Rosewood Florida riot as armed whites scour countryside
In Rosewood Florida a mob of 200 to 300 white men hunted for Jesse Hunter an escaped black convict after a night attack on a white girl led to the deaths of two white men and four black residents and injuries to four whites. Houses and a negro church burned as negroes fled. a body found on a road twenty miles away.
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Rosewood
Fra
Jesse Hunter
Elias Walker
Gainesville
Walker
Associated Press
C. P. Wilkinson
Sumner
Henry Andrews
Summer Lumber Company
Otter Creek
Sylvester Carrier
Hunter
Ih Carrier
Lapty Cerio
Wags
Mingo Williams
Studstill
Bryan Kirkland
Mannie Hudson
Henry Odon
Otter Creke
Levy County
Carrier
Fort Worth Hermit Inherits $100,000 Funds Plans
Walter Browning a 48 year old Fort Worth bachelor inherits $100,000 from a long lost relative. He says he will marry, buy clothes and travel to New York to see a world series game, then buy a small farm near Fort Worth and work it.
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Walter Browning
Fort Worth
Walter
New York
Twelve Witnesses Testify in Herrin Mine Riot Case
Thirteen defense witnesses in the Herrin mine riot trial say six prisoners were driven through Herrin toward the cemetery on June 22 and shot. They deny seeing any defendants among the marchers while prosecutors claim suspects escorted and fired on prisoners.
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Marion
Herrin
Ohe
Leva Mann
Joe Carnaghi
Bert Grace
British debt talks delayed to Monday in Washington
Secretary Mellon said discussions between British and American debt funding commissions will be delayed until Monday after Chancellor Baldwin and Bank of England Governor Norman met with him. The British visitors will also meet Secretary Hughes at the state department and then Governor Coolidge at the Capitol.
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Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Wadsworth
Baldwin
Montague C. Norman
Bank of England
Harding
Commission
Gneral
Mr. Norman
Hughes
State Department
Capitol
Coolidge
Former Mer Rouge Mayor in Private Conference With Attorney General
Dr. B M McKain former Mer Rouge mayor arrested in Baltimore December 26 on a murder charge tied to the Lake La Fourche killings. He returned to Morehouse parish and conferred with Louisiana Attorney General A V Coco as bond terms, set by Judge Fred L Odom, were discussed. The state aims to expose masked band depredations in Morehouse parish with witness identifications of two headless bodies.
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Bastrop
B. M. McKain
Mer Rouge
Baltimore
Watt Daniels
T. F. Richards
Morehouse Parish
A. V. Coco
Lake la Fourche
Daniel
Richards
John M. Parker
Louisiana
J. L. Daniel
Watt Daniel
Watt
J. L. Meliwain
Meckwain
J. C. Nettles
T. Semmes Almsley
A. E. Farland
Department of Justice
Fred L. Odom
County finances show road program drives large spend
Potter County’s 1999 fiscal year ended with expenditures of 778,650.61 and receipts of 734,332.04, a deficit of 44,312.57. Major outlays included road and bridge building at 560,801.66 and interest on road bonds at 69,229.68, with salaries 51,719.34 and library building 26,950.52. Receipts came mainly from taxes 185,222.82 and other sources 549,109.22, including State aid, fines, and deposits interest.
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Potter County
H. G. Hamrick
State Highway Department
Fires cause 300000 dollars damage to Buffalo lumber yards
Two separate fires in Buffalo on January 5 caused about 300000 dollars in damage to lumber yards. One blaze gutted the Montg omery Lumber Company warehouse while another damaged the A Teachout Company plant, makers of sash and doors.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Lumber
Montgomery Lumber Company
A. Teachout Company
Allies Abandon Invasion Plan for Ruhr District
Paris reports France Italy and Belgium have dropped any hasty assault on the Ruhr and will delayWestphalia action until after January 16 amid German debt default pressure. American hopes of a plan to forestall action are noted as Washington stays quiet awaiting France's next moves. General Weygand recalled to Paris leaves France yet to finalize its course.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Italy
Belgum
Ruhr
Germany
M. Poinfare
Dele Torrettan
M Theunis
M. Jasper
Belgium
Westphalia
M. Poincare
Washington
Harding
Europe
United States
Weygand
Foch
Near East Crisis Approaches Peak At Lausanne Conference
At Lausanne on January 5 the Near East conference nears a climax as sub-committees hold final meetings and unresolved issues move to full commissions. British and French spokesmen say reparations Paris discord will not derail Lausanne, stressing peace efforts in the Near East despite disagreements.
