Grovetown Tragedy Ends in Firearm Rampage and Death
Augusta Ga January 1 Claude Jordan a 43 year old sc hool official and prominent Columbia County resident died by suicide after shooting a neighbor and killing his wife and injuring children during a five hour rampage in Grovetown. He had twice been treated for insanity and shot at a friend and a negro before turning the gun on himself. The body of Major Green, allegedly killed, was not found. Local posse and townspeople evacuated the home as Jordan fired through the house and toward the yard before dying with Buckshot wounds.
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Augusta
Claude Jordan
Columbia County
Grovetown
Jordan
Major Green
Green
J. E. Beale
Fain
Julian J. Zachry
Shila
Mrs. Jordan
Arrests in 1913 Show Decrease in 1913 Police Reports
Chief Beavers tabled last night an annual report noting 4,000 arrests for drunkenness in 1918, many women among them, and a general decline in arrests and police court fines compared with 1912. The year saw 17,0 arrests, down 737 from 17,749, with fines dropping from 168,096 to 150,325. stockade days fell to 12,419 from 17,084. Disorderly conduct led all arrests, while 692 blind tigers were taken.
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Beavers
Beavers Lata
Rockefeller Gives 7000 to Local Church in New Year Gift
John D. Rockefeller sent an unexpected New Year gift to Huclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland. The message notes he attends services there and describes the donation as a substantial contribution intended to support church programs and upkeep during the year.
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Cleveland, Ohi
John D. Rockefeler
Huclid Avenue Baptist Church
Cleveland
Charles W Eliot Named President By The Scientists
Ex president of Harvard named president of the American Association for Advancement of Science. Worsham elected general secretary and Philadelphia chosen as next meeting place. The 1914 meeting will open after Christmas with vice presidents named for sections A through M.
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Harvard
American Association For Advancement of Science
Philadelphia
Charies W. Eltot
Harvard University
American Association For the Advancement of Reience
Piedmont Hotel
W. A. Worsham, Jr
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Athens
H. & White
Vassar College
A. Zeleny
University of Minnesota
wNo
Alfred Noble
Civil En Binser
New York City
A. &. Grant
Northwestern University
F. R. Lillie
University of Chicama
G. B. Clinton
Yale
Clark Wissler
American Museum of Natural History
R M. Peat
University of Gheine
Paul He
Herre
M— Gorneil
Currency Organizers Plan Office on Wheels
Washington date reports the reserve bank organization committee will travel in an office on wheels for over a month with Secretaries Meadoo and Houston aboard. The trip covers twelve western cities with extensive staff, aiming to record testimony in real time and keep up with Washington correspondence. The $100,000 contingency fund supports a car system to reduce costs and speed hearings before federal reserve hearings begin. The trip begins in New York with hearings and moves to Chicago and the western states in mid month.
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Washington
Reserve Bank Organization Committee
Meadoo
Houston
Treasury Department
United States
Federal Reserve
New York
Boston
Chicago
West
Restaurants Raided by Unemployed Men in Chicago
A crowd of nearly 500 unemployed men marched through Chicago’s business district early this morning demanding work. They entered restaurants breaking windows and puncturing cars while shouting “We demand work, not charity.” Police halted the march on Van Buren Street before it dispersed into groups.
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Chicago
New Lear
State Street
van Guren Street
Conservation of Character at Y M C A Cornerstone Laying
Dr C W Daniel urged conservation of character over reclamation at the Y M C A cornerstone ceremony. Bishop Nelson linked the association to church unity and the Bible, praising its role in Christendom and its dependence on the church for guidance.
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C. W. Daniel
New Young Men's Christian Association
Dr. Daniel
Young Men's Christian Association
H E
Young Men’s Christian Association
Church
Nelson
Christian Associaion
Taig
J. P. Jackson
Baraca
Baptist Tabernacle
Luckie Street
Orr
W. & Hendrix
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Daniel
McCord
Cornerstone
Kendrick
Camon Bos Gay
Richard Orme
Breshy
Venue Change to Fulton County for Murders Trial
Louisville Ga January 1 Special report says Jefferson superior court convened for a murder case against three Negroes in Mrs Seth Irby’s death. Judge Ben Rawlins ordered transfer of venue to Fulton county after governor’s communication and talks with Sheriff Smith and Solicitor Robert Let Moore. Under 1911 law he had no discretion to transfer if mob violence was threatened, prompting crowd disappointment and threats of violence as the prisoners remained in Atlanta. Continued on Page Seven.
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Louisville
Jefferson Superior Court
Ben Rawiins
Seth Irby
Superior Court
Fulton County
Rawlins
Smith
Seiccitor
Robert Let Moore
Atlanta
Yisten
Lemon Extract Kills Husband in Tragic North Brevard Incident
James L. Bolejack, 60, intoxicated on lemon extract, shot his stepson Sam Hill and later killed his wife at 816 North Brevard Street in Charlotte Minnesota. A 19-year-old boarder subdued Bolejack as police arrived. coroner’s jury committed him to jail for trial in Montax Superior Court.
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Charlotte
MN. C
James L. Bolejack
Lubin Furniture Company
North Brevard Street
Sam Hill
Alnil
Holejack
Montax
Fire devastates Atlanta Machine Works building
Chef Cummings told a Constitution reporter of an investigation into a mysterious fire that destroyed the Atlanta Machine Works main building at 1 King Street between 7 and 8 PM. Loss runs to several thousand dollars with no insurance. Fireman Hoseman Parker was injured as the structure collapsed while four hosemen fought the blaze. continued on page two.
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Chef Cummings
Constitution
Tne Atlanta Machine Works
King Street
M. Benjamin
Parker
Parker, of Engine Nouse No. 4
Painthyly
Knockel
New York Tops London In Matter Of Population
New York leads London in population per the latest World Health Organization data. The New York total reaches 9,376,966, though the Benin city’s numbers show no direct link to London’s size.
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New York
London
York
Puniih
Huerta Soldiers Ready as 4,000 Cross to United States
Presidio Texas January 1 American border patrol braces to interdict up to four thousand federal refugees as fighting ends near Ojinaga. Rebels press from hills while guards report hundreds killed or wounded and many cross the river seeking asylum.
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Huerta
United States
Presidio
Texas
Ojmaga
Mexico
Griesas
Jameht
Inda
Mn, McNamee
Border Patrol
Red Frogs
Red Cross
McNamee
Ortega
Ojinaga
Orte
Francisco Jstved
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Rockefeller
Charles W. Eliot
Worsham
Office
McAdoo
MI. C. A
Jefferson County
James Bolejack
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