California Senate approves land bill restricting aliens
California senators debate to bar ineligible aliens from land by lease or purchase for over three years. Bill amendments are stripped, Curtin resolution opposed. Administration pushes to pass tonight as opponents urge federal action or referendum. Contention centers on minority tactics and executive impact.
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Your Groceries and Meats Regulate Family Costs
Continued on page twelve. pro gressive grocers advertise lower living expenses. Meadow Gold Butter 1 lb 33 cents. 25 lbs granulated sugar $1.12. fresh country eggs per dozen. fresh strawberries per box. fancy pineapples. Pearline 25 cents. many other prices highlighted to aid housekeepers today.
Not Guilty Claims From Prisoners As Phagan Case Persists
Reported sworn statements from Leo M. Frank and another suspect deny guilt in the Mary Phagan murder. Detectives and Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey press ahead with investigations, while a grand jury timetable and Pinkerton questions draw public attention. A resident recounts dreams and sightings, offering a possible exhumation lead as Mrs. Hattie Barnett aids the inquiry.
Chief Cummings Cleared Of Graft Charge In Hose Probe
The city fire chief William FB Cummings is slated for exoneration on the graft charge over a $400 payment from Robert J Davidson of Webb Fire Apparatus. A committee will urge buying care to secure best prices in hose purchases and to maintain records of discarded hose to protect city funds. Reynolds of Gutta Percha Hose was not present. mayor pressed to finish the probe with possible new evidence in hand.
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Hureka Fire
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Thomas Reynolds
New York
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Hose
Frank Hammond
Hammond
Ice wagon theft scheme nets nine arrests in Merit
W T Buchanan city inspector led a crackdown on an ice wagon theft ring. Nine drivers and three sneak thieves were arrested after a plan that used stolen tickets to cash out. Ticket controls and serial numbers helped trace the scheme and recover losses. Decker Tucker and Morrow were fined for larceny from homes on the north side. Three other drivers were previously fined for using stolen tickets.
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Atlanta Coal and Ice Corporation
Eash
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Tes
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A. Tucker
J. Morrow
Tucker
Decker
Morrow
Impetter Buchanan
President Hammers Tariff Kickers in Reform Fight
President Wilson frames New Jersey reform push as justice for all, denounces tariff special interests. He warns lawmakers and party factions against catering to narrow benefits while praising voters seeking equal treatment. He cites fighting efforts and remarks about Washington influence.
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M. J
Wilson
New Jersey
Democratic Party
Washington
Washington City
United States
Potomac River
Virginia
Negro Seay murder suspects moved to Atlanta in auto
Two Black suspects were rushed from Lawrenceville to Atlanta in an auto with armed men to escape a lynch mob over the murder of George Seay a Duluth waste farmer. Seay died from ax gashes after being moved toward Atlanta. one suspect, a neighbor known as the Gathright negro, was arrested and held in the Tower. Deputy Sheriff J W Ross remained to protect the suspect.
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George Seay
Duluth
Lawrenceville
Atlanta
Jad
J. W. Ross
Gwinnett County
Epot Jabla
Sean
Norcross
Mr. Seay
Auto Slayer Is Given 14 Years for Murder
Chicago May 2 Lawrence Lindbloom a chauffeur who in 1910 ran over and killed Joseph Weise was found guilty of murder and sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment The evidence showed he was driving about 35 miles an hour when the car struck Weise This was the first conviction for murder by automobile in Cook county and the judge said if the driving endangered life the jury could find murder even if accidental Lindbloom reportedly drove forty blocks after the accident and stopped only when Weise’s body became entangled in the machinery Four automobile owners were on trial
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Hugh M. Dorgsy
Rifay
Phagan
Tita
Pinkerton
National Pencil Company
Finkertons
Harry Scott
the Constitution
Chicago
Lawrence Sindbloom
Joseph Weise
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Cook County
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Lindbloom
Welse
Dary
108,580 Aliens Enter Gotham During Month
New York May 2 Indications that the high water mark of immigration through this port will be reached this year are contained in the April figures showing that 108,080 aliens entered New York during the month. The increase over April 1912 was 53,534 and the total for the four months beginning January 1 show the entry of 263,067 immigrants as compared with 202,977 in the corresponding period of 1912, or an increase of 65,090, the year 605,000 immigrants entered here.
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Babies Arrive at Grant Park Zoo Amid Cheerful News
Dr Stork has kept busy at Grant Park Zoo as several new arrivals nuzzle in. Three babies in the last week include a zebu calf the leopard cub and a baby monkey. The zebu family hails from India and the zoo calls Mama Zebu a sacred cow of India. One tiny monkey born last Friday died after three days.
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Boyd
Will Thompson hanged after defiant stand in Georgia county
In Louisville Georgia on May 2 Will Thompson, the condemned killer of Conductor Claude Humphrey in 1911, defied the gallows armed with coal and iron scraps. Deputies forced submission. the execution occurred in a woods gallows a mile away at 12 25 pm, the first in 23 years in the county. Thompson spoke of selling nerve and money on the scaffold before the trap sprung.
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Will Thompson
Aummona
Smith
Thompson
Claude Humphrey
Aversa
Aviator Beheaded by Plane Propeller in Test
Oakland May 2 Herman E Janssen a Los Angeles aviator was beheaded when he lost balance during a hydro aeroplane test over the bay. Roy Francia attempted to halt the machinery but failed. Franc i s, Janssen and Tom Gunn were at the grounds to test the hydro aeroplane.
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Cal
Herman E. Jansuen
Los Angeles
Roy N. Francia
Bay
Francis
Janssen
Tom Gunn
Dne
Gettus Bruised in City Cycle Accident
Gettus, a moving picture operator at the American theater on Whitehall street, was badly bruised about the face and sustained minor injuries in a cycle accident at the Forsyth and Feachtrater intersection.
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O. Gettus
Whitehall Street
Ton of Forsyth and Feachtrater
Revision of Tariff Reaches Schedule K in House Battle
Washington May 2 Tariff revision moves through Schedule K the wool schedule amid heated debate as Democrats push amendments aside. Orators on both sides highlight past and future tariff policy while reformers push for protections for coast products peanuts and Vir gia textile interests. The session features partisan clashes and political speeches with little change to the measures under consideration.
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Moore
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Underwood
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Wilson
New Jersey
Heflin
Alabama
Arral
Great Presbyterian Joint Assembly To Meet In Atlanta
Historic four church bodies plan a joint assembly in Atlanta from May 16 to 23 drawing 1500 commissioners and thousands of visitors. The event will be hosted at the Auditorium with sessions at the Baptist Tabernacle North Avenue Presbyterian and Central Presbyterian churches, aiming to foster fraternal ties without forcing union.
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Atlanta Ss
United Presbyterian
Ausacia
Presbyterianiams
Atlanta
South
Got
Earth
Presbyteriantam
Baptist Tabernacle
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Spring
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The
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Central Presbyterian Church
Weather Prophecy Fate 1 Weather Prophecy Fate 1
Georgia: Fate Saturday and Seconding 4 Webt variable sings. Lowest temperature. Highest temperature. Mean temperature. Normal temperature. Rainfall in past 24 hours inches. Mercy since 1st of month.
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