Governor Slaton to Decide Frank Case Tuesday
Atlanta dispatch reports Governor Slaton will decide on L M Frank’s commutation by Tuesday the execution date set for next Tuesday remains, with no respite granted. Frank maintains confidence as visitors, family, and mail keep him informed. health and routines steady in the days before execution.
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Slaton
Frank Case
Atlanta
Here
L. M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Fank
Frank
Arizona New U 3 Fighter 13 Launched in New York
Gay with flags and a champagne and water christening celebrate the launch of the Arizona a sister ship to the Pennsylvania one of the navy’s largest vessels. Governor Hunt and sponsor Esther Ross lead the ceremony with Secretary Daniels Admiral Fletcher Major General Wood and other officials present. The Arizona features 14 inch guns heavy armor and long-range capability marking a decisive battleship design.
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New York
Gay
Arizona
Pennsylvania
United States Navy
New York Navy Yards
Governor Hunt
Esther Ross
Rosevelt
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Daniels
Fletcher
Atlantic Fleet
Wood
Army
Navy
Allies Checked in France and Flanders
Berlin reports another reverse for the French north of Arras while British efforts in La Bassee are checked. German forces capture Embremeuil and Stylenridge as Russians retreat south of the Dniester in Galicia. Wolkowinzy village falls to storming troops.
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Berlin
Arras
la Bassee
Embremeuil
Stylenridge
Dniester
Galicia
Wolkowinzy
Frauds against elderly woman net $95 in bank scam
Celia Butler, 1318 Amherst, drew $100 from a bank as life insurance payout. Two men followed her home, grabbed $95 after claiming a found pocketbook contained a hundred dollars. One suspect, Jack Jones, was captured with $56 and confessed. partner fled.
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Celia Butler
Amherst Street
Jack Jones
Atlantic Coast Line
Watkins
Dixie Day Set To Open South Week At Panama Pacific Exposition
The Panama Pacific Exposition will host “Dime Day” August 9 marking the South’s Week. A Southern Commercial Congress delegation will mobilize in St. Louis July 28 and travel through Colorado Springs Salt Lake City San Diego Los Angeles Portland Seattle Vancouver before returning via St Paul and Chicago. Clarence J. Owens named director general of the South celebration.
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United States
Arly
South
Lof
Southern Commercial Congress
St. Louis
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Los Angeles
Cal
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Washington
Vancouver
St. Paul
California
Clarence J. Owens
Martial Law in Parts of Africa
Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell touring Africa reports that martial law prevails under English French Belgian and Portuguese rule across regions. He notes war effects on business travel and living costs and predicts Africa’s postwar map depends on Allied victory and German fate.
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New York
Joseph C. Hartzell
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Central
East
West Africa
Africa
Germany
Large Congregations to Hear Rev Daniels Today
Large congregations gather at the First Baptist Church for Dr Daniels sermons at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. He advocates old time religion and absolute faith in scripture. Sunday school Philathea Baraca at 9:45 a.m. He may speak briefly to the Sunday school. All invited to attend.
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First Baptist Church
Daniels
Mexican political crisis shakes Carranza regime
Washington reports a cabinet split in Mexico with four of eight ministers resigning and Obregon urging retention of three. Carranza shifts headquarters to Vera Cruz fortress amid tensions, while Wilson delays recognition pending a stable government and coalition. Eliseo Arredondo and Charles Douglas travel to Vera Cruz to brief Carranza on policy outlook.
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Washington
Carranza
General Obregon
San Juan de Uloa
Vera Cruz
State Department
Mexico City
Pablo Gonzalez
Obregon
Raphael Zubaren
Interior
Escudero Verguaro
Luis Cabrera
Jesus Uerta
Cabrera
Wilson
Eliseo Arredondo
Charles A. Douglas
Aviator Gray Plans Daily Flights at St Simon Island
George A. Gray, veteran aviator, arrives with his Wright biplane and will perform two flights daily all week at St Simon Island. The St Simon’s Transit Company contracted him for the display, with morning and afternoon demonstrations from the pier and Hotel St Simon. Spectators from ferries and island visitors are urged to watch as bombs are dropped at a simulated target to show aviation’s role in Europe’s war.
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George A. Gray
St. Simon
Gray
Florida
Crimeline
Greek Restaurant Cash Register Robber Strikes Again
Victor Iffletis owner of a restaurant in the Kress building reports a second cash register robbery in two weeks. A Black man stole $14 to $16, fled, and was chased by Poletis who provided a description. An arrest followed at the Oglethorpe hotel, with Poletis insisting the suspect is the same man.
