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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1914
Page
4
The Interstate Commerce Commission released a detailed report alleging serious irregularities in the accounting practices of the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway and its related lines. It cites overstatements of income and improper revenue allocations and warns of strict accountability for accuracy in future reports.
A. J. Carling, president of the Chicago Mil waukee and St Paul railroad, spoke tonight on a defensive statement to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He explained the Puget Sound extension investment was overvalued only to promote stock sales and asserted no intention to misstate operations or finances. The company says Puget Sound original stock was 3 3,000,000 and a mortgage of 200 600,000 funded construction. Washington law limits road bonds to twice capital stock, so capital stock rose from 5,600,960 to 100,000,000.
Norman C. Creech, Barnwell delegation member, was charged with uttering worthless checks payable to a Columbia drug store. He was released after pleading constitutional immunity from arrest during legislative session and surrounding ten day periods. Case details hinge on pending developments.
Washington reports President will leave for Philadelphia for what he calls his annual medical inspection. He plans to return by nightfall, continuing a long-standing routine of such visits.
The tenth annual conference on child labor will convene in New Orleans from March 16 to 18 with prominent speakers from across the country. U S Senator Robert L. Owen Jane Addams Gwen Lovejoy Dr Telix Adler Governor Luther E Hall and Judge Joseph A McCullough are listed as speakers. The event aims to boost the campaign against underage employment with a focus on stopping long cotton mill hours as shown by a provided illustration of boys working eleven hours daily.
Mason Ga March 6 foreman on B I Willingham plantation at Dunbar fifteen miles from the city was killed this morning trying to stop a pistol duel between two negroes John Robert Brown and Will Smith Brown fired the fatal shot Poole died an hour later his body to Macon for burial He leaves a wife and four children The incident halted a lynching and both assailants were jailed in Perry later Acme Brewing injunction decision awaited in Macon Judges ruling could affect Georgia malt beer laws and the state liquor scene
New York March 6 Mrs Mabel Garcia a wealthy Cuban and owner of a清 clear factory was shot and instantly killed in her Park Avenue residence today by Victor Reynolds a young employee whose advances she rejected Reynolds killed himself after the shooting
Senator Reed of Missouri introduced a bill to authorize a commission to acquire by purchase or condemnation the home of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello Virginia for the government. Representative Levy of New York, owner of the property, declined to discuss selling it.
The repeal leaders claimed confidence in a large majority to back the president while also pushing a speech against the measure. A committee report urged careful handling of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty issues, stressing national honor, foreign views, and the risks of friction with other nations over canal policies.
Washington March stockmen told the House Public Lands Committee that the Kent Bill to regulate and improve grazing on public lands should advance. EB Crabb of Flagstaff Arizona led objections from small southwest cattlemen while E W Towlinson and C B Selway urged a leasing system.
London March 6 The British cabinet favors a three year plebiscite option allowing any Irish county to vote out of the home rule bill. Ulster is not to be united under one plan for now. The idea awaits endorsement by Irish nationalists at a Dublin convention after Asquith’s house of commons announcement. Willard Redmond arrives in Vancouver and backs swift second reading.
Washington March 6 A conference named a committee to fix a uniform national standard for grading rosin and turpentine. Chair J A G Carson of Savannah heads the panel including Co C Chopp Newark J T Wells Savannah J G Braslay Toledo A F Mastin Savannah and J B Newton Poplarville Mississippi representing producers and wood turpentine interests.
Obituaries and funeral notices for Samuel Cooper Mrs D B Evans Lena Crapp Annie Castles and W A Williams. services at Poole's chapel English Lutheran Hapeville Methodist West View Fairfield College Park and other local locations. relatives include J Tyler Cooper former Atlanta mayor and family members. interments planned in local cemeteries.
Witnesses for operators testified to congressional investigators that strikes in the copper region led to shooting at imported workers trains near Hancock Michigan on October 34 391 with fifty to sixty shots fired at a train one mile west of Hancock. Conductor Charles F Dettman said soldiers in car vestibules fired back and six bullet holes were found in an extra car ahead as strikers escaped unharmed.
Boston March 6 President Taft deplored the influence of newspapers on jurors in an address here He said it is proper for newspapers to comment after judgment in a case but not to comment before judgment That pretrial press criticism has led to much of the criticism of the courts He recalled pardoning two or three men who had been convicted by public clamor when they were innocent
A garbled ledger lists numerous deeds and mortgages in Atlanta. Entries include March transfers: Donald M. Cresswell, Jot of 4 acre at West line of Lana Lot 119. Callaway to James M. Smith at 177 Went Prachires Street. H W Smith to U S Mortgage and Trust Co on West Peachtree Street. Healey Realty to Northwestern Mutual Life Institute Co. various parcels on Broad, Poplar, Forsyth, Walton, Glennwood, Juniper, Cambrings avenues. mortgages to Life Insurance Co. of Virginia. and numerous quitclaim actions.
A $50 reward is offered for the capture of either Will Meadows or Will Perkins. Meadows is described as black, 23, about 3 feet tall, 170 pounds, very black with small ears, large head, wide mouth, slight stoop, shoe size 11, from Troup County in 1909. Perkins is black, 17, about 4 feet 6 inches tall, 130 pounds, vaccination mark on left arm, rounded head, shoe size 7, from Fulton County in 1914, to Campbell County, Georgia. Notify Sheriff B. E. Wilkerson, Campbell County, Fairburn, Ga.
Fragmentary historical record of transfers and deeds listing numerous names, parcels, and dates. Mentions Ethel Stanley, Alice Pilmer, C N La ery, Mamly W.H. Setzler, Joseph Hirsch, Dorr Avenue bounds, Cottage Grove subdivision, Decatur Heights, and various parcels in Clarkaton and surrounding townships with dates spanning 1913 to 1916.
Friends of Mits Anna Castles and Mr and Mrs W H Castles gather for services Saturday morning at 7 30 from Harry G Poole parlors with interment at West View. Pallbearers meet at 10 00. Also funeral for Mr W A Williams Saturday afternoon at 2 00 from 37 Bradley Avenue with interment at West View. Pallbearers meet at 1 00 at Poole parlors.
A garbled 1914 deed record list shows administrator and grantor transfers in Atlanta and nearby towns. Names include A L Stewart, Nanda Pitith, Mia, Mary A Masner, Adely F Westings, L Callaway, T M Weringham, Pauline Hirsch, Henry Wired, Dolphy Walker, J O Smith. Properties reference lots on Decatur OlympiPlace Benson Street De Kalb Avenue and Penniars Vege View Park subdivision with varying lot sizes and dates February and March 1914.
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