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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
Its Officials to Be More Closely
Connected With Southwestern.
WILLARD NOW A CHAIRMAN
New Assistant to the President is
Now Rumored-Freight Men Are
Promoted to Be tier Positions-The
Changes Were Made Yesterday, and
Becomes effective Today.

At a meeting OF the directors of the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Railroad Company, in New York yes
terday. Mr.. George f. Randolph was
appointed vice president in charge OF
traffic, and Mr.. George l.. Potter vice
president in charge of operation and
maintenance. effective today. The
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern en-
braces that part OF the Baltimore and
Ohio system from Parkersburg. w.
Va, to st. Louis.
These officials have occupied SIM
liar positions with the Baltimore and
Ohio proper since its reorganization
in 1900. This new appointment ex-
tends their jurisdiction over the en-
tire system.
Announcement has been made that
Mr.. Daniel willard, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio, had been elected
chairman of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton directors, becoming ex'
oficio a member Of the executive com
mittee. Harry Bronner vas elected a
director to represent the noteholdersr
vice u. S. Redmond, deceased.
AS the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton is now directly operated by
the Baltimore and Ohio, this action Is
only placing President Willard in di
rect contact with the property.
1t was said that Mr.. H. B. VOORHEES,
would be made an assistant to Pres
ident Willard. This has not yet been
finally determined, but it Is under
consideration, and his appointment is
more than a probability. The selection
of Mr.. Voorhees, will in no wav inter
fere with Mr.. George NJ. Shriver. who
has for years held the position as
such assistant. 1t is said the work in
the office has so accumulated that ad
ditional help is needed. Mr.. Voor
bees was formerly with the Baltimore
and Ohio and returns to the company
from the Reading.
MI. C. s.. Wright, general traffic
of the Baltimore and Ohio
has announced the promotion of Oscar
A. Constans fIom general freigh'
agent at Pittsburg to Western freigh
traffic manager, in change of freigh
traffic of the lines west of the OhiC
river and the Baltimore and Ohit
Chicago Terminal Company. D. G
Gray, division freight agent at Pitts
burg, was promoted to general freigh
agent in that city, taking Mr.. Con
STAINS place, and T. J. Walters, com
mercial freight agent at Pittsburg
was promoted to division freigh'
agent. These changes become eff
fective today.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
APPROVED
FOR BRICK PLANT
viii Begin Excavating at North
Mountain Next Week.
STOCK SOLD IN WINCHESTER

Directors Say Plant viii Be In
Operation In Four Months-6riaht
Outlook For New Manufacturing In
dustry In Berkeley counsy.
From The World of Saturday:
The directors of the Adamantine
Clay Products Company held a meet
ing yesterday afternoon in the law of.
fee OF Mr.. F. Vernon Aler. Presi-
dent Charles G. Cushwa presided.
Plans and specifications were sub
mitted and approved for the new
brick plant at North Mountain. The
International Construction Company,
of Cleveland, o., has the contract to
build the plant and 1t Is expected that
the work of e~xcavating will be com
menced next week. The plant will be
in operation In four months at farth-
est, ii was stated.
Mr.. Lee M. Bender, a heavy stock
holder in the company. contracted to
take the exclusive sale of building
brick to the local trade. As told be-
fore in this paper, Mr.. James VI. Por-
ter, OF Pittsburg. takes all the paw
ing blocks under a five-year contract.
All the other products of the plant
will be handled by the home company.
Mr.. Aler reported that he had been
to Winchester this week and from the
interviews he had with a number OF
capitalists there he had every assur-
ance that they would take $4,000 or
$4,000 worth of stock In this compa-
ny. He learned while there that the
last paving blocks laid In Winchester
were the Porter National. furnished
by james NJ. Porter, from a plant on
the Ohio river having been in compe'
tition with the Hammond brick, OF
Fairmont, the same as have been used
in Martinsburg.
Several large blocks OF stock were
taken at the meeting and the direc'
tors feel much encouraged by the fiat
tering outlook. With a clay that will
make as fine q paving block as a be
found In the United States, and with
a practical and wide-awake man to
take all the plant can turn out for the
next five years, and at a good profit
to the company, the prospects for the
success of the enterprise seem to be
assured from the start.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
NEARLY $4,000
Abram Snyder Houses and Lots on
the Boom Saturday Afternoon
Biggest Here in Years.

