Georgia Legislature to Open in June 1911
Atlanta June 20 report ahead of the 1911 12 session. Key issues include election of senate president and house speaker pro tem, gubernatorial succession, and the senatorial vacancy with Gov elect Hoke Smith a likely candidate. Liquor questions, including local option and near-beer saloon provisions, loom as potential topics.
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Atlanta
Georgia Legislature
General Assembly
John M. Slaton
Senate
John N. Holder
Jackson County
House
Representative Vinson
Baldwin
Tarver
Whitfield
Brown
Hoke Smith
United States
Clay
Joseph M. Terrell
Gov
Terrell
Gov. Smith
Slaton
T. G. Hudson
Agriculture
Richard B. Russell
Court of Appeals
Jos. M. Brown
L. G. Hardman
Jefferson County
Iggs
New Testimony In Lorimer Case Emerges In Senate Hearing
Washington June 20 Senate investigating committees heard little testimony on the Lorimer corruption charges. Cyrus H McCormick of International Harvester testified that Clarence Funk told him Edward Hines sought contributions to a fund for Lorimer’s election. Funk reported Hines wanted a fund to recoup campaign expenditures. McCormick said he advised against the contribution and Funk’s disclosure. The panel also explored Kinship with Medill McCormick and Kohlsaat’s pledge of secrecy.
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Washington
Senate
Illinois
Cyrus H.mccormick
International Harvester Company
Lorimer
Clarence S. Funk
Edward Hines
Hines Lumber Company
Wm. J. Hines
Funk
John H. Marble
McCormick
Hines
Union League Club
Chicago
Marble
Medill McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
MccCormick
Chicago Record-Herald
H. H. Kohlsant
Kohlsaat
Kohlisaat
Macon Plans A Steamer Line To Brunswick
Macon backs a river steamship link to Bruns wick on the Ocmulgee and Altamaha rivers with a capitalized company planning two large fresh water steamers. Prominent business figures advocate a permanent regular schedule to spur Macon’s growth and railroad efficiency, expecting freight gains and greater river work funding.
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Macon
Brunswick
Ocmulgee
Altamaha
Macon News
Ja’s
J. Cobb
Commercial National Bank
Cobb
La Follette Opposes Taft for Nomination
Washington dispatch reports Senator La Follette of Wisconsin entering the field against President Taft for renomination. Progressive Republican leaders in many states mobilize for La Follette delegates as the campaign opens with calls for either decisive defeat of Taft or a path for La Follette to win.
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Washington
la Folette
Wisconsin
la Follette
Legislature Considers County Attorney and Highway Commission
A bill to recreate the office of county attorney and establish the solicitor general office will be reintroduced. Biennial sessions and four year terms seem unlikely to pass. A state highway commission bill may advance, possibly with powers delegated to the prison commission.
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House
Allen
Orson
Troops Beset London For Royal Processions
London prepares for 60,000 troops with encampments across Hyde Park Regents Park Kensington Battersea and more. Indian contingents housed separately for religious reasons while marches and regalia duties unfold under royal ceremony.
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London
Hyde Park
Wormwood Scrubs
Regent's Park
Battersea Park
Kensington Gardens
Hampton Court
Bristow Amendment Threatens Direct Senate Election Plan
Washington reports Lerantor Bristow of Kansas, aided by a Wall Street bloc, pushed an amendment to preserve federal control over elections. It risks defeating the direct senatorial election measure by jeopardizing ratification by the required three fourths of states. Support came from Romer, Guggenheim, Cummins, Lippitt, Clapp, Smoot, and Fors. Opponents included La Follette, Gronna, Borah, Poin Dexter, Works, and most Democrats minus one.
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Lerantor Bristow
Kansas
Special Privjrese Seiors
To¢Ne
Bristow
Sutherland
Utah
Ring of Wall Street
Senate
Lorimer
Ilinois
Guggenheim
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Iowa
Lippitt
Rhode Island
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Minnesota
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Stephenson
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Idaho Outlaw Whitney Terrorizes Eastern Idaho
Pocatello June 20 reports outlaw High Whitney left a bloody trail across eastern Idaho. A saloon hold up ended with a bystander dead and several officers fatally or seriously injured. Whitney’s escape is said to have cost many lives.
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Pocatello
Idaho
High Whitney
Whitney
Storm damages Brunswick telephone service citywide
A severe electric storm struck Brunswick Sunday disabling a large number of telephones across all sections. Linemen have worked since Monday morning to restore service and it will take two or three days to complete repairs.
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Brunswick
Eagles Head to Charleston for Tri-State Meeting
Local Eagles depart for Charleston to attend the annual tri state association meeting of Georgia Florida and South Carolina aeries. Ludwig of this city serves as president and will preside. Jacksonville is expected to bid for the 1912 convention as delegations from Georgia Florida and South Carolina gather.
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Charleston
Tri-State Association
Georgia
Morida
South Carolina
Jacksonville
Ludwig
George Florida
Kentucky Congressman Fights Medicine Frauds
Rep. Sherley of Kentucky introduces an amendment to the Pure Food Act to prohibit false claims about cures on patent medicine labels. He says the bill aims to cover interstate shipments of worthless medicines fraudulently sold as curative.
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Sherley
Washington
Kentucky
Shirley
Strikers Return to Work Ends Pennsylvania Shopmen Walkout
Four hundred strikers returned to work in Pittsburg as railroad officials announced the backbone of the strike among the shopmen was broken.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Postal savings banks expand in Georgia and Florida
Postmasters from Hawkinsville Thomasville and Fernandina Fla visited Brunswick to observe the operation of the postal savings bank now active in the Brunswick post office. They will establish similar banks in their offices by July 1 and by year end many first class offices may host them. Special agents from Savannah and Macon accompanied the visitors.
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Thomasville
Fernandina
Fla
Brunswick
Postal Savings Bank
Smith
Department For Savings Banks
Georgia
Savannah
Macon
Mallory liner Alamo arrives with heavy freight and passengers
The Mallory steamship Alamo docked yesterday from New York, with a heavy freight cargo and about 50 passengers bound for Jacksonville. This marks the ship's second port visit in many years, continuing service between New York, Key West and Galveston.
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Mallory
New York
Mallory Line
Key West
Galveston
Jacksonville
Maine Wreck Cofferdam Lowers Water To Uncover More
At Havana on June 20 the cofferdam around the wreck of the battleship Maine lowered water 15 feet. The action revealed a larger area of the wreck while no bones or relics were recovered. The cofferdam remains stable and intact.
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Havana
Maine
Bridegroom Under Fire in Livingston Charivari Incident
A group of farm visitors gathered near J Walter Force in Livingston early today to issue a bridal charivari. The groom Walter Livingston was mortally wounded by buckshot with Hugh Porter seriously hurt.
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West Orange
N. J
J. Walter Force
Livingston
Walter Livingston
Hugh Porter
Davy Johnson the Plunger Stricken at Home
New York reports Davy Johnson famed for racing speculation and a love of horses is dangerously ill at his home. Johnson backed Roseben in a test venture paying 4800 and the horse later won him 200000 in prize money.
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Davy Johnson
New York
Davy” Johnson
Johnson
Roseben
Fire Chief Killed in Maricoa Fire Collapse
Barkerfield California June 20 Fred Bell chief of the Maricoa fire department was killed by a live electric wire as firemen battled a blaze that gutted half the business district and caused walls to collapse injuring several firefighters.
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Barkerfield
Cal
Fred Bell
Maricoa
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