Temporary hospital for Negro patients opened on Fort Street
Atlanta Mayor James G Woodward ordered Dr J P Kennedy to set up a temporary hospital on Fort Street near Decatur to care for contagious disease cases among Negro residents. Eight beds and essential equipment were ordered, with a nurse to be assigned once minor repairs are finished, aiming for operation within a week. The move follows debates over hospital needs and calls for dedicated facilities for Black patients.
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James G. Whodward
J. P. Kennedy
Wort Street
Decatur
Woodward
Kennedy
Haslth
Graham West
Comntrollers Department
Imdoracs
Scdres
the Constitution
Susie Davis
Cook
Lambert
vUnse Han
Ormedof City
Claude Smith
Premium for workers who ran into intoxicans in Chester
Chester, February 4. A local company offered its 300 employees a 10 percent wage increase if they abstain from all intoxicants. Williams F. Stanton, the general manager and originator, reports strong turnout with nearly all workers signing. The policy excludes habitual drinkers from future employment and penalizes drinking after signing.
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Chester
Williams
Stanton
Iss
Mr. Stanton
Frank Glass Loses Senate Seat By One Vote
Washington February 4 Frank P Glass of Alabama editor of The Birmingham News lost his bid for a U S Senate seat by a margin of one vote 82 to 11 The decision followed the committee on privileges and elections ruling his Alabama appointment after the seventeenth constitutional amendment proclaiming popular election was in effect The vote featured spirited debate and marked a historic interpretation of the amendment with Senator Blair Lee of Maryland casting a maiden vote in favor of Glass and then supporting him later Attitudes split among party lines with eight Democrats opposing Glass and four Republicans in the minority The final tally on seating Glass came after lengthy speeches and shifting allegiances with Senator La Follette voting with the majority after illness kept him away earlier
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Frank P. Glass
Alabama
Birmingham
United States Senate
Committee On Privleges and
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O'Neal
Joseph F. Johnston
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Blair Lee
Maryland
Elections Committee
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Fall
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Clapp
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Bir. Glase
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Gless
Mark Smith
Arizona
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Mr. Glass
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Chilton
Fletcher
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Lee
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Sheppard
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Simmons
Smith
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Swanson
Thlman
Vardeman
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Lane
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Lodge
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McLean
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Norris
Pare
Poindexter
Sherman
Shively
Smoot
Sutherland
Townsend
Weeks
Works
de Maryland
Fear the Lord and Love Neighbor Urged by Wickersham
New York February 4 Former Attorney General George W. Wickersham urged the Vacation club’s largely young women to repeal harsh laws and instead show kindness to employers. He warned against drastic self serving laws and praised neighborly love as a path to national prosperity.
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New York
George W. Wickersham
Mr. Wickersham
Guards and Convicts Questioned Over Treatment Probe
Warden George Tucker shown with a whipping strap used on prisoners at Adamsville camp. State and county commissioners conduct a grand jury probe into misbehavior at the facility, which Phillip Weltner calls the county's best camp despite its role in triggering the inquiry.
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George Tucker
Adamsville Camp
Phillip Weltner
Reconciled Couple Faint Wife In Atlanta Soda Fountain
In Atlanta an estranged husband and rival met after a separation of a few days since last November's marriage. Wife Mca Hart fainted at Prattis and Pefinis after recognizing the rival, was taken to Grady hospital, and will recover. They plan to move to Jacksonville Fla once released, and no divorce actions were filed.
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Harry Hart
Grady Hospital
Jacksonville
Fla
Hart
Atlanta
Avon Avenue
Constitution
Alabama Street
Broad
Prattis & Pefinis
W.D
Brothers Burglar Pair Charged After Six Days Crime
New York police report two brothers, Charles 21 and Gustave 19 Rebke, burglarized houses six days a week then attended church on Sundays. They confessed to daily robberies for four months, often discarding stolen religious items like crosses and rosaries rather to sell them. Charles was identified by detectives yesterday. both claim reform after Elmira reformatory.
