Labor Unions Exempt From the Sherman Law
Washington May 7 The Senate voted 41 to 22 to reject an amendment by Senator Gallinger that would strike out a clause exempting labor and farmers organizations from prosecution under the Sherman anti trust act with funds from the sundry civil bill The debate spanned three days with many speeches focusing on exemptions and the law’s future application The outcome sets the stage for possible changes in the act via presidential considerations and further legislative action by Congress
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Washington
Senate
Gallinger
Jones
Lafollette
Norria
Pomerene
Thomau
Republicansan
Wilson
Friends of the
Cummins
Congress
Labor
Farmers’ Organizations
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Martin
Sterling
Souter Dakota
Supreme Court
Sherman
Ilipois
Root
Thomas
United Shirt and Collar Company
Troy
Irish Home Rule Bill Reintroduced in Commons
London May 7 Premier Asquith reintroduced the home rule for Ireland bill in the House of Commons and read a first time under the standing order. It will come up for a second reading on June. Underwood Typewriter office offers high grade stenographers with phone Miss Hitt.
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London
Ireland
House of Commons
Asquith
Underwood Typewriter
Buy Diamonds Before Prices Are Advanced Ad
Importers and cutters warn DeBeers syndicate has raised diamond prices from January by 15.00 to 20.10 per carat, affecting most sizes in four grades. A 10 percent tariff hike on rough and polished diamonds may follow if the bill passes, likely boosting prices further within months. Our remaining stock sells at old prices. cash or monthly plans offered with sorted diamonds shipped directly from Atlanta.
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DeBeers Syndicate
Congress
Atlanta
Curses Linked to Baden Line After Frederick Attack
Extra precautions will follow the attempt to assassinate Frederick the Grand Duke of Baden at Mannheim station. The tale ties to Stephanie, wife of Grand Duke Charles, a niece of Empress Josephine, and her son Kalpar House, heir to the throne, who was reportedly kidnapped and linked to Mlle. Ceyar. Stephanie, dead sixty years, cursed the succession line as the attack nears fulfillment.
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Frederick 11
Grand Duke of
Baden
Mannheim
Stephanie
Charles of
Josephine
Charles
Napoleon
Kalypar House
Tea
Mlle
Ceyar
Frederick
Cheaper to Shoot Than to Lie About Being Shot
Savannah May 7 Special news reports Henry Battise received four years in the penitentiary for perjury after claiming he was not shot by Andrew Young in a Thunderbolt fistfight. Young was convicted and sentenced to one year. Battise had fled to St Katherines Island to testify but was brought back to Savannah to face the charges.
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Savannah
Chatham County
Walter G. Chariton
Henry Battise
Battiss
Andrew Young
Thunderbolt
St. Katherines Island
Iran
Young
Battlye
Council of Bankers Concludes Sessions in New York
The American Bankers Association executive council wrapped up a three day session at Briar Cliff Manor on May 7 1913 A redrafted constitution will be shown at its Boston fall meeting and Atlanta will host the 1914 gathering while San Francisco was invited for 1915 but declined A set of blank forms for clearing house use was adopted Morris Goldwater of Prescott Arizona was elected to the council giving that region its first representation.
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New York
American Ebankers' Association
Briar Cum Manor
Boston
Atlanta
San Francisco
Morris Goldwater
Prescott Ariz
Power of President in Regard to Cuba Resurrected
Washington May 7 Senator Bacon chairman of the foreign relations committee reintroduced a bill defining presidential authority for intervention in Cuba It provides that any future intervention shall support Cuban authorities rather than displace them Bacon said he does not intend to spark views of current need but acknowledges conditions could arise.
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Cuba
Washington
Bacon
Foreign Relations Committee
Anld
Diplomas Awarded to 88 Young Physicians at Atlanta College
The fifty-eighth annual commencement of the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons was held last night at the Atlanta theater. Eighty-eight young doctors received diplomas, marking one of the largest graduating classes with representation from nearly every state. Class officers included M T Brock president, K Sharp vice president, J C Patterson Jr secretary, O T Vickers treasurer, K Wood historian, and T J Armstrong orator.
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Atlana College of Physicians and Surgeons
Atlanta
Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons
Tallowe
M T. Brock
F K. Sharp
J.C. Patterson
O. T. Vickers
K. Wood
T. 3. Armstroux
Thompson Leads Poultrymen in National Vote
Danville, ML May 7 E B Thompson of Amunia N was elected president of the American Poultry Association and Atlantic City N J was chosen as the next meeting place L McCord of thiefty election commissioner announced after canvassing the mail vote.
