The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-08
MONTPELIER

At the meeting of the Capital City
grange Thursday evening State Proba
ton Officer William II. Jeffrey spoke to
about 20 members and invited guests
upon child problems and probation One
of the interesting things which he dis
cussed was the case of a young woman
whom he had arrested on the streets in
Montpelier and on whom he succeeded in
getting a sentence of year in the house
of correction. The woman, upon his rec
ommendation, has been pardoned. and he
read letter from her, thanking Mr.. Jef-
frey for what he had done for her. She
stated that the house of correction was
the only real home that she ever had and
that she was grateful for the kindness
of placing her in that institution. He
..en inquired if the woman was to blame
or society, and remarked that he thought
the latter is responsible. Another case
that he cited was that of an ovcrseer in
nearby town who complained about
the expense of care of the children at
Heaton hospital, but stated that the eX.
pense of the poor department had in part
been relieved, for two of the poor of the
town had recently died. He said that
the general attitude OF the overseers of
the state is along that line but that the
time is not far distant when the over
seers will make different report, name
ly, that the people, whose only crime is
that they are unfortunate in being poor,
have been well cared for" instead of
complaining about expenses.
Atty. Gen. H. G. Barber of Brattleboro
and family arrived here Thursday even
infr for a fau- Iau Sta,r u,biln Mr. Par.
ber is looking after some work in this
part of the state, which included con
ference with Supt. Wasson of the state
hospital relative to man in that in
for observation. Mr.. Barber re-
Gently gave an opinion in which he ruled
that the state purchasing agent can or
der and purchase for the state anything |
that goes through his department with |
out the advice or consent of the auditor |
IF accounts Mr. Barber held that the |
law which made the purchasing agent |
one of the state officials gave him that |
and legal right.
The telephone men of the New Eng
and company are working on conduits
between the capitol and the state build
ng. As soon as they are able to get the I
ines. into shape it is expected that the
will be installed, then the 1
from the State House and the II
tate building viii be handled from the
entral station in the new building. The
'ench, for installation in the supreme
curt room, and the sheriff's desk have
rrived. They are made from a sketch
RATED by Sergeant -at-Arms Dwight
)winell Those drafted by the archi-
ects did not meet the approval of the !
lstices, while the one drafted by Mr. 4
)wineIl was approved by them and has
cen made. 1t will have to be put into :
he room through one of the second {
tory windows. II
The work of the campaign committee j
0 raise the money for the war chest has !
The committee met Thurs =
ay evening in headquarters that have \
cen opened in the Rialto block, where \
Or the next few days they will explain S
, all persons the intent of the campaign '
nd how they expect to raise the money. {
he committee has named its ward cap +
aims and the work will be commenced in I
arnest.
The condition of Miss Doris Emery
the Mary Fletcher hospital remains
bout the same. A. A. Emery, her ia 7
ier, will go to Burlington tonight AMI
Deration by an expert on bone diseases
expected to be performed Saturday.
is expected that the young woman is s,
lfferng from tubercular bone. Il
Gov. II. F. Graham this morning re- f
lived from the war department mes \
ge, stating that all men for military e'
rvice may be held as carpenters; that T
to say, persons who have been placed v
the limited service list may enlist as
rpenters and therefore get into that
anch of the service. He also received
Iother telegram in which ii was stated
at seniors in the agricultural colleges ]
the country may enlist in the quarter
aster's enlisted reserve corps.
Col. II. T. johnson has been in Bur :,
lgton for a couple of days on matters \
injected with his office as adjutant gen
al.
The report of the accident when Ar
and Bleau, employed by the American
oolen company in Burlington, was in
lied by an accident in the mills of the
mpany. has been made to the commits al
,ner of industries. Bleau was loading
I'm and the elevator went up, which re
e.
t. He leaves dependent mother. He N
d Just recovered from an injury re- ~ ~
ived at the Porter Screen company - ~
len he commenced work for the woolen us ,,'
mpany when the accident took place. -
The monthly meeting of the trustees n
Heaton hospital took place in the of III
e of Charles H. Heaton Thursday aft a.
noon, and NJ. f. Smile was elected as
,asurer of the board to fill out the m- :
pired term of A. !. Sibley, whose death ", Va
cured two weeks ago. This makes =
: Smile the combined president and !.
,asurer. The election of a man to fill 20
: board viii not take place until the ~, ~
Nt meeting. The president was au- *
lrized TO draft resolutions in com
morating the work of Mr.. Sibley while Dc
the board.
At the meeting Of the trustees of the
pital Savings bank & Trust company,
d Thursday afternoon, George L. ca
.nchard. who has been second vice sn
.sident of the company, was elected ST.
.sident to succeed A. J. Sibley, the az
g president. who died two weeks ago.
n. Dcavitt. who was elected To the Gu
Ird of trustees following the death Of an
J. Deavitt, tho long time president Of -
corporation. was elected second vice lee
sident. taking Mr.. Blanchsriis place da.
,crt Johonnott. i'll in Heaton hospital pc
who Is % wears cf age, was elected
the first vice president. Mr.. Blanch- lal
has been connected with the hank for cu'
ears. and is a pubiic-s spirited man who tn
n iu .sios.r tfsrrh with tho sgnlfare nf fcf