Germans Invited to Versailles to Discuss Treaty
Paris dispatches report the council of four inviting Germany to Versailles for the peace talks on April 25. The German mission may number about 200, with President Wilson possibly staying to sign the treaty, which may be released after presentation to German delegates.
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Versailles
Wilson
Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Peace Congress
Hall OF Mirrors
South Carolina Delegation Backs Cotton Marketing Plan
Members of South Carolina's delegation in congress and the state's twenty delegates to the cotton convention in New Orleans next month met in Columbia and endorsed the proposed cotton marketing corporation but urged doubling capital stock to 200 million dollars from 100 million.
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Associated Press
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Congress
New Orleans
Abney Departs for Mineral Wells as Regional Representative
Mr M J Abney left yesterday for Mineral Wells Texas as representative of Athens and Clarke county and as a director of the Bankhead Highway located through the city He has been active in road improvement efforts in the state and Athens Clarke county and the Chamber of Commerce are fortunate to have him at the important meeting
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Martin J. Abney
Mineral Wells
Texas
Athens
Clarke County
Bankhead Highway
Abney
Chamber of Commerce
U D C Meeting of Laura Rutherford Chapter Held
The U D C Laura Rutherford Chapter met in Lucy Cobb library with Miss Mille Rutherford presiding. A musical program featured Miss Sloan and students followed by reports from officers and chairmen. memorial plans and prize details for essays and historical work were discussed.
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U. D. GC
Laura Rutherford
Mille Rutherford
Lucy, Cobb
Sloan
Dixie
Sunny Georgia
Charlotte Northeast
Oxcar Davison
Thomas
Snelling
Mary Wilkins
Oscar Davison
Cobb Lampkin
A. 3. Parker
T. J. Wooster
O. M. Roberts
Tom McMahan
Elmer Crawford
Rt. J. Hancock
Thomas Comer
A M .Dobbs
Maury Strahan
S. Rylee
Emily Headree Park
Mildred Clark
Mary Strahan
Rylee
Miss Rutherford
Louisville
Jo Hiviston
Lucy Cobh
Street fighting in Munich escalates as communists gain control
Berlin reports Munich again under communist control as loyal troops reinforce and shell the central railway station. The central station was lost to government forces, with heavy casualties. Additional loyal troops are rushing to Munich from across Bavaria amid continued clashes.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Munich
Tageblatt
Bavaria
Berln
Nuremburg
Revival Services At Oconee Street Methodist Church
Revival meetings at Oconee Street Methodist Church begin next Sunday the 20th, one week earlier than announced, approved by the evangelistic committee. Sunday School Day program proceeds as planned. Rev. E. B. Moll will assist the pastor in services. All are invited to attend. A. B. Hutchinson, Pastor.
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Oconee Street
Charley Seagraves Holds Acting Chief Post in Athens
City Detective C E Seagraves acts as chief this week while Chief Boussee attends a national police chiefs convention in New Orleans. The notice also covers a letter from a Baxter Street School pupil’s mother thanking donors for helping Andree Bojote and other items about a Veterans event at Lucy Cobb dining room with Confederate graves to be decorated.
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C. E. Seagraves
Athens
Boussee
New Orleans
State Normal
Lucy Cobb and
University
W. Davison
Sensation in Slush Fund Investigation at Albany
Albany reports a senate judiciary committee inquiry into a half million dollar slush fund ends with Richard H. Burke accusing Senator Thompson of being short fifteen thousand dollars in Lockport school or church funds. Thompson dismisses the charges as Burke’s imagination.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. J
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Thompson
Richard H. Burke
Thompson
Lockport School
Burke
Women Disturb House of Commons in London Gallery
In the House of Commons two women in the arrangers gallery shouted accusations about war and labor policy. Attendants hustled them out as another woman in a long white cloak demanded a Soviet and then left at attendants' request.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Arrangers Gallery
Fricke confession read in treason trial in New York
Federal court jurors hear an alleged confession by Albert Paul Fricke detailing ties to German agents. The document ties Fricke as a financial agent for Carl Odiger and Rodiger tod Fricke, outlining plans to recruit Irishmen to attack British ships and freighters departing New York, with a proposed payout of 10000 to 50000 dollars per vessel destroyed.
