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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1913
Page
9
The text describes a boy who fell into very deep water and was rescued by John P. Barn, who jumped about twenty feet to reach him. Barn sustained injuries but kept the boy afloat for over five minutes in dirty water, believing the child suffered internal injuries and gas exposure.
London May 18 All peace delegates to the Balken conference are in London and to be formally welcomed by Sir Edward Grey. The first meeting likely Tuesday. Greece and Servia withhold signing authority, aiming to delay amid Bulgarian forces at Tchatalja and Bulak and unsettled territorial issues. Powers expected to push Greece and Servia to sign.
John B. Mott, noted missionary, invited by three Presbyterian moderators to speak in Atlanta before the assemblies. Telegram sent from Cincinnati requests his appearance to discuss foreign mission work. President Wilson once offered him the ambassadorship to China.
In At lantet session discussions reveal undercurrents that the southern Presbyterian church may withdraw from the Federal Council of thirty Protestant denominations. Proponents argue against orthodox leadership under Professor Shailer Mathews of the University of Chicago. Mathews addressed the Lutheran Synod at Atchison to defend orthodoxy, invoking Christ as more than man and the Council’s loyalty to the divine.
Seven of the Atlanta lodges plan to seek Fulton county charter for an I O G F Building Association to finance a $156000 Odd Fellows building on a central site near Five Points. Capital shares at $10, with H C Hall as chair and A A Craig secretary, aim to complete the charter within 30 days and begin work on the new structure praised as a southern landmark.
Birmingham officials reported representatives of the Building Trades unanimously approved a sympathy strike to begin the next day in support of carpenters demanding higher wages. About 3,090 workers were involved as open shops continued during ongoing construction in the city.
Stockbridge Massachusetts May 18 Stephen Dudley Field pioneer inventor and the father of the trolley car died at his home aged 63 He held more than 200 patents including the quadruplex tele graph electric elevator and stock ticker His first trolley car was built at his experimental station in Stockbridge and a second car is in the Smithsonian He married Celestine Butters in 1871 and is survived by a son David Dudley Field and a daughter He was related to Cyrus Field Stephen D Field and other notable relatives.
Nearly 10 Shriners and the Shrine drum corps arrived home Sunday morning after attending a Dallas convention with the Atlanta contingent. They were greeted by locals who cheered the returning delegates, recalling a Memphis hold up that proved a hoax as watches and valuables were later returned and hospitality extended in Memphis before the return train.
Bowling Green Ky May 18 six persons were consecrated to mission work in foreign fields at a meeting of the woman's board of missions during the Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly. Kitty Wood of McKenzie Tenn was assigned to China I K Floyd of Kentucky to South America and two Reid brothers of Oklahoma to India Lelia Beasley of Pulaski Tenn will not be assigned until after finishing school Visitors preached at the assembly and committees will be considered at tomorrow's session.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels arrived in Washington North Carolina from Norfolk for a brief stay in his birthplace. A committee led by Mayor Kugler welcomed him and planned a luncheon and a Pamlico River trip, with a brief address to follow before departure tomorrow afternoon.
The Thanson revolution urges appointment of a five member committee to investigate the expenditure of city funds for extending the sewer system, school improvements and other projects. Councilman Albert Thomson will likely press to include five at large citizens. Claude L Ashley seeks $1000 for the mayor’s contingent fund to cover entertaining visitors from other cities. Ashleys dirt spilling ordinance faces Maddox resistance. Mayor Woodward sends a rebuke regarding the fire department inquiry, not a veto.
Dozen women returning from church panicked last night after Charlie Davis, a 2 negro, ran amuck in a West End streetcar following an altercation with the conductor. He brandished a huge knife and threatened the conductor and motorman before being overpowered by streetcar Inspector Pittman who arrested him.
May Talley of Gay Georgia died Sunday evening in a private sanitarium in Atlanta at 6 o clock. The body was moved to Barclay Brandon's chapel and will be taken to Gay for funeral and interment Monday morning.
