Fain Elected Police Chairman Amid Accusations in Atlanta
Amid caustic attacks by Mayor Woodward over a past record described as gambling and vice, W P Fain is elected police board chairman. The mayor cites indictments settled for 500 each, while Fain calls the charges lies and dirty politics. Votes: Fain seven, Pace four. Pace supports. The meeting ends with a heated exchange over past conduct and newspaper fanaticism.
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Fain
Hugh Dorsey
Woodward
Dorsey
James G. Woodward
W. P. Fain
Faln
Police Commission
Bain
Hash Dorsey
Mr. Fain
Wardlaw
Verney
Vaughan
Sisson
King
Holland
A. . T. Pace
Police Board
Andy King
Clarke
Pace
Mr. Wain
Mr. Frifis&schalramt
Faln Arosa
Fin
Mayo
Vam
Tum
Atlanta
Yabuson
English
Beavers
Million Dollar Smuggling Plot Hatched in Atlanta Prison
New York grand jury indicts Huge Grobe on charges of conspiring to smuggle opium into the United States from Germany. Grobe, once a Hamburg American officer, was released from Atlanta prison after a two year term and allegedly planned a larger operation using opium hidden in rifle cartridges and potatoes. Codes in letters, intercepted by prison authorities, led to his downfall and eventual arrest in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Grobe
Atlente Federal Penitentiary
Grobe Wan
Germany
Atlanta
Lfe
América
Atlante
J. M. Wright
Secret Service
United States
William Schley Howard
Georgia
Kirkwood
Howard
Mexico
Alexico City
Villa
Reil
Morer
Moyer
Europe
Wilson
England
Democratic Party
State Assembly Adopts Primaries and Liquor Reform
Raleigh Raleigh March 9 The North Carolina general assembly ended a sixty three day session with two major laws The first creates a statewide primary for all parties on the first Saturday in June The second tightens liquor rules reducing whisky to a quart every fifteen days and malt liquor to five gallons in the same period Violators face misdemeanor charges and the law takes effect April 1 1915
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Raleigh
N. C
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Tennessee night riding law becomes felony in state
Nashville March 9 The Tennessee house of representatives passed on final reading the night riding bill making it a felony with a penalty of fifteen years in prison. The measure had already cleared the senate.
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Nashville
Tann
Tennessee House of Representatives
Senate
The Fluff of Crepe de Chine
Describes crepe de chine as a superior silk fabric valued for lingerie and undergarments. Notes its durability and laundering ease, claiming it rivals fine French lingerie. Mentions Constitution ads listing merchants with a full stock in various designs and colors for women readers.
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China
Japan
India
Ireland
England
France
Mirror Eye in Atlanta Boy Stuns Medical World
Harold Lutzk, an Atlanta boy, is reported to possess a pronounced mirror eye that allows him to see every object as if reflected in a mirror. The extraordinary vision allegedly alters perception and reading, prompting scientific investigation.
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Atlanta
Harold Lutzk
Avery
Harold Lutzk The Atlanta School Boy Who Writes Backwards
Harold Lutzk a seven year old son of Mr and Mrs M Lutzk of 89 Connally street is described as a bright pupil in first grade at Fall Street school. Despite remarkable vision he learns to read and write with mirrored handwriting and his backward writing is illustrated with sample handwriting and a large picture of his eyes.
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Harold Lurk
Mr. M. Lutzk
Connally Street
Fall Street
Audi
Harold Lutzk
Atlanta
Americans Warned To Leave Mexico City Warships to Vera Cruz
Washington warns Americans to evacuate Mexico City amid a critical crisis as the battleship Georgia and cruiser Washington head to Vera Cruz. U S officials press Carranza for action to improve foreigner safety while Villa and Obregon positions shift Mexico City’s control.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Washington
Bryan
Georgia
Daniels
Wilson
Enrique C Lorraine
Villa
Zapatista
Obregon
Suliman
Carranga
United States
Carranza
Applo- Matic Corps
Hanged and Buried By a Georgia Mob Cox Still Lives
Washington reports a strange tale from Apple Tree Georgia where Waller Cox, a fortune teller, testified in Alexandria court that Cox was hanged by a mob for not aiding a murderer’s capture, buried alive in a shallow trench, then revived and escaped during funeral services. Cox was fined $26 for concealed weapon charges.
