Agricultural Day Draws Strong Crowd Despite Weather
Crowds exceeded expectations at the festival as German Truck farmers showcased a fine exhibit. Ore nail will rest today to prepare for Saturday's big events.
19 Nov 1915
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1915
Page
1
Crowds exceeded expectations at the festival as German Truck farmers showcased a fine exhibit. Ore nail will rest today to prepare for Saturday's big events.
At 9 a m corn and cattle show opens at Southeastern fair grounds Lakewood park. A 9 a m Better Buries show opens at Auditorium. A 10 a m band concert and free vaudeville attractions at city hall. An 11 a m aerial warfare exhibit at Piedmont park ends with a model fort’s bombardment and destruction at the race track.
The Harvest Festival in Atlanta features two major attractions the baby show at the Auditorim and the Southeastern corn and cattle show on the fair grounds at Rakewood. Speakers urge a five member independent commission to study Western and Atlantic railroads before any lease or sale, stressing business needs and proper terminal facilities. debate continues on how to handle the road’s future.
In Chicago on November 18 an autopsy on baby Bollinger, labeled defective, concluded the child was doomed to death or a life of anguish. The coroner and experts said the infant was paralyzed on the left and deaf due to missing ear structures, supporting prior beliefs that an operation could not have saved him.
A rain and windstorm swept from middle Florida to Charleston causing wire cutoffs and damage. Reports say winds near Charleston hit 60 mph, with Jacksonville isolated and Tampa communications first disrupted. The Norwegian bark Killena drifted ashore near Brunswick with 5,000 barrels of resin, crew rescued except captain Steen stranded aboard. Two fatalities reported near Waycross from falling trees.
Salt Lake City November 12 Governor Spry with board concurrence declines further presidential interference in the Hillstrom case a Swedish I W W member scheduled for execution. The condemned man convicted of a 1914 grocer killing will probably be shot early tomorrow. The governor cites presidential misconceptions and international reasons as insufficient grounds for postponement and notes prior stays and respites were considered.
In London at How Street court the case links alleged war materiel traffic to the Duke of Manchester. Prosecutors say a secret code connected the duke, Paris, and New York contracts with Russia. Sly sought a permit to trade explosives and related items, naming several firms including Federal Manufacturing of Chattanooga and Oliver Manufacturing of Knoxville.
Washington reports tentative plans to build two 36 000 ton battleships in the first year of a five year program. Secretary Daniela indicates no ships of that size exist, suggests higher armament and speed, and notes steel shortages delay laying down ships. He plans to urge Congress to fund a government armor plant and yard upgrades at Philadelphia and Mare Island.
Washington reports official view that placing Americans in lifeboats at sea does not equal a place of safety under international law. Officials say submarine warfare must not jeopardize American citizens and detail a survivor’s account of the Italian liner Ancona being torpedoed while passengers still aboard. Continued discussion with Austria likely.
Dispatches from London November 11 report the Allies at Paris weighing immediate action on Greece to secure access for French British and Serbian troops and note Greece’s leaning toward the central powers. Meanwhile Austro German and Bulgarian forces press in Serbia as defenders falter toward Monastir amid unfolding strategy discussions.
Washington forecast for Friday and Saturday calls for fair and colder conditions. Local report shows a low near 45 and high around 48. No significant rainfall in the past 24 hours. deficit measures listed for the month and year.
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