Final Shots Fired in Long Struggle to Revise Tariff
Washington September 6 The Democratic tariff revision bill was reported to the Senate from the committee of the whole and faced final votes. Democrats expected passage with support from several Republicans as amendments to wool cotton metal schedules and income tax remained to be debated. The bill would extend the cotton futures tax to September 1, 1914, with other adjustments and an anticipated conference review.
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Canada
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Lodge
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United States
Simmons
Lexistor
Penrose
Rouse
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Clark
Negro fires on autoists in street chase ends with suspect taken
A man armed with a revolver attempted highway robbery of Allen near 18 Garnett street. Allen sped off after shots damaged a rear wheel. Police pursued through yards and boxcars. A suspect named Joe Hunter was later held on suspicion, with no weapon found.
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Arlen
East Hunter Street
Allen
Chaonel Negro
Gamfe
Terminal Station
J J Roberts
Roberts
Carter
Pope
Carter and
Papa
Joe Hunter
Macon
Women Warn States on Suffrage Move to Federal Amendment
New Orleans September 6 The nation sees a push from women suffrage officers in Virginia to Texas urging a November conference in New Orleans to press for a federal constitutional amendment. The letters warn that without state action public opinion will force national action, and the signees number twenty from many states.
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Virginia
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U S Sailor Stabbed by Panama Desperado
Panama September 6 A U S sailor on the cruiser Denver arrived from Cortite for coal was stabbed early today by Enrique Almanger a notorious Panama character. The assailant fled as Rahlin was rushed to hospital in a serious condition. Police report Almanger attempted to push Rahlin before drawing a knife and striking the sailor.
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Arthur Raaim
United States
Denver
Cortite
Enrique Almanger
Almanger
Rahlin
Caldwell Promoted by Southern Railway
Southern Railway promotes G K Caldwell to assistant general passenger agent based in Atlanta. New freight agency established with headquarters in Washington. Several other minor changes take effect September 1.
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G K Caldwell
Atlanta
Pastor Dies in Rescue of Neighbor from Gas Blind Well
The Rev W A Hall, a Baptist minister, died during a rescue attempt at Worley plantation near Calhoun. Worley fell unconscious from a 460 foot well after gas inhalation. Hall helped lower him but was overcome, with a negro digger finally retrieving Worley’s body. Hall leaves a wife and child and is brother to local editors.
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R.L. Worley
Worley
Calhoun
Rey Hall
Vr Hall
Lumas Little
Fall
J A Hall of
Decatur
DeKalb Now Era
Gus Hall
Showers Expected in Atlanta as Warm Weekend Continues
The forecast for Atlanta calls for showers today after a mostly cloudy spell. Temperatures rose to around 80 degrees on Saturday and are expected to stay warm with little change, though a light sprinkle may occur today.
Cardinal undergoes operation for appendicitis in Rome
Cardinal Onder Kauie Rome Septemverosu operation for appendicitis has been performed. Cardinal Joseph C Vives y Tuto prefect of the congregation for relations affairs reports the attending physicians import the patients condition as satisfactory.
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Rome
Joseph C Vives Y Tuto
Congregation For Relatious Affairs
Constitution publishes Georgia auto road map offer
Auto owners are invited to pick up a detailed Georgia road map after 1 pm Monday at The Constitution. Frank A Beatty, president of the Savannah Auto Association, and A W Solomon, secretary, present a map covering public roads south of Atlanta to Savannah and north of Albany, Darien and Augusta. The paper promises the map as the most complete Georgia auto map and provides it free to callers who arrive after 1 pm Monday.
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Georga
Frank A Beatty
Savannah Auto Association
W Solomon
Atlanta
Athens
Augusta
Albany
Darien
Savannah
Georgia
A Kiss in Public Sparks Fearful Citizen’s Warning
A wartime era poem exhorts vigilance after a killer roams city streets. It contrasts gruesome violence with public affection, accusing a cowardly citizen of harming reputations by naming a kiss at Union Station. The piece frames moral panic and civic duty, urging restraint and courage.
