Extra Senate Session Considered By Wilson Help
Washington reports urge a possible extra senate session after March 4 to ratify Colombia and Nicaragua treaties as tensions rise with delay protests from those nations. The aim is to have both treaties in place before the Panama canal opening to preserve regional harmony. The Georgia Chamber pressure prompts many cities to urge support for the ship purchasing bill, while Athens asks for wartime限定 application.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Mate’ Foreign “Relations Committee
Iagt
Colombia
United States
Panam Canal
Panama Canal
America
Federal Trade, Commission
Probes Oliver's Death at Leesburg Georgia
A man named Froy Blazer from Estherville arrived to probe the February 11 banker Oliver killing. He resembles the slain man in voice and manner, fueling speculations. Reports say GW Chance surrendered to P C McDuffie for the Penn Mutual Life policy of 25000 dollars, with $566 previously paid, and a mutual cancellation of the policy interest. Leesburg, Ga.
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Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Oliver
Chiknee
Leesburg, Gi
Thomasville Girl to Nurse in War Effort
Miss Frieda Walters, matron of Thomasville City Hospital, sails from New York for Red Cross duty in Europe. A native of Germany with two brothers in the Kaiser’s army, she accepted the position after applying earlier.
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Thomasville
Frieda Walters
Thomasville City
Interned German Paymaster Dies in Prison
Walter Brandt, paymaster of the German gun boat Geler, interned in Honolulu, committed death by his own hand last night. Officials say the inability to reunite with family or return to duty weighed on him.
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Honoluli
Walter Brandt
Geler
Tis Family
Colors
Alabama Dry Leader Holds Conference With Dr Eichelberger
Samuel D Weakley ex supreme court justice of Alabama traveled to Atlanta Thursday for a conference with the Southern Express Company legal department and D Hichelberger superintendent of the Anti Saloon League. They discussed interstate shipment of liquor into dry states but no conclusions or legal actions were reached. Weakley had just returned from Washington where he was sent by the Alabama legislature as a five member committee to push a bill prohibiting the U S mail from carrying liquor advertisements solicitations by letter circular or otherwise into any dry state with prohibition laws enacted.
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Samuel
Weakley
Supreme Court
Alabama
Atlanta
Southern Express Company
Anid D. Hichelberger
Anti-Salocon League
Express
Washington
United States
Darley Gets 2 Years as Case Appealed
Dublin Ga February 25 Joe Darsey killed his friend Watson more than four years ago and was sentenced to two years for involuntary manslaughter. The case, once to the United States Supreme Court on a technicality, saw the court refuse the verdict and a jury fail to agree on another. Darsey's lawyers appeal, arguing plea of former jeopardy delays have undermined the verdict’s power.
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Dublin
Joe Darsey
Watson
United States Supreme Court
Darsey
F D Tinsley Denies Misuse Of Bank Funds
In Savannah on February 25 the evidence and arguments in the Fleming D. Tinsley case ended for the day as the trial on misapplying national bank funds neared its end. Tinsley, the sole defense witness, testified he is 77 but appears younger, asserting the bank funds were handled by the firm's confidential man Percy Ail, with any error charged to him.
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Savannah
Fleming D. Tinsley
National Bank
Percy Ail
Branca
Grady Garner Foundling Seeks a Home After Abandonment
A three month old foundling named Grady Garner, with the looks of his mother, awaits foster care after being abandoned twice. A young Athens mother left him at Terminal station, later returning to Athens depot and then vanishing. County official J M Hodgson pushed Georgia Children’s Home Society to place the child with a suitable home, while State Superintendent Robert B McCord coordinates efforts in Atlanta.
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Grady Garner
Bhaby
Grady
Bohnefield
Garner
Ath
Ans
Athens
Little Grady
J. M. Hodgson
Georgia Children's Home Society
Atlanta
Robert B. McCord
Atlanta Unemployed Women To Be Given Work Soon
Atlanta plans to aid thousands of unemployed women by forming a worker aid association. A bureau will match employers with women offering home or outside labor, from sewing to baking. Committee members include Mrs. Beaumont Davison, Mrs. A McD Wilson, Mrs. Emily McDougald, and others, with a Partridge restaurant pledge contributing 20 percent of a day’s proceeds to the effort.
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Atlanta
Beaumont Davison
A. McD. Wilson
William Percy
Emily McDougald
A. P. Coles
A. G. Woodward
Mra
J. P. McGovern
Bureau of Information
Oa Golock
Wilson
Clellan
Cator Woolford
Chamber of Commerce
Atlante
Susan McClellan
Atlanta-at-large
Partridge
Horton Named Chancellor in Illinois NE Division
Governor Henderson announces State Senator James B. Horton of Decatur named chancellor of the northeastern division to succeed the late Chancellor W. H. Simpson. The appointment was reported February 25.
