Bank Robbery Suspects Release Sparks New Confession Claims
Police report Jerry and Andy Wilson Henry Hickman and Scott Sharp freed for insufficient evidence in the Lyerty bank heist. McNew and Mathews held as McNew allegedly confessed to planning the Lyerty and Summerville robberies and to aiding an explosion plot at Lyerty. McNew says Mathews set off the blast and fled with 3967.35 to Cincinnati, while McNew claims 80 dollars from Summerville and 20 for shielding others. Preliminary hearings set. Burns detective Watfield continues work on clues and awaits new developments.
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Jerry
Andy Wilson
Henry Hickman
Scott Sharp
Bank of Lyerty
Mark McNew
Frank Mathews
WeNew
Lyerly
Exerly
McNew
Mathews
MacNew
Summerville
Hi Howe
Bep Watfield
Burns
U S District Court to Meet in Valdosta
The U S district court for the southwestern division of Georgia will convene in Valdosta Tuesday morning with Judge Sheppard presiding. Jurors were drawn by Deputy Clerk Small, including one negro on each of the grand and traverse juries, as a heavy docket awaits. Two weeks may be needed to clear railroad damage suits and safety appliance cases, plus white slavery and peonage criminal matters. The Loyal Order of Moose has organized a lodge in the city with about two hundred members and amenities soon to be ready on East Hill Avenue.
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Valdosto Ga
United States District Court
Southern District of Georgia
Judean Walliam B
Sheppard
Florida
Speer
Valdosta Wa
Loyal Order of Moose
East Hill Avenue
Farm School to Use Mov ies To Teach Georgia Farmers
The State College of Agriculture to deploy a moving picture unit for extension teaching across Georgia. Filming hog cholera serum injections horses and cows, plus horticulture and other subjects, with pictures from actual farm life to be shown in courthouses and schools. The project, initiated by A Whittle, aims to reach counties statewide where cinema has not yet ventured.
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Athens
State College of Agriculture
State College
Lumpkin
Erst
Tha
Attack Upon Atlanta on Battle Anniversary
Washington reports plans for a summer attack upon Atlanta to mark the battle anniversary. Representative William Schley Howard pushes National Guard detachments for offense and defense drills around the city. A prior encampment at Anniston, Alabama yielded training value for officers and men. The War Department approves marking battlefield sites with monuments.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Atlanta
William Schley Howard
War Department
National Guard
Cit
Anmaton
Ala
Howards
Pythians Prepare Golden Jubilee Nationwide Observance
Boston reports the supreme lodge Knights of Pythias plans a February 1 jubilee in observance of the fraternity’s 50th anniversary. President Wilson reception at the White House is listed, with speeches by Bryan and others, a ritual service led by supreme chancellor Curling, and a nationwide display by over 55 lodges.
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Boston
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
Washington
George W Penniman
Golden Jubilee Commission
Abram van der Veer
Edward S Kimball
Presidenthilson
White House
Stripes On Convicts Go In Fulton Camps Says Weltner
Philip Weltner told a Ponce de Leon Avenue Baptist audience that Fulton county convict camps hold conditions harsher than any mutiny. He warned there is no rumor of mutiny but cited serious abuses and urged enforcing the prison commissary rule granting good behavior stripes removal and ordinary clothes. He also urged the next legislature to end indeterminate sentences.
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Philip Weltner
Ponce de Leon Avenue Baptist Church
Fulton County
Mr Weltner
Font
Simday
Grand Jury
Weltner
Ncxt
Japan and United States relations improve after immigration bill vote
Washington reports from Tokyo say Japanese leaders are pleased by the House of Representatives not including a prohibition on Japanese entry and by a broad appeal for fair treatment of aliens. They hope the incident hastens a satisfactory postwar settlement and note a proposal for a new treaty granting Japanese the right to own land in America on equal terms with other foreigners.
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Washington
United States
Japan
House of Representatives
Burnett
Tokio
Fielgls
America
Canal tolls plank approved by Bryan
Senator Walsh disclosed that Bryan supported the Baltimore platform plank favoring repeal of canal toll exemptions for coastwise ships. The plank, tied to opposition to ship subsidies, was debated as Democrats hedge toward President Wilson’s policy while aiming to build a merchant marine without public subsidies.
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Jobe Corrigan
Washington
Bryan
Baltimore
Wilson
Senator Walsh
Montana
Walsh
Pomerent
Ohio
O Gorman
New York
Mc Bryan
Walsha
Wilyan
Great Britain
Dryan
Adamson
Lt S
Democratic Party
Indifference of Man Injuring the Church in Greenville
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, addressing an interstate MCA convention in Greenville, warns that indifference by men is the church’s greatest enemy and urges the church to wage war on this neglect. He commends John R Motts selfless service and calls for church outreach to youth through Protestant and Catholic agencies, noting MCA’s work among soldiers, sailors, railroad workers, and industrial laborers.
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Greenville SC
Church of the World
Navy
Daniels
MCA
Carolinas
John R Mott
China
Daniela
Lfe
Sala
MCGA
Brooklet Light Plant Nearing Completion
Brooklet Georgia in February under a Special note reports the newly elected mayor and ticket intending progress for a growing town. Permanent improvements include two railroads and rapid construction. Streets cleared and plans for electricity lighting in stores and residences unfold. A newspaper is strongly supported though not yet decided.
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Brooklet Ga
Comei
Brooklet
Turpentine and Rosin Markets in Savannah Report
Turpentine remained quiet while rosin held firm in Savannah during the week ending in February. Turpentine sales reached 103, receipts 712, shipments 5967, with stocks 13,603. Rosin showed price increases of 7 to 10 on 11 grades, sales 1,671, receipts 10,620, shipments 23,933, stocks 149,087, and stock decrease of 13,368 during the week.
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Savannah
Rosin
Zamor Elected President of Haiti in Turbulent Return
Orestes Zamyr, once governor of the north and former war minister, is proclaimed president of Halti after a revolt led by Zamor and the rebel forces in Gonsalves. The arrival of revolutionary troops from Gonaives proceeds without disorder as Theodore reestablishes a provisional government in Cape Haltten. Foreign warships are reportedly refurning troops in the area.
Burke Case Placed With Goethals for Panama Canal Inquiry
In Panama in February the investigation into alleged irregularities in the commissary department centers on John Burke as manager. The report sits with Colonel George W Goethals, Panama Canal Commission chairman, who will decide on possible action. Allegations claim Burke took illegal commissions from contractors and his European dealings are under review, with the case to be handled administratively by Goethals.
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Panama
Commissary Department
John Burke
George W Goethals
Panama Canal Commission
Burke
Goethals
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Cable Hall
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W. W. Stout
Stout
Calumet Baking Powder Co
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