Fires Thought to Raze City Block Electric Theatre Blaze Hurt Jesse Neville
Two fires struck around 6:30 last night in central city causing chaos. The LaHatte Printing plant under Maddox-Rucker Bank burned, with $15,000 estimated damage and $4,000 in paper stock ruined. a second blaze under an Electric Theatre near Peachtree and Alabama injured 16 year old Jesse Neville and damaged Elkin Watson drug store goods by about $500. Firemen battled the flames as onlookers fled.
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LaHatte] Printing Company
Maddox-Rucker Bank
Inman
Alabama
Broad Street
Wagona
Peachtree
Alabama Streets
Jesse Neville
Wheelers Barber Shop
Alabama Street
LaHatte Stationery and Printing Company
Maddox- Rucker Bank
Lone
Peachtree Street
Marietta Street
Mr Davis
Bikin- Watson Drug Store
Elkin-Watson
Houston Street
New York Woman Dies After Needle Ingestion Surgeries
Molla Desmond, who months ago swallowed 144 needles in a suicide attempt, dies in Fordham Hospital after the final of 24 operations to remove them. She succumbed following a severe coughing spell that reopened surgical wounds and caused heavy bleeding. doctors offered little hope for recovery.
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Wowar
New York
Mra Moliie Desmond
Fordham Hospital
Husband Sets Fire to Home to Drive Out Family
Bridgeport Conn December 19 Thomas McCann yesterday set fire to the house where his wife lay bedridden. Their daughter carried her mother to safety through smoke and flames. Both women suffered minor burns and near suffocation but are expected to recover. McCann surrendered to police claiming the house was his and he had a right to burn it if needed. He said the family refused to leave and he aimed to smoke them out.
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Hartwell Ga
Hugh Wall
Hart Superior Court
Wall
J D Matheson
Hartwell
Miss Cooper
Elberton
Walls
J “Mo Cooper
Wax
Hart County
Joan Norrie
Mra Wall
Bim
Matheson
Walla
Hartwell Road
McCulpepper
Ewterton
W FL Irwin
Johnson
Bridgeport
Conn
Thomas McCann
McCann
Alabama Supreme Court Rejects Birmingham Police Commission
The Alabama Supreme Court rules the Birmingham police commission bill unconstitutional and holds that placing a firm or individual on a labor unfair list is not libelous, though damages may be awarded if proven. The decision notes the phrase is an idiom of the craft and can be rectified by aligning with the union.
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Birmingham Police Commission
Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Pact to settle southern railway rate fight debated in Raleigh
Washington December 19 The railway rate dispute in the South appears near settlement as Southern Railway and North Carolina Governor Glenn confirm a tentative agreement first announced December 11 in Raleigh. The pact, subject to North Carolina legislature approval, aims for uniform south wide rates including 212 cents for interstate and intrastate passenger service and heavily discounted mileage books. The deal covers Georgia Virginia South Carolina Tennessee Alabama and may require other states’ concurrence before operative. The parties agree to cover litigation costs, about twenty thousand dollars, and await wider adoption by other carriers.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Specia
South
Finney
Southern Railway
Glenn
North Carolina
Raleigh
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Finley
Charles Baycock
Fhom
Andrews
Southern
Seaboard
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville
Nashvilie
North
Journey of Battleships Off Jupiter Inlet
At noon today the battleship fleet was due east of Jupiter Inlet Florida, speed raised to eleven knots, ships in double column, weather perfect, crews in white. George Patterson, a private in the Twenty third Infantry at Fort Ontario, confined on a charge of absence without leave, swallowed poison in the guardhouse and died. He had attended the Jamestown exposition and was said to have a home in Chicago.
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Geneva
George Is Patterson
Mmfnetry
United States Army
Fort Ontario
Patterson
Chicago
Provost Receives Roosevelt Gift For Cove School Pupils
Oyster Bay December 19 Alis Sarah Provost preceptress of the Cove school once attended by Roosevelt children received a check from the present to buy Christmas gifts for her pupils The distribution will occur the day before Christmas Roosevelt has purchased presents in previous years but could not this time due to constraints
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Oyster Bay
Alis Sarah Provost
the Cove School
Roosevelt
Mira
Stolen Receipts Swindle At Tifton Warehouse
In Tifton Georgia a white man dressed as a farmer used forged cotton receipts from the Farmers Union warehouse to steal 901.07 in cotton and cash. The scheme involved counterfeit signatures, stolen warehouse coupons, and checks cashed from the Bank of Irwinville. A $100 reward is offered for C. Pope, described as a slender man about 5 feet 10 inches, 140 pounds, with a dark goatee, wearing a dark coat and vest.
