Mothers Police Action During Lawrence Strike
testimony details Captain Sullivan's account of police detaining mothers and children, transporting some to the station amid law questions over neglect, while denying written orders and stressing care for those in law Massachusetts. He described depots crowded with crowds, arrests of strikers, and public demonstrations with women and children fronting protests.
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Taft
Holman
Jot Sullivan
Lawrence
Stanley
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Sullivan
Washington
Daniel J. Murphy
Wiliam D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Berger
Hasgar
Ettor
Barre
New York
Henry
Brown
Dalzell
Killed in quarrel over divorced wife in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas March 6 Mau rice Ball a cotton brokerage employee was killed and Obe Thompson and J Philips managers and bystanders were wounded in a crowded thoroughfare altercation between Ball and Oscar Meyer auditor Fort Worth and Denver City railroad Ball and his wife had recently divorced Ball accused Meyer of causing his domestic troubles with a blow Meyer was arrested then released on bond Thompson or Philips were seriously wounded
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Fort Worth
Texas
Maurice Ball
Obe Thompson
J. & Philips
Ball
Oscar Meyer
Denver City
Meyer
l.Nettt
Anti-Lynching Bill Fails in Maryland Delegates
Annapolis Md March 6 The anti lynching bill was defeated in the house of delegates by 76 to 11. Chairman Cook of the Judiciary committee said no southern state should put such a bill on its statute books. The measure would have made a community liable for up to 6000 damages and allowed the governor to remove officers who failed to prevent lynchings.
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Annapolis
Cook
Judiciary Committee
Son of Schumann-Heink Sued by German Girl in U S Court
In Trenton North Carolina on March 6 a breach of promise suit was filed in a United States court seeking $25,000. The action names Johanna Alice Forner of Dresden as plaintiff against Hana Schumann-Heink of Singac New Jersey and the singer's son. The case concerns a romance said to have ended unfavorably.
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Trenton
N.C
United States
Hana
Firemen Buried as Brick Building Collapses on Water Street
An early report describes firemen entering a four story brick building on Water Street in Providence R I when the structure collapsed. Eleven were taken to hospital with broken injuries. Names and exact details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Providence R
Maton
Kelly
Broien
Socialists and Taft kin in hearing over textile pay rise
Report describes a Senate committee hearing on textile workers demanding higher wages. Mrs Taft and several congressmen’s wives occupied seats, with Mrs Taft and her niece offered better seats if they returned for the afternoon session. Anne Morgan, daughter of J F Morgan, was among yesterday’s visitors.
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Mabor
House
Congasman Berger
Oni
Henry
Texas
Massachusetts
Taft
Teft
Tag
Clean up Atlanta urged by sanitary chief in 1912 drive
Chief Jentzen demands immediate yard cleanup with no notices or grace period. He vows to arrest violators, deploy twelve inspectors, and push prosecutions to enforce a long standing law on garbage and manure receptacles, aiming to make Atlanta a clean city within thirty days regardless of cost.
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Jentzen
Atlanta
Constitution
Sanitary Department
China
Board of Health
Hinman resolution backs rescinding state tax approval
Albany March 6. The Hinman resolution to rescind New York state's approval of the federal income tax was reported favorably to night by the assembly judiciary committee. The panel met at 7.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Hinman
New York State
Assembly Judiciary ‘Committee
Cheaper Fares and Franchises in Atlanta Discussion
City committee reviews concessions to Georgia Railway and Power Company on taxes, franchise limits, paving costs, electric rates, and extensions. Debates focus on city ownership of a future plant and restrictions on bonds, with aldermen voting to strike item nine and adjourn to discuss further.
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S Valorem
Georgia Railway
Powerompany
Fulton
DeKalbrownes
Lnes
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Arkewright
Arkwright
Alderman McClelland
Johnson
McClelland
Atlanta
Funeral Notice for George W Scoville March 7 1912
Friends and relatives of George W Scoville Eliza Scoville Levi Higginbotham McLane Tilton A McD Wilson Holpe Ehney Walter Agee Thomas Meador A P Stewart J Hope Tigner Walter Brown Joseph McCord Major Halsey Thomas Peeples gather at H M Patterson & Son chapel for the service at 10 AM with Rev Charles W Daniel officiating and Oakland Cemetery burial. Pallbearers named to meet at 9 45 AM.
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Charles W. Daniel
Oakland Cemetery
Levi
Higginbotham
McLane Tilton, Jr
A. McD. Wilson
Holpe. Ehney
Walter C. Agee
Obituaries and funeral notices for M M White and R L Clay
The notice invites friends and family to the funeral of Mr. M M White on Thursday at 2 pm from H M Patterson Sons chapel with interment at Oakland cemetery and officers from the police department acting as pallbearers. Confederate Veterans unit to attend as honorary escort. A second notice for Mr R L Clay requests attendance at Gusley chapel at 2 pm with carriages from Harry G Poole's at noon.
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Arthur Potter
J. L. Beavers
Henry Jennings
James Whatley
J. A. Holts
J.C. Carlisle
J. J. Spratling
Adtlanta Camp No. 169
United Confederate Veterans
Captain White
WM. Ss. Thomson
W. H. Harrison
Bacon Attacks Treaties and Arbitration Question
Senator Bacon of Georgia challenged the constitutional validity of proposed treaties, arguing they lack practical value since the U S already has arbitration provisions with major nations. Meanwhile Jacksonville reports eight thousand telephones out of service after a switchboard fire. restoration efforts are underway with little building damage.
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Senate
Bacon
Georgia
United States
Jacksonville
Mla
Southern Bell “Telephones Company
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