No Confession Says W B Walker
Macon Ga March 5 Special William B Walker condemned to hang Friday this week for burning his wife to death has requested the county physician announce that reports he is weakening are erroneous and that he will not confess Dr Gibson says Walker vehemently denies guilt and will not confess Mary Calhoun case in Macon with heavy witness list and bans against husband and wife Porch accuses Miss Calhoun of alienating affections Offers Himself for Sale in Macon a white married man advertises willingness to be sold into slavery for his keep from Augusta a master sought McNeil for Senate Bibb county man announces candidacy for state senate from the twenty second district Field Agents to Meet convention of farm demonstrators and field agents for Georgia in Macon two days W E Lavely and J G Oliverd to preside Bibb county farmers expected
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Macon
William B. Walker
Welker
T. D. Madden
Dr. Gibson
Mary Calhoun
Mary V. Porch
Augusta
J. &. Barnett
Green Street
United States
Georgia
W.E. Lavely
Washington
J. G. Oliverd
Bibb County
Governors Brown Move Into Executive Mansion in Atlanta
Governor and Mrs. Joseph M. Brown now reside in the executive mansion at the corner of Peachtree and Main Streets. They moved from Marietta yesterday while repairs continued, including plaster replacement and repainting after a month of improvements.
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Joseph M. Brown
Peachtree
Main Streets
Governor Brown
Marittta
Brown
Marietta
First Free Lecture on the Grand Operas Opens
Beginning Thursday night Dr Percy J Starnes will deliver free lectures at the Auditorium Armory on operas presented this spring by the Metropolitan Opera Company under Music festival auspices. Tomorrow night’s subject is It Trovatore with organ selections.
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Percy J. Starnes
Auditorium Armory
Metro- Politen Opera Company
ManSHOT TO DEATH BY DEMENTED WIFE IN SPENCER
Spencer North Carolina March 6 an unguarded moment Williams a well known employee of Southern Railway at Spencer was shot to death by his wife at Hickory today. She was in a demented condition and irresponsible. Caught at after A Har ployee of the
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Spencer
N. C
W Tlson
Em Southern Railway
Hickory
A. Harployee
Widow sues railway as conspirator in 1907 lynching
In New Orleans the widow of Robert T. Rogers sues the Vicksburg and Pacific Railroad claiming a special chartered train aided a mob that lynched Rogers in Tallulah, Louisiana in 1907. The US Court of Appeals reversed a lower court verdict for the railroad, ruling the conspiracy question must go to a jury.
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Sues
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Shrew and Pacific Railroad Company
Robert T. Rogers
Tallulah
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Rogers
Court of Appeals
Brown
Auit
Annie May Rogers
Railroad Company
Jurors Discharged After Mistrial In Kimmel Case
In St Louis the third hearing of the Kimmel identity mystery and insurance contest ended in a mistrial after jurors, out 73 hours, showed no hope of agreement. Division rose to 9 to 3 for the plaintiff with religious and lodge ties deepening the split. Foreman said no verdict was possible and a juror’s note claiming non unanimity was disputed, leading Judge Amidon to dismiss the jury.
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St. Louis
Amidon
Kimmel
George A. Kimmel
Judge Amidon
McMyler
Howrd W Hu... Parole for Life Prisoners (truncated)
Washington reports a proposed statute allows life term prisoners to seek parole after fifteen years of service once enacted. Rep William Schrey Howard Georgia urges passage, arguing the measure extends hope and aligns with humane justice and the existing parole framework.
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Washington
United States
House
Judiciary Committee
William Schrey Howard
Georgia
Coupled grasshoppers bugs and insurgents debate
In Washington on March 6, Representative Hanna urged an agricultural bill amendment to fund grasshopper damage study. Hughes quipped adding chinch bugs and insurgents. Heflin objected unless including flying jennies and doodle bugs, and the House rejected the proposal.
