Texas Flood Toll and Atlanta Oglethorpe Drive
The report details Texas flood casualties with 53 known dead and 3,000 evacuated into trees as waters rise on Brazos and Trinity rivers. It also notes Atlanta fundraising for Oglethorpe University, with $138,936 raised toward a $260,000 goal and continued efforts to marshal gifts and material support for the project.
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Atlanta
New Oglethorpe
Sylethorpe University
Atlanta Will Beithin
Palmer Peters Spends Christmas in Jail After Ticket Scheme
Palmer Peters, aged about 60, known as the black Rufus Wallingford of the South, faced his first Christmas at home in 27 years as he awaits baptism after a fraud case. He once sold tickets to eternal life to hopeful African Americans in Georgia, printing ornate bills offering entry to paradise with an Emmanuel church coupon. He was arrested, convicted, and jailed for the scheme.
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Harris Dickson
Diate
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Andrew Calhoun
Rufus Wallingford
South
South Georgia
Negrgey
Paradise
Emmanuel Church of the Lord Jesus
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Ambulance Driver Saves Girl by Veering Away
Harrying on an emergency call the driver Claude M McAfee of the 2 M Patterson auto ambulance swerved left to avoid a pedestrian at DeKalb and Mayson avenues. The car crashed into a brick building, the radiator crushed, McAfee bruised but uninjured, and the girl spared continued on her way as another vehicle took the call.
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Patterson
Meafor
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DeKalb Avenue
Mayson Avenue
Medea
Jury Foreman’s Lynching View Spurs New Trial Bid
Augusta December 6 Special The jury foreman who helped convict Mrs Edna Per King Godbee argued if she were acquitted of her husband’s murder she should be lynched, a point raised in seeking a new trial. Judge Hammond set December 18 for further arguments as prosecutors and defense prep their positions amid a full courtroom.
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Edna Per- King Godbee
Walter & Godvee
Strarnera
Miden
Hammond
Frank Saffolt
Dixon and
Dekle
Gadbes
R. Lee Moore
William H Davis
Waynesboro
Jugte Hammond
Progressive Party Fact in California County Governor Dedication
San Francisco December 6 The progressive party of California gains name and existence as Governor Hiram W Johnson christens and dedicates funds with party leaders from across the state present. The old Republican state committee dissolves as a legal entity and votes to reorganize under a new emblem. The Progressive Party had controlled California Republican machinery since before the 1913 election.
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San Francisco
Progressive Party’ of
California
Hiram W Johnson
Republican State Content Committee
Pew
Republican Party
Atate
Predicted ministers to umpire Sunday baseball games
Dr Myron T Scudder of New York spoke in Lakewood warning that in a decade ministers may abandon vestments after sermons to umpire Sunday games. He argued open schools and playgrounds on Sunday are proper and that religious institutions will sanction and promote outdoor sports.
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Lakewood
Myron T Scudder
New York City
New Jersey
Scudder
San Francisco Wins Hetch Hetchy Fight in Senate
The Senate approved the Baker bill granting San Francisco water supply and hydro power rights in Hetch Hetchy valley Yosemite to store water flood parts of the valley build power plants and canals and supply irrigation districts in Turlock and Modesto while safeguarding water rights for settlers. Opponents warned of valley beauty loss and irrigation shortages.
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Guatemala Army Chief Visits City On Way To New Orleans
The Guatemalan army chief, Colonel J Perry Fyffe, former Spanish American War colonel of a Tennessee volunteer regiment, visited Chattanooga en route to New Orleans. He has been invited to reorganize Guatemala's standing army, a reform praised by military circles.
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Anales
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Ciion
Peeples Kills Negro At Columbia Club
South Carolina Attorney General Thomas HL Peeples accidentally shot a Negro, Robert Marshall, at a Columbia club as he showed a revolver to friends. The hammer struck a counter and discharged, the bullet entering Marshall as he entered the cafe. Marshall died minutes later. Peeples is in custody. an inquest is scheduled tomorrow.
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Columbia # C
Thomas HL Peeples
South Carolina
Robert Marshall
Columbia
Marshall
Peoples
Officer Rescued by Convict Gang After Plunge
Irwin county Deputy Sheriff Archie Tucker narrowly escaped death when his car plunged off a bridge into Willacoochee Creek near Ocilla. A gang of convicts, nearby and led by a foreman, waded into the water and lifted the vehicle, saving the sheriff only seconds before sinking.
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Archie Tucker
Irwin County
Willacooches Creek
Ocilla
Fitzgerald
Romance of Finland Ends at Ellis Island
New York December 6. A romance begun at a Rugalan army post in Finland was halted at Ellis Island when Daniel Isbagan who claimed to be a Russian army captain and Hilda Lelne a Finnish woman were detained pending entry investigation. They arrived aboard the Celtic and said they eloped from Helsingfors. Officials said a ceremony on Ellis Island might allow landing if they consent.
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Evi Island
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Hilda Lelne
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I Jander
Thes
Dilis Island
Drove shotgun squad for Hoosier strikers
Indianapolis December police arrest Louis Bauer as driver of the shotgun squad that fired on two nonunion teamsters. Haward J O Leary, a structural worker, was also arrested after confessing he drove for the group and took part in the assault with intent to kill. Authorities say O Leary rode in the car from which the shots were fired.
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Louis Bauer
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Haward J O Leary
O'Leary
Fred
100 Persons Die in Romanian Train Wreck Near Costesti
News from Bucharest reports about a deadly rail collision late last night near Costesti, southwest of Bucharest by the Danube. A passenger train collided with three freight cars, killing about 100 people and injuring many others. Authorities opened inquiries as rescue workers rushed to the scene.
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Romania
Costesti
I Buch
Danube
Sinister Huerta Surprise Feared as Villa March Looms
Juarez dispatch reports rebel leaders fear Huerta plans a sudden shock during General Villa’s southward push toward Mexico City. Federals retreating from the north may abandon posts to defend central and southern forts, while Villa consolidates forces near Torreon and Zacatecas for a potential 20000 strong march.
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Mexico
Huerta
Francisco Villa
Mexico City
Republic
United States
Salvador Mercado
Mucria Rose
Chihuahua
General Villas
Torreon
Zacatecas
Viva
Franisco Villas
Gener
Mercado
Joumaga
Local Rain Forecast Raises Colder Sunday in Georgia
A weather prophecy for Georgia predicts rain on Sunday with the widest portion of the state experiencing showers. Monday then brings fair skies and colder air, followed by moderate winds in the region as south to north conditions shift.
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Georgia
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