Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-14

Of ninety tons each. and for eight
mountain type passenger locomotives
| Several of the locomotives are now near
| completion. Work on the great order
to the difficulty OF assembling steel
ana other materials. which officials say
| were never so hard to Get or so ex-
pensive. Several months VIII elapse
| Norfolk. va.-The Virginia oyster
Planters and Packers Association. in
Commerce Club. Norfolk, elected the
(. following officers for the ensuing year:
President. G. s. Atwood. Norfolk: vice
president. J. T. Rowley. Chincoteague;
secretary Charles H. Hewins
Hampton; directors. l.. Feuerstein. J. T
! White. B. 2. Miles, G.. S. Atwood. A.
Won Nyvenheim. f. w. Brown and w
! II. Hopkins. Norfolk: Frank w. Oar
! ling. J. c. Robinson. ". &. Armstrong
and Charles H. Hewins. Hampton: J. T.
| Rowley, Chincoteaeue: G. ". Rich
ardson and J. W. Marshall. West Point;
! w E. Walker. Exmore; L. g. Guiiiam
Lynnhaven.
Richmond. Va.-Adding another TO the
| list OF Eirginians who have given their
! lives for the cause of the allies. Lieut.
| Bryce Stewart. recently of the Sea-
| forth Hfgh1anders. who were cut 10
| pieces while serving in the front line
of British oefenses in Belgium. is re-
|
with the relief forces sent out TO the
! rescue of Gen. Townshend at Kut Eel
Amara. Lieut. Stewart was the or)s
son Of Col, and Mrs Bryce Stewart. and
| 2 grandson OF the 1a'e Bryce Stewart OF
! Clarksviile. His mother, before her
| marriage, was Miss Georgia Walker. a
! daughter of the late Norman Stewart
walker. who for many years lived in
! this city.
| keyser. W. ya.-Prot. W W. Tapr. q
| former business man and educator, who
! for several years was a resident of
! Richie county. W. Va. is dead at Point
/ Marion. Prof Tapp was principal of
| the Harrisvi'le High School and also
! served in simila: capacity at Pied
! mont and keyser, organized the Tay-
! lor County Bank at Grafton and the
People National Bank at Point Marion.
/ Pa. He was fifty-eight years old. and
! is survived by wife and daughter.
| He was a member of the Masons.
I EIktns. W. Vn.-Two hundred dele
| gates are attending the grand encamp-
! ment of the Independent Order of Odd
| Fellows of West Virginia, which opened
here Wednesday. Addresses of welcome
! were delivered by Mayor A. NJ. Fred
lock. Congressman Howard Suther-
| land and c. NJ. Marstiller. Grand Pa
triarch Alba Wolverton of Philippi re-
| sponded.
Frederick. Md.-A West Virginia car
| bearing the license tag of w. B. Ander-
! son of Franklin. Pendleton county.
| struck and killed William Irving Tab
/ Ter, aged six, son of Baltimore and Ohio
Engineer Albert Tabler. near here. The
| boy was returning from school with an
| older brother. and it is not definitely
! known how he was killed. Anderson
| carried the boy to the Tabler home.
Wheeling. W. Va.-Panhandle and
| eastern Ohio fruit growers report that
! there will be very few early peaches
| this year. owing to the fact that the
| bloom, brought out unusually early by
| the few warm days. was killed by the
! frost and cold rains which followed.
| This condition prevails over practically
| the entire country. and consequently
| peaches will command high price. On
/ the other hand. this is what is termed
| IAN apple year and an abundant crop
! of both early and late apples is expect
| ed. Apple orchards in the vicinity of
/ Wheeling are white with bloom and
| growers are enthusiastic over the pros
poets of one of the largest crops in
many years. The wholesale price of
| $2.75 a barrel quoted on extra good
! apples at the present time. will likely
| decrease considerably within a short
| time.
| Elkinx. W. Vn.-Fire totally destroyed
| the mill machine shop and a million
| feet of lumber at the plant of the
| Laurel River Lumber Company. at Jen-
| ningstown. W. Va, with loss of s125,-
! 900.
Frederick. Md.-Married only about a
| month. out of work and respondent,
! George Buesing. formerly of Baltimore,
cut his throat from ear to ear and bled
to death at his home here. Hearing a
gurgling sound upstairs, his wife ran to
the mans room and found him dead.
He was fifty-one years of age. Recent
ly Buesing had to borrow 10 cents
| with which to pay for an affidavit in
| order to secure S. due him from an
estate.