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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1915

Page

2

Phillies Sell Lobert for Players and Cash

New York Nationals acquire Hans Lobert from Philadelphia Nationals in a trade. Philadelphia receives cash, pitcher Al Delmaree, third baseman Milton Stock, and catcher Jack Adams from New Orleans. Manager McGraw announced the deal tonight.

New York New York Nationals Hans Lobert Philadelphia Nationals Philadelphia Lobert AL Delmaree Milton Stock Jack Adams New Orleans McGraw Giants

Official Averages Of Ga Alabama League Players

LaGrange report shows Howell of Newnan leading batting at .342 while Lamar steals 43 bases. Reidy of Rome tops steals with 31. Amason Holland and Donalson star in infield. Ze llars and others posted higher averages but fewer games. Morrison and Taylor pace fielding and catching with perfect records among leaders.

LaGrange Thelayers Howell Newnan Rube” Zellars Mercer Shirley Brooks Knox Flowers Morefield Lamar Jack Reidy Rome Amason Holland Row Talladega J. Donalson Trome Proctor Anniston Taylor Morrison Selma Sid Holland Jack Daonalson Tech Rube” Zaelllars Slosa

Johnny Dobbs Named Manager of New Orleans Club

New Orleans January 4 John Dobbs was reappointed manager of the New Orleans Southern Association baseball club. The club's board of directors reelected all officers led by A J Heinemann as president and secretary.

New Orleans John Dobbs New Orleans Southern Association Baseball Club A. J. Heinemann

Smith and Forbes Out Of Game Saturday

Two A A C forwards Captain Willingham Smith and Tillon Forbes are sidelined by injuries from Saturday's battle with Columbus. Smith required seven stitches to a cut eye, Forbes underwent an X ray and medical assessment for possible internal injury. The Knoxville Tigers facing the local team adds to the challenge as UT stars join the foe.

Columbus Willingham Smith Tillon Forbes Joe Bean Smith Forbes Knoxville Tigers Knoxville University of Tennessee

Frankie Burns Wins Fourth Round Victory Over Conway

Frankie Burns of Jersey City defeated Frankie Conway of Philadelphia in the fourth round of a scheduled fifteen round bout in New Orleans. Conway was unable to defend, referee stopped the fight early in the fourth. Burns pressed with a left hook in round one and controlled the action with blows to face and body through rounds two and three. Conway was down for a count of five in the third. Ringside weight announced at 118.

New Orleans Frankie Burns Jersey City Frankie Conway Philadelphia Conway Flaaly Burns Will

Fifth Annual Pinehurst Tennis Tourney Opens January 25

Pinehurst N C January 4 Spe cial Fast winning a place among the leading national tournaments in the fifth annual Country Club midwin ter championship set for January 25 to 30 including men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles as well as challenge cup events. D W Jones the Rhode Island champion and present titleholder will defend a strong field with Canadian representation. Organizing committee members include H A McKinney J Db E Jonas Irving Wright and Fidwin Sheafe.

Pinehurst Country Club D. W. Jones Rhode Island H. A. McKinney J. Db. E. Jonas Providence R. I Irving Wright Fidwin Sheafe Boston Mass

Lafitte To Manage LaGrange In 1915

LaGrange Ga January 3 Special Inven this early in the season the back ers of the Georgia Alabama league of this city are beginning baseball talis It is practically a sure thing that professional baseball will be played in this city another year and that Jim Lafitte will again manage the LaGrange club The present members of the Georgia Alabama league are LaGrange ew nan Home Selma Talladega Opelika and Anniston Gadsden the only city that was in the league last year and failed to make a financial success has elven up her charter and it will be disposed of at the next meeting of the directors which will occur some time in the early part of February Mont Romery will probably purchase the berth Other cities that have been mentioned in connection with this deal are Griffin Cedartown and Carrollton.

LaGrange Georgia-Alabama Jim Lafitte Ewnan Selma Talladega Opelika Anniston Gadsden Mont~ Romery Griffin Cedartown Carrollton

Moran Named Manager Ratified by Philadelphia Club

Philadelphia National League Baseball officials re-elected William T. Baker and officers. Moran's appointment as manager for 1915 was ratified. Miles Main, former Detroit pitcher, signed a two year federal contract per James A. Gilmore.

