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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1912
Page
12
Every woman of every household finds strength in making a real home for her husband and children. The Ladies Home Journal presents guidance to amuse instruct and inspire. It aims to help more than 1,750,000 homes and offers a gratis book on advertising for interested readers.
The Curtis Publishing Company states The Ladies' Home Journal circulates over 1,750,000 monthly and The Saturday Evening Post over 1,900,000 weekly. It credits these levels to the same merchandising methods it proposes to advertisers.
Nelson Fritts and his son John, both murder convicts in Michigan City, met at the penitentiary warden's office. The elder has life imprisonment while the son faces a death sentence for killing a guard at the Jeffersonville reformatory, a crime that led to his execution threat last year.
Directors of the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company called a special stockholders meeting to authorize a proposed 2000006 00 refunding bonds totaling 2000006 00 with the interest rate to be announced.
President Taft visited Augusta for memorial services honoring Major Archibald Willingham Butt. Flags at half mast. crowds filled the opera house as Taft, Major Joseph B. Cumming, and Bishop Thomas F. Gailor spoke. Taft recalled Butt’s devotion and self sacrifice, tears in his eyes as he praised his aide and friend. He left for Washington after a brief reception at the Commercial Club and a stay with Mr. Landon Thomas.
The twenty first annual convention of the Railway Mail Association will be held in New Orleans May 21 24. Delegates from across the country are expected to attend. A number of addresses by prominent officials in Washington are on the program.
The Fulton county Underwood club selects delegates for the state convention led by Hon. James La Anderson and Col. Fred J. Paxton. Names floated for the 8th district include D. N. McCullough, Judge John S. Candler, and Phil S. Davis as potential delegates. The piece laments county unit rules overriding minority voices, drawing parallels to earlier contests and warning that similar moves should not recur.
Chicago news reports Professor John Wigmore urging success without honesty in law while noting high incomes in Chicago lawyers. New York city tragedy follows as Theodore Marchesi's brother-in-law shoots Mrs Marchesi in her East Side home and then fatally wounds himself after an arranged move from Italy.
Fort Smith Arkansas May 2 The grand jury finishing weeks of inquiry returned indictments against twenty three unnamed persons for the lynching of Sanford Lewis a Negro who was dragged from the city jail and hanged to a trolley pole on a main street The panel also faulted city authorities for failing to disperse the mob The indictments names were not released
Washington reports a reshaping bill to end government clerks at 65 and adjust service. The measure totals 25 million dollars and faces strong opposition and lengthy debate in the House. Representative Johnson of South Carolina cites ending a powerful pension lobby as motive for the reforms.
Edward Stone, a Chicago to Libertyville brakeman, found an old shoe box with $25,000 on a Morton Grove train. He handed it to Herbert Schoenberg who claimed the box contained money for starting a new bank and rewarded Stone with $1.
Cincinnati May 2 E E Galbreath former president of the Second National Bank of this city was arrested here today on a charge of misapplying funds of the bank. The bank was recently found in embarrassed condition and is now being operated by members of the Cincinnati Clearing Association, his arrest noted as a saving measure amid the crisis.
Hart Schaffner Marx presents an ad discussing why their all wool fabrics preserve shape after washing and wearing. It hints at fabric quality and tailoring, inviting readers to see and try the garments to appreciate pattern, color, weave, style and fit.
Louisville May 2 An escalating Kentucky feud between Stormer Governor J C W Beckham and Henry Watterson goes personal The Courier Journal calls Beckham attack on Watterson a diseased liar and coarse blathering while Watterson replies with a fierce editorial charging Beckham with deliberate falsehoods and lack of honor Beckham claims Watterson portrays Kentucky badly and shames loyal citizens with his abroad boastings
A near panic broke out on Peachtree Street last night as smoke from a small fire at 46 Edgewood Avenue drifted into theaters. Fire engines from Carnegie Way roared by, sending patrons fleeing. no injuries were reported and the exodus quickened once the blaze was located.
Charlotte May 2 The twenty fourth quadren nial conference of the A M E Zion church colored of America discussed the election of two bishops to succeed deceased M J W Smith and M B R Franklin. The session promised to be lively with debates on saving the church by restricting to six bishops and uniting the vacant sees.
Floyd Allen the Hillsville courthouse attackers is on trial for his life accused of planning to kill court officials if convicted. Witnesses described threats and the shooting, with defense contending Bettie Ayers died by a clerk’s bullet.
Chicago May 2 Four women overcome by smoke were rescued by John Cronin an elevator operator in a fire at 32 34 South Wabash avenue destroying property valued at 100 000 Cronin discovered the fire called the manager and fire alarm then ran the elevator to the ninth floor rescuing three scrubwomen He made a second trip to the tenth floor carrying Miss Catherine Dizon a shorthand teacher to safety All women were revived
In Louisville on May 3, John Conners was found guilty by a criminal court jury of criminally assaulting 9 year old Rosaleen Grabovski on February 13 near St Peters Catholic Church beside the parochial school. The penalty is death in the electric chair after a second trial ended in a hung jury.
London on May 2 marked the first session of the board of trade inquiry into the loss of the White Star liner Titanic. Lord Mersey and five assessors will oversee a court-like proceeding covering pre casualty warnings, the wreck, equipment and construction, and merchant shipping act rules. A 20 foot Titanic model and chart were displayed as about 200 officials and press gathered.
Jacksonville figures at 10 pm show 20,728 for Under and 15,264 for Wilson in a hot subernatorial contest. ObesahaWwintz and Trammell vie for winner. Frank Clark leads in Florida's district with about 2,600 plurality. A second primary is expected as results remain incomplete across counties.
Lebanon Kentucky residents approved a local option referendum by a quiet vote, deciding to continue or establish a wet status for the town for five years. The measure was decided in a single day election with broad support observed in the community.
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