Ships to be Bought by United States From Any Country
Washington plans to buy belligerent ships to avert prohibitive prices while pending legislation passes. Officials say Britain and France have stated views on registry changes, but US purchases will involve private or government ships only if bona fide. The Dacia case tests rights after hostilities begin and signals Anglo American doctrine alignment for a century.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Sas
Bryan
Great Britain
France
Galveston
Notr
State Department
Wliies
Wilson
Wig
England
Twenty Children Hurt as Orphanage Building Collapses
New Orleans January reports a heavy wind storm damaged the St Alphonsus orphan asylum recreation building. Twenty children aged 4 to 16 were injured, with Georgia Buckley Columpus and Oscar Henry among those in dangerous condition. The frame two story structure housed boys and girls above a ground level play area. many children fled as the building swayed.
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New Orleans
St Alphonsys Orphan Asylum
Georgia Buckley Columpus
Oscar Henry
Georgia
Oscar
Eight-year-old ER escapes liniment poison scare
In Rome on January, the eight-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. George Turner swallowed a liberal amount of liniment and nearly died before being rushed to medical aid. The child is expected to recover.
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Rome
George Turner
For Sale Miscellaneous Ad Tips for Quick Returns
The item listing advises not to fill the attic with old furniture and bric-a-brac. A small classified ad in the For Sale Miscellaneous column can fetch a good price. It notes costs of about 30 to 40 cents and suggests using The Constitution classifieds to rent out rooms in Atlanta by calling Main 5000 and asking for the Classified Adv. Dept. Atlanta 35001.
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the Constitution
Atlanta
Dept
Not Guilty Verdict Reported by Judge Hill Sunday Afternoon
A not guilty verdict was announced before Judge Ben Hill at the courthouse on Sunday afternoon. The proceedings occurred around 1 50 o clock with local spectators present. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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Ben Hill
Prosecution to push case against Ragsdale and Barber
Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey vowed vigorous prosecution of Rev. C. B. Ragsdale and R. L. Barber on perjury charges in March. Earlier Sunday, jurors acquitted Dan Lehon C. C. Tedder and Arthur Thurman of perjury related to the Ragsdale affidavits in the Mary Phagan case, a verdict Judge Hill called fair and the panel highly noted.
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Dan’ Lehon
Burns Defective Agency
C. C. Tedder
Burns
Arthur Thurman
C. C. Barber
C. B. Ragsdale
Frank
Ben Hill
Fulton County
Kimball House
Arthur Powell
John Boykin
St. Claire Adams
New Orleans
Hugh M. Dorsey
Stamnes
Stephens
Tarnoes
Campt
Men Calder Asbakine
Powell
Dan S. Lehoen
Carleton C. Tedder
R. L. Barber
Lehon
Tedder
Thurman
Ragsdale
PERVINE INJURED IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT NEAR BROOKWOOD BRIDGE
J C Pervine of East Point Georgia riding 40 miles an hour on Peach Tree road skids on car tracks while negotiating a sharp curve south of Brookwood bridge. He is picked up unconscious by a friend, rushed to Grady hospital, with Grady doctors saying he has little chance to recover.
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J. C. Pervine
East Point
Peachtree Road
Brookwood Bridge
Tee
Pervine
RR. W. Banks
T. J. Collier
Grady Hospital
Grady
Work on Greek Warship Stopped in Germany
London dispatch reports the Greek dreadnought Lakimis at Vulcan shipyards in Stettin halted due to Greece failing to meet the fixed contract payment. The naval mission supervising the build has been recalled. Salamis class vessel planned at 19,500 tons, laid down in 1913 and due in 1915.
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Germany
London
Exchange Telegraph
Athens
Vulcan Company
Stettin
Greece
Salamis
Parliament Member Among the Missing
London reports show a casualty list listing Major Arthur Morrison Bell MP for Honiton among the missing. Also named are the Hon. John Beresford Campbell, son of Baron Statheden and Campbell, plus several guards officers.
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London
Arthur
C. Morrison-Bell
Honiton
Devonshire
John Beresford Campbell
Baron Statheden and Campbell
Capture of St Georges in flooded Belgian corner
A long struggle for the hamlet of St Georges in southeastern Nieuport area is described as crucial to both sides. Flooded terrain created island like houses that controlled canal access to Ypres and Bruges roads, with German forces securing the position after heavy bombardment while Allied counterattacks kept up. The map shows flooded regions east and west of the Dixmude canal and Lomabaertze area.
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Strategie
St. Georges
Belgium
Nieuport
Brutges
Eixmude
Bruges
Dixmude Canal
Lom+baertzyde
Multimurder Suicide Shock in Central Park West Apartment
New York on January 31 reports a quadruple killing as Herman Auerbach fatally shot his wife and two daughters before killing himself with a silenced rifle. Their son Lester, a high school student, survived, discovering the tragedy after finding a note from his father. Coroner Feinberg said the act was planned for days and carried out calmly. The family’s home on Central Park West is described as an exclusive building. Auerbach, once with a New York banking firm, had recently grown wealthy in real estate with estimated value near $1,000,000.
