Prohibition Amendment Fails in the Lower House by 61 Votes
Washington December 2 special. The national prohibition amendment to the federal constitution failed in the House by 61 votes. 197 members voted for, 189 against. Georgians split eight for and three against with one absent. Leaders claim the result aligns with expectations and vow to continue the fight. The vote saw broad cross party turnout and no clear partisan lines.
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Walker Murdered and Robbed Believed Officers
Coroner's Jury finds young Atlanta mining engineer C. C. Walker was killed by parties unknown. He drew $300 from the bank and was found shot on a lonely Lithonia road. investigators suspect robbery and struggle for the money, with two assailants probable.
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Ruth Chepp
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Webb
Touks Place
Maud Springfield
Michigan
Hettie Bennett
Bennett
McCall Company
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Daughter
Marie
Union Grove
Will Walker
Lathonia
Te Hunt
Harry Uammack
McConnell
Action Postponed On Issue Of Bonds In Atlanta
Atlanta's city council declined to act on the bond issue report for a 3 million dollar municipal issue funding schools waterworks sewers hospitals parks and more. The report was sent to the 1916 council with power to act, as Mayor Woodward argued action by the 1914 council would be improper.
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James G. Woodward
Atlanta
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Wll
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Honda
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Mastor
Armistead
Council
Claude L Mason
Foes Send Engine Smash Into Train Bearing Carranza
General Carranza and party narrowly escaped death when a hostile locomotive crashed into his train while en route from Vera Cruz to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Advices say opposition troops halted his isthmus trip. Carranza likely to go to Merida as diplomatic dispatches note his departure.
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Puebla
Four Germans planned to blow up steamship Hochambeau
New Orleans police and national detectives arrest four men admitting German ties and foiling a plot to blow up the French steamship Hochambeau near sea. A dynamite box of 75 pounds with clockwork was found, with plans to ship the bomb to New York for express delivery and detonation at sea.
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Enemiv's election blocked by mayor in Atlanta council
Five ward and board of education vacancies hung on mayor James G Woodward's absence during Tuesday's Atlanta general council session. City Attorney James L Mayson says mayor must preside, else elections cannot proceed. The clash centers on Aldine Chambers, slated for the education board seat, amid mayoral tensions and a looming school board issue.
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Mayson
James L. Mayson
Allies and Germans Press Attacks With No Decisive Result
London dispatch reports furious fighting on both eastern and western fronts with slow Allied gains and sustained German resistance. German forces cross the Bzura and Rawka near the Vistula while Russians claim strong positions. Turks attacked at Van and Kilid Bahr shelled. South African rebellion shows 3,000 in prison and 1,200 paroled.
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Dardanelles
Tenedos
Ministers Probe Conditions At Fulton Tower
City ministers plan a full inquiry into alleged lack of proper housing for women prisoners at Fulton Tower. Matron Hohnefield reports hundreds of complaints about unclean conditions and insufficient segregation from male inmates. Sheriff Mangum denies any mistreatment or exposure of women to men, stating full segregation exists except for Sunday services.
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Train smash in Polish Russia kills many Austrians
London December 23 report says nearly a thousand Austrian soldiers were killed or injured in a collision of two troop trains near Kalisz Russian Poland. Trains met at full speed after an accidental switch opening. Cars were wrecked and passengers crushed.
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Kalisz
Russian
Poland
Daily Telegraph
Petrograd
German justification of raid is answered
Washington reports the British embassy refutes the German embassy claim that bombing Scarborough and Whitby was justified under The Hague Convention. The statement says Scarborough and Whitby are undefended seaside and fishing towns, bombed without notice, with churches cited as singled out targets.
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Washington
Scarborough
Whitby
Berlin Says Birdman Threw Bombs on Dover
Berlin reports that German navy aviator Lieutenant Stephen von Prontzynski flew over Dover, dropped bombs, and reconnoitered the British fleet position. The dispatch notes also mentions Polish court-martials and protests in Sunderland against German shops, with police arrests unreported. A wedding in Paris linked to Mexican history is noted here.
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Dover
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