Atlanta Faces Transit Woes as State Probes Streetcar Service
The Georgia Railway and Power Company faces an exhaustive inquiry by the state railroad commission into streetcar service in Atlanta. Officials seek sworn data on schedules, car seating capacity, hours observed, conductors reports, and other operational details after a flood of complaints from riders, shoppers, theatergoers, and workers about rush hour conditions.
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Atlanta
Torgia Railway and Power Company
State Railroad Commission
Fay
Eashc
Hellroad Commission
Georgia Rail Power Company Ordered to File Transit Data
The commission demands detailed reports on streetcar routes in Ita and suburbs, schedules, valuations, conductors, fares, and car seating. Data due by March 12 1913 with specified time blocks and route designations. An investigation is launched to assess conditions and exact status of service.
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Eni
Georgia Rail
Y and Power Company
At“ita
Towit
Georgia Railway Pe Power Company
Apes
Georgia
Verve
Judge Speer Grants Clemency in Moonshiner Case
In Savannah on February 21 Judge Emory Speer of the United States district court suspended Charles Palmer’s moonshining sentence due to pitiful circumstances. Palmer is to be released swiftly after concerns about his demented wife and a young child. Roscoe Luke reported the case to the judge, fearing harm to the baby.
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Savannah
Emory Speer
United States District Court
Charles Palmer
Albany
Roscoe Luke
Ohioan Sees Bride Georgia Girl First Time Wedding Day
In Athens Georgia on February 21 Miss Minnie Wortune wed Charles Rhodes of Ambia Ohio. They had never met before yesterday when Rhodes answered a correspondence school ad for a wife and traveled south to marry. Rhodes, a decorator, is middle aged. Minnie Wortune is in her twenties. They returned to Ambia today.
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Georgia
Athens
Minnie Wortune
Charles Rhodes
Ambia
Ohio
Rhodes
Lassie
Elk herd to be released in North Georgia mountains
State Game Warden Jesse Mercer has secured approval from Washington to obtain a herd of fifty elks for release in the mountains of north Georgia under strict breeding restrictions. The elk, shipped from Yellowstone Park, will be released this summer to flourish in the region.
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Jesse Mercer
Washington
North Georgia
Mércer
Georgia
Yellowstone Park
Pride of Its Women Customers Burden to Suffragist
New York, Feb 21. A suffrage grocery store at 2450 Broadway struggles as women customers refuse to carry home purchases. Mrs Sophia Kremer says men buy best and take items home, while no women chauffeurs could be found to push the little yellow pushcart, forcing boys to be hired and reducing an advertising feature to a utilitarian burden.
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New York
New Suffrage
Broadway
Sophia Kremer
Mrs White on Bond Expects Freedom at Trial
Attorneys for Mrs U Harrison White say she will be freed when the trial occurs, claiming all loans were word of mouth and to be repaid from Kentucky estate proceedings. Oliver White, her husband, calls charges a mistaken idea. Mrs White posted 3000 bail with husband and professional bondsman signing.
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U. Harrison White
Wealthy Man's Son Pawned Teeth to Eat in Kansas City
Emanuel Michalis a 23 year old scion of a wealthy New York family pawned his false teeth for 25 cents to buy food. He waits at a north side hotel hoping police Inspector Robert Miller will arrange a job. He says his father 8 Michalis is president of a realty mortgage company at 230 West Ninety-ninth Street New York. The youth left home last minute to seek fortune but fell in with gamblers.
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Kansas City
Emanuel Michalis
New York
North Side
Robert Miller
Michalis
Citizens Union Realty and Mortgage Company
West Ninety-ninth Street
Diven Fair Trial Will Refuse Support For Summary Execution
The United States will not sanction the summary execution of former Mexican president Francisco J. Madero without a formal trial. A note to Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson instructed him to tell the Mexican government that the U S wishes Madero to be formally tried and to refrain from summary execution in the name of humanity. The U S also warned it cannot provide assistance if its wishes are ignored.
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Washington
Francisco J. Madero
Mexico
United States
Henry Lane Wilson
Taft
Knox
Madero
M Abassador Wilson
Madero Physical Wreck in Palace Cell Near Insanity
Mexico City reports former president Francisco I. Madero a physical wreck in his cell at the national palace. He fears poison, refuses food, cannot sleep, and mourns his brother Gustavo killed earlier. Bid for banishment vs execution stirs factions as Huerta leans toward exile. congress to act. Freemason appeals for clemency reach Taft.
