Man Held on Blackmail Charge Over Coca Cola Scheme
Burnett went to Asa G. Candler Jr and Mrs Owens homes in Druid Hills threateningly seeking money claiming Coca Cola stock ownership. He faced a 5000 dollar bond after police court hearing as witnesses testified of frantic demands and profane language. Burnett claimed insanity and came from Cincinnati two weeks prior, a painter by trade.
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Burnett
Grunk
Alanta
Cincinnati
Benjamin J. Conyers
Asa G. Candler, Jr
W. J. Stoddard
Peachtree Road
Mr. Candler
Mat Burnett
Harry Henderson
Peachtree Street
Mr. Stoddard
Mr. Mathews
Mathews
Mr. Harding
Charles F. Wilkinson
College Perk
Candler
Mr. Wilkinson
New York
Atlanta
Owens
DeKalb County
Lmits
Stone Mountain
Charles Whiteford Smith
Atlanta Bank Clearings Rise Five Days This Week
Bank clearings in Atlanta for the first five days of this week total $11,338,698, a 16 percent increase over the same period last year, reflecting improved southeastern business conditions as cotton movement begins. The rise, driven by southern distributing offices, suggests a further jump to about $2,000,000 by Saturday evening.
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Atlanta
Southeastern
Mrs Napier in Milledgeville fires on seed thieves
Milledgeville Ga September 17 Mrs Marguerite Napier owner of Black Lake plantations nearly ten thousand acres shot a negro cotton seed thief at about 1 am after watching from a gunhouse. Three men attempted theft one rode with a wagon another carried seed in a basket and a third entered a bedroom. She fired with a rifle but it misfired then used a shotgun wounding one man severely and another under the arm. All three were jailed at Irwinton with the wounded man near death.
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Milledgeville
Marguerite Napier
Black Lake Plantations
Georgia
Napier
Irwinton
Wadsworth Threatens Prominent Georgians
New York reports Phillip A. Wadsworth, promoter of Texas City, seeks dismissal denial in Atlanta case over alleged mail misuse in forming the Cotton Growers Cooperative. He claims southern cotton handlers and cotton company agents caused his arrest, cites a $50 million plan, and vows further suits and publicity involving noted men in Georgia and Texas.
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New York
United States
Houghton
Phillip A. Wadsworth
Texas City
Texas
Atlanta
Wadsworth
Cotton Crowers' Co-operative Society
Cotton Growers’ Co-operative Society
Wadsworth Aleges
Georgia
Snatch Thief Sentenced Fifteen Years By Judge Hill
G. Lemming, a Cobb county youth, was given fifteen years in the penitentiary after conviction for highway robbery. Judge B H Hill opened the September term denouncing burglars and thieves and declaring mercy would not be shown. Lemming was arrested for snatching the purse of Mrs. T Payne on a downtown street.
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G. 5
Lemming
Cobb County
B. H. Hill
Sunge Hill
Old County
Zeppelin Raids In London Describe Civilian Suffering
An official description of Zeppelin raids on London reveals that most damage affected private, residential areas with little public property harmed. It notes noncombatant casualties, nightly danger to women and children, and minimizes strategic impact while detailing dramatic but non graphic street scenes from the attacks.
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London
Home Secretary
John Simon
Combatenta the Viet
Admiralty
Balfour
Police Matron Bohnefeld Dies After Long Service in Atlanta
Police matron of Atlanta for fourteen years and earlier eight years in city service dies at 70 in Decatur county. She survived a dray accident last spring and remained devoted to duty, leaving for a vacation that preceded a fatal decline. Her life included aid to wayward girls and aid to reporters, with a lasting impact on the city’s police and community.
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Bfary
Bohnefeld
John Zimmerman
Decatur
Atlanta
Grady Hospital
Bahnefeld
Acen
Tims
Tile Farm
Bobbefela
Mayo
W. F. Terry
Patterson's
Terry
Heidelberg
Germany
Afteen
America
New York City
Friedrich Emweld
Emwald
Emweld
Charles Bohnefeld
the Good Shepherd
Cincinnati
Rohnefeld
Nash Broyles
Ninety Per'sons Killed In Mexican Train Wreck
Laredo Texas reports ninety people killed in a military train wreck near Saltillo. The train from Saltillo to Monterey with Carranza troops left the track at two canyon, sending carriages and troops down the slope. Survivors describe scattered bodies and rapid burial in trenches as the dead were mostly Mexicans. The crash is blamed on rail spreading.
