British Losses in Major Naval Battle Reported
London reports revise the great naval engagement as not a decisive British defeat. British losses include three battle cruisers three cruisers and eight destroyers with about equal German losses in tonnage. Admiral Hood among the dead and battleship Marlborough towed to port. German and British accounts differ on fleet engagement and casualties.
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London
Great Britain
England
Horace Lambert Hood
Beatty
Hood
Air Magahip Indefangle
Sewerby
Cay
Prowse
Warrior
Admiral Scheer
Berlin
Admiralty
Ebling
Verdun
Vaux
Zillebeke
Ypres
Belgium
Arbro
Tryol
Final Order For Sale Of The Jefferson Cotton Mill
Judge Brand approved an order accepting W T Bryan's 44000 offer for the Jefferson Cotton Mill and appurtenances. Bryan will assume control July 15 and pay 3400,000 plus the current creel in process, with balance due after final litigation settlement. The case, under review in the supreme court, drew many interested parties including local banks, the city, church, and several corporations.
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Jefferson
Brand
W. T. Bryan
Bryan
Supreme Court
Georgia
Jefferson Cotton Mill
Jefferson Banking Company
City of Jefferson
Methodist Church of Jefferson
Martin
Seventy Two Jurors Drawn for Partee Murder Trial
Judge Brand drew seventy two jurors from the box to form six panels for the J. W. Partee murder trial in Lafayon's Davis brothers case. The case was moved here by change of venue with all parties consenting and requesting the judge to hear it. The list includes W. E. Johnson, F. E. Warner, F. H. McIntire, W. H. Eytle, W. W. Hayes, J. P. F. Whitehead, and many others.
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Brand
Talismen
J. W. Partee
Davis Brothers
Layonis
W. E. Johnson
F. E. Warner
F. H. McIntire
W. H
Innes Convicted and Sentenced to Seven Years
Victor E F Was convicted of larceny after trust for about $4000 from Mrs Eloise Nels Dennis of Atlanta with her sister Beatrice. Anne Innes and his wife were acquitted of murdering the young women in San Antonio. He receives the maximum seven year term and will appeal. Mrs Innes faces larceny charges here.
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Associated Press
Eee Ga
Victor EF
Mra
Eloise Nels Dennis
Atlanta
Beatrice
Anne
Innes
San Antono
Court of Appeals upholds Porter conviction in Athens case
In Clarke County, Porter v Mayor and Council of Athens the Court of Appeals sustained Judge Brand's affirmation of a recorder's conviction for keeping for sale within city limits spirituous liquors. Porter faced a $200 fine and six months in stockade. appeal affirmed.
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Athens
Porter
Brand
Recorder
Court of Appeals
Georgia inquiry on Sunday excursion trains legality
J T Davenport of Helena asks the state railroad commission whether Sunday excursion trains, advertised from Savannah to Tybee by Seaboard Air Line Railway, violate the law. Chairman Candler cites the statute and warns that advertising circulars may require action by the solicitor general and grand juries in counties through which such trains run.
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Atlanta
J. T. Davenport
Helena
State Railroad Commission
Georgia
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Bavannah
Tybee
C. M. Candler
Reid of Wingfield Chamberlain & Reid Heads to New York
Mr. Harvey Reid of Wingfield Chamberlain and Reid travels to New York for several days of heavy purchasing to replenish summer men’s clothing stock. The Athens cash store aims to keep pace with leading retailers by offering year round merchandise and quality goods under its label.
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MR. Reid
THE
Wingfield Chamberlain and Reid CO
New York
Harvey Reid
Athens Cash
Wingfeld, Chamberlain & Reid
Athens
Reid
Wingfield, Chamberlain & Reid
Association
W. T. Forbes
Church
Kingdom of God
Forbes
Temporary officers haunt a wary old sportsman tale
A gentle old spokesman recalls inviting a few subalterns to shoot his birds. As afternoon fades to evening he fears peppering danger and muses that temporary officers are tolerable, but begs heaven to spare him from more temporary sportsmen in his life.
