German Proposals Rejected by United States Crisis Over Lusitania
Washington officials view Germanys reply on submarine warfare as a crisis point in U S relations. The note spurs calls to disavow and reparations while preserving U S rights. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing prepare for cabinet briefings as Bernstoff plans to meet the secretary.
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Germany
Waayard
United States
Lusitania
Lansing
Cornish
Sonfor
Wilton
Merastoctf
Lee Lansing
Count von Bernstoff
Associated Press
Berlin
Wall Pe
Evanston
Amelle Ins
Siabint
Bernim Count von Bernstoff
Wilson
Cornish Hills
State Department
Famulty
Prohibition Rally Seeks End to Saloons At Grand Mass Meeting
More than 1,200 attendees at the Grand theater heard Marion Jackson of the Men and Religion Forward Movement urge Atlanta officials to revoke beer licenses, close liquor clubs, and push Georgia prohibitions. He accused Mayor Johnson and council members of lax enforcement and called for legislature to pass pending prohibition bills and curb liquor advertising. Dr Charles W Daniel warned of club influence from the Capitol to the Owls Burzavas and urged equal rights to do right under law.
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Atlanta
Edwin Johnson
Council Police Committee
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Johnson
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Charles W Daniel
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Council
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Church of God In
Sail With The Wind In The Constitution Advertise
The piece urges aligning business with public demand and advertising in The Constitution. It warns that readers with money read the paper and buy dependable merchandise, likening progress to sailing with the wind and the voyage to profit.
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Pront
Crusade on clubs waged on Sunday by chief order
A broad police sweep targeted locker clubs and liquor sales Sunday. Detectives raided South Pryor Street and Whitehall Street venues, arresting managers and bartenders for liquor on Sunday. Nine gamblers detained, two women charged as lewd characters, one officer wounded by brass knuckles during a poker raid. A suspect, WI Turman of 844 West North Avenue, was shot and gravely wounded. other raids yielded several barrels of bootleg liquor and multiple arrests at various hotels.
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Ana
Tern Verein
Pryor Street
Freundachaftsbund Society
Whitehall Street
Freundachaftabund 30-Ciety
Charles Hirsch
Hammond Gaudin
Freundschaftsbund Society
W M Hertonb
R. H Nelms
Tura Verein
Jameson
Cowan
Recorder Johnson
Lula Little
Canton, Ga
Rachel Helle
Gate City
WM Atwood
Dunwody Ga
Viaduct Way
Offiers
Covington and Gossett
Atwood
Emmett Street
F Duncan
Duncan
Grady Hospital
WI Turman
West North Avenue
Neal Carter
Clara Mobley
Decatur Street
JG Arnold
McGahee
Carter
Fall of Mexico City Endures Bloody Fighting
Dispatches from Vera Cruz report Carranza forces advancing to establish civil government in Mexico City. General Lopez de Lara heads federal district governance as Zapata troops evacuate under heavy shelling. Gonzales army pursues retreating fighters after a morning battle amid canal fortifications.
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Mexico City
Lopez de Lara
Federal Ditrict
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Pablo Gonzales
Moxica City
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Rio Consulado
Sai5
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Grand Canal
Federal District
Beautiful Sunday draws thousands to Atlanta streets
Despite the forecaster predicting rain, Atlanta enjoyed a sunlit day with heavy foot traffic on downtown and residential streets. Police noted record auto travel on county roads as jitneys and trolleys thrived and several theaters and parks hosted benefit events for veterans and charity groups.
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Peachtree
Whitehall
Atlantic City
Moving Picture Theaters
Alamo
Montgomery
King’s Daughters and Sons
Victoria
de Soto
New Battle Song Sung by French Makes a Big Hit
Dr F B May of the Georgia War Relief Committee reports a friend in France describes a new French song gaining popularity beyond the Marseillaise. The verse praises liberty and defiance, with the chorus urging the free to rise, tyrants to the grave, and France to endure.
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F B May
Georgia War Relief Committee
France
Paris
Ainging
Bomb plots and shifting fronts in World War I news
A London dispatch reports German plans delayed by Russian pressure in southern Poland and press accounts of shifting troops to the east. Observers foresee a possible Allied offensive as German operations on the western front waver amid conflicting British French and German reports.
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Remiers Wood
Fhrev
Hans Halle Held On Suspicion He Is Pearce
New Orleans police arrested Hans Halle late tonight on suspicion he is the person known as Pearce. He is held while the Baron Na Pier and the Howth Head case reports are awaited. Halle previously faced charges for possessing a bomb of four pounds of dynamite intended for shipment to New York for transfer to a French liner to Europe. He was acquitted in federal court of conspiring to ship explosives without proper package marking.
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New Orleans
Hans Halle
New York
Europe
Baron Na- Pier
Howth
Hall
Colquitt Denies Charges In Petition Concerning Confederate Home
Hugh H Colquitt ex inmate and Confederate veteran rejects Dr Amos Fox accusations that he prompted a petition to the Georgia legislature to probe the Soldiers Home. He says funds given to inmates were for transport to the city, denies any wrongdoing, and asserts a joint House Senate inquiry is unnecessary but possible. He notes the petition, signed by Thomas A Murray Henry G Lamar and others, was prepared for presentation by H Buchanan.
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Amos Fox
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Colquitt
Dr Fox
Sol@ers
General Assembly of Georgia
Huchanan
Senate
Walker
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Ya Shaheen
House
Buchanan
H G Lamar
Messrs
Thomas A . Murray
Henry G Lamar
Hugh HW Colquitt
Murray
Henry @ Lamar
To Try Tom Taggart in election irregularities trial
Naianaponsima July 11 court selects special judge William Heichborn of Bluffton for the trial of Mayor Joseph E Bell, Thomas Taggart, and more than 100 others on election irregularities charges. Defendants request a change of venue from Judge James Collins of the criminal court.
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Naianaponsima
William Heichborn
Bluffton
Joseph E Bell Thomas Taggart
James Collins
Criminal Court
Free Tea Offer Pops in Constitution Want Ads
Readers are urged to turn to page 7 today to learn how to receive a half-pound package of Heekin's Iced Tea for free. The Constitution Want Ads invites readers to watch for this promotional offer and participate promptly.
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Constitution
Heekin
Pearce Threat Letter Threatens Assassination and Bombs on British Ships
A local newspaper received a letter signed Pearce claiming he and Holt alias Muenter planned to finish their work against munitions depots and to destroy British ships from New Orleans. The letter warned Lusitania passengers, named ships Howth Head and Baron Napier, and said explosives had been placed aboard. Wireless warnings to ships were issued as investigators probe the hoax or plot and seek Pearce.
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Pearce
Holt
Muenter
Lusitania
New Ginesns
J Pierpont Morwan
Cedh Spring Rise
United States
Howth Head
Napier
Port Eada
Azam
Howth
Dublin
Belfast
Baron Napier
Avonmouth
England
Lester
Bent
Vurnier
Glen Clove
Mr Morgan
Cecil Spring- Tee
Sach
Score
Brith Yeasela
Weather Prophecy Local Showers Set Across Regions
Local weather forecast predicts probable showers on Monday and Tuesday across Washington Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Tennessee Kentucky. Some areas may see cloudy skies with brief downpours while Virginia and parts of the Carolinas show similar chances and warmer days midweek.
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Pantiy
Tuendorth
Carling South Carglioa
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
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