Whites Well Armed Riot After Lynching in Princeton
Bluefield West Virginia September 6—Bleeding consequences of whites lynching Walter Johnson a negro for alleged assault on Nita White a 14 year old girl have stirred black residents of Princeton who warn to stay off streets. Five hundred mountaineers involved in the lynching are ready for trouble and negroes are keeping under cover amid sullen defiance.
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Walter Johnson
Princeton
Bluefield
W. Va
Nita White
Pendleton Public Schools Prepare for Opening Week
Pendleton public schools plan a nine month term starting Monday with first classes for children new to school at Hawthorne Lincoln and Washington schools. Entrance rules set for age six or older by November 1st and those not yet schoolgoers to join by Sept 23rd if possible. School sites assigned by street and grade, with high school at the academy north of the river. Monday schedule includes classroom reports, book distribution, and afternoon sessions, followed by a teachers’ meeting at city hall Saturday at 10 a.m.
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Pendleton
Hawthorne
Lincoln
Washington
Marie Street
Hawthorne School
West End
Thompson Street
Lincoln School
Main Street
Washington School
Academy
Wolgast''s Fighting Arm Injured Delays New York Bout
Cadillac Michigan reports Ad Wolgast light weight champion hurt an arm while cranking his car. A physician doubts six weeks out will keep him from boxing, delaying the planned title defense against Packey McFarland in New York this month. An X-ray will be performed soon as possible. The injury caused the fighter to cry in pain during treatment.
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McFarland
Cadillac
Mich
Ad Wolcast
Wolgast
Packey McFarland
New York
Packy McFarland
Strauss Nominated by Bull Moose in New York
Syracuse Sept Oscar Strause the New York millionaire merchant was nominated for governor by the progressive convention here. Delegates stampeded to Strauss as a compromise candidate as Tim Woodruff withdrew William Prendergast name. State Chairman William Hotchkiss had been nominated despite his objection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Oscar Strause
New York
Strauss
Timothy Woodruff
Wm. R. Prendergast
Wm. Hotchkiss
Bank Call Issued By Comptroller
Washington reports the comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of national banks as of the close of business September 4. The notice informs banks of current financial standings and requirements following the weekly period.
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Comptroller
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
I W W Oppose Men’s Imprisonment Amid Lawrence Strike
Announcement by William D. Haywood that all I W W members will strike on September 30 to protest the imprisonment of Joseph Ettore and Arturo Giovannitti in Lawrence Massachusetts. Haywood asserts the men are unjustly jailed for a murder tied to the Lawrence strike and notes steel workers may join. Protests are planned in Providence and Tacoma with local supporters rallying on September 15.
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New York
Sept
Industrial Workers of the World
Joseph Ettore
Arturo Giovannitt
Lawrence, Miss
William D. Haywood
Haywood
Ettore
Giovannitt
Lawrence
Providence
R. L
Ettore-Glovannut Defense Committee
Tacoma
Wash
Joe Ettor
Taft Delegates Refuse Sit With Roosevelters
Sacramento Calif Taft delegates declare they will not sit with Roosevelters at the convention on September 24 under the primary law They threaten to mandamus the secretary of state to place Tafts name on the November ballot and seek a separate convention with distinct state committees and platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Taft
Roosevelters
Mandamus
Alleged Statements Incriminate Becker
Thomas Coupe, former clerk at the Blb club in New York, admitted sending a sworn statement to District Attorney Whitman detailing what he knows about the Rosenthal murder. He claimed to have seen suspects enter a car, witnessed Rosenthal fall, and that a night watchman saw Becker crossing 43rd Street at 4 AM after the homicide.
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Preston
Eng
Thomas Coupe
Blb Club
New York
Whitman
Rosenthal
Erker
Coupe
Becker
43Rd Street
Enos Arden Comes Back With A Portune
Montavile Woodworth, once thought dead by wife and children for 17 years in Champaign county Illinois, returns to claim pension and learn his wife had drawn it. After leaving Pestotum for fortune in British Columbia and Alaska he learned he was legally dead at the pension office. He plans to attend a family reunion in Baton Colorado.
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Woodworth
Baton
Colo
Sept
Montavile Woodworth
Pestotum
Champaign County
Illinois
Pritish Columbia
Alaska
Man May Be One In A Thousand Without Envy
A succinct proverb notes that one man in a thousand might lack envy toward the other nine hundred ninety nine, suggesting a rare sense of equal regard among individuals.
Flogging of uprising convicts continues at Jackson prison
In Jackson Michigan guards punish ring leaders of a jail revolt with lashings as fifteen convicts are whipped today and nine yesterday. Police report groups of former inmates gathering to discuss the punishments and possible attack on the jail.
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Jackson
Mich
Saite
West Orders Saloons To Close Their Doors
Gov. West directs three Portland saloons at the Oregon Electric Depot to close as public nuisances. He also orders Weinhard’s brewery not to serve them and signals possible injunctions or drastic measures, including militia, with an official proclamation to follow.
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Portland
Ore
West
Dan Cappach
W. H. Meyer
E. Frichkern
Oregon Electric Depot
Weinhard
Esterly
Two Army Officers Die In Plane Crash
London Sept 6 Captain Patrick Hamilton and Lieutenant A W Stewart of the Royal Army Corps were killed when their Monoplane split in two during maneuvers near Gravely. The craft bucked in a gale and broke apart at about 1000 feet. Bodies were beyond recognition.
