The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-01
MONTPELIER
Heaton Hospital Made Special Plea for
Coal.

those received Monday was one frol
Heaton hospital, in which they reporte
the need OF an immediate supply of fue
2, SO advices were sent out from that OF
flee to change the routing of one car {
j soft coal that could be spared from som
other place for heating purpose or powe
4" purpose TO Montpelier so that the pa
/ tients in the hospital might not suife
from the cold. Several of the concern
in the city have found that wood can b
burned. These include the Capital Cit
Press, Playhouse, Comique, and the coun
ty courthouse has been heated fall an
spring for some time and considerable
wood has been piled up at the rear o
the building for use this winter
The program of the third annual Yer
mont conference of charities and correc
, ton has been issued 1t takes place il
Rutland Jan. % and "a. Beginning a
2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon an ad
/ dress will be given by Gov, H. i. Ora
ham; followed by the presidents ad
dress by w. j. Van Patten of Burlington
Secretary William Ii. Jeffrey of the STATE
board of charities and probation vii
speak during the afternoon, followed by
a discussion, and John T.. Weeks, direc
tor of state institutions, speaks upor
"The Needs of the Unfortunates. Miss
Lena c. Ross of Rutland is to speak upon
"The Childrens Patriotic League" In
the evening Robert A. Wood of Boston
president of the national conference on
social work, will speak upon "The State
as the Great Community" Robert e.
Dexter, general secretary of the charity
organization society in Montreal, on so
cial Problems of War Time" Thursday
morning Mrs. Francis r. Wyman of Man
chester and DR.. Charles f. Dalton OF
Burlington will speak upon Public
Health Service" Edwin L. Ingalls, of
Burlington, state club leader, on Boys
and Girls Clubs and School Gardens.
Frederic knight of Boston will give a re-
port upon the 1917 national conference
on social work II. W. Slocum of Bur
lington, secretary Of the Vermont Asso-
citation for Prevention of tuberculosis,
on Modern Health Crusaders"
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Bar association viii take place in the
county courthouse Wednesday afternoon
and evening and Thursday. All OF the
sessions occur in the building excepting
the one at hich Walter G. Smith, presi-
dent of the American Bar association,
speaks Gov IL. +. Graham and Justice
John II. Watson are included in the lists
of speakers from Vermont. President
George Young has been making special
effort to get large attendance and it is
hoped that the weather conditions will
not reduce the attendance. Supreme
court. which convened ut 10 o'clock this
morning, will adjourn at noon Wednes-
day until after the bar meeting is com
pleted.
The executive committee of the Yer
mont public safety committee will meet
this evening in the executive chambers
for the purpose OF discussing their plans
for the work of 1918. This will include
much OF the work which they will do
relative to the war. Incidentally, they
will give some time to the school prob
lem which in the last few days has pre-
sented itself and will arrange, il il un-
derstood, to cooperate with the state
fuel administrator in the effort to get
more wood cut next year. Rev. Fraser
Metzger, who has been in charge OF the
BOYS and girls work this year. was Mt
the Office Of the commissioner of educa
tion Monday afternoon, preparing his re
port of the money received and expended 4
during the campaign on food production |
in 1917.
A total of 20,366 automobiles were !
registered by the secretary of state IN /
1917 and it is expected that the number /
win run higher this year, so Secretary OF /
State Frederick Fleetwood has purchased /
4 few hundred extra number plates. The I
certificates showing that the owner has /
, machine and also the certificate which,
n reality, is the chautfeur's license ar
lived saturday and Monday the office
'orce in Mr.. Fleetwood's department
we're busy sending these to the persons
Who have RENTED for their licenses.
These were due in November, but the
took over the library bureau,
% that they were delayed in reaching
lis office in Morrsville. Il
Several new cases have been entered
II county court. These include on the
Iivorce docket, Walter II. Childs VS.,
)aisy Il. Childs; Forrest j.. Gray vs..
lillian f. Gray; while on tine general
oeket are Irene Ala VS.. the Capital Saw |
ngs Bank & Trust Co, Papoet Brothers
:. Valley and Beaudett, William VIII
inns VS.. b. w Goodfellow, Mabel NJ.
Iaryev VS.. Vermont Mutual Fire Insur- [
nee Co q
Commissioner Of Industries r. w 81 II
londs has considered in his department {
uring 1917 about 5000 accidents The y
xact figures will not be known for few {
avs. In the disposition of these differ I
Mt eases some 10000 persons have been /
enefited by the decisions which he has /
cached, for the ratio is that for each d
ccident reported there are five persons
.ho receive help through the working I
len's compensation act Is