Morgan Declares Deposits in Morgan Firm Reach 160 Million
Morgan testifies at the money trust inquiry that interstate deposits total nearly 160 million dollars, with about 81 million disclosed and 20 million more unlisted, showing a private institution outside federal supervision. He agrees to furnish names of directors and deposit figures for the Morgan firm and its affiliates.
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Washington
J. Piepont Morgan
Youse Money Trust
Samittee
Samuel Untermeyer
J Pp. Morgan & Co. Untermeyeraldy
Morgan
New York
Mr. Untermeyer
Coal beds doomed in 50 years says expert
Pittsburg coal expert John W. Boi rau says coal beds there will be exhausted in fifty or sixty years. In Macon Georgia T H Persons of Walton ton railroad is in town soliciting subscriptions from investors hoping to fund an extension to this line.
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Tsburg
John W. Boirau
Pittsburg
Acon
T. H. Persons
Walbotton
New Talon Railroad
Macon
Send Your Old Toys To the Poor Kiddies
Readers are urged to donate gently used toys to The Georgian for distribution to children in Atlanta. Collect dolls wagons building blocks and other items in good condition not broken or unsafe. The Christmas Editor will ensure they reach needy youngsters in time for holiday cheer.
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Atlanta
Eloped Daughter Triggers Mother's Fatal Shock in Columbus
In Columbus Georgia Mrs Elizabeth Elliott died of apoplexy after learning her fourteen year old daughter Mary Frances had eloped and wed A M Davis, a bookkeeper at Acme Steam Laundry. The couple fled town to marry and were later summoned to the mother’s bedside as she died. Funeral planned for Harmony Church in Chattahoochee County.
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Columbus, GA
Elizabeth Elliott
Mary Frances
A. M. Davis
Acme Steam Laundry
Elliott
Chattahoochee County
Harmony Church
Forrest Adair Re-elected Head of Local Shriners
Forrest Adair was elected illustrious potentate of Yaarab temple Mystic Shrine for his twelfth term and will succeed J A Hynds. He was named one of four imperial council representatives alongside Hynds Claude Hutcheson and W A Foster. Other officers elected include Ed M Hafer as chief rabban and John C Joiner as oriental guide.
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Forrest Adair
Yaarab Temple
Mystic Shrine
J. A. Hynds
Mr. Adair
Imperial Council
Claude KE. Hutcheson
Jonesboro
W. A. Foster
Ed M. Hafer
Rabban
David E. Ashby
J. Lee Duncan
John C. Joiner
Illustrious
Oriental Guide
James S. Floyd
George E. Argard
Public School Children Continue Seal Sale During Holidays
Atlanta public school children will carry on the Red Cross seal campaign through the Christmas holidays. Teachers must submit reports by Friday or Saturday to Mrs. J. Wade Conkling at Atlanta Trust building, 140 Peachtree street. Over $1,600 worth of seals have been taken, with a net goal of 3000 for the open air school fund.
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Atlanta
J. Wade Conkling
Atlanta Trust Building
Peachtree Street
Ivy
Pastor quits after deacons delay salary payment
Dr. I A White resigned as pastor of the South Broad Street Baptist Church in Rome Georgia after disputes over salary payments. He left for Attalla Alabama to take another pastorate. White served a year earning 1200 dollars annually and cited payment delays as the cause. The congregation seeks a new pastor to lead the small south end church.
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Rome
I. A. White
South Broad Street Baptist Church
South End
Arrested as Slayer of His Mother and Grandmother
Columbia Missouri December 19 Harry Lee Moore 30 is jailed awaiting indictment for the ax killings of his mother Mrs Georgia Moore 63 and his grandmother Mrs H F Wilson 82 The accused man says he came home from Moberly to spend Christmas and found the two women slain Blood stains were found on his clothes Prosecutors rely heavily on the police chief’s testimony in the case.
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Columbia
Harry Lee Moore
Georgia Moore
H. F. Wilson
Moore
Moberly
Clubwomen's war on egg trust advances prices
Chicago reporters say clubwomen plan to sell ten carloads of storage eggs to clear excess stock and lift the market. Dealers have advanced prices half a cent on the move, while retailers who cut prices yesterday raised them again in anticipation of further wholesaler gains.
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Chicago
Centenarian attributes long life to daily fishing
Jacob Sowers of Huntington celebrated his hundredth birthday in Hammond on December 19. He credits longevity to fishing, having fished almost daily for the past twenty years.
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Hammond, Ind
Jacob Sowers
Huntington
Attempted Burglary Suspect Cited After Street Chase
Oscar Bowers, 16, of 154 Greenwich avenue, held at police HQ on charges of attempting to rob a grocery at 240 Edgewood avenue. An accomplice escaped after a revolver chase through streets. Bowers said he needed Christmas money and quit his job, with officers firing shots during the pursuit and street car workers joining the struggle at Piedmont avenue car barns. He has prior penalties including a $125 fine for a knife attack on R. J. Dunaway. The case before Judge Roan continues this afternoon.
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Oscar Bowers
Greenwich Avenue
Edgewood Avenue
Bowers
Newport and
Smead
Piedmont Avenue
Boy
Roan
Criminal Court
R. J. Dunaway
Vecht Piano Company
Temple Court
Royal Typewriter Company
Broad
Marietta
Jacksonville
Fla
Dunaway
Nurse arrested for kidnaping a girl in Chicago
Chicago police received word from Palestine Texas authorities about the arrest of Mrs. Sarah L. Bickerdike a 60 year old nurse who abducted eight year old Josephine Frye from 1848 West Van Buren. The child was taken after Frye discharged by contracting agent Frye.
