Bloody Williamson Declares Military Rule In County
Herrin and nearby towns face martial law with 132d infantry and 180th infantry en route from Chicago and southern Illinois to quell clashes involving Ku Klux Klan anti klan and local officials. Coroner McCown and Klan chief Glenn Young briefed as 14 state guard units mobilize to restore order.
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International News Service
Werrin
Williamson
Ku Klux Klan
Knights of the Flaming Circle
Herrin
Chicago
Illinois
Black
Milton J. Foreman
W.T. McCown
Marion
Johnston City
West Frankfort
Gov. Small
McCown
Glenn Young
100Th Infantry
100Th Cavalry
130Th Infantry
Bert Stiles
130Th
Training Planned for Republican Women in Washington
Washington plans a campaign preparation training for Republican women next fall. “Political Plattsburgs” will be opened, announced today by Mrs. Florence Harding? No, by Mrs. Haniet Taylor Upton, vice chairman.
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Washington
Plattsburgs
Flaniet Taylor Upton
Arrests in Ruhr District After Hatred Outbreaks
BERLIN reports nearly two thousand arrests by French and Belgian troops in the Ruhr after fresh German anti occupation out breaks. Advices from the district say German hatred toward occupational troops sparked the arrests, with authorities rounding up suspected agitators.
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International
Berlin
Ruhr
Believer governor: motorists won’t seek license refund
In Indianapolis on February 11 Governor McCray expressed the belief that motorists who overpaid motor license fees for the 400 mile road paving program would not seek refunds. He said the excess money would be used for road construction rather than returned to the drivers.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
McCray
Farmer charged with murder of his grandmother
Raymond Burton Smith a 36 year old farmer and musician is jailed after police found the body of his grandmother Frances Sweet 83 buried under a concrete floor in a poultry house on his Plymouth Indiana farm. His wife seeking divorce says Smith killed the grandmother two years ago in the kitchen by shotgun blast and hid the body in a trunk then buried it. Police also investigate the deaths of his father in Pittsfield Massachusetts six years ago and his mother in Chicago and the wife who died of tuberculosis suspected of slow poisoning. Insurance payout totaled 6000 dollars after his father’s death.
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International News Service
Plymouth
Ind
Raymond Burton Smith
Frances Sweet
Smith
Marshnail County
Murder trial starts at Vincennes this week
The Knox circuit court will hear the State of Indiana versus Chester Williams for first degree murder in the Oak Town slaying of Dan Latshaw. Trial begins Tuesday morning with a 100 jurors to be chosen from, Williams represented by Kimmell and Shake, Latshaw allied with Williams’s leased room, and a witness Harry Hedlie recalled from Shelby county.
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Vincennes
Ind
Knox Circuit Court
State of Indiana
Chester Williams
Dan Latshaw
Oaktown
Young
Samuel M. Emison
Kimmell & Shake
Latshaw
Williams
Harry Hedlie
Shelby County
Indiana Wealth in Its Properties Reported
Indianapolis Feb 11 Wealth in Indiana is measured by its farm lands city manufacturing plants and other business properties. The report notes substantial value across agricultural and industrial sectors with a growing property base and regional economic activity.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Jurors Disagree on Arson Guilty Verdict for Pastor
Shelbyville Ind Feb 11 The jurors in the Rev Ulyses Johnson pastor of the Waldron Baptist church arson case disagreed and were discharged after nine hours of deliberation.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Ulyses Johnson
Waldron’ Baptist Church
Property wealth and livestock values rise sharply in 1913
The Commerce Department estimates general property at 8,829,726,000 dollars, up 66.6 percent from 1912's 5,301,506,000. Livestock fell from 227,006,000 to 203,370,009, a 10.4 percent drop. In economies, the per capita wealth reaches 2,942 dollars, up 52.1 percent from 1,983 in 1912.
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Department of Commerce
Indiana Man Lincoln Death Guard Survivor
Richmond, Ind. Feb. 11. Harry Hoover of Newcastle, a retired printer and former newspaper owner, is one of the last surviving Union patrol soldiers assigned to Ford's Theatre when Lincoln was assassinated. He observes both Lincoln birthday and assassination day as holidays every year.
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Richmond
Ind
Abraham Lincoln
Harry Hoover
Newcastle
Ford
Washington
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Hoover
Abduction of Girls by Indianapolis Men
Indianapolis police warn women after a screaming girl was abducted Sunday night by two men in an automobile. torn women's clothing found, and reports of further abductions in cars have prompted citywide cautions to avoid deserted streets at night.
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Linternational News Service
Indianapolis
Pike County Coal Miner Fatally Injured in Slate Fall
Petersburg Ind Feb 11 Percy Benjamin 50 an employee of Pike County Coal at Atlas No 1 mine was fatally injured Saturday when falling slate struck him He died in an ambulance en route to Vincennes hospital.
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Petersburg
Ind
Percy Benjamin
Pike County Coal Company
Atlas
Vincennes
Miners and operators open four year contract talks
Jacksonville meeting brings together central competitive bituminous field operators and United Mine Workers to seek a four year wage scale. John L. Lewis pledges to press for a long term amid wage concerns and potential mine closures if no agreement is reached by March 31. Universal referendum to ratify any deal, with key officials from Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and western Pennsylvania districts attending.
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Jacksonville
Fla
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Western Pennsylvania
Federal forces win at Lerma river battle in Mexico
Federal troops report overwhelming victory after 11 hours of fighting at Ocotlan on the Lerma river. Casualties include several generals killed on both sides. General Alvaro Obregon reports the advance and calls for parley as rebels offer white flag.
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Mexico City
Lerma
Ocotlan
Almaro
Alvaro Obregon
DembinigpeDl
Indies
Federal
Six Die In Incendiary Fire At Rockville Center Inn
Six persons including four children perished in a three story tenement once an inn in Rockville Center New York. Firefighters arrived after two negro families escaped to a porch roof and by using a police improvised net. A mother and infant were rescued but burned. Bodies recovered: Camarana Angello and John Santiluna plus four Camarana children Anthony 14 Frank 12 Fannie 4 Carrie 3. The blaze burned from 7 in the morning to 6 in the evening.
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Rockville Center
N. Y
Angelo Camarana
John Santiluna
Camarana
Anthony
Frank
Fannie
Carrie
Preparing to Open Tut's Sarcophagus In Luxor
Outside the tomb of Tutankhamen in Luxor on February 11 many signs suggested the lid of the colossal sandstone coffin was about to be raised and the long guarded secret of the pharaoh would be disclosed.
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Tut
Luxor
Tutankhamen
Pharoah
Democratic Editors Meeting in Indianapolis This Week
Elaborate arrangements are under way for the annual Indiana Democratic Editors association meeting at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis on Wednesday and Thursday. George W. Purcell editor of the Vincennes Sun and president of Indiana editors will arrive to ensure readiness for the entertainment of Democratic publishers and their guests. A Wednesday afternoon informal gathering is planned, followed by a vaudeville program at the theatre in the evening.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Democratic Editors Association
Claypool Hotel
George W. Purcell
Vincennes Sun
Indiana Editors
Democratic
Sys
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Arthur L. Livermoore
Republican National Committee
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Pike County
Cording
Lewis
W.G. M'Adoo
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McAdoo
Gross River
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Bed Dispatch
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