The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-17


ily, which took place In Boston Nedne,
day afternoon al u hospital where he la
been for treatment several months for
liver and other troubles, tie was a. year
of age born in Montpelier, and lived her
during his younger years. lie has bee
employed for nine years as bartender a
the Revere hotel in Boston lie is sur
yived In his own family by wife an
two children The funeral viii be held i
Boston.
The bankrupt estate Of Monser Dee
of Barre has been referred to ". y
Theriault Of this city. who has set Il
o'clock OF the morning OF Jan. ~ IA tn
date for the first meeting Of the creditor
IN the estate, when II i expected tina
the bankrupt will appear and be exam
ined.
GOV. II. i, Graham Chairman l.. +
Slack, Secretary j. G., Brown and ex
Secretary +. A. Rowland met at the ex
ecutive Office IN the State House Wednes
day evening for a conference relative e
the work of the Vermont public safety
committee this year. discussing the plans
along agricultural lines aud other mat.
tiers which the committee must give It's
attention 10 in the coming months. Mr.
Rowland made a report of what had
been done and what the new officers
must watch for in the coming months, as
shown by experience. \ general discus
sion of the manner IN which the work
will be handled occurred.
The members OF the federal district
board arrived last evening and to-day
We're working in the Senate chamber
upon the classification of the question.
naires which have come to their atten.
tion, some 1000 having arrived now from
the local boards In nearly every case.
the persons interested have taken an APP
peal or one has been taken by the gov
eminent through the states attorneys OF
the several counties, who represent the
government. Many very interesting
statements appear in the questionnaires
Sheriff F. II. Tracy and Deputy H. G.
Lawson left this morning for Rutland to
attend the annual meeting OF the sher-
ifs association.
Raphael Lanier experienced n narrow
escape from serious injury Wednesday
morning. A man was cleaning the roof
of his home for Mr. Lanier. when q large
piece of ice fell, striking the ladder Its
course was detected so that the ice hit
Mr.. Lanier on the nose Ii was but
glancing blow. Had it hit him on the top
of the head, it would probably have
killed him.
Edward Petescia. the youth who has
been in the county jail since his arrest
over week ago on the charge of steal
ing from the home of Mrs. Alma Leonard
of Calais. was to-day taken to the indus
trial school in Nergennes. where he win
be committed for the rest OF his minor
ity. His parents did nothing in the way
of taking him home to Providence, K. /. |
Several persons in the city and yicin
ity who were subjects of Great Britain |
have received letters from the Canadian |
and British governments urging them to |
enlist in the service of their country. /
Many OF the names probably were OBJ |
tanned as the result OF the recent data |
obtained from the federal district board. /
for the information has been sent out |
from the recruiting stations Of that /
country in the United States Ii has /
been ascertaiLed that many Of English |
are accepting their country's
call. responding by enlistment, while
many OF them are going into the army
and navy in this country. They are cred
tied for their enlistment in either in.
stance.
A meeting Of the executive committee
Of the Vermont public safety committee
viii take place in the governors Office at
the State House Monday evening, when
the plans for the coming years effort
will be under consideration. The finance
committee OF the same organization will
confer with the above named committee
Prof. Thomas Bradlee of the state col, II
ege G. W. Gates Of Franklin. chairman
If the food committee, and Others in that
work will attend the conference. l.
Secretary of Charities and Probation
" H. Jeffrey spoke at Brattleboro on
afternoon before the mem. 1
,ers of the Women's club of that town /
n the Unitarian church to an audience /
hat filled the church. d
A meeting Of the chief operators, man t
gers, foremen and wire chiefs with the /
tate and Boston officials of the New a
England Telephone 4 Telegraph company q
vas held at the Pavilion yesterday aft u
rnoon to discuss matters of economy,
of resources. avoidance OF d
expense and waste in all de- a
artments, in order TO offset AS much as f
ossible the marked increase in ex- b
enses that have occurred during 1917, Y
nd which viii obtain in greater de- b
rec during lols. A good many of the q
eople present had difficulty in reaching Il
ere on account of the storm. party d
t Rutland left Burlington at 6 p. M, n
wo hours late, arriving in Montpelier at "
o'clock the next morning. The train u
emained four hours at Jonesyille and an >
our at Montpelier Junction, so it was O
aid. The people going north were de p
Iyed two hours in starting, but those g
Ding to White River Junction left here "
lree hours late and did not arrive in "
White River junction until 4 o'clock a'
lis morning. Those present were Z. ". ~
angley, vice president; William r. Driy 70
:, general manager; G.. X. Manson, chief g
lgneer; G.. II. Dresser. general man 4,
ger of plant OF Boston; ]. +. Hall, gen -
al commercial superintendent; $. +. -
arker. division traffic superintendent -
Z. r. Durfee, division plant snperinten ~
mt; II. A. Noyes division cashier; A. c. s.
itch. supervisor of service, and Miss H. -
J. Willard, service inspector of the state -
iieials at Rutland. There were also =,
'esent Chief Operators Misses NJ. f. II
clancy of st. Johnsbury. B. j. Dick of -
b. Z. Thornton of White ~ ~
ver, l. NJ. Cook of Barre, Isabel J. H.
NAV. Montpelier; Wire Chiefs Nichols a. -,
st .Iohushurv Dnrev of White River ~