Plea for Simple Work in Modern Surgery
Physicians will be given dinner dance with elaborate entertainments planned for famous surgeons. Take up treatment of cancer today.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
1
Physicians will be given dinner dance with elaborate entertainments planned for famous surgeons. Take up treatment of cancer today.
The program lists several papers and demonstrations on biliary tract surgery, gallbladder removal, rectal cancer resections, and anesthesia techniques. Authors include Marcy, Finney, Crile, Clark, Mayo, Reder, and Matas with affiliations in Boston Baltimore Philadelphia Rochester St. Louis New Orleans and Cincinnati.
The Southern Surgical and Gynecological association opened in the Palm Room of the Georgian Terrace with Dr Henry T Byford of Chicago urging simple surgical methods. Drs Danna Guerry Hunner Mayo and others presented papers on stab wounds to the heart vena cava nerve injury and cancer related operations.
The Anchor Line steamer California brings Rev. James Yule Robert Tide and Miss Helen Goodwill from Glasgow. Captain Blaikle calls the trio a Christmas omen and notes cargo including several thousand cases labeled geatch whiskey amid the holds.
Thomas P. Stanley of Athens was elected by the prison commission as state supervisor of roads for the year starting January 1, 99h. A UGA engineering graduate, Stanley has directed road projects and consulting work for multiple counties. The commission also reappointed inspectors of convict camps: J. B. West, W. Hives, W. I. Flanders, J. F. Simmots, and J. F. Monk.
George Jackson, hearse driver, sped off with a coffin after being told to wait at an alley end. He was later sentenced to sixty days in the stockade after the undertaker discovered the deviation on the Houston road. The coffin toppled during the ride, and mourners were left awaiting arrangements.
London reported the Duke of Bedford's Freemont property block in central London selling for a sum around $20 million to Harry Mallacy-Déelex, a Labour MP. The 19 acres span Kingsway to St Martin's Lane and Longacre to the Strand, with income noted from Covent Garden market and other historic holdings.
Legal battle over Leo Frank proceeds as Attorney General Felder attacks Judge L Roan for comments in the bill of exceptions. Rosser and Arnold present, urging appeal and a new trial amid defense claims of courtroom bias and improper testimony.
Secretary of War Garrison announced he would not detail Major General Leonard Wood as chief of staff when Wood’s term ends. He warned against campaigns to secure the post, calling such efforts impertinent. He said Woodrow Wilson influences his judgment, and he would not reveal any selection. It is believed Major General Thomas H. Barry may succeed Wood.
Reverend Janes A Thacker, pastor of three congregations near Rome Georgia, was found guilty in Floyd city court of a charitable offense involving Emma Hughes, a 25 year old member of his church. The trial drew a large crowd as Deacon Harper Wright testified and Thacker claimed mistaken identity. Sentencing set for tomorrow with potential penalties up to a year in the gang or a $1000 fine.
A blaze in Savannah Georgia destroyed the old Lippmann building at Barnard and Congress streets, causing about 235000 in damage. Three men were overcome by smoke and a policeman was knocked down by a car during firefighting. Several neighboring businesses suffered smoke and water damage including grain, dry goods, groceries, and crockery firms with partial insurance coverage. The fire began about 9 pm and was under control after midnight.
In Staunton Virginia on December 16 the drys won by 38 votes as the total option election produced the citys heaviest poll near 1500. Staunton had earlier voted dry then wet and now dry again after a prior wet vote.
John W. Thomas Jr., president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway, died at 2 a.m. in Nashville after three weeks of pleural pneumonia. Born August 24, 1856 in Murfreesboro, he rose from railroad worker to general manager and became president on March 1, 1906. He was a noted authority on railroad appliances and inventor of a pneumatic switch and signal system. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, and one son.
A Villa decree confiscates the Terrazas and Creel estates in Chihuahua and Juarez, seizing banks, mines, land and cattle to aid rebels. The move targets rich families accused of treachery and withholds indemnity. refugees stream into El Paso as federal forces concentrate near Ojinaga and Juarez.
Paris December 16 Finance Minister Caillaux issued a circular to banks and the public reaffirming that no foreign loan may be listed on the bourse without ministry consent. The move, the minister said, aims to curb loans floated by Provisional President Huerta of Mexico and other states without French government approval. The circular also covers treasury operations and funds for foreign states.
Weather bulletin notes cloudy conditions for Georgia with a likely fat Wednesday. It mentions low and high temperatures and a mean value, along with rainfall in the past 24 hours and deficiencies since January.
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