Union Delays Action Indignant Deny Charges
Washington Post reports strife between Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company and unionized workers of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes. Officials refuse discussion while unions deny intent to damage property. Closing exercises at Potomac Academy mark a busy day with graduates and certificates in multiple subjects.
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Potomac Academy
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Washington
John S Blackburn
Mahlon H. Janney
Academy
North
Washington Street
Wartan Marshal Florance
Joan Harry Catts Jr
Fairfax County
Harry Catts
Emmete Dunn
Harry Hinken
Myron Howard
Frank Howard
ReRoy Stiner
Roland Lampeth
Samuel Lunt
Harry Macrae
Douglas WcLean
Harry Moore
James Hose Wolvett Spofford
Harry Sisson J T Preston Jr
Sinclair Taylor
Bedford Unser
Warren Florance
Herry Catts
Emmett Dunn
Harry Fitzbugh
Roland Lambeth
James Rose
Harry Fitzhugh
Douglas McLean
Harry Sisson
Ivan Marshall Green Lewis Carter Harrison
James Joyner
David Henry Lewis
Myron Bair
Marshall Wiley Roy Mason
William Gibson Pendleton
Thomas Lowry Sinclair Lorenzo Davenport Vaughan
Marten Rhorer Worcan
Wiliam E Evans, DD
Monumental Church
Richmond
Birmingham
Alan
Guard heat women in peonage case at federal court
In Charlotte the federal court heard testimony in the peonage case against Smith and Berry of the Franklin and Tallulah Falls Railroad Company. Guard ob Christian is being hunted in Georgia. Several Negroes testified that Christian beat three washerwomen for minor offenses, injuries described as brutal and frequent.
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Charlotte
N. C
Fane M
Messrs. Smith & Berry
Franklin and Tallulah Falls Railroad Company
Slide Blocks Main Line of Norfolk and Western
Passengers arriving in Columbus report a mountain slide near Oakvale West Virginia that covers the tracks twenty five feet deep from the Deep Water railroad right of way. A freight engine was buried but the engineer and fireman escaped. Officials plan a branch line and say it will take nearly a week to clear the main track.
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Columbus
Ohio
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Oakvale
W. Va
Norfolk and Western
Adviser Barr in Charge At Jamestown Exposition Prep
Barr arrived to assume duties as advisor to the Jamestown Exposition Company board and will focus on improving streets and avenues around the exposition grounds. The National Editorial Association elected H B Warner as next president with St Paul, Minn, as the meeting site. Phi Mu Fraternity elected officers during its annual Jamestown session. Friends of President Tucker regret Barr’s appointment, hoping it would aid his gubernatorial campaign.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Mames M. Barr
Board of Governors
Barr
Exposition
National Editorial Association
H B Warner
Dispatch
Lexington
St Paul, Minn
Psi Mu Fraternity
South
F. Hays
Montezuma
Bonita Hinton
New Orleans
Misa May Belle Jones
Macon
Phi Mu
Richmond
Tucker
Fauquier Men Organize Farmers and Business Men's Association
A Fauquier County association named the Farmers and Business Men's Association was formed to promote public interests through organized, united effort. The center Warrenton district will be represented by an executive committee led by D. P. Wood, with J. B. Grazier, A. F Payne, and others. four other districts to choose committees soon.
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Farmers and Business Men's Association
Fauquier County
Center District
D. P. Wood
J. B. Grazier
A. F Payne
Alex Edwards
H C Groome
H T Sutton
C E. Holtzclaw
L D Parsano, Jr
C. M White
West Virginia high court rules C O D liquor shipments interstate allowed
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that state law banning liquor shipments to dry counties does not apply to interstate deliveries. The Kenny case from Lincoln County held that delivering C O D liquor by a common carrier to unordered recipients does not violate liquor laws, even if the consignee did not order the liquor.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginia
C. D
Kenny
Lincoln County
Miller
Killed for small theft at Dry Fork railroad junction
Parsons West Virginia June 14 Martin Carr shot and killed Clarence Richards at the Red Creek Junction of the Dry Fork Railroad after accusing him of a small theft Carr has been arrested. Staunton June 14 Mrs Fannie Poster widow of Richard T Foster died of pneumonia aged seventy. she leaves two daughters and one son. East Radford June 14 Miss Ethel Laughan daughter of Boreguard Laughan president of the Virginia and Tennessee Telephone Co died. Frederickaburg June 14 Mrs Battle Griffin widow of Thomas Griffin of Stafford County died last night near Hartwood aged seventy five. survived by four sons and one daughter.