John W Archer died last night at 8 40 at his residence 5 Orme Wood Avenue He is survived by his wife three children his mother Mrs H W Hancock and is son in law of G & Hamilton Westminster Magazine He served in railway mail service twenty years Funeral Monday afternoon at Bar clay Brandon s chapel Interment Tuesday morning at Jonesboro Ga Abner Brown body to be sent to Grantville Ga for interment at 7 30 Monday morning from 72 West Harris Street
Dr Lyons tells a crowded church that a shift is underway toward dedicating money and influence to church work. He cites evangelistic growth and recent conventions in Birmingham, Chattanooga, and Memphis, urging members to consider two questions about their era and commitment.
At the Atlanta tonight marks the fifth week of Miss Billy Long atoeck company with The Deep Purple. The play, never before seen in Atlanta, promises love and adventure and thrills. Strong cast, expected record attendance, three 25 cent matinees today Wednesday and Saturday.
The Forsyth features Adem and Eve, dubbed the sharpest monkeys seen on stage, with Gallagher and Fields offering a comedy and a farce The Battle of Hay Rum. Josephine Dunfee tops a cast that includes John Geiger Nevins Elwood Bradshaw brothers and the Dunedin troupe in a lively program.
The body of Mrs. Louise B. Seabrook, who died Saturday, will be sent to Savannah at 9:35 a.m. Monday. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Memminger at Patterson's chapel at 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon.
Readable fragments reveal a speaker describing danger ending and a preludial delivery to an address at a church scene. Names, places, and full context are obscured by damaged text. The exact subject remains unclear from the fragment.
May 18. Authorities braced for possible trouble as workers threaten to return to work and leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World warn that pickets will be on duty. Thousands attended a meeting in woods at Haledon with red badges and banners as independent small dyers plan a settlement outline for the strike.
Georgians at Chevy Chase Washington May 28. Misses Wilson and other Georgians were guests of the Chevy Chase club. Ensign Simpson and Captain Sobley were noted among attendees.
May 18 reports show the Woman's Missionary Union gathering with only women present, the May contributions reaching 8225 while delegations from across states participated. Performances featured young women in foreign costumes marching with flags as sermons were delivered in St. Louis churches. Additional notes mention plans to train a million dollars for missions and a year’s prior fundraising reaching a third of total joint money. Meantime Mobile Alabama and the Tocqueville river area faced a strike halting two steamers and tying up boats with wages cut for roustabouts inducing no violence.
Report notes a strange scene in Knoxville Tennessee dated May 18 outlining Mount Auburn figures Slate and Mayor Windsor amid a Mount Auburn murder quarrel. The article mentions a bullet wound and a Mount Auburn mayor, with a fragmentary reference to a game in Knoxville and the Appalachian league’s first Sunday game in Round Ga.
A man identified as reney, Gf, number 350 WI teenth Beecat, fell from a motorcycle on Roswell Road near the city yesterday. He sustained a fractured right cheek and was taken to Grady Hospital by Patterson's ambulance.
Fragmentary report recalls a July Fourth gathering in the Canal Zone Panama with mentions of Contentment, 12,900 American delegates, and selection at a Chicago Record-Herald linked event. The text is partial and difficult to parse but signals a patriotic observance abroad with American representation.
London, May 18. Suffragists faced interruptions as crowds drowned out orators at meetings in parks and suburbs. Police escorted speakers to safety after crowds blocked voices. Annie Bell, a hunger striker, was arrested in Brighton under the cat and mouse bill after a pistol sentence.
Shenghai May 18 Chinese troops burned sixty seven farmers in western Henan after they resisted destruction of crops of opium. The men were buried alive in a building where they were holding a meeting, the North China Daily reported. The dispatch says the soldiers started the fire.
General Andrew J. West, member of the commission arranging the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Gettysburg battle, met in Washington and planned a meeting at Gettysburg. He also met with President Wilson on Tuesday and will attend a reception.
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