Waterways Use Requires Rail and Water Cooperation
Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith argues that railways and inland waterways must cooperate to use U S water routes efficiently. The report, sent to President Taft, notes traffic is best advanced by bulk river and canal transport, while rail and coastwise tonnage rise and river systems decline amid private initiative needs. The Mississippi and New York canal histories illustrate the shift from water to rail dominance, with rail competition cited as a key factor in inland transport.
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Herbert Knox Smith
Washington
Taft
Commigntoner Smith
United States
Smith
Great Lakes
New York Canals
New York State
Gulf Coast
Mississiop
Rai
Woman repairs own auto as crowd looks on
A woman in the Peachtree area repairs a punctured tire unaided while two companions watch. She locates the leak, patches the inner tube, reseats the tire, and restarts the car after borrowing no tools, drawing cheers from passers-by.
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Todd
Peachtree
Dr. James
Marietta
Tell
Cat With Seven Lives Strikes Again In Two Week Span
Bob Malone and Jollan Field are watching their cat Thomas, a famed mouser, after he disappeared twice in two weeks. The cat turned up each time in the office safe after long bouts with no food or water, sparking rueful jokes about his remaining lives and the building’s curious staff.
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Bob Malone
Jollan Field
Ea Peeples
Olk
West Alabama Street
Thomas
Bob
Game One
Macon 10 Retains Power Company in Macon Ga
Special from Macon Georgia dated July 19 reports local business leaders and chamber of commerce efforts to keep Central Georgia Power Company offices in Macon. Authorities say Massey and local owners will remain, preserving jobs and local current sales. A final decision was pending. The piece ends with an ad line for K K K Flour.
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Macon
Central Georgia Power Company
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Massey
Memphis Wants Columbus Teacher
Columbus Ga July 19 Special B Gibson superintendent of the Columbus public schools left this afternoon for Memphis. It is reported here that he will be offered the Memphis schools superintendency now vacant. He is quoted as saying he is going to Memphis by request to have a conference with the school board there. Mr Gibson had been superintendent for fourteen years and had been signally...
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Columbus
Gibson
Columbus Public Schools
Memphis
New Trial Denied for Burge in Double Murder Case
George Burge, sentenced to hang for his wife’s murder on May 7, loses a bid for a new trial in Chattahoochee circuit court. Judge Price Gilbert denies the motion. Burge’s attorney plans a bill of exceptions and a supersedeas to stay the death sentence. The move cites newly discovered evidence pointing to step son Frank Brittsin. Meanwhile Isaac A. Martin, longtime Knoxville Water Company cashier, is sentenced to five years for embezzling $4,000.
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George Burge
Ovie Burge
Price Gilbert
Chattahoochee
L & Attorney
Clinton P. Thoampson
Burge
Gilbert
Warm Springs
Frank Brittsin
Knoxville
Tenn
Isaac A. Martin
Knoxville Water Company
Criminal Court of
Knox
County
Patrick Calhoun Onc e More On Trial
Patrick Calhoun president of United Railroads stands again on trial in San Francisco on bribery charges to gain corporate privileges. The jury panel failed to select after forty five minutes, adjournment set for Wednesday. District Attorney Langdon and Assistant DA Stroney are involved as the case mirrors the earlier five month trial.
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San Francisco
Cal
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
W H. Langdon
Troney
Wil
Alaska
Automobile Bus Line Planned for Ansley Park
An automobile bus line will be established in Ansley Park to aid residents and visitors, led by Howard Wilcox. The service aims to connect with streetcar lines and Piedmont Avenue, offering seating for sixteen to eighteen passengers and providing convenient access to the city’s core areas.
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Ansley Park
Howard Wilcox
Ainge Ft
Piedmoont Avenue
Resume Hearing in Oliver Case alleges millionaire denied operate
Bainbridge Ga July 19 Special The hearing before Referee Willfred Lane in bankruptcy cases of C D Oliver the Climax bank Southern Manufacturing Co and others proceeded with many witnesses examined no sensational developments Judge Lane questioned Oliver about operations in Alabama Florida Ohio Mississippi and listed governors he denied ever operating in those states except Cincinnati where he had visited His wife and mother in law attended the hearing.
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Bainbridge
Willfred Lane
C. D. Oliver
Climax Bank
Southern Manufacturing Company
Honda
Sustedian
Lane
Oliver
Alabama
Florida
Jaennings
Broward
Ohio
Misalasippi
Ghia
Cincinnati
Pinchback Appeals to Taft for Deputy Marshal Post
New York July 19 P B F Pinchback seeks appointment as deputy United States marshal in Westchester County. A former Louisiana Senate president and briefly governor, Pinchback rose to national prominence as an African American political figure after the Civil War. Taft has been urged by Ward Anderson Washington and others to name him.
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New York
P. B F. Pinchback
United States
Westchester County
New Rochelle
Pinchback
Louisiana Senate
Waearmouth
United States Senate
New Orleans
Taft
William L Ward
Ward
Charles W., Anderson
Internal Revenue
Booker T Washington
Punch
Patten Bush Found Dead After Cow Injury In Cordera
In Cordera Alabama on July 19 the body of Patten Bush was found in woods near Refi Bud. He died by his own action using a shotgun placed to his breast and triggered with a stick. A pocket note addressed to his brothers and sisters explains a past cow injury and his engagement to Mina Bila Garrett.
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Cordera
Ala
Patten Bush
Refi Bud
Mina Bila Garrett
George W Gail Dies Wealthy Baltimorean at 44
Baltimore July 13 George W Gail one of the wealthiest and best known citizens of Baltimore died today after an operation for an intestinal perforation caused by typhoid fever He was the son of the late G W Gall founder of the Sail & Ax tobacco firm He loved and supported the city’s firemen from boyhood and took keen interest in their labors.
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Baltimore
George W Gail
Gail
G W Gall
Sail & Ax
Completes 5 Miles Waterway in Beaufort NC
The Beaufort NC area reports completion of five miles along the inland waterway from Beaufort to the Neuse river. Designed to avoid navigation dangers off Cape Hatteras, the dredging project has been finished with the dredge now moored in a creek where several challenges are noted.
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Beaufort
Neuse
Cape Hatteras
Creak
Sutton Killed as He Fought Sutton Threats and Struggle Detailed
Lieutenant Adams recounts a violent confrontation with Ithag Sutton over $150 debt, noting Sutton threatened to shoot him and Osterman. Adams testifies Sutton fired four shots, killing himself with a smaller revolver after a prior fight, while others prepared to arm themselves.
Objection over Sutton firing sequence during witness question
The question asked if the witness left Sutton on the ground with two revolvers while Sutton had repeatedly tried to shoot him. The witness could not recall whether he removed Sutton or someone else did. Sutton appeared exhausted after the fifth shot. Court adjourned at 4 pm until 10 o clock tomorrow with Lt. Adama under further examination.
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Sutton
Adama
Sutton Small
Leonard
Adams
Donna
Sutton Sutton
Erdas
Ex Governor Porter resigns from Peabody post
Niphville Tenn July 19 Ex Governor James D Porter today resigned as chancellor of the Peabody college for teachers He remains president of the University of Nashville and a member of the consolidated medical departments board of control He trusts the $1 000 000 endowment will reach Peabody despite delays
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Niphville
Tenn
James D. Porter
Peabody College For
Porter
Peabody Board of Trust
Peabody School
University of Nashville
Universities of Nashville
Texnessee
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