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Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1912

Page

16

Senate Defeats Taft Arbitration Treaties

Washington March 7 Senate actions dismantle Taft peace and arbitration pacts with Great Britain and France striking out the arbitration clause and adopting Senator Bacon's ratification resolution. The measure exempts alien admission and school policies and certain governmental questions. Bacon states the senate has not opposed arbitration though the treaties are toothless and unlikely to be ratified by signatories. Continued on last page.

John Corrigas, Jr Washington Taft Great Britain France Senate Joint High Commission of Inquiry Bacon Georgia South United States United States Senate Baon

Taft Leads In Missouri First Preferential Primary

Kansas City results show Theodore Roosevelt 5569, Taft 390 in the first preferential presidential primary of the year. Taft backers abstained from active participation. Mo fifth district turnout about 6000. Delegates to the national convention to be chosen next Tuesday. separate Taft convention scheduled Sunday.

Kansas Ciy Theodore Rosevelt Freie Taft la Foltte Cummins United States Missouri Kansas City Town Republian Roosevelt Taft Congressional Committee Kaftaniy

German woman leads mob to storm Jacksonville jail

A mob of several thousand in Jacksonville Florida tried to storm the jail to lynch five Black suspects in the murder of 8 Silveratem and the attack on his wife and two children. Police and the fire department intervened halting the assault as the state militia was ordered on standby.

Jacksonville Fla Silveratem Germs Haney Multia Arma Ality Dignans Park Wes Aitu-J

Attack on two daughters ends with coachman’s suicide

Danbury Connecticut March 1. George Mead a coachman for Reverend Frank Hartfield rector of the Episcopal church at Brewaters New York attacked two daughters of his employer in the Hartfield carriage house. He struck Amy Hartfield 21 with pliers smashing her. Ruby Hartfield 20 escaped to fetch help. Amy fled and then a dynamite explosion destroyed part of the building and Mead’s body was found amid the ruins.

Danbury Conn George Mead Frank Hartfield Episcopal Church Breweters N. Y Hartfield Brewasters Ruby Hartfield Amy Mead Ruby

$1,000 Jewel Robbery At Haynes Store

The Haynes jewelry shop reported a theft totaling about $1,000 in valuables. A jewel necklace with three diamonds four pearls and ten sapphires was taken along with two man gold bracelets one signet ring and four large diamonds were the most valuable items missed. Police note shoplifters are suspected but offer no proof or suspects.

Eugene V. Haynes Elowe

Weathered TeTmpriie Sparks in Charlotte March Forecast

In Charlotte North Carolina a March forecast mentions fourteen days with fluctuating conditions and a faint spark of life in the outlook. The report notes intermittent signals resembling a flicker of activity amid unsettled skies.

Charlotte N. C

Train Wreck Claims Five Dead and Sixty Injured in Illinois

Five people are dead and sixty injured after a train wreck in Illinois. Authorities say emergency responders rushed to the scene to aid survivors as investigators began examining the cause.

Derailment Crash on Wa bash Line Kills Five Near Danville

Five killed and nearly three score injured after the Continental Limited derailed on the Wa bash railroad near Redwood Bridge two miles west of West Lebanon Indiana. A broken rail caused the wreck with cars leaving the rails and some overturning as rescuers rushed from Danville Peru and Decatur to aid the wounded.

Danville Redwood Bridge Lebanon Ind Continental Limited Peru Decatur Steiler St. Louis Page Two

Democrats Can Win This Year in National Convention

Ex-Governor Lon Y. Stephens of Missouri and his wife spent yesterday in Atlanta returning from Florida to Missouri. He is one of Missouri's four at large delegates to the national Democratic convention meeting in Baltimore on June 26. Asked about the presidential contest he said it is a cinch for Democrats if no mistake is made.

Lon Y. Stephens Missouri Atlanta Florida Stephens Baltimore

Brantley Declines to Seek Re-election in Eleventh District

Waycross Georgia March 7 Special. Longtime U S representative W G Brantley will not run again for Congress. Judge Tom Parker of the Waycross circuit is expected to announce his candidacy soon, with friends in the district noting Brantley will not permit his name to be used. Brantley plans to resume legal practice in Georgia and his decision is greeted with regret across the district and state.

