Italian lynching clash sparks international concern in Mississippi
Washington reports Italy has opened an inquiry into the Erwin Mississippi killings where two Italians are said to have been lynched and a third wounded. Rome has alerted the state department while consular agents in New Orleans and Vicksburg pursue facts. Officials note the incident could become an international issue similar to the Louisiana killings. The Mississippi governor plans to visit Erwin to investigate.
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Washington
Erwin
Miss
Foreign Office
Rome
State Department
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Italy
Louisiana
Micksburg
Carignant
Mississippi
Money For Georgia Harbors
Captain Cassius E Gillette reports for Savannah district with recommendations for the next fiscal year. Savannah harbor mainte nance 486 500 dollars. Savannah river 58 000. Doboy bar 40 000. Altamaha river 30 000. Oconee river 40 000. Ocmulgee river 35 000. Savannah Fernandina route 40 000. Cumberland sound 100 000. Major John G D Knight adds Tennessee river above Chattanooga 65 000. Chattanooga to Decatur 991 000. Riverton 19 000.
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Gillette
Savannah
Washington
Cassius E Gillette
Gno
Savannah River
Doboy Bar
Georgia
Altamaha River
Oconee River
Ocmulgee River
Fernandina
Fla
Cumberland Sound
Florida
John G. D. Knight
Chattanooga
Decatur
Ala
Riverton
Epworth League Opens After 30000 Delegates Gather in San Francisco
Thirty thousand Epworth League delegates arrive in San Francisco for the convention opening tomorrow. About 18000 come from east of the Rocky Mountains. Southern Pacific handles 35 special trains since Monday with no accidents. Notable arrivals include Bishop Isaac W. Joyce and Gov. A. T Bliss. Special prayer meetings occur at Methodist churches led by Dr. Buckley and others.
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San Francisco
Rocky Mountains
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Trama
Isaac W. Joyce
League
Thirlkield
Cincinnati
Freshman's Aid and Southern Education Society
A. T Bliss
Michigan
H. W. Warren
Denver
Cranston
Portland
Ore
City
Central Church
J. M. Buckley
J. K. Berry
Epworth League
Epworth Herald
E. N. Mills
Elmira
Hinde
Ann Arbor
Mich
Matt S. Hughes
Fire in Marshall business district causes $120000 loss
A blaze in Marshall Missouri struck the New York store and spread through the business section. Fire officials battled the stubborn flames from 10:45 a.m. until containment, with damages reported over $120,000.
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Missouri
Marshall
New York
Government moves to tighten second class postage rules
Postmaster General Smith signs three orders to reform second class mail handling. Rules redefine what counts as books, curb gift schemes in subscriptions, and ban unsold copies from pound-rate returns. Officials say reforms will curb abuses and save millions. Breachings over Manchuria dispute surface as powers seek joint Pekin decision.
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Washington
Smith
Aldermen sue over arrest to break quorum in Lexington
Lexington July 17 special. Aldermen Ivans Veach and Robert McCorkle and Councilmen Percy Scott and Wil Warren file suits for 20 000 or 35 000 each against B Lowrey president of the Lexington board of aldermen and several arresting officers. They allege false arrest on leaving the council chamber to stop a quorum and thwart a Democrat back tax collector bid, claiming indignity of walking the streets under police guard.
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Lexington
Ivans Veach
Robert McCorkle
Percy Scott
Wil Warren
B. Lowrey
Lexington Board of Aldermen
Lowrey
Assault case against two Black men collapses in preliminary hearing
In Kansas City on July 11, Vernon Newton and Grace Davis testified that their night claim of assault by Frank Wolland and Thomas Robertson was false. They stated the men did not drag away and assault Miss Davis but did strike Newton. A mob of about 2000 gathered last Friday outside the county jail threatening to lynch Holand and Robertson. the preliminary hearing continued today.
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Miss Davis
Kansas City
Frank Wolland
Thomas Robertson
Vernon Newton
Grace Davis
Newton
Holand
Trains Crash in Missouri Kill Two Injure Many
A head on collision near Gower Missouri between a northbound St Joseph and Grand Island passenger train and a Santa Fe freight killed engineer F Becker and express messenger W A Floyd and injured fourteen others none seriously. The freight train had orders to wait for the passenger at Frasier two miles away but did not.
