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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1913
Page
12
At a conference session Turkey rejects losing Adrianople and seeks Crete rights while pushing for frontier talks. Allies demand concessions and a unified stance as negotiations drift toward possible fresh offers behind the scenes.
Fragmented notes recount a hinge moment in diplomacy over Adrianople Crete and the Dardanelles. Turkish delegates push for Adrianople to stay Ottoman while offering Crete concessions, Allies press for terms, and talks suspend as parties seek a workable frontier and lasting peace amid pressure and distrust.
The president's action exceeded prerogative prompting Rechad to lead the Turkish delegation in leaving St James' palace. Other delegations stayed thirty minutes longer to discuss the situation, hoping three days of Orthodox Christmas festivities bring an olive branch through official or unofficial intervention by the powers.
The Atlanta Stove Works held its 118th annual banquet last evening at the Piedmont Driving Club with Sam D Jones presiding as toastmaster. Speakers addressed topics on expanding reach, trade tactics, agent selection, and improving sales, reflecting the company’s growth and future plans.
Macon ministers form a vice commission after a city council decline to create one. Fifteen men named to operate without official sanction include W Stetson as temporary chairman and others. Commission to study vice and crime causes. met this morning to plan future actions.
Personal injury actions filed in state and city courts seek 12000 in damages. Eight year old Mimms demands 7000 from Georgia Railway and Power after a wagon was struck on Main Street East Point injuring him and his mule. Frazer a mechanic seeks 5000 from Pratt Engineering and Machine Co for injuries from a lead brace on a sulphuric weld tower at Swift fertilizer works. Attorneys Moos and Branch represent Frazer in superior court.
The 1913 Atlanta venture introduces a cooperative savings system where customers earn stamps with cash purchases. Stamps redeem for cash or a bank account through Atlanta Trust Company, with a authorized capital of 500000 and plans to expand nationally. The scheme, endorsed by many merchants, aims to promote savings across Atlanta and beyond.
A massive petition with over two thousand signatures from diverse city areas was presented to the mayor and council by the West Peachtree Street Improvement Association urging an appropriation to regrade and repave West Peachtree from Buckhead to East Point. The group argues the project would ease traffic, connect key districts, and represents the best public-works value this year. The measure was referred to finance and street committees for action, with possible county cooperation. Also noted, dynamite trial foreman Frank Dare left Newcastle for Florida due to health concerns after threats received during the case.
A Victorian style advertisement promotes The Constitution offering an entire edition of the New Modern English Illustrated Dictionary. Readers are urged to send six certificates and 22 cents for a bound volume with leather binding, Bible paper, gilt edges, and color plates, promising a valuable office reference and vocabulary upgrade.
Harrisburg report recalls Margaretta Jane Brown helping an old peddler onto a trolley car four years ago. She received a mail check for eight thousand dollars with a note addressed to the girl who helped him. The gift underscores a rare, generous reward for a simple act of kindness in a city setting.
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