Confed Crosses Presented to Georgia Veterans
Two hundred bronze Confederate crosses have been given to veterans since last June in Georgia by the Daughters of the Confederacy through Mrs. Williams MrCurdy. The UDC once considered stopping the program last year but persistent opposition led by Mrs. McCarthy prevented discontinuation.
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Daughters of the Confederacy
Georgia
Willams MrCurdy
U. D.C
McCarthy
Mobile stockholders authorize purchase of St Louis and Cairo line
At a May 7 meeting in Mobile Alabama stockholders of the Mobile and big railroad company authorize buying the St Louis and Cairo railroad running 152 miles from East St Louis to Cairo. They approve issuing 3 million in gold bonds and placing a mortgage on the purchased property to secure the bonds. The line has been operated under lease.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile and Big Railroad Company
St. Louis
Cairo
East St. Louis
Moble and
Ohio
St Louis
Cairs
Third Federal Judge Sought for Georgia
Savannah lawyers campaign for an additional federal court judge in Georgia. Georgia delegation conference yielded no agreement, with supporters asked to provide more evidence. North Georgia counties oppose district split while Atlanta Athens and Augusta likely join the northern district, with a new south Georgia district and a middle district between Columbus Macon and Savannah.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Georgia
Savannah
North
Atlanta
Athens
Augusta
Columbus
Macon
Savannan
Anow
South Georgia
Civil Service Chief Sets Busy Exam Schedule in June
Secretary Jennings of the fifth district civil service commission will oversee thirteen examinations from June 2 to June 6 to fill vacancies across government services. Posts include positions at the Bureau of Standards in Washington and the Navy Hydrographic Office, with salaries from 480 to 2,700 dollars and a gap day on Tuesday. Moving through various roles, workers are sought in engineering, machine operation, ceramic technology, animal pathology, agriculture, maintenance, dental intern, and nautical expertise. The schedule features wage ranges and duty locations across federal agencies.
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Jennings
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C
Washington
Department of Commerce
Ceramica
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
United States Penitentiary
Atlanta
Government
Imsana
Washingto
Physical
Hydrographic Office
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Bureau Standards
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Adair Confident Atlanta Wins Shrine Convention 1924
Forrest Adair rejects a cross-country bet with O K Houck over the 1924 Shriner convention. Adair says Atlanta will host, noting he would rather walk in the big parade than back a bet that Memphis hosts. Shriner enthusiasm supports Atlanta's bid, with no wager accepted.
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Forrest Adair
Atlanta
O. K. Houck
Mr. Houck
Memphis
Adair
Shriners
Houck
Toca
Mississippi
Principal Fired Over Eating With a Negro Servant
Texarkana Ark May 7 A White school principal J A Stephenson of Central High was discharged after dining with a negro servant within his own name. The board filed formal charges and warned him to appear with extenuation but he did not. He left for Texarkana then to his home in Hickory Missouri. Theodore Roosevelt reference noted as influence.
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Texarkena
Ark
J. A. Stephenson
Central High School
Texas
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Stephenson
Hickory
Girl Would Preach to Presbyterians in Chicago
May 7 Chicago reports Chemung Presbytery of Elmira takes under care Miss Rachel Brooke a candidate for ministry as unique in tomorrow's Continent issue. The church's general assembly previously voted against ordination of Ware. Brooks graduated from Elmira College and seeks to preach in rural areas lacking funds.
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Chicago
Chemung Presbytery
Elmira
Rachel
Brooke
General Assembly of the Church
Ware
Miss Brooks
Collexe
La France Engine Bid Accepted by City Firemasters
The American La France bid of 9000 dollars for a tenth Ward fire apparatus with five year maintenance was accepted by the firemasters replacing the Ahrens Fox bid of 9500 dollars. Mayor Woodward opposed the vote, criticizing agent P. O. Hebert's handling while acknowledging the La France engine’s immediate delivery and depot storage. Other bids ranged from 7350 to 9000 dollars for various six or four cylinder engines with cash rebates.
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la France
Tenth Ward
A. H. van Dyke
Ahrens- Fox Company
Ia France
Warren
Sisson and
Boynton
Wiliam B. Cummings
Meyer Woodward
Ahrens-Fox
American la France
Ragsdale
van Dyke
Jeunelimen Lynch
Humphrey
American
le France
Nott Company
Robinson Company
Bb Company
Ua France
Board of Fremasters
Woodward
Fire Department
Atlanta
Mrs. Littles Funeral to Be Held at 3 O'clock
Funeral services for Mrs. Roger F. Little 33 of 175 North Avenue will be at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 3 this afternoon with interment at West View Cemetery. Born Sallie R. Huddleston in Atlanta she sang in Grace Church choir. Survived by husband a fireman at House No 11 an eight-year-old baby her father W C Huddleston and six siblings including Press Alea Hub Huddleston Mrs B Lee Smith Mrs E Everett and Mrs Charles Holt of North Carolina.
