City realty assessments jump in 1914 figures and budget impact
The 1914 realty assessment totals reach $130,235,575, up $13,624,117 from 1913, with an anticipated extra $5.9 million to $8 million in overall tax gains. Officials note more than $30,000 available for expenditure, while personality and public service taxes remain undecided. Ward by ward figures show each ward’s assessment and tax due at a 1.25 percent rate.
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Public Service
Finance Committee
First Ward
Second Ward
Third Ward
Eighth Ward
Ninth Ward
Tenth Ward
Frank asserts innocence in Mary Phagan murder
Leo M. Frank, in his first extended utterance since cell confinement at the Fulton County Tower, reiterates that he knew nothing of Mary Phagan s murder and claims the hand that penned the notes found on her body was the one that wrapped the cord. Luther Z Rosser says the statement was prepared by Frank alone and released unaltered.
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Leo M. Frank
Fulton County
Mary Phagan
Luther Z. Rosser
Frank
Georgia Pays Final Tribute to Senator Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon's body returns to Georgia and lies in state as a grand procession forms at Terminal Station. Georgia officials and national figures attend, with cadets, military escorts, and a vast crowd in Atlanta. The funeral train proceeds to the Capitol amid solemn ceremony and mourning.
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Senator Bacon
Washington
State Capitol
Augustus Octavius Bacon
State
Georgia
Atlanta
Terminal Station
Capitol
Seventeenth United States Regiment
Bank Crash Victim Ends Life With Gas
MEMPHIS February 18 Edward Norton a 50 year old man who lost all his savings in the Mercantile Bank failure died by gas asphyxia at his home his daughter found him. Shelby County Attorney General Z N Estes opened an investigation for depositors. C Hunter Raine president of the bank confessed a shortage exceeding 1 000 000 and remains in jail.
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Memphis
Mercantile Bank of Memrls
Edward Norton
Z. N. Estes
Shelby County
C. Hunter Raine
General Sickles Housekeeper Dies
New York February 18. Miss Eleanor Earle Wilmerding, longtime housekeeper to General Daniel Sickles, died at her sister's home after about three months illness.
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New York
Eleanor Earle Wilmerding
Daniel Sickles
Daily Directory Wants and Opportunities Exposed
The Georgian and American listings show a daily Want ed section with farms for sale loans needed positions sought and other needs. Readers are urged to consult the daily directory for current opportunities and advertisements.
Atlantan Named for Big U S Job
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of E. Marvin Underwood of Atlanta for Assistant Attorney General. A Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt Law School graduate, he joined King Spalding Underwood in 1909 and is noted for active trial work in local and Federal courts and as a professor at the Atlanta Law School.
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Wilson
E. Marvin Underwood
Washington
Senate
Atlanta
M. L. Underwood
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt Law School
King, Spalding & Underwood
Atlanta Law School
Bacon Funeral Delays Treaty Debate in Senate
Washington February 13 The Senate arbitration treaties with Great Britain face delays as Foreign Relations Committee members travel to attend Senator Bacon's funeral. Debate was to start tomorrow, with ratification seen only after a protracted battle over Panama Canal tolls.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Bacon
Great Britain
Saloons for Women in Pittsburg Move Ahead
Pittsburg reports two women’s saloons where women may act as bartenders and patrons may lean against the rail. Director Hubbard had barred women from public drinking places unless in male company and now plans entrances where men are not allowed.
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Pittsburg
Pittburg
Public Safety
Hubbard
Chicken Thief Drops $90 in Looting Coop
Smyrna Delaware farmer Charles Carey reported $15 worth of chickens stolen. The burglar dropped a wallet containing $90 in the coop, and Carey says he would welcome similar visits from the thief.
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Smyrna
Del
Charles Carey
Carey
Make Marriage Link Not Handcuff Urges Feminist Platform
New York report outlines feminist platform ideas from Crystal Eastman Benedict. Key points call for marriage as a link not a hand cuff and insistence on female financial independence. She urges educating girls for life, keeping their own name, freeing men and women from dependence, and ending alimony reliance.
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Crystal Eastman
Benedict
Miss Benedict
Weird Story Teller Held as Vagrant
Robert A. Craig of New Orleans aged 27 told Recorder Broyles a strange tale of being mobbed in Auburndale Florida and narrowly escaping death before fleeing to the State capital seeking aid from the Governor who allegedly refused. Probation Officer Coogler had sought to place him in the county almshouse and Recorder Broyles bound him over on vagrancy charges.
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Auburndale
Fla
Broyles
Robert A. Craig
New Orleans
Craig
Coogler
Missing Elberton Girl Sought in Atlanta
Police search for Bertha Elrod 22 missing from Elberton Georgia since January. Relatives reported she may be in Atlanta and Chief Beavers has assigned men to the case.
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Elberton
Atlanta
Bertha Elrod
Beavers
Miss Genevieve Clark Revives Knitting in Washington
Washington from February 18 reports Miss Genevieve Clark daughter of the Speaker has revived knitting as a Lenten project in society. She is an adept and inspired belles to knit for the poor as a charitable form of sewing.
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Washington
Genevieve Clark
Governor Signs Day Election Act in Virginia
Richmond Va Feb 18 Governor Stuart signed the enabling act referring the state wide prohibition question to a vote of the people. The election is scheduled to be held in September.
