Harris May Include Cotton Protection in Call to Solons
Governor Harris signals possible emergency measures for the extraordinary session, aiming to shield cotton crop and consider warehouse legislation while excluding broad prohibition. He plans a November start, with a ten day notice, and cites cotton prices and state welfare as driving factors. Commissioner Price backs warehouse action, as bankers and farmers discuss protections during statewide meetings.
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General Assembly
Harria
Harti
Leas
James D. Price
Georgia
John
Price
Submarine War Slowdown May Foreshadow Peace Talks
Washington discusses hopes for quick end to submarine dispute with Germany as Count Bernstorff heads to New York to await instructions from Berlin. Officials expect possible informal talks with Secretary Lansing if Berlin is willing to frame a note satisfactory to the United States and to suspend attacks on passenger ships.
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New York
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Lansing
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United States
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State’ Department
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Admiralty
Berin
Ireland
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Satia
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Wison
Bernstorff
Europe
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State Department
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England
Frank Picture Causes Trouble at Columbus
In Columbus Georgia August 28 Joseph Lee and Sokolow merchant and others were arrested after an altercation over a photograph Lee showed of the body of Leo Frank hanging near Marietta. Extra police kept guard as a crowd gathered and threats were made.
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Columbus
Joseph Lee
Sokolow
Lee
Frank
Marietta
Sokelow
Mobile
Mobie
Alm
F. W. Crenshaw
Leo M. Frank
Eight Men Shipped From Marietta In Gar
Marietta Ga August 28 Eight men aroused suspicions of citizens, detained overnight in a box car attached to a freight train and sent away. No railroad transport arranged, car guarded until departure. Following Leo Frank's lynching on August 17, several locals invited to leave, five laborerlike men ordered away, last night eight more labeled laborers removed amid threats received by officials and reporters outside the state.
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Leo M. Frank
Frank
Cobb County
Atlanta
Baby killed in mother's lap at crossing
In Ocala Florida on August 28 a Sea Board Air Line train struck an automobile at a crossing, killing a six month old baby in the mother’s lap. The mother was not hurt but Perry Sawyer, the father, was badly hurt.
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Ocala
Fla
Perry Sawyer
Seaboard Air Line
Mr. Sawyer
Allies Spend 150000 in Atlanta for Mules
Allies order 160000 more Georgia mules to be filled in Atlanta. RP Wall and JL F Scott, purchasing agents, have been buying through Miller Union stock yards at Winecoff hotel. They have selected about half of the 1000 mules and aim to complete the consignment this week. The total value nears 1400000. The trainload will be used in the western theater of war and shipped from Atlanta to New Orleans or Newport News.
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Georgia
Atlanta
RP. Wall
JL. F. Scott
Winecoff Hotel
Miller Union Stock Yards
Westurn
New Orleans
Newsport News
July Trade Balance Sets New Monthly High in 1914
Washington reports exports of American farm and factory products in July totaled 267 million dollars, the largest for that month on record. The favorable trade balance reached 14.9 million, with seven months of 1914 yielding a near one billion dollar surplus, while imports stood at 143 million. Gold movements showed a sharp shift east to west, with July inward gold at 21 million and outward gold at 4.7 million.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Europe
Department
Muports
Ward
City seeks $100000 in back taxes from Georgia railroad
Atlanta officials backed by attorney Samuel H. Sibley aim to collect six years of back taxes on the Georgia railroad and L and N S properties serving Atlanta. The effort targets 440 shares of stock and terminals valued at $1,110,000 in 1916. If successful, Atlanta could receive over $12,000 annually from the terminals. The case involves taxes owed by counties Fulton DeKalb and others and follows a prior legal loss over stock taxes.
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Atlanta
Samuel H. Sibley
Union Point
Georgia Railroad
Sibley
General Council
Mr. Sibley
Georgia Railway
Georgie
Fulton
DeKalb
Rockdale
Supreme Court
Bryan Sees Roosevelt as a Warning Example
Chicago August 28 William Jennings Bryan criticizes Theodore Roosevelt's Plattsburg speech. He says the colonel might serve as a warning example and warns against the dangers of the doctrine of preparedness becoming a regular business.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Plattsburg
Imate Atea
Mr. Bryant
Armies of Russia Here Retreat Before Teutons
Russian forces continue orderly retreat as Teuton and Austro Hungarian forces push from the east and south. German reinforcements may be sent to western fronts, but commanders say the Russian armies remain intact. Western bombardment and aerial actions persist with heavy losses on both sides, while Riga reports no change in the region.
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von Tindenburg
Dvina
Galicia
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Vienna
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Serbia
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Turkey
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Dardanelles
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Ton
Greece
Riga
Weather Prophecy Forecast Partly Cloudy Period
Washington forecast predicts partly cloudy weather for Sunday and Monday with a chance of showers on Monday. The outlook notes possible showers and continued unsettled conditions into the next workweek.
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Washington
Georgia
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