Atlanta Faces Opening Day Challenge For 15 000 Fans
Atlanta braces for the opening Southern League game at Ponce De Leon Park on Tuesday April 14 with the Crackers aiming to beat Birmingham and New Orleans in attendance. The city pushes for 15 000 paid admissions as the Chamber of Commerce and Ad Men's Club mobilize support. Fans urged to attend, no passes allowed, Bill Smith to pay his gate fare. Continued on Page 2 Column 5.
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Bobby” Baugh
Birmingham Ball Club
Atlanta
Major Callaway
Atlanta Ball Club
Mr. Baugh
Kilkenny
Ball Park
Birmingham
New Orleans
Memphis
Dixie
Chamber of Commerce
Ad Men's Club
Piedmont Hotel
Bill Smith
The
Crackers
Franks Mother Arrives in Atlanta For New Trial Motion
Mrs. Rudolph Frank mother of Leo M W Frank travels from Brooklyn to Atlanta. She plans to stay until Judge Hill rules on the extraordinary motion for a new trial to be filed Thursday. She expresses confidence in detectives Burns and denies rumors of immorality as she awaits developments in the high profile case. Detective Burns remains out of town as the search for decisive evidence continues.
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Rudolph Frank
Leo WM. Frank
Lanta
Brooklyn
Leo Frank
Burns
Dan S. Lehon
Phagan
Sanford
Chie
Frank
Burns Gratis
Lehon
Farmby
Conley
Louisville
Nacohville
Peachtree parade highlights modest spring styles and weather
Creations on Monday showcased a Peach tree parade rivaling Sun day style as spring fashions appeared with modest vividness. Despite a raw wind and overcast sky Easter Sunday offered no rain and crowds observed, with dresses in black and white, greens and browns.
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Warner
U. S. Ownership of Railroads and Ships Proposed in Senate
Senator Lewis of Illinois introduces three bills to nationalize interstate railroads and build 100 government merchant ships. The plan creates a 21 member commission to oversee transportation, banking, and manufacturing with broad regulatory powers and wage controls.
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Washington
Senate
Lewis
Illinois
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eleanor Wilson Wedding Date Kept Secret
Washington April 13 announcement on Miss Eleanor Wilson daughter of the President and Secretary McAdoo wedding date likely after Mrs Wilson returns from Hot Springs Virginia. Miss Wilson has not shared the secret with close friends but will not announce before April 22 when she serves as bridesmaid for Maitland Marshall and John Knapp wedding on the U S S Mayflower.
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Washington
Eleanor Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Wilson
Hot Springs
Gift of Land by U.S. For Road Approved
Representative Howard of Georgia secured House committee approval for a bill to cede two acres of land from the Federal Prison farm in Fulton County for road purposes. The strip lies on the farm's northwest corner facing McDonough and Constitution roads.
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Washington
Howard
Georgia
House Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
Fulton County
McDonough
Constitution Roads
Must Prepare for War Warns Wood at Yale Camp
General Leonard Wood addressed Yale students on War Camps urging seri ous effort and arbitration for minor issues while stressing vital questions remain not negotiable. He warned that preparation for possible war is essential even as the nation hopes it won t occur.
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New Haven
Conn
Leonard Wood
Yale
Billie Burke Weds Florence Ziegfeld Jr in Hoboken
Theatrical manager Florence Ziegfeld Jr. married Billie Burke after her matinee in Hoboken New Jersey on Saturday. Rev J Eldelbert officiated at the Lutheran Church leader’s residence as news leaked out today.
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New York
Florence Ziegfeld, Jr
Anna Held
Billie Burke
Frohman
Hoboken
Lift the Magic Receiver to Reach Job and Help Ads
The message instructs lifting the magic receiver to connect via a Want Ad for needed services or items. Call Main 100 to reach the Georgian and American audience and learn the paper's efficiency indicator.
Federal League Opens in Baltimore Draws 30000 Fans
April 13 record crowd in Baltimore as the Federal League opens with Buffalo vs Baltimore. Buffalo’s battery Moore Blair. Baltimore’s Ford Jacklitsch. Score Baltimore 3 Buffalo 25. Umpires Bush and Mannassan. Statutory injunction seeks to bar Chicago Fed officials from luring players and hindering team progress. damages of 25000.
