Evening star., 1916-10-22


the Rlue Mountain Land Company, Ao
bott Morris, Baltimore, president, TWEEN
ty-five acres of land on South noun
tain, near Pen-Mar. the purchasers CIV
ing two mortgages for $ZZ.So9 IN IN !
aggregate. The property purchased Il
the site Of the famous old Blue Noun
tain House, which burned several year
ago. 1t is understood the new compan!
will erect on the site a summer note,
The mortgages are held by Ralph
Caples and william j. OBrien. Balti
more. The Western Maryland Railwa!
Company is said to be interested In TN
new hotel
Baltimore. Md-The Maryland con
ference of charities and correction Il
planning a tristate conference, includ
ing Maryland, Delaware and District. o
Columbia, which will open here Novem
ber IA and continue until November 1S.
Dyche. engineer, and Howard Hare
fireman, at the cold storage plant here
were badly burned about the face ant
hands by escaping ammonia from
broken pipe. Hare may lose the sign s,
ammonia and his lips were SO badl,
swollen that they turned inside out.
Pefersburs, va-Dick Ode1l, a two.
year-old thoroughbred belonging to X
Il
while being warmed up ON the race
course of the South Side Virginia fair
track. breaking his right foreleg above
the knee. He was removed from the
track and killed. Dick was ridden by
Mr. varnell, who escaped injury.
Martinsburg. w. Va-The Markle
Coal Company tract OF 1880 acres IN
Clay, Franklin and Mead districts, OF
Marshall county. w. Va, were sold at
ya tn he National
Bank of Cleveland. Ohio. for $25.000.
Norfolk, Vain an automobile acci-
dent on the Great Bridge road, a few
miles south of the city. Mrs j. O. VIII
liams was instantly killed and ]. O.
Williams. her husband, probably fatal
ly injured. The car skidded into the
ditch at the roadside and turned turtle.
Mrs. Williams was crushed. Mr.. VIII
liams. who is well known merchant.
Is internally injured and has a crushed
leg.
Charleston. w. va.-The cadet corps
at the West Virginia University this
of that institution, owing to the excep-
tionally large enrolment. 1t will con-
sist of eight companies in addition to a
band of sixteen pieces. The total
average of about seventy officers and
men to each company. Last year there
were only six companies.
tion work upon Fort Storey, the eight
stronghold to be built at
Cape Henry, has been held up by re-
fusal of the trustees Of the mortgages
of the Norfolk-Southern railroad to
ratify the agreement made with the
officers Of the company to give the War
Department absolute control of their
right of way through the government
reservation at the cape. Official con-
flrmation of the report was obtained
from the Office of the United States
engineers at washington.
Richmond. Va.-Adjt. Gen. w. w.
Sale has received an order from the
under the Hay bill members of the
staff no longer will be per-
mitted to wear the uniforms of regu-
lar army officers.
Richmond.va.-ACo Corps of Engineers.
Signal Corps and Field Hospital en-
trained here Wednesday for the Mexi-
can border, these completing the quota
Of virginia's troops included In the
Presidents call. Only the Quartermas-
ter's Corps remains in Camp Stuart.
Ieonardtown, Md.-The NTH annual
agricultural fair of st. Marys county
Is to open Tuesday. October "A, con-
tinuing through the following Thurs
lay. Many additions have been made
to the classes of exhibits for which
premiums are offered, and in many
cases the premiums have been in
creased in value. Prominent features
If the fair are the live stock exhibit
Ind the display of home canning, pre-
serving, etc.
Aldie, Va-Catalogues have been is
,ued for the twenty-seventh annual
ield trials and the tenth annual show
If beagles of the National Beagle
Club, to open November 9. The trials |
arm. near this place. and exhibitors |
md breeders of beagles in all parts of |
he east and middle west have either |
made entries or have signffied their |
intention to do so. 1t is expected that |
lbout 500 beagles will be shown.
Cliftc-. ~-Ee. Wallis nangled body |
ying between the rails. his legs sew
red re- apS .ps lying at q distance sa to the
brakeman on the mountain division of
he Chesapeake and Ohio railway. was
discovered just below the Wilson
reek crossing by w. J. Grove Of !
.angdale. Brown was presumably
TILED by a freight train during the
een dead for some time. Brown was
asst seen at Longdale by the section
rev. 1t Is supposed that he started
o Clifton Forge and that he either
Yas struck by or fell from a passing
rain. -.
Clifton Forge, va-According to cir 4
ulars issued by J. r. Cary. general
and J. A. Fox, division
the c.. and o. railway