White slave charge against Boyce in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas March 11 a federal grand jury began investigation into a white slave charge against Al Boyce stemming from his elopement to Canada last November with Mrs Lena Sneed whose case involved a later murder of Boyce's father. A state charge was dismissed when Mrs Sneed was released via habeas corpus. In Clinton Tenn a judge sentenced William Cross to three years for killing William Aslinger years earlier. Cross fled to Indiana as a child, later married there and is alleged to have quarreled with an aunt.
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Fort Worth
Texas
al Boyce
Canada
Lena § Sneed
Boyce
Nashville
Fenn
Clinton, Tenn
William Cross
William Aslinger
Cross
Indiana
Police Kill Intruder in South Highlands Burglary
In Birmingham Alabama on March 11 H R Alston of 1611 Twelfth Avenue South shot and killed an unknown Negro burglar attempting to enter through a bedroom window during a rash of burglaries in the South Highlands, a wealthy residential district. The incident marks the climax of a week of break ins in the area.
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Birmingham
Ala
South Highlands
H. R. Alston
Twelfth Avenue
South
Sanford officer Involved in Fatal Bleeding Incident
A Black man named Jack May was fatally injured in Sanford when an officer struck him with an open hand after May reportedly refused to remove clothing torn on a barbed wire fence. A physician said May’s neck was broken. The officer, later seen talking with local police, rode away before arrest.
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Enterprise
Misc
Benjamin Sanford
Jack May
Sanford
Seyfried Sentenced in Atlanta Federal Prison Case
Harry Seyfried, postmaster at Delchampe in Mobile County, who paid debts with government stamps, was arraigned in the U S district court in Atlanta and sentenced to one year and one day in the Atlanta penitentiary after prior releases and a Los Angeles arrest.
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Mobile
Ala
Harry Seyfried
Delchampe
Los Angeles
Cal
Barberton
Ohio
United States District Court
Atlanta
Textile workers brace for wage hikes across New England
Boston reports confirm a plan to lift wages at least 5 percent for about 150,000 cotton and woolen mill operatives in northern New England by April 1, with further rises likely in Fall River New Bedford and other southern New England mills. If approved, 250 360 thousand people could feel the impact as unions press for higher pay amid market uncertainties.
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Boston
New Kingland
Fall River
New England
New Bedford
Textile Council
Manufacturers’ Association
Otis N. Pierce
John Golden
United Textile Workers of America
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York
Great Britain
Germany
Cleveland
Atlantic Seaboard
London
England
Scotland
Wales
House of Commons
North Wales
United Kingdom
South Wales
Midland Counties
Leondon
Berlin
Strikiers
Christian Union
France
Paris
General Miners ‘Federation
Violence and unrest mark Pekin amid Yuan Shi Kai rise
Armed forces guard the capital as Manchus back Yuan Shi Kai. Rebels attack symbols of the republic, looting and fires afflict the city while legations tighten defenses. Nanking announces a new republic constitution with national assembly supremacy and cabinet control. Sun Yat Sen remains acting president until launch of constitutional government.
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Pekin
Legation
Tunk He
Yuan Shi Kai
Yuan
North
Shen
Kalgan
National Assembly
Nanking
China
Republic of China
Ita
Sun Yat Sen
Ang Shao Yi
Sun
Global coal strike spreads across Europe in 1912 era
A world wide strike threat looms as British and German miners walk out and French miners join a 24 hour stoppage. The article details the impact on supply, rising prices, and government efforts while noting tensions among unions and employers across multiple nations.
Woman climbs 187 feet to win $20 wager at tower
Louisville March 11 Miss Susan Dianell clad in a coat suit and street shoes climbed the 187 foot frame of the tower at Leland suburb and won a $20 bet. She joined a discussion on the hazards of high frame work and proved her claim in under 20 minutes winning the wager from a young man.
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Louisville
Susan Dianell
Leland
Talladega Faces Meningitis After Death
Talladega Ala March 11 Follow ing the death from meningitis of W G Connolly shortly after his return from Texas A rigid quarantine has been put in force against a section of country 14 miles from Talladega By order of the officials Connollys home has been burned and those who communicated with him after his return from Texan are under guard and are disinfected twice daily This is the first case of meningitis reported in Alabama.
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Talladega
Ala
W. G. Connolly
Texas
Connolly
Texan
Alabama
Liquor Sellers Indicted In North Alabama
Birmingham March 11 federal grand jury returned a batch of true bills indicting many of the best known liquor dealers in north Alabama. The action follows a bomb explosion at a liquor house, and the cases involve prominent figures in the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
North
Alabama
Jetergo
Convict Barrett Paroled. gold cache unearthed near Salem
Salem Ore March 11 report says convict Charles Barrett, who guided penitentiary wardens to a cache of about $7,000 in gold stolen from the steamer Humboldt, disappeared yesterday with secret service agents while agreeing to lead them to the hiding place near here where the buried gold totaling about $27,000 is said to be hidden.
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Salem
Charles ‘Barrett
Humboldt
Governor West
Barrett
Secret Service
No Change of Venue Denied in Godau Murder Case
Mobile March 11 Judge Oliver J Semmes denied the motion to change venue in the murder case of Mrs Mary T Godau who is charged with killing her son in law Policeman Fred Wasserleben on December 30 The defense had sought a venue change to the next county and announced an appeal to the supreme court for a writ of mandamus to force a ruling.
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Mobile
Ala
Oliver J. Semmes
Mary T. Godau
Fred Wasserleben
Supreme Court
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Georgia Savings Bank & Trust Co
Grant Building
George M. Brown
John W. Grant
Joseph E. Boston
Sec
Treas
Over Brown Allen
DR. E. G. C. Gate City
Dent
Whitehai
Hffin's
Threa
Chines
United States
A. Ward
Oman
Columbian Optical Store
Whitehall Street
Red Rock
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