Fire disaster at sea tests Carmania voyage tale
Survivors recount chaotic moments aboard the Carmania and Volturno as fire and smoke spread. Captains ordered women and children to one side, men to the other, lifeboats launched belatedly, and some passengers and crew perished or were saved after frantic evacuations amid rising heat and explosions.
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Cearmania
Carmania
Trintepohl
Lfade
Becat
Steward
Volturna
Theii
Volturno
Rimania
JP Isenbarkation
Devouian
S A. Seydlitz
Jann Isrug Krug
Carmiuhia
New York
Inch
Tee
Steamship Company
Krearland
Quena
France
Grodum
Volta
Oasis
Rappahannock
Flairfax
Cape Race
Saren
Antivy
Pri Bix
Parry Bixedna Briennin
Gatuck Parashe Amlsen
Nicola Maria
Esther Raphina
Bebe Kapeke
Hapske
Texandria Montkangski Vouy Landvnther Wantepkke
Maria & Pollack
Bella Berensky
Ped Nikitasuck Dimitrie
Catherine
Sdokad
Sojeiek
Loura
Fournain
Tuppahannock Eapie
Abrahchiitsky
Ida Baitasks
Rotterdam
Modernize Church urged to raise popular religious interest
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels urged modernizing church methods at a meeting today. He recommended using motion pictures in Sunday schools to attract youth, warning of alarming indifference to religious affairs. Speakers Bryan and Housevelt were cited in the anti temperance stance.
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Josephus Kniels
Daviela
William Jennings Bryan
Theod Housevelt
Purham
Woman's Murder Still a Mystery in Dallas Case
Dallas detectives probe the Florence Brown killing at a field street real estate office. Miss Brown 26 a choir singer and YWCA worker was found throat cut. Despite 11 weeks of inquiry no weapon or suspect identified and relatives scrutinized.
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Dallas
Texas
Florence Brown
Henry Tanner
Miss Brown
Young Women's Christian Association
Tanner
Jeff D. Robinson
Robinson &Styron
Colorado
Shadrack B. Cuthbertson
A Automobiles
Goedby
Cuthbertson
Goodby
Robinson
Field Street
W. B. Styron
and & J. Ewos
Snor
Syron
Shs
Brown
I, Brown
AsInan
Cuthberson
Styron
Discovery Day in Knoxville with Knights leaders
Knoxville Tenn October 14 The city prepares for Discovery Day with Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore and Supreme Knight Flaherty of Philadelphia as main speakers. Masses were held in local churches and a public reception welcomed hundreds as Knights from Tennessee and nearby states attend tomorrow’s events.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Flaherty
Philadelphia
Knights of Columbus
Exposition Auditorium
Knights
Tennessee
Mercy
Chough
Man Falls From Window In Macon Death Feared
Reddick a glassmaker in Macon Georgia reportedly walked out a second story window at his workplace tonight and fell to the walkway below breaking his neck and both legs. He was carried to a hospital unconscious with fatal injuries expected.
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Macon
Reddick
Divorce Mill Sermon Attacks State System
Rev. L. C. Bricker of the First Christian Church denounces the divorce problem from his pulpit, urging a state commission to issue marriage licenses after assessing a couple’s fitness. He argues ministers and the public bear some blame and cites a 1 license cost as a spur for reform. He endorses a policy adopted by seven states and stresses forbearance and mutual respect in marriage.
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L. C. Bricker
First Christian Church
South Pryor U Street
jGrist
Bricker
Atlanta
Bracing Fall Weather Promised for Week
The Weather Bureau forecasts fair skies across most of the country with temperatures near or below normal and light precipitation. A disturbance will cross the country from the far west to the east by week’s end, bringing rains, a temporary rise in temperature, then considerably colder weather, especially in the northwest. No disturbances are seen in the West Indies.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
North Pacific
Far West
Middle West
West Indies
Proctor Outlines Needs of Atlanta Negro Schools
Rev H H Proctor at First Congregational colored church argues public schools for blacks underpin city welfare. He credits the Constitution for supporting better facilities and cites four needs: more modern buildings for 12 000 colored children, end of double sessions to stop street crime, a night school for workers, and a central high pond industrial school to unify education and reduce private reliance.
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Atlanta
H. H. Proctor
First Congregational Church
Sion
Central High Pond
Old-Time Rally Brings Three Candidates for Congress to Camilla
Thomasville dispatch states Camilla will host an old-time political rally with speeches by all three Second district candidates for congress. Mitchell superior court may adjourn for the event to allow maximum audience in a busy farming season. Luke Covington and Judge Park expected to attend, with others traveling from nearby towns to hear each candidate speak.
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Thomasville
Spe
Camilla
Congress
Mitchell
Judge Park
Messrs
Luke
Covington
Coup by Huerta May Split Mexican Coalition
In Biarritz October 12 General Diaz, ex president of Mexico, was shown despatches about deputies’ arrest in Mexico City and expressed interest but refused comment. He planned to leave Paris for Mexico this week but now stays until end of October.