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New York
Herman Auerbach
Lester
Central Park, Wear
Feinberg
Auerbach
Leopold
Joe
Levy
Grandpa
Beatrice
Daisy
Ted
Cononer
Canny
Snapshot story in Constitution causes rush sale
Quitman Georgia January 3 Special The Constitution sold out at all stands today after trains arrived and front page photograph of Honorable Sam Bennett Albany a Brooks county native and brother of Stanley Bennett led readers to fear a freak accident.
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Quitman
Sam Bennett
Albany
Brooks County
Stanley Bennett
Brooks’ County
Seventeen Sailors Rescued From Stranded Vessel Anita
Twenty three sailors from the Norwegian steamer Anita, stranded near Turks Island since December, were landed at Norfolk Virginia by the tug Rescue. They were taken to the Norwegian consul to arrange repatriation or positions on another vessel. The Anita remains ashore in fair condition and may be refloated.
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Norfolk
Turks
Island
Rescue
Labor Temple Planned as Home for Local Unions
Definite steps were taken at the annual meeting to secure funds for erecting a labor temple in the coming year. The board declared a 5 percent annual dividend and planned stock sales to raise additional capital. It is expected the temple will be built this year. Ashley was elected president, Jones vice president, and S. B. Marks secretary-treasurer, with directors L. Albright, C. Karston, E. E. George, J. Price, W. Van Houten, and W. C. Puckett.
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Board of Directors
le Ashley
Jerome Jones
5. B. Marks
5. L. Albright
Carl Karston
E. E. George
J. & Price
William van Houten
W. C. Puckett
Wife forgives deserting husband wedding anniversary tale
A Georgia wife seeks $5,000 in Superior Court from Irene Boag, claiming her husband D IM Horne deserted them. She writes a remorseful wedding anniversary letter, offering reconciliation if he returns. The piece ends with the note she won’t reveal his Texas whereabouts. Nearby, London reports Rear Admiral Victor Montagu died at 73, with service in Russia 1865, China 1835, and Indian Mutiny 1854.
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D.im. Horne
Irene Boag
Hell
Blanche Horne
London
Victor A. Montagu
Montagu
Russia
China
Destructive raids by German submarines hit British ships
London reports losses from U-21 in the Irish Sea near Liverpool including Ben Cruachan Linda Blanche and Kilcoan with crew landed. Tokomaru and Icaria torpedoed near Havre in the English Channel. Three more ships pursued. Graphic, Atreus, Ava, Kath Jean and Edymion escaped. Leinster reports submarine chase off Kish light. Liverpool wary but no suspension of sailings yet.
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London
Irish Sea
Liverpool
English Channel
Havre
Tokomaru
Icaria
North” Sea
Pathfinder
Humer Sels
Graphic
Atreus
Ava
Kath- Jean
Edymion
Allan Line
Scandinavian
St. John
N. B
Queenstown
Liverspool
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Bireti
Ste:mers
New Zealand
Das
Ministry’ of Marine
Trish
Ganteaume
Tokomary
New Castle
New South Wa
Searia
Admiral Ganteaume
Calais
Leinster
Dublin
Holyhead
Kingstown
Dublin’ Bay
Secret visit of Sir John French to London
London January 20. Sir John French, commander in chief of British forces in France and Belgium, made a secret trip to London. He met King George V, the War Council, and Premier Asquith, with Winston Churchill and Lloyd George among those who called. The visits were kept from newspapers and remained undisclosed.
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London
Associated Press
Sir John
France
Belgium
Hay
Iie
War Council
John
Jonett
Gala
Rager
Carpathian Front Battles Drive German Offensives
Russian and Austro Hungarian forces clash in the Carpathians from Dukla to Wyszkow as Austro Germans press the line with German aid. Russia claims prisoners and guns as preliminary combats tilt in its favor. West Front sees limited artillery fighting with German attempts to seize trenches near La Bassee. British claim to have retaken ground, while preparations for a fresh Yser assault emerge from dispatches via Holland. Russian gains reported in East Prussia and along the Vistula flank.
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London
Carpathian Mountains
Dukla
Wyszkow
Russia
Bukowina
Transylvania
Austria
East Prussia
Tral Poland
Carpathians
Sari Kamysh
Black Sea
Trebizond
Rizah
la Bassee
Argonne
Bassee
Holland
Yser
Nyasaland
Petrograd
Plilkailen
Gumbinnen
le Bogaien
Vistula
Weather Prophecy RAIN Forecast Across States
Washington reports a weather forecast predicting rain across several states with variable outcomes. Monday brings rain or rain in the southeast, then Tuesday turns fair but colder in many eastern areas. Some regions expect rain followed by colder conditions, with pockets of snow or unsettled weather in the north and northwest.
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Washington
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Para
Alabama
Mirgissippi
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