Georgia Governor Primary Foes Confident as Atlanta Bets Favor Terrell
Tomorrow Georgians vote in a state primary to nominate governor candidates and state house officers for two years. In Atlanta betting favors Terrell, with supporters for Guerry and Estill also confident. Contests in local races and for prison commissioner add to statewide interest.
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Atlanta
Terrell
Georgia
Terrelil
Kimball i House
South
State House
G. R Glenn
Merritt
Johnston
B. Stevens
R T. Nesbitt
Stevens
Thomas Hason
Wiley Williams
Columbus
Savannah Wan Go Free Under Supreme Court Decision
Ten prisoners affected by the Supreme Court ruling in the ex Captain Peter C. Deming case have been released from the federal penitentiary and given tickets home. Among those freed are Clifton Bridge Washington DC James Dungan Philadelphia Thomas Feaster Knoxville Patsy Haffey Chicago Joseph Cannon Savannah James Meadors Van Buren Wilson McKinley commuted his sentence to 30 years. Four others released on bonds earlier are now entirely free.
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United States Supreme Court
Leavenworth Kamas
Supreme Court
Peter C. Deming
Federal Penitentiary
Clifton Bridge
Washington, D C
James Dungan
Philadelphia
Thomas Feaster
Knoxville
Tenn
Joseph Cannon
Savannah
Patsy Haffey
Chicago
Henry Holiday
Pittsburg
Wiliam Wilson
Birmingham
Als
James Meadors
van Buren
Ark
Wilson
Philippines
McKinley
Deming
Mr. Spellman
Delbert P Jones
J. C. Read
Charles Farris
Sewell Defies Mont Pelee Nomination to Martinique
President Roose velt selects John F. Jewell of Galena Illinois to be consul in Martinique and to face the risks of Mont Pelee eruption. The nomination will be sent to the senate tomorrow.
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Martinique
Washington
Roosevelt
Mont Pelee
John F. Jewell
Galena
Ill
Senate
Senator Beveridge Seeks Truth on Manila Cruelties and General Miles
In Washington a Philippine debate flared over General Miles and disclosures of outrages by army officers. Senator Culberson read charges against Lt Arnold and Sgt Edwards, prompting Beveridge and Lodge to probe sources while Culberson denied war department suppression. The papers were said to come from a party disconnected from the army.
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Washington
General Miles
Phillippines
Senate
Miles
Gardner
Senate Committee On Philippines
Milies
Culberson
War Department
Andrew J. Weir
Arnold
Edwards
Captain West
Fifth Cavalry
Calaca
P. I
Lodge
Beveridge
Alison
Mr. Culberson
Boardwide city charter plans divide into five districts
Board government set with five districts central northwest eastern southwestern southeastern. Eight boards include water police fire health electrical control sinking fund Grady hospital commission school parks and cemetery. Members: mayor ex officio council chair ex officio and fire commissioner appointed by mayor with council confirmation, one from each district. Restrictions apply to incumbents relatives and salaries. Long-term appointment terms set: one-year to five-year staggered, then five-year terms. Reports propose reelection for aldermen, October primaries, and unopposed election proclamation rules. Ministerial officers four-year terms.
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Sinking Funnd Commission
Grady Hospital
Fire Commission
Adinister
Board of Water Commissioners
Board of Police Commissioners
Board of Fire Commissioners
Board of Health
General Council
Four Men Die by Garrote in Puerto Rico Execution
In Ponce on June 3 four men Bernabe Acevedo Jose Torres Ramon Troché Cadena and Juan Torres found guilty of murder robbery and outrage were garroted in Adjuntas Guayo suburb. The condemned confessed as they walked to the scaffold. Two aided the executioner to adjust the garrote and forgave him. One resisted having his face covered until subdued after a fifteen minute struggle. Only thirty witnesses attended.
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Ponce
Porto Rico
Bernabe Acevedo
Jose Torres
Ramon Troché Cadena
Juan Torres
Guayo
Adjuntas
Bill to Protect the President Considered by the House
Washington June 3 The House began consideration of a bill to protect the president and for other purposes the anti anarchist bill The House Judiciary Committee reported a substitute for the Senate measure Mr Ray New York chairman urged the Senate bill was unconstitutional Mr Lanham Texas favored excluding anarchists but opposed making it a specific offense to kill the president or a successor saying all men are equal before the law
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House
Washington
United States
Senate
Ray
New York
Judiciary Committee
Lanham
Texas
Ofst
City Charter 10 Eh Board Control Siders Such Centre
City charter notes indicate board control changes and centre status, with emphasis on indispensability and governance implications. The fragment hints at structural shifts, authority, and potential reform within city administration. Further readable details remain sparse in the OCR text.
