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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1916
Page
5
The excerpt lists artillery pieces including a 14 centimetre cannon and several smaller calibres, then notes “Some Great Sea Tradics.” It mentions other major maritime disasters alongside the Titanic, specifically naming the Cunard Line steamship Lusitania.
The text recounts ship disasters including a vessel torpedoed by a German submarine and sunk off Head of Kinsale Ireland on May 7, 1915 with 1,208 lives lost, and the burning of the excursion steamship General Slocum in the East River New York on June 15, 1904 with nearly 1,000 deaths. It also mentions the French liner steamship La Bour as part of the same historical context.
A chronology of major sea tragedies ranges from the 1838 Cromartshire collision with 680 lives lost to the 1914 Empress of Ireland wreck with over 1,000 dead and the 1913 Volturno fire claiming 136. The text notes the Kicker Maru sinking in 1912 off Japan with about 1,000 lives and a mine sweeper sent to the bottom as of March 2 in London.
The mine sweeper Primula was torpedoed and sunk on March 1 in the eastern Mediterranean while performing its duties. CAM reports say three officers and crew members were saved and landed at Port Said.
In rural Albany six miles from the city, Dock McIntosh a Black man was fatally wounded after an encounter with J C Ingram overseer for United Tecan company. McIntosh allegedly invaded a tenant's house and refused to leave. Ingram drew a public safety item and struck McIntosh through the heart after blocking saber blows. A coroner's jury ruled the incident serious.
The College Park Dramatic club hosted a vigorous debate at the chamber of commerce assembly rooms. Judges declared municipal suffrage desirable and should be adopted as a result of the well attended discussion despite high wind and cold weather.
Sam F. Schlesinger nephew of Harry Schlesinger cracker maker files in superior court to reclaim a share of the Morris Schlesinger estate valued at $25,000 or more. He alleges duress by his mother Ida Schlesinger and uncle and says on the day after his father’s funeral they ransacked desks for a will and forced him to transfer his share to his mother to provide for her and his sister. A temporary restraining order was issued to stop disposition of the estate until March 11.
J O Cochran manager of the city park department returned Friday after visiting Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and Kansas City The Grant Park zoo will gain several new animals including a puma two black bears a kangaroo two buffaloes three elk and a pair of Esquimo dogs These are the first purchases of consequence in two years due to wartime limits The kangaroo replaces one believed killed by a kick from a visitor
The puma will be mated with a female already at the park. Deer numbers rise to eight. Two buffaloes are described as the finest yet brought in. Three elk increase the herd to five, added by Mr. Cochran. Esquima dogs were given to park manager C. B. DeVry of Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Purchases total $1,076.
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