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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1914

Page

8

Skull fragments found amid ruins in Hartford valley strike clash

Fort Smith Arkansas July 19 discovery of charred fragments of two skulls and bones among embers of a burned log cabin ties to an alleged failure of guards to report after Friday’s Prairie Creek battle. report notes an attempt to destroy surface workings of a Bache-Denman Coal company mine as strife between miners and company employees escalates.

Fort Smith Ark Bache-Denman Coal Company Conmon Hartford Valley Sslesberry John Baskins Prairie Creek Sam C Thomas Silesberry Basking Thomas Sular Loaf Mountain

Bodies found after cabin fire tie to Fraine Creek mines

Alleged attackers at Fraine Creek killed in a raid on a cabin. Fragments of five bodies were later found, with a grand jury to investigate. Warrants issued for several men over murder as mine operations near Mammoth Coal faced disruption under an injunction. Two arrests on federal warrants followed. local authorities report conditions quiet in mining settlements.

Sylesberry Baskins Thomas Huntington Paul Little Lon Harris Sherif Sebastian County Greenwood Fraime Creek Thea Dallas Pralija Creek Mammoth %Am Coal Company Frank Youmans United States District Court United Mine Workers Focal Contro

Forsyth Week Features Sorensen Odetts and Edwards Cast

The Forsyth presents the famed operatic star Sorensen with Mile Odetts and LeFontenay as headliners this week. Emmett Devoy and company perform The Old Hag while William Sisto and Helene Hamilton with Jack Barnes sing. DeRenza LaDue Dupres Dupree round out acts. One Wonderful Night headlines tonight through Wednesday with Franein X Bushman leading the featured cast in a Ladies World prize film adaptation.

Sorensen Mile Odetts LeFontenay Europe America Forsyth Daily Mullings Emmett Devoy Old Hag Gus Edwards Poplar Edwards William Sisto Lopica Helene Hamilton Jack Barnes DeRenza LaDue Dupres Dupree Lovers of Atlanta Ladies World Pranein X Bushman Kavanay Eymanay

Companion of Slayer in Fitzgerald Jail

Fitzgerald Ga July 19 Special p John Goff, the man with Ben Barton when he shot the negro in Ben Hill county jail last Sunday morning, was brought here and jailed where the victim was shot. Goff a cousin of Barton Gotts story says he came to Fitzgerald intending Brunswick trip with Harton but Barton urged a country visit. Barton told Goff about trouble with the negro and suggested they go to the jail. Barton questioned the negro then shot him twice before fleeing.

Brunswick Barton Goff Green Batop

Georgia Girls Dominated Georgia Normal and Industrial College

Milledgeville Ga July 19 the roll of 781 students at the Georgia Normal and Industrial College shows no non Georgia names for the past year Georgia girls were admitted first and there was no room for more Applications were refused from many states including Florida Alabama South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Maryland Tennessee Arkansas Texas Ohio Wisconsin Idaho and Panama President M M Parks announced the policy favors Georgia girls and with many applications on file all out of state students were crowded out.

Milledgeville Spe-eilj Georgia Normal and Industrial College Georgia Florida Alabama South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Maryland Tennessee Arkansas Texas Ohio Wisconsin Idaho Panama M M Parks

Wild Balloon Crash Sparks Panic at Paris Grand Prix

July 19 a balloon named Toto carrying Georges Blanchet and aide Duval crashed into trees in the Tulleries garden injuring the pilot and aide. Spectators panicked with several fainting and others overcome by escaping gas as the envelope tore and basket struck a fence. Blanchet, a three time grand prix winner, and Duval escaped with minor injuries while twenty four balloons began the race.

Pamip Toto Blanchet Duval Ballons

Unclear historic note on courtesy and river swim for others

Fragmentary query references a man who delays serving his own wife water and contemplates swimming a river for another man’s wife in Tavor. Details, names, and context are missing, making interpretation uncertain and historical accuracy suspect.

Worlds Largest Cannon to Guard Panama Canal

The 16 inch breech loading gun from Sands Point proving grounds, now under arming at Watertown arsenal, is readied for service on Panama canal fortifications. It weighs 152 tons, is 40 feet long, fires a one ton projectile with 655 pounds powder, and can reach about 22 to 23 miles with muzzle energy around 84,000 foot tons. Army officials expect it as a deterrent and instrument of peace once in place next spring.

