Georgia Woman Suffrage Bill and Initiative Referendum Arrive in House
A Savannah report notes June 25 coverage of a Georgia woman suffrage bill and an initiative and referendum measure. It details Rep Barry Wright’s proposed amendment granting 21 year old citizens suffrage by striking male language and Rep Allen’s plan for voter submission of measures, with political fight anticipated and strong Georgia suffrage group backing.
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Savannah
Dorris Lippman
National Red Cross Society
House of Representatives
Barry Wright
Floyd County
General Assembly
Allen
Jackson County
Wright
National Suffrage Headquarters
Georgia
Representative Allen
Lorimer Cash Loan Tied To Paynter Probe
District Attorney Wilkerson probes a $40,000 loan from ex senator Lorimer to ex senator Thomas H. Paynter amid Lorimer seat fight. Only $10,000 repaid when LaSalle Street Trust converted from national to state bank in 1912. Federal inquiry checks if remaining $30,000 was repaid. Paynter and Illinois senators faced exoneration votes.
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Ney Wilkerson
LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank
Lorimer Institution
National
United States
Thomas H. Paynter
Kentucky
National Bank
Owen T. Reeves, Jr
Lorimer
Senate
Washington
Paynter
Illinoison
Albany Swelters At 105 Degrees In June Heat
Albany Georgia records a 105 degree afternoon as the government thermometer hits a new June high. A light breeze tempers heat, but prostrations could rise without relief. This marks the hottest June day on record for the city.
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Albany
Birmingham
Government Weather Bureau
Arsonettes set church fire in Bally Lesson
Arsonettes or militant incendiaries torched Bally Lesson Parish Church in Belfast today. Firefighters contained the flames before the church was consumed. interior walls had been smeared with petrol and grease.
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Belfast
Bally Lesson
Taggart's Daughter to Wed Englishman in Indianapolis
London reports the engagement of Emily Letitia Taggart of Indianapolis to William Richardson Sinclair, second son of Thomas Sinclair of Belfast. The marriage is announced for July 6 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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London
Indianapolis
Ind
William Richardson Sinclair
Thomas Sinclair
Belfast
Emily Letitia Taggart
Thomas Taggart
Roosevelt Signals Backing Whitman for NY Governor
Roosevelt returns from Europe and plans to back District Attorney Charles S. Whitman for governor. At Sagamore Hill conference with progressive leaders the former president says he is in the game yet avoids tying his name to the race. A Hoboken report claims Roosevelt was unconscious for twenty minutes after a chill aboard the Imperator.
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Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Brazil
New York
Imperator
Hoboken
Theodore Roosevelt
Distills Water With Ultra Violet Rays
Boston June 25 An invention to sterilize water 100 times faster than current distillation is claimed by Harvey Mitchell Anthony of Harvard. He uses ultraviolet rays from an electric current and a quartz mercury vapor lamp.
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Boston
Harvey Mitchell Anthony
Harvard
Charles H. Anthony
Muncie
Ind
Colonel Has 4 More Degrees Than Wilson
Boston June 25 Theodore Roosevelt is four degrees ahead of President Wilson and five ahead of President Emeritus Eliot of Harvard. The Colonel has eighteen college and university honors. Dr Eliot received his thirteenth last week when Brown University granted him an LL.D.
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Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Emeritus Eliot
Harvard
Eliot
Brown University
Stock Exchange Bill Favored by Senate Panel
Washington June 25 The Owen stock exchange bill prescribing stringent rules for all exchanges was ordered favorably reported by the Senate committee on banking and currency.
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Washington
Owen Stock Exchange
Senate Committee On Banking and Cur
Wife's Refusal to Tango Splits Couple
New York June 25 Mrs Albert F Wagner sues for separation claiming her refusal to dance the tango enraged her husband who struck her and stepped on her toes leading to the split.
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New York
Shoplifter Offers Her Baby in Payment Feat
CHICAGO June 25 Mrs Laura Dombrowski arraigned for silk theft offered to give her baby in recompense. She was fined 1 cent and sentenced to one hour in jail.
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Chicago
Laura Dombrowski
Cyclone Hits Supply Wrecks Barn and Saw Mill
A cyclone struck Supply in Brunswick County damaging a barn and a saw mill with broken wires hindering details. It is feared there may be loss of life and the full extent of damage is not yet known.
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Wilmington
N. C
Supply
Brunswick County
Hottest Day for City Breaks Heat Records in Atlanta
Atlanta logged a record 100.1 degrees Thursday with 82 at 7 am and 96 by 11 am, eclipsing 1887’s 100 degrees. Downtown asphalt steamed as the sun scorched surfaces and breezes barely offered relief, while nearby Birmingham reached 99 at 1:30 pm.