From The World OF Tuesday:
One of the largest auction sales OF
real estate in Martinsbura for years
was held Saturday afternoon when
the Abram Snyder properties, on the
Boom. were sold by Auctioneers Dodd
and Hoffman. A big crowd was out
at the sale and houses and building
lots went like hot cakes. !
There were sold 2S separate pieces
OF property, including 81 dwelling
houses, the double houses counting
two each. The sale footed up $1,000
and Is regarded as a very good one.
Among the buyers were George w.
Buxton, II. S. Cushwa, e. G. Hen
shaw. G.. G.. Grove. G. O. Musser. NJ.
L. Payne and George Johnson. Pos
session is given at once. The sale was
conducted through the E. L. Williams
real estate agency.
The houses and lots are situated
on the plot bounded by South Raleigh
street and West Virginia avenue, east
and west, and South and Buxton
streets, north and south. The improv-
ed section best known Is on West Adj
dition street. Many OF the houses
are only cheap affairs, though COM
paratively new, and all will eventually
be torn down to make way for a bet
ter class OF dwellings. That section
OF the city is destined to become a
fine residential n In the not distant
future. and which the sale OF Satur-
day will materially hasten.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
REV. ESCHBACK DEAD
Noted Minister of Reformed Church
Dead After Long Illness-Married
Miss Doll, This City.
nom The World Of saturday:

From The World of Saturday:
Misses Virginia and Bette Doh.
East Burke street, received word this
morning OF the death OF their brother
in-law, Rev. DR.. Edmund r. Eschbach,
for the past So years pastor OF the
Evangelical Reformed Church in Fresf-
erick, Md, which occurred last night
at Ills O'Clock. He was about rs
years old and death followed a gen-
eral breakdown Of his health that had
lasted for e a year. He Is sur
vived by his wife. who was Miss Sue
NJ. Doll, of this city, and two daugh>
ters: Mrs. A. Kemp Kieffer, of Fred
erick. and Miss Mary at home; also
two brothers: Albert, Northumber~
land county, Pa, and DR.. Clay Esch-
bach, Des Moines, Iowa.
The funeral will be held Monday
forenoon at IL o'clock and interment
In Frederick.
DR.. Eschbach was born near Mil
ton, Northumberland county. Pa. He
graduated from Franklin and Mar
shall College, Lancaster. Pa, in 1858
and from the Reformed Theological
Seminary at Lancaster three years
later. In the summer of 1874 he suc-
ceeded Rev. DR.. Daniel Zacharias as
pastor OF the Reformed Church In
Frederick. For many years he vas
president of the Board of Home mis-
sions OF the church and at the time
of his death he was president of the
board of directors of the Woman's
College. Frederick, Md. He was one OF
the 'ablest ministers OF the Reformed
Church in Maryland.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
EIoped to Hagerstown.

Hagerstown, Md, April 1S.-Miss
Minnie Gristoe and Clarence Mat
thews. both Of near Bentonville, Va,
a runaway couple, were married here
Saturday by Rev. George B. Townsend
of the First Christian Church. The
couple were en- route all Friday night,
driving part Of the way and coming
the balance by train.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
HIGH FINANCE IN
WEST VIRGINIA
Charges Are Made Against Cas-
ualty Company Managers.
COMPANY TWO YEARS OLD

