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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
1
Bailey, under political pressure, delivers his final remarks calling the editor a miserable dog and a moral pervert as he announces plans to leave the Senate this week.
Senator Bailey of Texas closed his senate farewell defending representative government and attacking initiative and referendum as threats to the republic. He warned direct legislation would hand control to the unskilled and vicious, attacked Hearst, and opposed woman suffrage, arguing southern states favor male rule. Continued on Last Page.
Submissions and solution records for the Georgia Map Puzzle Contest near completion. Contestants with ninety five or more towns must mail their solution plans to The Constitution by January 10 to allow announcing winners between January 10 and 15.
United States Senator Jeff Davis died suddenly at his home in Little Rock Arkansas at 1 o clock this morning from an apoplexy attack. The death shocks the capital as officials confirm the sudden passing of the prominent lawmaker whose tenure shaped state and national policy.
Augusta Ga January 2 Special J Edward Brazell a white man who killed Carrie Bell Duncan in this city November 15 1911 will be hanged tomorrow morning between 10 and 12 oclock He spends a sleepless night in the county jail talking to his death watch joking most of the time He prays and reads his Bible at intervals Brazell will be the second white man hanged in this county in six years Arthur Glover was the other The Glover hanging split Senator Hake Smiths tenure as governor and Tom Watsons bid to commute the sentence Both crimes were within two blocks of each other
Dyersburg reports sixty one cerebro spinal meningitis cases with thirty five deaths to date. Twenty one cases and eleven deaths occurred in Dyersburg town. Two new cases in town and two in county. Quarantines, immunizing efforts, and reduced gatherings noted as authorities combat the outbreak.
In Budapest on January 2 Count Michael Karolyi, leading opposition in the Hungarian lower house, was severely wounded by Count Stephen Tisza, speaker of the Inner house, in a sabre duel lasting an hour after a political quarrel. Tisza was cut in the hand as thirty-two bouts occurred before exhaustion ended the combat. The dispute stems from universal suffrage agitation and prior clashes over deputies excluded from the chamber.
Seventy five citizens answered Mayor Winns call and formed the Atlanta City Planning Commission. Alex W. Smith named chairman with Wilmer L Moore and Walter G Cooper as vice chairman and secretary treasurer. A ten member executive committee includes J K Orr, J F Paxon, J M Slaton and others. The commission aims to beautify Atlanta, push favorable legislation, widen Peachtree Street, attract manufactories, and widen participation by women and editors. A fund of fifty thousand dollars is planned to widen Peachtree from Carnegie Way to North Avenue. The group will meet again at Chairman Smiths call and work toward permanent organization.
The Con titution's M. & M. contest department ends tomorrow January 4. Get busy exchanging labels wrappers and trademarks for votes plus cash sale slips and receipted bills from merchants advertised.
A Chicago to Atlanta race between parcels post and express service prompted a dispute after parcels post arrived at Clarke Howell's Atlanta office 10 hours earlier than the competing express parcel. The Tribune and Southern Express company dispute the race’s fairness and official status, with claims over departure and arrival times and carrier reach.
Fortified against the chill winds of Arkansas ex chief of police M Witt Cole Lawrenceville’s picturesque former chief faces double forgery and bribery charges. He traveled under Sheriff Hungate escort from Mena Ark to Gwinnett County where he is to stand trial. Cole boasted of innocence and claimed Higgins vanished on a bribe then joked about returning to boiler making if found guilty. He was arrested at the height of his career after rising from night constable to chief of police.
New Haven Conn January 2 In a fit of rage after his wife declared she hated America and planned to return to Italy Carl Barfle shot and killed her then killed himself The woman had just arrived from Italy eight days earlier
Boise Idaho January 2 publishers and editors R E Sheridan C O Broxon and A B Cruzen were convicted of contempt of the Idaho Supreme Court for publishing and commenting on a message from Colonel Roosevelt about the court’s order barring progressive presidential electors. They received ten days in jail and fines of 500 dollars each. The court, in an opinion by Justice Sullivan with Chief Justice Stewart concurring, affirmed the right of courts to punish contempt. Justice Aileshie dissented.
New York reports financier and horseman James R. Keene died at 2:15 this morning after an operation. He was 78 and had long suffered illness. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 2, Willam E. Reddin, convicted in dynamite conspiracy cases, was named business agent of Iron Workers union No. 8. Local members cited belief in his innocence.
Two women were proposed for cabinet roles in President-elect Wilson’s future administration, one possibly for secretary of war, with suffragette suggestions referenced. Wilson said he had received few requests and that any specific names were not yet commitments.
At 2 o'clock this morning a strong gale drove a shower of snow and sleet through Atlanta. The piercing wind and rain forced residents to seek shelter while panes shattered and passersby fought the gusts. Temperature plunged and streets became perilous as Yolie station logged many calls from frightened people and temporary scaffolding appeared on buildings.
Brunswick Ga January 2 It was learned Rockefeller and son William G Rockefeller with their wives after weeks on Jekyl Island sailed Tuesday on an unknown vessel and are now at sea The secrecy was extreme with few island residents aware of their departure They reportedly left aboard a yacht named Withhera and may have headed toward Bermuda
New York January 2 William Rockefeller evades process servers in the money trust investigation. Sergeant at arms Charles F. Riddell reports attempts to subpoena the financier have been repulsed. Doctor Walter F Chapelle refuses to reveal Rockefeller's location and attorney John W Sterling declines contact.
The forecast calls for fair but colder conditions with rain east of Georgia clearing west. Friday will be colder and Saturday brings fair skies, especially in the southeast. Local report notes a mean temperature of 46 with normal 42 and rainfall 0.00 inches in the past 24 hours. month deficiences listed.
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