Price Probe on Gasoline Prices Sparks Officials Inquiry
State Agriculture Commissioner James D Price called for an investigation into gasoline price rises in southern cities, saying the Atlanta jump from 12.5 to 20 cents per gallon appears arbitrary and not tied to supply or demand. Johnson-Gewinner cut rack prices to 15 cents per gallon, sparking claims of market manipulation and urging enforcement of posted fuel grade signs.
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James D Price
Georgia
Price
Atlanta
Lke
Mr Price
Johnson-Gewinner
Octeer I
Taylor
Standard Oil Brantch
The
Constitution
Chicago
RH N Reed
Reed Oil Company
Reed
Johnson-Gewinner Company
Youre
Ehorts
Thie
Profitable Habit in The Constitution Advertisements
A brief ad urging shoppers to read page 2 of The Saturday Constitution for special prices from Atlanta grocers and butchers. It promotes planning purchases before going downtown and highlights the habit of checking constitutional ads to save money.
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Atlanta
Finest Movie House in Dixie Planned for Forsyth Street
Atlanta to get the souths most remarkable moving picture theater to rival eastern and western city houses. Hugh Richardson will erect on Forsyth and Luckie streets a 480000 project with A Ten Eyck Brown plans. Peter Mion leases the building for fifteen years, with 10000 annual rent for five years, rising every five years. Mion promises top American pictures and a two story plus basement design with future space for three more stories.
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Dixie
Forsyth Street
Peter Mion
Atlanta
South
Hugh Richardson
Forsyth and
Luckie Streets
Forsyth
Luckie Street
A. Ten Eyck Brown
Mien
Peter Mien
Strand Theater
George P Moore
Hichardsons
Mion
America
Leaders in Recall Report Progress In City Campaign
Leaders in the recall effort against Mayor James Woodward and six police commissioners say only a small vote threshold remains to trigger a city election. Dr Joseph Broughton and others push to recall all seven officials, with petition signers growing daily. The recall workers plan to file after the municipal primary if enough signatures are collected, then vet signers against the registration list and press for a date within 380 days.
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James Woodward
Police Commission
James L. Beavera
General Council
W. P Fain
Janes W. Hagish
Cornelman Edwin Johnson
R. C Clark
ROT
Pace
Joseph Broughton
Cas Hundred
Commassion
Broughton
Soma
Anti Woodward
Compel
Recall
General Comeil
Pala
Recall Campaign
Silvey Bulloe
rani@ly
Poison bottle found near man in bed at Grady
A 60 year old man, A W McCurry of 125 Washington Street, was found unconscious by his wife with a half empty bottle of tincture of bichloride of mercury nearby. He was rushed to Grady Hospital and remains in precarious condition as doctors evaluate the poisoning claim, which he denies after regaining consciousness.
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A W McCurry
Washington Street
Hig
Grady Hospital
McCurry
Grady
Chauffeur Testifies in Mendenhall Double Murder Case
Clearwater Fla September 24 testimony focused on the deaths of Dr Bessie Eliot and her daughter Susie on July 2. key witness Guy Bremple said Mendenhall drove Eliot and Miss Eliot from the Eliot home and a quarrel led to a fatal blow. Sheriff Whitehurst described discovery of a burned car and two charred bodies.
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Clearwater
Fla
Bessie Blot
Susie
J. J Mendenhall
Mendenhall
Eliet
Chicago
Murone
Guy Bremple
Tri
Eliot
Miss Hilot
Eliots
Fnn
Hyde Park
Tampa
Ellot
Whitehurst
Stempla
Arthur Webb
Hilot
Miss Eilot
Miss Eliot
Elot Mendenhall
Webb
Miss Eli
Misal Ellot
Proming Claud Hammock
Green Springs
Germans Offer 16 Cts for a Million Bales
Washington September 24 a group of German firms that proposed to buy a million bales of American cotton at 11 cents a pound delivered in Bremen cabled Senator Hoke Smith they now will pay 16 cents The firms have deposited securities with the American consulate in Berlin to cover the price and assure the cotton will not be used for military or naval purposes Delivery at Bremen requires modification of British orders in council and contraband rules The message was signed by the Deutsche Dresdner and Disconto banks of Berlin and the National Bank of Bremen.
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Washington
Bremen
Hoke Smith
Berlin
Smith
Deutsche Dresdner and
Disconto
National Bank of
Postponement Asked for Porter Charlton Trial
Attorneys for Porter Charlton the American in Como Italy have asked for a further postponement of the murder trial, set for October 5, to allow examination by a few mental experts. It is considered unlikely the request will be granted.
