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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1915
Page
5
Dispatches from Paris report heavy artillery duels ongoing at Arras and surrounding Royer Nouvron areas and along the Champagne front near Auberive Sousin and Perthea. The fighting is described as rather violent with cannonade intensifying in the area.
Allied artillery and air operations continue along the Western front from Artois to Champagne with raids on Morhange, Chatel, and Langemarck. German infantry and air raids are reported at Donaueschingen and in the Vilna to Grodno sector as armies claim prisoner gains and advancing pursuits. Serbian and Russian fronts report enemy advances repulsed and fortifications silenced, while U.S. domestic returns show Blair Lee losing the Maryland Democratic primary to Emerson Harrington.
New York September 14 Special Wire fires destroyed portions of the Famous Players Studio including costumes for Mary Pickford Marguerite Clark Marie Doro and others. Production continues with offices relocated and other studios available. Releases shift with delayed titles and new schedules as Paramount Famous Players moves to complete the new studio quickly.
Reports say banks nationwide show interest in a multi installment loan tied to wartime finance. British and French notes may be paid in dollars, with bonds offering first mortgage on empire and tax exemptions. Washington positions remain cautious, treating the loan as a commercial credit amid global tensions. Exports slide further as trade adjusts to wartime financing.
Atlanta police commissioners met to launch a thorough probe into the use of runners by local lawyers and how information about prisoners reached lawyers and others. The board debated ordinances banning runners, set to be drafted by the council, and discussed charges against Sgt. Roberts and other officers. The meeting covered discipline, uniform policies, and personnel changes including appointing Matron Minnie Hurd and requesting more detectives. Detective Russ Roaser was named to attend the G-2 reunion in Washington.
Heat wave covers the east and south for a week with forecasts of relief from storms south of Virginia. New England and mid Atlantic may see continued heat for 48 hours, while Ohio valley and lower Great Lakes expect cooler conditions Thursday as a disturbance from Lake Superior advances.
The auto piano contest by Liggett Meyers Tobacco in Atlanta ends with millions of votes. Count at Allen & Ginter in Richmond, winner to be announced Friday at Haverty Furniture corner North Pryor and Auburn at noon.
Late last night a quarrel at the home of G W Moody on Browns M4 in Alvin Appling’s vicinity led a brother in law to fire several shots toward Moody’s brother but missed. Appling fled and had not been located by early morning.
A Memphis Tennessee facility at 9355 James Sanatorium in Bellevue advertises private treatment for alcoholism drug addictions tobacco habits and nervous diseases. Descriptive pamphlet available on request.
Miss Laura Smith aged 67 dies at 11 West Pond Street. Body sent to Wash ington Georgia for funeral and interment today. Survived by four sisters and husband and many relatives. Several other obituaries listed with addresses and survivors across Birmingham Atlanta and Lakewood Heights. Funeral details indicate chapel removals and private hospital death.
Registration at the University of Georgia in Athens reached 164 today, up eight from last year’s opening. Eight hundred students are expected for the year as opening exercises at 10 o clock tomorrow are planned to be brief and ample.
Local ad lists daily grocery specials including sugar lemons apples flour coffee meat rice and hams with unit prices. Items feature 25 pounds sugar 43 cents per i lb and various brand names. emphasizes bulk and value offers for shoppers.
Promoter A G Payne, famed for philanthropy and medicine theories, will address the Atlanta public today at the corner of Marietta and Yroul streets. He outlines a catarrhal cure using a laboratory prepared tonic made from herbs, bark extracts, and a German chemist’s formulations, claiming it improves stomach, liver, and kidney ailments and boosts spirits and vitality.
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