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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1919
Page
8
Washington August 24 naval officers study allied commissions on submarines and gas warfare. They believe submarines will grow in major navies while acknowledging arguments for abolition. Proponents argue humane concerns but view submarines as essential for long range power and defense alongside mines and air bombardment.
John R Shillady of New York secretary of the NAACP said he was beaten in Austin and arrived in St Louis claiming the assault came from behind. He denied inciting Negroes against whites and stated he did not know if any action would follow. State officials were said to be investigating activities by local Negroes and circulating publications.
Corpus Christi Texas August 24 three persons killed and four injured when an automobile driven by C P Beard of Taft Texas skidded and plunged from the Nueces County causeway The dead include C P Benard 45 Mrs C C Beard and Phil Beard 14 Other injuries and a separate Oklahoma City report note Frank Swanda 49 and his three children 11 to 15 killed when their car was struck by a Frisco train near Spencer Oklahoma Territory The item also lists a series of misc historical notes and world facts in fragmented form
Joseph Bucklin Bishop, long a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, writes the September Scribner's essay Roosevelt as Peacemaker. It draws on more than 150000 letters to reveal Roosevelt's quiet diplomacy ending the Russo Japanese War and arranging the 1905 Portsmouth conference.
Washington reports a wartime agreement sets the United States pay of 81.75 per man transported overseas in British vessels. The deal, approved by Secretary Baker, covers 1,027,000 troops and a total coast estimate of 83,767,250 dollars. Similar talks are under way with France and others.
Atlantic City August 24 A resolution from Midvale Steel and Ordnance workers rejects shorter hours and higher pay as uneconomic and unwise under a collective bargaining plan. It notes labor cost pressures and urges restraint amid living costs. The item also briefly contrasts old beaver hat heirloom lore with past fashion norms and cites Italy’s high theater density per population.
Sarajevo, July 11. The city, last scene of Archduke Ferdinand's assassination, shows less war damage than Belgrade. Cafes well stocked, hotels poor service, officials shift from German to Croat and Serbian languages. Americans with Red Cross aid child reading and relief programs, 3000 schoolchildren and orphans receive daily rations.
At a mass meeting in Bartow Florida about 2500 Pell county citizens passed resolutions protesting Governor Catts removal of Sheriff Logan from office. Committee planned to visit the governor in Lakeland but found he had left for Plant City and would not return until Monday. Complaint by striking phosphate miners cited favoritism in handling the strike.
General John A. LeJeune, just back from France where he led the Second Division, has been detailed to command the Marine base at Quantico Virginia. A Louisiana native, he assumes new duties as Marine Corps headquarters reshapes its posts.
Civil service examinations will be held on September 24 for presidential postmasters at Jonesboro and Louisville Georgia. Compensation listed includes Jonesboro 1300 dollars and Louisville 1800 dollars.
Dr H H Proctor spoke at First Congregational Church on Fresh Facts from France detailing a Paris to battlefield journey for 100 miles to honor the 15 000 colored soldiers aiding in graves of 50 000 heroes. He lauded their cheer as they tended fallen comrades and presented a memorial stone from Lt Rushs grave to the Rush church.
London. Under the will of Mrs. Walter H. Burns sister of the late J Pierpont Morgan Viscount Harcourt, her son in law, is given £50000. The total estate of Mrs. Burns amounted to £627000.
The state librarian seeks books by Georgians or about Georgia affairs to add to the state library in the capital. Citizens have donated volumes, but collections are incomplete. A note on the common field daisy’s origin mentions a claim tied to Sherman’s march and is contrasted with botanical facts.
A damaged OCR fragment references Eliott and a publication by J Schenck in Charleston. It indicates a historical timeline predating a man’s coming by over forty years, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear facts or dates.
Two young men named Streetman and Gently, convicted of auto theft in Milton County Superior Court, escaped from the Alpharetta jail last night after sawing their way out of a steel cage. Judge News Morris had sentenced them to one to five years in the chain gang two days earlier. No clues on how they obtained tools. authorities suspect outside help and a waiting car may have spirited them away.
Halifax reports the Yarmouth fishing schooner Francis A. collided with the British freighter Lord Downshire in heavy fog, sinking 100 miles south of Sable Island. Captain Percy Ross and five crewmen of nineteen aboard perished. survivors reached Halifax by wireless from the freighter.
Kodak pictures investment promises greater returns than the same amount elsewhere. Jno L Moore & Sons, the opticians at 42 North Broad Street, advertise EKodaks and Brownies with fine tint.
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