Prinzess Irene Aground Near Long Island Graveyard of the Atlantic
Seventeen hundred passengers endure a sleepless night aboard the Prinzess Irene after grounding off the Long Island coast near Fire Island. Tugs and revenue cutters vainly attempted a tow as life guards patrolled the shore and prepared breeches buoy lines for emergency rescue.
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Rene
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Daz
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Lfe
St Paul
Sensca
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Prins Aess
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New Liquor Law Wins in Atlanta City Council
Atlanta Aldermen vote 17 to 5 to pass an ordinance requiring all transportation firms to report whisky shipments in packs over three gallons and grant police access to carrier records. Debate cites interstate commerce conflicts and potential lawsuits. supporters say it protects health and order.
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Maddox
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Everett
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Curtis
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Hatcher
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Greer
Nutting
Dent
Chambers
Johnston
Atlanta
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Grant
Congent
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Evina
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Ely
Historic Texas Rescue Approved for Grant Park Relic
City council approves 35 400 to move the Civil War era Texas engine to Grant Park and build a protective house. Park board to name site next week, likely Fort Walker, with transport by Belt Line to Boulevard crossing then by rail rolers to the park.
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Grant Park
Councilman
Chambers
Park Board
Fort Walker
Park
Boulevard Crossing
State of terrorism alleged in service
Congressmen harshly criticize Postmaster General Hitchcock charging demoralized service and crippled rural free delivery. A House resolution by Rep Morris Shepard calls for a thorough inquiry by the Expenditures Committee into Post Office operations amid claims of terrorism and disrupted railway mail, with workers barred from mutual protection organizing.
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Hitchcock
Sydein Cordgen, Jr
Washington
Post Office Department
Morris Shepard
Texas
Postoffice Department
Congress
Blackmail Attempt Reported In Russellville Ky
In Russellville Kentucky a 23 year old man, Robert Carter, and a companion, identified as James Nichols, tried to extort Dr Q M Turner by demanding $200 placed in a box outside Turner's Dot store by 8 pm Wednesday. Turner received the note on Tuesday threatening death if he did not comply. Carter entered the store Wednesday evening during a purchase, a companion grabbed an empty package meant for the money, and Carter attempted to flee but was arrested.
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Q. M Turner
Dot
Robert Carter
Carter
James Nichols
Turner
Gaynor jokes about poverty after prison release
Colonel John F Gaynor, freed from Atlanta federal prison March 24 after a three year term for defrauding the government on harbor improvement contracts, arrived in Syracuse after ten years. He appeared in good spirits despite recovering from ataxia and sat in a comfortable home while joking about his poverty.
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Syracuse
N. Y
John F Gaynor
Atlanta
Probing Cotton Schedule and Wool Schedule Review
A pro the tab ooard has begun its investigation of the cotton schedule of the Payne Aldrich law and will conduct the work as practical with the wool schedule now under way. The wool schedule report may be ready when Congress assembles December 7.
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Congress
Fight Court Battle Over City Ordinance Versus State Law
The Union and Mechanics Club seeks a permanent injunction against the city after a license revocation. Judge Bell granted a temporary restraining order and set an April 15 hearing. The club claims state law overrides municipal action, citing its February 23 1911 organization and tax paid status. It reports 326 members in good standing and says city ordinance January 21 1933 is void for conflicting with state law. Attorneys Moore Brandhy Greene Tilson McKinney represent the club.
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Union and Mechanics’ Club
Bell
Moore & Brandhy and Greene
Tilson & McKinney
Recorder's Court of the City
Denied Home By Father Girl Tells Police
Mattie Evans, 23, of 330 Kirkwood avenue, went to Athens station seeking shelter after claiming her father drove her from their home. She says years of mistreatment led to the departure and plans to go to Chattanooga to live with her uncle who will care for her. The report notes an unrelated cadet corps inspection at the University of Georgia on April 13 by U S government officers.
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Kirkwood Avenue
Athens
University of Georgia
United States
Dart
Lynch Political Law Blamed for Political Murders
New York April 6 President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University defined Lynch political law as a practice that damages political reputations and conducts political murders through unverified rumors. He spoke before 150 delegates from 43 colleges at the Intercollegiate Civic League convention and noted Roosevelt’s use of muckraking. Delegates will tour Washington to meet Chief Justice White Ambassador Bryce Attorney General Wickersham and Speaker Champ Clark then meet President Taft.
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Lynch
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Butler
Intercollegiate Civic League
Roosevelt
White
United States Supreme Court
Bryce
Wickersham
Spesier Champ Clark
Washington
Taft
No Necro Troops to Patrol Border Big Corn Show Next Fall
The war department rescinded the order sending the Ninth Cavalry to the Texas border after a White House conference with President Taft Major General Wood and Representative Garner. Protests from border towns and fear of a Brownsville incident prompted the revocation, leaving the Third Cavalry on patrol. A monster corn show planned for Atlanta next fall aims to unite southern states under the Georgia Chamber of Commerce with support from Dr Stockbridge and agricultural leaders.
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Taft
Brownsville
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Texan
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White House
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Army
Representative Garner
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Carter
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St Te Dala
Atlanta, Auditorium-Armory
South
Chamber of Commerce
H. H Stockbridge
Southern Ruraljet
Yeaterday
Agricultural Committee of the Chamber
Stockbridge
H. G. Hastings
W H. Leahy
B Thompson
Harvie Jordan
Walter Cooper
Hastings
Cooper
Thomas G. Hudson
Georgia
Body of Planter Found Dead in Wood at Fairburn
Fairburn Ga April 6 BD L Brantley a well known young farmer was found dead in a wood behind his home at noon today a bullet wound in the head and another through the abdomen with a discharged revolver nearby he is survived by his wife and four children aged 99 funeral set for 2 o'clock Friday at the residence and burial in Fairburn cemetery
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L. Brantley
Brantley
Fairburn Cemetery
Open-Air Schools Fight Tuberculosis Expansion Report
The National Association reports 65 open air schools in 28 cities since January 1, 1909. Since 1907 Providence started the first in the United States. In 1911 eight schools opened in six cities, with 27 more planned in six cities. New York has 12 with 14 more classes to open next fall. The group urges one school per 25,000 people as evidence shows health and efficiency gains for students.
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New York
National Association For the Study and Prevention
United States
Providence
R. L
Association
Pardon Hearing Updated In Struggling Whitfield Case
Georgia legal battle over Thomas Holgar Stripling’s clemency continues as six hours of testimony before the prison commission are concluded. Attorneys Miller and Mac Laughlin argued Stripling’s killing of W J Cornett was justified by alleged insults to his wife and sister, supported by numerous affidavits from prominent locals. The commission, after a daylong hearing, will decide in coming days.
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Thomas Holgar Stripling
Prison Commission
Georgia
Hand of Destiny
Harris County
W. J. Cornett
Tom Miller
Columbus
Stripling
T. T. Miller
Frank MacLaughlin
Cornett
T. H Durham
Weather Outlook for Georgia This Weekend
Weather forecast notes fair conditions with possible showers in the northwest Friday, cooler at night in the north. Saturday looks fair with moderate south winds. Legal report lists temperatures and rainfall totals, including reported lows around 24 and highs near 42, with month to date and year to date rainfall figures.
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