Amerigug Gas and Electric Company stock and bonds approved
After two days of review the railroad commission allowed Amerigus Gas and Electric to issue 100000 stock and 350000 bonds under conditions. Expert G R Solomon valued the property at 218000 plus 20 percent for intangibles, totaling 260583, guiding the approval. Additional bond issues of 14000 for working capital, 15000 for extensions, and a future 50000 with conditions were authorized, with bond prices not below 83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerigug Gas and “Electric Company
Fqp
Railroad ‘Commission
Comany
Americus
Igitar
G. R. Solomon
Auianta
Solo- Man
Solomon
Water Supply Plans For Columbus From Chattahoochee
Columbus Ga March 20 Special engineer J I Ludlow recommends Chattahoochee River as city water source roosting a Factory hill reservoir north of the city and bringing water by gravity at an estimated cost of 435000 He says river water can be purified by filtration and an election may be held soon on additional water bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
J. I. Ludlow
Everett Man Shot by Negro in Illiore Ga
Everett May wounded by Seymour Young after a Friday shooting in Illiore. Doctors report May stable and recovering from pneumonia risk. Sheriff’s posse continues search in Wrightaville for the tall, dark-skinned suspect wearing blue overalls and a fine voice. Reward offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illiore
W. & Orate Meo
Seymour Young
Sferdky
Ees Pheumonia
Asim Fe
G Sheriff
Wrightaville
Griswold
Iegro
Augusta Bonds Sought for Savannah River Levee
Augusta chamber of commerce tonight urged issuing bonds worth 1.25 million for immediate levee construction to hold 42 feet of freshet waters on the Savannah river. The city has expended 400,000 on river protection as foundation for seven work, with broad support and unity on river protection measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Chamber of Commerce
Savannah
Chamber Af Commerce
Boys of Atlanta to Meet Sunday Night at Wesley Memorial
Atlanta boys prepare for a Wesley Memorial church gathering Sunday evening at 8. V. D. faith members will deliver one minute sermons on topics from shower baths to higher education. Sam Swilling, known as the boy orator, will speak on the Value of Social Work. A boy choir and ushers will also participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Wesley Memorial Church
Sam Swilling
Dr Hawthorne Sermons Volume For Mrs Hawthorne
Dr J B Hawthorne, a notable Atlanta figure, has published a sermon volume now on sale for Mrs Hawthorne. The Lester Book and Stationery Company in Atlanta will handle sales at no charge. Friends across Georgia and Alabama may purchase a copy priced at 2.00 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hawthorne
Atlanta
Hawthorne
Lester Book and Stationery Company
Gale
Can't Walk to School With Sweethearts in Savannah
Savannah March 20 Special. High school boys and girls may no longer walk to school together or depart after classes. Principal B F Pickett issued the edict today and warned strict action for boys meeting girls or carrying books home. He supports the spirit of associations but says intimacy distracts students, especially boys. The board of education may review the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
B. F. Pickett
Picket
Board of Education
Mrs Taft Stumbles At Exhibition In New York
New York March 2 Mrs Taft wife of President Taft stumbled while alighting from a wheeled chair at the Woman's Industrial Exhibition in Grand Central Palace and fell to the floor She was not injured and later attended a matinee The report of serious injury spread quickly but was reassured by inquiries President Taft learned of the incident by long distance call and was told she had merely stepped on her dress and fallen with no injuries
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mra Taft
Taft
Grand Central Palace
Cards Dancing Stage Topics For Methodists
Kansas City March 20 Card playing dancing and theater going are among topics at the forty fourth annual meeting of the St Louis conference of the Methodist Episcopal church which began here today. Bishop Wm A Quayle of Oklahoma presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St. Louis
Methodist-Episcopal Church
Wm. A Quayle
Oklahoma
Alderman Secures Fast Permit Through Council Action
Alderman James W Maddox obtained a construction permit for excavating at the southeast corner of Haring and Peachtree Streets by summoning a special session of the city council and the aldermanic board. Mayor Winn attended and said he would approve the measure in the morning. Maddox began work that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aity Council
Aldermanic Board
James W. Maddox
Haring and
Peachtree
Pelarl
Winn
Derman Maddox
Waycross Meeting Forms Railway Negro Education Board
Waycross Georgia March 20 Special Steps for the immediate construction of the Waycross and Westerners railroad at a stockholders meeting here officers elected Alex Seasoms president F B Sirmans vice president John G Sesaome secretary and treasurer C Fort Andrews land and industrial agent Executive committee officers plus board of directors named from Waycross and nearby towns Capital of 150000 Thirteen miles of the road already built surveyors busy on balance of route Sub-conferences for Education in the South will meet in Nashville April with many invited to discuss farm education economic efficiency and better living for blacks Dr James H Dallliard of New Orleans slated to conduct the session attended by white presidents of negro schools in the region and many agricultural experts</S:
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waycross
Waycross and Westerners
Aday
Alex Seasoms
F. B. Sirmans
Sirmans
John
G. Sesaome
C. Fort Andrews
Ortoink
