Schools Open to Public Meetings Sparks Board Debate
Aldine Chambers and Jesse Armistead led a heated board discussion over using city school buildings for public meetings and church gatherings. West End Presbyterian sought Lee Street school space amid a new church build, while critics warned against religious sect use. The majority approved letting the church use the Lee Street facility, with other items including school maintenance and staff changes addressed.
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Board of Education
West End
Lee Street
Aldine Chambers
Jesse Armistead
Presbyterian Church
George F. Eubanks
Hatcher
Eubanks
William H. Ferrell
Hatch
Robert J. Guinn
Dan W. Green
Moreland Avenue
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Moreland Avenue School
Rt. H. Himman
Harold Hirsch
M. GC. Kiser
J. A. Buchanan
Flore Dugger
Tebie Workmen
Reet Meheli
Bertha Wood
Genevieve Abo
Rebecca Paine
Florence BeLoach
Hats May Carmichael
Frances Hunter
Blanche Armistead
Lorena Vinson
Elizabeth Haden
Annie Retsch
Charlotte Thompson
Geraldine Vignaux
Edna E. Johnson
Sue Weiseger
Iva McJunkin
T. D. Seals
HH. Mitchell
Woman Who Buys For The Table Adverts Atlanta Market Bargains
The page highlights Page 2 of the Saturday Constitution as a valuable guide to Atlanta market houses with foodstuffs offered at favorable prices. Grocers and butchers promote their best bargains to readers, urging a timely check of Constitution advertising before downtown shopping.
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Atlanta
Rockefeller Dances With Miners Wives At Colorado Mine Event
In Walsenburg Colorado on September 23 John D Rockefeller attended a schoolhouse party at the Cameron mine 2000 miles from Broadway. He danced with Mrs Charles Kaiser and other miners wives and daughters after arranging the dance and giving a brief speech amid a diverse crowd of coal diggers and officials.
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Walsenburg
Calo
John D. Rockefeller
Cameron Mine
Broadway
Charles Kaiser
Mr. Rockefeller
Tipperary
Mackenzie King
Rockefeller Party
Rockefeller
Tye
W. L. MacKenzie King
Mrs. Kaiser
Cdal
Wide Difference in Gasoline Price Across Markets
An Atlanta price surge sparks debate as dealers cite local manipulation and rising freight costs. Quotations show gasoline per gallon ranging from 9.9 cents to 22 cents across Chicago and the Carolinas, with Atlanta contracts pegged at 12.4 cents. Experts doubt a true shortage, blaming temporary market factors and export demand, while noting rapid turnover and profit incentives for dealers. Continued discussion promised on Page Two.
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Atlanta
Chicago
Carolinas
Beanch Managera
South
North
Galveston
J. K. Gewinner
Johnson-Gewinner Company
Baying
Anglo French loan talks seen to hinge on terms
New York reports say Allied bankers pressed for higher interest while friction rumors were denied by the Anglo French finance commission. Key issues include loan size up to 500 million and interest rates, with Britain France and American bankers divided on terms ahead of a possible announcement within days.
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New York
Eord Reading
Great Britain
France
J. P. Morgan and Associates
Gad
Edward Holden
Joint Stock Banks
London
Britain
Commission
United States
Russia
England
Middle West
Anglo-French Finance Commission
Wall Street
Dixie Highway Tour Dates and Stops Announced
Chattanooga details outline the Dixie Highway association plan led by President M. M. Allison. The first official tour travels from Chicago on October 11 to Miami, with stops including Danville Indianapolis Louisville Nashville Chattanooga Atlanta Macon Albany Tallahassee Jacksonville Cocoa West Palm Beach before ending in Miami.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
M. M. Allison
Dixie Highway Association
Chicago
Miami
Fla
Danville
Indianapolis
Louisville
Nashville
Atlanta
Macon
Albany
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Cocoa
West Palm Beach
Bomb bursts in Stuttgart palace salon in raid
Geneva reports allied air raid on Stuttgart destroying the right wing of the royal palace while the salon was struck. Several royal family members were believed present. French bombers also hit the station barracks killing two soldiers and injuring fifteen. some aircraft moved to Friedrichshafen to attack the Zeppelin works. The Swiss steamer Gothard evacuated from Friedrichshafen for Switzerland without passengers.
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Geneva
Paris
Romansborg
Switzerland
Stuttgart
Salon
Friedrichshafen
Gothard
Priedyichshafen
Russia says army escaped trap near Vilna in war update
Petrograd reports Russian military authorities say withdrawal from a difficult position near Vilna is virtually complete and that Germans have suffered about 250,000 losses. The front runs from Oemians to Smorgon and extends to Levedevo, Molodechno railway junction, with lines crossing the Vilna Lida and Lida Molodechno rails.
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Petrograd
Via
Lontand
Vilna
Oemians
Smorgod
Viliya
Vilelka
Smorgon
Levedevo
Vilna-Lida
Lida-Molodechno
Gasda River
Lida
Noviny
Molehad
Milovichy
Lake Vygonovski
Oginski Canal
jLyscha
Jaceda
Wina
Pipsk
Eis
Villa Rica Woman Killed by Train
Villa Rica resident Mrs W B Candler Jr sister in law to Ava Candler and Bishop Warren A Candler was struck and killed by a Birmingham Special train at Villa Rica a sharp curve prevented warning. She was 60. Survived by husband son and daughter and other relatives. Funeral planned for Sunday after arrival of her daughter from Colorado Springs.
