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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1912
Page
2
In Rome on March 17 Lina Cavalleri compliments financier J P Morgan on his bronzed appearance and gait. He jokes about eternal youth, she declines to share secrets. The piece then shifts to a shop boasting a Spring and Easter Suit display from Hart Schaffner & Marx and Rogers Peet Co.
The note lists hat secrets and praises Qur favorites with price hints from $18 to $40, naming Stetson and Trimble as the best hats among the options.
Local shops Nettleton and Howard and Foster advertise Spring Oxforde footwear priced from three to six dollars. Their reputation for quality is well known, with shoppers noting sturdy construction and comfortable fits across sizes.
Fifty representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers voted to submit a strike vote on wage increases and standardization. Ballots will be distributed for several days, with April 10 set to announce the result in New York. Grand Chief Stone avoided predicting the outcome and noted possible talks on freight-rate increases if finances allow.
In Carroll County Virginia Judge Staples upholds civil attachments on Floyd Victor Allen and Byrd Marian estate. The Allen clan lawyers plan to prove court officials fired the revolver that killed a judge and caused the earlier shooting. A grand jury will be asked to return renewed indictments for Floyd, Victor Allen, Sidna Edwards, Byrd Marion, and others with trial likely around April 15. Detective Felts reports a posse closing in on Sidna Allen and Friel Allen while Claude Swanson Allen is believed to be far west.
In New Orleans on March 26, KE. Martin & Co cotton buyers had a voluntary bankruptcy petition filed last week. Eugene Martin, Eugene Martina Jr, J. Gaillard Martin, and Francia WW. Martin filed individual petitions in the U S district court. A supplemental schedule adds 20 242 09 liabilities and 2 554 29 assets to the firm's original figures.
Rome reports Pope Pius XII condition practically unchanged and audiences suspended. It is expected the suspension will extend until after Foster to allow thorough rest.
World renowned soprano Geraldine Farrar will sing in two Met Opera company productions in Atlanta the week of April 22 to 27. She will be Mimi in Puccini's La Boheme on April 23 matinee and Marguerite in Gounod's Faust on April 26. Farrar commands about 1500 dollars per performance and is a major draw for Atlanta audiences. Season tickets for 1912 close Saturday night. remaining seats will be sold as single tickets thereafter.
Jackson Ga March 26 Special Contrary to friends expectations in the sixth district O H H B Bloodworth former solicitor general of the Flint circuit and twice a candidate for congress has announced he will not run against Judge Bartlett this year With Bloodworth out of the race J Walter Wise of Fayetteville is expected to announce his candidacy Wise a noted lawyer and longtime public speaker has served as solicitor general in the Flint circuit and held legislative experience
The Murphy Varnish Company Stuart Clark Manufacturing and Dennison filed in federal court a petition to adjudge Primo Motor Company of Atlanta involuntary bankrupt and appoint a receiver. The estate is valued at 15000 and includes automobiles supplies and accessories machinery fixtures merchandise and open accounts. Primo Motor Company is described as an Atlanta based automobile business with manufacturing repairing buying and selling. Colonel John R Cooper Macon lawyer is the only avowed candidate for congress. Bartlett expected to seek re election.
London on March 1 and 8, 126 women faced trial for window smashing raids. Prosecutor Travers Humphreys called the acts an organized attack on property. Judge Robert Wallace handed four to six months imprisonment to several suffragettes, with some bound over for future judgment. Prominent defendants Mrs Pankhurst, Mr and Mrs Lawrence, and Mrs Mabel Tuke reappeared to answer conspiracy and incitement charges. A Holloway prisoner testified that stones and hammers were supplied from sutras headquarters.
Phoenix March 26 The Arizona legislature elected Marcus Smith and Henry F Ashurst to represent the state in the United States Senate. Smith nominated for the long term and Ashurst for the short term, chosen in a simultaneous vote by the legislature.
Judge J T Pendleton will run again for Fulton County Superior Court but will forego a personal canvass. A petition signed by nearly all Atlanta bar members urged his re election and Pendleton responded with gratitude in an open letter. The petition lists numerous named lawyers and local figures supporting his candidacy.
Mrs Lucy R Young 63 years a pioneer resident of Atlanta died at her home 146 Crumley Street after a lingering illness. She was active in the Church of the Immaculate Conception and known for charity. She leaves daughters Irene Lucy and Sister Mary Berchman a son Alfred and siblings J R Holliday and Mrs J P Mahoney. Funeral today at 9 from Sacred Heart Church with burial at West View. Pallbearers listed Robert Moran W H Amoree Examer Brount John Ryan Joseph Farmer Frederick Young.
Interstate Commerce Commission ordered California lemon shipments to Colorado Utah Montana and nearby districts not to exceed one dollar per hundred pounds. Carriers must restore the rate by April 30 for at least two years. The proposed 91.16 rate was deemed unreasonable.
Rome March 26 Special charged with an attempted assault on a 2 year old white girl at Flood cotton mills France Gallo way a 40 year old white man was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Collier and jailed. The girl was attacked in the waste department while on duty. Galloway claimed he was playing with the girl. He was discharged by the overseer and a warrant issued after the girl told her parents. The vicinity is alarmed and Galloway remains in jail.
A reader recounts indoor work, poor meals, and tonic use before severe weight loss and fatigue. After trying Grane-Note on a friend’s advice at a Royal Arcanum meeting, he claims rapid recovery, regaining health and appetite, doubling weight from 118 to near 150 pounds and reporting better digestion and energy. Address cited: Postumber Ltd, Battle Creek, Mich.
Atlanta organized labor holds a grand ball at Taft Hall with tickets sold to benefit Harriman line mechanics on strike. Proceeds go to all unions on those lines, regardless of size, while Inman shops cover expenses for a large orchestra and event details.
Judge Anderson of the District of Columbia supreme court ordered The Washington Times and I A Walker managing editor to appear Tuesday next and show cause why they should not be punished for contempt. He cites an editorial criticizing the defense in a pending case.
New York March 26 Mrs Mortimer L Schiff approved this afternoon before the grand jury investigating the Brandt case. It was her first appearance in connection with the matter involving the former valet of her husband. Brandt wrote letters to Mrs Schiff that led to his discharge.
Rome Georgia March 26 Special. City tax assessors raise 240000 in real estate valuation for 1912, about a five percent bump from last year. Total real estate valuation now approximately 5661000 as papers move to the tax receiver.
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