Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-13

stroy the business of number Of mar
rying parsons.
! MARTINSBURG. W. va-The home
| of Mrs. William Daberko. at Myers
dale, near here, was burned. with its
contents. Saturday night, and officials
| suspect f1rebug was responsible. Mrs.
Daberko was awakened by the crack
ling of the flames and barely had time
to drag out of the house a trunk con-
tanning some clothing. About a month
ago Daberko died from burns caused
by the application of hot bricks to his
back for the relief of rheumatism.
! FREDERICKSBURG, Wa Spanish
War Veterans camp has been organ
lied here. with sixteen members. The
following officers were elected: Capt.
NJ. B. Rowe. commander; NJ. L. Boiling,
| first vice commander; B. T. Reamy,
ley. adjutant; T. F. Proctor. jr.. quar-
termaster; T. T. Hill, officer of the day:
W. F. Leacock. officer of the guard; H.
| Revere. J. w. Freeman and II. A. Hern-
don, trustees. Department Commander
Capt. Joseph LIE Mesurier. Capt. w. N.
Skipwith and Lieut.. E. B. Loving Of
Richmond were here to install the of
| ficers.
CUMBERLAND, Md. DIR. NJ. Cath
crime Buell., fifty-eight years old. for a
! number of years Cumberlands leading
woman physician, died at the Allegany
| Hospital She was a daughter of the
late Judge Ferdinand c. Buell. Of Mari
eta, Ohio: was a graduate OF the Uni
versity of Minnesota, and practced
medicine in Iowa for several years
prior to coming to this city. She was
member of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution.
WHEELING. W. va.-This state. for
all it's bad roads, hills and mountains,
has more than $4,000 automobiles, &C
cording to the number of West Vir-
ditor. To be exact. the number of ma
chimes in the state, as Indicated by
| the license tags issued, is 1929.
HOPEWELL, Va--Employes of the du
Pont powder plant, and residents of the
lefty as well, were excited one night last
week when an aeroplane flew over the
city and plant The machine passed over
the direction of Richmond. After circling
the plant few times the aero flew away
toward the south. AS the big powder
plant operates twentyfour hours out of
the day, and is brilliantly Illuminated at
night, occupants of the aero had oppor-
tunity to view the plant as well as if
the visit had been made during the day.
CUMBERLAND, Md.-John c. Shoupe
has returned from a trip to England in
the interests of the Potomac Fruit Crow
ers' Association, for the purpose of open
ing a bigger market in England for
bright for large exports of apples as soon
as shipping facilities are better.
MARTINSBuRG, W. va-Mayor Newett
of New Castle has sentenced a stray pig
to the city poor farm for the remainder
of its life. The pig. found running at
large in the street, was arrested. and as
no owner was found, the pig was tried
for trespass and received the life SEN
tence, which, it is expected, will not run
more than year or So
BALTIMORE, Md.-Bishop Alpheus
Waters Wilson of the Methodist Episcopal
Church celebrated his eighty second birth
day anniversary at his home. 1901 Park
place. this week. He was relieved of
active duties at the general conference in
1914, but continues actively in other
church work and breaches nearly every
Sunday.
STANTON, Va--At meeting of the
executive committee of the Virginia Press
Association. in Richmond. it was decided
to hold the annual meeting of the Or
ganiZation here, beginning July %, and
continuing the remainder of that week.
The association met in Stanton two years
ago.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va.-E. E. budding
ate couple of cold storage eggs at
breakfast one day last week Ptomaine
poisoning developed, and for time Mr..
buildings life was despaired of, though
later he recovered.
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Delegate Herpich
of Allegany county is the author of
bill introduced in the general assem-
bly, to abolish Maryland's antiquated
Sunday blue laws. If enacted the bill
will wipe from the statute books laws
enacted a century or more ago, which
prohibit most forms of everyday &C
w jfh
many spite" campaigns of law en-
forcement have been waged at differ
ent times. The repeal law would ap-
ply to the whole state.
DANVILLE. Va.-George Ethelbert
Stone of Bristol. England. connected
with the Export Leaf Tobacco Com
pany of Richmond. visited here this
week to bid farewell to friends prior
to sailing for England. He is to make
another effort to enlist in the British
army. When he offered his services,
soon after the outbreak of the war, he
was rejected because of a weak heart
Since then he has been in this country
and his health has benefited to such an
extent that he believes he will be able
to pass any tests.
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-A bill providing
for the repeal of the $500 exemption
law, granting exemption to that
amount on household furniture report
ed for taxation. has been favorably re-
ported by the ways and means COM
mittee of the general assembly. The
law would be Of statewide applica-
ton.
MARTINSBURG, w. va-The Ada
mantine Clay Products Company has
resumed operations at it's plant at
North Mountain, after a period of idle
ness continuing since September ! last,
when most Of the buildings were de-