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Royal Army Corps of England
London
Gravely
Patrick Hamilton
A. W. Stewart
Hamilton
Stuart
Royal Army Corps
Couple Remarry After Divorce Under Same Judge
Ernest E. Brown and Lulu M. Brown, previously split by a decree in August, renewed their marriage yesterday after securing a license and marrying in the courthouse. The pair first wed in June 1910, and Lulu had sued for divorce in June 1912, alleging infidelity. The decree restored her maiden name Lulu M. Moore.
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Ernest E. Brown
Lulu M. Brown
Adams Couse
Phelps
Lulu M. Moore
Pilot Steger Killed In Biplane Crash At Sea Maneuvers
Munich reports Lieutenant Steger died instantly when the biplane he operated encountered a storm during maneuvers and plunged five hundred feet.
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Munich
Steger
Grand Jury to Probe Umatilla Bridge Case
A grand jury is expected to investigate the Umatilla bridge project amid reports of overcharges and favoritism. County Judge Maloney previously accused the old court of violating the law in awarding the contract to Atlas Bridge Co. for a two span truss design at about £9000, with later changes raising costs to over £13,000 and no competitive bidding.
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Umatilla
T. P. Gilliland
H.B. Lee
Horace Walker
A. EB. Eberhard
Maloney
East Cresentia
Mhitter
Atlas Bridge Co
Gilliland
Walker
Therm
Local Wilson-Marshall Club Formed in Umatilla County
A non partisan meeting is planned for Saturday September 14 at the courthouse or city hall to organize a Wilson Marshall club in Umatilla County. John M. Gearin will attend and the group aims to coordinate Wilson support across Republicans and Democrats to aid Oregon’s campaign.
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Woodrow Whilson
Umatilla
Oregon
Wilsom-Marshall
Wilson- Marshall Club
New Jersey
Court House
John M. Gearin
United States
Wilson
Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
Teddy
Perkins
Bull Moose
Wilson-Marshall Club
Indiana
Gov Wilson to Travel by Special Car Tour
Sea Girl New Jersey July 6. Governor Wilson democratic presidential nominee will travel in a special car with his secretary and stenographers during his middle western tour. He plans few advance speeches and will speak at Sioux City Iowa Minneapolis St Paul Milwaukee and Columbus Ohio.
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Sea Girl
N. J
Wilson
Sioux City
Iowa
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Columbus
Ohio
Aged Couple Rescued From Leaking Boat at Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach Cal Sept 6 An unnamed elderly man and woman drifting in a leaking sailboat were rescued after two hours of surf work by visiting swimmers. Both were unharmed and had spent the night afloat before a youth on a nearby boat brought the news ashore.
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Sunset Beach
Cal
Irrigation dispute settled by court defines district boundaries
The county court settled the Paradise irrigation district dispute by removing protested lands from the proposed district and confirming boundaries. The second remonstrance left few landowners inside the district, while a bank mortgage protest maintained by Northwest Pacific Hypotheek Bank argued against liens affecting the district’s assessments. A meeting of remaining landowners will finalize the district with a state engineer application for surplus Uma tilli river waters.
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Paradise
Josephine Duncan
Rebecca Elder
Brinstetter
David Shumway
G. E. Mortimer
M. J. Foster
George F. Perry
R. L. Perry
Clara Whitmore
M. T. Thomas
Sarah Morton
Fred Thomas
J. W. Thomas
W. L. Elder
Jesse S. Vert
Northwest & Pacific Hypotheek Bank
Umatilli River
Mining interests in Mexico appeal for protection
More than 140 mining companies representing millions of capital in Sonora and Lower California appealed to the state department for protection against Mexican rebels. They say lives and property are endangered.
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Washington
Sonora
Mexico
California
State Department
Guessing Who It Is Rouses Woman at Ringing Bell
A fragment notes that trying to guess who is calling on the telephone excites the average woman. The line hints at social curiosity and anxiety around unknown callers. No further details or names are provided in the readable text.
VICE CRUSADE IS BEGUN Over West Hammond resorts probe
Chicago reports Miss Virginia Brooks leads a campaign against disorderly resorts alleging knockout drops killed John Messmaker and others. Coroner, State's Attorney, and Police Chief meet to plan investigation as detectives guard Brooks amid threats. warrants issued for Ethel Parker and Frankie Ford in murder case.
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Chicago
Virginia Brooks
Weat Hammond
Hodman
Wayman
Schuttler
John Messmaker
Miss Brooks
West Hammond
Misa Brooks
Frankie Ford
Messmaker
Tme
Ford
Messinaker
Ethel Parker
Messinkaer
Big Cattlemen of California Attend Pendleton Round-Up
Southern California cattlemen plan to travel to Pendleton Oregon for the city’s third annual Round-Up September 26 to 28. A Los Angeles clipping notes no special rail rates yet, but the event promises more cowboys and Indians and new events reflecting the old west, drawing interest from merchants like KR Alexander.
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KR. Alexander
California
Pendleton
Los Angeles
Alexander
Ore
Socialists Prefer Jail Over Tax Payment in Wilmington
Six members of the Socialist party in Wilmington decide they will go to prison rather than pay the capitation tax authorized by the last legislature. A referendum vote on the issue will be held next week. A committee plans to urge the city council to block collection of the tax.
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Wilmington
Del
Socialist Party
Counnell
AF of L Declines to Join Labor Strike Movement
Washington September reports the American Federation of Labor will not join the general strike movement led by Industrial Workers of the World in protest of the imprisonment of Lawrence strike leaders Joseph Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti. The stance was voiced by Frank Morrison.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Workers of the World
Joseph Ettor
Arturo Giovannitti
Lawrence
Frank Morrison
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I.W.W
T. R'S
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Birdman
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Woodrow Wilson
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