Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-01-13
STATE NEWS.
Shooting ARRAY in Franklin.

Robert Morrison, about II years old.
was arrested Wednesday, Jan. 6. in
connection with the shooting of his en-
ployer. Leon Roddy, and Mrs. Roddy
He has been taken to st. Adams.
Roddy's wounds are serious. Mrs.
Roddy will probably recover The
shooting arose during a quarrel be.
tween the man and the boy. Roddy's
wounds are in the neck and shoulder.
The affair happened about a mile and a
half from Fairfield village.
Bar Association Officers.
by the Vermont Bar association at it's
meeting held in the statehouse last
week. President, Charles D. Watson
of ST. Adams; first vice-president,
John G. Sargent of Ludlow; second
vice-president, George B. Young of
Newport; third vice-president. M. c..
Webber of Rutland; treasurer, E. M.
Harvey of Montpelier: secretary. John
H. Mimms of Burlington; board of
managers. L. G. Moody of Montpelier
J.T. Stearns of Burlington, George O.
Stone of Vergennes and 0. B. Hughes
of Brattleboro.
Man Held for Loss of $4,000 Govern
ment Money.
A dispatch with announcement of
the capture of John A. Howard. the
paymaster's clerk who is said to have
escaped with more than $4,000 of the
government funds from Fort Ethan AL
len, has been received from Canada.
Howard was caught at hotel in Winni-
peg, by Burns detectives. Howard, it
is charged, on the 18th of December
forged the name of the paymaster.
Lieut.. w. d. Sumner, and cashed a
check for So. $50 at the Howard Nation
al bank in Burlington. In addition to
this it is alleged, he took $3.50 in cash
from the funds at the post. The crime
was not discovered until more than
ten days later, but then the detective
went hot on the trail. 1t is understood
that he has gone through most of his
money or has put it somewhere for
safe-keeping. The woman in the case
will be held as witness.
Fewer Vermont Failures.
Bradstreet's Office reports that there
were SO failures in Vermont for the
year 1914 which was five less than fol-
the year 1913. While the number OF
failures was less the amount of money
involved was larger. The aggregate
liabilities in 1914 were a little over
$500, 900 against a little less than
1882, 900 for 1913. it is noted from the
lists of failures that there were none
in June and that the month just closed
records the largest number but not the
largest amount of money involved, that
place is held by July when % per cent
of the total amount of money involved
for the year is indicated. Out of the
total number of failures here giver
there were eight grocers, as many
granite firms. six creameries, five fruit
dealers. three general stores, two each
meat dealers. clothiers, druggist, saw
mill owners, and plumbers.
Vermont Automobile Road Money.
The sum of 1854, 344. is was the
revenue derived by the state from
automobiles from Dec. l. 1914, accord
ing to figures made public by Secretary
of State Guy w. Bailey bearing on the
subject of automobile registration il
Vermont. Rutland county leads with
returns of $19.037. The total number
of cars registered was 1862, including
PA gasoline commercial cars, five
electric commercial cars and tive
electric pleasure cars. In addition
there were registered 416 motor cycles
661 re-registrations, Ill dealers, 262i
professional chauffeurs' licenses ISSUED
and 1854 operators licenses issued AM
making total of substantially 20, OOt
papers issued.
The Ford car leads all others amons
new cars registered during the yea
there being 1896, Buick comes mex
with 259 registered, Overland thirt
178, Studebaker, fourth, 1873, Maxwell
fifth, los, Chevrolet, sixth. 101, Cadil
lac, seventh, 81, Metz. eighth, II, al
other make being less than so. TIL,
total number of new cars registere,
for the year was 1893.