Passenger Train Collides With Freight at West End
A head on collision between Atlanta and West Point vestibule limited No. 38 from New Orleans and a Central of Georgia freight at Humphreys street crossing West End injures engineer John Steele whose leg is believed broken. The West Point engine toppled the Atlanta and West Point locomotive was demolished. switch pilot wheels split the switch causing the wreck. Passengers escaped unharmed. wrecking crews cleared debris as ambulances tended the injured.
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John Steele
Atlanta
West Point Vestibule Limited
New Orleans
Central of Georgia
Humphreys Street Cross
West End
Washington Street
Thomas Jordan
West Point
Central
Cut in Twain Under Heavy Locomotive
At noon Thursday near Swift fertiliser works on the South fru railway a Gould Construction Co employee George F. Allen was fatally struck by a switch engine. The wheels rolled over him, cutting him in two. He was 25 and from Livingston, Kentucky, working with the crew laying the Loutaville and Nashville trestle.
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Southfru
Swift Fertiliser
George F. Allen
Gould Construction Company
Loutaville
Nashville
Alleh
Wor
Livingston, Ky
Alini Aliin IM ALIDI May Escape Trial Variant
The defense seeks a new trial claiming timing of discovered evidence could prove Will Jason’s innocence in a murder case. Attorneys for Ben Redvil move for a new trial, arguing the evidence would show Johnson was not the shooter and that the case may be a mistaken identity.
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Will Jalson
Aweault
Mra
Richand Hetnee
Ender
Alex HL Stephens
Walter McRhreath
Mark ‘Totbert
Johnson
Ben Redevil
Toknon
Curtis Jett Confesses Murder of Cockrell
Cynthiana Kentucky December 20 Curtis Jett confessed to the murder of Jim Cockrell at Jackson in a full statement to authorities.
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Curtis Jett
Cockrill
Cynthiana
Curt Jett
Jim Cockrell
Jackson
Fierce blaze at Piedmont Hat Company damages work rooms
A fire at the Piedmont Hat Company on West Mitchell street damaged the third floor work rooms, sending several firemen into a smoke filled fight. Crews crawled through thick smoke, many over come by nausea as ladders iced with sleet forced cautious climbs.
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Piedmont Hat Company
Mitchell Street
Sunshine On The Way As Winter Warms A Bit
The article hints at improving weather with sunshine and milder temperatures after a period of cold. It advises finishing Christmas shopping Friday, citing a forecast of rain and warmer conditions. Temperatures rise from early morning around the mid 20s to around 36 degrees by early afternoon.
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Grees
P.m
P. m
Atlanta Man's Brother Killed in Buffalo Fire
Buffalo fire at the Zenobia apartment on Prospect avenue left four dead and one dying in hospital. Victims include F. M. Lambrecht, 45, and his wife, 40, plus Ruth Capennas, 3, and Mrs J J Fischer of New York. A Charles Dean, an Atlanta artist's brother, died from injuries after telegrams reached Atlanta relatives.
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Buffalo
Zenobia
Prospect Avenue
Greasen
F. M. Lambrecht
Ae Lambrecht
Ruth Capennas
MRA
J. J. Fischel
New York
A. Chanins Pram
Aioe O
Niagara
Atlanta
A. Charles Dean
Robert Jerome Dean
Wingo Adveraing Company
Century
Woolen Mills Merge Form American Textile Woolens Co
Special to The Georgian Chattanooga Tenn December 20 A large merger of Southern woolen mills creates the American Textile Woolens Company with capitalization of 1.25 million dollars The Park Woolen Mills Rossville Ga Louisville Woolen Mills Louisville Ky Sweetwater Woolen Mills Sweetwater Tenn Athens Woolen Mills Athens Tenn and Atlanta Woolen Mills Atlanta Ga join with headquarters in Chattanooga W M Nixon of Atlanta named president and to relocate F A Carter secretary and Sweetwater manager Directors to be elected at a forthcoming meeting
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Chattanooga
Tenn
South
American Textile Woolens Company
Lawn of Georgia
Park Woolen Mills
Rossville
Louisville Woolen
Louisville
Sweetwater Woolen Mills
Sweetwater
Town
Athens Woolen Mills
Athens
Atlanta Woolen Mills
Atlanta
W. M. Nixon
F. A. Carter
Jeffries Accepts $50,000 Offer to Fight in Nevada
New York December 20 James J Jeffries the heavyweight champion confirms he has accepted Tex Rickards offer of fifty thousand dollars to fight again in Goldfield Nevada in April or May Rickards had earlier stated there were assurances of fifty thousand dollars if Jeffries would waive color prejudice and fight Jack Johnson.
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New York
James J. Jeffries
Weet
Tex” Rickards
Goldfield
Nev
Rickards
Jeffries
Big Jack Johnson
Postoffice Odd Letter About Bear Hunt Goes Round
Washington dispatch recounts a postal joke in which a Western postmaster asks to close for one day to go on a bear hunt. The letter notes the postmaster’s pride in being the county’s only writer who can close the office and still inform the Postmaster General.