Watershot Arsenal Sands Hook Proving Grounds Panama Canal Arange Wihtertown Iass Bandy Hook Belnir Fanama Pacific Army Ordnance

Duke George II of Saxe Meiningen Dead at 63

Berlin July 19. The death of Duke George II of Saxe Meiningen, longtime patron of German theater, ends a era of elevated stagecraft. He reshaped German drama by staging Shakespeare, Kleist, and Schiller with notable court actors, and his influence made Meiningen a center of dramatic reform. He abdicated for political reasons, supported Prussia in 1866, and inspired a humane crackdown on military maltreatment. His successor, Bernhard Frederick, faces industry and military challenges amid public sympathy for the duke's stance.

Berlin George II Saxe- Meiningen Mg Uribe Farops Huen Tranp Jngen Shakespeare Kleist Schiller Saxe Meiningen Prussia George Saxe Weiningen Empire Austria Hesse-Nassau Avatia Ludwig ” Barnay Germany Memninger Hamlet Barnay Polonius Paul Lindau Tag “Methinger Meiminnen Meiningen Ifere Ifere Lindau Bauerbach Don Carlos Sitth Bernhard Butt Charlotte

Know Your Variety in Cotton Seed Improvement

The article urges careful seed selection to improve the 1914 cotton crop, noting that true cotton improvers shape leading varieties. It explains two main methods: straight selection and crossing two desirable varieties, but warns against losing progeny through segregation. Emphasizes early maturing varieties to counter boll weevil pressure and to plan field trials now.

King Calls Conference On The Irish Problem

London July 20 The king has called a conference of party leaders to seek a solution to the Irish problem Premier Asquith is expected to speak when the home rule bill returns to the house The government aims to negotiate with nationalist and unionist leaders led by Lloyd George and Redmond ahead of possible outside settlement High level figures from both sides will meet in Buckingham Palace tomorrow to discuss terms and strategies for a settlement

London Asquith Portsmouth Klang Wul Re~ Mance Lloyd-George George Hemrs John Heamond Redmond Joseph Devlin Parlament Belfast North of Ireland Irish Trades Union Congress Labor Party Dublin Ulster Buckingham Palace David Lloyd- George the Exchequer Lord Lansdowne House of Lords Andrew Boney-Law House of Commons John Redmond John Divion Ignd~erg Air Edward Carson James Craig Ulsterites

Children in Focus at JPora and Sons Opticians

A brief shop notice from JPora and Sons Opticians at 42 N Broad Street invites customers to visit their store to learn how to create lasting picture records of children from infancy through growing years.

Jpora & Sons Opticians

Porte to attempt Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Azores

Hammondsport NY July 29 Porte pilot of the Redman Wanamaker flying boat expects to start for Newfoundland not later than August 3 with the America joining him. Tests with the craft were cut short and plans to ship to New York by week end. The craft has logged hours with a 1850 to 2000 pound load and engines running twenty hours in bench tests. Porte hopes to reach the Azores in seventeen to twenty hours from Newfoundland with a twenty four hour fuel margin and provisions for the voyage.

Hammondsport Valantenant Porte Redman Wanamaker Newfoundland America New York Porte George Hallett Ocean Azores Islands

Four men arrested for shooting officers in Charlotte

Four white men Jim Knotts Jess Helms alias Jens Faris Will Stamey and Hiram Ikes were arrested for ambush shooting Assistant Chief Oliver Ollott and Patrol Driver A P Moore. Fearing mob spirit, the sheriff housed the prisoners in Greensboro for trial. Stamey was recently paroled from the Atlanta federal penitentiary and Knotts had served time, three men conspired to shoot early Saturday. officers shot through the lungs are expected to recover.

Charlotte Jim Knotts Jess Helms Jens Faris Will Stamey Hiram Neil] Ollott A P Moore Greensboro Hela Stamey Federal Penitentiary Atlanta Knotts Vealty

Colorado Vacation by Rock Island Lines Offers Low Fares

Colorado Is Bigger Than Imagination promotes Colorado trips by rail with all steel equipment dining car service and daily through trains from Atlanta via Memphis and Kansas City. The Rock Island Lines Travel Bureau in Atlanta provides hotel ranch camp boarding details and comprehensive trip planning with picture books. Low fares run June 1 to September 30 and reps can assist by phone or visit.

Colorado Rockies Rock Island Atlanta Memphis Kansas City Pryor St H Hunt Rocksland Lines

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