Evening star., 1917-04-01

home recently. Persons saw smoke .s-
SUNG from the rear of the house, and,
breaking opea the door. found Derry's
BODY lying in the CRATE. His burning
clothes ignited the woodwork near the
crate. causing the smoke.
Frostburg. Md.-F'rank Grerabi, an
Italian miner, aged about thirty-tWo O
years. was killed several days ago by
a fall of rock in a mine at .kllegany,
this county.
EIkhart, Md.-LocaI merchants have
been instructed through state authori-
ties to keep complete records of all
blasting powder and explosives that
they sell. They are also warned
against selling these commodities TO
strangers unless accompanied by some
one who will vouch for them.
Annapolis. Md.-Over 1900 Mexican
Bob Whites" are now at liberty In the
fields of the several districts of Anne
Arundel county, the district representa-
tlyes having completed the work in
connection with their liberation. The
total number of the birds purchased by
the county was 10 dozen, and all of
them are of the Mexican type
FrostburG. Md.-John Jeffries. aged
seventy-nine died recently. He was one
of Frostburg's best known coal miners.
He was n native of England and came
here about forty-tivc years ago.
Haserstown. Md-John L. Metz. for
merry of Mount Briar, keedysville dis
trict was killed by a railroad train at
Altoona, Pa, recently.
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.
WINCHESTER, Va. March 31.-A
movement was put on foot here yes
terday to raise Il company of colored
men for service in the army, whether
the President calls for volunteers or
not There has been u lively military
spirit among the colored people ever
since the 10th Cavalry was encamped
here with other regiments several
years ago. In case the company Is
formed, it is said, it Will be the first
of the kind in the state.
Miss Ernestine NJ. Dodd, q graduate
of the Georgetown University Hos
pltal, who has been visiting friends in
Winchester, left here several days ago
and was married in Washington to Ed
ward II. Story of Poolesville, Nd. They
will make their home at PoolesVille,
where Mr.. Story is cashier Of a bank.
The three Germans who We're arrest
ed last week near Staunton, Va. while
lettering in the vicinity of the Crimora
manganese mines, where ore is being
N,
discharged yesterday on the receipt of
advices from Washington that the men
We're not considered spies. They had
all along professed innocence and
claimed they were on their way north,
after spending the winter in the south.
y fourth German, who had been board
ing in the vicinity of the manganese
mines, has disappeared. and he is being
sought. The man spent much of his
time at the Crimora and Elkton mines,
asking questions and taking notes, and
his actions aroused the suspicious of
the foremen.
The state board of education, which
was recently asked by the Winchester
school board to separate the schools of
the city and Frederick county into two
divisions, eacn to be under it's own
4perintendent, has not only declined
to consider the proposition. but has
added another county-Clarke-to this
division. The board elected as superin-
tendent Leslie d. Kline of Frederick
county to have charge of the schools
OF Winchester and Frederick and
Clarke counties.
Mrs. Annie c. Hotel, sixty-one years
old, wife OF William T. Hotel, a Win
chester business man, and the last
member of the family of James Sing
hass. died of a complication of diseases
feS days since.
Geo+e William Grubb. forty-six
years old, a native of Clarke county.