100 FEW SHELLS FOR GREAT GUNS MAKES NAVY TESTS
Secretary Daniels told the naval committee that Alaska Mat anuska coal tested on the cruiser Maryland proves as good as any fuel for Pacific coast ships. He outlined navy needs for a $40,000 contingency fund and urged reforms including acting second lieutenants and a length of service based retired pay scheme. He discussed dry dock locations Norfolk or Philadelphia and defended current yard management while noting plans for a construction officer at Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Matanuska Fields
Alaska
Daniels
Naval Committee of the House
Maryland
Matanuska
Aay
Bering Fields
Pacific
Navy
National Defense
Philadelphia
Indianhead
Winterhalter
Hobson
Alatheme
Philippines
Corregidor Island
Corregidor
Manila
Gardner
Massachusetts
Padgett
Naval Committee
Representative Hay
Navy Department
Army and Navy
Roosevelt
Stirling
House” Naval Committee
New York
Norfolk
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Lee
Pennsylvania
Naval A
Danilels
Congress
General Board of the Navy
Mr. Lee
Army
Panama
Mare Island
Systematic Charity Planned By Preachers In Atlanta
At a Monday meeting of the Evangelical Ministers association Atlanta churches pledged to work with Associated Charities to eliminate poverty. They urged citizens to keep employed, provide skilled labor through construction and repair, and offer sufficient work to all, stressing urgent, united relief. Old clothing donations were requested for charity use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan-gelical ‘Ministers’ Association
Churches of
Atlanta
John A. White
Associated Charities
Evangelial Ministers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Dunber Ho Ogden
John E. White
B. Witmer
C. 0. Jones
L.O. Bricker
The
Evangelical , Ministers’ Association
Amusements scored in sermon by Sentell
Rev. William M. Sentell at Gordon Street Baptist church denounced theaters cards and the dance as unclean harmful and destructive to Christian living. He argued that strictly moral plays cannot be profitable and that financial success depends on appealing to baseness. He quoted theater manager Mr. Palmer on theater themes appealing to passion and leading to madness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Sentell
Gordon Street Baptist
Mr. Palmer
Woman Driven by Pellagra Ends Life in Poisoning
In Macon Georgia on December 14 Mrs. Robert W Smith wife of a railroad employee consumed ninety two strychnine tablets totaling one and a half grains. Driven insane by pellagra she chose death with her daughter unaware of the plan. She died about an hour after ingestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Robert W. Smith
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad
Wife Choked Husband, Court Grants Divorce
In Judge W. D. Ellis' court, Oden a cigarmaker appealed for divorce after claiming his wife choked him to the verge of death. The jury removed disabilities of the divorce and awarded the wife alimony of $15 monthly despite the decree granted yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oden
Superior Court
W. D. Ellis
Pupils Visit Telephone Exchange From Miss Cobb’s School
The pupils of Miss Carolyn Cobb’s school who wish to visit the telephone exchange today are asked to meet at Miss Cobb’s studio at Philips and Crew’s at 2:30. They will tour the exchange with the training school director at the telephone building and others may join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Carolyn Cobb
Miss Cobb
Phillips & Crew's
Dining Car Cooks Scalded by Soup in Seaboard Wreck
A Seaboard passenger train derailed near Boreden Wheeler Alabama after a broken rail. Five cars went off, including two diners. Three black cooks suffered severe scalding from overturned soup while three white passengers were lightly hurt. A special train transported the injured to Atlanta Hospital. The wreck was cleared by night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boreden- Wheeler
Ala
Seaboard
Atelanta
Economy watchword for money measure in big approval bill
Washington reports the appropriations committee trimmed nearly 32.4 million from department estimates and issued a bill for 38,744,753 dollars. It cuts mileage for Congress to five cents a mile, funds the census, and adds 1,000 employees while marking a 1.13 million rise over last year. The measure includes a 2.286 million special appropriation for the census. The committee notes the census cost occurs once every ten years and that overall this year's allocation is less than the prior year's. It also reduced the commerce bureau budget by 102,280 dollars despite a 25,000 dollar rise over last year for Central and South American trade promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Senate
Secretary of Commerce
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
South
Central America
Fight Opens on Waterways Measure in Congress
Washington December 14. Representative Freer Wisconsin attacks proposed Cumberland and Tennessee river improvements calling Mussel Shoals plan a scandalous project to waste 18 701 000 government funds for the Alabama Power Trust while criticising the army engineers and lower Mississippi work as useless. Representative Moon Tennessee defends Mussel Shoals as a worthy project to build up freight routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Representative Freer
