Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.

WINCHESTER, Va. December 1e.1a
Claud kelican of Frederick county, three
times penitentiary prisoner and twice
a fugitive from justice, who was capA
tured last week near Martinsburg, W.
Va. and brought back to Winchester.
has been taken to the convict road
camp in Fauquier, from which he made
his most recent escape He will be re-
CURED to serve the remaining sixteen
months of a fve-year term for check
forgery here, and then he will be given
additional time for running away on
two occasions. kelican recently took
the name of his brother-in-law, Walter
Winfield. to hide his own identity, and
WINFIELD was actually arrested and
taken to Hagerstown, Md, charged
with the theft of a horse. money and a
suit OF clothing at Sharpsburg, Md. but
later was released.
An evangelistic campaign which has
been in progress in Winchester since
November r.. with Rev. Luther ,.B.
close Sunday night with what is ex-
pected will be the greatest meeting. OF
the kind ever held in the lower Shen-
andoah valley. The campaign was
opened in Market Street Methodist
Episcopal Church. but it could not ac-
commodate the crowds, and in three
days tabernacle seating about 5000
people was erected. Over 500 people
nave Deen converted.
Proprietary medicines and prepara-
tons to the number of $50, which con,
tain sufficient alcohol to require the
payment of a United States liquor deal
er's tax, have been forbidden in the
state of Virginia. These preparations
are classed as alcoholic beverages and
not as medicines. Beef, wine and iron
Jared badly at the hands Of the ana
lyzers, five different kinds being re-
jected. Blackberry cordials and Ja-
maica ginger are also on the black list
Certain kinds of stomach bitters and
cure-alls of almost every description
have been barred under the new state-
wide prohibition law. Even malt ex-
tracts, whether containing alcohol or
not. cannot be sold. for the law specif-
ically prohibits the sale or dispensing
of liquids containing malt. -
Alumni of the University of Virginia
throughout the United States will OBJ
serve December IS University of
Virginia night, and every alumni chap
ter in the entire world has been noti-
fled of an official proclamation issued
by H. Snowden Marshall, United States
attorney for the southern district Of
New York, who is president of the Gep-
eral Alumni Association. The celebra.
tons will be in the nature of banquets.
dinner and supper parties. dances and
receptions. A big celebration will be
held in Winchester. Representative Z.
w. Harrison of the seventh Virginia
district is president of the winchester
chapter and City Solicitor r. Gray Will
liams is secretary and treasurer. -.
The town council of Boyce, Va, has
adopted resolutions indorsing the
movement recently inaugurated by the
authorities of Fairfax county for the
permanent improvement and mainte-
nance by federal and state aid of a
turnpike leading from Alexandria to
Aide, thence through Middleburg, Up
perville, Paris, Wildwood and Boyce to
Winchester. where 1t is proposed to
form a direct connection with the great
highway system of the valley of Vir-
ginia. The movement has been 'fns
dorsed already by the boards of supers
yisors of Fairfax, Alexandria, Loudeun,
Fauquier, Clarke and Frederick coanS
ties and also by the city and town
councils of number Of places.