Charities in Atlanta Close for First Time in Ten Years
The Associated Charities of Atlanta, facing $24,203 needed for 1915, voted to avoid disbanding while refusing directors resignation. A planning committee and mass meeting were set to explore reopening as 1,056 local families faced need. Union leaders pledged significant backing to keep the charity alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities of
Atlanta
Atu
Council Chamber
Col. & J. Lewry
W. C. Wardlaw
Finance Committee
Thomas Agleston
Mors Rich
Armand Maier
J. MB. Hoxsey
Lon J. Daniel
Woade White
Lowry
Celenet Lowry
Mude
R. L. Poreman
Ministera
Entre Cittizenship of
L J. Daniel
Daniel Brothers
Deadlocked Jury Threatens to Stay All Winter in Pennsylvania
Scranton October 26 After three days and a half of confinement the jury in the William Pegram murder case sent out for clothing changes tonight with some members declaring they would stay all winter rather than reach a verdict. The jurors repeatedly state they are hopelessly deadlocked and the court has insisted a verdict must be reached before discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
William Pegram
Wwete
Mary Quinn
Directors plan opening of regional bank in Atlanta
Atlanta's new federal reserve bank directors will meet this week to set the opening location and details. The bank will open on November 16 per Secretary McAdoo. M. S. Wellbern, board chair, arrives Tuesday for the meeting, as local bankers favor an early opening over larger-city opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank
J. A. McCord
McAdoo
M. 8. Wellbern
Eddy
Birmingham
Cld
Boston
Brownsille
Buffalo
Charleston
Bicano
Galveston
Hatteras
Havre
Helena
Clay
Jacksonvile
Kansas City
Knixville
Sous
Brigins
Mobile
Montgomer
Rasnyilte
New Orleans
Francises
St. Louis
St. Paul
Bute Lake
Shires Evort
Whipping at Home With a Birch Rod Ordered for Boys
Plymouth Massachusetts October 26. A superior court sentence in a case of three grammar school boys for breaking into summer cottages orders whipping at home with a birch rod. Edward Clough Frank and Antonio Perry escape reform school confinement as parents agree to carry out the sentence and the judge discusses proper infliction methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Mass
Hugo A. Dubuque
Edward Clough
Frank
Antonio Perry
Dubuque
Sufferings of Belgians Described by Wife of the Minister to United States
Madam Helene Havenich wife of the Belgian minister to the United States describes Belgian miseries from a recent Belgium visit. She recalls Termonde reduced to thirty houses and scenes of refugees in wheelbarrows bicycles with babies carts of food and cattle fleeing bombardment or arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
F. E. May
Belgian Relief Fund of
Georgia
Helene Havenich
Madam Havenit
Belgium
Termunde
Louvain Prest
Malines
Destruction of Town Threatened by Fire at Logtown Miss
Logtown Mississippi faced widespread ruin as a north wind fanned a blaze starting at the Weston Lumber mill. The mill worth 166000 was destroyed and the Pelican mailboat valued at 50000 along with several smaller craft and homes burned. The town of 500 residents lies miles from rail and lacks freighting capability, hindering outside aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logtown
Miss
Weston Lumber Company
Pelican
The Man For the Job Wants Ad Provids Results
On Sunday October 18 an Atlanta firm advertised for a clerk in The Constitution Wanted Columns. It drew 52 replies Monday and 17 more Tuesday before finding a competent clerk with the single ad. The paper claims Want Ads reach the right people and urge readers to try them by phone Main 5600 At. 5001.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Constitution
Double Sessions Will Be Reduced In Atlanta White Schools
Atlanta officials predict double sessions in white schools will fall from twenty-one to about ten before year-end as Superintendent Slaton and Commissioner Guinn defend the board’s funding. They state the $11,912 appropriation covers teachers only, not new buildings, and expect most sessions to be morning by January with continued protests from parents over conditions. An earthquake in Turin is noted with no casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moea Weir
Joseph C. Logan
Powish
Associated Charities
Ferma
