Gunmen Defied in Tennessee House Showdown at Capitol
Nashville September 23 revelry as Speaker Stanton charged governors gunmen with bringing two suitcases of guns into the capitol. Members unarmed in show of defiance as taunts flew and a motion to investigate was voted down. Debate raged over threats and intimidation as the chamber adjourned amid high tension. A later note said the Senate backed a direct vote for U.S. Senators while a resolution to summon Senator Fisher failed.
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Nashville
Tenn
Capitol
House of Representatives
Stanton
George < Renfro
Hooper
McFarland
JM Staunton
Store 4
Mr Welatland
McParland
House
Senate
United
Frison
Misher
Shelby County
Tenmnt
George C Renfro
Renfro
Senator Fisher
Wilsons Man Named by Jersey Democrats
Indications at midnight showed Acting Governor James F Fielder nominated by Jersey Democrats for governor. Frank S Katzenbach of Trenton opposed. Edward C Stokes led Republicans with Robert Garey Charles N Fowler and State Senator Carlton Pierce contesting. Colby Osborne and Walsh Neoned led progressives. Gardiner Walsh Bird to head tickets after primaries. Barry appears to beat Long for Democratic second spot.
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Theaton J
James F Fielder
Frank S Katzenpach
Trenton
Gardiner
Walsh
Boston
Augustus P Gardiner
David Walsh
Charles
Bird
Mr. Bird
Everett C. Benton
Edward P Barry
Richard H Long
Thorpe Engaged to Cherokee Maid in Los Angeles
Confirmation of the engagement of James Thorpe worlds champion athlete to Miss Margaret Irma Miller Cherokee Indian maid was announced today by the bride elect. Miller, a Carlisle Indian School graduate, will marry Thorpe on October 15 at Carlisle where the wedding will occur. He is to tour with the New York National Base Ball Club.
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Los Angeles
James Thorpe
Margaret Irma Miler
Inglewood
Miller
Carlisle
Million Dollar Bride To Wed Former Atlanta Clerk
Announcement from Atlanta reports Dr Henry Cheney, once a Whitehall Street clerk, will wed Leah J Seeley, heiress of a Los Angeles society and a fortune exceeding one million dollars. Cheney, an osteopath, studied in Los Angeles while Seeley’s late husband left a sizable estate to her and five children. The match, tied to family fortunes and social prominence, follows an engagement first publicized two years ago. The wedding date is not yet fixed.
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Atlanta
Leah J Seeley
Los Angeles
Cheney
California
Mrs Seeley
Cty
Mra Seeley
Seeley
East
Bonors
Rotten Boroughs Banned by G. O. P.
New York Republicans urged changing national delegate rules to let states choose methods and award seats by population. A special national convention was proposed to set representation, backed by Elihu Root Henry L Stimson Nicholas Murray Butler and opposed by William Barnes Jr. The amendment retained congressional district representation, sparking debate.
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New ‘York
R Publicans of
New York
Newark
Committee On Resolutions
United States
Elihn Root
Henry L Stinson
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
William Barns Jr
Barnes
Too Much Sand Cracks the Plaster Waron Business Men
In a call to readers the Atlanta Constitution argues for men with the right proportion of sand like plaster that binds to lathing. It urges men who stick to the fight and read The Constitution daily and offers help through Constitution Want Ads via Main 5000.
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Constitution
Atlanta 10 Vote on Charter Today
Voters in Atlanta are slated to decide a city charter amendment today across ten wards. Polling locations include Ber nards store on South Pryor Street, Port wood grocery at 151 East Hunter, Brooks restaurant at 744 Marietta, and Justice Barcys courtroom at Peach Tree and Tenth Street, with precincts B at several sites.
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Thrower
Pryor Street
Hunter Precinct
Summers
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Third Ward
Portwood Grocery
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Hunter Street
O M Bennetts
South Boulevard
Fourth Ward
Houston Street
North Boulevard
Fifth Ward
Brooks Restaurant
Marietta Street
Owl Pharmacy
Chestnut Street
Sixth Ward
Jack
Forsyth and
Peachtree Streets
Seventh Ward
Medlock
Gordon and Lee Streets
Mcbaniels
Gordon Street
Eighth Ward
Justice Barcys
Peachtree and
Tenth Street
Wo Tucks
Hemphill Avenue
Ninth Ward
Ware & Rogers
DeKalb Avenue
Faiths Crossing
Stovall Street
Tenth Ward
Tucker & McMurrays
Oakland City
Stewart Avenas
Stewart Avenue
Atlanta Charter Vote Divides on Committee Draft or January Reform
Voters decide today if the city charter should be detailed by a council committee or postponed until January 1915 when Mayor Woodward pledges a new campaign for honest charter reform. The mayor leads the effort against immediate adoption as the issue unfolds.
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Atlanta
Woodward
Rght
Congressman Roddenbery at Point of Death in Georgia
Thomasville Georgia September 7 Special Congressman Roddenbery lies at death's door after a nervous breakdown and hours of narcotic treatment. His wife and mother are ill, sons barred from seeing him, and friends report his condition is rapidly worsening with the end expected at any moment.
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Thomasville
C. A Roddenberg
Roddentery
Im Cairo
Roddenberg
Uiness
Mre Roddenberg
Engineer Higgins Killed In Train Collision Near Santen
September 23 near Santen Iowa Atlantic Coast Line passenger train collided head on with two light engines. Engineer Bryan Higgins died. He was son of Atlantic Coast Line Superintendent Higgins. No passengers or crew were injured. Local wreck crews reported damaged equipment.
