Washington Bureau Address and Distribution Note
The Washington Bureau address is 1727 S Street NW. John Corrigan Jr is staff correspondent in charge. A SAAF EA THER CONSTITUTION is on sale in New York City by pm the day after issue at multiple newsstands including Times building corner Broad Way and thirty eighth street and Broadway and Twenty ninth street and Broadway. The Constitution disclaims responsibility for advance payments to out of town carriers or agents.
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Washington
S Street
John Corrigan, Jr
New York City
Broad Way
Thorty Second Street
Times Building
Broadway
Twenty Ninth Street
Wgents
Atlanta Battlefields Need Memorials and National Shrine
Historic Civil War fields around Atlanta are urged for federal commemoration. Veterans and supporters press congress for an appropriation to mark the battlefields, led by Rep William Schley Howard and Gen. J West before the appropriations committee.
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Atlanta
Congress
Atlante
Gettysburg
Oftlanta
Nerose
Bate
Atanta
Willam Schley Howard
J West
Appropriations Committee
Admission on British cotton exports amid blockade dispute
A British statement to the American state department notes Finland profits from a blockade of neutral ports, while Britain’s export of raw cotton to European ports remains small but seen as significant under current war conditions. The report cites July figures and argues that seizure of cotton bound for neutrals breaches good faith in wartime commerce.
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Robert F
London
Finland
United States
Grest Bettus
State Department
Cecil Spring Rice
Great Britain
England
Ankinner
England Uses Blockade to Sell American Cotton
The article argues England cannot justify shipping American raw cotton through neutral ports for profit, despite prohibiting direct American exports. It accuses England of military necessity as a pretext, asserting it enables merchants to profit from reshipping and two freights, undermining American producers and exposing deception and fraud.
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England
Germany
United States
One Woman's Work Miss Annie Shelland Honored
A Minnesota woman, Annie Shelland, is praised for practical uplift work. As a school teacher she secured a $50,000 education reform appropriation and later became county school superintendent. She widened access, doubled schools in one county, and visits every school within a 3000 square mile radius yearly, often paddling through rapids to reach distant campuses.
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Annie Shelland
Minnesota
American Magazine
Wiss Shelland
Northern
Minnesota Development Association
International Falls
Koochiching County
Migs Stelland
Koonniching
Miss Shelland
Wistan
Misa Shelland
Startling Accident Record in New York Streets
The New York Evening World reports 312 people killed by automobiles in New York over eleven months. The piece links carelessness and risk taking to rising auto fatalities, notes safety efforts fail to curb the trend, and critiques editorial sermons on the perils of modern life. It also touches on New Year messages and remarks about war, peace, and political ideas.
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New York Evening World
New York
Rechiese
Gettine
Tau
Happine
Adam Rotssau
Osceola
Ark
Dance versus discipline in verse and jest across papers
A collage of verse and humor from The Boston Globe The Manchester Union and The New Republic samples includes a Georgia dance lyric about troubles still present a quip about grip rules from Ed Pointer and a playful poem The Joyous Journey hinting at seasonal trains and weather plus Alfred Kreymborgs The Tree a four monkey riddle noting rarity of four simultaneously and questioning counting the monkeys
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Ed Pointer
Boston Globe
Manchester Union
New Republic
Alfred Kreymborg
Escoanut
Jolly New Year Reflections On Wealth And Happiness
A fragmented piece contrasts money and virtue with a call to generosity and shared joy. It muses that wealth cannot define worth, notes public thrift, and urges readers to keep spirits bright by helping others, even as fortunes shift with the year.
Daytons City Manager System Shifts Power to Expert Leadership
A DAR study recounts Dayton’s flood crisis revealing a breakdown under ward politics and the rise of a professional city management model. An engineer-led team, headed by City Manager Walter, centralizes hire/fire authority, delegates five departments, and operates like a factory. The reform doubles purchasing power, improves waterworks, gardens vacant lots, and boosts civic music, while reducing political control and improving efficiency.
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JV. Boehm
Ad Men's Club
Nynopais
Constitution
Dayton
Dayton’s
Patterson
Eity
Board of Directors
Commission
Law
Public Service
Darton
Dasig
Walte
Hom Walter
Miniger Walte
Virg Mmate
Pavate
EMS Aed
Atlanta
Civic Music League
Qty
Galveston
Commission Igea
St Ieaves
United States
West Urges Battlefield Marking On Fulton Boulevards
General A J West will address the appropriations committee to back a bill funding driveways and bronze markers on the Atlanta battlefield route along Peachtree Battle avenue from Peach tree road to Howel's Mill road. The effort recalls earlier attempts to mark Gettysburg era fields and notes Atlanta suffered heavy casualties comparable to Gettysburg.
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West
Appropriations Committee
Battle Avenue
Peachtree Road
Peachtree Creek
Howel
Auenia
Stra Church
House
Senate
Congress
William Sehley Howard
Board of County Commissioners
Fulton County
Peachtree Battle Avenue
Gettysburg
Atlanta
Gettisburg
Cities adopt commission form in search of expert mayors
European cities move away from politics driven methods toward a commission form as they seek professional leadership. Germany and other continental cities advertised for expert mayors, drawing several applicants for the post.
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Europe
Germany
W L. Peel
City Hall Gossip on Recall Election and Street Taxes
Headlines and city officials debate the recall election and street taxes amid busy late 1915 registration. Tax digests show 1913 real estate and personal property defaults, with officials predicting high turnout and renewed hustling for votes. City and county figures trade quips on recall, with local politicians bragging and public sentiment split across the ward lines.
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Wag Nayer
First meeting Friday afternoon plan for tentative appropriations
A city committee will hold a preliminary dinner to discuss a tentative budget. Departments will submit needs in writing, no public hearings, and the panel will map out how to allocate estimated income once data is collected.
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