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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1910
Page
1
President Taft presses agricultural policy during a Maine cruise despite a strained ankle. He urges Maine youths to study farming, reclaim abandoned lands, and develop the state's dairy and crop potential while touring Mount Desert and Islesboro. The trip includes speeches, receptions, and a Mayflower yacht voyage with Senator Hale as host.
Dayton Ohio July 23 Senator Theodore E Burton delivered an address at the Alamo Valley stating there is less genuine grounds for complaint in public affairs than ever before in the nation's history and that the vast majority of public servants are upright.
Returns from yesterdays Texas Democratic primary indicate Oscar Colquitt will be governor if late tallies favor his lead over other contenders. Prohibition amendment support rises, placing Colquitt in a paradox as an anti prohibition candidate. Congressional races show close contests. Culberson unopposed with large vote. One disorder reported in Bolton where a constable killer was burned in effigy. a white driver later quelled the scene.
Bristol Tenn July 13 Charged with the murder of Henry Zachary an aged man at Roanoke July 17 Henry Lewie a boy of sixteen was seized here tonight and is held pending arrival of officers from that city He admits his identity and that he was with Zachery until a few hours of the tragedy but denies his guilt The aged man was murdered for his money with a pistol of the caller of one found on Lewis the murderer missed finding 3000 which was sowed in the lining of the aged man's coat Lewis has broken down completely
July 22 an official statement announced that $70,000 in securities were stolen this week from the Bae zo-Chiness Bank. Inspector miSlowaki reports the theft was committed by bank cashier Erwin Wider.
August Rooke, assistant secretary and bookkeeper at Fidelity Trust Company in Louisville, absconds with the entire surplus of about 1.14 million dollars. The theft, tied to stock and grain speculation on Wall Street and the Chicago Board of Trade, prompts a stockholder meeting and plan to issue new stock to cover the loss. Rooke, a 46-year-old German immigrant, has been jailed after a $6,000 shortage was discovered, while authorities investigate the full period of embezzlement spanning eighteen years of employment.
Montreal July 22 Murdoch of the Order of Railway Trainmen accepts arbi tration by a government named board after Minister King's suggestion. Disputes over form and steps persist between Grand Trunk officials and striking contractors and trainmen. US customs may intervene to move freight tied up at several Grand Trunk points.
The Joseph M. Brown Club of Fulton County organized at the Kimbai house last night with over 2,600 registered voters and aims for 6,000 within a week. Officials listed include J.R. Little as election chairman and Atiles Hopkins as secretary, with an executive committee and multiple vice presidents named.
A gun was wrestled from a negro robber by conductor W. Fr. Atkinson on a streetcar near Capitol avenues and Weyman. The suspect was captured and handed over to officers. Earlier, three armed men robbed J. P. Gardner of $6.40 on Woodward Avenue. A lookout led to the arrest of Will Jackson, identified by witnesses.
Former Governor Roke Smith plans a campaign stop in Waycross Friday morning at 11 o clock and a subsequent speech in Macon Saturday night. He spoke in Atlanta earlier with traveling men at Peters Building headquarters as supporters discussed campaign strategies and timing for a statewide appeal.
July meeting of Pittsburg women groups including the Women’s Club and Daughters of the Revolution debated public playgrounds for poor children while arguments pivoted on Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth and whether she smokes. Heated remarks led to adjournment.
Bisbee Arizona on July 2 suffered a catastrophic flood that swept away forty houses and resulted in two drowning deaths. Rescue teams searched affected streets and nearby areas as weather officials warned of further rain and rising water levels.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on July 23 commissioner J George Wieht of the five civilized tribes arranged for a special congressional investigation into contracts with the Choctaw and Rice at the federal level.
Sen Alvert Cummins of Iowa, at a Hiawatha oration in Peabody Kansas, accuses Sen Aldrich and Speaker Cannon of treason to party and country for backing the Wickersham railroad bill. He argues the GOP was born to free people, not enrich a few, and criticizes railroad regulation as harming public welfare while railroads boast vast capital and hidden costs.
Weather prophecy indicates local showers on Sunday and Monday with light to moderate variable winds mainly south and southeast. Local report lists a low temperature and a high near 84 with a mean around 22.15 and rainfall figures showing 10.12 inches in 24 hours and excess since month start.
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