Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12

pany- The arms and equipment wers
shipped to Richmond.
TWO negro women have been held
for the grand jury on a charge of hold
ing up and robbing II. A. Logue. chief
engineer of signals of the Cumberland
Valley railroad, of a pocketbook con-
tanning about $3.50 in checks, upward
of $50 in cash and a number of rail-
| road passes. One of the women accost-
ed Mr.. Logue while he was on his way
home few nights ago and asked him
Tor assistance. claiming she was starv-
ing and freezing. While his attention
| was thus attracted tie other woman
| took his ,pocketbook. The women
claimed to be from Pittsburgh.
Many of the citizens of Front ROYAL,
county seat of Warren county, Va, are
rejoicing over the failure OF the legfs-
lature to pass bill, introduced by Del
e&ate Gilpin, at the request of certain
citizens of the county, providing for a
new charter for the town. One OF the
most Objectionable features of the bill
was that prohibiting the mayor from
holding any federal, state or county Of
flee. Mayor s. Gardner Waller went TO
Richmond this week and opposed the
bill. claiming the town council had not
asked for any charter changes. Mayor
Waller is the federal referee in bank
ruptcy in the western district of Vir-
ginia, and. it is claimed. he isss always
given satisfactory service.
Dr. G. l.. Miller, one of the most wide
ly known physicians in the northern
section of Virginia, was seriously i'll
for several days this week at his home
in winchester from acute indigestion
caused by eating some dainties that
had been sent in by friend. but he
has since recovered. He is eighty
years old. and has been practicine
medicine here continuously since he
was nineteen years of age. 1t was the
first time he had been i'll since the civil
war
A. J. McIlwee, eighty-five years old.
prominent Frederick county farmer.
who died at his home near Mountain
Falls. was buried a day or two ago at
Gravel Springs Church. The funeral
procession was about one and one-nalf
miles in length. being the longest cor
tese that has been seen IN this county
in recent years.
Miss Mabel Virginia Brown, nineteen
years Old daughter of James NJ. Brow
of Winchester, died Wednesday night
in Union Protestant lnfirmary i'll Balti-
more, after submitting TO four surgical
operations during the past two years.
the first of which was for appendicitis.
She leaves her parents, two sisters and
three brothers.
Announcement was made yesterday
of the marriage of Miss Elizabeth g.
Ryan. daughter of Mrs. Lucy Ryan ana
the late Sheriff Joseph r. Ryan. OF
Grigsby of the same county. which took
place March 3 in Washington, the cere-
mony being performed by Kew. Il. IL.
NcCuigan They will live near berry
VILE, where Mr.. Grigsby Is successfully
engaged in farming. --..
Republicans of Frederick county met
in mass convention in winchester
Thursday afternoon and elected dele
gates to the congressional convention at
Luray, March -. and TO the state con-
vention at Roanoke. March %. Resolu-
lions were adopted commencing State
Chairman c. B. Slemn. National Commit
teeman Alvah III. Martin and Secretary
George s. Hart. a resolution was also
passed declaring that the lower valley
of Virginia is entitled to favorable con-
sideration in the matter of electng dele
gates to the national convention. AL
bert c. Brown. who has been county
chairman roG more than thirty years.
was unanimously reelected
Relatives at Brunswick have thus far
been unsuccessful in their efforts to in
d,lce Miss Pearl Cummings. pretty
sixteen-year- old girl of that place. &c re-
turn from Baltimore. to which city she
fled early in the week to get away from
certain relatives. who. she said. were
not kind to her. The girl claims she
can earn her own living. and that she
wants to work
in the price of gasoline. many motor
have stored their cars for an indefinite
period, claiming they cannot afford to
operate the machines. even for business
purposes. Gasoline has been retailing
for 24h cents in Winchester during the
past few days, and dealers say they ex-
pect advances from wholesalers at any
time.