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Washington
Louis B. Hanna
North Dakota
West
Hughes
New Jersey
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
House
Cry of Jingoism Means Slaughter
Chicago March 6 The utterer of a cry of jingoism relating to China or Mexico faces responsibility for slaughter of unknown number of foreigners in those nations War Secretary Stimson said we monitor the situation closely armies in both countries keep away from residents until they fear invasion then they may strike foreign nationals to protect their homeland
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Chicago
China
Mexico
Stimson
Democrats Clash Over Free Sugar Bill in House
Washington March 6 A spirited clash among Democratic members of the House marked consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill. Rep Garner Texas sought 6000 for sugar plant research in the Rio Grande valley while Rep Martin Colorado offered to fund Colorado. Both amendments and two similar ones were voted down amid party jabs and an apology from Martin.
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Washington
House
Garner
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Martin
Colorado
Mondell
Wyoming
Lever
South Carolina
Priest of Sun Cult Arrested Second Time
Chicago March 5 Dr Otoman Zarh Adusht Hanish high priest of the Mazdaznan Sun Worshipers cult was rearrested on a state warrant after being released on 10000 bonds in federal court He was charged with possessing and circulating obscene literature and appeared before Judge Goodnow posting 1000 bond before returning to his temple for a conference with friends.
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Chicago
Otoman Zarh-Adusht Hanish
Mazdaznan
Express
Wayman
Hanish
Goodnow
Fatal Saw Mill Belt Accident in Enterprise
Fred Ezell a saw mill worker in Enterprise Mississippi was caught in a belt and drawn into a fly wheel. His body was thrown twenty five feet after the wheel tore him apart, every bone broken. Rescue was impossible as the accident happened in an instant. Ezell left a wife and several children.
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Enterprise, Miss
Ffred Ezell
Ezéll
Lace over buttons moving in Southern Shoe Dealers’ stance
During the second day of its third annual convention the Southern Shoe Dealers Association debated lace tied low shoes over button shoes for walking. A resolution urged opposing high heels and challenged Elliott Button Co prices. The group referred the matter to the resolutions committee and discussed advertising methods.
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Ern
Elliott Button Company
Mendoza
W. 8. Buck
Atlanta
J. C. Vaughn
New Orleans
Standing Committee
Congress
W. T. Cox
Birmingham
Piedmont
M. and M. Club
Brown Denies Rumor of Assistant Agriculture Chief
Governor Brown sharply denied a circulating rumor that J Brown of Bowmen Elbert county would be named assistant to the commissioner of agriculture now held by Captain R F Wright He said no such agreement entered into any part of the consideration for appointing Hon J J Connor of Bartow as commissioner to succeed T G Hudson on May 1 1912 Connor must not run in the 1912 primary Brown added no other condition existed and he knows nothing of the rumor’s origin
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J. Brown
Bowmen
Elbert County
R. F. Wright
Department
Brown
J. J. Connor
Bartow
T. G.hudson
Connor
Teo
Free Mail Box Offer From Georgia Savings Bank
The Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company of Atlanta offers a free mail box for your home with a new account. Open an account with one dollar to start. interest paid semiannually in January and July. The bank promotes aiding mail delivery and personal savings.
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Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company
Atlanta
Central Bank & Trust Corporation
Tossed Fifty Feet Boy Lands Unharmed After Train Crash
Conors Barrett a young switchman was thrown sixty feet from a fast flying box car that jumped the track near Armour. He landed on telegraph wires then into mudmire without a scratch or injury. Witnesses watched as the rear car derailed and he rode the movement to safety. He was transported to the city by Patterson’s auto ambulance and resumed his run later that morning.
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Conors Barrett
Barrett
Armour
Patterson
Child Drowns After Decks Slip on Costa Rica Voyage
The 17 month old child of Mr and Mrs A J Brooks of Kansas City Mo was swept from the decks of the steamer Orleanian in the harbor at Port Limon Costa Rica last Friday and drowned. The parents arrived in New Orleans aboard the Orleanian and will travel to Kansas City. The child was being taken ashore when the vessel lurched and the child disappeared. Chief Steward Dixon was injured and the body was not recovered.
