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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1920
Page
4
Warrants issued for Wood and R. H. Drum s and J. H. Pugh officers, amid a Pas Sau Seas blockade pistol duel report. Early yesterday they were fired upon by assailants. an automobile pursuit followed. Investigators say Thomas bore injuries from the clash.
In Martinsburg West Virginia on July 16 the Democratic Mayor G B Wiltshire resigned citing persistent unpleasantness with Republicans on the city council that left him unable to preside at meetings. The council elected Democrat M Seibert to succeed him. Seibert is a lawyer with Martin and Seibert and has held three terms in the state legislature.
Fragmented obituary items list deaths across multiple individuals with varying dates and locations. Entries mention church services, interments at cemeteries, and funeral arrangements in places such as Arlington National Cemetery and local cemeteries, with references to families and attending relatives.
A consignment of about 109 young pheasants arrived in Bectle Maryland from State game warden E L Le Compte for release in various parts of the county. Squirrels have no open season from August 25 to October 1. only open seasons are November 10 to December 26 for squirrels rabbits partridges and pheasants.
Gov. Cornwell orders 59 mounted state police into Mingo County after ten killed at Matewan and renewed mine attacks along Tug River. Judge Pemerton and Sheriff Blankenship report latest ambush death near Panther as violence erupts during a miners strike.
William Jones, a reported Camp Eustis soldier, is jailed in Nansemond after a road robbery attempt led to a gunfight with Suffolk officer Henley Churn. Churn escaped serious injury with a minor arm wound as Jones was overpowered. 100 rounds of ammunition and a blackjack were found in Jones's car.
News briefs from several towns report a Tidewater Power employee Hugh Owen injured with a fractured skull and broken shoulder after a trolley car was struck by lightning near Winter Park. Other passengers injured.
High Point North Carolina July 16 Martha Latham 27 was stabbed to death in her father's home. Italian guest Frank Peter confessed to the crime three hours after arrest. Jealousy suspected.
Constantinople July 15 reports stormy cabinet meetings debating the peace treaty. Damad Ferid Pasha urged signing as the lesser evil, while Rechio Bey and Education Minister opposed. A crown council will decide Monday. Greek shipping attacked. Mustapha Kemal shifts HQ as plans to halt Greek advances unfold.
An American named Tessie White Burdick, once tied to a Gouwerneur bank and a condensed milk concern, was arrested in London on an extradition warrant for embezzlement and fraud. He was remanded to Brixton prison after a Bow Street hearing. Burdick, 18 months in Britain, ran an export brokerage and had a California cannery agency. He is Lafayette College alumni. Leslie White Burdick, formerly of Gouverneur New York, linked to the First National Bank of Gouverneur and Aurora Milk Company, faces five federal indictments for embezzlement related to the Aurora bankruptcy and a New Jersey transaction.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt said Rear Admiral Benton C. Decker's recent attack on Secretary Daniels would be passed over as not worth bothering about. He noted recommendations to detach Decker from duty but allowed the charges to pass unseen to avoid making a martyr of him.
Carrie Chapman Catt, head of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, leaves New York for Nashville to press Tennessee and North Carolina victories in ratifying the federal suffrage amendment. She says hard work by Republicans is not enough without the 36th state, comparing their record to a tail without a kite. The Democrats must supply the kite.
Federal revenue agents seized an automobile and sixty gallons of liquor between Martinsville and Danville on Wednesday night. The driver leaped from the car and escaped into darkness.
Masontown West Virginia July 16 state constabulary patrols the streets after fighting between union and nonunion coal miners. Many special deputies sworn in as reports on strike at Penn Mary Coal No 6 mine conflict. at No 2 mine Bretz miners also strike. Union officials warn of a near general tie up if not resolved. Parades by union miners occur in Masontown and nearby areas. The Aquitania steamship cannot sail to New York due to a dispute over furnace oil deployment.
Three hundred Republicans met at the Fort Cumberland Hotel to form a Harding Coolidge Weller and Zihlman Club. Committees on organization registration publicity advisory and finance were appointed with strong Progressive representation. Speakers included Zihlman and former Senator George L Wellington.
Reports say Suleiman lines protected Christians as Kemalists threatened violence in Sarakios. In Parkersburg Virginia a state Democratic meeting is set for July 24 to select a new state committee and leaders. Cumberland Maryland records Rue Emon killed in a hospital accident at a Virginia Pulp and Paper plant.
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