President urges curtailment of expenditures in address to Congress
President Harding asks for temporary postponement of the soldier bonus bill citing treasury strain and disaster risk. He urges tariff and tax action, warns overburdening the treasury now could imperil financial stability, and backs care for disabled veterans while push for readjustment of war taxes continues.
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Associated Press
Harding
Senate
Treasury
Penrose
Finance Committee
T& Vote
Gaileriea
Mra. Harding
Geneal Sawyer
Governor Hears Kelley Sanity Bid in Lunacy Commission
Governor Hardwick announced on Tuesday a lunacy commission of two alienists to examine Jack Kelley before his execution for the September killing of cab driver LeRoy Trexler near Griffin. If time allows, a one week respite may be granted. the move followed a three hour hearing on Kelley's sanity amid affidavits and testimony from sheriff Freeman and deputy Sands.
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Jack Kelley
LeRoy , Trexler
Atlanta
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Kelley
H. A. Allen
Hardwick
Kelloy
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Paul Jones
C. A. London
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Olao
Dr. Anthony
Allen
EM. Owen
Spalding Superior Court
R. Anthony
W. T. Freeman
Spalding County
W. M. Sands
Sands
Freeman
Air Bomb Tests On Ships At Sea Continue Today
An Atlantic fleet exercise resumes with the Henderson transporting aeronautical experts to the practice grounds 109 miles off the coast. Six divisions of army aircraft and seven divisions of navy aircraft will attack the German torpedo boat G-102 with 250 pound bombs, as experts debate whether the small charges can sink the vessel. The event draws officials press and foreign observers to Langley Field and Sewee. Continuation noted for next page.
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Constitution Bureau
Raleigh
Washington
Constitution
United States Navy
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Atlantic Feet
Navy Department
Army
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Nergy
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Navy
Reaponaeth Ae
Eloné
Irish Delegates Arrive in London for Talks
Irish republican leader Eamonn De Valera and colleagues reach London to discuss with Britain. A meeting with the prime minister is set for Thursday in Downing Street, with other officials expected to attend. De Valera urges immediate recognition of justice as a base for peace.
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London
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Downing Street
Hamar Greenwood
Ire-lana
A. J. Balfour
Lord Birkenhead
General Smuts
James Craig
Belfast
Valera
Suckingham Palace
da Valera
Cu Ai
Scare of Bogey Man Traps Girl in Darkness Tragedy
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania a one year old girl named Anna Katherine Hughes became paralyzed and blind after a frightened reaction to a bogey man warning. Four operations failed to help. Doctors say the case is hopeless as the child, now two, sits in a cradle reaching into darkness seeking to push away the bogey man.
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Pittsburg
Anna
Katherine Hughes
Anna Katherine
Nominations Denied as Board Votes to Run Department
The Atlanta police board rejected fourteen nominations by Chief J L Beavers for sergeant vacancies, electing E B Calloway as the fifteenth nominee amid contention. Mayor Key and Commissioner Barrett argued over board authority while critics warned the panel was trying to run the department.
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Police Board
E. B. Calloway
B. J. Selig
Army
Beavers
L. F
Nick") Carter
Carter
Eix
Stardley
Sheffield
Key
Vaughan
Aiken
Barrett
Inman
King
Harper
Johnson
Freeman
Wardlaw
McClelland
Calloway
Stradley
Ellis Barrett
J. W. Taylor
M. P. Warren
H. G. Cunningham
Plot to Murder Man and Get Insurance Charged
Thomas J. Harris, 25, is charged with plotting to murder C. C. Fortner to marry Fortner’s wife and obtain a $3,000 life insurance policy. Dennis admits to a $600 share for the deed and claims Harris planned to rob a drug store for further funds. Harris says Dennis is trying to shift blame to him as authorities pursue the case in Fulton County jail.