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Baltimore
Federal League
Buffalo
Earl Moore
Chicago Cub
Walter Blair
Battery
Otto Knabe
Russell Ford
Atlanta
New York Yankees
Fred Jacklitsch
R.H.E. Baltimore
Moore
Slair
Krapp
Quinn
Jacklitsch
Bush
Mannassan
Chicago
Feds
Joe” Tinker
Chicago Feds
Weeghman
Phillies in Two Suits Against Feds Ask $25,000
In Chicago on April 13 the Philadelphia National League club filed two legal actions against the Federal League, seeking damages totaling $25,000. The suits mark a new chapter in the baseball dispute between organized baseball and the outlawed league.
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Phillies
Feds
Chicago
Federal League
United States
Negro Thief Escapes After Crowd Chases on Forrest Avenue
A negro burglar invaded Annie Wellum's home at 14 Wilson Street causing a crowd to form after a false report of a woman shot. The intruder, armed with a revolver, held off residents and fled down Forrest Avenue before officers arrived. Loot described as trifling.
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Port
Annie Wellum
Wilson Street
Ruth Wilson
Forrest Avenue
Alleged Kidnapper of Dunbar Boy on Trial in Louisiana
In Opelousas Louisiana on April 13 the trial of W P Walters for the kidnapping of Robert Dunbar Jr adjourned after opening. Walters concedes the boy may be Dunbar’s and argues the crime occurred in Mississippi not Louisiana jurisdiction. Two women claim the child as their own one Mrs C P Dunbar of Opelousas and the defense cites witnesses alleging Julia Anderson of Barnesville NC as the boy’s mother.
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Walters
Dunbar
Mississippi
Loutana
C. P. Dunbar
Opelousas
Julia Anderson
Barnesville
N. C
Louisiana
Robert Dunbar
Columbia
Miss
Man Who Gave Skin To Wife Sued for Cruelty
Dr. S. A. Cunningham, who recently sacrificed 80 square inches of his skin to graft on his wife, has been sued for divorce on charges of extreme cruelty and neglect. At the time of the operation Mrs. Cunningham was near death from burns. They had been married 24 years.
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Pittsburg
S. A. Cunningham
Confession Hinted in Sing Sing Executions
Albany reports suggest one gunman may have confessed before execution as John B. Riley announced an official report on the electrocutions and remarks from the accused. Dago Frank is said to have told Father Cashin the Rosenthal murder tale while denying direct involvement. Governor Glynn kept late hours in contact with Riley during the morning.
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Albany
N. Y
Sing Sing
John B. Riley
Riley
Dago Frank
Father Cashin
Herman Rosenthal
Louie’ Rogenberg
Gyp
Horowitz
Harry Wallon
Rosenthal
Governor Glynn
Four Gunmen Executed by Electric Chair at Sing Sing
OSSINING N Y April 13 In a dawn execution at Sing Sing Prison four men convicted of the Rosenthal murder were put to death in the electric chair. The condemned, Frank Cirofici Jacob Seidenschner Harry Horowitz and Louis Rosenberg died after 39 minutes with no confessions. Only Whitey Lewis spoke a protest claiming perjury by witnesses as the others remained silent. The order of execution was altered at the last moment.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Herman Rosenthal
Metropole
New York City
Frank Cirofici
Dago Frank
Jacob Seidenschner
Frank Mueller
Whitey Lewis
Harry Horowitz
Gyp the Blood
Louis Rosenberg
Lefty Louie
Rosenthal
Whitey
Death House
Clancy
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Elizabeth Morgan
Laura Cowles
Mary Hines
Nell Prince
Oun
Ponce DeLeon Park
Nashville Volunteers
Atlanta Crackers
Che
Chief
Lanford
Mr. Lehon
Rormby
W. P. Mark
Milady
U. S
Sen. Lewis
U.S
Wood
Dunbar Boy
Opelousas, LA
W. P. Walters
Naper
Robert Dunbar, Jr
Dag AN
Desperado
Horowitz, Rosenberg
Wallon
Frank Charlton
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