Governor Slaton backs change of venue in Jefferson lynch case
Governor Slaton wins broad support for moving the trial of three Jefferson County Negroes from the Tower to Atlanta. Jurists and officials hail the venue change as ending mob law, limiting need for troops and safeguarding a fair trial. The act of 1911 mandates venue shifts where mob threats occur, with Judge Rawlings ordered to transfer.
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Slaton
Jefferson County
Mra Seth Trhy
B. T. Rawlings
Capitol
Georgia
Hves
Atlanta
Richmond County
Ben Hill
Jenny Hart
Superior Court
eTo
Louisville
J. T. Pendleton
Fulton County
Westmoreland Brothers
Rawlings
Eugene Dedd
Deda & Deda
Walton County
J. H. Felker
Monroe
Gilbert
Columbus
Sam Shropshire
Hadeen
Muscogee
Brown
Ming
Forsyth County
Newt Morris
Louisvitta
Trained Men Wanted for Foreign Fields
Kansas City January 2. Professor Charles R. Henderson urges better training of missionaries in social study and service to prepare volunteers for foreign fields. He says missionaries must do more than preach and that leaders need long science-based training from secondary school through graduate study. Delegates and professors meet. 15 Chinese students attend. three sisters reunite at the convention.
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Kansas City
Charles R. Henderson
University of Chicago
Henderson
Chie Cho Wang
United States
Wellesley College
Chi Tean Wane
Panama College
Pomona
Cal
America
Chi Nyok Wang
Mount Holyoke “School
Davis Ordered Held For Coleman Killing In Georgia
Floyd Davis was held without bond after a full-day preliminary hearing before Justice C Howland in Buchanan Georgia. The shooting occurred December 1 at Davis home near Buchanan. Grand jury convenes January 19. large turnout from the involved community attended the proceedings.
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Bremen
Floyd Davis
Reno Coleman
Buchanan
Justice of the Peace
C. Howland
Howland
Davis
Artist Earle Nabbed With Woman In Norway
Paris reports Ferdinand Sinnett Earle, American artist, and two women arrested in Norway on a charge of abducting a child from a Ta Motte Beuvron school in France last November. Earle's 8 year old son Harold is named in dispatches as the missing child. A private detective pursuing Earle and Mrs ang is said to be returning to France with the party while Norwegian authorities assist.
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Paris
Ferdinand Sinney Earle
Vans
Norway
Ta Motte Beuvron
France
Earle
Harold
Ang
Bes
Habersham Sheriff Near Death in Clarksville
Sheriff Paul F. Grant of Habersham County lies at the point of death from a combined attack of typhoid fever and pneumonia. Doctors say he is not expected to live through the night. Grant has served as sheriff at different times for seven years and is well known in the region.
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Clarksville
Speyish
Paul F. Grant
Habersham County
Grant
Central Presbyterian Church to Discuss Criticism of Men and Religion Bulletins
Dr. Oyden, pastor, will address Sunday evening on the criticism of the Men and Religion bulletins under the title Light or Darkness. He will speak plainly about local conditions and all critics are invited to attend.
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Oyden
Central Presbyterian’ S Church
Tuileting
Glens Falls Sets Low January Thermometer Record
Glens Falls New York January 2 the thermometer stood at 25 degrees below zero here today the lowest in the vicinity for several years providing a sharp start to the new year and a reminder of winter severity in upstate New York.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Zery
Australian Wool Cargo Reaches City on Sandman
One hundred thousand dollars worth of wool and meat arrived aboard the Sandman from Australia, totaling eighteen hundred bales. It is the largest wool cargo ever received here, with officers noting demand far exceeds ship capacity.
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San Francisco
Australia
Real Orator of Occasion: Sergeant Major O Brien Honors Colonel Van Orsdale
Sergeant Major Timothy J. O'Brien spoke at Fort McPherson in a retirement ball for Colonel Van Orsdale, presenting a silver tray as a token from the Seventeenth Infantry. The scene drew praise from officers and soldiers as the regiment recalled shared history and loyalty.
