The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-05
MONTPELIER

| Sheriff F. H. Tracy this afternoon
took Glenn Smith and Louis Colbeth
to the state prison, where they COM
mence their sentences for the larcenies
they pleaded guilty to in Barre city
court recently.
Sheriff Tracy has heard nothing more
about the commitment of Mrs. Isabelle
| Parket, excepting that her guardian
has asked little more time that he
may present to Governor Clement re-
quest of which mention was made two
weeks ago. Governor Clement is in
Windsor, attending United States fed
eral court, where he is witness in the
| Clarendon accident trial.
J. f. Whitney, G. d. Day and w. w.
White of the state engineers office left
this morning for Dummerston to com
plete the survey of piece of road that
will run to the Putney town line. This
was started last spring, but was not
completed. 1t is one of the proposed
federal aid projects for next year, al
though possibly it may not be finally
designated. 1t will depend upon the
survey and the expense of construction.
A. D. Bishop returned last evening from
Sherburne, where he has been inspector
of the federal aid project on the road
that is being built with money from
the federal government. OF the 4.65
miles, over a mile is nearly done. One
more course of gravel is needed to
complete it, which viii be put on next
year. Shortage of prison labor caused
slow work on the construction, This
was work done by men from the house
of correction.
| Byron Clark, state secretary of Y. NJ.
C. A. work, was at Montpelier semi
nary Thursday evening speaking to the
student body of that school upon the
work which was done in France by the
y. NJ. G. A. and telling them the work
they should do in this country.
The Arab patrol held drill in city
hall last evening, in preparation for the
annual meeting, which takes place in
| the hall Dee ", when il is expected
large class of candidates will cross the
hot sands. Charles II. Heaton, the re
eorder, has sent out very attractive
program OF the proposed proceedings.
| The regular meeting of the knights
of Pythias occurred Thursday evening,
when the following officers were nomi
mated for the coming year. ViceChan
cellor Otto Bates was nominated to
succeed L. A. Kelly as chancellor com
mander; for vice commander, j. b. Es-
tee and John H. Stone; prelate, Fred
Somers, +. r. Dawley, John II, Stone;
master of work, F. d. Wing; recorder,
| Frank Pratt; master OF finance, B. A.
Sumner; master OF excheguer, f. X.
Felt; master alarms, h. c. lawson,
b. c. Brown, G, w. Luce; trustee for
three years, f. w. Mitchell A lunch
followed the meeting. G. w Luce being
chairman of the committee in charge
OF this feature.
The inspection of the state hospital
was not completed Thursday. The in
stitution was visited during the morn.
ing, but in the afternoon Governor
Clement had to go TO Windsor in re-
Spouse TO a subpoena TO appear IN the
Clarendon automobile accident case be
| fore the United States district court
The institutions at Vergennes and at
Brandon will not be inspected until
later.
/ Harry A. Black, secretary Of state,
l this morning suspended several auto
mobile operators licenses for the rest
Of the year These include Leo Char
bonneau Of Burlington He was in
| charge OF truck when II was being
driven by girl who ran into a boy,
| breaking one leg; Louis Bartel OF
South Woodstock for an accident in
Massachusetts which resulted in his be.
/ ing barred from operating car in
/ that state; Walter c. Bush of Fair Ha-
ven for operating an unregistered auto
mobile; William w. Forbes OF Lyndon,
who was in charge of the ear, although
not driving it last July when man
| Jumped out of his car and had fight
with another automobile owner; Henry
Il. Jennett of Granville for an acct
dent by running into team.
The secretary of state is making ar
| rangements to send out some 10000
sets of blanks in connection with start
! ing the registration of automobiles for
| 1920. The registration of automobiles
will be commenced the 10th of the
month. All checks in payment for
registration will be held in the Office
until Jan. ] so that no number plates
will be used until that time.
| g. 7. LacSey returned last evening
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