Decatur Street cafe shooting leaves officer and suspect badly wounded
At Dobbins Cafe on Decatur Street, Officer William A. McKinney and suspect Charlie Oliver exchanged gunfire in a crowded room. McKinney was mortally wounded, Oliver shot in the head and captured nearby. Police believe Oliver is a fugitive from justice with robbery charges, and McKinney died shortly after at Grady Hospital.
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B. D. Meeks
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Charlie Oliver
Shelton Street
Grady Hospital
Willis Jones
Grady
Beavers
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MelXinney
Meeks
Oliver
Negro Ia
Central Avenue
Black
Harper
Ebb
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Allen
Kick
McKinney Hyed
Cooper Street
Craly
Police Probe Alleged Syndicate Of Bookmakers
Chief Beavers orders a police probe into an alleged bookmakers syndicate after T. J. Curly Phillips was arrested for betting on horse races. Detectives Cowan and Gillespie seized Phillips who faced $300 bond and weapons charges. Investigators link Phillips to a network involving downtown saloons and poolrooms with a possible Charleston base and an associate named Charlie Jones.
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T. J
Curly” Phillips
Phillips
Cowan and
Gillespie
Charleston
Charlie Jones
S. C
Marietta Street
Chick Uanford
Phillips’ Agency
Atlanta
Soul Mate Held On Girl's Charge
A well dressed cabaret singer and her confessed soul mate were arrested after a dispute over carrying her to meet his wife. Gertrude Whinnery, 22, of Live Oak California, claimed the man, Dr W G House of Chocoloski Florida, forced her into a life of travel and false marriage claims. House, 24, married Esther Bhaw of Colquitt after a spring acquaintance in New York, and the pair traveled to Atlanta before issues prompted the arrest. The pair were taken to police HQ while Whinnery was kept as a material witness. House faces arraignment Monday morning before Recorder Broyles.
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Live Oak
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Neb
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Chocoloski, Fla
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Palia
Charce
Washington Street
Hall Avenue
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Stertion
Rakentraw
Bohnefeld
Honge
Broyles
Doomsday Draws Near for Huerta Flight Expected
Reports from Vera Cruz and Mexico City claim Huerta plans flight as treasury runs dry and money scarce. A gunboat Zaragoza loaded with provisions and rumored to hold Huerta or officials aboard sails toward Vera Cruz. Rebels grow in the south, threatening rail links and capital communication amid an empty treasury and diplomatic pressure.
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Mexico City
Eluerta
Washington
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Catholic Church
Flores Magon
John Lind
Vera
Cruz
United States
Sovernme
Torreon
Orizaba
Vera Cruz
Tehuantepec
Felix Diaz
Mandrazon
Vera Crez
Wholesale butchery charged to rebels near San Luis Potosi
Mexico City reports say rebels massacred about 1000 women and children and 150 federal soldiers near Vanegas north of San Luis Potosi. Soldiers and women surrendered and were taken to a ranch near Matehuala where the alleged massacre occurred. Major Rebelo and Captain Ramirez escaped with a handful of men and reached the capital today with details.
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Mexico City
Vanegas
San Luis Potosi
Matehuala
Rebelo
Ramierez
Affa
Policy Criticism Targets US Mexican Policy at Luncheon
Paul Reynaud and Andra Lebon condemned American policy toward Mexico at a monthly luncheon. Reynaud accused the United States of Puritanic extern and a financial scandal while Lebon criticized both US policy and Huerta’s methods.
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Mexico
Paul Reynaud
Andra Lebon
Association of French Manufacturers and Merchants
BL Reymond
United States
Huerta
M. Lebon
Fruit Growers of B C Demand Oriental Exclusion Policy
At the annual convention in Victoria BC on January 24 the Fruit Growers unanimously resolved to petition both the provincial and federal governments to urge total exclusion of all Orientals for the future and to relieve a situation they describe as intolerable amid rising tensions and calls for action.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Alaska Rail Bill Cleared Senate Passes 46 to 11
Washington January 24 The senate voted 46 to 11 to approve a bill directing the president to purchase or build a 4000 mile Alaska railway at a cost not to exceed 40 million dollars. The measure grants broad powers to select the route from tidewater to interior Alaska and to construct equip and operate or lease the line.
