Grand Jury probes Atlanta clubs amid liquor concerns
The Grand Jury began hearings Thursday probing Atlanta social clubs and their liquor services. Solicitor Dorsey issued indictments against corporations linked to the clubs, while officers and members face potential legal action. City officials fear budget impacts if locker clubs or saloons are shut, warning of losses around $60,000.
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Grand Jury
Atlanta
Tev
Dorsey
Corporation
Atlanta Law Enforcement League
H. M. DuBose
Aldermanic Board
Marital tangle pits Barber and wife in court
A Pryor hotel call alerts police to James A. Barber beating his wife Cora Barber. She has been married three times and possibly four, with a letter hinting at Joseph B. Chance. Dr. G W Smith alleges a long pursuit. Barber and Cora barred by bond as Recorder Broyles orders investigation.
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Cora Barber
Pryor
James A. Barber
Hazlett and
Bairfield
Barber
Broyles
G. W. Smith
No. 12
Carroll Street
Mexican official Melgarajo denies Huerta resignation tale in Atlanta
Senor Ameliano Melgarajo of Mexico City traveling with non English speaking Frenchmen aboard the Needles in compartment E at the Atlanta Terminal says New Orleans dispatches claiming he carries Huerta resignation or plans to offer the presidency to De La Barra are fabrications. He confirms private European travel for health recovery and possible post as Mexico to Colombia minister, with arrival in New York expected Friday.
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France
Senor Melgarajo
Mexico City
Atlanta
New Orleans
Huerta
Paris
Senor de la Barra
Senor Ameliano Melgarajo
Melgarajo
Francisco de la Barra
Mexico
Colombia
Europe
Violinist Kubelik Tours With Melba Wife Acts As Adviser
Jan Kubelik and wife travel with Nellie Melba to major cities in the United States. Mrs Kubelik serves as wife mother sister and adviser to his temperamental genius ensuring he wears his overcoat hat and is tucked in for meals. Kubelik asks if dinner will be on the train.
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Jan Kubelik
Dr. Cook
Kubelik
Atlanta
Nellie Melba
United States
Oklahoma Senator Gore Accused in Damages Suit
Mrs. Minnie E. Bond testified in Oklahoma City that Senator Thos P Gore pressured her over her husband’s job bid for an internal revenue post. She described visits to his office and hotel room, a tense confrontation, and an alleged attempt to kiss and touch, leading to her filing a $50,000 damage suit. The courtroom drew a large crowd including many women observers.
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Oklahoma City
Minnie E. Bond
Thos. P. Gore
Oklahoma
Gore
Internal Revenue Collector
Washington
Capitol
Senator Gore
James Jacobs
Takes Husband From Poker Game to Jail
SANE PA February 12 Mrs Fred Linsell seized her missing husband at the poolroom where he and several friends were playing poker and forced him to march to the police station with a gun in hand.
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Sane
Fred Linsell
Veral
Polce
Women to Publish Suffrage Edition of The Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian says its March 3 Home Edition will be written and edited by Georgia women active in the suffrage movement. The issue will cover what women's votes have accomplished elsewhere, the global ballot fight, and Georgia's plans along with regular news and features.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Men Barred from Sleeveless Suits at Piedmont Park
The Piedmont Park Board bans sleeveless bathing suits for men next summer deeming them vulgar. Men must wear sleeves reaching at least midway between shoulder and elbow. Charles J. Chasewood proposes rebuilding the Grant Park refreshment stand, burned recently, for 8500 with rent exemptions of 150 monthly.
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City Park Board
Piedmont Park Lake
Charles J. Chasewood
Grant and
Piedmont Parks
Grant Park
Not Guilty Plea by Raine Attorney
Memphis February 12. Raine, a confessed defaulter whose cotton speculation sank the Mercantile Bank of Memphis, appeared before Judge Edgington and pleaded not guilty to embezzlement and criminal breach of trust. Clerk John Mason wept as he read the charge of about $788,805 and Raine urged for a guilty plea. Attorney Thomas A. Evans entered a not guilty plea despite Raine seeking to admit guilt and accept consequences.
