Lanford agrees to confront Frank in murder case
Detailed discussion of legal maneuvers over James Conley and Leo M Frank. Rosser accuses detectives of pressuring Conley while Solicitor Dorsey seeks to keep Conley as a material witness. Judge Roan schedules a Friday hearing to decide whether Conley stays in police custody or is moved to the Tower.
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Frank
Rosser
Copley
Conley
Conlevy
William M. Smith
Newt Lee
Mary Phagan
Dorsey
Mangum
Smith
Grand
Jim Conley
Roan
James Conley
Leo M. Frank
Onley
Atlanta
Phagan
Fulton County
Thrower
Stone Mountain
Grand Jury
Lanford
Fire gutted Grace Church near Boulevard and Houston
A Thursday morning blaze gutted the old Grace Church at Boulevard and Houston Streets, causing several thousand dollars in damage. The fire sparked from a laundry basement fire and destroyed the roof, interior, and much of the furnishings. One firefighter was injured when a hose burst, and many birds fled the burning belfry as the building neared collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
George F. Glaziner
Baptist Union
W. R. Fain
Company 6 Fain
Robbery at Griffin Home Hits $300 in Goods
Detective Thursday continues efforts to solve a daytime burglary at the home of David L. Griffin, Union Pacific railway general agent, on 22 Boulevard Place. Thieves stole clothing worth three suits, several rings, small jewelry pieces, and a gold birthday watch while the house was empty. A collie greeted Lizzie Griffin on her return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Griffin
Boulevard Place
Union Pacific Railway
Lizzie Griffin
Mr. Griffin
Miss Griffin
Music spending in the United States tops six hundred million
Saratoga June 12 Nearly six hundred million dollars is spent yearly by Americans on music. John C Freund reports totals across church music orchestras in venues military bands conservatories and private teachers American students abroad and musical industries sum to about six hundred million with detailed categories and figures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
New York State Music Teachers’ Association
John C. Freund
Coopers
Ahs - SC
Bankruptcy Petitions Filed in Federal Court
Two voluntary bankruptcy petitions were filed Thursday with the clerk of the Federal District Court. W C C Cooper, a railroad man from Kennesaw Georgia, showed liabilities of 426.23 and assets of 159. E L Ficken, an Atlanta mechanic, reported liabilities of 1,114.30 with no assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal District Court
W. CC. Cooper
Kennesaw
E. L. Ficken
Atlanta
Pardons favored in lone case as Brown nears term end
Governor Brown keeps to law’s verdict as pardons surge with end of term. Karl Overby wins clemency after his mother and sister campaigned from Palmetto Florida and Atlanta. Dozens of other applications in murder and manslaughter were declined for missing records or weak grounds.
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Brown
Karl Overby
Bibb County
Palmetto
Fla
Overby
Atlanta
Statehouse
Aristinde Franzoni
Pickens
M. J. Lowery
Glynn
Lowery
Stanley Hendrix
Board of Pardons
Jim Dunwoody
Houston County Superior Court
W. B. Troup
Laurens County
Tom Hamilton
Wilkes County
Davis Coker
Fulton County
Coker
Hardy Moss
Pulaski County
Millionaire 20 to Wed Divorcee 38 in Europe
Adolphus Busch II aged 20, grandson of Adolphus Busch, announced plans to marry Florence Parker Lambert, 38, former wife of Marion L. J. Lambert. The couple’s betrothal follows the Buschs’ departure for Europe. Lambert won custody of three children after divorcing Lambert, a wealthy Lambert Pharmaceutical executive, in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Adolphus Busch II
Adolphus Busch
Florence Parker Lambert
Marion L. J. Lambert
Adolphus Busch and Family
Europe
Lambert
Lambert Pharmaceutical Company
Domestic Tragedy Leaves Three Dead in Rome Georgia
In Rome Georgia on June 12 Charles Robinson killed his wife and mother in law at his wife's home on the eastern outskirts, then shot himself. He and his wife had been separated for months. The motive cited was domestic infelicities. Robinson died at once. his wife and mother in law were wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Charles Robinson
Robinson
Martha Jeffs
Grey warns Balkan allies to quit war
London June 12 Foreign Minister Grey told the Commons that if the Balkan allies begin fighting among themselves they will risk losing what they gained from Turkey. The warning was seen as directed at Bulgaria and Servia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
London
Turkey
Commons
Grey
Bulgaria
Servia
Bank President Pays Big Blind Tiger Fine
MACON June 12 W C Groves formerly the blind tiger king of Macon now a bank president at Miami pleaded guilty in City Court to violating the prohibition law here in 1911 and paid a $1,000 fine This was his second $1,000 liquor fine Another whisky case and a pistol pointing charge against Groves are pending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
W. C. Groves
Blind Tiger King
Miami
Fla
Groves
Peachtree Paving to Begin on Street Upgrade
County Commissioners approved immediate start of Peachtree Street paving from Fifteenth Street to Buckhead. They also unanimously passed contracts for the new courthouse totaling $603,000, bringing total courthouse construction contracts to $1,189,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peachtree Street
Fifteenth Street
Buckhead
Court House
Mrs Astor Mystifies Boston Hotel Guests
Boston June 12 Mrs John Jacob Astor Madeleine Force before marriage is registered at the Copley Plaza There are two mysteries agitating guests Why register as Mrs W H Force her mother’s name Why does a party with two young women and a baby require a valet Mrs Astor is accompanied by her sister Miss Katherine Force her baby a maid and the valet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John. Jacob Astor
Madeleine Force
Copley Plaza
Tech graduation speaker urges young men to marry early
Colonel Nat Harris tells Tech graduates to wed as soon as they can support a wife. He links stable home ties to success and urges young men to marry when able.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marty Quick
