Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26

two years ago at her home at Paw
Paw
Fredericksburg. WA regular meet
ing of the city council was held Thurs
day night. The following were pres
emit: President W. 5. Embrey. presid-
ing: Messrs. w. J. Ford. John r. Could
man. ir.: u. w. Scott. W. =. Chesley
George w. Helm +. NJ. Aldridge, f.
q. Helm. DR.. j. Garnet King. J. w.
Masters. Henry Warden. L. J.. Riscoe.
with Clerk A. C. Billingsley. Manager
Il. Stuart Roger and Attorney st.
George Il. Fitzhueh.
Mr.. Ford Of the finance committee
presented and read the report of city
Treasu q. X. Howard. The report
showed the receipts from July !. 1915,
to March Is. 1916. to be sS2S364l
and the expenditures for the same
period sS2.432.43. leaving a balance on
hand of s403sS
The following changes were req
commended by the finance committee on
real estate and personal property: A
rate of Sl.40 on the 500. Sl.05 for
general city purposes and 80 cents for
schools This is reduction of 5 cents
on the general tax rate. The tax rate
on banks is s1.15. this being the max
mum allowed by the state law.
Mr.. Scott of the school committee re-
ported that he had investigated the
condition of the college building and
communication for the committee OF
the school board asking for an appro-
prlatlon of $500 to meet the deficit In
school funds fer the session. On mo-
ton OF Mr.. Scott this amount was ap-
propriated.
James \. Robbins. convicted in the
corporation court of this city in Feb
ruary. 1915. on a charge of bigamy
and sentenced to serve three wears in
me penitentiary, was granted par
don by Gov. Stuart Saturday on the
recommendation of Judge John T.
Goolrick and Commonwealth Attor-
ney w. w. Butzner Robbins was an
emploNe of the city gas works here
and at the time of his marriage to a
Miss Mary Haislip had another wife
llNing in New Jersey.
Since Robbins has been in the men,
Itentiary his wife here married again,
the second time to John Henry Finney
Ihere were extenuating circum-
stances in regard to the affair. and the
petition for pardon was based on these.
Winchester. Nn.-Pigpens will not be
made an issue in Winchester politics
TINS spring. as was threatened last
Week, for at special meeting this
week the common council adroity
sidestepped the question by deferring
action until January ]. 1917. This will
nave the effect of relieving candidat ties
Tor the council from coming out and
telling the voters just how they stand
on the matter. The pigpen question
was agitated recently by the Woman's
Civic League. which addressed a vol
luminous petition to the council setting
forth the alleged fact that all kinds of
germs Turk in pigpens and asking for
an abatement of what was considered a
general nuisance. The communication
also urged that a recorded vote be
ia ken and the same published for the
information of the public. Members of
ha n..t1 H..
coed themselves and others who will be
candidates saw at once that the matter
was about to provoke heated political
issue. SO the councimen put their heads
together and voted unanimously in
favor of laying the communication on
the table until January /. 1917.
The first thunderstorm of the spring
season struck the Winchester section
Wednesday. Cold weather. ii is stated,
has killed fully nine-tenths of the
peach buds. but that up to the present
time the apples are uninjured. The
recent cold weather has been very
beneficial to the apple industry in that
it has had the effect of retarding the
buds 1t is now expected that the
blooming period will be at the usual
time. about May !.
The need of national preparedness
was cited by Gen. r. W. Nichols. super
intendent of the Virginia Military In
Stitute. who spoke Thursday night in
Winchester under the auspices of the
free lecture course of the John Handley
Memorial Library.
Isidor SCHNEIDER son of Harry
SCHNEIDER. a Winchester business man,
left today for Baltimore. where he will
be married to Miss Lena Freedman,
daughter of Mrs Rachel Freedman
A business man returning from a
trip to the Fredericksburg section
stated that large numbers of the land
owners of Stafford and adjoining
l,ait "a
trees into lumber to good financial
advantage. This. it was stated is due
to the fact that experts of the United
States and the Virginia departments
OF agriculture and horticulture have
demonstrated that red cedars are a
great detriment to apple orchards and
seriously affect the productiveness Of
the fruit trees.
There has been great deal of ac-
tivity recently at the War Department.
remount station. near Front Royal,
Warren county. on account of large
demand for cavalry horses TO be used
in Mexico and along the border Many
carloads of horses that have been on
the government farm for a year or
more were shipped by way of the
Norfolk and Western railway from
Riverton. and more are to he sent 1t
was reported today that the depart
ment may call for practically all the
horses left at the remount depot
Military Institute of Lexington. who
is a resident of Winchester, left a
day or two ago to enter the Military
Academy. He is a son of Holmes Con-
rad of Washington.
Mrs. BERTHE YontZ. siXty-seven years
old. widow of George W Yontz died
this week from complication of
diseases.
Roy G. Whetzel young farmer en-
ployed on the farm of w. $. Hiett
Frederick county. was drowned in
ing to ford the stream.
Clark Smith. aged eighteen years, is
in Jail in Winchester on a charge of
attempting to criminally assault a five
year-old girl He was held for the
grand jury of the corporation court.
George Somehow, jr., formerly of
Frederick. Md. but for several years
engaged in business in Winchester,
made an assignment yesterday His
sets are not expected to reach $1,000.
Patrolman c. w. Hollis of the Win
chester police force, who recently was
dismissed by Mayor ]. F. Ward, has
been reelected by the common council
The republicans of the seventh Vir-
ginia district will not name candidate
for Congress until after the national
convention in Chicago. and it is assert
ed that the nomination will go to
The district convention met
a day or two ago at Luray and elected
Mr. Paul as the district delegate to
Chicago.
Senator H. F. Byrd of Winchester has
been appointed by Gov. Stuart as chair
man of the legislative committee to re-
port to the next general assembly on a
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