Burns Detectives Fined and Bound Over in Atlanta Case
Boots Rogers and two other Burns operatives were fined 100.75 dollars and bound over on charges they operated as detectives without police approval. Judge Powell ruled city ordinances restricting private detectives unconstitutional while cases against Sears and McWorth were dismissed or abandoned. Rogers attacked police methods, accusing city detectives of coercion and framing in Leo Frank’s Mary Phagan murder case.
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W. W
Boots”) Rogers
Burns Detective Agency
Dan S. Lebon
Burns International Detective Agency
Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Nash Broyles
Pace Court
Rogers
Police Board
General Assembly
Boots
C. C. Tedder
Tedder
L. P. Whitfield
Byrne
Leu
Dan 3. Lekon
Arthur G. Powell Kag
Powell
Burna
James L. Mayson
W. D. McWaorth
C. E. Sears
Burns Agency
McWorth
Pinkertons
Police Commission
E. Sears
Sears
Constitution
Sturnea and
Campbell
Loiiester Dorsey
Burns
Wiliam Burns
Lea M. Fran
Haveeen
Mary Paagan
Burns’ Agency
Frank
Pankhurst Released After Hunger Strike at Holloway
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst the militant leader was released from Holloway jail to day suffering the effects of a hunger strike. She refused to eat from the moment of her arrest last week during the raid by the suffrage section on Buckingham Palace.
Alligator With Hog Found In Stomach Near Cairo
Pelham residents R. Humphreys and Frenk Tennicon displayed the carcass of a 10 foot 4 inch alligator killed in the Ochlochiknee river ten miles south of Cairo while they were on a fishing trip. Inside the belly they discovered a half grown hog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham
a_ R. Humphreys
Frenk ‘Tennicon
Cairo
Presbyterians Ban Tobacco Use Among Clergy and Candidates
Kansas City May 27 General assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States southern branch voted to oppose tobacco use among clergymen and ministry candidates. The session overruled a retiring moderator’s push to discourage tobacco and adopted the overture. The assembly also approved non alcoholic wine for communion and discussed broader church reforms and bible study in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Southern
S Lyons
Louisville
Lyona
Egbert W. Smith
Atlanta
Foreign Missions, Committee
Women
H. M. Pressly
Charlotte
N. C
Liberala
Hoarth
Charles R. Nisbet
Central Presbyterian Church
Council of the Reformed Churches In America
Presbyterian and Reformed
Council
Chicago
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, A. & A
Northern
The
Hague
Board of Home Missions
Home Missions
New York City
Church Extension Department
Committee On Temperance
Assembly
Ex Express Messenger Confesses Theft of 4000 from Atlanta Bank
Williams a 24 year old Fort Valley native and former Southern Express messenger confessed to stealing 3400 in seven packages from the express company. He returned 3250 and claimed 900 was given to Fred Thompson for safekeeping. Thompson was jailed on a complaint of the express company. Williams buried 3000 under his widowed mother’s Fort Valley home and is out on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Osear Lee Williams
Southern Express Company
Fort Valley
Express
Williams
Warren County
Camak
Express Company
Willetme
Georgia Railroad
Elopers Found and Groom Arrested in Atlanta Case
A mother reported her daughter’s elopement to Chief Lanford. Pinkerton detectives traced C. W. Dean Jr. of Dayton, Ohio, who allegedly swindled the Fourth National Bank and secretly wed the girl in Marietta on May 18. The couple were found at 140 Spring Street. the husband was arrested as a suspect. Dean, a mechanical engineer, had been in Atlanta recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanford
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Fourth National Bank
C. W. Dean, Jr
Dayton
Ohio
W. Hy. Smith
Atlanta
Pinkerton
Dean
Marietta
Black and
Rosser
Police
Smith
140
Spring Street
Ife
Pinkertons
Fourth National
Spring
Certificates Filed for Reserve Banks in Washington
Washington May 27 Organization certificates incorporating the twelve federal reserve banks were received today at the treasury department. Election of directors classes A and B for each bank will be taken up at once and it is expected the formats of the ballots will be sent to the 7 705 member banks this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve
Treasury Department
Many Contest Candidates Make But Slight Progress
Automobiles, piano players and cash prizes may be won now by your best efforts during the next few days. For the second time the names of those suggested as candidates in The Constitution's 25278 contest will appear in next Sunday's issue. Changes will be many and progress slow. Over 25000 in awards should attract entrants. Continued on Page Eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Au Re
Sleeve Controversy Hits Piedmont Park Poetry Stage
A Piedmont Park dispute over modesty at the lake escalates as park board members refuse to change bathing-sleeve rules. Mayor Woodward supports decency with caution, while Commissioner Green defends the policy, saying it clarifies standards and should stand. The board signals no change, with further debate expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Board
Britt Crain
Sam W. Wilkes
Piedmont Park
Wilkes
Bhoard
Ethet
Piedmont
Etand-Pes
L. C. Green
Canal Zone Shaken By Seismic Shock
