Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02

Frederick. Md-william H. Grimm.
] for twentyeight years employed by a
local business establishment and in
recent years maj mayer of the store. was
crushed to death when he was caught
i between the roof of the elevator and
a floor of the building. The injured
man lived only a few minutes after
| the elevator was stopped and he was
| released.
Lynchburg. va.-The federal govern
| ment is now in possession of practical
ly all of the land on both of the peaks
| of otter. deeds for the land having
been transferred within the last few
| weeks. The land is to be added to
the great forest reserve established by
the government in Virginia and por-
ton of adjacent West Virginia. The
reaks of outer land will become por-
ton of the Natural bridge area OF the
forest reserve. 1t is known that there
has been a slight reservation Of land
on one of the peaks. but it is not i'm
probable that this will eventually come
| INTO the possession of the government
| for forest reserve purposes. survey
was recently completed of nearly 40
! 900 acres of mountain land in AM
herst and Rockbridge counties. and it
| is also contemplated that many thou
! sand acres of similar land will be
added in the counties of Augusta and
| Nelson. 1t is understood also that ne
gotiations have been completed SO that
! the reserve will add the famous Apple
Orchard mountain to the Natural
bridge area.
Wheeling. W. Va-Out of the first l56
| amined by DR.. Harriet B. Jones Of this
city. who is now engaged in an expert
| mental tour of state institutions. not
one was found to be entirely normal
| OF the number so far examined. Dr.
Jones has reported. eleven mightthaV
pa ssed as normal had their teeth been
| better.
board decided to close the white
schools of the county for the summer
| holidays June IL and the colored
schools April IS. The commencement
the county will be as follows: St
Micha els. June Il: oxford. June IA;
Easton, June 10; lTrappe. June 1G.
Richmond. V9.-The measles epidemic
in Richmond continues undated, forty
additional cases having been reported
to the city board of health Saturday.
Thirty -four cases were registered Fri
day
Harri.onbure. va-Lishtning de-
| stroyed the belfry of Mount Olive
| Presbyterian Church, nine miles west
of Harrisonburg, Monday night.
Huntington. W. Va-Rat catchers ex-
| pect to reap harvest during the spring
cleanup week here this month. From
funds in the city treasury cents each
| is to be paid for rats caught. poisoned
| or otherwise killed during the clean
up week. Merchants say the demand
for rat traps has never been SO great
| in Huntington as it has been since the
announcement was made that rats
would be worth a nickel apiece during
cleanup week.
Mount Savage, Md.-Fire caused by
lace curtain practically destroyed the
| home owned and occupied by the family
of James jenkins here.
| Roanoke, Vac. B. Patton of Blue
field, a fireman in the employ of the
Norfolk and Western Railway. was
struck by train No. at Vickers pass
1 ing siding Sunday afternoon while
was seriously injured. He was brought
to Roanoke and sent to the Lewis-Gale
Hospital.
Norfolk. Val. Sidney Peters, COM
missioner of prohibition. appointed by
the legislature to supervise enforce
tment of the new dry law, is expected
to come to Norfolk at an early date to
| look over the local field with a view of
determining his plans for putting the
new machinery in operation in this sec
| ton November l, when the act becomes
effective.
| Richmond. va-Charging that the
alexandria Water Company is supply
| ing its patrons with water that during
| six months in the year is impure and
unhealthful, and that it's rates are pref
| erential and discriminatory. citizens of
Alexandria and its suburbs have filed a
| petition with the state corporation COM
mission asking that body to conduct an
| Investigation and enter such orders as
will require the company to correct the
conditions complained of.
| ChestertOwn. Md-Capt. Alexander
Wheeler. eighty-nine years old, vet
eran of the civil war, is dead at his
home here.
MartinsburE. W. ya.-The usual
spring report declaring. the peach crop
| viii be almost complete failure has
been made. W. H. Fill, state agricul-
tural expert, after a survey of the
| four panhandle counties of West Vir-
ginia. says that the crop will not
average more than 10 per cent of nor
NAL in those counties. fully 80 per
| cent of the buds being destroyed by
recent frosts. MIR. Fill says the warm
weather of the last few days has
caused the buds to open to such an
extent that their condition may readily
be seen.
Annapolis. Md-John Read Magruder
twice mayor of Annapolis during the
civil war, and one of the best known
! men in this section, is dead at his home
here. He had been an invalid for more
than thirty years. Mr.. Ma gruder is
survived by one son, who is secretary
to the commandant of the Naval Aca-
DENY, and two daughters. He was
related to the Hagners, the Randalls
and other prominent families of this
section. and was member of the Clan
MacGregor.
Norfolk. WA special committee of
the school board, consisting of Robert
W. Tomlin. chairman; r. Ramsay Tay-
lor and w. B. Dougherty. is consider
ing the advisa bility of inaugurating
savings bank system in the public
schools of Norfolk. The proposition
was placed before the committee by a
committee from the Mothers Club and
and representatives of the Norfolk Saw
ings and Loan Corporation.
Roanoke. Ya.-The Norfolk and West
ern, it is said, will shortly construct
an Office building a Petersburg to cost
approximately $4,000. In addition to
the thirty mallet engines ordered by
program, six additional consolidated
engines have been ordered from the
Baldwin Locomotive Company, at Phil
adelphia. Twenty-Five of the original
order for malletS have been received
and placed in service.
Pikesville, Md-Yeggmen blew open
the safe in the post office here early
Tuesday morning. The sound of the
who FASTENED to the post office, and
in the rIIppina battle that enSued he