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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1913
Page
1
Atlanta leaders and workers celebrate after a three week campaign showing what the Gate City can do. The Oglethorpe Society is formed to advance the effort and secure support for the project.
The Atlanta campaign boasts the most thorough effort to raise funds for Oglethorpe University. Captain JW Eng-Jigh and the executive committee led drives that netted 11,727 in a single day, with two banks subscribing 1,009 each and others expected to follow. Past three weeks push brings Atlanta’s total to 220,180, as the committee aims to reach 250,900 to complete the goal.
The fundraising drive for Oglethorpe University in Atlanta closes with $1727 raised on the last day and totals from canvassing committees pushing past $199,000. Executive chair Captain J W English Sr leads a final push amid rival committees, while donors including James Lawrence Hoght and a renewed Alexander subscription boost totals.
A plain clothes police sergeant from the vice squad, Cochran, returns home to discover his wardrobe stolen except for a single derby hat. The burglar took every other piece of clothing, leaving the best dressed officer in plain clothes in a sartorial bind. Police pursue clues to capture the thief and restore Cochran to duty.
Senator Chamberlain chaired a Senate military affairs inquiry to determine if teacher's pets exist at West Point. A resolution authorizing the committee to investigate was introduced following several complaints.
The report from West Point dated December 20 describes a confederate veteran named White, age TA, who attempted self harm after firing at his young wife and daughter in Lanett Alabama. The incident left Mrs White wounded, and White later wounded Miz White and Vass White, both 16, who are his daughter and wife. John Anderson, alias, is now arrested in Philadelphia following Miss Kent wedding reports.
Tom McDonald of 15 Werner Street escaped a late night mugging on Washington Street when three men with a revolver demanded money. He claimed all his Christmas money was in his pocketbook, but the purse yielded only a false promise as the robbers fled with nothing but the empty book and $30 found later in his vest.
Giovania on December 0 Steva n Bivens a prominent farmer of Houston was found dead tonight in the roadway 314 miles from this city with the top of his head blown off by a shotgun A coroner inquest will determine whether it was accident suicide or murder Bivens went hunting this morning and a search was started when he failed to return for dinner His body was found in a field a half mile from the scene
A walking stick once carried by Andrew Jackson was sent by parcel post to President Wilson as a Christmas gift from Ley W Ladium of Wichita Kansas. Jackson had given the stick to Barney Fox, his nephew, and Fox later passed it to Ludlum in Tennessee with a pledge that it would be shown to a future Democratic president when Ludlum could no longer go out.
Philadelphia December 20 Special The arrest of John H Dasla alias John Davat in Savannah linked to Miss Kent reveals a man known as Anderson in Savannah is a bigamist. He faces California charges for passing worthless checks while his Savannah bride Davis, who used that alias, sobbed at Central Station.
Washington December 30. Democrats of the conference committee took up differences between the house and senate on the administration currency bill. Glass and Owen led the talks with Republicans absent. House aims to keep agriculture and reserve provisions while opposing some senate changes. Points of difference emerged quickly as both sides prepared for further negotiations.
Washington December 20 Attorney General McReynolds says the Bell Telephone Trust will allow thousands of miles of Bell trunk lines to be used by more than 2000 independent telephone companies. The move spurs anticipated competition in interstate business and could influence debates on government ownership of telegraphs and telephones.
Georgia forecast predicts cloudy conditions with local rain and cooler winds. Sunday and Monday show fair skies with cooler temperatures as winds ease.
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