Death Toll Rises From Gulf Storm Across Texas Coast
Corpus Christi reports 75 to 100 deaths as the Gulf coast storm spreads inland. A launch sent to Rockport and Port Aransas seeks to learn the fate of victims, while Linton acts as relief center with about 70 bodies found in surrounding areas including West Port and White Point. Local women who sheltered in the Federal building gave birth during the hurricane.
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Charles McManus
United States Employment Service
Rockport
Port Aransas
Gulf hurricane wrecks Corpus Christi with unknown death toll
Civilians count wreckage after a gulf hurricane struck Corpus Christi on Sunday. Officials estimate 13 to 25 deaths in the city, with about 200 injured and over 300 rendered homeless. Reports of up to 190 bodies from a reef near Portland circulate as relief trains and patrols disperse through the damaged main street.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Portland
Pershing Declines Speech Invitation at Division Reunion
General John J. Pershing declines invitation to speak at the 30th division reunion due to prior engagements. Major General George W. Reed accepts. governors of Tennessee, North and South Carolina will speak at Greenville event on September 29 and 30.
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Greenville
John J. Pershing
George W. Reed
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Pershing
Infant of Mr and Mrs Newby dies at three months
The three months old daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Newby died last night at 11. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 6 at Pleasant Grove church west of the city. The service will be conducted by Reverend suits.
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J. C. Newby
Pleasant Grove Church
Suits
Factory Whistles to Resume Full Chiming in High Point
After seven weeks of idle work, 47 factories in High Point will restart full operation tomorrow. Workers, some who joined unions, are expected to return to their former positions as whistles echo through the city.
Boston Firemen Refuse Sympathy Strike
Boston officials announced the city’s fire department officers will not join a sympathy strike to aid police. Commissioner Murphy said he believed the firemen would stay loyal to the department after a directors’ meeting of the officers’ club.
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Boston
Fire Department
Officers’ Club
Murphy
Ancestral Washington Home to Receive Gifts in London
Alton B. Parker travels to Sulgrave manor the Washington family ancestral home to present a portrait of George Washington for the colonial dames of America. He also bears a $2,000 check toward restoration efforts.
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George Washington
London
Alton B. Parker
Sulgrave Manor
Colonial Dames of America
Judge Parker
Fire Rips Warehouse No 4 of J P White at Mussels Shoals
Fire at Mussels Shoals destroys Warehouse No 4 of the J P White Engineering Corp with losses estimated at 20 million dollars. A major portion of the damages involves electrical equipment.
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Sheffield
J P. White Engineering Corporation
Mussels Shoals
Mitchell Cleared in Municipal Court Murder Charge
Oscar Mitchell was exonerated in municipal court yesterday in the killing of Grant Johnson in an auto accident. He faced a manslaughter charge alleging negligence but witnesses and evidence showed the death resulted from an accident not avoidable. Judge Wickman called it a hard decision yet found no fault by Mitchell.
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Oscar Mitchell
Grant Johnson
Mitchell
Wickman
Macon Police and Firemen Stand Firm in Labor Stand
In Macon on September 16 police and city firemen refused to bow to civil service demands and would only accept a full discharge if the council upholds the civil service commission. The union vowed no partial resignations, while over 200 discharged soldiers offered to serve if police quit. Patrolmen remained on duty and reiterated they would not resign or strike.
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Macon
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Dii Rot
President Wilson Heads South for Six Day California Tour
On board President Wilson's train on September 16 he begins a six day California tour to promote the peace treaty. The schedule shows no stops planned for the day.
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Wilson
California
Rates Proposed to Hit Southern Rail Trade Hard
Southern shippers protest new rate plans arguing the increase would ruin North and South Carolina businesses. They say northern lines incur deficits and should bear the added revenue, while southern freight costs threaten regional development and discrimination against local manufacturers and jobbers.
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North Carolina
Washington
Railroad Administration
Southern
Cs B
E. Cotterill
Northern Traffic League
North
South Carolina
Fiend Breaks Out of State Asylum
Thurston A Vaughn former South Carolina Odd Fellows' leader escaped from the state hospital for the insane in Columbia. He had been sentenced to die in the electric chair for a 1911 attack on girl inmates at the orphanage. This is his second escape and a search is under way after a Greenville court ordered sanity tests to determine if he should be resentenced to death.
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Columbia
Thurston A. Vaughn
South Carolina Odd Fellows
State Hospital For
Greenville
Women to End Bolshevism Asserted by Mrs Pankhurst
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, famed British suffragist, told reporters in New York that Bolshevism would fall through the efforts of women. She arrived from England aboard the Adriatic and plans a lecture tour across the United States and Canada.
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New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
England
United States
Canada
One killed two wounded in Kentucky pistol fight
William Collins was shot and killed in a Dry Creek Whitesburg Kentucky pistol fight. Hiram Hall probably fatally wounded and an unidentified man was slightly wounded amid an old feud, authorities said.
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Kentucky
Louisville
William Collins
Hiram Hall
Dry Creek
Whitesburg
Quake in Italy Does Damage
An earthquake in the Sierra province damaged multiple villages including Hagni Asdana Monto rio Radiccofani Piancastriain Badia San Salvadore and Celle. One death and several injuries reported at Plancastragnajo with ten injuries at Celle. Aid has been dispatched to the province.
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Italy
Rome
Sierra
Hagni
Asdana
Montorio
Radiccofani
Piancastriain
Badia
San Salvadore
Celle
Plancastragnajo
Rumanians Seize Shoes From Orphans Reported
Paris Sept 16 Advices say Hungarian requisitioning by Rumanian occupation troops has been reported to the supreme council of the peace conference.
