Colleagues Will Honor Roddenbery Funeral Delegation to Atlanta
Washington report notes Senators Bacon Hoke Smith and most Georgia delegation members traveled to Atlanta for Congressman Roddenbery’s funeral. Beil to offer standard resolution for delegation attendance and House adjournment in respect. Honorary escorts named from Senate include Ashurst Thomas Borah and Martin. Funeral planned simple in Thomasville with interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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John Corrizan
Washington
Bacon and
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Congress
Tom Bell
House
Roddenberg
Clark
Representative Bell
Bell
Marshall
Senate
Bacon
Smith Ashurst
Thomasville
Rusaln
Luke
Tog City
Lincoln commission selects Colorado or Georgia marble for memorial
The Lincoln Memorial Association chaired by former president William selected the George A Fuller company to build the Lincoln Memorial, using white Colorado marble after Georgia marble was rejected as too costly. The project, a Greek temple on the Mall near the Washington Monument, was adjusted to fit the appropriation limits.
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Washington
Lincoln Memorial Association
William
United States
George Fuller Company of
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Georgia
Colorado
Equitable
New York City
George A Fuller Company
Anderson
Blue Ridse “Marble Company
Washington Monumen
Indictments Hit Coffee Firm Leaders After Collapse
New Orleans case charges J B Sinnet and Paul J Orchard, president and treasurer of Smith Brothers Co Ltd, with improper disposition of collateral securing bank loans. They were arrested, later released on bonds, as the firm's failure stems from speculative coffee trading over years.
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New Orleans
J. B Sinnet
Paul J Orchard
Smith Brothers Co Limited
Planot
Orcha
Talus
Pha
Bracelet Watches Offered In Sterling Silver And Gold
Ward advertises expansion bracelet watches priced from 750 dollars and up with options in sterling silver solid gold platinum and gold filled. Over a hundred in stock allow customers to select the desired style.
Woodward Charges Plot to Block Supporters in City Election
Mayor Woodward alleged the third ward precinct EB was abolished to suppress votes for Aldermen Warren and Hall. He accused Hall and Warren of belonging to a political ring and backed JC McDonald. He warned voters will walk miles if the precinct is not restored and urged a revival of polling locations.
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Woodward
James B Warren
Cownensman
Orville H Hall
Warren
Hall
Jackson
JC McDonald
Councilman Hall
Alderman Warren
Boulevard
Palr Street
Messry Hall
Jerome Silvey Leaves All to Wife Without Bond
Jerome Silvey a prominent Atlanta merchant died September 19 and left all his property to his wife without bond the will probated yesterday. The document dated February 1912 valued at about 9900 with real estate and other assets likely far higher. Witnesses include F A Grambling Coningsworth and WE Spalding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Silvey
Alice @ilvey
Jerome Siley
Atlanta
Silvey
Grambling
Coningsworth
Spalding
Woman Is Given Ten Years For Killing Husband
Sultan Vo September 8 The trial of Susan Ross ended with a verdict of second degree murder. The jury fixed a ten year prison term. Ross killed her husband while he slept with a revolver hidden under a rug. The couple’s son, initially jailed, was released amid testimony of family turmoil and alleged abuse by the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sultan Vo
Susan Ross
Ross
Thamase
Mre Ross
Indictment Returned Against Hans Schmidt in New York Case
A grand jury in York returned an indictment against Hans Schmidt and his co defendant Dr Ernest Vuret for conspiracy to counterfeit. The slate alleges involvement in the Anna Sumiller murder case and related schemes. Catholic authorities in Cleveland and a reproduced 1908 Universe article link Schmidt to an alias Erwin Metsieder, with a photo likeness noted in the Catholic Universe feature.
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York
Federal Guard
Aine Aumuler
Hans Schmidt
Ernest Vuret
Eet
Ohto
Hannschmidt
Anna Sumiller
New York
Cleveland
Erwin Metsieder
Catholic Univere Today
Cathol
Thia Picure
Frans Schmidt
Southern educators on tour of inspection
Dr Joseph Stewart, professor of secondary education at the University of Georgia, leads a group of twelve Southern states educators on a trip to inspect high schools. The tour, begun in Athens and set for New York, is at the invitation of Dr Wallace Bullard of the General Educational Board.
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Athens
Joseph
Stewart
University of Georgia
New York
Wallace Bullard
General Educational Board
Brady's Death Duties Reach $1 050 000 Windfall
London reports the British treasury will receive death duties from the estate of Anthony Nicholas Brady of Albany New York. Brady died in London and probate values his United Kingdom property at $6 577 40 and duties totaling $1 050 000 will go to David Lloyd George as exchequer chancellor.
