Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-01


followed by a luncheon given to the men
in uniform. In the evening. a reception
/ VIII be given to the men and those who
cannot attend the dance In the City Hall
VIII be given opportunity for entertain
ment in some other hall. The general
committee has appointed several Of the
subcommittee which include: Decora-
IONS IL. "A. Harris, w. l.. Mckee, II. NJ.
Shepard and +. Il. Gleason, the dance
VIII be in charge OF the Community club.
the luncheon in charge of c. s. Whit
tier, l.. II. Green and e S. Meigs; pub
licity, H.. ID. Larabee, j. NJ Healey and
l.. A. Kelly
/ The new schedule of operation of trains
for this summer. which will begin May d.
has been published by the Montpelier &
/ Wells River railroad. The departure of
/ trains Is the same as heretofore excepting
the afternoon mail leaves at / 20 instead
: of lis O'Clock. There are two changes
! In the arrival of trains The morning
mail arrives at IL 80 instead of II 30, while
the afternoon mail arrives at $40 instead
of Cos O'Clock.
William II. Jeffrey, secretary of the
board OF charities and probation, has re-
ceived notice that the National Confer
ence of Social Workers will take place
IN Atlantic City, n. j., in 1920 and that
he has been named as member of the
committee to make arrangements He has
also been notified that he has been named
as vice-presdent of the National Proba
tion association, which will hold its meet
ing in the same place at the same time
and that he is asked to deliver n paper
upon probation in the East" These re-
quests and appointments he has accepted.
The Washington county license board
has announced the following appoint
ments of persons who may have liquor
licenses in Montpelier in the coming
months and each man Is hurryng to get
| his place fixed for the first of the month:
First class, Il. s. Meigs, Michael ID. Nc
Mahon; seventh class, X. J. DeColaines.
Serefino Massucco, John Dobbs and NJ. j.
Doyle, while l.. c. Rivers is given a
druggist license, making total of seven.
One additional license may be granted,
but has not been.
| GOV Il. W. Clement arrived Sunday
evening from Boston. He is stopping
at the Pavilion while in the city, hav-
ing closed the Fifield House, which the
family occupied while the Legislature
was in session. A meeting Of the board
of control took place Monday after
! noon at which, among other matters,
the opening of bids for coal to supply
the State institutions occurred. These
were secured by State Purchasing Agent
G. E. Carpenter. If the orders are
placed this month there will be
marked saving in the price on the total
| tonnage bought. Another matter was
the opening of bids for the number
plates of automobiles for the next
season.
| Tag ends are being taken care of in
Washington county court the most of
which are chancery matters and from
the present outlook there is indication
OF nearly adjournment, which, if 1t
| occurs this week, will make the ses-
sion one of the shortest in recent years.
Monday afternoon further hearings oc-
| CURED relative to the habeas corpus
proce edings to get Lester Tyrell out
| of Jail, which resulted in no decision
being announced. A hearing occurred
in which w. q. Lowe asks for a tenn
porary injunction against the Borden
| Milk company and Mr. Shepardson of
Richmond be made permanent 1t is
to restrain the petitionees from fore
closing on mortgaged cattle. The case
of the Capital Garage VS.. c. II. Thomp-
son has been settled
Work that generally comes at the clos
ing session sittings of county court is
| in progress in Washington county court
and in the last day or SO many cases
| have been settled. These include Bessie
Herring VS.. Arthur Frechette; Con-
solidated Quarry company VS.. Edwards;
Beck VS.. Edwards; eastman VS. Nor
mandeau; Ward VS.. Kelley; Middlesex VS..
Donahue Middlesex vs. McEnay; Carr
VS.. Allen; Montpelier Pluming company
vs.. Watson; Mary Beck VS.. /. M. Frost;
First National Bank vs.. Lucy Mather;
f. II. Slayton VS.. G. p. jackson. In the
| last case it went on to the docket only
| last week and apparently has been settled
since that time. In the case of Virginia,
Carolina Chemical company VS.. Charles
Dupray judgment against the principal
| defendant amounting to $296.70 was given
the plaintiff. Some divorce cases were
tried during the day. These included:
Edith Johnson VS.. l.. Johnson; Wells vs.
| Wells; Antonio DeCosta VS.. Antonette
| DeCosta. The remainder of the day was
| occupied with the presentation of evil
| dence in the case of Antonio Bianch vs..
| the Union Granite company which is over
| a book account. The defendants offered
$3.50 to settle the case just before the
| trial commenced but the plaintiff would
not accept that amount
| Miss Beatrice Holton has commenced
work in the office Of acknowledgement
taking the place of Leroy Hall, who
| resigned as chief clerk.
Sheriff +. II. Tracy left Wednesday
morning for Schenectady, N. Y, where
| he speaks tonight at meeting of the
Women's club of that city upon Jail Ref
| ormation." He will then go to New York.
where he will attend conference of the
national committee on Prison and Prison
Labor, which takes place Friday. He was
called there Tuesday afternoon by tele-
gram to help in the formulation of ma
tlon-wide program against the present jail
| system. The conference begins at the
office of DR.. Hastings Hart, director of the
Russell Sage Foundation, before whom
Sheriff Tracy has spoken at different
times upon the honor system as 1t Is used
in Vermont.
| Divorce cases seem to be the most prom
inent part of the work In Washington
county court. just at the present time.
The following cases have been tried In the
last "a hours: Elva Chase VS.. Bert Chase {;
John Beaton VS.. Mary Beaton. Bertha
Buker VS.. Don L. Buker. The rest of the
testimony in the case of Bianchi VS.. the
Union Granite company which Is over the
contract for cutting granite was completed
during Wednesday. The court Is clearing
up it's work and is well nigh adjournment
IL the present Indications prevail
William PennelI received orders "A few
days ago that he was to be transferred as
roadmaster of the Central Vermont rail-
way from this district with headquarters