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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1909
Page
3
Senate and House leaders discuss differences in tariff bills noting specific rate changes. House members point to higher rates on coal wire nails shoes leather and many consumable items while the Senate cuts focus on dressed lumber gloves hosiery and some iron and steel goods. Conferees plan lengthy daily sessions and expect final disposition by month’s end.
Obituaries report deaths at Atlanta addresses including L J Hurd of 306 East Hunter Street and Maud Traynor of 55 Johnson Avenue. Services and interments slated for Ga. towns, with Army veteran notes, siblings, and survivors listed. Funeral firms and morning/afternoon times noted for multiple families.
Mrs. Frank Pearson will sing today at the Vaudette theater performing Don’t be Any body’s Moon but Mine from A Stubborn Cinderella. There will be no vaudeville but first-run pictures. Frank Siler and Wesley Memorial church pastor preached to large congregations yesterday. Sunday school attendance rose by twenty. Baraca-Philathea meeting of the Agheville conference gathered at 6 pm in Philathea hall with Miss De Lane Lunquest speaking on Y W C A Conference and Miss Vertna Conway, Miss Darrinda Martin, Miss Mamie Womack and J L Womack delivering talks on program topics and convention messages.
Oscar Bloomberg, eight year old son of Morris Bloomberg an ice dealer of 67 Piedmont avenue disappeared from home yesterday after noon. Police were alerted to assist in locating him. He wore a cap blue striped waist and knee trousers at the time.
In Chicago on July 11, at Garfield Boulevard Presbyterian church, Pastor R Keene Ryan proclaimed support for Agnes Gingles and vowed to defend her against white slave traffic accusations. The sermon followed the raising of a defense fund as witnesses prepare to testify.
Westons progress on his New York to San Francisco trek shows 108 miles remaining of 3957 miles. He rested in Roseville California 18 miles from Sacramento and hopes to deliver a letter from New York Postmaster Morgan to San Francisco Postmaster Fisk by Wednesday morning four days behind schedule. Weston admitted he was tuckered out after the rest in the shade. Justice Moody of the Supreme Court is reportedly ill with rheumatism and was at Hot Springs Virginia for baths, but has left for Hot Springs Arkansas according to a late report.
The Commercial Appeal summarizes mixed cotton crop conditions this week. Improvement appears in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma and north and east Texas, while North and South Carolina and western Texas show no gain or loss. Boll weevils are common in Louisiana. A separate Times-Democrat summary notes overall improvement but ongoing drought risks in central and western Texas and continued late, fragile crops with pest pressures and potential frost damage ahead.
Delegates from several business associations plan to travel to Washington early this week to press for a tariff commission as part of the tariff bill. The move was endorsed by H. E. Miles, head of the Indiana convention committee, in a call urging congressional conferees to adopt the plan.
Geneva marks four hundredth anniversary of John Calvin with a world tribute festival led by ex President Roosevelt as honorary committee president Yale professor Williston Walker delivered speeches. The event included laying the corner stone of a Reformation monument and the three hundred fiftieth anniversary of Geneva University with representations from over two hundred institutions.
Delegates from commercial bodies nationwide plan to meet the New York delegation in Washington to press for tariff reform. A statement says a survey of 1,000 commercial associations shows about 80 percent favor a tariff board or better methods to handle tariff decisions in the future. The combined membership exceeds 500,000 corporations firms and individuals with capitalization around 614 trillion dollars.
In financial circles it is announced that James J Hill aims to merge western railways into one holding company under Colorado and Southern amid the Northern Securities dissolution. The proposed consolidation would exceed 1.3 billion dollars in capital and debt, pooling North ern Pacific Great Northern Burlington and others. This was pictured at the Alaska Yukon Pacific fair evening.
Los Angeles July 11 thousands of Elks are in Los Angeles for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks annual convention opening tomorrow. A Detroit delegation train is reported lost between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, presumed waterlogged, while downtown streets glow with floral arches and colored lights and a night procession features uniforms of the Hik order.
A massive North Atlantic Squadron of 54 vessels with about 15 000 men gathers off Provincetown Mass for a month of naval exercises. With 14 battleships cruisers torpedo boats and submarines the fleet lines four miles long near Cape Cod led by the Connecticut. Grand final review may be held for Taft and Secretary Meyer. Also Thaw case updates as he awaits continuation of mental state inquiry in White Plains and venue ruling. Tornado reports from Illinois towns Pan and Xenia with injuries and property damage.
A night message from Goveneur state reports a heavy wind and rain storm that dropped thousands of small frogs over Utica and surrounding sidewalks. The New York Central line between Rome, Watertown and Ogden covered a half mile area, making walking hazardous and train speeds slower due to slick rails.
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