Typhoon Devastates Hongkong Area Wrecks Ships
Advices brought by the Empress of Japan report Hongkong and Kowloon suffer catastrophic typhoon damage on Sept. 18. Ten thousand dead, 17 vessels wrecked, 2,000 junks swamped, 80 percent of small crafts destroyed, wharves damaged, and losses estimated over 20 million dollars. Thieves looted passenger baggage as officers saved the Hung Shang.
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Empress of Japan
Kowloon Company
Changsha
Hungshang
Hongkong and
Kowloon
Williams denounces cement duty break and Panama bill vote
Hon John Sharp Williams of Mississippi addressed Greensboro listeners about Taft and Shaw. He attacked Republicans for opposing duty free cement for San Francisco rebuilding and for defeating a Panama canal purchase bill abroad, and rejected Bryan’s private ownership view.
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Greensboro
N. C
John Sharpe Williams
Mississippi
Treasury
Shaw
Salisbury
Taft
Bryan
John Sharp Williams
Congress
San Francisco
Panama Canal
United States
Automobile Explodes After Trolley Pole Collision
Four occupants of a high speed Detroit avenue car in Lakewood were injured when the vehicle struck a trolley pole and exploded. Victims include Miss Anna Schmittel and Miss Hulda Ackerman both severely burned, Benjamin Camra with head burns, and George Hartigen with a missing eye and fractured skull. Car valued at $4,200 owned by M J Mandelbaum. Camra said machinery failure caused the crash and explosion. Fifteen gallons of gasoline ignited, engulfing the occupants.
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Cleveland
Detroit Avenue
Lakewood
Anna Schmittel
Hulda Ackerman
Benjamin Camra
George Hartigen
M. J. Mandelbaum
Camra
Pythians At Work In New Orleans Convention
The Pythian convention opened in New Orleans on Tuesday with parallel events including uniform rank encampment supreme lodge Rathbone Sisters temples and several associations. About 4,000 uniformed members joined a large parade and thousands of visitors attended. In City Park tents some occupants cooked meals inviting ladies to share their meals.
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Rathbone Sisters
New Orleans
Pythian
Supreme Lodge
Supreme Temple of Rathbone Sisters
Grand Keepers of Records and Seals Association
National Pythian Editorial Association
City Park
Gome
Woman Kills Husband in Self Defense in Chicago
In Chicago early Tuesday Mrs. Sarah Alcopa shot and killed her husband who chased her with a butcher knife. She fled to a bedroom, grabbed a revolver, and fired twice, hitting him in the temple and lung. he died instantly. Alcopa, a 39 year old cigarmaker, was arrested. Jealousy of a house guest named John Minerino is cited as motive.
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Chicago
Sarah Alcopa
Alcopa
Alcppa
John Minerino
Washington urges fair judgment of Negroes at Kentucky event
Booker T. Washington spoke at the Kentucky Industrial School for Colored Persons marking its 20th anniversary. He urged the Negro community to pursue industrious work and asked whites to distinguish between the few worthless individuals and the many reliable, moral, industrious Black citizens. He emphasized progress through mutual respect and justice.
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Frankfort
Booker T. Washington
Kentucky
America
South
Progressive Union Protests Half Rates for Panama Canal Supplies
The New Orleans Progressive Union adopted a protest against the Panama Canal commission decision to grant half rates for contractors' supplies shipped exclusively from New York and San Francisco. The group calls the move discriminatory to New Orleans port and the Mississippi Valley.
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Progressive Union
New Orleans
Panama Canal Commission
New York
San Francisco
Mississippi Valley
Man Dies After Mushroom Forage in Memphis
Memphis man J B Baker, a noted businessman, harvested what he thought were mushrooms Saturday. He fell violently ill Sunday and died Monday. Eight members of his brother’s family also fell ill from the same suspected mushrooms but are out of danger after prompt medical care.
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Brother
Memphis
J. B. Baker
Peonage Cases To Be Investigated In Florida Region
President Roosevelt ordered a thorough Justice Department probe into alleged peonage cases south of Tempa Florida after Emma Stirling of the Florida Humane Society raised the issue. If facts warrant criminal proceedings will follow.
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Washington
Tempa
Fla
Roosevelt
Emma Stirling
Florida Humane Society
Department of Justice
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Nunnelly
Express
Hower Bros
Tornado Insurance
A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Post Office Drugstore
Tal
S. H. Franklin
Hongkong
Williams
J. W. Howell
U. S
First National Bank
Bryan, Texas
H. C. Boatwright
Guy M. Bryan, JR
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
Pythians
Grand Opera House
Beggar Prince
Richelieu Pure Foods
E. J. Fountain
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