Georgia G O P Convention Platform Stirs Debate
Delegates from Georgia meet in Atlanta adopting a platform that includes a lynching tax of 16 000 to families and barring the sheriff from re election. It also backs compulsory education woman suffrage national preparedness protective tariff and labor reforms while opposing the sale of the W and A railroad. Committees draft resolutions proposing a 10 000 lynching payment and sheriff disqualification. Chicago bound uninstructed to represent the party.
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Chicago
Republican Organization of
Georgia
Morgenthau to resign as ambassador to Turkey
Washington reports Henry Morgenthau expected to submit resignation to President Wilson tomorrow. Abram Elkus named as possible successor. Morgenthau may not return to Constantinople. President pleased with Morgenthau’s work. resignation urged by Wilson supporters for campaign aid.
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Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Wilson
Abram Elkus
New York
Morgenthau
White House
Constantinople
Mrorgenthau
United States
Mogenthan
Rolla Wella
St. Louis
Democratic National Committee
Wella
Tra Nelson Morris
Sweden
Lewis
Illinois
Mongenthau
Senate battles over nitrogen plant plan and fertilizer clause
In Washington on April 12 the senate defeated Hardwick’s motion to strike the fertilizer feature from Smith’s amendment to the army bill. The plan would fund a 15 million dollar hydro electric nitrogen plant to supply powder and fertilizer, with excess nitric acid sold to farmers. Underwood later proposed allowing the War Secretary to buy rights for nitrogen production and lease the plant for fertilizer in peacetime.
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Senate
Hardwick
Smith
South Carolina
Sutherland
Clapp
Cummins
Grenna
Kenyon
la Follette
McCumber
Norri Poindexter
Sherman
Overman
Pomerone
Georgia
Stone
Underwood
Secretary of War
West Shoals
Alabama
Martine
Department of Justice
Walsh
Army
War Department
Mussel Shoals
Montana
Idaho
Good Old Christian Man Wheeler Mangum Explored
Atlanta correspondence describes Fulton County Sheriff Wheeler Mangum as a good old Christian gentleman with old fashioned duty and honesty. The piece notes his church involvement, prayer leadership, and steadfast character despite public talk about his nerve. A Forsyth matinee ad closes the fragment.
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Wheeler” Mangum
Fulton
Mangum
Fulton County
Wheeler Mangum
Atlanta
Macon Telegraph
Germans Halt Infantry Drives At Verdun Front
Berlin reports indicate German forces repulsed Allied infantry attempts near Verdun. By April 12 allied actions yielded ground at Calllette woods southwest of Fort Douaumont, while German counterattacks on the Poire ridge caused enemy losses. RAF reports claim aerial combats with a French plane shot down near Ormes in the Woevre. Additional theater notes describe British and Turkish clashes in Mesopotamia and Gallipoli theaters with heavy casualties on both sides.
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London
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la Boiselle
Albert
Meuse
Avecourt
Poiyre
Calllette Wood
Ormes
Astern
Garbunovka
Dvinsk
Wsy
Mesopotamia
Dardanelles
Felahie
Irak
Felame
Falahie
Hritash Thirteenth
Perone
Petrograd
Dvina
Lubin
Pinsk
Olyka
Caucasus
Erzerum
Biths
Lake Urumiah
War Office
Hidhep Bours LiAvoue
Pilhelm, Yprea Road
Wytschaete
Souchez
Carency
Caionne
War News Across Fronts From Dvina To Isonzo Fronts
Reports detail Russian claims of gains on the Dvina front and near Dvinsk, Italian victories near Monte Par and Cinadaro, and British actions repelling German trench assaults with Canadian forces cited. An allied, ongoing Isonzo artillery action and Austro Italian clashes are noted along the Adige, Brenta, and Garda regions.
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Riva
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