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Paris
Hungary
Supreme Council of the
Peace Conference
Secretary Daniels to Return from Pacific Fleet Tour
Secretary of the Navy Daniels planned to end several weeks with the Pacific fleet and begin his return to Washington today.
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Tacoma
Daniels
Pacific Fleet
Washington
Straw Hat Jest Leads 10 Fight at Lennox Avenue
In New York at 135th street and Lennox avenue a clash between negroes and whites left one white man dead, two injured, and a patrolman wounded. Police used reserves from four stations to restore order after a straw hat mocked as out of season sparked the melee. A white man was arrested. a negro was killed by an in plain clothes officer who faced a crowd shouting lynch.
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Straw Hat Jest
United States Seeks Return Date for Kiao Chan
The United States asked the Japanese government to fix a date for the return of Kiao-Chan to China, according to cables received by a Japanese daily. The Japanese government had not answered the request.
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Honolulu
Sept
United States
China
Officials expect Japan to set date for Kiao Chou return
Washington officials, without President Wilson, will not comment on a report that the United States asked Japan to fix a date for returning Kiao Chau to China. The general impression is the report is well founded and Japan’s reply would influence Senate debates on the peace treaty, particularly Shantung objections.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Japan
Kiao Chau
China
Senate
Alliance breaks down at sea with 122 aboard
The steamer Alliance carrying 122 passengers broke down 155 miles southwest of Cape Henry while en route to Colon. The vessel is proceeding under its own steam to Old Point Comfort with no danger reported, according to a wireless message received.
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New York
Alliance
Colon
Cape Henry
Old Point Comfort
Italian aviator halted rout e due to weather in Porto Alegre
Buenos Aires dispatch reports Lieut Locatelli of the Italian aviation mission to Argentina reached Porto Alegre on Thursday and could not depart for Rio Janeiro because of bad weather, delaying his flight from Buenos Aires to the Brazilian capital.
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Buenos Aires
Lieut. Locatelli
Argentina
Porto Alegre
Rio Janeiro
Purham Merchants Held on Whisky Handling Charge
Durham police arrested Allen Slater a well known clothing merchant on a charge of illegal possession of whiskey. He was released on $200 bond after whisky was found in his Slater store following a reported fifty minute encounter.
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Purham Merchants
Durham
Allen Slater
Slater
Silver fox skins bring $175000 at St Louis sale
A morning sale at the International Fur Exchange in St Louis drew 700 silver fox skins weighing in at a total of $175,000. Experts said the figure marked a 75 percent advance in prices.
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ST. Louis
International Fur Exchange
Senate resumes peace treaty review in open session
The Senate resumed open executive session on the peace treaty after routing issues were handled. Democratic leaders conferred on amendments while action on the first amendment was postponed until Monday and a Friday resumption was planned. More arrests were expected in Raleigh as Governor Bickett remained at Chapel Hill.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nation
Want Wilson Join Labor Federation
A communication to President Gompers from the league of the AF of L urges making the President a member of the federation and calls for immediate cancellation of all strikes to address a crisis seen as threatening the foundations of government. The note is dated New York September 16 and references labor partnership and industrial democracy.
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New York
United States
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Townley and Gilbert Given Jail Sentences
A C Townley president of the National Non Partisan league and Joseph Gilbert former organization manager Ree tessee were sentenced to three months in Jackson county jail by Judge E C Dean without a fine. Dean granted a 60 day stay on bail. He assailed Townley and the league calling any organization built on falsehood will not endure.
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Jackson County
E. C. Dean
Townley
Gilbert
Dean
Non-Partisan League
Transport stowaway on return trip to Belgium
New York dispatch reports 14 year old Mike Gilhooley aboard the Tenderson bound for Belgium. It marks the fourth try of the war’s famed stowaway to become American, despite Doughboy support. His father died before the war and his Belgian mother was killed by a German shell that destroyed their home.
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New York
Mike Gilhooley
Belgium
Mike
German Internes Monument Razed at Trial Bay
Officials report unknown persons blew up a 26 foot granite monument at Trial Bay in Sydney commemorating German internes who died there. The memorial had sparked protests by local groups including returned soldiers and threats had been made to destroy it.
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Sydney
Australia
Trial Bay
Troops Guard Albemarle After Wisconsin Mills Clash
Three state companies arrived in Albemarle to back authorities after a clash at the Wisconsin mills between county and city officers and striking workers. Troops assumed control, were greeted quietly, and no disorder followed. Officials expect no further trouble.
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Albemarle
Wisconsin Mills
No more trouble expected at Albemarle after unrest
State troops remain in Albemarle as a precaution. Mayor Groves says the city is quiet with patrols on the streets and only four or five people jailed. Sheriff Blalock, shot in the leg, recovers. striker Samuel Porter, alleged to have shot the sheriff and been shot by a bystander, is not seriously wounded. No further troop deployment expected.
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Albemarle
Groves
Enterprise
Blalock
Samuel Porter
Samouel Porter
Porte
Porter
Gurney Briggs Named Director for Elisabeth City Y M C A Campaign
J Gurney Briggs departs tomorrow to assume duties as director of the Elisabeth City district Y M C A campaign drive. Briggs has extensive Y M C A experience and his selection is regarded as a high compliment for the job.
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J. Gurney Briggs
Newhern
Elisabeth City
Y. M. CA
Briggs
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