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Biarritz
Furfirio Diaz
Mexico
Paris
Federals Ambushed and Shot by Rebels in Mexico
In San Luis Potosi a report to the interior department says Torresen’s evacuation stemmed from fumbled leadership. General Alvirez with 400 men and artillery was hemmed by 4,000 rebels led by Francisco Villa. Alvirez died after a desperate stand as his force was overrun. Villa later ordered the corpse displayed in Torreon.
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Mexico City
Interior Department
San Luis Potosh
Torresen
Torfreon
Hipoilta
Torreon
Alvirez
Artllery
Argumedo
Francisco Villa
Villa
Wilson silent on Huerta coup in Mexico City
Washington dispatches report about ninety Mexican deputies still under arrest after the Friday jam, with 12 Caran Aldape noting none released. Diaz may influence outcomes upon return, while Wilson and Bryan weigh US stance. Mexico City calm masks rumors of disaffection and pay shortages among federal troops amid Torreon's fall.
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Washington
State Department
Caran Aldape
Mexican Chamber of Deputies
Eux Diaz
Diaz
Wilson
Mexico
White House
Bryan
Knoxville
Tenn
United States
Mexico City
Torreon
Huertia
Prof Brittain’s Home Looted by Burglar
State School Superintendent M. I. Brittain and wife slept through a burglary on West Peachtran Street Saturday night. The intruder entered via a ground floor window and took clothes, a watch, a gold medal, and other valuables including a uniform with gilt trappings. Brittain suspects a Black burglar and notes the lost items, while only a black coat and blue trousers remain for his town appearance. The report also mentions a patent medicine ad for Dr Forrer’s Antiseptic Healing Oil.
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M. I., Brittain
Peachtran Street
Professor Brittain
Southern Baptist Convention
Brittain
Dr Robert MacArthur To Lead Baltimore Baptist Church
Baltimore, Md October 12 Rev Dr Robert Stuart MacArthur president of the Baptist World Alliance and longtime pastor of Calvary Baptist Church New York City accepted a call to serve as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Baltimore today.
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Baltimore
Robert Stuart MacArthur
The
Baptist World Alliance
Calvary Baptist Church
New York City
First Baptist
Buoy Leasing Marks Passing of Landmark Theater
Ga text describes the DeGive castoff plot at Marietta and Broad in Atlanta, signaling the forthcoming 42 twenty nine story Braselton Building with about 500 offices. The DeGive estate contends a 99 year lease to Braselton Building Company may proceed, with a total long term lease around 2.17 million dollars. The piece notes the Bijou theater site and recalls Atlanta’s early theater days and the DeGive theater’s history.
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Marietta and
Broad
Atlanten
Bijou
DeGive
Tha Braselton Building Company
Amos W Braselton
H. G. DeGive
Atlanta
L. DeGive
Marietta
Broad Streets
Marietta Street
DeGive ‘Theater
Heavy murder docket before Supreme Court
Fifteen murder cases are now pending before the Supreme Court to be argued this month as the criminal docket opens around October 21. Five defendants have been sentenced to death and ten to life imprisonment. fourteen counties are represented, including Terrell with two cases. Briefs have been completed by Attorney General Thomas B Felder. The docket also includes the Tai-Yilah Falls case involving the Georgia Railway and Power Company.
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Supreme Court
Terrell
Thomas
Felder
Liberty
Dwelle Perkins
Jenking County
Lfe
Ben Crumbly
Dan Brown
Glynn
W. H. Chancey
Jef Davis
Alva I. Shore
Worth
B. Fall
Tift
W. L. Lanier
Ware
Darsey - Beliford
Ali Bexley
Coweta
George Smiths Downes
Rob McCrary
Teil Rel
William Duncan
Houston
Rogers Bell
Decatur
Jim Branan
Aabersham
Shadrach Webb
Darly
Tai- Yilah Falls
Georgia Railway Vand Power Company
Turpentine and Rosin Firm During the Week in Savannah
Savannah GA October 12 weekly naval stores review shows turpentine closing 39 to 39 1/2 cents, sales 3,412, receipts 4,078, shipments 4,037, stocks 26,496. Turpentine demand and rosin prices firm with small declines noted. totals compare with year ago figures. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic advertised as tonic for adults and children at 50 cents.
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Savannah
Bah: Bridge Destroyed by Fire in Sunday Train Incident
A fine trestle near Bah went up in flames around 2 PM Sunday after a train passed. Railroad officials failed to notice promptly and by 7 PM over 300 feet of the bridge were destroyed. A Manchester fire unit responded but could not control the blaze and replacement is likely.
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Grange
Birmingham
Atlantic Road
Chattahoochee River
King Ruck
Manchester
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