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Timothy J. O'Brien
Fort McPherson
van Orsdale
Seventeenth Reciment
United States Infantry
Berigeant O'Brien
O'Brien
Watersdale
O’brien
George Martin
Seventeenth
U. S. Infantry
Mills
Van
Municipal Home Proposal Aids Girls From Vice in Atlanta
Miss Ethel Claxton, Atlanta's first policewoman and head of the female probation department, urges opening a municipal lodging and boarding home for girls of the half world. The refuge would offer rest rooms and living spaces for those unable to afford luxuries, aiming to reduce temptations faced by working girls. In two months, her unit has assisted twenty-one women and girls on probation, with six returning home, four placed in Martha Home, four boarding or working, two out of work but cared for, and reports noting forty four visits and other concerns.
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Ethel Claxton
Atlanta
Constitution
Miss Claxton
Sidney J. Coogler
Fi Jay
Martha Home
Guess
Grady Hospital
End of Copper Strike Talks Hopes Lifted by Densmore
Houghton January 2 Peace negotiations in the copper strike situation halted and swayed today. John S Densmore of the labor department met with union and company officials and expressed guarded hope for a way out, while President Gompers sent observers Grant Hamilton and James Roach to report. Company spokesmen said they would reemploy men not involved in violence, noting about 2,000 fewer workers than at the strike’s start and a local labor market nearing exhaustion.
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Houghton
Mich
John 5. Densmore
Department of Labor
Densmore
Grant Hamilton
Washington
TD. C
James RB. Roach
Albany
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
National
Viscount Steals Purse to Get Food in Jail
Paris reports Viscount Charles Enguerrand de Marigny, once wealthy scion, penniless and hungry, snatched a woman’s pocketbook to win imprisonment for food and shelter. He cited his bank-family collapse and Morocco campaign medal as background, and police sent him to jail at his own request.
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Paris
Charles Enguerrand de Marigny
Viscount de Marigny
Morocco
Schedule notice for Southern Railway train times change
Southern Railway announces schedule changes effective Sunday January 4. Train ua will arrive Atlanta at 11.40 am instead of 11.15 am and depart Atlanta for Birmingham at 11.55 am instead of 1.30 am. J C Beam Assistant General Passenger Agent. Cady.
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Southern Railway
Atlanta
Birmingham
J. C. Beam
Cady
Lost gold revealed by storm swept sands
Santa Cruz reports reveal valuables washed from beaches by high tides. Ocean sands have eroded to depths exposing money, jewelry, and other items lost by summer visitors. During low tides men and boys comb the beach and recover gold coins of 5 10 and 20 dollars and silver money. A purse with sixty dollars was found.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Martin's Restaurant Placed in Receivership
New York January 2 Louis Martin Incorporated the noted restaurant operator has had its business placed in the hands of a receiver involuntary petition liabilities run to fourty nine thousand dollars assets listed at ten thousand dollars the eatery located in the heart of the citys night life district has long served as a hub for modern dancing and entertainment
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New York
Louis Martin, Incorporated
Fire destroys Citizens bank at Wake Forest town
A fire at Wake Forest tonight gutted the Citizens bank and caused extensive damage. The blaze, sparked near the Os Brewer & Co area, threatened the town but was checked by a bucket brigade and water relay. Insured losses approximate twenty thousand dollars.
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Ake
Citizens” Bank
OC Brewer& Go
Fues
Ralu
Savannah girl held by Cincinnati police
Cleveland, Ohio January, a Savannah girl claiming to be Josephine Loeb, daughter of a Savannah pawnbroker, is held as a suspicious person in connection with Joseph E. Loeb, who was shot during a burglary. Police say her repeated visits to the wounded man prompted an undercover officer to note the case. She says she is Leah's sister and declines further explanation.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Josephine Loeb
Savannah
Joseph E. Loeb
Loeb
Leah
Election at Summerville Mayor Race in 1814
Summerville Georgia January 2 Special election to determine who will act as mayor for 1814. The city council has called an election to purchase electing a mayor and councilmen, with significant interest in municipal polities and local leadership.
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Summerville
Coun
Dublin Residence Robbed in Local Burglary Case
Dublin Georgia January 2 A local burglary was reported after P K L Wade inventoried his house and found a loss of about 500 dollars from clothing jewelry silverware and cut glass. The home had been closed for months and the theft was not discovered until recently, suggesting it occurred earlier.
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Dublin
P. KL. Wade
Hag
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