Public Hearings Planned On Free Canal Tolls
Washington reports Senate canals committee sets fifteen days of hearings starting April 9 on Sims bills to repeal tolls exemptions. Debate centers on treaty sovereignty and coastwise exemptions with figures Poindexter and Lippitt seeking executive clarifications. Brandegee pushes state department records while adjournment awaits witness arrivals from New Orleans and the Pacific coast.
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Washington
Senate Canals Committee
Administration
United States
Canal Zone
Senate
Works
California
Great Britain
Brandegee
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Poindexter
Panama
Foiindexter
Wilson
Foreign Relations Committee
Lippitt
State Department
Two Bandits Killed in Bank Hold Up at New Hasleton
Vancouver report says two bank robbers were killed and two fled after attempting to hold up the Union Bank of Canada in New Hasleton on April 7. Local authorities pursued the survivors and secured the scene.
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Vancouver
Union Bank of Canada
New Hasleton
Poet Cy Warman Dies At 60 In Chicago
Chicago reports poet and short story writer Cy Warman died after a long illness. Known as the Poet of the Rockies, he drew on railroad life from Salida and Cole to craft works that gained broad readership after early career setbacks. Born 1855 in Iowa, Warman married Marie Myrtle Jones, inspiring Sweet Marie.
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Chicago
Cy Warman
Warman
Rockies
Salida
Cole
Denver
I Greenup
Iow‘a
Marie Myrtle Jones
Marie
Death Takes Duchess Whom a King Loved
Milan April 7 Duchess Eugenia Di Litta dies at 77 once a leading figure at Italian court She championed Lombardy patriotism and opposed attendance at events with Austrian officers Queen Margherita briefly gave back her engagement ring in 1878 but later reconciled Upon King Humbert’s assassination she was among the first to reach the monarch’s side.
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Milan
Italy
Eugenia di Litta
Humbert
di Litta
Lombardy
Margherita
Victor’ Emmanuel I
Duchess di Litta
Gangsters Menaced Guards At The Polls In Terre Haute
Terre Haute Indiana April 7 testimony described gangsters threatening guards at a city election. Mayor Donn a Mc Roberts on trial for election frauds was elected. Patrolman Hemblit testified to an attack on Daniel Taylor and the removal of the poll book. Police characters were involved. Equal Franchise league watchers faced discourtesy and arrest threats. Progressive election judge David Clemon cited many fraudulent registrations.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Hemblitcan
Donna MC Roberts
Roberts
Esse Dunbar
Daniel ‘Taylor
Taylor
Equal Franchise League
Waten
Polo
David Clemon
Two Italians Killed by Bomb Explosion in Detroit Store
Detroit April 7 Vittoria Gusmano drug store owner and Sam Cipranio were killed when a bomb exploded in Gusmano’s store. Two other Italians were injured and Leo Guiesberg a messenger who carried the bomb to the store was hurt. He said two Italians gave him the package to deliver. Cipranio joined him to verify the package’s destination. Gusmano was examining the parcel when the blast occurred.
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Detroit
Mich
Vittoria Gusmano
Sam Cipranio
Gusmanine
Leo Guiesberg
Two Italiana
Cipranio
Gusmeno
Gusmano
Winship Nunnally Dominates Nashville Show With Prize Bulls
Winship Nunnally returns to Atlanta from Nashville with two prize English Bulls Towser London and Silver Dreadnaught. Towser London undefeated since Nunnally began handling him. Silver Dreadnaught, 60 pounds, showed first time last month and won three specials. Both expected to compete in Atlanta show October 18 to 21.
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Winship Nunnally
Atlanta
Nashville
Towser London
Towser
Mr. Nunnally
Birmingham
Ngland
Toxaway
TWO WHISKY SPOTTERS FINED AS DRUNKS IN MACON
In Macon Georgia two police spotters Arnold and Hall were fined for being drunk after arrest. They had earlier claimed to have gathered evidence of whisky sales in Bibb County but their drunken state undermined the case. Arnold received a battered confrontation with saloon keeper John McCafferty who reportedly hit him with a beer bottle.
