Change Seems Likely in Administration Cabinet This Month
Washington dispatch reports persistent cabinet dissatisfaction may trigger drastic action before congress adjourns. Secretary Denby seeks ambassadorship to Japan, possibly paving Navy War Dept merger under Weeks, while Harry New looms as alternative, stirring friction with Roosevelt.
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Washington
Congress
Denby
Department of the Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Japan
Charles B. Warren
Navy and
War Departments
Weeks
Smoot
Harry New
Indiana
Roosevelt
Howver
Navy Yard
Charleston
S. C
Oriental
Rooseelt
Charleston Navy Yard
Congress Seeks Te Ex Coal Output Regulation
Washington February 15 Justice Jennings Bailey of the District Supreme Court rules Congress has no power to regulate coal price or production. His view may prompt a new session to grant such authority. The ruling draws lines between regulating instruments of interstate commerce and the articles themselves. Critics in Congress and progressives weigh plans for new legislation to counter the decision.
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Washington
Jennings Bailey
District Supreem Court
Congress
Bailey
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Presidents to convene governors on prohibition enforcement
President Harding will call another conference of state governors to meet in Washington to discuss enforcement of prohibition. No date has yet been set for the meeting.
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Washington
Harding
First Methodist Church Lets Two Big Contracts
The building committee chaired by L G Coun cil let bids for church construction material. EK H France of Macon won the stone and lime contract for 6500 including reuse of old stone. Decatur Cornice and Roofing Co’s O C Parker secured the 5075 iron and ornamental metal contract. More contracts, including terra cotta, remain to be let. Construction head Rawlings says the large excavation is under way and progress should allow a December completion, with turnover by January 1 1924.
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First Methodist Church
L. G. Council
EK. H. France
Macon
France
O. C. Parker
Decatur Cornice and Roofing Co
Decatur
Ala
Rawlings
South Georgia
Good road advocates endorse Georgia bond issue
A resolution backing a bond issue up to 75 million dollars for road building was approved by Georgia legislators county commissioners and other good roads enthusiasts in Atlanta. A second meeting is set for May in Macon to consider legislation to be presented to the general assembly.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Macon
General Assembly
Larsen starts probe U S Veterans Bureau investigation urged
Washington, Feb. 13. Rep W W Larsen of Georgia formally opened steps to shed light on extravagance and graft in the U S Veterans Bureau. He asked Sen David I Walsh to back a special committee to determine if a full investigation is warranted. The committee will meet now and plan a summer examination amid reports of leadership changes.
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Washington
W. W. Larsen
Georgia
United States Veterans’ Bureau
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Senator Walsh
Senate
Col. C. R. Forbes
Relief Chief Sees Hope for Averting Smyrna Crisis War
Charles V. Vickrey, Near East Relief secretary, after Asia Minor trip, says he believes hostilities between Turks and Allies can be averted. He notes relief workers operate non-politically to feed 25,000 orphans in Caucasus and describes refugee situations in Smyrna and Constantinople.
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New York
Smyrna
Charles V. Vickery
Near East
Caucasus
Vickrey
Russia
Constantinople
Greece
Ordu
Asia Minor
Heavy rainfall disrupts Atlanta car service
Atlanta records one and one-eighth inches of rain in 24 hours ending at 7 am with about half an inch in the half hour before seven. The deluge disrupted streetcar service across many parts of the city according to the local weather man.
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Atlanta
Farming in Colquitt is well advanced
Moultrie February 13 Farmers in Colquitt territory are ahead on land preparations due to a wet season and extensive fall plowing. The cotton crop was harvested by October 1 and many farmers destroyed stalks in October and November to fight the boll weevil.
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Moultrie
Messenger slain in daylight bank robbery by auto bandits
Samuel McGee, bank messenger for First National Bank, was shot and killed in a daylight robbery in Los Angeles. Two automobile bandits fled with a bag of bank funds.
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Los Angeles
Samuel McGee
First National Bank
Dawson Wine Victims List Stands At 126
At Dawson N M February 13 two of the 122 miners in mine No 1 when the Thursday explosion occurred survived. Mine owners confirmed the mine fully explored and no entombed men could be alive. The death toll remained 106 with 14 unaccounted for.
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Dawson Wine
Dawson-N. M
Dawson Mine No. 1
Calvary Church Hosts Lenten Services For Forty Days
Calvary church begins Ash Wednesday observances with daily services through Lent. Rev James B Lawrence will lead readings and talks. Thursdays focus on boys and Saturdays on girls with community invites. The calendar lists Lent Sundays and Holy Week events from February to April 1923.
