Radical changes planned to weld 6 0P fragments
Washington December 14 leaders of the Republican National Committee discussed plans for a special convention to reorganize delegate selection and draft a unifying platform. Supporters claim a majority backs calling a convention while opponents fear renewed party rifts. The plan would let states control delegate methods, with primary laws guiding final selection.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Pper
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Law Committee
Republican Organization
Charles D. Hilles
John T. Adams
Ions
F. W. Eastabroct
New Hampshire
Nevada
Hilles
Cummins
Hadley
Missouri
Committee
Warren
National Committee
Borak
the Nations
Chicago
Gorah
Mse Chinery
Organi J . Southern Committee
Alvah H. Martin
Virginia
Newell Sanders
Wednessee
Senator Jackson
Maryland
Woman Cuts Her Throat Twice in Charlotte Tragedy
Motorman H. H. Godfrey awoke in Charlotte on December 11 to find his wife had cut her throat with a razor, severing both jugulars. A note left behind declared intent to kill herself and ordered her husband to care for their only child.
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Charlotte
N.C
Red
Fagor Case
Tieir
Anild
Girl Nearly Killed by Brother's Shot in Hapeville
Miss Lulu Arnall, 23, of Hapeville, was nearly fatally wounded when her brother accidentally discharged a shotgun in their doorway. Pellets hit her neck and skull area as Greenberes Band ambulance rushed her to Wesley Memorial Hospital. Dr. Frank Boland said she was not fatally injured. Eyewitnesses confirm the shooting was accidental.
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Lulu Arnall
Hapeville
Miss Arnal
Greenbere & Band
Miss Arnall
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Frank Boland
Boland
Baptist Orphans’ ‘Asylum
American suffragette in furious Bow scrimmage
London reports Miss Zelis Emerson of Jackson Michigan as central figure in a clash between police and suffragists and supporters. Police with mounted and foot units charged the demonstrators before the house of counsellors. Emerson and threshers were arrested amid a wild, chaotic scene with women and children trampled but injuries not found serious.
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London
Zelis Emerson
Jackson
Mich
Bow
Miss Emerson
Thresher
House of Counsellors
Bay Baths
Son kills mother over coffee delay in Louisiana
In Donaldsonville Louisiana on December 14 Paul Falcon shot and killed his aged mother after she did not promptly respond to a request for coffee. The shooting occurred at the St Emma plantation home as her son’s half brother John Ragas was present. Falcon was jailed on a murder charge.
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Donaldsonville
Paul Faicon
No American Umpires Barred in Santo Domingo Election
Santo Domingo officials bar general public and foreign visitors from city hall during elections, citing restricted access for observers. American commissioners, sent to observe and act as unofficial umpires in disputes, protest, calling it an insult to national dignity.
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Santo Domingo
Chamber of Deputies
Munipsl Council
Mass Meeting of Atlanta Negro Churches Assures M C A Building
Seven thousand African Americans gathered at Atlanta’s Auditorium on a rainy Sunday night to back the Y M C A project. Over $16,000 pledged, with $5,357 added at the event and $11,590 prior, totaling $18,877 toward a new colored Y M C A building. Governors, judges, ministers, and Black and white leaders urged unity as pastors praised a historic cross denomination gathering.
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Colored Churches of
Atlanta
South
Young Men's Christian Association Fund
Colored Young Man's Christian Association
Proctor
First Congregational Church
Morehouse College
Morris Brown
Linton
Jackson
Drr. Jackson
Knife May Eve Trephining Brings Hope for Prater Youth
Wille Lee Prater, 18, of 50 Buena Vista Avenue, underwent trephining at Grady Hospital to relieve intracranial pressure and restore mental faculties after a head injury in infancy. Surgeons report rapid physical recovery and improving senses as family remains hopeful for full mental restoration. The operation, performed by Dr. Willis Westmersland, involved removing a skull fragment and relieving depression with the bone replaced afterward.
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Wille Lee Prater
Buena Vista Avenue
Sueh Grady Hospital
Willis Westmersland
Moat Ba
Alpert Prater
Henry Grdy
Grady Hospital
Frater Bay
90 Cars of Pecans Gathered in Texas
Brownswood Texas December 14 two and one half million pounds of pecans were gathered in central Texas this year with growers receiving about $200 000. Prices ranged from six cents per pound for the ordinary variety to twenty five cents for the fancy varieties, according to reports from local growers.
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Texas
Brownswood
Crowds Fill Shops Amid Rainy Christmas Window Display
Despite Sunday showers along Whitehall and Peachtree streets crowds gathered to view the season’s wares in shop windows. Shoppers eyed gifts for him and her, mothers and fathers, and children, chatting about plans for Christmas as merchants prepare for a busy ten days of holiday buying beginning Monday morning.
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Whitehall
Peachtree
Slater
Tom
Barry
Harry
Pate
Hall Street
Reyal
Ana
Frank Ease Opens In Supreme Court
Attorney Reuben Arnold opens first day in fight for a new trial for Leo M. Frank in the Georgia Supreme Court at nine this morning. The defense seeks extension of time for argument and the prosecution would accept four hours. The hearing features Arnold and Rosser for the defense and Dorney and Felder for the prosecution, with the court’s second division likely to hear the case. If the justices split, the lower court ruling stands. if not, a mercy clemency appeal could follow.
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Reuben Arnold
Supreme Court
Leo M. Frank
Afl
Supreme ‘Court
Wick
Arnold
Wn 2
Constitution
Hugh Doreey
L. & Rosser
Dorney
Supreme Ieport
Georgia
Penei
Robley Dp. Evans
Taggiees “Atkinson
HHS
Euprema ‘Court
Bank On
Bae
Bank Ben Fore
Frank
Chatham County
Dent
Supreme Court of the United States
Rebels Driven From Tampico By Gunboat Fire
Mexico City December 14 Rebels have failed to take Tampico and retreated from the outskirts after a heavy bombardment by federal gunboats and infantry. Federal reports say 800 rebels were killed, many wounded, and that rebels carried off 23 locomotives and hundreds of cars before withdrawing. The relief of Tampico, though probable only temporary, may delay new assaults as rebels regroup with captured material and diminished ammunition.
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Mexico
City
Tampied
War Office
Feld
Tampico
Huerta
Fletcher
Blanco
Victoria
Monterey
Rescue of Americans From Tampico Difficult Mission
Refugees from Tampico were transferred to U S ships amid heavy fighting on the river. Admiral Fletcher’s Tacoma and Wheeling, with escort Chester, along with British and German ships, moved refugees to safety as shells and gunfire erupted. A total of 299 refugees, mainly women and children, were evacuated aboard the Wheeling and to the ships offshore La Barre.
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Vera Cruz
Tamptco
Fletcher
Tacoma
Chester
Kronprinzess
Cecillie
Christopher “Cr
la Barre
Fighing
Wheeling
Eittalle
le Barta
Weather Forecast Preserves Mixed Conditions Across States
The local forecast lists Monday and Tuesday for multiple states with only partial terms. Georgia remains fair early in the week, while Virginia to Alabama show a mix of cloudy and fair. Louisiana and Texas regions predict fair or unsettled conditions with possible rain in eastern areas.
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Georgias
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
C & Arkansas
Lsir
Kentucky
West Virginia
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Atlanta Constitution
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