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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1912
Page
20
A series of jazzy, fragmentary quips target Roosevelt delegates, suffragettes, and the 1912 campaign energy. The text lampoons tariffs, trusts, and party dynamics while sketching looming election year tensions across states, with sly references to Taft, Follette, and international affairs.
A veteran Mississippi senator and Atlanta lawyer endorse Underwood as essential to democratic success. They argue southern timidity harms nominees and that the north views Underwood favorably, linking his leadership to tariff policy and party prospects nationwide. The piece stresses geographic balance and the northern reception of a southern leader.
The Christian Science Monitor urges Atlanta to upgrade street pavements to support heavy auto trucks. It notes ragged arteries threaten life and traffic while trucks promise faster deliveries. A well built year round highway is cheaper long term.
A Chicago plan led by Rev. Walter T. Sumner will keep fifty city schools open evenings to instruct parents in sex hygiene. The program, praised by The Chicago Tribune, aims to curb ignorance seen as a threat to public health and moral welfare by educating parents and enabling frank, age appropriate discussions with children.
A ragbag of verse and quips begins with playful lines about campaign woes and a voice missing on the road to office. It wanders through Spring hopes, costly Easter bills, garden yearnings, quarrel jests, columnist banter, and breezy weather sighs, closing with Frank L. Stanton’s name and a reflective mood.
Policeman F J Peek, newly on the force, rushed into a distressing scene at 223 Orme Street and confronted John Pope, a desperate Black man with a pistol. Peek ordered him to drop the weapon. Pope raised it briefly and was wounded in the right arm, the bullet shattering the bone and causing the pistol to drop. Pope will face court on charges including drunkenness and disorderly conduct with a dangerous weapon.
New York March 17 George Arms known as The Socrates of Broadway dead at 82. He lived in a Broadway hotel for 37 years. A clerk’s key from 1875 was found in his pocket. Arms made swords during the Civil War and later traveled the world. Mark Twain once visited his hotel gatherings. his private curios are among the city’s finest.
J S Baugh widely known in the region collapsed in his front yard in Waycross Ga this morning. He was 60 a former Plant system conductor and secretary treasurer of Railway Conductors Division 211. Survived by wife and daughter Laura Baugh he hailed from Opelika Alabama with funeral services set for tomorrow at 3 pm.
New York reports the body of Mrs Beekman Lorillard was sent to Washington accompanied by her mother in law and relatives. Mr Lorillard traveled with two friends. A funeral will be held in Washington tomorrow. Relatives say motive remains a mystery and imply she acted on impulse amid nervous distress.
Tangier March 17 reports the sultan Mulai Hafid, troubled by a severe nervous affliction, has announced a temporary halt to official duties and will take a leave to recover. The brief dispatch notes his condition as improving with rest.
Detectives in Atlanta and Baltimore coordinate after Ruben Mogermim also known as Ruby Fisher, 19, is arrested on a larceny charge. He and companion G H Pearl were tied to a traveling show in a wave of petty crime in the western city. Pearl escaped. five men freed earlier by Judge Broyles have left town as detectives pursue further leads.
Charles B. Muldowney, 51, Georgia Southern and Florida engineer, died at Macon hospital from injuries suffered when caught under his engine in the Tifton wreck on March 6. He leaves a wife, three children, a mother and a brother James Muldowney of Richmond. Funeral Monday at St. Joseph's Catholic church.
Jerome Jonesy, president of the Georgia Federation of Labor, left Atlanta for a trip to Waycross Bainbridge Macon and Savannah to address meetings and promote the federation. The annual convention will be in Waycross next month and the executive committee aims to arouse maximum interest in the gathering and in the federation’s work.
Marquerts Michigan March 17 A brain operation transformed Reudazund Holshay known as Black Bart Who terrorized the west twenty years ago from dangerous criminal to king and gentleman He faces release from state penitentiary next November Mola received a life sentence in 1883 for raiding a stage coach and shooting banker KL Fielachbein near Lake Gogebic Holshay said his mind was deranged by dime novels and the court found him a delusional insanity victim, sentencing him to life in prison.
Augusta March 17 The Maine Legislature meets in special session for the first time since the Civil War. Governor Plaisted's proclamation states the aims are redistricting for Congress, election law amendments, and a provision for local option on liquor licenses. Senate composition is 22 Democrats to 9 Republicans. House 85 Democrats to 66 Republicans.
In Warscross Georgia on March 17 Jeanette Coleman wounded W H Gray of Fitzgerald and likely fatally wounded Joseph Vickland of the city. She was arrested on complaint of those shot and held in Ware county jail. The shooting occurred in the red Wheat district.
LaGrange Ga March 17 Special Trains of the Atlanta and West Point railway cannot run beyond LaGrange due to the Chattahoochee River flooding. Up to near West Point on the Alabama side service continues from the opposite end. The dam at LaGrange mills, washed out Thursday night, has been repaired and county bridge damage is being slowly repaired.
The Aero Club of America announced July 27 as the national balloon championship date to be held in Hangas City. The top performer will represent the United States in the international race scheduled for Stuttgart, Germany, later this year.
An Alabama based correspondent argues that Oscar Underwood from Birmingham embodies southern progress and deserves the Democratic nomination at Baltimore. He cites Underwood’s tariff reforms and leadership in Ways and Means, asserting a southern Democrat would unify the nation and boost prosperity after decades of conflict.
New York on March 17 reports plans to formally organize the Efficiency Society with leading bankers, manufacturers, and experts from many cities. President Taft supports the effort. Meyers and Herbert Knox Smith will speak at a dinner. Governor Dix and others will address two days of papers, with the society aiming to promote growth in commercial and industrial enterprises.
Secretary Knox cables from Nicaragua to President Taft urging the senate foreign relations committee to act on the Nicaraguan loan treaty. The plan proposes a 15 million dollar loan at 5 percent to reform currency and tax collection, bonds to be taken by the lender, with approval by Nicaragua’s national assembly.
A Farm and Fireside contributor urges farmers to treat winter as a truce and prepare by inspecting harnesses, machinery, wagons, and tools. He warns of broken straps, missing bolts, and useless parts, noting that minor fixes now save valuable time when the battle resumes. Each small repair now saves time later.
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