Arkansas Governor Frees Early Convict Lease Workers
Gov Donaghey announces mass pardons of imprisoned convicts in Arkansas who were leased to county farms and contractors. He criticizes the convict lease system, cites ten harms, and pledges to end the practice, freeing most prisoners immediately with broader liberty in two days. The move targets abuses cited in cases including forged whisky orders and a white boy's death from forced labor in extreme heat. The governor emphasizes battling a cruel system and restoring the state’s best interests.
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Tle Rock
Ark
Doney
Centiary
Gov. Donaghey
Arkansas
Blizzard Hits Duluth With Record Snowfall
Five feet of snow drapes Duluth Minnesota and surrounding areas as the worst blizzard in ten years continues. Temperatures remain mild for the storm while heavy snow and wind show no abatement.
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Duluth
Minn
Vicinity
Bomb Explodes in Chicago Six-Flat Porch
A bomb on the rear porch of a six family building in Chicago injures one man, cuts another with glass, and sends six families fleeing to the street. Victims include M N Reynolds and residents John Morelock and James Troutman, linked to Mont Tennes and a private detective, with police suspecting an attack on one man.
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Chicago
M N. Reynolds
John Morelock
Mont Tennes
James Troutman
Hearst Gives Committee More Archbold Letters
Hearst testifies at reopening of senate campaign funds inquiry and provides photographic copies of all Archbold letters tied to John D. Archbold of Standard Oil. He says he may have seen only facsimile copies and not the originals, and he offers to testify fully on matters of interest to the inquiry.
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Washington
William R. Hearst
Archbold
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Legislative
Hearst
Clapp
Senator Clapp
Senator Clapp Questions Letters Authorship
Senator Clapp pressed the inquiry into the letters as to their authenticity. Hearst insisted on providing copies from John Eddy of London, author of four magazine articles, and testified he did not know who Eddy obtained the letters from.
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Clapp
Hearst
John Eddy
London
Eddy
Ten Freight Ships Overdue Alarm in Atlantic Voyages
In New York on December 18 shipping circles face grave unease over ten large freight steamers overdue on Atlantic passages. Each vessel carried 30 to 40 crew and cargoes worth about 3 million dollars. High reinsurance rates are being asked as the overdue list is the longest since 1899.
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New York
Atlantic
Wreck Train Plot Foiled On Canadian Pacific Route
Vancouver reports that robbers attempted to derail the Imperial Limited by placing a heavy rail on the track. The obstruction was discovered minutes before the train's arrival, threatening the lives of numerous passengers as the assailants were spotted fleeing.
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Vancouver
B. C
Imperial Limited
Limited
Bank Robbery in Texas Net $1741 Hidden by Masks
Four masked men robbed a Texas bank on December 18, gagged tellers, looted about $1741 from Kyte State Bank before fleeing. No arrests reported. Local authorities investigating leads and reviewing surveillance footage.
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Cves
Hank
Tex
Dee
Kyte State Bank
Fire Claims 46 Boys in Chicago Barn Blaze
A fire in Chicago killed 46 boys, most from Yorty Street, as horses suffocated in a barn blaze. The disaster caused heavy smoke and fatal injuries, leaving the community shocked by the high death toll and the barn’s destruction.
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Chicago
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