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Washington
Washington Times
Apple Tree
Alexandria
Waller Cox
Justine Caton
Apple Tres
Richmond Tragedy Ends With Wife's Death and Suicide
Nathan Hilling shot and killed his wife in Richmond Indiana after wounding Patrolman John Cully during a standoff with twenty officers. He retreated to a barn, fired on rescuers, and died by a self-inflicted gunshot as authorities stormed the building. Two local boys and the officer were injured in the chaos.
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Richmond
Ind
Nathan Hilling
Hille
Filling
King
John Cully
Cully
Rangza
Hillire
Bloody footprints used by the state to convict woman
In Bridgeport on March 9 the state argued in the murder trial of Mrs Hele M Angle that bloody footprints in her Ripowam building apartments and hallways indicated her guilt. A spectator described footprint examinations, and the state introduced foot impressions. Dr Bruce S Weaver testified thirty stain samples showed crystals in thirteen cases but not human blood, challenging the footprint evidence.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Hele M. Angle
Waldo R. Ballou
Stamford
Angle
Hariter
Angie
Bruce S. Weaver
New York
Girl 13 Aims to Poison Friend in Augusta Route
Augusta police report a 13 year old girl attempted to follow a friend by poison route. Mary Ruth Martin 17 and Nora Kelly 16 were hospitalized after ingesting bichloride of mercury. Nora took poison first. Mary was ordered to reform school in Atlanta after packing her trunk with a detective present. A police surgeon believes both may recover.
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Augusta
Mary Ruth Martin
Nora Kelly
Nora
Mary
Reform School
Atlanta
Germany to reveal peace terms in Reichstag today
London March 10 The Daily Telegraph reports that Dr von Bethmann Hollweg the German imperial chancellor will address the Reichstag to outline the terms Germany is willing to offer for peace.
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Germany
Reichstag
London
Daily Telegraph
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Submarine Attack Sinks Three British Ships Without Warning
London reports German submarines struck at three British coastal points. Tangistan, Blackwood, and Princess Victoria torpedoed within hours. only one Tangistan survivor, 16 drowned. Blackwood crew of 17 saved. Victoria crew of 34 saved. Different subs likely responsible for each sinking. Tangistan, Blackwood, and Victoria owned by Swansea, North Shields, and Glasgow firms respectively.
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Scarborough
Hastings
Liverpool
London
Jt Isi
North Sea
Blackwood
Haxliah
Liverpoo
Sars
Glassow
Stenmers Tangistan
Princess Victotia
Tees
Worth Sea
Yorkshire
English Channel
Sussex
Irish Sea
Tangisten
Etrick Line
Swansea
Tyneside
North Shields
M. Langlands & Sons
Glasgow
Westhartlepool
Sha
James O'Toole
Russians Push Drive in Central Poland Fronts
Russian forces drive a wedge into German lines in central Poland as fighting rages from Augustowo to Suwalki and along the Niemen and Vistula fronts. Petrograd reports gains and renewed pressure, while German detachments retreat toward Ossowetz and Gisowetz amid heavy westfront fighting.
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London
Augustowo
Poland
Niemen
Ossowetz
Petrograd
Duila
Vostes
Champagne
Arras
Louis Roth
Africa
Europe
Asia
Akamas
Etfortktai Mig Lodge
Suwalki
Simna
East Prussia
Marianpol- Virghglova
Wléecunen
Grodno
Augustowe
Begs
Forsats
Thun
Bobr
Gisowetz
Bohr
Vistula
Seinr
Batte
Page Teo
Weather Prophe Partly Cloudy Forecast
Washington March 9 forecaster predicts partly cloudy weather for Wednesday and Thursday in Georgia. Local meteorologists warn of mild temperatures and scattered clouds across the state with no significant precipitation expected.
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Washington
Forechst
Georgia
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