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Washington
Postoffice
James M. Griggs
Georgia
Tam
Eer
Governor commutes Albert Patrick sentence to life
Governor Higgins commuted the death sentence of Albert T. Patrick at Sing Sing to life imprisonment for the murder of William Rice. The governor cited the defendant’s conviction based largely on a confessor’s testimony, concerns over the death penalty, and belief that Patrick’s fate should be life rather than execution.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Higgins
Albert T. Patrick
Patrick
Vernor
Albert Patrick
Albany
William Rice
William M. Rice
Charles F. Jones
Jones
Judge Roan Warns Carousers Expect No Mercy in January
Judge Roan closes December term of the superior court warning holiday violators that those who return with more cases will receive no mercy. He lauds jurors for their service and notes the docket is nearly cleared, with only a few cases to move forward. The trial included a guilty verdict for three men in a robbery case and a fifteen year sentence for each.
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Roan
Superior Court
Judge Roan
Ral Hill
Brown
Perkins Called to Reveal Secrets in New York Life Case
George W. Perkins, witness before the Armstrong Investigation, was summoned to testify before a grand jury in New York. He faced cross examination on a $3,000,000 bond transfer from New York Life to New York Security and Trust to secure Prussian business permission. The process included subpena and coaching from counsel in the criminal courts building as officers and clerks watched.
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New York
George W. Perkins
Armstrong Investigation Committee
New York Life Insurance Company
Grand
J. P. Morgan
New York Life
Perkins
Armstrong Committee
Criminal Courts
Lewis J. Delafield
Rando
Ah. M. Mattison
Treasury
Receiver Appointed for German Insurance Company of Illinois
Philip Alston was named receiver for the German Insurance Company of Illinois assets in Georgia by Judge Pendleton. An injunction barred any interference with asset status. Prowell Hardware Company of Birmingham, Alabama filed the petition. The insurer faces insolvency from fire and earthquake losses in San Francisco. Estimated San Francisco liabilities were $5,139,428 with assets at $5,674,709 as of October 31. Reported Georgia liabilities to the state insurance commissioner were $3,519,724.
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Philip Alston
German Insurance Company of
Illinois
Georgia
Pendleton
Prowell Hardware Compapany
Birmingham
Ala
San Francisco
German Insurance Company
United States
Insurance Commissioner of Georgia
Royal Insurance Company
Liverpool
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Chicago
Mr. Alston
PARDONS TO CONVICTS FOR CHRISTMAS
Special to The Georgian Montgomery Ala Dec 20 Governor Jelks granted twenty five paroles and commutations to convicts as a Christmas present. The action marked a smaller tally than in two decades and followed a period of financial strain reported elsewhere in the State. A separate note mentions insurance matters involving Royal Insurance Company and Chicago Title and Trust Company with an Illinois receiver and pending bond issues.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jelks
Freight Trains Tied Up On Southern Railway
Spencer North Carolina December 20 One of the worst freight blockades in the history of the Southern railway system. Hundreds of loaded cars and many train crews are tied up as the holidays approach. A crew spent ninety ore hours between Concord and Spencer this week due to the blockade. Four to six trains are stranded within five miles of Spencer unable to reach yards. Company officers are trying to relieve the situation as a double track is being built but will not be in operation for a year or more.
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Spencer
N. C
Southern Railway
Concord
Southern Ry Machinists to Get More Pay
Washington, Dec. 20. Machinists at Southern Railway will receive wage increases as arbitration results favoring the union. Most shops gain 2 cents per hour, Birmingham and Sheffield get 11 3 cents, and apprentices gain 1 cent. The dispute centers on arbitration over wage scales, with further talks by Col. Thom and P. J. Conlon to finalize terms.
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Washington
Southern Railway Company
Birmingham
Sheffield
The
Southern
P. J. Conlon
International Association of Machiniists
Thom
Conlon
Anne
George Gray
Delaware
Georgian Reporters Link Witnesses to Bailiff Killing Case
The Georgian reports progress in identifying a mysterious companion of the bailiff killed at a Ketta street house near Pine. Witnesses place Dodgen with the bailiff before the fatal shot, and two men seen with him are being watched for identification as the wanted suspect. Detectives and reporters pursue corroborating evidence gathered Thursday from Alpharetta to Marietta Street.
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John
Ketta Street
Pine
Georgia
Ur Street
C. C
Alpharetta
Dodgen
Justice of
Bega
Decatur Street
Webb
Marietta Street
Mills
Mills Street
Ogen
Marietta
Shorty
Coronid de Nesses
Corgan Descriptiona
Et Webb
Willie
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Steele
Las
IM Alidi
Hat Works
Cummings
Woolen Mills
Jim Jeffries
Hunt Bears
Georian
Morgan
George Perkins
Frisco
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