The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-19

| Police found Mrs. Kate Dunn dead
in a poorly furnished room In Mem
phis. and physicians say she died OF
starvation, M. s. Buckingham, Mem
phis banker, said the woman had $15,.
600 on deposit
| An election was was held in Johnson
City to vote $4,000 in bonds for school
purposes. The bonds carried by large
majority. The proceeds from the sale
of these bonds will be used to enlarge
/ the three ward school buildings.
Following quarrel in front of
their farm home, near Tazewell, Jor-
don WEIGH, 6S, shot and killed his son,
Escoe Welch, 81, using shotgun.
When he realized his action he. turned
the weapon on himself, and, discharged
the remaining barrel in his own body
and was dead when Sheriff Kyle ar
rived His aged wife saw Jordan
WEIGH STAY their son, and the young
wife of Escoe Welch also witnessed
| the tragedy.
A complete reorganization of the
| curriculum of the University OF Tenn
essee to provide adequate instruction
in technical fields and military arts;
the reduction of the academic courses,
the frightening of the school year,
and a new division of the scholastic
year to make possible the quicker
graduation Of pupils is being consid-
cred by President Brown Ayres. This
| reorganization will not effect the Sum-
| mer school curriculum.
Commissioner H. D. Huffaker, of the
department of education of Chatta-
nooga, has written to Gov. Rye urging
| that male teachers be exempted from
service in the war and asking the gov
ernor to use his infiuence>to get them
exempted under the CONSUMPTION act.
Sheriff Ray announces that he will
arrest all able-bodied young men who
are found unemployed any place in
| Cooke county. He likes the slogan,
| Work, war or workhouse."
There seems to be some danger Of
| q scarcity of certain foods In Chatta-
nooga, according to grocers. The sup
ply of sugar is already very low and
| quite a number of well-to-do families
have within the past few days been
| laying in extra supplies of staples,
seeming to anticipate shortage in the
near future. The grocers are talking
about putting restrictions on the
amount sold. This increased buying is
especially noticeable in sugar, canned
| goods and -four.
The plant Of the Federal Dyestuff
| and Chemical Co., munitions plant at
Kingsport, was the scene of an ex.
plosion that wrecked one unit Of the
plant, killd Georgian named Parker
and injured several other workmen
Although officials of the plant said
they believed the explosion was acct
dental, the circumstances make 1t ap
pear that it was the work of plotters
! the impression that spies may have
been responsible Secret service mer
constantly are on duty at the Kings
4 FORT plants
II The report of W. NJ. Nixon, warder
land general manager of the state
4 mines, shows a profit for April of $29,
i 1901. There were on May / abou
4 1000 cars at the mines that could no
4 be moved ON account of shortage
4 of cars. The board of control has an
nounced that the mines will be oper
ated to their fullest capacity owinl
to the extraordinary demand for coal
and that few if any convicts will b
leased for bodybuilding work at pres
emit, and none for the old rate of S
per day.
Ell Persons, alias L. G. Persons,
negro, confessed that he killed littl
Antonette Rappal, whose headles
body was found in marsh near Men
phis. The negro, according to his cor
| fession, struck the child with an az
After the murder, the negro said, h
became alarmed and threw the ak int
, IA slough. A mob, estimated to numbe
, 500. and composed chiefly of farmers
, stormed the Shelby county Jail, thinl
! Sing that Persons was confined Their
/ After being convinced that Person
Z had been removed to the State prison
, the mob melted away.
! The $4,000 Confederate monumer
, erected by the United Daughters {
the Confededacy in Prentiss Circle o
the Shiloh National Military Park hs
been. completed. The eight bronz
statues, the finishing touches on Ma
! II, following imument is now veile
and will not be seen until Miss MI
! dred White of Paris, lifts the We
!, following impressive ceremonies. I'll
:. monument covers ground of 5Ox;
|. feet, the die being 35Sfeet wide. TT
: figures are bronze, the panels are grs
Georgia marble and the base is Mort
Carolina granite.
The Trachoma hospital at Tazewe
,, established by the state in cooperate
= with the public health service Of Il
;, United States, which was opened la
:. August, has more than met the sa
> guine expectations of state and COVER
ment officials. Since last August the
2 have been more than 1920 patients
y the hospital and almost without exec