Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-08-16
MONTPELIER.

Roney. the two-year- son of Mr..
and Mrs. Everett Hood. who lived
across the river from the Shepard farm
between this city and Barre, was killed
about 6:1O o'clock Saturday evening by
the Central Vermont branch passenger
train. which struck him while coming
from Barre to this city for the New
England States Limited connection.
The child had wandered from his home
to the track few rods distant Ow-
ing to curve in the track a few rods
back from the site of the accident. the
engineer could not see the child until
the train was almost upon 1t. The front
part of one foot was cut off. while the
body of the little fellow was generally
bruised. DR.. w. o. Hutchinson. who
was on the train. said death was in
Simultaneous. The boy Is survived by
his parents. two brothers. and a sister
the oldest child being five years of age.
A report was received here Saturday
evening that all of the members of the
quartermaster corps that went from here
Friday to Concord. N. H., for examination
into federal service passed. excepting
Sergeant Charles Def. Bancroft. Jr., who
was rejected upon heart action. The first
report received was that all had passed.
They left on the Saturday night train for
New York and go from there to Column
bia, 8. c., where they will become a part
Of the division Of the national army. The
squad when II left here was In charge
Of Sergeant Carl Henkel. who was in
charge Of the quertermaster work at Fort
Ethan Allen last year and who has been
in that department for several years.
Those who went were Sergeant Henkel.
Frank Dorey, w. Leroy Bates. II. G..
Sanborn. Royal Cheney. Levi Kelley,
Harry Brusa, r. Il. Susena and Sergeant
Bancroft.
Miss Irene Dwinell OF Calais has been
| elected preceptress of the Murphy Col
| lege at Sevierville, Tenn. and will
assume her duties next week. She Is
also to teach home economics. She grad
uated in the domestic science course
from the Skidmore School of Art. Sara
toga. N. Y, last June. She was for
merly student in Montpelier Seminary
graduating in 1914
| The federal district board of exemption
Is not getting very complete reports from
the local exemption boards. Some OF the
boards are sending the names of those
who have been rejected while others are
sending In part of their list and not
completing these from day to day as the
regulations provide. The reports are com
ing to the district board in such condition
that the work is being delayed. In Or
leans county for instance only the rejec'
tions. OF which there are some S6. have
been sent to the board.
The funeral OF Mrs. H. s. Chapman
took place from Trinity Church at two
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. The body ar
rived that morning from Springfield
Mass. where she died Sunday after Ions
illness resulting from shock suffered
some months ago, Mrs. Chapman Is sur
vived by her husband, who was In the
grocery business here before going Il
Springfield The interment was In thu
Green Mount cemetery.
The first hearing In the bankrupt estate
OF A. II. Gotta, barber here. took place
Monday morning. No debts were proven
ana no assets shown. 1t was ordered ina
no trustee be appointed. Gotta recent!
was defendant In Caledonia county court
where verdict OF Sl,156 was obtained
against him for damages done by his au
tomobile at South Royalton three year
ago during the State fair time. maj
named bancroft was killed in the acct
dent.
Mrs, +. Camales was in city court Mon
} aay morning on the charge OF illega
Keeping OF intoxicating liquor to which
she pleaded guilty and was sentenced u
serve 10 months in the house of correction
The woman who is about 20 years OF as'
was placed on probation.
the washington county exemption boar
examined IL men Tuesday. Is havinl
been called, but three were absent an
snve were aliens. OF the II examined sever