Regional Banks Debate Opens with Atlanta Focus
The hearing of the Reserve Bank Organization Committee closed at 4 15 pm Saturday after Senator Hoke Smith urged two reserve banks in the Cotton Belt with Atlanta as the gateway. He argued for separate districts and banks for the South and Southeast, and Atlanta as the logical center. The committee departs for Cincinnati the next day to hear Birmingham.
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Reserve Bank Organization Committee
Hoke Smith
Cotton Belt
Atlanta
Senator Smith
Senate
You & Milemen
Smith
McAdoo
Charleston
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Columbia
Savannah
National Committee
Birmingham
B. F. Taylor
Richmond
Morse's Departure For Europe Stirred Wall Street
New York February 14 Charles W Morse the former banker sailed yesterday on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria for Germany He plans to be away a month for baths His departure sparks speculation in the financial district amid calls for Congress to probe his Bank of North America conviction A stockholders advisory meeting for the bank is set for Tuesday The Morse sister suit against New York New Haven and Hartford is viewed as aiding his vindication efforts and adding to Wall Streets surprise over his voyage.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Germany
Harry Morse
Morse
Financial
Congress
Bank of North America
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Wall Street
Police hunt alleged assailant of gal victim in Atlanta
Police pursued three suspects, a 25 year old laborer Nathanial Reden of Plant Street and two men named Tom Weeks of Hilliard Street and Romey Stamper of Granger Street. A $50 reward was offered by Webb and Vary for the perpetrator. The unnamed victim identified none of the men beyond saying she could recognize the attacker if captured.
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Atlanta
East Fair Street
Nathanial Reden
No. 15
Plant Street
Barfield
Webb
Harper
Tom Weeks
Hilliard Street
Romey Stamper
Granger Street
Stamper
Webb & Vary
George Nealy
Reden
Notable Georgians mourn death of Senator A. O. Bacon
Georgia leaders and the nation paid tribute to A O Bacon senior Senator from Georgia whose death in Washington shocked many who believed him recovering. Senator Hoke Smith said Bacon was a great constitutional lawyer and master of parliamentary law, a loss to the country and the state.
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Washington
A. O. Bacon
Lfe
Georgia
Smith
Hoke Smith
Atlanta
Bacon
Lea to Keep Up Fight For L N Records
Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee said he would quickly reintroduce a resolution to appoint a five member Senate committee to probe the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Senators Sutherland Root Works and Brandegee said a suit tests whether the Interstate Commerce Commission may access private papers of railroad officials.
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Washington
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Sutherland, Root, Works
Brandegee
Senate
New Balloon Record Set by German Team
Berlin reports a new long distance balloon record of 1,770 miles by Dr. Koern and two companions. They started from Bittenfield and landed near Permea in Russia, surpassing the 1,503 mile mark set last year by E Rumpelmayer.
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Atlanta
Berlin
Dr. Koern
Bittenfield
Permea
Russia
E. Rumpelmayer
Anti-Home Rule Fight Crippled by Death Leader Dies
Belfast Feb 14 The Right Hon Thomas Sinclair a longtime leader of Ulster anti home rule who presided over the Unionist Association for years died today at 76 The loss is expected to cripple the fight in Parliament against the home rule bill
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Belfast
Ireland
Thomas Sinclair
Ulster
Sinclair
Unionist Association
Jack Binns to wed Miss Alice McNiff in June
New York February 14 Jack R Binns the wireless operator famed for remaining at his post as the steamship Republic sank after a collision with the Florida off Nantucket January 23 1909 is planned to marry Miss Alice A Mc Niff of Flatbush in June.
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New York
Jack R. Binns
Republic
Florida
Nantucket
Alice A. McNiff
Flatbush
Bertillon Finger Print Expert Bertillon Dead
Paris reports the death of Alphonse Bertillon inventor of the Bertillon fingerprint system used to trace criminals. The obituary notes his pioneering work in forensic identification and marks a milestone in criminology.
