Evening star., 1917-03-11

5s,s1eetea Yosns d. prssiden. and Gso5xs s 6 6;
in the city hall The election
| OF. a secretary :swiH be made by the
executive committee. at an early meet
Ing. Irving Holland, WAS elected first
wee president and. Mayor Thomas w.
hoon, second vice president The di-
I Tectors elected Were. Thomas Footer,
Isaac Hirsch. Thomas B. Finan. Harry
=. Weber, Herman D. Billmeyer. H. U.
+. Flurshutz, John G. Lynn, jr.i Tasker
q. Lowndes. John S. McCauley. Susman
Kosenbaqm, Henry shriver. Henry
Street,. Irving T. Holland, Thomas w.
koon and Arthur Webber.
| Haserstown, Md-C. v. passenger
/ train No. 1. leaving this city for. Win
chester Thursday morning, ran into the
rear end of double header: freight
train. made up to go south. about mid
| South Junction. AS a result of the ac-
cident three persons were injured. but
| none seriously. -. ..
| ready serious situation as regards wa
ter supply is likely to become more
| acute when the Baltimore and Ohio
| carries out plans for changes In its
received letter last week from Cen
eral Supt. Blazer stating that, when
the company erects two new tanks, one
| of 100000 gallons capacity and the
old tanks on New York hill will be.
discontinued, and no water will be sup
piled to the mains connected Herewith.
Cumberland, Md-The public service
commission has informed City Attorney
David A. Robb, through the secretary,
Benjamin T. Fendall, that the chief en-
gineer of the commission has been in
structed to begin at once an investiga-
tion of the gas situation in Allegany
county and report thereon The secre-
tary also notified Mr. Robb that the
public service commission has passed
an order requiring the West Virginia
and Maryland Gas Company to answer
the charges filed March Is.
Lexington. va.-Following precedents
set by the students of the institution
in the revolutionary and civil wars, the
students of Washington and Lee Uni
versity will offer the services of a COM
pany of student volunteers if the
United States becomes involved in war.
according to movement ,inaugurated
recently.
HaEerstown, Manchester L. Bra
gonier. aged twenty-one. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joshua Bragonier, was in
stantly killed by electrocution Thurs
day at the Cusfwa coal yards. this
city, where he was at work repairing
an automobile truck belonging to the
| firm.
BerryvilIe. Va.-Maj. c.. ]. Longacre.
seventy nine years old. a well known
found dead at his home at Lacey
Spring. Rockingham county. A man
who went to shave him, as was his
custom. found Maj. Longacre lying life
less on his back porch.
Prince william. Va.-Adam Young,
brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. was struck and instantly
killed by train recently in the yards
at Baltimore. The engine passed over
his body. crushing his head and arm.
Hagerstown, Md.-With their annual
conference a little more than three
weeks off ministers of the various
Methodist Episcopal churches in this
up another conference year and to won
der if probably they may be moved to
other fields.
it is worth $4,000 to remain single
must be decided by the son Of the late
Mrs. Emma B. SummerSon, who in her
will leaves her son bequest of $4,000
with the provision that he not wed.
An additional string to the heritage is
that the son live with his sister, Mrs.
Nettie Summerson. during the remain
der of her life. The daughter is also
bequeathed $4,000 in the will.
Lincoln, ya-Examination for post
master at this place was held at Leesburg
yesterday. There are several applicants
for the place.
Leesburg. Va.-At the, recent session
of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Vir-
ginia, which was held in Richmond. DR..
w. D. Sydnor of Hamilton was ap-
pointed district deputy for this county.
Charlottesville, Va.-M. NJ. DuPre.
aged seventy-seven, a former newspa-
per man and Confederate veteran. died
here after an illness extending over
several weeks.
Martinsburg, w. Vain affirming the
circuit court of Roane county in the
case of Herril against the Marietta
Torpedo Company. the supreme court
of appeals in an opinion by Judge Will
liams, says an employee who receives
compensation for injury from the
workmens compensation is not thereby
stopped to sue a third person. not his
employer, whose negligence caused his
injury Merrill. in the lower court, was
awarded $4,000 because of injuries he
received from an explosion of nitro
glycerin.
Charlottesville. va-Statistics re-
Gently compiled by the faculty COM
|
versity Of Virginia show that fifteen
students lived on less than 5000. in spite
of the increased high cost Of living.
On the other hand. about 40 per cent
of the students spend more than $3.50
per session, and one reported his total
expenditures for the year to be $4,000.
The average for 816 students was s525.
Roanoke, vn-The Virginia Cream
erymen's Association convened here in
annual meeting. Routine business was
transacted. number of addresses
heard. and the meeting brought to a
close by a banquet. The following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
G. A. Smith. Staunton. president; A @.
Heishman. Broadway. vice president;
cry Company Of this city, and other
the corporation commission recently
the proposed 20 per cent increase in the
express rates on cans of milk and
cream won the fight under a decision
Just handed down by the commission.
Charleston. w. va.-Gov. Henry D.
Hatfield has signed the double election
board bill. which was passed by the
West Virginia legislature at its regu-
lar session. The bin. which Is modelled
on the Kansas election law, provides
for two election boards to work joint
ly, one to receive and the other to count
the ballots. It is expected that by
such a system the gathering of election
returns will be greatly facilitated.