Traffic Lockout Spurs Fear of Car Inspectors Strike
Labor leaders recount a lockout of Atlanta Terminal car inspectors at Inman Yards and South Shops after a union dispute over cards. Traffic delayed on No 44 and Dixie Flyer as authorities reinforced security. Officials say six inspectors were affected, with alleged threats and discharge of Doster for unsatisfactory service.
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Terminal Station
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Atlanta Terminal Company
Inman Yards
South Shops
Brotherhood of Engineers
Rogers
Peak
Southern
Washington
New York
Dixie Flyer
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Akins
Byron Benson
J. I. McCreery
Carmen
Carmen’s
J. F. McCreery
Federation
C. H. Putnam
Terminal Company
C. M. Doster
Carmen's Union
Putnam
LF Flynn
Daster
J B E. V. Whittle
Southern Railroad
R. T. Pace
Pace
Doster
Right Leg Amputated From Madame Bernhardt in Bordeaux
In Arcachon at St. Augustine hospital the right leg of Madame Sarah Bernhardt was amputated after years of knee trouble. Professor De Lace of Bordeaux university performed the operation. Pozzi was unable to operate due to military duties. The bulletin said the operation occurred peacefully and her condition was good.
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Bordeaux
Paris
Madame Sarah Bernhardt
St. Augustine
Arcachon
de Lace
Bordeaux University
Pozzi
Val-de-Grace
Madame Bernhardt
Pozi
Denuce
Arnosan
Police leadership change eyed for Atlanta department
A forthcoming conference with leaders of both factions will decide the future status of Atlanta's police department. Colonel Orville H. Hall may accept the inspector post if he secures majority support from both sides, and will attend the meeting prepared to declare his stance. He warns against making a military head answerable to politics and says the council must ensure efficiency without political maneuvering. The conference is slated for this week to gauge opposition or support for reorganization per Sunday's Constitution. Continued on Page Five.
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Atlanta
Orville H. Hall
Hall
General Council
Edwin Johnson
Police Committee
Police Department
Polie Board
The Covert Cloth Suit Returns In Fashion Circles
An old saying links fashion to a circle that returns to favor after years. The covert cloth suit, once popular a decade ago, now reappears in store ads as a chic spring option.
Brave Teacher Averts Panic In School Fire
Miss Anna Campbell, principal at Lakewood Heights school on Sawtell Avenue, calmly directed a fire drill as flames swept the roof. Four hundred fifty pupils lined up, evacuated to the lawn, while janitor and older students fought the blaze from the roof with water and a extinguisher, with county officials praising her quick action.
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Lakewood Heights
Sawtell Avenue
ABC
Anna Campbell
Campbell
Ez. Cc Merry
Till Parker Swallows Tobacco After Arrest Incident
Police arrest Till Parker at the corner of Decatur Street and North Boulevard as he walked with an open knife amid a turbulent crowd. He explains he swallowed his chaw of tobacco from fear, and the recorder releases him noting a swallow of tobacco was punishment enough.
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Till Parker
Decatur Street
North Boulevard
Till
Recorder
Whitley
Laseter
Willman who claimed Shiloh gunshot death dies
Mount Carmel February 22 John M Willman, who declared he fired the shot that killed Confederate General Albert Sydney Johnston at the Battle of Shiloh, is dead. Willman was a member of the Forty eighth Illinois regiment.
