Evening star., 1916-08-27

opponents were jubilant over their
victory.
Annapolis. Md.-Stats Senator Will
liam j. Ogden has taken up his duties
as secretary of the board of state aid
and charities, a position to which he
recently was elected. He says that for
himself with his work and already has
visited several of the institutions re-
ceiving state aid.
jr.. son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Darden,
has left for France and the battle lire
OF the entente allies to Join the ,Ameri
can Ambulance Corps, a body of patri-
lives to La Belle France In the ambu-
lance service. He goes to France with
Robert Kent Gooch. former foot ball
star of the University of Virginia. who
was with the Ambulance Corps last
year and returned to America in June
from Verdun, where his corps was at
work. They will sail from New York
on the French line steamer La Tou-
rafne and land at Bordeaux, and from
there go to Paris, where they will be
transferred to the front somewhere in
France"
Wheeling. w. va-Four fatalities re-
suited from accidents in single day
in Belmont county Alexander Cuirciak.
miner, was killed by Baltimore and
Ohio train at Neffs. Joseph Perich.
miner, of West Wheeling, Ohio, was
killed by a c. & z. train at Bridge
port. Tudor Tribois. section fore
man. was hit by a Baltimore and Ohio
train in a tunnel near Flushing. Ohio.
and died a few minutes afterward.
S. s. Starkey Of Flushing fell from a
moving freight car at Blaine, Ohio. and
received injuries from which he died.
Portsmouth. Va-Silas Fellows Post,
No. Z, G. A. R., Of Virginia and North
Carolina, colored. are having erected
a monument dedicated to the colored
soldiers who fought and died in the
civil war. The monument will be un-
veiled in Lincoln cemetery, on South
street extended, Labor day, Monday,
September A. The unveiling will be
preceded by one of the largest parades
of colored people ever seen in this.
community. consisting of large com
pany of colored sailors from the navy
yard. Spanish American war veterans:
civil war veterans and every colored
lodge and organization in Norfolk and
Portsmouth will participate and each
will have band.
Frederick, Md.-After years of Htiga-
ton. the Legore bridge and roads have
become the property of Frederick
county. The deeds conveying the
property to the county were recorded
at the. Offices of the clerk of the cir
cult court, and have been approved by
D. Princeton Buckley, attorney for the
commissioners.
Norfolk, Val am doing what you
asked me to, and / hope you are sat
isfed," was the message addressed to
Corp. Joseph scully. seth COMPANY. y.
S. A. Del Rio. Tex. found among the
effects of Mrs. Olga Scully. who died
at the Protestant Hospital as the re-
suit of poisoning. Mrs. scully swaE.
lowed the poison in a room at the
Hotel Norfolk. Elements of mystery
surround the events that led up to the
suicide of the handsome young for
eign woman. She registered at the
Hotel Norfolk, giving her address as
Old Point, and about 9 o'clock that
bell boys in a semi-conscious condition
in her room with a vial of poison tab
lets on a chair by the side of the bed.
DR.. H. l.. Collier was summoned. and
he had the young woman carried in an
ambulance to the Protestant Hospital
Princess Anne, Md.-Although the
strawberry season ended several weeks
ago. lucsious berries have appeared in
the local markets almost daily for the
last two weeks. G. A Garwood, who
resides on a farm about mile north
of Princess Anne, has been furnishing
known as the Everbearing. The ber-
ries are large and exceedingly firm
and palatabie for the time of the year
They have been bringing from l5 to
20 cents per quart for at least two
weeks. ~
Clarksburg. w. va-A natural rock
formation partly covered with moss
was the cause Of calling out posse OF
deputy sheriffs from this city to Davis
sons run at night in response to a re-
port that woman's dead body with a
knife sticking in the side had been
found there. The. rock formation in
the moonlight looked exactly like such
a corpse to boys who found it and
who scampered home, giving an alarm
that aroused the entire neighborhood.
The formation is an object of much
curiosity. -
Victoria, va.-The new chamber OF
commerce, organized here last week,
already has scored a success. The
secretary has received a number of
letters asking for information as to
what Victoria has to offer the investor.
The secretary is giving these inquiries
prompt attention, and the indications
are that within the next few weeks
much will be done looking to the up
building of the Industrial interests of
the town. The new chamber probably
will concentrate its efforts toward
bringing here great WOODWORKING
the shape of lumber. of which there
is so much in Lunenburg county.
great box-shook plant is the immediate
object in sight.
Charleston. w. Va.-The total as
sessed valuation placed by the state
board Of public works on all the pub
lie service corporations in West Vir-
ginia for the year 1916 is S322,774, ,5S0.47,
a small increase over last year and an
increase of 100000 900 over that of 1913.
The railroads of the state represent the
largest assessments of all the various
classes of corporations, being valued
at $1s7.2S0,0G0. The oil and gas com
panies come second, with Sl01, $50, ,492;
with the other classes ranking as fol-
lows: Street railways, $14,956,o00; cleo
tric light, water and power companies,
S10,211, ,S66; telephone and telegraph
companies. $6,o7l ,32S.47 bridge and
ferry companies. s1,486, 200; private car ,
line, companies, $623,099, and express
companies, S515.600. The million
dollar increase over the assessments of
1913 have been about equally divided
over the three-year period since then. |
The assessments on railroads this year,
however, were less than last year, by i,
slightly more than s2.0o0,000, having |
been S189,2S7.632 last year. There was |
an increase Of nearly $4,000. 900, how |
companies in the state over those of |
last year. a little more than a million |
increase on electric light. water and |
power companies, and slight increases |
in most other classes of property. The |
highest assessed corporation in the |
state is the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- !
road Company, with property in West |
with the smallest assessment i
is the M. K. Duty Telephone Company |
of Ritchie county, valued at $175 There |
are seventy-nine oil and gas companies