Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18
Seeking a Reno Divorce.


pie belong to one of the oldest and most
aristocratic families of Clarke county,
has taken up a residence at Reno. New.
for the purpose of obtaining a divorce
from her husband. \. Merritt Taylor of
Philadelphia. She has been there for
some time. bur her presence in the di-
vorce colony was not generally known
until press dispatch reciting the details
al fancy ball given few nights ago
mentioned Mrs. Taylor being among
those present.
\ report is current among Baltimore
End Ohio railroad men that the company
VIII make a reduction in salaries about
the first of the year i'm order to carry out
q policy of retrenchment that has been
found necessary The reduction will af-
let division superintendent and other
o,icialS hut will not affect tranmen.
teiePraphers and those having wage
a%rcements with the company.
- Louis Allen of MiSsoula, Mont. own
:" Of one of the largest apple orchards
"a the northwest, who brought carload
choice fruit TO Washington last week,
las been spending several days in
NiscucSte~ and vicinity Investigating To-
81 fruit conditions with q view OF buying
ore or mere apple orchards in the lower
Shenandoah valley
Goes to University of Virginia.
Rev Beverley D. Tucker. son of Bishop
sdiutor T. ID. Tucker of the Episcopal
iocese of southern Virginia. has been
ppoi1ted rector of ST Paul's Church at
tHe University of Virginia, and will begin
IS work there in February. He has been
f;oydt"n since leaving oxford Uni
- sity. where he was Cecil Rhodes
~,3dsnt
Charles Scherer. life Insurance agent
o5 stanton. is in a hospital the re-
-; OF having shot himself in The side
w;a q revolver He clean.nG the
,.,aIpu when i exploded Unexpectedly.
~ q local option election held this week
Lee district. Shenandoah county. the
ati-saloon League was victorious by 1ol
Iiority. The town of New Market gave
Jl- VETS "a majority. but this was
'tc-cumc by the vote elsewhere in the
|is.liri. The district had been dry for
-ao Tast four years
Mar Glasgow. young white woman.
= itil at LuraY To appear before the
srard 'rrr OF the charge of burning the
ssvl j. Lee Ncncy'S farm several
5lI.ht~ 30 in which he lost all his wheat.
,".u rav and TWO horses. The woman
had N"ucy arrested several months ago
c1 tic charge OF being the father of her
mid hut the charges were not proven
IN court and the case was dismissed.
Sues for False Arrest
Walter A. Gordon. a travelling sales
Ican. has sued the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company for false arrest
aiming that Frank NJ. Hardy Of the
.ecret service of the railroad arrested
lin and had him placed in Jail on the
charge Of assault and intent 10 kill b
- Robinson, u railroad employe. When
The ease was tried Gordon was acquitted
md now he seeks To recover 5000 al
"2ed damages from the company.
Archibald Lewis of lIarrisonburg. WHO
AS been deputy internal revenue col
ioct"r i'm this district for a number OF
ears. has resigned Since the dry
Fgv" spread over the Shenandoah valley
many distilleries have been closed en-
irflv and business has fallen off.
Fo- the third time within the past few
DCHthS the premises of James Wright, {
VeII known Bunker Hill farmer. hav,
iceH visited by gang Of thieves, who
consider him an easy mark. They stol,
nearly all his corn and many Othel
Things about the farm. Several clue.
were discovered and officers expect e
capture The thieves
W nat To do with john Ash is puZzins
tac officials of Winchester and the in
safe asylum authorities at Stdunton, wht
ave claShed over the matter. Ash wa!
arrested and indicted for larceny. ant
men tried To get out OF Jail by setting
"lNdow sill dfiTe IN his cell. When pre-
Sented Ia the court on a charge of arson
lie was sent To the stanton asylum
and the hospital doctors not only pro
noUnced him sane. but have requisite,
The city of Winchester to pay the guard
transportation and hotel expenses an,
sther items.
John Lewis. the stanton youth vii,
locked up in box car for five day
without food or drink. has had both leg
anputated in the hospital at Clifton
Forge in order to save his life from bou
poison He was freezing 10 death whe
brakeman opened the and foun
him Frustrated on the floor.
Several public schools in Rockingham
county were closed this week on accoun
OF diphthera. but there has been II