27 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
1
The year 1912 saw fewer lynchings with fifty two persons summarily executed across the United States according to the report. The tally marks a decline from prior years and highlights the judicial and social climate of the era.
The Union Press reports fifty two lynchings in 1912, the lowest total aside from 1907, with Georgia leading at 14 cases. Most victims were Black, and two white men were lynched in North Dakota and Montana for alleged murders.
The forecast calls for tonight to be fair with freezing temperatures and Saturday to be fair. No precipitation is expected and conditions remain calm across the region.
The report details multiple lynching cases involving Black individuals accused of attacks or murders. It notes hangings in Georgia and Texas, with victims Ann Bos ton Mary Jackson and an unknown woman. Tyler Texas records a burned-at-stake killing of Dan Davis after his confession. Excludes executions by posse and plain murder.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson and her daughters anticipate the March 4 inauguration with unusual interest observing a president inducted into office for the first time. The note came in response to a White House reception inquiry.
In a downpour General Rosalie Jones assembles her suffragists near Lockport and plans a march to Albany on Saturday. Surgeon General Dock's force faced strain from the blizzard as the group begins toward Valatie, with Albany supporters expected to greet them with a brass band.
Boston December 27 The sixth annual session of the American Association for Labor Legislation opened with John R Commons detailing Wisconsin factory inspection enforcement. Oscar S Straus former Secretary spoke on the need for a federal employee accident compensation law.
Mr Wilson recovered from grippe and departed for his old Virginia home today after a brief illness in town. He is expected to reach his destination by evening and resume his usual routines soon.
President elect Wilson, recovering from gripe, leaves Princeton for Staunton Virginia to mark his fifty sixth birthday. Mrs Wilson accompanies him as preparations for a reception and birthday observances unfold with drizzle and travel by automobile. The Governor plans to stay at the Staunton Presbyterian manse where Wilson was born.
Staunton Virginia prepares for the arrival of President-elect Wilson on his fifty sixth birthday. He will stay at his birthplace Presbyterian parsonage and be formally welcomed tomorrow by Mayor May and local leaders. An informal program is planned to favor direct contact with the townspeople, with about 10 000 visitors expected.
Princeton New Jersey December 27 President elect Wilson met for two hours to discuss currency reform with Representative Glass of Virginia and Dr H P Willis. Glass said only generalities were discussed and hearings begin January 7. Wilson recovering from grippe plans to visit Staunton Virginia for his 56th birthday before returning to Washington.
A bold editorial calls for new timber in government, urging President Wilson to replace worn-out politicians with a vigorous, live timber cabinet ready to press forward reforms and energize policy.
Washington dispatch notes Woodrow Wilson will have few lame ducks to appoint, unlike Grover Cleveland era. Most nominees will come from nonlegislative roles, with Bryan and Parker lacking direct Congress or mayor background. Insurgentists support Wilson, shaping a cabinet largely unfamiliar to readers while press coverage previews the 1900s political maneuvering.
New York reports Mr. and Mrs. Harold Curtis Bullard married at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd after a thirty year romance. Helen Lister Rollins became Mrs Rollins, then Mrs Bullard, with a long separation and widowhood before union.
The Monroe City Board of Health will publish a daily meningitis bulletin at 12 o'clock written by Dr. R W O'Donnell. The latest report lists four cases in Monroe Louisiana with two convalescents and one new case reported December 26 1912.
Jurors in Indianapolis may return verdicts today in the so called Dynamite Conspiracy case. Prosecutors and defense teams await a decision as the jury weighs the charges and evidence presented during the trial.
Verdicts in the dynamite conspiracy trials may be returned today as forty labor union officials are accused of assisting in and profiting from monthly sums linked to nitroglycerin explosions engineered by the McNamara brothers against nonunion employers. Clark, who confessed to a Dayton bridge bombing, faces sentencing after all verdicts. Judge Anderson adjourned court until 3:30 PM with no verdicts expected before then.
Indianapolis testimony outlined the unfolding dynamite conspiracy trial in which forty labor union officials face federal charges. Judge Anderson recessed jurors until 9:30 a.m. with verdicts to be returned together, as prosecutors link defendants to the McNamara plot and Los Angeles explosion. The case involves conspiracy to violate federal laws and transport of dynamite on trains, with key figures including Ryans, Hockin, Treitmnoe, Clancey, and Munsey. Senator Kern has departed for Washington.
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