New Orleans Struggles With Hurricane Aftermath And Floods
New Orleans reports 353 dead or missing from the Mississippi and Louisiana gulf coast hurricane, with officials fearing totals may near 350. Relief supplies stream in as levee damage exceeds 1 million dollars, orange groves and crops suffer, and city roofs leak under heavy rain. Mayor Behrman seeks 500000 to clear streets while schools close. Governor Hull mobilizes tents from the state arsenal for relief efforts as Morgan City endures a tornado destroying homes and injuring twelve with one death.
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New Orléans
New Pistform
Miashissinpi
Lowsiana Gulf Coast
Louis J. Hennessey
Association of Commerce
Who
Hennessey
Clear Street
Behrman
Hull
Louisiana National Guard
State Arsenal
Morgan City
Browneck-Drews Lumber Company
Tone
Final campaign fund drive totals from numerous donors
A compiled list shows varied contributions for a final fundraising drive including Buck Bros, Regal Shoe Store, McClure Ten-Cent, Southern Book Concern, John B. Daniel, Jacobs Pharmacy, Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling, Piedmont Laundry, and several furniture, drug, and clothing firms with amounts ranging from 5 to 190 dollars. Names and firms indicate broad local participation during the campaign period.
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Buck Bros. Company
C. _&n Ronenbaum
Hireca Bros
Kress Company
McClure Ten-Cent Company
George Muse Clothing Bros
Regal Shoe Store
Law Bros. Company
the Boys’ Shop
I. Fon
A. x. Iawkes Company
J. K
Hleb Company
Chamberlin
Johnson-DuBose Company
H.W. Rountree & Bro. T
B.company
Rhodes-Wood Furniture Company
E.ise Furniture Company
Southern Book, Concern
Charles S. Robison Furniture Company
Meyers & Miler Furniture Company
Knott
Avante Coca-Cola Bottling Company
EM. Husdate
Piedmont
Bett
Troy
Guthman
Thomes P. Hinman
Tr. G. Hastings Company
son&Son
Patrere
Militia Called In At Clifton Copper Strike
Forty National Guardsmen camped on the Clifton courthouse grounds to aid Sheriff J G Cash in preserving order during a copper miners strike. Officials sought negotiation to end the dispute with about 78 workers from Arizona companies quitting September 11 after wage and recognition refusals. Governor Hunt and Adjutant General Harris were expected to assist, while company managers fled the district amid unrest.
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Clifton
Ariz
National
J.g.cash
Rei
Mining Combatty
Sherif Cash
Paseris
G. W. P. Hunt
Clitton
Harris
Arizona
Shannon
Detroit
Western
Federation
Would
Norgan Carmichael
J. W. Bennie
Milton Mclean
Naval war game simulates defense of Atlantic coast
Washington reports a mock national defense drill where American naval forces split into red and blue fleets off the coast. Navy officials say the exercise, planned by the Naval War College, tests interception, communications, and use of submarines and mines, with airships excluded.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy
Benson
Newport
R. L
Hampton Roads
Naval War College
Navy Department
Cach Division
Naval Service
War College
Admiral Pletcher
Maro
Gunboat Machias Heads to Guatemala on State Dept Request
The U S gunboat Machias, en route from Tampico to Puerto Barrios Guatemala, sails to maintain diplomatic contact amid unrest among Carranza sympathizers. Officials say no revolutionary movement requires its presence but want close monitoring of developments in Mexico and the region.
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Washington
Machias
Tampico
Woman Suffragists to Meet in Convention
New York October 4 The National American Woman Suffrage association issued a call to suffragists to attend the forty-seventh annual convention in Washington December 14 to 19. The notice is signed by Dr Anna Howard Shaw Mrs Stanley McCormick Dr Katherine B Davis Mrs Henry Wade Rogers Mrs Susan W Fitzgerald Mrs Notlig Nugent Somerville Mrs Walter McNab Miller Mrs Orton H Clark and Mrs Menofil McCormick.
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New York
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Washington
Lgre
Anna Howard Shaw
Stanley McCormick
Katherine B. Davis
Henry Wade Rogers
Connecticut
Susan W. Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Notlig Nugent Somerville
Mississippi
Walter’ McNab Miller
Missouri
Orton H. Clark
Mich[isan
Menfil McCormick
Mois
McAdoo to Vote for Woman Suffrage in New York
Secretary McAdoo left for New York to register for the November 2 election and announced he would vote for the woman suffrage amendment to the New York state constitution. He praised American women for their "game fight" and fair course in seeking suffrage state by state.
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Washington
McAdoo
New York
New York State
Grandniece of President Johnson Visits White House
Washington October 4 President Wilson greeted Mrs John R Maxwell of Nashville Tenn a grandniece of Andrew Johnson and her husband during a White House call the Johnson relation highlighted by the meeting
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Johnson
Wilson
Washington
John R. Maxwell
Nashville, Tenn
Andrew Johnson
White House
Mayor Grillion Fines Review Delayed By City Council
A council meeting to hear major charges against Mayor Griffin was postponed until Tuesday after a community gathering last Friday night. Fines totaling over $1,200 related to liquor operations were discussed as part of the context. No official statement has been issued by the mayor.
