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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1912
Page
14
Dr. 8. T. Barnett of 627 Candler building asks police to arrest a Negro driver of automobile 2945-Ga for reckless driving that endangers pedestrians. Several witnesses claim past incidents and a prosecution is sought.
Waycross Ga April 6 Pittman of Ware announces candidacy for sheriff, joining four contenders in the race. Pittman is a Ware native with wide local support and friends backing his bid.
Officers search for two black men including John Mills who escaped from the Chattooga County jail in Lyerly Georgia. Mills allegedly used a shovel handle to dig two holes in the brick wall and crawl through a large cough to flee. Disappearance was not immediately noticed. Mills had pleaded guilty to stealing a set of harness and was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary.
Reports from counties across Georgia portray widespread backing for Underwood. Letters from north and south Georgia claim overwhelming or landslide support, with key figures in Hall, Newton, Echols, Lowndes, Thomas, Walton, and Hart counties predicting large majorities for the Democratic candidate.
New York April 5 Rear Admiral Robert Peary retired who discovered the North Pole says in an address at a celebration marking the third anniversary of his discovery that both Amundsen the Norwegian and Captain Scott the Englishman reached the South Pole. He spoke after receiving a meteorite medal and based his view on his study of the competition between Amundsen and Scott. He believes the Englishman also succeeded though the South Pole was reached about mid January or eight months later than Amundsen.
A community meeting will decide how to use a fund raised for Mrs. Aaron Morris. A committee may handle arrangements and investing the money, with debate over a home shelter versus other uses. Friday contributions total 20.50, bringing the fund to about 2,600 by Saturday night, including 17 from Company F, Seventeenth Infantry.
The Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company offers free whistles to every boy and girl while supplies last. No deposit required for the whistle, and a free home post office box is offered with a deposit. Accounts start at $1.00 with 4 percent interest compounded. The bank is a designated depository for State Postal Savings funds.
Milwaukee, Wis April 5 The 1918 Vanderbilt race will take place in Milwaukee if the city offers sufficient protection for the course A meeting of the local automobile association will decide on conditions and the final date may be between August 15 and October 15
Isadore Haell mann, once a diamond setter apprentice for Stern, Dreidblatt & Co, arraigned today and linked to a November 7, 1910 theft. Police disclose a $30,000 jewel heist involving 2000 unset diamonds kept in leather wallets from a safe.
Salt Lake City reports heavy rain as the Mormon church begins its 82nd conference. Joseph F Smith, the church president, defends the church against charges of commercialism, asserting tithing is voluntary and not coerced. He notes he pays tithing as with any church law.
At Mis souri Pacific railroad shops in Holsington Kansas April 5 two men were killed and three wounded after a discharged negro employee named Smith opened fire during a quarrel. Smith died soon after while crowd members urged lynching. watchman Lov en and a timekeeper Layman were fatally injured.
Washington action empowers the judiciary committee to act with court powers to subpoena witnesses compel production of papers and records. The move, cast as part of a broad probe into the money trust, covers banking, currency interstate and foreign commerce and the presidential and congressional elections.
In Lake Providence Louisiana on April yesterday John McGuire was shot and killed by City Marshal William Cobb after a quarrel over closing a street to the levee near McGuire's stables. Mrs Cobb and her three daughters witnessed the tragedy Cobb surrendered.
Judge Samuel B Adams of Savannah said Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama would win Georgia’s delegation to the national Democratic convention. He cited Underwood as the best Democratic tariff leader and urged Georgians to back him, despite personal doubts about initiative referendum and recall.
A buried river was struck under Main Street at a bustling Buffalo corner during foundation work. Drillers hit five feet and found running water that rose about 25 feet, with tests suggesting the stream flows toward Lake Erie.
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