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New Orleans
A. J. Brooks
West Thirty-ninth Street
Kansas City
Orleanian
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Dixon
White Slave Law Upheld by Court in Cincinnati Decision
In Cincinnati on March day the United States court of appeals held that interstate commerce acts regulate traffic in human beings as well as chattels. Justice Dennieson declared the conviction of three women for violating the white slave law upheld and the women ordered to serve their sentences. The attorney for the women indicated plans to appeal.
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Cincinnati
United States
Apwala
Dennieson
Tona Vita Promoted as Cure for Nervous Strain
In Atlanta a physician touts Tona Vita as the best remedy for city life debility. He says nerves and vitality suffer from irregular hours and rushed meals, promising immediate relief and a money back guarantee if not effective. Jacobs' Pharmacy lists Tona Vita and Lee's Rhubarb Laxative as available preparations.
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United States
Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Tona Vita
Atlanta
Aoe
Demands of the Miners Refused by Operators
New York, March 6. Forty seven operators unanimously rejected the anthracite miners demands for higher pay union recognition a shorter work day and other changes. They adjourned sine die and appointed a committee to convey the decision to the United Mine Workers with power to act and to present a reply on March 13.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Relief Promised for Grain Dealers in Pure Food Rules
Washington reports Secretary Nagel and Secretary Wilson signaled suspension of pure food orders governing transportation of grain in its natural state. The move, discussed with National Grain Dealers Association, aims to clarify whether natural grain falls under the act. No immediate decision. officials will act with colleagues. Grain raisers and merchants await further guidance. The orders concern sulfurizing oats and corn moisture limits above 19 percent for distilling.
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Washington
Nagel
Wilson
National Grain Dealers’ Association
Father Acquitted Under Unwritten Law in Dallas
Patrolman J K Yates of Fort Worth was found not guilty of murder in Dallas after pleading that his 15 year old daughter had been improperly approached. Yates shot Claude Styere fourteen times after learning of Styers conduct, with the trial opening the previous day.
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Dallas
Texas
J. K. Yates
Fort Worth
Claude Styere
Yates
Styers
Plea for Life for James Jefferson in Clemency Bid
James Jefferson of Columbus seeks executive clemency from Governor Joseph M. Brown after a prison commission hearing. He requests commutation from a March 12 death sentence for murder of Policeman Marion Marchant. About 3,000 citizens signed petitions. new evidence cited. Governor to decide by week’s end after hearing arguments from both sides.
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James Jefferson
Columbus
Marion Marchant
Prison Commission
Joseph M. Brown
Jefferson
Brown
Marchant
Silnedges
Mustogwee
Bank
W. EK. Jones
Greenville
Walter P. Andrews
H. H. Cabaniss
Atlanta
J. lV. Heard
Dooly
HK. J. Wynn
B. Hatcher
L. M. Colson
A. M. Cozart
F. W. Garrard
T. Hicks Fort
Muscogee
Mayor Gaynor Urged to Speak in Atlanta
Mayor Winn of Atlanta writes to New York Mayor William J. Gaynor urging acceptance of an invitation from the Young Men's Democratic League for Gaynor to visit Atlanta and address the group on a date of his choosing. The Atlanta official notes many friends and admirers would enjoy hearing him discuss any subject.
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Winn
Young Men's Democratic League
William J. Gaynor
New York
Atlanta
League
Courtland
Montgomery Plans Big Packing House
Montgomery Alabama March 65 Special A 300000 packing house for Montgomery is nearing reality. The Business Men's League drives the plan, seeking to form a stock company with 300000 capital to establish the plant in Montgomery soon, with support from nearby counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Business Men's League
League
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