Roosevelt Attacks Taft and Party Chiefs Over Chicago Delegates
Roosevelt denounces Taft and national committee leaders from Sagamore Hill, saying Taft’s allies usurped the people’s will and alleging wholesale repudiation of Taft by the rank and file. He criticizes regulars and bosses and warns the party could be ruled by discredited leaders.
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Taft
Thirteenth District of
Roosevelt
Chicago
National Committee
Republican Party
Messrs. Penrose
Mulvane, Murphy and Company
Beven
Theater Panic Averted By Lillian Shaw At Forsyth
During a Forsyth theater show a fuse blew out in the balcony lamp causing smoke and a near stampede. Lillian Shaw calmed the crowd by urging them to stay seated and finish the song, earning a five minute ovation for preventing a panic. Ushers and theater staff kept patrons orderly.
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Forsyth
Lillian Shaw
Forsyth Theater
Lilian Shaw
Jake Matthiessen
Miss Shaw
Double Tragedy at Army Aviation Field Near Washington
At Army aviation field near Washington two men, Hazlehurst a Georgian and an officer of the 17th Welch A Wright aviator, perished as an aeroplane failed at about 200 feet. Wings crumbled and craft plunged to ground. Both men mutilated. Cause of accident likely unknowable.
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Hazlehurst
Birdman
Welch
Army Aviation Field
Washington
Prison plot linked to Atlanta penitentiary
Binghamton, N Y June 11 The life of Judge George W Ray who opened the June term of United States district court here today is closely guarded by government officers The special precautions stem from a plot developed in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta Ga and said to be inspired by counterfeiters angered by law enforcement actions
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Binghamton
N. Y
George W. Ray
United States
Federal
Atlanta
Husbands Told to Obey Wives at Married Couples Reunion
Dr A R Holderby urged husbands to obey their wives at a Moore Memorial church reunion of couples he married. About 250 attendees, many families with children, shared laughter and reflections on marriage as a successful venture. The minister recalled long-ago weddings and noted the wives’ praise of matrimony as the evening ended with refreshments.
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A. R. Holfierby
Moore Memorial Church
Holderby
Seeing No Rain Signs Farmer Kills Himself
Shepherdsville Kentucky June 11 A farmer Benjamin Ash killed himself amid drought fears. He told friends last week if dry weather ruined his crops he would starve to death and carry out the threat. His warning was not taken seriously.
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Shepherdsville
Benjamin Ash
Lieutenant Hazlehurst Popular With Atlantans
Tragic death mourned in Atlanta for Lieutenant Hazlehurst of the Seventeenth regiment at Fort McPherson. He showed aviation interest, volunteered early, and after West Point graduation joined Company G in Cuba before returning home. Born in Brunswick, Ga, his family later moved to Memphis area. his father resided in Hindnville, Indiana at the time.
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Atlanta
Hazlehurst
Seventeenth Regiment
Fort McPherson
N. Hazlehurst
Haziehurst
West Point
Seventeenth Infantry
Brunswick
Brugewick
Mempirg
Hivdneville
Ind
Fatal aviation crash claims two men in test flight
In Washington on June 11, Lieutenant Leighton W. Hazlehurst Jr. and Alfred Welch died when a Wright Brothers aircraft collapsed during government test work. An army board will investigate, but the cause may remain unknown as the machine failed suddenly during a high altitude climb. Welch, based in the city, had been testing the machine with the war department. Seven army fliers watched from the hangar line.
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Washington
Leighton W. Hazlehurst
Seventeenth Infantry
Alfred
Welch
Wright Brothers
War Department
Army
Wright
Mother's Suffering May Bar Children From Atlanta Stage
Alderman James B. Everett plans to introduce an ordinance in Atlanta to prohibit any girl under 16 from appearing on stage in motion picture theaters. He cites a case of an 11 year old girl singing and dancing while her mother suffers at home and argues cities with such laws protect girls from being decoyed from their families by deceptive showgirl spectacle.
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Moving Picture Theater
James B. Everett
Aldermanic Board
General Council
Atlanta
Everett
Commerce Court Near Its Death
Washington June. Signature of President Taft needed to abolish the commerce court, created two years ago and ruled to have exceeded powers, as the senate defeats an amendment to maintain it in the legislative budget by 36 to 23. Senate reversal aligns both houses on abolition with Taft possibly vetoing the bill. Democrats lead in opposition with 26 votes, ten Republicans join in. Notable names include Bacon Bryan Chilton Culberson Fletcher Overman Simmons Percy Smith of Georgia Tillman.
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Washington
Taft
Commerce Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Congress
Circlea
Court
Bacon
Bryan
Chilton
Culberson
Fletcher
Overman
Simmons
Percy
Smith
Georgia
Tillman
Police Chiefs Convention Trip Authorized by City Board
The board of police commissioners told Mayor Courtland F Winn he will approve a 2500 appropriation to fund Chief J L Beavers and Secretary W T Morris to attend the National Association of Police Chiefs convention in Toronto Canada The mayor argued the city benefits from such expenditure and increased departmental efficiency The commission pledged to support the police department to raise standards despite any hostile element in city administration This follows a city precedent of using police funds for convention travel amid recent comptroller disputes over a prior warrant for Captain S J Coogle r/Coogler probation officer
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Board of Police Commissioners
Courtland F. Winn
J. L. Beavers
W. T. Morris
Police Department
National Association of Police Chiefs
Toronto
Canada
Winn
Po-Ice Fund
S. J. Coogler
Steam Roller Falls to Stop Taft Roosevelt Contest
In Chicago on June 11 the Republican National Committee awarded 101 delegates to Taft and 1 to Roosevelt as contested seat rulings continued. D. C. Edwards of Kentucky secured Roosevelt’s lone gong while Taft’s side pressed onward with hearings and heavy clashes.
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Steam Roller
Roosevelt
Taft
Col
Harry New
Indiana
Republican National Committee
Col. New
National Committee
Committee
Chicago
D. C. Edwards
Kentucky
Weather summary for Georgia Fair month appears incomplete
A local report notes cloudy conditions and a Georgia fair in the month with Wednesday and Thursday forecasts. It lists temperatures around 53 to a high not specified and rainfall figures missing, with references to normal temperatures and excess rainfall since late month and since January 1.
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