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Mtgomery
Henderson
James B. Horton
Decatur
W. H. Simpson
Safety First campaign and Macon bond drive
Atlanta chamber directors approved a public safety education campaign led by Ben Lee Crew and aligned with a track safety measure. A statewide mail push to spur legislation and manufacturer cooperation aims to deter railroad trespass and walking on tracks. In Macon, the chamber backs a $300,000 city bond issue for hospital expansion paving and sewers, with voting set for March 9 and a focused volunteer campaign.
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Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Public Safety
Ben Lee-Crew
Atlanta
Macon
Macon Chamber of Commerce
Bibb County Medical Society
Second Street
Chamber of Commerce
Wallace Miller
Vineville
Slayer of Gleaton Sentenced to Hang in Swift Trial
Cordele Georgia February 25 Special Luther Stevens confessed assassin of E Gleaton was convicted of murder in Crisp superior court after a 35 minute trial and sentenced by Judge W F George to be hanged on March 18 Stevens declined to testify though he confirmed a prior confession to private detective C P Moore who said Stevens was provoked by his uncle Arnold Biving to kill the white man The dead man was a recently county treasurer and prominent figure relatives of the deceased praised the lawful outcome.
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Cordele
Crisp Superior Court
Luther Stevens
Assussin
E. Gleaton
W. F. George
Stevens
C. P. Moore
Macon
Moore
Columbus
Arnold Biving
George
Rockefeller Testimony Challenges Ohio Personal Tax
John D Rockefeller testified by deposition at Pocantico Hills asserting he was not an Ohio resident for the 1914 personal property tax of 1.15 million dollars. He argued he has lived in New York since 1885, was regularly assessed there, and only briefly stayed in Ohio for part of the year, seeking an injunction against the levy.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Filla
Cleveland
Ohio
Rockefeller
Forest Hill
East
Curry Found Guilty Of Assault On A Girl In Georgia
Hazlehurst Ga February 25 Special J Jeff Davis superior court ended with Robert Curry convicted of criminal assault on a young negro girl. Jury recommended punishment as for a misdemeanor and he was sentenced to Emore months on the chain gang. The trial marked the first such case in the region. The Clayton Stanley murder case verdict hung eight for conviction four for acquittal and a mistrial likely.
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Hazlehurst
Spetal
Jeff Davis Superior Court
Robert Curry
Curry
Clayton Stanley
Wheeler
Fudge. Highsmith
Negroes Steal $3,000 From Agent At Camilla
Pelham Ga February 24 Spe. sal.1J News reports two negroes stole a package of money from Assistant Express Agent B L Wood of Camilla. Wood set money near the ticket window to serve white customers, then looked back to find it gone and two negroes fleeing. Officers are pursuing the suspects.
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Pelham
Spe
B.L. .Wood
Camilla
Old Bread Prices Restored To Four Cents A Loaf
New York reports indicate wholesale bread price rises to five cents will be rolled back to four cents. The move follows agitation and investigations into the bread industry. The attorney general’s inquiry into wheat and bread costs will resume tomorrow.
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New York
Ig One
Square Deal Sought for Short Road Mail Service
Candler urges Georgia Senators to press for a fair compensation, citing short line railroads seeking a square deal on mail service pay. Railroads argue federal rates do not cover passenger fare while requiring clerk and mail car staffing. Washington lawmakers and North Carolina reps lobby President Wilson to appoint Samuel Rogers as census director after Harris’s trade commission nomination.
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Smith
Washington
Simmons
Overman
North Carlina
house_of representatives
Askéa
Wilson
Samuel
Rogers
William J. Harris
Trade Commission
Split in the Ranks Over Suffrage Split in the Ranks Over Suffrage
New York reports the Woman's Political Union led by Mrs Harriette Stanton Blatch withdrew from the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Treasurer Mrs Henry Wade Rogers received a February 19 letter from Mrs Hanks D Brannon stating the executive board chose to withdraw to free funds for New York campaign work and due to disagreement with the Shafroth Palmer amendment position.
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New York
Woman's Political Union
Harriette Stanton Blatch
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Henry Wade Rogers
Hanks D. Brannon
Toy
Extra trousers with suit urged by retailer at 3577 Peachtree
Extra Jack advises men to order an extra pair of trousers with a suit to extend wear. Our suit patterns cover a suit only, so those seeking extra trousers should order now to ensure cloth from woolen mills. Bob endorses durable Spring Shirts in dainty colors.
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Jack
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