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London
Anthony Nicholas Brady
Albany
United Kingdom
David Lloyd George
Indictments Returned Against Smith and Arnold in Fight
Burton Smith and Reuben Arnold, Atlanta lawyers and Bar Association former leader, were indicted for assault and battery by the Fulton County grand jury. Bonds set at 206 each. The May 22 corridor encounter followed a deposition in a will contest, with Smith and Arnold defending the widow. One indictment names Walton and Byrd as targets. McCord, tied to a gubernatorial race, led the grand jury. Cox faced no indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Smith
Reuben RB. Arnold
Atlanta
Bar Association
Fulton County Grand Jury
Joshua B Crawford
Smith
Arnold
CW Walton
W Ho Byrd
Walton
Byrd
Henry McCord
Hoke Smith
John C Cox
Judge Roan to hear Leo Frank petition for new trial
Judge Roan, who presided over Leo Frank's murder trial, plans to hear a petition for a new trial. The hearing is set for October 4, with both sides preferring the existing judge to rule. If denied, the case may go to the Georgia Supreme Court or the U.S. Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Frank
Mary Phagan
Ioes UV
Roan
Superior Court
Court of Appeals
Benjamin H Hill
Fulton
Roans
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Charge of swindling against Atlanta man
Witchell of Atlanta faced a swindling charge in Chattooga Superior Court set for March. He allegedly bought lumber from J P Busbin of Chattooga County in the name of the WH Michel Lumber and Grain Company and shipped it to Atlanta, with payment drafts later dishonored and no WH Mitchell Lumber Company in Atlanta.
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Rome
Witchell
Atlanta
Chattooya
J PF Busbin
Chattooga County
Lunbec
Michel Lumber and Grain Company
Busbin
W HH Mitchell Lumber Company
BF Mitchell
Negro bell boy sentenced after hotel disturbance in Rome
In Rome on September 26 Recorder Kelly sentenced Hish Rice, a Cherokee hotel bell boy, to four months on the city chain gang for annoying Miss Alice OConnell of Montgomery. The incident began when Rice twice tried to enter her room with false claims, prompting alarm and pursuit by witnesses before officers dislodged him from a balcony. An automobile party accompanying Miss OConnell continued to Chattanooga afterward.
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Rome Ga
Imperial
Alice Oconnell
Montgomery
Cherokee Hotel
Recorder Kelly
Wiss O Connell
R KE Foster
Gadsden
Ala
N Jordan
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Togier
Public rest room opening at West Point praised
West Point opened a public rest room last Thursday thanks to the West Point Women’s Club. Mra Steve Elliott will oversee operations to welcome travelers and ensure comfort at the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
West Point Womans Club
Steve Elliott
Gem Knitting Mills Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
Gem Knitting mills of Fike county filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in Macon Georgia. The liabilities total 23150 with only 1000 secured. Hecht & Co of New York appear as largest creditors with claims aggregating 1925. Petition sworn by LBM Turner, president.
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Macon Ga
Gem Knitting Mills
Fike County
United States District Court
Hecht & Co
New York
Lbm Turner
Another Receiver for Beach Company in Georgia
Savannah Georgia September 28 Special After a jury verdict declared the Beach Simulacating company solvent the company was relieved of receivership by Union Trust of Chicago It is now placed again in receivers hands to foreclose bonds totaling 176000 Receivers are W To Hotchkiss Chicago and W R Beach president The second case sets for trial in Atlanta before Judge Newman October 21.
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Savannah
Beach Simulactering Company
R L Moss
Union Trust Company of Chicago
Hotchkiss
Chicago
W.R. Beach
Atlanta
Newman
Slack to succeed Koch at Athens as good roads expert
Professor Jonn C Kovha place as special road engineer in the University of Georgia Good Roads department will be taken by Searcy B Slack of LaGrange. Slack, a 3 year Georgia graduate, recently city engineer of LaGrange, studied at Harvard and has extensive road experience. He will assume duties immediately to fill the vacancy left by Professor Koch.
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Athens
Jonn C Kovha
School of Engineering
University of Georgia
Searcy B Slace
LaGrange
M Strahan Hean
Slack
Athena
H R Slack
Georgia
Harvard
Koch
Hamilton Douglas Sees Brookline Golf Champions Return
Hamilton Douglas dean of Atlanta Law School returns from New England after seeing the world championship golf at Brookline Mesa. Along with Dr CG G Gladings he praised the high level of play and predicted Culmet would become a top golf star. He planned to reopen the law school with a large enrollment.
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Hamilton Douglas
Atlanta Law School
Brookline Mesa
New England
Douglas
CG G Gladings
Oulmet
Law School
Fort McPherson to be deserted in October maneuvers
Fort McPherson will be practically deserted during early October as the Seventeenth Infantry moves to the Ghattahoachee river maneuver grounds for ten days of field service. The troop movement is slated for October 3 or 4, featuring Sham battle drills and new tactics to test officers’ theories under actual warfare conditions.
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Fort McPherson
Seventeenth Infantry
Ghattahoacheé River
Seventeenth
No Arson Indictment Against G A Vaughn
Grand jury returned a no bill in the arson indictment against G A Vaughn accused of setting fire to the house of landlady Mrs A C Klapper at 156 East Hunter Street. Witnesses named include Mrs Kilapper Miss Bonnie Burns Mrs Rachel Lyon and J A Kilgore.
