Oil probe committee in recess. court action to follow
Washington March 3 Senate oil lease probing committee recessed as witnesses tied to Edward B McLean case prepare for Tuesday questioning The panel will probe private wire between Palm Beach and Washington and whether McLean held a bureau agent salary Civil actions aim to halt oil extraction from naval reserves in California and Wyoming and nullify Doheny and Sinclair leases with Elk Hills sections 16 and 36 under scrutiny by Coolidge appointed counsel
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Washington
Senate
Edward B. McLean
Palm Beach
Fla
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Naval
California
Wyoming
Albert B. Fall
Doheny and Sinclair
Coolidge
Elk Hills Reserve
Standard Oil Company of
Honorary Degrees To Be Conferred At Chicago Convocation
Official notice from the University of Chicago lists candidates for the One Hundred Thirty-Second Convocation on March 18. Degrees include 102 bachelors 32 masters 12 PhDs 4 divinity 8 law 162 total with President Ernest DeWitt Burton presiding. Four Chinese graduates appear among the recipients.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Ernest DeWitt Burton
County Commissioners Fix Road Tax At Four Dollars
At a morning meeting the Board of County Commissioners set the county road tax for 1924 at 4.00. Taxpayers paying before May 5 may deduct 1.00 from the tax. those who fail to pay by then owe the full 4.00. The board also named collectors in each district and handled routine business.
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Board of County Commissioners
Chatham Voters Not Vote On Fee System Referendum
The Chatham county executive committee refused a petition to include a referendum on the county officials fee system in the March 19 primary. The primary will cover presidential preference, with county offices’ primary in the fall. Denmark’s queen skated and fell through the ice, a Danish oddity cited amid other notes.
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Chatham
Savannah
Chatham County
Denmark
Wfidder
Weather outlook for March 3 to 8 1924 in South Atlantic states
The weather outlook covers March 3 through March 8 1924 for the South Atlantic and East Gulf states. Normal temperatures and generally fair weather are expected with unsettled conditions bringing rain over the southern portion and rain or snow flurries likely in the northern area around Wednesday and Thursday.
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Washington
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Sunday Fire Damages Two Brannen Avenue Homes
Fire discovered at 8 o clock Sunday morning damaged two Brannen Avenue homes valued about 2500 dollars with no household goods insured. The Gamma home suffered near 1500 dollars in losses including a ruined roof. the Cole residence sustained 750 dollars in roof and weatherboarding damage. Fire Chief W P McArthur noted the origins undetermined and many onlookers witnessed the blaze.
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W. P. McArthur
Brannen Avenue
Jennie Britton Gammage
Times- Recorder
T. A. Cole
Gammage
T. C. Poole
Gammaze
McArthur
Cole
Supreme Court rules not entitled to preferred payment for government deposits
The Supreme Court today declared that government deposits held by banks that failed are not entitled to preferential payment. The ruling affects creditors and clarifies treatment of U.S. government funds in failed banks.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
United States
Atlanta Millionaire Raid Dismissal in Prohibition Hearing
March 3. The case against Mrs. Asa G. Candler Sr and G W Keeling was dismissed while W J Stoddard was bound over for trial on a new prohibition charge after a partly filled liquor bottle was found during a police raid on an apartment in a fashionable Atlanta district. Chief Beavers testified the trio sat around the table with the bottle as Alan G Candler Sr, a millionaire, testified about the complaint.
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Atlanta
Asa G. Candler
G. W. Keeling
W. J. Stoddard
Stoddard
Candler
Chief Beavers
Alan G. Candler
Prominent Doctor J R Statham Ill With Pneumonia At Home
Dr J R Statham is critically ill with pneumonia in both lungs at his East Church street home after several days of illness. Attending physicians are concerned over his condition and relatives have been summoned to his bedside as he has hundreds of friends and patrons awaiting news.
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J. R. Statham
Langs
East Church Street
Sumonde
Statham
House Ways and Means Begins Soldier Bonus Bill Study
Washington March 3 The House Ways and Means Committee opened hearings on soldier bonus legislation. The McKenzie bill, similar to the vetoed measure, outlines four options including paid up life insurance policy as the principal form of the bonus payment. It proposes adjusted compensation, vocational training aid, farm and home aid, or adjusted service certificates with the insurance feature.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harding
Evangelistic club organized at First Baptist church
Permanent organization of the Americas Business Men's Evangelistic club formed Sunday afternoon with about twenty five citizens. T. O. Marshall elected permanent president. officers include W. Fred Smith first vice president J. A. Baugh second vice president A. C. Crockett secretary E. B. Everett treasurer. Committees to be named. aim is to support local pastors and church activities. pastors will cooperate but ministers cannot join as members.
