Atlanta Tactics Rally Against Police Chief Beavers
A large crowd heard leaders denounce what they call peanut politics and demand Beavers’s recall after alleged abuses by city officials. Speakers attacked Mayor Woodward and commissioners, pledging petitions and a 100 member committee to lead a recall campaign and defend police integrity.
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Broyles
Woodward
Johnson
Ishickens
Hroytes
Beavers
Mr Broyles
Mr_ Broyles
James M Wallowell
Police Board
Broughton
James L. Key
James L Beevers
Trian
Chief Beavers
G &Eld
James L Beavers
James G Woodward
Edwin Johnson
James W English
Robert T Pace
Robert € Clark
A. King
W P Fain
Benyers
Tata
Gasoline Prices Jump in Atlanta Market Last Week
The Atlanta market saw a sudden gasoline price rise for the first time recently. Rates increased across grades from 20 to 15 cents for sixty gravity, 12½ to 15 cents for sixty-four gravity, and 15 to 17 cents for seventy gravity. Retailers link the rise to wholesale gains and note two main causes: higher consumption from trucking and heavy exports for wartime needs.
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Atlanta
Pistol Duel Reported Near Merry-Go-Round
McDaniel and Smith, both arrested at the police station, are accused of being disorderly at a merry-go-round near Fulton Bag and Cotton. McDaniel says he went to quiet two women. Smith intervened and they reportedly exchanged shots. A revolver was taken from McDaniel at the station.
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Hot McDaniel
German Ambassador Denies Huerta Story
The German ambassador denied the Providence Journal story alleging relations with General Huerta. The state department reported no information on the subject and called the ambassador's denial satisfactory.
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Huerta
Washington
State Department
Providence Journal
Generel Huerta
AT&T Cuts Night Rates on Leased Wires By 50 Percent
New York August 7 H. Hrooka general commercial superintendent of American Telephone and Telegraph announces a halving of night rates on leased press wires. Rates drop from 13 dollars per year per mile for associations to 6.50, and from 19 dollars per year per mile for individual newspapers to 9.50. Postal Telegraph company follows similar action this week.
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New York
H . Hrooka
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Ais
Postal Telegraph Company
Eight-Hour Day Granted by Gulf Refiring Company
In Houston on August 7 an eight-hour day with the same daily pay as twelve hours will be granted to all employees of the Gulf Refiring company at Port Arthur and Fort Worth. The change will affect several thousand men.
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Houston
Texas
Gulf Refiring
Port Arthur
Fort Worth
Strike Settled at Remington Arms Plant After Week
A 2000 worker strike at the Remington Arms company plant ended today and the strikers will return to work on Monday. The settlement halts a weeklong walkout, restoring operations at the facility.
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Littie Rans
Remington Arms Company
Llon
Atrikera
Italians Storm Gorizia Heights In World War I Dispatch
Paris August 7 ITALIANS stormed and captured Monte San Michele dominating Gorizia. Rome reports in Plava sector our troops hold conquered positions after night attacks. Austrian cannonade, Italian success includes 140 prisoners. Pola airship loss acknowledged.
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Paris
Monte San Michele
Gorizia
Petit Journal
Turin
Triest
Isonzo
Rome
Count Cadorna
Plava
Carzon
Monfalcone
Carpenter seeks City Council seat in Ninth Ward
J L Carpenter a longtime Atlanta citizen and senior partner at J L Carpenter & Son Realty announces his candidacy for city council in the Ninth Ward ahead of the Democratic primary on September 30. Supporters emphasize his civic work for city growth and school improvements and note he has no prior political office.
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J L Carpenter
Ninth Ward
Carpenter
J L. Carpenter & Son
Atlanta
Councilan
Suspect Arrested Over Planned Terror Threat In Houston
A man identifying as HW Taysgen was jailed in Houston on August 7 amid threats to blow up the home of William Weatherford, treasurer of a local firm, and to blow up a steamer carrying horses to France from Galveston. Police say he admitted arriving from New Orleans about a week ago and claimed passage to Europe. No formal charge yet.
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Houston
Texas
HW Taysgen
William Weatherford
Galveston
France
Weatherford
Hayssen
New Orleans
Geo
Sey Hayssen
Europe
Nannce
Carranza Would Be Dictator Says Villa Ally
General Felipa Angeles, a key ally of Villa, charged in a Washington dispatch that the American program on pacification of Mexico misreads the revolution as already ended by Huerta’s overthrow. He argued the revolt aimed to end dictatorships, and Carranza’s ascent showed he sought power rather than democracy.
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EL Peso
Texas
Felipa Angeles
Villa
Carranza
State Department
Washington
Metico AH
Huerta
Joke Smiths Mourn Banana Peel Gag In Milwaukee Sentinel
Column notes artists mourn the Burbank's nonskid banana joke production as readers expect fresh humor replacing the long running gag about slipping on the sidewalk banana peel.
