Leo M. Frank Found Guilty in Georgia Murder Trial
Leo M. Frank, head of the National Pencil Factory and a prominent community figure, was found guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan after a four week trial. The jury returned the verdict as the courtroom cleared, and Judge Bean set the date of October 10, 1913 for sentencing.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
National
B'nai B'rith
Cornell University
Mary Phagan
Frank
Mangum
Dorsey
Frank Hooper
Fred Winburn
Roan
Bean
Slavery in the Philippines Report Highlights Trade in People
Washington reports that slavery and peonage persist across the Philippines including Manila. Commissioner Dean Worcester notes children are bought and sold, some shipped to China, with cases cited of a girl sold for pigs and other items. The Philippine assembly has blocked laws to suppress trafficking due to provinces where slavery flourishes.
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Washington
Philippines
Manila
Dean Worcester
Islands
China
Worcester
Philippine Assembly
Huerta Faces Crisis as US Presses for Peace Basis
Washington reports Huerta's government may rethink its rejection of American peace proposals and seek a new negotiation basis. The financial strain on Huerta's regime signals a looming crisis, with the United States likely insisting on Huerta's resignation and exclusion from the presidential race despite any renewed talks.
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Washington
Huerta
Mexico
United States
Lind
Wilson
Congress
Dynamite found near Mayor Gaynor office New York City Hall
A deadly charge of dynamite was discovered near Mayor Gaynor's office window in City Hall. The explosive consisted of three full 10 inch sticks and two halves with a fuse and detonator and was 40 percent dynamite. Police cordoned the area as Mayor Gaynor remained at his desk.
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New York City Hall
New York
Mayor Gaynor
City Hall
Bureau of Combustibles
City Hall Park
Gaynor
Democrats Rally Behind Currency Bill in House
Washington reports say administration forces will tighten lines and back the currency bill as is, with bankers’ amendments largely rejected in the House. Democratic leaders expect to push the measure through without major changes while Senate hearings may invite banker views. Senator Owen signals openness to reserve reductions but notes limited committee discussion so far.
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Washington
House
Chicago
Currency Committee
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate
Congress
Owen
Senate Currency Committee
Senate Committee
Sulzer Plans Indictment Fight Against Impeachment
Governor Sulzer allies plan to press criminal conspiracy indictments against key legislators who impeached him and Tammany Hall figures not officially linked to the legislature. The move aims to block his impeachment by sending evidence to District Attorney Whitman for grand jury action.
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New York
Sulzer
Tammany Hall
Sulzer “War Board
Lynn J. Arnold
Whitman
Court of Appeals
Senate
Train collision near Alta Loma kills one injures many
A northbound Georgia Railroad freight train crashed into the rear of passenger train No. 3 as it pulled out of Alta Loma near Decatur. One black man was killed and fourteen were hurt, four seriously, with several freight and passenger cars destroyed.
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Atlanta
The
Georgia Railroad
Alta Loma
Decatur
World Congress on School Hygiene Opens in Buffalo
Nearly every civiliz ed nation is represented at the fourth international congress on school hygiene in Buffalo New York. The event runs one week with leading scientists educators and physicians discussing healthy bodies and educated minds for boys and girls. United States will be represented by Secretary William B Wilson of the department of labor. Viscount Richard Burden Haldane the lord high chancellor of Great Britain has a busy itinerary including West Point visits banquets in New York and Montreal an address in Montreal and an honorary degree from McGill University.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States
William B. Wilson
Department, of Labor
New York
Richard Burden Haldane
Great Britain
American
Military Academy
West Point
Montreal
American Bar Association
McGill University
Viscount Haldane
Liverpool
First Deposits Come South for Government Crop Aid
The United States plans a $50,000,000 fund to aid crop movements with initial deposits in the Southern states during August and September. Deposits will be in two equal installments to national banks in principal cities, carrying requirements of 40 percent outstanding circulation. Funds aim to ease financial tension from crop movements and be used in good faith. Banks will extend accommodations to smaller towns and charge moderate interest.
