Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-16
Maryland and the Virgi1ias

Richmond. va-Eollowing Q weeks
conference between the Order Of Rail-
way Telegraphers on the Norfoik ana
Western system and General Manager
Needles, an agreement was reached In
which the telegraphers are given an
Increase in pay. The amount OF the
advance is not made public. but It Is
said the negotiations ended satisfac-
torily and the conference was marked
by harmony.
Lynchburg, Va.-As a sequel to I'M
happy domestic relations, Maggie WHIT
low. colored woman, died at inc
Lyuchburg Hospital from a pistol-shoe
wound. inflicted by her husband. Mel
ton Whitlow, at New Glasgow. AS soon
she was shot the woman drew re.
volver, which she had concealed ABOUT
her person. and shot her husband
through the neck, killing him instantly.
Roanoke, va.-Ernest c. Baldwin OF
Roanoke. commander of the Depart
ment of Northern Virginia, Sons OF
Confederate Veterans, has appointed
Miss Lavalett Bowman, daughter OF
Or. and Mrs. D. G.. Bowman OF FREQ.
ericksburg, as maid of honor for that
department at the grand reunion,
United Confederate Veterans OF the
South and the Sons Of Confederate
veterans at BlrmlNSQau, Ala.
Hopewen. Notwithstanding the
official statement issued by the du
Pont Company, through Vice President
II. Fletcher Brown. in charge of the
HopeweL operations, to the effect that
at the close of the European war
not more than one-tenth of the oper-
atives employed at the HopeweH plant
would be retained, there is a we'll de-
fined rumor. apparently substantially
founded. that the du Pont Company is
planning to begin Immediately the
erection of four new units, which Will
be the beginning of the C plant.
Cumberland. Md.-Getting close up to
$4,000 600 ahead in gross over last year
is what the Western Maryland railway
is doing these days. With one week
more than nine months of the hscal
year shot into the past, or. the other
way round, from July l last to April I,
the gross earnings of the road have
gained S1.S03,24S over the same period
of last year. The gross in actual figures
for the fiscal year to the date mem
toned is SS,200,402, and for 1915 for
the same period it was S6.S97,153. For
the week ended April the gross gained
ga, l2i.
Wheeling. W. WA suit involving
millions of dollars has been filed in the
lcucrai court here by Attorney IL. A.
imam. IL. OF New York, for Martha
whitaker and Ruth Whitaker
ueaIuSt the Whitaker Iron Company,
WI itaker-Glessner Company. the
'i,cenmS torruSatinS Company. and
-,.,,.S. The plaintiffs are daughters
ga, rate Nelson T. Whitaker, founder
,..c " hltaker Iron Company. The
-.--. corporations are subsidiaries of
roe .aslr,niS, and. they allege that the
-..s-.-. directors of those corpora
n...e de1rauded the plalnt1ffS OF
r.l"r,tes due them by the testament
vi their late father
s.a..i>onOurg. Nn.-During a driving
SNOW storm early Saturday morning fire
...It.aiIy destroyed the brick warehouse
j. ~. Smell " Sons. on North Main
street. opposite the Southern Railway
areIgnt depot. Another frame build
inS was also nearly destroyed. Flour,
grain, hay and fertilizer in large guam
titles We're burned or ruined by the
water. The entire hre-hghting appa
ratuS of the city was put IN action be-
fore the flames We're under control. The
loss is Slo.0o0, with $4,000 insurance.
As there had been no rire in the build
ing that night. the origin is a mystery.
Norfolk. Na.-,'apt Harvey Cunning
ham, dean of the Virginia Pilot Assoc
citation. leader for the pilots in legisla
tive enactmentS sought and for sew
eral years prominently identified with
the Virginia Base Ball League, died
suddenly here Sunday afternoon. He
had been i'll for several days, but was
not considered in imminent danger.
Capt Cunningham was hfty-three years
of age and a ifelons resident of Nor
folk. He is survived by one son, his
wife having dIed about a month ago.
He followed the profession of pilot all
his life.
Fredericksburg. Na.-AIamie Edwards
aged thirteen years, was instantly
killed at Remington. when a pistol in
the hands of little Ben Allen. aged ten
years. al the home of Mrs. B. l.. Allen
at that place, was accidentally dis
charged The little boy was playing
with the pistol when his mother told
him to take the cartridge out While
he was extracting the cartridge, an
other child in play ran against him.
causing the pistol to discharge. The
bullet entered the young girls body
near the heart
We~ertOn. Md.-John Manning. near
here. narrowly escaped death several days
ago when ne took d big drink of hair
tonic in mistake for whisky. He became
desperately ill., and the efforts of several
...!yslclans We're required before the man
Was out of danger.
jlartinsburS. ". WA we'll dressed
n4ddle-aged man committed suicide Fri
day morning at Amblersburg, W. Va.
small station on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad a few miles west of Terra Alta,
10y placing his head on the rail west
bound freight train was coming down the
Cransberry grade. He was decapitated.
HIS identity has not been established The
crew and some of the passengers
otItl lldiH NllHtSSeu tIe
DanyiIIe. Na.-Dr F. r Thomas
dentist who was eXonerated of charge
of assault preferred against him by Mrs.
Mary T.. Scarce. assaulted Saturday
by Raefprd and Irwin Cook, brothers of the
woman who brought the charges against
him Both were liberated on $500 bond
tor their appearance in court. Buford
Cook. their father. going security. They
are also under a $500 peace bond.
Winchester. Va.-Snow fell in every
section of the Shenandoah valley Satur-
day. and during the night the storm as
sumed blizzardlike proportions, but most
of it melted shortly after falling Many
fields. lawns and other grassy spots, how
ever. have since been covered to a depth
of two inches. There were a number of
snow squalls again at night Snow at
this season is quite unusual for the Vir-
ginia valley. However, little or no dam
age was done, and fruit growers stated
yesterday that there had been no injury
to the buds. Widely circulated reports
Indicating a general failure of the peach
crops have also been denied by many
growers. some of whom say they will
have as many peaches as usual although
there has been damage in certain Iocali-
ties
HOpeNeIl. Na.-W. d. Henderson, for
rner chief of police of Hopewen, was ar
rested here on the charge of maliciously
shooting at r. NJ Jones He was baiIed
in the sum of Sl.5Q0 for hearing in police
court Monday. The former chief is said
TO have shot at Jones because he alleged
that the latter had annoyed a woman