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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1915
Page
2
Progress in the war reports that Yaer Toor artillery, aided by heavy guns, destroyed a German strongpoint in a cemetery at Dixmun. The enemy bombarded Ypres causing civilian casualties. German artillery also hit the cathedral at Soissons and the surrounding district to the north of Rheims opposite Luxembourg wood.
Reported Allied and Russian fronts describe repeated German assaults repulsed across Lorraine Vosges Argonne and along the Vistula networks with heavy losses. Russians claim counter attacks and prisoner captures while Austro German forces suffer defeats in Carpathians and Lupkow passages.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the wrecking of a German hydroaeroplane off the Danish coast. Danish fishing boats rescued the crew. The brief item notes the incident as part of ongoing airship losses in wartime reporting.
Geneva reports a fierce battle for Reich Ackerkopt heights with German counter attacks repulsed. French chasseurs and Alpine troops secured the crest, with heavy casualties on both sides and no quarter given. The action enables French artillery watch over two valleys as German forces retreat in panic after several repulses.
Patrolman Paul Pearson caught a burglar on Decatur Street a night scene described as a hoot owl. A large glass display window was broken nightly, and the arrest occurred Sunday morning after an object whizzed by Pearson. The owl was found among skirts and stockings and taken to the police station, then sent home to Mayor Wae.
Jdmard R Bungen aged about 60 died Sunday at Fairmount West Virginia. The body will be brought to Patterson chapel Tuesday. Survived by wife and four daughters Mrs M F P Snelling of Pittsburgh PA Mrs Charles Hawker of Fairmount WV Mrs C D Hardt of Hugo Oklahoma and Mrs G W Heinzerling of Decatur GA. Bloomer H Austin aged 70 died Sunday afternoon at 67 Austin Avenue. Survived by wife and one son Edward R Austin and one sister Mrs Mary Compton. James S Hill Jr 19 month old son of Mr and Mrs James Hill Jr died at residence 135 Pearl Street Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
An Alan Christian Endeavor league meeting at Morris Brown University heard B R Holmes of Holmes Institute discuss crime, blaming the gambling and ruling minority that refuses work. Ministers and teachers of the colored race plan to assist authorities and bring the offending class to justice.
London reports U 29, a large fast German submarine, pursued in the Sally Islands area and English Channel. It sank several steamers and damaged others over three days, evading patrols. later accounts describe the Auguste Consert sinking near Devon and the Florazan and Andalusian incidents, with crews rescued or evacuated. Washington scrutiny follows, noting treasury deficits and calls for budget reform amid war inflation and revenue shifts.
Hamilton has word to delay action until instructions arrive from the Treasury and State departments. The naval board will resume inspection of the damaged vessel to assess repairs for seaworthiness while immigration officials remove seventy-five Portuguese, French, and Turkish immigrants from the Do-tide to Sus gland and then South America. Immigrants are largely ineligible for US admission, and officers hope for relief as British warships patrol the capes. The Vitel crew expresses gratitude to Americans for hospitality and neutral- ity enforcement, while Captain Thierichens recalls battles and praises the United States.
London reports a violent duel between Turkish forts and Allied ships in the Dardanelles amid favorable weather. The superdreadnought Queen Elizabeth is said to have destroyed shore batteries while Turkish and Allied forces exchange heavy fire. Refugees describe leave taking from Constantinople as preparations for a potential capital shift proceed.
G W Cofer suffered a head cut and other injuries when his motorcycle collided with an automobile at the Hunter street and Central avenue intersection. He was taken to Grady Hospital with wounds described as serious, as AC Lewis and wife followed a streetcar nearby and could not see the victim. Witnesses said the accident appeared unavoidable.
John H Mooney a New York firefighter walking coast to coast advocates a platoon system for city fire departments. He started January 28 in Atlanta and plans to proceed to the Jardine Coast and Seattle before returning via northern elites, arguing long shifts leave firemen overworked while other workers gain shorter hours.
Dixie Flyer wreck near a station injures and kills the engineer. The Chicago to Florida service collided at a crossing when a stone on the rail contributed to the crash. The engineer was buried beneath the engine as responders cleared the site.
A warning from the Department of Sericulture highlights concerns over northern grown politics entering the market. Growers and dealers face reports of larger supplies than a year ago, with prices about 16 percent lower, affecting demand and appetite.
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