Barber and Customer Killed by Lightning in Bridgeboro
A barber Chesley Wills son of G T Willis and customer John Barksdale were instantly killed when a lightning bolt struck the barber shop in Bridgeboro near Sylvester around 4 PM. The two men were in the chair and receiving a shave when the fatal strike occurred.
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Sylvester
Chesley Wills
G@ T Willis
John Barksdale
Fourth Trial of Dr Hyde Set with Possible Delay
Kansas City reports the fourth trial of Dr B C Hyde for poisoning Colonel Thomas Swope. The trial is set for next Monday but prosecutor Floyd Jacobs says he will seek a postponement to January 3.
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Kansas City
B C Hyde
Thomas Swope
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President Wilson narrowly saved from trolley collision
President Wilson and Dr Cary Grayson narrowly escaped a street car near the White House as a policeman intervened, halting the trolley within ten feet. The incident occurred during a walk with guards close by, with Secret Service rushing to avert harm. Also reported Providence and death of John Henry Stiness, 93, former Rhode Island chief justice and Episcopal canon law authority.
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Wilson
Cary Grayson
White House
Grayson
Secret Service
Providence
John Henry Stiness
Supreme Court of
Rhode Island
Episcopal Church
Border incident leaves Huerta officer fatally hurt and Britt assaulted
An Huerta officer is fatally wounded crossing the border after gunfire aimed at Americans. In Atlanta, farmer L H Britt was attacked near Grant street by three Black assailants who overpowered him, robbed him, and shot him in the left shoulder as he pursued them. Dickerson reported the incident and police hunted the trio into the night, with a late effort to take suspects into custody.
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Britt
Atlanta
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Wind
Dickerson
Bott
Rolce
Great Damage on Ocracoke Island Reaches Newsdesk
Authentic reports from Ocracoke Island recall a gas boat beating in with word of a wrecked tramp schooner Glenadine ashore near inket. The crew of 25 saved. ten passengers and five crew rescued by Portsmouth life saving station. Property damage is extensive including a total loss of the Methodist church. Sterling brings provisions for twenty five families. A body identified as Rateliff found near Abele Bay. Theresa lies off Rose Bay having dragged anchors inland onto the island.
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Rose Bay
Hyde
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Rateliff
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Theresa
White House wedding fixed for November 25
Miss Jessie Wilson the President’s second daughter will marry Francis B Sayre of New York at the White House in Washington on Tuesday November 25. Mrs Woodrow Wilson announced the plan from the president’s summer home. It will be the thirteenth White House wedding and an afternoon affair.
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Jessie Wilson
Wilson
Francis B Sayre
New York
White House
Wash Inston
Woodrow Wilson
Smoke costs Pittsburg ten million yearly
Pittsburg residents face annual smoke costs totaling 10 million dollars as per a Mellon Institute bulletin. The report estimates actual damage at 9.14 million dollars, about 20 dollars per person each year, arguing black smoke is not an economic asset for the city.
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Pittsburg
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University of
Mexican Officer Acosta Fatally Fires on U S Officials at El Paso Bridge
Lieut Acosta crossed the Stanton Street Bridge into El Paso and opened fire on U S Customs Inspector Jonah and Immigration Inspector Heffron, who returned fire in self defense. Troops were stationed to restrain angry Mexican crowds, with Salazar’s federal forces threatening Americans in Juarez. Heffron and Jonah were uninjured. Acosta was killed at close range, triggering heightened U S patrols and possible movement to El Paso.
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Rio Grande Bridge
el Paso
United States
Paso
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Juarez
Stanton Street International Bridge
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Heffron
Acosta
Jonah
Thirteenth Cavalry
Aman Gand
Hush EL. Seok
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Oregon
Qieson
Weather Prophecy Local Thunder Showers Forecast
Local weather note reports thunder showers today and tomorrow in Georgia. Temperatures range from a low to around 84 high with a mean near normal. rainfall in the last 24 hours is about 0.3 inches. Deficiencies calculated since the start of the month and year show small shortfalls in precipitation.
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