Turbulent Fronts Across Waddi and Caucasus Battles Boosted
Telegraphs from Generals Townshend Aylmer and Kemball reveal 13th to 15th clashes on the Waddi front with Aylmer claiming capture of the entire Waddi position and enemy rear at Essing after weather hampered operations. Meanwhile Russians threaten Turkish lines in the Caucasus as Turkish posts retreat amid heavy shelling and aerial activity.
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Townshend
Aylmer
Kemball
Furligh
Waddi
Essing
Berlin
Mesopotania
Kur-el-Amara
Allied troops land near Athens amid Greek sovereignty tensions
Berlin reports indicate Entente forces have landed at Phaleron near Athens as proof they will use extreme measures to secure Greece. Greek government may declare martial law this week with the king and parliament poised to ratify moves, while Greece’s archives are reportedly moved to Larissa. News warns of possible efforts to replace the monarchy with Venizelos.
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Berlin
Sayville
Berli
Phaieron
Athens
Entente
Greece
Phaleron
Larissa
Pharleron
London
Kairos
Georgia Chamber Backed Publicity Drive For State Growth
Speakers at a luncheon praised a Georgia Chamber of Commerce publicity campaign to promote the state's agricultural resources and opportunities. James B. Nevin, Robert F. Maddox, and W. H. Kriegshaber urged swift action as others listed attendees including prominent local figures and business leaders.
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Georgia
James B. Nevin
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Vv. H. Kreigshaber
Stow
W. H. Smith
F. Maddox
V. H. Kriegahaber
James W. English
M.L Bertrain
PR Bahdsen
Louis N. Geldert
M. Leak
Miss Roglan Rambo
Howard Urges Probe of Usurious Bank Interest
Washington January 17 Representative Howard of Georgia urged the house rules committee to report his resolution seeking an investigation into charges that national banks within the Federal Reserve system are charging usurious interest. Comptroller Williams was to appear before the committee later. The inquiry would be conducted by the committee on banking and currency. White Plains January 17 Thomas Mott Osborne former warden of Sing Sing prison pleaded not guilty before Justice Morschauser to the indictment charging him with perjury. Trial set for February 7.
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Washington
Howard
Georgia
House Rules Committee
Federal Reserve Aystem
Williams
Committee On Banking and Currency
White Plains
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing Prison
Jaatice Morschauser
U S Regulation S for Child Labor
Washington January 17 The bill to regulate child employment in interstate manufacture was favorably reported by the labor committee. It would bar shipment of goods made in part by children under 16 in certain mines and quarries and under 14 for manufactured products with long hours. Opposed by southern cotton interests in North and South Carolina Virginia and Alabama.
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Washington
House
Labor Committee
W. W. Kitchin
Worth Caccling
Southern Cotton Mills
Tha Committee
North
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Belgian Independence Wanted by Socialists
Amsterdam January 17 The Prussian diet debate sparked disorder as Dr Karl Liebknecht and other socialists interrupted and factions clashed over electoral reform. Socialist Hirach urged restoral of Belgian independence and called for women’s suffrage and secret ballots amid anti war sentiment.
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Amsterdam
London
Karl Liebknecht
Herr Hirach
Belgius
Mrs Lucy Carnegie Dies at 69 in Waverly
Mrs Lucy Coleman Carnegie widow of Thomas M Carnegie died of pneumonia at her daughter's home in Waverly aged 69. She will be buried on her Cumberland Island estate off the Georgia coast. She supported yachting and joined the New York Yacht Club as a leading member.
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Lucy Carnegie
Cumberland Island
Boston
Lucy Coleman Carnegie
Thomas M. Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
G. Ricketson
Waverly
Georgis
Carnegie
Pittsburg
New York Yacht Club
Bill to raise naval academy appointees to 1400
Washington January 17 A plan to increase annual midshipman appointments at the naval academy to about 1400 was introduced today by Chairman Padgett of the house naval committee and likely to be reported at once.
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Washington
Naval Academy
Padgett
House Naval Committee
Kitchens Must Hang for Killing Brantley
The Supreme Court dismissed for want of jurisdiction the appeal of Robert Kitchens a Black man from the Georgia federal court ruling that his death sentence for killing Brantley stands. The case argued nonwhite juror eligibility on the murder verdict.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Washington
Supreme Court
Robert Hitchens
Federal Court of the
Southern District of Georgia
Brantley
Kitchens
Slingsby Legitimacy Suit Reopens Over English Fortune
London court reopens the Slingsby legitimacy case seeking the Yorkshire estate, with Lieutenant Charles F. Slingsby of San Francisco claiming rightful heirship. The hearing centers on whether an infant born in San Francisco to Charles R. Slingsby and wife Dorothy is the heir, amid claims of substitution and deception, with Sir Edward Carson leading the appeal for the Slingsby brother.
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London
Court of Appeals
Slingsby
Charles F. Slingsby
San Francisco
Yorkshire
Charles Slingsby
Charles R. Slingsby
Dorothy
Livan Anderson
California
Iris
Cours J of
Sir Edward Carson
Lieutenant Slingspy
Sir Edward
Practices Defended by Surety Companies in Hearing
Washington January 17. Daniel C. Roper urged legislation to strip postal employee bonding from surety firms. American Surety Company spokesmen defended practices denying a ring control. they admitted rates are set by the Towne Rating Bureau of New York and argued the system prevents bankruptcies with approval from state insurance inspectors.
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Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Koree Postoffice Committee
American Surety Company
Roper
SF A “Ring
Towner Rating Bureau of
New York
Plenty of Equipment for Army of Eight Hundred Nine Thousand
Washington reports Quarter Master General Aleshire telling a House military committee that equipment for an army of 806000 men is stored or purchasable in three months. He adds depots and manufacturers could supply 300000 more in ninety days, calling the nation well prepared. He notes fortification of the states and urges readiness.
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Washinston
Aleshire
House Military Committee
Will of Justice Lamar Names Widow Executrix
Washington January 17 The widow of Justice Lamar is named executrix with power to sell or keep the estate He owned property in the District of Columbia valued at 130000 real estate in Georgia and a half interest in a granite quarry there The will provides 25000 to Mrs Lamar with a life interest in the estate The estate goes to the sons if she fails to dispose of it
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Washington
Wief
Lamar
District of Columbia
Georgia
Lamaar
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