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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1914

Page

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Bond Issue for Grady Hospital Urged by City Committees

A joint conference of Atlanta's plaza committee and the hospital wage and means committee urged a $750000 bond issue to fund Grady Hospital improvements. Mayor Woodward favored separate votes for plaza and hospital projects, planning to place both to voters if the legislature acts or at a later date. Plans include clinics, labs, nurses dormitory, and a new hospital building for blacks, with maintenance estimated at $200000 annually, funded partly by county support and anticipated revenue from pay services.

Council Plaza Hospital Ways and Means Grady Hospital Plaza Committee Hospital Wage and Means Committee Atlanta Feneral Council Gray James G. Woodward Woodward Hospital Grady W. B. Summerall Children’s Hospital Summerall W. S. Elkin South United States Wilmer L. Moore Chamber of Commerce Atlantic Union Station Rof Woouward Peyton Nashville, Chattanooga and S T. Louis W. 5. Elkin E.G. Jones R. I. Foreman Claude Ashley A. Hicgolcor

Smith Defends Conley Case Free Of Charge

Attorney William M. Smith continues to represent Jim Conley without pay, defending the famed Pha Gan mystery case. He stayed in the fight after his contract ended and an employer demanded disclosure of conference details. A new trial motion and extraordinary plea are planned for next week, potentially delaying execution even if denied.

Willam M. Smith Jim Conley Conley Smith Constitution Heeps Thad f = Smith Atlanta Guar Providence Counaet Burns Leonard Haas New York Jgtter Gotham Dan Lehon Burns’ Service New Orleans Georgian Terrace Rotelhia Tehon Guy 5 Biddinger

British Army Mutiny Shakes British Throne

London reports a royal crisis as generals Gough and officers of the Third cavalry brigade demanded assurances they would not be ordered to fight Ulster volunteers. The king faces Liberal dissent over personal contact with Field Marshal Roberts and Sir John French, while Parliament seeks explicit papers on assurances given to officers who refused service amid Ulster tensions.

London Westminster Iubert Ireland Curragh Camp War Office George Roberta John French Arthur Paget Colonel Seely House of Commons Viscount Morley Blackburn House of Lords Ulster Asquith Labor Party Yom Mann Celing Leopold C. Amery Joan Ward John Redmond John E. Redmond Associated Press Edward Carson Mr. Redmond Britten Army

Dirt Broken for New 30000 D. W. Luckie Temple

Dirt has been broken for the new 30,000 D. W. Luckie Masonic temple to rise at 298 Lee Street near Gordon Atlanta. The three story modern building should be finished by July 4. The first floor will hold storerooms the second a banquet hall auditorium and entertainment space and the third lodge rooms with an ante-room for women including reading rooms for wives during meetings.

D. W. Luckie Masonic Temple Lee Street Gordon Musonic Lodge Atlanta

Stolen Jewelry Identified in Spartanburg Arrest Case

Dr Reeves, arrested in Spartanburg on Monday, admitted complicity in a jewel robbery after Mrs. Charles J. Haden identified items among his loot. The case links $1,000 in jewels to a burglary at the Hadens’ Peachtree residence. Detectives pursue Reeves for connections to other Atlanta crimes while he bears a gun wound in his right arm from a prior burglary attempt. He claims a self-inflicted gunshot in Ogden, Utah, on December 20.

Dr Reeves Spartanburg 5. C Charles J. Haden Pias Peachtres Roma Stanta W. Evans Reeves Mr. Haden Newport Sanford Reaves Atlanta Ogden Utah

Wife Sues for Divorce Over Fifty Dollar Clothing Budget

Mrs. J. D. Brown filed for divorce from her husband, an employee of the Southern railway, claiming $60 yearly for clothing is necessary. Judge Bell granted an injunction preventing interference with the bank account and checks. Brown bound at $560 until April 4. Married in 1910, they separated in January.

J. D. Brown The Southern Railway Bell Brown

Macon Society Plans Tango Ball in Street Center

Macon Georgia March 24 Special A society tango ball on Cherry street, Macon’s main business thoroughfare, is a feature for the May festival under the Macon Rotary club. Participants will be masked and judged for decency before entering.

Society OF Macon Macon Cherry Street

Search for Blacks After Attack on Girl Near Brookwood Bridge

A white girl walking near Brookwood Bridge on Peachtree road was attacked by two Black men late Tuesday afternoon. She resisted, a passerby alerted police, and officers plus detectives combed the woods with a citizen posse patrolling as the search continued into the night.

Southern Railway Brookwood Bridge Peachtres Road L. ¢. Haynes Eoho Street Haran Beavers Negrosa North Side Jgommunity Jana

Numbers on the Phone Get New Pronunciations

Bell engineers at the local plant study call handling to speed up dialing by changing certain number pronunciations. Five becomes fife while three adopts a German accent, and nine stays the same. Operators may shorten phrases and arm motions while answering.

Bell Phone Henes Bell

Roosevelt Safe in Brazil After Expedition Reports

March 24 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is reported in good health in Brazil. New advices from Anthony Fiala say Roosevelt is not with the expedition group that suffered equipment loss in the Devil Rapids of the Papagola river. He accompanies another party exploring the Rio Duivata, the so called River of Doubt, an unexplored waterway.

Roosevelt New York Theodore Roosevelt Brazil Anthony Fiala Papagola Yviala

Death Grapple at Torreon Suburbs and Canal Toll Debate

Washington March 24 Congress readies Sims repeal bill on Panama canal toll exemptions for American coastwise ships. Adams on committee report stresses treaty constraints and national honor. Underwood opposes repeal. Speaker Clark under question for debate role. Chamberlain fires early Senate challenge asking war Dept for costs of toll free waterways as proof of possible subsidies. Desperate fighting at Gomez Palacio noted in late dispatch.

Washington Congress House Henry Rules Committee Mit Adamson Georgia Underwood Lim Fitzgerald Appropriations Committee Representative Kitchin North Carolina Ways and Means Clark Senate Chamberlain Oregon Secretary of War Panama Canal Panama Reac

Rebels Claim 700 Federals Killed in Gomez Palacio Fight

Rebels report 700 federal deaths as fighting rages in Gomez Palacio near Torreon. Reports say rebels captured the stone railroad round house and battle from it while federal losses remain unconfirmed with at least eighty wounded. General Villa’s advance provokes mixed official and private dispatches amid ongoing combat.

Villa Chihuehua Gomes Palacio Gomez Palacio Tuarez Mexico Chihuahua Ranza Velasco Yorreon Chao Associated Press Torreon Gomez Palacie el Correo Tia Huertistas Cerro de la Pilar

Weather Prophecy Fair and Warmer Forecast

Georgia forecast calls for fair skies with warmer temperatures. Wednesday and Thursday show increasing cloudiness with probable local rains.

Georgia

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