The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-07
MONTPELIER
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governing the taking of liquor from
car which was consigned to person
other than the party taking the liquor
! V. A. Billiard, district attorney, wa,
! communicated with over the telephon.
| by Grand Juror John II. Stone and Chic
| Connolly, with the result that at frst
| they were advised to have Commission
err II. {. Shurtleff sign warrants but
| this could not be done, so Mr.. Crespo was
held under the Vermont public statutes
on the charge Of larceny, It being alleged
that he stole beer from the car. which
would include the breaking of the seals
which were attached TO the doors to Sc
cure them. He furnished bail and was
released.
A letter has been received at the of
flee of the state fuel commissioner from
Scott Fellows, the local fuel committee
man in Wells River setting forth the
work which Miss Catherine Dow did in
cutting her cord of wood in Is hours. to
which the fuel administrator has replied
and in part he states; 1t would be
good for them to get out and work and
their services would not only be appre-
ciated but are highly needed" This
pertains to complimentary remarks
made of Miss Dow and her project of
which considerable prominence has al
ready been given her in the press.
Commissioner of Education M B. Hill
legas, Prof. Clyde Hill. Prof. B. C. Doug
las and Prof H. H. Gibson go to Bur
lington this evening to attend on Fri
day the annual school conference of
Vermont with the state university. The
speakers in the morning will be Henry
w. Holmes OF Harvard university. S.
j. Phelps OF the state university, while
in the afternoon, with Mr.. Douglass
presiding, discussion as to the CLASH
fication of high schools will take place.
Later in the afternoon the sem-annual
meeting of The Headmaster club of the
state will occur. Prof. J. B. Jenkins
and Prof. II. II. Gibson will speak upon
the agricultural work.
In probate court this morning the viii
of A. J. Sibley, late of Montpelier, was
proven and F. n. Smith was named as
executor.
Charles A. Aldrich of Sutton has been
justice of peace in place of
II. A. Blake OF the same town, deceased.
During the absence of Gov. H. f. Ora
ham, under instructions from Secretary
Harvey Goodell, repairs are being made
upon the floor of the executive chambers.
The flooring under the Competing had
dried SO that il was considerably noisy
when persons walked across the room.
Although the fifth carpenter has not
yet put in an appearance in the office OF
the local exemption board, the clerks |
this morning received the report of two
more young men who have enlisted in
The naval reserve. These are Byron Til !
Iotson of Montpelier and Philip Gordon
Of Barre There are also two others !
who have enlisted in the same service,
namely. Byron S. Kane of Worcester
md franklin Dwinell of Calais.
Almon Moore has commenced his du
les as fireman in place of John Bartlett,
who recently left for Boston, having
,een called there TO assume his duties \
Il the base hospital in which he en-
listed some months ago
City Clerk T. +. Merrill made his re
,ort Wednesday to the commissioner OF
ish aud game, Linus Leayens of Cam
ridge. which showed that licenses
mounting to S93l9O had been sold in
his city during 1917. This is divided
nto. resident fishing. AIS, total S249;
on-resident fishing. %, total SIS; resi-
ent hunting. 259. total sl7640; resident
uniting and fishing, si06, total s4o6;