Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27
Valley Of Virginia.
ondence Of The Star.

I WINCHESTER. Va. February 20
There will be no improvement in the
passenger train service on the Shenan-
doah division of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad in the near future. This
Manager c. W. Galloway in a letter to
various business interests and organi-
cations of Winchester and Charles
Town. W. Va. by which the railroad
company was petitioned for additional
trains, Mr.. Galloway stating that con-
ditions at this time do not justify an
increase in passenger train service in
the Shenandoah valley. He stated that
for the first six months of the present
fiscal year there has been a decrease
of $25O.O00 in the passenger revenue of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. He
expressed a willingness to discuss the
question again before the spring and
summer time table is put into effect.
Attachments aggregating about
$3.50 were issued this week in Win
chester against Robert E. Lincoln. a
well known young motor car dealer.
and four automobiles said to belong to
him have been seized by the city SER
geant and held pending the outcome of
a number of suits. The first action
was brought in the corporation court
by Shirley Carter, from whom Lincoln
negotiated loan of upwards of $4,000
with which to get possession of a
motor car he had ordered for a local
resident The young man gave a num-
Der of checks after banking hours several
days ago and when they were present.
ed for payment the holders of the
checks were told that Lincoln had no
"a p,.1S 1.,,.
appeared and his whereabouts are not
known.
Fred Taylor. young white man. ad-
mitted i'll police court here yesterday
that he sold a quart of liquor to George
Fletcher of Hayfield for s1.25 and also
that when given similar amount for
another quart he failed to deliver the
goods. He was fined $50. Fletcher did
not intend to make complaint until he
discovered that he had been victimized
After being convicted Taylor swore he
had bought the liquor from Walter B.
Henry and the latter was at once
arrested but proved an alibi.
conductor B. Frank Norris of Bruins
wick, who several days ago completed
hfty years of active service on the
baltimore and Ohio railroad, is said to
be one of the few men who have been
on the payroll of the company that
some years ago. but is fond of his
work. has good health, and expects to
continue in the service indefinitely His
nrSt WORK was as helper in the black
smith shop at Sandy Hook early in
1900, and he has been a conductor since
1878. He has been on the Shenandoah
division since 1885.
John S. Pancake. siXty-nine wears
old. a native of Romney. Hampshire
county, w. Va, and for many Years
prominently engaged In the tie and
lumber business. died suddenly of heart
disease at his home in stanton. Va,
few nights ago. He retired. apparent
~ IN good health, and was stricken
formerly Miss Margaret Gilkerson; one
son and two daughters.
Mrs. Annie Edwards Rudy, wife of
David Rudy, dropped dead of apoplexy
tinsburg while on her way home from
the bedside of her sister, Mrs Stephen
Thompson. who is ill, and with whom
she had been spending the day. She
was slNty-four years old and a native
of Jefferson county. She leaves her
husband four stepchildren, two sisters
and five brothers
Mrs. Emma Williams Andrews. widow
of Daniel Andrews. a well known Win
chester and Washington architect who
ried recently at Greenville. Cal. to
DIR. Smith McMullen, prominent
physician and health officer of that
city, whom she met in that state while
engaged III euucdtlOnaI work AFTER the
death of her first husband Mrs. Nc
Mullen was formerly Miss Emma Will
liams of Bristol, Tenn.
Funeral services were held yesterday
for Thomas E. Chapman, fifty-five
years old, Frederick county farmer.
who. died suddenly Of heart disease
Tuesday night while assisting in put
ting out a small fire that broke out
at the home of his son, Harry Chap
man, near Winchester, with whom he
was living Overexertion is thought
to have induced the attack. Mr.. Chap
man died before a doctor could be
called Several members of his family
have died suddenly from the same
disease.
Declaring that England was wholly
unprepared for the war in which it is
now engaged and that Americans
should take to themselves the bitter
lesson of Britain's folly, Lieut.. Cosmo
Hamilton Of the British aviation serv-
ice. who is in this country on a fur
Tough depicted in graphic and illumi
of Aerial Warfare" before a large au
dience in Winchester a few nights ago.
speaking under the auspices of the
free lecture course of the Handley Lii
brary. He declared it was not neces-
sary for America to become a militar-
istic nation in order to prepare to de-
fend herself. Hamilton said Germany
had been preparing for the present
war for the past forty years and that
German militarism brought on the war