Church for Farm to Start Canvass at Once
Halifax county convicts on state farm seek church building funds as a committee of five leaders launches a drive with initial 90 dollars and a 75 dollar early contribution. Rev N C Hughes to solicit statewide support while Broughton Cox Mann Mills Thompson lead efforts.
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Halifax
Halifax County
Messrs
N. B. Broughton
Albert L. Cox
J. 8. Mann
John A. Mills
Alf. A. Thompson
Thompson
Cox
B. R. Lacy
N. C. Hughes
Hughes
Gneral
President seeks Goethals as Canal Zone governor
Washington insiders say Col. George W. Goethals will be named civil governor of the Canal Zone. After his term, he is expected to spearhead the construction of the Alaska railway, a plan supported by several administration insiders.
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Canal Zone
New York
Washington
George W. Goethals
Canal
Panama
Goethals
Goethals May Be Retained by U S as Police Chief Talks
Reports say Col George W Goethals could become New York City police commissioner. Mayor Mitchell is to speak at a University Club banquet and may discuss Goethals with President Wilson that day. The president reportedly wishes to keep Goethals for his engineering expertise.
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New York City
Mitchell
New York
University Club
Wilson
Colonel Goethals
United States
Commissioner Urges Summer School to Replace Primitive Closings
Washington reports Commissioner P. P. Claxton calls summer school closures primitive and proposes continuous sessions to enroll two million children in vocational work. Clyde Alison Mann submits a program emphasizing nature study and horticulture to expand public school use of facilities valued at about two billion dollars. Duehay to inspect Federal Prison in Atlanta. his appointment by Attorney General McReynolds requires no senate confirmation.
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Claxton
Washington
P. P. Claxton
United States Bureau of Education
Clyde Alison Mann
American Society For Thrift
Duehay
Federal
Francis H. Duehay
Atlanta
United States Penitentiary
McReynolds
Senate
Julian Hawthorne
Moyer
Botha Declares Martial Law as General Strike Looms
General Louis Botha premier of the Union of South Africa remains firm against labor agitators and proclaims martial law in response to calls for a nationwide general strike.
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Botha
Union of South Africa
Japanese protest on California alien land law
Japanese Foreign Minister Makino protested US attitude toward California alien land legislation. The message cites unanswered notes to Bryan, discusses Chinda’s March 5 meeting with Wilson, and notes the Webb bill restricting Japanese ownership passed by California at the fortieth session.
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Washington
Nobuaki Makino
Parliament of
Japan
California
United States
Tokio
Bryan
Chinda
Wilson
Webb
Taft Attacks Demagogues in Purist Democracy Talk
Former President Taft urged halting the push for purer democracy at a local business college commencement. He criticized impractical reformers and demagogues, warned against democracy in education, lubricious literature, and stage culture, and urged common sense to separate practical from deceitful promises.
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Philadelphia
Taft
Judge Roberts Named Special Attorney for Bureau of Corporations
Judge W. T. Roberts of Douglas Georgia former Tallapoosa circuit solicitor general is appointed by Secretary Redfield as special attorney for the bureau of corporations. The post came through William J. Harris census director who helped secure the position. Harris and Roberts once served in the state senate as neighboring lawmakers with Roberts chairing the judiciary committee.
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Roberts
Washington
W. T. Roberts
Douglas
Tallapoosa Circuit
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Bureau of Corporations
Judge Roberts
William J. Harris
Census
Harris
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
Ginning Report Shows Increage Half Million Bales Rise
A ginning report indicates a half million bale increase in cotton production compared with the same period last year. States are compared showing regional shifts and totals by region.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Giinnings
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Sea Island
Bandits Rob Mail Trains and Theft at Facklers
Three amateur bandits halted Southern railway train No. 41 at Facklers Alabama and looted express and baggage cars of perishables trunks and sacks of second class mail. They uncoupled cars and forced the engineer to take the train twelve miles into the countryside before fleeing.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Railway
Tuscumbia
Fackiers
Ala
Facklers
Chicago
Michigan Central
Detroit
Jackson
Mich
Lewis Thombs
Wilson’s Message Earns Bipartisan Backing In Congress
President Wilson’s trust address calls for cooperation between government and business to align methods with public opinion and the law. G O P leader Mann and Senators Kenyon and Gallinger praise the approach as conservative and accommodating. Congress reacts with broad approval and few dissenting voices as reforms to curb monopoly proceed.
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Mann
Kenyon and Gallinger
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Lord Strathcona Dies in London After Long Public Service
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, Canada’s high commissioner in London, died of prostration following a severe catarrh. He had just marked his ninety-third birthday on August 6 and had endured the loss of his wife last November, a heavy personal blow. Born Donald Smith, he sailed to Canada at eighteen and devoted a career spanning nearly a century and three quarters of his life.
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Builders of
Canada
London
England
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Donald Smith
Wisconsin Eugenic Law Declared Void by Judge
Milwaukee judge rules the eugenics health certificate law unconstitutional for creating unreasonable physician fees and impairing the right to marry. Case advances to the state supreme court for review of the statute’s limits.
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Milwaukee
Wis
F. C. Eschweiler
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Eschweiler
Pacific Storm Sweeps Pacific Northwest
A severe storm lashes the Pacific Northwest with snow rain and winds up to 60 mph. Puget Sound experiences the strongest gale since weather warnings began with telephone lines crippled from Portland to Salem and floods in Eugene.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Puget Sound
Weather Bureau
Cape Flattery
Eugene
Oregon
Amazon Creek
Portland
Salem
State Insane Asylum
Baker
Ore
Junction City
Sante Barbara
Cal
Louis Jones
Montecito
San Francisco
Pacific
California
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Boys Pig Clubs Organize to Cut Living Costs
Washington organized the Boy Pig Clubs in the Southern States as a new step by the agriculture department to reduce the cost of living. The aim is to interest young Southern farmers in breeding good hogs and show pork can be cheaper to produce than beef. A shortage of beef is said to raise pork demand and support steady pork consumption.
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Washington
Organization of
Department of Agriculture
Express Profit At Pacific Fruit Express Profit Report
Charles M. Secrist testified at the interstate commerce commission inquiry that Pacific Fruit Express posted a profit of 1.5 million dollars. The firm owned by Union and Southern Pacific railroads is the first private car company to report notable earnings. He said pooling with railroads would shift some profits from private lines to the railroads.
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Chicago
Charles M. Secrist
Pacific Fruit Express
Interstate Commerce Coll Mission
Pacific Company
Union and
Southern Pacific Railroads
Union Station and Warehouse Fire at Apex
Union passenger station and Seaboard Air Line warehouse burned at Apex fourteen miles south of Raleigh. Loss set at five thousand dollars.
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Union Station
Raleigh
Union
Seaboard Air Line
Apex
Shooting Mystery Deepens in Thunderbolt Case
Savannah reports the shooting remains unsolved as Neal Palmer lies seriously ill after being mounded at Thunderbolt. Mrs. E J Andreau stays in custody with no charges yet entered. Palmer reportedly offered new details amid conflicting earlier accounts of the pistol incident.
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Savannah
Neal Palmer
Thunderbolt
E. J. Awedreau
Ict
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Asheville
Carl A. Grote
Montgomery
Dan E. Sevier
Buncombe
Smith Tobacco
Tme
Armers
Carolina
Sespiuliton
Rowan County
Salisbury
Vaeer
Cres Stret
Col
Gen
Louis Botha
Baroness DE Pallandt
May de Pallandt
Ernest Villiers Appleby
University of Minnesota
May Dugus
John D. Kilpatrick
GOKOT
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