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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1913

Page

12

Dixon Shot While Being Arrested Near Juarez Border

Dixon, sent to Juarez on a white slave case inquiry, ran when Mexican federal troops attempted to arrest him. He was shot in the back, with the ball passing through to his stomach, near the border town. Doctors treated him, and Mexican and U.S. immigration officials moved to investigate and secure the men involved. Dixon says Mexican soldiers held him for execution but claims he offered to go to the commandant’s office.

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Juarez Shooting Prompts State Dept Talk of Action

Secretary Bryan reacted to the Dixon shooting in Juarez saying the case looks serious and action will be taken as needed. President Wilson expressed sympathy while immigration officials detained identities of Mexicans at the border amid revolutionary tensions. State Department officials intend to press the de facto Mexican government in Juarez Cutz to punish offenders.

Bryan Washington Diyan Dixon Bryan State Department Edwards Wilson Juarez Mexico Cutz

Turks Advancing and Powers Do Nothing

Soviet era dispatches describe the Turkish advance in the Balkans with Russia, Germany, Britain, and France avoiding decisive action. Alliances fray as Russia seeks ways to curb Turkish moves while fearing Armenian uprisings. Reports from Paris cite massacres in Nagythi and Greek casualties, with Balkan peace talks looming in Bucharest as armistice negotiations continue at Nish.

St. Petersburg Constantinople Germany Russia Great Britain France Europe Asia Minor Husgia Burgas Miniaters Halkans Burmaia Dy Rulgers Paris Satenik New York Herald Nanthi Peave Delenten Vonday Bucagrest Rumania Sersia Greece Montenegro Venigelas Nish

Shorter Hours for Women Approved in Pennsylvania

Governor Tener signed a bill cutting women’s work week to 54 hours and a maximum of ten hours daily. The reform prohibits any female under 21 from working in manufacturing establishments.

Harrisburg Tener

Spanish Hidalgos Still Sore in Cadix Refusal

Madrid July 26 Imperial Ayser reports Cadix’s old aristocracy refused invitations from officers of the American training ship Minolta. The rebuff stems from lingering anger from the Spanish American War and a mood of resentment among Cadiz elites.

Madrid Eld Cadix Minolta

Records broken for street work this year in city

A Saturday statement from Assistant Chief W A Hansell shows the city has set records in street and sewer work. By Saturday 51 streets were paved and more than 56 860 feet or 10 6 miles of sewers laid, with over five miles under construction. Estimates project 34 2 miles of sewers for the year, while street paving proceeds on multiple brick wood block and rock templates.

Hansell Aselutant Yenor Butler Highland Avenue MetDaniel Street Caltmates Nym Hart Central Avenue DeKalb Avenue Wood Block Luckie Street Marietta Hunter Streets Rock and Chert Crumley West Mitchell Routh Gordon Howell Arnold Angier Place Moreland Avenue Eorkin Avenue Ivy Logan Tift Little Firth Peachtree Elmira Place South Moreland Ashby Page Fuelid Avenues Ninth Ward Martin Street Kennedy Street Cain Street Bradley Street Ashby Street Ashland Avenues Racine Street Paines Avenue McMen Flora Street Exposition Treet Curran Street R. M Clayton Council Orville H. Hall Hall Department of Chief Clayton Opera- Unn Renair Shane

Burned vestments and prayer book in religious protest at Monticello

On a July 25 191% gathering at the gate of Monticello a speaker denounces Episcopal church rites as false worship and proclaims the Bible as sole rule of faith. He renounces church ministry received from a bishop and asserts a spiritual democracy against religious aristocracy. Rev. Davidson, son of Captain Hunter Davidson, notes his father’s Civil War service and later recognition by President Grant.

Monticello Episcopal Church Randolph Jesus Virginia Mr. Davidson Hunter Davidson Grant

Receipt for a Good Memory and Kaffir Chiefs Council

Dudley Kidd recalls a council of Kaffir chiefs debating a legal case from sixty or seventy years ago. The aged leaders, then children, reconstruct the precedent in exact detail including the cattle color and even the specific zebra color.

Lord Seaconsfield Dr. Jowett Ike Willam Hamilton Dudley Kidd

All In Readiness For Franks Trial In Atlanta Court

Defense readiness dominates the scene for Frank as prosecutors prepare a crowded docket. Attorneys Arnold Rosser Haas ready subpoenas and 150 witnesses, while jurors from 144 veniremen may be drawn. deputy Miner warns seating limits and press table, with theater of justice shaping up amid heavy crowd control.

Hooper Hugh Golicttar Reuben FR. Arnold Luther Z. Rosser Herbert Haas John H. Jones Dev Navy Atlanta Uncle Sem Ocean Ife Plennie Miner Lon Burdett Roan Miner Fulton Avanta Frank Veniremen

Oklahoma City Firemen Strike Over Wage Cuts

The Oklahoma City fire department of ninety men walked out in a mass strike after city commissioners cut wages from 85 to 80 dollars a month and reduced Fire Chief Kesler’s salary from 180 to 150. Acting Fire Chief John Von Elm organized substitutes from the pool of thirty citizens and asked nearby cities to lend firefighters.

Oklahoma City Okla Oklahoma City Fire Department John von Elm Oklahoma Cities Mark Kesler Kesler

Girl and Sweetheart Held for Murder in Bardwell Ky

Miss May Copeland and her fiancé Lucien Turk, both from Bardwell Kentucky, are under arrest for the murder of Hugh Atchison. Copeland admits firing the shot after returning to the Atchison home with Turk following a quarrel. The weapon reportedly belonged to Turk and were identified as the murder weapon.

Cairo Miss May Copeland Lucien Turk Bardwell Hugh Atchison Miss Copeland Atchison Turk Atchisons

Governors Conference Plans Set For Colorado Springs

Madison secretary Miles C. Riley announced arrangements for the sixth annual governors conference to be held five days from August 26 in Colorado Springs. The gathering aims to unite governors to exchange views on important topics, promote uniformity in state legislation, and improve state administration efficiency.

Madison Wis Colorado Springs Cal Miles C. Riley

English man convicted of second degree murder in 1918 case

In Randolph county North Carolina on March 24 1918 English a hunter by trade was convicted at Ashboro of murder in the second degree for killing Yack Armstrong manager of the George Gould hunting estate. He was sentenced to twenty five years in the state prison after the plea of insanity was rejected.

Greensporo, N. UL furLom English Yack Armstrong George Gould Randolph County North Carolina Ashaboro

Public Opinion on Alabama Supreme Court Technical Reversals

The Philadelphia Press notes a Alabama Supreme Court ruling likely to reverse decisions on purely technical grounds only if the error injured the whole cause. Law versus justice prompts debate. advocates say wrong counsel errors harm defendants, urging accountability for counsel not clients.

Philadelphia Supreme Court of Alabama Supreme Court

Biplane Flyer Frank Burnside Reaches 12950 Feet

Rochester dispatch reports Frank Burnside of Oneonta flying a biplane over a six mile course near Bath achieving 12,950 feet altitude, breaking Lincoln Beach’s 11,630 foot American record. He remained aloft for one hour and forty six minutes.

Rochester Bath Frank Burnside Lincoln Beachv Chicago Burnside Oneonta

Obregon Resigns as Finance Minister in Huerta Regime

Mexican minister of finance Senor Obregon today resigned, citing discord with the Huerta administration. Obregon recently handled negotiations for a government loan of 50 million dollars with American and European tankers.

Mexico Fiquivel Obregon Huerta Senor Obregon

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