Prosecution ready for Leo Frank trial says Hooper
Frank A Hooper veteran criminal lawyer says the case against Leo M Frank for the Mary Phagan murder is ready for court. He notes prosecutors have explored all angles and will present no surprises. Mrs Franks interview expresses confidence in her husband’s innocence and vows.
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Hugh M. Dorsey
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Hooper
Frank
Dorsey
Mrs. Frank
The
American
Leading Citizens Protest Ivy Street Track Plan
Leading citizens gathered at Mayor Woodward's office Monday to oppose removing trolley tracks on Ivy Street. W H Kriegshaber, a property owner, urged reinstating tracks on the regraded street, joined by Judge Spencer Atkinson Logan Bleckley E C Peters and Bb M Willingham. They said the route change would inconvenience North Side car riders.
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Woodward
Ivy Street
W. H. Kriegshaber
Spencer Atkinson
Logan Bleckley
E. C. Peters
Bb. M. Willingham
Beavers Seeks to Add Four Women To His Vice Squad
Chief Beavers proposes adding four women to the Atlanta Police Department vice squad following his report to the police board. He cites Los Angeles findings on women detectives and argues the addition would uncover and report those involved in Atlanta vice traffic to help shut it down.
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Beavers
Atlanta
Police Board
Washington
Los Angeles
Atlanta Girls Dazzle Dr Cook On Tour to Establish Rights
Washington June 16 President Wilson will read his currency message to Congress in person. The White House announced this ahead of a newspaper conference where the President discussed the bill in detail with Washington correspondents. His aim is to personally present views on currency and tariff to ensure greater national attention.
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Atlanta
Dr. Cook
Washington
Wilson
Congress
White House
Explorer Dr Cook Praises Atlanta During Southern Tour
Polar explorer Dr Frederick A Cook visited Atlanta on Monday praising Southern women and the city as a fine headquarters en route to Madison Georgia. He campaigns for fair play in the polar controversy and plans to tour Alabama Georgia Florida the Carolinas Tennessee and Oklahoma before heading to the West and North. He favors moderate drinking and jokes about grape juice funding political campaigns while stressing public curiosity about Prohibition.
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Frederick A. Cook
Polar Fame
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Europe
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Georgia
Florida
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Coronas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Dr. Cook
Man Runs for Train in Atlanta Killed by Engine
Carl Brown of Stone Mountain, 23, was struck by a Georgia Railroad switch engine in Atlanta yards while attempting to board a moving passenger train. He died an hour later after being found unconscious and rushed to Elkin-Goldsmith Sanitarium. Companion C B Bishop boarded the train to call to him. they had been visiting Atlanta women and overstayed their time.
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Carl Brown
Stone Mountain
Georgia Railroad
Atlanta
C. B. Bishop
Scottdale
Brown
Elkin-Goldsmith Sanitarium
Bishop
Painter Analysis Mailed to Coroner
Coroner D. Abbott in Jacksonville received word from Baltimore that the analysis report of E. D. Painter's stomach has been mailed and is expected today. The coroner will reassemble the jury to continue the inquest into Painter's death, a wealthy fertilizer manufacturer who drowned in the St Johns River on May 22.
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Jacksonville
D. Abbott
Baltimore
E. D. Painter
St. Johns River
Risque Books Sought by Readers in Chicago Library
Chicago Public Library staff report a shift in reading tastes with twenty year old books once deemed unfit now among the most requested. Readers increasingly seek discussions of sex life as public tolerance broadens and inquiry grows.
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Chicago
Chicago Public Library
Four Hurt in Auto Wreck Near Midland
A long distance message from Columbus reports four people were painfully hurt when the auto of Dr. F. E. Young of Midland overturned on an eight foot embankment near Midland. Miss Helen Coleman of Columbus drove the car and was pinned under the wheel. Dr. Young and his two children were also trapped beneath the vehicle but are expected to recover.
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Columbus
F. E. Young
Midland
Helen Coleman
Dr. Young
Zoo Keeper to Raise Lion Cubs at Gress Zoo
Three lion cubs born Sunday night at Gress Zoo start a nursery at the park. The old lioness attacked, killing one cub in the heat. Keeper Blackie Boyd will raise the remaining two cubs at home on a bottle.
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Gress Zoo
Blackie” Boyd
Family Tragedy After Quarrel Ends in Double Death
In Eddyville Lexington June 16 Earl Scott 18 fatally wounded his father in law David Black during a quarrel and then killed himself. The tragedy was precipitated by family troubles following a separation between Scott and his wife. The incident underscores domestic strife as the catalyst for the fatal outcome.
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Lexington
Earl Scott
David Black
Eddyville
Scott
President to Present Currency Reform Bill in House
The President plans to present a complete currency measure to Congress this Friday after consulting Senator Owen Oklahoma Representative Glass Virginia and Secretary McAdoo. He said the bill will be a single measure with his general principles but detailed work left to the trio. He rejected a hobble skirt bill and said clothes will reflect the principle, not typify the bill.
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House
Owen
Oklahoma
Glass
Virginia
the Treasury
McAdoo
Congress
Women to wear trouserines in Chicago dressmaking
Chicago June 16. The Chicago Dressmakers Association decrees the adoption of trouserines to replace the slashed skirt. The ankle length draped trousers will be pulled on over the feet like men's wear, promising modest street appearance and fulfilling a decades-long dream.
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Chicago
Chicago Dressmakers’ Association
Weather forecast for Atlanta and Georgia
The forecast for Atlanta and Georgia calls for fair weather on Monday and probably Tuesday with light and variable winds.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Deputy murdered in riot call shooting at Windsor Street
Court Deputy David Yancey was hacked and stabbed to death Monday forenoon in a desperate battle with Eugene Watson, a man described as a crazed Negro who had terrorized residents near Rawson and Windsor Streets. He was captured under a vacant house at 33 Windsor Street after a half hour chase by a wagonload of police responding to the riot call.
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David Yancey
Eugene Watson
Rawson
Windsor Streets
Windsor Street
Yancey
Watson
Jesse Winn
Whitehall Street
Rawson Street
J. W. Wilson
Robert Starnes
Fitzgerald Street
Young Starnes
Fund 3 Started For Yancey Family
Court Deputy David Yancey was killed in the line of duty during a fugitive pursuit on Whitehall and Rawson streets. The Georgian launched a relief fund to aid Yancey’s widow and eight children, with $25 already raised and public contributions welcome. The slain deputy was praised by Sheriff Mangum. a violent confrontation began when a suspect, Watson, stole $4 and wounded Yancey with a knife before being shot by officers.
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Fulton County
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