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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1921
Page
4
A concerned mother asks police to locate Alfonso Staith an 11 year old who left home at 52 Wyman Street early Tuesday morning with three other boys and has not been heard from since. Her plea follows fears of foul play and requests for police assistance.
Paul Warwick reports Fritz Leiber’s standout performance as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar at the Atlanta theater last night. Leiber’s smooth delivery and strong courtly craft drew praise, while Doula Leon Hall as Brutus and John Burke as Cassius contributed solidly. The review notes Walter McCullough’s Caesar and predicts Leiber’s continued prowess in Romeo and Juliet and Othello engagements.
Macon Georgia February 15 representatives of the Macon Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers association will go to Atlanta tomorrow to attend a meeting to perfect a state organization of retailers. J D Boone president J Godfree first vice president and Stephen McKenna secretary and treasurer will represent the local group.
London February 15 Britain’s parliament opened after a seven week recess amid rising opposition to the Lloyd George ministry. Ironclad security surrounded the Commons and Lords as anticipated clashes over Ireland unemployment taxation and policy toward Russia and Mesopotamia loomed. King George in the throne speech urged peaceful means to settle Ireland and signaled upcoming conferences with allied powers to advance postwar treaties and European stability.
The report details farm hardships with fair crop yields, hog and cattle prices below pre war levels, and farmers unable to buy beyond essentials. It notes fourteen banks closed in ninety days and doubts about regional revival, suggesting two crop years needed for normalize. Colonel Buges testimony precedes Curtis explaining employer wage dispute lacks board jurisdiction and that conflict must originate between parties.
A Cordele Board of Trade report notes wage cuts across peanut and cotton seed oil mills with trained labor down to 1.50 to 2 a day and common labor to 75 cents to 1. A Dooly County lumber firm lowers wages to 1.40 a day while workers put in 11 hours. Brunswick powder plant sees shipments fall and 70 percent job cuts with wages down 20 percent.
The Coca Cola bottlers and the Coca Cola Company are locked in a dispute over manufacturing costs and syrup pricing. Bottlers allege sugar price declines were not reflected, claim cost rose to 1.81 per gallon and accuse overhead allocations of excess charges. An auditor found estimates excessive while a June 1920 agreement fixes syrup price at 1.57 per gallon based on manufacturing cost.
In Wilmington Delaware a new amendment to a suit seeks injunction against Coca Cola for alleged price manipulation and deception over syrup costs. Bottlers ask federal court to enforce protections and review actual syrup costs amid disputes with the Atlanta and Wilmington attorneys present at hearings.
A historical insurance balance sheet shows assets liabilities and losses including total insurance obligations. It lists losses in process of adjustment reported and pending, along with the largest insured amount and a notarized affidavit of correctness sworn by Jesse E White assistant secretary of American Alliance Insurance Company. An incorporation act copy appears filed with the New York Insurance Commissioner with agent details for Empire?ube Company in Atlanta.
While Mrs. George Campbell was away, a daylight thief entered Apartment A at 517 West Peachtree Street and looted the home. The robber took one suit and a jewelry box containing pins, army insignia, and service stripes valued at about $200.
In Moscow February 13 Charles Recht of New York, Martens' attorney during deportation, reported to the department of labor that Ludvig C. A. K. Martens, a Russian Soviet agent, has arrived in Russia. The report comes through Recht, noting his involvement in the Deportation case.
The State Federation of Musical Clubs convention will be in Roma March 10 11 12. Rome s Mrs Frederic E Vaissiere president and organizer will host a programme with visitors including Mrs Frank A Sieberling Akron president of the National Federation of Music Clubs and Mrs John Lamar Meek Chattanooga president of the Tennessee federation. Social events include a Rotary luncheon a Bavier chapter Daughters of the American Revolution tea and a Country Club reception by state president Mrs Vaissiere.