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Organization of the Americas Business Men’s
First Baptist Church
T. Furlow Gatewood
Gatewood
T. O. Marshall
W. Fred Smith
J. A. Baugh
A. C. Crockett
E. B. Everett
Marshal
Neutrality Enjoined on American Vessels in Honduras
In Honduran waters American naval commanders have been ordered to observe strict neutrality, confined to protecting American lives and investments as naval actions remain neutral between rival revolutionary movements in Honduras.
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Washington
Honduras
Honduran
Georgia Christian Endeavor Convention Speakers Named
C C Hamilton national field secretary and Charles F Evans southern secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor will be among speakers at the Georgia State Christian Endeavor convention in Atlanta April 3 6 The Atlanta union hosts and has invited other prominent religious workers to participate The Westminister Presbyterian Church at Ponce de Leon avenue and North Boulevard is the convention headquarters.
Daugherty to Send Coolidge Message
Attorney General Daugherty plans to dispatch a message to President Coolidge deemed potentially important. He refused to reveal the content of the communication, speaking at his Miami hotel.
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Daugherty
Coolidge
Miami
President Coolidge
Daugherty Probe Committee Plans Thorough Inquiry
Washington March 3 Members of the Daugherty investigating committee worked out a plan of procedure for the inquiry into the attorney general’s administration. The Senate authorized a sweeping investigation by a five member insurgent controlled committee and will be led by Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa with Moses of New Hampshire, Ashurst of Arizona, and Wheeler of Montana. All five were elected by acclamation.
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Wasiington
Daugherty
Senate
Department of Justice
Police Commission to Elect Tuesday at City Hall
Americus police commission will meet at city hall Tuesday night to elect officers and department heads for the new year. The 7 o'clock session will include J. Elmore Poole mayor, Dr. S. F. Howell, Charles Lingo, B. L. Hamond and G. O. Loving. Several applications are on file and will be reviewed during the meeting.
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Police Commission of
Americus
City Hall
J. Elmore Poole
True bills against brokers are returned in Charlotte
Charlotte March 3 True bills of indictment against five Charlotte cotton brokers and representatives of brokerage houses were returned by Mecklenburg county grand jury. Indictments, based on January term presentments, allege defendants unlawfully contracted to sell and deliver cotton not intended for actual delivery and accuse bucket shop operations. Named defendants include Floyd Simmons Hicks & Williams Theodore Parrish W Collier Estes Wickend Beauchamp and Alex Haughton Moss & Ferguson representatives.
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Charlotte
N. C
Mecklenburg, County Grand
A. Stack
Carpenter
Stack
Fieg
Floyd Simmons
F. M.simmons & Co
Theodore Parrish
Hicks & Williams
W. W. Birdsong
W. Collier Estes Thomas Riley
Wick End Beauchamp
Alex Haughton
Moss & Ferguson
Rabies Becoming More Prevalent in Sumter County
Dr. S F Stapleton Americus veterinarian warns that rabies is spreading in Sumter and neighboring counties with numerous dog bites reported in Plains Ellaville Bumter Maddox Leslie and Americus area. He cites cases and urges vaccination and careful treatment methods to curb the outbreak.
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Americas
Sumter County
S. F. Stapleton
Stapleton
Times-Recorder
Plains
Ellaville
Bumter
Maddox
Leslie
Americus
Valdosta
State Board of Health
Sumter
Ohio State University
Huge Smuggling of Liquor Charged
Washington March 3 One hundred thousand cases of liquor are smuggled into the United States monthly by rum runners off the Atlantic and Gulf states Coast Guard officials testified to a House appropriations subcommittee. They drafted a deficiency bill allocating 13 853 989 dollars extra for the Coast Guard.
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Washington
United States
Atlanta
Gulf States
House
Coast Guard
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Ashington
McLean
Senate Oil Committee
Senator Walsh
Montana
William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Morrow
Coston
Atlanta Millionaire
DR. Statham
McKenzie
Evangelistic Club
Hamilton
Evans
C. C
Sumter, Maddox
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