Mob rioting at Lexington court house over Lockett murder case
Thousands of militiamen guard Fayette county court house as a mob fights police to lynch William Lockett, a Black man charged with murdering Geneva Harman. The scene turned deadly with four killed and many injured as troops use guns and a machine gun to restore order. Sixty-two revolvers were seized from pawn shops amid looting.
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Harman
Authionitiga
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Fayette County Court House
Old Geneva
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Lockett
State
Frankfort
National conference of Women of the Interchurch World Movement adjourns
In Washington on February 9 the final day closed the three day gathering. Representatives of twenty denominations and faiths participated as leaders formed a platform embodying the conference aims and conclusions.
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Washington, D. C
National Conference of the Women
Interchurch ’ ‘World Movement
Admiral McCurly Watches Black Sea Fronts From Novorossisk
Constantinople Feb 9 Rear Admiral McCurly commands American warships in Russian waters at Novorossisk watching the situation amid efforts to resume allied Russian trade. The port is not seen as in danger of Bolshevik capture though locals are alarmed by Rostov region influx. Bolsheviks and their enemies reportedly suffer more from typhus than fighting. A British and Russian cruiser are said to bombard Reds from the harbor.
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Constantinople
McCurly
Ore
Pbae
Polish Typhus Epidemic Triggers Red Cross Plea
Warsaw reports a typhus outbreak in southeastern Galicia where officials urge rapid Red Cross doctor deployment. A chamber of deputies member says the region is “literally dying out” with villages empty of survivors and casualties nearing one hundred thousand since the epidemic began.
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Damasy
Chamber of Deputies
Galicia
President opposes caucus on universal military training
Washington February 9 The President opposes a plan for Democratic House members to caucus tonight over universal military training. His views were stated in a letter to Secretary Baker and delivered to Democratic leaders in the House.
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Washington, D.C
House
Baker
German Extradition Question Deliberations Under Way
Berlin February 9 The foreign affairs committee of the national assembly meets to discuss the extradition issue. A reply to the Entente awaits the German government's response to its January 25 note. Newspapers claim the government's stance on extradition has shifted.
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Berlin
Foreien
National Assembly
German cabinet mulls extradition for war crimes
Berlin reports the German cabinet met to consider the allied demand for extradition of Germans charged with war crimes. The list of desired surrender and the covering note were reviewed but no conclusions released. Paris notes British attitude shift toward delaying initiative on extradition to others.
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Berlin
Paris
Great Britain
Jeav
300000 Way and Shop Employees Strike Planned
Detroit February 9. A strike by three hundred thousand members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers was ordered for Tuesday February 17. President Barker announced the decision after Washington advised that wage increase negotiations with the railroad administration offered no hope of settlement.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Brotherhood of Maintenance Way
Ena
Barker
Washington
Railroad Administration
Georgia Democratic Party Sets April 20 Primary Date
The Georgia Democratic state executive committee ordered a preferential presidential primary for April 20 and asked county committees to hold local primaries on the same day. The state convention to elect national delegates will meet May 18 in Atlanta. The committee refused to include a vote on a candidate for national committeeman.
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Wort
Atlanta
Democratic State Executive Committee
San” Francisco
Georgia
League of: ‘Nations
Railroads Bill Reaches Bipartisan Agreement in Congress
Washington reports a two year return percentage for railroads will be fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission after two years with rates set to yield that return. Conference leaders aim for final enactment before March first as labor organizes a nationwide political campaign.
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Senate
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Cummings
Senate Committee
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Whith
Cummins
Congress
Ocean tragedy as Oxonian crew perishes saving Bradboyne
Halifax reports a radio message stating the second officer and five crew members of the British steamer Oxonian died while rescuing the Bradboyne crew after the latter abandoned ship off Newfoundland. Oxonian was sailing from New Orleans to a European port.
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Halifax
Bradboyne
New
Sage
New Orleans
Mountain City Mill Co cited by FTC over sales bonuses
The Mountain City Mill Co of Chattanooga Tennessee was cited by the Federal Trade Commission to answer a complaint charging unfair methods of competition in bakery product production and sale. The complaint alleges the firm offered bonuses or prizes to traveling salesmen for grocers who bought twelve hundred dollars of goods within a set period.
Labor unions mobilize political action this year
Organized labor announces a nationwide call for allies to unite against candidates hostile to labor rights. The National Grange declines affiliation with the AFL, planning an independent anti incumbent effort with about 700000 members backing the broader trade union movement.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Alot
T. C. Atkeson
National Grange
Road rate bill details districts and guaranteed returns
The text explains that traffic districts will act as groups for rate making and in areas where roads earn the guaranteed return, no rate increase is needed. It also provides for distribution of earnings beyond the guaranteed return in the bill.
Albany patrolman Collins shot dead in Albany morning incident
Albany Georgia February 9 special to Times Enterprise Marion Collins a patrolman on the Albany police force was shot and killed just before one this morning. Officers report that Collins confronted English a Moultrie man who had been arrested for liquor and who had taken a pistol from him. English claimed Collins fired first and killed him. In a separate dispatch from London northern Korea has been evacuated by Japan with Chinese forces aiding Korean troops and reports of insurgents crossing the frontier.
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Albany
Times-Enterprise
Marion Co. Colling
EB. Eaelish
Moultrie
Mee
Cbr Aan
Dew
Ralph Perry
Collins
Buck “Newell
Englist
Ayr
Collings
English
London
Korea
Moscow
Omsk
Roseto
Ina Bolsheviki
Murphy Seeks to Restrain Publication of 1920 Schedule
Charles Webb Murphy, longtime Cubs owner, files suit in Chicago circuit court to stop the National League from arranging or publishing the 1920 schedule. He accuses league magnates of breach of contract related to the lease of the Cubs park.
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Chicago
Ill
National League
Charles Webb Murphy
Cubs
Murphy
Three Hundred Japs Killed by Insurgent In Korea
Official dispatches state that two and Koreans crossed from Kirin in Manchuria into Northern Korea and attacked a Japanese post of seven hundred men. Three hundred were killed and the rest routed.
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Washington, D. C
Korea
Kirin
Manchuria
Marshal Foch to Visit Warsaw Queried on Bolshevik Threat
Warsaw reports a definite decision that Marshal Foch will come to Warsaw to confer with Polish military authorities about the Bolshevik menace. The announcement came from city officials on Saturday February 7.
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Marshall Foch
Warsaw
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