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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1914
Page
5
A Paris bulletin reports Belgian defenses, aided by inner forts and flooded areas, may hold the city until Allied victory in France. German reinforcements show no progress, with some northern withdrawals around Arras and near the North Sea as Anglo French forces push to outflank the German right.
Paris reports a German aeroplane dropped two bombs early this morning over Paris and suburbs Aubervilliers and Saint Denis. One bomb wounded three people. the other caused no injuries. The warfronts show ongoing fighting on the Meuse Verdun and St Mihiel sectors with shifting German and French positions.
Paris reports from the French war office describe a stationary overall situation with violent engagements around Foye and near Arras. German forces show some advances north of Arras and near the Meuse while Allied lines retreat and reform, with heavy fighting reported across the Somme, Oise, and Meuse regions and substantial German troop numbers cited.
A Berlin dispatch to Reuters quotes a general headquarters statement dated October 7. It says right wing engagements in France lack decisive result with French attacks near Bonnes Verdun repulsed, Antwerp area sees a river crossing, and Russians at Suwuil and in Poland at Ivangorod suffer prisoners and losses. Front attitude notes costly frontal attacks have slowed as flanking moves loom.
The Forsyth presents a standout dog and monkey act with Derkins European Novelty 13. Howard and Mabel McCane headline, joined by Will Macari and others, with Maurie Madison and Arthur Jennings in supporting roles. Also showing is St Elmo in film form with a noted all star cast. screenings paused noon to o clock during world series then resume.
The interstate commerce commission ordered an investigation into changes of express matter classification proposed by affected express companies. Experts deem the suggested changes more scientific than the current express traffic regulations and anticipate approval in the main.
Two men were held for involuntary manslaughter after a guard and a driver faced charges following the death of Will Johnson, a six year burglary convict, who fell from a motor truck carrying thirty bales of hay. Johnson died when the vehicle lurched at Jefferson and Ashby streets.
Congress sealed the Clayton anti trust act, approved 244 to 54 in the house with broad Democratic support and Republican defectors. The measure targets price discrimination, interlocking directors, holding companies and exclusive contracts while exempting certain organizations. Adjournment plans hinge on war revenue and Philippine bills with Senate debate starting on the revenue measure tomorrow.
Royal telegrams from Antwerp report heavy German artillery reshaping the city while residents flee to Rosendaal and Breda. Belgium vows to resist to the end. ministers move to Ostend to preserve defenses and government authority amid calls for British aid and potential exile.
The Rev. W. F. Oldham urged strict neutrality in public speech and urged obedience to President Wilson at the seventy-fifth Rock River conference in Chicago. He called Wilson the man appointed by God to lead through the difficult situation, appealing to men of all views to obey him.
Washington, October 6. Supreme court to hear Alabama peonage case of J. A. Reynolds and GW. Broughton from Monroe county. Rivers, a Black man, served time for petit larceny, fined 43.75. Sponsors paid fines, Rivers signed nine months, quit early, fined 27.05, then worked four months for sponsor. Planters argue Alabama law is humane. federal court found no offense.
Early today the Oakhurst public school valued at about 46 000 and housing 120 pupils was wiped out by fire of unknown origin. The blaze started in the coal cellar, firefighters from Decatur arrived too late to save the building. A library and music room had just been added. no insurance covered the structure. All students will transfer to Decatur public school.
Fragmentary mortuary notices appear in a Teat newspaper page segment, listing obituaries and public death notices with unclear details but indicating local funerary announcements.
J C Hodges of Quitman dies at home after typhoid fever at about eleven this morning at age forty with survivors including his mother three brothers and two sisters. Funeral set for tomorrow at the family cemetery. L G Chandler cited in obituary notes. U G Chandler aged 33 dies at private sanitarium with widow and two children. J W Mattox age 73 dies at residence. body to Coleman for interment. German General Augustua Zelman, second Bavarian field artillery commander, killed in action September 26 per Berlin report.
Ethel May Canley eight and Evelyn Everett seven were knocked down by a bicycle ridden by a Black man, Hugh Hodges, at Orme and Harris streets. They were carried to 42 Orme Street, bruised but not seriously injured. bystanders reported Hodges attempted to avoid the crash.
In Mexico City area near Adam sixty miles east, a rear-end crash between two passenger trains bound for Vera Cruz killed three people and injured twenty. Traffic was halted for about twelve hours due to the accident.
The ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a valuable general tonic with quinine and iron. It promises malaria relief, enriched blood, and strengthened body, selling at five cents.
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