. By means of a marriage claimed by the police to bo a mock cere mony performed at a. New York hotel MaLane secured possession of her inone. and lived with her for more than a year The couple traveled over this part of tin country extensively, and a llttlo me than two months ngo MacLane bronc Ihe subject of the purchase of a houit tho woman who supposed sho was hi wife. Sho consented and turned over the turn of (3,400 to him. This happened In Baltimore and Mac- Lane left homo that night saying that ho was going to1 Washington, D. C, but . would be back hi a clay or two. This la ' tho last tlmo ho wns seen by the woman who on his non-nppearanco notified tho I police with tho result that the. Invostlga- I tlon revealed to their satisfaction that! the couplo was never legally married. I Mrs, Walker, who Is about 10 years of age, stated that tho ceremony wns per formed by a minister who gave lis namo ns Newmnn, but no such person cxIMs so fnr as tho police can ascertain. Mrs. Walker says that MacLann had somo sort of a paper which sho supiiosod was a marriage license and tho ceremony seemed to her to bo all right. MacLano Is a tool maker by trade and fs about 43 years of age. Ho is of neat appearance nnd came to Burlington a few weeks ago after being employed tor a tlmo In tho construction of the homo for feoble-mlnded nt Brandon, llo't'.as no money to speak of with him. THE MKLTING-l'OT (From Leslie's) A woman who died at Inwood, Ohio, left her cntlro cstato of tlO.OOft In trust for the benefit of four pet dogs. Machinery mado In Japan and dupli cating products of American plants Is being offered for sale In this country. Tho New York Federal Ilescrve Bank, a govenmcnt Institution, last year earned 109 per cent. Nobody called this "pro fiteering." During January, eleven archbishops of tho Russian Orthodox Church, Including tho metropolitan of Kiev, wero Bhot by the Reds. At the marriage of a returned Amer ican soldier In New York recently, com rades wounded In Franco formed with their crutches an arch for tho bride and bridegroom to pass under. Cardinal Qlbbons says: "We have 20, ooo Catholic clergymen In tho United States who every day offer the sacrifice of tho Mass. How can they perform this duty If they can not obtain wine?" William K. Vanderbllt ban given fW.im and Col. Charles H. Babin $3,000 to start a fund of J250,000 to enable Capt. Bob Bartlott, head of tho Roosevelt Aerial Exposition, to fly to tile North Pole. Mrs. Irene Cockefalr of Bloomfleld, N J., who recently celebrated tho hun dredth anniversary of her birth, attrl butes her long life to regular exorcise, plenty of sleep and a clear conscience. During the Spanish War, twenty years ago, a lieutenant In the American Army shot a disabled mulo In Porto Rico so ns not to hold up the marching column, Tho value of the mule was deducted from his pay by the government. He made a claim for repayment and It has been hanging fire ever since. Red tape! THE SnVENTKEV-YHAIl LOCUST (From tho Boston Tranrcrlpt) The entomologists of tho State Agricul tural College predict a record-breaking visitation of the seventeen-year locust this year a record-breaking visitation In somo other States, but not In Mass achusetts. This cicada Is indeed sche duled for appearance In Massachusetts In the federal reports, but only for Bristol County; and even Bristol County may derive comfort from the fact that In the year 1902, which was the parent yenr of this brood, none wero found In tho county. The only large and highly dan gerous brood known In the State Is the ono which Is due In 1923 In Plymouth and Barnstable Counties. And even by the parent brood nf this lot, which was ex tremely numerous in the year 1913, no very serious damage was done. The popular superstitions about the seventeen-year locust, indeed, are a great deal worse than reality. The same sort of countryman who will relate his personal experiences with the hoopsnake, and who believes In the malevolent in fluence of the moon, will tell you of deaths resulting from the sting of this locust. His belief In the stories will not bo In tho least shaken by the fact that the cicada hns no stlng. Many people also believe that the appearance nf the seventeen-year locust Is a bure sign of war. Perhaps th3t Is true, since this locust appears somewhere every year, nnd there Is always war In some comer of the world. In this year's case, how ever, the locust comes on the heels