Greek Balkans Crisis Deepens Amid Shifts in Power
Greece faces a political storm as Premier Venizelos reportedly resigns after a clash with King Constantine. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria appears to back Teutonic aims amid a Russian ultimatum, while French troops land 70 000 at Saloniki.
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Saloniki
Greece
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Associated Press
London
Balkans
Constantine
Crown Council
Savoff
Russia
Baloniki
Entente
Artois
Champagne
Riga
Vilna
Berlin
Italy
Triest
Goriza
Austria
Clarke County Board Advances Road and Bridge Projects
Clarke county board of commissioners met to plan bridge and road work. They discussed locating a new Newton Bridge on Trail Creek, repurposing Pratt Princeton bridge material, and bidding steel for Trail Creek spans and Cedar Creek beams. Repainting all steel bridges and continuing work on local roads were approved.
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Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Clarke County
Tate Wright
J. M.hodgson
Bramblett and White
Newton Bridge
Princeton
Newton's
Strahan
Food Roads Department
The
University
Trail Creek
Hull Road
Toad
Prof
Good Roads Department
Univerasity
Olds
Newton
East
Puryear
Cedar Creek
Made Thousand Miles for Nothing and Jailed Over Fare
Will Kelley, a Black man in jail awaiting trial for flimflamming, traveled a thousand miles across the South by begging fare freebies since September 10, starting in Cincinnati. He allegedly swindled Seab Thrasher out of six dollars and is suspected in a pocketbook theft that yielded $13, plus notes. Kelley misled authorities about his identity, using aliases and papers.
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Will Kelley
South Atlantic Circle
Septeber
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Raleigh
N. C
Savannah
Austis
Union
Georgia Road
Seab Thrasher
St Josephs To Build New Rectory And Parish House
Work has begun on the foundations of the new Rectory and Parish House for St. Josephs Catholic church on Prince Avenue. The brick and granite Roman style building will be forty by a hundred feet, two stories high, costing about 7500 dollars and serving as priest residence with possible future school use.
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Prince Avenue
St. Joseph's
Federal Judge Links Leo Frank Lynching to Grand Jury
New York October 5 Judge William B Sheppard of Pensacola discussed the Leo Frank lynching as the basis of a portion of the charge to the federal grand jury Here he said the Southern state outrage was the culmination of decades of indifference and lynchings had become so common that little attention was paid to them.
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Associated Press
New York
Leo Frank
Federal Grand Jury
William B. Sheppard
Pensacola
German concession ends Arabic submarine dispute
Washington reports Germany has acceded to U S demands on the Arabic case. Count Von Lernstorff disavows the sinking and notifies the submarine commander. Germany will pay indemnities to American families and vows to curb future attacks, signaling a diplomatic victory for the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Count von Lernstorff
Lansing
United States
England
Wilson
Plan for 48 First-Class Battleships and Warcraft
Congress may be asked in December to approve a naval policy to maintain at least 48 first class battleships with related ratios for super-battle cruisers scouts destroyers and submarines. Secretary Daniels backs a plan discussed with President Wilson. Edison heads naval advisory board meeting in Washington with 20 members to inspect the 14 inch 60 caliber rifle for new battleships. The board will study gas or oil submarine engines and torpedo defense. Great sea going submarine planned bids to build two fast subs costing up to 1.5 million each with 10 000 mile fuel capacity to be issued next month.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Daniels
Wilson
Thomas A. Edison
Naval Advisory Board
Tomor
Naval Proving Grounds
Indians
Maryland
Navy Department
Rev M A Jenkens Called to Abilene Texas Pastorate
A unanimous call to Rev M A Jenkens D D now of Asheville North Carolina and former pastor here has been issued by the First Baptist church of Abilene Texas. He will likely accept and move early next month with a salary of 3000 dollars, moving expenses and a free parsonage. Mrs Jenkens was formerly Miss Holman of this city.