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Lausannee
Knox Transfers All Property to Wife in Suspected Murder Case
Evidence unearthed in San Augustine shows lumberman Hiram Knox deeded all personal and real property in Texas to wife Lillian five days before his death. The transfer, filed Novem ber 22, covers Sabine, San Augustine, Hidalgo, Kleberg, Neuces and other counties and is valued at upwards of 3.5 million dollars. District Attorney Adams said the deed will be used at Mrs Knox’s habeas corpus hearing tomorrow and that more arrests and evidence are expected as the case develops.
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San Augustine
Tex
Houston Post
Hiram Knox
Otto Hochuli
Houston
Lillian Knox
Sabine
Hidalgo
Kleberg
Neuces
Texas
Knox
Hemphill
Temple Lumber Company
Adams
Mra. Knox
Be Sure to Read Sundays News
The News in Texadé announces eight pages of comics including Slim Jim and The Kelly Kids plus full pages of Salesman Sam Out Our Way Freckles and His Friends and more. It will publish at 3 am Sunday as the only AP newspaper in the Panhandle. Reserve your copy with your news dealer.
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Texadé
Slim Jim
Kelly Kids
Sam
Freckles
the Duffs
Everett True
Associated Press
Panhandle
Mayfield Senate race tangled with Klan issue
Chicago Jan 5 The Senate race involving Earle Beae faces a Senate challenge over the Ku Klux Klan and related religious and racial intolerance debates. American Unity League leaders claim seven western senators will press to bar Mayfield, citing campaign expenditure disputes and potential corrupt practices charges. Continuous on page GE two.
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Chicago
Ku Klux Klan
America
United States
Senate
Earle Beae
Texas
Andes Way
Gray Keyes Rutledge
American United League
Mayfield
Washington
Rutledge
Patrick O'Donnell
Coal Wage Scale May Be Fixed By Using Old Plan
Chicago January report notes a return to the old central competitive field as the basis for coal wage scales in bituminous mines. A New York conference is planned for January 17 to 22, called by John L Lewis and signed by Phil H Penna, with potential inclusion of Illinois Indiana Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Operators and miners foresee a possible strike if current agreements lapse.
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Chicago
Ffteen
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Phil H. Penna
Indiana Operators Association
Cleveland
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Eleven Injured in Gas Plant Explosion Near Breckenridge
An explosion at the Central Gasoline Producing Company plant ten miles northeast of Breckenridge injured eleven men, with three believed fatally. The blast ruptured a pipe carrying three million cubic feet of gas, ignited the building, and left six workers uninjured among twenty employees. Several wounded were treated at a nearby hospital that night.
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Associated Press
Joe Blackwood
Et J. Moreland
Floyd Russell
Gunner Lundberg
Hays Delivers Final Word on Fatty Arbuckle Case
Wil H. Hays president of the M P D A issues what he calls his final word on Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle. He says all suggestions from various viewpoints will be referred to proper parties and that the matter must be left to public judgment and to those with business ties to Arbuckle.
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New York
Wil H. Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle
Hays
Mohammed VI Leaves Malta for Mecca on Ajax
Mohammed VI former Turkish Sultan departed Valletta Malta on January 5 bound for Mecca after an invitation from Hussein king of Hedjaz to seek sanctuary. He sails aboard the British warship Ajax.
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Mohammed
Mecca
Valetta
Malta
Mohammed VI
Hussein
Hedjaz
Exononarch
Ajax
New Mexico Democrats to Attend Jackson Day Banquet
Panhandle and New Mexico Democrats show strong interest in the Jackson Day banquet to be held Monday night at the Amarillo Hotel. Tickets are $1.25 per plate, reservations available at the hotel cigar stand, and the event is open to all including women. The local Jackson Day committee will finalize the program, with keynotes expected from Panhandle leaders.
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New Mexico
Jackson
Panhandle
Amarillo Hotel
Jackson Day Committee
Sunsday
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
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