Beachey Airplane Crash Kills and Injures Spectators
Lincoln Beachey lost control of a 100 horsepower aeroplane during an Hammondport exhibition near Lake Keuka. Ruth Hildreth was killed and sister Dorothy severely injured as the plane swept spectators from a rooftop. Lieutenants Richardson and Bellinger were hurt but survived. Beachey and the others escaped with minor injuries. Ruth and Dorothy Hildreth, daughters of W. E. Hildreth of New York, had long visited Lake Keuka. Hildreth was a former president of the Old Breslin Hotel Co and now runs a wine business in Urbane, New York.
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Ruth Hildreth
W. E. Audreth
New York City
Dorothy Hildreth
Rochester
N. Y
Hammondaport
Lincoln Beachey
Richardson and
Bellinger
United States Aviation Corps
Beachey
Lake Keuka
Peachey
Navy
Key
Hildreth
Arenes
Richstdaere
Heachey
Naval Building
Lake Kenka
W. E. Hildreth
New York
D Lincoln Beachey
Hammondsport
Old Breslin
Urbane
Ithe Hildreth
Flushing, & IL
Otley Honored by Fellow Bankers in Boston
Four sectional meetings today set the stage for the American Bankers association convention. Officers for the coming year were elected in each section, including W. J. Henry of New York as state secretaries head and P. W. Hall of Iowa as secretary treasurer. J. F. Sartor of Los Angeles named savings bank president. J. Ottley of Atlanta elected clearing house president with A. O. Wilson of St. Louis as vice president, and F. H. Goff of Cleveland named trust company president. Atlanta Richmond and Atlantic City vie to host the next convention. A grand ball at Symphony Hall capped the day for more than 2,000 delegates and ladies.
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Boston
American Bankers’ Association
Henry
New York
P. W. Hall
Iowa
Savings Bank
J. F. Sartor
Los Angeles
Clearing House
Ottley
Atlanta
A. O. Wilson
St. Louis
Trust Company
Symphony Hall
Hold-Ups Worry City Police Across Months
Police HQ reports a surge in hold ups with at least a dozen highway robberies in recent months. In several incidents two Black women aided robbers while two Black men attacked a solicitor near Washington and Mitchell streets, stealing 173 dollars and a stick pin. Officers Milam and Palmer investigate.
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East Fair Street
Marion Smith
The
Constitution
Washington and
Mitchell Streets
Milam and
Palmer
Giants Open World Series Defeated By Athletics In Opener
In the Polo Grounds Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Giants six to four in the 1918 World Series opener. Baker and Collins homered for the A’s as they outbatted and outplayed the Giants, with Eddie Collins starring at second base. The crowd exceeded 40,000 with receipts over 75,000, officials counting 36,291 paid.
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New York
New York Giants
Philadelphia Athletics
Polo Grounds
Athletics
Giants
New York Club
National Cormission
Pola
Bainsay
Mackmen
Marquard
Crandall
Philadelphia
Shafer
Schang
Want Ad Success Hint From The Constitution
The Atlanta Constitution urges placing want ads in its Want columns to reach opportunity. A reader can buy a second hand cook store through the paper and should telephone Main 5000 or Atlanta 3000 to place the ad, with early submission advised.
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Constitution
Atlanta
Hundreds Gather to Hear World Series Details in Atlanta
Thousands packed Alabama street as The Constitution wired live World Series play by play from the Polo Grounds. Fans cheered when the Giants scored and Baker hit a dramatic home run, while operators and officials tuned in for every inning and promised further real time updates today.
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Constitution
Polo Grounds
New York City
Dick Jemison
Steps to Lease W. and A Railroad Detailed at Meeting
Groundwork for leasing the W. and A. railroad was laid at a Columbus Ga meeting of a subcommittee of the W. and A. legislative committee. Attendees included G Gunby Jordan Hooper Alexander Senator Y W L Brown W W A Wimbish Barry Wright and Ed T Brown. The group outlined committee assignments for Atlanta and Chattanooga terminals double tracking and form of lease and prepared for the public meeting set for the third Tuesday in November. The governor later named two additional members to the committee.
