Rioting Quelled as State Troops Move In at McComb
Reports from McComb Mississippi detail violence during a strike confrontation between strikers and strikebreakers. Governor Noel dispatched Laurel and Yazoo City units to support troops already on site amid shots, a deadly fatality, and dynamite incidents.
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McComb
Miss
Winds Central Railroad
Carl Canton
Truly Curtis
Illinois Central
Mattiack
Jem Haley
Ager
Haley
Sherif
FE. M. Montgomery
Edward Harmes
Marshal Jones
McCemb
Mississippi Guards
Natchez
Alany
In Junction
Carmen
Chicago
Burneside
Fake Duke Arrest Sparks Boston Warrants
In New York a man called Philip lee Clamenci known as the Duke DeClamenc Dr DeClamency Judge DeClamency and Count DeNevres is held awaiting Boston detectives on alleged worthless check schemes. A telegram from the French consulate notes his brother Count Alareel De Neyres reportedly killed aboard a firefighting crew. A clipping titled Fake duke fools the governor is found with the tale of Rhode Island hospitality. He coolly accepts arrest and dines with detectives before transfer.
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New York
Philip Lee Clamenci
Duke
Count DeNevres
Boston
Alareel de Neyres
Phillp
Rhode Island
State House
PeClamency
Potics
Wilson blocks own presidential boom at New Jersey convention
At a Reform era Democratic state convention in Trenton on October 4 1912 Governor Woodrow Wilson dominated the proceedings. The 26-man gathering adopted a platform praising Wilson and he blocked a resolution to endorse his presidential candidacy citing the German election law. The push to endorse was tabled.
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Trenton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Senate
Assembly
Assemblyyman Egan
Strikers Return Claimed. Police Guard Railroad Hubs
Dozens of men plan to return as many strikers apply for old plates and rehire. labor union reps deny the statements. About five hundred policemen guard railroad property with a passenger coach on a siding used as police headquarters.
Booster-Judge Caldwell Advocates Mudge Depot Boost in Waterloo
Police Judge E P Caldwell urges Waterloo boosters to invite H A Mudge and Great Western officials to a booster meeting at Vythian hall. He argues a new Union depot would honor the Rock Island administrator and attract business, pledging personal support.
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Eighter
Waterloo
Raymond
H. A. Mudge
Rock Island Railroad
Mudge
Booster Club
Mr. Mudge
The
Great Western
Boosters of
Vythian Hall
Taft
Tor
Mr Mudge
Tfee
Watertoo
Tait
Findh
Union
Aminvis Central
Boosters
Rock Island
Courier
Caldwell
Loyalty over pension choice in Titinnis strike
An elderly Titinnis Central worker facing retirement pondered loyalty to his union versus taking a ten percent pension for long service. He chose union loyalty, walking out with other striking workers as the pension debate loomed, his face pale with the weight of the decision.
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Titinnis
Sears
Convention Adopts Motion to Lay Matter on Table
Delegates at the national convention adopt a motion to lay the matter on the table. The measure stalls further debate, delaying a definitive decision and leaving the issue unresolved for the time being.
International Harvester Chief Seeks Federal Supervision Talks
President Cyrus H. McCormick of International Harvester, returning from Europe, states the company is ready to discuss federal supervision with authorities and hopes to avoid legal proceedings while avoiding any confrontation. He asserts no risk to the firm and favors settlement.
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New York
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company
America
Europe
Vires
Masked men rob train near Bartlesville Oklahoma
A Missouri Kansas Texas and a Texas passenger train No 29 were halted south of Bartlesville Oklahoma by four masked men who rifled mail and baggage cars but likely took little. They did not enter the passenger coach and escaped. Two trunks of jewelry from a salesman’s Eael era firm were moved onto the train. a sheriff’s posse with bloodhounds heads to the scene.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Waneas City
Gklahami City
Wis
Here
Tre
Eaelera
Husband seeks pardon for Downs wife in enticement case
Mr. Downs of Independence Iowa visited Judge Kintzinger to urge a gubernatorial pardon for his wife, convicted of adultery for enticement of her daughter to a city house on Locust Street. The judge refused, noting leniency already shown. the case also involved a man sent to Fort Madison for five years and the daughter released from matron’s quarters.
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Dubuque
Downs
Independence
Kintzinger
Jaulge Wintainger
Dawns
Locus Street
Fort Madison
Tripoli Under Assault as Forces Spar City
Report from Tripoli describes a heavy bombardment by the Italian fleet aiming to force surrender while public buildings are spared. Turkish guns failed to hit the battleship as Admiral Aubrey refrained from large-caliber fire to avoid civilian casualties. The defense holds as Tripoli’s population evacuates amid the bombardment.
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Fanenaias
Aubrey
Ardmiral Aubrey
Tripoli
Havine
Governor Views Flood Ravages in Drizzle at Austin
Governor John K. Foner toured the wrecked district near the Bayless Pulp and Paper dam noting state interest in possible liability and investigation. Rescuers cleared debris and searched for bodies as the flood aftermath persisted.
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Austin
John K. Foner
Harrisburg
Bayless Pulp and Paper Company
Webster Indicted in Oregon Case Over Third Marriage
Oregon archives report evidence presented to the grand jury against Harry E. Webster on charges related to his third wife. State's Attorney Emerson says an indictment will be returned soon, denying reports of confession repudiation. Webster may seek self defense in a murder case involving his wife Bessie Kent Webster.
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Oregon
Oet
Harry E. Webster
Emerson
Webster
al- Chesigh
Will Mead
Myerson
Harry FE. Webster
Bessie Kent Webster
Seth
Ogle County
Dr. Webster
Zoe Varney Webster
Four Killed in Railway Crash at Tudor Minnesota
Four men die in a Great Northern ore train collision with a handcar near Tudor Minnesota on October 4. Peter J. Dunn of Superior Wisconsin and three construction gang workers perish. 96 others are injured. Nine cars burn after the engine goes into a ditch while the handcar overruns at about 12 miles per hour. The handcar crew escape serious harm.
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Tudor, Minn
Peter J. Dunn
Superior
Wis
Great Northern
Outfit
Editor Gauges Rail in Meeting
Springfield dispatch reports editor H. N. Wheeler of the Quincy Journal disrupted a Democratic meeting at Arion hall by insisting on addressing the crowd against Mayor C. H. Harrison. Wheeler, allied with Roger Sullivan, made two failed attempts to speak and narrowly avoided removal as the Cook County Democrats tried to eject him, causing about ten minutes of uproar.
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Ill
H. N. Wheeler
Quincey Journal
Arion Hall
C. H. Harrison
Chicago
Wheeler
Roger ©. Sullivan
Cook County Democracy Sieute
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