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Higgins
Santen
Atlantic Coast Line
Bryan Higgins
Passeng Sanford
Fis
Leo Frank Re-Elected President of Bnai Brith Amid Controversy
Leo Frank, still conducting affairs of the Pencil Company from jail, is re-elected president of the Bnai Brith amid controversy. The Atlantans elected to key posts include Arthur Heyman as vice president and Milton Klein as monitor, with Leonard Haas and others noted as leading figures in the southern district. The article covers his trial, possible new hearing, and potential path to the Supreme Court, with timing aiming for March or later.
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Pencil Company
Leonard
Atlanta
Leonard Haas
Grm
Haas & Haas
District Grand Lodge
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Trenda
District
Columbia
Haas
Klein
Bnai Brith
Washington
Leo Frank
National Pencil Factory
Cornell University
At+lapia
Reading
Fenell
B'nai B'rith
Posserble
Pew
LS Roan
Hugh M Dorsey
Supreme Court
Frank
Superior Court
Allpramo
Fulton County
Roan
Court of Appeals
John T. Pendleton
Gunge W D Elia
George L. Bell
Benjamin H Hu
High Residence Sells At 1250 Front Foot In Atlanta Deal
The MC Kiser agency sold the High residence at 821 Peachtree Street to Charles P Byrd of Byrd Printing for 90928, or 1250 per front foot. The 72 by 250 foot parcel runs to a 20 foot alley. Byrd plans investment use and may build apartments or a business structure within a year.
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MC Kiser
Jonathan B Frost
Charles P Byrd
Byrd Printing Company
Peachtree Street
Peachtree
Linden
North Avenues
J M. High
Atlanta
Byrd
Train kills sister as brother travels to visit
Huntingdon Tenn September 23 a passenger train fatally struck two young women near a local crossing as Will Dunn, a young school teacher, arrived to visit his sister Miss Viola Dunn. The incident occurred while several classmates from a college were returning home.
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Huntingdon
Tenn
Will Dunn
Ma Sater
Viola Dunn
Aa Duginesa College
Atlanta Contractor Denton Arrested Over Birmingham Escort Case
J L Denton a 57 year old Atlanta contractor was arrested in the Empire Building offices on Tuesday morning amid accusations he enticed two young women on a Birmingham trip and deserted them there. He claims he is a victim of circumstances and says one girl is his stenographer Elliott. both teens are to be returned to Atlanta for court.
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Birmingham
J L. Denton
Empire Building
Denton
Fulton Courts
Hedenian
Alabama
Southern
Chawning and Coker
Chewning
Coker
Sanford
Pretty Hisso Elliot
Dentons
Elliot
Bellwood Avenue
Miss Elliot
Atlanta
Constitution
Mise Eliot
Alsbama
Sleeping Father Slain by 16 Year Old Son in Alabama
In Greenville Alabama on September 23 Barick Gibson sixteen was arrested near Fort Deposit after confessing to killing his sleeping father. He said the father abused him and he crept into the bedroom crushed the skull and left a dog in the room before fleeing to his brother's home. He faces murder charges and reportedly would accept life in prison.
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Greenville
Ala
Rick Gibson
Fort Deposit
Sahdey
Alex Gibson
Hen Posed to Replace Eagle as National Bird
Chicago reporters describe a proposal from the National Poultry, Butter and Hye association during its convention to replace the eagle with a hen as the national bird. The group cites egg production figures and industry values while noting organizational details and leadership selections for 1914.
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Eagle
Chicago
National Poultry, Butter and Hye Association
Hee
W. FR. F Priebe
Tismois
Kansas City
Harry Bowles
New York
Multmurderer Targeted Merchants in Serial Robberies
Police linked Joseph Ellis, 21, of Richmond Virginia, to a spree of luring clothing merchants to hotel rooms then robbing and killing them across Louisville Indianapolis and other eastern and midwestern cities. Ellis also used aliases Brokaw and Robert Duncan. Detectives traced his pattern from hotel room visits to staged sample exchanges, with victims bound and robbed before the killer vanished, leaving grim clues and widespread manhunt notes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph Schlansky
Mississppi
Joseph Bilis
Richmond
Sehlansky
Union Depot
Ellis
Brokaw
Robert Duncan
Louisville
Cleveland
Toledo
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Stora
Schlansky
Louisrville
Tue
Ginp
Ellis Here A
Hmis
Schlanak
Loninville
Louwisville
WH. Anderson
Joseph Ellis
Young Ellis
M. Raff
Anderson
Jacob ‘Bile
Joseph Illi
Lowinville
Fast Main Street
Joseph
Rachel
New York
Jacob Elis
Los Angeles
South Spring Street
Neal Bank receivers plan November dividend up to twenty percent
Ka kh a Central Bank and Trust corporation receivers of the Neal bank at Atlanta announce a planned November dividend possibly as high as 20 percent on the 678000 still due depositors. The bank closed December 23, 1967, with liabilities around 3.14 million and 7000 depositors.
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Neal Tank
Atlants
Jbank
Neal Bank
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
State of Georgia
Central Bank and Trust Compens
Tesun
Weather Feature: Prophecy Pair From Georgia Fair
A weather report fragment notes a warmer Wednesday after a Thursday fair with higher temperatures. It cites a thermometer reading near 1032, rainfall in the last 24 hours in inches, and deficits since January. The text is garbled but centers on temperature highs, rainfall, and monthly deficits.
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