Subscriptions Boost Athens YMCA Drive Past Goal
After a two day canvass the Athens Young Men's Christian Association reports twelve new gifts totaling 391.00 with two 150.00 pledges and several smaller amounts. The drive has raised 11 231.40 toward a 15 000.00 goal and still seeks 3 768.60 to furnish and equip a new building. A campaign team will mail letters to non contacted potential donors and follow up with out of town prospects to complete the funding.
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Athens Young Men's Christian Association
Quarterly Conference For Athens District The Second Round
Athens District holds the second round quarterly conference led by official P. Wiggins P. E. with attendees noted for the session.
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Athens
Lieutenant Holden Returns From War Front
Lieutenant Frank A. Holden arrived in New York yesterday aboard the Julia Luckenbach after a delayed voyage caused by a defective propeller. He is son of Judge and Mrs Horace M Holden and expected to visit family here soon. Over two thousand soldiers landed and will be sent to camps and demobilized shortly after. Holden has endured several hairbreadth escapes, including gas exposure and wounds, and is a University of Georgia graduate with many friends in the state awaiting his safe return.
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Frank A. Holden
New York
Julia Luckenbach
Lieut. Holden
Horace M. Holden
Lieut
Holden
University of Georgia
Specials Today and Market Pleasures Dining Sign
Specials today feature Shad and Spanish mackerel dressed hens fresh oysters and butter and exes. Market note lists Phonol 1446 1447 Fe dell Spaghettirodetl Vermicelli.
Geneva Named League Capital Sparks French Belgian Dissent
Paris reports sharp criticism in France and Belgium over Geneva being chosen as the League of Nations capital. Officials blame President Wilson for backing Geneva over Brussels, fueling resentment in diplomatic circles.
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Associated Press
Paris
Geneva
League of Nations
Wilson
Brussels
Gompers Warns Employers Fight Bolshevism at Home
New York April 11 Samuel Gompers returning from the Peace Conference said American employers hold power to keep Bolshevism out of the United States. He added labor will do its part but cannot bear the burden alone and called Germany’s situation like an opera bouffe.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Germany
Lawrenceville Man Ends His Life Over Reenlistment Rebuff
Lawrenceville Ga April 11 Mr Ernest King son of J R T King shortly before dawn at six o clock died by his own hand after recent discharge from the aero service and failing to re enlist it is believed grief over his brother Robert who died in France last year and the inability to return to service influenced the act King about 30 was loved in the community and is survived by his father stepmother and several younger brothers and sisters The funeral will be held Sunday at 11 a m
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Associated Press
Lawrenceville
Ernest King
J. R. T. King
Aero Service
France
Robert
King
Atlanta
Railroads appeal ruling on North Dakota rate decrees
Washington dated April 11. Attorneys for the railroad administration filed with the Supreme Court today appeals from the North Dakota Supreme Court decrees enjoining the Northern Pacific railway and other lines in that state from charging increased rates promulgated last May by Director McAdoo.
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Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Administration
Supreme Court
North Dakota Supreme Court
Northern Pacifico Railway
McAdoo
Vice Admiral Leaves Sails on George Washington
New York April 11 Vice Admiral G Leaves commanding the cruiser and transport force of the Atlantic fleet was a passenger on the transport George Washington which sailed this afternoon for Brest. He goes under orders from the Acting Secretary of the Navy to inspect the evacuation ports abroad.
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Associated Press
New York
G. Leaves
George Washington
Brest
Secretary of the Navy
Attorney General Palmer to address Tybee bar gathering
The Associated Press reports Georgia and South Carolina lawyers will hear Attorney General Palmer speak at the joint Georgia South Carolina Bar Association meeting in Tybee on May 31. The piece also lists grocery items and shop notices from Costa's Delicatessen and Arnold & Abney, including fresh vegetables and salted almonds.
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Gen. Palmer
Tybee
Associated Press
Washington
Palmer
Georgia-South Carolina Bar Association
British Agree French Object Monroe Doctrine
Paris April 11 The League of Nations commissions debate on the Monroe Doctrine Amendment ends with Wilson defending the doctrine as a bulwark. Lord Cecil says no objection to the amendment. Lamude of France objects. Branting and Nansen discuss relief efforts with Wilson and the Inter allied relief council. Nansen cites 200000 Russian deaths monthly from starvation.
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Associated Press
Paris
League of Nations Commissions
Wilson
Robert Cecil
Lamaude
Hjalmar Branting
Fridtjoff Nansen
United States
Herbert Hoover
Inter-allied Relief Council
Council of Four
Russia
Nansen
Jackets Trim Auburn Going Eleven Innings
In a marathon 11 inning game the Jackets edged Auburn 2 to 1. Ollinger and Anderson formed Auburn’s battery while Asbury and Wheeler pitched for Tech. Otto Jordan umpired the game.
