Howard presses for law on usury and bank charters
Special Washington report details Representative William Schley Howard urging action against Georgia banks seeking to surrender national bank charters. He argues usury victims are helpless borrowers and calls for a state banking act revision. Also reports about pending cases in Coffee county superior court, including a murder case of a preacher husband and other violent crimes in the area.
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Joffin Corrigan, Jr
Washington
William Schley Howard
Saliona
Georgia
Atete
Howard
Treadium
Traelf
Pepetle
Georg
Treigie
Nawonal Bank
Charstera
Douglas
Honr I Summerall
Magete Hashing
Summerai
Pond
G W Lott
Weet Green
Coffee County
Lotta
Sammig Felt
Savannah
Waycrogs
Sherif Wehetgon
Threa
Pepe
Gail
I Guing
Macy Herrington
Ricketeon
Ben
Boston
Dutch Score Germany For Sinking Steamer
Dutch press denounces German torpedo attack in the North Sea that sank a Dutch steamer Artemis. Journals urge punishment for the commander and call for strict demobilization, with critics lamenting wartime policies and seeking safer maritime conduct.
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Germany
No Office Holding for Rural Carriers Per Post Advisor
Washington reports rural carriers with political ambitions must choose between office and their job. Fourth assistant postmaster general said they cannot seek state county or municipal office or run in general elections with political aims. The rule applies to all federal civil service employees. Representative Lee secures a favorable report on agricultural communities. Parks requests 310000 for a sugar experimental station at Cairo. Guire ships cane syrup and government experiments aid cane industry. Representative Hughes designates two youths for Naval Academy entrance at Annapolis with one alternate.
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John Cortigan
Washington
Joseph
Iakesine
Representative Garden
Lee
Cairo
Guire
Hughes
Naval Academy At Annapolis
Ceorge Benjamin Wion
Perry
Sheriff Wo Winnan
Harold Alexander Houser
Emmet Houser
Fort Valley
Warning to Banks by U S Reserve Board
The Federal Reserve Board warned banks about moves in several states to split banking organizations into separate state and national groups. It urged a shared ground within the Federal Reserve system and warned against competition that could threaten banking standards or create uncertainty. The board noted states have not surrendered privileges and stressed preserving the unified national and state banking structure.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Aime
Borlelios
Anys
Ataeif
State Banka
Morgenthau Reports Turkish Capital Normal Progress
American ambassador Henry Morgenthau in Istanbul asserts Turkish capital is stable and relations with Allied powers improving. He notes his dispatches to Washington describe favorable travel and diplomatic exchanges, with emphasis on ongoing talks and potential progress toward safer crossings and a smoother mission.
Nurse Hears Fatal Mistake At Mileatens General
The body of a nurse at Mileatens General Hospital was found in the Allegheny river after she killed herself following a mistaken administration to the wrong patient. The superintendent Herbert Beamer identified the body. Moss Shorriet admitted the error and was dismissed. The nurse disappeared into the river and her identity was withheld until recovery.
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Wis Hav
Assvenfele
Jecurias
Mileatens Gneral Hospital
Aedicire
Allegheny
Herbert Beamer
Institun
Moss Shorriet
Hercai Rs
Reds
Myers Pays $600 000 For Windsor Hotel
One of the largest real estate deals in months closed today as Mrs Thomas M Wilson sold the Windsor hotel property to Robert Myers and associates. The riverfront Covino block sits in the heart of Reonvilles business center with an estimated value of $600 000. Myers is a prominent hotel operator with interests in Montgomery and Birmingham and formerly leased and managed the Semi hole hotel in this city.
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Jackson Hetia
Thomas M Wilson
Robert Myers
Assocutioa
Windsor Hotel
Covino Catire Blok
Reonvilles
Myers
Montgomery and
Birminghama
Semihole
United States Watches Diaz Probe Amid Mexican Exile Rumors
United States officials monitor reports of a possible expedition from southern Mexico to Guatemala and into Chiapas and Tabasco amid alleged ties to the de facto Mexican government. General Pol Dine is pursued as authorities focus on a network including figures linked to the Cientifico party. Pere Diaz has kept a low profile in New Orleans after leaving Mexico.
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Washington
Department of Justis
Pol Dine
Mexico
Mto
Senatemala
Warren
New Orlans
Huerta Renerais Blanquet
de la Liave
Sientifico Party
Guatemala
Chiapas
Tabasco
Pere Diaz
Uiil
U S Reserve Board Questions Powers Over Banks
The U S Reserve Board seeks AG guidance on moving a reserve bank location and on reducing a bank's capital stock. It cites appeals from Pittsburgh and Baltimore banks arguing for Cleveland and Juconston relocations and asks whether congress or reserve law permits district abolition or capital reductions.
