School conditions scored in report of superintendent
The Atlanta school system faces dire cold and inadequate heating in several buildings including Girls High and Grant Park. Superintendent W M Slaton urged a $1,600,000 bond issue for district wide school improvements to prevent loss of student days and protect health amid deteriorating furnaces and damp classrooms.
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W. M. Slaton
Slaton
Rash¢Y
Vaal
Thme
Jessie Munge
Grant Park
Hint Street
Davis Street
Hill Street
Girl’ High School
New Western
Uond
Uleas
Staten
Defended Coast Towns Declared Under War Rules
New York December 17 Captain Franz von Papen says Hartlepool Scarborough and Whitby are defended places and thus subject to attack under the Hague convention. He notes Hartlepool is fortified while Scarborough and Whitby are defended by troops or volunteers and accuses Belgian coast forts of being defended rather than undefended.
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New York
Hartlepool
Scarborough
Whitby
Franz von Papen
Washington
Startlepool
Bennborough
Parnout Me
Ostend
Nieuport
Zeebrugse
Six Lions Escape Into Theater Crowd Panic In New York
Six trained lions escaped from a stage cage at a Hast Highty Sixth street theater. They roamed the house while spectators fled. Lioness Alice fled into a street, a police shooting fatally wounding Sgt. Daniel Glenn. two officers were slightly wounded. Five lions remained loose until captured an hour later. Three people, trainer LaBelle Andree keeper C A Turnquist and manager George H Hamilton, were arrested for criminal negligence. Lions owned by Francis Ferari. Continued on Page Ten.
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New York
Alice
Reavis
LaBelle Andree
C. A. Turnquist
George H. Hamilton
Francis Ferari
Andrée
Hohl
Foward Enoul
Hioni
Tie
Altoona
Pittsburg
Hollidaysburg
Kansas City
Howe
Frank G. Hohl
Union Bank
Cincinnati
Auto bandit slain in duel with cops
Cincinnati witnessed the death of Frank G Hohl after a three hour crime spree that included daylight bank robberies in Cincinnati and a pistol duel with police. He fired on officers wounding one and was killed near his car after a crash and exchange of shots. About $13100 was stolen from the two Cincinnati banks.
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Frank Hohl
Cincinnati
Frank &G. Hohl
Hohl
West End
Provident Savings Bank & Trust Co
Puehloc
Freeman Avenue
Edward Hughes
Hughes
Guinn Succeeds George M Hope as School Board President
The board elected Major Guinn unanimously to succeed George M Hope who resigned as president. Mrs Ethel Leslie chief clerk to Superintendent Slaton resigned and the panel urged continued support for summer vacation schools with a plan to start next year. The board adopted a bond proposal for 1 million dollars for school buildings and improvements and referred vacation school details to the teachers committee.
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Education Board
R. J. Guinn
George M. Hope
Ethel M. Leslie
W. M. Slaton
Board of Lady Visitors
A. P. Morgan
Dan Green
Mie
Tenth Ward
Morgan
Guinn
Leslie
Green
Board of Education
Terreh
Terrell, Buchanan
Roy
Armfinhead
Buchanan
Woodward Toagain
Armistead
German Offensive Advances Toward Warsaw in June
Berlin and Petrograd report a broad German offensive from Mlava on the East Prussian frontier to Cracow in Galicia, about 360 miles of front. Lodz has fallen as German forces push toward Warsaw, with a right wing along the Vistula and centers near Lowicz and Lodz.
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Petrograd
Mlava
Cracow
Galicia
Lodz
Warsaw
Poland
Vistula
Miava
Plock
Lowicz
Gloyno
Zgierz
Szczercow
Theatr
Ozonstachowa
Lods
Warrsaw
Clowe Named Fire Inspector Amid Fire Board Turmoil
W H Clowe captain of fire company No 7 was elected city fire inspector by the board of fire masters to replace H W Otis who had resigned. Engineer G L Haney of company No 7 was chosen for captain, despite Chief Cummings opposition to promoting engineers over lieutenants. The meeting revealed a majority favoring engineers for captaincy, with Councilman Jesse Lee pushing for broader nomination of No 7 personnel.
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W. H. Clowe
H. W. Otis
Cummings
G L. Haney
Clowe
No. 7
Leutenant
Fire Department
Board of Fire Masters
Biow
Jesse Lee
Lee
Company No. 7
Lea
Atlanta sees new wave of robberies and a violent assault
Mrs. John R. Walls of 78 East North Avenue was attacked by a tall negro highwayman near Peachtree Street while returning home from shopping. A neighbor, W. H. Kimball, heard her screams and aided her, but the assailant escaped. Police searched for a six foot, 180 pound black man in a light gray suit. Separate incidents include a back-window burglary at Mrs. D. Richardson’s York Avenue home and a theft of an overcoat at 340 Auburn Avenue. A chicken coop theft at 604 Highland Avenue reports multiple birds taken. Police note increasing boldness by negro highwaymen in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
John R. Walls
East North Avenue
North Avenue
Peachtree Street
Walls
D. Richardson
York Avenue
Highland Avenue
Germans battle British at Falkland Islands sinks Admiral von Spee squadron
Buenos Aires reports detail of the December clash off the Falklands as British ships Canopus Glasgow Cornwall and more engaged the German cruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau Leipzig Nurnberg and Dresden. Scharnhorst and Leipzig went down with crews. Dresden escaped after pursuit. About 194 Germans were captured or sunk.
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Argentina
Falkland Islands
Puerto
Orissa
Punta Arenas
Callao
Chile
Canopus
Invincible
Chilean
Juan Fernandez
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Nurnberg
Dresden
Admiral von Spee
Glasgow
Gneisenaus
Port Stanley
Carnarvon
Cornwall
British Protectorate Over Egypt Declared
London announces Egypt becomes a British protectorate in response to war with Turkey. The High Commissioner Sir Arthur MacMahon is appointed to oversee Beyot. The move ends Turkish suzerainty. martial law already in effect since November. Abbas Hilmi exiled, Vienna talks noted.
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London
Egypt
Wiss
Ives
Tarekey
Will Henseforth
John Grenfell Maxwell
Constantinense
Khedive
Abbas Hihni
Vienna
Four Steamers Sunk Off East Coast of England
Four steamers were sunk off the East Coast of England after German naval raiders scattered mines. British forces report heavy fighting along the western front with Allied gains claimed from the coast to La Bassee. Russians reportedly retire along the Galicia and Poland fronts, while Egypt sees an end to Turkish suzerainty with a British protectorate to be established.
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England
la Bussee
Flanders
Egypt
Turkey
Great Britain
Arthur Henry AicMahon
Weather Outlook for Georgia Clouds and Rain likely
Georgia forecast cloudy on Friday with possible Saturday. Local report notes low temperature around 26 degrees and higher temperatures near normal. Rainfall in past 24 hours shows no significant accumulation. Deficiency since January 1 stands at 5.66 inches.
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Oklahoma
Rain
Pittsburg
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Ncico
Ain
Lgg
Clay
Salt Lake City
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