Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-03-11
Tenement House Raided

| arrested ana released under o5OO DdlI
He will probably be given trial al
the March term Of the Franklin county
court.
Claims $4,000 for SANDER
Nahum Kamber, of Manchester ha:
brought suit for $4,000 claiming that
he has been slandered by Mr.. and Mrs
George Belisle and Mr. and Mrs
George Lake of Manchester. The in
cidents that led up to the alleged SLAM
derous utterances are alleged to have
taken place in Kamber's store.
Delay Enforcement Case
The case of George A. Brown of
Barre, charged with the embezzlement
of funds Of the Barre Savings Bank &
Trust company, which was to have
been held last week, was postponed
because Mr.. Browns attorney, 5.
HOLSTER Jackson, was detained in
New York by Mrs Jacksons illness.
Hit by Falling Tree
William H Pomeroy, of East Mont
pelier was probably fatally injured
Saturday morning when a falling tree
struck him on the shoulder With
others, he was cutting down some trees
when this one lodged and swung
around He was taken to the hospital
in Barre. where he is in a critical con-
dition. 1t is thought that his back
bone is broken
Union Carpenters Sit Tight
1t was voted at a meeting of Bur
lington Local Union, No. 6S3, United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers of America, Thursday evening,
c.. to retain the present scale OF
wages, viz, 81 - cents per hour for
a 44-hour week for the year 1921 This
means, if the contractors continue to
add u ID cents an hour, that union
carpenter work will cost the man who
has it done one dollar an hour this year,
as it did last year.
Smashes Window and Chooses Jewels
One of the boldest burglaries COM
mitted in Rutland in some time oc-
Cured Monday morning shortly after
3 o'clock Some unknown person
threw a large cobble stone through the
plate glass window OF the J. Kaufman
jewelry store. on West street, and
reached in and took what valuables he
fancied in the window These included
watces and silver of an estimated total
value of about $500.
Vermont Girl Gets Mt. Holyoke Honor
Miriam E. Bradley of South Royal
ton is to be one of the speakers on
Mount Holyoke's affirmative team for
the inter collegiate debate to be held
March 49, The subject chosen this
year by the intercollegiate debating
league of which Barnard, Mount Holy
oke. Radcliffe. Smith Vassar and
Wellesley are members, is Resolved,
that the United States should further
restrict European immigration
Deputy Sheriffs Form Club
At a meeting of the sheriff and dep
uty sheriffs of Chttenden county Sat
urday the Chittenden County Deputy
Sheriffs club was formed, with Sheriff
Henry Todd as president and Deputy
Karl Gaskill secretary
The object of the organization is to
better the mountaineering between
the several deputies in the county to
harmonic the functioning of official
business. and to learn how to obtain
the best results in the service OF the
various official papers.
Rush Jail in Rutland
1t is expected now that the Rutland
County jail will be completed by April
A gang of men under the direction
Of c. G.. Moves, contractor, is rushing
the work so that the jail will be turned
over to Sheriff Henry Adams during
the March term Of court which opens
On Tuesday
Rutland County prisoners are now
confined to the Addison County jail
at MiddlebuY awaiting trial at this
court. Among them is Peter Longe of
Fair Haven, charged with the killing
Of Owen Hayes OF Fair Haven. &
c. v. Tracks Submerged
The increased volume OF water in
West river. due to the thaw and rain
Of Sunday. broke up the ice between
and West Townshend
also near West Dummerston.
AT West Townshend the ice jammed
against a railroad bridge put in last
summer and caused the river to over
flow the West River branch OF the
Central Vermont railroad. No damage