Merger Kills Competition
The Supreme Court declared Harriman’s railroad merger illegal under the Sherman antitrust law, reversing Utah circuit findings and signaling broad dissolution of the Union Pacific Southern Pacific control. Senator Smith hailed the ruling as a victory for lawful competition and the Wilson era trust policy.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Edward el
Harriman
James J. Hill
Southern Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court
Mr. Harriman
Circuit Court
Wilte
Union Pacific
Union Pactic
Omaha
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Southern Pacifie
Colby BP
Huntington
House of
Atchison
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Salt Lake
Senator Clark
Morgan
Northern Pacific
Sureme Courts
Securit
Starriman
Pacis
Great Northern
Flarriman
Union Pactic Sontrol
Southern Pacific
Union Pactfc
Northern Securities
Northern Parite
Standard Off
Union Pacific Combination
Curamean
Cumullus
Town
Union Pacific Railroud Company
Southern Pacific Railway System
Thas
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Day
Vandeventer
Sanborn and Adams
Hook
Arrests in Cafe Shake Cap County Murder Case
Honey Vandiver of Montgomery was arrested at the Piedmont hotel cafe on a Montgomery warrant for the murder of Lloan Rowan of Benton last June. Vandiver, former head of local businesses, claims he was in Jacksonville at the time and denies wrongdoing. The Georgia Corn Show opens at the capitol with 94 counties and 2,500 exhibits, featuring 719 boys and 50 girls from across the state, organized by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and led by H. G. Hastings.
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Honey
Vandiver
Montgomery
Lloan Rowan
Benton
Ala
Piedamont Hotel
Vandiver Grocery Company
Deacon-Brown Manufacturing Company
Walter Jones
Asociate
Rowan
Atlanta
Piedmont Hotel
Pickwick Apartments
Jacksonville
Fla
Piedmont
Sherif Chambers
Heo
Osear W. Underwood
Mason
Sloan Rowan
J. Sidney Jones
J. H. Felder
Georgia
State
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
H. OG. Hastings
Corn Club
Capitol
Georgia Corn Scout
Georgia Corn Scouts
W. H. Leshy
Donkey for Pony Swapped in Constitution Contest
In a school contest at The Constitution office Alfred Martin asks the Jolly Fat Man to swap his mule brown donkey for a Shetland pony. The Fat Man explains the pony must stay, since all children vie for the prize. Alfred vows to continue trading for votes, imagining future riches.
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Constitution
Alfred Martin
Luckie Street
Constitution Office
Alfred
Woman and Three Men Indicted as Slavers in Mobile
Federal grand jury in Mobile returns twelve indictments in the Southern District of Alabama. Four pertain to white slavery with True bills against Mrs Mary Wanda for bringing her daughter to Mobile from Montgomery, T R Pred dy and John Crowe of Birmingham for transporting two women from Meridian, Mississippi, and Manuel Menendez of Havana for bringing Dorothy Gilderstein from New Orleans. Also named are speeches by State Superintendent M L Brittain and others at a forthcoming exhibition chaired by H G Hastings with support from corn clubs and chamber of commerce members.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Mary Wanda
Montgomery
T. R. Preddy
John Crowe
Birmingham
Meridian
Miss
Manuel Menendez
Havana
Dorothy Gilderstein
New Orleans
M. L. Brittain
J. Phil Campbell
A. M. Soute
State College of Agriculture
H. G. Hastings
Corn Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
H. E. Stockbridge
W. H. Leahy
H. @. Fisher
Walter G. Cooper
Mothers Speak on Atlanta Public Schools Reform
Public spirited women in Atlanta, gathered after the Fulton County Medical association meeting, voice concern over long hours, crowded rooms, and low teacher salaries. They back closer ties between mothers and teachers and urge curriculum reform and better pay to improve the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Fulton County Medical Association
J.K. Ottley
Board of Education
Robert L. For ®Man
Gas men meet in convention opens at Taft hall
Convention caliea to order at 10 oclock in Taft hall for reading of reports by officers and committee chairmen. President Charles K. folm presides. Election of officers for next year follows, with other business. Afternoon session features EC Weisgerber of Cedar Rapids Gas Co on gratuitous work for consumers and I F Pierce of Wel sbach Co on gas illumination. Public address in main auditorium from 10 a.m. to midnight, admission 25 cents.
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Caliea
Orlock
Taft Hall
Charles K. Folm
Ilvers
EC. Weisgerber
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
I. F. Pierce
Welsbach Company
Gloucester
N. J
Gas Exposition Opens Amid Lights and Exhibits
An informal opening night for a gas exposition draws over a thousand attendees in Atlanta. Delegates of the National Commercial Gas Association explore seventy seven displays including gas ranges heaters a garbage incinerator a fireless cooker and ether regulation device. A Welsbach bungalow lobby scene and a Fifth Regiment Band program accompany the tour with a buffet by Preston Arkwright at the Piedmont Driving Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Commercial Gas Association
Preston Arkwright
Piedmont
Fifth Regiment
Long Isles
City Fathers Back Bonds in Unified Support
The city council and aldermanic board largely back a bond issue for public improvements as outlined by The Constitution with holdover members showing broad support. Mayor Pro Tem John Candler and Aldermen Nutting Maddox and McClelland express cautious, thorough endorsement, stressing need for a carefully considered bond ordinance and defined expenditure for lasting city growth.
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City Council
Lhermanic Board
Inkue
al Dermanic Board
Attianta
John
Candler
James R. Nutting
Atlanta
James W. Maddox
Weather Prophecy: Fair and Cooler
Georgia forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with moderate northwest winds at night. Local report notes lowest and highest temperatures, rainfall in the past 24 hours, and deficit since the first of the month with excess since January 1.
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Georgia
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Cam D. Dorsey
Mr. Vangiver
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