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Negro
V. Poletis
Victor Iffletis
Kress
Poletic
Oglethorpe Hotel
Poletis
Convicts Return From St Simon Island Sanitation Work
The Glynn county convict gang under Superintendent Higginbotham returned to the city after a month on St Simon Island. They camped nearby and their work on the sewerage system nears completion with connections to be made this week.
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Glynn County
St. Simon
Higginbotham
Anarchy Report In Guanajuato Sparks Refugee Alarm
Refugees arriving in El Paso from Guanajuato report widespread anarchy as bandits seize and destroy property. General Villa disclaims responsibility for a hostile message from President Chazaros to President Wilson.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mexico
Guanajuato
General Villa
Chazaros
Wilson
Decorated for murder in Denmark honors German submarine captain
A dispatch from Elsinore reports Captain Lieuten ant Hersing of U-21 received the Order Pour le Merite for the torpedoing and sinking of the Lusitania. The award underscores the German navy’s recognized gallantry. In Austria Hungary, Russian defenders at Lemberg make a last stand along Grodek lake line as Teuton howitzers rush to the front. Tatnograd has been occupied.
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London
Evening News
Elsinore
Denmark
Hersing
Germany
Vienna
Lemberg
Grodek Lake
Teuton
Tatnograd
Deadlock Develops in Western Front Battle Areas
Paris reports a deadlock in the major West Flanders fighting while French troops push in the Fecht valley and in the heavy artillery duel around Arras.
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Paris
War of Office
West Flanders
France
Alsace
Fecht
Arras
Ailsa Torpedoed and Sunk by German Submarine
London reports the British steamship Ailsa was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine today. The crew was saved.
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London
Ailsa
French Gains Threaten German Men In War Era Case
Brunswick readers learn that a complex Yaryan matter moves toward sale and reorganization. Special Master Col R D Meader will hold hearings in Gulfport and Brunswick June 28 29 30, with Judge Emory Speer to receive his report and a sale order to follow. Judge Max Isaac aids the receivers in the litigation.
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Brunswick
Yargan
R. D. Meader
Emory Speer
United States Court
Gulfport
Miss
Speer
Max Isaac
Meader
Austro-Germans Stalled on Front Lines Amid Rumors
British and Russian reports describe Russian forces holding the Grodek line near Lemberg while Austrians retreat along Austrian territory between the Dniester and the frontier. French and Italian actions along Arras and the Isonzo front are noted with raids and shelling. Rumors persist of Bulgaria entering the war on the Allied side, but no formal alliance is confirmed.
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London
Grodek
Kcia
Dniester
Lemberg
Galicia
Pruith
Arras
Souchez
Italy
Gorizia
Bulgaria
Thaw 10 Jury Trial Choice Upheld by Court of Appeals
Albany June 19 the court of appeals unanimously upheld Supreme Court Justice Hendrick directing a jury trial for Harry K Thaw ruling the judge did not evade responsibility but sought jury advice. Thaw has no mandatory right to trial yet trial judge may grant it and a jury trial will occur early next week. Naval activity resumed in the Adriatic with bombardment of Austrian and Italian coasts and an Italian dirigible attacking Trieste. One British life lost when the steamship Dulcie was torpedoed off Suffolk by a German submarine.
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Rome
Paris
Isonzo
War Office
Tyrol-Trentino
Cadore
Carnia
Malborgeth
Montenegro
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
New York
Frank K. Cook
Alfred L. Becker
Adriatic Sea
Trieste
London
Dulcie
Suffolk
Germany's July First Reply Drafted for Wilson Tactics
Berlin June 19 Anton Gerhard the envoy for Ambassador Bernstorff attends a conference with the Kaiser to draft Germany's reply to President Wilson's note. The high authority says the reply will be conciliatory and ready about July first.
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Germany
Berlin
Anton Gerhard
Bernstorff
Wilson
Russian Retreat Grows Near Tarnograd In Poland
Russian war office confirms forces east of the San have crossed into Poland near Tarnograd and other units retreat to the Grodek lake line to entrench against the German drive toward Lemberg. German forces employ asphyxiating gas more extensively than earlier in the war.
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Petrograd
Russian War Office
San River
Poland
Tarnograd
Grodek Lake
Lemberg
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