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Missouri
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Grand Island
Santa Fe
Gower
F. Becker
W. A. Floyd
Frasier
Assault by masked men threatens Mrs. Hodge’s life
Portage Wisconsin July report says Mrs. Fred Hodge a farmer’s wife near Oxford was assaulted by two masked men as she returned from the fields. Residents fear for her life as enraged farmers form bands and search the countryside for the attackers.
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Hodge
Portage
Wis
Fred Hodge
Oxford
Ex Senator Pugh Weakened. Recovery in Doubt
Washington July 1. The condition of ex Senator Pugh of Alabama was not materially changed tonight. He is extremely weak and it is feared may not recover.
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Washington
Pugh
Alabama
British Lose Seven Killed in South Africa Action
London reports July 17 that fighting on July 11 near Zuarv Jakte, about twenty four miles from Aliwal North, left seven British soldiers dead, two officers wounded, and 100 men injured.
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London
Zuarv- Jakte
Aliwal
England Sizzles Amid Heat Wave Pressures
London reports a heat wave with no rain forecast for the middle and south of England. Crops suffer as sunshine exceeds average and rainfall remains scarce. Suntrokes apoplexy and heat prostrations rise. hospitals busy while livestock sales surge due to pastures failing.
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London
Scotland
Ireland
England
Riots in Saragossa Between Catholics and Free Thinkers
Violence broke out in Saragossa as Catholics and Free Thinkers clashed during a jubilee near the Church of St Philip. General Cavero, a Carlist, was killed and about fifty wounded. Catholic newspaper offices were wrecked as shootings and street fighting erupted. Authorities urged calm.
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Saragos de Saragossa
Cavero
Saragossa
Noticiero
Church of St Philip
Fairfax Inn at Berkely Springs Destroyed by Fire
Cumberland Maryland July 17 fire today leveled Fairfax Inn built in 1795 the lone Berkely Springs hotel with 30 000 in losses and 10 000 insured seventy two guests fled but many lost baggage Mrs Blumenthal of Richmond lost 31000 in jewels General Daniel Butterfield died at his Cold Spring home tonight leaving a widow and no children
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Cumberland
Fairfax Inn
Berkely Springs
W. Va
Blumenthal
Richmond
Daniel Butterfield
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cold Spring
Amalgamated Strike Ties Up Steel Plants Across Pittsburgh
Thousands of dollars lost daily as Amalgamated Association members strike non union plants in Wellsville Vandergrift and McKeesport. Shaffer denies talks with the other side. Bishop mulls reopening conference. National AFL pledge to aid. projected losses include tin plate, stove iron, and hoop operations with hundreds of workers affected.
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Pittsburg
Shaffer
Bishop
Wellsville
Amalgamated Association
American Federation of Labor
American Window Glass Workers’ Association
Vandergrift
Amalgamated
Nothie
Bie
Presidenit
Sheet “Mih
B. F. Smith
Smith
McKeesport
W. Dewees
American Sheet Steel Company
American Tin Plate Company
American Steel Hoop Company
Thomas HB. Flynn
Washington
Flynn
Reading
Man Arrested for Murder After Years As Woman Teacher
T. A. Irvin of Baird Texas arrested Thomas Stokes in Huntsville after three years of masquerading as a woman and teaching as a female teacher near Fortville. Stokes, 24 and beardless, claims innocence and says the disguise was by choice to gain employment. He was taken to Texas as detectives pursue confirmation.
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van Buren
Ark
T. A. Irvin
Baird
Tex
Thomas Stokes
Huntsville
Stokes
Flontaville
Texas
Irvin
Liberal Leader Attacks South African Policy in Commons
London July 17 Sir Willian Vernon Harcourt Liberal leader opened in the House of Commons with a sharp attack on the government's South African policy. He faced interruptions from Joseph Chamberlain who urged a brighter view. Chamberlain argued the war would end and postwar finance would improve with surplus revenue from new colonies. The finance bill passed its third reading 291 to 221 after the debate.
