The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-04

breach of the peace, has bean arrested on
a governors warrant for violation of his
parole.
Rt. Rev. Bishop j. J. Rice, bishop of
the Catholic Diocese of the state Of Yer
mont, has just returned from Rome, Italy,
where he spent several weeks During
his stay in Europe the bishop visited
his holiness, Pope Benedict the 18th.
Hundreds Of people attended the 14th
annual pilgrimage to the old Rockingham
Meeting house Sunday. The old fashioned,
wooden edifce, built in 1887, was crowded
with people of all denominations, who oc-
eupied the unfinished pews and benches.
Maurice L. Blanchard, formerly of New
! port, has been appointed by Governor
Clement to audit the accounts of the au-
ditor of accounts and the state treasurer
in place of Professor Gray, who did the
job last year Mr.. Blanchard is a GER
titled public accountant now located in
Hartford, Conn.
The district highway commissioners
conferred yesterday with S. E. Bates, state
commissioner, relative to the work dur
ing the rest of the season, and discussed
with him maintenance of highways. Mr..
Bates viii make a distribution of the
100000 which comes to that department
from the automobile fees.
Two burglaries occurred in st. Johns
bury this week. c. b. Chase's bicycle
supply and repair shop was broken into
at some time Saturday night, and Harry
Dolgin's garage was broken into and a
! large amount of tires taken at a late
hour Sunday night. Dolgin reckons his
losses at about Sl,oG0 Tracks of what
was evidently a touring car were found
near the door.
The semi-annual tournament Of the
Vermont Checker club begins at Ran
dolph today. Last Ja.1uary the wiz
ards" of Barre and Montpelier defied all
others from any part of the state To-
day these players are defying every
scientific checkcr-board star from the
Connecticut river to Take Champlain, the
CANADIAN boundary line and as far south
as Wilmington.
The Vermont Milk Chocolate company
Of Burlington is now operating 10 full
capacity, having suspended production to
q
month Of July while certain new facilities
( were installed and changes made al the
plant. July Is usually the dullest month
IN the production OF chocolate and ehoco-
| late products but July this year proved
TO be an exception to the rule
Elias and Dan Thomas of Bristol are
under arrest in Burlington charged with
embezzlement of funds from their dead
| uncle, Mike Solloman, alias Michael Sull-
ivan, a Syrian peddler who died suddenly
/ at his home in Bristol last March. The
action Is to recover the sum of $4,000
/ Solloman had been a peddler in this coun-
try for 30 years and was supposed to be
worth around $4,000. None of this money
| could be found after his death
| Regis Michaud professor of French in
the University of California, Berkeley,
| Cal, summer resident of Lyndon has
| been awarded the Prix ATontyon by
French academy Of Paris. This IS In rec
| ognition OF his books, Emerson and
! "Mystiques ct Realistes Anglo-Saxons.
1t is said that the Montyon prize is one
of the oldest and most important in the
| gift Of the Paris academy Prof
! lIichaud was former teacher Of
French at Smith college. He did an i'm,
portant work in France during the wal
| and much of the time Mrs Miehaud who
was Miss Chase of Lyndon had charge
of his classes.
! Clifford Woodland of Rutland, whom
| the police have been looking for during
the past month or more to answer g
charge of assault with intent to kill, was
arrested Monday by Sheriff A. Noble San
ford of Biddlebury at Hyde Manor
whore he had been employed as SECOND
chef The story of the affair, in which
the man now in Jail is accused Of striking
George Mossey, is particularly distress
4 ing because of the fact that Mossey il
a cripple. Woodland, who is about 8;
years of age, married Mossey's mother
several years ago.