Washington February 15 Georgia Tech basketball dropped its second straight in Washington Catholic University defeated the Yellow Jackets 87 to 28 The Audi torium game featured Marist overpowering Commercial High with a slow unexciting contest The first half closed Marist leading 18 to 7 Substitutes Otis for Madden Dorsch for Otis Anchors for Cherry Referee Bill Fincher Halves 20 minutes
The Amusement Directory lists multiple theaters including Lyric, Grand, and Criterion showing current releases. Florence Victor co stars with House Peters in Lying Lips at the Criterion while Jane Novak headlines The Golden Trail at Tudor and Barbara Castleton appears in The Branding Iron at Alta. Will Rogers stars at Savoy, Mary Miles Minter heads Eyes of the Heart at Alamo, and Enid Bennett appears in Lux Hosiery at Forsyth with other vaudeville and feature acts across the circuit.
San Antonio February 15 A giant Caproni airplane based at Kelly field will depart for west Texas to aid a nationwide search for missing army aviator Lieutenant Alexander Pearson Jr. The aircraft can stay aloft nine hours and photograph hundreds of square miles daily. Photographic films will be developed at Kelly field and magnified for serial maps by expert readers. The search involves hundreds of cowboys ranchers and fifty government planes increasing daily.
Henry Stringer 21 of 164 Ivy Street, optician, was arrested Tuesday night on disorderly conduct and held under $500 bond. Officers McWilliams and Bullard found him in a room at 100 North Pryor Street after he climbed from a window into a sleeping woman's room. The woman screamed, others called for help, and police forced entry when Stringer locked the door and lay on the bed.
W. P. Smith a prominent Decatur druggist was severely injured in Atlanta when a ladder fell while he supervised improvements at 116 Capitol Avenue. The workman was not seriously hurt and the full extent of Smiths injuries remains unclear as friends monitor his condition.
Macon Ga February 15 Special Franc Mangum former Georgia newspaper man died in Denver Sunday funeral will be held there tomorrow and interment will follow in a Denver cemetery Mrs Mangum who went to Denver upon notification of her husband’s condition will attend the service which will be conducted by the Hike lodge
Virginia Tech defeats George Washington 20 to 16 in a basketball result. Other scores include Vanderbilt 20 Mercer 9 Chattanooga 19 and Tennessee 78 in a collection of college basketball results.
Peck's All-Stars lost to Southern Dental College 81 to 2? The Commodore Reds beat Grace Methodist 59 to 23? Pi Be defeated Grace Methodist second team 21 to 20. Tomorrow rivals U S S Tech High second meet United States Three company Leaders in second game and Boys' High vs Hapeville quintet in the last game.
President Wilson met with his cabinet in the White House executive offices for the first time in 17 months. Only four others attended the ceremony, including Daniels Burle Bon, Wilson, and Houston, all seated at the big table as photographers captured the farewell cabinet portrait. Mrs. Mary Foote Moore, wife of O. S. Moore, and daughter of the Foote family of Atlanta, died at 21 North Mayson Street Tuesday night.
Classified rates note shows 12c a line and cash with order. Mentions For Rent Rooms Furnished or Unfurnished Wanted Boarders Rent Rooms for sale and a Mat ernity Banitarium at Mt Mitchell 22 Windsor Street. Dime Messenger Service Ivy 5155.
Educational want er Violin and piano pupils 1¢ interested call Hemlock 34253.
A chaotic, OCR filled page lists rewards and lost items from Automobile Underwriters Detective Bureau of Atlanta. It notes rewards for arrest and conviction of thieves who stole several vehicles including a 1919 Ford touring car, a 1818 Dodge touring car, a 1920 Essex roadster, and a 1921 Chevrolet touring car, with locations and dates. It includes lost items a fox terrier named Ham Trewand, a gray overcoat from a dance, a small sum of money, a natural fox fur, and a change purse containing $20. Contact details and addresses are scattered for returns and inquiries.
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