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New York
Albert Paul Fricke
Fricke
Carl R. Odiger
Hermann Wessels
Rodiger Tod Fricke
Wesleyan Glee Club Pleases Athens Audiences at Colonial
The Wesleyan Glee Club from Macon entertained a large Athens audience at the Colonial last night. Notable soloists Emma Love Fisher Grace Laramore and Jane Carter received heavy applause. The Dischord Quartette and Wesleyan Instrumental Club also drew praise, with a mandolin club distinction and a skit by Three Little Maids from School.
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Wesleyan Glee Club
Macon
Colonial
Athens
Emma Love Fisher
Misa Fisher
Grace Laramore
Jane Carter
Misa Laramore
Misa Carter
Wesleyan
Gurr
Faust
Thomas
Mr. Billin
The
Cluh
Miss Gibson
Miss Napier
W. WB
St Mary's Church Being Improved
St Mary's church on Oconee street is being remodeled to host a Union Sunday school. Funds raised by Ellwood Jackson aim to convert the dilapidated building into a modern Sunday school room. More money is needed to complete the work. donations may be sent to Mr. Jackson.
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St. Mary's Church
Oconee Street
Ellwood Jackson
Thia
Jackson
Henry A Alexander gifts yew trees to University of Georgia
Henry A Alexander of Atlanta sends yew plants grown from cuttings of a Cranham Hall hedge to the University of Georgia. The plants, rooted in Kew Gardens then shipped, will be planted on campus under Chancellor Barrow’s care. The letter notes the yew’s hardy nature and proper setting by the Agricultural Department.
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Henry A. Alexander
Atlanta
University of Georgia
University
David C. Barrow
Cranham Hall
Essex County
England
James Edward Oglethorpe
Alexander
Forest Avenue
Georgia
Athens
Ny Reauest
David Prain
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Lenton
Royal Gardens
Ranham Hall
Agricultural Department
New York and New Orleans Cotton Prices Marked Quiet
Market notes show steady tones across listed cotton prices with New York at 28.65¢ and New Orleans 26.75¢ to 28.66¢, along with Galveston at 27.75¢ and Chicago corn quoted around 1.60 to 1.64. Liberty bond values in New York closed mixed, with First 4s at 95.70 and Third 4 1-48 at 96.56.
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New York
New Bryta
Janta
New Orleans
Galveston
Liberty Bond Market
Liberty Bond
Juy
Colored Dischar d Binns of Athens funeral honors
Willie Ed Binns, a well known young colored man who served in France, died en route home at sea. Funeral held at Pierce Chapel with over 150 honored discharged soldiers and Negro Boy Scouts as escort. Lucy Cobb Alumnae address by Mrs. Palmer Phelan Atkinson, Atlanta, about war effects on education. Includes ad-style notes on Chamberlains Tablets for bilious troubles and sleep.
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Willie Ed Binns
France
High Seas
Pierce Chapel
R. 5
Smith
Palmer
Atalin
Club dinner erupts as senator’s poem provokes insult
At a Waldorf Astoria dinner of the Sphinx club New York senator Chamberlain delivered The American Flag. A diner shouted an insult, Edward W. Mitchell of Texas and Oklahoma Oil Co. punched the man, sparking a scuffle as others moved in. The assailant was escorted out. name not yet learned.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Chamberlain
Sphinx Club
Waldorf Astoria
Oregon
Grand Ballroom
Edward W. Mitchell
Texas and Oklahoma Oil Company
Mitchell
Weather Again Delays Hawker Transatlantic Flight Start
St Johns April 15 weather again troubled Harry G Hawker Australian aviator blocking his trans Atlantic departure while rival Captain Frederick R Raynham English aviator gains near parity to begin the attempt.