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Poindexter
Bacon
Hoke Smith
Williame
Tidewater
Panama Canals
Hoke Smith Isought
Smoot
Pacific Coast
Guggenheim
Ratglon
Congress
Senator Smith
Saga Bacon
Old Slave William Jackson Dies in Roswell Edison Era Figure
Roswell Ga January 24 William Jackson known as Daddy William one of antebellum negroes dies at Roswell He was at least years old and once enslaved by Major Bulloch He witnessed Miss Mittie Bulloch marrying Roosevelt father of Theodore Roosevelt He attended Bulloch Hall with Mitties boy and served as sexton and gallery figure at Roswell Presbyterian Church Funeral planned by Rev Ralph Carson pastor of the church.
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William Jackson
Daddy Walliam
Major Bulloch
Mittie Bulloch
Mr. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
William
Bulloch Hall
Miss Mittie
Roswell Presbyterian Church
Sexton
Ralph Carson
Duhay Named Superintendent of Federal Prisons
Francis V. Duhay of Washington DC was appointed superintendent of federal prisons by Attorney General McReynolds. R V LaDow becomes assistant superintendent. The new appointee, a prominent real estate operator, assumes a $4,000 yearly post and aims to implement radical changes in prisoner handling. LaDow will travel among penitentiaries as assistant superintendent.
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Tfrancis V. Duhay
D. C
Teavenworth Penitents
McReynolds
R. V. LaDow
At Dow
Duhay
la Dow
Federal
Department
Fulton County Wins Wayward Girls Home Site
The Georgia Training School for Wayward Girls board chose Fulton County at Saturday’s convention hall meeting, accepting a bid of seven thousand three hundred dollars plus fifty acres. Two proposed sites were Stewart Avenue near Hopeville and Baker’s on the Chattohoochee River, with a February 2 decision date.
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The
Georgia Training School For
Georgia
Piedmont Hotel
Fulton County
Stewart Avenue
Hopeville
Harriett Hawkes
Wilmer J. Moore
W.eatrick
Madison
W. Wi. Davis
Wayneaboro
Ashby
Jones County
Tull C. Ferry
Adamsville Road
Echuolgia
H. Felton
Cartersville
Pitt
Augusta
Fulton Wearere
Ghateman
Shelby Smith
Shriners Plan For Their Meet Here Next May
Shrine temples from North America reserve hotel rooms in Atlanta for a May gathering. Forrest Adair praises the event as a major spectacle, with Temples from Algeria Helena Montana and Seattle planning to attend. A band of Blackfeet Indians will accompany the delegation, likely with at least fifteen members. The group will camp near Peachtree Street as the Shrine parades roll through the city.
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Atlanta
Alich
Nila
Seattle
Wash
Algeria
Helena
Mont
Pine Street
J. W. English
Howard, Street
Indiana
Living Quarters Listed In The Constitution
The Constitution announces its Want Ad section for rooms for rent and urges readers to place ads. It promotes its Bureau of Boarding and Rooming House Information created with homeowners to serve the public, noting the best homes with rooms for rent are listed in the Want Ads index on page 5.
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Constitution
Atlanta
The
Bureau of Boarding and
Webb Signals Speer Impeachment Probe to Lead to Trial
Macon Ga January 24 special Webb chairman of the house subcommittee investigating Judge Emory Speer indicated that impeachment proceedings will follow the current probe. Hearings move to Savannah Monday with witnesses including Attorney General Felder and Marshal George F White testifying to letters and incidents tied to Speer. Attorneys for Speer express confidence in exoneration as public interest remains high in Macon.
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Webb
Cansonal Committee i
Emory Speer
Speer
Speers
Savannah
Thomas
Felder
Georgia
House Committee On
George F. White
Fudge Speer
W. A. Tutt
Judge Speer
Cecil Morgan
United States
Weather Prophecy FAIR Weather Prophecy FAIR
Georgina Fair spells a colder Sunday with possible near freezing at night. Monday forecasts a further drop, with cold northerly to northwesterly winds across the region.
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Georgina
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