County Replies On City Note Over Street Work Arrangements
County commissioners responded to a city authored note about street work by county crews. Clerk Tate Wright released figures showing city expenditures by the county over the past years while noting the city’s claim of only about 3 500 spent since road bonds were issued fifteen years ago. The city’s mayor and council will see the communication before it is made public and before tonight’s council meeting.
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Tate Wright
Trans Atlantic flight in heav ier-than-air machine predicted
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell writes to the National Geographic Society in Washington claiming a heavier-than-air craft could cross the Atlantic in 13 hours. He notes Newfoundland to Ireland under 2,000 miles and says 100 mph plus jet winds at two miles high could yield a single day passage with possible Newfoundland breakfast and Irish dinner in one night.
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Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
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Ireland
Bell
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Ocean
Europe
America
Foreign doctors alone not enough for China's medical needs
The Rockefeller Commission reports China must train its own doctors to modern standards as foreign medical men cannot meet the vast need. It notes few Chinese doctors trained in modern methods exist, cultural mistrust of secondhand training persists, and education efforts aim to elevate native physicians while limiting foreign invasions.
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Peking
Rockefeller Commission
China
America
Harry Pratt Judson
Chicago University
Francis W. Peabody
Boston
United States Department of State
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Hankow
Commission
Europe
Canton
Shanghai
Ulster Excluded From Home Rule Bill in Lords Vote
London June 6 The House of Lords passed to its second reading the bill to amend Irish home rule so Ulster will be excluded. The move narrows the scope of the measure and sets the stage for further debates on the Ulster question.
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Associated Press
London
House of Lords Today
Ulster
County Commissioners Address Routine Matters and Aid Requests
The county commissioners met with the clerk and county attorney. They endorsed a city communications letter, reviewed aid for several applicants, considered road tax defaulters, arranged for phones in court offices, and discussed tax collection and insurance for courthouse elevators. The jail and sheriff's housing arrangements were updated as the new courthouse actions proceed.
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Tate Wright
Court House
H. C. Tuck
Miller Furniture Company
H. H. Linton
J. O. Harris
Roy Carrington
Ed J. Stowers
Georgia
Macon
Jackson
Rew Court House
van Dorn Company
Central of Georgia Railway
Whitehall Road
Georgia State Association of County Commissioners
Clarke County
Athens
Hancock Avenue
Williams resigns as U S minister to Greece over Albanian issue
Washington July 6 The formal resignation of George Fred Williams U S minister to Greece was announced at the state department. Secretary Bryan said Williams asked the resignation to the president due to inability to comment freely on the Albanian situation. President Wilson is expected to accept the resignation tomorrow. Williams, a former congressman and Bryan ally, had been in service briefly.
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Associated Press
Washington
George Fred Williams
U. S
Greece
State Department
Bryan
Williams
Wilson
Albania
Willams
New Second Chamber Is Proposed Instead House Lords
London July 7 The government plans a constitutional reform to replace the House of Lords with a new second chamber. The proposals aim to align the upper house with the House of Commons, possibly allowing near one third of its members to be nominated by freshly elected Commons. The move would alter veto powers under the Parliament Act and faces opposition from Unionists, the church, peers, and traditionalists.
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Chichen Itza Exposed as Home of a Forgotten Race
Special correspondence from Washington notes Edward H. Thompson former United States Consul at Merida describes Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula as a vast ancient city with massive ruins and enigmatic stone books. He details courts, ceremonial spaces, dates estimates, legends of Canek and Montejo and laments American ignorance of homegrown architectural wonders.
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Edward H. Thompson
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Merida
Yucatan
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
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Delay in Million Peso Ransom Costs Frenchman Life
In Vera Cruz on July 7, Juan Velasco a cotton mill manager was executed by Zapatistas after delays in a one million peso ransom. Velasco, reported by a brother who left Vera Cruz to secure release, was claimed by the French consulate to be French rather than Spanish.
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Atixco
Puebla
Commerce forms early Joe Brown club on Independence Day
On July 4 in Commerce Georgia a Joe Brown club organized with 282 members including leaders T E Key J R Halley and L C Farebee. Officers chosen included president Key first vice Halley second vice Farebee secretary T J Sysan. By midweek supporters expect five to six hundred members.
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T. E. Key
J. R. Halley
L. ¢. Farebee
T. J. Sysan
Marietta
Farmer James M. Smith Sells $100000 Worth of Cotton
Colonel James M. Smith of Smithonia sells to B. B. Ford & Co. over sixteen hundred bales of cotton for more than a hundred thousand dollars. Miller & Co. will visit Smithonia to mark up and ship the cargo, one of the largest cotton deals in years.
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James M. Smith
Smithonia
Oglethorpe County
B. B. Ford & Co
Macon
Miller & Co
Ree
Miller Company
Endorsement for Great Methodist University Name
The First Methodist congregation votes to endorse locating a future Great Methodist University. The proposed site Athens is urged as ideal, with Atlanta also supported as a center of education and suitable for the university to be founded east of the Mississippi.
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Athens
Atlanta
Vander
Mississippi
Telegraph Noise Ruptures Nerves Court Rules
Berlin July 7 The Imperial Supreme Court ruled that unusual telephone noises may affect nerves enough to be covered as an accident. The decision upheld a judgment against an insurance company in a case arguing psychic effects versus physical injury.
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Associatea Press
Berlin
Imperial Supreme Court
Submarines and Hydroplanes Question Dreadnought Obsolescence
Berlin July 7 The debate over whether submarines and hydroplanes have made dreadnoughts and large cruisers obsolete continues in German naval circles. Admiral von Greusing argues submarines are advanced but still limited in range and unable to replace battleships for high sea operations.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Percy Scott
Admiral Scott
German Fleet Society
von Greusing
Only County in State Named for a Living Man Authorized by Law
Governor Sia ton approved the act creating Barrow County with Bethlehem as seat and sent it for a constitutional amendment to voters this fall. If approved Barrow will be the only county named for a living man, honoring an Athens educator and University of Georgia chancellor.
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Athens
University of Georgia
No Grounds for Fear for the American Factory from Tariff
Foreign manufacturers sent into the United States eight percent more of their finished product in the first eight months of the new tariff system than under the old. Secretary Recfield stated there is no ground for fears that the American factory owner will be hurt by the tariff.
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Associated Press
Washingon
United States
Recifield
President to talk to Chicagoans on business, anti trust
President Wilson will discuss business conditions and the proposed anti trust legislation with the Chicago Association of Commerce delegation in Washington tomorrow. The meeting aims to address economic policy and regulatory reform.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Chicago Assonst On of Commerce
Henry Collier Signs With Atlanta Tenn Pitching Contract
Henry Kid Collier formerly a star pitcher at Georgia Tech signed a contract to pitch for the Atlanta team tonight. The move marks a return to professional baseball for the notable southland hurler.
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