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W. B. Candler, Jr
Villa Mica
Ava G. Candler
John S. Candler
Warren A. Candler
Birmingham
Villa Rica
Fielder
Eugenia Malone
Villa Ries
Colorado Springs
Jule Candler
Asa G. Candler
Sheriff Attacked Over Clemency Petition in Georgia
In Butts county jail near Jackson Georgia a 13 year old black boy named Joe Persons faced execution by hanging today between 11 am and 2 pm. A belated clemency petition was pending with Governor Harris amid accusations the sheriff hindered signatures from local citizens. Governor Harris met prison officials to decide the boy’s fate while petitions sought reprieve from the prison commission.
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Butts County
Jackson
Joe Persons
Joe
Harris
Prison Commission
State Prison Commission
Davison
Rainey
Patterson
Freedom Granted for Man Once Slain Laurent
Meridian Mississippi September 23 Charles R Smith who shot and killed Eugene Laurent a Nashville traveling man years ago was adjudged sane and ordered released from East Mississippi In sane asylum Judge Venable ruled the governor's pardon removed all charges. Evidence showed Smith was an alcoholic paranoiac at the time but recovered his sanity during confinement.
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Meridian
Miss
Charles R. Smith
Artesia
Eugene Laurent
Nashville, Tenn
Orzenisaions
Hns
Laurent
Smith
Overnor
Mississippi
Habexus Votprs
Venable
Jutall Sane
Carranza government moves departments to Mexico City
Washington reports Carranza has shifted all major departments from Vera Cruz to Mexico City and plans to go to the capital himself. Foreign affairs and war ministers were the last to depart as Villa forces conduct a railway disruption campaign. Consular reports say Kidnapped Americans Fuller and McCabe are sought for ransom, with McCabe released and returned to El Paso with a gold or peso ransom demand.
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Washington
Carransa
Vera Crux
Mexico City
State Department
Candido Agungi
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Enrique C. Lloriente
Villa Government of
Mexico
Pan-American Conference
Mexican Congress
Carrenga
Caruthers
el Paso
Jrullog
McCabe
Santo Domingo
Chihuahua
Fuller
Swedish Steamer Forevik Sinks Off Christiania
The Swedish steamer Forevik of 1107 tons gross was sunk on Sunday near Christiania by a mine or torpedo. The crew were landed at Christiania today.
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Christiania
Norway
London
Forevik
Submarine Sinking of Hesperian Reported by Captain Smellie
Norfolk, Sept 25 Captain Smellie of the British steamer Crosa by claims he witnessed the sinking of the Hesperian by a torpedo from a German submarine near Newport News. He says the same sub that attacked the Crossby chased him, but he escaped by full speed and zigzag steering. The Crossby lies at Tamberts Point near Norfolk.
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Norfolk
Smelliie
Crosa
Newport News
Smellie
Bertin
London
Tre Laley
Tambert’e Point
Higher Court Decision Satisfies Judge Fite
Commissioner McGhee and Murray county officials remain imprisoned as higher court reverses Judge Fite. Judge Fite says supreme court decision aligns with facts, but notes different record might have affirmed his compromise ruling. Chatsworth source dates September 23.
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Fite
Trenton
Murray County
Supreme Court
Murray Cearty Court
McGhee I
Chatsworth
J. A. McGhee
German Forces Mass Through Serbia and Dvina Front Advances
German troops are valued at 800000 massing for a Serbian passage as the drive through Serbia begins. In the east German offensives aim to capture Dvinsk near Vilna with advances penetrating Russian lines and prisoners taken. Reports claim Vilna evacuation and losses quoted by both sides. A Stuttgart royal raid report notes a Zeppelin attack and royal family presence at the palace.
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von Hindenburg
Archduke Leopold
Molodechno
Worjany
von Hintenburg
Vilna
Vileika
Lida
Michalischk
Leopold of
Bavaria
Hindenburg
London
Bulgetiz
Nish
Serbia
Bulgaria
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Germany
Greece
Balkan
Dvinsk
Vilna-Petromrad
Hus
Stuttgart
Baldanas
Friedrichhafen
European War Update With Allied Bombardment and Italian Counterattacks
Allied airmen bombarded German positions while artillery and sapper operations press on along the western front. The Italian official report claims repulsed Austro Italian attacks and a successful surprise strike in the Daona and Gigligana valleys, with Monte Costui evacuation admitted as attacked by Italian forces stronger than Austrian defenders. Paris reports ongoing artillery duels, notably in Arms and the Souchez Neuville sectors, with incendiary shells on Arras noted.
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Daona
Gigligana
Vienna
Monte Costui
Arras
Paris
War Office
Souchez
Neuville
Weather Forecast For Washington and Georgia
TheWashington area and Georgia face PARTLY CLOUDY conditions Friday into Saturday Forecast calls for mild temperatures with limited sun and changing skies Weather patterns suggest brief clouds returning late Saturday across the cited regions
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Washington
Georgia
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Harvey Hatcher
George Eubanks
West End Presbyterian Church
Jesse ‘Arthistead
William Terrell
Constitution Advertising
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Anglo-French Commission
Stuttgart Palace
Yielury
Trvda
Beresipa
Borissov
Mins
Arrel
Sbaeystok
Sventziany
Wen
Minsk
Slutsk
Bieten
W. B. Candler
Butts
General
Texas
G. P. Fuller
Cudahy Ranch
Sato Domingo
Hesperian
Murray
Turkey
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Italy
Austria
Tomssee
Atpanta
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Denver
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Clay
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