of a great war, and not In advance of It; and the same wns true of the somewhat notable visitation of the locust in some parts of the country In 1900. If the bnrk of certain dogs is worse than their bite, the weird, descending, grating chorus-chant of the seventeen year locust, filling all tho air and making life a burden, Is worse than his actual devastations. Few people have ever gone hungry on account of the devasta tion he has wrought. The Injury which he Inflicts Is most serious in the case of fruit trees, in the new growth of which the female deposits her cgg3. The younger the treo the worse It suffers. Whether or not ho Is a prophet of war. the seventeen-year locust yields to Intel ligent war against him. A keroscno emulsion, or that Protean Insecl-dls-cournger, the Bordeaux mixture, will. If applied at the time of his emergence from the ground, turn his drive as ef fectively as Marshal Foch -turned that of the German brood on tho Marne. THKIR GOLDF.N WHDDING The home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Noyes of Concord, wns tho scene of n large gathering Thursday, wnon their friends gathered throughout the day and evening to extend congratulations on the 30th an-niver-nv r their wedding d.ty NOW RAISES 600 CHICKENS After Being Relieved of Or ganic Trouble by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Oregon, III. "I took Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound for an or- game trouble winch pulled me down un til I could not put my foot to the floor and could scarcely do my work, and as I live on a small farm and raise six hundred chickens every year it mado it very hard for me. "I saw tho Com pound advertised in our paper, and tried it. It has restored my health so I can do all my work and I am so grateful that I am recommend ing it to my friends. " Mrs. D. M. Alters, R. R. 4, Oregon. III. Only women who have suffered tho tor tures of such troubles and havo dragged along from day to day can realize the relief which this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters. Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters' condition should profit by her recom mendation, and if there aro any com plications writo Lydia E. Pinkham's Mediclno Co., Lynn, Mass., for advice. The result of thoir 40 years experience is at your -vico. IllllllllillUlUllllllllllllll WORK OF THE T H THE GREAT WAR Rutland ClerRyman Tells About it At Annual Meeting of Local Association Reports Present ed and Officers Elected for An other Year "Tho 1" gave away more than all the other welfare organizations put to gether' nalrl tho Rev. George B. Price, D. D.', of Rutland Tuesday night In a vig orous defense of the work of the Young Men's Christian association that he mado In his talk before the annual meeting of the local Y. M. C. A. Ho dealt specifically with some of the recent criticisms of the Y nnd was emphatic In Its defense. It was the local association's 53rd an nual meeting. The business meeting was preceded by n supper, served by th Woman's Auxiliary to the association. President Charles F. Purinton presided. The Rev. John A. Hamilton offered prayer and grace and benediction were said by the Rev. S. O. Barnes. Tho ofhers elected are: President, Charles F. Purinton; vice-president, Levi P. Smith; secretary, R. 13. Bing ham; treasurer, George L. Pease. Tho new directors elected for two years are: K. L. Ingalls of the College Street Church, n. J. Boynton of St. Paul's Church, F. C. Lyon of tho Methodist Church, W. H. Wood of the First Church nnd F. O. Safford of the Baptist Church. The nominations were presented by tho nominating committee, which consists of C. L. Smith, M. D. Chittenden nnd Dr. C. A. Pease, Mr. Smith reading the nominations. Tho reports of the various officers, thi president, general secretary, the troar. urcr, physical director, the Woman's" Auxiliary and the various committees were submitted to the gathering In pam phlet form, as was done last year. Tho treasurer, G. L. Pease, reported balance on hand April 2, 1918. of $S.S3 and receipts during tho year of $j,:.9S. Tin expenditures wero J3,193.40, leaving a balance of $13.11. Tho trustees, by C. P. Smith, chair man, reported receipts of W;382.0!), of which H,0aS.53 was borrowed. The dis bursements wero unusually large, In cluding $2,G11.3 for wood and coal, and $1,K0.30 for repairs, of which a good portion went for new boilers. The total disbursements