Approval Stamped on Money Measure by House Caucus
The House caucus backed the currency bill amid overwhelming support. Two amendments passed, one adjusting reserve requirements to free more loan money, the other extending farm loan terms from nine to twelve months. The measure creates twelve regional banks with a combined paid in capital near 105 million dollars, overseen by a federal reserve board, and plans to refund 2 percent bonds into 8 percent bonds over twenty years.
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HOUSE
John Corrigan
Washington
DP C
Samuel J .Tribble
Georgia
Henry Eagle
Callaway
Texas
Hardwich
Geogla
Glass
Banking and Currency Committees
Banking and Currency Committee Fresh
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Want Ads Read by Working Men in The Constitution
Morning readers of The Atlanta Constitution scan the want ads for employment and better job opportunities as a daily habit, reflecting the era’s labor market and search for work. The note emphasizes the newspaper as a source for those seeking new positions.
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Main
Atlanta
The
Constitution
Lightning strikes during Upson Confederate veterans reunion in Barnesville
Nearly forty soldiers were stunned and ten injured when a lightning bolt split a tree near the platform at the Rock where 3,000 people gathered for the Up son Camp reunion. Exercises paused until afternoon with talks, songs, and recitations, including The Wounded Soldier by Pauline Beker of Zebulon, as a grand barbecue dinner was served.
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Barnesville
Upson
Pauline Beker
Zebulon
Blalock Runs Afoul of Civil Service Rules
Washington Georgia and Atlanta figures stumble over civil service rules as deputy collector positions shift to protected civil service posts. Examinations for fourth class post offices under $180 yearly pay draw scrutiny and potential reforms debated by Democrats and supporters of the merit system. Georgia visitors in Washington include W B Stovall and Orrin Roberts as parole news emerges for life term convict Bram.
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O Blalock
Internal Revenue
Georgia
Hoke Smith
Blalock
Civil Service
Taft
W B Stovall
Atlanta
Orrin Roberts
Monroe
Pre cancelled stamps to be placed on sale in Washington
Washington August 28 Postmaster General Burleson signed an order allowing pre cancelled stamps to bear the name of the post office before they are sold. They will be valid for second third and fourth class mail including newspapers magazines and parcel post. Stamps will be recognized only at the named office and are expected to cut transportation costs and labor by about 250000 dollars annually. Precancled stamps cannot be used on sealed mail that must bear mailing date.
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Washington
Burleson
Rushin bound over on white slave act charge
In Valdosta on August 28 special proceedings led to P L Rushin being bound over to the next term of the federal court on a Mann white slave act violation. His bond set at $2000. unable to post, he is in county jail. A young woman in the case remains held to testify. Evidence shows Rushin and Fannie Griffin traveled from Columbia to Tybee Island to Jacksonville and then Valdosta. she claims a 119 mile walk, while Rushin says they had funds for transport to Blanton. Dispatches from Charlotte report Austin As wanted there for abandoning his family.
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United States
Fannie Griffin
Mamie Wright
Columbia
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Here
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Blanton
Wronged Wife Faces Marsha in Mann Act Trial
In San Francisco August 28 Mrs Maury L Diggs faces Marsha Warrington the key government witness in the Caminetti Mann act case as sensational testimony recaps the Diggs affair. Caminetti plans to prove Lola Norris was pure before meeting him, while Diggs and Warrington confront each other across the courtroom.
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Marsha Warrington
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Diggs
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Miss Warrington
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Thea
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Ris
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van Fleet
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Woodsworth
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Congress
Missi Norria
Sacramento
Asquith Attacked by Suffragettes on Scottish Links
In Elgin on August 28 Prime Minister Asquith was knocked about as two suffragettes rushed him while he played golf with his daughter on the Lessmouth Links. Detectives seized the women who were jailed after a police station transfer amid jeers.
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Asquith
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Mr Asquith
Organized Militia and Federal Funds
Washington August 28 Federal funds are not to be weed after January 1 next for the organized militias of the states unless the citizen soldiery complied with the law which declares their organizations shall be the same as that which is now or may hereafter be prescribed for the regular army of the United States This order was issued by the war department today The law was passed several years ago and Secretary Garrison expresses the belief that a sufficient time has now elapsed to enable the states to more definitely conform in organization to the regular army.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Garrison
Mexico City
Mexico
Republic
Americana
W'son
Arnold Shanklin
State Department
New Governor Francis Harrison to Study Philippine Conditions
Representative Francis Burton Harrison of New York was chosen as governor general of the Philippines to pursue independence pledges and reorganize the Philippine commission. A Democrat and Yale and New York Law School graduate, he served five congresses and fought in the Spanish War as a volunteer.
