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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1916
Page
1
Brownsville Texas reports warnings amid a chasing rumor that state troops would return home by October. Officials deny plans to go home, saying preparations point to a winter stay as the Mexican situation and Perishing plans influence mood and policy.
The Citizens' Band gives an open air concert on City Hall Plaza tonight from 8 30 to 9 30 featuring a varied program including marches overtures waltzes and selections from comic opera The program includes The Envoy Rosenkrans Overture Royal Pageant March of the Mighty Hayes Espagnole Sorella Gallini Impassioned Dreams Nirella America I Love You and The Star Spangled Banner.
Tax bills for Stonewall and Gainesboro Districts for the year 1916 are ready for payment. A 5 percent penalty applies after December 1, 1916. Frederick County Treasurer R. McCann announces the notice.
Winchester Aerie No. 824 Fraternal Order of Eagles to hold a smoker this evening in the lodge rooms of the Savage building on North Main Street starting at 8 o'clock. Committee says everything is in readiness and a good turnout is expected with some out of town members attending.
In a dated notice, Merchants' Cold Storage and Ice Mfg. Co. Richmond announces available storage capacity for 40 000 barrels and invites immediate engagement. The terse ad markets it as the best market in the south and calls for immediate action to arrange space.
Emory Brooks of Martinsburg was arrested in Berkeley county jail on a charge of attempting to hold up and rob Glen Lewis who clerks in his father C. B. Lewis’s Darkesville store. Brooks presented a note before drawing a revolver and threatened to kill. Lewis fled and Brooks was captured by local officials.
Governor Stuart granted conditional pardons to five inmates after favorable recommendations from court officials while denying nine others including Fred Pond of Winchester who was convicted for driving intoxicated and sentenced to four months in jail.
Rev Dr W D Smith of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Winchester is among Virginia diocese delegates heading to the church’s triennial general convention in St Louis next month. He sits on the general board of missions. The convention will address many church matters including a prayer book change to drop a petition referencing Jews Turks infidels and heretics. The amendment aims to avoid labeling Turks with Mohammedans and would read Have mercy upon all who know Thee not as revealed in the gospel of Thy Son.
Starts this week. Curtis Publications offers boys 10c for each new customer secured and kept six weeks on the Country Gentleman. In addition, they earn the normal 40 percent commission and double vouchers. Encourage boys to help themselves.
Judge T W Harrison Democratic nominee for Congress in the Seventh Virginia district ends his final term as Winchester Corporation Court judge. He plans to wind up business by Oct 1. Clarke County Circuit Court opens Sept 24 with Judge Bailey presiding at Berryville. Meanwhile Harrison exempted 13 year old John Brubaker from child labor law to work for Winchester druggist Harry L Livick.
William Dorsey near White Hall sold 1000 barrels of York Imperial apples and Ben Davis at 2 dollars per barrel to E. P. Loomis Co of New York. George S. Whitacre sold 1000 barrels of York apples to Loomis at 2 dollars packed 2 1 2 inch. Belle Vue Orchard Co owned by A T Jones Shirley Carter Rev W D Smith and the Baker estate sold 6000 Yorks and Bens to Loomis at 1 1 2 dollars per barrel. the orchard was damaged by hail.
Sergeant Conrad of New York National Guard Troop A Squadron A returned from the Mexican border to visit his mother on West Water street. He will stay several days before returning to his law office in New York and plans to rejoin Squadron A at McAllen Texas around October 4. He recently visited Captain Robert Y. Conrad in Brownsville and praised Company I as fine soldiers in first rate condition.
Miss Ernest Embry daughter of Mrs J Wood Glass Nowata Oklahoma arrived yesterday and has matriculated at Fort Loudoun Seminary Miss Embry accompanied Mr Allen W Campbell of Talala Oklahoma Mr Robert M Campbell of Neodesha Kansas Mrs J L Campbell and her guest Mrs Von Stein of Mountain Lake Park Maryland have joined the family party at Stony Mead.
The piece notes Gen. Sir Douglas Haig regards Confederate J. E. B. Stuart as the supreme nineteenth century cavalry genius. Haig’s background at Aldershot influenced his staff, and his career shows a protest against cavalry conventions. He is contrasted with Jackson and Stuart as a methodical, evangelical figure shaping Britain’s cavalry lore. Page continuation referenced.
Advertisement offers a gas heating stove described as self feeder with price 19 8, located on Market Street between 21 and 21. The terse notice notes sale details and location for pickup.
The Frederick County Virginia Board of Health declares compulsory vaccination for Stephens City and surrounding areas after Dr Roy K Flannagan reports two severe smallpox cases. A physician will be employed to treat cases and oversee vaccination efforts.
Mr and Mrs Henry Batt plan to settle in Winchester after a recent Washington wedding. He formerly ran Reynolds Store mercantile business and is a successful farmer. Mrs Batt is formerly Miss Mary Catherine Dever of Strasburg. R Gray Williams travels to Philadelphia on Handley estate business.
Confidential reports to the British foreign office from its agents in the United States show Americans broadly approved the British mail detention and blacklist system. Secretary Lansing weighs remedial action as the State Department seeks to correct British misperceptions and plan emphasis through Ambassador Page’s return to London.
New York September 22. The carmen's strike nears a peak as Mayor Mitchel threatens militia action while union leaders push for a general sympathetic strike. Labor leaders express strong anger at the mayor's threat and surrounding actions.
Washington reports the battleship Michigan, badly damaged by an explosion in one gun, sails from the Virginia Capes to Philadelphia for docking. Fireman Robert W. Cooper of Baltimore was injured and is expected to recover. the ship will be out of commission for an extended period.
Mr. Charles A. Smith ill with typhoid fever for several days is removed from his home on South Market Street to Memorial Hospital. His condition is reported unchanged and he is under the care of Dr. A. C. Swimley.
Washington faces possible ultimatums or reinforced Pershing actions after Gen Bell reports Villa led a raid on Chihuahua City. Secret agents are ordered to verify Villa’s leadership amid suspicions of a broader conspiracy to depose Carranza.
London dispatch reports Teutonic allies pushing on after repelling attacks. Russian and Roumanian troops reengage and gain ground on multiple fronts including Transylvania, the Carpathians, Galicia, and Dobrudja as of September 22.
British forces in the Somme south of Ancre advanced about one mile and captured two lines of German trenches. The line now runs north of Flers to Martinpuich, with a night assault south of Arras yielding more prisoners. German planes attacked ships near Varna. one cruiser and destroyers withdrew, and transports at Constanza were hit. The German war office noted a lull on the western front and continued Russian gains on the eastern front.
President Wilson plans a formal reply tomorrow at Shadow Lawn New Jersey to charges by Charles Hughes against his administration. He will address the 8 hour law attacks and discuss Democratic legislation benefiting business. A brief conference with Edwin Sweet touched on Michigan politics.
Baltimore wholesale markets closed at 8 pm with No 2 red wheat selling at 1.54 1 2 per bushel and corn quoted at 96 cents.
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