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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1914

Page

14

Clemson Defeats Watford In Close College Game

Clemson College edged Watford 6 to 5 in a tight contest. Scoring details list pitchers and fielders such as Anderson Goulden and Brown Freyard Crogs, with innings contributing runs and defensive plays shaping the outcome.

Clemson Erakime Clemson College Webt Jordan Watford Core Rhe Fan Cox Sn Anderson Goulden Brown Freyard Crogs

Amateurs Meeting Plans League formation and schedules

Local clubs and businesses are called to a Thursday meeting at 620 Delock to form a proposed Railroad League with teams including Company Atlanta Paper, Swift & Co, McDonald Baptist Church, Third National Bank, and Coca-Cola. Other teams may join if represented. Officers elected for Junior Sunday School league included H. Sutton as president, C. E. Atlen as vice president, and J. A. Jackson as secretary. A 1914 schedule opens May 2 and ends August 8 for three rounds. A Saturday Afternoon league gathering at 119 Peachtree Street invites Pulten Bus, Exposition Mills, Scottdale, Red Seal, Whittier, and Decatur, plus others. Gate City Amateur league to meet at 119 Peachtree Street tonight for possible entry of two more teams. Grammar league called meeting at 3 pm at 119 Peachtree Street to address protests. Local games reported with Union Point beating Woodville 9 to 3 and Tech High edge decisive 5 to 2. Fraser and Pollock notable hitters.

Delock Atlanta’ Paper Company Swift & € B McDonald Baptist Church Third National Bank Coca-Cala Company H. Sutton C. E.atlen Jackson Hii J. A. Jackson Central Baptist Jackson Hill Baptist Jones Avenue Baptist Ormwood Park Presbyterian Gordon Street Baptist Agoga “Federals Peachtree Street Pulten Bus Exposition Mills Scottdale Red Seal Whittier Decatur Gate City Perchtree Street Grammar League Union Point Woodville

Hamilton Rejoins St Louis Browns After Conference

Earl Hamilton, who jumped from the St Louis American League club to the Kansas City Federals, agreed to rejoin the St Louis team after an all day meeting with club president Hedges at Oswego. Kansas City’s Stovall had induced the move with a bonus and a contract offer, but Hamilton decided to return in time to pitch the opener between the Chicago and Kansas City Federals.

Parsons Kan Earl Hamilton St .Louis Kansas City Federals St. Louis Hamilton Hedges Oswego Stovall Kansas City George Stovalll St Louis Chicago Federals

New Haven Witnesses Threatened by Government Action

Washington reports that unless New Haven rail line witnesses repay cooperation with the Interstate Commerce Commission by revealing operations of the Billard company, grand jury action will be taken to force testimony. The move follows arrests under federal statutes with penalties for refusal. Named figures connected to the case are cited among the recalcitrant witnesses.

Washington New Haven Railroad Interstate Commerce Commission Billard Company New Haven Joseph W. Falk Mo. Falk Homer 8. Cummings Stamford Conn Polls Bilard Company New York, New Havan and Hartford Ailroad Company New England Navigation Company Harry ¥. Whipple Merchants’ National Bank of

Vincent Astor Recovery Seen After Lung Congestion

New York April 15 Vincent Astor shows improvement after a sudden illness at Staatsburg home of his fiancee Miss Helen Dinsmore Huntington Diagnosis cited as congestion of the right lung from a severe cold contracted last week on his yacht the Noma Wedding plans on April 28 may change depending on his recovery He is 28 and inherits much of the Astor fortune after John Jacob Astor died in the Titanic disaster.

New York Vincent Astor Staatsburg N. Y Helen Dinsmore Huntington Astore Astor Mr. Astor Miss Huntington John Jacob “Astor

Four Injured in Auto Accident Near Guthrie

Olie Be Le Mathis of Vairview Ohio was fatally injured and BF R Parks of Nonarekee and Pat Wining and John Cowhard of Kingfisher were seriously hurt when their car rolled down a thirty four foot embankment near Guthrie. The party was en route from Kingfisher to Oklahoma City to attend the Republican state convention which nominated Mathis for state superintendent of public instruction.

Nation wide prohibition urged before house judiciary

Washington April 15 nation wide prohibition was urged before the house judiciary committee on Hobson's resolution to submit to the states a constitutional amendment. The room crowded, many women from the Women's Christian Temperance Union, argued the people should have the right to decide, aiming to end the sale of liquor for beverage purposes while allowing private manufacture for personal use.

Washington House Judiciary Committee Hobson Women's Christian Temperance Union House Committee Congress KM Liquor Traéte United States Prohibition Mary Dye Ellis Anna A. Gordon Ilinois Howard M. Stage Virginia James Cannon Methodist Church South Mary Dye Wills Clayton Wade B. Wheeler Anti-Saloon League of Ohio J. Laughbaum Anti-Saloon League For Oklahoma R. L. Davis North Carolina AntiSaloons League

Beavers Supreme Dam Meets Here May Eight Nine

The supreme dam of the Independent Order of Beavers will hold a national convention in Atlanta on May 8 and 9, the tenth annual meeting. Delegates include Judge Piazza of Vicksburg, RB Howard of Vicksburg, S. W. English of Birmingham, and B. B. Hudson of Mississippi.