were $8,294.72. Tho association has 83 limited, 233 un limited, 80 sustaining und 130 boy mem bers, a total of 5o". DR. PRICE'S ADDRESS Dr. Price's telk was heartily applauded and he was frequently interrupted by ap plause. It was descriptive of his experi ences as a Y man, an experience, he said, that he would not have missed. He was not a Y man, he said, and he had been , associated with the Y. M. C. A. previously 'only In connection with his pastorates. The call, he stated, came simply from the standpoint of the church doing the work of the gospel. He said that the Y dealt largely in its service in the great War with the material aide of things, In Its service to the men In uniform. It emphasized tho material. The strongest plea for clean manhood that he ever heard abroad was made, he said by a Zelgfcld Follies girl, who was doing her llttlo hit to entertain the boys In a Y hut vaudeville bIiow. He took up Judge Ben LIndsey's article in certain magazine, an article that criti cised tho work of tho Y adversely. Ha characterized it as unfair, and showing Ignorance of the subject. And he spoko from the standpoint of long personal ex perience In a Y hut. He was stationed for a time In chargo of a Y hut established by Miss Elizabeth Lauder of Pittsburg, a hut that cost be tween $25,000 and $33,050. He described the work done for tne boys, the entertain ments provided pictures, talks, vaudeville shows, concerts, all free. In a description of a performance of Miss Margaret Wil son's, tho President's daughter, who was singing one evening. Dr. Price caused galea of laughter when he said a doughboy mads a megaphone of his hands and asked her to "Tell the old man we want to go home. 1 lie told of the prices asked, for Instance, for cigarettes, naming certain popular brands and the prices of 11 cents, nlui cents, 10 cents (which are, by tho way, lower than are charged over here). And he said, too, that when any doughboy said he wanted a smoke and didn't have tin price money on him, they quietly and promptly handed the cigarettes to him Just tho same, as a gift. Pics, well, lie said, thsy couldn't get enough of them. They ran over their allowance for wel ware work, but thr Y did not kick, al though they went over regularly hundreds of dollars. This was for free stuff. I He told of the canteen hours, long and tiring hours. He described a Y man waiting on an eager, kidding, bunch of doughboys, handing change, being told It was wrong, figuring It In centime'?, trying tn wait on everyone at once ar I everyone wanting Instant attention. The doughboys, of course, were sometimes grouchy; they had to get off steam some where, and It they were not grouchy ",ou could make up your mind the1.' were not all rlnht nnd would soon be n n hospital." It wns natural. lie de scribed how a doughboy quietly got uu ') him during a s'rvice, while another inn was talking, and said, "Sty, doc ir, 1 haven't got a cigarette, won't you me down nnd open the canteen for in." "Well," said Dr. Price, "1 thought r a minute, I was tired. It was not ring canteen hours, the canteen had ,i en open a long time. That was mv . 'ought for a minute. Then 1 thought his boy wants a cigarette, he wants it h.idly enough to creep up here lo me, al hough a service Is on. So then 1 went down and opened the canteen, got hm , s cigarettes, and made him my friend or life. Hp went away singing my i.ilsex. But If 1 had not, ho wnul I .ive cursed me to his dying dny. TP at is the first limn I had ever been i'lod from tho pulpit to get clgnre' tc. cue Y men might havo refused, a d i h rcuMin, for nof all of them aro gels." Tho doughboy, ho said. Is Just ii a boy, 'lis talk, which was Informal, dta't 'h ninny humorous Incidents, nnd il is altogether Interesting, vconvlncinf J very human. He was roundly ap. ailed. "o.vwjri ri ".; mtli had a most Intelligent retriever, night Smith's house cnught tire. All i-si Instant confusion. Old Smith anil ..i- How for the children nnd bundled it with them In quick order. Alasl '. of them had been left behind! Bui p Jumped the dog, rushed Into lh mise, nnd koon reappeared with tin Rising child. Kveryoue was saved, bu( 'over dashed through tho flames agnln, i'iat did tho dog want? No one knew, 'recently tho noblo animal reappeared, , 'relied and burned, with -what i'.o y u nl?" Glvo it up, . . i. . , i i.ete. With thu lire l.isu.unci po'lcy, . iMppi'd In a damp towel, gentlemen!" llxchangc,