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London
Willian Vernon Harcourt
House of Commons
Joseph Chamberlain
South Africa
Transvaal
Baldwin Seigler Arctic Expedition Sails From Tromsoe
The Baldwin Geigler Arctic expedition ships weighed anchor after midnight from Tromsoe Norway and set course north. Evelyn Baldwin declared high hopes of reaching the North Pole as the fleet heads first to Archangel then Varloe Island before Franz Josef Land. The America Belgica Frithjof will join at Lofoten for a joint northward voyage.
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Baldwin-Seigler
Tromsoe
Norway
Baldwin - Geigler
Evelyn Baldwin
Associated Press
North Pole
America
Archangel
Russia
Varloe
Franz Josefland
Ingsvaeg
Belgica
Frithjof
Heiress Claim Shifts Across States In Hypnosis Tale
Irena Canning, sixteen from Galveston, Texas, claims a $300,000 fortune and guardian Rev. George Tarbox of Savannah, Georgia. She says a hypnotist abducted her from Holyoke Massachusetts. she fled a pursuing doctor and was detained in Goshen Indiana. Tarbox and Canning are unknown in Savannah. Galveston has no record of her family or inheritance.
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Goshen
Ind
Irena Canning
Galveston
Tex
Southern Securities
George Tarbox
Savannah
Holyoke
Mass
South Bend
United States
Miss Canning
Tarbox
Canning
Erwin
Miss
Smith
Northern Pacific
Morgan
Washington
Manchuria
Pekin
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
San Francisco
Charleston Dispensary Profits Seized by State Board
The State Dispensary Board on July 17 passed a resolution to withhold profits from Charleston city dispensaries. Funds will be redirected to pay state constables for enforcing the dispensary law until city authorities show full compliance, per a unanimous vote following Mayor Smyth and Chief Boyle’s defense.
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State Dispensary Board
Columbia
5. C
State Dispensary
Charleston
State Board of Directors
Smyth
Boyle
Coumel
Georgia Weather and Local Civic Notes Mixed
The forecast reports showers Thursday and likely Friday with south to southwest winds. Yesterday’s high and low temperatures are recorded along with rainfall to date. Other items include a building permit denial for the Monnish residence, cattle disease in north Georgia, and a busy municipal agenda on franchises, water, and labor matters.
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Georgia
Pittman
Monnish
North Georgia
Aldermanic Board
Georgia Association of Life Underwriters
Atlanta
Water Board
South Georgia backs Estill in governor boom
Savannah hosts a drive by friends to nominate Colonel J H Estill for governor, urging support from South Georgia. Major Ryals endorses Estill, praising his temperance stance and governing potential, while Guerry and duBignon announcements spark regional reactions and expectations across Macon Rome and Savannah.
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J. H. Estill
Savannah
F . duBignon
South Georgia
Chatham County
J H Estill
Savannah Morning News
Estill
G M Ryvals
Major Rvals
State Agricultural Society
J. Hy Estill
W . Gordon
Rvals
Estil
Candler
Major Ryals
North Georgia
duBignon
Guerry
Macon
Rome
Fleming MacBignon
Vatican Advises French Congregations on Law
Paris July 1 A letter from Cardinal Getti prefect of the congregations of bishops and regulars outlines the Holy See position on France new associ ation law. It condemns provisions that impair rights but allows unrecognized religious institutions to seek authorization under specified conditions to avoid extinction.
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Vatican
Paris
Gettl
Holy See
France
Hampton Negro Conference Opens at Hampton Institute
The Hampton Negro conference began at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Hampton Va with a large attendance of prominent white and colored educators from the north and south gathered for the event projected to energize educational discussions.
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Hampton
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
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Government OF
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Southern Hotel
Mississippi Valley
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Ston
J. H Estill
Wilkes County
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Birmingham
Rufus Norwood
South Decatur
William Denson
Magnolia
Knoxville
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William Johnson
Pauncefote
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Tromsee
William Vernon Hartcourt
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