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Parsons
W. Va
Martin Carr
Clarence Richards
Red Creek
Dry Fork
Carr
Richards
East Radford
Ethel Laughan
Boreguard Laughan
Virginie and Tennessee Telephone Company
Giant log jam breaks and destroys West Virginia bridge
Special to The Washington Fest Huntington June 14 reports a massive log jam on the Guyandotte River two miles upstream from its mouth sweeping away five stone piers a nearly completed Brackett Bridge cost 75000 and a two million dollar timber pile of 700000 logs. timber floated toward the Ohio and Mississippi as boats withdrew amid alarm along the riverfront.
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Ghia River
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Guyandotte River
Ohio
Guyandotte Timber Company
Weich
Brackett Bridge Company
Cincinnati
Mississippi
C. Crane Timber Company
Guyandotte
Tne
Washington
Norfolk
Norfolk and Southern Railway
Newern
N. C
North Carolina
Rockwood Tragedy Ends with Suspect Dead
Charles Shafer killed his wife mother in law and son at Rockwood Ohio and was found dead in the woods nearby with a carbolic acid vial in his hand. His aged mother is arrested for complicity as townspeople hunted for Shafer through the night and the victims were buried together at the family cemetery.
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Washington Post
Huntington
W Va
Charles Shafer
Rockwood
Ohio
Here
Shafer
Schafer
Lttle
Deserted on Honeymoon Elopement Ends in Desertion
A New York romance details how author George Bronson Howard eloped with Rose Skinner of Norfolk Virginia, married at the Little Church Around the Corner after a 24 hour courtship, then sailed to sea amid rumors of the father-in-law seeking a confrontation in London.
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New York
George Bronson Howard
Baltimore
London
Howard
W. W Skinner
Norfolk
Skinner
Rose Skinner
Miss Stmner
Adriatic
New Rail Line to Span South From Chattanooga to Savannah
Special to The Washington Post notes a $12,000,000 railroad contract for a 400 mile line from Chattanooga to Savannah with likely branches to Augusta and Atlanta. The report marks a major Southern railroad venture and signals heightened Northern investment in Southern iron and ore assets, including Virginia properties. The piece highlights rising Southern capital activity and shifts in steel industry ownership.
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Savannah
Washington Post
Baltimore
South
Chattanooga
Augusta
Atlanta
Central South
Pennsylvania
Virginia
United States Steel Corporation
Gollins Takes Deputy Sheriff Role in Washington Area
Charles P. Collins Glen Echo town marshal has begun a new role as a county deputy sheriff. He helped arrest John L. Schmitz and Ottia L. Schmitz of Rockville for violating local option law at Rock Spring Hotel. Simonds and two Washington women funded the supper, leading to warrants and a wedding of Hannah Johnson and Simonds.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Charles P. Collins
Glen Echo
John L. Schmitz
Ottia L. Schmitz
Gochmits
Rock Spring Hotel
Rock Spring
Irving W. Simonds
Washington
Simonds
Schmitz
Firemen in Contest at Annapolis State Meet
Special from Annapolis June 4 The State Firemen’s Association held its last day of contests in College avenue hose race and hook and ladder events. Antietam Fire Company of Hagerstown posted the best hose time 38 12 seconds, with Independent Juniors second at 39 seconds. Independent Juniors also captured the hook and ladder title in 35 34 seconds, beating Antietam by a quarter second. Friendship Company of Chambersburg entered only the drill which they performed.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
State Firemen's Association
Friendship Company
Chambersburg
College Avenue
Antietam Fire Company
Hagerstown
Antetam Fire Company
Father and Son in Midnight Duel Over Suspected Thief
In Wheeling West Virginia a Kingwood area farmer and his son exchanged about a dozen shots in the dark believing the other to be a chicken thief. Both escaped injury as the men shot at each other for roughly fifteen minutes before realizing they had been firing on one another.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Frank P. Cale
Kingwood
Frank
Calé
Cale
Father
Washington
Norfolk Boy Fatal Drug Joke At Home
In Norfolk on June 14 John Schroeder aged fifteen died after taking laudanum as a joke to frighten relatives and his mother. He consumed a larger dose than intended and bade his family goodbye before collapsing. Mrs Schroeder misread the drink as coffee and the incident was only discovered when he showed signs of stupor.
