Brandeis Inquiry Resumed as Senate Probes Ethics
February reports state a Senate judiciary subcommittee will resume its Brandeis ethics inquiry. Former officials from the Shoe Machinery Company, with Brandeis once a director and counsel, are expected to testify. The session aims to examine charges of professional conduct and possible withdrawals from the group’s leadership.
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Louis D. Brandeis
Senate
Shoe Machinery Company
Om Brandeis
United Shoe Ma
Veal Killed Reported as Murder in East Athens
Police were alerted to a reported murder on Water Street East Athens but investigation revealed a calf had been killed in a vacant building. Blood and signs of violence were found, yet officers determined the scene involved animal slaughter rather than a person.
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Water Street
Athens
Fred Seagraves
Missing Links features Horton and stars in a Fine Arts play
Robert Horton leads an all star cast in Missing Links a stirring Fine Arts production set in a small town that becomes unsettled by a murder mystery. Norma Talmadge stars with Sam Bernard Mae Busch and others in a Triangle Company program at the Elite today praised as one of the best yet.
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Robert Horton
Miss Talmadge
Triangle Company
Athens
Vitagraph Pictures
Mary Pickford
Marguerite Clark
Robert Harron
Lillian Gish
Judith
Bethulia
Norma Talmadge
The
Llite Today
Sam Bernard
Mae Busch
Elite
W. T. Collins Company Hails New Millinery Line
W. T. Collins returned from New York with a spring summer stock of millinery and ladies ready to wear. The company reports the handsomest line yet shown and daily shipments are arriving for display. Indies of Athens await early announcements with interest.
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W. T. Collins
W. T. Collins Company
New York
Athens
Arnold and Abney Oyster and Groceries Ad
Local ad from Arnold and Abney promoting Sealshipt Oysters at 50 cents per quart, Curly Mustard Salad and Fresh Turnip Salad, Purina Whole Wheat Flour, Fresh Country Ground Graham. Contact number 1076.
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Arnold & Abney
Purina
Graham
Arnold& Abney
Tragic Cave-In Kills Worker at YMCA Project Site
Walter Favors, a black laborer, died after a 12 foot sewer ditch collapsed at the YMCA site. Soil instability and a sliding dirt pile buried him under earth and timber, causing a broken neck. Two similar cave-ins last week left other workers entombed but found.
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Walter Favors
Y. M. CA
Angell Advocates Prepared Global Policy at UGA Chapel
Norman Angell, renowned internationalist, spoke at the University of Georgia chapel on international questions. He urged a U S policy prepared to enforce postwar agreements, warned against entanglements, and called for cool heads and intelligent world cooperation.
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Norman Angell
Europe
London
University of Georgia
Polite
America
United States
University
Athens
Western Front Engaged In Heavy Fighting Across Verdun Front
AP reports the western fighting line with heavy engagements and artillery activity for days. German gains include trenches near Tahure Massignes Navarone and along the Aisne while Paris notes repulses and air battles. Allied losses and vessel misfortune also appear in the dispatch.
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Associated Press
London
Champagne
Trnches
Tahure
Massignnes
Navarane
Soissons
Termy
Aisne
Paris
Flanders
Athens Chamber of Commerce Plans New Drive Tonight
The Athens chamber of commerce will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight in the city hall council chamber. Officers for the year are to be discussed along with a new members campaign and the proposed eight million dollar interurban railroad from Andersen South Carolina to Atlanta. Promoters guarantee seven million if area residents投e one million in first mortgage bonds as cars run, opening vast trade and suburban development for Athens. The group will decide on the railway matter tonight.
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Ington
United States
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Council Chamber
Andersen, S. C
Atlanta
Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Modern Woodmen of America
Comer
Bishop
Commerce
Canon
Father and Two Sons in Prison
Lee Johnson was tried yesterday afternoon before Judge Carlisle Cobb and put under 25 bond to keep the peace. Complaint was made against him by his wife who stated that he had threatened her. Johnson's two sons Will and Burrell are in jail where the father was held yesterday prior to his trial and making bond. Burrell is held for assault to murder and Will on a charge of stealing.
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Lee Johnson
Carlisle Cobb
Johnson
Will
Burrell
Dinners Linking Athens and Rome Chambers Set in Georgia
The Georgia chamber of commerce plans joint dinners for Athens and Rome on Tuesday at 8:30 in Athens and 7:30 in Rome. Rome and Athens will hear speeches via connected phones, with Field Secretary Weatherford arranging details and leaders from Atlanta to speak.
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Athens
Rome
Chambers of Commerce
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Rome Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Timate
Georgia
Weatherford
Atlanta
Flanigen
Heidler
Oth
Georgian
Trial verdicts led to fines for theft and swindling
Will Jordan found guilty of stealing two auto inner tubes from E S Sporting Goods Co and jailed five months or $40 fine. Frank Childress faced two charges cheating and swindling, fined $30 plus costs for six months, with listings for Fresh Cream Puffs and Chocolate Blairs by ARNOLD ABNEY.
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Will Jordan
Judge West
E.S. Sporting Goods Co
Frank Childress
Bryan challenged to debate preparedness
Richard L. Metcalf a Democrat former Canal Zone governor and Omaha publisher telegraphed William J. Bryan in Miami today proposing a joint debate on preparedness before Nebraska voters. Bryan reportedly planned anti preparedness addresses in Nebraska between March 20 and April 28 prior to the state primaries.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Richard L. Metcalf
Canal Zone
William J. Bryan
Miami
Fla
Nebraska
Bryant
Birth of a Nation seat sale draws unprecedented crowds
At the Colonial theater in Athens a historic rush for The Birth of a Nation tickets began at Palmer’s drug store with a long line before opening. Despite massive demand, many seats remain, including choice front rows, as audiences flock to see the acclaimed screen production.
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Athens
Palmer
Colonial Theater
Old South
Palmers Drug Store
Mattness
Regulation talk on railroad oversight by state and federal bodies
Hon. Charles Murphey Candler, chairman of the Railroad Commission, spoke at the University of Georgia on railroad regulation. He argued the nation experiments with private capital under public rates and regulation and urged carriers to serve the public efficiently for prosperity. The Banner plans to print the full address later.
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School of Commerce
University of Georgia
Charles Murphey Candler
Railroad Commission
Why You Should See The Birth of a Nation
Critics hail the film as a brilliant vivid masterpiece that will sweep the country. In three hours it conveys fifteen years of history with powerful story spectacle and drama praised by Hughes Tarkington and others.
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John Talbot Smith
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