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Grillion
Griff
Steamers Released by British Authorities at Kirkwall
Kirkwall Oct 4 The steamers held for inspection were released today and sailed. Zamora Swedish from Baltimore July 24 bound for Stockholm arrived Kirkwall Aug 15 Laura Maersk Danish from Galveston Aug 23 to Copenhagen arrived Kirkwall Sept 23 Britannic Norwegian from Baltimore Sept 7 to Stavanger arrived Kirkwall Sept 23 Muskogee American from Baton Rouge Aug 19 to Gothenburg Kirkwall arrival Sept 29 Skales Norwegian from New York Sept 12 to Christiania Kirkwall arrival Sept 28 Aage Norwegian from Baltimore Sept 11 to Copenhagen Kirkwall arrival Sept 28 The arrivals for examination include Hekla Norwegian from Galveston to Malmo with cottonseed cake Stark, Norwegen Baltimore to Christiania with wheat Yelling Danish from Baltimore to Sjovenhagen with wheat Wieldrecht Dutch from Port Arthur Texas to Christiania with kerosene Oh to June Norwegian from New York to Copenhagen with general cargo
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Kirkwall
Sdodlalia
Zamora
Baltimore
Stockholm
Laura Maersk
Galveston
Copenhagen
Britannic
Stavanger
Muskoged
Sailen
Baton Hougs
Gothenburs
Ijales
Norwegien
New York
Christiania
Aage
Prich
Nera
Hekla
Malmo
Sweden
Stzru
Sjonenhagen
Wieldrecht
Port Arthur
Texas
Americans in Persia Report Safe After Turko-Russian Retreat
Boston dispatch says the American Board received Morgenthau’s confirmation of safety for missionaries in the Ven district of Persia and Bitlis. Miss Myrtle Shane and Miss Grissey McLaren, both in Bitlis, are cited. McLaren ill with typhus fever, Shane assisting there.
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Boston
Ven
Persia
Bitlis
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Morgenthau
Constantinople
State Department
Washington
Myrtle
Shane
Kansas
Grissey McLaren
Mount Holyoke College
Mays
Lane Suggests Riley Poem Read In Schools
Washington reports Secretary Lane urged school superintendents nationwide to have one James Whitcomb Riley poem read in every school on Thursday October 7, the anniversary of Riley's birth. He noted Riley and Howells as last surviving great American literary figures who highlighted American life through poetry and prose.
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Washington
Lane
James Whitcomb Riley
Mr. Riley
William Dean Howells
German Steamer Syionia Sunk by British Submarine
London reports the German steamer Syionia of Stettin torpedoed in the Baltic by a British submarine. Ten crew landed, the rest en route to Sassnitz. Copenhagen notes say the vessel ran ashore after being fired on.
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London
Syionia
Stettin
Baltic
Reuter
Amsterdam
Sassnitz
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Henderson vetoes anti-loan shark bill in Alabama
Montgomery October 4 Governor Henderson vetoed the Shapiro anti-loan shark bill approved by both houses. The measure set a maximum interest rate of 20 percent for money lenders, while existing law allowed any rate. Thirty-six other bills were vetoed at the same time.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
Real Estate Market Rises as Cotton Prices Improve
Local real estate sentiment improves after cotton price gains and a favorable government crop report. Permits issued numbers are modest, with some building activity noted and a boost from the cotton market lifting optimism among Atlanta dealers. The Atlanta Real Estate Board plans its monthly luncheon at the Peachtree hotel with speeches and business matters.
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Alanta' Or
Atlanta
Atlanta Real Estate Board
Inecott
Fifty Women Strikers Arrested in Chicago Demonstration
Chicago, October 4. Fifty young women, members of a garment workers strike, attempted a march into the business district. Police dispersed the parade after orders to disband were refused. Sidney Willman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, said 25,000 workers were on strike and 25 establishments had signed the strikers demand.
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Chicago
Sah
Sidney Willman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Erbttra
Ownership and stock list of Constitution Publishing Co.
A dated ownership notice lists common and preferred stock holders of the Constitution Publishing Company of Atlanta Georgia as of September 30 1915 with names including Clark Howell Mrs Clark Howell Albert Howell Roby Robinson and W W Grady among 5000 total common shares. It also lists preferred stock holders as of September 30 1916 with many Atlanta New York Augusta and Morristown names and trustees.
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta
Clark Howell
Agastolion Rl Constitution
At- Tanta
Albert Howell
Yulon Properties Company
Roby Robinson
Atlante
Grady
Grady, Jr
HK. A. Hemphill
A. N. Burbank
New York City
EB. M. Johngen
FB. Johnson
G. H. Johnson
J. W. Johnson
Spoyten Duyvil
Gan
Mary Lew ‘York
B. Bir
Bens Atlante
John Tonkin
Herma
Cornford
Charleston
W. A
Constitusion
Borsa
Eptember
Bas’ Ho
Henry
W. Grady
J.F. Leary
Myre
Mattie ‘H. Leng
Morristown
Ancie
Emma McDowell
Frank ‘L.fleming
Aie Geliney
Little Falls
Atlants
Teta
Octavia
Fo Welsinger
Black-nay Keubler
Seciee Allante
Trambe
Strikers Clash With Police At City Hall Tonight
Taxpayers and workers demanded to see the mayor as a cordon of police blocked entry. Several leaders attempted to force an entrance and a few were arrested before order was restored. The event continued through the evening.
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Arment
Panaype
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