Battle Over Vice Squad Splits Atlanta Police Lineup
Tension grows among Mayor Woodward Police Commissioner King and others as the vice squad’s status is debated. Officials investigate whether the night watch should remain, with Beavers facing questions about orders to keep some members in plain clothes.
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James G. Woodward
Andy King
W. P. Fain
Yerngy
Dickson
Uniform Police
Board of Police Commissioners
Jing
Atlanta
Beavers
Theenter
Woodward
Bervers
New Watch
Augusta Street Feud Ends In Fatal Duel
In Augusta Georgia February 1, Patrick Buckley of the city fire department killed Thomas Quinn, a pressman, at Broad and Jackson streets during a crowded time. A feud dating back fifteen years culminated when both men reached for their suns, Buckley firing first. Emakles surrendered.
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Augusta
Patrick Buckley
Thomas Quinn
Broad
Jackson
Buckley
Quinn
Emakles
Atlantans Tell Sinking Tale Aboard Van Dyke Sunk off Brazil
Nelson Shipp recounts the perilous voyage of Captain Edgar Kimmel and his wife after the German Karlsruhe sank the British liner Van Dyke off the Brazilian coast. Captives endured imprisonment at sea while he mourned his father’s death on a two month voyage home. Continued on Page Twelve.
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Atlantan
van Dyke
Brazil
Edgar 4. Kimmel
Atlanta
Edgar A. Kimmel
Kimmels
Rio de Janeiro
Kimmel
Brazilian Railway Company
Equator
Bristol
Karlsruhe
Awd
H. A. Kimmel, JR
Three White Men Shot by a Negro in Worth County
Ashburn Georgia February 13 three men traveling a lonely road near Doles Worth county were fired upon by a negro at nine o clock one man was killed and the other two believed to be fatally wounded West McDonald 28 a prominent Worth county farmer is dead Preston McDonald 20 and his brother said to be dying Frank Davis 20 is fatally wounded The negro is surrounded after a pitched battle and armed citizens are en route to the scene conclude local reports
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Ashburn
Doles
Worth County
West McDonald
Worth
Preston
McDonald
Frank Davis
Tom McDonald
What’s A Dollar’s Worth The dollar’s value as a token
The article extols the dollar as a medium of exchange worth what it can buy, urging readers to be money-smart. It links affluence to value, stresses measuring claims in print, and promotes reading advertisements in The Constitution to start prudent spending.
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Causarico
Century of Peace Observed in 100,000 Churches
Nearly 100,000 churches in the United States and Canada will mark a century of peace since the Treaty of Ghent. Celebration services will take place on the Sunday nearest ratification date, with Sunday school exercises linked to the peace centenary.
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New York
Ghent
United States
Canada
Riot at Panama: Soldiers battle with police
Panama February 3. A fight between American soldiers and native policemen during a carnival left five police officers and three soldiers dead with many wounded. Police reserves and Canal Zone authorities acted to prevent further clashes as Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards and troops moved to the scene amid widespread unrest.
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Panama
Tenderléin
Clarence R. Edwards
Clarence R. Edwards, Commander of the ‘Canal Zone
Forcns
East Indians Eager to Fight for Britain
New York report says the Nizamt of Hyderabad sent 60,000 equipped soldiers to England, per Father Amatus, a Belgian missionary in India for 31 years. He notes India's loyalty to Britain and that territorial troops have been moving to England since the war began.
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New York
Nizamt of
Hyderabad
India
England
Amatus
The
Megantic
Father Amatus
Missonna
Revival 10 Opens This Afternoon in Atlanta
The Chapman Alexander revival begins this afternoon in a large Peachtree Street tabernacle, with Dr. Chapman preaching. Meetings last five weeks, daily weekday afternoons and evenings, with a special fifth week overlapping the Atlanta Bible Conference presided by Dr. Chapman. No Saturday meetings. rest day for evangelicals. Ten revival workers are in Atlanta at Majestic Hotel headquarters, including Mr. Alexander and Mrs Norton.
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Atlanta
Big Revival Tabernacle
Peachtree Street
University Club
Governor's Mansion
Chapman
Botclock
Len G. Broughton
Baptist Tabernacle
London
Broughton
Evangelical Party
J. Wilbur Chapman
Charley M. Alexander
Ralph C. Norton
Majestic Hotel
Revivalists
Dr.Chapman
Alexander
Albert Brown
Hart Burdeclough
W. W. Rock
Arr
L M. Potts
God Chapman
Spain Asks Powers for Joint Action Over Mexican Crisis
Madrid dispatch reports Spain seeks joint action to quell what it terms anarchy in Mexico after the expulsion of Jose Caro, Spain’s minister, by Carranza. The United States has not received any formal request from Spain for joint action and officials here are unsure of Spain’s exact move while noting the deteriorating Mexican situation. Caro’s expulsion is explained in Carranza’s dispatch, detailing Del Caso’s involvement with Villa and the justification for Caro’s removal. Caro arrived at Vera Cruz and sought asylum aboard the U S Delaware.
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London
Mexit
Madrid
Exchange Telegraph Company
Mexico
Carranza
Jose Caro
Spain
Washington
United States
Bryan
State Department
Caro
Spanish Foreign Office
Care
Cararanza
Tose Caro
Angel, del Caso
Francisco Villa
Villa
Chihuahua
Mexico City
del Caso
Ville’s
Gutierrez
General Obregon
Legation
Charge
Obregon
Charge Caro
Scala
Cologan
Madero
Huerta
Spanin
Caracter
Onyself
Vera .Cruz
Vera Cruz
Rogers
Delaware
Senor Caro
Canada
Germany Rejects US Note in War Zone Standoff
Berlin declares it will not yield to American demands over the war zone around Britain and Ireland. The foreign office says it will adhere to its view, holding neutral ships must bear risk in the zone while warning that pressure or threats will not move Germany.
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Berlin
London
Foreign Office
Germany
Great Britain
Ireland
United States
England
Wreuz Zeitung
Wilson
Kreuz Zeitung
America
Hagland
Wilhelmina
Washington News
Count von Reventlew
British Isles
Washington
Germans Plan Warsaw Drive Prompts New Eastern Push
London February 12 Emperor William and Field Marshal von Hindenburg met to renew plans for a Warsaw drive next week aiming to seize the Polish capital before the Reichstag vote on a new war loan. Reports say British airmen outperform Germans with continental bases and easier landings in France. In France little major action reported while on the Carpathian and East Prussian fronts Russian and Austro German operations continue with heavy artillery duels and stubborn fortified lines near Lyck Koziounka and Niemen.
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London
Berlin
East Prussia
Feld Marshal von Hindenburg
England
Belgium
von Hindenburg
Niemen
Lyck
Poland
Koziounka
Tukholita Pass
Carpathian
Tor
Gulf of Suez
Lair Rata
Begland
France
Planders
Alsace
Asquith
Northampton
Warsaw
Emperor Wiliam
von‘ Hindenburg
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Local Showers Forecast for Georgia This Weekend
Local report predicts showers Sunday in Georgia with Monday turning partly cloudy and cooler. Northeast winds will freshen. Temperatures show a range with mean values and rainfall figures, noting past 24 hours and monthly totals.
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Georgia
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South America
Nelson Shipp
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Carpathians
Paris
War Office
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Bailly
Tracy-Le-Val
Noyon
Champagne
Souain
Birmingham
Baston
Louisville
Ldy
Las Miami
Montgomery
Nashville
Raleigh
San Bristo
Lay
East Lake City
Shreveport
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