Legislature Nears Close of Session Amid Sparse Bills
The legislature moves toward adjournment with only three days left and few laws passed. Three new counties Bacon Barrow and Candler have been created, Evans county awaiting senate action. Health boards may be established by a lone general measure while highway commission bills await conference. Prohibition bills and several appropriations face uncertain fates.
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Senate
House
General Assembly
J. O. Adams
Hall County
Temperance Committee
Tne Sheppard
Board of Education
Georgia
Blackburn
Fulton
Atlanta
Huie
Bacon
Barrow
Candler
Evans County
Bleckley and
Wheeler
Bells Toll for Mrs Wilson Proclamation in Georgia
Governor Slaton issued a proclamation suspending state business for five minutes at 2 pm on August 13 1914 for the funeral of Mrs Woodrow Wilson in Rome Georgia Rome obse rs the national mourning with bells tolling along the south and a closed white house and Capitol.
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John M. Slaton Jash Wight
Woorow Wilson
Rome
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Georgia
Tils
John M. Slaton
Washington
Executive Mansion
Senate
House
White House
Sylvester Beach
Princeton
J. H. Taylor
First Corinthians
St. John
Houses of Congress
Atlanta
Margaret Wilson
Francis B. Sayre
W. G. McAdoo
Stockton Axson
Wilson
Wileson
George Howe
Tumulty
Cary
Grayson
U. S. Nu
James Woodrow
Spartencure
S&c
Alethea
Axson
Carrie Helle Axson
Bryan
Lacy Smith
How to Find Desirable Rooms or Board
The Constitution runs a Bureau of Boarding and Rooming Information inviting all to use its free service. Experienced clerks, well informed on desirable places, assist in finding a home. Renters and boarding houses can list with the bureau by telephone M. 5000 or AT. 5001.
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The
Constitution
Wact
Constitution Boarding and Hooming House Information’ Bureau
Eight Hurt When Auto Crashes Into Car
Eight people were injured when a heavy seven passenger automobile struck an incoming Buckhead street car near Governor Slaton's residence. Injuries ranged from a broken arm to severe bruises. Miss Ruth Rosser protected her six month old nephew during the crash.
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Peachtree Road
Buckhead
John Slaton
Walher Rosser
Ruth Rosser
Charles Shelton
Luther Rosser Shelton
Gordon Street
Frank Eskridge
S. A. Pegram
Atlanta Hospital
W. ©. Jarnigan
Street Railway Company
Judge Rosser
Errone
Huth Rosser
Alex King and Party Bound for Home on New Amsterdam
A cable received by Jack Spalding reports Atlanta lawyer Alex King and his party are safe and en route home aboard the New Amsterdam. The group includes Mrs. A. W. Calhoun and Miss Berrett Calhoun. They sailed from Rotterdam and arrived with the Plymouth peers.
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Alex King
Party
New Amsterdam
Atlanta
Jack Spalding
Plan of the German Attack on France Revealed by Map
The map explains three Rhine-origin routes into France. Route one from Colesne via Aix-la-Chapelle to the Meuse near Lique enters between Maubeuge and Givet. Route two runs from Coblenz up the Moselle to Luxemburg, Longwy, and Stenay. Route three follows Mayence to Strassburg then Saverne gap toward Luneville and Nancy.
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France
Rhine
Francs
Colesne
Aix-la- Chapelle
Meuse
Licke
Frante
Maubeuge
Givet
Ose
Bambre
Paris
Berlin
Sambre Et Meige
Florus
Coblenz
Moselle
Luxemburg
Longwy
Stenay
Duke of Brunswick
Verdon
Valny
Mayence
Strassburg
Saverne Gap
Germans Barred By Allied Troops At Liege Occupation
Belgium and French forces halt the German advance as Liege falls under German occupation. Brussels reports say pressuring French troops north of the Meuse drive the retreat. Belgian, French and British units plan a concerted counteroffensive with Allied treys uniting under Belgian command.
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Brussels
London
Meuse
Albert
Anglo-Frecch-Delgien Treeys
Great Slaughter of German Troops Reported Near Maastricht
London dispatch cites Rotterdam and Maastricht observers describing German bridge rebuilding near the Meuse as deadly. A pontoon bridge was shot away, German regiments suffered heavy losses, a Belgian survivor says the Germans were annihilated, and wounded to be moved by raft from Maastricht to All Maas.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Rotterdam
Meuze
Rotterdam Courant
Maastricht
Belgium
Hospitala
Allmaas
Local Thunder Showers Forecast Across Several States
The forecast predicts local thunder showers on Monday and Tuesday across Georgia, the Carolinas, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and East Texas. Virginia is unsettled with likely showers. Temperatures and timing vary, with generally fair conditions in parts of the south on Monday and Tuesday.
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Georgia
North
South Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Virginia
Conflicting Reports On Liege and Belgian Fronts In War Dispatches
Dispatches from Berlin claim Liege fell to German forces while Belgian, French, and British sources say the forts still resist. Belgian staff report the German advance halted and a German offensive ended. Reports also note Turkish forces near Bulgaria, Emperor William traveling to the Alsatian frontier, and naval skirmishes with a submarine sunk.
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Liege
Berlin
Albert
Belgium
Namur
Athens
Bulgaria
William
Alsatian
France
Austria
Germany
Paris
Pekin
Tokio
London
Japan
Tsing-Tau
Kaiser Races in Auto to Front London Frontiers
A Rome dispatch to The Daily Mail reports Emperor William leaving Berlin by motor toward the Alsatian frontier. Basel dispatches claim German forces evacuated Sankt Ludwig near Basel and anticipate a major battle on the Franco Swiss frontier. Paris commentary notes the move signals preparation for large French conflict.
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London
Rome
Daily Mail
William
Berlin
Journal Des Debats
Alsatian
Austria Sends Troops Against France in Early War Move
Reports from Rome London and Paris state Austrian forces mass near Basel and cross into German territory toward the French frontier. Dispatches note 40,000 Austrian troops near Basel with German and French units nearby, and word that the Fifteenth Army Corps may cross into Germany to join action against France.
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Rome
London
Tyrol
Leopoldscoche
Baden
Basel
Switzerland
Alsace
the Times
Berne
Swiss
Paris
Austria
Germany
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Highway Commission
Mrs. Wilson
H. Ulm
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Ati
Luther Rosser, Sr
Ruth
Seana
Deon
Besanqon
Bel
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Honora of
Peon
Kaiser
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