Russian Prisoner Ben Cohen Held Over Coat Theft
Ben Cohen, a young Russian believed to be closely tied to czarist circles, is jailed after claiming amnesia over stealing a lady's coat in an Atlanta office building. He asserts various identities, suffers head pains, and insists he was drugged. Local charities doubt his tale while officials consider insanity pleas and sentence.
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Ben Cohen
Alexander Sarcardin
Moscow
Glen
Russia
Cohen
Lad McHugh Loses Leg In Street Car Accident
Felton McHugh twelve-year-old son of J E McHugh of East Point is now at Atlanta hospital with his right leg amputated above the knee after dashing onto a Hapeville street car track as it moved to allow a crowd to clear. Patrolman Baker says the incident appeared unavoidable and the boy ran into the car. The car crew had slowed for the boys before the tragedy.
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Felton. McHugh
J. E. McHugh
East Point
Atlanta
Young
McHugh
Greenberg & Bond
Young McHugh
Baker
McHugh Boy
Um on Shoe Picks Up $100 in Barroom
New York on February 22 R H Walker 480 stepped into a barroom at the Astoria on a thirst expedition and stepped on chewing gum. A $100 reward or share was said to be involved, and Walker plans to wear chewing gum publicly thereafter as a mock remedy.
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New York
R. H. Walker
olf-Astoria
Wal
Hog wedding dance shocks guests in Vi lsville
In Vi lsville Pennsylvania on February 22 a local wedding featured an old family custom with a bride dancing in a hog trough to celebrate the marriage. The event drew curious onlookers and prompted mixed reactions from attendees.
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Vil Sville
Elite Mystery Ball Dances At Copley Plaza
Boston's social leaders from Boston New York Philadelphia and Washington attended the elite mystery ball at Copley Plaza hosted by Hamilton Fish Jr. The star affair cost at least 100000 with dances featuring new trots and hugs and a horse trot behind closed doors. A detailed schedule covered dinners theater parties refreshments and meals through breakfast at 6 30 am.
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
America
Copley Plaza
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Newport
Harvard
U S Realty Promoter Held for Million Dollar Frauds
Chicago February report states Hans Bauder promoter and president of International Realty association was jailed by federal authorities on charges of one million dollars in frauds. Swiss complainants through their consul allege Bauder sold lands mines stocks and railway shares in gold-brick schemes. He led Austin Manhattan Consolidated Mining Company and allegedly sold hundreds of thousands of shares while opening Basel and Zurich banks offering eight percent deposits.
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Chicago
Hans Bauder
International Realty Association
Switzerland
Bauder
Europe
Arnold Holings
Austin-Manhattan Consolidated Mining Company
Basel
Zurich
Suffragettes Renew Attacks on London Mail
Suffragettes renewed attacks on London mail boxes destroying thousands of letters and packages. Postmen were authorized to act as detectives and arrest suspects, but no arrests were made. A warning note was sent to Chancellor Lloyd George in Nice to keep a bodyguard upon his return to England.
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London
Lloyd-George
Nice
England
Atlanta Knights Visit Templars in Columbus
Right Eminent Sir Joseph Greenfield of Atlanta attended a St. Aldemar Commandery Knights Templar conclave in Columbus for the annual inspection held at the Asylum. Other notables included J. K. Orr of Atlanta and M. A. Weir of Macon, with grand treasure announced. Refreshments followed at the Muskogee club grill room.
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Atlanta Knights
Templars
Columbus
Sir Joseph
Greenfield
Atlanta
St. Aldemar Commandery
Knights Templar
Railroad orders 12,305 freight cars in bid volley
Pittsburg Feb 22 The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has placed an order for 2,305 freight cars in addition to 10,000 cars already ordered a few days earlier totaling a vast rolling stock expansion for the railroad system.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Jury True Bills For Embezzlement And Forgery In Augusta
Richmond county grand jury returns 36 indictments charging embezzlement and forgery by officers of the defunct Citizens Trust Company and related parties. WwW. 2B. Pace and M C Dowling named on multiple counts. Dowling linked to Augusta Life funds. Willard and Dunn also indicted for banking law violations. Indictments allege deposits after insolvency and improper funds handling. warrants expected to arrest named officers.
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Augusta
Citizens Trust Company
Richmond County Grand Jury
Pace
Trust Company
M. C. Dowling
Augusta Life Insurance Company
Samuel H. Myers
Co. A. McFarlane
D. H. Willard
Philadelphia
Dowling
Willard
Taft Receives Indian Memorial Groundbreaking Honor
President Taft arrives in New York on his final trip from Washington. He attends ceremonies at Fort Wadewoerth for a national American Indian memorial to be funded by Rodman Wanamaker, with 30 Western chiefs present. He also dedicates the Tift House for the Blind and attends a Sherry's peace dinner where he will receive the peace medal from Joseph H. Choate.