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Auburn
Een
PTA
Uae
Ollinger
Anderson
Auburn Battery
Asbury and
Wheeler
Tech
Otto Jordan
Four Thousand Coal Miners to Strike on April 16
Approximately 4000 workers employed by the Central Coal and Coke Company in Arkansas Oklahoma and Kansas were ordered to strike on April 16 after a conference between union and company officials. Disputes over working hours cited as the cause.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
Central Coal and Coke Company
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Communion Service at First Baptist Church
Members are reminded that next Sunday is the regular day for the observance of the Lord s Supper due to unavoidable interruptions in scheduled services. J W Lynch pastor.
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First Baptist
J. W. Lynch
Clemency Request for 52 Espionage Act Convicts Sent
Washington reports Attorney General Palmer has sent to President Wilson a recommendation for executive clemency for fifty-two individuals convicted under the espionage act. Names and commuting details will be announced after the President acts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Palmer
Florida Sclons Hear Taft On League of Nations
Florida lawmakers invited former president William H Taft to address the state legislature on the League of Nations. The notice appears amid unrelated listings for fresh produce and King-Hodgson Co. goods including tomatoes celery lettuce cucumbers and sliced boiled ham.
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Florida
Taft
League of Nations
Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fla
William H. Taft
King-Hodgson Co
Director of 32 Banks Found Dead in Auto in Evant
Fort Worth April 11 John L. Jackson a director in thirty two Texas banks was found dead in an automobile near Evant Tuesday. He left his entire estate valued at five hundred thousand dollars to the spiritualists of the United States to establish a college. He had ten thousand dollars in cash in his pocket when found. He died a natural death.
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Spiritualists College
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
John L. Jackson
Evant
United States
Hurley names Ackerman to head ship construction drive
Chairman Hurley announced changes in the shipping board staff as part of sustaining the wartime merchant marine program. From Florida he telegraphed the appointment of J. L. Ackerman as Naval Constructor to replace Director General Piez at the Emergency Fleet Corporation, with plans to organize work across new and weaker yards.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hurley Today
Shipping Boards
Florida
Hurley
J. L. Ackerman
Piez
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Paul F. Ricke Treason Trial Opens in War Time
New York April 11 In opening the case against Paul F Ricke on trial for treason Delaney Nicoll chief attorney for the prosecution said the government would not seek the death penalty if convicted leaving punishment to the court Fricke a German naturalized in 1912 is charged with helping fund a propaganda drive to sway Germans to enlist on British ships and attack them at sea
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Associated Press
New York
Paul F. Ricke
Delaney Nicoll
Fricke
New York Brewer Wins Injunction On Prohibition Act
In New York on April 11 a brewery firm filed a bill in equity seeking an injunction to restrain federal officials from enforcing the war time prohibition act. The petition argues that beers and malt liquors with up to 2.75 percent alcohol are unintoxicating and their manufacture and sale are permissible under current congressional legislation.
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Associated Press
New York
Clausen .Flannagan
Congressional
Bolshevism in Germany Sort of Opera Bouffe
Paris April 11 dispatch notes a sensational view of political upheaval with Gompers quoted describing Bolshevism in Germany as a sort of opera bouffed. The report mentions Sebantopol advancing on the Black Sea near the region's southern edge.
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Germany
Sebantopol
Black Sea
Labor Gets a Recognition by Peace Committee
Associates Paris reports the committee on international legislation drafts labor conditions rules under Peace Committee oversight. An amendment by George Nicoll Baout portfolio adds labor representation and broad aims to regulate employment conditions. The report outlines a labor program to guide international labor standards.
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Associates
Paris
Peace Co
George Nicoll
Mutiny Loyalties Stir Archangel Front
Washington reports the arrival of the American cruiser Galveston and Chester at Murmansk to ease Archangel region tensions. Brigadier General W. P. Richardson sails with two railway engineer companies to take command as a mutiny among nearby troops, who ten days ago refused orders until officers argued their case. No additional War Department details were released.
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Associated Press
Washington
Galveston
Chester
Murmansk
Archangel
W. P. Richardson
War Department
Robert Davis Convicted and Sentenced in Manslaughter Case
Waynesboro Ga April 11 The jury in the murder case of Robert E Davis returned a manslaughter verdict Friday morning against Davis for killing Marvin Cox Judge Henry Hammond sentenced him to a six year term The maximum in each case is twenty years The extent of the sentence is discretionary Arnold and Abney advertise large olives in bulk 600 quart
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Associated Press
Waynesboro
Robert BE. Davis
Marvin Cox
Davis
Henry €. Hammond
Six Hundred Union Men Strike at Pensacola Shipyard
Associated Press report from Pensacola Florida dated April 11 notes six hundred boiler makers and iron shipbuilders walk out at Pensacola Shipbuilding Company. They protest the hiring of Black workers for pneumatic duties and demand that Negro entrants be restricted to helpers. The strike also seeks reinstatement with full back pay for all discharged workers and removal of the superintendent.
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Associated Press
Pensacola
Fla
Boiler Makers and Iron Shipbuilders Union
Pensacola Shipbuilding Company
Hhe Company
Georgia Mercer baseball doubleheader called off in Macon
Wet grounds forced the Georgia Mercer game at Macon to be postponed yesterday afternoon. Officials expect a doubleheader this afternoon if fields dry. Athens and Macon fans hope for action with Georgia aiming to beat the Baptists. Play by play coverage will be at the University Chapel.
