Lynchings Rise Amid Fatal Mississippi Race Terror
In Harriston Mississippi on September 30 a drug crazed pair of mulatto brothers killed multiple people including Sheriff Hammett and Constable Kienstly before white mobs lynched Walter and Will Jones. National guardsmen arrived preventing further violence.
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Harriston
Miss
Natchez
Walter Jones
Will Jones
G. B. fHlammett
Jefferson County
White
Jones Brothers
Frank Kienstly
Claude Freeman
Fayette
Johanna Aiken
Tom Weeks
Jesse Thompson
Thead Grayson
Teller Warren
Walter
Orrin Gills
William Kienstly
E. B. Appleby
Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad
William McCaleb
William Dennin
W. O. Bond
Kienstly
William
Mississippi Valley
H. B. Appleby
Flagman Bond
Claud Freeman
Hammett
Gillis
British Arts President Sir Alfred East Dies
London reports the death of Sir Alfred East born 1844 who served as president of the Royal Society of British Artists and died on September 29.
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British Arts
London
Sir Alfred East
Royal Society of British Artists
Duck Hunter Killed in Accident Near St. Cloud
St. Cloud Minnesota September 29 Max Lizinski aged 22 was accidentally killed while duck hunting near the area. He was from the local region and the incident is being investigated by authorities.
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St. Cloud
Minn
Max Lizinski
Here
Early Completion of Biel Senate House Report on Tariff
Washington reports an early finish anticipated for the Democratic tariff bill as the conference report proceeds through the House and Senate. The Smith Lever cotton futures tax plan faces potential House amendment and possible Senate negotiations amid currency reform in focus for the week.
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House
Senate
Washington
Congress
Underwood
House Commerce Committee
Wilson
Senate Committee
20 000 Letters Ask for Job in Treasury
A male Illinois resident sought a clerk job in the internal revenue service and sent 20 000 letters to the secretary of the treasury. Byron Newton intercepted the letters after Mr McAdoo received the first one. The applicant printed and mailed 20 000 letters and envelopes to friends who signed and sent them to the secretary. The man will not get the berth.
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Washington
Illinois
Internal Revenue Service
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Byron Newton
Haois
Civil Service
Treasury
Fair Weather This Week Across Regions
The Weather Bureau forecasts generally fair conditions west of the Rockies with rain and unsettled weather in the East South and Central West. After Tuesday a period of fair weather is expected in the Central West and Northwest with cooler temperatures. the far Northwest may see rain early and again after midweek.
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Washington
Rockies
Weather ‘Bureau
Northwest
Rock Mountains
Mother and Children Die in Farmhouse Fire Near Wellington
Three children were burned to death and their mother was fatally burned while attempting to rescue them from a house fire on the Alumbaugh farm near Wellington Missouri. Local authorities investigated the blaze as a tragic double tragedy.
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Wellington
Jesse Alumbaugh
Here
Clerk Foils Robber in Hotel Maryland Duel
In Minneapolis on September 30 clerk R. Clark faced an armed bandit in the Hotel Maryland lobby. He used a ruse to seize the robber’s pistol, engaged in a duel, wounded the intruder, secured the hotel's cash, and escaped unharmed while the robber fled leaving a blood trail.
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Minneapolis
R. Clark
Maryland
Clark
Markman
Largest gathering of road builders opens in Detroit
Detroit opening session of the third annual American Road congress draws about 5,000 delegates. Logan Waller Page presides as officials from government and state highway bodies discuss national aid, interstate road laws, and proposed national standards through Saturday sessions.
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Detroit
Mich
Logan Waller Page
Fayne Gardens
Page
Congress
United States Office of Public Roads
American Highway Association
American Automobile Association
Michigan State Good Roads Association
Richmond
Atlantic City
American Bar Association
Tennessee adopts electric chair to replace gallows
Nashville governor Hooper announced he signed the bill substituting the electric chair for the gallows in Tennessee on September 29.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Hooper
Milk prices show Washington farmers paid most in 1912
Washington farmers received the highest average milk price per quart among 26 cities in 1912. The city averaged 4.4 cents per quart, compared with 2.9 cents in St Paul and 3.56 cents across all 26 cities.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
St. Paul
Tug Gatun Passes Through Gatun Locks Marks Canal Milestone
Panama September 29 The sea-going tug Gatun drawing 12 feet of water was successfully passed through the Gatun locks and floated on Gatun lake. The operation marks the first test of canal lock procedures pleasing Col Goethals and officials amid cheers from spectators. The 500 ton leaves of the lock gates functioned with precision and smoothness as the vessel moved out onto Gatun lake.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Gatun
Gatun Locks
Gatun Lake
Canal
Goethals
Canal Commission
Taft Works On Lincoln Memorial Plans In New Haven
Former President Taft spent a public day with the Lincoln Memorial commission examining stone designs and bid details for a $2,000,000 memorial. He also urged placing a $450,000 post office project in New Haven Connecticut using marble over granite.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Lincoln Memorial Commission
New Haven
McAdoo
Connecticut
Pennsylvania Sells Coal Holdings
President Rea of the Pennsylvania railroad announces the board has decided to sell its security holdings in anthracite coal companies tied to the system for nearly forty years. Susquehanna Coal Company remains the principal operating company and selling agency.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Rea
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Susquehanna Coal Company
Half of Crop Fund Deposited by McAdoo
Secretary McAdoo has deposited 24,159,000 of the government 50,000,000 crop moving fund in national banks. The South has received nearly all city quota as of September 29 in Washington.
