Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

riding turned turtle near Youngstown.
Ohio. where he had been living the past
Ave years. His wife and two children
were visiting relatives in Cumberland
at the time Of the tragedy.
Wheeling. w. WA fatal duel oc-
cured at the city hall here between
two Of the aligators in the big basin
of the Paxton fountain. AS a result
Treasurer Will McElroy. who takes
care of the city's pets as well as its
money, found one of the gators float
ing dead in the water, with the teeth
marks of it's rival plainly visible. The
dead gator was quite valuable one.
was about twelve years old and was
brought to Wheeling from Florida
seven years ago by Mr.. McElroy.
HarrisOnburg. Va.-John P. Will
bourn of Raphine. Rockbridge county,
a travelling salesman for the American
Tobacco Company, was killed when his
automobile left the Valley turnpike,
near Lacy Spring, Rockingham county,
on his return from Winchester. His
neck was broken skull crushed and
collar bone fractured. Prof. Harry q.
Canter, principal of Weyers Cave High
School. who spends the summer in Har-
risonburg, was badly injured. He was
brought to Harrisonburg Hospital to-
night Prof Canter was returning
from West Virginia and joined Will
bourn at Winchester.
Dnnvflle, Va.-Danville no longer mas
any jitney buses. All have been sent
to Winston-Salem, n. C. At first the
machines were well patronized and
business was brisk. Believing that the
future of the jitney was assured, w w.
Gill. who operated them. put two more
vehicles on Main street until there
were seven running between North
Danville, the railway station and
Scheduled.
DnnviIIe. va-George E. Stone. a
young EngliShman, for the past two years
on the Virginia tobacco markets. more re-
Gently of Richmond, passed through here
on his way to New York, from which
point he will sail in few days for Eng
land, where he hopes to serve in one of
the various auxiliary organizations On
two occasions he sought to enlist in
Canada. succeeding at last, but given a
discharge after months training be-
cause of a physical ailment. After being
in a hospital at Montreal, he returned to
Virginia. but recently decided to try his
luck in England.
Cumberland, Md.-Peter Knepp, aged
seventy-four Union veteran. who was
injured when an automobile in which he
was riding with his daughter Cora was
struck by freight train on Baltimore
and Ohio grade crossing at Meyersdale
Is dead. He was a retired farmer He
was lame since the battle of Gettysburg
in which he was badly wounded. Norman
knepp, Ellerslie. this county, is son.
The daughter Cora is suffering from
severe internal injuries. The surviving
children are: David. Henry. Mrs Cathe-
rfne Moser. Bellefonte, Pa William.
Mrs. John Matthias and Matilda, all of
Meyersdale.
Charleston. w. Va-william R.
Forbes. proprietor of a dairy here, was
instantly killed when he touched a feed
nj nf
tricity. Forbes had taken his cows to
pasture, which is near his home, and
when he sat down on the grass to wait
until they finished grazing his body
came IN contact with the wire which
mad been blown from its supports dur
ing storm and was concealed beneath
the grass.
Richmond. va-Sidna Allen and Yves
ley Edwards of Carroll county, serving
long terms for killing the judge, the
commemorative attorney, two Jurors
and one of the witnesses in that county
some years ago, will have to serve only
twenty-four of their thirty-six- year
terms. That is in, accordance with the
decision of Assistant Attorney General
Garnett who holds that the new law
providing for ten days off for each
month for good behavior applies to
men sentenced prior to the enactment
of the law.
L.
formerly of Roanoke, attempted suicide
by cutting her throat with a razor She
was given immediate attention, and her
condition is not thought to be serious.
Mrs. Stieff has been in bad health for
some time, which is believed to be the
cause of the attempt to end her life.
Richmond, Va-Miss Kate Mason
Rowland of this city is the only woman
who ever received the degree of LII. ID.
from any educational institution in
Virginia. This title was conferred upon
her by William and Mary College. The
her work in behalf of the perpetuation
of Virginia history. a similar honor
was given William G. Standard. CORE
spending secretary of the Virginia His.
torical Society.
Norfolk. Miscarriage of the United
States mail by wagons and automobiles
from Norfolk to Charlotte along the
line of the Norfolk South ~
after June 80 is possibility. The
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number of demands OF the Post Office
Department which have been refused
and as result it is feared that the
railway will carry out verbal threats
it is said to have made and refuse to
carry the mails after midnight June 80
In case this is done the department has
arranged to have the mail transported
by automobiles.
Cumberland, Md.-The granting of
divorce to Mrs. A. Hulet Beall, Balti-
more pike. from oliver C. Bean, on the
ground of desertion. brings to light a
peculiar state of affairs. The two were
married in 1892 and lived together until
January, 1894 On a certain day in
that month Mr. Beall drove to Cumber-
land. presumably to attend to some
business matters. That evening the
team arrived home in charge of a boy.
who said that he had been told to see
that it was safely returned. From that
her husband. Two months after the
disappearance of Mr.. Beall, daughter
was born. The last heard of the abb
sent man was al the time of the ex-
position at st. Louis. in 1904.
Eckhart. Md.-Miss. Lille Porter.
aged twenty-one, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Porter, is dead, following
an illness of eighteen months. She
was a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church and was vice president
Of the Epworth League. Of which she
sides her parents. are five brothers.
Edward. Thomas, Dewey and
Harry Porter. and three sisters, Jessie,
Fannie and Bertha Porter.
Frederick. Md.-A romance which be-
gan several years ago in baltimore,
when Miss Daisy v. Measell of Freder-
lex met Harry P. Campbell, will culmi-
nate in their marriage June 27, few
minutes after the arrival of the steamer
Lurline at Honolulu, Hawaii. Miss
Me8sell, who is nineteen years old, is
now on a 5.000-mile journey to join her
fiance. who is employed in Honolulu.
Baltimore. She has been living with
ber rrapdunother Mrs .Julia MeaSell.