Potts on Trial in Knife Killing at Manhattan Resort
Jury selected amid a tense, extended process in the Potts case at Manhattan involving Ike Potts accused of fatally knifing C. L. Harper on May 3 after a dispute over payment. Witnesses described scars and a struggle, with Potts claiming self defense and Harper’s knife injuries.
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Ike Potts
C. L. Harper
Manhitan Avenue
H Js
Reuben R. Arnold
Harper
Potts
Porman Whiley
Har
Dorsey
Whit
Anattan
Whitely
Ted Whitley
Notley
Spearance
Sible
Dence
Potts Harper
Kyr
Suffragists Torch Public Building in London Riot
Violent suffragette action spreads to arson as the Kew Gardens pavilion burns, with $3,000 loss and two women, Lillian Lenton and Joyce Locke, arrested near the scene. Cards tied to paraffin-soaked wads threaten ongoing attacks until votes are won. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst hints at masterminding the Lloyd-George residence bombing.
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London
Kew Gardens
Lillian Lenton
Joyce Locke
Richmond
Cardiff
Wales
Emmeline Pankhurst
Militant Women
Woman's Social and Political Union
David Lloyd-George
Walton-on-the- Hill
Miss Kerr
Women’s Social and Political Union
National News Association
Judge Emory Speer Celebrates 28th Federal Bench Anniversary
In Savannah on February 19 Judge Emory Speer marked the twenty eighth anniversary of his appointment to the United States court. He was greeted by the bar and friends who congratulated him and noted the legal landscape at his start, with no interstate commerce, anti trust or pure food laws and no union labor recognition.
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Savannah
Emory Speer
United States Court
Packers Instruct Employees Wives In Homemaking Art
Chicago packers train employees wives in homemaking to improve homes for happier, more contented men. Branches of housekeeping are taught to the tenants of their Mendel tenement.
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Packers
Chicago
Soldier of Fortune Marries Then Vanishes With $2,500
Chattanooga woman Hallie Huddleston Maher, who won a fortune in a breach of promise suit against Dalton publisher A. J. Showalter, says her new husband George Maher vanished with her money and jewels after proposing Monday night and taking off Tuesday. Detectives pursue the suspect.
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Chattanooga
Dalton
Tenn
Hallie Huddleston Maher
A. J. Showalter
Dalton Song
George Maher
Globe
Central Power Co Indicted For Dam Nuisance
Jackson Georgia February 20 The Central Georgia Power Company of Macon with Judge W H Felton as president has been indicted by the Butts county grand jury for maintaining a nuisance tied to its Ocmulgee river power dam. The reservoir is alleged to breed mosquitoes and create unhealthy living conditions prompting suits exceeding 100000. A Jackson city court conviction for nuisance was reversed by the court of appeals last week.
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Jackson, GA
Central Georgia Power Company
Macon
W. H. Felton
Butts County Grand Jury
Ocmulgee River
Grand Jury
Jackson
Power Company
Fletcher
Court of Appeals
Cooler Tomorrow but Real Cold Misses City This Year
Atlanta weather outlook from Station Director Von Hermann predicts a mild winter with no severe freezes likely before spring. Temperatures will dip slightly tomorrow with continued drizzle, while broader unsettled conditions and a Southwest storm threaten upcoming unpleasant weather for the region.
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Atlanta
von Hermann
Suit Filed Over Nose Bleed Damaging Clothes
M Luryea and I Komaroff Coffee street merchants are named in a magistrate court suit for 99 dollars claiming damages to clothing from a nosebleed caused by an alleged blow during a dispute over how to slaughter a fowl. The incident occurred at Komaroff's shop on Coffee Street yesterday and the case is set for court today or tomorrow.
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Greenville
M. Luryea
I. Komaroff
Komaroff
Luryea
Farmer, a Farmer, Asks Judge To Take Cotton For His Fine
W B Farmer of DeKalb County was fined 5.75 by Recorder Broyles for drunkenness. He offered to pawn a bale of cotton to pay the fine. The recorder declined the offer and suggested selling the cotton to help pay the fine.
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W. B. Farmer
DeKalb County
Broyles
George Cornett
Poincare Urges Strengthened National Defenses
Paris reports President Poincare stressed building up national defenses in his first presidential message to the council of ministers. He endorsed compulsory military service for all Frenchmen of a certain age and said the resolution would be sent to parliament shortly.
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Paris
Poincare
Council of Ministers
Madero Fate in Doubt as Huerta Weighs Death Sentence
Mexico City reports conflict over exiled or executed Francisco I Madero. Mrs Madero pleaded for her husband at Huerta’s office, offering wealth and exile in return for life. Huerta said execution could serve public welfare, and warned he could not interfere.
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Mexico City
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico
Madero
Huerta
Angelo Madero
Mercedes Maredo
Escape by Jump From Train Roars Through Greenwood
C Eugene Campbell known as the Don Juan of Columbia, arrested in Atlanta on a bigamy charge, leaped from a moving train near Greenwood S C at 2 30 this morning while en route to Columbia. Unshackled on the trip, he escaped through a smoking room window as guards fumbled to stop the train. Sheriff McCain of Columbia offered a 25 dollar reward and alerted Greenwood area authorities he may try to reach Atlanta.