Sx-Effele
Aacectarion
Theo
Soneties
Buith Tronwon
Wdistane
Supeseiniod
Marie Esis
L Fev
Hameies Waren
Ind
Askoualton
Nhuc
Mee
Letus Ramee Peck
Mise Houten Jackson Sins
Sadi Gober
Rise
Joe Johnson
Mijas Jacko
Jonnaen
Atlanta
William M. Slaton
FR. 5. Guinn
Education Board
Gunn
Council
Guinn
Doard
Willa E
Slaton
Staton
East Ten
Grinn
Judges Hear Arguments in Cotton Day Attire at Mississippi Supreme Court
Jackson Mississippi October 26 judges of the Mississippi supreme court heard arguments in casual dress with overalls and cotton shirts in observance of a local cotton day to promote wearing cotton clothes in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
Torneys
South
Great Britain Guided by American Doctrine
Britain presents two notes outlining its commerce policy for neutrals, embracing conditional contraband and continuous voyage rules. Brindifin and Platuria cases cleared. Washington sees British stance as satisfactory and cotton shipments in neutral ships treated favorably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
State Department
Mir Cecil Spring-Rice
Billa
Lading
London
Halifax
N.S
Scotland
United States
Washington Administration
McAdoo
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Treasury Department
Rotary Banquet Speaker Urges Atlanta Boosters
Frank J. Mulholland of Toledo, head of the International Association of Rotary Clubs, addressed Atlanta Rotarians at the Winecoff Hotel urging members to be good for something and to develop a survival value through optimism and a ready smile. He warned that no Rotarian can contribute without a purpose and noted the power of Rotary to boost communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Frank J. Mulholland
Toledo
International Association of Rotary Clubs of America
Atlanta
Winescoff Hotel
Freswent Mulholland
Flo
Rotary
Adams
Atlanta Rotary Club
Mulholland
Town
Desperate German Drives Foiled by Allied Forces
London reports the Allies are gaining ground and taking many prisoners and some guns as German attacks are repulsed along most fronts. Berlin notes undecided battle on the North Sea coast with partial successes elsewhere. The Straits of Dover fight remains particularly bloody while the overall situation is described as satisfactory. One Allied division is credited with capturing two German guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British War Office
French War Office
Berlin
North Sea
Straits of Dover
London
Germans Building Retreat Line From Ostend Dixmude Front
The Times correspondent reports from Rotterdam that Germans are fortifying Antwerp with their fortress artillery and appear to be preparing a retreat line from the Ostend-Dixmude position. Strong Belgian forts now manned by German guns signal a strategic pullback plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Times
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Ostend-Dixmude
Battle for the Straits of Dover Maintains Fury in War
London reports the Straits of Dover battle remains fierce with no decisive advantage for either side. German forces, after crossing a canal from Nieuport to Dixmude last Saturday, have yet to gain further ground and continue stubborn defenses as Allied forces resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Straits of Dover
Tlesser Canal
Nieuport
Dixmude
Russians Report Theyre Winning In Great Battle
Pari October 27 official communication from Petrograd via Havas says Russian forces have launched a great battle along front spanning over 100 versts from Rawa to Nowemuaste and Bialobraegl. They claim heavy German losses near Mocehidia Gayourt Maramerjeff and Nemglovo with hundreds of prisoners and captured batteries as Austrian resistance in Galicia weakens. The report notes German attempts on the eastern Prussian front repelled and describes fierce fighting around Armmentieres Lille La Bassee Arras with high casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pari
Havas
Petrograd
Ital
Teading
Betrokost
Radom
Rawa
Nowemuaste
Bialobraegl
Manka
Raw
Mocehidia
Gayourt
Maramerjeff
Nemglovo
Hawa
Kozenicz
Nova
Alexandra
Galicia
Sambor
Staromlasto
Theiver Spryne
London
Armmentieres
Lille
la Bassee
Arras
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Charities
Man
France
Turin
Rome
Boosters
Optimus
Spryne
Ther
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