Evening star., 1916-10-01

milton and shorter working hours has
closed the Cherry Run Boom and Lum-
Der Company's tannery. the Cherry
River Extract Company's plant and the
Dodge C1othespin, Company's plant at
Redwood. The Dodge Company an
nounces it will resume operations with
Strikebreakers.
Huntington. ". va.-Mrs. Rosana
Sites of Getaway. Ohio. aged ninety
FIVE. saw a circus parade here for the
first time in her life. Seated in an
automobile, she watched in awe the
elephants. camels and other animals
as they passed. She was much pleased
with the spectacle and said: Il guess
nave missed much in my life, but l
can now add a circus parade to the
many scenes which rest in my mind"
Annapolis. Md. The Maryland and
virginia authorities have placed mark
ers in Tangier and Pocomoke sounds
for definite location of the boundary
line between the two states. Swepson
Eagle, chief engineer for the Maryland
to Baltimore. after spending three
weeks with the federal and Virginia
authorities in accomplishing this work.
The work was done as a result of the
conference last July of thu. Virginia
commission of fisheries and of the
Maryland conservation commission and
the governors of Maryland and Vir-
ginia.
Portsmouth. va.-Following an ILL.,
ness of several years, Lieut. Col. Ed
win w. Owens, retired, of the 4th Vir-
ginia Regiment, died here. He was
sixty-one years old and a native of
Portsmouth.
Grafton. w. Va.-Local authorities
are still puzzled over the death of
Charles Armstrong, a coal miner of
Junior, whose lifeless body. with the
track near here. He may have been
murdered and his body placed there in
an effort to hide the crime. he may
have committed suicide or train may
have struck him.
Cumberland. Md-The employees and
officials of the National wooden mills
have made an amicable settlement of
the wage question, which results in
considerable increase, amounting to
the employees. The agreement reach
ed has been signed and both sides are
satisfied. it is stated. with the new
scale. which gives an increase of about
10 per cent. Working hours are agreed
on at eight hours per day, and work for
ffty-two weeks in the year is guaran-
teed. In addition, overtime will be
paid for at the rate of time and a half
of the regular wages. The employees
of the firm are members of the local
union. No. $50, Journeyman Tailors of
America.
Lynchburs. va.-The State Camp,
Patriotic Order Sons of America, in
next year at Portsmouth, and elected
the following officers: President, E. S.
Moore. Stafford: vice president, w. b.
Morris, Farmville: master of forms.
J. 7. Morrisette, Richmond: conductor,
A. N. Truslow, Falmouth; inspector.
S. A. Orr. Belmont; guard, G. S. Childs.
Richardsville; trustee, three years,
]. R. Hall. Jeffersonton.
Hagerstown. Md-A wholesale pro-
duce dealer here stated that one year
ago he sold cabbage at $50 per ton.
The price now, he said, is $50 per ton.
Huntington. w. Va.-wayne county
authorities are investigating the cir
cumstances surrounding the death of
Private Joseph Slater, I'd West Vir-
ginia Infantry, whose body was found
on railroad trestle at kenova, near
here. Slater, who resided at William
son, had been summoned as witness
in the Mingo county election fraud
cases now on trial In the federal court
here. His friends declare he was first
attacked and his body then placed on
the tracks.
LynchburE. Vn.-In the federal dis
trict court here the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway pleaded guilty to two
declarations in which it was charged
by working trainmen continuously
over that time, and it was fined S10O
on each of five counts in one declara-
tion and 800 on each Of ten counts
of fines $500. The violations of the
law complained of occurred on the
James River branch of the Chesapeake
and Ohio.
Haeerstown. Md.-The Hagerstown
Institute Fair Association is negotiat-
ing to have the 1st Maryland Regiment
encamp on the fair grounds during
the annual fair, October 10 to 13. if
the regiment. now on the Mexican
border. is sent home in time The War
Department has been requested to
send several machine guns to be placed
on exhibition during the fair with
daily demonstrations.
naEerstown. Md-Death claimed the
first victim of infantile paralysis in
Washington county, when Clara. young
daughter of Clifford Gross, died of the
disease at Rohrersville last week.
There are no other cases of infantile
paralysis in the county.
Baltimore. Md.-Miss Hazel Dieter
Bennett was married to Charles H.
Mattingly before $4,000 persons at the
Madein Baltimore exposition at the
5th Regiment Armory.
Lewfsburg. w. Va.-The Greenbrier
county court, acting upon petition
signed by 1,S17 voters, has ordered
vote on November on the question of
removing the county seat from Lewis
burg to Williamsburg, W. Va, town
sixteen miles from the railroad This
makes the second county seat removal
election in this county, Ronceverte
trying for it at special election last
fall Williamsburg district recently
voted down good road bond issue.
Chestertown, Md.-Prying off the
woodwork in the bathroom window.
Richard Downes. Charles Ellis and Bud
Ratler. three prisoners in the local
Jail, escaped by rope made of blan-
kets.
Martinsburg. w. va.-Bernard Rey-
nolds. twenty-four years old. a brake
man in the Brunswick yards. was
squeezed to death between the cars he
was coupling. He lived in Sandy Hook
and is survived by his widow and one
child.
Rockville. Md.-By the will of Miss
Martha A. Holland $4,000 is left to the
Social Service League of Montgomery
county.
Point Pleasant. W. Va.-Fisher Sayre
of Leon. Mason county, mistook his son
for a ground hog, shooting him in the
back of the head with a shotgun
Physicians say the boy cannot live.