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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1915
Page
8
Report notes several residents heard the chase and jumbled statements describe a commotion near a residence. One witness recalled a pursuing passerby and another offered a differing detail, leaving the core events unclear. Local authorities continue to investigate with no arrests announced.
Three boys paused near an open sewer then fled as rumors spread of a woman's body found on the dump. Women started to inspect a shapeless bundle of newspapers from which three toes of a white foot protruded, one woman missing by Monday.
Detectives probing a grisly find near a grocery at 131 Connally street discovered a foot, a thigh, and later the torso of a woman at the dump behind the sewer. Coroner notified as investigators seek the cab driver and other linked clues.
Willy G Holldorff, once chief chemist at Spreckles Luger Refinery, and his wife Frieda caused a disturbance at St John Evangelical Lutheran church in Yonkers on Sunday. Congregation members fled as the pair tore clothing and shouted incoherently. A dozen men subdued them. he was jailed and Frieda placed in hospital observation. The Holldorffs had arrived from Pomerania, Germany.
A 15 year old Chattanooga youth ran away to Atlanta seeking fame and fortune. Cold weather and lack of shelter drove him to seek help at Associated Charities. He decided to return home and departed Monday afternoon for Chattanooga with a ticket and advice.
The article reports Allied plans and German promises to influence Greek policy in the Balkan crisis. It notes Field Marshal Earl Kitchener's mission to King Constantine, British pressure on Greece, and Greek liberal leaders weighing participation in upcoming elections under Venizelos.
In Washington on November 15, the Supreme Court heard Samuel J Campbell's case. Campbell presented two non transferrable mileage books to a Southern Railway conductor for his and his wife’s transport from Greenville, SC to Greensboro, NC. The conductor forfeited the book used for the wife, and Campbell won $37 in a lower court. Justice Hughes stated the forfeiture clause does not apply to Campbell’s transport. The South Carolina court’s strict contract ruling does not deny the railroad any federal rights.
The Supreme Court ruled that shipping liquor unlabeled across state lines may be prosecuted in either state, reversing a Kansas federal court decision that quashed the indictment against Joseph Freeman. Freeman transported trunks of liquor from Joplin Missouri to Cherokee Kansas without labeling.
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