Widespread News Roundup From U S and World Events
A broad set of brief items covers: George W Coleman killing David A Calvin near Selma Alabama. Bulgarian elections set for October 18. Oklahoma irrigation funds at stake. Newmans gun near Winkler destroyed by fire. Bradley Burr carriage works fire in Chicago. an explosion damages a Sherman electric plant. four blacks jailed in Tyler for ordering Mrs Carter’s dinner. Macedonian insurgents rout Turkish troops at Vettehe. Bank of Willoughby closes. Citizens Savings and Trust in Cleveland named receiver. Danville rioters denied new trial. labor day speech by Archbishop Ireland arguing unions cannot import opinions by force. new trustees named for Elka National Home in Bedford VA. Rufus Cornelia bound over on grand jury bond. Coonella banks in Southern Oklahoma. Ohio Democrats open campaign in Akron with 30,000 attendees. Mexican Clay Manufacturing goes to receiver. motorcyclists form Federation of American Motor Cycliste. Miss Cloyette Brownlow elopes with Mark Pritchett. Belgrade mob attacks pro-army papers, dispersed by police. cotton crop report notes mixed prospects. Leopold J Stein located in Toronto. Bulgaria-Turkey war likely. Macedonia rebels pressure Hungarians. Yucatan records 128 yellow fever cases in August. Father Ward of Beloi refuses absolution to the International Typographical Union.
Deaths in Edna Jail Sheriff and Deputy Shot
News from Edna Texas reports Sheriff George Wharton and Deputy Frank Hrugh were killed in the Edna jail when W T Cagle also known as M G Cazie opened fire after an attempted search. Cagle was killed by the sheriff in the melee.
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Victoria
Texas
Sherif George Wharton
Frank Hrugh
Jackson County
Edna
W. T. Lander
M. G. Cazie
Macon
Cacia
Wharton
Cagle
Philadelphia
Portsmouth, Va
J. J. Dawes
Keeran
Bana
Victoria County
Sherif
Strike breakers escalate tension around New Orleans harbor
A double line of police pickets surrounds commissary ships off Southern Pacific docks in New Orleans after strike breakers arrive. Edson, famed for breaking a previous streetcar strike, is blamed by labor unions for provoking unrest. Police fear a plot to attack the ships as meetings reportedly plan action to stop Edson’s influence. Captain Creagh says authorities can prevent any vessel from approaching Clinton and Gussie.
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New Orleans
IMA
Southern Pacific
Edson
Airiks
Feot
Creagh
Clinton
Gussie
Miner Assassinated at Briceville Tennessee Home
Chas Marsh a non union miner for Tennessee Coal Company at Briceville was assassinated at his home Saturday night by an unknown man. He warned a noisy stranger who then shot him in the chest and fled. Officers have no clue.
Farmer Finds Weevil-Resistant Cotton Patch
A farmer near Penn Crockett Texas reports a cotton limb with a mature wolf boll abandoned by boll weevils. He claims eight acres were spared because he interplanted peas with the cotton, diverting weevils to the peas and away from the cotton crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crockett
Texas
Here
Strike ends as New Orleans longshoremen return to work
The New Orleans port ended a ten day tie up as longshoremen settled a three year deal. Wages stay 40 cents daytime and 60 cents night plus overtime 80 cents Sundays. Foremen to be union members with stevedores free to choose. Southern Pacific dock workers remain on strike.
