Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-07


tiff and V. A. Billiard and NJ G. Leary
for the defendant. The case is one which
was appealed from Probate Court and
the sum of $1,000 is named in the suit
The case against Harriet G2oberts)
Naylor. who was charged with adultery.
was disposed OF in city Court Tuesday
by Judge I. y. Ladd. The woman, who is
90 years of age. was placed on probation
with sentence of not less than n year
nor more than three years in state prison
hanging over her in case the conditions
/ Of the parole arc not complied with. Mrs.
Naylor was living in Wcstford at the time
of her arrest and the correspondent. who
is now serving time. Is seymour Naylor,
brother Of her husband. The woman has
Jeveral children.
". st. Francis, manager for the Singer
Sewing Machine company, has resigned
his position and gone to Hartford. Conn,
where he has accepted another position.
Mr.. ST. Francis has served with the
4 company for eight years, being in Rut-
land for five years before coming To the
local branch. where he has been for tho
past three years. His successor will be
A. n. Tyler. who has been transferred
from the Rutland branch, where he has
been for some time. G. y. Dodge Of Wor
cestcr. Mass. the supervisor of the
company. is in this city for Il few days
readjust'ng business matters and intro
ducing the new manager
Three cases Of bankruptcy we're re-
ported in the office of the clerk of the
United states court Tuesday. Two were
those of Frank T. Bador and Mrs Eva
/ l.. Bador of Worcester and the other was
that of Frank A. johnson Of Randolph
Center. Bador. whose occupation is given
as n farmer, had liabilities of 81 ,914.96 with
assets of s575 of which s22j was claimed
exempt. Mrs. Bador had liabilities OF
$500, with assets of s249. Of which s225
was claimed exempt. Johnson's occupa-
ton was also that of farmer. His
liabilities were stated as S2,2n4.0i. with
assets of $500, of which 5000 was claimed
exempt.
Catherine r. Jones of Boston. n
statsticinn who has been at work on
the records of the poliomyeitis depart
mont OF the State Board of Health there
are now $40 cases of poliomyeitis and
! 10 -poliomyelits cases which have
| been treated, or are under treatment. by
this department. The non-poo cases are
some In which the patient has not had
poliomyelitis, but has been crippled in
some other way and has come into the
clinics for the same treatment which is
being given the polio patients. These
cases date all the way from 1876. when
one woman had poliomyelitis, up. to the
present year.
Figures made public at the general
managers Office of the railroad termir al
Friday showed that Burlington shipped
out more freight by 1000 tons during
last August than during August of 1919.
The amount Of freight which originated
here during the month was 1880 tons,
and in the preceding August il was not
up to 5000 tons. The amount of freight
which comes into Burlington is far in
excess Of that. for the reason that it con-
sists of lumber, coal and other com
modites. The amount which was taken
in during August was in the vicinity of
5000 tons. This does not mean however
that the value of the shipments out is
not more than that of the shipments in.
Little Helen Maestropetro. who is four
years Of age. was in City Court Thurs
day and Judge Ladd decided that she had
better be placed in the hands of the
Vermont Children's Aid society. She
was Immediately taken care of by Miss
Josephine Webster. the field secretary OF
the society. Tho child had been deserted
by her parents and for a time had been
living under deplorable conditions on
First street II was thought that She
stood a chance of becoming infected with
dangerous disease. She was apparently
willing to declare herself dependent
and neglected child after Miss Webster
and Judge Ladd had a talk with her
The child's parents are both in parts
unknown.
Andrew Writer'S OF Rutland was ar
! raigned yesterday in city court an,
pleaded guilty to intoxica ton. He wa
: fined 81 and costs. which he paid. Wittcr
said that he had started from his hom
in Rutland for Montreal, where he wa
going to have n good time on $50 whicl
/, he had with him. He got off at Burlington
and had no difficulty in procuring SOM
whskey. which caused his arrest late
, in the railroad station. He stated yester
day in court that he had given up al
: ideas of going to Montreal but that H.
would take the first train back home will
the less than SIS which remained will
him. He could not tell who the man wa
: who sold him the liquor and had neve
seen him before.
Through the agency of the Vernon
Teachers Registration Bureau the fol
lowing teachers have been placed in Yer
kmont during the last week; Mae A
, Rogers of Nottingham, to teach a rura
school in Townshend; Ellen NJ. Gitchcl
of Montpelier to teach rural schoo
: in East Concord; Gladys l.. Booth o
Essex Center. to teach rural schoo
: in Bartonsvlle; A. l.. Lansing of Mar
> shallton. Del, to teach in the Stat
:, Agricultural School at Randolph: Ira A
. Carl OF Bowers, Pa, to be the new prin
=, cipal of the Greensboro High Schoo
>, Mary x, Church of Fulton, y. V, I
teach general science in the Junior tIig
School ut st. .Johnsbury: Hazel Thorp q
Barton, to teach "A grammar school
Evarts
!, Taft Lodge just below the summit c
;, the "Chin" of Mount Mansfield, and tin
:, lodge which was built and presented t
- the Green Mountain club this season b
:, E;lihu r. Taft OF this city. has been
g very popular place in the seven week
:. since it was opened to the public. Th
. register at the lodge shows that t21 peop
y representing q states. the District {
Columbia and Canada. have spent III
! night or taken meal at the lodge dui
= ing these seven weeks. This proves til
s. claim of the Green Mountain club thf
. n lodge was very much needed near IL
l. top of Vermont's highest peak A.
L. Reed, the caretaker ut the lodge, has 10
i for the present season, although the lodr
- will he open to any mountain climber
IL who may wish to use it,
. An important real estate transactc
was contaminated Friday when G.,
Poulos purchased the building which J
:. has occupied at IA Church street for II