Southern farmer relief stalls in Congress amid banking row
Washington dispatch reports delayed relief measures for cotton farmers as congress stalls on currency amendments. Secretary McAdoo opposes admitting state banks to the Federal Reserve while the Senate debates Overman and Starth amendments. News notes House members study bills but Carter Glass blocks action, with emergency currency limited by tax and eligibility rules. Continued on last page.
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McAdoo
Federal Reserve System
John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
South
Congress
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
House
Georgia
Carter Glass
Virginia
Banking and Currency Committee
Treasury Department
Aldrich- Vreeland
Federal Reserve Act
National Currency Association
Senate
Overman
North Carolina
Enater Hoke Smith
Owen
Oklahoma
Shafroth
Colorado
Atlanta Real Estate Board backs test of government cotton receipts
The Atlanta Real Estate board approved a plan to test the federal government plan issuing emergency currency on bonded cotton warehouse receipts. M L Thrower offered multiple Atlanta warehouses near Ponce de Leon Ave and Pryor/Mitchell streets to store cotton for the test, with rental solvency to be determined. A committee was appointed to assess Thrower’s proposals and inventory other available properties, reporting at the next Winecoff-timed meeting. The board also endorsed a cotton buy movement to ease distress and instructed White to form a selling committee from the full board.
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Atlanta Real Estate Board
Winecoff Hotel
M L Thrower
Atlanta
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Pryor and
Mitchell Streets
Winecoft
White
Joel T Daves
Atlanta Renal Estate Board
Dr Daves
Fitzhugh Knox
Charles P Glover
John D Babbage, Jr
Harris G White
JH Ewing
T B. Gray
van B Smith R. Weldon Evans
Charles L. Greene
JH. Bryant
H D Brooke
G Ward Wight
A J ‘Coline
A Wight
Manning Sweeps South Carolina in Democratic Primary
The South Carolina Democratic primary produced Manning for governor Beth Ben for lieutenant governor and Shealy for railroad commissioner with about 25 000 vote margins. Aiken won renomination to the U S House over Dominick by a sizable majority, with totals near fifty to sixty thousand across districts. The election drew 105 000 to 119 000 votes, surpassing the first primary, as Manning and others campaign against Governor Cole Blease. Manning will take office next January succeeding Blease.
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Columbia
S. C
Richard I Manning
Sumter
A. J Bethen
Prank W Shealy
Lexington
South Carolina
Wyatt Aiken
House of Representatives
Fhh
Dominick
John @ Richards
Bethea
Frank Kelly
Shealy
D Fortner
Congress
Aiken
Cole & Blease
United States Senate
E B D Smith
Representative Aiken
F H Dominick
Blease
Manning
Jenuiary
State House of Representatives
State Senate
German Patrol Seizes Rheims City in 1914 Action
Berlin reports Rheims fell August 5 with a six officer seven man patrol occupying the town. Captain Von Humbrachs led the group to the town hall, took formal possession, harbored the mayor as a hostage for civilian conduct, and awaited the German brigade’s arrival.
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Washington
Rheims
Sayng
Berlin
Mir Scheuermann
Deutsche Tages Zettung
von Humbrachs
Suffragettes Rally In London For War Effort
Miss Christobel Pankhurst urged militant suffragettes to support the government and war relief after her dramatic return to praise allied victory. She warned that defeat for England would be a calamity for democracy and urged united action as all suffrage groups recruit for the fight. Bound by the war cause, funds from the lecture benefited relief work.
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London
Christobel Pankhurst
Germany
Miss Pankhurst
England
Belgium
Milas Pankhorst
Tireless Workers Persistency in Salesmanship and Ads
Persistent use of Constitution Want Ads helps sellers reach possible purchasers unreachable by other means. Self interest makes the ad important to readers, yielding gratifying results. Telephones provided: Main 5000 and Atlanta 5001.
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Constitution
Higher Income Tax for War Revenue
Washington reports tentative Democratic plans to raise $100 million by an emergency revenue bill. Proposed changes include a 1 percent income tax on single earners over 2000 and married earners over 8000, plus a half percent surcharge for higher incomes, with exemptions cut to 2000 and 8000. Additional levies aim at beer, malt liquor, wine, and rectified spirits, with a 2 percent railroad freight tax and no tax on tobacco, autos, gasoline, or magazines.
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Washington
Ways and Mends Committee
Underwood
First Prussians Enter Paris Misled by Peasant
Prussian prisoners, the first seen in Paris in the present war, arrived at St Lazare station after being separated from their regiment. They questioned a Meaux-area peasant who claimed Paris had fallen and guided them toward the wrong route, unknowingly toward British lines.
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Paris
St. Lazare Station
Meaux
Allies Press Forward Along Far-Flung Line In France
Paris battle along the Ourcq and Marine rivers grows intense as Allied forces push east of Paris. German resistance remains stiff with heavy casualties reported. armistice requests denied as fighting continues with British and other Allied troops conducting offensives in undulating terrain.
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Paris
France
War Office
Ourcq
Battle to Have Vital Effect on War Fronts Near Paris
London reports British and French gains north and east of Paris while Russian forces push to envelop Austrian troops in Galicia. Joffre’s reconsidered ground choices near Chalons aid French defense as Kluck’s German lines retreat toward the Marne. Reports mention possible reinforcements and uncertain troop additions, with Alsace quiet after German withdrawals.
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London
Paris
Galicia
Auffenberg
France
French War Office
Fere-Champenoise
Vitry-Le- Francois
Joffre
Chalons
Vitry-Le-Francois
Kluck
Marne
Meaux
Sezanne
England
Lorraine
War Office
Nancy
Chateau-Salins
Alsace
Austria
Ruzsky
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Carpathians
Real Estate Board
Dinant
Ostend
Boriress
Pingnt
Shealy and
House Committee
Dupes
Hrphive
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