The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-08

Joseph f. Conant of Burlington,
travelling salesman, has filed petition in
bankruptcy. His liabilities are SS50I3
and his assets amount to $l,575l0, OF
which $3.50 is claimed exempt =
Dr. Skeels of ST. Adams, captain of
the Royal army medical corps, has re-
turned to his home He has been in
the service both on the eastern and west
ern fronts since he enlisted in August,
1915.
The Barnes camp in Smugglers' Notch
(which has been closed since the begin
ming of the war, is open this summer.
1t is being occupied by three University
of Vermont men in the interests Of the
Green Mountain club.
Major III. Nelson Jackson of Burling-
ton has received his second decoration
from the French government. It was the
French Legion d'Honeur Chevalier cross.
He has already received the croix de
Guerre and the American ID. S. G.
A large government airplane, piloted
by military aviator, landed at Fort
GbIlhH AlltH lhEsdpy IOi VII ouu SoS
after fight from Albany, N. Y. Before
landing the aviator exhibited many
stunts He then proceeded to Platts-
burg, where he had been ordered for
duty,
Frank LaMountain of Castleton bare
ly escaped injury Wednesday when the
front end Of an Overland car which he
was driving was hit by Delaware and
I Hudson engine on crossing between
\ Castleton and Hydeville. Mr.. LaMoun
tain escaped with bruises, but his car
was badly damaged.
While attending the farmers field day
in Middlebury on Tuesday Mr. and Mrs
Robert Parker OF New Haven lost their
/ cattle barn, horse barn and granery by
(, fire, the origin of which is unknown, The
I loss, which includes the buildings, hay,
farm tools, milking machines and har-
nesses, is partly covered by insurance.
4 The Burlington Gun club is TO have a
I new club house, baseball diamond, tennis
/ court and croquet grounds on a l6-acre
plot of ground that is situated about two
, miles from the city. The clubhouse will
be ready Aug. rs. They have also built
a cabin with stove and equipment that
/ Is being used exclusively by the boy
/, scouts the year round.
The Carbide company of Sherman is
sued by John Bttner of New York, who
claims. that the company owes him $1,000
for equipment sold them. The case is
4 returnable in the September term of
Windham county court Property in
Guiding real estate, 1000 cans of carbide,
several electric furnaces, a 2,200-volt
electric plant and other equipment has
been attached by Mr. Bittner.
DR.. William Stickney, q well-known
! Rutland surgeon and Miss Jean Aitken,
l assistant superintendent of the Rutland
hospital, were married last Saturday at
the brides home in Newcastle, N. b.
DR.. Stickney is the son of Attorney and
Mrs. w. B. Stickney of Rutland He is
a graduate of Dartmouth and served as
major in the medical corps during the
war. The bride has been connected with
the hospital for some time, her sister be-
ing the superintendent.
The girls in the Vermont Milk Choco-
/. late Co. in Burlington have voluntarily
returned to work at the old rate which
is to last till Sept. |, when new rates
may be made. Although 200 girls re-
turned, only 60 could be taken on, for
the company has shifted its work since
/ the beginning of the strike so that they
do not produce so much bar chocolate.
The other products that they are pro-
ducing do not require wrapping.
: Jesse Champion, who is captain of the
bellboys in the Hotel Vermont, sustained
painful injuries Tuesday when he was
caught in the elevator, receiving cash
/ seven inches long in his leg and several
other injuries. Champion was on one of
+ the upper floors Of the hotel and start
ed to send the elevator to the third
floor alone. He made mistake and
started it up instead of down and tried
to Jump in and rectify his mistake. Aft
err being injured he changed the levers
so that the car descended to the first
/ floor, where he received immediate at
tention.
The Rutland high school is expecting
( the largest entering class this fall that
4 it has ever had and this increase may
& make it necessary to employ an addition
+ al teacher. They give $50 as an esti-
r mate Of the number of pupils who will
enter. Principal Edward s. Abbott, who
devoted only part of his time last year,
will be there all the year and Harold
y ]. O'Brien, who was a part-time instruc-
q tor last season, will also be there all the
time. However e. j. Duff, who was
at the hear Of the commercial depart
ment has asked to be released from the
contract that he had made for the com
& ing year.
There is a movement in the southern
part of the state further to consolidate
the electric properties. 1t is suggested
that the Claremont, N, H., Power Co be
absorbed by one Of the firm with which
the Rutland Railway, Light & Power Co.
is5affiliated. The Vermont Hydro Elec-
trio Co. asks the right to buy the as
sets of the Claremon So, also the Pitts
ford Power CO. and certain properties of
the Rutland Light and Power Co. The
Vermont Hydro Electric CO. is a sub
sidiary of the New York Gas & Electric
I Co. Of New York.
AT the opening of the sale of Holstein
cattle at Brattleboro on Tuesday, an
I nouncement was made that Charles f.
Cole Of Cole and Hicks of Pawlet who
was in the habit OF testing cows, his
own and others, had faxed most of the
tests that he had made in the mast forr