Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-06
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NORFOLK, Va.-Representatives of a
large dye and dye-products company
We're here last week making an 1nspec-
ton of sites offered location for
large plant to employ 500 women and
girls and 500 men and boys. 1t is I'M
derstood they looked at several sites.
but made no decision as to a preference
and did not, give any intimation as to
what their plans would be-
EASTON. Md-Haunted by the fear of
assertion by man who already was
married to another, pretty Mary Spide
OF Pocomoke City leaped off the steamer
virginia and was drowned in the Chesa-
peake bay.
ROANOKE. Na.-Word has been receiv
ed here that William p Hancock, thirty
years old, a former newsboy, for local
paper, later Office boy for the paper I'M
DER Campbell Gray, and yet later a stu
dent at V. p. l.. has been promoted to
be superintendent of the Newport News
and Old Point electric railway line.
Young Hancock has been with the COM
pany about ten years.
HAGERSTOWN. Md-western Mary
land railway employees here are organic
ing a cooperative store to be established
in the west end of that city. meeting
of the stockholders will be held this
week. So far $500 worth of stock has
been subscribed. The authorized issue
Will be $4,000.
NEWPORT NEWS. Var. T. Wood.
who was recently discharged from the
police force. was shot in the leg by
Patrolman c. R. Futrell. His condition
is said to be serious. Futrell claims he
attempted to arrest Wood for carrying
concealed weapons, and that the latter
resisted. Wood claims F'utrell picked a
quarrel with him. Futrell was the prin-
cipaI witness against Wood when he was
tried before the police commissioner.
NEWPORT NEWS, Wa serious out
break of CHAMBERS among the horses
and mules that are stabbed at Newport
News awaiting shipment to the battle
fields of Europe has caused a strict
quarantine to be placed around the
pens at that place. Over $4,000 worth
of mules have been shot by the author
tiles. and other animals, estimated to
be worth 100000, are in danger of the
same fate. DR.. ]. G. Furnehaugh, state
veterinarian, has placed DR.. r. P. Clark
of Hampton in charge of the situation
for the state.
CUMBERLAND, Md.-The Baltimore
and Ohio has announced wage in
crease to machnists and laborers in all
departments, effective February l. I'm
skilled labor on the entire system is
given an increase of l cent an hour, an
increase of about to 10 per cent. This
affects $4,000 or more employees. Ma
chintsts in all shops on the entire sys-
tenn are granted a wage increase of l
cent an hour. The wages of these men
vary, according to local conditions,
from "a, So and 3S cents an hour for
various kinds of skilled machine work
Cumberland will be benefited approx
imately from $4,000 to $4,000. Sew
eral thousand machinists are benefited.
The la borers which are included in the
of the maintenance of way, motive
power, car department, freight houses
and practically all labor which is not
organized and not affiliated with the
railroad brotherhoods.
CUMBERLAND, Nd The three
year-old daughter of John Jigendella
fallen into a tub of boiling water. The
child died at the Miners Hospital
Frostburg. shortly after the accident.
hart. The accident happened while the
mother was out of the room for mo-
ment
WINCHESTER, Vas. w. Bell, for
merly of Augusta county, and Miss
Florence Lee Baylor. member of the
lily of that name. were married several
days ago at the ranch of the groom, at
Roosevelt, n. NJ, where they will make
tn home e. The wedding was the cul-
the days of childhood, when as boy and
girl they played together on adjoining
farms in Virginia.
HAGERSTOWN. Md-Several hun
dred miners of the Merchants Coal
dred more at Jerome have been in
formed that all pick miners will be
given an increase of cents per ton,
and all laborerS an increase of 10 cents
day. The mines in Jerome and Bos-
well have been operating to full ca
pacity.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va-The Vir-
sinia Zinc and Lead Company has been
and will operate the Holiday mines es'i in
Spotsylvania county. A force of fifty
men are now at work and the samples
Of zinc are said to be very superior.
The company is composed of Baltimore
and Richmond capitalists A number
Of carloads of machinery have arrived
and more is on the way. Shafts are
pected.
$!,12O has been found in the accounts
of the post office here. and responsible
ity Is said to rest largely on an en-
ploye of the post office who last month
went away on a leave, of absence and
Who was due to return January "a, but
has not yet put in an appearance. The
shortage was discovered several days ago
and post office inspectors have been at
HARRISONBURG. Va-Thfs place
has mystery. Chief of Police Dovel
has an advertisement in a local paper
offering a two-day-old girl baby for
adoption to persons of character and
responsibility. The stipulation is that
the person must accept the baby and
ask no questions. The policeman says
that the baby has been turned over to
him by county physician, who says
that the baby comes from family of
wealth and refinement. and that there
is no better blood in Virginia than that
in the infants veins. Several persons
have applied for the child
SALISBURY, Md.-At a meeting of
the city council it was decided to ask
the present legislature for permission
to issue bonds to the amount of
$4,000 for the purpose of purchasing
an up-to date chemical fire engine 1t
was also proposed to erect a fire en-
CINE house in East Salisbury and equip
it with the present engine and form
another volunteer company
ANNAPOLIS. Md-Deleeate Shartzer
of Garrett wants to abolish the state
tax commission. root and branch. He
introduced a bill in the house repeal |
ing the whole law concerning the COM
mission. AS the state tax commission
er's office was abolished two years ago |
the effect of Mr. STARTERS bill would |
be, it seems, to do away with all ma
chinery whatever for the assessment
and collection of taxes from CORPORA
lions.
Conserving the Goose.
From the New York World.