Big Push Seeks Key Eastern Front Points
Allied planners eye strategic points as Russia reports progress along a 660 mile eastern front. British and French officials note gains near Arras and in the Carpathians while Russian forces press on in Galicia and northern Poland. Casualties loom as spring operations begin with continued engagements and prisoner captures.
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France
Planders
Arras
Champagne
Petrograd
Sondor Bovery
Smolnik
Sumembovest On
Augistowo
Bhirk Sea
Arhiva
Vinsavin
Setrograd
Nierhen
Prussian
Poland
Galen
Dniester
Carpathians
Plinishuy
Vichy
Ol Tarnewinc
Grotno
Semy
Orzre
East Prussia
Vednorexce
Ossowetz
Baura
Warsaw
Stry
Munkacs
Woman's Atlanta School Improvement group to meet today
The executive committee of the Woman's Atlanta School Improvement Association will meet at 3:70 in the Carnegie Library assembly room to review school conditions and plan relief to avoid fall term congestion. President Guinn welcomed the association and invited its support for public school betterment.
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Woman's Atlanta School Improvement Association
Carnegie Library
Ald
Guinn
Ft M W. Walker
Association
Board of Education
Robert J. Guinn
Watler
Woman's Schoal Improvement Association
Chamber of Commerce
Nea
Department of Public Education
Jerome Jones
Federation of Labor
Atlanta Federation of Trades
Whic
Cit
Saves Sister Life by Killing Father
Canton Georgia March 17 Special Judson McCoy shot and killed his father J Ty McCoy at noon today at the elder McCoy home twelve miles west of Canton. The father had struck his daughter with a chair and then reached for a pistol threatening the family. Judson intervened, securing the father’s shotgun and firing before he could carry out the threat. The trouble stemmed from the daughter’s refusal to allow one of his sons to eat dinner there. McCoy was a noted figure with large family connections and had once faced murder charges. The community remains stirred by the killing.
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Canton
Judson McCoy
J. Ty. McCoy
Cherokee County
McCoy
Judson
Mottoy
Thomson farmer slain near his Thomson, Georgia farm
Special dispatch from Thomson Georgia reports Frank Bolton a planter was killed today near his farm. The coroner's inquest found Bolton died from pistol shots fired by Smith Morris who claimed self defense. Longstanding family feud preceded the shooting. Morris is jailed awaiting preliminary trial.
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Thomson
Frank Bolton
Morris
American Woman Fined for Protecting Dog on Ship
Miss Florida Settle of New York was fined 40 dollars and ordered to serve a month in prison, suspended in part, after firing at Waterman who teased her dog aboard the steamship Chicago traveling from New York to Havre.
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Rouen
France
Paris
Florida Settle
New York
Waterman
Chicago
Havre
Miss Settle
Miss Settie
Merara
Indies
Birmingham
Clear
Buffalo
Charleston
Galveston
Ratteras
Clay
Jackson le
Kan
Knoxville
Tanaville
Memphia
Cloud
Shreveport
Cays
Tampa
Cléar
Vicksburg
Eldy
Washington
KS von Herrman
Bravest Cordele Firemen Rescue Patients From Blazing Sanatorium
Cordele Georgia March 17 remarkable bravery by Chlet Q Brey Rey C Thompson and Eagar Dorman of the Cordele fire department who climbed to the second story of the sanatorium as flames roared and rescued three patients by carrying them down ladders An eight nurses in their night clothes escaped with aid from the firemen before the building collapsed The complete loss valued at 12000 with 5000 insurance The fire likely started in the furnace room and spread rapidly
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Cordele
Chleti Q. G. Brey
Rey C. Thompson
Eagar Dorman
Cordele Fire Department
Lizzie King
E T. Parham
Opera season draws large out of town attendance
Interest in the Atlanta opera season runs high with many out of town applications for tickets to C B Bidwell treasurer Atlanta Music Festival and heavy hotel reservations across Piedmont Ansley Winecoff and Georgian Terrace. Leading stars have booked chiefly at Georgian Terrace with others downtown. Public sales to locals proceed. season tickets on sale at Cable Company Broad Street and Phillips Crew Pryor Street.