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Washington
McAdoo
South
Conductor Freed After Wisconsin Collision Case
Hudson Wis Sept 29 Judge Belden of Racine dismissed the criminal case against F W Meyers Neillville conductor on the Omaha railroad charged with manslaughter for a head on collision at Baldwin April 27 1913 that killed two. After two witnesses the state failed to prove its case Meyers is cleared.
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Belden
Meyers
Sulzer Trial Exposes Efforts to Silence Witnesses
Albany Sept 29 Governor William Sulzer pressed contributors not to testify in his impeachment trial The testimony reveals he urged Duncan W Peck state public works head who gave 500 to deny receiving the funds and to deny under oath He also asked Henry Morgenthau ambassador to Turkey who gave 1000 to be easy on him and treat it personally The proceedings show other undisclosed contributions including a 2000 Croker check payable to Cash and cashed by Colwell as Sulzer sought to speed campaign needs.
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Albany
N. Y
William Sulzer
Duncan W. Peck
Capitol
John B. Stanchfield
Hunman
Peck
Morgenthau
Henry W. Morgenthau
Turkey
Assembly
Richard Croker, Jr
Tammany
Sulzer
Frederick L. Colwell
Wall Street
Croker
Colwell
William B. Houghton
Equitable Trust Company of New York
Robbers Booty 100000 Believed Stolen in Train Hold-Up
Deputy sheriffs from Birmingham and Montgomery with Tuscaloosa county farmers halted the manhunt for three robbers who held up an Alabama Great Southern passenger train at Bibbville siding Thursday night. Five men were arrested at Eutaw below Tuscaloosa, with five more jailed by Tuscaloosa agents. All deny involvement. Estimates put the loot as high as $100,000.
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Alabama
Tuskaloosa
Ala
Birmingham
Montgomery
Tuskaloosa County
Alabama-Great Southern
Bibbville Siding
Eutaw
Works Denies Seeking Intervention in Mexican Policy
United States Senator John D. Works, after speaking at the Cabrillo monument dedication in San Diego on September 29, said his remarks were misinterpreted as advocating intervention. He stressed he is not in favor of intervention but urges stronger protection of American life and property in Mexico.
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Works
San Diego
Cal
United States
John D. Works
Cabrillo Monument
Mexico
Ice Seizes Six Vessels In Nome Arctic Freeze
Nome Alaska September 29 six ships are trapped by ice near Point Darrow eyed as Transit wrecked on shore. Captain J B Backland and seven crew aboard the Transit on route to Nome in a launch. Eben S Draper Jr son of a former Massachusetts governor aboard the Polar Bear crew safe with nearby land access.
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Nome
Alaska
Point Darrow
J. B. Backland
Karluk
Vilhjalmer Stefansson
Mary Sach
Belvidere
North Star
Eben S. Draper, Jr
Massachusetts
Draper
Hopdale
Mass
Mitchell Changes His Mind About League Endorsement
New York Sept 29 John Purroy Mitchell fusion candidate for mayor accepts Independence League endorsement after naming Robert Adamson former Gaynor secretary as campaign manager. Mitchell had declined earlier due to fusion associates missing endorsements but notes league can accept other nominations as its policy.
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New York
John Purroy Mitchell
Fusion
Independence League
Robert Adamson
Gaynor
Mitchell
League
William A. Prendergast
George McAneny
Board of Aldermen
James A. Allen
Tammany Hall
Paris jewel thief trap sparks crowd at vaudeville tale
M Quadratstein, a Paris jeweler who helped trap five men in the July theft of a 625000 dollar pearl necklace, faced a hostile reception when he recounted the arrest. He declared his innocence and pride in his role as the audience hissed and stirred toward disruption.
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Paris
M. Quadratstein
Quadratstein
President Wilson Pardons Fort Dodge Bank Cashier
President Wilson grants a full pardon to Charles A. Isaacs once cashier at the Forest City Iowa national bank. Isaacs was sentenced in Fort Dodge Iowa on June 20 to five years for making false entries to conceal excessive loans to a stockholder planning farm land deals. The pardon was issued despite concerns the bank’s condition would be revealed.
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Washington
Wilson
Charles A. Isaacs
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Forest City
National Bank
Isaacs
San Francisco Mint Report Sparks Unconfirmed Theft Rumor
In San Francisco on September 29 an unconfirmed rumor spread that the U S mint was robbed of a sack of coin valued at about $30,000. Mint Superintendent T W W Shanahan declined to confirm or deny, stating that any information must come from Washington.
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San Francisco
United States Mint
T. W. W. Shanahan
Washington
Law enforcement bills unlikely to pass in Tennessee session
Nashville report notes no gunmen in the statehouse and tight visitor bans as the regular Democrats appear poised to block a vote on the law enforcement bills before the current special session ends. Ex-representative Miller was asked to leave the hall.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
House
Miller
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