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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1914
Page
4
Atlanta public schools begin the new term at 8 30 a m with about 26 000 pupils, up from 23 500 last year. Many students shift to different schools due to redistricting and class size cuts, with some attending outside their districts. Twenty two schools will use double sessions, and students will buy books and supplies on Tuesday morning.
Sixty nurses were in the Florence apartments when a burglar entered room of Mrs L S Beach at 25 Porter Place. He pried a ground floor window, stole a cameo brooch garnet brooch stick pin set with pearls silver necklace two gold rings a bar pin and a gold brooch and about eleven dollars. Officers Milan and Watson searched but found no clues.
A fire at the Kress company store at 9 Whitehall burned about 50 worth of goods. Patrolman J C Williamson raised the alarm and firefighters quickly confined the blaze with a chemical nose. The night watchman was unaware until the firemen arrived. Building damage estimated around 76 dollars.
Arkansas voters will elect state officers and decide three constitutional amendments and two initiative acts. Governor Hays seeks re election with opposition from Andrew Hinney mayor of Green Forest and Daniel Hogan socialist. Proposals include creating lieutenant governor, paying legislators, city bond authority, a child labor law, and broad publicity for official acts.
Charles Wagner, wanted by several Atlanta firms on charges of misappropriation of funds, was arrested after a multi state manhunt. He lived at 105 Spring Street and worked as a waiter, rumored to have obtained money by various means before leaving the city. Knoxville patrolman Kerlin, related to T G Kerlin, delivered Wagner to Atlanta after his capture.
Two white boys aged 12 and 13 named Walle and Gro-Ser flood were taken into custody Sunday in Fayetteville by Sheriff Brown who said the boys appeared to have run away from home. The younger boy has brown hair and eyes, the older wears long pants. Lionel Adams Dead. New Orleans, September 13. Lionel Adams, long recognized as a leading southern criminal lawyer for a quarter century, died today. Some men tell their wives a lot of things that never happen.
The piece outlines a vision for America to become a global educational center as European universities struggle postwar. It highlights Atlanta Methodist University as destined to become a major force with a faculty including Dr Durham, Dr Young, Dr Sledd, Dr W A Shelton, Dr W A Smart, Dr H C Howard, and Dr H H Harris. It notes their credentials and ties to Trinity College, Vanderbilt, Yale, Harvard, Union Theological Seminary, and other institutions.
Mrs John R Williams aged 28 died at her home near Lawrenceville Georgia Sunday afternoon after an illness of several months She was formerly Alice Hutchings and leaves her husband an adopted daughter and many relatives in Georgia Funeral services will be Tuesday morning with burial in the new Lawrenceville cemetery.
The funeral at Emmanuel church led by Rev Troy Beatty for Col Clanton Hill Noble, former Athens lawyer, who died at his sister's Philadelphia home on the 8th. Interment in Oconee Cemetery beside his parents. Also notes the death of Samuel I Anthony at his Taylor county plantation home aged 53 and the death of Mrs G W Moor on Peach Tree Road with funeral plans pending.
Mrs. Rachel Hickey died Sunday morning in a private sanitarium. She was sister to Miss Alice Reeves, who died last Thursday in a private sanitarium. Survived by her father Derby Reeves and sister Mrs T J Smalley, new proprietor of a public house.
Marshall Nelms and Texas authorities in San Antonio investigate the disappearance of the Nelms sisters. Victor Innes and his wife, linked to the case, stayed at the Ransome hotel and later at 120 Wilkins Avenue. Innes used the alias M Elmore from Birmingham, Alabama, May 31 to June. The District reports ongoing hearings and possible habeas corpus actions. The case involves murder charges against Innes and possible accessory status for Mrs Innes.
A sharp engagement near Alost today pitted a German detachment against Belgian volunteers supported by civic guards with machine guns on cars. German losses were heavy. seven wagons and a field kitchen were captured. Germans entrench at Orroir near Renaix. Four Belgians were killed and twenty four wounded at Dizmude.
In Paris on September 13 more than 16 200 people filled the Notre Dame Square and interior for a special service. Prayers were said for the wounded and thanksgiving for the repulse of the Sermons. Women predominated, many in light gowns while most attendees wore mourning.
Brom discusses the scale of ammunition use in modern warfare with data from the Russo Japanese War. He notes Soviet and Japanese artillery at Siaopan fired thousands of rounds per day per gun, illustrating the high cost of sustained combat. He explains the 3 inch round often uses time fuzes and shrapnel deployed by bursting at height to project lead balls forward to kill.
The cotton seed industry has surged over the last 25 to 30 years with crude product value rising from just over 7 million dollars in 1880 to about 350 million. Jacob Ruppert Jr. notes the Haver business spends 125 million annually in wages within New York state.
San Antonio reports General Alvaro Obregon and General Juan Cabral left Mexico City to quell incipient revolutionary treachery in northern Mexico. They plan to meet General Torreon, move to Durango to resolve disputes with the Arrieta brothers, and then address Governor Maytorena's revolt in Sonora. The trio may advance on Durango if Maytorena resists, enforcing constitutionalist unity with Villa and Carranza factions.
A Petrograd dispatch asserts the Russian campaign strategy will rank as a masterpiece. It claims deliberate Russian withdrawals drew Austrian forces onto the railway corridor to Lutin Chelm, then Russian blows severed Austrian lines near Krasnik Tomaszow, while Lemberg’s capture allowed a rear attack. East Prussia defense against German reinforcements also noted.
A fragmented column blends fiction and science notes. It recounts Blackinston the poor lawyer defying a miser Scruggins over legal fees, then shifts to Rahway New Jersey inmates forming a 28 member council to enforce order and parole success. It also notes a carnotite radium deposit near Mauch Chunk and a dynamite depth-measuring device from Massachusetts.
Washington reports that 33 New York city national banks filed worn statements with the Comptroller of the Currency showing none have sold collateral held for any call loan since the stock market closed. Four-fifths have refrained from calling outstanding loans. Williams praised New York banks for skill and forbearance despite discrimination concerns. The piece also notes Swiss hotel capital exceeding 3200 million with 50 million annual profits, controlled by large firms with foreign capital. Italy, Belgium, and Uruguay adopted twenty four hour time.
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