Colonels Hold Up Camp Site Plan At St Simon Island
Local officials press for a camp site change to Brockington field to prevent loss of encampments for the Second Georgia regiment and the Fourth battalion. Adjutant General Scott may approve the relocation if sanitary concerns at the Waycross area are resolved. The Fifth regiment arrives Sunday. decision on others rests with Atlanta officials.
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St. Simon
Second Georgia
Fourth Georgia Regiment
Atlanta
Scott
Harris
Second
Georgia
Brunswickian
Waycross Colony
Brockington Field
Brunswick
Augusta
Retail Merchants’ and Business Men's Association
St. Simon Transit Company
F. A. Dunn
Arkansas Sues Waters-Pierce Oil Co for 7.5 Million
St Louis July 15 The state of Arkansas seeks seven and a half million dollars from Waters-Pierce Oil Co in a suit heard today alleging violation of the Arkansas anti trust act. The state also asks that the company be ousted from Arkansas.
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State OF Arkansas Sues Waters-Pierce Oil CO
St. Louis
Division of Brunswick circuit bill to be heard today
The bill to divide the Brunswick judicial circuit faces a judiciary committee hearing this morning. Brunswick attorneys were invited to appear, with broad support from the county bar but some objections to specific provisions. The plan would place Glynn, Wayne, Appling, Camden and Pierce in Brunswick and create a new circuit for Ware, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Clinch and Charlton.
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Brunswick Judicial Circuit
Judiciary Committee
House
Brunswick
Bar Association
Glynn
Wayne
Appling
Camden
Pierce
Ware
Coffee
Jeff Davis
Clinch
Charlton
Senate
District Attorney Attacks Attorney in Gingles Case
District Attorney Short argued against Patrick ODonnell who represents Ella Gingles claiming ODonnell created a "white slave" plan to entrap the girl in the Wellington hotel to justify a larceny charge by Agnes Barrette. The DA alleged O'Donnell timed the girl's movements to be at the hotel when she was found.
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Chicago
Short
Patrick O’donnell
Ella Gingles
Wellington
Agnes Barrette
O'Donnell
Towns Destroyed By Earthquake In Elis Province Greece
An earthquake this morning wrecked many towns in Elis and caused heavy property losses. Reports say twenty died and about a hundred were injured in a single village, with casualties extending across the province.
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Athens
Greece
Elis
Elks Parade Draws Massive Los Angeles Crowd
Thousands lined the streets as Elks clubs and drill corps paraded through Los Angeles in a two mile long pageant. Spectators described it as the largest crowd ever seen in the city with flags bunting and fraternal decor brightening storefronts.
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Los Angeles
Elks
Wheat advances to new high on Chicago Board Trade
July wheat rose on the Chicago Board of Trade as early trades hit a fresh season high near 1.28 dollars. Front month deliveries surged from about 1.271/2 to 1.29 while more distant contracts showed weakness.
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Chicago Board
Chicago
Board of Trade
Torpedo Boats Collide. Sixteen Men Lost
A wireless dispatch from Portsmouth reports the submarine torpedo boat C 11 collided with an unknown steamship near Lowestoft and sank with all sixteen crew aboard. The sister boat C 17 was damaged but its crew survived. reports suggest C 11 sailors were locked inside and perished, with some crew later said to be rescued from other sources.
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London
Portsmouth
Lowestoft
C l
Sheerness
Jewelry Theft Case Tangles Anna Abbott Legacy
Pittsburg reports James Feldman confessed to stealing jewelry from Philadelphia’s Mrs. Anna Abbott, once a stage star nicknamed the Litthe Georgia Magnet. The items worth $87,000 in goods and $35,000 in value may face duty questions as U S Treasury agents review gifts from European nobility. Abbott, who traveled with jewels across the ocean, has history of magnetic exhibitions in Brunswick and New York since 1889, rising from a Georgia country girl to notoriety.
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Pittsburg
James Feldman
Anna Abbott
Philadelphia
Georgia
Treasury
Abbott
New York
Anna Albott
Brunswick
New Oyster Law Triggers Ice Adulteration Ruling
Washington rules that ice packed with raw oysters is an adulterant under the pure food law. The decision requires refrigerated packaging so ice does not contact the oysters, raising costs and threatening firms from New York to Long Island. Dealers protest as shipments from Biloxi to Denver reportedly preserved oysters without health risk. Vacuum containers may replace traditional packing to meet new standards.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
National Oyster Growers and Dealers’ Association
New York
Long Island
Fulton Market
Waldorf-Astoria
Biloxi
Miss
Fexico
Denver
Colo
Situation Improves in Teheran as Artillery Ceases
Report from Teheran says artillery fire has largely ceased and troops are ordered to stop firing. Rifle clashes continue between shah loyalists and nationalists, with nationalist forces repelling a attack on the northeast city gate and inflicting heavy losses on the shah’s troops.
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Teheran
High Water Wreaks Damage Across Missouri and Illinois
The Mississippi River rose to 35.2 feet at St. Louis as flooding forces Illinois manufacturers to move stock to higher ground. The Missouri river at St. Charles widened to five miles, underscoring widespread damage across the region.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
St. Charles
Police Drive Crowds at McKees Rocks Strike
State constabulary reached McKee's Rocks to quell a steel plant strike involving about 6500 workers. Troops charged into a crowd with riot clubs at daybreak, driving protesters away. later, strikers gathered at the mill gates but avoided further clashes to prevent a repeat of earlier violence.
