Georgia to convene special session for bone dry law
Governor Harris announced a special extra session of the Georgia legislature to begin March 20 to pass a statewide prohibition measure. He said the session would focus solely on enacting the bone dry law and would not address other business. The governor also stated the session would appropriate funds to cover deficiencies in Confederate soldiers and widows pensions.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Harris
Georgia
State of
Reichstag backs German American union aid in war plan
Berlin reports the Reichstag main committees endorsed a foreign office bid for a German American alliance with Mexico as a military precaution. Washington denied persistent Colombian alliance rumors. Paris says Oscar Pflug was released from detention. In Europe, fighting persists on the Somme and Ancre fronts with gains claimed, while Russians advance in Persia and Turkish forces retreat from Bijar.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Foreign Office
Mexico
United States
Paris
Oscar Pflug
Rideout
Fla
Pflug
Somme
Ancre
Persia
Hussenabad
Charik
Bijar
Austrian note plays strong defense of German warfare
Washington reports Austria’s reply to the US demand on submarine policy keeps negotiations open. The note defends unrestricted German warfare, claims Austrian submarines operate only in the Adriatic and Mediterranean, and argues US interests need not fear encroachment. US intends to respond, seeking to avoid a rupture unless an overt act occurs. Germany pressures Austria to act, while Austria weighs choices between continuing relations and fully backing Germany.
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Associated Press
Washington
Austria
Adriatic
Mediterranean
U. 8
United States
Germany
Ing
City Clerk Treasurer W L Wood Falls Ill in Office
City Clerk Treasurer W L Wood was taken sick in his office yesterday and had to leave for the afternoon. It was the first time he had been out sick in many years with the city and he hopes to be back at his post the next morning.
Sheriff sales canceled at courthouse yesterday
There were no sheriff sales yesterday at the courthouse though several had been advertised. Parties settled before the hammer. Administrators and trustees offered and sold several small pieces of property.
Frost Reaches Central Florida After Cold Night
The weather service announced that frost will cover areas as far south as Central Florida tomorrow morning, extending the chill from the prior night. Weather observers warned of unusually low temperatures across the region and advised warming precautions for outdoor crops and sensitive plants.
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Central
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Florida
The
Weather Bureau
Gas Explosion in Ford Plant Kills Four in Cincinnati
Four men die and another dies later after a gas explosion at the Ford automobile building in Cincinnati on March 6. Eight others are seriously injured, with rescue and investigation underway.
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Ford Automobile
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Cuban Revolt Making Little Progress Says Menocal
Havana dispatch reports only minor skirmishes and quotes President Menocal denying that the revolt’s progress is real. He says reports from New York and Washington were greatly exaggerated by revolutionary sympathizers.
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Associated Pres
Havana
Menocal
New York
Washington
Germans in U.S. Ready to Rise Warn Wilson Case
Minneapolis report says Private Paul L. Scharfenberg jailed for five years at Fort Leavenworth after court martial for passing military info to Germany. A letter to his relatives in Germany claimed ten million Germans in the United States would rise against the government in wartime and predicted President Wilson would soon be removed.
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United States
Wilson
Associated Press
Minneapolis
First
Minnesota Infantry
Paul L. Scharfenberg
Fort Levenworth U. S
San Antonio
Germany
Scharfenberg
Registration council approves ordinance on listed autos
Last night the registration council voted to enact an ordinance requiring autos to be listed. The move aims to regulate vehicle registration and ensure compliance across jurisdiction.
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Council
Permit Granted For Sibley Carnival March 26 31
City meeting notes show a permit approval for the Sibley carnival to be held March 26 through 31 with a $150 license fee and anticipated $500 annual license after. Officials discuss sewer requests, fire department recommendations, a meat inspector penalty, vehicle registration rules, and a planned claims committee slated for tonight.