Seismic tremor lasting over thirty seconds rocked the Canal Zone with stronger force than October disturbances. No local damage reported. Gatun officials called it strong but noted no canal damage. Locks area from Panama to Pedro Miguel also showed no damage and seismographs traced origin within 100 miles southwest. Experts say canal faces no extensive damage from quakes. history shows only light shocks and durable masonry structures. Army engineers rely on the canal’s sturdy locks dams and approaches for continued safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
Canal Zone
Gatun
Canal
Locks
Panama
Igatun
Miraflores
Pedro Miguel
Washington
Theusthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Commission
War Department
Army
Hazing incident at St John’s College leaves cadet wounded
Annapolis Md May 27 The condition of William R Bowlus of Middletown Md the St John s college cadet shot during an alleged hazing attempt was graded as grave today Bowlus was part of a group of upperclassmen who tried to force entry into a room where five freshmen had locked themselves The freshmen refused to identify the shooter They are free on bond The college suspended twelve junior class members for hazing The board of visitors postponed faculty action to allow internal handling of the matter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
William R. Bowlus
Middletown
St. John's’ College
Bowlus
Jury deadlock in Unger bookmaking case at Jamestown track
In Norfolk Virginia on May 27 the jury could not reach a verdict after hours of deliberation in the L. Unger case charging aiding and abetting bookmaking at the Jamestown race track. Judge Coleman discharged the jury amid multiple misvotes. Thirteen cases remain to be heard with eleven more to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
L. Unger
Jamestown Race Track
Jude Coleman
Atlanta Thundershower Likely This Afternoon May 28 1914
Weather report for Atlanta indicates unsettled conditions with a high pressure area reducing quick changes. Thursday afternoon is likely to bring local thunder showers as temperatures hover from 85 to 82 and light southeast winds prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EK. Thor
J. Plagius
Atlanta
Georgia
Augusta Selected for Militia Camp in Ninth Division Maneuvers
Official war department notice selects Augusta Gx as site for joint maneuvers encampment of the Ninth militia division. Camp planned to begin about July 16 for about two weeks with dates TBA. Isle of Palms near Charleston initially chosen before dispute between Gov Blease and Secretary of War Garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
N. C
War Department
Augusta
W. W. Moore
South Carolina
Governors Island
Department of the East
Blease
Isle of Palms
Charleston
White slave charge faced by Crawford
Tampa Florida May 27 J S Crawford formerly of Cheraw and C was arrested tonight on a charge of violating the Mann white slave act after months of government investigation. Crawford runs a jewelry business in the city Hyde Park raid led to two women being arrested Mrs Alice Limerick charged he brought her here from Fredericksburg Virginia and lived with her as her husband. Crawford gave bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Pla
J. S Crawford
Cheraw, & C
Crawford
Hyde Park
Alice Limerick
Frederickshurg
Crawforal Avo
Heat wave across the East with record highs
A midsummer heat wave grips Atlantic states and Midwest with records in Washington at 95 or 96 degrees, New York and Philadelphia near 94, and other cities from Richmond to St Louis reporting high heat. Two deaths in New York and Indianapolis linked to the heat. storms later bring some relief and threaten more damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic States
Ohio
Mississippi
Hichmond
Mercury
Thors
New York
Boston
Hartford
Albany
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Evansville
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Ind
la Fayette
Meg
Pittsburg
Richmond
Varlonx
Birmingham
Bogton
Buffalo
Charleston
Galveston
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Hansas City
Knox
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Mobie
Montgomery
Nashville
Portland
Straleigh
San Francisco
St Louis
St Paul
Shreveport
Wvickabure
Cldy&s
Tampa
Toledo
C. F. von Herrmann
Ction
Huerta Agrees to Yield Power to a Commission
Reports from Vera Cruz say President Huerta will turn over government to a commission of prominent factions, possibly naming Mexican peace delegates to represent his side. Proposals foresee a peace protocol within a week, with internal issues to be handled broadly and by Mexicans. Carranza may send a representative to Niagara Falls for mediation.
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Carranza
Niagara Falls
Huerta
Mexico City
United States
A. B.C
Niagara
Falla
Ontario
Huveheen
Toronto
Tora
Weather Prophecy and Daily Report
Georgia Parity features cloudy conditions on Thursday and Friday with a low around 55. The report notes a highest temperature near 53 and 00 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours. Deficiencies since January 1 are recorded in inches, with garbled entries describing meat and weather metrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Weather Report
Meath
Also Mentioned on This Page
McWorth and
Southern Assembly
Northern Assembly
Oscar Williams
Sam
Prise
McDonald
C. C. McDonald
Georgia City
General Summer
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