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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1923
Page
14
A June report says bomb throwing aims to deter civilians from using trains run by the French. An early blast at Wiesbaden station wounded several and caused extensive damage. In Buer on June 26, Belgian sentinels killed four Germans and wounded three as patrols enforce travel bans after Belgian soldiers were shot.
A fragment reports shootings after curfew in Essen where four were attacked. one killed and three wounded. It notes sixteen billion marks claimed by French as a strike fund seized by occupation forces, with about eight billion confiscated in Mainz shipments and another in Muelheim.
Memphis dispatch reports the St Louis stretching its lead in the Mississippi tow boat race from New Orleans toward St Louis with a two mile gap over the Cairo. By noon the St Louis stood 706 miles from New Orleans near Ashley Light while the Cairo was 732 miles from New Orleans near inflow mound. The St Louis had pulled ahead earlier after losing miles yesterday and is expected to pass Memphis around dawn with Cairo following about eight hours later if speeds hold.
Washington June 26 Edgar N Read, divisional prohibition chief for Maryland Delaware West Virginia and the District of Columbia, was moved today to act as director for Alabama. He will serve until a permanent director is chosen to replace Charles M Lactain, who recently resigned.
Cumberland Court House Va June 26 Hubert Q Garrett and Lavkin A Garrett brothers and county officials were indicted for first degree murder by a Cumberland county circuit court grand jury at 3 10 this afternoon They are charged with shooting to death Reverend Lu Pierce pastor of five Baptist churches in the county in front of his home on June 8
Anderson D C June 26 Mrs Eugene Phillips 25 living near Howen Path returned from fields with her husband when she was struck and killed Monday afternoon. She carried a steel hoe on her shoulder and is believed to have attracted the bolt. A brother-in-law previously lost two children in a similar incident.
President argues the United States leads the world in public debt reduction asBritain’s debt settlement eases American taxpayers burden. He cites tax cuts since 1920 and urges government efficiency while contrasting rising state and local costs with shrinking federal expenses. He calls for thrift in public finance and personal spending.
New York June 20 The Brooklyn elevated railway disaster that killed seven and injured eighty six spurred DA Dodd to present evidence to Kings County grand jury and pursue higher-ups at Brooklyn Manhattan Transit. Mayor Hylan blamed both transit interests and the state transit commission and urged a special session to back home rule transit control. Governor Smith to be urged to adopt Walker-Donohue bill. BMT president Mendon denied railing failure and called the crash unavoidable.
Philadelphia on June 26 Special. The Federal Trade Commission hearing against Famous Players Lasky Corporation Stanley Company of America and Stanley Booking Company and other large motion picture concerns adjourned until July 16. Hearings will resume in Atlanta, Georgia before Examiner E C Alvord.
President Harding issued an executive order placing the government railroad of Alaska under interior department control. The move follows completion of the last standard gauge track into Fairbanks and the completion of engineering work on the main line, including all branch lines and connected telegraph and telephone lines.
Asheville N Y June 26 Counsel for W W Campbell former chief of police at Oteen hospital reservation condemned to die July 12 at the state penitentiary Raleigh for the murder of his sweetheart is preparing to seek executive clemency It was announced here tonight and the plea probably will be on the ground that the condemned man was not rational when he shot Mrs Anna Smathers young widow on the Oteen grounds
In Greenville on June 26 the joint North and South Carolina pharmaceutical association met to urge North Carolina to remove Prohibition Enforcement Inspector Augustus W Bradley of Salisbury for high handed methods. President Goode urged stricter labeling of medicines and highlighted the association’s legislative battles in Raleigh. Separate sessions heard reports from officers including Goode and Beard, with a joint meeting planned for tonight and several business sessions tomorrow.
Pensacola Florida June 26 Mallory Line steamer Athitumaha bound from Tampa to Mobile with a general cargo is aground two and a half miles west of the Pensacola quarantine station just outside Santa Rosa Island. The engine room is flooded and two crewmen landed at the quarantine station reported conditions tonight. Struck by a 70 mile gale early Tuesday morning the vessel was moved toward shore before grounding. Wireless was broken and condition unknown until tonight as several Pensacola tugs rush to assist.
The Atlanta Safety council formed recently plans a safety drive among city children within weeks. Offices open at 913 Candler Building with William W. Watkinson in charge after appointment as secretary. Carl N. Smith, secretary of the National Safety Council, praised local business interest and expected valuable city service.
ee will supervise the institution of the campaigns by the local council. He will leave for Memphis Tenn this afternoon to organize a safety council there.
Washington June 26 The federal reserve board today withdrew the right it had given member banks of the reserve system in 1921 to act as agents in rediscounting for non member banks.
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