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Gregory
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve Law
Pittsburo
Cleveland
Baltimore
Jucumon
Frrends
Increase for Miners at Wolverine Mohawk Mines
Houghton Mid February reports a second wage rise for Miners of the Wolverine and Mohawk mines belonging to the Stanton group. The increment runs from 5 to 10 percent as announced today, following a prior increase announced recently.
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Houghton
Wolverine
Mohawk
Stanton Group
Atlanta Takes High Rank In Moving Picture World
Atlanta rises as a premier southern film center with about twenty exchanges and a planned May opening of Scenic Film plants in Marietta and Foundry streets. The Lyric and Mutual Masterpicturan De Luxe bolster the city’s status, drawing stars from Jacksonville and signaling a strong distribution network across the South.
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Atlanta
Castlern
Southern Picture
South
Carl B Howntres
Scenic Film Company
Marietta
Foundry Streets
Acquitted of Johnston Murder For Which Victim's Son Is Jailed
Milton Goff of Colquitt County, a prominent farmer, was acquitted in Moultrie of the murder of John A. Johnston on September 5, 1906. The trial drew hundreds, with Johnston’s son James Johnston serving a ten-year sentence for the same crime. The case, long before the public, featured witness testimony from Johnston’s widow and others, and featured disputed confessions and insurance details surrounding the victim.
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Moultrie Ga
Milton Goff
Colquitt County
John A. Johnston
James Johnston
Goff
W E Thames
Got
Young Johnston
John A. Wilkes
Gineral
Ruginel Got
Ga Andhia
Mack Lewin
Milton Gor
John A Johnston
Lewis Pert
Goft
Gof
Inter
Hewla
Mra Johnston
Min
Man Sone
Cation Ag
Powhome
James Aid
Howe
James Johnaton
Johnaton
Nere
Isa
Bilton Kulee
Dematea
Atlanta Prepares For Baby Week observance
Atlanta gears up for Baby Week from March 1 to years. A meeting at 10 o'clock at the Analog hotel will organize the executive campaign committee and appoint subcommittees to plan specific features. The national educational drive involves health organizations schools and clubs and aims for year round cooperation.
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Atlanta
Tender Derails Near Hogansville in Train Incident
A tender derailed near Hogansville just after departure from the station. The front wheels left the track and the engine halted about fifty yards from a dangerous trestle. Crew worked to clear the line, repair made, and the tender returned to the rails after a two hour delay.
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Howansvilles
West Point
Atlanta
Maub
Hoganavile
Bishop Kilgo to Hold Meeting in Oxford
Emory University in Oxford Georgia hosts a protracted religious meeting led by Bishop Joba from Durham starting Sunday morning February. He will be guest of his son John Kilgo Ir an Emory student and visit his brother N. B. Turner of Covington. Chancellor Warren Albigier of Emory will return from Mexico to take part in the concluding services.
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Emory University
Oxford
Joba
Durham
Beelwnnie
Ailge Eit
John Julgo Ir
Emory
Warren Ali3gier
Emory Universi— Co
Mexico
Sebring Fila A C L Extension Proposal Details
February 5 report outlines work on extending the Goaat Line from the Anane Okachobee section toward a terminal near a cypress forest. The new segment will run about 60 miles in length and extend from the current point southward.
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Sebring Fila
Brandeis Nomination Hearing Set for Wednesday
Washington February 6 public hearings on the nomination of Louis D Brendel of Boston to the supreme court will be held by the senate judiciary sub committee starting next Wednesday The first item will cover Brandeis former ties with United Shoe Machinery Co Others invited include Ft Lennox James J Starrow W Winslow president of USM Co C W Barron Boston News Bureau Thomas C Spelling Joseph M Teal and Lieutenant Governor John M Hshleman</s>
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Louis PD Brendel
Boston
Supreme Ch
Senate Court
Judiciary
Brandeis
United Stoe Machinery Company
Fox
Wil Oe
Henry Van Dyke Confers With Lansing in Washington
American minister to the Netherlands Henry Van Dyke, on leave, met briefly with Secretary Lansing and Counselor Polk at the State Department to discuss interference with neutral mails and restrictions on neutral shipping. He will see President Wilson on Monday and is expected to brief on the note to Great Britain regarding reshipment of American goods by European neutrals. He plans to present a report on the sealing of mail bags by the British from the steamer Rotterdam.
