Prison Orders Disobeyed and Parchman Atrocities Recounted
Testimony before the penitentiary investigating committee details Bilbo and others alleging disobedience of prison orders at Parchman farm. Reports claim 57 white convicts were whipped for petty theft, with lashes applied while convicts lay on stomachs. A convict shot another, his body found in mud near a tree. witnesses describe burial in a hole by the bayou.
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Parchman
Rankin
Dent
Mr. Dent
Roberts
Camp No. 8
Gathings
Tupelo
Z. P. Thomason
Lee Mayes
Hill is Made U. S. Attorney for Northern Mississippi
President Wilson nominated Greenwood lawyer Wilson Shedric Hill as United States attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi. The move pleases Senator John Sharp Williams and signals an understanding with Senator Vardaman that Williams will name the two U S district attorneys while Vardaman selects the two marshals.
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Williams
Vardaman
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Wilson Shedric Hill
Greenwood
United States
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
Many Withdraw from Bond in Prairie Bank Failure
Hardin Adams was re arrested and taken to Aberdeen after depositors who signed his $20,000 bond with T C Fuller failed to appear in Prairie Mississippi and pay off the bank receivership. The sheriff complied by removing names from the bond and arresting Adams to secure a new bond.
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Hardin Adams
Aberdeen
T. C. Fuller
Lexington
Prairie
Miss
First State Bank
Adams
Mississippi Women Back Fire Prevention Drive
The Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs at Hattiesburg endorsed the Society for the Prevention of Fires. Clubs across the state are urged to cooperate. Mrs J J McGrath, civic committee chair, issued circular letters to the clubs outlining the action.
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Mississippi
Mississippi Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hattiesburg
Society For the Prevention of Fires
J. J. McGrath
Grim Murdered by Train Near Hernando Mississippi
The death of E. Grim, a Memphis barber, was ruled an accidental train death after a mutilated body found two miles south of Hernando along Illinois Central tracks. Initial bullet hole beliefs were dismissed as rock, cuts, and bruises from being run over by multiple trains. Grim, about 30, with a wife and infant, had lived in Memphis 18 months and belonged to barber unions in Canton and Kankakee.
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Hernando
E. Grim
Memphis
Hernando, Miss
Illinois Central Railroad
J. T. Oliver
Memphis Barbers’ Union
Grim
Barbers’ Union
Canton
Kankakee
Ill
Man's Companion Arrested For Italian Slaying At Ice Plant
In Canton an Italian man Gagliardi was found dead at the ice plant. Jim Bruno, captured with two horses and a wagon in McComb City, confessed the motive and location after being brought to Canton. Officers found $240 and bullet holes in the car, with blood on walls and floor. Bruno claimed kinship to Gagliardi but later denied knowledge of the victim.
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Canton
Gagliardi
Father Gmelch
Jim Bruno
McComb City
Bruno
Shooting at Grand Gulf Ends in Wounding
In Grand Gulf a shooting followed an attempted arrest of Will Middleton by Charles Wheeless. Middleton fled after being shot in both legs. an unknown man was wounded in the ankle. Walter Stampley, 500 yards away, was hit in the abdomen by a stray bullet and taken to a sanatorium with serious but nonfatal wounds. A posse with bloodhounds pursues Middleton.
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Vicksburg
Walter Stampley
Grand Gulf
Charles Wheeless
Will Middleton
Wheeless
Middleton
Jackson
Stampley
Brown Accused Of Robbery In Vicksburg Case
Vicksburg police hold A. W. Brown on charges of robbing the Great Northern Express Company of 2000 dollars. C W Brown, a special representative from a Minneapolis bonding firm, arrived with authority to detain the suspect and identified him with a photograph.
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Vicksburg
C. W. Brown
Minneapolis
A. W. Brown
Great Northern Express Company
Receivers Authorized to Sue Bank Debtors in Natchez
In chancery court Chancellor Cutter authorized the First Natchez Bank receivers to sue all indebted parties who fail to settle within a reasonable time. The bank closed its doors October 29.
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Natchez
Chancery Court
Cutter
Natchez Bank
Big Land Deal in Skew Area Purchases Four Plate West
R. M. Dakin buys from T. F. Gaines a gin and store at Skew, four plates west of here. The deal totals 40,000 dollars at 975 dollars per acre, marking a notable land transaction in the region.
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Boyle
R. M. Dakin
T. FH. Gaines
Wilson Fathers Five Trust Bills Introduced in Congress
President Wilson’s plan to curb trusts advances with four publicized bills. Clayton to chair an interstate trade commission measure while three judiciary committee bills broaden Sherman act definitions and curb interlocking directorates, price discrimination, and monopolistic restraints.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Interstate Trade Commission
House of Representatives
Clayton
Judiciary Committee
House
Judiciary Subcommittee
Senate Interstate Commerce Committees
High Speed Boats Burn in New York Fire
About thirty boats including high speed motor craft power cruiser yachts sloops and launches were lost in a 250000 dollar blaze.
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New York
Japan urges U.S. action over Mexico in Makino speech
Ambassador Chinda released excerpts from Japan's Makino speech without presidential or Bryan approval. The remarks imply the United States should act promptly in Mexico, signaling Tokyo’s demand for decisive U.S. involvement.
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Washington
Chinda
Japan
Bryan
Makino
United States
Mexico
Reserve District Missouri to Gulf district plan discussed
At a federal reserve bank hearing officials presented a proposal to form a regional bank district spanning from the northern Missouri border to the Gulf of Mexico, extending west to western Kansas and Texas and east to eastern Kentucky and southern Indiana with St Louis as a potential center. Bankers from Tulsa Clarksville Helena urged district inclusions to favor local money needs and clearing functions within their regions.