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New York
Taft
Thomas McKay Laughlin
Washington
White House
Henry W. Taft
Dolphin
Fort Wadewoerth
American Peace and Arbitration League
League
Joseph H. Choate
L and N Railroad Charged With Violating Headlight Law
Dalton Ga Feb 22 Sheriff Wilbanks Murray county served the Louisville and Nashville railroad agent at Chatsworth with papers charging the road with operating locomotives without electric headlights in violation of a state law. A recent grand jury returned the indictment as a separate case progressed at Murray superior court.
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Banks
Murray County
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Chatsworth
Murray Superior Court
Lad Hopping Train Killed In Georgia Accident
Conyers Ga February 22 Murphy Walker fourteen year old son of John W Walker a prominent planter near Redan was killed after being crushed beneath the wheels of a Georgia railroad freight train He attempted to board the car by grasping steps his foot slipped and he was thrown under the wheels losing both legs and sustaining a fractured shoulder dying a few hours later
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Conyers
Sixteen Mile Edition Of Ben Hur Arranged
Chicago Feb 22 The largest contract in fiction publishing history was arranged between Sears Roebuck and Harper Brothers for rights to publish one million copies of a memorial edition of Ben Hur The edition if stacked would reach over sixteen miles in space
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Chicago
Sears, Toebuck & Co
Harper Bros
New York
Six Spiders Enlisted in Panama Canal Work
Panama February 22 Colonel Goethals has put six spiders to work to spin threads for use in canal engineers surveying instruments to replace platinum in the project’s gear.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Goethals
Washington Day at Emory
Washington’s Birthday observances at Fenhall Emory College Oxford Georgia featured a program with piano solo Patriotism by Miss Lucile Stephens reading Our Freedom and Progress by Miss Sue Means music by A Rumble Miss Julia Mckey gave benediction concluding the ceremony
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Oxford
Fenhall
Emory College
Washington
Lucile Stephens
George Wright
Sue Means
A. Rumble
Misa Julia Mckey
Salvation Army in Atlanta marks 34th anniversary
South Atlantic Division officers meet in Atlanta to commemorate the Salvation Army anniversary. Major Woodward describes the army as fervent, reaching the underworld and confronting life’s seamiest sides. Miss Rheta Crawford asserts members burst with enthusiasm, even in bashful hearts, as they serve across races and classes. National officers attend the three day session and a jubilee service is planned in Cable Hall called the Salvation Bombardment.
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Rheba Crawford
Atlanta
Salvation Army
South Atlantic
Woodward
Army
Rheta Crawford
Cable Hall
Chinese robbed happy they live says burglars no fear
George Lee and John Yee, Chinese cousins at 41 Auburn Avenue, report a burglar rifled their cash register of $20 and stole a watch from under a pillow while they slept. They say they will forgive and forget, noting they survived an early morning break in as officer Womack investigates. Local Tennessee Central agent W H Oliver alerted police after hearing the disturbance. The thief, a well dressed white man in a light felt hat, fled before capture. Citizens celebrate the thirty fourth anniversary of Army work with plans to expand across the South at a Marietta Street army hall session and pulpits tomorrow.
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George Lee
John Yee
Auburn Avenue
Lee
Yee
W. H. Oliver
Tennessee Central Railway
Oliver
Womack
Army Hall
Marietta Street
Pulptta
Mexican Revolt Rises Against Huerta Regime In 1913
Eighteen thousand Mexican troops revolt against Provisional President Huerta as insurgent generals mass for a decisive campaign. Madero’s followers rally at multiple points, with Diaz expected to return to influence and Diaz supporters organizing rebel armies while U.S. officials hint at a government inquiry into Gustavo Madero’s execution.
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Huerta
Francisco T. Madero
Madero
Pre
Vera Cruz
Guerrera
Coahuila
Sonora
Chihuahua
Yucatan
Aguas Calientes
Nuevo Leon
Morelos
Zacatecas
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Pwish Charities
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At- Ma
Ken
Jacobs
Simons
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Chen
U. S
Interstate Trust
Collierville, Tenn
Memphis
Collierville
Tenn
Hooper
Dalton
Wil
Lad
Emory
Salvationists
God
Mexico
Cty
Figueroa
Rurales
Querrera
Zapata
Cornell University
United States
Felix Diaz
Carranza
Fuentes
Jose Velasco
Trevino
Monterey
Emilo
Raoul Madero
Porfirio Diaz
Diaz
Felix Somerfeld
Gustavo Madero
Wilson
Manuel Catero
National Palace
Mextco
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