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Bertillon
Atlanta
Paris
Alphonse Bertillon
New York Assembly Pushes Free Glasses for Pupils
Albany Feb 14 A bill by Assemblyman Sufrin seeks free eyeglasses for New York public school children upon certificates of necessity by school authorities. The measure would supply glasses through state funds to needy students.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Assemblyman
Sufrin
Wilson to Lead Maine Memorial Exercise
President Wilson and top military officials will honor the Maine’s sinking at Arlington National Cemetery on the sixteenth anniversary. Secretaries Daniels and Garrison have detailed sailors and troops from nearby stations to attend the ceremonies tomorrow in Havana Harbor’s victim ship headlined event.
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Washington
Maine
Wilson
Army
Navy
Arlington National Cemetery
Havana Harbor
Daniels
Garrison
Man Beaten and Put In Engine Tool Box
Springfield Missouri February 14 news describes several men who confronted Jerry Malone at a boarding house amid rumors of misconduct. They beat him and locked him in a tool box on an engine. Authorities opened tool boxes on Frisco locomotives from Springfield to Newburg to locate him, fearing a 24 hour confinement may have killed him.
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Springfield
Here
Newburg
Jerry Malone
Malone
Gale Whips Coast Cripples Seaboard in Eastern Blizzard
A severe blizzard paralyzed railroad and shipping across the eastern United States and northern Atlantic coast. A coastal gale drove ships to shelter, with trains delayed by heavy drifts from Pennsylvania to Maine. Ten trans Atlantic liners carrying about 5250 passengers faced disrupted schedules as warnings were downgraded.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Delaware
Maryland
Vermont
Massachusetts
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Maine
Cape Hatteras
Nantucket
Bankers Back Atlanta as Reserve Bank Site Says Humphrey
Councilman W. G. Humphrey reports New York bankers and business leaders favor Atlanta for a reserve bank. He says optimism is widespread about Atlanta’s future and regional business growth. He did not discuss the city’s finance sheet, while the Finance Committee and Mayor Woodward back the budget ahead of Monday council session.
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W. G. Humphrey
New York
Atlanta
Humphrey
South
East
Woodward
Checks Good Claims Ex Judge Under Bond
Carl J. Welborn of Kirkwood a former prominent lawyer and City Court judge is held on bond default after his Recorder trial for passing forged checks one drawn on a Knoxville bank the other on Blairsville Georgia He argued the checks were good and asked for a delay until P I Wright who signed one check could prove it in Atlanta He said the money was for his wife who was critically ill with pellagra The case was continued until Tuesday.
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Carl J. Welborn
Kirkwood
Welborn
Knoxville
Blairsville
P. I. Wright
Atlanta
New Haven Probed by Interstate Board Inquiry
Washington February 14 The Interstate Commerce Commission directs an inquiry into the financial transactions of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and its subsidiary lines and orders reopening of the New England investigation into the railroad rates classifications regulations and practices.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
New England
Cubs Leader Defies League Over Three Players
Chicago Cubs president Charles W. Murphy ignored National League directives and ordered Hub Perdue and Bill Sweeney to report to Tampa for spring training. He warned that anyone stopping him would force Supreme Court action. The league had barred payments or player exchanges with Boston for Johnny Evers.
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Chicago
Charles W. Murphy
Chicago Cubs
Tener
National League
Hub Perdue
Bill Sweeney
Boston Braves
Tamipa
Fla
Cubs
Murphy
Boston
Johnny Evers
Supreme Court of the United States
Hunger Strikers Free After Illness From Fast
London reports two militant suffragettes from the Women's Social and Political Union released due to illness from hunger strikes tied to Parliament opening. Prisoners Warren and Pearson, although too weak to speak, whispered threats of further violence as they left the jail.
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London
Beause
Women's Social and Political Union
Warren
Pearson
Want Ad Gallery Guides Room and House Rentals
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Death of Georgia Senator Bacon Shocks Senate
Senator Augustus Bacon of Georgia, oldest in the Senate and chair of Foreign Relations, died after a three week illness from kidney inflammation. He was conscious to the end, with burial plans pending a public funeral in the Senate chamber. The death prompts tributes from Vice President Marshall and Majority Leader Underwood, with Bacon noted as the first directly elected Senator to die and a staunch partisan of precedent.
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Augustus ©. Bacon
Georgia
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
United States Senate
Senator Bacon
Senate
W. B. Sparks
Macon
John T. Boifeuillet
Senator Overman
Marshall
Bacon
Underwood
Senator Baccon
Dacon
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