nCPOTh " HCtaaty SHSWS tH&A w 0HS
Year and Nine Months the Concern
Collected s757,f14, Of Which Only
$1et,637 Remains-False Entries
and False Returns to State lnsur-
ance Department.
Charleston, W. Va, April 16.-That
the active managers of the Consolida-
ton Casualty Company, before It's re-
organization here this week under the
direction of the Insurance Depart
ment of West Virginia, collected
s757,114 in n year and nine months
of which only s191,637 remains; that
they made falese enteries on the
books of the company and false re-
turns to the insurance department of
this state are some of the charges
contained in the report made to the
state insurance department by John
F. Roche, of New York, consulting
actuary. The report was made public
yesterday.
The actuary found that the entire
management of the company was in
the hands OF Robert B. Armstrong.
president; C. H. Burras, vice presi-
dent, and A. s. Mitchell, secretary
and treasurer. as officers, and Arm
strong. Burras and Mitchell D. Fo-
lanSbee as the executive committee.
The company was chartered in
West Virginia about two years ago.
The administrative Offices have been
in Chicago. Three weeks ago, upon
complaint of State Auditor John s.
pany over to Darst for adjustment.
Early this week the stockholders re-
organized by electing G. G. McChord,
of Louisville, KY, president and J.
Walter Scherr, deputy insurance COM
missioner of West Virginia, general
manager.
The actuary's report states that the
condition of the company's books was
such that a correct audit is almost
impossible. Among the irregularities
charged are the cancellation OF stock
issued. collection of partial payments
for which ,othing was issued, issuing
of stock which was not paid for, list
ing as a $4,000 asset a Chicago real
estate that cost the company $11,500.
The actuary says that President Arm
| strong drew a salary of 5 1000 per
monh. "On June 80, 1909" the report
says, "it was discovered that he
armstrong; had overdrawn his sal
airy $2,312." Subsequently this "over-
draft of salary vas charged 10 mis-
cellaneous expenses"
The report charges that in Decem-
Der, 1909, II. w. Huttig, of Musca-
tine, Iowa. loaned the company a note
for $4,000, and this note the CON-
pany showed as an asset in its state
ment to the Insurance Department,
and the officers took oath to that eff
feet.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
More LiQht.

A number of men from the electric
al department of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, are placing new lights
in the rooms at the station in this
city. More arc lights will be put up
on the station platform and the in
creased light will make a decided inn
provement. 1t was exceptionally dark
at the east end of the platform and
additional light will prove very ac'
ceptable.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
GIRL A BURNED.
Miss Needy's Clothes Catch Fire
While She BoiIs Soap.

Miss Mary E. Needy, daughter of
Samuel Needy, Waynesboro was ia
tally burned, while boiling soap.
Her dress caught fire at the kettle
and as she ran toward the house the
flames were famed and in a moment
she was a pillar of fire. She contln-
ued to run about the yard, finally fall
ing unconscious, after all her clothes
had been burned. She inhaled the
fire. She died Thursday night twelve
hours after the accident happened.
She was SO years old and a member
of the Dunkard Church.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23

income was approximately correct.
The impression is given that the as
sets Of the company have been dissi-
pated until only s191.O00 remained.
This Is palpably untrue. The latter
figure is arrived at by scaling down
values and throwing out Of considera-
ton bank accounts and other good
assets"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
Or. Miller VIII Wed.

Mr.. and Mrs. John McWilliams, OF
OdeIl, H., the engagement
of their daughter, Annie Louise, to
DR.. William Preston Miller, OF Hag-
erstown. The wedding will take place
in Pasadena, Cal, April 26. DR.. and
Mrs. Miller will take an automobile
trip through California and will be at
home in Hagerstown the latter Fart OF
May. /.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
stunts.
WI BURNED TO DEATH.
Ia her and Daughter Cremated !
Fire at Morgantown.

From The World of Saturday:
In a fire which destroyed their
home early yesterday, near Morgan
town. Luther C. Johnson and his 3
year-old daughter were cremated be
fore they could make their way
through the flames.
Mrs. Johnson and a ~2-yearold son
escaped. The mother hurled a chair
through a window and threw her
child to fremen below. She jumped.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
sleeps on rack and klned.

John Polling, a machinist, 10 years
old. went to sleep on the Baltimore
and Ohio tracks at Grafton and was
run over and killed by a yard engine
Harry L. Baker. engineer, says ne
saw a form huddled on the track, but
he could not stop the locomotive.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
Eish pxinu.

Hundreds OF fish are dying In the
West Fork Of the Monongahela river
near Fairmont by some poisonous mat
ter being dumped in the water. It II
feared that all the fish in the river
will be destroyed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
Convention.

The convention of the Cumberland
Valley Ffremen's Association viii be
held in the Junior Hall, Hagerstown,
on May Is. After the convention a
banquet will be served at one of the
hotels. Later the delegates will be
taken a trolley ride to Williamsport.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
WAGONS FOR SOUTH AMERICA.
Auburn Wagon People Get Third Ca
BILE Order From Uruguay.

