Leo M Frank Responds to Brown Card on Georgia Trial
Leo M Frank denounces ex governor Joseph M Brown for urging execution in a reply card to The Augusta Chronicle. He claims political motives behind Browns stance, compares the case to Prometheus and asserts his own trial was unfair, urging that delimited evidence and judge Roan’s ruling support his innocence.
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Leo M. Frank
Joseph M. Brown
Chronicle
Brown
Frank
Augusta Chronicle
Georgia
Joseph’ M. Brown
Augusta
Promethus
Immigration bill passes Senate with literacy test amid veto talk
The immigration bill with a literacy test cleared the Senate 50 to 0 amid veto warnings from President Wilson and former President Taft. House passage last February was 241 to 126. An amendment exempting Belgian farmers from the literacy test was adopted 84 to 22, and provisions to exclude African race and strengthen anti polygamy rules were advanced. Senator Root supported the Belgian farmer exemption, arguing it did not breach treaties. Continued on Page Two.
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Senate
Wilden Wold
Formec
Taft
Brandegee
McCumber
Marline
O'Gorman
Ransdell
Heed
Walsh
House
United States
Senator Lodge
Belgium
Commissioner General of Immigration
Poindexter
Root
Turks Forced Into War From Ottoman Hesitation
Petrograd reports publish an Orange Book exposing Austro German diplomacy pushing the Ottoman government toward war with the Triple Entente. The document traces the shift after the Goeben and Breslau entered the Dardanelles and accuses German influence of steering Turkish policy while Britain France and Russia counseled pacific options.
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Petrograd
Sergius Sazonoff
Black Sea
Atrograd
Great Britain
France
Russia
Protest to England on naval stores policy change
United States appeals to Great Britain to reconcile its prior statements with a new listing that designates naval stores products as contraband. The note urges a cooperative adjustment to policy affecting trade and maritime commerce between the two nations.
Skulls Found Near Devine Linked to Nelms Sisters Case
In San Antonio a skull pair unearthed by hunters near Devine Texas is presented to locals who knew Mrs Blois Nelms Dennis and her sister Miss Beatrice Nelms of Atlanta. Teeth reportedly resemble Mrs Dennis. The Nelms sisters vanished last June after visits by Victor Innes and family connected to ongoing murder investigations.
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Devine
Texas
Dennis
San Antonio
Blois Nelms Dennis
Beatrice Nelms
Atlanta
Victor Brinnes
Eugene
Ore
Victor Innes
Welmai
Robert Wood
Inneses
Wood
Wilkins Avenue
House of Mystery
Nelms
Wreck attempt delays Seaboard train near Athens
An attempt to wreck the Seaboard accommodation train from Atlanta to Abbeville occurred near Cleveland between Bogart and Athens. A pile of eight to ten crossties blocked the track just after dark, the engineer stopped within feet, and a search for the would-be wreckers is underway with no crew or motive yet found.
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Athens
Atlanta
Abbeville
Cleveland
Bogart
Paris Banks Allow Draws on Checking Accounts
Paris banks waive moratorium benefits on January 1 for checking accounts. Depositors may draw their balances in full.
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Paris
Governor Slaton Protests British Naval Stores Action
Governor John M Slaton notified by Florida senators of British move on the naval stores issue sends a strong protest to Secretary of State Bryan and asks him to press for a favorable British attitude. Naval stores trade is a major Georgia export, second only to cotton. Britain’s reply to prior U S protest is awaited with interest in Georgia.
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John M. Slaton
Florida
Great Britain
William J. Bryan
Georgia
United States
Shipping tensions rise over naval stores contraband dispute
Washington reports no word from Ambassador Page on Britain’s reply to the American protest over trade interference. The State Department seeks clarification on how Britain will reconcile its November stance that naval stores are non contraband with a recent designation of these products as absolute contraband. The Italian ambassador notes copper shipments to Italy may be for neutral use but Italy must rely on the United States due to Germany’s needs. The Brindiia case risks complications over registry changes. Governors and senators are informed as the dispute begins with a first protest on naval stores.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Tal
Roan
United States
Conley
Cantley
Washington
Great Britain
State Department
Statistica
Italy
Germany
Brindiia
Halifax
Egypt
Frei
France
Lubetsky Feeds Offense In Storefront Gunfight
In a 9 pm robbery at 119 Connally Street two masked men demanded cash. Lubetsky drew a .44 revolver and fired five shots at the robber at the register, wounding him. both assailants fled as the neighborhood reeled. His wife and daughter witnessed the confrontation.
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I. Lubetsky
Connally Street
Lubetsky
Lubetsaky
Armor Notice Warns German Troops Against Armor Purchases
Paris January 2 The general commanding the Eighteenth German army corps issues a warning to troops: bullet proof armor models on sale and advertised offer no real protection and can cause grave wounds when exposed to fire. The armor also hinders movement and hampers soldiers' work, prompting a caution against worthless purchases.
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Paris
Paris Temps
Germantown Passports Fraud Case Involving Maurice Deiches
A Philadelphia and New York investigation reveals a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain American passports for German officers and reservists to return to Germany. Prominent New York lawyer Maurice Deiches is arrested as a leading figure. four soldiers, including Lt. Arthur Sachse, are seized from the Bergensfjord as part of the crackdown. Carl Ruroede, former steamship agent, and associates face charges and high-bail detentions.
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Maurice Deiches
New York
Philadelphia
Ught
Department of Justice
Germany
Army of the Empire
Bergensfjord
Norway
Arthur Sachse
Carl Ruroede
Ruroede
John Auchor
Ruroedee
Worth
Ling
United States
State Department
Rureede
John Aucher
British Press Association Says No Action Benefiting Germany
British press association reports London delay in replying to American note and states government will heed naval and military advice. In Caucasus, Turkish forces under von der Goltz advance at three points, occupying Ardahan as fighting continues. Germans deny French reports of Steinbach loss. fighting continues on Bzura and Rawka rivers in Poland. German offensives aim to slow Russian Galicia advance toward Cracow. Russians organize move toward Hungary with four-column push into Galicia and Bukowina regions.
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London
Press Association
Caucasian
von der Goltz
Ardahan
Russian Caucasus
Constantinople
Iexchange Telegraph Company
Bur
Kars
Trans-Caucasia
Steinbach
Alsace
Bzura
Rawka
Poland
Warsaw
Kielce
Galicia
Cracow
Mlawa
Rescue of Formidable crew reaches Lyme Regis in waves
A British cutter from the battleship Formidable reached Lyme Regis with fifty men, raising total saved to 261. Survivors recount explosion at 1:30 to 2:30 AM, ship sinking, boats swamped by wreckage, and men struggling in a violent southeast gale after twenty hours in an open boat.
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London
English Channel
Lyme-Regis
Dorsetshire
Albert Edward Cooper
Lyme Regis
Weather Prophecy Fair Forecast For Monday
A weather note labeled weather prophecy indicates fair conditions expected on Monday. No precipitation is forecast, and temperatures are anticipated to be mild with light winds throughout the day.
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