Century Mine Disaster Leaves 23 Dead In West Virginia
Philip W Va March 23 rescue work continued after a massive explosion at Century mine. Twenty three bodies recovered many burned or mangled while twenty or more injured receive care from physicians in Buckhannon and Philadelphia. Officials say the mine suffered severe smoke and structural damage but a thorough town canvass confirms all employees accounted for.
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Philip W Va
Lutene
T B Jones
Dantol Jones
Joseph Jones
Frank Androms
Butons
Bese
Coal Company
Buckhannon
Phiiliga
Phillipe and
Mths
In &Emporary Hospital
Benjamin Blasell
Century
J. C. Ward
Yean Constanth
Elected by Ice Men New officers named at Richmond convention
Special report from Richmond Virginia March 23 at the Southern Ice Exchange convention the nomination committee reported the officers for the year President W J Worth Wilmington NC vice president Leon Burton Helena AR secretary treasurer W M Tromp Greensboro NC and executive committee members J Rushton Birmingham AL C D Wingfield Richmond VA WoL Ware Jacksonville FL Abe Nnis Augusta GA F N Blecke Padaw eh Ky George B Townsend Anderson SC Livingston Greenville MS E Woodruff Atlanta GA Fo Riggs Chattanooga TN S P Baker Columbia SC The report was adopted and the officers will serve the ensuing year. After a short session the convention adjourned.
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Richmond
Washington Post
Southern Ice Exchange
W. J. Worth
Wilmington
Leon Burton
Helena
Ark
W. M
Pon
Greensboro
Pla
Abennis
Agusta
F .N. Blecke
Padaweh Ky
George B. ‘Yownsend
Anderson
Livingston
Greenville
Miss
Staunton in First Class Under Court Ruling
The Washington Post reports the Virginia Court of Appeals denied mandamus and prohibition, forcing Staunton to reorganize its city government into two branches. Population counted includes state hospital and other public institutions after annexation increased the city’s census.
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Supreme Court
Washington Post
Richmond
Court of Appeals
Staunton
Weslern State Hospital
United States Census Bureau
Election 70 Contested Over Winchester Local Option
Winchester leaders of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League discussed contesting the local option election won by the wet ticket. They contend Virginia's constitution allows registration only before tax payment six months prior, and that voters registered up to election day were improperly admitted. Eminent counsel will be engaged to take the case to the Supreme Court of Appeals if needed.
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Washington Post
Winchester
The
Virgin Anti-Saloon League
Anti- Saloon League
Supreme Court of Appeals
W. M. Atkinson
Corporation Court
Virginia
Ant-Saloon League
Alkinson
Thomas W. Harrison
Anti-Saloon League of
Virgina
Court of Appeals
Anti-Saloon League
Schley Guest of Honor at Maryland Day Event
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley was guest of honor at Maryland Day at Maryland Agricultural College in College Park. Cadets from Company A guided him from the station to the college, where he spoke on Maryland’s role in national development. A student singer led the crowd in patriotic songs and a prize for best Maryland Day essay was announced as the Schley prize.
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Maryland
Maryland Agricultural College
Washington Post College Park
Winnle Scott Schley
Hng
Battalion of
Cadets
Capt
Graham
Admiral Schley
A. Moe Rogers
Hyattsville
America
T. H Spence
B. H. Warner
Washington
Schley
Mail Frauds Alleged In Virginia Arrest
Special to The Washington rose Jonesville Va March 13 Deputy Marshall Bly arrested Cleve Robinette and jailed him in Jonesville for using the mails for fraudulent purposes. He had dodged officers for over a year and earlier escaped from Gate City jail. Robinette printed stationery portraying him as a merchant and claimed Bank of Kins as reference though no such bank exists. Goods ordered were sold for cash once received.
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Washington Rose Jonesville
J. W. M. Bly
Cleve Robinette
Jonesvie
Robinette
Gate City
Bank of Kins
Whirled to death on shaft at Riverside mill
Charles Noloshi died after his blouse caught in a shaft at the Riverside mill in Wheeling. He was beaten against the bar pedal at each revolution as the shaft spun him to his death. The incident is reported by The Washington Post from Wheeling West Virginia.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Noloshi
Tiverside
Oyster bill fight marks Maryland House action
In Annapolis the Maryland House clashed over the oyster bill with a referred order to Chesapeake Bay committees, Republicans joining Democrats in a party alignment. Governor Dawkins veto was sustained with two dissenters, while Senator Lee's eight hour telegraphers bill passed 3 to 1 after amendments to limit railroad hardship.
