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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1914
Page
1
Washington reports say Allied forces repulsed German charges and gained modest territorial advances on the Western Front while combatants press to shift cotton policy. The news coincides with a wartime rally and a push for federal action to support cotton growers amid industry crisis.
The president designates Sunday October 4 as a day of prayer and supplication to seek peace. He asks all God fearing people to attend worship and unite petitions for divine guidance, mercy, and a path to concord among nations amid war.
Columbus September 28 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt denounced liquor traffic in a Progressive Party speech urging voters to back the party against wet and dry ties. James R Garfield and A L Garford also spoke urging support. Roosevelt condemned Lorimer and praised Ohio woman suffrage while predicting civilization would extend eastward to New York.
Lausille by September 28 Nine of twelve Kentucky counties in which local option elections were held today voted dry according to unofficial returns. Henderson Wayette and Anderson voted wet but the others Carroll Montgomery Mason Boone Clark Shelby Bourbon and Scott went dry. Daviess McCracken and Chastian recently voted wet leaving 14 of 120 counties in the state wet.
A two line employment notice urges readers to take action and seek responsible work. It invites sending or bringing a concise statement of ability to The Constitution, promising the paper will forward it to local business men seeking intelligent, conscientious workers in Atlanta.
Political circles in Atlanta were stirred by news that a state Progressive convention will meet in Macon next Saturday to nominate candidates to oppose Senator Hoke Smith and Congressman Hardwick. Rumors say G R Hutchens may run against Hardwick, with W R McClure or James L Sibley as the progressive challenger to Smith. Hutchens would campaign on anti Hardwick nomination and cotton relief themes.
New York reports at midnight show Governor Martin Glynn and District Attorney Charles Whitman leading the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial nominations respectively. 3M Davenport leads William Sulzer for the Progressive nomination as James W Gerard tops the Democratic Senate race and William Calder leads the Republican race. Tammany Hall says Glynn will win Greater New York by 73 000 with results delayed in some counties. Gerard leads Roosevelt in the U S Senate contest by about four to one.
Washington September 28 Miss Callie Hoke Smith daughter of Senator Hoke Smith Georgia today announced National Cotton Fashions Show prizes of 20 310 and 5 in gold for the best 300 word essay on The Cotton Plant and Its Uses by American schoolchildren under 16. Eligible essays must be written by hand mailed October 5 12 and include school name. contest details given at Macon meeting discussed by Mr Hutchens who criticized Georgia politicians and congressmen on relief measures and Hardwick opposition.
Finance committee convenes to consider a $19 257 request by the Atlanta school board to hire forty seven teachers and create forty seven rooms, aiming to abolish double sessions. Mayor Woodward backs a scheme to adapt large rooms into two classrooms, reducing crowded grades and saving school outcomes amid a city deficit.
London report says Germans vainly charged Allied lines to breach defenses near Paris and London while Sir John French marks 62 by declaring the situation satisfactory. Trenches are within sprinting distance as Russians press in East Prussia and pursue fleeing Austrians. A German Zeppelin bombed Bielostok schoolhouse killing eleven children per Petrograd dispatch to The Morning Post.
London dispatch cites German front reports via Reuters stating enormous losses in recent engagements. German prisoners claim guard companies have dwindled to about two dozen, led by young officers after losing senior command since the war began.
British and French forces press in northern France near the Aisne as the battle rages. Allies claim slight gains on Meuse heights while German reports deny any major enemy advance. Officials provide few details as the clash may signal a turning point in the western campaign.
A Rome dispatch via Petrograd says the Austrian right wing is driven back beyond the Carpathians into Hungary with losses of artillery as Russians pursue. The Austrian left wing retreats to Cracow while Przemysl fort is attacked. A Petrograd note confirms Cracow area encirclement and Austrian army withdrawing behind the Carpathians with Russians advancing.
Local report forecasts showers across Georgia on Tuesday and likely Wednesday. Readings show a mean temperature around 78 degrees with a high of 78 and a low missing. Rainfall in the past 24 hours is 0.00 inches with deficiencies listed since the first of the month.
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