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C. B. Bidwell
Atlanta Music Festival Association
Atlanta
Mr. Bidwell
Fourth National Bank
Audding
Piedmont
Ansley
Winecat
Georgian Terrace
Reason
Cable Company
Broad Street
Phillips & Crew
Pryor Street
Edward Lee killed in fall from wagon
Edward Lee, a Gulf Refining company employee, died at Grady hospital from a fractured skull after falling from a oil wagon near McCall's crossing on Toen street. The driver, Torbush of 621 Lee, says Lee slipped from the seat as they returned from Smyrna. police later ordered Torbush arrested.
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Edward Lee
Gulf Refining Company
Grady Hospital
McCall's Crossing
Toen Street
Torbush
Lee
Smyrna
Lee Street
Mr. Lee
Hee
Hapeville
Jett
Goethals Objects to Boyd in Joint Land Commission
Major General George V W Goethals governor of the Panama canal zone protests to Washington against the appointment of J qorme Boyd as the Panaman member of the Joint Land Commission to succeed his father Pedemeco Boyd. Goethals says Boyd should be barred because he is attorney for several claimants.
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Panama
George V W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Washington
J Qorme Boyd
Joint Land Commission
Pedemeco Boyd
Goethals
Boyd
Farmers Ten Face Peonage Charges in Atlanta Trial
Eight Pike and Spalding county farmers will be tried in federal court for peonage connected to a horse whipping of John Westmoreland, an elderly Black man, near Fayetteville. Secret Service agents and Westmoreland will testify as key witnesses in a case targeting a so called whitecap band alleged to control Black labor in the area. Indictments were returned by the northeastern division grand jury and the eight men face heavy bonds as proceedings begin at 10 o'clock this morning.
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Pike
Spalding
Atlanta
Fayetteville
Secret Service
Pike Country
John Westmoreland
Sapulding County
Jt 18
Franklin Huef
Charley Adams
Harry Putnam
W. H. Goodin
Floyd Moody
Ed Putnam
Hilton State
Base Huff
Netaro
Griffin
Westmoreland
Appeal Notice Filed for Harry K Thaw
New York dispatch notes counsel for Harry K Thaw filed an appeal after a Supreme Court Justice denied a motion to return Thaw to New Hampshire for trial on conspiring to escape Matteawan. The appeal aims to delay his return pending appellate action on habeas corpus petitions and related motions.
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New York
Mereh
arry_ K
Thew
Supreme Court
Page
Thaw
New ‘Hampshire
Matteawan
Ame
President Sells Bale of Cotton for Charity
Washington reports President Wilson sold a bale of cotton to aid a charity in Oklahoma. Proceeds go to a charity selected by Senators Core and Owen after the president accepted a bid from H. H. Conway of Paris, Texas. The event occurred during the Buy-a-Bale movement and included other bales purchased by the president.
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Washington
Wilson
Chanty
Oklahoma
Boswell
Okla
H. H. Conway
Paris
Texas
Core and
Owen
Atwater awarded damages in Malicious Prosecution case
Macon Ga March 17 Special Ben Atwater the young man arrested by private detectives on the charge of shooting his friend Cliff Cook was found not guilty the next morning after two negroes confessed He was awarded 200 damages against W Ford a merchant and backer of the detective agency Atwater sued for 10000 damages for malicious prosecution
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Macon
Ben Atwater
Cliff Cook
W. Ford
Ageney
Atwater
Admiral Grogan Drowns After Falling Overboard
London March 18 Rear Admiral William J Grogan has fallen overboard from his ship and drowned per the admiralty announcement. He retired seven years ago but rejoined the service at the war’s start. The ship’s name was not released.
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London
William J. Grogan
Admiralty
Grogan
Atlanta girl held as shoplifter in white slavery probe
A missing 16 year old Atlanta girl, Tuelle Dean, reappears in Jacksonville amid a federal white slavery investigation. Two alleged procurers, Tallian McCann and Lillian McCain, are detained. The girl faces shoplifting charges after stolen goods are found in her trunks. Authorities probe further, while the mother seeks federal action.
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Tuelle Dean
John Bratton
North Side
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Jr. B. Harden
L. P. Jennings
Lillian McCain
Daugh
Crmes
Tallian McCannn
Dean Girl
Mason Hotel
Jennings
Lucile Dean
Taft Urges Country to Rally to Wilson
Former President William Howard Taft urged UNC students in Chapel Hill to back President Wilson’s policies during this critical period. He warned against constitutional convention attempts, praised the Framers’ conservatism, and spoke for a single seven year presidential term amid a surge of federal legislation.
