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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1915
Page
5
The statement notes Mr McAdoo citing absence from Washington and optimism about cooperation. He suggests direct deposit of government funds in national banks could improve efficiency for cotton producers merchants and banks of the South if proven beneficial.
Federal reserve banks would channel deposits to national banks with credit secured by cotton and warehousing, at controlled rates. President Wilson and officials discussed aiding cotton amid calls for cooperation among bankers merchants and producers in the south. A new American note to Great Britain on neutral trade and cotton contraband is likely to be redrafted and formal protests anticipated.
Washington reports renewed efforts to lift the Russian embargo on exports to the United States after Archangel port congestion eased. Commercial Attache Baker notes improved conditions and urges selling agents in Archangel to move American cotton, with Archangel now a leading port as winter approaches.
Rome August 23 The Italian official statement says on the upper Cordevole the enemy attempted a sudden yard on our line defending the height Lana pass with Salesei. The attack was repulsed as fire and grenades rained. Tolmine sector defenses are being completed. On the Carso front a night attack gained several enemy trenches but our left wing held. In Leibuss zone enemy attacks were repulsed.
New Orleans dispatch reports no trace of the missing United Fruit liner Marowline with 93 aboard. Captains Baxter and Whidden attempted to locate the vessel along the Cuban coast and near Con Toy Island as a hurricane struck, with no confirmed sighting or distress signal. A Cartargo message joined the search, but no result was reported by late August 14.
Washington August 23 executive officers of the metal trades division of the American Federation of Labor studied backing for the International Association of Machinists in a campaign for the eight hour day. Plans for immediate action in New York and New England plants employing 15 000 men were laid before the council by W H Johnston president of the machinists. Strikes could be authorized if peaceful means fail and the metal trades may back machinists in a broader campaign across the industry.
Mrs Julia Delo of Quebec Canada identified her 8 year old son in Fort Worth Texas after a four year cross country search. The boy had been with Charlies F Carell who was arrested March 6 on assault charges and likely faces abduction charges. Carell had traveled with the boy since the disappearance. Habeas corpus was filed to regain possession as Carell alleges the child is his son. The petition will be heard soon.
The Mallory Steamship Co and Santa Fe railroad were cleared by the Interstate Commerce Commission to cut Atlantic coast to California rates below those for intermediate points. Rates for beans lentils peas canned goods and barley set at forty cents per 160 pounds on car loads. Dried fruit in boxes priced at sixty cents per 100 pounds and eighty cents in sacks to Charleston Baltimore Philadelphia and Boston. Water competition via the Panama Canal drove the reductions.
About 800 women and girls at the George C. Batelhaller company shops and the Crown Corset factory in Bridgeport strike for an eight hour day, readjusted charges, and abolition of fines. Strikers at International Silver plant did not return, though eight hour day and time and a half for overtime had been granted. They seek shop condition changes.
August 23 Chiesco reports the rules committee of the board of education approved an amendment barring teachers from belonging to any union or federation aimed at Holy Chicago Teachers Federation. The plan would eject any staffer linked to a labor group from service membership and will be presented to the board next month.
Allied reports describe German forces suffering heavy losses as 8,050 prisoners are captured and multiple machine guns seized. Breaches over tributaries and coastlines at Brest-Litovsk and near Grodno push Russian lines back while Austro German offensives gain ground in East Prussia and Galicia. Russian retreats continue with concern over Brest-Litovsk.
Three masked bandits entered the First State Bank of Bernice sixteen miles east of here. They covered cashier R D Mead with revolvers and took 1500 dollars in currency before fleeing toward Spavinaw. Fosses later left in pursuit.
Transports carrying troops and warships left Naples Syracuse Taranto and Brindisi under sealed orders for an unknown destination. It is widely believed they will operate against Turkey as part of a planned joint action with Britain France and Russia discussed by Italian General Pirro during his July visit to the Anglo French front.
Draughons Practical Business Colleges in Atlanta and other cities boast over 200000 graduates holding positions nationwide. The army earns a combined annual income near 180 million dollars with an average monthly salary around 76.8 dollars per graduate. Youth of both sexes can enlist for day or night sessions and expect good pay and promotion potential. Catalogues available from Hort Toade, Superintendent, Draughons Business College, Atlanta, Ga, and Montgomery, Ala.
Semi official Serbian reports claim Greece seized Epirus and Albania towns Avlona and Durazzo while Italy retains Agtona. Serbia might trade Macedonia for Dalmatian lands and an Albanian partition. Pachitch interview hints broader concessions.
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