Favor Bond Issue to Furnish Work for Unemployed
A Atlanta chamber of commerce committee urges a public bond issue for varied civic improvements to create employment for many labor classes. It notes the cotton belt hardship, calls for extensive public works, and urges banks to extend credit to support contractors while keeping workers employed. Sub committees will study city and county projects, industries, trucking, employment bureaus, and women’s work.
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Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
King
Cattog
Buanesd
Joans
Felder Missing From Wilson FTC List
Washington January 27 Special President Wilson is to send to the senate names for the federal trade commission. Thomas Felder former Georgia attorney general does not appear on the latest lists. Southern states favor a southern member. George Foster Peabody declines. Davies Hurley Parry selected for three places. Other names under consideration include Record Rublee Miller and several southern candidates. Decision expected in a few days.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Thomas
Felder
Georgia
Hoke Smith
Hardwick
George Foster Peabody
New York
Joseph E. Davies
Wisconsin
Hurley
Chicago
Will H Parry
Seattle
George S. Record
Jersey City
George Rublee
New Hampshire
Hugh Miller
South
No Records Found Of Blease Regime
Governor Manning asked the senate to appoint a committee to examine missing records from the previous administration. He noted all records were reportedly removed and urged action. The message was referred to the judiciary committee.
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Columbia
D. C
Manning
Senate
General Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Actos
White House Baby Gets Boxing Mitts as White Hope
A pair of miniature boxing gloves addressed to The Young White Hope were received at the White House today for Francis Sayre, President Wilsons baby grandson, from Mike Donovan of New York who sparred with ex president Roosevelt at the White House. A letter expressed the hope the baby would learn to use them.
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Washington
White House
Francis Sayre
Wilson
Mike Donovan
New York
Roosevelt
Expenses Mount And Income Drops In Wilson Cabinet Plan
Washington January 27 The administration debates how to bring expenses within income for the next fiscal year. A cabinet session and a forthcoming White House review with McAdoo Burleson Underwood and Fitzgerland paves possible cost cuts including shrinking river and harbor funds and contracting rural free delivery. Revenue projections show expenditures far beyond expected revenue with tax exemption and army navy bills under review amid war related spending.
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Washington
Wilson
McAdoo
Burleson
Congress
Cabbinet
House
Navy
Canada regrets shooting of American duck-hunters near Fort Erie
Sir Joseph Pope and Sir Cecil Spring-Rice called on Counselor Lansing to express regret for the shooting of two American duck-hunters by Canadian militiamen near Fort Erie Ontario and to arrange indemnity. Officials anticipated a satisfactory adjustment of Walter Smith’s death and Charles Dorsch’s injuries.
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Washington
Sir Joseph Pope
Sr Cacti Spring-Rice
Lansing
State Department
Fort Erie
Ontario
Walter Smith
Charles Dorsch
Fire destroys residence of C A Dickinson in Williamson
Williamson Ga January 47 Spe cial The residence of C A Dickinson with all its contents was destroyed by fire this morning It was partly covered by insurance.
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Williamson
So Often You Hear So Often You Hear
A brief essay notes common regrets about selling old furniture and similar items with a reflective tone. The piece evokes everyday wishful thinking, suggesting readers consider practical value and sentimental attachment when parting with belongings.
Classified Want Ad Lines for Miscellaneous Sales
A fragment from The Constitution notes that a stall classified ad in the For Sale Miscellaneous column will attract many responses. It instructs readers to phone Main 5000 and Atlanta 5001, asking for the Classified Advertising Department.
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Atlanta
Carranza Forces Enter Capital as Garza Flees
Moxico City reports Garza and his government evacuated to Cuernavaca after a hurried departure from the capital. Carranza troops led by General Alvarado approach Mexico City as Zapata and Villa forces entrain for safety amid shuttered banks and closures. Food shortages rise with fuel scarcity threatening rail transport. Villa claims two new unions and aeroplanes to pressure the convention, while oil exports resume under new permissions.
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Moxico City
Garza
Cuernaguaca
Zapata
National Palace
Federal Telegraph and Post
Carranza
General Alvarado
Vera Cruzig
Cuernavaca
Ernesto Santos~ Coy
Xochimilco
Morells
General Obregon
Carrenza
Palafox
Villa
Washington
General Villa
Mexico City
Aguas Calientes
Enrique C. Liorente
Carrera Torres
Caballero
Ciudad Victoria
Tamaulipas
State Department
Vera Cruz
Huasteca Petroleum Company
TWO WOMEN FREED UNDER UNWRITTEN LAW IN MISSISSIPPI
New Albany Mississippi January 27 two women were acquitted of first degree murder under unwritten law Mrs Ruth Berthay 27 was found not guilty of killing R A McWhorter 60 who allegedly attacked her at home in March 1913 Mrs Gertrude Stone 32 was charged with killing TW King real estate agent at her home in August 1942 King entered the room in negligent attire and threatened her after she told him to leave she fired both women faced the verdicts calmly with no court demonstrations
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New Albany
Miss
Ruth Berthay
R. A. McWhorter
Here
Gertrude Stone
TW. S. King
King
Debtor Lists $175000 Debts Against $50 in Assets
Buffalo, January 27 Charles Creelman a salesman filed a bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 175000 with assets of 50. Major debts arise from indorsing notes for a lumber firm behind on payments. Principal creditors include Union Trust of Mobile Peoples Bank of Mobile First National Bank of Andalusia and First National Bank of Dothan Alabama.
