Senators Report Philippine Atrocities Hearings Detail Abuse
Washington May 19 Senate investigation heard a letter from General Hughes denying water cure orders and Corporal Richard O Brien testifying to abuses by American officers in the Philippines. He cited a well educated Filipino woman violated by officers, drunken misconduct at Ean Joaquin, and use of explosive bullets. He described prisoners shot after surrender and a burning bamboo shack with a woman and two children inside. He also claimed ration shortages, rumors of officers selling provisions, and a price on a captain’s head for cruelty. The hearing focused on alleged outrages and the conduct of officers amid ongoing inquiries.
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Senate Committee
Hughes
Richard O Brien
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Senator Lodge
Rawlins
Patterson
Ean Joaquin
Wha Place
McDonald
Plummer
Company M
Cook
O'Brien
la Nag
Panay
McComas
Philippines
Dietrich
O’brien
Plot to Kill Austrian Ruler Frustrated Bomb Found in Car
Dispatches from Budapest report a thwarted plot against Emperor Francis Joseph during a night trip from Vienna to Budapest. A bomb hidden in the car compartment was found during final train inspections, leading to dismissals of railway workers and strict press secrecy.
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Austria
Lansom
Daily Chronicle
Budapest
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Cordlones
Ten year old white boy found drunk on streets
A ten year old white boy, Lee Gentle, was found drunk on the Whitehall street viaduct by Officer Cooler and sent to police headquarters. He refused to name his supplier and faces drunkenness charges at Recorder Broyles, with possible commitment to the reformatory. The report notes the boy’s age and rare record as a drunken child in the city docket. The piece reflects on the sad scenes at the barracks and the impact of sin on families.
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Liberal Today
Gabrielle Lopez
Francisco Suarez
Lopez
Suarez
Carerra San Geronimo
Lee Gentle
Lee
Police Barracks
Whitehall Street
Cooler
Hfe
Recorder Broyles
Reformatory
Carter Medicine Company seeks injunction over counterfeit Carter’s pills
The Carter Medicine Company filed in superior court to stop Hammack pharmacy in Atlanta from selling counterfeit Carter’s Little Liver Pills. It seeks destruction of any counterfeit pills and 2500 damages plus 500 for alleged reputational harm. Judge J H Lampkin set May 31 for a hearing.
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Hammack
Carters
Carter Medicine Company
Atlanta
Medicine Company
J H Lampkin
Carter
J. Carter
Erie
United States Patent Office
Attorneya Rosser
Brandon
Fulton County Grand Jury Meets Today
The Fulton county grand jury will meet this morning to consider several county matters. The meeting was called by the foreman of the jury. Solicitor Charley Hill is absent from the city and it is unlikely that any criminal business will be acted upon.
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Fulton County Grand Jury
Charley Hill
Negro Peeping Tom Chased Through West Baker Street
A Black man seen at 87 West Baker Street peeped through blinds late at night. Mr West fired toward the suspect as a crowd joined a pursuit along several blocks. Shots fired, none confirmed to hit. description circulated as officers vow a vigorous search.
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West Baker Street
Thomas H Brooke
West
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Mr West
Newwto
National Convention of Miners May Be Called
Reports from Wilkes-Barre and Indianapolis indicate United Mine Workers leaders weigh a national convention to decide if the union will back the anthracite miners strike. President Mitchell in Hazleton says no news yet and that three executive boards must meet to settle the dispute. West Virginia miners plan a meeting in Huntington to decide on a possible general strike.
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Indianapolis
W. B Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
Mine Workers’ Organization
Wilson
Michigan
West Virginia
Mitchell
Huntington
W Va
Engine Runs Prater Down On Athens Trestle
Athens Ga May 19 a Seaboard Airline passenger train fatally struck W L Prater a well known painter on a trestle near the city. His two boys escaped as the engine passed over him and ground his body to pieces as he hurried to his work.
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Athens
Seaboard
W. L. Prater
Prater
Verdict Against Central. Mote Wins $5,000 Award
In Columbus on May 18 a jury awarded Charles M Mote five thousand dollars in the case against Central of Georgia Railway Company. Mote, a fireman, claimed injuries from neglect in not properly adjusting the section between the engine and tender. The trial was hard fought throughout. A separate suit by the Anglins against the city of Columbus concerns a shed collapse damaging family members on Front Street, alleging street maintenance failures.
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Mote
Columbus
Charles M Mote
Central of Georgia
Peany
Triple wedding ceremony in Raleigh area draws crowds
In Raleigh on May 13, three Chapman sisters Margaret Ada and Hosa aged 18 20 and 21 were married at once by a magistrate. Meanwhile bank treasurer Charles Dunn of Kinston faces embezzlement charges. Other items note railway grading toward Charlotte and Asheville water bonds bought by First National Bank of Columbus at par with monthly installments. General Roberts opposes state education for negroes. Wage increases reach 10 percent at R J Reynolds plant as workers return. Poll tax failures felled thousands of votes across counties.
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Raleigh
N. C
Asheville
Margaret
Ada
Hosa Chapman
Charles Dunn
Kinston
The
Savings Union
Haas
Gulf
Chatham County
Durham and
Charlotte
First National Bank of
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Ohio
William P. Roberts
Congress
R. J. Reynolds
Winston
Bishop William Taylor Dies After Long Missionary Career
San Francisco reports Bishop William Taylor, a renowned Methodist missionary bishop, died at Palo Alto after a prolonged illness at age 81. He began evangelism fifty years earlier and served as Africa bishop until 1898 when retired for age.
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Methodist Church
San Francisco
William Taylor
Palo Alto
Africa
Thomas N. Boylan
New Orleans
Thomas S. Boylan
Boylan Harbor Police and Detective Agency
Hopkins
Millbury
Mass
John F Hopkins
Superior Court
Mia
Grace Magowan
Savannah
Revolution planned in the rice industry in Baltimore
Baltimore May 19 United Rice Machine Companies of America forms to revolutionize the rice industry. Plans call for 156 machines for the next season beginning October 1. $100,000 in guaranteed bonds will finance patents owned by Welch and Holmes, stock purchases of Southern Rice Polishing Machine Company, and plant expansion. Officers named include G R Holmes president and Ryland P Stewart general counsel. In Augusta a separate note reports the accidental killing of Kirk Moody by a dispenser in Milston dispensary.
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Baltimore
United Rice Machine Companies of America
R. W Welch
G R Holmes
Southern Rice Polishing Machine Company
Welch
Holmes
Albert P Strobel
R Thom Philips
B J Claris
Ryland P Stewart
Augusta
Milsiston
Kirk Moody
Alphonso Wise
Wise
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