H. N. Harry
M. L. Bunn
W. E
Nashville
Apri
Geil
Ehleb
South
Southern Agricultural Collegen
Hun
Charles Barrett
the Farmers’ Union
Jamey H. Dallliard
New Orleans
Jeanes and Slater
Smiling burglars flee with loot in New Rochelle
Four persons in an automobile robbed the home of Corporation Counsel Mark M. Schlesinger in New Rochelle. They drove away with about $10,000 in jewelry and other valuables, bowing and waving as if bidding farewell. Neighbors were deceived, believing the Schlessingers were still away in Palm Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
Mark M. Schlesisinger
Lunder
Schlessinger
Palm Beach
Herrmann Quits City Republican Leadership After 30 Years
March 20 Cincinnati, August Herrmann, longtime associate of George B. Cox in Cincinnati Republican politics, announced his retirement as head of the party organization. Herrmann, a municipal government specialist, has led the party in this city for decades and serves as president of the National Baseball Commission and of the Cincinnati National League club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnat
August Herrmann
George B. Cox
Cox
Herrmann
Republican Party
National Baseball Commission
Cincinnati National League Baseball Club
City Council Urges Violation of Law
Louisville Ky March 20 By resolution adopted last night the lower board of the general council advised the mayor to disregard the state Sunday closing law and permit saloons to remain open on Sunday except during church hours. The reason given was there are not enough policemen to watch all the saloons and the business is legitimate but overburdened by high license increased costs rentals and drastic closing hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louiaville
General Council
United States
Pension System in Chicago Professors Plan
University of Chicago faculty and widows will benefit from a Pension System with a $2,060,000 endowment announced by President Harry Pratt Judson. About 150 to 200 faculty members, out of 350, will be eligible for pensions ranging from $1,000 to $48,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
University of Chicago
Harry Pratt Judson
Martin Cotton Firm In Receiver's Hands
New Orleans March 20 W. B Thompson former president of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange was today appointed receiver of the defunct cotton firm of KL Martin & Co which yesterday filed for voluntary bankruptcy in the United States district court. Liabilities total 802887.45 with assets of 819875. Among the heaviest secured creditors are the Hibarnia Bank and Trust Co of New Orleans 186000 Whitney Central National Bank of New Orleans 25000 8 Cumbel Co Ltd of New Orleans 75000 Lohman Stern Co of New Orleans 88000 American Bank and Trust Co of Vicksburg Miss 50000 Fifth National Bank of Vicksburg 10000 Canal Louisiana Bank and Trust Co of New Orleans 25000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
W. 3B. Thompson
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
KL Martin & Co
United States District Court
Hibarnia Bank and Trust Company
New Orleana
Suffragette Ellen Pitfield sentenced to six months
London March 20 Ellen Pitfield the suffragette who tried to burn the General Post Office in London on March 3 was sentenced at the Old Bailey to six months imprisonment in the second division. The judge said the sentence would have been harsher but for her health granting her some prison privileges not given to ordinary inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ellen Pitfelg Tha 'Sufragette
Old Bailey
Foster Brown Returns to Porto Rico Official in Transit
Attorney General Foster W. Brown of Porto Rico arrives in New York en route to Washington to submit his resignation to President Taft and then return to Chattanooga Tennessee to resume his law practice. He praises Porto Rico’s progress and prosperity after two years stationed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Brown
New York
Foster W. Brown
Porto Rico
Washington
Taft
Chattanooga
Tenn
Brown
Hirsch Fighting Duty on Caffein
Washington reports a debate over caffeine’s status as habit forming. Coca Cola offered to let Dr Wiley and others form an impartial board to decide caffeine's classification, with Coca Cola bound by the result. Dr Wiley refused to yield, maintaining he alone rules on such matters despite scientific consensus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Corriga
Washington
Harvey W. Wile
Mment
Chattanooga
Aley
Atttorney
B. Miller
Wiley “Goreasly
Coca-Cola Company
Wiley
Hirsch
Coca- Cola Company
Dr. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Coca-Cola
House
Pound
Dwight Manufacturing Company Accused of Importing Greeks
Boston March 20 United States District Attorney French filed charges against Dwight Manufacturing Company with mills in Chicopee and Alabama City Alabama alleging violation of the contract labor law. The suit seeks 97000 dollars and claims 97 Greeks were imported from Turkey and placed in the cotton mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
French
Dwight Manufacturing Company
Chicopee
Alabama City
Ala
Sait
Turkey
Blizzard and Cold Wave Raging Across West to South
Chicago reports blizzards with temperatures as low as 18 degrees below zero. A cold wave reaches southern Missouri as snow or rain is forecast for Oklahoma and northern Texas tonight. The disturbance in the west is expected to move northeastward, drawing concern from fruit crop interests in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Gas explosion in Dunmore kills nine in two families
Scranton report states a gas main leak caused a blast in a Dunmore residence. Nine people died including John Cavelia and five children and Mrs Vito Summa and two of her children, with Mary Summa found 50 feet from the blast. Dozens of homes damaged and many residents injured.
