Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-29

I The young man, who is twenty-tnree
years Of age, has been elected second
lieutenant of Company c, 1st Maryland
Regiment. which company Is located at
Cambridge, the governors home town;
| A week ago young Harrington enlisted
| in Company c as a private. There was a
vacancy as second lieutenant, and ne
was elected almost at once to fill It. he
| formerly was a student of ST. Johns
| College, where he had three years OF
military drill and became familiar with
| the routine Of an officers duty.
Annapolis, Md-The main building OF
the Anne Arundel Academy at M1uers-
| vile. ten miles from Annapolis, was
| completely destroyed by fire.
Annapolis. Md-Some one fired a shot
at Private Clark of the 4th Regiment,
who is one of the ten men guarding a
railroad bridge near here. recently. The
| infantryman says that the bullet came
very close to his head. apparently miss
| ing by few inches.
Martinsburs, w. va-Mrs. w. H.
Causey of Woodstock, Va, was re-
elected president Of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society OF the Reformed Church
in the United States at a recent ses-
We're: Mrs. J. s. Palmer of stanton.
Va, vice president; Mrs. N. Wilson
Davis of Harrisonburg. Va. recording
secretary: Miss Betty Baker of Rock
l
tary, and Miss Lou Ellen Siebert, Mar
| tinsburg. treasurer. Next year the
meeting will be held at st. Mark
Church, Pleasant Valley, Rockingham
county, Va.
| Frostburg, Md.-A town of seventy
five families at Allegany Mines, short
distance out of Frostburg. must have
| different name than Allegany If the
| Post Office Department will consider
| the re-establishment of post office
| The first assistant postmaster general
| says there are already Alleganys aplen-
Is suggested in connection with petit
| ton now being circulated the re-estab-
| lishment of the Office will be considered.
Martinsbure, w. Vat. w. Zank of
Baltimore. fireman on the Baltimore
and Ohio. was struck by a stone hurled
| by a boy recently near Washington
Junction and rendered unconscious Tor
more than twenty minutes. Zank was
leaning out of the cab window of his
engine when, without warning. the
youth hurled the stone. 1t struck the
fireman in the head.
| Hamilton, WA case which has
| been in the courts for the past seven or
eight years was brought to sudden
halt In the circuit court of this coun-
ty recently. The case had been In
progress for nearly two days. when
the attention of the court was called
to the fact that one Of the jurors was
asleep and had been while two wit
nesses had given testimony. The Of
Tending juror was fined $40 and the
trial continued until the october term
| of court.
Cumberland, Md-David woodruff
elephant trainer for a circus. is in a
critical condition at Havre de Grace
Hospital from injuries sustained when
a male elephant became unruly and
knocked Woodruff to the ground. The
animal planted one of its feet on the
trainer, crushing five ribs and causing
| a puncture of one lung.
Hagerstown, Md.-Enorts are to be
made by the council of the congrega-
ton Of ST. Johns Lutheran Church to
have the one hundredth anniversary
session Of the general synod of the
| Lutheran Church of the United States
held in st. Johns Church. The ami
| verSary year Will be observed eltner 1T
! 1919 or 1921.
Martinsburs, w. Waiter only a
few minutes elaboration. a jury II
the circuit court at Union, w. Va. re
Gently acquitted Richard Akers, nine
teen-year-old boy. of the murder Of nj:
father, John Akers, at Lindside. The
testimony showed that the boy sho
his father while defending his mother
1t was the l-st murder case in Monroe
county in half a century.
Cumberland. Md-Struck by a pas
senger train engine of the Baltimore
rett county, Md. William n. Hill. thirty
years old, member of Company NJ
4th Regiment Maryland National Guard
| was instantly killed.