Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-07


mouth College. who is now In charge Of
Industrial relations from the quartermaster-
general. The work is largely In connection
with the division of supplies and equip
ment.
Lieutenant and Mrs. V. Paul Rousseau
are at the Hotel Vermont: Lieutenant
Rousseau having been granted ten-days'
leave of absence ift.n his duties at Camp
Greene. Charlotte. r. c.. where he Is sta
toned with the 39t1l infantry. Lieutenant
and Mrs. Rousseau were married but u
short time ago. Mrs. Rousseau being Miss
Heron of Charlotte. Lieutenant Rous-
seau, before entering the army last year,
was a clerk in the Howard Nationaal
bank Of this city.
Prof. Carroll w. Doten, U. V. NJ. s5.
and former instructor in elocution at
the university and secretary OF the
faculty, who Is now connected with the
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology at
Boston. has been appointed head OF the
industrial service division Of the fleet
corporation. to succeed Meyer Bloomfield
Of Boston. Mr.. Bloomfield will ne
assistant to J. Rogers Flannery Of Pitts
burg. who will head the housing division
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
At meeting Of the official board Of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church. held at the
home of the Rev. John A. Hamilton on
Buell. street last evening, II was voted to
have an every-member canvass beginning
April IA. AS there are between 40 and 40
members of the church In the service OF
their country It was also voted to get a
service flag for the church. The sum OF
$3,025 was pledged towards the retired min
isters' fund. 1t was reported that as a re-
result Of the special services the church
had received by transfer. full membership
or on probation. 1852 members.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Hallett have
announced the marriage of their niece
Marian Ryder Hallett, to Wells
Churchill Richardson, which took place
Thursday, February 81, at Waltham
Mass. Mrs. Richardson was graduated
from the Burlington high school in the
class of 1909, and afterward took a
nurses training at the Waltham Train
ing School. For over four years she
has been an orthopedic nurse in the
offices of Dr. Adams at Boston. Mr.
Richardson Is president of the Walthan
Grinding Wheel company They will
live at 20 Harris street. waltham.
The Burlington section Of the Greer
Mountain club enjoyed another Of it's goot
times when they went for a sleighrid(
and supper Saturday evening. The party
which also included several friends of thu
members. numbered forty-ive. thirty -four
Of whom reached Malletts Bay in bargei
by North avenue. while eleven walked Il
the destination by way Of Winooski. Mrs
H. N. Roberts served a delicious supper
at Malletts Bay. The return trip wa.
through Winooski. the latter part b,
moonlight. The affair. which was yer,
successful, was In charge Of the outing
committee. which consists Of Miss Mabe
Balch. chairman. Miss Clara Enright
Percy L. Ballard and DR.. and Mrs. Davit
Manson.
A bill to recover some $454.1O. with inter.
est added. from ]. w. Jones & Co., fou,
and grain dealers of Church street, Bur.
lington. a corporation doing business
| under the county Of Kings. State of New
York, with q. Frederick Jones of Bur
| lington and John NJ. Evans of Brooklyn
N. Y, has been entered In the Chitten.
den county court by Floyd B. Russell
of st. Adams and r. S. Cutting of Bur.
lington, doing business as the Champlair
Motor company of Burlington. through
their attorney. Guy B. Horton. Thu
| action Is brought to recover money.
| alleged to be due from the Grain com
pany for the purchase Of motor trucks
| and repair thereon. The list Of bill.
| started September 20. 1915. and con
cluded on January % of this year. TIL,
court.
He came from 'over there" ne arrived
lover here" and now he is just some
where in Vermont" according to tn,
latest reports from Official circles. TIL,
''he" mentioned is one Fred L. Markham
possessor Of a string of aliases that 1
patched together would make some Of tn,
Russian war names sit up and take no
tice. who escaped from Deputy Sheriff
Ezra M. Tatro Of Ludlow at the Uniol
station last Saturday night and who ha
not yet been apprehended. Markham
| while waiting for train to take hin
to Waterbury. where he was to take tn
"cure'' for the dope habit. asked per
mission to leave the custody of Sheriff
Tatro for a minute about eight ococl
and 1t was granted. Markham then wen
into the mems room at the station
blocked the door. opened the window an
stepped out to freedom. He looms u
six feet and two inches. and 1t was cas-
for him to get over the ground. II
made good time in ten minutes and wa
lost Somewhere in the Green Mountai
State" Meanwhile the sheriff wa
standing on one foot and then on tn
other. watchful waiting. but nothing dc
veloped until a little inspiration cam
to him which said to him that some
thing was up. He investigated and dis
covered that It was the window an
also the Jig. There was nothing to d
then but to continue watchful waiting
but on the instant offensive. and that
the way matters now stand.