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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1921
Page
3
W J Dabney president of the Dabney Implement company says state wide improved business conditions are coming. He notes more collections orders and inquiries, with some lines up over 50 percent in January. He urges public confidence and to work while looking forward.
Historical cotton market notes from Atlanta list quotes for cotton seed products including oil and cake, alongside spot cotton prices and middling values. The fragmentary text references prices, grades, and lots, with mentions of nominal figures and product terms, reflecting a dated commodity page layout.
The International Mercantile Marine company announced at 9 Broadway that ten new freighters will join its fleets within 16 months. Ten ships, likely for the Leyland line, will operate in North Atlantic service and feature a continuous bridge deck and five cargo hatch openings, similar to the Winifredian but not carrying passengers.
Wall Street watches a Chicago labor board hearing on rail wage cuts as major carriers seek to trim operating costs. Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic argues wage adjustments must reflect traffic and earnings, while opposing lines warn of nationwide wage demands if concessions are granted. Lackawanna and Erie contrast earnings to justify positions amid supply demand dynamics.
Industrial wage dynamics push railroads to raise pay when industry booms then reverse as orders fall and labor surplus grows. A new transportation law directs labor boards to weigh wage changes against living costs job regularity and past orders. Supply and demand will drive railroad rates as outside hiring rises.
Washington reports Hawaiian sugar crop 1920 fell below four year average with 5 percent less cane area harvested and lower yield per acre. Production per short ton rose slightly by 2 pounds, and revised total production reached 555,727 short tons.
Mrs Wong Jung widow of Joe Ung seeks damages for his death blamed on J M Mc Donald at the Southeastern Fair Association grounds. Atlanta Supreme Court affirms reversal, case returns to trial court for a new proceeding.
Former banker Batchellor, in tears, receives sentence after witnesses describe his past good character and trustworthiness. Judge Hutcheson weighs punishment and future usefulness as Batchellor vows to start anew. Batchellor recounts travels after vanishing from Palmetto, including Cincinnati, Buffalo, New York, Atlanta, and encounters with detectives while wearing a belt engraved with R. C. B.
The article reports that the president-elect instructed advisers on an assignment for General Wood even before leaving Marion for Florida. It notes a past plan during wartime to send Wood to the Philippines, where he commanded the Department of the East at Governors Island, with options to head forces in the Philippines or the Southeast Department at Charleston.
Mrs Gladys Presnell, a Strand theater ticket seller, partially regains sight after carbolic acid thrown by Mrs Nell Goodman Holader. Doctors at Grady Hospital show cautious optimism about her right eye. The accused wife remains in police custody awaiting a possible habeas corpus petition to force a formal charge. Public sympathy leans to the victim as a legal battle over motives and marriage tensions unfolds.
Washington February 16 An indirect attack on Charles G Dawes and Pershings former supply chief in France was made in the house by Chairman Graham of the general war investigating committee. He charged that behind a smoke screen there are thieves and grafters pillaging the public treasury and called for action against public officials who shield them.
The Southern Sagh Door and Mill Work association, meeting in Memphis, will expand its Atlanta home offices led by secretary C B Harmon. The group opposes a federal sales tax to replace the excess profits and income tax and endorses Republican cuts in government spending to reduce the excess profits tax. Thirteen states were represented at the session. Harmon reported the association now has 128 members and is financially stronger than ever.
The Atlanta alumni chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will reorganize at a meeting this evening at the Georgia Tech chapter house 18 West North avenue. All alumni are urged to attend and may contact E D Willingham or Samuel Hodgins by telephone for details.
A controversial editorial fragment argues removal is favored for gas rate voters while condemning private corporate dividends and the Georgia Railway and Power Company. It criticizes the railroad and public utility commissions as dominated by large interests and warns of industrial strangulation under combined policies.
The War Department sought General Leonard Wood for the Philippine mission, but he preferred remaining nearer active combat zones in the south. Wood had strong popularity there, shaping early camps and cantonments and earning a reputation as a friend to southern people.
Henry of Augusta was elected president of the Georgia branch of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic at a convention in this city. Delegates dined at Peachtree cafe after the meeting. The group urged recognition and aid for the Irish republic and Georgia will send representatives to the national convention in Washington.
Colonel Bugg and attorney Morris Brandon returned to Atlanta after presenting the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic wage reduction case in Chicago. The railroad seeks to justify wage cuts while employees resist. A quick decision is anticipated, with possible conference today and potential actions by union members if the board rules against them. Wage-claim payments under the transportation act totaled over $263 million across carriers.
Mrs Mary Flanigen 64 of Athens Ga wife of GD Planigen president of the Athens Railway and Power company died Wednesday at 6 pm in a private Atlanta hospital. She is survived by three sons G D Planigen Jr of Atlanta B L Flanigen of
Jonolulu and J M Flanigan of Masailen Ohio mourn two daughters Misses Jean and Claudia Flanigan two sisters Mrs SN Owen of Woodbury New Jersey and Mrs L B Cates of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and one brother Dr R B Mevitt of Toronto Canada The body will be sent to Athens today at noon for interment.
Pittsburg Kansas February 16 Alexander Howat president of the Kansas miners union was found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to jail by Judge Andrew J Curran of the Crawford county district court this afternoon. With Howat were found guilty his five co defendants in the contempt proceedings all officers of the Kansas union August Derby vice president Willard Titus John Fleming James McIl wrath and Earl Maxwell executive.
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