Wisconsin
Cumberland
Tennessee
Alabama
Alabama Power Trust
Freer
Army Board of Engineers
Lower
Mississippi
Pork Barrel
Moon
Tennesee
Frederick M. Smith Named Temporary President of Latter Day Saints
Frederick M. Smith, first counsellor, was confirmed as temporary president of the reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, succeeding his father Joseph Smith who died last week. A general conference will choose a permanent counsellor in April. The new leader, 48, is a grandson of Joseph Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Frederick M. Smith
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Joseph Smith
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Spirited contest over Tifton postmaster office
Washington reports a lively fight for the postmaster position at Tifton with incumbent Mrs. H. C. Tift and about a dozen applicants including GL Blalock W. H. Parker C. C. Guest W. H Bennett J. E. Peeples and W. C. Sourlin. Representative Frank Park faces pressure from friends of candidates to influence the appointment while Georgia senators are urged to weigh in. Park also recommended William T. Adkins for Edison postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Snc
Tifton
Frank Park
H. C. Tift
GL. Blalock
W. H. Parker
C. C.guest
W. H Bennett
J. E. Peeples
W. C. Sourlin
Georgia
Representative Park
Wdlnam T. Adkins
Edison
Company Answers Complaints Made Of Cold Street Cars
The Constitution reports multiple complaints about street cars not being heated enough. A company statement says heat fuses were added November 19 and inspected nightly, but open doors, drafty windows, and speed over open stretches hinder steady warmth. Electric radiators under every other seat are deployed to distribute heat, though passengers still find some too cold and others too warm.
Bond Issue for Civic Improvements Promises New Schools
The proposed $3,000,000 bond would fund civic improvements and erect schools to handle rising attendance for at least a decade. Alderman Armistead noted Girls High School enrollment could top 1,000 if facilities were adequate, citing parents' fear of unsafe buildings and fire risks as causes of truancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armistead
DeKalb Plans Corn and Canning Clubs
DeKalb County Teachers Association will discuss county wide corn and canning clubs to set the pace for the state and south. The meeting at Ingleside school will feature representatives from government and the Decatur Board of Trade outlining plans for the campaign. Superintendent R J Carroll will preside, and Eugene Clark, a DeKalb county youth who earned two State College of Agriculture scholarships and exhibited 130.69 bushels at the state corn show, will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb County
State College of Agriculture
Jobs Furnished To 600 Workmen
The plan to extend sewers beyond their terminus prompted action by Jerome Jones and the Atlanta trades unions to urge the city to release bond funds for work. Dr Dunbar Ogden led Evangelical Ministers in support, with Councilman McCord drafting the investigation and securing a meeting of bond and sewer committees to proceed. Jones stated many workers had never held tools and urged merchants to provide heavy laborers gloves, praising the press, ministers, business community, and officials for aiding the unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Jones
Trades Unions of
Atlanta
Mr. Jones
Evangelical Ministers’ Association
Dunbar Ogden
Jd. L. McCord
McCord
Clayton
The
Journal of Labor
Constitution
Chamber of Commerce
Yiele
Six Negroes Moved To Avert Lynch Threat In Texas
After a large mob formed to lynch six African Americans implicated in the killing of 17 year old Oscar Scroggins, the prisoners were moved from the county jail to Dallas for safety. Scroggins was gunned down Friday night after being lured from Fort Worth under the pretense of a motorcycle sale. One suspect confessed and named the others. Scroggins’ body was found hidden in a well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S& Moch
Oscar Scrogeins
Dallas
Scroggins
Fort Worth
Fort Smith
Texas
Bridal Couple Attends Public Funeral in Washington
Mr and Mrs William G Lee of Macon spent part of their honeymoon in Washington They attended the public funeral of Representative Serena Payne in the house gallery yesterday and were later entertained at lunch by Representative Adamson and Mr Willis Harris
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William G. Lee
Macon
House
Serena Payne
Adamson
Willisarris
Crime and Death Roundup From Waycross Area
Waycross Georgia reports a busy twenty hours with two burglaries one robbery a fatal fire and an incendiary blaze Several incidents noted at Millwood Atlantic Coast Line station theft of twenty six quarts of whisky at Southern Express office A robbery near Millwood to Fairfax of six dollars a home fire at Wareboro owned by County Tax Collector J T Strickland causing about two thousand five hundred dollars damage A burglary at HW Pridgen grocery in Waycross for meat and supplies A three year old girl Leila Perry died from burns sustained before an open fireplace.
