Valorization committee holds four million coffee bags off market
Testimony details a 15,006,000 pound sterling loan for a valorization scheme. Bankers from English, German, French and Belgian banks financed most of the loan via J H Schroeder London, with distribution among Morgan Bank National City First National. Rep Byrnes questions market impact while Steichen cites patriotic motives behind National City Bank and foreign banks aiding U S commerce with South America.
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Cerne
Valorization Committee
Né. Ig
New York Deck Company
Byrnes
Steleken
J. H. Schroeder
London
National City Bank
Morgan Bank
National City
First National
Steichen
Levee Crevasse Cribs Begun Amid Massive Dredging Effort
In New Orleans and surrounding parishes a vast levee breach at the Mississippi River is being halted with a tying of the crevasse ends. Captain Sherrill directs a large force, with government ships, railroads, and local boards supplying workers and materials. Governors urge tax relief and seed funds for flood victims as relief efforts expand nationwide.
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New Orleans
Orleans
Sherrill
United States Army Engineers
Fourth Levee
Boros
Southern Pacific and
Texas and Pacific
LaFourche
W. EB. Knobloh
George Ktorer
George Sequiera
Baton Rouge
Sanders
Louisiana General Assembly
Mississippi
Louisiana
Pressmen of Boston Decline to Strike
Boston May 16 The Boston newspaper Web Pressmen's Union voted there was no occasion for striking amid the Chicago situation. The union reaffirmed a vote to levy one day’s pay per week for the benefit of the Chicago striker as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Web Pressmen’s Union
Chicago
Typist Repairing and Belated Coffee Talk at Hearing
A testimony session discusses typewriter repair firms and American firms, while arguments on valorization and coffee pricing are debated. Mr Sielken rebuts claims of a US coffee trust and asserts the price of coffee was not affected by valorization. Pujo plans guidance for future hearings and limits on witnesses.
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Mr. Sielken
United States
England
Sielcken
Europe
Steicken
Edgar H. Farrar
Untermeyer
Sieicken
Pujo
Fragmentary anti clerical verse on plundered church wealth
A garbled OCR extract attacks Catholic church wealth and monasteries, accusing them of sacrilege and plunder. It claims attempts to recover pillaged property for the poor are thwarted by descendants who denounce theft by those with hands “dripping with the fat of sacrilege.”
Dowling Charges Law Violations at Louisiana Capitol
Baton Rouge May 16 Dr Oscar Dowling president of the state board of health swooped into the Louisiana state house and accused lawmakers of flagrant violations of sanitary and health laws. He ordered the sergeants at arms to arrest inmates unless governing rules were followed by Monday.
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Baton Rouge
Oscar Dowling
State Board of Health
Louisiana State House
General Assembly
Capitol
Jawa
Dawny
Jali
Nurses of Wesley Memorial Hospital Celebrate Graduation
Six nurses were awarded diplomas at Wesley Memorial hospital graduation exercises held at Wesley Memorial church last night. Dr. Stewart Roberts and Dr. George S. Tigner spoke, noting sanitation, education, and living knowledge. Miss Mary Pugh Elliott, Julia Holder, Dorothy Burns, Eula Taylor, Sammie Chapman, and Bessie Davis were named graduates amid floral decor and musical interludes.
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Wesley Memorial Hospital
Wesley Memorial Church
Cal
Roy Dorsey
Weltnet and
Dorsey
Stewart Roberts
Nurge
George
Tigner
Chas. 8
Stanage
Rev
B. Wiggin
Mary Pugh Elliott
Julia Holder
Dorothy Burns
Eula Taylor
Sammie Chapman
Bessie Davis
Roosevelt Wing to Meet in Georgia Convention
The anti Taft faction of the Georgia Republican Party will hold a noon convention in the senate chamber of the state capitol to elect four delegates at large and four alternates to the Chicago national convention on June 18. Delegates will claim regular credentials and lean Rooseveltward, with a potential contest against Taft delegates seated later if roosevelt strength faces the regulars.
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Republican Party
Georgia
Senate
Capitol
Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
Judge Uses Referendum to Fix Barrett Penalty in Georgia
In Clark Superior Court Judge C H Brand used the referendum method to determine Will Barrett's sentence for assault to rob and assault to kill. Barrett, 17, pleaded guilty after a confrontation with horse trader John Arendall. The courtroom leaned toward a penitentiary term, which was unanimously favored after a rising vote. Barrett fled on foot for three days, leapt from a two story building, and was captured following a manhunt aided by the posse.
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Athens
Clark Superior Court
C. H. Brand
Will Barrett
Atheny
House
Z J .Barrett
John Arendall
Arendall
Barrett
Gtp
Lynch and Staff Win by Eight Thousand Majority
News item reports Lynch and his staff winning by a large margin, eight thousand votes, with mention of administration officers and ARC? unclear. Readable OCR fragment shows a political victory with strong numerical support and public office context.
