The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-30
TALK or THE TOWN


Big discount on stamped and pac1ag
goods for a few days. Mrs. Beattie.
H Concert and ball, Tuesday, May
Rowland hall, the Estabrook orchestra
adv.
The Purple Consulate will meet wit
Mrs. Nellie Bianchi at II Cottage stree
| Tuesday evening at o'clock.
Lyndol Lebourveau, who is employe,
in Mineyille, N. Y. is passing a few day
at his former home in Barre.
Giovanni Fiodella left Saturday 70
Brandon, where he is passing weel
with several of his countrymen.
Mrs. Harry Quinlen of South MAR
street left yesterday for northern On
tario, having been summoned by tn,
death of her brother.
Miss Julia Bizzozero returned to hel
place of employment in Waterbury last
night, after passing the week end at hel
home on Second street.
Alexander Riddle of Graniteville was a
visitor in the city to-day while on his
way home from Fort Ethan Allen, where
he passed the week end with friends.
Fred Blanchard, who was called ia
South Barre by the illness and death OF
his mother, Mrs. Louise f. Blanchard, re-
turned last night to his home in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred G. Farrell of Enos-
burg Falls arrived in the city Saturday
evening, having been called here by the
death of James J. Goodwin of Merchant
J street.
| Miss Elizabeth Winchester OF Water
bury, who has been visiting relatives in
Williamstown over the week end, was a
visitor in the city this morning while en-
route home.
John Morrison, who has been working
for the Vermont Marble Co. in Proctor,
arrived in the city yesterday and expects
to remain in this vicinity, having secured
employment in Montpelier.
Stoddard B. Bates of Derby. state
highway commissioner, was a visitor at
Hotel Barre through the week end. He
was accompanied TO this city by A. b.
Cobleigh OF Derby and A. II. Gates of
Franklin.
Fred Dawson, who has been absent
from Barre for year, was detained at
police headquarters Saturday until the
arrival of Deputy Sheriff Henry Lawson
OF Montpelier, who arrested the man on
a civil complaint. In lieu of bail. the
respondent was lodged in the county jail.
The complaining witness is Miss Violet
Goodenough Of Montpelier.
Two respondents arraigned on intoxi-
cation charges in city court this morning
represented the ingatbering of the police
during the week end Rodney Mcdonald
Of Hartford, Conn, listed as an habitual
drunkard. acknowledged subsequent of.
Tense and expected to pay the SIS fine
and costs assessed him. Oakley e. May
of Granville paid the minimum fine and
costs for the first oifense.
Kenneth II. Gale OF Wellington street
left the city Saturday night for Boston,
where he viii remain for a few days to
participate in the concerts to be given by
a band of 500 musicians under the direc-
ton of John p. Sousa. Mr.. Gale expected
to arrive in the Hub for the first re
hearssl Sunday forenoon at 10 o'clock |
Previous to his departure he received an
assignment to the trombone section in |
the band.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre through the week end were the
people; Stoddard r. Bates of |
Derby. A. H. Gates of Franklin, A. B. |
Cobleigh of Derby, Thomas G. Gaul and |
F. f. Colburn OF Burlington, F. b. Braun
Of Essex Junction NJ. J. Kelleher OF |
Springfield Charles b. Adams OF Water
bury, Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Langford of
Littleton, n. H, Earle S. Drown of st.
Arthur Derby of Salem,
Mass
Tomorrow early arrivals for the tri
,nnial convention OF Vermont Woodmen
will begin to arrive in Barre and when
he opening session eonvenes in the
Knights of Columbus hall in the evening
I is expected that the convention
strength of nearly so delegates will be
The local committee, represent
ng Granite City camp, has completed
areful plans for the reception of visitors
nd in conjunction with the Board of /,
Trade, which is 10 provide sightseeing
rip to the quarries Wednesday ii is in ,
POSITION 10 guarantee the delegates
warm welcome and an enjoyable stay in /,
Sarre.
Barre residents OF Syrian and Arme- a
ian extraction are viewing with mingled q
motions the entry Of the United States
nto the world war and while their ale 7
lance to Uncle Sam will stand almost !
ny test of patriotism, their status as
ghting men. in the event of enlistment, /
GEMS to be in doubt. Not all of them n
re citizens. in fact a majority have not r
AIKEN out first papers of naturalization. G
nd as aliens their attitude presents a
iflicult problem. Many of them are I
ibjects of Turkey, a nation with which g
nc United States is not at war Inas- Fl
luch as they are not American citizens Y
rev might not be able TO fight under the !
merican flag and for them to 90 to the I
attic front under Turkish flag would h
resent the odd circumstance of subjects "
German ally serving with the enemy. I
ocally il seems that Syrians are anx- Ii
us and ready to fight Turkey in retalis- il
on for her atrocities among the Syrians
nd Armenians. :
Section men of the Barre & Chelsea
iilroad were engaged to-day in working -
/ the derailed box car which struck the
aclair blacksmith shop on South Main $
rect Saturday with such cyclonic force. s.
efore any move TO restore the car could L
made its cargo OF grain had TO be UNI -
AIDED. Peter Laclsir. the blacksmith, is d,
sting comfortably at the City hospital m
ID If time has the healing way with *
m that the doctors anticipate he will -
we emerged unscsthed from his expert
ce of being buried under his own |"
iithy. Souvenir hunters, searching in