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Memphis
C. Hunter Raine
Mercantile Bank of
Edgington
John Mason
Raine
Thomas A. Evans
Gov Slaton Guests at Savannah Anniversary Banquet
Governor and Mrs John M Slaton are guests of the Georgia Historical Society for its seventy fifth anniversary in Savannah. They will stay for the banquet. The Slatons visited Wormsloe the home of W J Devenne noted for a fine private historic library in the South.
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Savannah
John M. Slaton
The
Georgia Historical Society
City
Capital Boy Scouts To Greet President
Washington Boy Scouts will greet President Wilson this afternoon at the White House offices. The President, honorary head of their organization, has accepted an invitation to address the boys and elder National Council members.
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Washington
Sues Undertaker for Selling Father's Body
William McLenton of Durham sues J C Scarborough for 500 dollars alleging the undertaker sold his father's corpse for 40 dollars to the University of North Carolina before relatives knew he was dead. The case highlights alleged improper custody of a deceased relative.
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Durham
N. C
William McLenton
J. C. Scarborough
McLenton
Scarborough
University of North Carolina
Physicians Confer on Bacon Condition After X rays
Washington February 12 no new statement on Senator Bacon’s condition. Doctors Francis D Hagner Morgan and Hardin met to review yesterday’s X ray photographs and plan another conference today to analyze the images.
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Washington
Bacon
Francis D. Hagner
Morgan
Hardin
Conductor Talmage Dies in Macon Home Tragedy
Captain C. A. Talmage, a famed conductor for the Southern Railway, collapsed and died at his Macon residence Thursday morning around seven o clock. A message from Atlanta railroad offices confirmed the death.
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C. A. Talmage
Southern Railway
Macon
Atlanta Railroad
Huerta Denies Resignation Report and Tax Move
In Mexico City on February 12 officials said Senor Melgarajo’s New Orleans claim that President Huerta would resign is false. Huerta detests Francisco De La Barra and would not retire to favor him. A proclaimed heavy church tax funds the Federal army and targets political fees, notably hitting the Catholic party after Frederico Gamboa left Foreign Affairs.
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Atlanta
Mexico City
New Orleans
Senor Melgario
Huerta
Francisco de la Barra
Melgarajo
Paris
Colombia
France
Mexico
Catholic Party
Frederico Gamboa
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Clark Says World Growing Better at Mass Meeting
Speaker Champ Clark told a Christian Endeavor mass meeting in Washington that the world grows better each day and that 99 percent of men sent to Congress leave poorer than they arrive despite possible fortunes from dishonest acts.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Christian Endeavor
Congress
Legislator Saved by Blease From Gunman
In Columbia on February 12 Governor Cole L. Blease knocked a pistol from a stranger's hand, saving Representative C. D. Fortner of Spartanburg as the General Assembly returned from Charleston. The man had been threatening women with the party when Fortner intervened.
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Columbia
Cole L. Blease
C.D. Fortner
Spartanburg
General Assembly
Charleston
Fortner
Llama for Bryan to Be Shipped From Buenos Ayres
Buenos Aires plans to ship a llama to William Jennings Bryan the American Secretary of State. The animal will accompany a special attendant as requested by Bryan during his Buenos Aires visit for his Nebraska farm.
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Atlanta
Buenos Ayres
Alama
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Nebraska
Peace pact formed by Blease and Grace in Charleston
Charleston and the state buzz after Governor Blease and Mayor Grace, once bitter rivals, sign a peace pact at a Legislators dinner. The agreement follows a break in friendship and links their political aims for renewed cooperation.
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Charleston
S. C
Blease
Grace
Couple Wed 65 Years Have Never Quarreled
SPEONE New York February 12. Mr and Mrs Theodore Tuttle aged 87 and 84 respectively celebrate a 65 year marriage with a record of never quarrelling. They did not argue during their entire married life. The couple keeps a peaceful home and credits mutual patience.
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Speone
N. Y
Theodore Tuttle
General Be defeke Ousted Over Slit Skirt Ban
In Budapest on February 12 General Be defeke who recently barred women wearing slit skirts from military functions has been relieved of his command and is said to retire.
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Atlanta
Budapest
Bedefeke
Parcel Post Expands Farm Product Mail Sales
The Parcel Post has made selling farm products by mail easier and The Daily Georgian and Hearst's Sunday American want Ad pages act as busy salesmen, helping you reach buyers and keep Uncle Sam busy. Start something.
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Daily Georgian
Hearst
Sunday American
Uncle Sam
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