Race riot and lynching in Harrison County
Two black youths started a six hour riot in Harrison with cocaine fuel, killing Sheriff Hammett and others, wounding about a dozen, then lynching the Jones brothers after a spree that led to National Guard troops being deployed.
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New York Times
Harriston
Mike
Jefferson County
National
Natchezs
Walter Jones
Will Jones
G. B. Hammett
Jones Brothers
Frank Keinstly
Claude Freeman
White
Fayette
Miss
Johanna Aiken
Tom Weeks
Teller Warren
Jesse Thompson
Thead Grayson
Walter
Orrin Gillis
F&. B. Appleby
William Keinstly
William Dennis
W. C. Bond
William MccCallech
Flies 105 Miles In Airboat From Newport To New Haven
William Thaw and Stephen Mac Gordon completed a 105 mile flight in a Curtiss airboat from Newport to Morris Cove New Haven in ninety minutes of air time. They faced engine troubles near Watch Hill and battled against a strong wind. They planned further flights toward New York City and over the city before returning to Edgehill Long Island.
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New York Times
New Haven
Newport
William Thaw
Benjamin Thaw
Pittsburgh
Stephen Mac Gordon Reacher
Morris Cove
Thaw
King Park
Willoughby
Fort Adams
Point Judith
Watch Hill
Long Island Sound
Mr. Thaw
Watchill
Oil man eludes cameras as Rockefeller dodges photographers
Cleveland September 28 motion picture men twice failed to photograph John D Rockefeller at Euclid Avenue Baptist Church. He arrived by red car at the Euclid Avenue entrance and slipped inside, then fled in a side door and left in a borrowed small car before cameras could react. His own car followed as he changed cars nearby.
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New York Times
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
East Eighteenth Street
Euclid Avenue
Cleveland Fugitive Lad Arrested in New York Train Stop
Wilbur Foreboy, 16, of 168 East Fifty-eighth Street Cleveland, arrested at Grain Central Station for grand larceny after $1434 found on him. Detectives Guinto and Andrews traced the case from Cleveland police, while Foerste sought college aid via Wyam Taylor Sons. His father prepared to bring him home. delinquency potential cited if charges arise.
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Walter Jones
Thead Grayson
Walter
Will
Frank Keinstly
Keinsty
Walter William
Jones
Keinstly
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Natchez
F E. B. Appleby
C. Bond
Claude Freeman
Fayette
Miss
Hammett
Gillis
Herramett
Harricad
Wilbur Fore
East Fifty-eighth Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Grain Central
East Thirty-fifth Street
Guinto
Andrews
New York Times
Foerster
Wyam Taylor & Son
Wilbur
New York
Oxford
England
Policemen Shield Girls in Knife Attack on Subway Car
Patrolman Deneen, off duty, captures a knife-wielding assailant after a stabbing on a Second Avenue elevated train. Sergeant McNierney dies of critical wounds. Deneen sustains injuries but prevents further harm. The incident occurred as two Italian men harassed two young women, prompting intervention and a quick arrest on the platform.
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Fourteenth Street
Joseph McNierney
William Deneen
East Heighty-eighth Street
Second Avenue
Twenty-third Street
McNierney
Denecen
Deneen
Bill
Nineteenth Street
Ruehl
Cullen
Paul Schmidt
Red Phil
Davidson
Big Jack” Zelig
Bellevue Hospital
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Auringer
Bellevue
MecNierney
East Fighty-eighth Street
Drafting a New Russo American Treaty Considered
The New York Times reports Herbert Friedenwald of New York may draft a new Russo American treaty to replace the 1832 accord, citing his role with the American Jewish Committee. Henry M. Pindell is believed chosen as ambassador to Russia to present Wilson administration views and insist on equal treatment for all American citizens in Russia.
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New York Times
Herbert Friedenwald
New York
State Department
Russia
Taft
Friedenwald
American Jewish Committee
Russi
Henry M. Pindell
Peoria
Wilson
Washington
Rindell
United States
Shipping Arrivals Reported for September
Latest shipping news notes arrivals including Niwaru at Cardiff on Sept 11 and SS Brazos at San Juan on Sept 24. It also lists SS Ad and SS Brazos at Vance and Colon on Sept 22 and Sept 24.
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Niwaru
Cardiff
Brazos
San Juan
Vance
Colon
Striking Paris Gowns Feature in Times Pictorial
A special Paris fashion pictorial section will appear in NEXT SUNDAY'S NEW YORK TIMES. It presents fine photographs of newest Paris gowns and hats chosen by an expert from French salons, with signed articles by renowned dress designers.
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Paris
NEW York Times
Osborne to serve prison sentence to study reform
Auburn report states Thomas Mott Osborne, head of the Prison Reform Commission, will enter Auburn Prison as a convict for at least a week to observe discipline, meals, labor, and life inside. He will be treated like other inmates and record effects for a forthcoming reform report.
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New York Times
Auburn
Gov. Hunt
Arizona
Thomas Mott Osborne
State Commission For
Osborne
Convictsng Chapel
Commission On Prison Reform
Gov
Sulzer
Rattigan
Paris
Cnet
Prison Reform Commission
Iain John Doe
Diamond in a duck's crop found near Crystal Lake
James G. McLaughlin of West Orange found a small white stone in a duck he killed Saturday. After washing it he found a diamond about a carat, valued by a local jeweler at about $1. McLaughlin, a Wall Street banker, once worked with Robert B. Mantell's theatrical company.