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Scranton
Ming
Pine
Dunmore
Here
John Cavelia
Hubert
Dominick
Lucy
Lizsie
Willem
Vito Summa
Cavelia
Mary
Frank
Mary Summa
Cavella
$1,000,000 Paid for Velasquez Portrait Pair
New York March 10 Benjamin F Altman buys two Velasquez portraits once in Villa Harmoso palace. The 1684 works depict King Philip IV of Spain and his minister the Duke of Olivares. Purchase price just over $1 million, the highest for Velasquez portraits. Other records note H Kann paid $500,000 for a self portrait, J Morgan $500,000 for Raphael, and Mrs. O P Fullington paid $490,000 for another Velasquez.
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New York
Benjamin F. Altman
H. Kann
Franz Hala
Raphael
Velasques
O. P. Bunington
Joined Army After Concealing Conviction and Dead Hotel Pioneer
Mobile March 20 Charles George Schuktz formerly sentenced to a Minn reformatory left for Minneapolis to finish an indeterminate sentence for grand larceny after parole. Bohulitz court martialed for enlisting without disclosing prior penal institution, sentence expiring. Charles Seelbach Jr 61, vice president and GM of Seelbach Hotel Co and noted southern hotel man, died in Lousville pneumonia.
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Mobile
Als
Charles
George Schuktz
State Reformatory
St. Cloud
Minn
Minneapolis
Bohulitz
Penal Institution
Charles Seelbach
Loutaville
Charles Seelbach, Jr
Seelbach Hotel Company
South
Frankenthal
Germany
Lexington
House committee sessions and action on bills
In session at 2 PM the house of representatives held hearings on a chemical tariff reduction bill and considered fortifications appropriation. The Foreign Relations Committee weighed Honduran and Nicaraguan matters. By 6:29 PM panels adjourned after a day of committee reports including a Panama tolls dispute and consular reform discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thureaay
Buste Department
Knox
Department
Interstate Commerce
Panama
Civil Service
Foreign Affairs Committee
Sulzer Bi
Padgett
Naval
Democrats
Women Suffrage Defeated in Senate Vote
Beaton March 20. Woman suffrage and the direct election of US senators were defeated in the senate by close votes. Suffrage failed 17 to 18 and direct senator votes failed 13 to 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaton
United States
Senate
Shot Girl Killed Self After Rejected Suit in Bayonne
In Bayonne New York on March 20 John W Groundeweter 24 waited for Louisa Graf his sweetheart and shot her in the face after she repulsed his attentions. As she fell to the sidewall he shot himself in the brain dying instantly. The injured girl shows some signs of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
Bayonne
N. Y
John W. Groundeweter
Louisa Graf
Feeding the ill with Ozomulsion and hope
Public health era advertisement asserts Ozomulsion feeds children workers and patients to restore flesh and vigor. It offers a free sample bottle by mail and promotes the Norway cod liver oil emulsion as life giving and palatable, inviting postcards to 648 Pearl St. New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Pearl St. N.Y
DDD Prescription Promised to Cure Itch Quickly
A druggist advertises DDD as a guaranteed remedy for eczema and psoriasis claiming instant itch relief within two seconds. It promotes a mild oil of wintergreen based wash and promises full size bottle refund if not satisfied, urging customers to try the product at Jacobs' Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.D.D
Thett
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Chattahoochee
Wil Bebaud
Columbus Barrel Manufacturing Company
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Melville Strats
Columbus Guarda
Randolph
Gece
Taylor Ate II
M. Mosse
BW. Elis
P.pearce
A. Roberta
T. Mattox
W. S. Taylor
J. ¥Ineap
Edwarda
H. Knighton
W. C. West
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H. Shelley
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Jower-Hobart CO
Ind
South Broad St
Atlanta, Ga
Chamber ‘of
Commerce
Atlakt
DR. Hawthorne
Mrs. Taft
Canes
Inca
Ohio
Aris Temanten
Wen
Iis Optim Ma
Wich
Eee
Aldi Man
Railway Company
Negro Education
Martin Cotton Firm
Sana
Tae
Coca. Co
Wile
Disbrow
Louis Disbrow
Atlantic Pablo Beach
Jacksonville
Fla
Lewis
THE
Strauss, Pritz CO
Distillers
Wees
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