More Indictments in Liquor Probe in Savannah
Savannah February 20 Special additional names of persons alleged to have been disclosed by the federal grand jury s probe into protection of the liquor business here may be expected as soon as those indicted Saturday have been located The latest development in the activities of the probing grand jury came tonight when a police raid upon a pool room at the corner of Whitaker and Broughton streets the heart of Savannah s business district is alleged to have brought forth a fully equipped bar with suitcases full of whisky and a Spanish drink of high alcoholic content The men who have been indicted in connection with the official investigation whose names were made public Saturday are former United States Deputy Marshal A Kea Federal Prohibition Enforcement Officer M Moye former Police Chief J A Woods W F Stock
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Savannah
Gat
Federal
Whitaker and
Broughton Streets
United States
A. Met Kea
M. Moye
J. A. Woods
W. PF
Jesse Mercer
Stewart
Mercer
Sarasinagh
Woods
Reilly
Lucas
Brown
Moye
Kea
Ken
Edwards
H. Pa. Howard
Andrew Barefield
W. E Wilson
Montague Burns
Savannah Officials Hit by Federal Probe in Booze Rings
The Savannah investigation reveals a conspiracy between federal and city officers to protect bootleggers. Indictments name Jesse Brown Carl Edwards W J Nichols and others for impersonating officers, conspiracy and extortion involving hundreds in cash and liquor. Prosecutions cite protection payments, moonshine, and bribery over many months. Local raids intensify as Mayor Stewart reshapes police leadership and a new superintendent prepares to take office March 1.
Negro Hart in Collision Near Engine House
Frank Jordan a Black man living at 49 Matthews Street was badly hurt when a light wagon he rode in was struck from behind by a car driven by C. C. Walker of East Point on Whitehall Street near the seventh district engine house. Jordan was thrown to the ground as the wagon and car front fenders were damaged. Walker said no light was on the wagon rear, obscuring its approach.
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Negro Hart
Frank Jordan
Matthews Street
Whitehall Street
Iide
C. C. Walker
East Point
Hughes to lead state department test of executive ability
United News staff reports in Washington that Charles Be Hughes faces a major test as head of the state department. He is expected to reorganize the department, with Republicans and business leaders pressing for an efficient, businessmanlike administration after a history of perceived disorganization. Harding’s policy to let Hughes speak for himself signals a free hand to shape the department. Also noted is the ongoing critical condition of Archie Jett after a shooting in the Severens basement, with authorities pursuing the suspect.
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Lowell Mellet
United News
Washington
Charles BE. Hughes
State Department
Bu Ig
Hughes
Bryan
Lansing
Department
Woodrow Wilson
Frank Polk
Colby
Norman ‘Davis
Capitol
Harding
Jett
New York Blizzard Paralyzes City With Eleven Inches Snow
A northwesterly gale blankets New York with eleven inches of snow by early today and ongoing closure of streets. City authorities deploy 4,000 white wings plus 3,000 civilian volunteers to clear main arteries as 14 snow plows carve Broadway into a canyon. Shipping board steamship Cold Harbor runs aground off Coney Island but is not in danger and will be refloated at high tide. Forecaster predicts continued heavy snowfall into tomorrow followed by colder weather.
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New York
White Wings
Shipping Board
Cold Harbor
Coney Island
Broadway
Land Grant Meeting Convened By Alabama Officials
Auburn Alabama February 20 with Br A C True presiding a conference of southern land grant college officials opens Monday night prominent educators from Alabama and
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Auburn
Ala
Br. A. C. True
Washington
D. C
Alabama
Southern
J. A. Burroughs
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
A. M. Soule
Georgia Agricultural College
D.C. Hull
Mississippi A. & M
College
A.A. Murphree
University of Florida
G. K. Matheson
Georgia School of Technology
W. C. Riddick
North Carolina State
Bradford Knapp
University of Arkansas
Clemson College
Bruce R. Payne
Peabody’ College
F. L. McVey
University of Kentucky
Quiet Sunday for Harding in St Augustine
President elect Harding spent a quiet Sunday at his St Augustine headquarters with Mrs Harding seeing no callers. He attended church in the morning and walked later, holding a long talk with Harry M Daugherty assumed to be his choice for attorney general, though no policy questions were discussed. cabinet selections remained unsettled as leaders of his party were to be seen in coming days with importantappointments expected tomorrow and Tuesday.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Sleet Harding
Harding
Oklahoma Bandit Nearing Death in Oklahoma Bank Robbery
Physicians treating Henry Starr the Oklahoma bank robber say he is near death after being shot during a robbery attempt at the People's Bank in Harrison. Starr's wife and son stayed with him. three companions were reportedly detained elsewhere and later released.
