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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1912
Page
16
An important meeting of the Georgia association for the Blind is set for 5 o'clock this afternoon at the Piedmont hotel. All directors are urged to attend as part of the event.
Augusta Georgia June 3 Special Mrs Martha Ann Boyleston a member of a well known western Carolina family died. Her funeral was held in Springfield South Carolina yesterday. She was the mother of twelve children seventy eight grandchildren twenty four great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. She was 9 years old and had spent her life within miles of her birthplace.
London June 13 The Right Rev John Sheepshanks bishop of Norwich from 1893 to 1909 and noted writer died today in Norwich.
At a Capital City Club luncheon the Atlanta Clearing House Association urged creating a separate state banking department. The current system makes the state treasurer both banker and examiner with four assistants handling 1,244 exams yearly for 622 banks, an unfeasible load. They proposed constitutional changes and increased compensation for the treasurer, with T R Turner likely to lead the revised banking commission.
Western Union announced a bulk purchase of 10,000 Underwood typewriters in a move to expand its office equipment fleet. The deal underscores a push to modernize communications operations and boost typing efficiency across branches.
The University Club, about forty Emory college men, will meet June 3 at 8 30 PM to arrange details for a trip to the annual commencement and to discuss related matters Alumni Day is set for Oxford on June 11 with Hon Lawton Bryan Evans class of 1880 superintendent of schools in Augusta Ga delivering the alumni address Many members plan to attend Oxford events
In New York on June 3 a muffled baby cry alerted neighbors to parents Alfred Eberhardt and his wife being slowly smothered in a folding bed. The father suffered brain concussion, the mother revived, while the baby escaped unharmed. In Washington on July 3 the Money Trust probe begins with the House Banking and Currency Committee to question the New York Clearing House. Chairman Pujo will not name witnesses.
Benjamin Howell Storey killed his wife Maddie Lawler Storey at home after mending three bullets into her heart then attempted suicide. The case drew intercession from the Christian Helpers League to protect their baby Lillian. Storey was placed in probation and ordered to pay weekly support. later he claimed he would provide if reconciliation occurred. He admitted jealousy and desired a divorce for custody. The baby would go to an aunt in College Park. Mrs. Storey’s other child Inez Wheeler would be placed with Robert Wheeler. The wife’s body to be buried in Buena Vista, Georgia. Storey buried there as well.
The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine from across Georgia gather in Atlanta for a large reunion at Ponce de Leon Park. The program includes a ball game Atlanta versus New Orleans, a Shriners Patrol parade in new uniforms, a barbecue at Ponce de Leon Springs, and a ceremonial at the skating rink with sixty candidates. The day is stag only and access requires red 1912 cards, with public attendance restricted.
Newark reports a battle in Kearny New Jersey where 500 rioting laborers clashed with police and firemen. Chief Tolen was struck and fired back from a vacant house as reserves arrived. Twelve strikers were jailed and two of the chief’s aides were shot, one mortally. In Clinton Massachusetts a separate clash near the Our Lady of The Rosary church left one man wounded and a mob bombarding with bricks and stones as officers and soldiers moved to quell the riot.
In Macon Georgia Baxter Tidwell 13, son of Mrs Tidwell of Walden nine miles from Macon, was shot in the abdomen by his younger brother while sparing in an open field. A 22 caliber rifle bullet perforated intestines and lodged in the back. He is at Macon hospital in a dying condition. doctors say death will occur soon.
Washington June 3 The house judiciary committee voted to report favorably the Norris resolution targeting the so called coffee trust. Aimed at amending law to give jurisdiction over international trade, the measure would empower seizure of 960000 bags of coffee held in New York to sustain prices.
During a protest many officers were hurt as they charged up the hill twice and were repelled. Police fired a volley into the air and then leveled their weapons at the strikers. A Greek weaver was wounded in the leg as the disturbance dispersed.
President Taft welcomes Rear-Admiral von Rebeur-Paschwitz and the German fleet aboard the Moltke off Fort Monroe Virginia. A formal greeting follows on the Mayflower with salutes from six pounders as American and German officers exchange toasts and plan further entertainments on the Florida.
E P Lofton of Dayton Ohio en route home for Stand ard Oil. He was called south by the death of his brother Wilbur H Lofton at Douglas Georgia May 30. Coincidence marked the death of Wilbur Wright inventor and aviator who died at the same morning and hour. Wright aided Lofton who had sold the first engine used in an aeroplane and the first oil to go aloft in a heavier than air machine.
Four hundred workers at the American Woolen Company Wood mills resume today after a week long strike. An additional 50 carders rejoined the 200 still on strike at the Washington mills. Washington managers laid off 300 wool sorters for lack of work following the I W W member’s discharge.
Washington June 4 Senator Clark of Wyoming entered a motion in the senate for printing the constitution of the United States. Senator Smoot questioned the author of the document, hearing only a fragment as laughter subsided and the order’s purpose and scope were clarified.
Glascow Kentucky June 3. A family quarrel summoned by neighbors led to the shooting death of John McClusky by Thomas Temple in Glascow. The two men, neighbors and coworkers, ran from the factory together. Temple fled to his home for a shotgun, then killed McClusky and later surrendered.
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