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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1915
Page
5
A fragmentary OCR passage shows garbled wording about ignorance and apology. It mentions Laxemburg and a misread phrase but offers no clear event, person, or place to anchor a full news summary. Further legible text is needed to identify the actual subject.
In a condensed timetable note the Georgia Railroad introduces a sleeping car service from Atlanta to Wilmington North Carolina. Departures from Atlanta are at 815 p.m. with arrivals in Wilmington at 1250 p.m. the next day, continuing to serve through the night journey.
A fragment cites a diplomat asserting the United States bears sacred duties toward Luxembourg amid invasion fears and potential food shortages. The quote emphasizes noninterference while maintaining sovereign obligations. The text references neutrality and international pressure during a tense period.
Washington reports no further difficulty in supplying Luxemburg with food. Minister Van Dyke says issues faced were not insurmountable and no protest over disrupted communications is noted. Officials think the relief may prompt a new look at the German commander at Trier.
Retrograd reports from the Russian general staff indicate German concentrations in East Prussia with offensives toward Wilkowysaly and Lyck. Russian troops retreat from Mazurian lakes toward their frontier while heavy fighting yields several hundred prisoners and machine guns.
Richmond VA February 11 John Langbourne Williams father of Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams died at his Richmond home after weeks of illness aged 84 He was a noted banker and financier who helped fund Confederate currency schemes and later reestablished railways in multiple cities He is survived by six sons and two daughters including John Skelton Williams and Dr Ennion G Williams plus several other relatives The article also notes a German submarine attack on the British steamer Laertes near the Netherlands with no Dutch flag shown and authorities in Holland planning to inquire into the incident.
London February 11 in the house of commons debate on controlling prices for coal and essentials. Asquith resisted a fixed price plan but the discussion continued. Bonar Law urged wheat supplies, transport control. The session lasted into the evening with talk of stricter measures against German trade and possible contraband.
Workers at Gluck cotton mill in Anderson idled 800 or more employees after a wall-out by weave shop operatives. They protested management’s wage cut of about 10 percent and sought a further reduction of the wage cut, amid demands to cut wages by half.
The report details morning bombardments and a 6man assault on Marie Therese earthworks repelled by French artillery and infantry. It notes German trench occupation in the Vosges, deadly clashes near Le Lusse and Calv, and intense duels in Upper Alsace with German volunteers trying to cut French wire. Berlin claims gains in Argonne and Vosges with eastern theater success and Polish advances near Sierpc, while a British air raid reportedly kills 35 Germans in an Antwerp fort.
A local club demanded Councilman Johnson’s resignation after he backed the mayor’s veto on ward funding. President Bowden exposed pressure from city officials and Alderman Maddox regarding park and school appropriations. Johnson defended his vote as protecting ward funds, while council peers urged unity and reforms from County Commissioner Mills.
In Montgomery on February 11 the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the lower court findings against Theodore Lacy former chief clerk of the Alabama convict department. Lacy was convicted a year ago of embezzling 50000 dollars and received ten years in the penitentiary. He appealed and was tried again on a second indictment for 2360 dollars with a six year sentence. an appeal rests in that case while other indictments remain pending.
Governor Frank B. Willis was taken to his hotel tonight after collapsing at the state capitol from a severe headache attributed to overwork and irregular hours. Doctors said it did not appear to be a heart attack and he expected to resume duties tomorrow.
Ottawa reports Finance Minister W T Whites proclaims a pervasive wartime tax plan. A stamp tax affects business, banking, railway and telegraph dealings, patents and medicines. a broad customs tariff rise applies to imports, with the free list virtually wiped out. Income tax is not imposed. Projected deficits exceed 390 million dollars with 100 million in special war spending to be borrowed.
Mrs Walters of 632 Peachtree was robbed of a pocketbook containing about $4 as she stepped from a streetcar at Peachtree and Third Streets late Thursday evening. A negro suspect seized the purse. description given to Officer Gorman for local inquiry.
David Goldstein of Boston will lecture at the Auditorium tonight under the Knights of Columbus on the topic Ch than B Social Aur. Goldstein is described as an authority in his field and a skilled debater, and he is paired with Mrs. Martha Moore in presenting the work Legialism: the Nation of Fatherless Children, praised by ex-President Roosevelt and Samuel Gompers.
Bart Worr and J W McAvoy were probably fatally injured when an acetylene gas tank exploded on the top floor of the Enterprise Machine company building in Asheville North Carolina. The blast wrecked a three story structure and tank fragments pierced two brick walls several hundred feet away.
In Macon on February 11 a Bib le Superior Court term heard thirty divorces in under three days. Judge to hear cases quickly as juries remained in their seats. Notable verdicts included Martin Drake Sater of Corle and Martha Drake, formerly of Macon, who sought divorce after elopement with a New Yorker. proceedings later suspended. Lahner absent, testifying via interrogatories.
An OCR fragment touts a tonic marketed as a superior general tonic with quinine and iron. It mentions dividends, September and December payments, and gassing notes, presenting promotion style without coherent narrative or clear context.
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