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Calvary Church
James B. Lawrence
Popular Ga. Official Succumbs To Illness
Sandersville is mourning Judge C. D. Thigpen 63 longtime Washington County official who died after weeks of illness. He led Georgia officers association activity and had recently withdrawn from a pension commissioner race. All public buildings will close tomorrow for the funeral hour.
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Sandersville
C. D. Thigpen
Washington
Centenary Fund Campaign Urges South Georgia Pleas
Dr. Jere M. Glenn and Dr. W. C. Cram will tour every county in South Georgia to press Centenary obligations. In February they plan stops in Florida as part of the 1919 campaign continued into 1923, with pledges needed immediately to keep the church program on schedule.
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Jere M. Glenn
South Georgia
Florida
W. C. Cram
Nashville
Tenn
Glenn
Cram
Macon
South Georgia Conference
Easter services and chancel notices schedule
Details list morning and evening worship times for Good Friday and Easter with services at 4 p.m. 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. including Evening Prayer Address and Baptism. Other notices will be made from the chancel.
Commerce Chamber Sends Out Ballots for Directors
The Americas and Sumtey County Chamber of Commerce under George O. Marshall sent ballots to all members to elect six new directors as half the current term ends February 1. Ballots remain open through Friday February 16 at 3 PM. renewed interest in chamber operations aims to attract industries to the area.
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the Americas and
Sumtey County
Chamber of Commerce
Senate Votes Change of Inaugural Date
Washington Feb 13 The Norris amendment to the federal constitution alters the presidential inauguration from March 4 to the third Monday in January and was approved by the Senate 63 to 6. It now goes to the House amid questions on Congress adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
County School Meet Details Worked Out
County teachers met at the office of County Superintendent E. W. Dupree in Americus to finalize a two day County School Meet. All county schools will compete at the Agricultural College with events on April 6 at 8 pm and April 7 at 9 30 am featuring literary and other contests.
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E. W. Dupree
Americus
Agricultural College
J. M. Lanier
Julia Coleman
E. L. Bridges
J. M. Prance
County Board of Education
Times-Recorder
Twelfth District Women’s Club Convention Set at Fort Valley
Fort Valley hosts the Twelfth District Federation of Women’s Clubs annual convention during the first week of April. Mrs. C. H. Kittrell of Dublin serves as district vice-president and oversees the program, while Mrs. Julian Webster, president of the Fort Valley History Club, chairs committee assignments for the entertainment of visiting club women.
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Fort Valley
Twelfth District Federation of Women’s Clubs
Fort Valley Club
C. H. Kittrell
Dublin
Julian Webster
Fort Valley History Club
Former Senator Hoke Smith backs turpentine coop bill
Washington February 13 Former Senator Hoke Smith and Carl Speh manager of the Turpentine and Rosin Producers association of New Orleans appeared before the house judiciary committee in support of a senate bill that would authorize producers of turpentine and resin to organize cooperative marketing associations.
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Washington
Hoke Smith
Carl Speh
Belgian Forces Occupy Rhine Banks to Control Supplies
The Belgian army occupied Emerich and Wesel on the right bank of the Rhine northwest of Duesseldorf to supervise exports and imports along routes from the Ruhr to Holland. The move aims to enable French and Belgian control of trade in the region.
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Rhine
Duesseldorf
Emerich
Wesel
France
Ruhr
Holland
Gelsenkirchen Hit With Fine After Police Incident
The town of Gelsenkirchen must pay 100,000,000 marks tomorrow following a clash between German police and French gendarmes. The Burgomaster and several police officials suspected of involvement are arrested.
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Duuesseldorf
Associated Press
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr question stressed by king in throne address
London February 13 The Ruhr issue dominated the throne speech opening the second session of the fourth parliament of his reign. The king said Britain cannot join or participate in the occupation yet acts to avoid worsening burdens on Britain’s allies.
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Lonon
Associated Press
Ruhr
Great Britain
German protest over French seizure of German land in Rhine
In Washington on February 13 Germany renewed its protest over French military seizures in the Ruhr region. Berlin denounced the action as arbitrary and illegal, asserting the Rhineland commission cannot legitimize the measures or use itself as a tool of French policy. The note accuses the Allied authority of violating treaty rights.
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Washington
Rhineland Commission
Debt funding bill gains right of way in Senate
In Washington on Feb 13, Senate Republican leaders agreed to set aside the administration shipping bill to advance the British debt funding measure. President Harding secured assurance from Senator Lodge that the debt funding bill would pass with minimal delay, while Senator King objected to abandoning the shipping bill's privileged status, and the ship bill was laid aside.
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Washington
Senate
Harding
Lodge
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Quay
Colquitt
Messenger
Eester
Thigpen
Washington County
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