Four Motor Boats to be Built in Macon Line
Business leaders of Macon plan a new four boat motor line on the Altamaha and Ocmulgee rivers linking Macon and Brunswick with an emphasis on shipper support. A 4 PM Chamber of Commerce meeting will unveil plans, drawings, and expected dockage at Brunswick to avoid earlier port hazards. A. J. Long leads the organizing committee which cites Army Corps engineers and naval architects to ensure a safe profitable navigation system.
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Macon
Altamatha
Ocmulgee
Bee
Alead
Chamber of Commerce
Majcow
A. J. Long
Chatman
Organization Committee
United States Army Corps
Altamaha
Brunswick
Long
Grover C. Edmonson
Quitman
Brunswick News
Georgia
Jean T. Allen
Milledeville
Hih
D. M’neil
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Walter J. Headden
Cobb County
Railroad Commission
Miss Dubose
Atlantic Road
C. R. McCrory
Schley County
No Action on Dissolution by Railroad Directors
New York May 8 Directors of the Pacific and Southern railroad at their dividend meeting took no action regarding the dissolution and the demand by the federal authorities.
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New York
Aific and Southern Railroad
Ono
Federal
Students Attend Strict Meet At Real College City
A note from the event lists many students present at a strict meet in the real college city setting.
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Real College City
Interesting program today y School in the Eleventh Con. district
High school pupils from every school in Brunswick and the Eleventh district gather for the annual association meeting. Contests begin at 11 with the declamation at the opera house, then athletic events on St Simon Island, followed by evening exercises in elocution music and spelling.
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Brunswick
Association
Opera House
Valdosta
Waycross
Jesup
Waxley
Sparks
Bunn-Bell
St. Simon
Sea Gate
Senate panel to probe Indian affairs in special session
The Indian affairs committee approved a Townsend resolution authorizing a thorough inquiry into the Indian, his reservations, and U S treatment. The panel will begin the investigation during the special session, examining almost every aspect affecting him.
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Washington
Senate
Indian Affairs Committee
Townsend
Sam
Carnegie told he's no American
London reports Mae Scott-Troy a San Francisco suffragette challenged Andrew Carnegie asking why he poses as an American citizen while registered as a voter in Dornoch Scotland. A New York secretary counters that Carnegie is an American citizen by birth and naturalization, and if listed in Scotland it reflects ownership there, not a personal vote.
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London
Mae Scott- Troy
San Francisco
Andrew Carnegie
Dornoch
Sutherland
Scotland
Edward
Carnegie
Bo Castle
New York
Jas. Bertram
Bryan Returns Too Busy to Talk on Japanese Question
Secretary of State Bryan returns from California where he met Gov Johnson over the anti etien land laws. The Japanese government plans to withhold its protest until inquiries clarify U S actions if Gov Johnson signs the Webb Bill. Formal negotiations may involve the Hague arbitration or treaty compatibility questions. Bryan faces a busy desk and will be host in Baltimore tonight and attend a Ghent treaty centenary banquet in New York tomorrow.
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Washington
Bryan
California
Wilson
Gov
Johnson
Japan
United States
Webb
Gov. Johnson
Supreme Court
Hague
Bryatt
Baltimore
Chas. H. Gristy
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Sun. Tomorrow Night Mr. Bryan
New York
International Commission
Ghent
Labor leaders seek stay in Bucks Stove contempt case
Attorneys for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison asked the district court of appeals for a stay of its mandate sentencing Gompers to 20 days in jail and fining Mitchell and Morrison 500 dollars each in the Bucks Stove and Range contempt case. They plan to appeal to the U S Supreme Court and the court granted leave to renew the motion within 15 days.
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Washington
May S
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
District Court of Appeals
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Supreme Court of the United States
Silva Convicted in Involuntary Manslaughter Case
Savannah May 8 Isaac Silva found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Marion Leonard a chorus girl by morphine injection He received a two year penitentiary sentence from Judge Walter G Charlton in the superior court proceedings the day concluded.
