The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-06
MONTPELIER
Three Men Preparing to Accept Call for
Carpenters.

lie has been employed as u carpenter fol
some years. The Others are G, Angus
toni, who Is employed NJ the Excelsior
Granite company, who was employed as
cabinet maker for many years but has
, not been In that employment for hvf
years. The only other man IN class
who can technically qualify as lar AS
the questionnaires show Is C. "A. Cannedy
of Waterbury. Perhaps there may be
others like the Augustoni incident in
which the man has changed his employ.
ment although he could qualify as a car
penter, having seen considerable service.
Where any county does not have enough
carpenters to make up the quota allotted
IL, IL, Is proposed TO allow the number
TO be sent from some other county de.
Quoting from the number that would be
allotted to that county on some other
call.
| A meeting Of the executive committee
Of the war chest fund organization oc'
Cured Tuesday evening when j. T.
Adams was elected chairman and d. b.
L. Kent secretary, while II. D. Hopkins
was made vice chairman. The disburs.
ing committee will be composed Of Rev
p. j. Long. j. D. Adams, J. NJ. Boutwell,,
| Mrs. G.. H. Smile. l.. D. Taft, Mrs. +. +.
Lowe and Rev. Stanley 7. Bloomfield, who,
with the ex.officio members, will com
pc the committee. II. ID. Larrabee was
elected the eleventh member; campaign
committee, T. NJ. Cory. G. G. Bailey,
f. II. Tracy, John Gowdey and Mrs. l.. G.
Rivers; W. w. Russell was elected treas.
urer, c. F. Lowe auditor. The minimum
basis of subscriptions will be so cents
per capita monthly. The general discus.
sion of the work of the committees &C.
CURED and a general understanding o.
the plan was made through this method.
y. A. Dwinell and Maurice Dewey,
farm loan inspectors for the National
Life Insurance company, left this morn
ing for trip through the West.
i. d. Whittier, the new manager of
the Green Mountain guard work, arrived
here Tuesday and has commenced his
work OF laying the plans for the COM
ing campaign in the production OF food
by the children this summer
Miss Bertha Buzzell is taking vaca
tion from her work in the office of the
commissioner of education.
Major Harvey Goodel arrived this
morning from Readsboro, where he has
been at his home for Il few days. This
morning he also went to Essex Junction,
where he held a conference with Gov. |
Il. +. Graham, who has left for few
days in Washington on matters in which |
Vermont is interested.
The monthly meeting Of the board Of
charities and probation occurred this !
morning in the State House with all !
members of the board attending except |
ing Thomas Magner OF Burlington. who
was unable to make train connections to I
get here Routine business was done
and the reports of the work in the last |
month made, in which several matters
have been Investigated and Improvements
made.
Notice was received this morning at
the office of Gov, H. +. Graham that
Philip Gordon of Barre had enlisted in
the navy.
Stacey Clark. who has been attending
Norwich university, is i'll at his home
here with measles.
j. NJ Donahue of Mortified was in the
city to-day looking for dcserter who
escaped from the navy. The papers had
been sent to Mr.. Denahue to make the
arrest and return the man to his boat.
The young man was here few days
since.
Amanda Crespo Of Barre was taken in
custody this morning by Chief Connolly
while an investigation is being made
relative to the disappearance OF u bar
rels OF beer from a ear at the Central
Vermont freight station Tuesday. 1t APP
pears that Crespo took the beer, but the
question is whether he had authority to
10 so. under the provisions of the federal
statutes, which is that for truckman
TO deliver liquor consigned TO a person
other than himself he must 20 to the
freight office and show the bill of lading
This Crespo did not do, it is alleged,
which resulted in his being taken 10 the
police station. 1t is further alleged that
ne broke the car seals for which, If il is
proven, there is another penalty. Chief
connolly called V. A. Billiard, United
states district attorney, this morning on
he matter and because the latter was in
'ourt he had to wait until this after
loon. Coming under the federal laws the
natter will be handled upon the advice
md authority Of Mr.. Billiard. In the
meantime Crespo was retained in the po-
ice station.
The price interpreting board met Tues.
lay evening and agreed that the mer-
hants, when they have other kinds of
ugar than graduated, shall sell il on
he same basis as the granulated, that
5 to say, if they have brown sugar, r
erson having a card for two pounds of
ugar viii be entitled TO two pounds of
he brown or other kind of sugar The
hartman of the board was designated
o see the merchant who on Monday sold
rown sugar in five and cn-pound lots
Adjutant General II. I. Johnson has
ent to the provost m"rshal general a
clegrem requesting advice as to what
lass the men who have been rejected at
amp Greene shall be placed in when
hey return to the state. His under
landing is that they 60 into class 5.
.lmost 80 per cent of the number sent
. Camp Greene have been rejected This
due to the difference in the army regI
Itions and those sent To the local board
,r physical examinations IL is lack
coordination which results in a bad
feet upon the work. Several more of
nc counties have reported their clsss
ion as finished. They include Grand
lie, in which $40 men were placed in
ass |; Franklin, where 1890 were put
the same class Lamoile is completed. :
it'll 1o5 in class 1. while Rutland No.
ports that il has its classification com
eted but does not give the number of
en- IN class !. In Caledonia county a.
a5O men are in class I. H.