Supreme Dam of the Independen Order of Beavers Atlanta The Beavers Shriners and Shriners Supreme Dam Judge Piazza Vicksburg Rb, Howard W. English Birmingham Hudson Mississippi Supreme

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A critique condemns the poor with harsh terms describing them as lazy or weakened by illness malnutrition and harsh living conditions. The speaker argues many face factors beyond personal fault such as overwork under nourishment and polluted living environments.

Hotels and Resorts in Pa Mountains and New Spruce Cabin

The fragment lists Pa Mountains hotels, New Spruce Cabin, and amusements. Mentions dining trout, baths, steam gadgets, and electric facilities. References Creso Gistion and entities MD and PRICE, but details are unclear.

New Spruce Cabin Amusements Bookia Creso Gistion, Pean, & BL W Od MD PRICE

New Passenger Rates Take Effect May First Across Rail Lines

Washington reports readjusted interstate passenger fares effective May 1 under long and short haul provisions. Tariffs show 3 percent reductions and 4 percent increases overall, with reductions on short hops to intermediate points and increases where traffic volume is heavy. State authority remains in effect, and local fare limits apply to interstate rates.

Washington United States Interstate Commerce Commission Commission Supreme Court Minnesota Rala

Times Dispatch Sold to New Owners in Richmond

The Times Dispatch was sold by John Sttew art Bryan and J. St George Bryan ta Winston and T. Winston of Virginia and Jules Brouchaud of New York. The purchase price was not made public. No change will be made to the paper’s established policies since 1886.

Man with Bloody Axe Threatens Woman in Farmhouse

Miss Bary Sammis awoke to a man wielding a bloody ax beside her bed in Huntington Long Island. She identified Frank Fowler, a farm hand, who claimed he had killed her brother upstairs. He fled after threatening to kill her. police deem him insane.

Huntington Bary Sammis Frank Long Island Frank Fowler Fowler Tye Alway Migs Lemmis

Funeral Notices and Deaths Across Several Cities

The piece reports the funeral of Herbert Feldman aged six at Greenberg and Bond with interment in Oakland after a mule accident on South Pryor Street. In Mount Airy Georgia Confederate veteran John M. Schubert died at home aged five, with interment at Level Grove. Franklin Martin, 68, died at Marietta Street residence and was buried at Potter’s Field after service at Patterson’s chapel.

Herbert Feldman RB. J. Falman Greenberg & Bond Oakland Feldman South Pryor Street Mount Airy John M. Schubert Level Grove Franklin Martin Marietta Street Patterson's Chapel Potters’ Field

Witness for Gunmen Confesses Perjury in New York

Karl Dresner, a late witness for the gunmen in the Rosenthal case, confessed to perjury after signing a statement to District Attorney Whitman. He admitted fabricating testimony to aid the gunmen in seeking a new trial and implicated others. The confession follows Justice Goff's earlier denunciation of the testimony as unreliable.

New York Karl Dresner Supreme Court Goff Herman Hosenthal Whitman Goff Lust Dresner Bir Gray Sam Schepps Jack Hose Bridgie Rosenthal Sea Sehepps Asc Webber Rose Guif Hacker Justice Gott Becker Dago Frank" Cirofici

Captain John Stocks Dies Pioneer Atlanta Businessman

Captain John T Stocks a Georgia native and Confederate veteran died last night at his home 400 Courtland Street. He moved to Atlanta in 1880 from Alabama and was a pioneer coal dealer in the city. He married Annie Jones sister of evangelist Sam P Jones. Survived by no living sons Porter and Edward Stocks are dead. He served as commander of company B Seventh Georgia and helped found Camp Walker No 159 UCV.

John T. Stocks Georgia Atlanta Courtland Street Captain Stocks Alabama Cartersville Cherokee County Stocks Annie Jones Sam P. Jones Porter Stucka Edward Stocks Walker

Funeral plans for South Kirkwood crime victim announced

In South Kirkwood the body is taken to Burkert- Simmons chapel with funeral arrangements to be announced later. The gunmen’s tools were poor instruments in a desperate underworld. the piece laments criminal law and calls for social reform. Dormite. No one could pull both out at once. Columbus Jester.

South Kirkwood Burkert- Simmons Company Columbus

Let Us Reason Together by Wheeler Mangum’s Support

An unsigned piece in Fulton County praises Sheriff Wheeler Mangum and his deputy corps, arguing his handling of prisoners met the law through wise discretion. It defends his refusal to handcuff a prisoner without cause and urges re election in the May primary, appealing to the people for trust in his record.

Smith Clayton Fulton County Wheeler Mangum Mangum Sheriff Mangum Aubmit Grand Old County of Fulton Adve

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