Durden Cleared of Fraud Charges in Savannah Trial
R W Durden former president of Home Mutual Fire Insurance was found not guilty on a fraud charge in Federal court at Savannah. The jury deliberated twenty minutes and all remaining defendants were acquitted on judge Lambdin's instructions. Durden, with attorney Judge Max Isaac, returned to Brunswick.
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R. W. Durden
Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Savannah
W. W. Lambdin
Durden
Max Isaac
Brunswick
Isaac
Mr. Durden
Insurance Company
E. M. Donaldson
Charles Russell
Lambdin
Dodge School Closes a Successful Season
After an unusually successful season the Dodge school at Frederica closed on Thursday. A large crowd from St Simons attended the closing exercises. Teachers pupils and others enjoyed a boat trip to Darien aboard the Hessie with Rev D Watson Winn Miss Mada McDonald and Mr Jones in charge.
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Dodge School
Frederica
St. Simons
Darien
Hessie
D. Watson Winn
Mada McDonald
Mr. Jones
Roosevelt Speaks at Michigan Celebration
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, in Detroit for American Day, opposes hyphenated Americanism and calls for universal military service with thorough preparedness. He urges ending pork barrel defense and notes Ford’s primary victory signals political shifts ahead of the Republican National convention.
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Detroit
Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Michigan
Ford
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Congress
Bolivian Minister Optimistic About American Future
Mohoner New York May 19 The Bolivian minister to the United States Senor Don Ignacio Calderon urged Pan Americanism at the Lake Mohonk conference. He praised the Monroe Doctrine as a common shield for democracies and contrasted Spanish colonial rule with Latin America's progress toward stable self government and peaceful development.
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Europe
America
Mexico
Peru
United States
Captain Elliott Secures 21 Recruits in Southeast
Captain Charles P. Elliott touring the southeast reports a steady recruiting pace. In Brunswick he inspected applicant Ferman Tobias who failed the exam. Over the past week he gathered recruits in Savannah Charleston Waycross Jacksonville Fitzgerald for a total of twenty one, with weekly visits expected.
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Charles P. Elliott
United States
Brunswick
F. J. Peterson
Ferman Tobias
Tobias
Elliott
Savannah
Charleston
S. C
Waycross
Jacksonville
Fla
Fitzgerald
Higginbothan Wins Narrow Camden Sheriff Race
Camden county voters chose Sheriff Higginbothan over rivals H B Higginbothan and Joe Cheney in a tight Democratic primary. Final results were not known until precinct returns were consolidated, with Higginbothan winning by about twenty votes.
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Camden County
Camden
L. K. Higginbothan
H. B. Higginbothan
Joe Cheney
Cheney
Higginburhan
Local firms to be questioned in industrial preparedness drive
Georgia factories in Brunswick and nearby areas face cooperation requests from the naval consulting board's industrial preparedness committee led by H E Coffin. The drive, backed by President Wilson, asks for confidential inventories to aid wartime defense efforts.
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United States
Naval Consulting Board of the
H. E. Coffin
Army
Navy
F. N. Smalley
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Savannah
Board of Directors
Georgia
Thomas A. Edison
Peter Cooper Hewitt
William L. Saunders
Thomas Robins
Smalley
Brunswick
Georgia Veneer and Package Company
Downing Company
Hilton-Dodge Lumber Company
Woodrow Wilson
War and Navy Departments
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Institute of Mining Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
The
American Society of Electrical Engineers
Amerl
Baptists Seek to Clear 180000 Debt in Asheville Meeting
The Southern Baptist convention in Asheville faces clearing 180000 debt of the foreign mission board with pledges and cash subscriptions totaling 80344 plus gifts from audience members. A special effort aims to reduce the debt within sixty days. The gathering also considers economizing by trimming staff and by applying by law changes to ensure fiscal stability for the home and foreign boards. The world conference on faith and order is continued for another year with Dr. Lansing Burrows and colleagues leading.
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Asheville
N. C
Southern Baptist Convention
Foreign Mission Board
Foreign Board
C. D. Graves
Nashville
C. J. Thompson
Raleigh
Baltimore
George W. Truitt
Dallas
Convention
Commission On
World Conference On Faith and Order
Commission
Commission On World Conference On Faith and Order
Lansing Burrows
O. F. Gregory
H. C. Moore
Burrows
Well Known Darien Woman Dies After Long Illness
News arrives of the death of Mrs. James A. Atwood at her daughter's home near Darien after a long illness. She lived in Darien for many years and was known among Brunswick friends. Survived by three sons Alfred L. Atwood Bayard M. Atwood and J. K. Atwood and six daughters. Funeral held yesterday afternoon.