Nat Harris
Tech
German Cubists in Row With Regulars
Berlin meeting of the Berlin Arts Association ends in upheaval as slander charges loom after Liebermann Steivogt and other noted Cubist painters withdraw to form a separate organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Berlin Arts Association
Liebermann Steivogt
Hutcheson backs up hotel charge
Carl Hutcheson released a statement defending his accusations against the Empire Hotel denying immoral acts. He invited Marion Jackson John L. Edmondson and Frank Reynolds to his office at 238 Equitable Building to review an affidavit he claims proves his charge. He also urged calls to Grand Jury foreman Lewis Beck to verify. He criticized Jackson for refusing a conference and urged the public to judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Jackson
John L. Edmondson
Frank Reynolds
Empire
Equitable Building
Lewis Beck
Grand Jury
Mr. Jackson
Edmondson
Carl Hutcheson
Atlanta man earns bachelor of arts at Washington and Lee
Lexington Virginia June 12 Henry Edwin Peeples of Atlanta is among those awarded the bachelor of arts degree at Washington and Lee University. Charles Campbell Crockett of Americus is a law graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Henry Edwin Peeples
Atlanta
Washington and Lee University
Charles Campbell Crockett
Americus
Tech founder lauds growth at Founders Day exercises
At the Grand Opera House on Founders Day Colonel Harris praised Techs 25 years of progress. He noted enrollment rising from 130 to 825 and said the school is now a national institution. Trustees read a resolution and presented a loving cup to Dr Matheson as alumni figures attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Tech
Harris
K. G. Matheson
Matheson
Samuel Inman
W. A. Emerson
Fears Insanity Drive Wisconsin Mother to Slay Children
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on June 12 Mrs Mary Schneider a farmer's wife killed her three children aged 2 to 5 with a razor and butcher knife then killed herself fearing she would go insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond DU Lac
Wis
Mary Schneider
Quo Vadis Grand Next Week Seats On Sale Today
Tickets for Quo Vadis Grand are available now with the event slated for next week. Seats can be booked immediately through the box office or official site to secure preferred locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quo Vadis
Atlanta Flora White City Park Now Open Co
Beautiful Bedding Plants offered at 3c each with details for sale on Fair Street. The ad notes location at 555 LE and promotes the opening of Atlanta Flora White City Park Now Open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Flora
White City Park
Fair Street
Abhor Hypocrisy Roosevelt Advises Hill School
Former President Roosevelt spoke to Hill School students in Pottstown on training in good citizenship. He urged efficiency then decency and straightforwardness, and condemned hypocrisy as a defect in both intellect and character among well-intentioned men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottstown
Roosevelt
Hill School
Sunday American promotes advertising reach across the South
The Sunday American markets itself as the regional paper known as The Market Place of the South. It claims broad reach and positions itself as the best advertising medium for sellers across the southern United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Dodson’s Liver Tone touted as safe liver aid
An advertisement warns against calomel and promotes Dodson’s Liver Tone for liver support. It claims a 50 cent large bottle relieves constipation biliousness lazy liver and headache with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. Safe for children and adults and refundable if unsatisfactory.
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Dodson
Georgia Class of 1908 Reunion in Athens Georgia
Atlanta men in the class of 1908 of the University of Georgia will travel to Athens for the fifth annual reunion. Events include a Thalian Dramatic Club night, a varsity versus alumni baseball game, dances, church services, class dinner at the Georgian Hotel, and Alumni Day with a meeting and luncheon. Notables include Thomas W. Connally, Harrison Jones, and Will Hutchens. projections feature a planned alumni bureau and diverse attendance from Atlanta peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
University of Georgia
Athens
Thalian Dramatic Club
Georgian Hotel
General Alumni Association
Thomas W. Connally
Harrison Jones
Will Hutchens
Phoenix
Ariz
J. W. Florence
Missouri
Wylie ©. Henson
Cartersville
A. L. Lloyd
Covington
Walter E. Stone
Pennsylvania
Percy McNeely
Alabamma
Saunders Jones
John Fitts
Dozier Lowndes
Wallace Draper
Wallace Daley
Frank Martin
Geo. M. Battey
Guy Whelchel
Allen H. Bunce
W. F. Salton
Andrew Nicolson
Carroll D. Cabaniss
Jackson P. Dick
Willard Patterson
Remsen King
Eugenics Lorimer's Cure of Vote Thefts
Chicago June 12. Senator William Lorimer testifies before the election commission investigating Chicago’s last election. He says the election was like past ones and proposes improving the human family as a remedy. A. A. McCormick, president of the County Board, calls it the rottenest election ever held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorimer
Chicago
The
Election Commission
William Lorimer
Illinois
A. A. McCormick
Free Prescription Promises Quick Home Cure for Weak Men
An advertisement offers a free prescription for nervous debility and weak manhood. It claims a physician designed a potent, home remedy to restore vigor, insisting no drugs or patent medicines are needed. Readers can write Dr A E in Detroit to receive a sealed envelope with the prescription at no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. A. E.inson
Detroit
Mien
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Watchdog
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Owe O
Liblaty
Mrs. Astor
W. H. Emerson
College
Hutcheson
Jackson
Grand Opera House
Georgia
Aten
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