Virginia Rail Rates Cut to Two Cents a Mile in Major Lines
Richmond April 21 The state corporation commission issued a two cent passenger rate cap for the larger railroads operating interstate within Virginia effective July Tickets under ten cents are not to be sold. Several lines face a three cent or higher maximum per mile with specific branches noted. The commission also orders uniform freight classification to reduce discrimination and emphasizes freight facilities over rate cuts amid a nine month hearing.
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Wartrington Post
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Beaboard Air Line
Southern
Richmond, Bedericksburg and Potomac
Washington Southern
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Virginia and Southwestern
Louisville and Nashville
Norfolk Division
Southern Railway
Danville
Frankin
Franklin Junction
Rocky Mount
Claremont
James River Junction
Chesapeake and Western
Cumberland Valley
Martinsburg
Virginia
Corporation Commission
Four Boys Held for Murder in Danville
Tom Walker, Jon Baugh, Oscar Neatherly and John B Talbott faced a Mayor's Court preliminary hearing after the murder of Even Hillett on the outskirts of Danville. Bail was refused and they were held for grand jury action. The woman, disguised as a man, was killed after she cursed them for rocks being thrown. the youths say she fired a pistol twice before the attack.
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Washington Post
Danville
Tom Walker
Jon Baugh
Oscar Neatherly
John B. Talbott
Even Hillett
Quarrel Ends in Murder Near Abingdon
At Greendale, five miles north of Abingdon Virginia, Noah Fulton aged twenty one shot and killed John Johnson, twelve hours ago. Five shots fired, Johnson died instantly. Fulton and Johnson were former friends but quarreled months earlier. A posse with bloodhounds pursues Fulton in the mountains.
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Washington Post
Bristol
Greendale
Abingdon
Noah Fulton
John Fulton
John Johnson
Johnson
Fulton
Blind peddler charged with kidnapping Danville boy
In Danville Virginia April 21 police seek a blind peddler named Sullivan accused of kidnapping Clarence Jarrett ten year old son of Mr and Mrs P H Jarrett. The boy, last seen with Sullivan, was reportedly kept prisoner by James Childress who aided the abductor in luring him away for fishing.
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Washington Post
Danville
Sullivan
Clarence Jarrett
P. H. Jarrett
Winston-Salem
N.G
Walnut Cove
KO Young Jarrett
James Childress
Childress
Jena
Awa
Maryland Court of Appeals April session items
The Court of Appeals heard several cases today including No 37 John Linson Albigus Schuck appealing from Hellimora City Superior Court and No 89 Buchanan Schley v State Tax Commissioner against Montgomery County. Also No 40 Buchanan Schley v Blair Lee and Clair Lee, trustee, from Anne Arundel County court.
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John Linson
Albigus Schuck
Superior Court
Hellimora City
Buchanan
Schley
Montgomery County
Buchanan Schley
Blair Lee
Clair Lee
Chcit
Anne Arundel County
Wife Is Refused Divorce in Alexandria Court
Judge Bailey denied Mrs. Nannie R. Shelley a divorce from Col. William C. Shelley citing unproven charges of infidelity and cruelty. Alimony was denied as Shelley provided for his family. The decision ordered the husband to pay court costs.
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Washington Fost Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Bailey
Alexandria County
Nannie R. Shelley
Col
William C. Shelley
District of Columbia
Ballston
Bristol Goes Dry as Saloons Go Out of Business
In Bristol Virginia, thirty-two saloons and several liquor outfits plan to cease operations after an overwhelmingly dry election. The Twin City Law and Order League formed to curb illicit sales, with state-line complexities delaying unified action. Leesburg papers consolidate into the Loudoun Mirror, a Democratic weekly by Loudoun County Publishing.
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Bristol
Peenar
Tennessee
General Assembly
Twin City Law and Order League
Leesburg
Washington Post
The
Record
the Mirror
Loudoun Mirror
Loudoun County Publishing Company
R. N. Harper
Washington, D. C
B. F. Sheets
B. B. White
Woman Claims to Be Duns Wife After Baltimore Shooting
Mrs Nina King Duan faces a hearing after shooting W F Dunn at Pimlico. Dunn testified he lived with her for years but said they were not married. King Duan, released on bond, says Dunn owes her marriage and vows to reveal the truth at next magistrate’s hearing. Dunn is recovering from a shoulder‑area wound.
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Baltimore
Nina
King Duan
Pimlico
Mr. Dunn
King
New Orleans
Syracuse
North Hutan Street
Hot Springs
Ark
Benning
Alleged Embezzler Supposed to Have Killed Himself
Frederick Bummel, 35, died at a Hagerstown home after heavy drinking for four weeks. The evidence points to death by his own action. He had stood trial for embezzlement. an empty bottle rested on the chair at his bedside and his mustache was dusted. A separate notice states officers were asked to arrest Ernest Rush on kidnapping charges in Wilkes County. Rush fled toward Indiana after the telegram arrived.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Frederick Bummel
W T. D
Rummel
Apecal
Winston-Salem
N. C
Wilkes County
Ernest Rush
Rush
Eitt
Wilkes
Indiana
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Virginia Board
Virginia Mountains
Maryland Court of Appeals
Washington Pos
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Eelth
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Gov. Swanson
John Wright
James FB. Clements
Wright
Sald
Supreme Court
R. H. Cardwell
Stafford G. Whittle
Keith
Bucheanan
Harrison
Wricht
Crawford
Young Men's Sodality Lyceum
Dramatic Club
A. D. Montier
H. EB. Downham
Los Angeles
Cal
Acca Temple
Imperial Council
Mystle Shriners
Mr. Downham
Washington
Judge Bailey
Enoch Cook
Sarah
May M. Swann
George D. Hopking
Alex
Andria and
Mount Vernon Railway Company
Joseph H. Sevier
Second Presbyterian Church
J. Gray McAllister
Hampden-Sydney College
Mary's Catholic Church
James Devery
Andrew Ford
Queen Street
Dre. W. F. Fisher
First Baptist Church
Supt
K. Kemper
Peabody School
Mary J. Bradley
Matthews
John D. Normoyle
QO. H. Kirk, Jr
Gibbon Street
Sophia A. Smith
Charles M. Newton
Henry Street
King and Cameron Streets
Corporation Court of Alexandria
Enoch W. Nalls
Nettie L. Nalls
Garret
Cleveland
Dunk
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Congressional
Senate
Fourteenth Street
H Street
Liberty Market
Center Market
West End Market
Seventh
E Streets
N.W
Seventh Street
M Street
Georgetown
D. C
O Street
Moses
Crex
China
Ewer Ees
Victor E.adler
Ten Per Cent Clothing House
7Th St
Come of Mass
Cmerican Lady
Washington Gaslight Co
Tenth Street N. W
Villa Altes
Jenkins & Higdon
Home Life Building
MTU
Elye
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