The Washington herald., 1920-08-07
Alexandria.
Fsrner Mayer Dies.
THE HERALD BUREAU, -
A. 8. Doniphxn,
III King Street.

Former Mayer Dies.
Alexandria Va. Aug. s.-Luther
II. Thompson, 73 years old. one of
the Oldest journalists in Virginia,
editorial writer of the Alexandria
Gazette, police justice and former
mayor of the city. Is dead. The
end came at 7:45 o'clock this morn
ing at his residence. sol South Fair
fax street, and was due to paralysis
As a token of respect to his mem
ory, the front OF the police sta
tion was draped in mourning today,
Besides his wife, who was Miss
Mary r. Wallace, of Washington,
he is survived by three daughters
and five sons Mrs. Wellington
Crockett. Miss Leila Thompson
Miss Helen Thompson, Heoer, Ell
mer, Edgar. Russell and Luther
Thompson.
These sisters and brothers sur
yiye him: Mrs. Emma Heishley,
washington;>M - Miss Mildred Thomp-
SON. Alexandria,; Mrs. Elizabeth
Hoffman, washington, and Edgar
F. Thompson, Washington.
For two years Mr.. Thompson was
mayor of the city.
At the time of his death he was
rounding out his sixtieth year as
I a member of the Gazette stan. He
started in with that paper as a
newsboy. He learned the printers
trade and for many years was city
editor.
For the past three and hair
years he had been police justice.
Mr.. Thompson for many years was
member of the school board. He
a.
byterian Church and an elder in
/ that church. He was a member of
Andrew Jackson Lodge of Masons.
His funeral will take place Mon
I day afternoon from his late resi-
dence. Services will be conducted
by tn. Rev. John Lee Allison, pas
/ tor of the Second Presbyterian
/ Church.
Schools to Open September L.
: Public schools Of this city will
reopen September Is, the city
school board decided last night.
! Issuing permits for children to at
( tend the schools will be started the
week of September Z. On September
! Z and permits will be issued to
. white children and on September 3
and 10 they will be issued to col
ored children Since the schools
! closed down for the summer they
/ have been given an overhauling.
/ The colored children will occupy
! the new building for colored chill
/ dren in the northeastern section OF
the city.
Colsred Boy Held.
/ Charles Johnson. colored, Is
( years old, who says he lives near
9 Ia
to crank an automobile belonging
to Preston o. Cockey. Mr.. Cockey
saw him and held him until Police
man Rawlett arrived. Johnson says
! he came here yesterday with a
white man from Culpepper and
thought the Cockey machine was
! owned by the man with whom he
came. He is being. held. -.
Shooting Accident.
Gabriel williams, colored, who
lives in Fairfax county, was acci-
dentaly shot yesterday evening by
William Carter, colored, also res
ident of that county. Williams is
at the Alexandria Hospital. Carter
! at once came to the police station
and surrendered. He was released
| on his own recogniZance.
Children Poisoned.
+ Three children several days ago
ate Of some rat poison which had
been left in an unoccupied house in
! East Rosemont and were taken
, violently ill. Emetics were adminis-
tered by a physician and they were
soon put out of danger.
Mrs TsBciI Dead. o.,
Mrs. Mollie A. Tancil, a.'wsll
known colored resident, died in
/ Washington yesterday. She lived
with her son, Herbert Tancil, 1912
Oronoco street. Her funeral will
| take place at 3 o'clock from the
Alfred Street Baptist Church.
Bradley Kidd, who had finger
| mashed while playing ball sunday,
had the injured member amputated
at the Alexandria Hospital yester-
( day.