German naval officers view American middles
Admiral von Rebeur Paschwitz and nine German officers toured the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis and met cadets. They viewed the midday parade of about 650 cadets, lunched with Captain Gibbons, and later dined with the secretary of the navy. Plans for tomorrow include visits to a gun factory and Mount Vernon before sailing to New York.
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von Rebeur-Paschwitz
Moltke
Stettn
Bremen
United States Navy
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Count von Bernstorff
Want
Belknap
Bricker
Williams
Gibbons
Academy
Germany
United States
Cadeta
Warg
Secretary of the Navy
National Capital
Mount Vernon
Old Point
New York
Atlantic Fleet
Cost of Panama Canal Reaches 274 908 000 To Date
Washington reports that the Panama Canal bonds of 1961 issued last year have all been spent. Secretary MacVeagh disbursed 1 090 000 for ditch construction and 599 000 was drawn from the treasury general fund. Total estimated canal cost climbs to 375 000 000 with 274 908 000 expended to date.
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Washington
Treasury
MacVengeh
General Fund of the Treasury
Customs and Internal Revenue
MacVeagh
WINS SUIT OVER COTTON AGAINST ENGLISH FIRM
Savannah readers report A P Brantley Company of Savannah won a suit for 20000 pounds sterling against Heaton Sons of Manchester England. The case arose from a shipment of sea cotton contracted years ago and rejected for alleged substandard quality after price declines. Congressman Brantley of Georgia served among the plaintiff's counsel.
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Savannah
A. P. Brantley Company
Heaton & Sons
Manchester
England
Brantley
Georgia
Stevens to Explain Pageants for Atlanta Festival
Thomas Woods Stevens, Chicago director of pageants, stays in Atlanta for several days planning a grand festival under the Atlanta Art Association. He will lecture on pageants at 5 PM Monday at the Capital City Club to raise funds for the city art museum. Stevenson is staying with Mr and Mrs H H Os good.
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Thomas Woods Stevens
Chicago
Atlanta
Atlanta Art Association
Art Museum
Stevens
Capital City
H. H. Osgood
Probe of Everglades Nearing Its Close
Washington June 6 The house committee on expenditures in the department of agriculture nears the end of its Everglades inquiry. J O Wright Florida drainage engineer testified he secured an option on North Carolina swamp land for W M Hayes assistant secretary of agriculture but said officials did not participate in commissions from long deals The committee will recall Mr Hayes.
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Washington
House
Department of Agriculture
Everglades
Florida
Lake Mattamuskeet
N. C
J. O. Wright
Wright
North Carolina
W. M. Hayes
Hayes
Carnegie greeted amid rowdy Aberdeen university scenes
London reports large Aberdeen university crowd welcomed Andrew Carnegie as lord rector. Students hurled chairs and rugs in joy over vacation, sang and whistled. After initial disorder he spoke, urged students to remain teetotallers until they become millionaires, as cheers rang out for Carnegie and Mrs Carnegie.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Aberdeen University
Aberdeen
Scotland
Carnegie
King dies after rattlesnake bite near Dorchester Ga
Robert F. King a Dorchester farmer and timberman died at his home on Colonal's Island after a rattlesnake bite. His brother Captain A F King aided by others attempted to suck out venom but failed. The group had been in the woods near Dorchester to inspect timber when the bite occurred during the return to their auto.
