Shriners Arrive by Hundreds for Atlanta Meet
Shriners from across the continent pour into Atlanta for the annual meet with 200 special trains. Yaarab Temple committees greet visitors as crowds swell, parade preparations intensify, and key venues rise on Peachtree Street. trade and rail actions shift with closing of depots for the parade.
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Atlanta
Statiia
Peachtree Street
Hillis
University Club
Ellis Street
Executive Mansion
Cain Street
Cain and
Harris Streets
Forsyth Street
Luckie An Poplar
Cit
Terminal
Union Station
Yuarab Temple
South
Seattle
San Francisco
Frisco
Kimpall House
Piedmont Hotel
California
Ciites
Dar
Georgia Road
Railway Commission
Lewis G. Gregg
Hall Millar
Shrine
Shrine Park
Southern Railway
North Avenue
Forrest Adair
Yaarab Temple
Harris abandons plan to alter August primary rules
Washington May 7 Chairman William J Harris of the state democratic executive committee will not summon the panel to vote on changing the August 19 primary rules. He favors change personally but reports show committee support for keeping current rules. Harris now aims to launch his gubernatorial campaign with a Cedartown kickoff.
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Joan Corrigan, Jr
Washington
William J. Harris
Democratic
Harris
Harris Himelf
Cedartown
Keely Buys Inter Ocean and Record-Herald
James Keely buys the Chicago Inter Ocean and Chicago Record-Herald after George Wheeler Hinman’s sale of the Inter Ocean for 59000 dollars. The papers will merge as The Record-Herald with W. W. Chapin joining to run business affairs while Keely heads the editorial side and ends ties with The Tribune.
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Chicago
Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago Inter Ocean
James Keely
Chicago Triune
George
Wheeler Hinman
Inter Ocean
Record-Herald
W. W. Chapin
San Francisco Call
Keely
the Tribune
Becker and Musica Accused of Plotting in Tombs
New York corrections commissioner Katherine B Davis said a prisoner group at the Tombs including ex Police Lieutenant Charles Hocker and Philip Musica conspired to secure signatures by subterfuge on a petition accusing her of graft and neglect of duty. Becker faces restricted contact with counsel and barred meetings with his wife. Musica was moved to a more isolated cell.
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New York
Katherine B Davis
Commissioner of
Corrections
Charles Hocker
Philip Musica
Becker
Com' Rosseioner
Musica
Rainy day tag day for Sheltering Arms in Atlanta
The day yielded about 2300 in receipts, far below last year's 5000 due to rain. A stranger and several tag solicitors failed to escape the volunteers. Girls braved the downpour, selling tags for homeless children as crowds gathered in front of the Atlanta National Bank building and Southern Railway office.
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Sheltering Arms
al Tag
Southern Railway
W. ¥. Blkin
Carbolic Acid Victim Shadowed By Husband Again
Rosa McKnight, the carbolic acid victim, and John C Britt of Marietta are held at the police station after a sequence in which McKnight alleges she was shadowed by her husband from Macon to Atlanta and later seen entering a hack with Britt. McKnight was found with Britt at the Cumberland hotel and faces a statutory charge at Judge Broyles court.
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Rosa McKnight
Macon
Atlanta
McKnight
John c. Britt
Marietta
Broyles
Shaw and
Pittman
Cumberland Hotel
Britt
Declaing
Sch Tehmil Street
McKaight
Fritz
Grady Hospital
Grady
Nelson Street
Shaw
Eleanor Wilson Bride of McAdoo at White House
Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson youngest daughter of the President and Mrs Wilson became the bride of William Gibbs McAdoo secretary of the treasury in a simple Blue Room ceremony at the White House. The service led by Rev Sylvester W Beach had a small circle of relatives and friends, the couple escorted by the President. The reception and supper followed with music by the Marine Band as gifts poured in. The couple will honeymoon for about two weeks and remain in close touch with McAdoo’s work. Atlanta attendees included Colonel Edward T Brown and Miss Marjorie Brown.
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Washington
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
Wilson
White House
Aemate
Supreme Court
Sue Quey
National
Capita
Emer
wcAuoo
Carey T. Urayson
U.S. Nyblk
Aumulty
Heauty
Clossum
United States
Min
Marie
Sallie-McAdoo
Francia Bowes Kayre
Margaret Wilson
Nancy Lane
Edward T. Brown
Marjorie Brown
Chum
Trouble Renewed In Mexican Capital Near Huerta Fall
Washington May 7 News from General Funston at Vera Cruz prompted a war department conference led by Secretary Garrison with Major General Wotherspoon and the general staff. Refuges report renewed trouble in Mexico City signaling possible collapse of Huerta. no troop moves yet. Funston reportedly seeks more troops and transport readiness for a possible expedition if order must be restored.
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Army
Funsion
Vera Cruz
Funston
Washington
Garrison
Mexico City
General Funston
Huerta
War Department
Washington Administration
Mexico
Maas
Funston Funston
Bryan
Augusts cashier of wrecked bank gets eight years
James P. Armstrong pleaded guilty in Augusta Superior Court to five forgery indictments and one for being cashier of the Irish American bank which failed last December. He received a combined eight year sentence and was sent to the state farm at Milledgeville. Armstrong faced an embezzlement indictment but did not plead guilty to it.
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Augusts
James P. Armstrong
Armstrong
Henry Cohen
Hammond
Jim ‘Armstrong
State Farm
Milledgeville
Mediation Efforts On Mexico Intensify As Refugees Leave
Washington reports that mediators from Argentina Brazil and Chile prepare to begin work on Mexico while Washington contemplates American delegates to the mediation conference. Possible US appointees include Justice Mahlon Pitney Justice Day and George Gray with Secretary Bryan and Lansing involved. Refugees flee toward Vera Cruz as fighting continues and a bomb attack wounds several in Mazatlan.
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Washington
White House
Mexico
Guadalajara
Mazatlan
Pacific
State Department
Hammat Durango
SalUiNo
Zataceces
Magara Falls
Ontario
Carranza
United States
Wilson
Bryan
Supreme Court of Unites States
Mahlon Pitney
Justice Day
Supreme Court
George Gray
Delaware
The
Hague
Robert Lansing
Department
Henry D White
France
Nelson
Shaughnessy
Mexico City
Skcetars Bryan
John Svllman
Nalillo
San Luis Potos
Weather Prophecy Partly Cloudy Forecast
Georgia forecast shows partly cloudy conditions for Friday and Saturday with light winds and mild temperatures. No precipitation expected, and skies to clear by Sunday as a high pressure system moves in.
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Georgia
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