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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1914
Page
5
The minister said negotiations have ended as envoys refused to reveal details of messages to Huerta delegates. Rabasa and colleagues may have been instructed to soften their firm stand for a neutral successor to Huerta, signaling a potential shift in the deadlock.
The bodies of Robert Paschal George and William Hart three negro youths hanged in the Tower Friday for the murder of Mrs. S. L Irby at Wrens Jefferson County were unclaimed by relatives Saturday and will be buried Sunday afternoon by Cox Bros. & Co. in Chestnut Hill Cemetery near Atlanta. Hundreds of negroes viewed the trio at the Cox undertaking establishment on Auburn avenue.
Berlin experts predict a new era in wireless telegraphy after the exchange of messages between Emperor William and President Wilson. A message sent from the Tuckerton, New Jersey station was received at Hanover, with William replying from Hanover station, covering about 4062 miles.
CHICAGO June 20 Washington Porter a millionaire in his seventies and a real estate dealer was found guilty of allowing property under his control to be used for immoral purposes and fined 200 by a jury in the Moral Court this afternoon The case was prompted by evidence gathered by Rev Elmer L Williams
Memphis detectives arrested a thief identified by a moving picture showing a girl depositing $400 at a local bank. The thief picked up the mislaid package just as the camera started. Development of the film traced his motions and led to the arrest.
J Haden president of the Georgia Association of Commerce is invited to speak at the Georgia Weekly Press Association annual meeting convening July 13 His talk will cover Copr esident T P McCutcheon of the Press Association invited other speakers for the occasion
Newcastle Indiana June 20 Dr W A Winters reports Wisconsin message of Eliza Whistler Catherine's grandmother dies of worry over the girl's disappearance.
Washington June 20 treasury department provides certificates to protect firms and corporations from tax collectors. The certificates are to be posted in conspicuous places of all organizations notable for the income tax.
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as beneficial for insomnia mental exhaustion lassitude nervous headaches and indigestion claiming relief for nervous disorders.
Two dozen tomato plants come free with every $1.00 purchase at the greenhouses located at 555 East Fair Street operated by Atlanta Floral Co.
New York June 20 Thomas D Jones of Chicago a major Wilson campaign contributor has been named for the Federal Reserve Board He and his brother gave 21000 to the pre convention fund bringing total donations to 50000 Their gifts prompted a Senate inquiry and bankers note Jones links to the Zinc Trust and Industrial interests face opposition to confirmation in the Senate He is a director of the Mineral Point Zinc Company New Jersey Zinc and International Harvester Company.
A former inmate writes to ministers from 429 South Pryor Street recounting a prison vision that he says granted him prophetic power to speak and write. He urges leniency and argues persecuting ex-convicts harms society. The article notes ongoing jail cases and upcoming court reopenings for perjury and subornation charges.
Judge Hill returns from vacation to set next Saturday for hearing Jim Conley’s motion for a new trial as accessory after the fact in the Mary Phagan murder. W M Smith prepares exceptions on legal grounds alleging failure to charge twenty requested points. An appeal to the Supreme Court is planned in the case of Ed Elder, to be hanged next Friday, after a refused new trial.
J. T. Jackson manager of the Savoy Theater filed mandamus proceedings in the Superior Court with Earl and Walter A. Sims to compel Judge E D Thomas head of the Municipal Court to approve Jacksons bond for a certiorari to the higher court. The suit stems from a judgment in Judge Thomas court in favor of Overland Southern Automobile Company. Jackson sought to appeal and it is said the judge ruled the Municipal Court need not approve certiorari bonds. Hearing set for ar. Amount involved about 1.
Three early morning blazes occupied firefighters from 1 am to daybreak. Mrs. R. M. Hudson and her daughters escaped a collapsing roof at 83 West Ontario Ave as the upper structure burned away. A separate fire gutted Verner’s Barbecue at 2 Broad Street, threatening Childs Hotel guests. A third blaze left Peter Hill partially suffocated in Ivy Street eateries. Fire crews battled worn after three earlier fires.
Atlanta Pythians prepare a major welcoming event for Thomas J. Carling of Macon, supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, to be held next Tuesday in Atlanta. Representatives from all local lodges meet with Empire Lodge No. 47 to finalize plans for the public installation of Empire Lodge officers in mid July in the Auditorium, led by Carling and the deputy grand chancellor with ten past chancellor commanders.
