New Bomb Explosion Feature Oil Scandal Probe At Capitol
Washington hearings reveal E. L. Doheny tried to lure Senator Walsh into a Montana oil venture. Walsh warned against using official position for personal profit. Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post, said to be on government rolls as a secret DOJ agent with a department code in his possession and Florida communications in cipher.
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Oil Committee
E. L. Doheny
Senator Walsh
Montana
Edward B. McLean
Washington Fest
Department of Justice
McLean
Department
Florida
Durham Flays Bonus as National Threat
New York March 4 The agitation for the bonus has grown into a national threat says Knowlton Durham president of the Ex Service Men's Anti Bonus League He argues the drive is an anti capitalistic crusade and that bonus supporters are really seeking vengeance on war profiteers big business and Wall Street as the source of the attack.
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New York
Knowlton Durham
Ex-Service Men’s
Knowlton
Wall Street
Soil survey planned for Altamaha bottoms rice farms
Professor Geo A Crabbe of the State Agricultural College will lead a new soil survey of Altamaha river rice plantations at the request of Fred Warde and local merchants. With college students, the effort aims to identify crops suited to the heavy black soil along the river. By next week 300 acres on Butler’s Island, purchased by Lamp and Wharf, will be dried and then immediately cultivated after river overflow protection is completed.
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Fessor
Geo. A. Crabbe
State Agricultural College
Fred Warde
Board of Trade
Altamaha River
O. C. Lamp
Ralph Wharff
New York
Altamaha
Messrs. Lamp
Butlers Island
Rotarians Hear Story of Cotton Cultivation in Alabama
At the Rotary Luncheon in Salem Alabama E F Cauthen a cotton production expert outlined the complete process from seed selection to picking describing fertilizer needs soil prep terracing and seed selection. Reels illustrated the steps and growers heard practical cultivation methods and tips based on years of study. Dr Louis Bristow announced details of an On To Tuscaloosa trip leaving Selma March 17 via Maplesville using the M and O line.
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Salem
Ala
E. F. Cauthen
Rotary
Dallas County
Louis Bristow
Tuscaloosa
Selma
Maplesville
Senator Pace Joins Agricultural Banks Show Place Farm
Senator Stephen Pace, a self described dirt farmer, has purchased 400 acres near Americus to establish a show place farm. Pecans will predominate with grazing on fertile grasses as he prepares to address the Kiwanis club on agriculture and crop diversification in Sumter using scientific farming methods.
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Stephen Pace
Pace
Americus
Kiwanis Club
Sumter
Foot and Mouth Disease Reappears in California
Foot and mouth disease, which the United States has been free of since 1916, has reappeared in California. A quarantine was declared on several counties, with the bureau of animal industry aiding California authorities to stamp out the infection. The disease was first found in a large herd near Oakland and is now on six premises within the quarantine zone, involving about 600 cattle and 200 cows.
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Washington
California
United States Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Oakland
Condition of Arthur Rylander Improves Signaling Recovery
Reports from the bedside say Mr. Arthur Rylander, ill for several days, is much improved today. Attending physicians anticipate he will be as well as usual soon, and fear of a second stroke has passed.
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Arthur Rylander
Court Refuses Mandamus In Georgia Primary Case
In Sumter Superior Court Judge Z A Littlejohn declined to receive a mandamus petition from A B Phillips W H Houston and A H Jennings seeking to force the Democratic Executive Committee to reconvene and revise primary rules for the March 19 1924 election. The judge ruled he was disqualified as an interested Democratic voter. The petition argues the committee’s ruling would deny turnout to certain voters in the county superintendent race under Georgia law.
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Chambers
Sumter Superior Court
Z. A. Littlejohn
Mandamus
Bradley Hogg
A. B. Phillips
W. H. Houston
A. By. Jennings
James A. Davenport
Democratic Executive Committee
Georgia
Americas
Littlejohn
A. B. Philips
A. H. Jenningis
A. H. Jennings
J. A. Davenport
Pétitoiners
Democratis Execu
Lamar Moseley Brings In Rattler Parade
Valdosta March 4 Lamar Moseley arrived with his sedan decorated by three rattlesnakes dug from a gopher hole. One lay on the radiator another over the car top and the third on the opposite side. The reptiles wore 14 and 8 rattles respectively. Moseley said it was his biggest recent business and doubted anyone would believe him without the display.
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Valdosta
Lamar Moseley
Lamar
Very Severe Earthquake Recorded On Instrument
Washington reports a very severe earthquake centered about 2100 miles south southeast of the capital. Georgetown University seismograph recorded shocks starting at 5 13 am and peaking between 5 23 and 5 26 am, continuing past 7 am. In San Jose Costa Rica a series of earthquakes damaged half the city’s buildings and caused casualties, with the American Legion building collapsing but officials and families safe.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Tather Tondorf
San Jose
Costa Rica
American Legion
Disaster Fire Kills 300 in ChowtSun China
A blaze swept ChowtSun, 40 miles west of Tsiwan in Shantung province, killing about 300 people by fire or suffocation and injuring many. The disaster occurred last Friday, with 700 others reported in peril as efforts continued to rescue survivors.
