The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-16
MONTPELIER
Mrs. Thomas Allen Died This Morning
After Shock.

After Shock.
Mrs. Katherine Allen, wife Of Thomas
Allen, who has been many years asso-
ciated with his brother in the cigar BUSH
ness in Montpelierf died about | o'clock
this morning from the effects Of shock
which she recently suffered. The de-
ceased was native of st. John, N b..
and was born IS years ago, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Warren. Some Of
her life was lived in Portland, Me, also
IN Westfield, Mass For IL years she and
Mr. Allen have lived in Montpelier She
is survived by her husband and one
daughter, Miss Annie Allen Of Montpel-
Ter; also a sister, Mrs. W. p. Birwan,
who lives in Massachusetts. The de.
ceased was member of the st. Vincent
de Paul society and st. Augustines
church. The funeral will take place at 0
o'clock Wednesday morning,
Daughley Gould is minus his outside
clothing as a result of attending the
dance in Rowland hall, Barre, last Satur-
day evening. It appears that when he
was ready to return home he could not
find his coat, hat or neck scarf Think
ing that someone had changed with him
he waited until all had left the hall but
then there was no clothing left as sub
stitute for his, so he came home with
some that he borrowed Of friends
Homer Jerd of the navy is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Jerd, his parents. He
has not been home in several months and
has made many trips across the Atlantic
ocean.
The ice went out in the Winooski river
Sunday afternoon and while there was
but little of it, considerable attention
was attracted. 1t broke up under the
Red Arch bridge about 2 o'clock and for
an hour was running over the Bailey and
Taft mill dam. 1t was about six inches
thick.
M. l.. Wood, executive secretary of the
state fuel office, has returned from Bos-
ton, where he attended conference upon
the supply of fuel which comes to the
New England states, and it is probable
that in the next few days there win be
sent to the coal dealers new regulations
concerning the reduction in the shipment
of coal TO Vermont For the first eight
months OF the)coal year Vermont, as well
as the other New England states, has
received some per cent more per month
than this state il entitled to, so that for
the months of December and January the
shipments to Vermont and the other New
England states will be reduced below the
monthly allotment, which is about q 500
tons a month The state has been get
ting quite little over its monthly pro-
portion. The only thing that the dealers,
who have been telling there would be
plenty of coal can do now is to pray for
warm weather, while families will have
to conserve on their coal supply a great
deal.
MISS Geneyieye Damon, who has been
i'll few days, has resumed her work in
the commissioner of industries office
G. w. Scott Of the weights and meas.
ures department is in Massachusetts, in
conference with the commissioner of that
state relative to the work in their de.
partment.
A daughter was born last night TO Mr..
and Mrs Rawson Myrick.
Miss Ethel Mcneil, who has been
Red Cross nurse and has been in the
naval branch of the service, has arrived
home for the present at least. She has
been stationed near Annapolis, Md Many
Of the nurses in her department have
been detached from service, although it
il expected they will be recalled for mill
tary service when the camp hospitals
commence TO be filed with returned sol
dierB.
The employees Of the state commission.
Ter Of agriculture arrived to-day at the
State House. This includes the forestry
department, of which w. g. Hastings IS
at the head, and the livestock depart.
ment, of which DIR. A. j. DeFossett is the
head. 1t viii be recalled that the last
session of Legislature, upon the recon-
mendation of Governor Graham, eonsoli.
dated the livestock and forestry depart.
ments into the agricultural department
There are 81 employed in the office when
they are on the job. The department has
been assigned the top floor of the west
wing of the State House and from APP
pearanees this morning ii will need all
the space allotted to il.
For the benefit of the people Of the
state, who have been writing frequently
to the adjutant generals office, Colonel
johnson has sent the following: Regula.
tions regarding the discharge of enlisted
men now in service contain the following
paragraph which may be of interest to
parents of the boys in the camps, EN-.
listed men may be discharged upon their
own application when there is sickness or
other distress in the SOLDIERS family, or
when he il needed to resume employment
in an industry-or occupation in which
there is an urgent need Of his services
provided that such discharge will not dis
rupt or cripple an existing organization,
and that the soldiers services can be
spared. Applications for discharge viii
be made by the soldier through his i'm.
mediate commanding officers"
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