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Norfolk
Washington Post
John Schroeder
Pin in Girl’s Lungs Causes Death in Cumberland
Special to The Washington Post Cumberland Md June 14 Francess M Frey aged twelve daughter of J W Frey died this morning from the effects of swallowing a baby’s beauty pin seven years ago An operation to remove the pin failed to relieve the condition the pin lodged in her lungs
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Cumberland
Francess M. Frey
J. W. Frey
Twige Hanged at Roanoke in Double Drop
John Hardy, the slayer of Policeman R. M. Heard, was hanged in Roanoke jail yard. The first drop failed when the rope broke, dropping him to the ground. After a second drop five minutes later he died. He had been reprieved earlier after an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Alexandria
Henderson
Tim
Seventy-second Virginia Infantry
Hezekiah Gaffney
Joseph Cox
Cox
Patrick F Downey
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington Post
Roanoke
John Hardy
R. M
Hardy
Supreme Court
Beard
Allegheny Institute
Suits follow hotel fire at Princess Anne Virginia Beach
Lowe-Petree-Johnston files memorandum in the Court of Law and Chancery against Mary Raney and the Mitchell Corporation over the Hotel Princess Anne blaze. An attachment blocks defendant funds in National Bank of Commerce. Guests E. S. McKnight of New York and N. H. Harb brave of Cincinnati seek recovery of valuables from the hotel safe including cash sums and three drafts.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Princess Anne
Virginia Beach
Lowe-Petree-Johnston
Court of Law and Chancery
Mary 8 Raney
M. 8
Raney
Mitchell Corporation
National Bank of Commerce
E.S. McKnight
New York
N. H. Har- Brave
Cincinnati
Search Seer for Child in Baltimore Sewer Opening
Baltimore June 14 a report of a little white child entering a sewer on Pennsylvania avenue caused wild alarm and drew a crowd of nearly 2000. Police reserves and city sewer cleaners searched sewers for two miles, but no child found. A negro girl who raised the alarm stood by her story when questioned.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Avenue
Guilty Verdicts in Two West Virginia Murders
In Parsons on June 14 George Arnold was found guilty of second degree murder for shooting his wife in Williamson on April 6 and attempted suicide. John Vance confessed to second degree murder and received eighteen years at Moundsville Penitentiary for killing Paul Grinder at Jenningston on May 26, motive jealousy.
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Washington Post
Parsons
W Va
George Arnold
Arnold
Williamson
John Vance
Moundaville
Reynolds
Vance
Paul Grinder
Jenningston
Man Shoots Wife in Quarrel in Forge Virginia
In Forge Virginia June 14 a yard brakeman named John Garland a colored man employed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway shot his wife during a quarrel at a neighbor’s home where she had sought shelter from his anger. Garland fled to the mountains and remains at large as a posse pursues him.
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Washington Post
Cilition Forge
John Garland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Garland
Bride brings home body of William T Butler
In Trenton New Jersey on June 14 the body of First Lieut William Thomas Butler, drowned in the Philippines, is being brought home by his bride Florence Wilkinson Watson who traveled from January to Manila to wed him. Butler, a Spanish American War volunteer, rose to lieutenant in the regular army and served in the Philippines after a letter proposal. They married in Manila on February 10. Also reported, E C Abel a noted Jacksonville musical director drowned at Pablo Beach.
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Washington Post
Trenton
N. J
William Thomas Butler
Philippines
Pacific
Manila
Florence Wikinson Watson
Williamd Thomas Butler
Watson
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