Repudiated Ragsdale Affidavit Shapes Frank Trial
In the Leo M. Frank case the defense moved to strike the Ragsdale affidavit accusing a negro of confessing to Mary Phagan's murder. Judge Hill ordered the amendment removed from the extraordinary motion for a new trial, while the affidavit remains in the record. Officers and lawyers weighed whether the repudiation affects the hearing, with Burns claiming it does not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo M. Frank
J. B. Ragsdale
Jim Conley
Mary Phagan
Toto
Reuben R. Arnold
Luther Rosser
Ben Hill
Dorsey
Hill
Ragsdale
Arnold
William J. Burns
Barber
Frank
John E. White
J. M. Pierce
George E. Knott
Il Trovatore Opens Amid Opera Fever At Atlanta Festival
The curtain rose at 2 pm on Tuesday for Il Trovatore before 5000 fans. Performers included Margarete Ober Johanna Gadski Riccardo Martin Pasquale Amato and Marie Mattfield with Richard Hagemann conducting. Geraldine Farrar was sidelined by strain but to perform Friday in Madame Butterfly. Manon receipts exceeded 16000 from over 6000 attendees, per treasurer C B Bidwell. Continued on Pays 2 Column 1.
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Il Trovatore
Ben
Margarete Ober
Econtralto
America
Johanna Gadski
Riccardo Martin
Pasquale Amato
Marie Mattfield
Richard Hagemann
Geraldine Farrar
Massenet
Manon
C. B. Bidwell
Atlanta Music Festival Association
Puccini
Manon Lescaut
Caruso
Bob
Tillman Demands Probe of Coal Trust and Southern Road
Senator Tillman of South Carolina seeks a Federal inquiry into collusion between the Southern Railway and coal interests to hinder mining and reduce transport costs in the South Atlantic states. He asks the Naval Affairs Committee to lead the probe, later referred to Contingent Expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillman
Coal Trust
Southern Road
Washington
Southern Railway
The
South Atlantic States
Senate
South Carolina
Naval Affairs Committee
Rockefeller
George F. Baker
Rockefeller Group
Pennsylvania
Ten Years for Theft of Railway Tickets
Fort Madison Iowa April 4 ten years in the penitentiary for the theft of seven 12 cent railway tickets and ten pennies was the sentence imposed in the District Court on S. S. Robin.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
S. S
Five Thousand Dollars From Shriners Aid California Fund
Los Angeles April 28. The Mystic Shriners of San Francisco contribute 5000 dollars and a car load of raisins plus 500 dollars in cash from Fresno, boosting the 315000 fund to finance the bandits and patrols of California temples bound for Atlanta.
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Los Angeles
Mystic Shriners of
San Francisco
Fresno
California
Atlanta
Secret About Writing a Want Ad Worth the Space
A short note emphasizes that a detailed want ad, though costing more and taking more space, yields better results. It encourages readers to invest in a fuller disclosure to secure what they seek and ends with a phone contact: Main 100.
President Condoles Georgian Who Lost Brother in Mexico
President Wilson sent a sympathy letter to L W Summerlin of Willacoochee Georgia over his brother Randolph’s death at Vera Cruz. The president noted four brothers and a father ready to sacrifice and praised the heroism and noble spirit shown by the family.
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Condeles Georgian
Mexico
Washington
Wilson
L. W. Summerlin
Willacoochee
Randolph
Vera Cruz
German coloratura star Hempel reaches Atlanta for opera
Mme Frieda Hempel, praised to rival Milan and Melba, arrived in Atlanta on Tuesday after being detained in New York following the departure of her troupe. She is slated to perform Der Rosenkavalier and Un Ballo in Maschera.
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Mme
Frieda Hempel
Tettrazini
Melba
Atlanta
New York
No Mexican Scare In El Paso
Telegram from El Paso Mayor C E Kelly to William Randolph Hearst declares no panics or disturbances in El Paso as thousands of American soldiers and Texas residents prepare to defend the city while business and theaters operate normally. Hearst replies affirming fear of Mexico and Texas’s potential wartime role, with strong nationalistic statements.