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James G. McLaughlin
Eagle Rock Avenue
Crystal Lake
West Orange
N. J
McLaughlin
Orange
Wall Street
Robert B. Mantell
Wilson Delves Into High Cost of Living
Washington reports the Wilson administration underway with a nation wide inquiry into causes and remedies for high living costs. The two main aims are boosting farm production and reducing food costs for urban populations through marketing, financing, and organization reform.
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Wilson
New York Times
Washington
Agricultural Department
Secretary McAdoo Defines Crop Moving For NC Farmers
Secretary McAdoo informs North Carolina farmers that moving crops under the government fund requires all work from first harvest to final disposition. He says moving cotton includes the period from first lock to sale to brokers and urges banks handling funds to apply the term consistently. The note was given to President Hobbs of the Farmers' Convention who sought an increased crop fund from 50 million to 150 million and asked for order interpretation.
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New York Times
Raleigh
N. C
McAdoo
The
Treasury
North Carolina
Hobbs
North Carolina Farmers’ Convention
Washington
Jary
The Guilty Man play to press for new laws at Lyric Theatre
A planned November 4 public performance at the Lyric Theatre by the Sociological Fund of the Medical Review of Reviews aims to push legislation on birth rights and eugenics. Backed by Rockefeller Jr and others, the four act drama dramatizes contemporary moral issues and seeks to influence state lawmakers and public opinion.
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Medical Review of Reviews
Lyric Theatre
Rollo Books
The
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
William K. Vanderbilt
John Haynes Holmes
O. H. P. Belmont
Norman Hapgood
Francois Coppée
Sulzer
Lee Shubert
Holbrook Blinn
Princess Theatre
Paul Bern
Annie Russell
Old English Comedy Company
Fund
Frederic H. Robinson
Eugene Brieux
C. Ward Crampton
Hamilton Holt
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Frederic Cc. Howe
Charles H. Israels
Abraham Jacobi
George J. Kneeland
E. Helen Knight
Frederick Nathan
William J. Robinson
W. K. Vanderbilt
James P. Warbasse
Elia Wheeler Wilcox
Ira S. Wise
Sociological Fund Committee
Robinson
New York
Broadway
Nan
Paris
Christian Lescuyer
Frien
Tin
Perrinette Forgeat
Lescuyer
Eant
Jane Dees
Uyer
Pope Pius X Infractions Weakness Sparks Anxiety
Rome reports the Pope’s health as unsatisfactory though no specific illness is named. Rest and care are expected to restore him, and physicians advise against receptions until strength returns. It is unlikely he will preside at the Dec functions marking the Constantinian jubilee.
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Rome
Pius X
Young Hanna Begins Newspaper Career in Cleveland
Dan R. Hanna Jr., grandson of Senator Mark Hanna, starts in The Leader-News Building pressroom learning the trade from the bottom. He works daily in overalls twelve floors below his father's office in Ravenna, Ohio after graduating from Phillips Academy.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Dan R. Hanna, Jr
United States
Mark Hanna
Leader-News
Dan
Dan R. Hanna
Phillips-Andover Academy
Ravenna
Ohio
Morgan Jr. Morgan Chooses Plain Harvard Dorm Life
Junius S. Morgan son of J P Morgan resides in Hollis Hall at Harvard in a boyhood dormitory with no bath elevator or valet while two senior roommates work through college. He is a senior at Harvard and usually enjoys Beck Hall luxury but now lives in a humble room demonstrating a democratic college custom.
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Cambridge
Mass
Junius S. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Harvard
Beck Hall
Hollis Hall
Morgan
Modest Dick Cleveland Eyes Football Stardom
Cleveland, son of a former president, plans to become a football star at Exeter. He is an honor pupil, amateur actor, and standout in track and hockey, living in Webster Hall with Lawrence W. of Chicago as his roommate.
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New York Times
Boston
Modest Dick” Cleveland
Phillips Exeter Academy
United States
Exeter
Cleveland
Webster Hall
Lawrence W
Chicago
Fred Leonard
Lexington
Divorces T. H. Powers in Reno Settlement
Thomas H. Powers of Philadelphia and New York hotel life is divorced from Margaret J. Powers Julian after a court arranged settlement. She resumes her maiden name Julian and receives 250 dollars monthly. The couple wed in October 1911 in St Paul and separated the next July.
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Reno
Thomas H. Powers
Philadelphia
Great Northern
New York City
Margaret J. Powers
Powers
Julian
Miss Julian
St. Paul
F. Leon Shelp
Frank N. Patterson
West Fiftieth Street
New York
Powers Ares
Wages Rise and Hours Fall in Cotton Woolen Silk Sectors
A U S Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows in 1912 nominal weekly hours declined across cotton woolen and silk industries while wages per hour rose markedly since 1890 and 1900 with steady wage gains since 1909. The cotton and woolen sectors posted significant hour reductions and wage gains, while silk also reduced hours and saw higher wages per hour.
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New York Times
Washington
United States Bureau of Labor
Sulzer Debts In Murphy’s Hands Prompts Campaign Gifts
A New York State political tempest centers on Sulzer’s 49 000 debt held by Murphy and the use of campaign donations to break Murphy’s influence. The McKinley case cited and Hanna’s 200 000 fund to cover candidate debts is referenced. Brokers testify on stock deals. a related attempt to coerce assemblymen is expected.
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New York Times
Albany
Sulzer
D Cady Herrick
Harvey D. Hinman
Roger P. Clark
Tammany
Washington
Wilson
Murphy
O’gorman
Norman EB. Mack
William H. Fitzpatrick
Buffalo
New York
John J. Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
John H. McCooey
Kings
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R. Sufter
Say
McKinley
Mark Hanna
Suiser
aRere Boyer
Mr. Sulzer
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