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Washington Post Statehouse
Annapolis
House
Marriott
Chesapeake Bay
Fs St
Committees On
Republicana
Tidewater
Mudd
Cabin John Bridge
Dawkins
Messrs
Hutchinson
Allegany County
Green
Baltimore
Lee
Senate Corporations Committee
Betts
Moore
Missing juror Hezekiah Snavely linked to trial bribery
Hagerstown Maryland March 3 Hezekiah Snavely juror in the Hermann Tompkins death case is missing after testifying Mrs Weise offered $1000 to hang the jury He left from his Keedysville home drove to Boonsboro then boarded an electric car to Hagerstown and vanished Family fears he may have taken his own life The State planned rebuttal from his wife and another Snavely family members tomorrow was set to testify
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Hezekiah Snavely
F. W. Hermann
John H. Tompkins
Jean Maxwel
Cumberland
W W. Werse
Keedysville
Boonshoro
Weise
Snavely
Two Boys Under Arrest in Mail Fraud Case
Special to The Washington Post from Fredericksburg Virginia reports W H Buckner Jr and Cleveland H Halltoway of Caroline County are accused accomplices of J M Holloway, recently arrested in Williamsburg for using the mails to defraud. They were jailed for preliminary hearing after late-night arrest by Postoffice Inspector George F Smith.
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Holloway
Washington Po
Fredericksburg
W. H Buckner, Jr
Cleveland H. Halltoway
Caroline County
J. M Holloway
Williamsburg
Postoffce
George F. Smith
W H Buckner
Young Buckner
TR. C. Holloway
Young Holloway
Will
Virginia Obituary Notices From Various Cities
Virginia obituaries note the deaths of several civic figures and residents across Fredericksburg Front Royal Winchester Roanoke and Richmond March 23 to 24. Notables include Mrs Daffan widow of RU Daffan aged 73 and Captain N Kil yan of Salem with Civil War ties. Also listed are John Wiley and Rev Dr George W White, Ferdinand Rorer, Joseph E Kiger and Mrs Ailer Helm with survivors and brief illness causes. Many entries mention Confederate service and local connections to counties and towns.
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Fredericksburg
Daffan
RU Daffan
Elys Ford
Jower Culneper
M. Lius
Fitzhugh
King George County
Front Royal
John Wiley
Wiley
Lancaster
Richmond
N. Kil- Yan
Salem
Memorial Hospital
Kilian
Stonewall Jackson
Fifty-second
Virginia
Ele
Augusta
Ailer Helm
Lower Fatquier County
Elk Run
Thomas H. Reamy
Stafford County
Washington
Winchester
Ieanbu
Mooreheld
W Va
George W. White
White
Moorefield Presbyterian Church
Joseph Be, Kiger
JOUNE
Kiger
Jacob D Kiger
Royal Baking Powder Promises Light Delicious Pastries
Royal Baking Powder makes bread biscuits cakes rolls muffins and all pastries rise well producing light tender wholesome foods. It saves time labor and money by economizing flour butter and eggs while improving digestibility and healthfulness.
Plea for Winder Opposed by Baltimore Officials
Three judges who convicted Isaac Winder, the accused murderer, join the State’s Attorney and county officials in opposing any commutation. The sheriff and deputies prepare for hanging as ground is cleared for the scaffold. Winder’s supporters urge a stay, while authorities acknowledge public sympathy may fade before the expected execution.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Isaac Winder
Baltimore County
Sherrie
German
Escaping convict McCoy killed by road force guard
Winston-Salem residents report that Maron H d McCoy, an escapee from West Virginia and member of the McCoy clan, was shot dead by Guard Marshell during an attempted escape from the road force. Convicted of stealing a watch, he received four years then reduced to two. He was buried at the county home today.
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Washington Post
Winston-Salem
N. C
Hd McCoy
Marshell
McCoy
Peebles
West Virginia
Hatfelda
Naval Clothing Seized and Pawnbrokers Charged
Secret Service and local detectives raided Newport News pawn shops run by M Shunkowitz and F Dennie and seized navy uniforms. About 500 dollars worth of clothing pawned by sailors was stored at the police station under warrants. The pawnbrokers face Police Court on Monday for receiving stolen goods.
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Newport
Washington Post
Newport News
Secret Service
Cudgens
Sergi, O'Hera
M. Shunkowitz
F. Dennie
Saitors
Justice Sémmes
Appeal From Injunction In Norfolk Session
United States Circuit Court of Appeals sat in special session in Richmond on March 23. Case No 683 Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad Co appeals against Metropolitan Trust Co and Guaranty Trust Co of New York from Raleigh NC injunction granting Norfolk and Southern Railway Co restraining rail construction near Roper NC. Appellants were represented by Edward R. Baird of Norfolk. appellees by Wiliam H. White of Norfolk and John H. Poll of Raleigh. The court heard arguments on suspending the injunction. case was thoroughly argued and submitted.
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Wren
Richmond
United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
Goff
Waddill
Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad Company
Metropolitan Trust Company
City of New York
Guaranty Trust Company
New York
Appellees
Circuit Court
Raleigh
N. C
Edward R. Baird
Norfolk
Wiliam H. White
John H. Poll
Dodge Purnell
Norfolk and Southern Rairoad Company
Suffolk and Carolina Railroad Company
Virginia and Carolina Coast Railroad
Roper
Appeilanta
Fatal Coasting Accident Kills 12-Year-Old Hunter Purtlebaugh
Special to The Washington Fest reports that Hunter Ash bey Purtlebaugh, 12, son of Clark G. Purtlebaugh, a noted farmer, died after a coasting accident at Gore, Virginia. Descending a steep hill, his sled crashed into a tree, fracturing his skull and causing fatal internal injuries. He died shortly afterward.