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Como
Italy
Porter Charlton
City Saves Forty Thousand In Year Expenses
City Finance Committee details show a net expenditure drop of 40 250 dollars after adjustments across departments. School board saved the largest amount by applying 86 000 extra appropriation and trimming running costs for Commercial High and Tenth Street schools.
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Treasury
Council
Dan W Green
L. M. Landrum
Splarina
Tenth Street
Commercial High Echool Fa
Milton Avenue
Lucile
Whitehall Street
Lakewood Avenue
Grady Hospital
Department of Streets
Narcotic Hospital
Finance Committee
Nyz Hart
Aliens in United States face income tax rule
Washington September 24 aliens temporarily in the United States will be taxed under the income tax law. They must pay 1 percent on net income, with exemptions for those showing intent to become permanent residents. Treasury says the ruling targets actors and others who come for a few months but previously claimed resident alien exemptions.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
Detained goods to be released in British port agreement
Washington reports the war cleared for release of American owned goods of German and Austrian origin held at neutral European ports by British order in council. Applications to export must show ownership or obligation before March 1 1915 or 1916 and be sent through the State Department foreign trade advisers with documentary proof.
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Washington
Europe
Count Ol
State Department
Dige
London
Rotterdam
Richard Crawford
W B Fleming
Impoctera
Page
Department of State
Missing copper wire triggers arrest of three men
Georgia Railway and Power Company officials say ten miles of copper wire from Bellwood avenue to Piedmont circle were missing. Detectives Chenning and Sturdivant traced the theft to Stein Junk Shop on Marietta Street, naming J E McDaniel Frank C Jarvis and C C Clayton as responsible. They were arrested Thursday, with McDaniel 29 of 142 West Baker street Jarvis 37 of 20 Hull street and Clayton of 141 West Alexander street. Preliminary trial before Recorder Johnson set for this afternoon.
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Georgia Railway and Power Company
Bellwood Avenue
Piedmont Circle
J E McDaniel
Frank C Jarwis
C C Clayton
Power Company
Chenning and
Sturdivant
Stein Junk Shop
Marietta Street
McDaniel
Uves
West Baker Street
Jarvis
Hull Street
Clayton
West Alexander Street
Johnson
Great Steel Plant Sold for 19 Million Dollars
Philadelphia September 24 The Midvale Steel company, one of the largest independent concerns, was sold today to a purchaser whose identity was not disclosed. The sale price approximates 15 000 900 dollars. A financier close to the deal said the Midvale company would be reorganised. The plant in Philadelphia employs about 5500 men. Related reports say the Cambria Steel company, with a plant at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is about to change hands.
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Midvale Steel Company
Midvale
Cambria, Steel Company
Johnstown
Chai
Balkan War Flares as Greece Mobilizes Naval and Army
Describes Greece ordering general mobilization amid Bulgaria’s moves and tensions with Romania and Turkey. Notes Greece aims to defend rights and support Serbia, with imperial dread of Balkan arms buildup and naval activity at Varna. Highlights Greek king Venizelos meeting Grey and martial law discussion.
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Bulgaria
Greece
London
Athens
Landop
Constantine
Venizelos
Dangus
Ecolora
Seri
Patria
Athena Cays
Adas
Serbia
Russians Winning Against Invaders at Several Points
London reports Russian General Ivanoff dominates Galicia and Volhynia forcing German Field Marshal Von Mackensen to retreat east of Brest Litovsk while Austrians are driven back across the Styr and Lutsk is retaken by Russians. Northern advances near Dvina Vilna show slow Russian progress as Germans admit a temporary check with loss of guns.
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Dvinsk
Vilna
London
Ivanoff
Galicia
Volhynia
von Mackenson
Pripet Imerahee
Brest-Litovsk
Herlin
Styr
Luts
Volhynian
Erent
Dvinak
Berlin
la Bassee Canal
Lutsk
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Petrograd
Russian War Office
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Riga
Stounga
Eken Hiver
Atkala
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Sweden
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Smorgon
Vila
Gawia
Lida
Molehad
Oginska
Dubno
Weather Prophecy Forecast For Washington and Georgia
A forecast notes fair weather in Washington and Georgia with Saturday and Sunday mostly dry, except for probable showers noted on the comets. The report uses uncertain terms and local weather terms to describe likely conditions for the weekend.
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Washington
Georgia
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