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New Orleans
Westwago
Chalmette
Southport
Southern Pacific Dock Workers
Thiel Detective Agency
St. Louis
Detroit Man Killed Riding At State Fair Auto Race
Frank D. Day of Detroit died in Milwaukee during a five mile time trial at the State Fair grounds. While nearing the home stretch the Bar ney Oldfield machine, traveling about sixty miles per hour, swerved into a fence and toppled over, Day struck the back of the head and lay unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Frank D. Day
Detroit
State Fair Grounds
Barney Oldfield
Day
Severe hurricane hits Nassau Bahamas damaging crops and homes
A severe hurricane began Wednesday night in Nassau and ended with a barometer low at 29.20 and winds from the northeast reaching ninety miles per hour. Vegetation and farm products suffered great damage and fruit crops were ruined. Many houses were damaged but no lives were lost. Shipping around the island was badly damaged. no news yet from other islands.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Airship sighting over Indianapolis during September day
An airship about thirty feet long with two men passed over Indianapolis yesterday afternoon. It approached from the northwest, circled over the south city at a height of several hundred feet, and disappeared to the east. Several hundred residents observed it, many using field glasses, with no information available locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Snow Falls Six Inches Across Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone Park Wyoming reports six inches of snow on the Jevel over the last forty eight hours. The storm system blankets the region with wintry weather causing travel disruptions and winter conditions in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Memphis Tragedy in Kosciusko Hotel Row
A dispute in Kosciusko Mississippi ends with T H Teriot manager of the Comfort House striking Walker Franks over the head with a short club and killing him Teriot surrendered to authorities. The incident is reported by a Memphis Commercial Appeal special.
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Memphis
Tenn
Koscuisko
Miss
T. H. Teriot
Comfort House
Walker Franks
Teriot
Murder charge in Fort Worth husband case
Fort Worth Texas September 14 Bob Brown a negro was jailed on a murder charge for killing his wife by poison according to police records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Bob Brown
One-Eyed Wild Man Reported Near Red Bank Texas
A wild man seen in the Trinity River bottom near Red Bank is described as tall, one-eyed, nude, and hairy. The witness stated the man appeared and disappeared at a southern county location, and the tale allegedly kept all Black residents away from the county doctor area.
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Terrell
Texas
Trinity River
Red Bank
Storm Ravages Florida Coast With Loss of Life and Damage
The Florida coast reels after a severe storm with deaths in Tampa and widespread destruction. Ships split off Jupiter and Boynton shorelines, Palm Beach area suffers, and Lake Worth boats wrecked. Communications crippled south of Tampa. Punta Gorda and Punta Rossa reports unclear, while property losses mount.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Palm Beach
Tampa
Western Union Telegraph Company
Inchulva
Liverpool
Inch Shipping Company
Galveston
Hampton Roads
Boynton
Will
Matt Thomas
Welle
Appalachicola
Baltimore
Jupiter
Lake Worth
Royal Ponechiana
Louis Baron
T. ¥. Hunnicut
Cuesta Rey
Beula Baptist Church
Yaery
Owen
Seaboard Air Line
Flor City
Punta Gorda
Punta Rossa
Postoffice Investigation Involves Beavers and Payne
Washington reports former Post Office salaries chief George M. Beavers has a local lawyer as counsel and a subpoena seeks records from the Postmaster General in New York proceedings linked to the Dent Brandt cashiers. Postmaster General Payne will miss the trip, planning a Virginia Hot Springs visit, with the grand jury continuing to probe postal cases and Machen’s bail rising to 30 000 as indictments climb to thirteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George M. Beavers
Postoffice Department
Dent-Brandt
Beavers
New York
Brooklyn
Payne
Virginia Hot Springs
Federal Grand Jury
August Machen
Beach
Machen
Houston Light Guard Wins Galveston Cup
Adjutant General Hulen announced that at the Texas National Guard state camp of instruction the Houston Light Guard captured the Galveston Semi-Centennial championship cup with 88.41 percent. The Austin Rifles followed with 84.43 percent, based on inspection drills field exercises target practice guard duty discipline and sanitation.
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Houston Light Guards
Austin
Texas
Hulen
Texas National Guard
Galveston
Houston Light Guard
Austin Rifles
Safe Robbery Hits Helena Texas Courier Safe
Thieves broke into John Ruckman’s safe at Helena near Karnes City Texas around midnight and took about 300 dollars. Police are searching the countryside for the burglars. This marks a second robbery of Mr Ruckman’s safe with another attempt having failed previously.
