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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
4
Neal Head, a young boy identified as T years old, died yesterday at Grady Hospital from a Tuesday afternoon accidental shooting by his brother while playing cowboy at home in Decatur. He leaves parents Mr and Mrs J F Head and a brother Benton Head, 11.
Miss Jean Gordon, noted southern suffragist and head of the Southern States Woman Suffrage conference, led a Georgian gathering in the Chamber of Commerce hall urging unity among suffragists to push for democracy and women’s voting rights. Speakers including Mrs Mary L. McLendon and Mrs Ida Porter Boyer stressed justice, progress, and state leadership in the suffrage movement.
Ed Connor, found unconscious on Pryor Street near Peachtree, was brought to Grady Hospital last night with deep cuts to his face head neck and arms. He cannot recall how the injury occurred or who attackers might be. Doctors say wounds are serious though not life threatening and anticipate a painful recovery.
By order of the Court of Ordinary at Fulton county, a guardian sale will openly auction the undivided one sixteenth interest of Barly Edward Lyon Trainor in two tracts totaling about 130 acres in the seventh district, originally Henry now Fulton county. The parcels include described boundaries with White Oak trees, Lyon lines, and references to Clark Howell deeds, with the property held as guardian of Martha Lyon and Mary Edward Lyon estate, on the courthouse steps during legal hours.
Washington reports Republicans will not make defense plans partisan. Gallinger states Republicans will cooperate with Democrats but oppose caucus framed plans. He favors merchant marine as naval weapon, opposes internal taxes, and favors tax shifts. Chamberlain and Hay announce informal army bills to avoid partisanship. Separately New York dispatch notes Seton dropped by Boy Scouts national council over Americanism questions. his citizenship and patriotism are cited, with reaffirmation of the movement's non political, non military stance.
Berlin dispatch reports free conservative Reichstag caucus adopting resolutions demanding Germany’s strengthened power and broader expenditures while holding to a war until a decisive victory. It also calls for freedom of seas and notes price increases but claims living costs are lower than allied nations.
Government officials took custody of the schooner Lucy H in Pensacola, charged with aiding Villa adherents to land arms in Mexico. Seizure came on Washington instructions. vessel to be held while action is considered against those alleged to have used her to violate US neutrality laws. Records show ownership by a local firm, but it is stated she had been sold to Mexican revolutionists.
Berlin reports Montenegro desires a separate peace. King Nicholas allegedly handed to Entente ambassadors a document proposing Montenegro could exit the war due to exhaustion. Ambassadors warned that such action would trigger the breaking of diplomatic relations and cessation of aid.
A chaotic excerpt recounts renewed arson and fear in Cherokee County with farmhands and tenants fleeing a Forsyth border area. It links disturbances to moonshine activity and the Lansden clan’s terror era, noting clashes with moonshiners and a history of burned barns and prosecutions in Waleska and nearby Pickens and Cherokee counties.
In York City on December, Ernest Isenhower faced trial for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Raleigh Boulware during a courthouse riot last June. Witnesses testified Isenhower shot Boulware in the abdomen, with Sheriff Hood and the inmate present. Clyde Isenhower, brother of the defendant, reportedly tried to dissuade Hood and the prisoner, and was fatally wounded in the ensuing riot. The session proceeded with high tension and orderly conduct.
A Russan Turkish bath at 14 South Butler Street was destroyed early yesterday leaving two men and two women badly burned. Police seek possible incendiaries as the $8000 blaze raged. Among the injured are M Eppstein 40 Mrs H Belgel 60 Shuman 40 and Ida Falcovitch 28.
Marvin Underwood, assistant United States attorney general, visiting Atlanta for a few days, will be guest of the Atlanta Bar association at an informal reception at the University club this afternoon from 540 to 630. Bar members and all judges of the federal, state, and county courts will attend. Underwood, an Atlantan, is in the city from Washington for the first time in a year and a half, linked to activities of the attorney general's office, a position considered highly important for a Georgian under the current administration.
George Brown, owner of a cigar stand at Edgewood and Bradley, was robbed at gunpoint by two Black men late last night. One fired a shot and ordered surrender. the pair took about $25 and change from the cash register while he complied and stood with hands up.
The day promises family friendly fun as Howard's Ponies perform in Forsyth today, drawing eager children and parents to enjoy the show.
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