Beavers Race to Quit Rather Than End Vice Crusade
Atlanta reform police chief James L Beavers refuses to end his vice crusade despite Mayor Woodward urging restraint. The mayor says the police commission should handle enforcement while Beavers warns of resigning if curbed. The police committee and Mason face pressure as supporters and opponents clash over boarding house permits and district segregation.
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Avlanta
Reform Police
Police Commission
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Chief Beavers
John E. McClelland
A. R. Colcord
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Atlanta
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Heavers
Mason
Police Board
Police Committee
van Dyke
Rested Mind Easier To Impress In Morning Paper
The passage argues a rested mind is more receptive to offers or arguments than a tired mind. It notes that morning readers are alert and attentive to their own interests, making morning advertising more effective than evening.
Suffrage Parade Leader Named for Washington March
Miss Enegz Miilholland called the handsomest suffragist will lead the March 3 votes for women parade in Washington. She will ride a handsome horse and spectators are expected to become ardent advocates of extending the ballot to women through her prominent role.
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Enegz Miilholland
Washington
Young bride resists arrest in DeKalb county
A 14 year old bride on Lowry Street threatened to shoot two bailiffs during a peace warrant arrest. After scattering bricks from a backyard feud, she backed down when police reserves arrived. She slept in custody and faces trial, while her juvenile husband remains with relatives.
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Lowry Street
DeKalb Enunty
Mttle
Jennie Cornell
Mra. Cornel
Jennie
Christendom Calls for Reopening St Sophia Cathedral
A January meeting of the sixty third convention of the California Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church urged the presiding bishop to press Balkan states and church authorities of England and Russia to restore Constantinople's St Sophia Cathedral from its use as a mosque. The resolution seeks funds to repurchase the church for Christian use.
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Diocese of
California
Protestant Episcopal Church
Balkan States
Church of England
Church of Russia
St. Sophia
Constantinople
Rice brothers found guilty in counterfeiting case
Chicago January 28 James George Melvin and Fred Rice brothers were found guilty of counterfeiting and likely to join their father James Rice in the Atlanta pen for the same crime Melvin and Fred tried to shoulder the blame for their brothers but the court did not permit the plea Nellie Rice their sister died yesterday
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Chicago
James
George
Melvin
Fred Rice
James Rice
Atlanta
Nellie Rice
Mrs Longstreet Denies Sickles Postmaster Claim
Gainesville Ga January 28. Mrs Longstreet widow of the Confederate general denies Stanton Sickles claim his father General Sickles secured her postmaster position. She says Roosevelt appointed her directly and had no help from Sickles or his ward Wilmerding. She vows to support the Union and campaign for the general, urging national unity and aid to veterans.
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Gainesville
Stanton Sickles
New York
General Sickles
Galneaville
Longstreet
Mengage
Roosevelt
Washington
Stanton
Sickles
Union
Lee
Marse
Bob
Old Confederate Vets Oppose Mrs Longstreet Plan
Atlanta veterans reject Mrs Helen D Longstreet proposed plan to fund missing state funds linked to General Daniel E Sickles. They quote Dr Amos Fox and Captain Tip Harrison voicing distrust of Sickles and opposition to aiding the south. Continued on Page Two.
Man Walks Across Continent After Earthquake Tragedy
Albert Hoffman aged 72 arrived in Charleston from San Francisco after walking nonstop since May 1 1910 to cope with the San Francisco earthquake loss. Doctors say his injuries require constant movement. He plans to continue walking up the coast to New York.
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Charleston
Albert Hoffman
San Francisco
Hoffman
New York
Special cash prize offer ends in three days
Time is running out for the Coca Cola chewing gum and Palmolive soap wrapper contest. Prizes pay ten dollars for the highest wrapper counts and five dollars for the next highest per product. The deadline is 3 PM Friday January 31 with awards announced outside the city.
Bloodshed in Rankin Strike Riot at Trust Plant
In Mittsburg Pennsylvania a clash between deputy sheriffs and Rankin Plant strikers of the American Steel and Wire company left one man dead and twelve injured, many spectators including women and a six month old child. The riot followed hours of gunfire and stone throwing as deputies and workers battled near the mill.