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G A Vausha
A C Klapper
East Hunter Street
Kilapper
Bonnie Burns
Rachel Lyon
J A Kilgore
East Alabama
Passenger collides with logging train at Pecan Grove
New Orleans reports a rear collision between a passenger train No 202 bound for Houston and a logging train near Pecan Grove Louisiana about 8:20 tonight. Engineer Soule and several passengers were seriously injured. hospitals and a relief train were alerted.
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New Orleans
San Francisco
Houston
Texas
Pecan Grove
Soule
Frisco Mint Looted Rumor In San Francisco
An unconfirmed rumor circulated that the United States mint in San Francisco was looted of a sack of coin valued at 30000. Superintendent W H Shana jhan refused to confirm or deny the report.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Cal
United States
W H Shanajhan
Missionary Union Meets West Point September 26
The final session of the Womans Missionary Union of the Western Baptist association was held at the First Baptist Church yesterday afternoon after sessions since Tuesday evening. Officers for the coming year were elected: Mrs W C G Lanter of West Point as superintendent, Mrs J C Lanter of West Point as recording secretary, and Mrs T J Jones of Newnan as secretary, along with several district officers.
Mills to Be Enlarged in Chattooga County Cotton Mill
Rome reports Bummervilla cotton mill stockholders meeting shows 39 percent earnings for the year and a declared dividend of 9 percent. The mill capacity will be doubled in the coming months with plans to enlarge operations and expand the mill facilities in Chattooga County.
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Rome
Bummervilla Cotton miNl
Chattooga County
Appointed by Houston Names New Bureau of Statistics Chief
Secretary Houston of the Department of Agriculture announced today the appointment of L M Estabrook as chief of the Bureau of Statistics in place of Victor H. Olmstead. E H Reese becomes chief clerk and W F Callander is named private secretary.
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Washington
Houston
Department of Agriculture
L M Estabrook
Bureau of Statistics
Victor H. Olmstead
EH. M. Reese
Department
W F Callander
Atlanta Aldermanic Race Cites Trust in W A Hancock
The note urges voters in TH ward to support W A Hancock for alderman, citing his proven service and urging faithful union of service. The message laments a decline in old school gentlemen and calls for capable leadership in Atlanta council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Lippincotts
Atlanta
W. A. Hancock
Brittain Chairs Georgia Book Commission Meeting
The legislative school book commission appointed a three member committee Vic Brittain Senator A H Foster and Representative C R McCrory to obtain certified official book lists from every state and Canadian provinces and from selected Georgia cities. The panel will gather price data and present it in proper form at the next meeting after October 5.
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Legislative School Book Commission
State Superintendent of
M. L. Brittain
Vic Brittain
A. H Foster
C R. McCrory
Canada
Pilcas
Georgia Town
Atlanta
Athens
Savanneh
Augusta
Macon
Rome
Columbus
Bruns
Americus
Valdostz
McCrory
Brittam
J A. Northcutt
Ontario
Nunnally
ES Miler
Brittain
Big Damages Asked of M D and S Railroad
Two large damage suits were filed in Dublin courts this week against the Macon Dublin and Savannah railroad. One suit seeks 25000 by G N Bowers and guardians for two minor children whose mother was killed at a crossing. The other, 30000, is filed by the brother and son of Will English, a Black man decapitated by a freight train while on the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Specelal
Macon
Savvannah Railroad
G_N Bowers
MD &M
Will English
Warner Negro Hanged for Crime Near Covington
Will Varner, a Black man, was executed by hanging at 11 27 AM after failed appeals. He killed a small boy last spring and attempted to kill his wife at Ballura place near Covington. After fourteen minutes the body was given to his family for burial in Henry County.
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Covington
Will Varner
Ballura
Henry County
Atlanta Library to Dedicate Dept to Early City History
Miss Katherine Wooten, librarian, will establish a department at Carnegie Library for Atlanta history. Donor Clark Howell provided rare old photographs of Terminus and Marthasville plus Civil War scenes. Uncle Remus branch of Vocal Librars opens in Wrens Nest with unpublished works and a Saturday story read.
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Atlanta
Clark Howell
Constitution
Katherine Wooten
Carnegie Library
Terminus S
Marthasville
Brady
Uncle Remus
Vocal Hbrors
Wrens Nest
Joe Chandler Harris
German Aviator Schultz Killed in Flight Accident
Lieutenant Schultz, a German military aviator from Johannisthil, died when his monoplane capsized after a 180 foot ascent today in September.
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Johannisthil
Germany
Schultz
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Isaac Sherwood
Ohio
Lincoln Commission
Patek Philippe
Maier & Berkele, Inc. Gold and Silversmiths
Whitehall Street
City Executive Committee
Third Ward
Kentucky
Staller
Joe Richardson
Richardson
Neshville
Roe Goff
Leo Frank
Negro
Gem Millis Bankrupt
Beach Company
Savannah Company
Fort M’pherson
G A Vaughn
Book Commission
M.D. & S. Railroad
Warner Negro
National Biscuit
Graham
National Biscuit Company
Graham Crackers
Louisville
Amos W. Braselton
Eiseman Bros., Inc
Fiseman
Hess Shoes
Belmar
Shoe Department
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