Brunswick Debates Lease of Foot of Mansfield Street to Southern Railway
Citizens, Board of Trade and transportation leaders clash over renewing the lease amid charges of discrimination against local shippers. Speakers cite freight rates, terminal access, and deeper water needs as they argue for or against the rail line’s access to Brunswick wharf facilities.
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Southern Railway
Ocmulgee
Ogeechee
Kamaha
Oconee
Ohio
Mississippi
Great Lakes
lLimswick
Jacksonville
Savannah
New Orleans
Charleston
New York
Phildelphia
Liverpool
Rotterdam
Brunswick
Orien
Fernandina
Council
Southern Railway Company
Mansfield Street
Board of Trade
Mallory Steamship Company
Macon- Atlantic Navigation Company
Butts
Weatherly
Macon-Atlantic Navigation Company
Georgia
Satilla River
St. Simon Transit Company
Cumberland
Southern New Dock
F. D. Aiken
Aiken
Geo. H. Smith
Co. D. Ogg
Jesup
Macon
W. M. Tupper
Mallory Line
KF. E. Twitty
Southern
KE. H. Mason
E. ©. Butts
Congress
Altamaha
Southern Railroad
Atlanta
Lnstead
Mallory
Altamaha River
Mason
A. J. Long
Long
The
Strachan Shipping Company
Macon Cotton Company
Great Big Southern Railway
Muskogee Quiet After Night Of Unrest
In Muskogee Oklahoma two Black men William Green and Mathis Foreman accused of killing patrolman Samuel Neal were moved to safety during a five hour siege near the county jail. Armed Black residents stood ready to defend prisoners as militiamen repelled two assaults by white attackers. The incident ended with the lockdown and transfer to McAlister state penitentiary while authorities searched the jail.
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Muskogee
Okla
William Green
Mathis Foreman
McAlister
Samuel Neal
Wheels of big Yaryan plant turning again
The Yaryan Naval Stores plant now Yaryan Rasin and Turpen tine company reopened with about 300 workers. woods near 400 others gathering material. Superintendent Smith says operations resumed smoothly and by midweek 450 to 500 workers expected, most on contract rather than company payroll.
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Yaryan Naval Stores Company
Yaryan Rasin and Turpentine Company
Nything
Smith
Prohibition Enforcement Vowed by Savannah Mayor
Savannah mayor Pierpont declares prohibition will be rigidly enforced after May Day. Saloon owners, expecting a continuation of tacit toleration, react with surprise amid updated temperance policy. The report also notes three spies shot by Germans at Charleroi.
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Savannah
Pierpont
Amsterdam
Dec
Charleroi
Fire endangers ammunition stock in Manhattan storage
A fire in a west Houston street storage room threatened three million rounds of cartridges and thousands of rifles and revolvers. Police said German agents brought the ammo to the country seven months ago to ship to Germany via South America, but British sailors blocked transport. John H. Patrick, building owner, held a police permit to store the weapons.
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New York
West
Houston Street
Germany
South America
Great Britain
John H. Patrick
City Council Adjusts Four Month License for Near Beer
City council discusses license for near beer dealers for four months amid new prohibition. An amendment sets the fee at 100 dollars, replacing a prior 66.66 dollar figure. Other items include election managers report, electric street crossing light approval, benches in squares, and a tax refund for J L Andrews. Mansfield street lease discussed next.
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Mansfield Street
Southern Railway
Jones
Light and Water
Selden Institute
Petiion
Norwich Street
Public Works Committee
The
Civic Association
Committee On Taxes
J. L. Andrews
Ocean Lodge Masons Install New Officers
Ocean lodge Masons held an install meeting last night with the newly elected officers installed and the master’s degree conferred. A social session followed as all present enjoyed the event.
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Ocean Lodge
Masons
S — Deee
J. W. Simmons
W. Me. Harley
W. S. Nathan
D. W. Middleton
R. H. Martin
M. J. Needham
G. P. Jones
Od. B. Gilliland
M. Scarlett
Jr Tyler
V. R. Mitchell
Bag distributions by WCTU aid visiting seamen at Lutheran church
Unusual Sunday exercises at the Lutheran church saw comfort bags handed to visiting seamen in port by the WCTU. Local foreigners spoke in sailors native languages to explain the gesture and its intent to aid them at sea.
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Lutheran Church
Self defense claim in coroner fight on Christmas night
Jon Williams, jailed on murder charges after Walter Newman colored was killed at Monk and Oglethorpe streets in a fight. Eyewitnesses dispute details with Williams alleged to have stabbed Newman as he appeared to draw a pistol. Officer Jap Price halted Williams, then learned the victim’s identity and Williams’s defense.
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Jon Williams
Walter Newman
Monk and
Oglethorpe
Williams
Newman
Jap Price
Pieuds
Wills
Severe Storm Wrecks Towns Across New York and New England
Northern and eastern New York and New England reel from yesterday's storm. Rain snow lightning and thunder produced a gale that tore wires and trees unroofed houses and swept ships ashore. Telegraph and railroad signals were disrupted and fatalities occurred in several locations.
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SW York
Dee
New York
New England
England
New York City
German diplomats seek to aid Austria in Ancona dispute
German diplomats seek a way to settle the Ancona dispute with Austria that satisfies the United States without concessions that would disrupt Austrian naval organization. They demand disavowal of the sinking, punishment of the submarine commander, and indemnity for American losses, otherwise severing diplomatic ties.
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Washington
Ancona
United States
Austria
British Repulse Turkish Attack at Kut el Amara
Reports from London and Delhi describe a fierce Turkish assault on Kut el Amara repulsed by British forces with 600 to 1500 Turkish casualties and under 200 British losses. King Peter arrives in Brindisi to consult on Serbian war plans amid broader Caucasus demoralization and Greek political shifts.
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Delhi
Lemion
Kutel Amara
Townshend
London
Kut-el-Amara
Tigris
King Peter of Sa
Brindisi
Italy
Avlona
Albania
Saloniki
Berlin
Constantinople
Caucasus
M. Gounaris
Skouloudis
Greece
Washinton
Port d
Mediterranean
Subm
Grecian
Macedonia
Athens
Steamer Yasaka Maru Sunk Without Warning
The Japanese steamer Yasaka Maru was sunk without warning off Port Said. A French liner rescued 120 passengers and 162 crew members, including American citizen W. Leigh, who were taken to Port Said after the torpedo struck and the ship sank in twenty minutes.
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Washington
State Department
Bristow
Port Said
W. +. Leigh
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FOR
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France
Hadley
Paris
Gulf of Sollum
Africa
Rome
Bibjlopolje
Montenegro
Negro Glaing
Monk Street
Gounaris
Linquish Premiership
Yasaka Maru
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