Wilson withdraws Thomas Jones from federal reserve board
President Wilson withdraws the nomination of Thomas D. Jones from the federal reserve board amid opposition over his ties to the harvester trust. Letters between Jones and Wilson accompany the withdrawal as congress awaits a new appointee with Hershey Fenton Lewis Hamlin and Warburg as possible names.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Thomas D. Jones
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Reed
Jones
Harvester Trust
Omer F. Hershey
Baltimore
I. M. Fenton
Chicago
J. Ham Lewis
the Treasury
Hamlin
Paul N. Warburg
Children’s Day Service at Oconee Street Methodist
A Children’s Day service will be held at Oconee Street Methodist Church next Sunday evening July 26 at 815. Chancellor D C Barrow will address the school. The program includes songs recitations prayers and a closing address by Ople Alexander with the Volunteers and school delivering performances.
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Oconee Street Methodist Church
D. C. Barrow
Susie Fambro
A. A. Sullivan
Tor
Flora Franklin
Irene Summers
Mattie Sue McCall
Maud Knight
Irene Bryant
Coyetta Winn
Eileen Geriter
Sunshine Band
Mexican Army Targets Movie Actors as War Pictures Rise
A fragmented report notes Mexican forces clashing with actors during production disruptions. It describes "Sophie of the Films" receiving one chance to perform a fire scene as tensions rise and misidentifications occur amid wartime cinema efforts.
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Sophie
Ina
Fine Gaataloupes at Arnold & Abney Hardware Co
Readable text notes extra fine cantaloupes at Arnold and Abney in stock, including a 150 gallon tal hardware firm reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold & Abney
TAL. Hardware CO
Day With the United States Commissioner of Education
Athens hosted Dr. P. P. Claxton the U.S. Commissioner of Education for a rural education day. Georgia officials and hundreds of educators attended talks on rural teacher equipment and vocational training, stressing practical, all round development and city rural cooperation.
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United States Commissioner OF Education
Athens
United States
Georgia
P. P . Claxton
Caillaux Trial Dramatic Testimony on Stand
Mme Bertha Gueydan, Caillaux's first wife, testifies about life with Caillaux and his plea for pardon. Caillaux defends his current wife amid controversy over Calmette case. Ex-Premier Barthou praises Calmette's patriotism during the proceedings.
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Associated Press
Paris
Mme
Bertha Gueydan
Joseph Caillaux
Caillaux
Mme. Gueydan
Jean Louis Barthou
Calmette
Pure beer bill defeated by senate temperance panel
The pure beer bill of Senator McNeil was adversely reported by a unanimous vote in the senate temperance committee after an initial favorable report. The same day a constitutional amendments committee reported a measure by Senator McNeil at Bishop Candler’s request to exempt endowments of colleges and other learning institutions when not in real estate.
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Atlanta
McNeil
Senate Committee On Temperance
Committee On
Senate Today
Bishop Candler
Mr C C Heibler Visits Athens From Reading
Friends of Dr C O Heidler noted his year in Reading as director of physical activities and his passing through Athens. Heidler spoke of YMCA work there and said Heibler will return next year with new methods and experiments to apply locally.
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C. O. Heidler
Athens
Reading
Lord
Chatooga
Pennsylvania
Perils of Pauline Ninth Episode Shown Today
The Elite presents the ninth episode of the serial photo play Perils of Pauline. See the great tragedy in the air as Pauline endures peril aboard a dramatic airborne sequence with suspenseful moments.
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Pauline
Private school opens for young children on Prines Ave
Clarke County Bank offers 4 percent savings deposits while a private school for 1st and 2nd grade is to be created at 1095 Prines Ave this September. Mrs. Raby T. handles terms by phone 960-3.
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Prines Ave
Raby T
Clarke County Bank
U S Seeks Peaceful Path in Haiti and San Domingo
President Wilson said the United States views the revolutions in Haiti and San Domingo with anxiety and will pursue peaceful settlement before any force is used.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Haiti
San Domingo
Wilson
Civil suit filed against New Haven rail system
New York July 23 civil action seeks dissolution of the New Haven rail system. The justice department aims to press indictments of New Haven officials and directors for alleged criminal activity under the Sherman Antitrust Act. Attorney General McReynolds plans talks with Special Assistant T W Gregory on grand jury steps. Gregory filed the brief in district court and then met with U S District Attorney Marshall about criminal phase.
