Gompers Pictured as Booze Fighter at Seattle Meeting
Duncan McDonald accuses Samuel Gompers of drunken display at the Seattle AFL convention, prompting clashes and denials from Gompers. The scene spurred hotel room noise, a heated exchange, and calls of slander as McDonald alleged ongoing liquor excess within the federation. Separate dispatch notes David Phillips White’s potential appointment as Georgia’s assistant postmaster general, endorsed by state leaders, with Wilson’s decisions pending.
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L. Brands
McDonald
Indianapolis
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
Federation
Duncan McDonald
Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
Toda
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Resolutions Committee
Weltner Seeks Reform of Camp Rules and Oversight
Phillip Weltner advocates abolishing Fourth-Change and day night punishments in county camps. He calls for a dedicated official, preferably the county superintendent, to oversee convict care and moral improvement, with assistants carrying out board orders for public improvements.
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Stonghe
Chief Demands Proof From Alleged Kidnappers
Los Angeles January 30 Police Chief Sebastian demand proof from the so called Blackmailers who claim to hold Francis Lewis Clark for a $75,000 ransom. Clark disappeared from Santa Barbara January 17 after seeing his wife off on a night train.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Francis Lewis Clark
Chlet Sebastian
Clark
Santa Barbara
Convict Camp Conditions Under Scrutiny In County
The agitation since the legislature met highlights long standing abuses in county camps. Captain Tom Considson is named as responsible for guard discipline and camp mismanagement. Reports show 1132 convicts whipped in two months across five camps, with reforms limited to the women’s reformatory amid Sunday religious services. Marion Jackson notes past bulletins now bear fruit as a grand jury inquiry into convict camps may reveal a startling report next Monday.
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Tom Considson
Womans Reformatory
Marion Jackson
Men and Religion Forward Movement
Frank Heck
Troy Laundry Company
Grand Jury
Haying
Tom Donaldson
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Men and Region Forward
Pictures From War Riven Mexico Show Villa Gains
Latest images depict a blood stained republic with Villa commanding rebels near Torreon and armored trains ferrying fighters. General Huerta is criticized for not reinforcing the Torreon garrison while capital defense dominates planning as Villa advances. Villa stands with General Ortega in a wartime photo amid battlefield casualties and ongoing fighting.
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Hs Mercl
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Battey Sentenced For Embezzling In Floyd County Court
Rome Ga January 30 Special Battey son of Romes prominent family was found guilty of embezzling funds from the city waterworks department The jury recommended a fine of 250 or twelve months on the chain gang He misappropriated about 2000 causing relatives to cover the deficit Battey fled the country and was later apprehended on a different charge in another county Additional cases against him are pending due to similar alleged offenses.
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Rome
J Chadwick “Battey
John W. Maddox
Battey
At Atlantic Theaters Flake Stars In The High Road
Our foremost stage figure Mrs Flake appears Monday and Tuesday with Edward Sheldon's Symbolical play The High Road now in its second season. The plot traces the arc of a principal character from a cruel childhood to public confidence and honor, in a production praised for its artistic quality and expressive development.
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Edward Sheldon
High Road
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Mrs Reuter Collapses As Case Goes To Jury
In Bartlesville Oklahoma on January 20 Mrs Laura Ki Reuter listened as Prosecutor Pat Malloy outlined the state’s theory in her second trial for conspiring to kill her husband. She grew faint as jurors began filing out, collapsing unconscious. doctors revived her after an hour. The state closed its argument late today and the jury retired. There are references to vaudeville performances and local theater listings alongside the main court report.
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Pat Malloy
Peuter
Forsyth
Charles
Tulsa
Mall
Guy Sewer
Joseph Ba
Feeney
Wire Crougs
Witter
Misa Uwign
Mather
Dany
Bigamy Charge Raises Search for Rome Man
Rome authorities seek a man recently married in Rome to Mise Corinne Hayes of Lindale. He left the city days ago and is now a fugitive, with reports tying him to a prior marriage August 11, 1907 in Kennett to Sale Hames. Wife No 2, 17, Miss Hayes, pleads for capture and punishment of the deceiver.
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Kennett
Mise Corinne Hayes
Lindale
Union
South Carolina
Sale Hames
Nere
Wife No 1
Wife No 2
Miss Hayes
Death threat to Vanderbilt yacht crew amid wreck near coast
High winds and savage breakers drove Frederick W Vanderbilt and guests from a yacht aground off the Colombian coast. Rescue attempts by Almirante, Warrior, and wrecking tugs were delayed as the crew of forty eight reportedly refused to leave, with Vanderbilt and party urging evacuation. The steamer Simiante returned to assist as seas worsened and the vessel held near the reef.
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New Orleans
Frederick W
Colon
Simiante
Almirante
Plecas
Ex Senator Cullom Left $100000 Estate
Washington reports the late Senator Shelby M Cullom of Illinois left an estate valued at over 100000 dollars. The probate in Springfield details three large bequests to Victoria Fisher and others, with 4000 to Eleanor Ridgeway Farker and 4000 to her sister Thelps Brown. Judge Otis Humphreys named executor.
