Plot to Sell Congress to Wall Street Rumors
Washington June 27 All the country is absorbed by a tale heard by the Senate Lobby Investigating Committee. Representative Palmer of Pennsylvania described a supposed bid to control Congress by Wall Street money interests. Lewis Cass Ledyard was named as the target. Edward Lauterbach allegedly claimed to speak for some House leaders. Lauterbach denied involvement and cited his Morgan & Co ties.
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Washington
Senate
Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Congress
Wall Street
Lewis Cass Ledyard
New York
Palmer
Edward Lauterbach
Ledyard
Doubis
Lauterbach
Representative Palmer
Clark
House
Morgan & Co
Banking House
Lamar
Morgan
House of Morgan
Budget Plan Fight Will Be Reopened
The House announced plans to revive a budget system that concentrates allocation power in a principal committee to assign amounts to appropriating panels. The proposed framework mirrors the previously rejected plan, signaling a return to centralized budgeting within the House.
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Washington
House
Meningitis Cured by Carbolic Injections
In Baltimore on June 27 doctor L S Horka at Franklin Square Hospital reports the first cure of cerebrospinal meningitis by carbolic acid injections. Patient Charlotte Walsh was brought to the hospital in a dying state and recovered.
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Baltimore
Franklin Square Hospital
L. 8
Horka
Charlotte Walsh
Troup Planter Is Slain by Neighbor
WEST POINT GA June 27 Jesse Haralson of Troup County was shot dead by neighbor Ben Dixon after a disputed afternoon encounter. Dixon says he heard rustling in bushes, saw Haralson advance with a gun, and fired a revolver, killing him.
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West Point
Jesse Haralson
Troup County
Ben Dixon
Haralson
Dixon
First June Rain in 35 Years in Los Angeles
Rain began at 7 last night and continued this morning. It is the first rain in June in this part of California in 35 years, marking a rare weather event for LOS ANGELES and the region.
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Los Angeles
California
Taught School 55 Years Began at 16
MIDDLETOWN New York June 27 After teaching school for 55 years William H McElroy of Warwick has resigned Forty two years were passed in the same school house in which he began teaching at the age of 16.
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Middletown
N. Y
William H. McElroy
Warwick
Inauguration Procedures Outlined for Georgia Governors
Representative Crawford Wheatley outlined the inauguration plan to the General Assembly. A joint session will convene Saturday at 11 45 and the inauguration will occur at noon with the new governor presented to the joint assembly after a prayer. Chief Justice Fish will administer the oath and the inaugural address will be delivered.
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Crawford Wheatley
General Assembly
Senate
House
Courts of Review
House of Representatives
Joint Assembly
J. B. Robins
Anderson
Phil Cook
Brown
Slaton
Fish
Supreme Court
Extension Resolution seeks rail line from Atlantic to Fort Valley
A Senate resolution by Senator J I Sweat proposes a five member commission to study an extension of the Western and Atlantic Railroad from Atlanta to Fort Valley via Southern Railway and the Atlanta Waycross and Northern lines. The plan would reach St Marys with a Kingsland to Waycross route, creating a Chattanooga to Jacksonville trunk line under state control to reduce rates or yield revenue. A second measure by Senator W J Bush calls for agriculture teaching across Georgia public schools with an exception for cities over 5 000 population.
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Western and Atlantic
Senate
J. I. Sweat
Atlanta
Fort Valley
Southern Railway
Sweat
Chattanooga
St. Marys
Jacksonville
Stat
Georgia
W. J. Bush
Peace Party Staves Off Bulgar-Serb War
BELGRADE June 27 The Servian peace party gained ascendancy as Premier Pasitchs pacification program with Bulgaria passed in the National Congress. A peace war party had resisted but the crisis is believed over, paving the way for negotiations with Bulgaria to settle the territorial dispute without war.
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Belgrade
Servian Peace Party
Pasitch
Bulgaria
National Congress
Peae
Old Frigate Wabash Is Reduced to Junk
EASTPORT ME June 27 The United States frigate Wabash built in 1854 and famed in Civil War engagements was burned for the metal it contained. The vessel sold to junk dealers for 3000 dollars.
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Eastport
Plan to Pay Teachers in Georgia Proposed by McCrory
A Georgia House resolution by Rep McCrory of Schley County calls for immediate payment of state claims by priority, placing country teachers near the top. The measure directs the Treasurer to list all claims and pay them in order, excluding wages of state employees and appropriations to the State Sanitarium.
