St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-07

Old Treasurer of Vermont N. E. o.
p. An Acknowledged Defaulter-
New Officers


Grand Lodge of Vermont, New ELg-
land Order of Protection, held in
Barre last week, it became known
that Henry H. Davis ofsBurlington,
grand treasurer for 20 years, was
short in his accounts by his own
admission to the amount of $3.50.
A letter was read in the grand lodge
addressed by Mr.. Davis to the grand
warden, in which he acknowledges
the shortage. 1t appeared that he
had been using the lodge money in
small amounts during the last Is
years. These sums were replaced
for a time, but after while got be-
yond him. Mr.. Davis pleaded bust
ness and family troubles, and the
fact that he was 70 years old. He
offered to do all in his power to-
wards restitution and has given a
chattel mortgage to the grand lodge
on his business in Burlington,
where he conducts an 20. K" laun-
dry. He has turned over his books
and $500 in money to the grand
warden. What action will be taken
by the grand lodge is not known.
The matter has been referred to
committee who will make an inves-
| tigation and report. Two members
of this committee are Judge H. w.
! Scott of Barre and H. r. Hill of
Burlington. Frank G. Rowland of
Barre succeeds Mr.. Davis as grand
treasurer. The following grand lodge
officers were chosen: Grand war
den, H. w. Scott of Barre; grand
vice warden, H. D. Fillmore of
Bennington; junior past grand war
den, Henry R. Hill of Burlington;
grand secretary, H. A. Bartlett of
ST. Johnsbury; grand treasurer.
Frank G. Rowland of Barre; grand
chaplain, Mrs. Eva G. Perkins of
Barre; grand guide, T. J. Bagley of
Bellows Falls; grand guardian,
Mrs. Agnes Lavallee of Hardwick;
grand sentinel, w. l. Greene of Ben
nington The reports of the officers
show that the present N. E. o. P.
membership in Vermont is 1862 in
% lodges. There has been a de-
crease of 243 in the last year. In
the same period there were %
deaths for which $4,000 insurance
was paid.
To Give General Hearings
The Public Service Commission
has determined to hold informal
public hearings at some principal
point in each county in this state on
dates and at places to be announced
by public advertisements in one or
more local papers in each county. 1t
is designed primarily to obtain
through these hearings a clearer
and first hand idea of the wishes
and needs of the public, as we'll as
| the railroads, with respect to the
elimination of grade crossings. 1t
is not intended that the proposed
hearings shall be treated as or have
the force and effect of formal petit
lions, but simply that they may the
better enable the commission to
determine what grade crossings
shall be abolished each year in fill
ing the quota of the railroads as
established by law. 1t is also the
hope of the commission that this
new departure will make it easier
and more convenient for the public
to prefer charges or make COM
plants about the service, ways or
practices of any public utility that
is under the supervision of the COM
mission. The people of the state
are cordially invited to attend these
hearings and to freely offer such
suggestions and make such COM
plants with respect to public service
corporations as the safety and well
fare of the public seems to warrant
All railroads (steam and electric)
telephone, telegraph, electric light
and power, gas and express COM
panies are under the supervision of
this commission and matters relat-
ing to any or all of them will be
considered.
Guy Barber, a young Newfane
desparado has been captured after
terrorizing the neighborhood,
threatening to kill his parents and
pounding his mother until she was
black and blue.
Rutland county has an interest
ing bigamy case on it's hands. Harry
Smith of Pawlet in 1911 married
Jennie Russell of Clarendon but left
had a husband He thought himself
free and married Minnie Tucker of
! Castleton who found a picture of his
: first wife after her wedding trip
and went to the authorities. 1t is
question which is the bigamist
Windham county has engaged A.
W. Sweeton of Stamford, Ct, as
: county agent for the agricultural as
, ISOLATION. The association has
bought an auto runabout for his USE
The annual tournament of the
Vermont Golf Association will be
held on the links of the Rutland
Country Club in August.
An epidemic of measles at the
, house of correction in Rutland re-
, suited fatally on April 20 when Miss
Minnie West, employed in the family
of superintendent D. L. Morgan died
of black meas4es.
Michael Capeless, one of the old
est employees of the D. and H. rail-
} road at Rutland, was killed April 20
when he was caught between two
freight cars. His head was caught
between the iron bumpers. He was
S. years old.
James Sweeney and Henry Good
rich are held in Chittenden county
jail charged with having caused the
death of a negro boy near Bolton
April 10. The negro is alleged to
have been snapped" into the water
. by the men. He was an unknown