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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1913
Page
1
Milan Court of Appeals reverses a lower ruling in the breach of promise case of Elisa Ganelli against Darico Caruso. It orders a new trial to determine her damages for pre nuptial expenses, while finding no damages for injuring her name. Caruso is in London and disputed the decision.
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of President Wilson will perform at a social center event in Madison Wisconsin singing several songs and dancing with Social Center Club members. Governor Sulzer appointed her to a state commission to investigate the affairs and management of prisons and reformatories.
Washington scene notes Eleanor Wilson, youngest daughter of the President, rising as the capital’s leading society milliner. She trims hats for herself and belles, unveiling a chic pansy hat with white hemp, purple pansies, and ribbons creating a Parisian effect.
New York June 23 On a late New York bound train Finley J. Shepard husband of Helen Gould Shepard failed to alight at his station. Realizing the mistake he refused to jump and continued on to Ossining where he hired an auto and returned swiftly to Irvington along the Albany post road proving cautious about railroad dangers.
President Wilson indicated to visitors that former New York Governor John A. Dix will not be considered for the Governor of the Philippines or any other post. The Philippine governorship will go to a candidate from a tentative list of three or four men. Wilson also indicated New York is well provided for in major appointments.
William B. Maner, 65, died of heart failure at Collins Springs Baptist Church during Sunday services after the pastor announced the text. Well known in Atlanta among railroad workers, he leaves a wife and eight children. Funeral services were held Monday at 6 Guyton Street home.
During a heavy storm lightning struck the American Telephone Company switchboard at Shamokin. Operator Miss Kathryn O Leary was thrown to the floor but sounded an alarm and was rescued as the blaze gutted the building. Loss estimated at 20000 dollars.
Salonica reports a Bulgarian plot to assassinate King Constantine of Greece. Bulgarian soldiers disguised as civilians were arrested by Greek military police and explosives found outside the city gates. A suspect confessed an attack on the King's palace was planned as fighting with Bulgarians continues near the city.
Sofia reports Bulgaria withdraws acceptance of Czar Nicholas's proposal to arbitrate the dispute with Servia and Greece. Russia's effort to avert a new Balkan conflict may fail as Bulgarian press accuses Russia of backing Serb and Greek actions and warns of a secret league with Montenegro to deny Bulgaria spoils. The situation grows ominous with a likely climax this week.
Albany report states state officials will not bar General Daniel E. Sickles from attending the fiftieth anniversary Gettysburg celebration. Attorney General Carmody I0 advised Sickles counsel that no execution will be issued to prevent attendance after a judgment for $23,000 in state funds.
Directors of the Panama Railroad in Washington regard the line as a prime military asset. The railroad will be kept up in every way and expected to carry substantial traffic even after the Canal opens. The government will run a large coal depot at the Canal entrance and will rent coal bins to private companies.
Secretary Wilson issues order granting mainland ports authority to refuse entry to aliens from insular possessions. The change closes loophole where people could enter via insular territories before reaching the mainland.
A. G. Hull of North Dover attempted to dry a box of cartridges in a stove top. The mishap caused a fatal fire that left Hull’s wife Morays and Mrs Hull gravely ill in Cleveland on June 23.
The forecast shows fair and slightly rising temperatures for Monday as cooler air arrives. Between 8 and 9 am the first signs of cooler weather emerged with a 78 degree start and a minor rise thereafter. Southwest winds around ten mph cooled morning air while southeast winds delivered Sunday rainfall of 1.27 inches before 4:30 pm.
One week after deputy Dave Yancey was stabbed to death while protecting order, his widow and six children hold a memorial at their Jonesboro Road home. Atlanta citizens have donated about $1,000 to the Yancey fund, with $900 needed for farm mortgage, leaving little for long term support. further contributions are urged.
LONDON June 23 A week of lively society events opened with the Prince of Wales celebrating his nineteenth birthday. He will host President Poincare in Portsmouth tomorrow as the King’s special representative. Alexandra Day follows with charity flower sales by society women. Buckingham Palace hosts a state ball Thursday.
Berlin June 23 The suppression of Hauptmanns Festspiel by Breslau authorities sparked protests from literary and political figures. The Authors Protective League filed a formal protest against the ban, calling it brutal and criticized for praising the French over Prussian heroes.
CAMBRIDGE MASS June 23 Zacharias Chaffee Jr Harvard law student urged a less hostile judiciary in a commencement speech noting that initiative and recall were tried on Alcibiades and Socrates in Athens and failed unjustly He questioned the value of swapping one judge for another with similar views.
Mobile June 23 Dr Carl L Alsberg chief of the Bureau of Chemistry says the label Guaranteed under the food and drugs act does not assure purity. He states the legend only enables prosecution if goods violate the act.
Prosecuting Attorney Hugh M. Dorsey announced the State would calendar Leo M. Frank’s trial for the week of June 30. Judge L S Roan will decide the exact date, with a possible move to July 14 to 28 if needed. Dorsey returned from New York and plans to begin summoning witnesses once defense readiness is confirmed.
Thomas Jefferson aged Salvation Army worker and former Indian instructor died Sunday night at Grady Hospital after being struck Thursday at Mitchell and Whitehall Streets. He did not regain consciousness. Relatives unknown. body to be buried by the Salvation Army if unclaimed. No blame on driver J. L. Hughes of 380 Peachtree Street, who was driving slowly. eyewitnesses say Jefferson leaped in front of the car to shield another from a faster machine.
Doctors abandon hope for life as Lal . Poison baffles experts. The image shows little Mary Tribble, once a neighborhood pet and now a dearly loved schoolgirl, photographed years before her illness.
Little Mary Tribble a 77 year old girl in East Atlanta lies unconscious and convulsing after a mysterious poison ingested from brightly colored chalk more than two weeks ago. Three physicians have treated her with a water cure and other methods. a new doctor offered help but the girl’s condition worsened and the family has little hope of recovery.
Dr John E White warned in a Sunday sermon at Second Baptist Church that feminism grows from rebellion against parasitism. He argued equality of rights could raise both sexes to the same moral standard, contrasting a rising man or sinking woman to reach that level, and lamented women adopting a man’s code of morals.
Jacob Zelle, who claimed to be a Cleveland physician, was found last night walking naked on North Clark Street. He told a policeman he was dead and seeking an undertaker to bury him.
Rev Dr Dunbar Ogden urged decency at Central Presbyterian Church on Sunday night. He called extreme women's fashion a menace to morals and the nude in art more vicious, citing local instances and critiquing the film Quo Vadis and Atlanta store showings as crimes meriting punishment.
In Phoenix on June 23 three women ran street cars to break a strike but quit after three hours of struggling with brakes and missile threats, unable to continue despite persistence.
As the Georgia Legislature for 1913 14 convenes at 10 am Wednesday in Atlanta members pour into town to organize and discuss legislation. The Senate presidency is a tight race between Allen and Anderson with big corporate interests quietly backing favorites. Burwell of Hancock is favored for speaker with Hardeman and Sheppard opposing. Tax reform dominates talks. five mill cap seen, inheritance and auto taxes proposed. A child labor reform bill is expected early, with Hooper Alexander preparing the measure.
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