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Legislative Committee
Ansley
G. Gunby Jordan
Columbus
Hooper Alexander
Atlanta
Y. W. L. Brown
Cartersville
W.W. A. Wimbish
Barry Wright
Rome
Ed T. Brown
Jordan
Akin and Greene
Chattanooga
Tarver and McNeil
Fullbright and Cole
Callaway
Brown
Wright
Messrs.Wimbish
Alexander
Senate
Messes
Brown, McNeill
Tarver
House
Messrs
Akin
Greene
Cole
Fullbright
Street Car Lockout Strikes Knoxville
Knoxville Tenn October 7. Knoxville has a street railroad lockout as fifty motor men and conductors who joined Carmen's union were dismissed. Despite the dismissals, service remains uninterrupted and the company claims ample staff. A mass meeting of locked out men and sympathizers led to a street procession and shouting but no riots or damages occurred.
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Knoxvillle
Tenn
Knoxville
Street Railway Company
Carmen’s Union
Postal Policy Promises End of Hitchcock Era
Washington reacts to Alexander H. Stephens’s Atlanta speech as a turning point for the railway mail service praise for ending spying and inefficiency. Officials foresee restored morale as Stephens ushers in efficiency and a regime free from Hitchcockism. Clerks report renewed energy and confidence in the post office future.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Atlanta
Alexander H._ Stephens
Railway Mail Service
Mall
Hitchcockiam
Hitchcock
Georgia
Stephens
Huchcock
Postal Service
Constitution’s World Series coverage praised by Atlanta paper
The Constitution delivered rapid detailed coverage of the opening World Series game between the Giants and the Athletics. Megaphone and phone services kept about 10,000 fans informed as AP reports arrived from Polo Grounds. Irwin M. Howe’s statistical analysis also ran today, with full details to follow.
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Constitution
Giants
Athletics
Atlanta
Associated Press
Polo Grounds
Constitution Building
Irwin M. Howe
Howe
Forsyth
Alabama Streets
Sulzer tried to halt impeachment via Tammany contact
Albany October 7 Governor William Sulzer sought to bargain with Tammany Hall leader Charles Murphy to have his impeachment trial called off Allan A Ryan testified Sulzer would do what was right if Murphy could sway votes against impeachment Sarecky admitted forging the governor signature to mislead a bank and said he, born in Russia and not naturalized, rose from secretary to head of the deportation bureau Continued on Page Three
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Albany
William Sulzer
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Ao Allan A. Ryan
New York
Murphy
Ryan
Louis A. Sarecky
Governors
Sarecky
Russia
State Hospital Commission
Tammany
Ttyan
Sulzer
United States
Elihu Root
William Barnes, Jr
Bion R. Brown
Senate
Atlanta Schools Menace to Health of Young Children
City leaders debate a bond issue as a remedy to safeguard health in Atlanta. Mayor opposes the measure while officials weigh equalization of taxes aimed at funding school health programs for the city’s youngest residents.
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Atlanta
Debate on Atlanta Public Schools Needs in 1913
A letter from R C Littsha, president of the Atlanta Public School Teachers Association, condemns crowded Highland school conditions and calls for immediate action. It urges five new grammar schools, two new buildings for African American students, and new high school facilities to sustain Atlanta as a “Half-Million City,” stressing suffrage for women as key to child welfare.
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Atlanta Teachers’ Association
Georgia
Highland School
Atlanta
R. C. Littsha
Atlanta Public School Teachers’ Association
Atlanta Faces Municipal Crisis Over School Crowding
City of Atlanta with a borrowing capacity of 6.8 million dollars faces a municipal scandal tied to the school system. Despite warnings from School Board President Walter R. Daley about overcrowding, officials largely fail to act. Mayor James G. Woodward argues for tax equalization and opposes a 32 million bond issue, urging real estate reassessment to fund schools.
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Atlanta
Walter R. Daley
James G. Woodward
Daley
Woodward
Weather Summary Foretells Generally Fair Conditions
A weather report notes generally fair conditions in most areas with Georgia remaining fair in the west and unsettled in the east on Wednesday. Thursday should bring fair skies with increasing north winds. Temperatures and rainfall figures are incomplete in the provided text.
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Georgia
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