Evening star., 1916-10-01

to twenty miles an hour. Young 10
survived by his widow. who was MISC
Agnes Ambrose. Berkeley Springs, his
parents and following brothers and
Eugene Miller. Clarence Young and
Misses Genevieve and Alice Young.
Berkeley Springs. =,
County Clerk ]. V Bell had issued
1.6o2 licenses to hunters and fishermen
under the provision of the West Vir-
ginfa fish and game laws, and while
there is slight lull in the rush, yet
many more are expected before the
season is over. OF the total number
issued 1.4S2 were resident hunters for
which no fee is charged; eight were
statewide and fifty for fishermen A
considerable falling off is noted in tho
number of nonresident hunters IL.
censes, which gives rise to the sus-
may have secured just the plain resi-
dent license and have thus imposed
upon the officials. There is a heavy
penalty attached to persons residing
ginia to shoot game without the proper
license, and deputy game wardens
might with profit look into this matter
were injured here when a motor Are
engine backed into them and pinned
them against house. Miss Imogen
Watts suffered a fractured knee and
her sister, Miss Annie Watts, a mashed
foot, while Ruth Dickerson, the fifteen
year-old daughter of ]. w. Dickerson.
had both legs broken at the thigh Sew
eral others were slightly injured in the
scramble to safety. The engine had re-
sponded to a fire in the plant of the
National Mattress Company, which was
burning, entailing a loss of $4,000. Ed
ward Morris. plant attache. who tried
to eXtingulsh the fire with small
hose. was overcome by the smoke and
slightly burned. Firemen heard his
cries for help and rescued him by means
of a scaling ladder.
Oakland. Md.-Edwin Walker Wash.
F., ington. D. c., who has been spending
his summers at Mountain Lake Park
and Oakland for a number of years.
was held for the December term Of
court for alleged boo segging." Dur
| ing the summer just ended Walker
| operated a motion picture show at
| Mountain Lake Park and was in
charge Of the bowling alley and other
| amusements at that place. The arrest
| was made through the work of Pitts
| burgh detective. who came here at che
| solicitation of the county officials.
| Walker declares that the detective ap-
preached him and asked him that he
| did. and when he handed over the
bottle he was placed under arrest An
I employe of the carnival company
which recently showed here Is in Jail
in default of bail for alleged boot
Logging
MnrtinsburE. w. Va.-Sidney Rymer
| a former prosecuting attorney of
Lewis county. w. Va. and the candi-
| date of his party in 1906 for the West
Virginia senate from his district.
pleaded guilty in the federal court
here to the charge of bootlegging in
! Clarksburg, w. Va, and was sentenced
| to four months in Jail and to pay
| fine of 500. In imposing sentence.
Judge Dayton excoriated Rymer, who.
the court declared. had thrown away
his talents and prostituted his profes-
sion to ignoble ends
| LynchburE. Walt is understood that
a number of moves will be made by
| business concerns in Main street
| when the buildings now occupied by
saloons will be vacated after October
| 81. 1t is reported on reliable author
| ity that nearly all of the properties
east of 9Th street now used for saloons
| has been rented to new tenants at ad-
| vanced rentals. There seems TO be
only one exception to this. and sew
eral persons are understood to be
negotiating for that property.