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Macon. Ga
Bibb County
HE Arenold
L. C. Hall
Arnold
Hall
John McCafferty
McCafferty
Recorder
America
Paris
Madame Irene
Man disputes divorce after wife testifies of abuse and arson
In Judes Hillis' superior court branch Roy Johnson opposed the divorce, arguing his wife’s testimony that he beat her and set her nightdress on fire was false. The plaintiff, Mrs. Johnson, testified to abuse. Johnson denied wrongdoing but did not defend the suit on second hearing.
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Judes Hillis
Superior Court
Roy Johnson
Johnson
Dhan
James W. Donehoo Dies A Prominent Confederate Veteran
James W. Donehoo, a well known Mason and Confederate veteran, died Tuesday morning at his Inman Yards home after a two week pneumonia illness at age 78. He joined the Confederate army at 14, later became a lifelong Mason with Adamsville and Bolton lodges, and served as first senior warden. Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 o'clock from Inman Yards Baptist church, with interment in North View cemetery.
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James W. Dorchon
Inman Yards
Mr. Donehoo
Eigty
James W. Donehoe
Obnehoo
Mason
Adamsville Lodge
Bolton Lodge
Inman Lodge
Bolton
Adamsville
Inman Wards
Motorcycle Demonstrator Swindles End in Disappearance
Carroll of 62 Walton Street reports his motorcycle valued at 175 dollars was stolen after a White Motor Company demonstrator named Moore promised a chance to earn commissions. Moore and a pursing buyer vanished when a check was sought, prompting police to search for both men.
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Carroll
Walton Street
Moore
White Motor Company
Mrs Willingham In Critical Condition From Fall
Mrs Thomas H Willingham of Tifton Georgia, who fractured her hip in a fall a week ago, is in Atlanta at her daughter Mrs Dr Daniel's home receiving expert medical treatment. She is in a critical condition and part of the well known Willingham family with many friends hoping for her recovery.
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Thomas H. Willingham
Titton
Atlanta
Daniel
Willingham
Mrs Longstreet Property Sells for Taxes in Gainesville
The home of Mrs Helen D Longstreet wife of Confederate general James A Longstreet was sold at the courthouse door in Gainesville by Sheriff A Spencer for 3518 dollars. Colonel H H Dean purchased the property amid reports of multiple mortgages against it.
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Gainesville
Spectad
Helen D. Longsstreet
Tate
James A. Longstreet
A. Spencer
H. H. Dean
Plan to Improve Chattahoochee River Bridges Lock and Dam Study
A Columbus conference on river improvement proposed locks and dams to secure a six foot channel from Eufaula Alabama to the river mouth. Attended by leaders from Atlanta Savannah St Andrews and Apalachicola with Major E Brown in charge of U S government work. Opinions varied on feasibility and reach from Columbus to Atlanta.
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Columbus
Chattahoochee
Eufaula
Ala
Atlanta
Savannah
St Andrews
Apalachicola
Fla
Lester C. Slade
Leland J.henderson
Major E. Brown
Montgomery
United States
T. W. Hadley
Hadley
Atlans
Easter Hats From Estelle Mershon Millinery
A splendid array of new Easter hats highlights the Estelle Mershon shop at 20 East 46th Street New York. The piece notes daily arrivals from Fifth Avenue and in-house makers producing stylish affordable hats with tilted brims flaring bows flat crowns and colorful trimmings to match current fashions.
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Estelle Mershon
East 46Th St
New York
Fifth Ave
Blanket and clothing sizes listed with department note
Small size suits blankets bedding underwear carriage and motor robes furs 40c Large size for suits wraps over coats with suit banger enclosed sans CoetereenariesTS Nation Department.
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Nation Department
Matt Green Pottery Vases and Jardinieres Sale
Readable items show small vases and jardinieres including cylinder varieties from Matt Green Pottery. Prices range from four dollars for small jardinieres to under two dollars for porch jardins and up to seventy five cents for tall cylinder vases.
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Jardinieres
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RSG
Adler
Blackstock, Hale & Morgan
Marietta Street
Geo. Muse Clothing Co
Macon
James W. Donehoo
T. H. Willingham
Chattahoochee River
Dias
Hby
Sloan
L. Roland Bishop
Scranton
Onn
H. S. Spokesfield
Linwood
T4ass
Sinan
Sloans Liniment
Earl S. Sloan, Inc
Boston
Mass
Madame Irene Corset
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