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Mittsburg
Rankin
American Steel and Wire Company
United States Steel Corporation
Rankinborough
George Kozley
Judd Bruff
Allegheny County
Posgession
Rankin Borough
Bulldogs
Bruff
Burgess J. Knox Milligan
Washington trip determined today C
This afternoon's meeting of the citizens' campaign committees will likely decide if Atlanta's militia will travel to Washington for Governor Woodrow Wilson's inauguration. Fifteen committees have been raised to gather about $16,000 to cover trip expenses for the Fifth regiment and other Atlanta units. Alderman John S. Candler has proposed a $2,000 city appropriation, referred to the finance committee. Subscriptions continue through Wednesday morning with a 3 pm meeting in the chamber of commerce hall.
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Atlanta
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Fifth Regiment
John 8. Candler
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Louis J. Tichacek Trains Maids to Be Wives for Sons
In St Louis a Sunday story claims Mrs Tichacek trains her servant girls to be wives for her nine sons. The house has been flooded with letters and calls from women seeking domestics. Three sons are married to former servants. five others answer the phone as inquiries flood in.
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St. Louis
St.Louis
Louis J. Tichacek
Wedding Gown Unfinished Beatrice Sutton Dies Before Remarriage
Beatrice Sutton dies on the eve of remarriage to actor Nicholas Verga. Her wedding gown unfinished, she died last weekend and was buried at West View cemetery. The couple had reconciled after a divorce, with a planned June ceremony. Verga, formerly with Gus Edwards' School Day troupe, could not be reached by telegraph for comment.
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Pretty Girl
Beatrice Sutton
West View
Nicholas Verga
B. A. Sutton
Nashville
Verga
Gus Edwards
Beatrice
Kirkwood
Yerga
Angin
Ison Raced Across Continent to Learn Mother Dead
D. C. Edmondson finished a 3,500 mile dash from Seattle to Atlanta while a blizzard trapped his train in South Dakota. He learned his mother Maria Edmondson, 67, had died in Atlanta before he reached Vandalia, Illinois, for burial. He left Seattle after a last visit from his sister in January and rushed to be at her bedside. Her funeral will be in Vandalia with Edmondsons traveling. The family includes a second son in Seattle and a daughter in St. Louis.
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Seattle
Wash
Atlanta
South Dakota
D. C
Edmondson
Maria Edmondson
J. M. Savitz
Arnold Street
Pacific Coast
O. D. Edmondson
South’ Dakota
Fargo
Miss Martha Bowers Injured In Hill Ride With Miss Taft
Washington January 28 Miss Martha Bowers daughter of the late Solicitor General Lloyd Bowers was thrown from her horse during a ride with Miss Helen Taft and five companions. Her right forearm is broken along with scalp lacerations and body bruises. The horse was killed in a collision with a street car. Miss Taft and others escaped serious harm. Bowers is resting comfortably at a hospital after treatment by a physician near the accident site at Sixteenth and U streets.
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Washington
Miss Taft
Martha Bowers
Lloyd Bowers
Taft
Misa Glowers
Sixteenth
Miss Boweres
Miss Bowers
Bowers
Wes
White House
Young Woman Held in Death of Man in Charleston
Leola Jackson, about 20, is held by police pending coroner’s inquiry into the death of James A. Jackson, about 60, shot through the temple with a pistol ball. Initially thought a suicide, the case turned after a grubbing examination revealed admissions by the woman, who says she is his lawful widow and that she and Jackson came from Washington, D. C., recently.
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Charleston
Leola Jackson
James A. Jackson
Jackson
Washington, D. C
Enraged Suffragists Clash With Police Near Parliament
London reports militant suffragists resuming protests over the franchise bill. A deputation sought to meet Chancellor Lloyd George but was refused entry. crowds clashed with police, windows were smashed on Whitehall, mail boxes attacked, and several women arrested. Sylvia Pankhurst and Mrs Drummond led in front as arrests continued after the house rose.
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London
David Lievyd- George
Whitehall
Cockspur Street
Oxford
Regent
Parliament Building
Trafalgar Square
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Mrs. Drummond
Sylvia Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst
Mr. Asquith
Weather Prophecy: FAIR and mild in Georgia midweek
The report predicts FAIR weather for Wednesday and Thursday with little temperature change. Light variable winds. Local weather note shows temperatures and rainfall data placeholders, indicating normal levels with no significant deviations.
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