Evening star., 1916-08-13
to the penalty for failure to pay the
Prescribed revenue.

to the penalty for failure to pay the
Prescribed revenue.
HaGerstovva. Md-According TO the
report OF one of the inspectors con-
nected with the transportation depart
ment Of the public service commission.
1913 5itney buses are being operated in
Washington county in violation OF the
public service commission law and the
regulations prescribed by that body for
the operation OF such vehicles.
staunton. va-Arthur NJ. Field. city
manager of Winchester. who has been
holding ONCE several months. was at
the last meeting of the council unani-
mously elected to succeed himself for
another term. Mr. Fields term is for
one year. beginning September 1 of tho
present year. and his salary is $4,000
per annum.
Martinsburx. w. va-George Simp-
kins, aged thirteen, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
stewart Simpkins. near Finzel. Garrett
county, was attacked by an angry bull
in pasture. The lad WIS tossed into
the branches Of a hawthorn tree, from
which he fell to the ground He was
gored In the leg by the animal and
badly scratched by the thorns in tho
tree.
Richmond. va-A. J. Tyrus. constable
VI TEIHCe HeOrSe county, mas written
Gov. Stuart letter asking him not to
pardon Sidna Allen. for whom he says
| petition is being circulated in the
| southwestern part Of the state. Mr..
Iyrus characterizes the Hillsville
| tragedy as one of the worst crimes
ever committed in Virginia.
| Charleston, w. va-An appeal has
been granted by Judge George Poffen-
| barger Of the supreme court of appeals
| on petition of the defendant in the case
of Fred o. Blue, prohibition commits
sioner. against the Western Maryland
right Of railroad companies to allow
passengers to carry intoxicants as per-
sonal baggage Is Involved.
| state board of the Virginia Equal Suf-
frage League here Mrs. Henry Nc
| Dowsll and Mrs. Dexter Otey of Lynch
burg were elected delegates to the
national convention at Atlantic City
September to 10. inclusive. Mrs. John
H. Lewis Of Lynchburg. a member of
! the national executive committee, made
two open-air addresses here, one at
Elmwood Park and one at the corner OF
Salem avenue and Jefferson street.
Port Deposit. Md-Prof E. p Corbin
| of Rutgers College has been appointed
master Of the lower school at Tome In
| stitute.
| Richmond. va.-Prohfbition Commits
sioner Peters will assume charge of
his duties as OF September 1. He has
| chosen his force. and announces that
the names Of his secret service men
| will never be made known. for to give
| them to the public would defeat the
purpose for which they are employed.
Guy T. Horner of Southampton has
| been appointed attorney for the COM
missioner for the eastern district. and
Thomas Whitehead of Amherst will
have charge Of similar work of the
| western district.
| Keyser. w. va-A. D. Williams, state
road engineer. has announced a series of
various counties of the state to confer
over matters connected with West Vfr-
ginia's share in the federal good roads
appropriation. He will meet with repre-
Randolph. Pendleton, Grant. Mineral. Ber-
kelley and Jefferson at Keyser at the Min
| eral county courthouse Thursday, Au-
| gust II. at 10 am.
| Roanoke. va.-No clue has been OBJ
tanned to the whereabouts Of B. H. Greg
ger, tn young man who disappeared from
/ his home at 124 Tazewell avenue south
east, July IS. The wife and family OF
the young man have made every effort
to locate the missing man. but have been
unable to gain the slightest clue as to
his whereabouts. Members Of the family
are at loss to know whether he has
met with violence or has disappeared Of
his own accord
| Federalsbure. Md-Joseph P. Patch
| ett who was recently appointed Justice
Of the peace here by Gov. Harrington, has
resigned. his resignation taking effect at
once.
| Danville. Vain a double ceremony
Rev. J. Clyde Holland. pastor of Keen
Street Baptist Church united in marriage
/ / m native Chinaman and Miss
Bessie Young, the nineteen-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Young Of
Danville. and Russell Young. a brother Of
the Chinamans bride, and Miss Ethel
Ellyson of Greensboro, n. C. Linn Leo
conducts a laundry establishment here.
| 1t was the first wedding of a Chinaman
and an American girl in this city.
| .Moundsville. w. va.-Claude William
Sutton, while, aged twenty-four. was
hanged at the Moundsville penitentiary.
county display some money and after
ward slew and robbed the aged man last
October. Sutton lured the unsuspecting
doctor to a secluded place, telling him his
brother was sick.
Staunton. Va.@Shipwrecked within a
week after graduating from the United
States Marine Corps recruit depot at
Port Royal, S. c., is the unusual and ex-
citing experience of Charlie Coffey of
this place. Coffey. in company with
fifty other soldiers of the sea-" en-
barked on the collier Hector for expo
dictionary duty in Santo Domingo, and
one week later off Charleston, S. c., the
Hector was driven on to the rocks in
hurricane and pounded to pieces.
Cumberland. Md.-Miss Alice Stein,
daughter of the late Patrolman Jacob
Stein of this place. is in a serious con-
dition at the Western Maryland Hos
pital with fractured elbow, lacerated
jaw, the sight of one eye probably gone
and cuts and bruises about the body,
the result of an automobile upset on
Red Hill, east of Frostburg.
BIueHcld, w. Va.-Eager TO see more
of the world than the city limits of
Roanoke would permit, Carl and Con-
nor Poff, thirteen and ten years of age,
respectively, left their homes in the
Magic city and boarded train and
started for the west. However, their
dreams were abruptly shattered when
"Bluespot" Walters made his appear-
ance aboard passenger train No. and
notified the youngsters that their voy-
age would have to end at this city. The
local police had been notified by the
boys father of their runaway and they
were taken from the train and held by
the police until the arrival of the par
ent to take them back home.
Cumberland. Md.-The people of Alle-
gany county are taking real interest
in the boys from that section who are
now down on the Mexican border. and
I, .rs-- 1,a~A apf Tod