Walker Wins District Congressional Nomination in Georgia
Col J Randall Walker of Lowndes County will succeed W G Brantley after a state primary. Charlton county finally gave Walker Brooks and Charlton, yielding a likely popular majority between 1200 and 1500. The Eleventh district convention in Valdosta on August 31 will formalize Walker’s nomination.
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Congress
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Valdosta
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Appling
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Colonel Walker
Brunswick
Taft vows second veto over army bill riders
Washington Aug 22 Taft signals another veto if the army appropriation bill includes any rider affecting General Wood tenure as chief of staff. Conferees remove the contested provision but administration fears persist and may delay adjournment as Taft remains opposed to special legislation.
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Wood
House
Senate
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Funston
White House
Congress
Funeral for President Noyes Set for Saturday
Arrangements were completed for the funeral of Thomas C. Noyes president of the Washington American League club and news manager of the Washington Star who died of pneumonia. The Washington vs Detroit game moved to Friday as a double header with team members including Manager Clark Griffith attending the service.
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Thomas C. Noyes
Washington American League Baseball Club
Washington Star
Detroit
Clark Griffith
Charlton County Herald Editor Wins Fourth Senatorial Seat
W M Oliff of Charlton county wins the Fourth senatorial district seat after defeating two opponents in Wednesday's primary. Under rotation Charlton provides the nomination with Glynn and Camden not voting. Oliff, editor of the Charlton County Herald, is a well known local figure and won by a safe majority.
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Charlton County
State Senate
Charlton
Glynn
Camden
Cliff
Burglary Strikes Mrs Stanford White Tapestry Collection
Providence investigators probe a burglary at the widow of the slain architect Mrs Stanford White. Thieves stole several thousand dollars of rare tapestries collected during the architect's travels abroad, dating to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
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R. I
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
Governor Wilson in Sea Girt as Sugar Fraud Probe Widened
In Sea Girt New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson visits the summer capital and notes improved health amid campaign work. In Washington Secretary MacVeagh orders reliquidation of sugar imports tied to alleged fraud at New Orleans, with duties around $20,000 at stake and possible government suit if unpaid.
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Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Jamully
Washington
MacVeagh
New Orleans
American Sugar Refining Company
Treasury
Capmakers Strike Averted In Gotham
In New York on August 22 the general capmakers strike was averted after manufacturers' association granted employees demands. Workers secured a Saturday half holiday year round sewing machines from employers and paid for major holidays including New Year Washington's Birthday Decoration Day Fourth of July Election Day Thanksgiving and Christmas. Settlement to take effect October 1 affecting about 2,500 men in this and other cities.
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Capmaker
Grantini
Washington
Solution of problem lies in good roads
A. C. Trumbo of Muskogee Oklahoma, president of the Trans Mississippi Congress, said in Denver the producers of agricultural products lose $250000 yearly due to transportation costs. He urged that the forthcoming congress in Salt Lake City tackle good roads as the solution and war on the issue.
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A. C. Triumbo
Muscogee
Okla
Trans- Mississippi Congress
Salt Lake City
America
Thumbo
Surprise homecoming ends in shock for Crim family
Edward Crim, 19, a Valparaiso student from Moundsville Ohio? visits Indiana for vacation and returns to find his mother, Mrs. Sarah C. Joiner, dead in a coffin. He clings to a secret entrance and faints on his mother’s lawn, then remains in serious condition from the shock.
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W. Va
Edward Crim
Valparaiso College
Indiana
Sarah C. Joiner
Crim
Cincinnati Wins Next Moose Convention Site
Cincinnati was chosen as the 1913 meeting place of the Loyal Order of Moose by the annual convention, defeating Mobile Dallas New Orleans Winnipeg Toronto Milwaukee and Philadelphia on the second ballot. Tributes were paid to founder Dr John Wilson of Louisville who organized lodges and wrote the ritual with Mrs S E Tyler to receive $500 a month from the supreme lodge.
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Louisville
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S. EK. Tyler
Loiisville
Wiloon
Supreme Lodge
Americans killed in Leon Nicaraguan massacre reviewed
Two Americans Harvey Dodd of Kosciusko Mississippi and another named Phillips were killed during the rebel massacre of 500 Nicaraguan government troops at Leon on August 19. US officials say Dodd and Phillips were wounded, sought hospital aid, then slain after defeat.
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Leon
Harvey Dodd
Kosiousko, Miss
Phillips
Dodd
Dodd's Father Notified of Son's Death in Nicaragua
Harvey Dodd of Kosciusko Mississippi learned by long distance call that his son Harvey Dodd was killed in the Leon massacre on August 19 in Nicaragua. The young man, about 35, roamed after leaving Mississippi, last sending a Panama mailed letter saying he would go to Nicaragua or Colombia. The father placed notices in Central and South American papers urging his son's return. The son was an expert stenographer and had been admitted to the practice of law.
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Managua
State Department
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United States
Nicaragua
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Senate
Mexico
Jackson
Miss
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S. L. Dodd
Kosiousko
Mississippi
Dodd
Associated Press
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Panama
Young Dodd
Colombia
Georgia Primary Returns Favor Slaton Bacon Bartlett
Early returns from Georgia Democratic primary show John M. Slaton winning the governorship with about a 50 000 vote margin and A O Bacon renominated by a large majority. C L Bartlett reelected in the Sixth district by 92 votes, with other nominations mostly unopposed.
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Georgia
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Senate
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Dekalb
Joe Hall Hall
Bibb County
United States
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H. H. Verry
Hall County
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J. Wise
Fayette
Sause
Arapcasill
Congress
Thomas M. Bell
Randall Walker
Judge Parker
Macon
C. L. Bartlett
City to Buy Waterfront Property for Harbor Aid
Brunswick plans to acquire wharf property to qualify for federal harbor appropriations. A charter amendment empowering waterfront ownership was approved by the state legislature, prompting a council committee study. Jacksonville even offered to cover the costs of a special legislative session to secure the right. Seaport cities will act promptly to avoid cutbacks in harbor improvements.
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Brunswick
Jacksonville
Florida
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