Shopmen Refuse Plan To Let Congress Decide Wages
Washington August 4 President Wilson heard from five AFL Rail way Shop division leaders that thousands of shopmen were on an unauthorized strike and oppose Hines plan for a congress committee to rule on wage increases. Ballots will be mailed to 500000 workers with results due August 24. Union officials warned of rail tie ups if demands are not met, while Wilson cautioned relief will take time.
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Washington
Wilson
ML Jewell
American Federation of Labor
T Ell
Hines
Congress
Jewell
White House
West
Chicago
Central West
L. W. Hawver
Chicago Council of the Federated Railway Shopmen'a Union
New York Central
Beach Grove
Indianapolis
Lock Island
Pacific
Hawver
Northwestern
Strickland
Northwestern Railroad
Traffic Disrupted by Shopmen Strike Across Iron Fleet Routes
Reported from Iron Fleet pages describe partial delays as shopmen strike actions hinder coupling and inspection work. Traffic departing for Atlantis starts from various points but is being organized with limited trouble, as crews address hose coupling and related tasks.
Woman witness in Moore trial at Carnesville
In Carnesville Ga August 4 the Moore bank robbery trial before Judge Walter Hodges featured testimony by J C Hulsey and Viola Bates. Hulsey describes the Atlanta Carnesville trip and safe cracking, while Bates claims she was never married to Moore. The case centers on a 1918 Carnesville bank robbery with Moore also suspected in other robberies. Prosecution leads, defense counsel Herbert Clay Hicks Fort, with judges Goode Little.
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Carnesville
J. E B. Moore
Walter L. Hodges
Franklin County
J.C. Hulsey
Atlents
Viola Bates
Co ‘Tumbus
Hulsey
Moore
Atlanta
Bates
Columbus
Georgia
Mates 3
Wodn
Herbert Clay
Marietta
Hicks Fort
A. Skelton
George L. Goode
Toccoa
W. R. Little
Seventeen Negroes Indicted for Riots in Chicago
Chicago August 4 seventeen negroes were indicted for rioting and murder by a special grand jury probing race riots in Chicago. Over the week state troops and police patrolled the South Side while officials sought causes and responsibility. The riot zone was reported quiet by officials tonight.
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Chicago
Georgians Back Clarke Parker Bill for Coastal Plain Station
South Georgia farmers and businessmen rally behind Clarke-Parker to place the Coastal Plain Experiment Station at Tifton under the State College of Agriculture. William H. Stillwell says broad support in the legislature will back state management, while Griffin remains unaffected and federal funding continues. The move aims to align research with local needs through the college and USDA, with pastures across sixty counties already supervised by the college.
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South Georgia
Clarke-Parker
Tifton
State College of Agriculture
William H. Stillwell
Savannah
Georgia, Land Owners’ Association
Atlanta
South Georga
State Capitol
Coastal Plain
Mr. Stillwell
Griffin
Congress
State College
Ition Station
Sellnet
Clare
United States Department of Sericulture
Georgia
Stillwell
State Department of Agriculture
Athens
Legislation Introduced In Georgia House And Senate
Bills introduced across Georgia House and Senate include measures to regulate mutual insurance firms and amend Macon and Chipley city charters, tax relief for Confederate veterans and widows, forest conservation, pistol sales controls, municipal government reforms, road district acts, county treasurers, and new terms for Jackson Superior Court. Senate proposals cover a state community service commission and cross county land litigation notice, plus charter amendments for Chipley and Calhoun.
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Billy Ware
Falligant
Chatham
Mutual and
Co-Operative
Macon
Sweat of
Ware
Georgia
Moore
Butts
Senate Bilin
Senate
Barrett
Thirtyfirst
Community Service Commission
State of Georgia
Ayres
Thirtythird
Lunsford
Twenty-fifth
Chipley
Glenn
Fortythird
Calhoun
Kirkwood Sets Bond Mass Meeting for Roads Plan
Kirkwood Georgia August 4 Spe cial.11 A mass meeting in the interest of the proposed 750000 good roads bond issue for DeKalb county has been called here next Thursday night at the Kirkwood school. Included in the program is paving from Oakhurst to the Cassels and Weming store and a boulevard on East Lake drive to the Fulton county line. Speeches will be made by Kirkwood citizens with a committee in charge led by W L Saunders and including Mayor L J Cassels and J C Felton among others.
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Kirkwood
Intersat
DeKalb County
Oakhurst
Cassel & Weming
Kirk Wood
East Lake Drive
Fulton County
W. L. Saunders
L. J Cassels
T. S. Bryan
T . Smith
T. T.talbot
W. H. Shearer
W. F. Helms
F.C. Mason
K. D. 30Feeer
E.L. Daniel
J. C. Felton
Quarantine Ordered on Wheat and Chestnut Trees
Following two meetings of the state board of entomology new quarantine rules limit Georgia shipments of wheat from California New York Virginia West Virginia and Maryland and bar chestnut and chinquapin trees from certain states. Only shipments with state health certificates or clean nursery stock will be allowed. Georgia inspectors will inspect nurseries for San Jose scale and other pests to issue certifications.
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Board of “Entomology
Georgia
California
York
Virgini
West Virginia
Maryland
Jackson
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaw
Virginia
West Virgin
North Carolina
South Carolina
A. Lewis
Lewis
Jackson County
Lev
Board of Entomology
W. Reed
John M. Worsham
Victor Durham
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Afrika
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