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James A. Atwood
Dewey
Darien
Kissimmee, Fla
Wilson asks support for naval data collection effort
President Woodrow Wilson appeals for aid to the naval consulting board as he stresses the national interest and urges earnest support in gathering essential data for the United States government and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Can Chemical Society
Naval Consulting Board
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Verdun Front Violent Fighting Resumed In May Battle
Paris reports a large scale Verdun fight as two fresh German divisions strike Avocourt wood and Hill 304 west of the Meuse. Germans gain a footing near Hill 287 east of Avecourt wood. French hold on Hill 304 fort. Sub-Lieut Navarre downs his tenth German aircraft in the Argonne.
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London
Verdun
Meuse
Avecourt Wood
Hill 287
Paris
Berlin
Russia
Roumania
Cadorna
Trgol
Overtua
Trent
Vienna
Rovertto
Magorio
Costabella
Vienna War Office
Avocourt Wood
The
War Office
Avecourt World
Woevre
Verdun Front
Navarre
Dolante
Argonne
Birrell Testimony Before Royal Commission on Sinn Fein Uprising
Augustine Birrell appears as a witness at the royal commission probing the Sinn Fein revolt in Ireland. He addresseds Sinn Feinism in a prepared statement after reading Sir Matthew Nathan’s testimony about advance German plans aiding rebels. The hearing follows Nathan’s dramatic evidence and discusses government intelligence.
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London
Augustine Birrell
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Royal Commission
Matthew Nathan
Matthew
Birrell
Taft Sends Ministers Word on League to Enforce Peace
Ex-President William J Taft heads a church cooperation committee writing 10000 ministers urging sermons tomorrow explaining the League to Enforce Peace program. The league plans its first annual assembly May 26 and 27 with signatures from L T Wilson Shailer Mathews Charles MacFarland J B Remensnyder Arthur J Brown Hamilton Holt and others.
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William J. Taft
Brunswick
League To
L. T. Wilson
New York
Shailer Mathews
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Liquor Raid Expands Across Girard County District
In Girard Alabama three days of liquor search widen as eight deputies push into Russell County while M S Baughn a representative of the Alabama attorney general reports large quantities of liquor hidden in the country. Gov Henderson faces petitions from ruined merchants seeking intervention to ship whiskey back to distilleries with a pledge to quit the trade. State guardsmen remain on duty without disorder.
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Girard
Ala
Russell County
M.S. Baughn
Alabama
Baughn
Attorneys Fix Fees in Fairhope Case
Judge W. W. Lambdin in the US court before Referee Crovatt set attorney fees in the Fairhope bankruptcy case. Garrard & Gazan of Savannah received 1800 dollars for trustees counsel, while C. G. Edwards, counsel for the bankrupt firm, was allowed 1400. B. Smith notes Taft as League to Enforce Peace president, formed in Independence Hall Philadelphia last June.
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W. W. Lambdin
United States Court
Fairhope
Crovatt
Lambdin
Garrard & Gazan
Savannah
C. G. Edwards
B. Smith
Taft
League To Enforce Peace
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
International Court
Council of Conciliation
League of Nations
Keene Loses Suit Against A A Jackson
The court directed a verdict for the defendant in the case C T Keene vs R A Jackson over 2265 acres on the Altamaha river. The jury after twenty eight hours returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. May 19 1916 R H Parker foreman.
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C. T. Keene
R. A. Jackson
Altamaha River
J. P. Highsmith
R. H. Parker
Milton Strickland
Southern Railway
Superior Court
Strickland
Bennet, Twitty
Hid
George Holmes
Robert Bowman
Jesse D. Goddard
House Leaders Confident on Naval Building Plan
Washington May 19 Administration officials remained confident Congress would approve a satisfactory naval program despite the House Naval Committee abandoning the five year plan urged by President Wilson and Secretary Daniels The committee also dropped provisions for all battle cruisers prompting belief that some dreadnoughts are needed It is expected Congress will push a program including at least two dreadnoughts and four battle cruisers
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Washington
Administration
Congress
House Naval Committee
Wilson
Daniels
Overals
Lifesaver Returns to Tybee Island Post
K Cook, longtime Brunswick fire fighter and self declared expert swimmer, left yesterday for Tybee Island to resume his former lifesaving position at the resort. He previously saved at Tybee, joined Brunswick fire department, and often claimed to be capable of swimming Brunswick to St Simons, but bad weather hindered those attempts. He likely will come back to Brunswick after Tybee season ends.
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Cook
Harrison
Tybee Island
Brunswick
Tybee
Fire Department
St. Simons
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Mohonk Lake
Elliot
Higginbothan
National Movement For
Baptists
League
Otillin
Keene
Aulit
A. A. Jackson
Naval Building
Spite Committee
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