Governors rebuke South Carolina's Blease over lynching talk
Richmond Va December 6 1912 the Conference of Governors adopted resolutions rebuking Governor Cole L Blease of South Carolina for his anti lynching remarks and urged use of state power to protect accused persons and ensure lawful trials while opposing mob rule. The vote favored the resolutions 14 to 4 with South Carolina abstaining on one count.
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Mann Resoluws
Zionists Attack Workers at Zion City Plant Strike
Report says crusaders at Zion City near the Cook Electrical plant were attacked by employees. Injuries cited from bystander's stones as workers resisted the visiting group.
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Cook
Paris Train Wreck Injures Many At Argentulla
A collision between two Northwestern Railway passenger trains at Argentulla a northern suburb of Paris injured many passengers. Reports describe numerous injuries as emergency crews responded to the wreck in the early hours.
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Argentulla
Washington Policemen Nab Burglar After Seven Robberies
Special Leroy Baker, about twenty, was arrested on Ninth Street and confessed to seven burglaries within three hours Monday morning. Detectives found burglary tools a nickel plated double action revolver and masks. Baker allegedly admitted the Abe Ginsberg holdup but denied the claim. He sat calm, joked in Lieut. Hartley’s office as officers searched him.
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Washington, D. C
Leroy Baker
Ninth Street
Abe Ginsberg
James Hartley
Springman
O'Brien
Hartley
Jimmy Valentine
Harrington & Richardson
Rats Foretold Off Ship Sinking in Lake Michigan
Chicago report recounts Hoganson's tale of the Rouse Simmons voyage from Manistique to Chicago on November 17th with seventeen crew aboard. Rats deserted the ship signaling doom and Hoganson quit before departure claiming overload and no lifeboats. Captain Nielsen worried, wreckage found later confirmed loss. list of sailors named.
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Simmons
Lake Michigan
Hogan Hoganson
Manistique
Mich
Ewald
Pentwater
Frank Schruenmann
Nelson
Alex
Schuemann
Nielsen
Hoganson
George Demar
SAILORS ESCAPE FROM FOUNDERING STEAMBOAT AND CAPSIZED BOATS
Captain John sam and nine crewmen arrived aboard the Olinda after a northeast gale wrecked the Commodore near Nuevitas Cuba. Lifeboats capsized in heavy surf. one crewman drowned. Survivors clung to wreckage and paddled to a small island then to the mainland, saving only their clothes.
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Man held on murder charge in Bristol case
Special-Samuel Green, 30, was bound over without bail by the grand jury for the murder of James Thomas, 55. Green’s wife is the sole eyewitness who cannot testify against him. Thomas’s dying declaration says Green shot him in the back while speaking to Mrs Green. motive remains unclear. The case promises sensational developments.
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Samuel Green
James Thomas
Green
Thomas
Railroads Show Steady Increase in August Revenues
Interstate Commerce Commission figures indicate railroads earned a substantial gain in August 1912 with revenues of 268 440 003 and net revenue of 96 445 635, up from 244 256 998 and 85 757 122 in August 1911. The expenses rose to 171 994 367 99 from 158 499 876.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stop Interracial Marriage Bill Promised by Illinois Lawmaker
Charlies A. Karch of the Illinois State Legislature announced plans to introduce a measure in the upcoming session to prohibit interracial marriage between whites and Blacks. He attacked the Chicago interracial marriage as a blemish on the state's name and urged legal intervention to keep the white race from taint.
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Jack Johnson
Lucille Cameron
Charlies A. Karch
Ilinois
Chicago
Karch
Catherine Barker Inherits $20 Million Fortune
Miss Catherine Barker becomes sole heir to a $20,000,000 estate left by her father John H. Barker head of the Haskell Barker Car Company of Michigan City. The estate was managed by James B. Forgan of the First National Bank of Chicago until she came of age. Barker died in 1910 and fortune seekers pursued the heiress worldwide.
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John H. Barker
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James B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
Island Swept by Hurricane Threatens Caribbean Shipping
A Caribbean hurricane feared to have struck the Cayman Islands after previously crossing Jamaica. Shipping circles fear severe loss of life as the Honduran schooner Cartagena sailing from Cardenas, Cuba, is reported missing with fifteen aboard.
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Denver Snowstorm Delays Trains Across Continental Routes
A Colorado snow storm from Canada and Idaho paralyzed traffic in Denver with about three inches of snow. Trains on several routes faced delays as the blizzard belt remains narrow and conditions vary across the region.
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Idaho
Second Trial of Sidna Allen Near End
The second trial of Sidna Allen resumed at 9 30 this morning with Dr C B Nuckols testifying about the locations of the killed and wounded in the courtroom and the nature of wounds including Judge Massies breast. The court overruled objections to admitting dying declarations attributed to Massie and found them admissible as conspiracy charged covers all killings. Witnesses Teerman and Quesenberry followed with similar points, and the Commonwealth was expected to finish its evidence in chief soon as Allen endures under strain with his wife nearby.
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Sidna Allen
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Carroll County
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Ruxton
Montague Teerman
W. C C. Quesenberry
Commonwealth
Stranger Had Al Worth Mixed Up In Smoke Shop Tale
The Staunton Leader reports in a humorous local piece that Al Orth hosts a rehearsal in his smoke shop where a stranger, mistaking Orth for a former figure, recalls Civil War era ties and a past in baseball. The stranger wanders, vouches for past acquaintance, and leaves the crowd amused while Orth remains puzzled by the encounter.
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al Orth
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Ife
Steve Leathe
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