Philadelphia William T. Baker Philadelphia National League Baseball Club Patrick J. Moran Pitcher Main Federals Miles Main Detroit Bell James A. Gilmore Inter

Richest land owner is city of New York

New York on January 4 reports the wealthiest land owner within the jurisdiction is the city of New York. The city's assessed holdings total 1,429,491,360 inside city limits, up sharply from 1913 with large gains in land value and in buildings and improvements.

City OF New York Prenderzast

Speer opposes Webb bill for extra district judge

Judge Emory Speer of the Southern District of Georgia writes the Senate Judiciary Committee disapproving the Webb bill to create an additional district judge during his incumbency. The committee took no action. Speer contends the district is not congested and cites health and workload figures, while Webb argues the district needs relief as long as Speer remains on the bench.

John Corrigan, Jr Washington Emory Speer Southern District of Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee Webb House Judiciary Committee Speer Edwin ¥. Webb North Carolina Sawvergs

Desperate fighting in Upper Alsace yields prisoners and guns

In Upper Alsace heavy fighting forces the abandonment of six machine guns and numerous prisoners. In West Galicia on January 2 Austrian losses exceed a thousand prisoners and several cannons and machine guns. An Austrian battalion with eleven officers surrendered. A staff column and documents were captured. On the left wing, troops entered Sukowina and reached near the Austro Romanian frontier.

Galicia Uzsok Pass Bukowina Suczawa

Submarine Claims Sinking British Ship Formidabs

Berlin reports an official press bureau release stating a German submarine torpedoed and sunk the British battleship Formidabs in the English Channel off Plymouth. The submarine was pursued by British destroyers but escaped undamaged.

Formidable Berlin Saysile Admiralty English Channel Plymouth Britton

French Lose Steinbach Then Regain It

Paris reports a war office communique describing violent actions in upper Alsace around Cernay and Steinbach. German works west of Cernay were briefly taken and retaken, with Steinbach finally secured. Austro-Hungarian lines near Gorlice show gains on a high hill line amid severe winter combat. Carpathians unchanged. Ung valley minor actions. Thirty seven officers and 12,698 men were captured in Christmas battles.

Steinbach Paris War Office Upper Alsace Cernay Sennheim Vienna Amsterdam Gorlice Carpathians Ung

Artillery fighting violent along the front says Paris

The Paris release reports intermittent, often violent artillery exchanges across the front with few infantry attacks. German batteries silenced before Noulets, French guns dominant on the Aisne and Champagne fronts, and the take of Steinbach near the church and cemetery.

Paris Meuse Steinbach Oise Noulettes Aisne Champagne Perthes Mesnil-les-Hurlus Argonne Boureuilles le Pietra Pont-a-Mousson Stsace Cerna

German East Africa Capital Is Stormed

British battleship Goliath and light cruiser Fox bombarded Dar-es-Salaam, disabling all German harbor vessels. Fourteen Europeans and twenty natives were taken prisoner. British losses were one killed and twelve wounded. Dar-es-Salaam, a key coastal capital near Zanzibar, hosts a harbor and caravan terminus with a 1909 white population of about one thousand and total population over twenty thousand.

Dar-es-Salaam German East Africa Zanzibar

Atlanta Sales at Courthouse Doors and Property Transfers

Several sales and property transfers reported in Atlanta with details on Woltsheimer property auction at 10:30 am, DeKalb acreage sale, new leases, warranty deeds, bond for title, quit claim deeds, sheriff’s deed, and building permits across Muscogee, West Point Belt Line routes, Decatur, Clifton, Willams streets, and Trinity Avenue. Several transactions list buyers, trustees, and street locations. Named entities include J. H. Ewing, Burdett Health, Arthur T., Harriet E. Smart, Home Mission Presbyterian committee, and various property owners.

Woltsheimer J. H. Ewing Atlanta and West Point Wiley Vanney DeKalb Burdett Health Company Arthur T Harriett E Smart Decatur and Clifton Roads Peachties Heights Park Company Lily C. Beall Muscogee Avenue J. W. Railton Ls J Walton Realty Company Poplar Circle Capitol Avenue Ormond Street Ben Feld H. W. Steiner W. Ka Elerree Joan Deeds Dabney H. Scoville W. H. Black Grew Street Alex Reeves Home Missiona The Presbyterian Church United States Gillette Avenue Luke P. Moore James A. Stamps Fourteenth Street Curran Street Sfanuary L. S. Banknight Dilokinson Trust Company Oglethorpe Avenue L. S Sundrum Maydeq McDade Oak Street Chert Road S. E. Hogue Della A. Bailey Pulliam Street Miton G. Smith Smith & Simpson Realty Company E. B. Webb Kty W. Harper North Boulevard Columbia Avenue

Ship Purchase Bill Wins in Test Vote

Senator Fletcher cites cotton prices and ship shortages to argue that American registry must expand. He notes Germany would consume 500 million pounds of cotton if possible and the South holds ample supplies for export. He critiques foreign-built ships and urges penalties for contraband shipments while warning against another war crippling industry. Debate shifts to deficiency appropriations. Republicans forecast lengthy discussion.

