Mob foiled by police in Tennessee shooting incident
Memphis on June 13 Alonzo Young a negro shot and killed a police sergeant John G Brinkley and wounded five others before being captured. He was being moved toward Nashville amid reports of mob activity with authorities saying a forged message prompted the transfer.
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Tenn
Alonzo Young
John G. Brinkley
Nashville
Jackson
Young
Frank Mi
Pols
Hrinkley
Hulet Smith
Sherifi Ts HO Perry
Perry
Whief
Polis Burney
Thig City
Merging Camp Lee Demobilization and Local Obits Report
Military notes from Camp Lee report the 317th infantry regiment demobilized after three days and two training schools to open June 20 for reserve candidates. Also covered are local obituaries from Gaithersburg and Laytonsville, and a Crellin saw mill case where Ray Ashby and Ray Sanders paid fines for dynamiting fish.
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Camp Lee Fane
Washington Post
Petersburg
317Th Infantry Regiment
Camp ‘Lee
Les Cantonment
Newport News
Camp Lee
Brett
Oakland
Ray Ashby
Ray Sanders
Crellin
James P. Hamill
Richard &. Browning
Drowned Navy Aviator from Clarksburg Feared in Ky Bathing
Special to The Washington Post notes Robert Willis aged 22 of Clarksburg drowned while bathing in Fleming Kentucky after coming there to take a position following a year’s service as a navy aviator in France. His body arrived back in Clarksburg. Richmond reports faculty changes at Randolph Macon Woman's College with Kazimir Zdanowics placed in charge of Romance languages and Miss Bessie Basten joining as adjunct professor of political science. Rockville sees several marriages including Dora Woodward Estes and Raymond Mills Culpeper Alexandria duo, Collins M Jones Alexandria with George B McReynolds Washington.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Gaithersburg
James Woobley
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Grace Methodist Church
P. Rowland Wagner
Joseph Fillmore Burriss
Laytonsville
Hig
Burriss
Clerksburg
W. Va
Robert Willis
Clarksburg
France
Fleming, Ky
Fleming
Richmond
Casimir 4Zdanowics
University of Wisconsin
Randolph Macon Woman's College
Bessie Basten
Chicago University
Spertal
Dora Woodward
Estes
Raymond Mills
Culpeper
Collins M. Jones
Alexandria
Wal
George B. McReynolds
Washington
Prices for Rooms Meals and Music at Local Inn
The listing offers rooms with rates from 2.00 to 35.00 dollars and meals priced at 1.00 for breakfast, 0.75 for lunch, and 1.50 for dinner. Evening music is provided while the gardens and roof are described as cool and attractive. No dancing is allowed.
Roanoke chosen as next meeting site for United Commercial Travelers
The Branch council of United Commercial Travelers in Maryland Virginia West Virginia Kentucky and DC adjourned naming Roanoke Virginia as the next meeting place. Officers elected include H A Leonard Bluefield grand counselor and Albert Triplett Washington grand junior counselor with staged terms and representatives to the supreme council listed among various Virginia Kentucky and West Virginia towns. The parade was led by Cumberland’s municipal band and the Ayessa Guild held a ceremonial initiation tonight.
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Washington
Cumberland
United Commercial Travelers
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Roanoke
H. A. Leonard
Bluefield
W. Va
Albert Triplett
Washington,d. C
J. D.stacey
London
George F. Brown
Lexington
H. O. Stout
Clarksburg
W. Vs
H. T. Martin
Grand Page
J. Darrah
Baltimore
Lynchburg
N. T. Meeks
Norfolk, Va
EB. Ferguson
J. JL. Reed
Covington
T. R. Aaron
Hiehmand
E. C. Heible
Parkersburg
Cumberland Municipal Band
Ayessa Guild
Ancient Mystic Order of Bagdad
Wallach Sentenced in Major Income Tax Falsification Case
Samuel M. Wallach of Goodman’s wholesale firm and Herber milliners received one year and a half in federal prison for falsifying income tax reports. Wallach allegedly paid agents to overlook investigations, with undisclosed sums totaling $64,000 in 1913 to 1918 and $406 paid to two agents.
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Baltimore
United States District Court
Rose
Samuel M. Wallach
Goodman
Wallach and
Herber
Atlanta
Wallach
Extra Session in Virginia Advised by Lupton Petition
Richmond June 13 S L Lupton announces that enough names are on petitions to force an extra session of the State legislature to match federal post road appropriations to Virginia Senators Addison and Strode sign the petition giving a majority in the Senate It is expected Gov Westmoreland Tavish will issue the proclamation in a few days
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Richmond
S. L. Lupton
Post Roads
Virginia
Addison and
Strode
Westmoreland Tavis
Virginia Obituary Notices From Various Cities
Danville funeral for W L Jordan 79 of South Boston noted as pioneer banker and former courier for General Lee. Survived by wife Miss Lightfoot Hobson and daughter. Also reports H R Barnett 45 of Charlottesville died after illness. Josephine Funk married Rev Henry Hudson Davis at Singers Glen. residences cited Deep Creek and Ports mouth. Lynchburg wreck victims Frank W Walker and Frank Halligan found drowned. Missing engineer Sidner in critical condition. Alexandria High School pupils staged athletic events and a pageant. Maria Harmon crowned queen in a large community turnout.
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Danville
W.L Jordan
Boston
Robert E. Lee
Lightfoot Hobson
Charlottesville
Hickory Hill
L. A. Barnett
Jerry Smith
Arrowhead
Harrisonburg
Josephine Funk
Henry Hudson Davis
Singers Glen
E. GC. Davis
Davin
J. R. Funk
Deep Creek
Portsmouth
Lynchburg
Frank W. Walker
Frank Halligan
Chesapeake and Ohio
Sidner
Alexandria High School
Maria Harmon
Meteor over Cambridge and fireball sighting reported
A brilliant meteor moved southwest over Cambridge at 7:15 PM. A massive explosion followed, jolting the city and heard by thousands. Separate reports from Newport News and Williams burg describe a ball of fire with a long tail seen in late afternoon. Funeral held for Mrs. Ann C Elliott in Easton with family survivors listed. Virginia counties and cities to name ships in the Liberty loan program include Portsmouth Newport News Washington Columbia Hagerstown Cecil Warwick Kanawha Forsyth Richland.
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Mda
Newport News
Associated Press
Here
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Easton
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James Elliott
N. C. Gibson
Calgary Methodist Protestant Church
James P. Elliott
Thomas R. Hillett
William N. Leonard
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Haston
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Philadelphia
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L. Leonia Elliott
Washington Post
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Emergency Fleet Corporation
Virginia
Portsmouth
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Cecil
Warwick
Kanawha
W. Va
Forsyth
N. C
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Ohio State University
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