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Winchester
Hunter Ashbey Purtlebaugh
Clark G. Purtlebaugh
Gore
Virginia Board Licenses Seventy-Five Pharmacists
The Virginia State Board of Pharmacy examined seventy five applicants for pharmacist licenses over two days in Richmond. The list includes multiple registered pharmacists and assistants, among them five African American candidates, three of whom passed the board. The attendance of board members was noted, with president James L. Avis and secretary T. A Miller among others.
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Virginia State Board
Washington
Richmond
State Board of Pharmacy
James L. Avis
J. T. Manion
C. B. Fleet
P. Kearfoot
T. A Miller
Robert W Wood
James H Ashby
A. K. Fletcher
John M. Burton
Geelf Riddick
J. C. Jennings
HH. Woolfolk
Cryda C. Hall
A T Sheffield
J. Wallace
William M Hughes
James Gillispie
Silas H. Shackelford
David C Rice
James Foster
Charlie B. Grean
EE Grove
B. T. Gatewood
J. Alden Lyon
William B. Kuenstep
Hugh F. Hurst
N. 3. Hodges
Confesses to Murder in Front Royal Case
Judson Jett, sought for the March 3 killing of Henry Jackson in Front Royal, Va, was captured in Harrinburg, Pa. He reportedly confessed to the murder and is willing to return without extradition papers. Sheriff Marechell heads to obtain the prisoner. Special to The Washington Post.
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Judson Jett
Kenny Jackson
Front Royal
Washington Post
Harrinburg
Henry Jackson
Jett
Mmuyder
Marehell
Horace M Emerson Dead General Traffic Manager at ACL
Horace M Emerson general traffic manager of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company died tonight at 8 in Wilmington after an organic heart trouble. Born in Preble County Ohio he was in his forty seventh year and had served the ACL for thirty years. The funeral will be held at 6 tomorrow afternoon and interment will be in Wilmington.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Wilmington
Horace M. Emerson
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Mr. Emerson
Preble County
Ohio
Atantic Coast Line
Lumber Dealer Acquitted in Bris tol Case
C H Ohrenmacher, a Bowling Green lumber dealer, was brought to Bristol to face grand larceny charges over funds from a large lumber consignment. He was acquitted today amid the trial.
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Bristol
C. H. Ohrenmacher
Bowling Green
Leadbeater Considers Cut in Alexandria Police Budget
Alexandria councilman Leadbeater contemplates a measure to reduce city police appropriations at the next meeting. A salary cut would affect the chief, lieutenant, and privates, with current pay at 900, 780, and 360 respectively, leaving concern over adequacy for an 18,090 population force. He cites recent public investigations into abuses and calls for action in the city.
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Washington Post Bureau
Ring Street
Alexandria
Leadbeater
Odd Fellows Potomac Lodge 68th Anniversary Observed
The Potomac Lodge No 33 of Alexandria marked 68 years since its organization with a meeting and program at Odd Fellows Hall on North Columbus Street. The lodge, chartered by DC with roots tracing to 1339, later received a Virginia charter in 1846 and now lists 170 members. A special service will observe United States Odd Fellows day at Grace Episcopal Church on Sunday evening, April 23.
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Potomac
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Alexandria
Oda Fellows
North Columbus Street
Potomac Lodge
Grand Lodge of
District of Columbia
Alexandria County
Virginia
Institution of Odd Fellows
United States
Cay
Grace Episcopal Church
Fie
Washington Post
Senger
Washington Fost
Washinton
DO. C
The
Aashler
Post
Alexandria News Briefs on Buildings and City Affairs
State's Attorney Brent warned the Braddock House owners in Alexandria to repair conditions or face grand jury action, with a promise that work to make the building safe and sanitary would begin before April 36. Mayors and city officials head to Wilmington to witness the ferry Callahan launch, to link Alexandria and Washington. Grants divorce decrees issued by the Corporation Court, racking up several cases. A private from Alexandria Light Infantry, jailed in Washington, faces alleged larceny of field equipment and life. Frank Leponty, allegedly from New York, is seriously injured after being struck by a train on a railway bridge and limb amputated at Alexandria Hospital.
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Brent Yesterdy
Braddock House
Alexandria
Paff
Sweeney
Dearh of Aldermen
Bnowden
Common Council
Wilmington
Del
Callahan
Washington
Louise McGirraff
Pat
John W. Sorren
Alexandria Light Infantry
Pd. Murphy
Anguat
Frank Leponty
New York
Alexandria Hospital
Bmnith
Negro Hanged for Assault in Missouri Trial and Lynching Attempt
Curtis Jackson, a Black man, was executed by hanging in Poplar Bluff after an February assault on a white woman. He faced mob violence at the jail, was moved to St Louis, returned, convicted, and sentenced to death. The report also notes railroad labor stoppages and Vanderbilt family visit to Havana.
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Foplar Biff
Curtis Jackson
St Louis
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Schley Guest OF Honor
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Weber
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Charles M. Stieff
the Stieff
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Bradbury Ideal Grand
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