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Atlanta
Georgia Child Labor Bill Endorsed by State Federation
The State Federation of Women’s Clubs at Piedmont Hotel gave strong support to the National Child Labor Committee and The Atlanta Georgian for a new Georgia child labor bill. H. H. Jones outlined safeguards requiring school attendance, reading and writing, and a certificate from the superintendent before a child under sixteen can work. The federation also backs education law and plans active campaigning for the Shepperd substitute bill.
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State Federation of Women's Clubs
Piedmont Hotel
National Child Labor Committee
Atlanta
Z. I. Fitzpatrick
State Federation
H. H. Jones
Georgia
South
Legislative Committee
Senate seeks more data on Thom. D. Jones nomination
Senate Committee on Banking and Currency hears Senator Lewis urge immediate confirmation of Thom as D. Jones for the Federal Reserve Board. Senator Owen says Reserve Board appointments will be acted on together while the committee calls for more data before proceeding with the Jones matter.
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Washington
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
Lewis
Illinois
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Owen
Reserve Board
Jones
Cobb Fined $50 for Attacking Butcher
Ty Cobb pleaded guilty in justice court to disturbing the peace after chasing W L Carpenter a Detroit butcher with a revolver Saturday night over an alleged insult to Mrs Cobb. He was fined $50 or six months in the workhouse. Cobb paid the fine.
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Detroit
Ty Cobb
W. L. Carpenter
Cobb
Justice Court
Kentucky Enacts Stricter Child Labor Law
A new Kentucky child labor statute from the last legislature has taken effect and will be rigidly enforced by the Commissioner of Labor. The law builds on earlier provisions and positions Kentucky at the forefront among Southern states.
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Kentucky
Commissioner of Labor
South
Acrobatic Burglars Loot Pawnshop by Circus Trapeze
Detectives seek a gymnastic gang after a circus act style burglary at West Side Loan Co 23 Peters Street and BK Clein 62 Decatur Street. Intruders bored through roof and descended by trapeze. two ropes and steel bar found. Loot included several suitcases guns and pistols.
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West Side Loan Company
Peters Street
BK. Clein
Decatur Street
Seek Girl to Tell Her Of Death of Mother
Telegrams were sent to locate Miss Ruth Roach of 59 West Twelfth Street to notify her of her mother Mrs William M Roach who died Thursday morning at 61. The missing daughter is traveling with tourists and is thought to be near Boston. Survived by husband B F Roach.
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Las
Miss Lippman
Augusta
American Red Cross
Girl Scouts
W. W. Lowe
Savannah
London
W. W. Gordon
Ruth Roach
West Twelfth Street
William M. Roach
Miss Roach
Boston
Boy Struck by Car Suffers Painful Injuries
Sam Pearl, 10, of 65 Bell Street, fell from the rear of a car as it passed Bell and Gilmer streets. Driver J M Lanier, 591 Edgewood Avenue, stopped after a passerby alerted him and rushed the boy to Grady Hospital. Doctors said the injuries were not serious.
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Sam Pearl
Bell Street
Bell and
Gilmer Streets
J. M. Lanier
Edgewood Avenue
Lanier
Grady Hospital
Street Dog Saves Baby From Death
In Kearny New Jersey a street dog halted a baby carriage rolling toward a speeding trolley car and saved the life of James Durkin's infant son. The dramatic incident occurred June 25 as bystanders watched the heroic action that prevented tragedy.
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Kearny, N. J
James Durkin
Record asparagus stem three inches wide in New Jersey
In Flanders New Jersey on June 25 Joseph F Gray grew a stalk of asparagus three inches in diameter setting a state record.
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Flanders
N. J
New Jersey
Joseph F. Gray
Automobile bargains in Hearst Georgian want ads
Hermome Ters notes June heat records in Atlanta and promotes cooling via car ownership. The Hearst papers feature an automobile classification in the Want Ad section offering opportunities to buy at affordable prices.
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Atlanta
Hearst
Daily Georgian
Sunday American
Grand Jury grills Shelby Smith Turman Winn in county probe
County Commissioners Shelby Smith Tom Winn and S B Turman faced a Grand Jury inquiry into alleged irregularities in the County Board. Questions focused on oil and paying company contracts and why some contracts were not fully carried out. Witnesses including contractor Charles E Miller and merchant Henry B Hicks were questioned about stone shipments and alleged favors tied to courthouse contracts.
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Shelby Smith
Tom Winn
S. B. Turman
Grand Jury
Smith
Turman
Winn
Finley Oil Company
Charles E. Miller
Empire Building
Stone Mountain Granite Company
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T. D. Jones
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