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Francis Burton Harrison
New York
Philippines
Mi Harrison
New York City
Yale University
New York Law School
Philippine Commission
Harrison
Aged Man Pleads With Police To Send Son to Penitentiary
A gaunt man entered police headquarters and urged Night Chief H Luett to send his 22 year old son to prison to cure his cocaine habit. He named John Mauldin of Mountain View, and said his son L Mauldin had been addicted for months. Police were ordered to locate and arrest him on loitering and idle charges. if arrested, he would face statutory charges and possible one year in the penitentiary.
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John Mauldin
Mountain View
O L Mauldin
Jatt
Suicide at Atlantic Beach hotel pier
A bookkeeper identified as Nobel shot himself in the head and leapt from the Atlantic Beach hotel pier in Jacksonville at 7 00 p m tonight. His body has not been recovered. He left a wife in Jacksonville who cannot explain the act.
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Atlantic Beach
Milwaukee packing manager accused of bribery to secure meat trade
Milwaukee August 28 George B Daly manager of the Milwaukee branch of the Cudahy Packing Company was arrested on charges of offering bribes to Dr William F Beutfer of the Milwaukee County Insane Asylum and to John Falzo. Daly allegedly sought to secure the county institutions meat trade by paying officers in charge of purchasing provisions.
Gunplay Ends in Tragic Explosion at Port Arthur
In Port Arthur Texas on August 28 Vaid Bull aged 19 fired a shotgun toward the ground during hunting near a gulf site once set for coast defense during the Spanish American War. An explosion blew Ball’s body into fragments as two companions nearby escaped unhurt. Ball appeared to be standing at the mouth of a canal when struck by the blast.
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Texas
Gulf
Coast Defense
Vaid ¥ Bull
Killing by railroads shows sharp decrease
Washington reports that defective roadbed and equipment caused over 70 percent of railroad derailments in the quarter ended March 31. During the period 158 people died and 3,628 were injured in train accidents, both reduced from a year earlier, with broader railway and employee incident totals also down or up as noted.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ditching Car After Swerve Injures Five Near St Mary of the Woods
Terre Hauta Ind August 28 fear ing ill luck would follow them if he ran over 2 car they meandered across the road in front of his speeding automobile EG Brown of Oakland Il ditched his car containing five persons Near St Mary of the Woods late yesterday Each of his guests were injured.
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Terre Hauta
Ind
EG Brown
Oakland
St. Mary of the Woods
Americans Fleeing From Huerta Land In Mexico
Washington reports Americans heed President Wilson s warning to leave Mexico as refugee flows surge. An estimated 4 000 will need government aid immediately with a $109 000 request to Bryan. British vice consul Cummins praised for aiding refugees amid Torreon fighting while food prices spike.
Americans Fret Over Wilson Warning on Mexico Trip
President Wilsons warning to Americans in Mexico spurs anxiety as John Lind returns from Veracruz for talks, with US consulate advising immediate departure to nearest seaports. Many residents prepare to register property and rely on refugee funds while planning to leave if tensions widen.
Lind Returning From Vera Cruz To Mexico City For Talks
President Wilson’s envoy John Lind readies to return to Mexico City from Vera Cruz to renew negotiations with General Huerta. Huerta reportedly willing to meet Lind halfway and accept Wilson’s terms to speed peace and recognition. William Bayard Hale departs for Washington to report on the situation as Mexican pacification remains the goal.
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John Lind
Wilson
Mexico City
Manuel A. Grasqué
Mr. Lind
President Huerta
Lind
Huerta
Lindaias
William Bayard Hale
Washington
General Huerta
Local Weather Report Predicts Rain Across Regions
The bulletin notes fair conditions in the north with local showers in the south on Friday and Saturday, especially in focal areas. Temperatures range from low to moderate highs, with a general emphasis on rainfall measurements and historical deficits since the start of the year 1975.
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Mothchea
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