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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1913
Page
3
Suffragists from many states converge on the capital as a mammoth convention opens tomorrow and continues for a week. Delegates and visitors plan to meet with President Wilson amid organized protests and speeches calling for universal suffrage.
By order of Hon. P. H Adams referee in bankruptcy sealed bids will be received for the stock of millinery fixtures and accounts of David Silverman bankrupt located at 445 West Mitchell street Atlanta Georgia The inventory totals about 8000 in stock and fixtures and about 1900 in accounts Viewing is at the referee office Bid deadline is 7 pm December 5 1913 with bids opened in Room 613 Grant Building Atlanta The right to reject any or all bids is reserved Courtland S Winn Receiver Atlanta National Bank Building
Georgia Fulton County by order of the court of ordinary will sell December first at courthouse hours the estate of Pinkie Candler deceased. Property is in Atlanta on land lot 51 fourteenth district known as A. J. Orme subdivision lot 4 beginning on East Harrig street 209 feet east of Harris street and Piedmont avenue, 50 feet along East Harrig street and 202 feet back. Terms cash. Frampton B. Ellis County Administrator.
Granted at the November term 1912 the property of the estate of L F Burdett deceased will be sold before the courthouse door in Fulton County Georgia on the first Tuesday in December next during legal hours. The tract lies in St Atlanta city land lot 87 fourteenth district described as Roy street 40 feet east of Wilson and Roy streets northern boundary 40 feet eastern 98 feet 2 inches western 40 feet southern 98 feet to the point of beginning known as lot No foo of the M W Marsh subdivision plat book 3 page 27. Terms cash. Frampton E Ellis.
Hearings before congressional committees on constitutional amendments to enfranchise women will feature leaders like Jane Addams Anna Howard Shaw Helen Robinson and Carrie Chapman Catt. National American Woman Suffrage Association and Congressional Union will be represented as suffragists plan lectures lobbying efforts and a December 5 suffrage school kickoff.
Two Third Avenue elevated trains collided at the Chatham Square junction of the Second and Third avenue lines. Four people were hurt, none seriously. One train was shoved onto the station platform and both trains caught fire after the impact. Passengers were quickly emptyed from the platform.
Spanking does not cure bed-wetting due to a constitutional cause. Mrs. M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment with full instructions sent by mail. No money required. write today. The method claims to help children and adults with urine problems day or night.
Schenectady November 28 The GE plant strike shows brighter prospects after a five hour conference between company officials and striker representatives with a tentative plan to reinstate all strikers conditionally and resume partial operations Monday. Leaders DuJay and Leslie may return if their removal is shown to be necessary. Mayor Lunn said the outlook is favorable and a further meeting will be held tomorrow. The company paid about 250000 in wages as strikers, led by nearly 3000 women, collected pay envelopes for the prior week.
Dublin, November 2. Unionist leaders Andrew Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carson arrived to push home rule opposition. Law demanded the government seek popular sanction before any change, and warned of possible appeals to the country. Suffragists clashed, arresting leaders Mrs Sheehy Skeffington and Mrs Connery. Crowds filled streets. shots injured a woman as police struggled to control disorder.
Washington November 28. An Ohio 1911 labor law is criticized as driving women from trades to be replaced by male workers. A brief filed with the Supreme Court by J M Sheets of Columbus charges labor leaders aided such legislation for the law’s aims. Mrs Sheets cites yellow journals and agitators attacking the court’s authority.
In Concord New Hampshire Harry K Thaw answered New York states petition to appoint Sheriff Tolman A Drew custodian of the Matteawan fugitive with power to deliver him to New York officials under Governor Felkners extradition warrant. Thaw claims the warrant is illegal and oppressive because it rests on unconstitutional statute and without trial.
New York November 28 Daniel H Tolman the king of the loan sharks must serve six months in the penitent ars for usury The appellate division upheld the lower court which imposed sentence Tolman based his appeal on the claim that the usury act was completed by a 42 woman employee without his knowledge or consent The court held that in charging 200 percent interest on a loan she acted on behalf of her employer and to his advantage and that he was bound by her act Tolman formerly operated a string of money lending shops throughout the country.
Des Moines Western league team manager Bill Dwyer, who guided the club to the 1963 championship, died early today in Waterbury Connecticut. Tuberculosis was listed as the cause of death in a message received here.
Shelbyville Indiana November 28 Fifty veniremen were summoned for the trial of Dr William B Craig of Indianapolis charged with the murder of Dr Helen E Knabe two years ago The panel includes farmers and local business men The opening featured juror examination and a waived arraignment The defense entered a not guilty plea and prosecutors denied seeking a new witness The court prepared for a lengthy trial with extensive circumstantial-evidence discussion
Boston reports the body of Alfred Bull Nichols, professor of German at Simmons College, found by hunters in Concord woods. Nichols, missing since September 9, last seen leaving for Mattocks, Maine, had been in ill health about a year and previously belonged to the Harvard faculty for twelve years.
Noted New York architect George Browne Post died at his Bernardsville New Jersey home after a brief illness. He designed major city buildings including the New York Stock Exchange, Cotton Exchange, College of the City of New York, Pulitzer Building, and residences of Vanderbilt and Huntington. He also planned Wisconsin's state capitol and a Chicago World’s Fair building.
The Sultan of Turkey failed to recover $10,000 from the estate of Hovhannes Tavshanjian, a rug dealer murdered in New York in 1907. The money had been left to Tavshanjian’s mother, who died intestate in Constantinople before receiving it. The supreme court and its appellate division affirmed the ruling against the sultan.
Newark New Jersey November 28 On her 100th birthday Mrs Margaret Kiddney received a letter from Yale Professor Irving Fisher asking what habits and circumstances she credited for longevity Mrs Kiddney exclaimed How foolish he added I am not responsible for living so long It is God who has made me live so long She prepared a Thanksgiving dinner with her 87 year old sister Mrs Anna Carabrandt for relatives and guests yesterday
The burglar smashed a window at F. Kaelin's jewelry store on a busy Cincinnati street shortly after noon and grabbed a tray of diamonds valued at 2000 dollars. A pursuing crowd followed for several blocks but the thief escaped with only a meager identification.
A writer toured the Panama Canal and found commissary profits small, with Uncle Sam supplying food and clothing at near wholesale retail prices. He notes workers could buy prime beef at low prices and other goods cheaply, inviting readers to read Frederic J. Haskin's "Che Panama Canal" in The Atlanta Constitution for full details.
Forrest Adair will officiate at a December 12 auction of four parcels held by the Stocks holdings on Nelson Street and the Southern and A B A railways. The vacant property, to be sold in four lots 30 to 40 feet frontage with trackage, is near Walker Street development. The sale date moved from December 10 and is expected to draw strong buyer interest from wholesale houses due to freight access and three quarter mile circle proximity.
Daily schedule notices show trains arriving and departing at Atlanta Union Passenger Station serving Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic lines. Services include Pullman sleeping cars on night trains between Atlanta and Thomasville and routes via Augusta Covington Lithonia Nashville and Chicago paths with arrivals and departures listed for multiple values.
A compilation of lost items and legal notes from Georgia decisions. Includes lost dog Bun ney from Inman Park, a gold broach on Whitehall Street, a pocketbook with $110 and checks, a black and white setter named Dot, a ginger Tinglish actor with collar, a gold racket from a watch fob, a brown collie from East Harris Street, gold framed spectacles, a diamond crescent pin, and keys near Third National with rewards offered. Also outlines finder liability and reimbursement rules for lost goods under Georgia law.
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