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Washington
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
Lansing
Rotterdam
United States
Harris Asks Wilson to Speak in Georgia
White House received bulk invitations for President Wilson to tour the South. Governor Harris telegraphed a Georgia visit, while Senator James urged Paducah and Louisville. Senator Sheppard pressed Dallas and Galveston. If a second trip occurs, Cincinnati and several Southern states are possible stops.
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Washington
Wilson
South
White House
Harris
Georgia
James
Paduona
Louisville
Sheppard
Dallas
Galveston
Texas
Cincinnati
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Hentucky
Tennessee
Democrats to Push Tariff Legislation in House
Washington February 6 Democrats plan to press administration bills creating a tariff commission and repealing the free sugar clause of the Underwood tariff. Ways and Means will draft reports this week. the sugar bill likely to be taken up first. A vote could come by February 20. Debate over revenue program and ties to a protective tariff on divested assets also discussed with President Wilson and Chairman Kitchin.
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Washington
Democratia Jeadera
Administration
Tariff Commission
House
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Hulls
Wilson
Ten Years and Fine for a White Slaver
In Toledo Ohio, Herman Glass, 22, convicted of bringing a 19 year old woman from Canada into the United States and trafficking her to resorts in Detroit and other Ohio cities, was sentenced to ten years at Leavenworth and a $5000 fine. Brother Joseph, 26, was also convicted and given ten years. The government charged both with white slave and alien importation for immoral purposes.
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Toledo
Oho
United States District Court
Herman Glass
Canada
United States
Detroit
Cleveland
Ohio
Leaven Worth
Sud
Fia Brother Joseph
Lavenworth
Feeble Minded Jurymen Target Remark Reported
San Francisco judge Frank P. Dunne suggested targeting feeble minded jurymen after a superior court jury freed Mrs. Maleena Dyott in a retrial for wounding her husband Samuel Byatt Mudge. Dunes named jurors including several who had acquitted Mrs. Mary Pamias in a peddler killing case, remarking that if women who shoot men turned their weapons on feebleminded jurymen the world would be better off.
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San Francisco
Frank P. Dunne
Maleena Dyott
Samuel Byatt Mudge Dunes
Mary Pamias
Soldiers in trenches hungry for religion in Europe
Kansan City Kan February 5 The addrers in the trenches in Europe are hungry for religious inspiration. Harry P ieingman student secretary of the International BMCA told the con vistasion of the Young Mens Christian Aenociations of Kansan here today He Arco vielts to British X MC A camps and contrasted the crowds with those at the wet canteens in these words. ChWe vialted several X MC A camps near Canterbury and then we went over to the wet canteen which supplies liquor and other refreshments to the soldiers in every British camp We found less than a dozen men in the place though it was dry and comfortable while the YMCA tent which was dripping with rain was crowded Pi Mucoti and conditions were the name Hundreds of these YMCA war centers have been established Women of every rank are spending hours in the service Colonel Callander in charge of all the hospitals of the British armies and the Red Cross was the only organization that had equalled the work Sf the YMCA in its service for the soldiers.
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Kansan
Kan
Europe
Harry P Ieingman
International Bmca
Arco Vielts
ChWe
Canterbury
Y McA
YMCA
Callander
Red Cross
Showers Forecast Amid Varied Spring Weather Outlook
The forecast predicts rain today with easterly winds continuing. Yesterday's mild, pleasant conditions gave way to cooler, wetter weather as a colder front approaches, with a shift to rainy conditions expected through Sunday night. In Milledgeville, Julius A Horne reports progress on two apartment buildings and plans four more on Seferaen Street, brick two story structures with one room each.
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Atlanta
Indea
Malledgeville
Julius A Horne
Thre Etty
Horne
Seferaen Street
Vinson Elected to Flood Committee Amid Georgia Backing
Washington February 5 Special Representative Carl Vinson of the tenth district was elected to the new House Committee on Flood Protection with Georgia backing. The group, ranked with major panels, aims to prevent disastrous floods in the Mississippi Valley and along other rivers, including riprapping Savannah river banks at Augusta. Chairman designate Humphreys of Mississippi, with Warren, and other lawmakers, will shape early flood control plans.
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Washington
Carl Vinson
Tenth
Clark
Visera
Harbors
Georgia
Winsao Ve
Wats
District of Columbia
Vineson
Augusta
Mississippi Vailes
Mir Vinson Jonkins
Savannah
Additvor
Vinson
Humphreys
Mississippi
Garrett
Tennessee
Ruggeli
Missouri
Melenmore
Texas
Wilson
Louisiana
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Means
Marn
Wingo
Arkanaax
Congress
Wingos
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