British Take Second Line German Defenses North of Pozieres
British and Australian forces seized the German front second line north of Pozieres on a 400 to 600 yard front to straighten the line between Pozieres and Thiepval. Prisoners captured numbered in the hundreds as German counter attacks were repulsed with heavy losses.
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Associated Press
London
Pozieres
Thiepval
Somme
Kitchener Army
German War Office
Fleury
Serbh
Zalesza
Berlin
Petrograd
Carpathians
Romani
Teenty
Suez Canal
Trentino
Rome
Men in Scarred Arbitration over Birmingham Press Feud
Members of the Birmingham Rotary Club arranged arbitration between I W Barrett editor of the Age Herald and Victor C Hanson publisher of the Birmingham News to settle publication differences. Peace warrants for Hanson and Barrett were issued on criminal libel charges. Barrett remains at large in Asheville awaiting arrest while Hanson is held on a heavy bond.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Rotary Club Today
I. W. Barrett
The
Age Herald
Victor C. Hanson
Birmingham News
Barrett
W. H. Jeffries
C. M. Beasley
Age-Herald
Hanson
Asheville
Griffin Extraordinary Motion for New Trial Set for 26th
An extraordinary motion for a new trial in the J. W. Griffin tink case was filed yesterday afternoon before Judge Brand. The hearing date was set for the 26th, just before adjournment, to salvage Griffin's last chance to avoid a looming sentence.
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Griffin
J. W. Griffin
Mr. Griffin
Brand
Conference Cuts Army Bill By 45 Million Increases
The conference report on the army appropriation bill is held up over President Wilson's objections to a war articles amendment. The final recommended appropriation drops 45,373,447 from the Senate total, to 267,597,000, with submission to both houses soon. Georgia crop notes report 1,535,621 bales in 1916, down from 1,936,115 in 1915, a 23 percent drop, based on reports from 125 counties.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Atlanta
State Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Spies Reported Near Panama Canal Forts
Washington reports indicate suspected foreign agents gathering information on Panama Canal defenses prompting the administration to seek Congress action to strengthen laws against improper acquisition of fortification knowledge.
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Associated Press
Washington
Panama Canal
Congress
Governor Harris to Speak at Washington
Governor Nat E. Harris accepts an invitation to speak at the Washington court house in Wilkes county during the noon recess on Monday and will speak at Canton courts Wednesday three times. The case on appeal concerns a motion for a new trial and questions juror relations to depositors versus stockholders in the Athens Trust and Banking company saga.
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Atlanta
Nat E. Harris
Washington
Wilkes County
Canton
Appallate
Thomas
Court of Appeals
Brand
Athens Trust and Banking Company
Griffin
No Link Found Between Surroundings And Infantile Paralysis
New York Health Commissioner Emerson released a statement denying any connection between dirty surroundings and infantile paralysis. In the past twenty four hours 41 deaths and 168 new cases were reported, raising totals since June 26 to 1066 deaths and 4842 cases.
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Associated Press
New York
Emerson
Senators Exchange Campaign Arguments
Senators Lewis of Illinois and Fall of New Mexico debated the Mexican situation as a national campaign issue. Lewis accused the Republican Party and Hughes of misrepresenting the administration, while Fall warned that Mexico would be a ringing issue in the campaign.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Lewis
Illinois
Senator Fall
New Mexico
Lewis
Republican Party
Hughes
Fall
Mexico
Commercial value of 1915 16 cotton crop exceeds prior year
New Orleans August 5 The world's takings of American cotton during the year ended July 31st stood at 14,171,000 bales, per Secretary Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Takings rose from 13,519,000 the previous season and southern mill takings reached 4,070,000, a record. The commercial value of the crop was placed at 765,700,560 dollars, about 72,000,000 more than last year.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Hester
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
New York Faces Major Street Car Strike Across Boroughs
August 5 report shows surface car traffic stopped in three New York boroughs at 8 pm as city braces for possibly wider action. Police were issued twenty rounds each to prepare for trouble, with danger of disorders fading by 9 pm.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Mob Threatens Oklahoma Negro in Tulsa Jail
Tulsa authorities guard the county jail to avert a lynch mob of about 500 men seeking Cecil Towery, a black suspect accused in the murder of Charles Vaughn, a wealthy oilman of Hoffman, Oklahoma, last night.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa County
Cecil Towery
Charles Vaughn
Hoffman
Towery
Vaughn
Hearing Set for Harper Negroes and Richard Jackson
Judge Carlisle Cobb schedules a commitment hearing next Saturday for Harper Negroes and Richard Jackson charged with shooting Gilbert Goelet. Proceedings set at the county courthouse with a preliminary focus on case details and evidence.
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Carlisle Cobb
Richard Jackson
Gilbert Goelet
Decision in Hodgson hearings yesterday
Judge Brand presided over the Hodgson will matter with one branch referred to an auditor to be named later. The petition to remove Jos M Hodgson as trustee was demurred and that portion struck. The claims by Mrs J A Hodgson for 20000 and Mr C N Hodgson for 5000 against executors J M Hodgson and J R White were also stricken after demurrer sustained.
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Brand
A. H. Hodgson
Jos. M. Hodgson
J. A. Hodgson
C. N. Hodgson
J. M. Hodgson
J. R. White
Still another case of wife beating reported
Police report another alleged wife beating after a chase. Robert Osburn was captured and jailed.
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Robert Osburn
J J Brown Issues Campaign Statem ent
J J Brown, challenger to incumbent James D Price for Georgia commissioner of agriculture, issues a campaign statement outlining his views and proposed reforms. He criticizes the department for advancing personal ambition over its real purpose and vows changes if elected.
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Atlanta
J. J. Brown
Department of Agriculture
Sim
One Is Killed Four Hurt In Auto Crash At Marietta
Oran Bullard of Powder Springs Ga was killed and four others injured when an automobile they rode in turned over near Marietta today A two year old girl escaped injury amid the appalling accident. Mr Brown proposes to divorce from the department of agriculture and oppose compulsory dipping of cattle for tick eradication.
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Associated Press
Marietta
Oran Bullard
Powder Springs
Brown
Department of Agriculture
Department
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