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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1914
Page
8
James A. Gilmore, president of the Federal League, said the league offered Frank Chance, former manager of the New York Americans, the managerial post of a Federal League club next year. Chance was said to be considering the offer after a short period of deliberation.
John B Scarratt, a pioneer citizen of Atlanta, died last night at 9 at a private sanitarium after a short illness. He was 75, came from Albany to Atlanta forty years ago, and worked with Holt Tailoring Co. Survived by wife, two daughters Mrs E G Rowe of Shullsberg Wisconsin and Mrs W J Knowles of East Grange New Jersey, and son Charles F Scarratt. Resided with his son at 414 Spring Street. Body remains at the P J Bloomfield undertaking chapel pending funeral arrangements.
Pittsburg Kan October 5 Sonn P White national president of the United Mine Workers of America charged that Rockefeller interests with detectives and traitors are trying to destroy the union. He spoke at a special district convention aimed at resolving disputes from recent contract talks. White said agents were placed to foment dissent and halt operations.
Bryce Andrews of 87 Richardson Street Test night reported three Black men robbed him near the Auditorium then yelzed him on the Washington street viaduct. They demanded $10 from his pockets, then tossed him over a high fence and fled toward darkness.
Toledo October 5. Mickey Shea former Tammany leader of New York is held here with six others on suspicion in connection with theft of thousands from merchants via wire tapping.
C E Corwyn reports his Hudson beylnder automobile stolen from in front of the Forarth theater last night. The license number is 254 Georgia.
In Kansas City on October 5, heavyweight Jack Dillon of Indianapolis defeated Jim Flynn of Pueblo, Colorado after ten fast rounds. No knockdowns occurred as both boxers finished strong and the decision went to Dillon.
Columbus day observances have grown with 24 states making October 12 a legal holiday. The article notes Columbus and his crew sighting land on October 12, 1492 after about two months at sea, possibly Watling Island in the Bahamas, and highlights rising public observance and memorials including a statue in New York.
Sidney Ormond reviews the Atlanta presentation of Today noting intense emotion and strong acting. The drama portrays a modern wife’s pursuit of clothes and the moral cost, ending in tragedy as a husband kills her, highlighting society’s fixation on fashion.
Keith Vaudeville’s Forsyth bill features a wide range of novelty acts from Creighton girls to Reader's Invention and the duo Bickel and Watson who ply their Zierfeld's Follies style humor. The crowd applauded strongly for several routines while others drew mixed reactions, with standout legs including a cadet-dressed dancer and a clever trapeze balance act.
The six reel photoplay The Master Cracksman plays at the Grand with excitement and romance. The plot centers on Gentleman Yor the master cracksman seeking the priceless Martin diamond. Harry Carey stars as Gentleman Joe with strong acting. continuous show today and tomorrow.
The Jewell Kelley company presented The Lighthouse Girl at the Bijou to large matinee and night crowds. Misa Rose Morris shines as the lighthouse girl shipwrecked on North Carolina shores with vivid portrayal. Vernon Wallace Newton Bass J N Owen and the Misses Willard Douglas also give strong turns as the supporting cast during a week of performances.
Ottawa Ont October 5 For the first time in Canadian Methodist history a ritual will be embodied in the new hymn book. The General Conference session decided the ritual includes the Lord's Prayer the Ten Commandments the Apostles Creed the Reception Service Questions and Answers and the General Confession of the Lord's Supper.
The Supreme Court of Georgia heard arguments on cases from multiple counties including Richmond Chattooga Clinch Chatham and Civien The docket included G McAuliffe v Baum Will Haya v state Reynolds Banking Co and Lee v Mobley among others.
The document lists multiple Georgia Court of Appeals cases from various counties including Morgan Chatham and Glynn, plus a special Macon report about D. Mt Newell from Blountstown Florida searching for his wife and child. Newell says he last heard from them in Albany and was told she operated a board house on Lee street in Macon.
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