Judge Parker Waycross Brantley W. G. Brantley Congress Eleventh Tom Parker Waycross Circuit Georgia

West Side Market Place Proposed by James F Lynch

James F Lynch plans a modern market complex at Mitchell and Fillett Streets for meat markets groceries and produce dealers in a central West Side location. He seeks city and citizen backing for tenements and funding with an estimated cost near 50000 to be built with quality materials and modern fixtures. If supported the project could expand to adjoining properties and set a model for similar markets across Atlanta.

West Side James F. Lynch Mitchell and Fillett Mitchell Street Elliott Street West Aide West Side Market Place Atlanta

Developments in Grace Mystery Shocking Shooting Death

Eugene H Grace rests with little change in condition and is not expected to survive. He claims his wife shot him, saying she may have dreamt of her former husband. Detectives maintain Mrs Grace is guilty with no third party evidence. She is rearrested and held without bond at the Tower. Grace sought to assign life policies to his mother totaling 17000, not yet surrendered. Her Philadelphia home is mortgaged and her fortune reportedly dwindled.

Eugene H. Grace Grace 8. L Hill Bria Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company Life Insurance Company of Virginia

Grace Sends Love From Prison Ward to Wounded Husband

Mrs Grace sits in a Tower hospital room with her husband near death at St Josephs infirmary. She vows unyielding devotion and asks for news on his condition while lawyers review a possessory warrant served after her arrest for a deed. An insurance policy stake and bond conditions loom as officers seize a letter meant for her aunt.

Daisy Grace Tower St. Joseph's Infirmary Balilff Barnes John W. Moore J. A. Branch

Craze Patient Jumps Under Freight Train in Milledgeville

Arthur Wisenbaker 72, a Lake Park native in pellagra treatment, leaped under a moving freight near Midway just before noon. An attendant attempting to help was nearly dragged under. The train could not be halted. his head was severed. He had shown no violent symptoms and was described as mild.

Milledgeville Arthur Wisenbaker Fears Lake Park

Rockefeller Stock Surges Amid Dissolution Rumors

New York brokers report Standard Oil of New Jersey shares climbing to 890 a share, up 95, with over 250 shares traded. The rise follows the U S Supreme Court order dissolving the company. Strong movement hints at Deep Rockefeller holdings benefiting by roughly 100 billion in value. In Whiting Indiana stockholders vote to boost the Indiana firm's capital from 1 million to 2 million dollars.

New York Standard Oil Company New Jersey United States Supreme Court Rockefellers Whiting Ind Atock Standard Oil Company of Indiana Indiana Corporation

All the Risque Dances Barred at Fortress Monroe

Fort Monroe enforces an order barring all risque dances within the fortress precincts. The directive targets events deemed inappropriate, with authorities citing public decency and security considerations.

Fortress, Monroe

Clean Atlanta: five steps to health and sanitation

Dr Samuel A Visanska outlines a five point plan for a cleaner Atlanta. He urges regular enforcement of sanitary laws, thorough garbage disposal by the sanitary department, provision of cans for the poor, and city sewer expansion to curb disease and pests. He stresses streets and backyards as key battlegrounds against flies mosquitoes and disease.

Sanitary Department Associated Charities Samuel A. Visanska Atlanta Visanska the Constitution Senitary Department Spagmodio Efforis

Grace shoots case deepens as wife faces $17,000 claim

Eugene H. Grace rests easier at midnight amid hospital reports of a sensational insurance dispute. He says his wife may have shot him in a nightmare about her former husband, while Grace seeks to recover $17,000 in policies allegedly taken from his possession.

Eugene H. Grace St. Joseph's Infirmary Mr. Grace Grace Ang Mra. Grace J. B. Ridley

Weather Propriety Rain Dampens Georgia Weekend Outlook

Georgia forecast calls for rain on Friday and likely Saturday with cooler readings by weekend in the west. Southeast winds will be light to moderate. Local report lists temps with a mean near 4, normal around, and rainfall totals showing 0.20 inches in 24 hours and 0.60 inches excess since month start.

Georgia

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