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Oklahoma
Harrison, Ann
Henry Starr
People's Bank of
Harrison
Moe
J. S. Johnson
Sallislaw
Ohio
Starr
Soeligrman
Committee Meet for Democrats Likely in April
United News State Correspondent Lowell Melletty reports the Democratic national committee probably will meet around April 15 to reorganize. A gathering of state chairmen is also likely, with St Louis or Chicago as a possible venue. The executive committee expects to call a spring meeting after the Republican administration ends.
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Lowell Mellety
United News
Washington
Democratic ‘National ’ Committee
Dlacs
St. Louis
Chicago
White
National
Ottet
Negress Follows Husband to Death by Suicide
A 32 year old woman, Essel Kennesworth, followed her husband John Kennesworth to death by suicide Sunday morning. She was in a north side household staff job, found at their Butler Street residence with an empty Lysol bottle beside her. No motive given. local reports note rare suicides among Black residents.
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Fither
Butler Street
Grady Hospital
Ésther
New Appoints Burt New as Democratic National Committee Secretary
Washington February 21 Burt New an Indianapolis attorney was named executive secretary of the Democratic National Committee by Chairman White. The appointment takes effect March 1 and places New in direct charge of the national headquarters. He earlier chaired Indiana central state democratic committee and served as its secretary in 1912. He advised Vice President Marshall when governor of Indiana and advised Governor Ralston. He was one of two American members of the United States Panama commission until its discontinuance last June. Adjusted claims from Panama were tied to land seizure by American authorities near the canal zone.
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Washington
Burt New
Indianapolis
Democratic National Committee
White
National Committee
New
Indiana Central State Democratic Committee
Marshall
Indiana
Ralston
Iwvo
United States-Panama Commission
Panama
Canal Zone
Dr Horton Snyder to Speak to Emory Boys
Dr Horton Nelson Snyder president of Wofford College has accepted an invitation to address a joint meeting of Emory and Washington's Birthday literary societies at Emory University. The event, regarded as a Palmetto State premier orator, is slated for Tuesday at 3 pm in the chapel of the theological building. Additional speakers will include literary society members and faculty.
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Horton Nelson Snyder
Wofford College
Spartanburg
S. C
Emory, University
Washington
Snyder
Palmetto State
Pioneer Mary Potter Wilcox Celebrates 107th Birthday
Mary Potter Wilcox of Illinois, born 1814 in Essex County New York, marks her 107th birthday with great grandchildren gathered to hear stories of six American wars. Her family’s military legacy spans Washington’s era through World War I, including a Civil War combatant son and a grandson who served in France in 1916. Despite memory decline since recent losses, she remains owner of a farm bought ninety years ago on a land grant.
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Dwight, II
Mary Potter
Washington
Scott
Clarence Potter
Peru
Ind
France
Police Seek Kin of Chicago Inventor B W Goodsell
February 20 Chicago police seek relatives of B W Goodsell an inventor of automobile accessories who died Sunday. He lived as a hermit in the Loop occupying a small rear room and cooking on an alcohol burner for years. His estate was about 75000 and his death was caused by ptomaine poisoning. He was 78.
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Chicago
B.W. Goodsell
Goodsell
Loop District
Sunday Weather Surprises Atlanta With Pleasant Day
Sunday brought a milder, sunnier spell than predicted. Saturday night rain and sleet ended the snowstorm sweeping Oklahoma to Missouri, with sun breaking through by noon and fewer cars on the streets despite a cold night.
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Morpheus
Washington
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Ten-nesse
Mississippi
Missouri
Atlantans Honored by Agricultural Men at Southern Meeting
Returning to Atlanta from Lexington Kentucky Director J N Harper of the soil improvement committee reports one of the most interesting meetings of southern agricultural workers in recent years. Attendees from Atlanta included Harper Whittle Jeter Cobb and Lasseter with Harper elected secretary for the coming year. The meeting featured exchanges on field crop and fertilizer topics and plans to extend scientific work through southern colleges and experiment stations.
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Atlanta
Lexington
J. N. Harper
Seil Improvement Committee
Southern Agricultural Workers
Agricultural College
Experiment Station
South
Harper
C. A. Whittle
F. H. Jeter
Soil Improvement Committee
C. A. Cobb
Southern
Bates
Japanese court martial convicts sentry in Langdon death
Tokyo reports a Vladivostok era court martial convicted the Japanese sentry who killed Lieutenant Langdon of the U N N near Vladivostok a month earlier. Higher officials of the Japanese army at Vladivostok are to be tried in connection with the case, the newspaper added.
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Tokyo
Langdon
Viadivostok
Nick aNich
Vladivostok
Engineer Killed as Train Wrecks Near Wheelock La
Marshall Texas February 20 Engineer White of passenger train No 22 on the Texas and Pacific railroad en route to New Orleans received injuries from which he later died when the train wrecked near Wheelock La early today Railroad officials say they have no information on the cause of the wreck.
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Marshall
Texas
White
Texas and Pacific Railroad
New Orleans
Wheelock
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