The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-30

show his identity and get the exemption
Major Harvey Goodell must issue a GER
tificate to each state official within the
next few days and, incidentally, the
state official must have a certificate to
file with the ticket agent of whom he
buys transportation, so that Auditor OF
Accounts Ben iamin Gates will need to Sc
cure the printing of several thousand OF
these certificates, for they will be fire.
quently exhausted by use and filing.
Rev. A. W. Hewitt of Plainfield was in
the city this morning on his way to visit
with his mother in West Berlin.
Stephen Guptil of Waterbury was in
the city this forenoon.
Louis Forten, who was arrested by
Sheriff f. II. Tracy on the charge of a
second offense of intoxication, was given
30 days in jail by Judge L. NJ. Harvey in
city court to-day.
Commissioner of Education NJ. B. Hill
legas left this noon for Chester, where
this evening he speaks to the Woman's
club. Wednesday he will be in Walling
ford on matters relative to the schools in
that town.
The work on the State House annex is
progressing slowly. A part of the stacks
for the library have arrived and the
workman is setting these. There are
some of them which should have come
with this carload and which will delay
the work a little. When Sergeant-at
Arms Dwight Dwinell was in Boston
week ago he saw the wood finish for the
courtroom, which should be here this
week. The back side of it is being paint
ed and the mortising was being done, so
that the finish could be rapidly put in
place. John Miglierini is setting the bal
ustrated about the portico in front of
the building When this is done it will
add a great deal to the beauty of the
front.
The court officers who attend supreme |
court were in conference this morning |
with Postmaster B. L. Bailey relative to
the supreme court holding its November |
session in the courtroom in the federal |
The reason for the change is !
that there is no chance at the State
House or the new state building and |
Washington county criminal cases are
set for next week, so that the Washing
ton county courtroom is wanted for that
purpose; but if arrangements cannot be
made through Postmaster Bailey with
the federal government for the use of
he federal courtroom probably the trial
IF cases in county court by jury will be
while the supreme court is in
session.
Gov. Fl. F. Graham returned this morn
ng from Washington, d, c., where he
has been attending conference relative
o military and fuel matters. One of
he most important facts that developed
rom the conference with Secretary Bak-
r was that the state troops will be re-
tored to their identity after the close I
# the war, matter which the governors /
ave been unable to learn until the con I
erence took place. That is, of course,
My the intention of the present admin |
stration. If the administration should /
hange before the close of the war these \
acts might be changed. Another fact q
7hich is of considerable interest to Yer 4
lonters who have wondered what was to t
ecome OF the regiment at Westfeld was &
ettled when Secretary Baker and Gen /
raj Bliss informed Governor Graham Il
hat the organization is to be sent to c
rance and that it would be soon moved |
rom Westfield, but this movement of a
ne depleted organization to France does 5
OF mean exclusively the Vermont regi-
tent but the application is to all Ma
onal Guard organizations from which
etachments were taken. Whether the r
oops will be moved directly from West
ED to France was not stated. One
ling developed was that Colonel Roose
1T, according to reports sent here. will n