The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-16

tiouary forces in France and John and
Leo are in the United States navy.
Mrs f. w. Colson Of Hilsdale, n. H.,
coming into Brattleboro in her automo-
bile, colIided with hack on its way to
a funeral, smashing the steps to the hack
and doing other damage to it, She set
tied with the owner,
Walter w Husband, former secretary
to Senator Dillingham;, who has been in
charge of the Red Cross supplies in Berne,
Switzerland, has been transferred TO Co
penhagen, where the Red Cross has leased
large warehouse to take up the work
of relief for prisoners. Mr.. Husband has
been successfully engaged in this work in
Switzerland for the last six months.
A Ford automobile owned by Homer
G. Leggett of Poultney and left standing
by him on Main street in that town, in
some way started and crashed into a
milk wagon, owned by j Richards of
North Poultney, throwing out his nine,
year-old son and running over him. The
child was hurried TO hospital and on
examination no bones appeared to be
broken, but 1t is thought he is injured
internally.
Lieut.. Franklin Fairbanks Jewett, a
great grandson Of the late Gov Erastus
Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury, has been re-
ported missing in action since Sept Is.
Lieut.. Jewett enlisted in the aviation
corps a year ago and has been training
in England for active service. He is son
of the late Rev Henry f. Jewett, well
remembered in st. Johnsbury His wife
| is living in Washington at present.
Dr. Edward Pilon, a prominent physi-
clan of Vergennes, died at his home Mon
day after an illness Of three weeks with
nephritis and complications. DR. Pilon
! located in Vergennes in February, 1889,
and had since been known as a very able
physician. He was exceptionally talent
ed as a musician, was fine pianist and
possessed cultivated tenor voice, For
q years he was organist and director Of
st. Peters Catholic church choir A
brother of the doctor died Oct 4 Of in
fiuenza.
A number of robberies in South Wal
| lingford have gone unsolved for some
| little time, but since man by the name
of Gus Shippey was arrested it is thought
the matter will be cleared up. Shippey
is section hand employed by the Rut-
land railroad and is said to have admit
ted that he committed a number of the
breaks, which included sawmill, Rob-
erts' store, Brigham creamery and a barn,
| where he stole part of a set Of valuable
harness. For more than year the rob.
berries have been going on The goods
taken in some of the breaks were burned
in fire last fall which DESTROYED the
Shippey home in South Wallingford, the
prisoner stated Mr. Shippey has a wife
and five children, all i'll with the inauen-
"a, whom the man alleges did not know
of his actions.
Edward G. Mcintyre, prominent bust
ness man of Rutland and one who had
been very active in all war drives, died
| Tuesday of pneumonia, following the
grip. Mr. Mcintyre was 46 years old In
| young manhood he came to Rutland from
/ the family home in Dandy and was EN- j.
ployed for time as clerk in the office of
Henry +. Field, at that time state treas.
urer, then was engaged for a number of
! years in the Rutland County bank, and
later was employed in newspaper work.
He did much in real estate business and
was director in the Rutland County
National bank and the Marble Savings
bank. He was a member OF Rutland
/, lodge, +. A, and A. NJ, Davenport chap.
ter, Royal Arch Masons, Killington com.
mandery, Knights Templar, and Cairo
temple of Shriners. He was also mem.
Der Of orian Grotto, and in this order he
was particularly active Besides his wife
and parents, he leaves one son, Cecil Nc.
Intyre of Dandy.