The War Department has appointed Thomas R. R Cobb of the Georgia School of Technology and Owen Adams Coleman of the University of Georgia Medical College to attend the Students Military Camp of Instruction at Asheville North Carolina in July. L. E. Mansfield of the Georgia School of Technology is designated to Burlington Vermont for the summer encampment.
Topeka Kansas report details hundreds of harvest hands stricken by heat as temperatures topped 100 degrees across the state. The heat wave pushed conditions to harsher levels with today’s heat intensifying while the wheat harvest nears one third completion.
Milwaukee dispatch reports Joe Welling of Chicago outpointed Sapper O Neill of England over twenty rounds at Bakers Stadium Sydney. Bobby More of New York defeated Ed Newhouse in Melbourne over twenty rounds.
Louisville editor Henry Watterson denounces Rosalie Jones challenge to debate on woman suffrage on the St. Louis courthouse steps. In a playful epistolary reply he mocks the general tone and urges the suffrage issue be settled by action, not chatter, calling Jones a “naughty brain” and suggesting walking rather than debating.
The Atlanta Scottish Association marks the 600th anniversary of Bannockburn with a Burns Cottage event on June 24. Alexander C. Bruce will speak as a Bruce descendant, Judge Marcus W. Beck gives the Bannockburn address, and a program of songs, music, and readings includes Peter Grant, Mary Taylor, Selkirk Taylor, and others. Invitations are requested via Dr. Smellie at Grand Opera House Building.
The Georgia Bar Association closed its Tybee meeting with officer elections. Sam S. Bennett of Albany became president, with George W. Owens Savannah and others elected as vice presidents. Orville A. Park of Macon served as secretary amid illness of O. A. Park. Z. D. Harrison of Atlanta became treasurer. Executive committee includes Z. B. Rogers Elberton and Eugene Black Atlanta.
WAYCROSS June 20. Martin Baldtree and Ralph Jones, white farm hands, were arrested on assault and battery charges for beating E. M. Tullis, a farmer eight miles south of Homerville. Tullis fled to a swamp log after being seized from his home and beaten with leather lashes and pistol butts. The attackers, alleged to have been hired, left Tullis badly injured and bedridden for weeks.
In Philadelphia on June 20 George W. South a psychology instructor at the University of Chicago and Harvard graduate was found dead in his brother Edwin’s apartment. A towel wrapped about his face suggested a possible cause. South had been suffering a nervous breakdown, cause of death not yet learned.
London June 20 The Right Rev Alfred Robert Tucker Canon of Durham leader in the open communion controversy head of heart disease in Westminster Abbey. He was a principal figure and co defendant with Bishop William George Peel of Mombasa in the dispute.
A man-eating grizzly from Yellowstone escaped today from the city park zoo in Denver. Hundreds of armed residents in automobiles, on horseback, and on foot search for the animal. The bear will be killed on sight and no recapture effort will be attempted.
Six women deputed by the militant suffragettes met Prime Minister Asquith in London to press for freeing Sylvia Pankhurst and to urge royal protection for their cause. Pankhurst, ill from hunger strike, remains under cat and mouse rule. Arson squad strikes in Wales near Wrexham destroying a railway station and threatening a freight train.
Charleston June 20 Governor Blease received a message from General Evans Eastern Department of the army stating the invitation for the South Carolina militia to take part in the May 1914 joint maneuvers is withdrawn by order of the War Department. The State militia will not proceed to Augusta.
A $10,000 limousine with a calliope attached sped down Boylston Street playing The Wearmmeg of the Green and A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight. Mr and Mrs E L Swan of Orange watched from behind the wheelhouse, Mrs Swan fingering the keyboard as the car rattled by.
Thomas Allen a 114 year old Black man died at his son Willis Allen’s home on the Dexter plantation of Dr. W. B. Taylor a Laurens representative. Allen was enslaved in the Jiles family of Wilkinson County.
A loving cup of solid gold and a diamond studded Shrine emblem were presented to Forrest Adair by a committee of Atlanta citizens and shrine members at his Druid Hills home. The gifts honor his work in bringing the Shrine to Atlanta last May and his entertaining hospitality, with attendees including Ernest Woodruff and J. W. English.
Parke Nicholas, Laurel Miss, quotes a Pellagra sufferer who credits Baughn's Pellagra Remedy with restoring her weight from 60 to 90 pounds. The ad urges Pellagra sufferers to consult American Compounding Company, Box 587-D Jasper Ala, promising refunds if the remedy fails.
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