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Georgia
McCrory
Schley County
Lungs Told of Recovery After Eckmans Alterative Testimony
A testimonial story from 1908 details Catherine Ave and Ascot Place in Queen's Court L1 where a heavy cold and cough improved after Eckmans Alterative. The letter claims lasting health gain with no narcotics, urging others with throat and lung affections to investigate. The ad promotes Eckmans Alterative by Jacobs Drug Stores and Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia for further evidence.
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Eckman
Catherine Ave
Ascot Place
Queen’s Court
L. 1
J. Troescher
Jacobs’ Drug Stores
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Governor and Wife to Dine with Slaton Group Before Marietta Departure
Governor and Mrs. Brown will host a family dinner at the Executive Mansion for Mr. and Mrs. John M. Slaton as Governor-elect carries to Marion. Mrs. Brown will preside at the mansion brief after noon. A public reception follows two hours later at the county courthouse.
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Mrs. Slaton
Marietta
Joseph M. Brown
John M. Slaton
Peachtree Street
Grant
Aged Judge Arrested For Abusing Lawyer
MOBILE June 27 Judge Samuel B Brown presiding magistrate of Mobile County Circuit Court was arrested by police on a charge of disorderly conduct. Assistant State Solicitor Tisdale Touart said the judge used language he could not stand and added that but for the judge’s age he would have struck him.
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Mobile
Samuel B. Brown
Circuit Court
Mobile County
Tisdale Touart
Boy Scout Couriers Bring Wilson Message Across Indiana
President Wilson's message to Chicago is carried by boy scouts traveling from Washington to Chicago. The Indiana leg began in Toledo and aims to reach South Bend ahead of schedule, with delivery planned for Mayor Harrison in Grant Park before the Olympic games opening.
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Toledo
Ohio
Wilson
Washington
Chicago
Indiana
South Bend
Harrison
Grant Park
Bride Faints Thrice In Beach Wedding on Pier
Atlantic City June 27 Miss Katherine Schultz and Julius Peters wed on a public pier with about 5 000 excursionists from Philadelphia in attendance. Schultz fainted three times before the knot was tied.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Katherine Schultz
Julius Peters
Philadelphia
Gerard Approved as American Ambassador to Germany
Berlin reports there will be no opposition from the German government to Justice James W. Gerard of New York becoming Ambassador from the United States to Germany. The Foreign Office has sent the Washington proposal to Emperor William at Kiel for approval.
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Atlanta
Berlin
James W. Gerard
New York
United States
Germany
Foreign Office
Washington
Emperor William
Kiel
Nicholson Declines Portugal Mission Over Family Concerns
Indianapolis June 27 Meredith Nichollson the Indiana author declined the post as Minister to Portugal saying Lisbon is not a desirable place for his children during formative years. He added that his wife would decide and her views influenced the decision.
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Indianapolis
Meredith Nichollson
Indiana
Portugal
Lisbon
Nicholson
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Promise Quick Constipation Relief
An Atlanta appeal promotes Hot Springs Liver Buttons claiming mild reliable bowel action and relief from constipation dizziness biliousness sick headache and sallow skin. Advertisers cite physicians in Hot Springs Arkansas endorsing the tonic and offer 25 cent bottles with free samples from Hot Springs Chemical Company Arkansas.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
Hot Springs Chemical Company
Ark
Burley Society Faces Disruption Over Privatized Race Meet
The Burley Society of tobacco growers in Louisville faces internal revolt as members move to oust directors over a $600,000 purchase for a Louisville factory and a private April race meet. Moves to open Lexington headquarters aim to prevent loss of control in upcoming elections.
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Louisville
Burley Society
Tobacco Trust
Lawrence Lebus
Lebus
Lexington
Man Charged With Killing 8 Dies in Chair
Eddyville Kentucky June 27 General May convicted of eight murders and two earlier deaths was electrocuted at the State Penitentiary. Before execution he asked that Old Hardy the revolver used in the killings be given to a close friend.
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Eddyville
General May
Salen
Herman Meridith
State Penitentiary
Old Hardy
Daisy Chosen as Pennsylvania State Flower
In Harrisburg on June 27 the daisy was adopted as Pennsylvania state flower after a compromise between House favoring the violet and Senate preferring the lilac. The legislature enacted the change to officially designate the daisy.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
House
Senate
McCormick Enters Chicago to Detroit Hydro-Aeroplane Race
Harold F. McCormick has entered his flying boat in the hydro-aeroplane race from Chicago to Detroit on July 8. The machine will be piloted by C. C. Whitmore with McCormick as passenger.
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Chicago
Harold F. Mec- Cormick
Detroit
C. C. Whitmore
Mc Cormick
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Cravenette
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England
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Fourth Ave
M’cormick
Boston
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