The Auburn Wagon Company re-
ceived Saturday the third cable order
from Montevideo, Uruguay, through
Carlisle, Croker & Co. The shipment
will comprise two carloads of wagons,
trucks and drays of a special style
for the South American trade. The
company has also shipped the second
carload of wagons to California this
month.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
MR.. RIPPLE's FUNERAL.
Remains Taken to WilIiamsport For
Burial.

From The World OF Tuesday:
The funeral of Joseph NJ. Ripple
was held this afternoon at 2 clock
at his late residence, 81 9West King
street. The service was in charge OF
Rev. w. F. Locke, of the Southern
Methodist Church. The remains were
taken to Williamsport for burial. leav-
ing here on the 3.05 p. m. Cumberland
Valley train. The ~pallbearers, George
NJ. Roush, w. w. Westphal, Edws~A
Rutledge, Smith Pine, r. N. Stewart
and Oscar M. Ramsey. accompanied
the remains to Williamsport.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
Ritter-kenny

AT the Evangelical parsonage in Ha'
gerstown, by Rev. A. H. Irvine, on
Thursday, Miss Myrtle Kenny, Of
Frederick, and Mr.. Frederick B Rit'
ter, Of Hagerstown. After a short
wedding trip they will make their
home in this city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23

The United States Coal and Oil
Company. employing several thousand
men at Holden, w. Va, announced an
increase of 5 per CEN for all employ
ees Yesterday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
BIG RAIN.
Drouth Broken BY Rain That Lasted
Over "a Hours.

UTouth bToFeH bJ MAIN Ihdt Iastcu
Over "a Hours.
From The World OF Monday:
The protracted drouth In this sec
ton was broken by a cop'ous rain Of
something over "a hours duration, Ds
ginning Saturday night between 3
and 10 O'Clock and intersperced with
several hard showers, but accompan-
led by no thunder or lightning. Mr..
George w. VanMetre reports the rain
fall as 1.S4 inches. Vegetation. es-
peclally growing grain. was begin
ming to suffer for rain. With snow in
the West and hall in the South this
section OF the country was particular
ly blessed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
Knode--kretzer.

Miss Vesta Kretzer and Mr.. Pres
ton Knode, both of Shepherdstown
were married at S~harpsburg March 16
by Rev. A. A. Kerlin
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-23
NAMEp FOR
Mr.. n. T. Gaver Nominated In Place
of MIR. Josiah Matthews.

EIUH TING WUIIu OF OdIuTudy.
The Republican executive commit
tee last night elected Mr.. Charles Da-
vison chairman, and w. E. Hoffheins,
secretary.
Mt. Fl. r. Gaver was nominated for
Council from the Second Ward in the
place OF J. D. Matthews, who is the
Republican candidate for Mayor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

eagles. gulls and hawks following in the wake
of the living rope of fish and picking up the
dead as they come to the surface. Then the hsh-
ermen gather by hundreds in their boats along
the fishing grounds and feel along the bottom
with the pole ends Of their dip nets. When the
pole strikes the small. wriggling bodies swim
ming along the river bottom In solid phaianx,
1t is simply dip and FILL empty the net Into the
boat. dip and. fill again. until the boat can hold
no more There is not much sport about it. It
Is Just about exciting as clam digging and
requires no more skill. Quantity caught. and
quickness in dipping ones boat full to the gun
wales of Tapping little fish are the smelt fisher
mans ideals of sport And during the runs fish
ermen. fish eaters and even the eternally COB
bling seagulls alike become sated When the
gulls at all hungry the fishermen amuse
themselves by tossing up smelt for the gnls to
catch in the air. A seagull on the wing will grab
a fish by the middle or tail. toss and reverse 1t
in air, and gulp 1t down head first in the wink
of eye.
Most of the fishing is done at night. Daylight
seems to scatter the fish. but even in daytime
during the height of the season the fishermen
Keep at their work with good results AS rule.
there two men to each boat and the craft
are filled In an incredibly short time One night
last season two Kelso men filled power launch
to its capacity of $3.50 pounds in As minutes. or
at the rate OF so pounds minute, and catches
OF 10000 pounds in one day and night were fire.
quent.
While the Cowiitz river is the only constant
spawning ground, the ouachan has been known
to run up the Lewis and the Sandy. At the time
of the run up the Lewis, IA years ago. there was
only small run of male fish In the Cowlitz. and
the fishermen made their seasons catch in the
Lewis. About once in eight years there is. run
up the Sandy, apparently Independent of the
Cowtz run, the number in that river Is not
lessened. At the time of the last In the
Sandy party of Portland men went out with dip
nets One lost his dip net but found
old. rusty discarded bird cage. He tied 1t to
the end of pole and scored an equal catch with
the others. During the same farmers drove
their wagons into the stream dipped them full
Of fish and hauled load after load to their or
chards to as fertilizer. Pork sold In the
Portland market some months later had dis
tinctly fshy flavor and revealed the fact that
some of the thrifty agriculturists had fed smelt
10 their hogs.
Last season the Cowlitz river was the spawn
ing ground OF the greatest run of smelt ever
known by fishermen who have been in the busi
ness over twenty years. At the seasons close
the river had yielded 10.oo0o0o pounds or
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

