The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-08
MONTPELIER
A Little Sugar Arrived in Town This
Morning.


the day that the supply was low but
aside from a few who realized the eondi.
tion no alarm was felt. However, when
one OF the local lunchroom men wanted
to buy some sugar for his trade can
vass was made of the stores, both sides
of Main street, with the result that he
found every store was out of sugar. He
even went to Cross & Son bakery with
the expectation of being able to secure a
loan until some arrived He found that
they did not have any on hand 1t was
| expected the condition would be better
to-day, for it was known there was sug-
ar in transit this side of White River
lJunrtion. A small supply, which viii last
but for a few sales, arrived this morning
What was apparently an attempt to
swindle the federal government through
| its postofhce department out of $3.50
came to light late Wednesday afternoon
when statement was made by the Lane
Manufacturing Co. that the effort of
Francisco DeLaVega Echemendia, a Gu
ban commission merchant at Santiago,
Cuba, to secure the above sum of money.
had been denied upon a draft which he
that some days since, the Lane company
received a letter from the Cuban stating
that he wanted to open an account and
sending money orders amounting to 81
300 as an evidence of good faith. The
first OF the week the company received a
message stating that the Cuban wanted
to draw upon the sum by draft and was
drawing $3.50 Before honoring the
draft, the company, for the second time,
took the matter up with the local post
master, with the result that it was
learned that while the first information
had been that the postal money orders
were all right, Mr. Bailey Tuesday night |
had received information that these |
money orders were stolen property and |
circulars had been sent through the coun-
try to that effect. By waiting to inves |
tigate before honoring the draft for So |
$50, the Lane company saved the federal |
government the above sum, for if they |
had honored the sum Immediately upon |
receipt of the money orders it would |
have been paid by the postoffice depart
ment
Prof. w. f. Aiken of the University
of Vermont spoke to large attendance
of the Woman's club in the Kellogg Hub
bard library Wednesday evening He
gave comparison of Arnold Bennett
and H. G. Wells. At the business meet
ing Mrs. +, NJ Bryan, president of the
club, presented the gavel which Mrs.
S. S. Ballard has given the club for its
use. The gavel is made from orange |,
wood from the Ballard farm in Florida
and was suitably inscribed.
l. |
noon was appointed administrator of the
state of Mary Cotton. late of Montpe-
ier. Mrs. Elizabeth Goodwin of Barre
settled the account of James J. Goodwin |
Is executor of the estate of James Good
win, late of Moretown. J. J. Goodwin {
lsd not completed the settlement of the !
state before the death of the elder Mr.. 5
GOODWIN. q
Vermont supreme court this morning {
completed its work for the week because {
lone of the attorneys were ready for )
rguments in their cases When the r
irst case was finished Wednesday morn {
ng, il was found that the attorneys
we're not present for the next cases, so
hat nothing could be done Clerk J.. c. Ii
loody made canvass of the attorneys a
nd found that those who should be here y
rom Windham county, which has the 5
ext two cases, are engaged in the trial G
{ case in Windham county court. 50 "
hey could not get here and he found &
hat other attorneys were not ready. so :
he court took a recess until Tuesday
forming. The Bennington county cases y
ave been set for the special term Of v
he court in Rutland al
State Probation Officer " H. Jeffrey "
as received a report that the orphans
ono in Windsor county in which there
ere 81 Greek children last week with ltv
NJ proper support, has been cleaned up. pi
he schools teachers appeared before an ID
.vestigating committee, showing that -
le children were not properly fed nor ~
oihed and that they had been known in
steal to .ct enough to eat and had "a