The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-21
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Gardner raced an extensive string 0
horses some years ago, which wer,
trained by Jake Marklein.
| The body of David Without, As year,
ago, riverman, was found on William,
Bluff, two miles east of Knoxville
Without is supposed to have beer
killed by lightning.
What is believed to be a record fol
physical perfection has been estab
lished by Company A. Second Tennes
see Volunteers of Newport and vicinity
Only six men out of the one hundred
and ten examined were rejected.
Over $50 officials OF the Illinois
Central railroad of the southern divi
! sion met in Memphis, to plan ways
and means to reduce damage and loss
and to expedite freight shipments dur
ing the war period.
Seized with the cramps while swim
ming in the middle of the Cumberland
river at point near Nashville, Willie
Lever, Is years old. was drowned be-
fore his companions could rush to his
rescue.
Estimates Of population for Tennes.
see given out by the census department
In Washington are as follows: Nash.
vile, 113,115; Chattanooga, 74,174;
Memphis, 158,509, and Knoxville, 76,.
760.
The board of directors of the N. c.
& ST. L. railway met in Nashville, in
regular quarterly session and declared
semi-annual dividend of 31a percent
to stockholders, as of record of July
FL, payable August 1.
Tennessee soldier boys In camp at
Chattanooga and Nashville can easily
vote in the constitutional convention
election to be held July 2S. The last
legislature made provision for just
such condition as now exists.
Under an order from Judge Tyler
OF Clarksville, John Riley, who was
arrested recently on the charge of sell.
Ing liquor near Gunthrie, KY, but on
the Tennessee side of a house built
across the line, has been released from
Jail and has enlisted in the army.
DR.. w. M. McCabe, for eight years
superintendent and surgeon of the
Nashville city hospital, has rendered
his resignation to the hospital board.
DR.. McCabe has enlisted In the Van
derbilt hospital unit, which Is now
ready for immediate service In France.
Although it is not definitely known
just where the units of the Tennessee
national guard will be modified on
July rs, according to the ordes efa Presi.l
dent Wilson, 1t is authoritativelyI
stated that they will be assembled at
Greenville, S. c.
BrigadierGeneral John w. Rackman
has been assigned to command the
artillery of the department Of the
southeast, with headquarters at
Charleston, and will direct the or
ganization Of new artillery regiments
In southern states.
Two persons killed, two fatally and
seven other injured tells the story of
an unusual accident six miles south of
Elkmont, Tenn, in the heart of the
Great Smoky Mountains, when log.
ging train caboose plunged down a
mountain side.
Several Bristol jobbers figured in
the sensational trial brought against
number of alleged swindlers In the
Federal court at Catlettsburg, KY, last
week. The result of the court proceed.
ings was that nearly fifty persons were
fined and sentenced to Imprisonment
on charge of swindling.
The Salvation Army, under the
leadership of Captain and Mrs. Leslie
M. Herlan, of Kingsport, gave picnic
to 100 poor children at the Kingsport
corps The youngsters were overjoyed
at the treat which, is the first Of its
kind in that city. Several merchants
helped to make the effort success.
Frank Nola, arrested at Columbia
and bound over to the federal court |
on charge of violating the espionage
act, was taken to Nashville and locked
up at the Davidson county jail. 1t is
said that Nola was making inquiries
In regard to the location of certain
government plants when taken into
custody.
Charged with taking Sallie May
Ragan, II years old, to Louisville. KY,
from her home near Nashville, for
immoral purposes, Clifton Gamble, 26,
carpenter, also of that city, was
served with Federal warrant. Gamble
already Is in Jail in Louisville, on
security warrant issued pending an In
vestigation of the case.
A total of 5.2S8 former students OF
the University of Tennessee are still
living, according to data Just com.
piled by l.. R. Neel, executive alumni
secretary Of the institution. This
number Is exclusive of about 1900
graduates of the medical department
at Memphis. There are also several
hundred names of the deceased.
The body of Ernest Ely, son Of Mr..
and Mrs w. B. Ely of Knoxville, who
was killed by shark while bathing
in Manila bay, is expected to arrive
about July 20. Ernest Ely had been
in the y, S. naval service for nearly
ten years and at the time of his death
was on the torpedo destroyer Dale