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Lynch
Minnesota Goes For Roosevelt At State GOP Meet
At Minneapolis on May 16, over 800 of about 1,080 delegates at the Minnesota Republican convention endorsed Theodore Roosevelt and progressive principles, instructing the Minnesota delegation to vote for him first, last, and all the time, while La Follette planks were debated and largely rejected.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Roosevelt
Minnesota
Resolutions Committee
la Follette
United States
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert M. la Follette
Clark
Preston
Maryland
Baltimore
Champ Clark
James L. Prastan
John Walter Smith
Worcester
Harmon
Ohio
Lst of
Isidor Rayner
James H. Preston
Wilson
Montana
Tarr Livingston
Mont
Taft
Fate of Allen With the Jury Deliberations in Wytheville
The jury weighing Floyd Allen's fate in the Carroll county court case was locked up at 9 p.m. after six and a half hours of deliberation. They had sought further instruction on possible lesser charges, the judge read the law, and adjournment was set with no verdict by nightfall.
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Wytheville
Floyd Allen
Carroll County
Commonwealth
Wysor
W. T. Willams
Staples
Police quell unrest at African Methodist conference election
Kansas City May 16. After two hours of effort by Bishop J B Flipper of Atlanta police quieted a delegate uproar to permit election of four bishops. Elected were Rev John Hurst Baltimore Rev W D Chappelle Columbia Rev J N Connor Little Rock Rev Joshua N Jones Wilberforce Ohio.
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Kansas City
Ishop J
Flipper
Atlanta
Episcopal Conference
John Hurst
D. Dor
Baltimore
W. D. Chappelle
D. D
Allen University
Columbia, & C
J. N. Connor
Little Rock
Sittle Rock
Ark
Joshua N. Jones
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce
Ohio
Covington Woman Susan Turner Died After Four Week Illness
Mrs Susan M Turner of Covington Ga died at her Floyd Street home after a four week illness of heart trouble. A resident of Covington for about two years she moved from Forsyth. She was mother to Miley Turner cashier of Bank of Newton County and Miss Hiia Turner. Funeral held in Forsyth with Rev Dixon pastor of the Methodist Church officiating. Interment at Forsyth.
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Bank of
Newton County
Misa Hiia Turner
Delegates to Atlanta State Convention Appointed
Georgia counties name delegates for the May 29 state Democratic convention in Atlanta. Delegates from Berrien Thomas Hancock Emanuel Brooks Meriwether Talbot Baker Early Dooley Jeff Davis Fulton Walton and other counties are listed with picks supporting Underwood. Some counties also note alternates and campaign alignments.
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Pela
Atlanta
Berrien
Nashville
A. ©. Sweat
H. L.fovett
Hoitor Sweat
Underwood
The
Nashville Herald
Hancock
Sparta
Hancock County
James A. Harley
Harry Binion
KR. W. Moore
R. H. Lewis
Iverson Lovejoy
R. H. Moore
HE. Culver
R B. Harley
Josepih W. Lewis
J.B. Hitchcock
James M. Harris
J. Q. Cheeley
John L. Culver
Ed L Culver
W. H. Rives
Kate Darden
T. C. Moore
E. A. Reader
Emanuel
Swainsboro
Emanuel County
A. Herrington
Bradley
J. G. Mason
W. W. Curl
E. T. Coleman
N. B. Hutcheson
L. A. Sutton
C. D. Rountree
Jordan
W. T. Larsen
J. Cowan
B. B. Stephens
Meriwether County
Greenville
N. EF. Culpepper
Democratic Committee
FE. B. Terrel
J. D. Gilbert
Geo. AL Wright
HB. Bullock
John Hu. Hudé ‘Eon
Frank
Baker
Newton
J. Kidd
A. S. Johnson
Benton Odom
D. ¥. Walker
Jef Davis
Hazelhurst
Democratic Executive Committee
Jeff Davis County
Jnc
A. Cromartie
S W. Yonnsan
Oscar W. Underwood
James R. Grant
T. M. Linder
Fulton County
Walton
Monroe
Walton County
A. C. Stennes Ain Ee All
BE. C. Arnald
Ernest H Hengier
J. W. Arnold
Orta’ Roberts
R. W Lockhart
W. J. McMonaia
Stanton
H. MH. Herndon
W. E B. Sreshali
Tata
Oscar W.derwood
Georgia
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W. H. Long
Brooks Squats
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L E. Bozeman
Samuel T. Harrell
W. R. Knight
D. T. Clyatt
C. T. Tillman
John E. Mortis, Jr
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C. H. Ramsey
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Marven
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Briggs
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Dixie
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Barney
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Talbotton
Talbot County
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N. G. Culpepper
R. L. McBride
J. A. Battle
T. Stephenson
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T. Ragland
J. BR. Matthews
R. Leonard
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Henry Butler
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Rice
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H. E. Hightower
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O. H. Mosely
H. G. Clark
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