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Buffalo
Charles
Creelman
Indorsing
Union Trust Company of Mobile
Peoples’ Bank of Mobile
First National Bank of Andalusia
The
First National Bank of Dothan, Ala
German Cruiser Bluecher Sunk by British
The Bluecher, a 16556 ton cruiser commissioned in 1808 and rerigged last year, was sunk in a North Sea fight with the British. She faced Derflinger, Seydlitz, and Moltke nearby, as part of German battle cruiser forces. The British squadron under Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty included Tiger, Lion, Princess Royal, New Zealand, and Indomitable.
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North Sea
Derflinger
Germany
Seydlitz
Moltke
Goeben
Black Sea
Admiiral
David Beatty
Helgoland
Tiger
Lion
Princess Royal
New Zealand
Indomitable
Cold Wave Heads South In Freezing Show
Weather bulletin jokes about a substitute cold wave named Young Blizzard heading south. It mocks failed schedules, lists comic personifications like Jack Frost and Iida Hurricane, and notes subzero readings from Saskatche wan to Minnesota with snow in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Audience urged to get overcoat tickets.
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Atlanta
Weather Bureau
von Herrmann
Nashville
Jack Frost
Iida
Canadian
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Dakota
Duluth
Minn
Fort Smith
Ark
Guthrie
Okla
Special train rushes to aid wife on urgent run
Edward Crozier of Philadelphia chartered a 308 mile special from Thomasville to Charleston to reach the bedside of his critically ill wife. The express caught the regular northbound Atlantic Coast Line train a minute before departure in a record time run.
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Waycross
Edward Crozier
Philadelphia
Thomasville
Charleston
Hel
Not All Democrats Elected in Louisiana 1916 Progressives Win
New Orleans January 27 progressives swept Louisiana races for state legislature district judges and parish offices. One senator and seven representatives elected, including W. P. Martin in the third congressional district to the national house. A May 1916 legislature session is planned with a possible special session for a constitutional convention.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Near Futuer
W. P. Martin
Court rules Negroes lack civil rights in Sunday schools
In Brainerd Minnesota on January 27 Judge W J McClenahan ruled that negroes have no civil rights in Sunday schools. Mary Marshall, a 16 year old negress, sued a Sunday school in Aitkin for alleged seating discrimination during services. The judge said no legislative body has included churches in the civil rights act and courts should not dictate church conduct.
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Brainerd
Mthn
McClenahan
Mary €. Marshall
Aitkin
Minn
McClena
Loan to Rumania by Great Britain
London reports a 25 million dollar loan from the Bank of England to Rumania funded against Romanian treasury bills. The loan, tied to a Romanian finance commission visit, is reported to be for war material purchases. Romania monitors Austro-German concentrations in Transylvania amid potential threats and Russian advances through Bukovina.
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Rumania
London
Bank of England
Vof Rumania
Treasury
Risit
Rumanian ‘Finance Commission
Transylvania
Bukowina
Macon Woman Injured in Brooklyn Car Crash
New York January 27 Special One man is dying and three women are seriously injured after a collision at Eastern Parkway and Rochester Avenue Brooklyn early this morning. A touring car owned by Mrs Nathan Tiyman of Jamaica Long Island, driven by chauffeur Frank Devlin, with passengers Mrs Hyman and Mrs John Frye of Macon Georgia visiting the north, and Miss Edith Jackson of Jamaica, were en route from the theater. A second car owned by David Friedlander turned onto Rochester Avenue causing the crash. Friedlander was uninjured.
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New York
Eastern Parkway
Rochester Avenue
Brooklyn
Frank Devlin
Dead Body Found Near Cuthbert
The body of George Burke, a New Brunswick native, was found beside a public road near Cuthbert on January 2. He had four wounds and no clues as to the shooter were available.
Banks of Georgia to Save Millions by Ruling
Atlanta bankers hailed a new U S Internal Revenue ruling as saving Georgia banks millions annually by treating bank surplus as a non shareholder asset for tax purposes. An official report from Haynes McFadden was promised, noting deductions on city and state taxes.
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Banks OF
Georgia
United States Department of Internal Revenue
Bankera
Robert A. Kelley
Bankers and Brokera’ Club
Capital City
Department of Internal Revenue
Atlanta
Haynes McFadden
Georgia Bankers' Association
Steamer Angelo Parodi Believed Sunk Off Cape Henry
Norfolk reports the Italian steamship Angelo Parodi is believed sunk about 300 miles off Cape Henry with all 27 crew lost. Itasca found the vessel short of coal and fuel and could not rescue her amid heavy seas. Wreckage was sighted but no trace of the ship or crew after a prolonged search.
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Norfolk
Itasca
Angelo Parodi
Cape Henry
Mohant
New York
Baltimore
Maddellena
Italy
Bloody struggles on western front claim victory by both sides
London and Paris reports from January 27 describe conflicting claims of victory along the western front as fighting intensifies. Russian forces push in East Prussia and Poland while Austro German units attack Galicia. French and German communiques disagree on progress near Craonne, Perthes, and other sectors with heavy losses cited on both sides.
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London
William
Ypres
la Bassee
Craonea
Perthes
Argonne
St Mihiel
East Prussia
Poland
Lower Vistula
Galicia
Paris
French War Office
St. Mard
Trany-Le-Vel
Soissons
Craonne
Land i
ffeurtebise-Boise de Wontar
la Cieche
la Creute
Weather prophecy for Georgia and north region
Local forecast calls for rain or snow in the north and possible showers in the south on Thursday or Thursday night. Bridldy partly cloudy and colder. Temperatures range from low to high with a noted rainfall deficit since the month’s start and an excess since January.
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Georgia
South
North
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Galveston
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Jacksonville
Kansas City
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Linuisville
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Eld
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