Six New Haven directors found not guilty in anti trust case
Six of eleven former New Haven directors were found not guilty after fifty one hours of deliberation. The jury disagreed on the remaining five, who faced possible new trials. Government counsel said a motion for a new trial would be filed.
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New York
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
D. Newton Barney
Farmington
Conn
Robert W. Taft
Providence
James
Henry K. McHarg
Stamford
Theas
William Rockefeller
Charles F. Brooker
Ansouls
Charles M. Pratt
Brooklyn
Lewis Cust Ledyard
Edward D. Robbins
New Haven
R. Batts
Hunt
Aleo
Messrs. Rockefeller
Ledyard
Brooker
Pratt
Robbina
Henry I. McHurg
Bridge of Sighs Vaudeville Pair Draws Inmates at Federal Prison
Hobo leader Robert Hall and impresario Jeff Davis staged a four reel amateur underworld melodrama for about 800 inmates. The Bridge of Sighs illustrated crime, poverty, and redemption with piano accompaniment and songs. The three act piece followed a heroine seeking work as a saloon waitress while a villain plots. Hall provided musical interludes including Chopin and Beethoven themes.
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Bridge of Sighs
Federal
Liszt
Beethoven
Vaudevile
Jeff Davis
Robert ‘Hall
Robert Hall
Hoe
Broadway
Chopin
Hobart Hall
New York
Jet Davis
Siz Mombe
Sighe
Sigha
Tomba
Jeff Davias
Hobot
Jett Davis
Dow
Bowery
Brand Whitlock Goes to Post at Brussels
The Hague January. The steamer Rotterdam arrived after a tempestuous voyage from New York. Brand Whitlock American minister to Belgium was aboard and left for The Hague to visit with Dr. Henry Van Dyke. He will depart for his post tomorrow morning traveling by train to the Belgo Dutch frontier and then by automobile to Brussels. German permission for the journey through Belgium had already been obtained.
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the Hague
Londom
Rotterdam
New York
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Hagué
Henry van Dyke
Brussels
Dixie Commission To Inspect Routes To Decide Dixie Highway Path
The Dixie Highway directors will choose between the Macon to Jacksonville eastern route and the alternative western path after inspections by Commissioners W F Anderson and Clark Howell. A tour by automobile from Macon to Jacksonville and back is planned for March 20 with board members and Dixie officials to be invited.
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Macon
Jacksonville
Capitol
Georgia
Anderson Sn Howell
Dixie Highway Association
Ansley Hotel
Atlanta
Georgis
Pamens
Georate
Jackesonville
W. F. Anderson
Clark Howell
Anderson
Howel
Fitzgerald
Waycross
Jackendville
Howell
Repute
Hawkineville
Sandersville
Louisville
Savannah
Brunswick
Dixie Highsway Association
Anderson and Howell
M. Altoon
Chattanooga
Aia Risnara Hardy
Chattaneers
Airector
Inapeo
Quagkscayne
Mitiay
Frightened Blacks Object to Dancing to Bullets
A gun incident at a Piedmont Avenue restaurant led to Officer Vaughan being investigated after a gun fired at a boy in the street. Vaughan said the weapon went off accidentally while he searched for a suspect. Chief Mayo later ordered him to surrender equipment.
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Daya
Piedmont Avenue
H. H. Vaughan Wan
Negro
Dobbs
Haslett
Vaughan
Milledgeville Couple Wed in Atlanta After Motor Trip
Mr. Malcolm M. Flemister and Miss Buena Vista Barrett, both of Milledgeville, were married in Atlanta yesterday afternoon. The couple drove in from Milledgeville, arriving Sunday morning, and are staying at the Wineroff hotel.
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Malcolm M. Flemister
Buena Vista Barrett
Milledgeville
Atlanta
Wineroff Hotel
Moonshine plot on gigantic scale at Fort Smith trial
Fort Smith Ark January 3 three former United States internal revenue officials and four other men face likely trial at the federal district court term for defrauding the government of thousands through illicit whiskey manufacture. Indictments tie the Brewbaker distillery in Fort Smith to large scale moonshining with shipments to Kansas City and distribution in the southwest. One conspirator died after pleading guilty, others await trial as probes continue into bribes and illegal operations spanning 1912 to 1915.
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Fort Smith
Ark
United States Internal Revenue Department
Federal District
Barker
James L. Barker
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia Revenue Division
J. W. Grider
Sonora
Newton
Spraching Aurore
J. B. Thomas
Fort Stouth
Moses B. Brock
Salinbury
Moonabine
James L. Smith
Atlanta
Will Smith
J. C. Brewbaker
Kansas City
Southwest
More
Federal District Court
John L. Camper
Hanses City
Leavenworth
Casper
Eoaueth
Knox Booth
Booth
Tennessee Revenue District
Memphis
Tenn
Beoth
Wnaér
Guy L.hartman
Hartman
México
Surper
Grider
Spradling
Thomas
James Smith
Thomas Alao
Brock
Broc
Fire destroys main street block in Broossv. losses exceed 50000
Fire from the F. Pinder grocery store at 1 30 this morning wiped out the business block on Main street between Highland and Tampa. Damage is about 50600 with under a tenth insured. The origin of the blaze remains unknown.
