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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1914
Page
2
Washington on July 3 reports Congress moves to pass river and harbor legislation. Senate plans a tough fight to block the bill, which the House already approved carrying about 420 million dollars and a Senate addition near 10 million.
An old advertisement touts Stuarts Buchu and Juniper Compound as a cure for weak kidneys. It claims backache, dull kidney pain, headaches, sour stomach, rheumatic twinges, and nocturnal urination lessen after taking a tablespoon in water with meals. It urges stopping sweets and promises natural kidney function restoration.
Republicans numbering about 006000 oppose the measure and warn of continued resistance to a program authorizing more than 46 million dollars in future years. Senators Borah Burton and Kenyon lead Byrnes in the fight, predicting Democratic support will waver and cause embarrassment to majority leaders as the bill faces a short daily presentation window.
At St Paul Sinn July delegates urged support for Dr DB Johnson of Hockhill SC as the race for president of the National Education Association dominated the convention. Tomorrow pits will debate a nominations committee while critics decry the present system as failing to save children and uphold moral standards.
The Georgia Association of the Deaf concluded its fourth annual convention with religious services at Second Baptist Church after a three day meeting begun Friday at Taft hall. Officers elected for next year include J M Jones president James Stalling first vice president Arthur Chambers second vice president L B Dickson secretary and WT Brown treasurer. Local attendance was low with many officers away. discussion covered a south Georgia branch school and legislative efforts, while delegates toured Stone Mountain on Saturday with a provided lunch.
In Atlanta the Forsyth hosts five weeks of splendid vaudeville with Sam Bernard Jr making his city debut. The bill features Whia Holt Wakefield, the Nazarro company, Clarke and McCullough, Monty and Dot, Vivian Ford, Harry Hewitt, and Eddy Martyne with various specialty acts and comic turns.
At the Grand theater this Monday to Wednesday two major film offerings headline. Woman Against Woman depicts innocent girls driven into vice with tragic outcomes while Beven Days promises emotional drama. Wing sermon play The House of Bondage completes the schedule with Friday and Saturday showings.
Several deaths are reported with varying ages and residences. Wade H Hawkins of 892 DeKalb Avenue dies at home aged 36, survived by a wife and multiple siblings. funeral at his residence with Jonn y Purser officiating and West View interment. Mary A Chandler dies at 44, survived by five daughters and two sons. body moved to Huntsville for funeral and interment. Dr Now silas dies age 11 at a private sanitarium. arrangements to be announced. Mrs Mary Maddox of Waycross dies at Kings Daughters Hospital after brief illness. remains to be shipped to Savannah for interment. Ruben Jones body shipped to Chamblee for funeral and interment.
LaGrange Ga July 5 Special Wham Linde a young white man offered a fine mule for 60 to J R Gordy a live stock dealer of LaGrange Gordy believing the mule a bargain paid 10 cents to investigate one that or not Linde left LaGrange Sam Lovelace of West Point says the mule is his worth 300 Linde later arrested in Hogansville and jailed his fate to be decided by Judge Young next Monday
Henry Ford, the Detroit manufacturer, was invited by President Wilson to call at the White House to discuss conditions and is expected to lunch with Mr Wilson Thursday. The president and Ford reportedly share optimism about business. A separate Chicago business delegation plans to tell the president on Wednesday about objections to features of pending antitrust measures.
The Weather Bureau forecasts a disturbance over the northwest moving eastward to cross the central valley on Tuesday and the eastern states by Wednesday. Expect rising temperatures and local showers and thunderstorms with broadly normal temperatures nationwide. A separate note mentions wireless telegraph mapping of the Belgian Cone in two years instead of ten.
A fragmented notice urges readers to carry a promo camera for trips and vacations. It mentions Moors and Sona offering the best times and directs to 42 Broad atroct-advy for presumably viewing or purchasing options.
In a Lexington avenue ruined tenement yesterday a bomb killed Arthur Caron and three others. Police found a bomb factory and printing gear, suggesting an anarchist plot tied to Industrial Workers of the World agitation against John D Rockefeller Jr. Several victims were linked to IWW circles. a severed hand and electric components were recovered. Anarchy investigators focus on militant demonstrators and a planned attack at Tarrytown. one suspect, Michael Murphy, is sought.
LaGrange Georgia, July special report: J Deloach, known for ordering large supplies of chickens and eggs from Alabama, received a crate of chicks instead of eggs. A lone chick hatched from an egg, escaped, and now a keepable pet, awaiting the arrival of the rest of the flock.
Oyster Bay July 6 Colonel Roosevelt barred the Sagamore Hill gate for the first time in years making him inaccessible from the outer world. He still hopes to break up solid south through the progressive party and plans a New Orleans speech next month. Louisianan John Parker reports encouraging outlooks for progressives in the south.
Secretary of State William J Bryan has leased a home in Asheville for the summer with his family. They plan to spend much of the season there as duties in Washington permit, with Mrs Bryan, her daughter, and a grandson arriving late next week to stay until early September after a series of chautauqua engagements in the state.
Pentotoo Mise July 5. Oscar Mor, the man who last shot and killed John Creed in the town marshes on the street here, was captured early today by a posse after being punctured with fifty birdshot and receiving a pistol wound in the thigh. He is thought fatally wounded.
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