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Roger F. Little
North Avenue
Westminster Presbyterian Church
West View Cemetery
House No. 11
W. C. Huddleston
Press Alea
Hub Huddleston
B. Lee Smith
E. ©. Everett
Charles Holt
North Carolina
Paulina Armstrong Freed by Hunger Strike in Chicago
Chicago May 7. Paulina Armstrong won her freedom from the house of correction by adopting suffragette methods and going on a hunger strike. She refused to eat for ten days, and Municipal Judge Hawkins issued a pardon after Jaller Whitman reported the case.
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Chicago
Paulina Armstrong
House of Correction
Jaller Whitanan
Hawkins
Hopkins
Elevator runner sentenced for abduction in New York
Samuel Harris was sentenced to 2 to 10 years in Sing Sing for abducting 17 year old Ethel Angél of Louisville. He had bought her for 15 dollars from Morris Gutman who brought her from Louisville. Gutman is jailed. Harris pleaded guilty and the girl testified he beat her when she refused to continue a life of shame.
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New York
Samuel Harris
Sing Sing
Ethel Angél
Louisville
Morris Gutman
Gutman
Jarce
Harris
Two men dead in Vienna pistol battles. sheriff wounded
In Vienna Georgia near Pilkingtons Gratillery two neighbors Oscar Blow and P P Sangester fought over a feud. Blow killed Sangster then shot Sheriff Bennett who died. Blow rushed home and was shot by the sheriff. Sheriff Bennett was wounded and alive. Dooly superior court recessed for the day. Washington dispatch notes McReynolds refused to send senate correspondence on the Brazilian coffee valorization scheme.
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Vienna
Oscar Blow
P. P. Sangester
Peir
Bennett
Blow
Pilkington's Gratillery
Sangster
Ehérliz
Dooly Superior Court
Seasion
Walter George
Washington
McReynolds
Senate
State Department
Department of Justice
Water Famine Threat for San Francisco in 1913 Exposition Year
W B Bourn, president of the city water supplier, warns that if conditions persist San Francisco will face a water famine in 1913. Current supply about 40 million gallons daily will not meet needs in 1915, and rates kept steady will prevent expanding the system to match rising demand.
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Frisco
San Francisco
W. B. Bourn
Telephoning in the Coulds on Mt Rosa Pennine Alps
A telephonic exchange sits three miles above sea level atop Mt Rosa in the meteorological observatory. Claimed to be the highest station in the world, the elevated lines ride on dry snow for insulation. To avoid glacier movement, wires rest in rings on short seasonal poles removed each summer.
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Sta-Piie
Meteorological Observatory
Mt. Rosa
Pennine Alps
A Mother's Criticism at Presidential Return
Paria Gorrespondent reports as new president of the republic arrives at his Rue Commandant Martin home after the election. His mother kisses him before officials and then taps his desk, saying she hopes he has not undertaken too difficult a job and that he was never as clever as he imagined.
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Paria
Auction sale of bungalows and lots in Oakland City
An auction sale of bungalows and lots in Oakland City is scheduled for May 24 with easy terms and no interest. Prospective buyers are invited to see W. E. Treadwell & Co at 248 Broad Street for details.
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Oakland City
W. E. Treadwell & Co
Broad St
Akron riot pardoned inmate linked to 1908 killings
Columbus, May 7. The Negro once blamed for the 1908 Akron riot that killed two and burned city hall, and who was serving a life term for an alleged assault on a 6 year old white girl, was pardoned today by Governor Gor Norenson. He had been brought to Cleveland, returned to Akron, arraigned, pled guilty, and sent back toward the penitentiary all within minutes.
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Columbus
Chi
Louis Ht
Akron
Gor Norenson
Peck
Cleveland
Stuyvesant High Students End Strike After Protests
New York May 7 Fifteen hundred pupils at Stuyvesant High won recognition of their grievances and promise of consideration after a days protest. They wrecked the basement dining room following complaints about ventilation and the quality of the fare.
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New York
Stuyvesant High School
Poslam Skin Cure Advert Claims Amazing Results
A promotional piece extols Poslam for curing skin diseases including eczema acne and tetter with immediate soothing effects. It touts Poslam Soap as gentle for babies and promises free samples from Emergency Laboratories, 22 West 26th Street New York City.
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Ustreet
New York City
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