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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1914
Page
8
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Washington June 12 Only President Wilson's signature is needed to repeal the Panama canal act exemption on coastwise tolls. The House accepted the Senate amendment 216 to 71, reserving rights under the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The president is expected to sign Monday.
New York police seek Henry Wescott and Joseph Burton amid a $10,000 blackmail plot to blow up a Cunard liner. Detectives staged a real life drama following the issued instructions and intercepted the decoy package on a West Shore train. Burton confessed to authorship of the letters and the verification pit stops included a statue signal at 5 40 pm in the city ball park.
A Georgia party praised road conditions across Forsyth, Barnesville, Griffin, Hampton and Tynesboro while highlighting the worst routes in Muscogee and Chattoochee counties. The trip showcased strong roads in Fulton, Marion, Sumter, Dougherty and others, with lavish entertainment along the way from LaGrange to Atlanta.
The Brokers and Bankers Association met at the University Club to discuss ways to raise Atlanta's business prestige as a reserve city. Speeches addressed Atlanta's relations with banks in England, France, and Germany, with notes on recent travels and the Chattanooga convention.
June 12 Chengzo government will investigate a cantaloupe trust as federal grand jury subpoenas commission merchants to testify on the Western cantaloupe exchange. Investigators note prices rose from 1.78 to 3 per case since 1911 and allege melons were allowed to perish on the vine to curb supply.
George T Northen won the gold medal in Atlanta Law School s prize oratorical contest at Carnegie Library with The Relation of the Government to the Masses His address favored Hamiltonian democracy over Jeffersonian ideas noting mass ignorance on major government issues and urging fewer elections with clearer issues Allen G Loehr took second place The other contestants included M L Kahn and Ernest G Bentley Contest training was by Mrs William Claer Spiker The valedictorian selection was postponed to Saturday faculty meeting and Northen and Walter LeCraw will speak at the commencement Monday at the Atlanta theater
In Figueras Catalonia a prison revolt left the jail governor slain and many convicts killed or wounded. Prisoners, who seized weapons during a Corpus Christi procession, fought detachments of troops and wardens as they attempted escape. The clash followed a long firefight inside the prison.
The Delta Theta Phi law fraternity held its first annual banquet at the Winetoft hotel Friday night. Fifteen members from Atlanta Law School attended, with Wayne senate as the group. Guest of honor was Robert S. Parker of Brown Randolph Parker Scott, deputy southern chancellor of the national fraternity. Parker installed officers for the coming year, with DuPont Hood acting as toastmaster.
Nashville June 12 Attorney General James C McReynolds told the Tennessee Bar Association that supervising publicizing government actions is an arduous duty. He warned that many in the press misrepresent Washington department work to serve personal interests and predicted a serious problem for future statesmen.
Lincoln City Indiana June 12 at the grave of his mother Abraham Lincoln was eulogized by former vice president Charles W Fairbanks and four former governors during the Indiana Republican Editorial association pilgrimage. Speakers praised Lincoln's modesty patience and loyalty noting he never compromised principles for political gain.
Washington June 13 Carelessness by vessel captains will not be tolerated Secretary Redfield told the steamboat Inspection service as he cited the Empress of Ireland disaster off the St Lawrence the Monroe wreck off Virginia and the Iroquois grounding on the Hudson He argued licensing penalties are too light and urged harsher action including suspending licenses for the season if a captain runs at night at unsafe speed with passengers aboard.
Several hundred farmers from Mitchell County gathered at the Metcalfe Live Stock Company farm two miles south of Camilla to view a demonstration of labor saving farm implements. Ridge Rountree of the Incal Farm Demonstration Agent led the event with remarks by J G Oliver and J P Campbell of the State College of Agriculture of Athens. A barbeque luncheon followed.
Paris June 12 A severe cold wave and violent hail storm ravaged French agriculture. Charolles Burgundy registered 21 degrees Fahrenheit as crops in the district were destroyed.
A censored confession notes satisfaction with a flour brand and claims of uniform results. The speaker, a homewife, contrasts whiteness of the product with a poetic line about snow, using period voice and terse phrasing.
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