The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-05
MONTPELIER
Citizens in Mass Meeting Accept War
Chest Fund System.

| money Tor all DeneNolenceS IN MOntpel
Ter, connected with the war, was adopte
, Monday evening at the mass meeting
held in city hall, over which Mayor i
W. Mitchell presided. Several of tn
prominent men of the city spoke upol
the subject, all urging that the plal
seemed to be the wise way of raising
the money. The only question was "a
TO few small details in which Their
were differences of opinion. A commit
tee of IS persons, representing all classes
of people, was elected and j. T. Adam,
was named TO call meeting OF the com
mittee Tuesday evening, IL was voted
that the minimum amount to be raised
shall be $50 900, but it is confidently ex'
pected that the amount will be nearer
$4,000, for the Red Cross will need
$4,000 this year.
About 30 of those who have been EN-
ployed by the National Life Insurance
company with Gleed Lanphere of Mont
| pelier and George Maekay of Barre gath
cred at the Central Vermont station
| Monday afternoon to bid them farewell
| and hope for an early and healthy re-
turn TO the city, when they left for
Fort Macarthur There were several
good singers in the party and they all
gathered in one part of the station, sing
ing until the train came, after which
hand shaking took place and then on
the platform they sang while the train
was standing in the yard. Both were
popular young men with their associates
and there were many wet eyes as the
train left the yard.
In the trial of the case of Joseph Per-
kins VS.. Isaac Yeti, breach of contract,
the jury on Monday afternoon returned
a verdict for the plaintiff TO recover $50,
which was within Sl.33 of the amount
the plaintiff claimed. Apparently the
jury were convinced that if the wall
stood six years, it was substantial
job, the witness having testified that it
was built on clay soil.
Deputy United States Marshal G. +.
Lackey on Monday afternoon received
notice from United States district at
torney that Arthur Hamilton Hirsch,
VINO was arrested few days since in
Fayston as a Stacker, had been indicted
by the United States grand Jury and
that he, Mr. Lackey, could make ar
rangements to take Hirsch to Burling-
ton Tuesday, Hirsch is charged with
violation of the federal law governing
registering last June, Hirsch, it will
be recalled, was working in the woods
in Fayston and he claimed he had regis
tered III Barre, which failed to be true.
There are also charges that he has been
making pro-German statements. He is
supposed to be of German parents, and
appears to be well informed upon mat
tiers pertaining to the war.
Major J. A. Lyons of the Royal Engi- |
neers of the British army arrived Sun. |
day and is visiting with c. r. Lyons, his |
brother, on Pleasant street for few |
days. This is their first meeting in Is |
years, so naturally more time is given to |
the rehearsing of old times gone by than
to the present conditions, although they |
discuss the war to some extent Major !
Lyons came to Canada on duties for the
government, and this afforded an oppor-
unity for him to visit his brother here,
for but a short time Before
entering the service of his country, Ma
or Lyons was in business in the Argen.
line Republic Like many of his coun-
.rymen he returned to England for serv-
ce and has given of his time on duty at
he front.
A. c. Sterling declined the opportuni-
y offered him by the government to
AXE charge of the tailoring department
II Camp Greene. Many of his friends
,ince seeing the notice of the offer for
lin to go there have been bidding him
rood luck, but he tells them all that he
5 not going.
III. T. Sands of Boston, manager of
he traction and power companies of
Barre and Montpelier, arrived Monday
vening for visit to the local office of
he company. Mr.. Sands is among those
n Melrose, Mass, his home, who are
aising the money for war chest fund