18 Sep 1909
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1909
Page
1
A compact bulletin urges working men to back municipal bonds as the city seeks funds for upbuilding. The notice stresses civic improvement and financial responsibility, framing the vote as essential for growth and stability.
Ian W. Green the president of the Union declares in Atlanta that the organized labor vote will back the bond issue. He spoke at the Ben Franklin celebration detailing his stance and urging support for the bond proposal.
A Georgia article reports Cook claiming to possess records to prove his assertions about organized labor backing a bond issue. It cites Atlanta Typographical Union figures and a January Ben Franklin celebration address by Mr Green praising labor’s civic role and sewer, water, and school projects. The piece notes Green’s assertion that Atlanta workers who own homes will vote for the bond and hints at continued coverage on Page Five.
Dr Frederick A Cook, nearing New York aboard the Oscar, seeks broad support for his North Pole conquest and reveals a tale of spy-like depots, Eskimo guides, and Peary’s rivals. He recounts a dispute with Murphy over depot instructions and notes Eskimos were kept silent. He plans to publish details upon return.
The Clermont replica, modeled on Robert Fulton’s first steamboat, endured a rigorous test in the Kill von Kull near its builders, proving fit for the Hudson parade. The vessel, with paddle wheels and tall stack, anchors its original design, showing engines capable of speeds around six miles per hour.
Chicago September 17 delegates to the thirty annual American Bankers association convention select Los Angeles as next meeting place and approve a program favoring central bank theory and segregated savings bank departments while urging closer cooperation among federal and state bank examiners and bank officials. The movement for postal bank guarantees and deposits is highlighted amid discussions on bank examination and need for vigilance.
Three young boys from West End were seriously burned when a lit match ignited a dynamite cap found by the group on a porch. Hay Shockley 12 and Ovid Shockley 10, sons of Gary W Shockley, and Frank Green 9, son of Samuel E Green, were treated by doctors Campbell, Boynton and Crewe. all injuries were non fatal though severe to faces and hands.
The Grand theater owner L DeGive in Atlanta binds his Macon playhouse to a Klaw & Erlanger contract strengthening the syndicate hold on attractions. The move aligns the southern powerhouse with New York booking power, signaling harmony amid past tensions. Continued on Page Two.
President Taft, speaking in Minnesota, defends the Payne tariff bill as the best the people have known and says insurgents who voted against it abandoned the Republican party. He refuses to attack those who opposed the bill, noting it was a matter for each man to settle, and draws support from Dawney and La Follette interactions.
The fourth day of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America convention featured a pending affiliation with the American Federation finally agreed upon. Evolving issues included potential new home sites for the Car men and bids from Anniston Alabama and Hattiesburg. Attendees heard updates from Waycross and Fitzgerald representatives and debated a special Stone Mountain train tendered by Georgia railway general manager T. KK Beott.
The Isle of Pines off Cuba’s southern coast, long part of Mobile’s trade area, was the site of a catastrophic August storm wreck. The iron steamship Nicolas Castania ran aground near Hell’s Cave, with 27 crew and two passengers aboard. 18 bodies found along a three mile seashore. The disaster left most aboard dead, many bodies found nude or mutilated, with one survivor wearing an undershirt.
Orville Wright, in an airship before the empress and court, soared to 233 meters setting a new height record. The ascent lasted 53 minutes with intricate maneuvers amid gusty winds. a second flight of 7 minutes 5 seconds carried a passenger Captain Englehardt.
Reports from Saltillo Mexico state disturbances last night were not serious. Drunken Flofers stoned the Austrian consulate and other buildings as troops patrolled the streets. About 10 arrests reported. In Neosho Falls Kansas dynamiters robbed the State Bank safe taking $3000 in cash.
Weather notes forecast rain across Georgia with increasing Saturday and Sunday northeast winds. Local data show low and high temperatures, mean and normal ranges, and 24 hour rainfall. Deficiency or excess values since January 1 are reported, with an indicated rainfall total of 3.85 inches.
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