The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-07
MONTPELIER
U. S. Marshal Lackey Investigates Al
legged Slackers.

Dan Leno, who lives in Montpelier, iit
not register in the city or in Mddlese,
Wednesday, so the federal officers ar,
looking about to see if he did register
in any place that day. Deputy Marsha
g. +. Lackey has investigated the claims
made that Leonardo Spognol of Barre
was an alien enemy, born in Germany
He found the man was born in Germany
but that he is of Italian nationality, and
| that Harry C.. Smith registered under
| that name instead of Herman Scherlins
| the name under which he has been known
in that city, He will take the name OF
| Smith when he obtains his full naturali.
cation papers.
The work of numbering the cards
of the young men who registered in
the county Wednesday is taking place
in the office of the Washington county
local board to-day There will be some
changes owing to deductions and addi-
tions by men registering in the different
towns from those in which they lived.
The report as made to the adjutant gen
eral showed that 243 men registered in
the county June 5. There are also six
registered from the state hospital, who
will be sent to the counties boards in
which they lived.
Arthur Hirsch of Barre has been re-
leased from Washington county jail,
where he has been serving sentence
received as a result of hearing in Unit
ed States district court, having com
pleted his sentence. He will leave this
evening for Camp Devens, where he en-
tiers service of the country, and will take
the place of one of the drafted men who
was discharged recently at the camp.
Hirsch has filed QUESTIONABLE since he
wnet to jail
The annual alumni dance of Montpelier
high school took place Thursday evening
in city hall Carrol's orchestra furnished
music A very small number of couples
attended the dance compared with other
years and the first real showing of how |
many young men have left the city in |
the last few weeks occurred There were
some 50 couples The committee in |
charge of the dance were Edward Rich |
ardson, A. C. Theriault and Miss Eleanor
Lowe.
Mrs. w B. Coates of Albany, N. Y,
and Miss Minnie DeBoer, her daughter,
Of Boston, are visiting in the city.
Lewis G.. Bills of Boston, with whom
&. A. Powers, former assistant chief in
he Montpelier fire department is EN-.
,loyed, was in the city to-day, He
speaks highly of the work which Mr..
Powers is doing. He is employed by Mr..
Bills and is now installing fire alarm
ystem for the federal government.
A. l.. Smith of the agricultural depart
nent, assigned to work at the state
ollege, speaks this evening to the mem
,ers of the Capital Poultry association
nd those interested in poultry in the
ity council chambers of city hall in
Arrangements are being completed at
Montpelier seminary for the holding of
he annual Vermont state Epworth
eagie institute, June IL to %. at the
This is the week following
so that all coming here
an be boarded at the boarding hall The
peakers include: Rev. v L. Smith of
Rev. C, w. Kelley of lras
urg, Rev. s. G. Suitor of Randolph DIR.
/. f. Spaulding, head of the New Eng
ind branch of the same organization
ev Frederick Palladino, vice president
the same organization; Rev. William
haw of St Iohnsbury, Rev. W. " Gil |
ert of the Methodist church of Boston,
ev. 4. X. Leach. pastor of the church in
Mass; Miss Alice Robertson,
cad of the deaconess' school in Boston; |
rof. c. A. Davis, Senator W. p Dill
ngham, Gov. H. Y. Graham and Bishop
i. H. Hughes II
Gov. II. F. Graham this morning re-
lived a letter from O. F. Benson, stating s