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Washington
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Huerta argues recognition is partisan and temporary
Huerta in a reply to an American note says President Wilson lacks congressional and popular support for refusing recognition. He cites Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson and defends his claim to deserve recognition, arguing U S party power is temporary and the question is partisan. The deciphered note's main argument has reached administration officials.
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Washington
Huerta
John Lind
Wilson
Congress
Henry Lane Wilson
Democratic Party
United States
Hotel Destroyed by Flames in Union City Georgia
Twenty five guests at the Reid hotel narrowly escaped as a fire swept the frame structure in Union City. The blaze quickly consumed the hotel, saving only a few personal effects. The volunteer fire department protected the adjacent two story Farmers' Union office building worth $10,000. The Reid hotel stood at an estimated value of $4,500.
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Union City
Farmers’ Union
Reid
Motorcycle Racers Crash in Five Mile Milwaukee Race
Five riders crashed during a five mile motordrome race in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Fred Bowen of New York City is in hospital with a broken shoulder and serious internal injuries. Four others suffer severe cuts bruises and minor internal injuries. The most seriously injured are James Cox Dellas Texas Olen Stokes Los Angeles Bert Brugger man Denver and Lawrence Fleckenstein Denver.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Fred Bowen
New York City
James Cox
Dellas
Texas
Olen Stokes
Los Angeles
Bert Bruggerman
Denver
Lawrence Fleckenstein
McAdoo Allocates 50 Million for Western and Southern Banks
Secretary McAdoo announces the distribution of 46.5 million dollars in bank deposits for the West and South to aid crop marketing. Southern banks receive 21.8 million and Western banks 24.7 million with August to December deposits and repayment by next April. The program aims to assist farm trade while remaining flexible for other regions if needed.
Farmers urged to unite for rural credits progress
The American commission on rural credits told the Colorado Springs conference of governors that U S farmers must quickly unite to organize forces in producing and selling crops and financing farming. Senator Duncan Fletcher of Florida read the report via Gordon James of Denver. The first general report covers European study by a commission under congress and state and Southern Congress authority.
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Colorado Springs
Col
United States
American Commission On Rural Credits
Duncan Fletcher
Florida
Conference of Governors
Gordon James
Denver
Europe
American Commission
Congress
Southern Commercial Congress
Wreck Injures 21 on C O Railroad in Virginia
Twenty one persons were injured in a derailment on the Buckingham branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad near Brena Lynchburg Virginia. A mixed train derailed when rails spread causing a passenger coach and three lumber freight cars to roll over a twenty foot embankment.
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Lynchburg
Buckingham
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Brena
Income Tax Remains Unchanged After Senate Fight
Washington reports the income tax on large fortunes remains unchanged as Senators Borah Bristow and Cummins urged raising the rate. Borah proposed a 5 percent levy on incomes over $100000, but the amendment was defeated 47 to 17 with ten Republicans supporting the Democrats.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Bristow and Cummins
Composer of Holy City Dead in Buxton England
Michael May brick English composer known as Stephen Adams died in Buxton aged 69. Native of Liverpool he lived long in the Isle of Wight and engaged in municipal politics. He was younger brother of James Maybrick whose wife Florence Maybrick was sentenced to death for poisoning him.
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Buxton
England
Michael Maybrick
Stephen Adams
Nancy Lee
Bold
Holy City
Liverpool
Isle of Wight
James Maybrick
Florence Maybrick
Untitled Collection of Quotations and Industrial Facts
A fragmentary page lists witty lines about honor and happiness, with quotes from Doctor Johnson and Patrice, then shifts to industrial data noting tinplate production of 1,750,000,000 pounds in the prior year, tenfold since 1899, and aluminum output at 25,000 tons annually from a new hydroelectric plant in North Carolina.
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United States
North Carolina
Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy Praised by Local Mother
Mrs Willard A Graham of Bovina Center New York says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved years of pain from childbirth and backache. She now does much of her own work and urges other suffering women to try the remedy with confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Willard A. Graham
Elswoorth Tuttle
N.Y
Lydia E.pinkham
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