Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23

evening. The case was TO be tried Mon
DAY AFTERNOON at four o'clock but the
respondent pleaded guilty NJ his COIN
SCI. d. Ward Carver, explained the facts,
ana requested probation. sassi, according
10 inc story as related In court took out
q nonresident hunting license September
u out lost II and continued to hunt.
Attorney Carver thought It was a.
technical violation of the law Judge
Harvey before fixing the sentence said
mat the courts had been criticised for
putting persons on probation arrested for
breaking the fish and game laws. and he
nesitated to set precedent by placing
oassi on probation, 1t being the first case
vi inc Kind to come up under the act
OF lsl5. Following the county game
Wardens recommendation, however,
judge Harvey placed sassi in Probation
cnicer I. A. Smiths custody. states
attorney Gleason prosecuted.
MIR. and Mrs. George L. Blanchard
ana daughter, Helen. have gone to
Weliesiey, Mass, by automobile where
MISS Blanchard will enter Wellesley
college. They were accompanied by
commissioner OF Education Mason S.
c'one anu Mrs. Stone.
The total number of accidents to en-
ployes reported to the Industrial Accident
board up to and including Monday was
10. since the workmans compensation
law went into effect July I. At that rate
the total number of accidents I'm the
state for u year would be around 5000.
There have been five fatalities reported.
Local friends of John II. Senter Jr..
who enlisted in a Canadian regiment last
winter, have received letters from him
from England dated September 2. The
letters contain the information that he Is
still In training camp but expects to
be sent somewhere In france" within
a few days or weeks. Mr.. Sentcr says
that nearly all the men are moro than
anxious to be on the firing line.
Herbert Sanborn. the school boy who
suffered a prostraton from the heat last
week. continues to improve
Vivian Dolores Leger the 19-year-old
girl arrested in Burlington Monday for
the larceny of dress skirt from the Nc
Cuen store in this city. was brought
back to Montpelier early Tuesday morn
Ing She pleaded guilty in city court late
Tuesday afternoon to petty larceny and
over the skirt which she had taken from
the store and also n hat which she had
taken from the millinery store Of Mrs.
Frank Cross and seemed sorry for her
acts
II. T. Eaton Of Claremont. n. H.. a well
known theatrical man in northern New
England. and Leon II. Lempert of Roch-
ester. N. H.. an architect. who specialzes
in the construction IF playhouses, were
present at a special meeting of the board
of trade in the city hall Tuesday night.
and plans for an opera house for Montpel-
Ter were discussed. Mr. Eaton appeared be
fore the board of trade last winter. but a
that time a proper site could not he agreed
upon and the matter was temporarily
dropped. A special committee was ap-
pointed to investigate a possible location
for a theatre and several have been ia
vorably mentioned. Mr.. Lcmpert is the
architect who designed the Playhouse al
Rutland.
Sergeant-at-Arms Frank r. Parsonr.
who has been i'll for the past two weeks,
falls to improve very rapidly although he
is able to 20 out driving.
Suit for $4,000 has been brought by
Seth c. Rich of Mortified against George
Cross Of the same town. the result of
an automobile accident which happened
in Montpelier the night of August II,
when Mrs. Rich was killed while riding
in a machine driven by MIR. Cross. The
car left the road on Mortified street
and plowed along in a ravine. Frank
Hntchins and Mrs. Fred Green. the other
occupants of the car, and Mr.. Cross We're
uninjured. Mrs. Rich died in Heaton
hospital after being unconscious for As
hours. Bail was furnished by Charles
and Frank Plumley and John Cross.
Plumley & Plumley represent the de-
PENDANT and C. &. Austin & Son Of St.
Adams are counsel for the plaintiff. The
case will be tried in March.
The trial calendar for the October term
Of supreme, court which opens october 5,
issued yesterday. contains So cases. eleven
of which are state cases. There are two
murder cases set for trial. State VS..
Giovanni Marine. Rutland county. and
State vs. George Warner. Windsor coun
ty. OF the ten cases from Washington
county. one-half are State cases.