Masked bandits stop auto and rob owner on Glen Street
Police report a masked duo in a dark car halted a man at Glen Street and Stewart Avenue Saturday night striking a fearsome pose and robbing LeRoy Selsnoua of $53 after firing shots and demanding surrender. The victim, a well known Blon merchant, described two tall masked men with pistols who commandeered his wallet and fled toward the vicinity of their vehicle. Investigators suspect intruders from a distant rust belt city may be involved and continue to seek clues, including possible ties to Atlanta area crime rings.
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Nia
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LeRoy Sels Noua
Glenn Street
Stewart Avenue
Seignious
Stwart Avenue
Glenntreet
Hal
Maine
Theralice
Guests in Panic as Hotel Burns in Park In the Pines
A Ken Bly tourist hotel named the Park In the Pines was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss runs into thousands of dollars with jewelry and personal effects. Guests faced narrow escapes as smoke filled the premises and several were carried to safety. Erik, the manager, collapsed from smoke, but guests later escaped with their lives. The blaze started in the basement near an elevator shaft and the hotel’s alarm failed to stop the fire. Continued on Page Two.
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Fact Finding Costs in News Reporting Highlighted
The text stresses the high expense and effort required to obtain and verify facts for dependable news. It notes that conjecture in accidents and disasters harms coverage and stresses the value of accurate information for many people.
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Ccass
Plot 10 Defeats Charter Reform Plan Amid City Politics
Mayor James G Woodward leads a charter reform opposition, claiming a plot to defeat revision. A committee drafts a charter committee to present a plan to a 25 member body, with trustees to oversee city departments and a bulk budget distribution. The fight centers on council support and fears of patronage.
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Field Lammittes
John
Candler
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Charles Hopkins
Woodward
Ric Sey
Mesure
Satreneth
Naw
Lemigh Council
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Cherge
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Arnam
Aig Waterworks
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Mbr
Sunday Strollers Witness Collision
Sunday strollers witnessed a collision at Ponce de Leon and Peachtree streets when a automobile and a motorcycle wrecked. Harold Batty aged 11 and Theodore Gordon aged 14 were injured. The bike rider was driven by Harry Bo Thompson Jr. to Grady hospital. The crash was blamed on construction barricades and a trolley car.
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Peachtree Streets
Yasti
Harold Batty
Opring Street
Theodore Gordon
Courtland Young Batu
Gordon
Hairs Bo Thompson Jr
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Thompson
Grady Hospital
Pome de Leon and
Peachtree
Ue Thompson
Harry Miles Way
Tonce de Leon Avenue
Peachtree Street
Death by own action pact kept by husband and wife
New York February. Coroner believes James Adams, a unemployed salesman, and his wife, an accomplished musician, died by their own actions in a Harlem hotel. The room held two glasses with only a white residue. They had traveled from Newark, New Jersey, recently as the husband searched for work.
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New York
James Adams
Harlem
Newark
Reorganization of US army to form mobile divisions
Major General Leonard Wood announces a sweeping army reorganization to implement a three infantry division and one cavalry division structure. The plan restructures departments, empties outdated posts, and assigns new commands from Governors Island to San Antonio with a focus on homogeneous brigadier general commands.
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Taft
United States
War College
General Staff
War Department
Asmmens
Thomas 11
Barry
William H
Tasker H Bliss
Sagt
Easter
Arthur ‘Wurray
Philippine Department
Suffragists Plan Washington Hike Led by General Rosalie Jones
General Rosalie Jones of New York recruits an army of suffragists to hike to Washington beginning around February 12 and reach the capital before the March suffrage parade. They will sell postcards to fund the cause and include Elizabeth Freeman in disguise as a gypsy fortune teller on the journey.
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Fasaile Jones
New York
Army of Pl
Washington
Elizabeth Freeman
England
Wiss Freeman
Hettie Graham
Ida Craft
WT Burger
John E Boldt
May Morgan
Rosalie Jones
Olive Schultze
Martha Klatschen
McCollough
HA Baird
Turks Await First Blow Before Fighting In London Note
In London the Porte ordered Turkish plenipotentiaries not to leave until hostilities resume and troops to wait for the attack before firing. Balkan delegates argued Turkey must abandon Europe for permanence while warning that Adrianople would be held against a much larger force. The official note from Constantinople reiterates that responsibility for resuming war rests with the Balkan powers.