Germany United States South Fletcher England Stone House

Brewster Howell Heyman Attorneys at Law Card

Professional cards for P H Brewster Albert Howell Hugh M Dorsey Arthur Heyman Dorsey Brewster Howell Heyman Attorneys at Law offices listed at 202 254 206 207 298 210 Kiser Building Atlanta Georgia with long distance telephone numbers 55923 3024 and 2025 in Atlanta Ga.

H Brewster Albert Howell Hugh M. Dorsey Arthur Heyman Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman Attorneys-at-Law Kiser Atlanta

Cost of Local Want Ads in The Constitution

Local want ads follow fixed rates: insertion 10 cents per line, each line six ordinary words, minimum two lines. Discontinuance must be in writing. no phone ads. Operators assist wording. telephone accounts billed. every home has use for Constitution want ads.

Atlanta Constitution Office

Lost and Found items and public notices from 1914 1915

A collage of lost items including a diamond screw ear ring between Montgomery theater and Imperial hotel with rewards, a black feather music satchel, a black feather handbag, and a completed assorment of legal and employment notices. The page also lists job ads for salesmen, barbers, collectors, and general help, plus a Shawnee Fire Insurance Company public notice about withdrawal from Georgia.

Montgomery Theater Imperial Hotel Eost—Hblack Edna Springer Constitution Office Inman Finder Phane' Yy Shawnee Fire Insurance Company Topeka Kan Rhiwnes Tira Insurance Company Georgia Ton Wiliam A. Wright State of Georgia Joab Mulvanh H. 5. Morgan

Wanted ads from The Constitution form a busy help wanted page

Broad mishmash of classified notices seeks clerks stenographers drivers nurses and sales managers. Listings request positions in Atlanta Georgia and nearby areas with various pay and contact details including box numbers and office addresses.

Marvelous Man Probed by Phrenologist in Old Egypt Land

A phrenologist in Atlanta claims to reveal past present and future for a remarkable man named Ali Pasha C P. Demonstrations attract notable men and women. Private parlors at 29 Whitehall near Buch's Shoe Store. Also ads for hairdressing, manicure, sewing school, maternity care, furnace repair, carpet cleaning, and smoking tobacco.

Ali Pasha C. P Attangs Land of Myster Old Egypt Atlanta Whitehall Buch A. Clayton CO East Hunter Pryor Streets

Educational and trade ads seek teachers and salesmen

A scanned page lists numerous ads: Spanish and French tutors, a select school near 4 Peachtree Street, barber training at Atlanta Barber College, harness machine operators, stock salesmen for oil prospects in Electra and Oklahoma fields, high‑class salesmen, solicitors, and a printing office seeking a solicitor. Also mentions retail rubber goods and rich room supplies, and various addresses including Auburn Avenue and Whitehall Street.

Jacobs G. O. Branning Atlanta Barber College Mitchell St Campbell Union Paris Sandlery Comny Whiteha Noth Stein Electra Caddo Oklahoma Praetorian Dullay American Vulcanizing Co Dept Molino Ilinois Jones Canbler Whitehall Street Atlanta St. Lows Peachtree Printing Office Auburn Avenue Been Tire Co E. T. Schenck Mgr Peachtree Jstreet Ivy Southern Dorris Garage John Mo Smith Company E Lundgren F. C. Skinner E. H. Odombros Ivy_street Aayamons Waorke

Automobiles for Sale and Wanted Listings

Numerous transportation ads offer a 1917 Cadillac roadster in top condition with self starter electric lights, plus a 1916 Cadillac five passenger model in showroom new condition, and several other Cadillacs and Overlands. Prices range from 275 to cash deals. several phones and addresses in Colbert, Atlanta, and legal notice style. Also a real estate ad seeks a 110 by 104 lot opposite Brookhaven Club for 94500.

Delco Hox Colbert Spring Street Atlanta Dadillac Company Pembtree Atreat Budson Detco Tash Call West Cadillan Candler Brookhaven Club Care Constitution

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