Admiral Evans Retires After Long Naval Career
San Francisco honors Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans as his flag is hauled down from the Connecticut amid thirteen guns. He departs for Washington on retirement at sixty two, cheered by tens of thousands. Mirrored scenes of hero worship follow as officers and sailors bid farewell.
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San Francisco
Cal
Robley D. Evans
Connecticut
America
Washington
Evans
Chames MM
Toomas
Fiel
Admiral Evans
Taylor
Tim
Pacific
Fifty-Four Middies Fail In Naval Academy Exam
Captain Charles J. Badger reports at the Navy Department that 54 midshipmen were physically disqualified in the annual promotion examination. The group spans first to fourth class with 13, 16, 14, and 11 in each class respectively. Some will resign, while a few in the first class may graduate if mental fitness remains. The defect named most often is defective spine. names of those failed are not released.
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Charles J. Badger
Naval Academy
Navy Department
Navy
Fnch
Defalcation case bail set in bank scandal
Labor law claim to protect children cited as case concerns alleged defalcation of 495000 dollars from Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburgh. Montgomery, a prominent Pennsylvania financier, faces charges with political and financial backers named, as authorities pursue the alleged theft and related securities issues.
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W. Montgomery
Philadephia
William Montmery
Shier
Allegheny National Bank of
Pittsburg
Sottery
Bay
Pennsylvania
United States
M. 8. Yeo
Men of national reputation at Methodist conference in Atlanta
A standout slate of speakers at the Methodist Episcopal Church South educational conference in Atlanta at the First Methodist Church from May 19 to 21 includes national figures. D. F. Hinitt of Central University will open with Significant Factors of Christian Education. W. R. Webb and W. P. Few address topics on education. J. L. Cunningham and D. Snyder discuss ministerial education. Pritchett of the Carnegie Foundation leads with remarks on college reform. Dr. Anderson from Soo Chow and Dr. Wainright of Japan are featured. Dr. McCoy of Alabama closes with a noted Birmingham speech.
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The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Atlanta
First Methodist Church
F. W. Hinitt
Central University
Danville
Kentucky
W. R. Webb
W. P. Few
Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
J. L. Cunningham
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Snyder
Wofford College
South Carolina
Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation
New York
Daniel L. Anderson
Wainright
China
Japan
Anderson
Soo Chow University
McCoy
Alabama
General Conference
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Birmingham
DC Passes Child Labor Law With School Provisions
Washington D C lawmakers, under suspension of the rules, unanimously enacted a district child labor law. No child under 14 may work during school hours or outside 7 pm to 8 am. Ages 14 to 16 require school certificates for factory or shop work. No child under 16 may exceed eight hours per day or forty eight hours per week.
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Washington, D. C
House
District of Columbia
Year ahead of time: New Jersey delegates miss year for peace meet
Governor Fort appointed New Jersey delegates Judge James B. Dill Justice Francis J. Swayse and ex Judge Howard Carrow to the North Carolina arbitration and peace conference. They learned in Wilmington that the convention would be held in 1909 not 1908. They return home seeking who is to blame for the error. Wilmington hosts praised the Jersey visitors and promised a better time next year.
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Glenn
Trenton
N. J
Fort
New Jersey
North Carolina
Wilmington
DASTARDLY CRIME REPORT IN MONTGOMERY Kills Five Children
Five Kennedy children were burned to death and two more gravely burned in a house fire. Police seek James Kennedy, blamed by the mother who says he locked the doors and started the blaze. The mother was away briefly. firefighters found a mass of flames and mutilated bodies among the victims. The scene drew intense horror and pity.
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Montgomery
Ala
James Kennedy
Kennedy
Commissioner delays report after protest over inaccuracies
Following a protest filed by President Porter of the State Mutual Life Insurance Co of Rome Ga the commissioner has held up the report submitted to the comptroller general stating there were inaccuracies in the report as made by Actuary S H Wolfe It will not be promulgated until a second examination can be made and one of the statements verified.
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Porter
State Mutual Life Insurance Co
Rome
S. H. Wolfe
Oil Trust Pleads Ignorance Over Large Fine
Standard Oil of Indiana fights a $29,240,000 penalty levied by Judge Landis. Attorneys argue before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seeking reversal, with John Miller leading the opening for the company. Miller claims the old company did not know it was using legal rates.
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Oil Trust
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Landis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
John
Miller
Rebuilding Begins On Burnt Atlanta District
Reconstruction starts immediately for Atlanta’s burnt district bounded by Madison, Nelson, Forsyth and Mitchell streets. Committees and owners led by 8. M. Inman and Albert Steiner pledge to replace structures with at least as much value, amid an insurance base of 824,650 and an estimated total property loss near 1.25 million dollars.
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Atlanta
Mitchell Street
Forsyth Street
Madison Avenue
Nelson Street
Terminal Lotel
Schlessinger Factory
Terminal Station
Samuel M. Inman
Nelson, Forsyth
Mitchell Streets
M. Inman
Terminal Hotel
Inman
The
Atlanta Brewing and Ice Company
Terminal Station Annex
Marion Annex
Albert Steiner
Dabney H. Scoville
George McCarty
Till
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
Mitchell and
Forsyth Streets
Alabama
Road Streets
Insurance Herald
McCure Ten-Cent Company
J. R. Jones
Edward F. Simaill
Alex Kreisle
J. H. Schroeter & Brother
Childs’ Hotel
Piedmont Hat Company
West Disinfecting Company
Georgia Vehicle Company
Paul D. O'Kelly
Keystone Type Foundry
Goodrum Tobacco Company
Atlanta Utility Works
Burnett, Engineering
Couch-Wider Manufacturing Company
Southern
Columbus Police Enforce Sunday Soft Drink Ban
At a called meeting the Columbus police commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution ordering all city soft drink shops, except drug stores, to close by 1 a m Saturday and not reopen until 12 a m Sunday. Hotels cafes and restaurants are exempt. Patrolmen will notify dealers and enforce the ordinance effective immediately after a complaint about Sunday drunkenness from near beer.