Canada is also a big country, al
though not yet in the same class with
the United States as regards popula-
ton and general development There
have been reports of crop failures in
the Dominion. Now comes the ex.
PLANTATION that in some quarters grain
and other products have suffered from
drought. But in other sections there
has been an ample supply of moisture
and the yield will be good The out.
cries of the calamity shorter and the
Spectator must be taken with due al.
iowance on both sides of the border.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

The Official figures showing that du-
ring the calendar year 1909 the ex-
pendltures In the United States for
building operations aggregated about
q billion dollars. SURPRISING the record
of 1906 by ten 10 cent. not only prove
how completely the country had re-
covered from the panic" of 1907 but
indicate that the people have made a
fresh start In prosperity. There may
be checks and reverses from time to
time, but no nation like ours can be
kept permanently crippled or indus
trialIy inactive.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01
A shipping Error.

The young Duchess of Westminster.
wife Of the richest peer in England.
recently gave birth to her third child,
q daughter. Thus there is no heir to
the immense Grosvenor fortune. Earl
.Grosvenor. the duchess second child,
having died at the age Of four.
Apropos of all this, rather cruel
story is being told in Newport about
Lady Ursula Grosvenor, the eight
year-old daughter of the young
duchess.
A friend, the story goes. called at
Eaton Hall, and as she sat In the
drawing-room, little Lady Ursula en-
tered.
"Oh. good afternoon" she said
gravely. Mamma can't see any one
today. She's upstairs with the new
baby. They sent her. you know, girl
when she'd ordered boy. and she's
SO upset that she's quite ILL.,"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01
mo FRiLLs"
just Sensible Food Cured Him.

Sometimes a good, healthy CONNER
cial traveller suffers from poorly Sc
lected food and is lucky II he learns
that Grape-Nuts food will put him
right
A Cincinnati traveller says: about
year ago my stomach got in q bad
way. had headache most Of the
time and suffered misery. For several
months ran down until I lost about
10 pounds In weight and finally had to
give up good position and go home.
Any food that might use seemed to
nauseate me.
MY wife. hardly knowing what to
do. one day brought home a package
Of Grape-Nuts food and coaxed me to
try 1t. I told her 1t was no use but
finally to humor her I tried a little.
and they Just struck my taste. It
was the first food had eaten in near
ly year that did not cause any suffer-
ing.
We'll. to make long story short,
began to improve and stuck to Grape
Nuts. l went up from 1876 pounds In.
December to 1874 pounds the following
October.
my brain is clear, blood all
right and appetite too much for any
mans pocketbook. In fact, am thor
oughly made over, and owe 1t all to
Grape-Nuts. talk so much about what
Grape-Nuts will do that some Of the
men on the road have nicknamed me
'Gnpe-Nuts,' but stand today q
healthy. rosy-cheeked mana pretty
good example Of what the right kind
Of food win do.
You can publish this II you want to.
It IL true statement without any
frills."
Read the little book. The Road to
WellviIle," in pkgs. There's . Reason"
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eae aDpeors fron tlne t. t1me. Thoy
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