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Associated Press
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Harry G. Hawker
Frederick R. Raynham
Hudsons break endurance record in hill climb in Australia
Sydney April 15 Hudson Super-Sixes dominate the hills at Artillery Hill National Park, winning two firsts two seconds and one third across private owners and open handicap contests. Hudson driven by Alfred Selman set the course record at 7 35, ahead of T R M Scott in a Hudson and Cadillac entries.
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Sydney
Australia
Automobile Club of Australia
Artillery Hill
National Park
K K. Tillock
Hudson
Cadilac
T. R. M. Scott
H. J. Humter
Alfred Selman
Selman
Scott
Cadillac
Onda
System Needs No Radical Change In Military Justice
Washington April 15 Major General Menoher commander of the Rainbow Division told an American Bar Association committee that the present military justice system requires no radical alteration. He proposed minor refinements to aid wartime officers and voiced cautious support for enlisted juries while warning against Bolshevik influence. He also supported referring common law offenses to federal courts outside war zones but urged no transfer of military cases.
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Washington
Menoher
Rainbow Division
American Bar Association
Menohee
Russian Soviet Troops Force Romanian Retreat in Dniester Line
Russian Soviet troops press along the Dniester in Podolia driving Rumanians into a general retreat toward Bessarabia after heavy fighting. Farther north in western Ukraine, Petlura forces are reported driven back. A Baltimore area notice naming Mr and Mrs Andolph Brandt and their son appears unrelated.
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Associated Press
London
Bessarabia
Kamenetz-Mohilev
Dniester
Podolia
Ukraine
Petlura
Keith Estate Promised Lawyer Cronan Agreement
In Boston on April 15 a bill in equity claims Paul Keith and Edward P. Albee agreed in December 1919 to give lawyer John Cronan one third of B. F. Keith estate, worth 15 million dollars, if Cronan thwarted disinheritance of Keith’s son Paul. Cronan says he was former counsel and that Keith sought to divest assets to various women, but Cronan aided preservation of the estate.
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Associated Press
Boston
Paul Keith
Edward PF. Albee
John Cronan
B. F. Keith
Cronan
Keith
Paul
Harbor strike renewed by 16000 harbor workers
The marine workers union announces a general harbor strike involving 16,000 members. The walkouts start Thursday morning with aims for an eight hour day and higher wages. All ships and ferry boats, coastwise and transatlantic, are to be tied up as unions enforce their demands.
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Associated Press
New York
Marine Workers
General Harbor
Power Reelected Head of Narteen Schools Again
Charles G. Power of the Narteen schools is reelected by the board of education for the seventh time. Power, a Christian educator, leads the schools with notable ability and serves as president of the Eighth District High School Association.
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Hartwel
Hartwell
Charles G. Power
Narteen
Ebbéh
Board of Education
Power
Prof. Power
Alabama Overpowers Oglethorpe In Athens Contested Tilt
In Atlanta area coverage Alabama defeated Oglethorpe 6 to 5 in a halle style contest as Hinton and Styles started for Alabama against Turk and Chestnutt for Oglethorpe. Alabama returns to Athens to face the Red and Black team on Thursday.
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Atlanta
Oglethorpe
Hinton
Styles
Alabama
Turk
Chestnutt
Athens
Judge Andrew Cobb To Deliver Macon Memorial Address
The Macon chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy invited Judge Andrew J. Cobb to give the principal address at the Memorial Day exercises on April 26 in Macon, and his acceptance has been sent.
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Andrew Cobb
Macon
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Andrew J. Cobb
Extension Applies To Corporations
Washington April 15 The extension until June 15 for filing corporation incomes and profits tax returns does not apply to individual returns for which extension to May 1 is allowed under certain conditions. Commissioner Roper announced today. Mr and Mrs Louis Trousdale leave where they will decide, taking many with them and regret they will no longer make Athens their home.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roper
Louis Trousdale
Athens
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