Seven aldermen for the city at large report reforms to charter
The charter revision committee in Atlanta yesterday adopted subcommittee reports on board government and mayor and general council. It outlines five board districts and eight boards including a new parks and cemeteries board, with eligibility limits for aldermen and restrictions on dual board service. The report strengthens the recorder’s powers and sets detailed appointment rules, awaiting final harmony review before charter adoption.
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Committee On Harmony
Committee On Board Management
Parks and Cemeteries
Atlanta
Democratic state convention to nominate by acclamation
Indianapolis, June 3. The Democratic state convention to be called to order tomorrow will likely nominate most offices by acclamation. Only secretary of state race may be contested. J. M Barrett, Fort Wayne, won a tight vote for the committee on resolutions amid questions on Bryan and the Kansas City platform. The platform may condemn Republican Philippines policy and asset banking, back direct senatorial elections, and oppose the ship subsidy bill. Some members favor revising the Kansas City platform, others seek reaffirmation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. H. O’brien
State Central Committee
John W. Kern
J. M Barrett
Fort Wayne
Committee On Resolutions
Henry Colerick
Barrett
Bryan
Kansas City
Colerick
Philippines
Eitver
Crosses of honor awarded to D C Confederate veterans
Wiss LEE GIVES CROSSES To Confederate veterans in the District of Columbia. Stonewall Jackson Chapter No 20, United Daughters of the Confederacy, presented crosses of honor to numerous veterans in Washington D C. Miss Mary Curtis Lee presided with Rev. R H McKim delivering remarks amid a musical program. Also noted are the deaths of three boys struck by lightning near Guthrie Oklahoma during a storm.
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District of Columbia
Washington, D. C
Stonewall Jackson
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Mary Curtis Lee
Lee
R. H. McKim
Miss Lee
E. W. Anderson
George W. Amiss
William Page Cooper
G. Wythe Cook
James M. Camperton
Joshua Davis
John W. Fite
William A. Gordon
Robert M. Hanover
Findlay Harris
C. B. Howry
D. C
Aneal) Harrison
C. C. Ivay
bea ee _ ‘Gey
James A. ‘Orthan
General Marcus J. W. Wiliam P. Young. Wright and
Guthrie
Okla
Beaver County
Thomas Smth
Georgia Woman First to Win Master of Laws at Columbian
Mrs Emma Reba Bailey formerly of Rome becomes the first woman to earn the Master of Laws degree from Columbian University. She previously earned the LLM from Washington School of Law and intends to pursue a Doctor of Civil Laws. She is widow of Edward Bailey and sister to the late Consul General Moseley.
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Washington
Georgia
Emma Reba Bailey
Rome
Columbian University
Bailey
Columbian
Washington School of Law
District of Columbia
Canal certainty as Senate takes up Philippine bill
After voting on the Philippines measure, Senate moves unfinished canal business forward with a Spooner substitute backing a Panama route and a potential Nicaragua option debated by Morgan and others. President leans toward Panama but wants Congress to decide the route. canal passage appears assured.
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Jos. Ohl
Washington
Philippines
Morgan
Senate
House of Congress
Nicaragua
Spooner
Canal Committee
Hynna
Cullom
Panama Company
Panama
Congress
McLaurin
South Carolina
Hoar
Mason
Wellington
Beveridge
Miles
Joliet
Ecuador
Drummers At National Convention In Portland
The Travelers' Protective Association held its national session in Portland Oregon on June 3. National president Samuel P. Jones of Louisville Kentucky received a visior mounted gavel carved from Philippine wood from the Oregon and Washington division. No business of importance was transacted today.
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Portland
Travelers' Protective Association
Samuel P. Jones
Louisville
Oregon and Washington
Philippines
Arousing Terrell rally at city hall and local politics
Rally at city hall featured speeches by Harvey Johnson Warner HM and Sam W Small. Charter revision panel adopts board control report and reviews general council subcommittees. Mayor Livingston Mils eulogizes Jefferson Davis and assails General Miles. Morris Salinsky, dubbed wild man, arrested and sentenced to public works. News from Hancock county hailstorm damages crops. Ocean Steam Ship Co executive change with J F Hanson succeeding J M Egan. Georgia events include Governor Candler at Milledgeville college exercises and a hot Columbus mayoral debate.
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City Hall
Harvey Johnson
Warner HM
Sam W. Small
Board Control
General Council
Jefferson Davis
Livingston Mils
General Miles
Morris Salinsky
Georgia
Hancock County
J. M. Egan
Ocean Steamship Company
J. F. Hanson
Candler
Georgia, Normal and Industrial College
Milledgeville
W. D Crawford
RH. H. McMichael
Columbus
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George Kennan
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Sir Thomas Lipton
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