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el Paso
Wires W.R. Hearst
C. E. Kelly
William Randsion
Hearst
Mr. Hearst
LL Paso
Texas
WOR
Moving Picture Theatre
Police Department
New York
Co. KE. Kelly
United States
Mexico
Washington
Wall Street
William Randolph Hearst
Judge at Savannah Blasts Dry Leaders as Wild Theorists
Savannah April 28 Superior Judge Walter Charlton overruled a mandamus petition by the Law Enforcement Committee to force the Grand Jury to indict alleged liquor dealers. He derided the committee as wild theorists and experimentalists undermining conservation of laws, declaring there is no sovereign but the State. It marks a severe setback for the anti-saloon crusaders in Savannah.
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Savannah
Law Enforcement Committee
Grand Jury
Walter Charlton
Hartridge
Georgia
New Yorkers to unveil shaft at Andersonville cemetery
A special New York State committee train halted in Salisbury North Carolina on April 28 to dedicate a Civil War monument for New York soldiers buried at Andersonville National Cemetery. A memorial service honored the Empire State dead among about 12 000 interred there as American and state flags decorated the grounds.
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Salisbury
N. C
New York State
Andersonville
National Cemetery
New York
Georgia Cities Seek Mobilizing Camps in Mexico War
Washington April 28. Georgia cities including Atlanta Savannah Macon Brunswick and Augusta are seeking mobilization sites for volunteers or state militiamen used in Mexico, via telegrams received by Senator Hoke Smith.
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Washington
Georgia
Mexico
Hoke Smith
Atlanta
Savannah
Macon
Brunswick
Augusta
Huerta Accepts Mediation Offer From Argentina Brazil Chile
General Victoriano Huerta has agreed to mediation by Argentina Brazil and Chile in the Mexican US dispute. France England and Spain will join the six powers, Germany likely the seventh, with Sir Lionel Carden and Baron von Hintz urging acceptance. Huerta pledged to heed the diplomats and seek a wiser course under international mediation.
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Atlanta
Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
United States
Portillo Y Rojas
France
England
Spain
Huerta
Lionel Carden
Wilson
Germany
Baron Paul von Hintz
Mexicans Attack Powder House Near Yaleta Texas
Armed Mexicans tried to seize a powder house north of Yaleta early today. Sentinel fire warned Captain Eltinge and Fifth United States Cavalry troopers. The Mexicans retreated under darkness. Troop A of the Thirteenth Cavalry now guards the magazine around the clock.
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Yaleta
Texas
Eltinge
Fifth United State Cavalry
Powder House
Only Bryan Approves Wilson's Peace Move
Washington April 28 A cabinet split over the Mexican crisis grows as mediation is proposed Taft era tensions show Bryan supports the move while Burleson Garrison and Daniels voice strong objections to the method and rhetoric cited page continuation to follow.
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Bryan
Wilson
Washington
Mexico
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Preacher
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Burns
L. Z. Rosser
Grant Building
Sion
Mrs
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Calhoun
Howard Buck
Nell
Brilliangy
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C. E. Almand
Atlanta Journal
H. L. Conner
C. F E. Almand
J. F. Wiley
C. W. Butler
J. P. Upshaw
E. M. Herndon
L. A. Malcolm
J. L. Newton
A. Ernest
C. M. Haralson
W. P. Taylor
H. H. Herndon
L. L. Tucker, Sr
C. N. Roberts
G. L. Hurst
R. E. Stacy
R. L. Paine
T. D. Stanton
J. W. Hanson
W. B. Spearman
J. J. Campbell
J. M. Langford
C. A. Banks
J. P. Freeman
J. B. H. Day
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P. B. Knox
Thomas McClain
A. P. Malcom
E. L. Shepherd
J. L. Williams
J. D. McDowell
W. D. Bailey
W. H. Lloyd
Perry Hilliard
M. M. Chamblee
Albert C. Cheek
A. L. Fry
O.S. Haralson
J. O. Hollis
F. M. Langston
W. Beeland
J. W. Lang
FE. L. Almand
W. L. Parker
Shriners
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Viease
Cc. E. Kelly
Army Powder House
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