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Mexico City
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico
National Palace
Madero
Huerta
Francisco Madero
Gustavo
Congress
Pino Suarez
Luis Manuel Rojas
The
Freemasons of the
Valley of Mexico
Taft
Francisco J. Madero
Orozco Ready to Swear Allegiance
Provisional President Huerta strengthens control as Pascual Orozco Jr signals allegiance to the new government if commissioned in the regular army. Huerta tells U S diplomats he expects two years to pacify Mexico and plans a campaign of extermination against rebels and bandits. Mornal charges against deposed President Madero for tram looting continue.
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Huerta
Felix Diaz
Pascual Orozco, Jr
Diaz
Madero
Orozco
United States
Wilson
Mexico
Suffragette Pilgrimage Near Death From Harsh Suffering
Elkton Maryland February reports a suffrage march to Washington turning into a tragic ordeal as women collapse from pain and strain. Some may die if forced to continue yet the determined band refuses to quit, despite exhausted nerves and bodies.
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Elkton
Washington
Pilgrims limp into Elkton as frail leader struggles
The group began a 20 mile hike on Thursday in good condition but fatigue hit hard. They arrived in Elkton last night with many observers alarmed by Ida Craft’s frail state and fears she might not endure the journey.
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Elkton
Ida Craft
Hikers Endure Harsh Trek With Frail Members
Corporal Martha Klatchton weighed 98 pounds at start and collapsed en route, crawling to a night stop. Elizabeth Aldrich from San Diego is in an almost hysterical state after a recent collapse. Phoebe Hawn’s feet blistered and Minerva Crowell barely stayed conscious after the hike. Marie Baird, who collapsed at Princeton, rejoined but remains pitifully weak. Helene Fergmark from Philadelphia hiked despite extreme pain. others remain in poor condition.
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Martha Klatchton
Elizabeth Aldrich
San Diego
Phoebe Hawn
Minerva Crowell
Smith College
Marie Baird
Princeton
Helene Fergmark
Philadelphia
All Fear To Be Branded As Quitters
The group including General Jones endures extreme exhaustion on a grueling hike to Northeast Maine. Faces show strain as resolve holds despite weight loss and insults. They refuse to quit, insisting the journey continues despite agony and ridicule.
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Jones
Romalie Jones
Charter foes unveil new idea to block reform
Opponents of the charter reform propose a resolution by Councilman Claude L. Ashley barring the mayor and council members from new office for two years. Mayor Woodward calls it a wolf in sheep’s clothing and questions support beyond a joke while ward leaders plan meetings and the committee of 96 convenes next week to decide whether to back the charter.
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Claude L. Ashley
Fourth Ward
General Council
John S. Candler
Woodward
Joseph Loewus
Todas
Second Ward
Old City Hall
Rich Birmingham men indicted for renting houses for gambling
In Birmingham Alabama on February 21 Thomas H. Morton and W Nat Malone two of the wealthiest men in Birmingham were arrested under indictments charging them with renting houses used for gambling. The charge is not a misdemeanor. Other rich property owners have been indicted and will be arrested. Malone is a former president of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thomas H. Morton
W. Nat Malone
Molton
Coothher Uf Commerce
Bride Arrested On Wedding Day In Marietta Street Case
J C Hollifield wed Minnie Williams aged 17 in J P Orr office. After a brief search for work the groom returned home to find his bride missing. Police report Mrs Hollifield and a man named G L Cooke held in a Luckie Street vacant house. Hollifield sought to defend the charges as unfounded.
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J.C. Hollifeld
Minnie Williams
Justice of the Peace
Orr
Bacon and Crane picked for inaugural parade
Washington February 21 The joint congressional committee chose Senator Bacon of Georgia and Senator Crane of Massachusetts to ride to and from the White House with President-elect Wilson. Crane seats in the presidential barouche as committee chair. Bacon ranks Democrat and joins him.
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Washington
Joint Congressional Committee
Crane
Massachusetts
Bacon
Georgia
White House
Wilson
Overman
North Carolina
Rucker
Missouri
Marshall
Wileon
Joint Committee
Congrovman MckKinley
Minois
Conmmrestian Garrett
Vernnessee
Fiuel
Wilken and Marshall
Charter Revision Urged After City Construction Report
The Georgian exposes the city construction department’s inefficiency. The Chamber of Commerce engineering committee recommends charter revision to remove political influence and reorganize the department along modern lines. The report cites $189,402.34 in annual costs and $608,566.35 for sewered and street projects, urging action without targeting any official.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. N. Hazlehurst
Construction
Clayton
Lack of Organization and Efficiency in City Construction Dept
The report argues a proven lack of organization ability and efficiency in the chief of construction's department and calls for radical reorganization. It cites ward pressure for funding divisions and public agitations as contributing factors, noting the council’s investigation produced little result and detailing the failure of a reorganizational committee.
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Brother
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Quitters
Hollifield
Marietta Street
Hollifeld
Layton
Cham
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