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First Baptist Church
Abilene
Texas
M. A. Jenkens
D. D
Asheville
N. C
Athens
President Wilson Declines World Series Invitation
President Wilson declined an invitation from Representative Gallivan to attend the world series in Boston. He had already promised to throw out the first ball at Saturday's Philadelphia game.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Boston
Phil
New Trial Motion Overruled in Griffin Case
Judge W E B Thomas in Moultrie Ga overruled the motion for a new trial in J W Griffin convicted of violating state banking laws linked to Athens Trust and Banking Co failure. Grounds cited include juror relationships to bank depositors. Previous trials and appeals touched Beeree supreme court rulings and sentence set aside on misapprehension.
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Moultrie
W. EB. Thomas
J. W. Griffin
Athens Trust and Banking Company
Beeree Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Thomas
Brand
Endorsement of Suggestion to Raise Judge Salary
Athens letter from C H Phinizy urges the grand jury to seek a legislative act raising Clarke County Superior Court Judge Brand’s salary from three thousand to five thousand dollars. He notes seven western circuit counties with biannual court sessions and an expense of at least twelve hundred dollars, praising the judge’s prompt work and taxpayer savings.
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Brand
Clarke
Grand Jury
C. H. Phinizy
County fairs shift to agriculture and live contests
A report notes county fairs emphasize agricultural exhibits and live competitions among exhibitors over carnival amusements. A local theft case involves Thomas Kelley, accused by Thrasher of pocketbook theft and a staged test of a $100 note leading to a reported arrest for further trial.
Old Building Dismantled for Modern Theater Then
Work began yesterday morning tearing down the old two story wooden structure beside the Holman office building between a nine story skyscraper and the Blue theater. A new modern motion picture house seating seven hundred will rise with up to date appointments. Property owned by Mrs. Allen H. Talmage.
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Holman Office
Blue Theater
Allen H. Talmage
Farmers urged plain talk bulletins for, wants plain statements
Charles Dillon of Topeka told the International Farm Congress in Denver that millions were wasted by the federal agriculture department through late bulletins written in complex scientific language. He urged straightforward farm information and clearer explanations.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Charles Dillon
Topeka
International Farm Congress
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Southern Courage at Shiloh Stirs Confederate Memorial Debate
A Banner special from Atlanta reports a Shiloh National Military Park board secretary urges Southern states to fund monuments at Shiloh. He notes 112 Union memorials exist versus only two Confederate ones and highlights Georgia’s one regiment and battery among the slain.
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Banner
Atlanta
Shiloh National Military Park Board
Shiloh
Army of the Blue
Daughters of the Confederacy
North
South
Confederacy
Alabama
Arkansas
Bate
Tennessee
R. Lemonnier
Crescent
Louisiana
American
Grant
Appomattox
Sherman
Georgia
German Plan for Balkan Domination and Legacy of Constantinople
The article argues that a peace treaty pleasing Germany would elevate Austria as Balkans ruler and turn Turkey into a German colony linked to the Mecca and Baghdad railways. It warns that such a Central Empire would threaten Egypt, India, and the Mediterranean, while Belgium and France face possible subjugation.
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Austria
Balkans
Dardanelles
Serbis
Montenegro
Albania
Romania
Russia
Bessarabia
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Germany
Turkey-in-Asia
Suez
Mecca
Egypt
Bagdad
Alexander the Great
Euphrates
India
Britain
Berlin
Spree
Balkan States
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Poland
Belgium
France
Walloon
Italy
Trieste
Dalmatia
Adriatic
Constantinople
Balkan
Straits
Botter
Danube
Macedonia
Byzantium
Serbia
Coburg
Venizelos
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Havas
Raymond Swoboda
Wer
la Tourine
Swoboda
Uct
George
Prince Nicholas
Safoniki
Sofia
Emmaline Pankhurst
Organized Labor
Lloyd George
Arabia
Piraeus
Cythers
Haydn
Prince
Board County Commissioners
Catholic Church
First Church
Athens, Ga
the Banner
Kelley
Thrasher
Epece
Arliale Cobb
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