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Eugene Campbell
Don Juan
Columbia
S. C
Atlanta
McCain
Campbell
Greenwood
Emma Small
Pegram
Merchants, Banker and Farmer in Cordele Fight
In Cordele Georgia on February 20 a clash ended with J L Roobin a wealthy merchant attacked by J M Pierson a banker and merchant from Sylvester and T S Davis a farmer from Oakfield. They were arrested on assault and battery charges but the cases were dismissed when Roobin failed to appear for prosecution. The dispute grew from a $160 check and a $100 due bill dispute over goods bought with a false pretenses note.
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Worth County
Pierson and Davis
Roobin
Cussing on Phone Not Basis for Damages Iowa Supreme Court
In Des Moines February 20 the Iowa supreme court ruled that cussing over the telephone cannot support damages. The suit, Nettie Kramer versus Henry Ricksmeier, arose after cattle from the Wainti herd wandered onto the Ricksmeier property and he unleashed harsh words to Kramer by telephone.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Nettie Kramer
Henry Rickmeier
Wainti
Ricksmeier
Youre Avenged Diaz Telegraph Says Madero Dead
Mexico City reported on February 20 that General Felix Diaz, nephew of Porfirio Diaz, exiled by Madero, sent a cable to Paris declaring Youre avenged Gustavo Madero is dead. The telegram heightened fears that Francisco Madero would be executed, possibly without trial.
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Mexico City
Felix Diaz
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Madero
Paris
Gustavo Madero
Francisco Madéro
Plan for Launching Public Safety League in Atlanta
A conference between Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Public Safety committee members and Georgia Railway and Power Company officials advanced plans to form a broad and effective Public Safety League in Atlanta. Enrollment and button cards totaling about 25 000 each were ordered for quick distribution. The group discussed streetcar fenders, noting tests nationwide and in Atlanta that favored the pay as you enter cars. Chairman Lowenstein and Ben Lee Crew represented the Chamber.
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Atlanta
Committee On Public Safety
Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Lowenstein
Ben Lee Crew
Explosion at Park Woolen Mills Kills One Two Injured
A boiler explosion at the Park Woolen Mills in Rossville near Chattanooga yesterday afternoon killed Preston L. Ggell assistant superintendent. Tom Reese is at Erlanger Hospital and George Bigles is at home with serious injuries. About half a dozen others were lightly hurt by flying debris.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Preston L. Ggell
Park Woolen Mills
Rossville
Tom Reese
Erlanger Hospital
George Bigles
How One May Live to Be 100 Years Young
London report summarizes Dr Josiah Oldfield aged about ninety advising spry living. He urges big thoughts, broad views, simple meals of fruit vegetables oils eggs butter milk bread and pure wines, daily bathing, skin rubbing, and daily wardrobe changes to promote longevity.
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London
Josiah Oldfield
Trial at hand of 20 near beer dealers
About twenty Atlanta nearbeer dealers indicted a year ago for failure to pay the state license tax of 300 will be arraigned antes in the criminal division before Judge W E Thomas of Valdosta. The session will also dispose of early cases from the county bail bond investigation. Delinquent dealers face full misdemeanor sentences. over 100 dealers stand liable, with 45 having paid. Names of defendants include Pitts Parks Meara Bender Huggins Harris Clark Braec zeley Bearden McKinley Lyons Smith Coursey Campbell Johnson Akpridge Stone Nimmerer Palley and others.
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Atlanta
W. E. Thomas
Valdosta
Criminal Division
Superior Court
Thomas
Dorsey
Brown
H. P. Pitts
Henry Parks
W. D .Meara
Louis Bender
J. Huggins
Walter Harris
J.C. Clark
M. M. Braeczeley
A. Bearden
J. C. McKinley
Pat Lyons
T. B. Smith
G. L. Coursey
John Campbell
W. T. Johnson
J. M. Akpridge
H. Stone
R. S. Nimmerer
W. B. "Palley
Odor Mystery at Peachtree Creek City Council Probe
Councilman Claude L Astley chairing the sanitary committee with Chief of Construction Clayton and officials inspected Peachtree creek to find the odor source. The fertilizer plants are named as the main cause and the nuisance sits outside city limits, complicating action. The city attorney’s opinion has been requested on possible remedies.
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Claude L. Astley
Council
Clayton
Peachtree Creek
Peachtree Road
Huerta Loyalist Amid Coup and Poison Charge
The article notes Huerta and allies at a officers council accusing Madero of poisoning him with cyanide. It describes Huerta as a Diaz admirer who guarded Diaz in exile and stayed loyal to Madero until rebellion wrecked the state. It also mentions Gustavo Madero’s murder and early revolutionary rumblings as General Romero is arrested.
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Mondagon
Blanquet
Huerta
Madero
Porfirio Diaz
Vera Cruz
Diaz
Gustavo Madero
Francisco Madero
Francisco Romero
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Kell Potts
lResort
Whitley
Stor Dorsey
Arnold
Opkus
Garrett
M. J. Carson
J. W. Carker
W. A. Hill
J. C. Bursoin
James A. Bowen
T. Bosley
H R. Guthrie
J. W. Eubanks
S.C. Will
R. C. Camp
J. HH. Bramlett
C. E. Thomas
Liveryman
Otts
Poti
Atdeelar
Harth
Lon
Don
Mrs. Pankhurst
Lloyd-George
Judge’s Head
Locke
U.S
Soldier of Fortune
Central Power CO
Victoriano Huerta
Riverell
National Palace
Viva Diaz
Juan Sanchez Azcena
Apizaco
G. Madero
Public Safety League
Ashley
Tilleria
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