Hodgson Leads Ticket In Clarke County Commission Race
J M Hodgson, Robert L Bramblett and J L McLeroy were elected Clarke county roads and revenues commissioners under the new general election method. Hodgson led with a narrow margin over Bramblett, after a campaign notable for calm, orderly voting and broad county familiarity. McLeroy, a seasoned farmer and gin operator, will bring practical experience to the office.
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Robert L. Bramblett
J. L. McLeroy
Clarke County
Grand Jury
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Bob Bramblett
Buck Branch
Winterville
Pittard
Holman
E. A. Perry
Bramblett
Princeton
Odd Fellowship
McLeroy
State Normal School
Army Volunteer Bill Passes House to Aid War Enlistment
Washington December 3 The House passed the Hay army volunteer bill aimed at unifying war time forces with regulars. It lets the President form volunteer regiments when war is near or ongoing, enlisting volunteers with a cap of four regulars per regiment.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Senate
A V Deadwyler Fined 1000 for Prohibition Violations
A lengthy police court session resulted in A V Deadwyler receiving fines of 200 dollars per charge across five counts, totaling 1000 dollars and six months per case in the stockade. Appeals were set for next week and additional trials for W R Moore and John Kittle were scheduled.
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Eight Investigations Of Arcadia Hotel Fire In Boston
Eight investigations launched after a deadly Arcadia hotel fire in Boston killing 28 homeless men. Probing responsibility for conditions causing the high death toll and seeking safety measures for similar lodging houses. Only $1.47 found on the bodies of the victims.
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Arcadia Hotel
Arcadia Age
Congress debates broad river policy at Rivers and Harbors session
Washington Dec. 3 Southern lawmakers dominated the tenth annual National Rivers and Harbors Congress. Senator Duncan Fletcher urged a Mississippi to Atlantic Canal serving the Atlantic coast while Rep. Gmall highlighted an intracostal canal from New England to Florida and Rep. Burgess backed a Mississippi to Rio Grande route.
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Rio Grande
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Associated Press
Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
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Florida
Atlantic Coast
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North Carolina
Burgess
Texas
Murder Charges Withdrawn After Zelaya Promised Hands-Off Politics
New York December 3 Jose Zelaya former Nicaragua president was released from the Tombs after extradition efforts. Nicaragua had charged him with murder of two compatriots in 1907. Nicaragua dropped the extradition request following his pledge to avoid Central American politics and to return to Spain.
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Associated Press
New York
Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
United States
Peniling
Zelaya
Spain
Women to stage two pageants soon
Athens Woman’s Club held a morning meeting at Mrs. M.4 Lipscomb’s home. They planned a Mother Goose Pageant before the holidays with children in costumes. After holidays, in January, members will perform a Dickens Pageant with the ladies acting Dickens characters.
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Charles Dickens
Women Ask President to Send Equal Suffrage Message
A brief note reports women urging the President to address Congress with a special message advocating a law granting equal suffrage for women with men in the United States. The appeal emphasizes universal voting rights and constitutional equality.
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National African Woman Suffrage Association session in Washington
A special committee urged the House to establish a regular suffrage committee and the president to advocate a constitutional amendment enfranchising women. The convention opened with a Capitol hearing before the House Rules Committee and closed with a night session where senators and representatives urged granting women the ballot.
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Washington
Dec
Congress
National African Woman Suffrage Association
Capitol
House Rules Committee
Southern congressmen seek vast road funding bills
Washington reports several Southern lawmakers introduced road and rural mail route bills proposing federal state cooperation. Candler of Mississippi calls for public road improvements with twenty million yearly for five years, Stephens of Mississippi and Byrnes of South Carolina seek three, six, and twelve million annually. Lee of Georgia asks twenty million yearly after year two. Heflin of Alabama pushes half a million for demonstration road projects.
