Grand Jury to Probe Graft Charges Against County Board
Definite assurance of a speedy thorough Grand Jury investigation into ante election graft and corruption accusations among County Commissioners. Jurors vow to examine each acted official move for crookedness and malfeasance and to expose any graft if present. Investigation to begin after Frank case matters and amid Solicitor Dorsey’s preparations to contest a verdict.
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Board of County Commissioners
Frank
Dorsey
Hill
B. L. Willingham
Mexican mediation deadlock halts Carranza representation talks
At Clifton Hotel Niagara Falls Ontario Justice Lamar revealed a deadlock in Mexican mediation between American delegates and Huerta allies over admitting a Carranza representative without an armistice. Mediators refused Carranza voice in talks, leaving discussions unresolved. In Vera Cruz four Constitutionalist soldiers were executed for looting.
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Clifton Hotel
Niagara Falls
Ont
Joseph R. Lamar
Huerta
Carranza
American State Department
Justice Lamar
Vera Cruz
Survivors Allege Cowardice Aboard Empress of Ireland
Survivors blame Empress of Ireland crew for cowardice and brutality after the disaster. Inquiry will probe Captain Kengall of the liner and Captain Anderson of Storstad as they face cross examination. Victims accuse sailors of crowding lifeboats and pushing others from boats amid the desperate evacuation.
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Querfc
Canada
Kengall
Anderson
Storstad
Victor van Coster
Methodists Plan Six Weeks of Evangelism
A six weeks campaign of evangelism was discussed by Atlanta Methodist clergymen. Plans call for starting about September 1 with services in each church, twice daily, plus daily business district services and open air meetings. Prominent U S evangelists may be brought in to lead the effort.
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United States
Drowning of Ernest Sims at Biloxi Beach
Ernest Sims a member of a prominent New Orleans family drowned at Biloxi Mississippi while bathing with friends. He tied a rope around his waist but it slipped as he went in deep water and Sims disappeared.
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Mobile
Ernest Sims
New Orleans
Biloxi
Miss
Sims
Minority Report Nears Completion in Judge Speer Impeachment
Washington June 1 Representative Volstead works on the final pages of the minority report in the impeachment inquiry of Judge Emory Speer of Georgia. The majority report, signed by Webb and Fitzhenry, is with printers and will be released after the minority is filed. The majority is known to urge impeachment and uphold the charges.
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Washington
Volstead
Emory Speer
Georgia
Webb
Fitzhenry
Speer
Representative Volsteal
General Judiciary Committee
Bull Raid Boosts Cotton Still Higher
New York June 1 bull operators pushed cotton futures higher after the Census Bureau May 25 crop condition of 74.3 percent, down from 79.1 last October. October rose 44 points to 15.06, December up 41 to 13.19, January to 12.90, July up 30 and August likewise, yielding a $1.59 to $2.20 gain per bale from last Friday's close.
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New York
Census Bureau
County Police Sued For Death Of Woman
Members of Annie L. Bruce family filed an $80,000 damage suit Monday against county policemen Bob Jackson and R F Jordan alleging Bruce dropped dead when her house was entered without a warrant or cause and that a child was told she was wanted. All petitioners are negroes.
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Annie L. Bruce
Bob Jackson
R. F. Jordan
Bruce
Noted British Church Burned by Militants
The War Grave parish church at Henley on Thames was burned by the suffragette arson squad in the early hours. Slips tied to nearby grave stones read Stop the persecution of women and similar messages in the cemetery adjacent to the national monument.
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Henley-On-Thames
England
War Grave
Friends of Meadors Mourn Death of Baby
Meadors family extends sympathy on the death of infant William Meador, one of triplets born weeks ago. Funeral services were from the family residence at 101 Wells Street, with private interment in Oakland.
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Thomas D Meador, Jr
William Meador
Wells Street
Oakland
Husband Branded Her With Cigar in Separation Suit
New York dated June 1 report says Mrs Jeanne VanTongelen, married nineteen years, accuses her husband of branding her cheek with a lighted cigar and biting her hands, and has filed for separation.
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New York
Jeanne VanTongelen
Six Boy Scouts Drown In British Maneuvers
Six boy scouts drowned near Lowestoft England during maneuvers today, a special cable report to The Atlanta Georgian states. Local authorities reported the incident occurred during a training exercise with scouts from a British unit.
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Lowestoft
England
President Wilson Discusses Business Mood and Clayton Bill
President Wilson expressed belief there is no general business depression in the United States but noted a low mood among railroads and related industries including steel. He said tariff levels do not influence business, exports rise faster than imports, and the labor clause in the Clayton bill aligns with prior stance on handling labor organizations within the law.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Redfield
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Southern Railway seeks 20 million bonds for double tracking
The Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway part of the Southern system asks the Georgia Railroad Commission for authority to issue 20 million dollars in first mortgage bonds to finish double tracking from Atlanta to Charlotte. The plan retires 5.5 million in matured bonds and allocates 14.5 million to track work and terminal facilities. Bonds are 30-year gold payable with 5 percent interest, hearings set for June 10.
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Atlanta
Charlotte
Southern
Birmingham
Washington
Crawford guilty of first degree murder in Keene case
F R Crawford found guilty in the first degree of the murder of J C Keene and plans an appeal for a new trial. Keene had accused Crawford of making improper proposals to his young daughter in Miami Florida on June 1.
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Miami
Fla
F. R. Crawford
J. C. Keene
Keene
Crawford
Apple orchard in North Georgia offers easy living
Four home and living and a 25 percent net income can be realized by owning an apple orchard in North Georgia. Several good groves are offered in the Want Ad columns of The Atlanta Georgian and Hearst's Sunday American. Secure you one, and live the life of ease, health, wealth and happiness.
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North
Georgia
Atlanta
Hearst
Sunday American
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