Dixie Highway Tourists Date Change for Atlanta Stop
The Dixie Highway commission itinerary shows 15 auto tourists arriving in Atlanta at 6 p.m. from Chattanooga and staying at the Ansley Hotel. They depart October 15 to Macon en route to Jacksonville, with changes to arrival dates in southern cities to accommodate a directors meeting at French Lick Springs, Indiana on October 12.
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Dixie Highway Commission
Heed
Atlanta Automobile and Accessories Association
Highway Commission
Chicago
Atlanta
Dixie
Ansley Hotel
Chattanooga
Macon
South Georgia
Jacksonville
Indianapolis
Ind
Highway ‘Directors
French Lick Springs
Meloy arraigned in passport fraud case involving Rintelen
Andrew D. Meloy was arraigned by U.S. Commissioner Houghton on charges of conspiring with German wine merchant Frans Rintelen to fraudulently obtain a passport for Rintelen. Held on $10,000 bail for October 7 hearing. Meloy, his secretary Miss Hattle Brophy, and Rintelen were seized from the steamship Noordam at Kirkwall, with Rintelen sent to an English camp.
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New York
Andrew D. Meloy
Department of
Meloy
Hattle Brophy
Frans Rintelen
Gasché
Noordam
Kirkwall
Rintelen
Miss Brophy
Saidey
Switzerland
Department of Justice
Department
Nieuw Amsterdam
Hansen and
Gates
Melay
Gasche
Teuton Troop Buildup Strains Frontiers Before Serbia
Paris reports 500000 Teuton troops massed before the Serbian frontier with 320000 Genoa sources noting concentrations. Petrograd dispatches claim influential Russians favor a joint Allied occupation of Macedonia to keep Bulgaria and Serbia apart and thwart Austro German advances in Serbia.
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Paris
Auastro
The
Times
Petrograd
Temps
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Serbia
Reopening of Canal Delayed to October 10
Washington reports Colonel Harding acting governor of the Panama Canal cabled the War Department that further earth movements will delay reopening the canal to about October 10, five days longer than previously stated. He notes the 600 foot stretch remains difficult and dredging has achieved record output though activity must moderate to restore a channel.
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Washington
Harding
Pacama Canal
War Department
Sidea
German Losses Heavy Admit by Teuton Paper
Geneva dispatch quotes the Pan German Strassburger Post on British victory in northern France and Champagne. It notes heavy losses, especially prisoners and trench warfare captures, acknowledges bravery of the adversary, and mentions uncertain French figures.
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Geneva
Paris
Strassburger Post
France
Champagne
Negro woman held under bond in pickled stash theft
Elizabeth Husks, a Black cook for Biljah W Langston, absconded with $1000 found buried in a pickle jar at the Langston home on Feachtree Hills. She was ordered held to the superior court under a $2000 bond in a potica matinee on Thursday afternoon.
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Elizabeth Husks
Biljah
Secretary Trent Denounces Card Playing Fundraiser by Colored M C A
The Colored Branch of the YM Y M C A led by secretary Trent disclaims approval of a public event featuring card playing drinking and dancing to raise funds for a new building. Recorder Johnson delivered a lecture to offenders while the association pledges clean living and opposes immoral activities. Trent cites a Constitution item and says no board member consented to such entertainment and calls for revocation of permits for dance halls.
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The
Johnson
Shoeld Lions
Trent
MC. A
Police Commission
W. J. Trent
MM. C. A
Auburn Avenue
Fringe of Storm Hits Thomasville
Thomasville Ga September 30 special heavy rains and stiff winds brought a gulf storm touch to the area. With little cotton left in the fields the damage to the crop was slight and the rains were much needed. Weather tonight seems clearing.
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Thomasville
Helds
Haitien Rebels Agree To Cease Resistance
Cape Haitien reports that Haitien rebels who opposed American troops have agreed to lay down their arms after a conference between the principal rebel leader and American officers. The rebels promised to cease armed resistance following the talks.
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Cape Haitien
Atlanta Drenched by All-Day Drizzle and Wind Edge of Storm
The Atlanta area endured forty mile per hour winds and heavy rain driven by a storm passing from Louisiana and Mississippi. Hats blew away and fences were damaged as the edge of the system moved through. Weather bureau forecasts showers this morning then clearing this afternoon with a rapid drop in temperatures and a cool, autumnal feel.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Florida Saloons Close as Davis Package Law Takes Effect
Florida at midnight enacted the Davis package law prohibiting on premises drinking. Saloons must close by 6 PM and only sealed packages of at least a half pint may be sold. Test case seeks Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality and title scope. Hotels and clubs face similar limits. some rooms closed pending outcome.
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Tampa
Fla
Supreme Court
Government Urges Early Cotton Purchases for Munitions
Representative Heflin of Alabama urged Secretaries Garrison and Daniels to buy 450000 bales of cotton and 250000 bales of linters to meet army and navy munitions needs, with purchases to start in December. Daniels indicated increased cotton demand as powder mill output at Indian Head expands.
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Washington
Heflin
Alabama
House Committee On Agriculture
Garrison
Dan— Tell
Europe
Daniels
Submarine Bids Submitted for Sixteen Vessels on Coastwise Lines
Bids for sixteen submarines on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts were submitted with Electric Torpedo Boat of Quincy and Union Iron Works of San Francisco offering lowest bids. Newport News Shipbuilding proposed two submersibles at 550000 each. Quincy yard bid eight or more submarines at 623000 each with final unit in seventeen months. San Francisco bid five or more subs at 510000 each first within twelve months and two monthly thereafter. Other bidders included Lake Torpedo Boat, Sloan-Danebower & Co, California Shipbuilding Long Beach and New York Shipbuilding Camden.
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Washington
Electric Torpedo Boat Company
Quincy
Mass
Union , Iron Works
San Francisco
Atlantic
Pacific
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Quincy Yard
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Sloan-Danebower & Co
New York
California Shipbuilding Company
Long Beach
Cal
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Veterans Shake Wilsons Hand at White House Reception
Washington September 30 Kansas City was selected for the 1916 encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic The election of officers will take place tomorrow Thousands of veterans and their wives crowded the White House for a misunderstanding reception intended for a few hundred members of G A R affiliated organizations A circular spread that all G A R visitors were invited causing admission rushes at gates Police were instructed to admit only badge wearers Secretary Tumulty ordered all entrants admitted to restore quiet Fire Sweeps Elberton Ga September 30 Special Elberton morning fire swept through the town overnight
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Washington
Kansas City
Grand Army of the Republic
White House
G. A
Wison
Loyal Legion
Union Army
Woman's Relief Coips
Tumulty
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Teuton Paper
Trent Puts
M. C
Florida
Wilson
Elberton
Stein-Bloch—Society Brand
Parks-Chambers- Hardwick
Peachtree Com
Atlanta, Ga
Cloud-Stanford Co
Broad
Daniel Brothers Company
Pedehtree St
Gardner & ‘Arnold
W. ‘T.arnold & Son
Earland
W.T. Arnold & Son
Peachtree Corner Walton
Georgia Savings Bank & Trust Co
Adame
Pareid
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