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Savannah
Robert F. King
Dorchester
Colonal’s Island
H&e
A. F. King
Highgath
W. C. Peeples
Watson Faces Obscenity Charge in Savings Malls Case
Augusta Ga June 6 Thomas E Watson to appear before United States Commissioner W H Godwin at 11 am to answer a charge of sending obscene literature through the mails in his magazine Bond of 3500 is returnable tomorrow Watson will represent himself The case draws local interest as to whether any amount quoted from a copyrighted book constitutes violation and whether local attorneys will take the case
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Augusta
Thomas E. Watson
United States
W. H. Godwin
Watson
H. D. D. Twiggs
Baggage Rules Suspended by Interstate Commission
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed new baggage regulations aimed at higher excess rates and size limits. Effective July 1 for 120 days pending investigation, rules would cap baggage dimensions at 70 inches and charge per extra inch beyond 46 inches, excluding immigrant baggage at ports. The commission argues road-set dimensions would burden travelers and hinder transportation.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dr F M Brantley Dies at Home in Senoia Georgia
Senoia Ga June 6 Special Dr F M Brantley aged 94 oldest Georgia Medical Association member and longtime physician died at his home after a long decline He born near Milledgeville in 1818 married Margaret Ezzard Collier in 1840 practiced in Meriwether County then Senoia Funeral held at the Baptist Church with Rev J C Adams officiating Survivors include nine children living in Atlanta Danos Clermont Fort Worth and Senoia
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F. M. Brantley
Brantley
Milledgeville
Margaret Ezzard Collier
Marthasville
Atlanta
Meriwether County
Lonoia
Georgis Medical Association
Baptist Church
RC. Adams
Ocilla
A. H. Brantley
J. R. Brantley
Frank Forth
Danson
B. Brantley
B. H. Brantley
W. B. Brantley
Clermont
Fla
Fort Worth
Texas
Stephen A. Chase Dies in Fall River Home
Stephen A. Chase treasurer of the Christian Science church of America died at his Fall River home after a few days illness. The notice credits his service to the church and marks his passing on June 6 in the Massa region.
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Stephen A. Chase
Fall River
Masa
The
Christian Science Church of America
Ilness
Georgia Osteopaths Convene at Piedmont Hotel
Georgia osteopaths hold a convention at the Piedmont hotel with two sessions today and one Saturday. About seventy five osteopathic physicians, begun about fourteen years ago, will hear opening prayers, welcome remarks, and reports. Tonight at Carnegie Library hall Dr. P H Woodall will discuss The Evolution of Medicine with stereopticon views. Saturday features officer elections and papers on blood pressure and professional problems.
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Georgia
Woodall
South
Broach
W. W. Blackman
M. C. Hardin
F. M. Turner
Savannah
G. M. Phillips
Atlanta
Minority Report Lost Delays Tariff Bill Vote
Washington on June 6 consternation hit the house ways and means committee as the minority report on the democratic cotton tariff revision bill vanished just before adjournment. Payne of New York pleaded for one more day to locate Dalzell who had the report. Payne and Longworth of Ohio searched the capitol and house offices but failed to find him, risking a unanimous committee report on the cotton measure. The house granted an extra day to recover the missing document.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
I T
Payne
New York
Dalazell
Longworth
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Dalzett
Secret Panama Canal appropriation cut sparks House clash
Washington reports the appropriation for the Panama canal was cut by 14.7 million dollars based on "secret" committee testimony not in the record. Committee members defend the informal Goethals chat as factual, citing canal employee dismissals and efficiency gains as justification, while critics call the process unfair.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Appropriations Committee
House
Waas
Mann
Fitzgerald
Page
North Caro Ung
Sherley
Kentucky
Goethals
Cannon
Fitegerald
Paga
Riot at Eufaula plantation ends in intervention
In Eufaula Alabama on June 5 a group of Black workers on J R Barrs plantation mounted a near riot over an incident in which Mer cer Harris shot a Black woman. The assailants would have killed Harris if not for the farm owner who intervened and stopped the trouble. The injured woman sustained a bullet wound to the face from a 32 caliber pistol.
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Eufaula
Ala
J. R. Barr
Mercer Harris
Harris
Southern classification No 39 protests in Louisville
Louisville on June 6 reports the classifies freight rules for the southern territory set to take effect June 17. The Louisville Board of Trade seeks a protest filed with the state railroad commission after shipper responses to a board circular flagged issues seen in the new classification. A second note from Birmingham describes unsecured creditors forming a committee for the Alabama Conglomerated Iron Company and urging confidence in asset coverage amid tensions between interest groups.
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Louisville
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisville Board of Trade
State Railroad Commission
Gersete
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Jook
Compan
Hoadley
Baltimore
Chief Uncovers Booze in Eufaula Residence
Chief Doughtie and a state warrant searched a private home on South Eufaula Street occupied by the Durham family. Officers seized 80 pints and 32 half pints of liquor along with 118 bottles of beer. Liquor is believed to belong to Lonnie Durham, recently indicted by the last grand jury for selling liquor.
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Eufaula Ala
Eufaula Street
Durham
Doughtie
Lonnie Durham
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