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Dennia
Thomas Jefferson
Harris
C. C. Fortner
Formar
Atlanta
Dénig
Atten
Seugeon
Hind
Fortner
Streat
Dennis
Emory University
McCurdy
DeKalb County
Revision asked of freight rates in Georgia
Representative A. P. Brantley introduces a measure to the Georgia House urging the railroad commission to revise state freight rates. The resolution cites 1918 and 1920 rate increases that harmed small Georgia cities, seeks immediate action to correct discrimination, and notes possible revenue impact but reduced intra state inequalities. The measure is slated for Thursday consideration and mirrors actions by other states.
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Georgia
A. P. Brantley
Pierce County
Railroad Commission
al Tailroads
State Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
General Assembly
Brantley
Sseorgia
Union
Laurel ship woodward hunt debunked story found false lead
State Department verified the tale of Floyd P. Woodward, the Atlanta bunco boss, was false. J B Ohliney, mistaken for Woodward, was arrested in Buenos Aires. Ohliney is an Atlantan auto accessories man, not the leader. Ohliney will be interviewed upon arrival aboard the Laurel in New York Harbor.
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New -York
Laurel
South America
Bunco’ Baron
John ‘A. Boykin
Brice Whiney
Bruce Chiney
New York Harbor
J. Bruce Ohiney
Bloyd P. Woodward
State Department
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Buenos Aires
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Buenos L Aires
Hugh Dorsey
Charles B. Hughes
Woodward
Georgia
Hughes
J. B. Ohlney
Ohlney
Chlney
Weakington
Bosiceltor
Boykin
Banco
Visitors Barred To Mrs Stillman in Chicago
In Chicago on July 12 Mrs Anne Potter Stillman, defendant in a divorce suit with James A Stillman, is under physician care at Lake Forest and may receive no visitors. She remains with Harold F Bud Stilipan at his home, isolated and extremely nervous from a New York Higetion. She will stay indefinitely and interview access is restricted while recovering.
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Mrze
Anne Potter Stillman
James A. Stillman
New York
Lake Forest
Harold F
Aon
Bud
Disarming Parley Proposal Sparks Broad Opportunity
France formally accepts the U S proposal with a note to other powers. Japan remains silent on the plan as discussions continue.
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Japan
Earlier Attempts for Disarmament
Washington reports that across history disarmament efforts failed. The British proposal of 1870 sparked Franco Prussian war after Napoleon III balked, and a 1898 Hague court attempt faltered as its gas ban rules eroded amid the Tate world war context.
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Gladstone
Paria
Napoleon III
England
Prussia
Bismarck
Hague Court
Nicholas II
Russia
Hague
Ita
Tate
Harding sees armament conference foster world peace alliance
United States President may welcome a Washington armament conference that could grow into an international association. The plan, hinted in campaign speeches and in the first message to Congress, aims to create a broad platform for securing peace and includes Far Eastern issues as a starting point.
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Robert J. Hender
United News
Washington
Harding
United States
Hardingea
Congress
G. O. P. Wins First Tilt Over Tariff Rule
Washington July 12 the house adopted a rule for a final vote on the tariff bill set for July 21. The rule passed 222 to 100 with five Wisconsin Republicans and three Louisiana Democrats voting for it. Democrats attacked the gag rule as surrendering house powers to the Ways and Means Committee while Republicans called it liberal. Reports noted discussions on duties and lumber provisions linked to reciprocal executive negotiations.
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Washington
House
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Garrett
Tennessee
Bourke
Fordney
Georgia to draft new special tax act for revenue boost
The Ways and Means subcommittee of the House Appropriations will draft a new special tax act for Georgia, aiming to raise about 2.6 million dollars more for the state treasury. It would tax soft drinks, gasoline, cigars, and raise duties on motion picture theaters. a poll tax on women voters is planned, with overall special taxes projected near 4 million dollars. Educational officials urged higher appropriations during Tuesday’s hearings, as the panel waited for precise revenue estimates before action.
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State Treasury
Ways and Means
House of Appropriations Committee
J W. Culpepper
General Assembly
Georgia
Toombs DuBose
Ways and Cans Committee
Culpepper
B. H. Catlawway
Weather forecast for Washington Georgia
Partly cloudy weather in Washington Georgia with little temperature change Wednesday and Thursday. Scattered showers possible, with muted wind and minor variation in conditions.
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Georgia
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