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Columbus
Bond Election Planned for Moultrie Water and Sewer Bonds
At a Moultrie city council meeting a bond election for June 16 was ordered to approve a $45,000 issue to extend the sewerage system and water mains and improve fire protection. The prior election was challenged and voided by Judge Mitchell for not conforming to the law.
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Moultrie
Mitchell
Receiver for Big Estate Appointed in Inman Trust
Forest Adair of Atlanta named receiver for the Walker P. Inman estate valued around 4 million dollars. Judge Pendleton of Fulton superior court issued the order upon petition by John L Hopkins and Sons and King Spalding Little. Bond set at 50000 dollars. James R Gray and Mrs Morris Brandon are enjoined from interfering with the receiver's management. The action mirrors the recent receivership for the Inman cotton firm in Augusta.
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Forest Adair
Atlanta
Walker P. Inman
Judge Pendleton
Fulton County Superior Court
John L. Hopkins and Sons
King, Spalding & Little
Inman & Co
Augusta
James RK. Gray
James R. Gray
Morris Brandon
First Train Over A B A President Visits Atlanta
H M Atkinson of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad led a party of eastern capitalists on a thorough inspection of the road and properties. They visited Tampa Northern railroad and Brunswick docks, toured terminal facilities, and viewed Fitzgerald shops and several Alabama towns. The first passenger train into Atlanta marked a forthcoming regular service.
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H. M. Atkinson
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Atlanta
Tampa
Tampa Northern Railroad
Brunswick
Birmingham and
Atlantic
Brunswick Steamship Company
Fitzgerald
New Road
LaGrange
Roanoke
Ala
Talladega
Birmingham
Eastern Star Convention Heads to Atlanta May 18 1920
The annual state convention of the grand chapter of the order of the Eastern Star will be in Atlanta on May 18, 1920. Members are from Mason circles and their female relatives, with about half a million members. Atlanta chapters Mlecta and West End plan entertainment for delegates at the Masonic temple.
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Grand Chapter
The
Order of the Astern Star
Atlanta
Blue Lodges of
Ancient and Accepted Freemasonry
Mlecta
West End
Masonic Temple
Colonel Dodd to Command Twelfth Cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe
Colonel George A. Dodd is named new commanding officer of the Twelfth Cavalry stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, succeeding General John B. Kerr who moves to Fort Riley. Dodd, regarded as a top service officer by Atlanta army men, led the first troop famed for the monkey drill and has held key posts, recently serving on the departmental general staff at Chicago. He has just been promoted from lieutenant colonel.
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George A. Dodd
Twelfth Cavalry
Fort Oglethorpe
Department of the Gulf
John B. Kerr
Wao
Fort Riley
Dodd
Atlanta
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Smokers Blaze at Atlanta Fire Destroys 2 Million Goods
STATE GLEANINGS reports a massive blaze in Atlanta destroying 1,000,000 cigars and 1,000,000 cigarettes from J. J. Goodrum Tobacco Company. Also notes the death of Mrs. Louis F. Garrard in Columbus at 58, a Confederate veterans event planned for June 3 in Evans, and the retirement of Chattahoochee High School’s faculty after a successful year. Athens business leader James S. King of J. S. King & Co. dies at 65.
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South
Atlanta
J. J. Goodrum Tobacco Company
Louis F. Garrard
Columbus
Wied
Heart Fail
Ladies’ Memorial Association
James 8. King
J. 8. King & Co
Athens
Mr. King
Tragedies and Political Moves Across U S Pages
Reports from Kentucky and Arkansas record multiple deaths including Isaac Brown and Charles Ferfilliat among warring factions and a bank cashier. Prominent figures Charles Matthias and James Taylor are noted for suicides or deaths. Parallel coverage notes a Jersey City murder, a New York fire, and political shifts with Bryan and Taft, plus railroad, canal, and Puerto Rico military bills.
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Brown
Mitchell
Perder River
Kentucky
Isaac Brown
Bob Brown
Will Mitchell
Mithell
Qcharles Ferfilliat
Merchants’ National Bank
New Orleans
Charles Matthias
Chicago Chronicle
Chicago American
Hot Springs
Ark
Matthias
Jersey City
N. J
Sabinio Maililo
Alfred Bechinois
New York
Massachusetts
Bryan
James Taylor
Booth
Forrest
Barrett
Roanoke
Gussoni & Co
United States District Court
Nation of Perpendicular Drinkers Cited by Rockefeller Physician
Rockefeller's physician derides the public as a nation of perpendicular drinkers, commenting on drinking habits with a sharp social critique. The remark frames a broader debate over personal conduct and public health in the era.
Change in Food Works Wonders in Health
A testimonial extols Grape-Nuts as a dietary cure for dyspepsia. A woman credits daily use with restoring health over a year, noting predigested nutrition aids the nervous system and reduces stomach strain. The letter claims broad suitability for all ages and urges reading The Road to Wellville quote.
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Wellville
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