Condemnation Echoes in Columbus and Hocking Collapse
A New York report finds no drastic action warranted after the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron pool collapse on January 19. It names participants, shows two pools existed, lists shares, and notes firms suspended trading. Key figures include Lathrop Haskins Co and James R Keene amid admitted fabrications.
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Columbus
Hocking
New York
Frms
Columbus and
Hocking Coal and Iron Pool
Stork Exchange Feizures
Lathrop, Slaskins & Co
J. M. Fiske & Co
Roberts, Hart & Criss
Newberger, Henderson & Leach
J. M.fiske & Co
Markon & Morrison
Lathrop, Haskins & Co
James R. Keene
Lathrop, Hasking & Co
Robins & Co
Lathrop
Haskins & Co
Day, Adams & Co
James .R- Keene
Lathrop, Haskins, & Co
Anthony & Co
J. M. Fiske
Big bond rally in First Ward draws citywide voters
A large gathering at 41 West Mitchell Street near Forsyth will hear speeches in favor of bonds. Mayor Maddox, W. M. Middlebrooke, and R. A. Broyles headline the event hosted by the West Side Improvement Club. Citizens from all wards invited to attend. The Third Ward held a large turnout last night, while the First Ward committee reported strong subcommittee activity for the bonds.
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West Mitchell Street
Forsyth
J. R. Smith
West Side Improvement’ Club
Maddox
W. M. Middlebrooke
R. A. Broyles
W. M. Middlebrooks
Atlanta
Third Ward
Kirkwood Avenue
Tye Street
Afth Ward
Bond Campaign
Banquet Program for Macon Chamber of Commerce
The Macon chamber of commerce banquet program for February 3 at the Hotel Senier is printed and ready. The guest list will be limited to 200, with the program running only for the evening. Many prominent persons will be present.
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Brown House
Macon
Chamber
Commerce
Senier
Aistrioutte
Waterways bill eyed for 600 million budget
Washington February 8 Approximately 40 million dollars will be carried in the rivers and harbors appropriation for the next fiscal year. The Ohio river Great Lakes and other river sections are provided for though amounts were not made public. The committee will meet tomorrow to adopt the bill in final form and send a report to the house likely Friday. The move is expected to spark debate among interests on government spending.
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Washington
House Committee On Rivers
Ohio River
Great Lakes
House
Bartholdt
House Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
Gary
Mother Pleads for Daughter Missing in Atlanta
The mother of Misa Sithel Latham asks The Constitution to report that her daughter was taken to the police barracks Monday night due to a misunderstanding. She appeals for help locating her daughter, noting consent for Atlanta work and recent visits to Macon. The daughter denies remarks about Macon, and mother and daughter left for Macon on Tuesday afternoon.
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Misa Sithel Latham
Latham
Atlanta
Macon
Police
jShe
Athens youth held on forgery charge in Fulton case
Edgar R. Jones of Athens Ga a business college student is jailed in Fulton County Tower in default of 1000 bond on forgery. He confessed to drawing 50 dollars from Third National Bank by signing L F P Keheley’s name. Witness W B Summers identified him. E B Hodges Keheley’s nephew and co defendant faced as accomplice but not convicted. Four checks showed prior forgeries of Keheley signature. Jones said he wrote two of them and tried to pass one at a bar but was refused.
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Edgar R. Jones
Athens
Fulton County
Jones
Broyles
Third National Bank
LFP
Keheley
Austell Building
W. BH. Summers
E. B. Hodges
Rockmart
Piedmont Avenue
Mr. Keheley
Hodges
The
Bari
Dunwoody Elected President Of Macon Fair Association
Dunwoody named president and Charles B. Lewisa treasurer for the Macon Fair Association. Directors vow to push plans at once and issue a premium list soon to attract farmers and livestock exhibitors. Fire at Bowman destroys J Y Hulme store and contents with an estimated loss of 1000 dollars.
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Dunwoody
Macon
W. BH. Dunwoody
Macon Fair Association
Charles B. Lewisa
Bowman
Bowman, Ga
J. Y. Hulme
Proposed road civen impetus for Americus meeting
Delegations from Waycross Ashburn and Oakfield meet with the Americus Board of Trade to discuss a proposed railroad from Americus to Brunswick via Waycross and Ashburn. The group tours Americus then plans further consideration at a two day session. The plan would connect small lines into a continuous system and boost timber and agricultural regions.
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Waycross
Ashburn
Oakfield
Americus Board of Trade
Americus
American Board of Trade
Brunswick
Waycrosa
New Territory To Be Annexed In Macon Georgia
Special dispatch from Macon Georgia February 8 reports Judge W. Poe and an assistant to open voter registration for annexation in Youth and West Macon tomorrow at Sheriff Robertson’s county courthouse. registration runs until March 1 with efforts to register all supporters and little expected opposition.
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Macon
Poe
West
Robertson
Friends of the Movement
Over-Eating Worse Than Starvation Trial Package Promoted
An English medical observer links starvation deaths to over eating, claiming seven deaths from over eating per one from starvation. The piece promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy, offering a free trial package by mail and urging readers to send name and address to Stuart Co. Marshall, Mick.
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Stuart
Elvery Druggist
Opin
B.A. Stuart Co
Trust methods are exposed in Washington food inquiry
Washington February 7 – House committee hearings reveal that retailers cannot buy directly from farmers without facing boycotts by commissions. Prices of basic goods have risen up to 150 percent since 1897, with a long list showing stark increases in bacon beans butter eggs lard pork hams rib roast sausage round steak tenderloin potatoes and flour across periods ending 1916.
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Washington
House Committee
Commission
Dodge
New York
Double Murder Charges Against Guthrie and Eddy At Belle Plaine
Gedar Raplas Iowa accuses Francesco Guthrie and George Eddy of a Belle Plaine murder nearly a decade old. Guthrie, formerly a prominent Belle Plaine businessman, was arrested in Shell Lake Wisconsin and Eddy in Belle Plaine, both moved to Vinton for trial. Guthrie’s wife was found dead December 27, 1910. suspected suicide ruled out as investigations indicated murder.
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Gedar Raplas
Iowa
Francesco Guthrie
George Eddy
Belle Plain
Guthrie
Shell Lake
Wis
Eddy
Vinton
Grant Trent Named Justice of Philippine Supreme Court
Washington reports Grant Py Trent of Tennessee was appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The appointment elevates him to the high court to join Huott, a member of the Philippine Commission.
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Grant Trent
Washington
Grant Py Trent
Tennessee
Philippine Islands
Cupreme Court
Philippines
Huott
Beenj
Philippine Commission
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Detroit Automobile Company
Detroit
Frank M. Scofield
Fourth National Bank
Atlanta, GA
Main
First Ward
No. 41
Southern Fixture & Cabinet Co
Trinity Aversue
Edgar Jones
Horlick
Georgia
Hood
Bishop
Bishop Hanking Company
J. J. Johns
D. Fambrough
First National Bank
Madison
N. DD
Arnold
Farmers’ Bank
Monroe
F. HL
Bostwick
Bostwick, Ga
Wider
Farmington
3. A. Elder
High Shoals
Stewart
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