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Tifton
C & Pope
Farmers' Union
J. Russell & Son
Mystic
Irwin County
Farmers’ Union
Lale
T M Johnson
C S Pope
Russell
J. M Johnson
Pope
Irwinville
W J Ballard
Farmers’ Union Guarehouse
Busasell
Ballard
Buaigell
Frank Parke
Seward Ip
Banke
Third Mine Disaster Near Pittsburgh Deepens Mine Death Toll
Jacobs Creek Pa December 19 An explosion at the Darr mine of the Pittsburg Coal Company entombed between two hundred and two hundred fifty miners with little hope of salvation. Thirteen bodies recovered show severe mutilation including three headless. This marks the third mine disaster in the month in the coal belt spanning Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Many workers stayed home for St Michael’s Day observances, then a shutdown followed at Monongah and nearby mines. Continued on Page seven.
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Jacobs Creek
Pittsburg Coal Company
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Naomi
Fayette City
Monongah
W. Va
Lons
Ife
On Intner
Ehong
Gree Catholic
Michelas
New York County Republicans Reject Hughes Endorsement Move
New York County Republicans refused to consider endorsing Governor Charles E. Hughes for the Republican presidential nomination. A motion to defer was carried with a roar and a shout. The executive committee earlier debated the resolution, and a motion to adjourn was also carried amid excitement. John F Ahearn was elected Borough President, succeeding himself after being removed by Governor Hughes.
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New York
Republican County Committee
New York County
Charles E. Hughes
Herbert Parson
Parsona
Roosevelt
Canton
John F Ahearn
Borough of
Manhattan
Hughes
City Club
Board of Aldermen
Ahearn
Grey Denied Rehearing In L N Railroad Case
The Montgomery court denies rehearing in the case Henry B. Gag v Louisville and Nashville Railway over control of the South and North Railroad. The dispute centers on rate determinations and regulatory rights by the larger corporation. The high court previously held that the state had authority to enforce lawful rights in the smelter operation and rail control.
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South and North Railroad
Montgomery, Aly
Mieten Spouts
Henry B. Gag
Louisville and Newiville
Oldu
Weather Forecast For Georgia Mountain Areas
Washington December 19 forecast for Georgia shows rain in mountain districts with fresh northeast winds. Temperature readings include low and high estimates, mean values, and normal expectations. Rainfall and deficiency figures are listed for the month and year to date from multiple stations.
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Washington
Georgia
Monuntain
Rivalry Capped In Williams DeArmond Bout
The fight marked the culmination of a longtime feud between Williams and DeArmond. Williams was labeled liar by DeArmond, and the confrontation followed that taunt.
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Williama Wae
Liar
de Armond
Rivalry erupts in House as DeArmond and Williams fight
Washington reports a rare floor clash between John Sharp Williams of Mississippi and David DeArmond of Missouri. The fight followed disputes over committee assignments and a defection claim, leaving Williams bloodied and the scene chaotic as officials halted the altercation.
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Iage
Washington
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
David Ja. DeArmond
Missouri
House of Representatives
Representative DeArmond
Representative Williams
DeArmond
Swey
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Mee
Wall Hine
Cooper
Wenroe Kidd
Hartwe
Hodges
Jackson County
Polles
J . Harper
Iain
Norris
Hamilton McWhorter
A G
Juhan Bo McCurry
Megros
Central Fires
Crowes
Electric Theater
Kemen
LaHatte Printing and Stationery Co
Elkin-Watsoon
Alabama Supreme Court
Cov
Clenn
Souther
Pact
Patterson Hillis
Xmas
R. J Concussion
Farmers Union
Dan
Guv
A. York County
Gray
Statieks
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Norfolk
Louis
Paul
Fae Thomasville
Warmington
Williams and Dearmond
Williams
John Wesley Gaines
Washington, D. C
House
Committee On Appropriations
Tawney
Poghter
Cannon
Bocher
Lloyd
Booker
Mr DeArmond
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