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Waycross
Millwood
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern Express
Wairfax
Waresboro
J. T. Strickland
HW. &. Pridgen
Leila
Perry
Burns
Brisbane Editor Arthus Brisbane Taken to Private Hospital
Upon the arrival of his physician Dr R O W Wyle from New York, Arthus Brisbane editorial writer for Hearst papers, who has been seriously ill for several days at the Geor...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O W. Wyle
New York
Arthus Brisbane
Hearst
Sian Terrace Hotel Patient Moved for Possible Operation
The patient was moved last night at six from the Patterson ambulance to the Davis Fischer sanitarium pending an operation. An operation for appendicitis was expected this morning. Dr Wylie reported Mr Brisbane improved. Dr Baxter Moore of Atlanta assisted in the case.
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Sian Terrace Hotel
Patterson
Davis-Fischer
Wylie
Brisbane
Baxter Moore
Atlanta
Glasses offered as Christmas gift by Jno. L. Moore & Sons
Jno L Moore & Sons opticians at 42 Broad Street advertise glasses suitable for gifts or exchanges after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jno. L. Moore & Sons
the Opticians
Broad Street
Census figures on export of cotton
Washington reports census bureau data showing in the last four months Germany receiving 1,062 bales of American cotton with 1,000 bales shipped last month. November exports were slightly above half of November two years ago, four month shipments abroad fell by 2,501,000 bales. U S consumption in November declined compared with 1914 and stock in independent warehouses on November 30 ran 1,747,000 bales higher than the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Census Bureau
United States
National Prohibition Loses in New Zealand
Wellington December 11 preliminary counts show national prohibition defeating in fifty six licensed districts with 189,869 for prohibition and 296 for continuance. In twelve no license districts prohibition 40,689 and continuance 36,771.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
Big cotton shipment for a Russian port sails from Galveston
Galveston reports the British steamship Indrakual sailed through the Panama Canal carrying 6500 bales of cotton to Vladivostok and 4000 bales to Kobe and Yokohama. It marks the first shipment of cotton here for a Russian Pacific port. Washington reports Senator Hoke Smith resigns from the Senate committee on post offices to let Senator Hardwick succeed him, a move noted as important for postal service appointments and issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Indrakual
Panama Canal
Vladivostok
Kobe
Yokohama
Washington
Hoke Smith
Senate Committee On Post Offices and Post Reads
Hardwick
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Sentell
Ourigin
Maier & Berkele, Inc. Gold and Silversmiths
Whitehall Street
Atlanta, Ga
S.A. L
New Smith
Dekalb
Gigars
Oppenheim Cigar Store
Peachtree St
Memphis
Ove
N. Co
St. L. RY
Nooga & Nashville
Schedale
Chattanooga
Chattanoosa
Nashville
Hinsi-todan Ly
Nashville Ly
Am. Ly
Ben
Atlanta Tenn
Southland
Thomas
Anute
Ming Car
Lanta, Ga
Children’s Department
Eiseman Bros
Whitehall
Thargest Stock
Smith
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