Washington Angered By British Embargo On Trade With Germany
Washington officials protest Britain's order in council restricting commerce with Germany. Senator Hoke Smith calls the move high handed and intolerable. The note to Germany and new cotton shipping rules provoke vivid official reaction and hint at further diplomatic steps.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
Smith
Great Britain
Order-In-Council
United States
Hoke Smith
Willson
England
Ambassador Page
Framed Up Husband Denies Wife's Accusation of Ruining Sister
C L Benson, 28 percent, living at Kimball House, advertising solicitor, jailed after wife May Bailey Benson accuses him of ruining her 14 year old sister. He claims the charge is a frame up linked to his eight month refusal to live with her. He recounts a troubled path from gambling to opium use and seeks aid from the mayor before facing Recorder Johnson.
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C. L. Benson
Kimball House
Kmball
Hardy
May Bailey Benson
South Pryor Street
Benson
Hisife
Iman
Jonesboro
Ark
Springfield
George 4. Johnson
Wate
Husband Threatened To Start Using Dope After Quarrel
Mrs Neff Henderson of 59 Josephus Street had husband James Henderson locked up after he threatened to use dope following a quarrel over her riding in a car with a friend. She told police she preferred him jailed to using the drug. Henderson admitted teasing about drugs but said he meant no real threat.
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Neff Henderson
Josephus Street
James Henderson
Henderson
Why Dame Fashion Changed To Simpler Moda
The Woman Who Wants to Know asks why fashion is labeled Dame Fashion while styles trend toward quaint old-fashioned and matronly looks. The era favors simple lines, avoiding tight skirts and voluminous drapery, suitable for slender and stout figures alike. The Constitution’s advertising pages mirror the shift with constant fashion notes.
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The
Constitution
Bryan Witnesses Pledges to Quit Rum at Revival
Philadelphia on March 15 Secretary Bryan signed as witness thousands of anti liquor pledges at Rev W A Sunday Tabernacle. Crowd of nearly 20000 heard the message from the National Abstainers union movement. High school boys led the pledge drive as police kept order. Bryan stressed individual remedies and total abstinence as the cure for drink, crime, poverty and degradation.
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Philadelphia
Tabernacle
W. A
Bryan
National Abstainers’ Union
Federal Council of Churches
Pittsburg
Moyer to resign as prison chief as Zerbst takes over
Warden Moyer will resign March 31 after twelve years at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and Frederick Zerbst is named deputy warden at Leavenworth to succeed him. Moyer plans a comprehensive statement after formal notification, will discuss his record, and will stay in Atlanta to avoid a forced vacation. Continued on Page Seven.
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State Department
Washington
Frederick, Zerbst
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Warden Moyer
Moyer
Department of Justice
Zerber
Wardan Moyer
Atlanta
Dr Chapman uses drunken girl incident to urge Atlanta reform
A 19 year old girl, intoxicated and drugged, stumbled into a revival tabernacle during Dr Chapman’s Monday night sermon on a personal devil. Attendants cooled her, then a women’s evangelistic group took her to a hotel room. Chapman used the event to challenge Southern men to remove temptations in the city.
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LeCra
Revival Tabernacle
Dr. Chapman
Alexander
Chapman
Atlanta
Formal Protest Against Double Sessions in Atlanta Schools
A meeting of the Atlanta Parent-Teacher Association executive council at Girls High School adopted unanimous resolutions opposing extending daily school hours. They warned such changes would harm pupils health and outdoor recreation, urging the board of education not to inaugurate longer sessions.
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Executive Council
Parent- Teacher Association
Atlanta Parent-Teacher Association
Girls’ High School
Atlanta
Board of Education
Uns City
Dea
Leet
Board of Seducation
Seasion
Cyrus W. Strickler
North
Ira ‘Street
Mem'a
Ira Street
Board of Education of
Carnegie Library
Opera Seat Rush Promises Urgent Cable Office Notice
An urgent push to obtain grand opera seats drives readers to act at Broad Street Cable Company and Phillips & Crew on Pryor Street. The ad warns a contagious restlessness, urging immediate purchase to secure tickets before demand stretches into outsiders.
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Cable Company
Broad Street
Phillips & Crew
Pryor Street
Advance in Wages by Dupont Company
Notices posted at Dupont Powder plants announce an April 1 wage advance of 20 percent for payroll employees. The increase will continue through year end and possibly longer, with Wilmington Delaware cited as the origin.
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Wilmington
Del
Dupont Powder Company
Dresden Sunk by British Warships Near Juan Fernandez
London reported by the British admiralty that the German cruiser Dresden was sunk after five minutes of combat near Juan Fernandez island. The crew were saved with fifteen wounded. there were no British casualties or ship damage. Dresden, a sister ship of the Emden, had evaded earlier defeats in the Falkland Islands action and operated in the Pacific.
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Admiralty
Dresden
Glassow
John Luc
Grama
John BR Segrave
RLN
Sys. Kent
John 9 Allen
B. KN
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Valparaiso
Falkland Islands
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Magellan
Emden
Cocos Island
Indian Ocean
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Karlsruhe
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South Atlantic
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Mexico
Puerta
Jamaica
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Hyades
Brazil
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Frederick Sturdee
Falklunit Islands
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Narnberg
Juan Fernandes
Pacific
Germany
Geran’ Waralups
Juan
Jian
Gundes Islands
Alexander Selark
DeVae
Locker clubs win fight in council over permits
Atlanta locker clubs escaped a July permit purge after council referred Councilman Edwin Johnsons proposed ordinance back to the police committee for study. Johnson and Mayor Woodwards allies faced opposition from Councilman Claude Mason who warned the move could shutter smaller clubs. The session also advanced a $16,000 material appropriation for street work and settled plans for vacation schools within the public school system.
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Atlanta
Council
Edwin Johnson
Police Committee
Johnson
James G. Woodward
Og Negala
Corncil
Asie
Joohnson Ordinanes Council
Woodward
Tur
Man D McDonald Slain Dying From Knife Wounds
J T McDonald of 672 Woodward avenue lies in grave condition at Grady hospital after a midnight attack near Bell Street and Beratur Street. He reports being set upon by several Black men and stabbed as he resisted a robbery. A second wounded man who matched McDonald’s description sought police care earlier and claimed similar assailants. doctors say McDonald bears two serious back wounds and an eye injury. Doctor Grammy suggests the two men may be the same person.
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Woodward J Avenue
Grady Hospital
Grady
Walchman
Atlata
Bell Netreet
Beratur Street
McDonald
Polices Station
BE. Gramming
Bell Street
Hum
Eels
Grammy
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Palmer selects A Mitchell Lalmer as chief justice
Washington March 15 Former representative A Mitchell Lalmer of Pennsylvania has been chosen by President Wilson to be chief justice of the United States court of claims to succeed Indue Charles B Mowry whose resignation takes effect Aprilly
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Washington
A. Mitchell Lalmer
Pennsylvania
Wilson
United States Court of Claims
Jindue
Charles B. Mowry
Weather prophecy shows showers and colder in Georgia
Weather forecast lists showers and colder conditions for Washington and Georgia. Expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with milder temperatures in western areas and colder readings in the east. Local report notes the mean temperature and rainfall details from the past four hours and monthly deficits since January.
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Washington
Kotecart
Georgia
Hants
East
Vane BR
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