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New York
Charlies
Gustave Rebke
Brockium
Charles
Elmira Reformatory
Aqt
Grand jury indicts Wetuca camp boss for assault on convicts
In Fulton County, under Alfred Newell, the grand jury indicted Edward Tyree, boss at the Wetuca convict camp, on two counts of assault and battery for whipping Negro convicts. The panel vows to probe all county camps, faulting state prison investigators for lax oversight and promising broader investigations.
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Alfred Newell
Edward Tyree
Wetuca
State Prison Commission
Suck Camp
Fulton County
Wenesday
Weitca
Tall C. Waters
County Commissioners’ Board
Thia
Ed Tyree
County Institution Committee
Grand Jbry
Weluca
Dr Aked chased by heresy hunters in San Francisco
Dr Charles F Aked, president of the Church Federation of San Francisco, said he would resign if more than 1 percent of members objected to his incumbency over his unbelief in the virgin birth. Four Presbyterian ministers pressed for his removal, but the San Francisco Presbytery did not endorse their action. Aked called the situation comic and recalled earlier debates over doctrinal views and Rockefeller influence. Continued on page eleven.
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Charles F. Akad
Church Federation of
First Congregational Church
Aked
Federation
Ofr Francisco
Church Federation
Dr. Aked
Dr Aked
Jesus
Fifth Avenue
New York
Union [Theological Seminary
Foster
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Chicago
No Improvement Noted In Bacon's Condition
Senator Bacon remained unimproved with a fever of 103 on the sixth day of his illness. Doctors debate whether typhoid or pneumonia causes the fever while an X ray will check if the rib fracture set properly and if inflammation has developed. Mrs Sparks of Macon arrived to visit as the foreign relations committee met in his absence.
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John Corrigan
Weebington
Senator Bacon
Mr. Bacon
W. B. Sparks
Macon
Hysteria Claimed After Ambushed at Ambolice Street Incident
Across Ambolice Street a woman was taken by ambulance from Grady after an event noted by police. She remained unconscious on arrival. Her husband Tom Turner blamed past rivalries for triggering fits of hysteria. Surgeons at Grady diagnosed only violent hysteria, not a medical emergency.
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Grady
Hart
Tom Turner
Jett
Disorderly conduct charged after church meeting report
Police watched Jones Avenue Baptist after complaints of clandestine meetings in the vestibule. R B Johnson, 37, salesman, of Decatur, held on $50.75 bond for disorderly conduct. a young woman unnamed by police was released. Johnson to be tried before Recorder Broyles this afternoon.
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Jones Avenue Baptist Church
Green and
Fortson
R. B. Jonson
Decatur
Johnson
Ibead
Beavers
Broyles
Huerta Plans Large Army Amid US Tensions at Border
Mexico City reports President Huerta orders a 50 000 man army increase bringing total fighting force to 229000 including irregulars. Huerta says a new decree will boost capacity further to 785000 with 60000 more, and invites foreign correspondents to verify conditions as US-Mexico tensions rise. Students in the capital plan a protest against the United States but the governor blocks demonstrations during a national holiday.
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Huerta
Reday
Federal
Offorale
Clvic
Chares O'Shaughnessy
Herts
Buenos Ayres
London
Paris
Madrid
United States
Mexico
Republic
Arms For Rebels Cross Border From El Paso
An express wagon carried 37 000 rounds of ammunition and seven rifles across the international bridge from El Paso to Juarez as the first arms allowed under Wilson's embargo to reach rebels. U S army and customs officials issued the permit suddenly catching rebel agents unprepared. Agents of General Villa planned rapid shipments to Juarez in the coming weeks as carloads move to El Paso.
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el Paso
Texas
International Bridge
Juarez
Wilson
Torreon
Weather Prophecy Fain Forecast for Georgia and North Regions
Local report notes fair weather in Georgia and the south with rain in the north followed by colder conditions on Thursday and Friday returning to fair skies. Reports show lowest and highest temperatures with mean values and rainfall deficits since January, indicating below normal precipitation.
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Georgia
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