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Tsingto
China
ChowtSun
Tsiwan
Shartung
Receiver Named For Virginia Carolina Chemical Co
C G Wilson president of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company and Arthur C Vanderbilt a Newark New Jersey lawyer were named receivers of the firm in a creditors suit in United States district court New Jersey. Wilson said the action protects assets, property and the interests of security holders.
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New York
C. G. Wilson
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
Arthur C. Vanderbilt
Newark N. J
United States District Court For
New Jersey
Wilson
CoolidgeAffirms Adherence to Mellon Tax Principles
President Coolidge reaffirmed adherence to the Mellon tax plan principles in a White House statement. He maintained his position as outlined in his congressional message and declined changes in response to questions about a House compromise bill.
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Washington
Cooidge
Congress
White House
House
Judge Meldrim Opens Savannah Superior Court Term
Judge Meldrim charged the grand jury at 10 am in Savannah marking the March term. He highlighted the state law banning sensing five years in Georgia waters and noted laws require two successive grand juries to become operative. The grand jury organized with James A. Rourke as foreman, William S. Rankin secretary, Deputy Sheriff R. W. Westcott as special bailiff, and J. Z. Cornell slated as assistant secretary.
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Savannah
Meldrim
Georgia
James A. Rourke
William S. Rankin
R. W. Westcott
J. Z. Cornell
Will Erect Bronze Statue of Wilson in Atlanta
The first fund installment for a Woodrow Wilson memorial will finance a lifesize bronze statue to stand on a business district street in Atlanta. About $5,000 has been subscribed so far with donations increasing daily from local citizens.
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Atlanta
Woodrow Wilson
Senate Authorizes Sweep Probe of Shipping Board
Washington March 4 The House authorized a sweeping investigation of the Shipping Board. A special committee will be appointed to conduct the inquiry after a brief debate. The measure was proposed by Senator Davis Democrat of Tennessee.
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Washington
Shipping Board
House
Davis
Tennessee
Plant Tomatoes Now for Co op Selling by Kiwanis
The Kiwanis club of Americus announces Livingston Globe tomato seed has arrived for cooperative development of a tomato as a commercial product. Rev John M Cutler Henry T Everett and George O Marshall oversee the project and seed are stored with Planters Seed Co for distribution. Members of the committee invite planting this spring and offer guidance to interested growers.
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Livingston
Georgia Osteopaths to Meet in Atlanta
The twenty third annual Georgia Osteopathic Association convention will be held in Atlanta on April 18 and 19. Dr Arthur G Hildreth of the Still Hildreth Sanitarium in Macon is to deliver the evening feature on April 18. Dr Hildreth formerly lectured at the American School of Osteopathy in Kirksville Missouri.
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Atlanta
Georgia Osteopathic Association
Arthur G. Hildreth
Albany Baptist Church Dedication Sunday
The First Baptist church of Albany will be dedicated next Sunday at 11 o clock marking debt freedom since its 1910 erection. Dr Charles Bray Williams of Mercer University and former Howard College president will preach the dedicatory sermon as music fits the solemn occasion.
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Albany
First Baptist Church of
Southern Baptist Churches
Charles Bray Williams
Mercer University
Howard College
Illness of Counsel Delays Byfield Suit Against Candler
In DeKalb County Superior Court the $100000 suit by Mrs. Sarah G. Byfield against Walter T. Candler, son of Asa G. Candler Sr., was postponed due to illness of defense counsel. Byfield accuses Candler of an assault during a 1922 sea voyage on the Berengaria with her husband Clyde K. Byfield and his two daughters.
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Qecatur
Sarah G. Byfield
Walter T. Candler
Asa G. Candler
Toorrow
DeKalb County
Byfield
Clyde K. Byfield
Candler
Europe
Veterans Committee Won't Probe Findings Induction
Washington March 4 The senate veterans committee will not investigate the Chicago grand jury findings. Chairman Reed said information from two House members showed it was not a matter for investigation but for prompt prosecution regarding Charles R Forbes and J W Thompson.
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Washington
Chicago Grand Jury
Charles R. Forbes
J. W. Thompson
Senate Veterans Committee
Reed
House
Rail Disaster in Mexico Kills and Injures Dozens
Mexico City March 4 A passenger train bound for Guadalahara derailed near Monteleon causing 15 casualties among the military escort and second class passengers. The incident leaves 13 dead and several injured.
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Guadalahara
Mexico
City
Monteleone
Income tax returns must be made soon
Atlanta March 4 Geor gians must file 1923 income tax returns before March 15 or face delinquency penalties regardless of the fate of the income tax bill in congress. The collector of internal revenue here says passage of the bill before March 15 will not affect due payments and the first payment, one fourth of the tax, must be paid now. if the bill passes later, refunds will be issued to those who have already paid.
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Atlanta
Congress
Internal Revenue
Women to Lead Prayer Meeting at Court House Church
The First Methodist Church Women’s Missionary Society will conduct tonight’s prayer service at 7:30 in the Court House Weavering. The program centers on Missions with a devotional, hymns, and talks by Mrs Annie Walker, Mrs Little, and Mrs John W Shiver.
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First Methodist Church
Court House
Woman’s Missionary Society
Annie Walker
Mrs. W
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