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Associated Press
New York
New Haven
Department of Justice
McReynolds
T. W. Gregory
United States District Court
Gregory
United States District
Marshall
Cantrell brothers spared for further investigation
Governor Slaton granted a respite to Jim and Bert Cantrell, delaying their July 31 execution in Gainesville for the murder of Arthur Hawkins. Mrs. Hawkins, involved in the case, is serving a life term in the penitentiary.
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Banner
Atlanta
John M. Slaton
Jim
Bert Cantrell
Gainesville
Arthur Hawkins
In Claflin Case Receivers Seek Settlement Agreement
Counsel for international banks trust companies and mercantile houses representing millions of dollars demand authority to accept or reject any proposed settlement by the receivers in disposing of the H. B. Claflin Company. Creditors elect the committee with powers under the sourka ruling.
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Associated Press
New York
H. B. Claflin Company
Claflin Company
Sourka
Autos for TM Legislature Drive In Athens
Citizens of Athens are urged to lend their automobiles to the Chamber of Commerce for the Legislature entertainment. Cars should be sent to the Seaboard Air Line depot by 11 30 Saturday morning, and those able to cooperate are asked to assist in making the visit reflect credit on the city.
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Athens
Chamber of
Legisature
Cme
Automobile Committee
H. Gordon, Jr
Compulsory School Attendance Endorsed by State Officials
Seven hundred county superintendents and other school officials from all sections of Georgia unanimously endorsed a compulsory school attendance bill at the rural life conference in Athens. The resolution, offered by President Pound and backed by Prof. Ashmore, urged passage of the bill or similar legislation and called for enforceable, practical plans. It argued Georgia’s lack of compulsory laws leaves neglected children without schooling and labels the state among the most illiterate in the nation.
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M. L. Brittain
Franklin College, University
State Normal School
State College of Agriculture
Peabody College of Education
Rural Life Conference
Pound
Ashmore
Savannah
U. S. Commissioner of Education
P P. Claxton
University
Athens
Georgia
Christendom
Union
Enthusiastic Chamber Meeting Prepares for Legislatures
An upbeat Dec orative Committee session in Athens maps decorating plans for legislator arrival. Green and white colors, cheese cloth, paper festooning, and Signs of the Times will adorn stores. Nearly all merchants pledge decorations as Athens gears for the General Assembly visit Saturday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Athens
Times
Goodale Sign Co
Aréth
General Assembly
Sikes
Lesser
Welcome of Mr Hugh Gordon to Educational Commissioner
Athens messages a warm welcome to U. S. Commissioner Claxton from Mayor Pro Tem Hugh H Gordon Jr praising Claxton for bridging rural and urban interests. The speech notes Claxton’s 1882 education path, Taft’s national directorship, and Georgia’s goal to uplift rural education with Southern leadership. It urges student support to strengthen farm city ties and curb rural to urban migration.
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Hugh Gordon
U. S
Claxton
Hugh H.gordon, Jr
Athens
University of Tennessee
Johns Hopkins University
Europe
South
Cepeda Heads to Meet Carranza for Constitutional Transfer
Reginaldo Cepeda, senator from Chihuahua and ally of Carranza, sails for Tampico from Veracruz to negotiate Mexico's transfer to the constitutionalists. He carries full instructions to secure amnesty and protection of lives and property, with a guarded pledge to punish those responsible for Madero and Suarez’s deaths.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reginaldo Cepeda
Cahuila
Carranza
Carabajal
Cepeda
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Carasan
Victoria
Mexico
Madero
Suarez
Mexico City
Bubonic Plague Fatalities Rise in New Orleans
Federal authorities report a septicemic type bubonic plague case in New Orleans with Mrs Regina Schmidt, 73, named as a victim. The outbreak includes nine total cases and four deaths, with Schmidt’s granddaughter Helen Scell, 10, isolated and treated at a hospital.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Regina Schmidt
Old Cobbler Reforms Tough Mining Town
The Old Cobbler is a two reel Western play about Ola Nathan who after his wife’s death finds new purpose in a mining camp. He befriends Wild Bill after ejecting him from his shop and performs acts of kindness, presenting a sympathetic frontier story.
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Ola Nathan
Wild Bill
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B. G. Anderson
M. J. Abney
Old Court House
Taft
Tennessee
OLD Cobler
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