Recall Leaders Score Demotion Of Chief Beavers
A large audience gathered at the Lyric Theater in Atlanta for a recall rally demanding the removal of police officials linked to Chief Beavers's ouster. Asa Candler promised support for the recall while James L Key and others criticized local officials and the Atlanta Georgian as the petition effort moves toward a vote between Christmas and New Year.
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Asan Candler
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Candler
Christos
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James W English
James L Key
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Ik White Henry Y McCord
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CH Kelley
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J E Wilhelm
Leonard Grossman
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K K Kelley
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O Jones
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T C Holmes
Patillo Thomas K Glenn
J W Hurt
Thomas H Goodwin
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Floyd Meia
Hughiett Preshles
A M Hughiett
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Methodist Church
McCord
Police Department
Alan Candler
Thomas K Glenn
Dre © White
Marion Iickson
James L Hollowell
Vandier Hearns
Kennesaw Mountain Sold to Marietta Partners for Hotel Plans
Kennesaw Mountain, famed Civil War battlefield, was sold today to three Marietta businessmen Virgil McCleskey C M Dobbs and W T Holland. They plan to preserve battle relics, improve access and build a tourist hotel, starting with a road to the summit. The sale from W J M Sames follows a history of ownership from William Barber to HC Hames and then W J M Hames.
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C M. Dobbs
W T. Holland
William Barber
Cobb County
HC Hames
W J M Hames
Big Cotton Warehouse Fire Wipes 1000 Bales in Jonesboro
Jonesboro Georgia reports a fire at the A B Rivers cotton warehouse destroying over 1000 bales of cotton. The blaze started about 1 AM and was found by nearby residents. Jonesboro lacks fire fighting facilities, bucket brigades prevented spread to nearby homes and the Methodist church. total loss insured though exact amount unclear.
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Conductor Jones Dies Preventing Royal Palm Wreck
Walter J. T. Jones of this city died early today in Jesup after rescuing a wreck of the Royal Palm. He was in charge of a freight train and applied emergency brakes to avert collision with the Southerns fast train at Heapat, then was fatally mangled and died in Jacksonville.
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Southern Railway
Jesup
Jones
Southerns
Heapat
Jacksonville
Texans Here Today Bound for Washington For Convention
One hundred fifty leading Texans stop in Atlanta on their way to Washington to press for a Democratic convention. Invited by the Atlanta Convention bureau, the visitors receive a civic welcome at the Chamber of Commerce before boarding the special train to the capital.
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Champer of Commerce
Southern freight bureaus unite to seek tariff suspension
Birmingham December 3 Special A joint petition by South freight bureau managers seeks suspension of the railroads long and short haul tariffs set to take effect January 2. William A Wim bish of Atlanta will draft the petition as southern senators and congressmen pressed for a hearing to aid the southern business coalition.
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Washington
Jail doctor in narcotics case linked to mail prescriptions
A Fulton county jail physician Dr W A Allen faced a sentencing hearing before a United States commissioner over narcotic prescriptions mailed to prisoners. Prosecutors claim 189 prescriptions from October to November were written for cell mates and mailed from a single drug store under a Melcher alias, with dope hidden in a prisoner’s lunch and 80 to 60 grain doses reportedly prescribed to others.
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Lone Bandit Attacks Two Bank Messengers
New York late today a bank messenger Alan Gardner was fatally shot and fellow messenger George De Bross, badly wounded, during a hold up at the Fourteenth Street subway station. The assailant Walter Orleman pursued, exchanged fire, and De Brosa was captured after dropping the bag containing about $4000. Police closed in as the bandit attempted to flee across Union Square.
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Whitlock Barred by Germans in Belgium News
Amsterdam reports Belgian papers under German censorship say Brand Whitlock United States minister to Belgium will not return to Brussels. German authorities allegedly push removal of American and Spanish missions from Brussels to Havre. Secretary Lansing later stated Whitlock on leave was regretted and expected to return after leave, with no known change in plan amid freight-rate tensions in the southeast.
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Lansing
Elgium
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United States calls for withdrawal of Boy-Ed and Von Papen
The United States demanded the immediate recall of German naval attaché Captain Karl Boy-Ed and military attaché Captain Franz von Papen for what Secretary Lansing called objectionable activities. The move, approved by President Wilson, stems from years of suspicions tied to attempts to violate neutrality and support for German war aims, with the matter reviewed after the Hamburg American line case in New York and amid broader embassy official concerns.
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Stegler
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Tate Department
Ford Peace Party Sets Sail From New York Today
The Scandinavian-American Line steamer Oscar II, carrying 149 guests of Henry Ford including 63 peace movement supporters, 54 reporters, 3 cameramen, and 20 staff, sails at 2 pm to push neutral nations toward ending the war. The party plans stops in Stockholm, Copenhagen, The Hague, with Kristiania expected December 14, and Ford vows to stay abroad until peace is restored.
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Balkan Campaign Moves and Greek Uncertainty Rise
News of Balkan operations shows the Bulgarians advancing toward southern Serbia with Austro German support while Monastir falls to Austro German forces. Rumors swirl about Greek alignment and a rumored peace debate in Germany as Russians reportedly push into Romanian territory on the way to Bulgaria.
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