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Chicago
Sarah L. Bickerdike
Josephine Frye
West van Buren Street
Palestine
Tex
Cornell to bar intercollegiate women’s basketball games
Ithaca December 19 Cornell women will not play basketball against other colleges due to high physical and nervous tension. The athletic council acted on Dr Esther Parker’s recommendation that intercollegiate games are injurious to players.
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Ithaca
Cornell
Athletic Council
Esther Parker
Turkeys Moved 26 Miles To Market In Sedalia
A flock of 1,250 turkeys from the northeast county was driven 26 miles to Sedalia and sold by John Golden at 16 1/2 cents per pound. The birds averaged about sixteen pounds, bringing nearly $3,200 to the owner, with travel at about 2 miles per hour.
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Sedalia
John Golden
Reid Memorial to Equal Honor Paid Late King Edward
London December 19 Final arrangements were made for tomorrow's memorial service for Whitelaw Reid late American ambassador to the court of St James in Westminster Abbey The Archbishop of Canterbury will take part and the diplomatic corps seats are set The American embassy staff and clubs will occupy mourners benchesriding details note the body will leave Dorchester House and travel to Portsmouth aboard a cruiser Natal bound for New York Ogden Mills Reid son of the deceased is expected to arrive in London and Mrs Reid shows health improvement.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
United States Cavalry Commission
Reid
Dorchester House
Portsmouth
Natal
New York
Ogden Mills Reid
Gold bands on heels in French fashion fad
Paris reports narrow gold bands on the heels of ladies shoes as the latest French fashion. The trend first appeared at the closing day of the 1912 races at Auteuil.
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Paris
Milady
Auteuil
Turko Bulgarian peace talks advance as Porte grants recognition
Reports from Constantinople claim the Ottoman government has authorized Turkish plenipotentiaries in London to negotiate with all Balkan league powers including Greece, despite ongoing war. A ministers’ council demanded revictualing Adrianople Janina and Scutari and warned the allies could halt talks if refused.
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Constantinople
London
Greece
Turkey
Adrianople
Janina
Scutari
Tense Talks Resume as Envoys Reassemble in London
In London, December 1, reports say fighting continued in Epirus as Turkey and Balkan allies resumed peace talks at St James Palace. Telegraph dispatches from Constantinople claimed the Porte authorized Turkish envoys to negotiate with the Greeks, despite ongoing hostilities, raising cautious optimism.
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London
Epirus
Turkey
St. James Palace
Constantinople
Porte
Greece
Daniel Flynn Veteran Gatekeeper at Atlanta Dies
Daniel O Flynn longtime gatekeeper at Union Station and later station guard at the new Terminal died at 68 after a two year illness at his home 36 Park avenue Atlanta He served 42 years with Atlanta and West Point railroad including nine years as stationary engineer and ten as gatekeeper He was Civil War veteran Thompson artillery survived by wife daughter four brothers and three sisters funeral plans to be announced
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Daniel O. Flynn
Atlanta
Terminal
Park Avenue
Daniel Flynn
Union Station
Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Butler Street
Thompson's Artillery
Charleston
Savannah
Farris Bailey
John
James
Marion Flynn
Red Oak
P. C. Flynn
Mary Ann Cook
Amanada
Nancy Cook
Felton
Two Appendixes Removed For Price Of One
Scranton, Dec 19 Two appendixes were removed from R A Spangenberg who is recovering at home in what is described as an unprecedented case. At Hahnemann Hospital he was operated on for acute appendicitis. After the first incision the second appendix was found three quarters of an inch from the first and removed without an extra charge.
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Scranton
R. A. Spangenberg
Hahnemann Hospital
Spangenberg
Federal ruling halts intrastate Georgia liquor shipments
Jacksonville merchants seek to preserve a Florida monopoly as U S Judge John M Cheney enjoins Southern Express from accepting Georgia liquor consignments to intrastate points. The decision, if sustained, would end the Georgia wholesale liquor trade and shift leverage to Florida dealers with Jacksonville’s Express firms.
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Georgia
Jacksonville
United States
John M. Cheney
Southern Express Company
Cheney
Savannah
Augusta
Eorgia
Jacksonville liquor dealers seek interstate challenge to Georgia law
Jacksonville liquor dealers claim prohibition in Georgia creates a state monopoly on intox beverages and seek an injunction. They argue Georgia dealers interstate commerce violations by poaching on pre empted preserves and may appeal a judge’s ruling that shipments within Georgia interfere with interstate commerce. A supersedeas will be sought in Jacksonville with possible appeal to the US Supreme Court.
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Georgia
Merida
Jacksonville
Cheney
Savannah
Dublin
Southern Express Company
United States Supreme Court
Farmers to give turkey cue for Brunswick men
Bibb County Agricultural Society reorganization celebration set for December 30 in Macon Georgia with a barbecue. Turkey will be the sole meat served and every member will contribute a turkey. Members of the Chamber of Commerce invited to participate in the feast.
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Macon
Bibb County Agricultural Society
Chamber of Commerce
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