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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1914
Page
2
Denver reports no progress toward settlement of the Colorado coal strike. Union officials and mine operators voiced similar views as battles and disorders since September 23, 1913 leave 66 dead and 48 wounded. Classified items list 18 strikers, 10 mine guards, 19 mine employees, and 2 others.
Colorado mining conflict escalates as 11,000 to 12,000 miners strike. production drops from 1914 levels while federal troops guard properties. Operators demand lawful enforcement and non recognition of the United Mine Workers, with court actions pending in Pueblo and surrounding districts.
Waycross on May 31 with Civic League on hand gathering evidence for prosecuting alleged Sunday law violations. Several shops began selling soft drinks and extra help served hot drinks to the thirsty. Warrants are expected to be sworn out tomorrow against druggists who sold drinks and the league may pursue stopping sale of cigars newspapers and all but essential items on Sunday.
Dr Dunbar Oden preached at Central Presbyterian Church linking sermon motive to conflicting affidavits and perjury in the Frank case. He urged reverence for truth over oaths, warned against modern sophistry, and urged all to speak as Christ would have, with yea and nay.
Four people died in Texas floodwaters along the Colorado Brazos and Nueces rivers as rivers rose after heavy rains. A 3 year-old child drowned in LaSalle County after tumbling from an upstairs window. Grace Woodward died when a wagon overturned near Lyons City while attempting to ford a creek. Two African American victims perished in separate flood incidents near Abilene as a Wichita Valley train derailed while backing away from an unsafe trestle.
An old advertisement warns of kidney and bladder symptoms such as scalding or frequent urination, backache, eye-yellowing, and weakness. It promotes Stuart’s Bucha and Juniper in a 14 6% bottle to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and ease passage after meals with water and sugar abstention.
A sequence of funeral notices from multiple Georgia towns and Alabama entries recount deaths and services. Names include J William Hart at Athens, W J Claris at Waycross, Mrs FC Harris, Mrs Berta A Logan, C Lee Welz formerly of Columbus, Alois Michael Tob, Roberta Moreland, Mrs M J Leffingwell, Mrs Martha Ro Davis, August Flesh, Willie Mae Levi, E L Giphin, Annie Louisa White, and D Ray Stauffacher. Locations span Amens Ga Waycross Columbus and nearby towns with churches, graves, and cemeteries noted. Families and survivors listed. services set or completed in churches and cemeteries.
May 31 report from Rome describes a 32 year old Mary Pritchard saved by a stomach pump after swallowing two bichloride of mercury tablets found in a medicine chest. Doctors removed the poison, she was treated with emetics and recovered with no lasting effects.
Hawkes Opticians at 14 Whitehall advertise modern fitting rooms and equipment, personal attention, and the latest eyewear styles including Kryptoks invisible bifocals, Fits-U eyewear, and various lens forms. The ad promotes superior optical service and invites customers to call.
Carranza remains a stumbling block as mediation at Niagara Falls seeks constitutionalist participation. Wilson and Bryan briefed. Cabrera Vasconcelos and Capmany meet to push Carranza representation. Constitutionalists weigh Diaz and Gomez as potential delegates. Diaz viewed unfavorably, Gomez seen as more sympathetic though neutral.
Washington May 31 The Brazilian minister in Mexico City informed the state department that Garcia Muro Rear Admiral Fletcher s missing Cuban messenger had been located in Mexico City and would return to Vera Cruz While no important detail attached to the messenger s disappearance there was speculation about his whereabouts The Brazilian envoy also expected to locate Captain Rush Filippo servant son On Board Us w california Mazatlan Mexico May 30 by Wireless via Santiago May 31 The water famine in Mazatlan as constitutionalists besiege the city continues with the electric plant shut down, hindering relief provisions and widening danger to federals The situation shows continued federal withdrawal and barbed wire entanglements around Measea City The Red Cross hospital ship is badly needed on the west coast.
In Vera Cruz on May 3, the Hamburg American ship Ypiranga remained at the dock as Captain Hermann Stickney refused to accept bonds for Ypiranga and Bavaria due to Sunday execution. The bond was later prepared with Canadas seal, and the Ypiranga is likely to sail to Havana tomorrow. Fines exceeding 1,000,000 pesos for landing arms and ammunition at Puerto Mexico reflect strict Mexican regulations.
Durango Mexico May 1 General Venustiano Carranza today issued a notice declaring Tampico Tuxpam and Matamoros officially opened to world ecommerce He also ordered steamships serving these ports to maintain arrangements with the Madero government or risk annulment of contracts and concessions The move aims to prevent companies from abandoning service under the Huerta regime
General Carranza plans to move toward Saltillo to set up a civil government as Garza’s cabinet and a declaration of principles are announced. The move signals the constitutionalist commander-in-chief’s intent to press operations against Huerta, with Carranza’s entry into Saltillo carrying historic significance. Telegrams report direct links to Vera Cruz Monterrey Torreon and Saltillo from Durango. Candido Aguilar named governor of Vera Cruz.
Washington May 31 report states constitutional authorities promptly quelled an anti American demonstration by intoxicated peasants at Tacoma yesterday per Rear Admiral Badger to the Navy Department.
Dr E Pattillo of West Point Methodist church preached the Cedartown public schools annual commencement sermon at 11 this morning in the Tyceum theater. A large attentive audience filled the theater as the pastor delivered a powerful address.
Carrollton Ga May 31 special The Carroll County rural Letter Carriers association met here yesterday HB Meador was elected president for the ensuing year J W Hamill was elected vice president and Paul Cobb secretary and treasurer A W Alexander and LG H Cobb were elected delegates to the state convention
Cordele Georgia May 31 J O Attaway a policeman and several others were slightly shocked when a bolt struck an electric light pole in the business district during a heavy rain. A horse was knocked down and about a quarter of the city was thrown into darkness during the incident.
The Chicago Herald editorial discusses Colorado moves to empower the governor to regulate firearms during disorder and notes widespread arms purchases by labor factions. It contrasts Colorado violence with Chicago daily gun murders and argues that easy access to weapons encourages crime and duels, inflaming violence.
A Los Angeles Tribune note questions bloodhounds chasing a bank robber in Pennsylvania and concludes they rarely catch fugitives. The author cites repeated newspaper chronicles showing hounds failing to locate or trap suspects, arguing the breed’s tracking success is limited and often overstated.
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