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Broossv
Sanuary
F. Pinder
Ahere
Main Street
Highland
Tampa
Constitution Cooking School Opens For Housewives In Atlanta
The Constitution announces a Cooking School starting Monday at 3 pm in Taft Hall to teach Mrs Novice Newlywed and veteran housewives alike about salads and all edible dishes from soup to nuts. Betty Wilson, famed domestic scientist, will preside and demonstrate cooking methods, with free lessons and broad invitation to Atlanta ladies.
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Taft Hall
Betty Wilson
America
Germans Triumph on Hirzstein Heights in Galicia
London reports Berlin claim of capturing Hirnstein and nearby trenches with twenty French officers, 1083 chavasers, and five machine guns taken. Paris confirms French summit retreat north of Hirzstein after German hill capture. Russian gains in Galicia and battles near Daartorysk noted as Austro-Hungarians retreat along the Midaio Stripma.
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London
Hirnstein
Berlin
Guna i
Paris
Wna
Hirzstein
Hartmanne-Wellerkopf
Daartorysk
Petrograd
Midaio Stripm
Mount Loveen
Adriatic
Caucasus
Salonisi
Hirsetein
Bartmanng-Wellerkopf
War Office
Galicia
Bessarabia
Balkans
Danube
Sofia
von B Mackenase
Saloniki
Sayn
von Mackensen
Tranoff
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
Czartorysk
King Edward VII Destroyed by Mine Sinking Report
London January 9 The British battleship King Edward VII has been sunk after striking a mine. The entire crew was saved with only two injured. The ship, 16 250 tons, 463 feet long, 78 feet beam, 26 feet draft, carried a main battery of four 12 inch guns, four 8.2 inch and ten inch guns, four torpedo tubes, and a crew of 77. The admiralty released the brief statement confirming the loss and rescue.
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London
Admiralty
H. M
Ming Edward VI
Explosion at Garney Point kills eight at DuPont plant
Philadelphia reports at least eight persons killed in a Garney Point explosion at the DuPont Powder Company plant. The steamship Long Beach, just departing, was blown partly from the water with windows shattered and part of its cabin damaged. No passengers are believed hurt. The blast was heard in the city, 26 miles away.
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Philadelphia
Bocher
DuPont Powder Company
Garney’s Point
Long Beach
Widow Challenges Sir John French Over Ypres Legend
The Paris widow of General Moussy asserts her husband saved Ypres in 1914, disputing the claim that Sir John French halted German forces. She cites battles at Zillebeke and neighboring actions, and quotes Haig’s praise for Moussy’s troops as decisive to Allied victory and the defense of Calais.
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Paris
Mousay
Brest
L'Belair
Ypres
John French
Mossy
Yprés
Anserte
Moussy
Zillebekes
Calais
Mads
Haig
Alto Boy Shot May Die In Depot Shooting
Watson Ivey, 21, shot and seriously wounded Daniel Shirley, 18, at the Alto depot after a quarrel over money. Ivey fired four times hitting Shirley in the abdomen chest and hand. Doctors from Cornelia attended, Shirley's chances of recovery remain uncertain. Both families are prominent in the area.
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Alto
Watson Ivey
Daniel Shirley
Ivey
Shirley
Cornelia
End of Gallipoli Evacuation Amid Heavy Losses
British official statement reports complete Gallipoli evacuation with only one wounded British soldier and no French casualties. Guns saved except seventeen worn out. seven teen blown up. Monro credits Generals Birdwood and Davies with success amid heavy overall losses in the Dardanelles campaign.
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London
Gallipoli Peninsula
Sanzac
Suvia Bay
British Isles
Dardanelles
Jecorda
Charles Monro
Gallipoli
Monro
Birdwood
Davieg
de Roebuck
Royal Navy
Weather Forecast Leaves Mix of Clouds and Warmth
Weather bulletin reports cloudy conditions and warmer trends across regions. Some areas expect rain or showers Monday into Tuesday, with colder northwestern portions and a mix of rain or snow east of certain zones. Localized rains possible, with pockets of warmer spells and a stronger cold wave moving in from the north.
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Washington
Georgis
Kentucky
Tennessee
Volder
Fiorth
Toea
Uth
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Joy Steamship Line
Boston and Maine Railroad
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Sve
Charles
Prat
Boston and Maine
Read
Edward D. Robbing
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Pacific Coast
Charles 5
Ment
Dixie Commission
Malcolm Flemister
James L. Lurber
Firire
Atlasta
Hartmanns-Weilerkop
Stripa
King Edward VI
Danial Shirley
Anzac
Anzac Cove
Sulva Hay
Entente
Alsso
Straita
Constantinople
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Black Sea
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