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Sewer Committee
McDorman
Fire Department
Johnson
City creates office of meat inspector
The board of health approved a measure to create a meat inspector role, regulate duties, and set penalties. Council signaled cooperation, and the board elected J. H. Dunston, a fifteen year veteran in the market trade, as the city meat inspector, with action expected at tonight's council meeting.
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Board of Health
J. H. Dunston
Floodwaters inundate Highland Park homes in Chattanooga
Floodwaters from the Tennessee River and nearby creeks inundate Highland Park, flooding basements of hundreds of residences along East Main Street. Paved streets sit under inches of water while traffic continues. Evacuation of submerged lowlands finished today with about three thousand people, mostly black residents, housed in school buildings and factory warehouses.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tennessee River
Highland Park
Citico
County Tax Receiver and City Marshal Collect Property Returns
At the county courthouse Tax Receiver J H Dorsey is busy daily collecting returns of real and personal property subject to state and county taxes. At the city hall Marshal Ed O Farrell is receiving returns for personal property for city taxes.
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J. H. Dorsey
Ed O'Farrell
Kentuckians denounce traitorous senators in vote
In Frankfort March 6 the Kentucky state senate adopted a resolution denouncing as cowardly unpatriotic and traitorous the senators who defeated the armed neutrality bill. The Associated Press reported the lawmakers condemned the action and declared the opposing senators unpatriotic.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
State Senate
Small Fire at Prince Avenue Home Quickly Extinguished
A small fire originating inside the residence of Mr. W. D. Beacham on Prince Avenue yesterday afternoon alarmed the family and neighbors but caused little damage as the fire department, summoned by a servant, quickly extinguished the blaze.
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W. D. Beacham
Prince Avenue
Hood
New Teacher Elected At Centerville School
The Centerville school names Rev. A. W. Woodruff as principal succeeding Miss Linda White who resigned. The county board met to approve February salary accounts for teachers.
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Centerville
County Board of Education
A. W. Woodruff
Linda White
Arrested on Wilkes County warrant
Robert Willie Moore was apprehended by city police yesterday on a Wilkes County warrant and held until Washington officers arrived today for custody.
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Wilkes
Robert ‘Willie Moore
Wilkes County
Washington
Supreme Court Upholds Thomson Suit Against British Shipowners
The Supreme Court sustained the judgment in the Thomson & Co. New York suit against Sir Charles W. Gayser and other British shipowners for alleged combination affecting shipping to South Africa, killing the bill.
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Asociated Press
Washington D.C
supreme \ court
Thomson & Co
New York
Charles W. Gayser
South Af
Georgia Baseball Boys Back On Field For Light Practice
Yesterday was cooler but calmer as the Georgia baseball candidates took a light practice on Sant Field. The session focused on basic drills as players prepared for upcoming tryouts and scrimmages.
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Georgia
Sant Field
Stewards of First Methodist Church Meet
The Stewards of the First Methodist Church held an important meeting last night at the church.
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First Methodist Church
Stewards
The
Armed Neutrality Backed By President For Senate Vote
Washington March 6 officials expect an extra congressional session no later than June to push the armed neutrality bill first. Leaders from both parties plan to ease passage next time. Also discussed were rules changes to curb filibusters, a bipartisan house organization under Champ Clark, and no final decision on arming American merchants without congressional action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Marshall
Saulsbury
Martin
Borah
House
Champ Clark
Dent
Lansing
Daniels
Lodge
Senate
Vardaman
Kenyon
John Sharp Wiliams
New York
O'Gorman
Supreme Court Refuses Intervene in Smith Heir dispute
Washington March 6 The Supreme Court declined to intervene in the contest between rival heirs over the estate of the late James M Smith of Oglethorpe county Georgia, with federal courts already ruling against disturbing Georgia jurisdiction. The report also notes political maneuvering in Congress over armed neutrality and related remarks by President Wilson.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
James M. ‘Smith
Oglethorpe County
Georgia
Mrg. M. F. Jennings
Washington
Wilson
Navy Department
Daniels
Navy
Ister
Samuel Gompers
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