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Georgia Mercer
Macon
Athens
Georgia
Baptists
Philpot
Moore
Bloodworth
University Chapel
German finance minister resigns for personal reasons
Berlin April 1 Associated Press reports Dr. Schiffer, the German finance minister, has resigned citing personal reasons per the Zeitung am Mittag. Separate note lists Florida fruit prices: oranges 40 cents to 75 cents a dozen, lemons and winesap apples.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Dr. Schiffer
Zeitung Am Mittag
Florida
Costa
Delicatessea
Athens Citizens Targeted by Smooth Check Artist
A New York Senate hearing reveals Senator Thompson alleges Richard H. Burke offered a $500,000 campaign bribe to secure gubernatorial support for a $4 billion fare increase. In Athens a man named Wright or “Young” is arrested for passing fraudulent checks ranging from $5 to $40, cashing them at local businesses including the Majestic Hotel and Athens Hotel. He deceived residents, prompting police surveillance and a likely morning hearing for the suspect in city jail.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Richard H. Burke
New York
Senate
George F. Thompson
Burke
Thompson
John B. Stanchfield
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Nicholas Brady
Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Corporation
C. M. G. Thomas
The
Consolidated Gas Company
Whitman
T. P. Wright
Young
N. G
Athens
Atlanta
Wright
Young As
Majestic Hotel
John Bowden
Hackman J. P. Fleming
Fleming
Geo. Collins
Happy Returning Soldiers Served By Athens Canteen
A troop train with 450 returning soldiers passed through Athens yesterday as the Athens Canteen served coffee cakes cigarettes magazines and souvenir post cards at the Seaboard depot. Many Georgians headed for Camp Gordon to demobilize with some going to Camp Sheridan and Camp Funston. Notable visitors included the widow of General John B Gordon and Georgia football star W E Neville.
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Athens
Seaboard
France
Camp Gordon
Camp Sheridan
Camp Funston
Georgia
John B. Gordon
Newport News
W. E. Neville
Georgia Football Center
Annual Meeting of Georgia Historical Association in Atlanta
The Georgia Historical Association will hold its annual meeting in the senate chamber at the Capitol in Atlanta at 10:30 AM Saturday. The program includes the president’s address by Dr. L L Knight and papers on The University in the European War by Prof. W D Hooper and The Georgia Tech in the European War by Prof. G H Boggs, plus war activities reports and officer elections. All members and interested historians are urged to attend.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
The
Georgia Historical Association
Senate
Capitol
L. L. Knight
University
W. D. Hooper
Georgia Tech
Chapter F Saturday Market at the Gas Shop
Saturday market offers large and small cakes cheese straws marshmallow trippe and Riverside Oranges. Arnold Abney Fresh Shop Beans Fresh Beets Fresh Cabbage Bunch Turnips at Williamson's Oranges Grapefruit Apples also at Williamson's. Orders taken today before noon.
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Agle
Williamson’s
State Normal trustee named
Friends statewide take note as Waycross prominent citizen V. L. Stanton was named by Governor Dorsey as a trustee of the State Normal School for a six year term.
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State Normal School
V. L. Stanton
Waycross
Dorsey
New Labor Party Seeks Ireland Recognition At Illinois Meet
A new Illinois labor party adopted a revolutionary platform calling for formal recognition of the Soviet government in Russia and for Ireland to be recognized as a free country. The declaration was issued at a state convention in Illinois, with NL officials presenting the program.
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New Labor Party
Ireland
Associated Propermenele
Georgians Who Died in War Now Total 1 480
Additions to the list of Georgia soldiers sailors and marines who died in service bring the total to 1 480. The names are compiled by the woman's committee of the Georgia Council of National Defense. Mrs 5 M Inman is chair man of this committee. The follow ing are the additional names: Hall Lindsey D Garyfield Thurston Joseph Pete Thomasville Shanklin Walton Rome Hazelhurst Lieut J Nesbit Atlanta Turk Otis Atlanta Youmans Felton L Norris town Slack William Rome Gragg Bert Acworth Lester Jesse Ac worth Lester Jesse Smithville Nealy Tom Raymond James Patrick H Baxley Bryant Langon Cairo Barber Claude J Manor Bel Henry Dixie Clement Charles B Cornlia Wheeler Harvey Barnett.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Council of National Defuse
5. M. Inman
Hall
Lindsey D
Garyfield
Thurston
Joseph Pete
Thomasville
Shanklin
Walton
Rome
Hazelhurst
Lieut. J. Nesbit
Turk
Assessment Notice for Oconee Burial Association Demand
Assessment due for No. 135. Leave at Smith Bros. drug store or contact J. H. Mealor secretary for details.
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Smith Bros
J. H. Mealor
Williamson's produce and nuts shipment listing
A fragmented retailer notice lists evaporated peaches apricots apples celery lettuce snap beans beets and bunches at Williamson's. It also mentions a shipment of fresh nuts including almonds and walnuts and references King-Hodgson Co. Philadelphia cream and cheese Pimigato as related items or brands.
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Williamson's
King-Hodgson Co
Philadelphia
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