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Mount Carmel
John M. Willman
Albert Sydney Johnston
Shiloh
C .Willman
Fortyeighat
Felder Pressed to Succeed Harris as Census Director
Washington February 2 President Wilson names five to form the Federal Trade Commission five months after the act is passed Senate confirmation faces possible delays due to opposition by some senators Georgia backed Felder as census director Harris not the first Georgia choice Hurley Davies Parry Rublee named for varying terms committee on interstate commerce to consider nominations Felder may succeed Harris as census director no appropriation yet for commission expenses act calls for housing in commerce department building efforts to correct two statutory oversights planned
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Joseph E. Davies
Madison
Wis
Edward N. Hurley
Chicago
William J. Harris
Cedartown
Wik H. Parry
Seattle
Wash
George Rublee
Cornish
N. H
White House
Sherman
Illinois
Mr. Hurley
Felder
Harris
Georgia
Commission
Trade Commission
Commerce Department
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Newlands
Lst
Interstate Commerce Committee
No Free Passes for Detectives City trolley policy cited
Preston Arkwright president of Georgia Railway and Power told Atlanta street railway committee that revenue decline and retrenchment forced abolition of about 900000 free ride passes annually. He noted uniforms riders also cost the company about 50000 yearly, and pledged no passes for detectives. The panel considered funding 2000 for detective transport and possible police car purchases.
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Preston Arkwright
The
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Street Railway Committee
Arkwright
Walt
Atlanta
Jesse B. Lee
Eorgin Railway and Power Company
Leavers
Sanford
Wih
Beaversi
Wee
Railroad Commission
Beavers
Trolley Company
Franchise Committee of
Council
Water Department
Edgewood
Pryor
Edgewood Avenue
Mmto Pryor Street
Kimball House
Washington Birthday Observed at Capital
Washington February 22 George Washington s birth anniversary celebrated in all capital departments. President Wilson attended POW exercises under Daughters of the American Revolution Sons of the Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution but gave no address. Senator Townsend spoke keynote while Washington s farewell address was read in the senate by Senator Root and in the house by Representative Garrett. All executive departments were closed.
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Washington
George Washington
Wilson
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sons of the Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
Senator Townsend
Senate
Senator Root
House
Representative Garrett
Obituary: Major Thomas Daugherty Dies at 73
Major Thomas Daugherty, a member of General Anderson's body guard at Fort Sumter, died here today at age 73. He was at Sumter Alientown Pa on February 22.
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Sumter
Alientown
Thomas Daugherty
Anderson
Fort Sumter
Calais Bombarded By Zeppelin Airship and Civilians Killed
A German air raid on Calais killed civilians as Britain weighs retaliation over submarine warfare. The report notes Dutch and Scandinavian alarm at German blockade and continued North Sea disruption. Talks of cotton as contraband and potential allied measures to counter Germany’s naval policy are cited, with tensions rising in Holland and neutrals watching developments.
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London
Europe
Austria
Adriatic
Asquith
House of Commons
Great Britain
Slil
Amsterdam
Cushaven
North Sea
Copenhagen
Sweden
England
Bolridge
Folkestone
Germany
Holland
Hague
Netherlands
North Sea War
Dutch East Indies
Genoa
Jeomene
Generary
Pezole J. Tennant
Premier Asquith
Germans Shell Rheims and Calais Amid Western Front Push
Paris reports the French war office says German bombardment of Rheims and a Zeppelin attack on Calais killed civilians and caused damage. Allied forces claim gains at multiple western front points, including trench lines, woods, and positions near Les Eparges and Combres, while German sorties are said to have repulsed.
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Paris
London
French War Office
Calais
Lomtbhaertzyde
Lys
Alsna
Rheims
Souain-Beausejour
Argonne
Fontaine Auxarmes
Marie Therese
Bolant
Meuse
Cheppy Wiood
Les Eyparges
Combres
Les Eparges
Bois-Bouchet
Bois-Boule
Apremont
Alsace
Stossweier
Paria
Havas
Fentinettes
St. Omer
Hazebrouck
Dunkirk
Caials
Petrograd
Dukla
Senetchoun
Galicia
Falcliczyn
Mesolaborez
Upper San River
Ypres
Belgium
Champagne
The
Weather Prophecy Showers Across States Tuesday
A forecast shows showers Tuesday across Washington Georgia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Tennessee and Kentucky with clearing and cooler later in the week. West and northwest portions may see fair or cooler conditions by Wednesday, with peninsular Florida experiencing showers and cooler air inland.
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Foretaat
Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
West
South Carolina
Florida
Northwest
Peninsuaa
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
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