Americas view of Europe drives Latin America while Ruhr and Versailles loom
The State Department questions Pan American unity as March looms and Uruguay's Dr Brum s plans for a League of American Nations. South Americans remain European in sentiment, with Spaniard ties and wary of North American influence. The piece notes US wartime missteps, trade miscues, and failed Latin America patent aims. It cites Caillaux as a rare constructive voice amid calls for neutral mediation and a major Versailles treaty revamp as Germany and France face ongoing costs of occupation.
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State Department
Pan-American Congress
Uruguyan
Dr. Brum’ S
League of American Nations
Europe
United States
Spain
South America
Equator
Latin America
Venezuela
Bram
Uruguay
Ruhr
France
Germany
Joseph Caillaux
Commerce Chamber Names New Officers for Year
At ten oclock today in the Chamber of Commerce Lovelace Eve was named president J T Warren vice president T C Tillman treasurer H P Everett secretary and traffic manager A report showed 153 new members and 400 in the treasury plans for lunch meetings to foster social ties and broader engagement Everett to audit freight bills for members only, with full devotion to chamber work Retiring officers were thanked for removing the debt and advancing the community efforts Directors called for more regular combined meetings to keep members in touch with chamber activities Americus and Sumter county stand to gain from renewed energies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of of Commerce
Lovelace Eve
J. T. Warren
T. C. Tillman
H. P. Everett
Chamber of Commerce
Batict
Treasury
Henry P. Everett
George O. Marshall
Everett
Chamber
Sam R. Heys
Board of Directors
Americus
Sumter County
Irish irregulars captured in Dublin raids report
More than twenty Irish irregulars were captured in raids in Dublin last evening and this morning. Additional raids are ongoing as authorities press the crackdown on suspected insurgents.
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Ublin
Associated Press
Dublin
Negro Wiroderer Gets Stay of Execution In Atlanta
Roscoe Allen, 18, a black inmate sentenced to hang in Atlanta, has his death sentence commuted to life by Governor Hardwick. Allen was convicted for the killing of Ollie Carlton, a white youth, in the city about one year ago.
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Atlanta
Roscoe Allen
Hardwick
Allen
Ollie Carlton
Woodmen of the World ceremonial in Preston tonight
Washington Camp No. 24 Woodmen of the World will hold ceremonial exercises in Preston this evening. H. L. Lester of Macon will lead, with T. F. Bennett and Dr. Henry B. Allen among assistants. A large class from South Georgia will be initiated, followed by a barbecue for guests.
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Washington
Preston
H. L. Lester
Macon
T. F. Bennett
Atlanta
Henry B. Allen
Americus
State Board of Auditors
Nat LeMaster
Z. §. Childers
South Georgia
Webster County
End of Shipping Bill Fight Near As Armistice Wins Time
Washington reports a behind closed doors armistice to pause the senate shipping bill filibuster. Senate adjourns to tackle minor bills then resume debate with a possible recommittal motion. Garret attacks secrecy and partisanship but favors settling the issue amid a sprint to finish Congress.
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Senate
Washington
Open Meeting Tonight at Americus Community Club
A community meeting of Americus public school patrons and locals is set for 6 pm at the Community Clubhouse to discuss school housing and a possible bond issue. Officials seek broad input from parents teachers civic groups and residents on the best path before the next school year.
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Americus’ Public
Woman's Club
Educa
First Methodist Church Awards Heating and Plumbing Jobs
The First Methodist church building committee has let the heating and plumbing contracts exceeding 10,000 dollars. Julius Schroeder won the plumbing contract and O Prie Heating Co. of Macon secured the heating bid. Terra cotta and metal work bids expected to total 12 000 to 15 000 dollars with no bids opened yet. Foundations are being laid by Rawlings with walls soon rising above ground.
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First Methodist Church
L. G. Council
Julius Schroeder
O’prie Heating Co
Macon
Rawlings
Fire kills twelve in Kansas City rooming house blaze
Kansas City up in flames as twelve people die in a two story rooming house fire. Five adults and seven children perished. three dozen residents were reported missing as firemen fought the blaze through early morning. Only the identities of a woman and two children were confirmed among the recovered bodies.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Forte Persa
Parole Officers Named in Wade Murder Case
Parole officers for Warren I Johnson and C K Chapman are named as Homer Ennis of Baldwin County for Johnson and Sheriff Harvey of Sumter for Chapman. The commission follows a murder trial in Sumter County Superior Court where Johnson and Chapman were convicted and given life terms for Walter Wade's death. The report notes alibi, motive questions, and extensive corroboration of Mrs Yertie Howell's testimony with broad civic support for parole consideration.
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C. K. Chapman
Warren I. Johnson
Homer Ennis
Baldwin County
Johnson
Harvey
Sumter
Chapman
Sumter County
Walter Wade
Yertie Howell
Americas
Montezuma
Wheatley’s Bottoms
Wade
Flint River
Howell
Americus
Alimony and Estate Granted in Brewster Case
New York Feb 23 The separation suit of Mrs Eleanor Brewster against Eugene Brewster motion picture magazine publisher over his attentions to Miss Corliss Palmer has been settled. Mrs Brewster receives a $50 000 home and furniture valued at $40 000 plus all money given her and custody of their three year old child.
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New York
Eleanor Brewster
Eugene Brewster
Corliss Palmer
Helena Tooline Crew Rescued After Abandonment Near Bermuda
The Swedish steamer Storvik reported by wireless that it rescued the crew of the Helena Tooline, abandoned about two hundred miles north of the Bermuda area, while en route from Baltimore to a Danish port.
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Halifax
N. S
Storvik
Baltimore
Helena Tooline
Bermudas
Owen not guilty of murder of brother in Columbaus
Columbu s Feb 23 Dillard Owen charged with murder in connection with his brother Perry Owens death Christmas Eve night was declared not guilty by a jury in the Superior court here to run sentence not provided in the fragment.
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Coluumbuus
Dillard Owen
Perry Owens
Martial law declared in Bochum after German crowd incident
A Central News dispatch reports martial law in Bochum following disturbances in which two French soldiers fired on a crowd outside the law courts. One German was killed and two wounded as French troops occupied the court and prison. A German official was arrested under guard. A French civilian interpreter was assaulted by a mob.
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Berlin
Bochum
Central News
Law Courts
Allied civil rule to replace German Ruhr railway authority
Paris February 28 - a decision to replace the German railroad administration in the Ruhr with allied civil administration was announced after a conference among Premier Theunis of Belgium and Premier Poincare. French officials and railway representatives departed for Duesseldorf to meet General De Goutee Payot and Paul Tirard. The civil administration will assume the same rank under occupation as the German authority with a French railroad director and two deputies, one French and one Belgian.
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Paris
Ruhr
Theunis
Belgium
Poincare
Ministry of Public Works
Duesseldorf
de Goutee
Payot
Paul Tirard
Rhineland
Miners Plead Guilty in Cliftonville Strike Conspiracy
In Wellsburg West Virginia on February 23 thirty miners charged with conspiracy over the Cliftonville strike and riot last July pleaded guilty. They were each sentenced to three years in the Moundsville penitentiary by the circuit court judge.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Cliftonville
Duval
Moundsville
Creditors Force Vienn Firm in Bankruptcy
In Macon on February 23 the Farmers' Hardware Company of Vienna Georgia faced involuntary bankruptcy in U S court. Atlanta National Bank and other creditors filed the petition alleging insolvency debts over $1000 and acts of bankruptcy by preferring some creditors over others.
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Macon
United States
Farmers’ Hardware Company
iVenna
Atlanta National Bank
Compa Ny
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Lasker
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