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Porte
Turkey
Europe
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Balkan
Adrianople
Dane
Constantinople
Atlanta Citizens Asked to Fund Fifth Regiment Washington Trip
The Constitution calls on Atlanta residents to raise 2500 for sending the Fifth Regiment to President Wilson’s inauguration in Washington. Forrest Adair, W Lounsberry, and A S Adams lead a canvassing committee urging subscriptions from $1 to $50, stressing broad citizen support and publicizing subscribers and amounts.
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Washington
Saitharn
Plis
Atlanta
Woodrow
Forrest Adair
W & Lounsbury
A S Adams
Free Lance Week Boosts M and M Contest Votes
The Constitutions M and Woo contest offers a free lance week with numerous quantity purchase offers to boost standings. Contestants may submit labels for extra votes, with bonus votes added to extra notes. Bring in as many as possible before the closing day February at clock in the afternoon. a list of qualifying labels follows with vote counts per quantity.
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M & Woo
Maddox Machine In Auto Collision In Whitehall Street
Mr and Mrs Maddox suffered no injuries after a collision between their seven passenger limousine and Dr Wt Arnold’s Maxwell runabout on Whitehall and McDaniel streets. Both vehicles sustained radiator and fender damage but could move under their own power. The incident occurred near nightfall as they returned from West End and Dr Arnold headed to a sick call.
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FEA
Sopert F Maddox
Whitehall
McDaniel Street
Maxwell
Wt Arnold
McDandel Street
Maddox
West End
Arnold
Whitehall Street
McDaniel
Former equerry Antoine Fardet commits suicide in Paris
Paris on February 2 Antoine Fardet a former equerry to Napoleon II strangled himself with the cord of his eyeglasses. He was 78 and the act is attributed to long standing mental troubles.
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Paris
Antoine Fardet
Napoleon II
Todu
Woman Leads In Chasing Thief On Pryor Street
Mrs A J Peters of Francia apartments chased a black male thief who grabbed her valuable set of silver fox furs on North Pryor Street near the union depot. The crowd joined but she outpaced them and the thief escaped around Auburn Avenue. The furs were worth about 100.
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Pryor Street
Union Depot
J Peters
Bt Francia
Pryor and
Garnett
Mrs Peters
Auburn Avenue
Fire destroys garage and hotel on New York's Upper West Side
A major blaze in New York destroyed a six story garage on the Upper West Side. Forty automobiles owned by prominent residents burned, the Great Northern Hotel opposite filled with smoke as the fire threatened nearby structures. Early estimates placed losses in the tens of thousands with fears tied to John D Rockefeller interests. Fire crews contained the flames after a lengthy effort.
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New York
Upper West Side
Great Northern Hotel
John D Rockenllee
Bebe
Fire scare at East Side theater ends in two deaths
A motion picture reel fire on February 2 in a crowded East Side theater caused a panic of about 400 spectators. Two women were trampled to death and eleven others injured as crowds surged toward exits. Police later confirmed two fatalities after a chaotic scramble through a narrow vestibule and stairs. Commissioner Johnson noted 800 similar perilous venues in Greater New York.
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East Side
Dunat
Houston Street
Jen
Commissioner Johnson
New York
Four Die in Sacramento Apartment Fire at St Mihmholas
Four persons killed and several injured as blaze tore through the St Mihholas apartment house in Sacramento. The fire started from a fumes explosion from a detective burner in the basement, destroying the building and causing a $70 000 property loss. Names include Nora Lawrence, Albert Fehr, Dunn, and Protzman among the dead and injured.
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Lal
St Mihholas
Lawrence
Nora
Wells Fargo Express Company
Z Fehr Albert Pensioner
Southern Pacific Machini
Dunn
Protapan
Harold
Proken
Protzman
Weather Prophecy: Rain Across States Forecast
A fragmented weather forecast warns of rain in Washington for Monday and Tuesday with clearing and colder air moving in. Georgia and Virginia show rain or snow with clearing and colder conditions. North and South Carolina expect clearing and colder weather, while Tennessee and Kentucky forecast snow or rain followed by colder nights and fair days. Oklahoma unsettled then Wednesday, Florida rain with fair and colder conditions. Mississippi and Louisiana show unsettled to clearing with colder temperatures later.
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Carolina
Tennessee
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