The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-23
MONTPELIER
Ford Automobile Stolen from the Street
Saturday Evening

Saturday Evening.
When John Kingsbury and his party
were ready to leave Montpelier Saturday
evening for their home in Moretown after
attending the movies" at the Playhouse
they found that someone had stolen theii
Ford automobile. The police and sheriff
departments were notified but search was
without results during the night and
Sunday. Mr. Kingsbury had brought ms
wife and her mother to the city to see q
picture in which they were interested
He had taken the key" from his ma
chine when he left, but the keys" tc
Fords are similar, so that the robbery
was easily performed. 1t is thought e
have been by men making practice
of stealing Ford cars, for this car was
placed between two larger cars and had
to be removed with care The adjacent
territory was watched in hopes Of locat'
ing the car Sunday but it failed.
Il is estimated there are over POI
cases of grip in Montpelier One physi-
clan on Saturday called at 80 homes
while another called at 90. These calls
run from one in family to half dozen
Some persons have been i'll for a week
and are getting we'll, while others are
just coming down with the malady Rail
road men have suffered the malady to the
extent that the service has been impaired
quite little, especially in this neighbor
hood. The ailment resembles the old
fashioned grip, only that il prevails
little more severe at the beginning,
The state headquarters Of the Red
Cross has received the report Of the pro-
duction that occurred for the Red Cross
in Vermont in the two months period
ending June l5, record Of which the
state may we'll feel proud-a total OF
5 500 sweaters, $4,000 pairs of socks, 20
200 refugee garments, or $4,000 worth
of supplies to be used in cantonments
and in France.
III. q. Barber on Saturday morning
held a conference with s. b Bates rela-
tive to the granting of a contract license
to the Jones Webster corporation in Es-
sex county to operate log hauler tins
winter. Because the company operates
in a gore the license must be granted by
the highway commissioner
Harry Marley, age SO years, died at
his home on First avenue Saturday even
ing following an illness since about Labor
day of meningitis of the brain. He was
native of England born May IL, 1866.
He came to this country many years ago
and had lived in Montpelier part of the
time. Previous 10 his illness he was EN-
ployed bv the Artistic Granite company.
He was twice married and is survived by
his wife, who is in poor nealth, and eight
children, some of whom are by his first
marriage. These include two sons in
France, Florence and Violet of Boston
and Ruth of South birmingham, Mass,
Robert. Roy and Mark of Montpelier.
His parents and a brother also survive
him They live in England. The funeral
will take place at $3.50 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
The supreme court room was put in
readiness to-day for the converting of the
October term, which commences to-mor-
row morning.
Sergeant c. Def Bancroft, IT,, of Camp
Mead arrived here this morning for the
trial Of his case in county court against
the town OF East Montpelier, in which
he and Others were injured by what is
alleged to have been defective constrIc.
tion of guard rails.
Fred Dover of the Grand Union Tea
store has been taken to Heaton hospital
for treatment Carl Anderson of Rob
erts street was taken there Sunday, suf-
fering with pneumonia, while Peter Al
len, who is i'll with the same disease at
the same place, is very low.
Mason S. Stone. Y. A. Rowland, G, B.
Young and G. c. Bailey went to Rutland
to day to attend a war activities meet
ing
Clifford A. Shinquin, who has recently