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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1912
Page
12
A rugged appraisal of a thoroughbred named esse describing him as the wiliest horse who ever deceived a fly. The narrator notes his constant hunger and life in a country of large appetites and great vitality.
Three men died in a wreck near Columbus when their automobile was hit by a Pennsylvania passenger train. Frank L. Urwin chief engineer for Ralston Steel Car Co C Beauchamp formerly of Detroit a car inspector and Benjamin F Riece from New Orleans were killed instantly. Their car was smashed and hurled into a cornfield as the train plowed along the tracks. Beauchamp had married in Detroit last Saturday.
Rome Ga August 13 Special In memory of the late Captain W P Simpson whose funeral was held at 3 30 this afternoon all banks and most stores closed at 2 o clock The service was at the residence conducted by Pastor Walker Lewis with Dr K B Headden assisting The pallbearers included W J Griffin W W Berry W L Graves Joe Glover R M Harbin W W Mangum Wright Williamson and John M Berry Burial was In M
In St Louis on August 1 1900 eight delegates to the national Populist convention meet in a hotel parlor. They sit since 4 PM in continuous session to arrange a platform. Chairman J F Ferris says they will not nominate a president and aim to keep the organization active for future use.
President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Jacob Gould Schurman, president of Cornell University, to serve as minister from the United States to Greece and Montenegro. He was notified in Washington on August 13.
Dr Caston Odin a Paris physician announces discovery of the cancer microbe and its isolation and cultivation He says he has found an anti cancer serum and that professors Matruchot and Lannots at the University of Paris have verified his work It aims to prove the parasitic theory of cancer and may indicate presence of the parasite in blood.
H D Butler a railway conductor found a worn pocketbook containing about $50 after stepping on it in a Peachtree Street cinema. He brought it home then to the police station seeking the owner, hoping they will identify and reclaim the money and papers inside. Butler lives at 324 Hast Fair Street and hopes the owner will claim the wallet.
George Rary, 21, of 203 Bellwood Avenue, a clerk at W. E. Beasets Grocery, was arrested on a warrant alleging a $900 embezzlement. Detectives Black and Harper took him into custody. He claims innocence and says there must be a mistake.
Composer Jules Massenet died this morning at age seventy after a cancer illness, unexpected despite long illness. His famed works include Le Cid Manon and That s and he rose to prominence in 1872 with Don Cesar de Bazan.
After a heated debate, the Senate adopted an amendment to the post office appropriation bill denying postal workers the right to join or assist any organization that could induce a strike against the United States. Senators Root La Follette and Hoke Smith sparred over whether government employees may organize to strike, with Smith insisting a right exists while Root warned of potential government collapse.
Baltimore August 13. In gratitude for having restored his appetite Diamond Jim Brady of New York has given 220000 dollars to Johns Hopkins hospital. After six months of stomach trouble he could not tolerate dry toast yet last Thursday night he enjoyed a full meal. The menu included cantaloupe cherry stone clams chicken gumbo sea bass wine broiled squab turkey string beans salad demi tasse cigars champagne.
In Saskatoon on August 12 the royal mounted police, led by local citizens, halted a visiting American circus parade and ordered removal of Stars and Stripes from the wagons, leaving only Union Jacks. Crowds both hooted and cheered as flags were taken down.
Macon Georgia August 13 Special Morris Louman construction foreman on a half million dollar hotel at Third and Cherry Streets was injured at 7 30 p m while ascending in a brick elevator. A wheelbarrow full of brick shifted and bricks struck him. He had not regained consciousness and his injuries were not yet deemed fatal. He came from Waycross four months ago.
A fire in Jonesboro Arkansas during the early hours of August 13 burned for eight hours in the business district. The total loss is estimated at 125000 dollars with 60000 dollars insured. The origin of the blaze is unknown.
Assistant Surgeon T. B. McClintic of the U S Public Health and Marine Hospital Service died in Washington at age 39 from Rocky Mountain spotted fever. A veteran eradicating the disease in Montana’s Bitter Root valley, he contracted it while pursuing the fever and died after years of service. His wife survives.
Dr. W. H. Hoey district deputy supreme dictator departs tomorrow afternoon to attend the Loyal Order of Moose world convention in Kansas.
City August 1923 Dr Hoey serves on the credentials committee of the supreme lodge and is a delegate from local lodge 523 The Atlanta lodge holds a meeting at Woodmen of the World hall Peachtree and James Streets in honor of his departure and the appointment of Hoey to the credentials committee A keen contest is noted for the supreme lodge meeting location with Winnipeg Minneapolis Milwaukee Louisville New Orleans among contenders Dr Hoey plans to back Atlanta for the 1913 gathering
Greensboro August 18 a day of searching for Ed R McIntyre wanted by High Point officers as the builder and sender of the infernal machine exploded Saturday in the hands of expressmen injuring two seriously a faint hope rests on a Griffin Ga official suspect held there Barber Junction S C offered a new trail but vanished at Hamlet McIntyre has a Birmingham and Atlanta brother Miss Ollie Hoover the pretty young woman the bomb targeted has supplied valuable evidence to investigators
Philadelphia August 13 Russell Daily, the smallest baby born here, grows rapidly at University hospital. Now nearly two weeks old, he weighs one pound eleven ounces and measures 63.4 inches. Physicians report his digestive apparatus is normal and he should thrive barring unforeseen circumstances.
In Cookeville Tennessee on August 13 Ruby Slagle six-year-old daughter of Filmore Slagle of Double Springs ended her life by leaping into a well. Distressed by burns from a bottle of acid on her face and hands she brooded over her scars and declared her intent to jump. Despite parents watching she acted while they thought her asleep, screams guiding them to the well too late.
Moss committee report on the Florida Everglades affair criticizes Assistant Secretary Hays and J O Wright. It hints impeachment proceedings were narrowly avoided while charging loose department management and condemning Wilson Lenot over the Everglades reports. Elliott and Morehouse, discharged and indicted, await court action as Sloan prepares a supplementary defense. Reports to be submitted to the House this week.
New Orleans August 13 A request for the resignation of Louis P Bryant surveyor of customs at New Orleans by Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh was met with refusal. Bryant claims the move stems from his active support of Colonel Roosevelt for the presidency and says he will not resign. He notes Taft had appointed him on June 19 1909 and that politics pure and simple led to the demand.
Jim Warren, owner of a soda stand near Butler and Hillis streets, used a blinding salt pepper assault to deter two black robbers who entered his shop early Tuesday. Warren fired a warning shot but was unharmed. police later searched for the pair without success.
George Farley Butler, a prominent lumber businessman, died by his own hand in his office today. He reportedly suffered ill health. A widow and two children survive him.
Philadelphia officials announce raids in the Tenderloin district resulted in more than eighty men and women arrested for living off the proceeds through women of the Tenderloin. The vice squad chief calls the raids among the most spectacular in the Tenderloin in years, aiming to target the men. Over two hundred people were apprehended during the operation.
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