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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1913
Page
7
Rules drafting nearly finished as impeachment foes clash over whether governors and accused senators may act as prosecutors and judges. Star witnesses loom, with Sulzer ally Sarecky missing and Elisha Root Jr joining Governor Sulzer’s legal team as counsel.
Twenty-five dollars buys a suit with first class materials and tailoring, promising restful confidence in style. Young men are urged to invest in a smart fit, with shops offering $25 suits or overcoats and options at $19, $20, $30, $40, and $50 to fit all budgets.
The House passed currency reform amid sharp Democratic criticism of administration features. The vote reflected a party split but united effort toward reform, with leaders signaling Senate consideration will smooth differences. Speaker Reed and We Adoo discussed a cautious approach to advancing the bill.
Superintendent Merritt resigns from the Atlanta sanitarium amid groundless charges. He came from Louisville where he led a sanitarium and was noted as a tuberculosis authority. The board will meet before October 1 to name a successor and likely revise hospital rules for smoother administration.
Four Hammons brothers from Cedar County face criminal court charges for the murder of their father J Wammons. Oscar Hammons and the other three, including Lloyd Hammons still missing, are accused of conspiring to kill for an estate. The elder Hammons was found with three bullet wounds on June 4 storm. The state plans to prove a conspiracy at the preliminary hearing.
The Rhodes scholarship committee will hold its Tennessee qualifying examination on October 14 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Dr Brown Ayers of the University of Tennessee Knoxville asks interested applicants to contact him.
In Albany on September 1 the Assembly voted to arrest James C Garrison for alleged contempt for refusing to answer questions before the judiciary committee about statements that money influenced votes in Governor Sulzer's impeachment. Garrison, a former newspaperman and Sulzer supporter, was held with a warrant issued by the Speaker as a tense session continued past midnight amid protests and calls for counsel.
Galveston reports a labor dispute ending today as the International Longshoremen’s Association and Lone Star Cotton Jammers negotiate. Officials say a settlement is expected by morning after talks with members, with affiliation plans under review and no final decision announced.
New York reports President Roosevelt will deliver at least three formal addresses during his South American tour. The likely stops include Sao Paulo on October 2, Buenos Aires on October 27, and Buenos Aires on November 5 with talks on American international relations and democratic ideals. He will sail October 4 aboard the steamer Vandyke and visit Valparaiso, Lima, Santiago, and other cities after leaving Argentina.
A news bureau operated by the Southern Baptist, Southern Methodist, and Southern Presbyterian foreign mission boards opened in Bashville Tenn with Mrs Ida Clide Clarke, a local newspaperwoman, in charge. The bureau aims to furnish reliable papers with news from the foreign mission field as an innovation in church work.
New York report details the Hans Schmidt counterfeiting case. Dr Ernest Muret and Anna Aumueller link to a web of crime, with Schmidt under scrutiny for identity and possible insanity defenses. Investigators probe connections to engravers, cousins, and ambiguous aliases as efforts to prove Anna Aumueller’s death and Schmidt’s guilt continue. United States secret service notes on counterfeit notes tied to the case conclude Schmidt did not circulate the notes in question.
New York report cites the recent New Haven wreck to argue conductors bear heavier responsibility than pay. Garrett admits fault for subordinates’ negligence as a Baltimore and Ohio freight conductor testifies crew shortages caused trains to block street crossings and incur repeated fines.
The Ad Mens club of Atlanta hosted an AV dinner at the Ansley hotel last night. A female impersonator performed amid comedy by Big Johnnie Lewis as the orchestra quit mid-show. Notable guests included Albert Herkowitz and Harry Talmstone, with remarks on local Jewish publication efforts and Montgomery Sleanes executives.
Governor to preside in Atlanta as McNaughton clemency hearing opens in his office. Saf ford and Bennett represent the condemned physician, Williams Bradley and Franklin speak for the state. A Manuel county citizens committee led by Price will press for no clemency as duration of the sessions extends possibly into Friday and Saturday. Dr McNaughton awaits execution for the murder of Fred Flanders in Manuel County.
Savannah September 18 Special Solicitor General R Lee Moore declares Dr McNaughton guilty as a dog and ought to be hanged. Moore will oppose a pardon before Governor Slaton Monday. He cites motive and intimate relations with Mrs Flanders and says McNaughton murdered Fred Flanders with arsenic.
Chief Beavers orders patrols and plainclothes vice squad to avoid frivolous cases and to issue copies of charge rather than jail female suspects when appropriate. He urges restraint in arrests of women, emphasizes careful ground, and reinstates Captain Norman with back pay after suspension.
Miss Almira Thomas 16 daughter of Dr and Mrs J M Thomas and granddaughter of Captain and Mrs W J Bincaid died this morning at 1 35 from diabetes after several months illness while seeking health at famed resorts. Funeral from First Methodist church at 3 this afternoon conducted by Dr Charles C Jones pastor of Grate church Atlanta.
An old advertising copy touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a sure cure for pain and blood poisoning. The fragment mentions affordable prices and urges immediate application, reflecting historical medical marketing language.
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