Collision Near Winter Quarter Light Hurts Monroe and Nantucket
Norfolk reports a collision between the Monroe of Old Dominion Steamship and the Nantucket of Merchants and Miners around 1:30 am in fog near Winter Quarter Lightship. Monroe sank after the crash, Nantucket seeks Norfolk with survivors. 85 rescued so far, crew totals 84 on Monroe, 40 on Nantucket.
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Norfolk
Monroe
Old Dominion Steamship Company
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Boston
Onondaga
I. J. Merritt
Virginia Beach
Bureau of Navigation
Johnson
Monror
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Permits granted to eighteen clubs after locker law clash
Atlanta council committee granted eighteen club permits amid dispute over locker operations tied to anti liquor laws. Dr DuBose urged denial for clubs tied to violations while opponents argued legality and state authority. several clubs were held in abeyance for future review.
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BH. M DuBose
Anti-Saloon League
James L. Key
AR. Calcord
Loyal Order of ‘Moose
Unity Social
A. H. Colcord
Jessy Armistead
Frank Reynolds
Jesse B. Lee
A. W. Farlinger
Council
Piedmont Driving Club
Capital City
Elkis
University
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Transportation
Central
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Owls
Beavers
Metropolitan
Standard
Turn Verein
Loyal Order of Moose
Colcord
Unity
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Georgia Anti-Saloon League
DuBose
Supreme
Court of Appeals
Georgia
Valdosta
Thigh City
Lark
Santa Barbara
Clark
Los Angeles
Paso Robles
Sebastani
Francie
Lewis Cl
Lewis Clark
Spokane
Chicago wedding ruling tests legality of JP marriages
A supreme court ruling in Chicago will decide if marriages by justices of the peace are legal. Edmund J. Polls, a justice of the peace, is charged with performing a ceremony for Julia Gillison aged fourteen and Fred Drew. City officials argue the municipal court act deprived JP’s of authority in Chicago. Polls contends his state officer status grants him Cook County rights.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Justices of the Peace
Edmund J. Polls
Justice of the Peace
Polk
Julia Gillison
Fred Drew
City Hall
Cook County
Real estate deal could build downtown theatre in Atlanta
The sale of Eagar Dunlap’s No 403 Peachtree Street property for 320000 and plans for a new downtown theater dominate a busy year start. J B Frost buys adjoining parcels, with front foot rates quoted and remodeling by Hentz Reid Architects noted as plans unfold. The Houston Street site along the Dakota hotel is eyed for redevelopment and theatre construction.
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Eagar Dunlap
Peachtree Street
John H. Maddox
Sreit ‘& Hwing
Dusilar Place
J. B. Srost
Currier
Pine Streets
St. Luke's Church
Mesel
M. C. Kiser
Frost
J. F. Askew
Hogannville
Askew
Houston Street
Hoever
Dakota Hotel
Kiser Company
Byrd
Revenue Leap for Georgia Railway and Electric and Southern Bell
Estimates for 1913 show the Georgia Railway and Electric Co exceeding 4.25 million dollars in gross income, up about 250 thousand from 1912, while Southern Bell reports exactly 732,568.81 dollars, up 48,179 from 1912. city income taxes are due with payments and adjustments under the law reducing tax by license and franchise payments.
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Tosa Regents
The
Georgia Railway and Bleberi¢ Company
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Power and Telephone Companies
Walter Taylor
Southern Bell
Power Company
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Atlanta
Ito
BEWARE OF GIRLS OF EASTER ISLAND WARNINGS
Seven castaways from the Eldorado tell San Francisco readers not to seek wives on Easter Island. They quit hoping for marriage, noting the women are not beautiful and that they stayed for possible rescue. They were rescued by the Knight of the Garter after six months. only the British governor remains on the island.
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Cal
South Seas
Benson
Muster Island
Knight-of-the- Garter
Senator Smith Seeks Early Commission Appointments
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia urged President Wilson at the White House on January 28 to appoint ring members of the authors commission and by Congress to study methods of vocational education.
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White House
Washington
Senator Smith
Georgia
Wilson
Commission
Congress
Fifty Sweethearts For An Atlantan Declares Ofhcers
A 17 year old Besgia Ireland learned the author of a matrimonial want ad, C T Hinton of 63 East Hill Street, was married and a father. Police pursue a puzzling deception tying to bigamy and disorderly conduct. Ireland may testify at recorder’s court Saturday along with other women who answered Ellison’s ad.
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C.T. Hinton
East Hill
Miss Ireland
Coogler
Ana
Sau Ang
Hirson
Biss Ireland
Ellison
Bison
Benedict
Chestnut Street
Recorder's Court
Lyda Norris
Hilson
Congler
Four Atlanta Banks Pay 6050 16 to City Treasury
Four Atlanta banks, the Fourth National, Lowry, American National and the Atlanta National, paid 6050 16 into the city treasury in the last forty eight hours as interest on city funds. Each bank contributed 4012 14 with two large corporations adding 1000 or more in dividends and the Georgia Railway and Electric Company paying 42 for bridge rentals.
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Atlanta
Fourth National
Lowry
American National
Atlanta National
Oig
H. T.immun
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Steal of $100000 Charged Ten Years Ago
Montgomery January 24 Theodore Lacey former chief clerk of the Alabama state convict department turned himself in at the county jail after eluding detectives for months. He is accused of leaving about $100000 unaccounted for when he departed last year. Lacey arrived with Ed Pettus of Selma and, after initial questioning, sat calmly in the jail office while awaiting summons from his associates.
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Montgomery
Ala
Odore Lacey
Alabama State Convict Department
Tov Night
Lacey
Phenix
Montgomery County
Mr. Pettus
2-Cent Railway Rate For S C Passengers
Columbia January 24 The Stanley Mixon Hunter bill fixes a flat passenger rate of 2 cents a mile to take effect July 1 1914 on all railroads in South Carolina. It passed a third reading this morning in the house without a roll call.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Burglars Frank Holmes and Harry Underwood Self Confessed
Frank Holmes lying in Grady Hospital and Harry Underwood at the police station are described as self confessed burglars. Both men were severely wounded and admitted after a burglary attempt. Authorities report their statements as part of ongoing investigations.
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Frank Holmes
Grady Hospital
Harry Underwood
Nightly vigil ends in East Atlanta store shooting
Two owners shot last night in an East Atlanta store while guarding a girl with shotguns against robbers. Frank Holmes, 18, died from abdominal wounds. Harry Underwood, 17, survived with a shattered hip. A dying confession revealed a widowed mother’s destitution and intent to rob to provide basic needs. Witnesses recall Beavers attempting aid and remarking on burglary motives.
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Atlanta
Frank Holmes
Powell Street
Harry Underwood
Carroll Street
Grady Hospital
Chet Beavers
Underwood
Mr. Beavers
Weather Prophecy Reports Increasing Clouds and Colder Air
Georgia forecast shows increasing cloudiness today with colder northerly winds. Local rains expected at night or Saturday, followed by cooler conditions on Saturday. Report by F. Ven Herrmann, Section Director, notes rainfall and deficiency figures through recent periods.
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Georgia
Northavent
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