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Laredo
Texas
Saltillo
Monterey
Carranza
2 Canyon
Big Navy and Army Proposal by Murdock
Victor Murdock, speaking at the City Club in St Louis, urged expanding the U S fleet to twenty dreadnoughts and a fast cruiser force with 100 torpedo boat destroyers He called for a larger regular army and a Swiss style reserve system He noted the Progressive Party would nominate a national ticket next year with possible candidates General Ethals Governor Johnson or Colonel Roosevelt.
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St Louis
Victor Murdock
Progressive National Committee
United States
Switzerland
Murdock
Progressive Party
Ethals
Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Big Atlanta Carnival Needs $20,000 Fund Drive
Finance chair Col William Lawson Peel calls for twenty canvassing committees to raise $20,000 by Tuesday for Atlanta carnival week. President Beaumont Davison and others spoke at Hotel Ansley as plans estimate vast returns and expenses. Luncheons for 100 leaders to review progress will be held during the week.
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South
William Lawson Peel
Hotel Ansley
Peel
Beaumont Davison
Masor Woodward
W. W
Atlanta
Werstein
Wife and Daughters of Decatur Mayor Escape Death in Wreck
Mrs. F. T. Hopkins wife of Decatur’s mayor and her three daughters plus a niece narrowly escaped serious injury when their automobile drove off a steep embankment near Victor R. Smith’s home. The car stopped in mud after plunging over the 20 foot drop. all occupants were frightened but uninjured.
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F. T. Hopkins
Decatur
Pratd Hills
Victor R. Smith
Mrs. Hopkins
Thelma
Eleanor
Lela Bell Hopking
Cousty
Cotton selling at good prices across Georgia
Cotton prices held firm in Georgia with Marietta at 11 cents a pound, Forsyth and Williamson reporting 11 cents on several sales, Griffin reportedly expecting 11 cents, and F J Cooledge and Sons noting 10 1 2 cents on an initial offer for thirty bales of middling No 4 with expectations of a rise.
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Georgia
Marietta
Forsyth
Williamson
Griffin Qwerenants
F. J. Cooledge & Sons
Children of France Taught to Remember Conduct of Germans
Paris September 17 the ministry of public instruction will distribute tomorrow to all school teachers a history teaching manual. It includes a letter from Paul Desthanel urging remembrance of German atrocities in 1870 and 1914 15 and warns against repeating past forgetfulness.
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France
Paris
Ministry of Public Instruction
Paul Désthanel
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Young farmer L D McDonald kills himself at Quitman
Quitman Ga September 17 L D McDonald a farmer living near Pavo committed suicide in a Hotel Marie room at 3 31 pm He 25 left a note for his mother saying he could not bear trouble The young man reportedly suffered mental strain and had borrowed 30 from W W Wade to buy the pistol authorities believe he was unbalanced
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Quitman
Pavo
Father
W. W. Wade
German Wedge Drives Into Russian Lines Near Pripet
German center presses forward north of the Pripet marshes threatening to split the Russian forces. Von Hindenburg’s troops reach Vides east of the line while Vilna may be held but not defended at all costs. Russian and Allied actions on Gallipoli and in Galicia offer limited changes as front lines fluctuate with railways and troop movements.
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London
von Hindenburg
Wvinsk-Vilna
Vides
Lussin
Iinsk
Vilna
Amin
Dvinak
Dvina
Pipsk
Pripet
Kovel
Galicia
Romania
Greece
Gallipoli
Perthes
Petrograd
Vic Lon
Don
War Office
Molodechnov
Polotsk
Vilna-Dyinsk
Svintsyany
Glubokel
Generally fair weather forecast for Georgia weekend
Washington reports Georgia will have generally fair weather Saturday and Sunday. Temperature details show a low around 65 and a high near 70, with mean around 4.1 and normal 2.7. Rainfall figures and deficiences are noted for the month start and year to date.
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Washington
Georgia
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Asa Candier, Jr
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Ratan
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Berlin
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Holland
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