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Smiths
Milwaukee
Burbanks
Russians Escape Net Spread by Germans
Russian forces conduct counterattacks on pontoon lines along the Vistula as Germans push toward Warsaw and Novogeorgievsk. Officials report evacuation efforts at Kovno and Riga, with rail and bridge removal to hinder German advances and continued Russian defense along the Narew and Vistula fronts.
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London
Lithuania
Baltic
Warsaw
Narew
Kevno
Petrograd
Baltie
Riga
Germany
Milan
Teutons
Poniewesch
Activites
French Check German Rushes Reported On Front Lines
The French war office reports artillery fighting in Artois near Souches and Ressimcourt and in the Argonne on the plateau of Nouvion. Germans attacked Hill No 218 and near Schratzmannela but were repulsed. Mines gave them a foothold in a trench which was retaken. Communications note quiet on the western front last night with minor grenades near Souchey and Tracy le Val. In Argonne fighting continues with grenades and bombs. an attack near Hill No 212 is repulsed. Lorraine reconnaissance by fire near Leintrey dispersed.
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Cvla
London
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Muenster
Ponleweseh
Jara 1
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von Scholz
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Lomza
Ine
Novogeormievsk
Rarow
Dembe
Vigtula
Bienkow
Warsaw
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Bug
Ruakowela
Lubartow
Lentschna
Luts Aggusci
French War Office
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Souches
Reslmcourt
Orxe
Aisne
Nouvion
Argonne
No 218
Apremont
Haseen
Vosges
Linge
Schratzmannele
Schratzmannela
Honneck
Souchey
Tracy le-Val
Barryau
Leintrey
Warsaw Falls After Night Attack On Forts
Berlin reports Warsaw captured at 3 AM after a night assault by Prussian reservists. German divisions breached southern forts, entering the city as Russian resistance diminished under cover of darkness. Austrian forces claim success in battle between the Vistula and Bug with German and Austrian units advancing.
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Vosges
Warsaw
Berlin
London
Von
Tyubartan
Lecana
Near Riot As White Men And Negroes Fight In Street
A near riot erupted near the city gall lot on Saturday night as Lonnie Meblwig and companion clashed with two Negro men and two women. McKawing was stabbed in the back and sent to Grady Hospital with clothes torn. Lathers was beaten but Call Officer Austin was struck while restraining the group. Lathers was later released at police headquarters and the Negroes were taken to Recorder Johnson on Monday afternoon.
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Saturgay
Lonnie MebLwig
Me- Lwing
Ywomer Lathers
Grady
Austin
Lathera
Johnson
Reward Offered for Recovery of Missing Securities
Chel of Police Mayo reports a telegram from Li Cooper at Maynesville NC stating 217 containing $1000 in securities were stolen from Jim While nadsing through the Atlanta Permina station. He offers a $99 reward for locating the grip, and local police and detectives will assist to find the securities per Chief Mazo.
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Mayo
Li .Cooper
Maynesville
Jim
Atlanta Permina
Cooper
Mazo
Panama Canal traffic halted as earth slide reduces depth
An earth movement at Gaillard Cut in the Panama Canal has cut channel depth to under twenty feet delaying ten ships headed for San Francisco and New York including the steamer Finland. Officials say traffic may resume Monday.
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Gaillard Out
Panama Canal
Finland
Ound
New York
San Francisco
AOU
Guatemalan minister expelled from Mexico
In Mexico City August T-Dr Juan Ortega, Guatemalan minister to Mexico, was ordered to leave within 24 hours after receiving his passport. The official reason was not announced, but he is listed as persona non grata amid tensions with Carranza. Jose Manuel Cardoso de Oliveira, Brazilian minister to Mexico, will depart on a special train to Veracruz with an escort provided by General Gonzales as he helps maintain order.
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Mexico City
Juan Ortega Minster
Mexico
Guatemala
Carransay
Jose Manuel Cardoso de Oliverta
Bramlian
United States
Tuesdas
Vera Cruz
Gonzales
Judge Freeman Resigns Over Paroled Murder Case
Friends report Judge Renry Freeman resigned from Cook County Superior Court due to ill health linked to a sentence he imposed years ago. In the trial, Charles Kurth and Thomas McNally were convicted of murder and received life terms. Freeman later believed the men were victims of a frame up and secured their parole release after six years.
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Chengo
Renry Freeman
Jomas
Cook County
Dunne
Freeman
Charles Kurth
Thomas McNally
Murde
Dead at the Throttle on Big Four Train in Ohio
In Georgesville near Columbus on August 7 a Big Four passenger train sped through the village without stopping. The fireman pulled the engineer William Quinlan’s coat to wake him and found him dead at the throttle. Heart disease caused his death.
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Columbus
Ohio
Georgesville
Here
William Quinlan
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