Assembly Adjourning Wednesday as Session Ends
The 1912 assembly nears its end with a largely cleaned calendar and few major measures remaining. A deficiency appropriation of about 161000 dollars was adopted, and a key bill to create a banking commission is moving through the House after Senate approval. A push to pass the Woman's attorney bill gains momentum, with House rules limiting debate to five minutes per member. The insurance reserve requirement proposal faces industry resistance while Texas is noted for its initiative in similar reforms. Continued on Last Page.
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Czargia Securities
Texas
Taft
Democrats
Congress Closing Hours For Action as Session Near End
Congress nears adjournment after a 260 day session marked by political strife between House and Senate, delays in major appropriation bills, and key developments including Taft vetoes, New Mexico and Arizona statehood, and constitutional reform moves.
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Arizona
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Grace Grace for life saving operation for Eugene Grace
Eugene Grace, shot last March, is to undergo a life saving operation at the Georgian hospital within two days. Doctors Moore and Clifford will remove a bullet lodged halfway in his spinal canal, hoped to restore use of his legs and relieve paralysis. Grace arrived in Atlanta buoyed by family support and expressed strong confidence in the surgeons.
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B. S. Moore
Moore
J. Ss. Clifford
Georgian Hospital
Grace
Atlanta
S. A. Hill
Newnan
WHI
Daisy
Derr
Clifford
Infamous Infernal Box Targeted High Point Society Girl
A High Point society girl says a prominent Thomasville man enraged by her refusal to marry sent an infernal box via express. The device exploded in the Southern Express office at High Point, injuring manager W. M. Busbee critically and cashier Alton Morton seriously. District Attorney Holton and Police Chief Ridge led the probe as authorities seek the Thomasville suspect.
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Greensboro
N. C
High Point
Southern Express Company
W. M. Busbee
Alton Morton
United States
A. K E. Holton
Ridge
Thomasville
Charles Hoover
Holton
Expressmen
Marines for Nicaragua Move Guards to Corinto
In a show of protecting American interests 350 Marines sailed from Panama to Corinto aboard the Gullier Justin to join bluejackets from the gunboat Annapolis already guarding Managua. The Annapolis remains at Corinto while the Marines proceed.
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Nicaragua
Washington
Panama
Corinto
Annapolis
Managua
Annapolia
Free ride fraud scheme lands Stone Mountain man
Paul D Bush, 22, a Stone Mountain resident, was arrested on forgery charges after posing as a prospective buyer to obtain rides in a Haynes car from Sigma Engineering at 222 Peachtree. He signed a deposit check in the name of J M Bush, claiming the father’s authorization, and left with plans for delivery on October 10.
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Stone Mountain
Sigma Engineering Comany
Peachtree Street
Bush
Haslett
Melvin Venable
Engineering
Buckhead
Ing
Venable
J. M Bush
J. M. Bush
the Constitution
Keynote Says Schepps Held in Hot Springs
Sam Scheppa, wanted in New York for complicity in the murder of Herman Rosenthal and linked to graft exposures, is held in Hot Springs under uncertain custody. NY District Attorney and Russo from his office may seek extradition. Schepps hints at a possible confession with Rose Walton and Webber if he chooses. He will decide en route to New York.
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Ark
Sam Scheppa
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Atthorney Whitman
Russo
Schepps
District Attorney's Ofage
Seismic Disaster Near Constantinople Death Toll Rises
Constantinople August 11 reports show a devastating quake along the Dardanelles with estimates of 1,000 dead and 5,000 to 6,000 injured. Shary-Koy bears heavy loss with 60 dead and 150 injured as fires erupt in multiple cities. Fissures along the river near Lule-Burgas release hot water and vapors as distress spreads. Hospitals overflow while appeals for doctors flood the capital.
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Adrianapole
Rosenwald Gift Marks Fiftieth Birthday Donation Blitz
Julius Rosenwald of Chicago marks his fiftieth anniversary with gifts totaling 687,500 dollars. He allocates 500,000 to the University of Chicago and the Associated Jewish Charities, 950,000 to endow a country club for social workers, and 250,000 to West Side charities building. Additional gifts fund the Chicago Hebrew Institute gymnasium, Marks Nathan Home for orphans, Glenwood Manual Training, and a tuberculosis sanitarium project. Jane Addams named trustee of the country club project.
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Chicago
Julius Rosenwald
Rosenwald
University of Chicago
Associated Jewish Charities of Chicago
West Side Charities
Jewish Charities
Relief Department
Jewish Aid Society
Jewish Home Finding Society
Din
Chicago Hebrew Institute
Country Club
Booker T. Washington
Marks Nathan
Winfield Tuberculosis Saanitarium
Glenwood Manual Training School
Jane Addams
Hull House
Country Club For
Miss Addams
Body of Leconte Buried with National Honors
Port au Prince Hayti August 11. The body of Cineinnatus Leconte late president of Hayti, burned to death in the fire sparked by ammunition explosion at the national palace, was buried today with national honors.
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Leconte
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Cineinnatus
Wilson backs local option in Maine liquor issue
Governor Wilson endorses local option and self government for alcohol regulation in Maine. He warns that liquor questions are social and moral, not party platforms, noting past party contests have disrupted action and created machine-driven splits. He mailed a letter supporting local control to Democratic leaders in Maine.
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N. J
Wilson
Maine
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas B. Shannon
Newark
New Jersey
Weather Prophecy Forecast For Monday And Tuesday
Washington dispatch reports variable conditions across states with many areas expected to see showers or fair skies. Georgia and Louisiana anticipate showers locally on Monday with generally fair Tuesday, while other regions including Virginia North Carolina and Texas predict mostly fair weather through Tuesday.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Louisiana
Arkansas
East
Portio
Texas
West Texas
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Fiancé Cocaine Victim Turns Detective to Nab Peddlers
A thin electrician in Atlanta returned to confront a vanished engagement and found his fiancée addicted to cocaine. He offered to lead detectives to dealers, produced vials as evidence, and with officers Hamby Cowan and Oxburn tracked and arrested three alleged peddlers on Decatur Street, all Black, named Walter Bennett Annie Davis and Jim Shepard. the informer was Charlie Sanges of Marietta.
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Police Headquarters
Sanford
Atlanta
Montgomery
Decatur Street
Hamby
Cowan
Oxburn
Headquartery
Walter Bennett
Annie Davis
Jim Shepard
Charlie Sanges
Marietta
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Thorpe
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Richard W. Childs
Elizabeth Towne
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Colonel Roosevelt
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