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Karnes City
Texas
John Ruckman
Helena
Oil price bid rejected by Moore Skinner in Lake Texas
Oil in tanks shows 20 cents a barrel as of Sept 15. The Moore Skinner Company refused an offer of 65 cents per barrel delivered, O. D. for 150000 barrels stored, keeping its stock unsold.
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Four Lake
Texas
Moore Skinner Company
Young Woman Drowned Near Moulton Texas
The body of Miss Annie Fayt was found in a pool under a railroad bridge on Ponton’s Creek about six miles south of Moulton. She had left a cotton field after an angry remark and was last seen Sunday. An inquest, led by Squire Anderson and Dr. Gunther, returned a verdict of drowning with possible foul play suspected by some locals.
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Moulton
Texas
Annie Fayt
Ponton’s Creek
Here
Darlek
Shiner
Squire Anderson
Gunther
Gus Arnim
Japan and Britain plan separate protest over Manchuria crisis
London reports that Japan and Great Britain have discussed Russia’s latest demands on China and will separately protest to Pekin if they are accepted. If talks fail and Russia holds Manchuria, Japan would break off negotiations with Russia and demand evacuation of Chinese territory by St. Petersburg authorities.
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London
Associated Press
Japan
Great Britain
Russia
China
Pekin
Manchuria
Korea
St. Petersburg
Missing Woman Sailed for England With Fortune
Mrs Austin Flynn of Wilkes Barre sailed from England on August 12 with several thousand dollars from a relative. She landed in New York August 19 and has since vanished. The family fears she was robbed and murdered after arrival and police are now involved in the fruitless New York search.
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Wilkesbarre
Austin Flynn
England
New York
Curtis Jett's Trial Under Continuance Fight
In Cynthiana Kentucky on September 15 Curtis Jett stood trial for the alleged murder of Marshal James Cockrell at Jackson Kentucky. Attorney Blanton renewed his motion for a continuance and argued his case. The motion was overruled and the court adjourned until this morning.
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Cynthiana
Curtis Jett
James Cockrell
Jackson
Blanton
U S Senator Scott Seriously Ill In Denver Hotel
U S Senator Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia, injured in a wreck near Chicago, is ill with malaria and in a serious condition at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. He was carried from the train on a stretcher.
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U. S
Scott
Denver
Col
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
Brown Palace
Chicago
Mexia Schools Opened With Strong Attendance
Mexia Texas Sept 15. Public schools opened yesterday morning under new superintendent Prof N R Crosier who is making a favorable impression on pupils and patrons.
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Mexia
Texas
N. R. Crosier
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George W. Coleman
David A. Calvin
Selma
Ala
National Assembly
Oklahoma
National Irrigation Fund
Newman
Winkler Navarro County
Bradley-Burr Companys Carriage and Wagon Works
Sherman
Tyler
Mra. J. V. Carter
Vettehe
Perim
Rowmelia
The
Bank of Willoughby At
Willoughby, O
Citisens Savings and Trust Company of
Cleveland
Thompson
Danville
Chester
Bessie Armstrong
Joliet
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
Mead DP. Detwiler
Morrisburg Va
Thomas F. McNalty
Elka National Home
Nedford
Rufus Cornelia
Guthrie
Coonella
Ohio
Akron
Tom Johnson
John H. Clark
Mexican Clay Manufacturing Company
City of
Mexico
Manhattan Beach
Federation of American Motor Cycliste
Cloyette Brownlow
Congressman Brownlow
Jonesboro,Tenn
Mark EB. Pritchett
Brownlow
Washington Society
Belgrade
Weather Bureau
Florida
Carolinas
Misassaippi
Leopold J. Stein
Toronto
Canada
Bulgaria
Turkey
Macedonia
Europa
Yucatan
Progreso
M. J. Ward
St. Thoma Roman Catholic Church
Beloit
International Typographical Union
Bmeriff
Miner
Weletka
I. T
Boley
Mims
Penn
Postoffice
Beaver
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