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Associated Press
Washington
Candler
Mississippi
Stephens
Missisippi
Byrnes
South Carolina
Lee
Georgia
Stephens-Byrnes
Heflin
Alabama
Hindus' scheme thwarted to admit thousands of East Indians
Vancouver dispatch reports immigration officials thwarting a secret group's plan to flood the Pacific coast with Hindoo laborers. Antonio Caminetti, US commissioner general of investigation, met with Canadian officials in Seattle and Manila to discuss sending East Indians with certificates from Manila. The scheme failed when the San Francisco immigration department rejected the Hindus as likely public charges.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
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Pacific Coast
Antonio Caminetti
United States
Commissioner General of Investigation
Seattle
Dominion Immigration
Caminetta
Manila
Philippines
Immigration Department
Atan Francisco
Canada
Soudan
Fifteen Thousand Homeless In Texas Floods
Dallas dispatch reports heavy floods along the Trinity Brazos and Colorado rivers in central Texas. Torrential rain since Monday swelled a 200 by 100 mile floodplain, driving fifteen thousand from homes, rail traffic halted, and massive property damage feared. Military units were sent with orders for looting control. Near Belton seven deaths are confirmed and five in one family perished, with two more lost near Bare.
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Dallas
Texas
Trinity
Brazon
Colorado
Belton
Tex
Villa predicts capture of Mexico City by Christmas
Juarez Mexico December 3 A new era begins as Rebels occupy territory abandoned by Huerta Federal troops General Wilis with two thousand Rebels camps at Montezuma south of here Five thousand more join him before entering Chihuahua City where Federal forces evacuated He plans headquarters for the Constitutionalist party Villa says he will surround Mexico City with twenty thousand men by Christmas He expects Carranza to join him en route and a US cavalry squadron is dispatched to Presidio to arrest fleeing Federal officers near the border
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Sonora
Bolda
Jocal Banda
Mexico City
Villa Bosta
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Presidio
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Ojinaga
U S Believes Now Her Policy Patience With Mexico Has Been Justified
Washington reports from December note the administration’s confidence that patience in U S policy toward Mexico will soon yield a solution. Reports cite unpaid federal troops, loyalty issues, and Huerta’s weakening position as constitutionalists gain ground. The navy says seven hundred marines arrived at Pensacola were kept aboard due to insufficient shore quarters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Huerta
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Navy
Navy Department
Pensacola
Senior Aggie Purchases a Baby Cart and Gets Embarrassment
A University of Agriculture senior in Lumpkin Hill bought a baby cart at a local furniture store prompting amusement among students. The donor class planned a lighthearted token for the expectant father, Mr. Bob Suddeth, a longtime student and Army veteran, and the purchase has since become a running joke.
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Lumpkin Hill
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the State College
Bilbo and Hobbs Arrested Over Bribe Indictments
Vickeburg Mississippi December 3 Lieutenant Governor Theodore Bilbo and State Senator Hobbs were arrested on indictments filed yesterday alleging they agreed to take two thousand dollars from Castleman in exchange for votes in the legislature to pass a bill.
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Associated Press
Vickeburg
Misa
Theodore Bilbo
Hobbs
Castleman
Two New Preachers for Two Athens Churches
Two new pastors arrive today to lead churches in the same Athens district. Rev. A. L. Flory of Atlanta will take charge at West End Baptist, while Rev. R. M. Dizon will assume duties at Young Harris Memorial Methodist, located near the Baptist church.
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Methodist
West End
Young Harris
Climate Change as Health Threat Says Dr Hartman
Columbus physician Dr Hartman explains climate as a health factor noting atmospheric pressure humidity and temperature shifts drive bodily adjustment trials. He warns high pressure systems move southeast affecting millions and increasing cases of cold and related respiratory ailments.
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Columbus
Ohio
Relay Race Metaphor Marks Long Fight for Suffrage
Washington December 3 Illinois woman suffrage supporter Catherine Waugh McCulloch 58 says the struggle was a relay race with each generation passing the baton to fresh workers. She notes gains in marriage and divorce laws guardianship schooling and professional opportunities while predicting three more years of effort before victory. Congress begins a long session.
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Washington
Ilinois
Catherine Waugh McCul
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Runcora
Illinois
McCulloch Eald
Federation of Labor and Suffrage
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