The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-03
TENNESSEE
Epitome Of Interest
ing Events That Are
TRANSPORTING Over
the State = = =


rscord-breaking crowd.
Atwood.-B. r. Galley OF this place
while painting the tower of the Lou
isvills & Nashville bridge at Clarks.
vile fell and was drowned In the Cum.
terland river.
Paris.-The Louisville & Nashville
railroad shops at this place began the
use Of women as engine wipers. This
was rendered necessary by the short
age Of male help
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Fayetteville. w, A. Cashion,
son of Mrs. w. r. Cashion, is now sta.
toned at Camp Fremont, Palo Alto,
Cal. Capt. Cashion received his train.
ing at Fort Oglethorpe.
Nashville.-Relatives here have re-
ceived information of the drowning
of Ernest P. Gillian near Vancouver,
Wash, where he was working as a
member of the spruce production d.
vision, aviation section, Of the United
States signal corps.
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Nashvill ,e.-Officials Of the Bon All
iron and coal corporation, of which
James A. Oldfield of Chicago is presi-
dent, met here. The party visited the
Bon Air properties, where they will
select a site for semi-solvent coke
by-product plant, which will be offered
to the government.
Monteagle.-The thirty-sixth annual
session of the Monteagle Assembly
began this week. Started as big Sun
day school camp by DR.. Warren, Of
Murfreesboro and his friends, thirty
six years ago, 1t is today one of the
biggest and most prosperous summer
resorts in the south.
Jackson. - Twenty-eight airplanes
from Park Field. Millington, arrived
in Jackson and landed at Mason
Field. A number of the machines
flew over the city proper In the after
noon at low attitudes, affording the
residents their first good view of an
airplane in action.
Columbia. - Miss Alberta McFall,
Bessemer, Ala, was almost instantly
killed when she was thrown from an
automobile In an accident near Frank
lin. Miss McFall, who is niece OF
Assistant Postmaster W. S. McFall,
of this city, was spes1sng tie 1gedk. end
with Columbia friends.
Chattanooga.-Adolph Mathis, state
organizer of retail merchants for the
sale of war savings stamps, has passed
along to his representatives the fol-
lowing announcement to county chair
! men from State Director Preston:
Notify all retail merchants In your
county that special merchants drive
for the sale of war savings stamps and
thrift stamps takes place July IS.
Every merchant is expected to take
war savings stamps to the amount OF
his sales for that day UP to $1,000
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Knoxville-Herbert F. Wells, aged
II years, of this place, was on board
the transport Covington, which was
summarized and sunk last week. Young
Wells was first shellman of the for
ward gun on the Covington. an i'm
portant post which he had held for
, several months. He was on his sixth
trip across the Atlantic. having been
on duty on this vessel since 1t went
into the transport service for convey
ing American soldiers to France.
Chattanooga.-Pet Czan, interned
enemy alien at Fort Oglethorpe, is
dying at the base hospital as result
of an attempt to escape, a guard hav-
ing fired load Of buckshot into the
fleeing mans back. Czan was being
taken across an open space outside
the stockade, where he had been az.
signed some duty, when he made a
break for liberty. He refused to heed
the command of the guard to halt and
a shot was fired in the air This fail.
ing to stop Czan, the guard took aim
and brought the prisoner down.
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Memphis.-W. e. McElveen, special
agent in charge, representing the gov.
eminent, appeared in police court and
notified Judge l.. T. Fitzhugh that
government officials had received in.
structions to stamp out vice in Mem.
phis and Shelby county, and unless
they secured the cooperation Of the
/ local authorities the government was
prepared to take such steps as would
bring about the desired result. Judge
Fitzhugh assured him that he would
cooperate in every way and that he
would hereafter assess the maximum
fine on all persons brought before him
and convicted for bootlegging or dis.
orderly conduct.
Memphis. important war CON.
ference, to include all officials OF the
selective service in West Tennessee
was held in Memphis this week. Ma
jor Grant T. Trent, OF tie provost
marshal generals office, and Major
Rutledge Smith, executive officer for
Tennessee, were present 10 discuss
war organisation.
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