Committee selects site for Methodist university in Atlanta
Atlanta education commission of the Southern Methodist church finished sessions at the Piedmont hotel and named a four member site committee to study Cheshire road land and other offers. Bishop Candler denied reports that Dr H M Du Bose was chosen as dean and said faculty decisions were nearly made. The plan includes a medical department at Wesley Memorial hospital and a campaign to raise 500000 for the university with Emory College remaining, sending graduates onward for advanced degrees.
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Atlanta
Methodist University
Educational Commission of the
Southern Methodist Church
Piedmont Hotel
Warren Candier
Edwin P. Amsler
Forrest Adair
B. F. Burdette
W. H. Kriegshaber
Cheshire Road
Candler
H. M. Dulsose
First Methodist Church
Hop Candler
DuBose
Bishop Candler
Methodist
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Emory College
Emory
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Adamson Hosts Melon Feast for Commission Members
Washington July 17 Special Representative Adamson chairman of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee treated members and their wives to two dozen Georgia watermelons from Troup county served in the dew. Speaker Champ Clark and Senator Oke Smith joined the invited guests. Adamson has long opposed melon cutting by railroads. Senator and Mrs West plan a trip to Atlantic City Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adamson
Commission On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Georgia
Troup County
Champ Clark
Oke Smith
West
Atlantic City
Wife Seeks Divorce After Honeymoon Desertion
Savannah July 17 Special. Mrs Martha Barton files for divorce from Austin Barton after being deserted on their honeymoon in New York. They wed in Nashville Tennessee in 1912. She accuses cruelty on the trip and mistreatment before his desertion for an affinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
New York
Martha Barton
Sait
Austin Barton
Nashville
Tenn
170000 Gallons of Beer Dumped Into River
Parkersburg West Virginia July 17 local brewing firm used internal revenue officers to supervise destruction of 170000 gallons of beer. The surplus beer from West Virginia's tax deluge July 1 was dumped into the Kanawha river under government supervision.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Savannah Girl Marries Old Sweetheart Amid News of Engagement
In Savannah Georgia july 17 a rushed marriage tied Miss Florence Martha Pickard daughter of the Rev Dr and Mrs W L Pickard to Leverett R Harrison of Halifax soon after a Mauretania voyage. The couple wed with friend present and plan to live in Halifax. The former fiancé Karl Gustav Karsten learns of the elopement after. The bride had been engaged to Karsten, a University of New Mexico graduate, but Harrison had long wooed her. The article notes the surprise to Dr Pickard and the couple’s immediate departure for New York and Nova Scotia. Continued on page seven.
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Savannah
England
Mauretania
Florence Martha Pickard
WL. Pickard
Leverett R. Harriseun
Halifax
Pickard
Karl Gustav Karsten
Mercer University
Mira Filizabeth Pickard
Harrison
J. Epting
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Epting
First Baptist Church
Eating
Florence Pickard
Artisan
New York
Nova Scotia
Oxford University
Karster
Miss Pickard
University of New Mexico
Europe
Germany
Mr. Harrison
Mr. Karsten
Harrison Aran
The Constitution Bureau of Information for rooms and board
The Constitution offers a free Bureau of Information for board and room seekers and providers. List boarding houses or rooms for rent with The Constitution by calling Main 5000 or Atlanta 5001.
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The
Constitution
Bureau of Information
Main
Atlanta
Liquor Case Involving Miss Bryant And Florist Clay
Judge Broytes rules on personal whisky limits after detectives seize 846 pints at Miss Ellen Bryant’s Terry Street home. Florist at 12 Lesgetts Avenue, Clay, says he was told to haul a loaded wagon, but denied whisky knowledge. Both were fined $200 and jailed thirty days for selling without licenses.
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R Broytes
Ellen Bryant
Auiz Terry
Miss Bryant
Wwwp
Clay
Lesgetts Avenue
McDaniel
Chewning and
Sturdivant
Terry Street
Fall of Huerta Triggers Wave of Personal Crises in Mexico City
In Mexico City July 17 an unprecedented number of personal crisis reports and attempts were recorded since Huerta's fall. Over the last two days four crises and three attempts were reported while crime remained notably low and the capital's tranquility persisted. Foreign representatives received two telegrams from General Huerta bidding farewell and seeking support for the new government, except the United States where the Brazilian minister refracted the message.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Carbajal
United States
Telegrams May Hold Clues In Nelms Beatrice Mystery
A court order seeks all 1912 through 1916 telegrams involving Mrs Beatrice Nelms and Mrs Elola Dennis. Judges demand Western Union and telephone firm copies for inspection as investigators pursue whereabouts and fate, plus the identity of Victor E Innes.
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Nelms
Western Union
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Lois Nelms Dennis
Victor EB. Innes
Beatrice Nelms
Dennis
Atlanta
Smyrna
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bell
Broyles
Marshal
Victor E Innes
Margaret Mims
Innes
Peace efforts intensify as US seeks Mexican accord
United States uses all influence to unite warring Mexican factions under a constitutionalist government. Carranza and Carbajal discuss peaceful transfer of power in Mexico City while Zapata’s forces may be brought into line. Emissaries travel between Washington and Mexican leaders as Silliman and Castellot press for a orderly transition and amnesty. Continued on Page Two.
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Washington
Mexico
Huerta
Carranza
Francisco Carvajal
Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Monrco
Zapata
Joan RK. Silliman
Wilson
Carbajal
Silliman
Jose Castellot
Bryan
Castellot
Provisional Preal
Luke Luke Probable Choice for Southern Georgia D A
Washington July 17 Indications point to Roscoe Luke of Thomaville as the likely successor to the district attorneyship for the southern district of Georgia. His endorsements impressed the attorney general and he meets legal and community standards while Senator West backs him and Senator Hoke Smith offers no objection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay John Corrigen, Jr
Washington
Georgia
Roscoe Luke
Mr. Luke
Hoke Smith
Dis
Huerta Arrives at Puerto Mexico After Train Journey
General Victoriano Huerta with General Blanquet reaches Puerto Mexico amid heat and quiet reception. He plans to depart aboard the Dresden or Bristol for Jamaica or Havana, while British and German officials offer refuge and await his decision.
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Puerto Mexico
Mex
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Blanquet
General Huerta
Porfirio Diaz
Kohler
Dresden
Huerta
Tomorcow
Tomeal
Thuerta
Gemmill
Bristol
Rincon
Gabrel
Cartallo
Laiu
Camrena
Senora Huerta
Senora Blanquet
Bristo
Jamaica
Havana
Weather Prophecy Local Thunder Showers Foretold
Local weather note predicts thunder showers in the area with sporadic rain. Meteorologists forecast brief rain chances Saturday through Sunday as unsettled conditions move across the region.
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H. M. DuBose
Zacatecas
Federal
Waa
France
Theone
Elizabeth Pickard
Elois Nelms
New Orleans
L.an B
San Francisco
J. W. Neims
Beatrice Nels
Elola Dennis
Sime
Harry M. Ashe
Jols ‘Dennla
el Paso
Texas
Southern Pasifle Railroad
Hlda Dennis
Southern
Luke
Thomasville
Puerto
Thunder Shorters
Boas Gee
Inchea
Brownsville
Boston
Buffalo
Lear
Charleston
Denver
Chicago
Des Moines
Galveston
Cee BE
Hatteran
Diondy
Helens
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Knoxville
Louisville
Memphis
Oklahoma
Pittsburg
Raleigh
Eldy
St Louis
St. Paul
Salt Lake
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