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Pittsburg
State Constabulary
McKee’s Rocks
Addison
Guiptert
Secral
Retirement of Southern Pacific preferred stock on Wall Street
New York July 15 retirement of Southern Pacific preferred stock dominated trading. Holders may take 115 dollars cash per share or 20 dollars cash plus 100 dollars in 4 12 per cent bonds or exchange one for one with common stock. Outstanding preferred stock totals 74 million dollars with 7 percent noncumulative dividends and redeemable at 115 dollars up to July 1 1916. Common stock yields 6 percent annually.
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Wall Street
New York
Southern Pacific Company
Pierce Arrow Car Tops Glidden Trophy Tour
A Pierce Arrow car led the Glidden trophy tourists into LaCrosse Wisconsin this afternoon. A Maxwell car was second and another Pierce Arrow third. The rut was the hardest day’s ride of the course with roads nearly impassable and only a few punctures for the cars.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Pierce Arrow
Maxwell
Taft May Vet veto Tariff Bill Clash With Senate Leaders
Washington July 15 Talks of President Taft vetoing the tariff bill resurfaced after a clash with Senate leaders. Aldrich and Payne pressed Taft to loosen pledges on the corporation tax, but Taft insisted he could secure passage with enough votes in both houses.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Aldrich
Payne
Taft Travel Allowance Battle in Urgent Deficiency Bill
Washington on July 15 تواجه Democrats failed to strike the $25,000 annual traveling allowance for Taft from the urgent deficiency bill. Democrats say the Appropriations Committee agreed to remove it, while Republicans deny the claim.
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Washington
Taft
Appropriations Committee
Miners Strike At Pittsburg Coal Company
About 14,000 coal miners employed by the Pittsburg Coal Company in the Pittsburg district walked out today after a strike order from officials of the United Mine Workers of America. The stoppage halts operations in the district and signals a major labor dispute.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Launch Fire Drowns Two in Rappahannock Collision
Richmond dated July 15 report two fatalities Clarence Gray and Miss Jeannette Dudley after a launch fire caused by gasoline aboard on the Rappahannock. Thirty two others aboard were trapped. several sustained severe burns.
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Richmond
Clarence Gray
Jeannette Dudley
Rappahannock
Building Collapse Kills Six in Philadelphia
Six are known dead and over a score injured after a five story brick building collapsed at Eleventh and Market streets in Philadelphia during remodeling. Most injured were pedestrians. No fatal injuries beyond the six. The structure was being remodeled.
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Philadelphia
Eleventh and
Market Streets
President Taft Meets Aldrich and Payne on Bond Issue
At a luncheon President Taft conferred with Sen Aldrich and Rep Payne about issuing bonds to reimburse the U S treasury for 40 million dollars spent to buy the Panama Canal Company property.
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Washington
Taft
Messrs. Aldrich and
Payne
General Fund of the
United States Treasury
Panama Canal Company
Terry Mc Govern Fighter In A Bad Condition
New York reports Terry Mc Govern the fighter was taken to Amityville sanitarium in a frail state. He kept repeating I want to go home as he faced a troubling decline from his peak.
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Terry M’govern
New York
Terry Mc Govern
Amityville Sanitarium
No Will Found In Bull Estate Case At Newport
Newport R I July 15 The estate of Melville Bull valued at 250000 will be divided among heirs at law after searches failed to uncover any valid will. It was previously believed a will existed leaving a large portion to the widow of Dr William Bull and her two sons, but those papers appear destroyed.
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Newport, R. L
Melville Bull
William Bull
Thaw Hearings Mixed Testimony On Threats and Tragedy
In White Plains Meyer testified about Thaw conversations and his remark that White’s death reduced danger. Evelyn Thaw, quoted in New York, said she testified that Thaw threatened to kill her and tried to kill Stanford White the day before the tragedy, pleading not to answer further questions.
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White Plains
N. Y
Br. Meyer
New York
White
Evelyn
Evelyn Thaw
Harry
Stanford White
Thaw
Thaw's Mother Confident on Witness Testimony
The mother of Harry Thaw in New York on July 13 said testimony from certain witnesses will have no ill effect and will be offset when the time comes.
Thaw Denies Murder Plot Against Nesbit and White
Harry Thaw stated that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s claim he tried to kill her is absolutely false and would be disproven by letters. He dismissed charges he attempted to kill Standard White as nonsensical and said he bears no animosity toward his wife while vouching for the $500 monthly allowance.
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Harry
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Thaw
Standard White
Methodist Preacher Dead
Norfolk Virginia July 15 Reverend Ey B Harrell of the Virginia conference M E Church South died at Crittenden Nansemond County Virginia
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Norfolk
Ey, B. Harrell
Virginia
M. E. Church
South
Crittenden
Nansmond County
Death of Harry W Dearing Found in Ocean View Woods
The decomposed body of Harry W Dearing of Chattanooga Tenn was found in the woods at Ocean View near Norfolk on July 14 a note suggesting death by own action led to identification He served aboard the flagship Connecticut during the around the world voyage authorities reported.
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Norfolk
Harry W. Dearing
Chattanooga
Tenn
Connecticut
Ocean View
Steamer Prinz Frederick Wilhelm Runs Aground
The Prinz Frederick Wilhelm left her pier for Bremen and ran aground in Ambrose channel. The vessel remains in an easy position and is expected to be released on the rising tide.
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New York
Prinz Frederick Wilhelm
Bremen
Ambrose Channel
Immense Crockery Carload Unloaded at Wress & Co
A solid carload of earthenware and crockery was unloaded at Wress & Co.'s new store in Brunswick. The car reportedly held about 26 000 pieces packed without boxes, with packing savings passed to the public as remarkable values at low prices. The handling system and quick sorting impressed observers.
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Kress
Brunswick
Wress & Co
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