Conferees Reach Clayton Bill Agreement in Congress
Washington September 22 conferees agreed on final Clayton anti trust bill assembling features from Senate and House measures. The act would punish corporate officers for trust law violations and bar interlocking directorates among banks and large corporations while banning exclusive contracts and price discrimination to preserve competition.
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Washigton
Congress
Senate
House
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prohibition Tone in Senate on Corporate Acquisitions
Senate discussions focus on banning acquisitions that create monopolies or lessen competition with exemptions for labor agricultural and fraternal groups. A felony for misusing corporate funds plus fines and imprisonment is stated. Conference report sent by Senator Culberson after senate amendments were pared back and receivers for convicted corporations were not adopted.
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New Haven
Senate
Culberson
Farmer Etheridge acquitted after Perry double homicide
On September 23 near Perry, Mrs Fannie W Berry was killed by tenant J S Etheridge during a noon confrontation. An inquest ruled justifiable homicide in self defense as Etheridge fled with Berry’s pistol failing to fire. Berry, daughter of Major John W Woolfolk, had a prior acquittal in a separate shooting case.
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Perry
Fannie W Berry
J S Etheridge
Etherlage
Schilling
Mre Berry
Mra
Ben T Etheridge
Jones County
Rotary Club of Augusta Organized in September
The Rotary Club of Augusta was organized today with James M Hull Jr president J Rico Smith vice president W W Hackett temporary secretary I Clarence Levy treasurer and Frank E Ells sergeant at arms.
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Augusta
Banks urged to stop hoarding money and aid business
The Treasury and Comptroller warn national and state banks to end excessive reserves hoarding funds and to extend legitimate credits at reasonable rates. They cite high bank reserves in Arkansas, Alabama, and Texas and urge cooperation to restore normal business activity and confidence amid a push for emergency currency for cotton producers.
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Ezil
Orger
Federal Reserve Board
Farmers’ Union
Washington
McAdoo
Comptroller
Arkansas
Alabama
Texas
Central Reserve
Catton
Reserve Board
Birmingham
Ala
Treasury Department
South
Stimson Chosen for Argentine Ambassador Post
Washington reports President Wilson and Secretary Bryan conferred on diplomatic appointments. Frederic Jesup Stimson, Harvard professor, novelist, and lawyer, is named the first ambassador to Argentina. Henry Prather Fletcher may be promoted to ambassador to Chile as relations level posts rise to embassies.
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Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Acreaing
Frederic Jesup Stimson
Harvard University
Argentina
Henry Prather Fletcher
Chile
Negrese Is Murdered in Milledgeville Ga
Special dispatch reports the murder of Davie Clements a respected woman at her home in Milledgeville Ga on September 23. She was found slain with two shots fired through an open window as the second bullet struck her body. The city mourns over the tragedy amid rumors linking it to a prior police court case involving a prohibition law violation by another woman.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Davie Clements
Central of Georgia to discontinue some trains and adjust schedules
The railroad commission allowed the Central of Georgia railway to discontinue trains 4 and 9 between Macon and Atlanta. Train 4 will be replaced by through train 33, and train 9 by train 15. Protests from various towns followed. changes aim to reflect reduced freight activity since the war, with cotton hauled to Savannah plunging from 68,000 bales in 1917 to about 12,000 this year.
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The
Railroad Commission
Central of Georgia Railway
Macon
Atlanta
Central
Columbus and
Americus
Columbus
Millen
Gordon
Covington
Hatonton
Atlanta Board Pushes Funds to End Double Sessions
City council leaders condemn the double session system as barbarous and urge immediate funding to hire teachers and lease classrooms. Alderman Armistead plans a resolution to demand $6,000 in the October sheet, with finance committee set to decide if relief funds will be allocated to ease congestion and protect students and teachers.
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Cornell’a
Finance Committee
Staten
W G Humphrey
Humphrey
Atlanta
C W Smith
Dellas
Fourth Ward
Jesse Armistead
George M Hope
WIM
Board debates funding to end double session school plan
The board faces a pivotal decision as council funds may restore a single classroom system. If money is secured, the abolishment order could be issued immediately and a fresh corps of teachers mustered within ten days to resume single class instruction with minimal disruption. If funds fail, a forced reduction risks mass expulsions or a return to the old practice of overcrowded classes.
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Nnance Committee
Committee of Council
Odlum
Milledgeville Joins Buy-A-Bale Movement
Milledgeville merchants announce they will accept cotton at 10 cents in payment for goods to aid farmers in winter purchases and close current accounts. Cotton flows in rapidly, but few bales reach the market. Georgia railroad reports up to date. About 3,000 bales stored in warehouses.
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Milledgeville
Georgia Railroad
Eight Hundred Jewish Homes Destroyed in Constantinople Fire
September 23 report from Constantinople says eight hundred houses in the Jewish quarter of Haskoul on the Golden Horn were destroyed by a fast spreading fire. About three thousand Jews are homeless and in distress as authorities distribute bread. American Ambassador Morgenthau and the police chief visited the fire area and helped organize relief work.
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Constantinople
London
Haskoul
Zelden Horn
Henry Morgenthau
Lumber Shipments From Mobile To Europe Resume
Mobile Alabama September 23 lumber shipments to Europe resume after wartime cancellation in July as Europe wars begin. Exporters say many steamers will be needed and it will take time to fulfill orders. Two steamers have departed for English ports and several more are under charter.
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Mobile
Ala
Europe
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Soo Coe
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Negrese
Muse
Geo. Muse Clothing Co
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Prphive
Savannah
Golden Horn
Eer
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBois Co
Chamberlin-Johnson-Du Bose Co
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