Britain Abandons Gallipoli Assault in War Endgame
London reports Britain withdraws from Gallipoli after costly campaign. An official statement says troops are pulled from Anzac and Suvla while operations continue elsewhere on the Gallipoli front. Turks reportedly unaware of the redeployment. Monro and navy praised for the transfer. Continued on page four.
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Methodists of Florida Pledge Candidates on Prohibition
The Florida annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Tampa has endorsed a plan asking church members to vote only for candidates for federal and state offices who promise to support prohibition. The conference adopted a resolution urging commitment to prohibition on both state and national levels.
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Plan to Collect Inheritance Tax
Governor Nate Harris seeks a state official to enforce inheritance tax collection, aiming to recover lost revenue. Discussion with Attorney General Clifford Walker centers on empowering Judge Hart through the tax commissioner to pursue full state collections, citing potential $50,000 yearly gains from large estates. The 1913 act taxes transfers to immediate family at 1 percent over $5,000 and other recipients at 6 percent.
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Walker
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Atste
Thia Sonson
Baltimore probe reveals alleged baby trafficking network
The state wide vice commission named by Governor Goldsbordbugh reports sensational findings in Baltimore. It cites institutions where mothers entrust illegitimate children for a price and permanent legal release, noting 80 to 90 percent die and are buried on small plots, including a 53 by 53 foot plot housing five thousand babies since 1886. The inquiry links high mortality to early separation from mothers, while denying outright neglect. Police have closed a local resort, but no widespread immorality was proven. much activity is said to be clandestine, extending to factories and homes. The commission urges continued inquiry and recommends a permanent board.
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Goldsbordbugh
Bce
Lynching of Two Negroes in Eastman Mob
Details report a mob of about 500 men extracting Sam Bland and Will Stewart from the Eastman jail at 10:20 pm and lynching them after they confessed to murdering merchant Ab Bacheler. The crime led to high tensions, the pair were hanged at a tree near the old Southern Railway tannery after being moved from town.
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Sam Bland
Will Stewart
Hesroes
Ab Bacheler
Bacheler
Bachelor
Tastman
Stewart
Mracheler
C N Mullis
Old Southern Railway
Trea
Governor Grants Clemency In 89 Pardons
Governor Harris, reviewing 89 clemency cases from the prison commission, approved several paroles and sentence reductions. Among those released were George Assery for manslaughter, Alfred Perry for murder, Henry Anderson for assault, and Robert Sindll for murder. The governor cited meritorious records and newly discovered evidence in some cases but withheld broader clemency despite expectations of more releases before Christmas.
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Raymonde Stapleton
George Assery
Richmond County
Grawley Puke County
Alfred Perry
Laurens County
Henry Anderson
Fulton County
Robert Sindll
Coforad
Brooks County
Moton Chosen Head of Tuskegee Institute
Major Robert R. Moton of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was unanimously selected to succeed Booker T. Washington as president of Tuskegee Institute. The appointment, made by a special Tuskegee trustees committee, takes effect after May 1916 with Moton to lead the school while continuing Washington’s memorial campaign.
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Hampton Normal, and Agricultural Institute
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Tuskegee Ala
Seth Low
Tuskegee
Frank Trambul
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Edgar A Bancroft
W W Campbell
Victor H Tilane
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Major Moton
Emmett J Scott
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Virginia
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Vaughan
Prince Edward County
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Beaderx
Booker Washington
Washington
National Negro Business League
Ne- Eto Organization Society of
Ina Serpnec
Tonkagee
Labor Must Win for Great Britain
London December 30 David Lloyd George, minister of munitions, spoke in the house of commons stressing that Allied victory hinges on organized labor. He urged a surge of skilled and unskilled workers for new factories, arguing home labor is essential to cut war costs and arm Troops. He noted prior shortages but praised recent shell and weapon output growth as the war progresses.
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Berler
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Professor Means Falls From Car in Fulton County Accident
Professor T A E Means superintendent of the Fulton County Reformatory was badly hurt in a fall from a Hapeville car at Lee and Beecher streets. He suffered a fractured rib and head injuries, was unconscious at the scene, and later rested at his home after two doctors attended him.
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Beecher Street
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Mi. Means
Means
Six Auto Robbers Executed in Mexico City
In Mexico City six men forming a band known as the robbers in a gray car were executed this morning by order of General Pablo Gonzales. They wore soldier uniforms and had been robbing houses for two months. The action is intended to halt similar robberies.
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Mexico City
Pablo Gonzales
Policeman Shot at College Park
John H Cook a College Park policeman was seriously wounded in the right shoulder by a double barreled shotgun during an attempted arrest of Wayman Haygood and Raymond Haygood. Wayman fled. Raymond was arrested and jailed. Cook, about 50, married with children, has served about a year. A $50 reward was offered for Haygood's capture. Police in Atlanta Fulton county East Point and Hapeville warned to hold a shar y lockout.
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College Park
Wayman Haygood
Atlanta
Fulton County
East Point
Hapeville
Raymond Haygood
Cook
J T Love
Mir Cook
Mr Cool Ia
Dr Butts Killed in Auto Accident Near Lexington
Dr Emmett K Butts of Newark New Jersey died in an auto accident near Lexington while en route from John Moodys place to Lexington. J M Alexander of Lexington was also in the car. The car overturned pinning both men. The cause remains mysterious with theories of suddenness attack or strangulation. The body to be sent from Athens to Jersey City. He was a Cornell graduate and prominent in agricultural work. Athens December 26 Special.
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Newark
Oglethorpe County
Department of Agriculture
Lexington
J. M . Alexander Lving
John Moody
Alexander
Butts
Tae
Athens
Jersey City
Cornel
Acient Cillegicha
Woodward's veto filed as recall election planned in city
City council met Monday afternoon advancing a recall for Mayor King and five aldermen. Debates centered on the mayor Abe Woodward's veto and whether it bars the January 5 election. Attorneys clash over legality while the city clerk states the recall election will proceed regardless.
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Lilia
Wott
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Weather Forecast for Washington Far Ahead
A distant forecast predicts fair weather in Washington with rising temperatures into midweek. Tuesday and Wednesday show improving conditions, with Tuesday remaining mild and Wednesday turning warmer.
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