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Richmond
Stuart
D A R elects officers and halts James Oglethorpe school plan
Macon February 18 The Daughters of the American Revolution elected officers without opposition: Mrs William Lawson Peel national vice president Mrs Thad C Parker state regent Mrs A O Harper first vice regent Mrs W A Winburn second vice regent Mrs Howard McCall recording secretary Mrs W M Benton treasurer Mrs J S Lowry historian and Miss Ruby Felder Ray state editor The group voted to suspend plans for a James Oglethorpe memorial school for boys at Saint Simons Island due to a will provision requiring Episcopal upbringing The event featured a luncheon a Confederate chapter reception and a historical pageant
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Macon
of the Daughters of the American Revolution
William Lawson Peel
Atlanta
Georgia
Thad C. Parker
A. O. Harper
Athens
W. A. Winburn
Savannah
Howard McCall
W. M. Benton
Augusta
J. S. Lowry
Dawson
Ruby Felder Ray
James Oglethorpe
Saint Simons Island
A. F. G. Dodge
Episcopal Church
Mary Hammond Washington
Macon Daughters of the Confederacy
Edison Bird Study Trip Begins February Twenty First
Thomas A. Edison announced a six weeks vacation starting February 21 to Fort Myer Florida with Henry Ford and John Burroughs. They will study birds in the Everglades and travel light, eating simple meals of fresh fruit vegetables and fish.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Fort Myer
Fla
Henry Ford
John Burroughs
Everglades
Sled crashes into eggs wagon in Huntington. few injuries
A bobsled carrying 21 people collided with a delivery wagon laden with eggs in Huntington New York on February 18. Several people were injured but only one egg broke.
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Huntington
N. Y
Woman Hires Maid To Look After Cats
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 18. Mrs. H. B. Graham, a wealthy woman, has hired a special maid to look after her cats. The arrangement reflects her concern for pet care and credentials of the staff.
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ST. Louis
Ashley Makes 300th Trip to Crematory
Councilman Ashley, head of the Sanitary Committee, marked his 300th inspection of the new crematory on a government timeline corroborated by City Clerk Walter Taylor. He has visited from City Hall to the crematory daily since August 15 and reports to Mayor Woodward. They agreed to delay an official test for about two weeks after the Destructor Company declined a test last Saturday.
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Ashley
Walter Taylor
Taylor
Woodward
Destructor Company
Dying Tulane player among four hurt after LSU basketball game
NEW ORLEANS Feb 18 Louis Altman of Tulane was fatally injured in a basketball game with Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He is unconscious and dying. Three other Tulane men were hurt in the contest.
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New Orleans
Louis Altman
Tulane University
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Tulane
Altman
Margaret Wilson Denies Engagement
Miss Margaret Wilson denied reports she was engaged to Boyd Fisher of New York, formerly of Kansas City, with authorization to Secretary Tumulty to issue the denial from Washington on February 18.
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Washington
Margaret Wilson
Tumulty
Boyd Fisher
New York
Kansas City
Roentgen Ray Finds Boy Has Two Stomachs
In Berne Switzerland on February 18 doctors using the Roentgen ray discovered a 19 year old youth has two stomachs. The youth had been suffering from stomach disorders and the finding is reported by special cable to the Atlanta Georgian.
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Berne
Switzerland
Gas leak found by engineer in Chicago basement
Chicago February 18 Nicholas henningsen engineer sought a gas leak in the cellar of Quinns saloon guided by a lighted match doctors at the German Hospital said that he might recover
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Chicago
Nicholas Henningsen
Quinn
Underwood Opposes Panama Tolls Exemption Repeal
Washington February 18 Majority Leader Underwood told President Wilson it will be very hard to repeal the Panama Canal tolls exemption for coastwise shipping. He opposed repeal and said many Democrats who voted for the exemption last year are ready to stand by their votes. Representative Claude Kitchin also saw the President with similar counsel.
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Washington
Underwood
Wilson
Claude Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Preacher Too Young Albany Portlands Flock Won't Follow
The Rev. S. H. Kimball of Montavilla Christian Church in Portland resigns claiming his 24 years make him seem inexperienced. He says some congregants felt he did not know what he was talking about, leading to his decision.
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Portland, Oreg
S. H. Kimball
Montavilla Christian Church
Portland
South America Joins Panama Exposition
The United States Commission to South America reports that seven countries Brazil Uruguay Argentina Chile Bolivia Peru and Venezuela will mount extensive exhibits at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Argentina has appropriated 1 300 000 of government funds, placing it at the forefront among foreign participants.
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San Francisco
United States Commission
South America
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
Bolivia
Peru
Venezuela
Edward Dies in His Cell in Tower C
Edward, a misdemeanor prisoner in Fulton County Tower, died in his cell Wednesday after a long illness. He had been attended by the county physician. The body was moved to Poole's funeral establishment.
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Edward
Tower
C. S. Edward
Fulton County
Poole's, Funeral Establishment
I Am Innocent, Leo Frank Says in Statement
In a public message, Leo Frank declares he seeks no pity and trusts truth will prevail. He expresses faith in Georgia citizens and God, laments a “sinister cloud” over his case, and urges the public to await further pages for continuation of his remarks.
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Georgia
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