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Savannah
Isaac Silva
Marion Leonard
Walter G. Charlton
Silva
Robber May Be Escaped Connigh
Kansas City scene reports a train hold up last week by J M Short of Joplin who collected 1100 dollars. Wm Latre is the suspect said to have escaped from Wea jail two years earlier. Latre, a former Chicago felon, was linked to a robbery of a Pacific line near Kansas City. A bloody shirt found along the railroad east of Kansas City spurred police to chase a wounded man believed to be the suspect.
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Kansas City
J. M. Short
Joplin
Wea
Rein
Det
Trasse
Loobe
Chicago
St. Josep
LaTrasse
Game Warden Mercer to Enforce the Laws in Georgia
Atlanta expects a conference with mayor and local leaders as Jesse Mercer travels to Bentria county to ensure fishing regulations are enforced. He reports threats of violence against himself and his deputy and vows continued enforcement if peaceful remedy fails.
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Atlanta
Jesse Mercer
Betrien County
Mercer
Congressmen Buried Without Usual Honors
Washington May 8. For the first time in congressional history a dead member is buried without an honorary delegation. New Jersey lawmakers wanted to attend Rep. Lewis J. Martin of Newton, but tariff bill passage kept them in Washington. President Wilson urged them to stay and vote for the Underwood bill.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
New Jersey
Lewis J. Martin
Newton
N. J
Wilson
Martin
Fire tragedy in Niles claims mother and child
In Niles Ohio on May 8 Mrs John Fleming aged five years died after attempting to light a quick fire with coal oil. Her mother Mrs Shira died a few minutes later from heart disease.
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Niles
Ohio
John Fleming
Shira
Currency reform moves in House with June 1 target
Washington reports a Democratic push to tackle currency legislation by June 1 as President Wilson weighs a special message urging reform. Underwood Palmer and other leaders say a three week recess will precede a currency committee move, with Senate action tied to tariff progress.
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Washington
House of
Underwood
Congress
Palmer
Amdt
Democrats
Senate
Wilson
House
Democratia
Taxen
Republicans Leam New Postal Order Political
Republicans study Burleson plan to require civil service postal masters to pass competitive exams or lose posts. Some senators doubt existing workers can endure such tests. Opposition to confirmations may not be used, but Republicans will argue the order is political.
Becker's Lawyer Seeks Extension in Becker Appeal
Albany May court of appeals will hear a request to extend the time to argue the Becker appeal for the former New York police lieutenant sentenced to death for the Rosenthal murder. Attorney Joseph A. Shay says more time is needed to investigate possible new evidence for a new trial. otherwise the appeal must be argued by May 20.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
Becker
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Jos. A. Shay
Shay
Mitchell gets good blow?plum
Washington May 8 reports varied about John Purroy Mitchell being selected as New York City port collector. The White House says he accepted at the president’s request with no prior candidacy and may delay taking the post until June 1 to finish New York matters.
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Washington
John Purroy Mitchel
New York
White House
Wilaya
Mitch
Senator O'Gorman
Secufary McAcco
Wilson
Mitchel
John Purroy Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Board of Estimates
City of
Manhattan Island
Brooklyn
Mitchell
Noted fencers engage in duel in Paris
A secret duel in Paris between HH. C. Berger and Cheor ses Breittmayer ended with Berger wounded in the right breast. Fifty witnesses and reporters watched as the quarrel from three years earlier sparked the fight and a reconciliation followed. A second duel will occur after Berger recovers.
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Paris
HH. C. Berger
Cheorses Breittmayer
Berger
Breitzmayer
Briettmayer
World record flight by Frangeois in France
French airman Frangeois piloted a biplane carrying six passengers for seventy five minutes setting new world records for both number carried and duration during today’s flight in Charteres France.
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Charteres
France
May
Frangeois
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