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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1914
Page
7
A quirky item notes Tennessee leading Southern teams in railcar experiments where German locomotives use cocoa mats to dampen vibration and protect hearing. It mentions dustless roads and a pair of soggles from L. Moore Sons, the Opmeras, priced at $2.8 for Broad Str ins.
The Army football squad returned from Philadelphia to a cadet battalion greeting in West Point New York. A veteran stagecoach carried the team through cheering crowds to barracks where a mule insignia and a 20 to 0 score display were shown. Alexander McVey was elected captain for 1915 and is noted as a leading tackle. Navy celebrations in Annapolis included cheers for players and coaches as the team arrived at Wanser Hall.
Knoxville Tenn November 22 The University of Tennessee football team has been awarded the silver trophy by the Birmingham Newspaper Club for the team deemed best in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The award was decided by a committee of three sports writers from Memphis Birmingham and Atlanta newspapers.
Carlisle Indians travel to Atlanta for a Saturday game with Auburn Plainsmen at Grant Field after a late schedule switch. Governor Slaton helped arrange the trip. Notable attendees include James G. Woodward and Hoke Smith with officials from Vanderbilt Clemson and Tech represented.
Welchence, the Crackers field captain, recovering in Asheville, N C, has been chosen to umpire next spring's exhibition games. Manager Till Smith, visiting his mother in Springfield Ohio, announced the decision in a letter. Smith also notes Welchence's rest and avoidance of strain, and seeks permission to release him for Greenville's Carolina League duties.
St Louis reports the November 6 referendum on the full crew law drew 324,085 against and 159,593 for, a 164,442 majority. Farmers opposed it outside St. Louis where the measure failed by 18,427 votes. Railroad officials hailed the result as a win for safety and efficiency.
The New York Press reports Maswatehin on Rus sia’s borders as the sole city in the world inhabited solely by men. Chinese women are forbidden from living within this territory and even to cross the Katkan Wall into Mongolia. The Chinese residents are described as exclusively traders.
London dispatch reports 23 killed and many injured from Friday's quake in western Greece and the Ionian Islands. Santa Maura suffered convulsions as Patkoulia Mountain crumbled two miles, with the Tenian sea flooding 125 acres. New small mountains formed in several points.
Edited by Dick Jemison reports all eastern and western selections for all star football teams. Notable picks include Harvard players at multiple positions, Princeton and Yale names, and key Army and Dartmouth representatives reflecting broad coach and critic consensus.
Round two match play in the Druid Hills Invitation for women is to be completed by Tuesday night. Several first and second flights feature handicapped play with nine hole matches in some flights and eighteen holes in the first flight. Notable pairings include Stirling versus Dowdall and Godfrey versus Ve Gude, with cups awarded to winners and runners-up across flights.
Tony Brown a Greek restaurateur and Pete Convaran Greek visitor died in a four story blaze on Bibb and North Court streets in Montgomery. The fire started in the Oriental Coffee storage room and swept Mohr Mayer cigar and Bethea establishments. Loss estimated at 100000, insured. Brown reportedly jumped from a third floor window. both men were later found incinerated.
The article notes St Louis seed funds for a $135,000 initiative to calm southern cotton disruption, with New York and western cities influential. It reports St Louis banks contributing about 11 million, Chicago around 12 million, and Philadelphia 4 million, plus cheers for St Louis. It mentions a Philippine government millet and a new aluminum coin set for Cabon leper colony use, plus city coal company special prices for coal at $4.26 per ton.
Washington November 29 President Wilson has a busy week before congress convenes. He will complete his annual message discuss the European war situation with diplomats back from the war zone consider pressing issues and receive important callers. He may recommend amending the Sherman act to aid Armorican exporters to meet foreign competition. Chancellor Sparkman and other officials plan meetings on river and harbor bills and trade issues. Ambassadors from Chile and Argentina will be received. VanDyke brings a Dutch peace plan. Congress returns next week with hearings on naval and appropriations bills and an armor plate inquiry wrapping up.
Washington reports call for ending most naval prisons in the continental United States. Only Portsmouth New Hampshire and Mare Island California to keep disciplinary quarters aboard ships, with transfers planned from shore facilities to naval vessels and reduced use of confinement. Captain Ridley McLean lauds the humane system and notes improved conduct and rehabilitation among prisoners.
The W and A B R will sell round trip tickets from all Georgia stations to Atlanta at reduced rates for the Hog and Hominy Carnival. Tickets on sale December 1 2 3 4 with final return limit December 6 or by agent. Passenger Agent KE Barman.
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