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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1914
Page
10
Washington hears Mrs Christine Frederick urge federal price regulation to curb cut prices and protect household buyers. She cites piratical methods, urges manufacturers to fix prices, and argues standardized pricing cuts the cost of living while benefiting consumers.
Fred Houser secretary of the Atlanta convention bureau and SW McCallie state geologist plan a trip to Augusta next week to meet scouts of the American Highway association traveling from Washington to Atlanta via Augusta. The party now in North Carolina includes J Pennybacker secretary of the American Society and three U S civil engineers.
Wiley L Morgan managing editor of the Sentinel Knoxville elected president of the Southwestern Association of the Associated Press at its convention in Mobile. Knoxville chosen as the 1915 meeting place. EA Fitzgerald of the Vicksburg Herald elected secretary and will succeed Morgan as president after 1915. A resolution endorsing a fall New Orleans exposition was adopted.
Rev M Fanner of Bethel church and his congregation seek to indict Jack Bell a Negro for running a house near the church and Young Men's Christian Association headquarters. The case is backed by black clergy and educators while revivalist J Robinson and Presiding Elder J A Hadley support the pastor's stance on morality and progress.
Tickets for the Nat Goodwin success The Genius go on sale Monday at the Grand theater box office with many reservations made through Robert L. Cooney. Boxes are mostly taken by prominent society figures as orchestral music between acts is planned and the production moves to the opera house.
Detective William J Burns told a Baptist Tabernacle crowd that crimes once thought mysteries are solvable with sound reasoning. He cited West Virginia fraud, Detroit councilman graft, and his San Francisco graft work, urging businessmen to guard franchise rights and attend more lectures.
Bennettsville February 18. Justice Gar of the South Carolina Supreme Court freed Rant Nichols in a habeas corpus proceeding after ruling the 1912 contract labor law void and unconstitutional, following a US Supreme Court Alabama contract law decision. Nichols had signed a labor contract but never worked the leased farm.
New York February 18 The state supreme court today in Gustave Oehler a Hamburg American liner Allemannia crewman case upheld that a ship on the high seas is a detached floating part of the flag state Heehlers action against the steamship under the new state workers compensation law was dismissed and he must sue Germany for injuries from a fall between decks.
President Wilson met with Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Clark in a half hour White House briefing to discuss proposed railroad rate changes. Officials say the president sought information, not a formal position, while Clark declined to reveal any specific stance. White House sources note the president favors an early decision and believes some rate increase may be justified.
Philadelphia report notes the steamship Monroe sank off the Virginia coast with 41 lives lost. Wireless operator Robert Etheridge testified that SOS calls could not be sustained after the crash due to misplacement of gear on coastwise vessels and improper switch placement. He left the wireless room 27 seconds after impact. the other operator exited 11 seconds earlier, with a longer stay possibly enabling a later distress signal.
Delegates from almost every state and province arrive in Washington to open the Knights of Pythias golden jubilee. President Wilson will receive delegates this week as 20 000 altars burn lights across the country and Secretary Bryan delivers the principal address. The order began in Washington February 18 1866 with thirteen clerks led by Justus Henry Rathbone.
Lord Decies and his wife Vivien Gould narrowly escaped death when their private car crossed a bridge swept away by a freshet near Santa Barbara. Rail service was marooned for the second time this month. The couple continued their western tour despite the hazard.
Washington February 18 state fisheries officials eastern fish dealers and fish and game representatives testified before the House Interstate Commerce Committee on the Linthicum bill to ban using food fish in fertilizer production for interstate commerce Secretary Redfield telephoned approval from his office while most witnesses urged passage Virginia representative Jones said it would be unconstitutional
In Mobile on February 18 a Gulf Coast Federation conference urged Colonel WC Gorgas to lead a survey for gulf coast sanitation and oyster bed protection. The push cites rapid coastal population and sanitation issues threatening oyster taint, though Alabama reefs are reportedly not endangered.
Washington February 18 House pensions committee favorably reported a bill to grant widows twelve dollars a month and children twenty eight dollars a month of dead Spanish war veterans. Eligibility excludes widows or children with incomes of two hundred fifty dollars a year or more.
The Deficiency Money Bill and urgent deficiency appropriation bill carrying millions for emergency needs in Panama Canal administration work and the postal service will be reported tomorrow by the House committee on appropriations. The pension appropriation bill will follow the passage of this measure.
Telegram reports First Presbyterian Church of Long Beach California unanimously voted to extend a call to Rev. Walker pastor of Atlanta First Presbyterian Church. Walker said he would weigh the need of service in both churches and decide where he can be of most use, with no decision for ten days or two weeks.
New York reports a relentless Hudson River ice blockade between New York and Yonkers. Revenue cutters admit failure to break passage as 160th Street ice jam extends northward. A coal shortage threatens Yonkers and 100 workers at the Fenner Sugar refinery face layoffs. Captain John F Wild notes only special ice-breaking steamers can cope. dynamite will not be used. Navigation is slow and dangerous with an Arctic harbor and incoming steamers.
In Sayville Telco Brookhaven and nearby towns Long Island residents mobilized to feed thousands of starving wild ducks trapped on ice by recent zero weather and heavy snowfall. A single airhole on Great South Bay drew birds as locals, with sportsmen in the area, organized feeding efforts.
Guillermo arlinghurst, former president of Peru, was sent into exile with his son George and interior minister Don Gonzalo Tirade. At midnight he left the penitentiary where he had been confined since February 4 and was moved to Callao then boarded a Peruvian cruiser. The vessel awaited for Panama.
Washington reports opposition to Senator Owen's bill to regulate stock exchanges. A Senate banking committee meeting discussed future plans, clarifying it is not an administration measure and President Wilson has not stated his view.
Chicago February 18 Lieutenant Governor Barratt O Hara announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States senator to succeed Lawrence Sherman a Republican whose term expires in 1915.
An ad touts Kryptoks bifocals promising restoration of youthful sight and a new no line bifocal design. Hawkes on Optnians at Whithalt Street advertises the product with a confident claim of improved appearance and vision.
In San Francisco on February 15, after eight hours of deliberation, a US circuit court found F C Mills, James B Smith, and H H Mayer guilty of defrauding the federal government of customs duties on imported coal. Edward J Smith was acquitted. The case involved false weights and inflated returns to reduce duties and increase drawbacks. Sentencing set after a new trial request. maximum penalty two years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine or both.
Washington February 1. Charges against Federal Judge A. D. Dayton of the northern West Virginia district, filed with President Wilson by a committee of the United Mine Workers and the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly. The petition asks for an investigation and alleges pre judices that allegedly incapacitated him as a judge.
In New York on February 23 Dr William O Maciowell, president of the League of Peace, received a letter today from Colonel George W Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama Canal, regarding the first ship and flag symbols tied to the canal project.
The colonel pledges to fly the peace flag aboard the first vessel making direct passage through the canal, signaling a bid for calm amid tensions.
An advertisement touts Hyomei for head cold and nasal burning, claiming quick relief and a money back guarantee. It promises the medicated air targets inflamed membranes, reduces congestion, and heals delicate tissues, urging households to buy the remedy.
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