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Washington
Shelby M
Gutabde O
Springfield
Victoria Fisher
Eleanor Ridgeway Far Ker
Thelps Brown
Otis Humphreys
Manufacturers Urge Higher Freight Rates
New York January 30 resolutions favoring increased freight rates for railroads were adopted by the National Association of Manufacturers. The resolutions stress railroad prosperity as essential to national prosperity and urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to act swiftly to approve higher freight charges demanded by the railroads.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlanta Woman Again in Bibb County Jail
Mrs Francis Tedder, a white Atlanta woman convicted of robbery and sentenced to twelve months at the state farm, forfeited her bond after a Supreme Court denial of a new trial. Now jailed in Bibb County and to be sent to the farm in a few days, she was arrested in Columbus yesterday. The trial showed she robbed a man of $200 while she slept at a house in East Macon.
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Francis Tedder
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Bibb County
Columbus
Mra Tedder
Rome Man Arrested For Wife Desertion
Hendricks a well known Rome resident was arrested in Haramond on a charge of deserting his wife and two children. Authorities pursued him after he abandoned his family and the deputy sheriff moved to return him to Rome.
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Hendricks
Rome
Haramond
G W Srath Iett
Alienists testify at trial of Schmidt in New York
New York January 9 court adjourned in the second trial of Hans Schmidt charged with the murder of Anna Aumuller. Defense and prosecution alienists, Drs Smith Jetlize and Mahon, faced brief cross examination as testimony neared completion. The case may go to the jury next Tuesday and Schmidt repeatedly claimed he was sane and that the murder was a sacrifice under God’s mandate.
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Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Drs Smith Ty Jetlize
William Mahon Eine
Bnef
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Che Ae Peer Gas SE Schmidt
Asane
Aumuller
God
Cedartown Chautauqua Plans for Summer
Cedartown Georgia January 10 special definite plans are being made to hold a large chautauqua in the city sometime during the coming summer. Last year Cedar first experienced this line and it was so successful that citizens were enthusiastic over the hearing of another this year. A strong one of attractions will be secured.
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Cedartown
Polk County Cotton Report Shows Growth in 1914
Polk County reports 17 441 bales of cotton up to January 1 1914, per Census Agent W D Grantors, compared with 12 62 bales on the same date in 1910. The gain indicates a strong year for Polk County cotton in the latest tally.
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Calartown
Pole County
Polk County
Mortuary notices and obituaries from Greenville and Atlanta
Obituaries and death notices span several Georgia locales. J W Austin of Atlanta mourns his father near Greenville. multiple families report passings in Colima, Colquitt, Savannah, Powder Springs, and Augusta with survivors listed. Funeral arrangements note Norcross, Savannah, and local residences, plus a Birmingham death and a Lord Headley peer note.
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James W Austin
Atlanta
Greenville
Mather
Greensylle
Sway
Edison and Ford Will Pay Visit to Georgia
Edison and Ford will visit Georgia in late February. Thomas Edison and Henry Ford will attend the meeting of the Griffin Board of Trade on February 21 where J W Gresham is president. Reports suggest they will back an industrial plant in the state, with Edison and Ford as the driving figures behind the project. They plan to stay several days visiting Macon and Atlanta.
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Spalding County Board of Trade
Macon
Thomas Addison
Tord
Georgia
Svalding County Board of Trade
Griffin
J W Gressham
Gresham
Edison
Ford
Atlantes
Cobb County Farmers Organize For Year
The Cobb County progressive agricultural committee held in Mayor Cobbs office to organize for the year. Bernard Intrey elected chairman, WR Hunt president, George J. Lemon cashier and treasurer, with AL P McLarg and JB Ming among other leaders. Local farm clubs and demonstrator plans were outlined, aiming for strong county-wide agricultural progress.
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Givrles
W . Dobby
Strator
Macland_ school
Creel
Sseveni
Condemned Foodstuffs Fill U S Warehouses
Federal authorities seize foodstuffs for adulteration under the pure food act. Warehouses across the country are holding condemned products as investigators prepare trials and possible shipments to relieved relief plans.
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Rapidi
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Supreme Court of Georgia Accused and Submitted Case List
A garbled docket fragment lists multiple entities from Georgia courts and boards including Glynn Ware Walton Walton and Ware counties. It mentions boards of education commissioners receivers from various firms and joint action between multiple parties with unclear final outcomes.
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Board of Education
Ida
John Morrison
Pultos
Tumlin Brothers Company
Daniel Brothers Company
Walton
Hicks
HR & Revels
Habersham
Bon Tuspin Jr
Vice Vera
Card of Thanks for Loss of Sister
Mess CFT and 8 C hiskehter thank friends for kindness and sympathy shown after the loss of their only sister.
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