Evening star., 1916-01-09

while attempting to jump upon a fast
freight train on the Norfolk and West
ern railway, near White Post, va. was
taken to Stanley. Page county. where
his people live, yesterday tor burial.
He had been working for Moody Sow
ers near White Post. Breeden was
itwenty-one years old and belonged 70
well known family. He lay UNCONSCIOUS
on the ground all night ana was iou,.o
the following morning in dying con-
dilion.
About a dozen applications have neen
received by Mayor ]. F. Ward o! W iix
chester from men in various ns,oe
the JTnited states, who desire the ohiSe
| of citv manager which was recentis
| created by the common councat Ioi the
| wear. The council this week nAeu ~ ~
| salary at $500. 1t is eNpee.e or fnt1,re
| aeer will be elected in the near iu'o
and the experiment given trial
The bodv of Mrs Martha E. Wotrins'
! seyentv-five years old, widow OF Cap.,
John Wotring, a former IT,
army officer of WINCHESTER W. w
several days ago in Morsahtowu,
Va. was inferred yesterday IN noui.
Hebron cemetery, the cashee nG
placed in a large concrete Naute ii5
the vault in grave neWn ~ oa cemetery
| sank their picks into the grouhu NC
| found rock just under the surface. anu
! it was necessary to use a great q''N
] tity of dynamite.
! Raw M. Coffman of Staunton, Va, ana
| Miss Jessie Rife. adopted daughter OIL
| W. A. Rife of Waynesboro. Va me. M
, by appointment in Winchester uas
| or two ago and eloped to HaserstoMW M H.
Nd. where they were marrhteu1 lrhon1 here
| and had just returned from WaSnes-
| boro. where she passed the Cnris'nias M .
holidays. The first intimaton her
teacher had of the wedding was wHsm
| tale
that all of her belongings be sent ps
express to Staunton. Va. ,a
Mrs. Laura Graichen this week soid
the large glove manufacturing pusl-
ness of her husband, the late Wllliam
c. Graichen, to Clarence T. owen, Z. w.
Trenary and Carl r. Ritter. who rep
resent the Winchester Glove Co1nPa"ys y y
The industry is one OF the larSeSt III
this section of the east, it having oee,i
established many years ago by w. - -.
Graichen who also had factories IN
/ Gloversville, N. Y, and salesrooms IN
London and Paris. Practically al tne
| old employees who were laid off shortly
after the death of Mr.. Graichen have
been gwen work again, and much ne"
skilled labor is also being employed.
| The board of supervisors Of F'rederlck
| county has gone on record as heartily
indorsing several bills which Senator
H. F. Byrd will introduce IN the gen
erai assembly in Richmond next week
| providing for a complete reorganiZa-
| ton OF the state highway
Mr. Byrd will point out, with other
things, that the management of state
roads should be left to local authori-
ties. and that more consideration
should be given to the maintenance OF
| roads after they are constructed. He
claims the present law has failed to
| produce results commensurate with the
sums of money expended.
The will of the late Mrs. Mary r.
Baker, who died recently at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. W w. Glass, jr..
in Waynesboro. Va, was admitted to
record here a day or two ago. 1t pro-
vides, with other things, that her
estate shall be ultimately divided be-
tween her daughters for their sole and
separate use for life. and no part
| thereof shall be liable for any debts
that may be made by her sons-in-law
circuit court of Frederick county
awarding an absolute divorce to Mrs
Minnie E. Rudolph from Angelo Ru-
dolph, both of whom are members OF
prominent county families. The de-
fendant was charged with all court
| costs.
The board of directors of the Valley
Turnpike Company, at meeting yes
terday. authorized more improvements
to the roadbed of the famous highway
it controls between Staunton and VIM
chester The pike is already one OF
the best long stretches of road be-
tween New York and Florida, but II
will be made even more attractive to
motorists More new asphalt will be
laid early in the spring. A wooden
bridge spanning North river, in Au-
,usta county, will be torn down
shortly and a steel structure erected.
Steel or concrete bridges will also be
erected over number of smaller
| streams.
Former Representative r. p. Hobson
of Ala bama and DR.. i. 1. stearns or
l INN
| speak in many of the Shenandoah val
ley towns during January and Feb
ruary under the auspices OF the Ma
tional Anti-Saloon League. they VIII
tell about the dry" victories in a
| number of the western states, in
which the liquor traffic was abolished
January I.
Large numbers of mechanics who do
not have regular employmentv vfrninis CUTIE
valley towns this week for HopeWeli.
| where they have obtained Work at
much better wages than are usually
paid Most of those leaving TINS sec,
lion were construction workers. ana
thew will assist in rebuilding the place
that was almost wiped out by hre a
month ago. 1t is said that seVerai
thousand houses have been shlpped III
| sections to Hopewell, and that they
can he erected in a remarkably short
thine with a monkey wrench and a few
other tools.
new law passed at the lasl sessloi
of the Virginia legislature. which is ex-
pected to curtail to a large extent tne
Remuneration Of state officers under the
fee system and turn considerable funds
Into the state treasury. has become Ell
fective. Hereafter all court clerks.
ltreasurers, commissioners of the rev.
enue. sheriffs. constables and city ser
geants will be required to keep fee
hook and make a report annually TO the
lauditor of public accounts. Under the
old law there was no limit on the offl-
GERS fees, but the new law graduates
the scale on a population basis.
Suit for $4,000 damages has been m
stituted against the receivers OF the
Martinsburg CIV. Va.) Power Company
by Mrs. Rebecca Wolf, administratrix
of the estate of Arthur Rutherford, her
lprandson, who was killed instantly last
May, when he picked up the end OF a
broken electric wire which had been
torn away from a pole by the limb OF
a tree that was twisted off during
storm. It was a high-tension wire and
the boy met instant death. The same
iday the suit was filed the power COM
ipany went into bankruptcy, and it is
expected the courts will have to de-
termine whether the damage suit will
have priority over the claims of GER
tain creditors.
The heaviest steel rails In the world
are now being delivered to the Cum
berland Valley railroad. to be laid on
TIM peyy bridge that is being built over