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Congress
Tati
Horn claims dynamiting was act of war in Vanceboro case
Werner Horn argues his February 7 attempt to blow up the international bridge at Vanceboro was an act of war. The hearing before U S Commissioner Reid in Bangor will challenge removal to Boston, contending the case lies with the state department rather than the courts. The removal follows an indictment refused by a Boston federal grand jury charging interstate transportation of dynamite.
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Bangor
Werner Horn
Vanceboro
United States
Reid
Horn
Boston
State Department
Saloon Bars Put on Detroit Officers on Duty
Detroit Police Commissioner John Gillespie imposes drastic rules barring policemen from entering saloons, on or off duty in any attire, except while performing notice duty. The measures follow the fatal shooting of Patrolman Otto Monberg by Patrolman Reuben Smith, with saloonkeepers warned not to sell liquor to officers at any time.
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Detroit
Mick
John Gillespie
Otto Monberg
Reuben Smith
Wilson and Justices Sport the Shamrock
President Wilson appeared at the executive offices with a shamrock and green necktie presented by Miss Sue Marion of Jersey City. Justice Hach and the supreme court justices wore shamrocks on the bench, ensuring the sprig showed from beneath their gowns.
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Washington
Wilson
Sue Marion
Jersey City
J. Hach
Supreme Court
Blockade Dispute Over Neutrals Affects Allied Policy
State Department releases full correspondence with Germany and Allies on neutral rights at sea. Documents show the United States urged a defined radius of Allied activity in European waters including the Mediterranean, while Britain and France insisted on a true blockade. Germany consented to limited submarine attacks if foodstuffs could reach civilians. Allies rejected the approach, preferring prize courts and compensation.
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State Department
Germany
Britain
France
Mediterranean
Wilson
United States
Washington
Unite States
Great Britain
European
Great Brit
Alles
Bet
Ireland
German Consul Held for Bribery in Seattle Case
Seattle authorities arrest German consul Dr. iam Muller and his secretary B. M. Schultz on charges of conspiracy and bribery. They allegedly offered cash to Seattle Construction and Drydock employee Murdock to obtain secrets about submarines headed to the British navy in British Columbia. A Free Lance detective Tarmsacky is also charged. Murdock faces trial pending, with warrants served on Muller and Schultz. Additional passport fraud testimony in New York relates to a separate case involving German naval reservist Richard Stegler.
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Seattle. Wash
Marph U
Iam Muller
Seattle
B. M. Schultz
Joan Murdock
Seattle Construction and Drydock Company
Muller
State of Washington
Mordeck
Bernstorft
Seattle Corporation
British Columbia
Alfred H. Lundin
Sointly
Dan ‘Arnisasky
Free Lance
Tomgit
Murdock
Matthens
J. W. Paterson
Dry Dock Company
New York
Richard Madden
Gustave Cook
Richard P. Stegler
Madden
Cook
Stegler
Steeler
Tren
George
Oscar
Trounsel
Raider Karlsruhe sunk by explosion
London reports the German cruiser Karlsruhe split in two after a sudden explosion. One half sank immediately with part of the crew. the other half floated and 150 to 200 men were rescued by an accompanying steamer, which ferried survivors to a German port where they were sworn to secrecy.
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London
Reuter
Copenhagen
Stifts-Tidende
Celerecy
Johnson Named to Federal Bench in South Carolina
Washington March 17 President Wilson granted a recess appointment to Representative Joseph T Johnson of Spartanburg South Carolina as United States district judge for the Western district of South Carolina The district was created in the closing days of the last Congress.
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Washington
Wilson
Joseph T. Johnson
Spartanburg
S.C
Judes
South Carolina
Weather Prophecy In Georgia Forecast
A weather notice from Georgia predicts a fall pattern with Thursday and Friday unsettled by rain. Forecasters warn of wet conditions and cool temperatures across the region with periods of showers likely.
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Georgia
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J. R. McCoy
J. L. Torbush
Government
Harry K. Thaw
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Taft
Justices
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Johnson
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