State Up in Arms Over Galveston Case
Galveston reports a military takeover led by Brig. Gen. Jacob F. Wolters with a civilian-military court detaining locals. Journalists, union officials, and city leaders fear suppression of press freedom as trials proceed without juries or bail.
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State UP
Galveston
Wolters
W. F. McMasters
Rufus E. Foster
New Jeans
UNION
Wolteer
W. F. Lee
Dockworkers’ Union
Lee
O. Henry’s Wife Writing Now in Paris
Paris dispatch reports Mrs. Sarah Porter widow of O. Henry is in Paris gathering material to write in Asa le,N. She claims she has learned the late writer’s knack and can imitate his famous style. Readers note editors urge trying O. Henry stories for their penchant for life.
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Paris
Sarah Porter
Asale
Texas Press Rises Against Galveston Kidnap Plot
Editors and publishers across Texas condemn Brig. Gen. Wolters open shop rule in Galveston after an attempted kidnap of G W Sanders of the Houston Press. Houston Post denounces guard conduct while Dallas Dispatch and others urge strong action. Pat Neff opposed Halley’s open shop candidacy after August primary.
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Jacob F. Wolters
Exas National Guard
Wolters
Billie Jayfield
G. W. Sanders
House Press
Texas Tia
Galveston
Champion
Guard
Houston Preas
Marcellus E. Foster
Southern
Asociation
Houston Chronicle
Saunders
Country Club
Texas
Hobby
Houston Post
Roy Watson
Sanders
Dallas Dispatch
North Texas
Fort Worth
Pat Neff
Halley
Foster
Lover Held For Girl's Death By Own Action
In Shanghai a 19 year old Twang kwe betrothed to another refuses arranged marriage. She pleads to flee with her lover Nyiabez who promises to protect her. She kills herself after he rejects elopement, and Nyiabez is arrested for causing her death with the case remanded to a British censor for inquest. foster condemns martial law actions by officials in the affair.
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Twang-kwe
Se Wos
Nyi Abez
Roosevelt Kin Unaffiliated Death and Defiance Murder Verdict
In Poughkeepsie New York Warren Delano uncle of Franklin D Roosevelts dies after a train strikes him. In Defiance Ohio the jury returns a second degree murder verdict against Joshua Botkin for beating to death Arthur G Bullock three year old son of his housekeeper.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Warren Delano
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Heme
Joshua Botkin
Arthur G. Bullock
Coman Favored by Paulhamus for Governor
W H Paulhamus of Puyallup and Sumner, former state senate president, voices support for Senator Coman in the gubernatorial race. He cites Coman's business experience as banker as enabling sound state oversight and calls him a man of brains, capacity, and results while noting Hart as the preferred Republican option.
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W. H. Paulhamus
Puyallup
Sumner
State Senate
Pieres County
Hart
Coman
Coma
Innocent Purchaser Buys Prize Melons in Nashville Market
Bullish melon trade in Nashville sees a farmer sell a striped melon described as prize to an exclusive buyer for 50 cents. The buyer later attempts to purchase the road wagon whole, unaware the melon was plugged with a quart bottle. Prohibition officers were active in the market.
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Nashville
Tenn
Lebanon
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