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St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
Kansas
Texas
Kentucky
Indiana
Federal Reserve Bank
McAdoo
Houston
Kansas City
H. Leonard
Tulsa
Clarksville
S. S. Faulkner
Helena
Ark
Arkansas
Japanese Make New Move In Land Negotiations
Washington reports Baron Nobuaki Makino Japan's foreign minister addressed the Japanese parliament outlining the status of negotiations over the California alien land legislation. He said the government sees need to consider other solutions as U S replies were not satisfactory, the message being telegraphed from Tokyo to the Japanese embassy.
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Washington
Nobuaki Makino
Parliament of
Japan
California
United States
Tokyo
Wisconsin eugenic marriage law declared unconstitutional
Milwaukee Wisconsin judge F C Eschweller declared the state eugenic law requiring a clean health certificate for marriage licenses unconstitutional. The ruling sends the case to the state supreme court.
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Milwaukee
Wis
F. C. Eschweller
Circuit Court
Expreme
Apples Not Included In Cold Storage Bill
Washington statement from Representative McKellar Tennessee author of the bill says apples are not intended to be banned from interstate shipment when kept in cold storage for two months or longer.
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Washington
McKellar
Tennessee
Drouth Hits Western Kentucky Water Shortage Deepens
Hopkinsville report notes a severe drouth in Western Kentucky with cisterns empty and ponds and streams at low ebb or dry. Farmers struggle to obtain stock water as summer drought persists despite mild, sunshiny winter conditions and no substantial rainfall or snow to relieve the shortage.
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Drouth
Kentucky
Hopkinsville
Western
Goethals Might Head New York Police Post
Col. George W. Goethals chief engineer of the Panama Canal was approached by Mayor Mitchel about becoming New York police commissioner. He would accept only if allowed to remain on the Isthmus until canal completion and given full control over the police department, including dismissal powers. He would not resign from the army, seeking presidential permission to retire. The offer surprised President Wilson who expected Goethals to become Canal Zone governor and help establish its permanent government.
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Panama
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
New York City
Mitchel
George W. Perkins
Col. Goethals
Wilson
Perkins
New York Police Department
Washington
Col
George Geethals
Mitchell
New York
White House
Bandits Rob Train Near Stevenson in Bold Hold-Up
Three masked men staged a dramatic Southern Railway train robbery near Stevenson. They fired pistols at the express car, escaping with a sum not exceeding $100. Passengers were not harmed. Train No. 25 was stopped to summon officers and bloodhounds to the scene near Fackler.
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Chattanooga
Southern Railway
Stevenson
Fackler
No funds for good roads tied to civil service exemption
Washington The House rules committee refused to couple a $25,000,000 good roads appropriation with the post office bill proposal to exempt 2,400 assistant postmasters from civil service. Either provision could be eliminated on a point of order, as leaders sought to unite supporters of both measures.
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House Committee
Washington
House Rules Committee
Immigration Restriction Proposal Sparks Labor Debate
Washington Secretary Wilson urged Congress to close U S doors to Hindu laborers, signaling a hard line on immigration as a labor policy issue. The proposal aims to curb Asian and Indian recruitment, intensifying tensions in labor and politics.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Labor
Congress
United States
Mississippian Against Control in Senate Speech
Senator John Sharp Williams condemned what he called a reckless push for government control of every productive enterprise arguing it would monopolize industry and crowd out individual citizens. He spoke in the Senate amid debates on progressivism and federal intervention.
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Washington
Senate
John Sharp Williams
Whitman Probes Graft Ties in 1909 Campaign
New York District Attorney Whitman subpoenas political leaders as part of a broad graft inquiry into state contracts and campaign contributions. Eleven deposits traced to 1909 total about 2 million dollars, with potential totals exceeding 5 million including contracts and “special services” payments.
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New York
Whitman
Charles F. Murphy
James E. Gaffney
Norman E. Mack
Democratic
Democratic State Committee
Arthur A McLean
Philip J. Donahue
Tammany Hall
Thomas Hassett
Ben
Buffalo
Kingston
Suport
Special Services
Etz
Miners Seek Far-Reaching Changes From UMWA Resolutions
United Mine Workers of America delegates adopt resolutions calling for sweeping reforms. If enacted, the government would nationalize public utilities including coal mines. Federal laws would ban fare collection from standing passengers, create pensions for old age and mothers, and regulate mining. Imminent full employment for all workers is demanded before any disarmament or reductions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Will Push Trust Meas ures Hearings Favored at Conference
A meeting at Senator Newlands Nevada, chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, discussed expediting anti trust legislation. Major members of the committee joined, stressing the need for cooperation between committees in both houses.
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Washington
Newlands
Nevada
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Moyer to Return Voluntarily for Trial in Michigan
Charles H Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners and six other union leaders under indictment for conspiracy will return voluntarily to stand trial alongside thirty one strikers indicted with them in Houghton Michigan.
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Houghton, Mich
Charles H Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Methodist College Planned in Rome by Pastor Tipple
The Rev Bertrand M Tipple pastor of the American Methodist Church in Rome has bought land to build a large modern college in the city.
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Methodist College
Rome
Bertrand M. Tipple
American Methodist Church
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Hill
U. S. Attorney
Bond
Man
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U.S
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Goethals
N.Y
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Moyer
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