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Spoksman
Annual Y M C A Summer Camp Planned at Camp Chatooga
The Athens Y M C A announces its annual two week summer camp at Camp Chatooga five miles from Tallulah Falls on the Chatooga river. July 5 to July 19 with an advance party July 4. camp fee 15 includes rail fare travel baggage transport meals and incidentals.
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Y. M.A
Young Men's Christian Association
Chatooga
Tallulah Falls
Chatooga River
Athens Association
Tallulah
Tugalo
Forbes
History Medal Proposed for University of Georgia Student
At a meeting of the University of Georgia board of trustees prudential committee Hon Lucien L Knight of Atlanta proposed a yearly history medal for the student who does the most meritorious research in Southern history starting next school year. Knight, a South historian, serves as the state's official colonial and war records compiler and urges more research and records work in Southern history.
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Prudential Committee
Board of Trustees
University
Lucien L. Knight
Atlanta
University of Georgia
Knight
South
To the Distant One Poem Teases Longing Across Miles
A poetic note speaks of wandering longing, love pursued across wild byways and distant lands. The speaker vows to meet the beloved despite fate and delays, seeking purpose and fame before reunion. The piece explores devotion, missed chances, and a moonlit meeting.
Secretary Lansing Speaks on Neutral Rights in Watertown
Secretary Lansing told the Jefferson County Bar Association that loss of life violations of neutral rights are more serious than property losses. He warned of influence in America and Congress that places property rights on par with life, and said the republic’s great heart risks fatty degeneracy from waning patriotism.
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Associated Press
Watertown
N. Y
Lansing
Jefferson County Bar Association
America
Congress
Republic
Banana flour gains large scale production in Porto Rico
Banana flour is now produced on a large scale in Porto Rico and imported to the United States. The industry has boosted the island’s wealth and provided the United States with a new table product.
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United States
Porto Rico
Noted Poem Fragment from F Ledwidge Tribute
Fragmentary verse lines praising fair beauty and healing through nature. The note references Lance Corporal F Ledwidge and London Spectator. No clear event, date, or place specified beyond literary quotation.
Compulsory Education Debate Spurs Georgia Students
University of Georgia students led by Harold Meyer press for compulsory education. They plan to circulate Meyer's thesis across the legislature and leaders, arguing social and economic benefits for Georgia. The effort gathers fifty eight students from thirty seven counties to push adoption of statewide compulsory schooling laws.
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Harold Meyer
Meyer
Georgia
Odum
Peabody School of Education
University of Georgia
Mississippi
Wilson and Marshall to be nominated early June
St Louis reports plans for a Democratic National Convention with Wilson and Marshall set for nomination in the early hours of Saturday. June 14 judges roll calls and temporary officers. June 15 features speeches. June 16 platform and resolutions report precedes night adjournment. President Wilson will draft the platform himself.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Wilson
Marshall
McCombs
Washington
James
Kentucky
Stone
Missouri
Toombs DuBose Enters Race for the Legislature
Hon Toombs DuBose announced his candidacy for the legislature after Clarke County voters urged him to run. He has served Clarke County in the house and represented the district in the senate, and supporters expect his wide knowledge to aid local education and business interests.
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Toombs Dubose
Clarke
DuBose
Clarke County
House
Senate
Had Sultan's Indorsement In Turkish News
Turkish report notes Hig serene highness watched the eclipse and directed the lord chamberlain to convey full satisfaction with the grand display. Tit-Bits cites the endorsement as a sign of royal approval.
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Sultan
Hig Serene Highness
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Lowndes
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Madison
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Meriwether
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Thomas A. Thrash
Montgomery
Max Leon Segall
Macon
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Willard Parker Tabor
Lewis
Patton
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Oglethorpe
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Pike
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Rabun
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Sumter
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