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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1912
Page
11
May 25 on the Northwestern campus sparked a student clash as freshmen and sophomores fought. many students sustained cuts and bruises. A tree toppled during the fracas left neckties hats and shirts scattered as sophomores routed the freshmen, with Sidney Roberts singled out for rough treatment before classmates intervened.
J. H. Russell and A. C. Askew, noted young businessmen, have purchased the Gelders Hotel at the corner of Marietta and Broad streets and renamed it Hotel Cumberland. They plan to operate as a first class European hotel with the building repainted renovated and rooms refurbished.
Durant Oklahoma May 26. Leon Mitchell arrested for burglary at Bokechito. His mother drove from her rural home with a revolver in each hand to subdue deputies and smash jail doors. Mitchell recaptured later and jailed. He pleaded guilty and received a two year state prison sentence.
Washington May 45 new disclosures in the case of Judge Robert W Archbald before the house judiciary committee were forecast after a secret Philadelphia visit by Representative Webb of North Carolina. George E Fitzpatrick capital bearer president Thomas of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and Edward B Smith a director were summoned to testify. Hearings resume Monday.
May 25 Tyler Texas reports Dan Davis a Black man burned at the stake after confessing to aiding in the assault and murder of Henry Johnsons 16 year old daughter. A second Black man implicated and under arrest in Waco is also named. Crowds demanded the offender be turned over to them as sheriff force faced hundreds outside the jail. Davis wrote his confession before the blaze and the crowd departed after the fire consumed the wood pile leaving charred remains. George Price also held in Waco for identification in the Tyler case.
Washington reports show Roosevelt and Taft camps claiming delegate totals with Roosevelt listed at 429 including La Follette and Cummings adds. By today about 774 delegates have been elected toward 1094 needed with Clark 391, Wilcox 405, Underwood 100 as major figures in the Nominating contest.
Washington report from Governor Harmon’s headquarters states Ohio delegates favor Harmon. It says Harmon has 27 instructed delegates and Wilson about 15, with Harmon’s plurality near 15,000. The unit rule will give Harmon the full 48 Ohio votes at the convention.
The Galveston causeway linking the island with the mainland was formally opened in a ceremony led by Governor O B Colquitt and Governor Chester H Aldrich. More than 3,000 automobiles from Galveston and nearby towns followed the governors’ vehicle along the two mile concrete and steel structure costing two million dollars.
In Los Angeles on May 15, Clarence Darrow's defense in the McNamara case began a rigmarole of technical objections and legal quibbles. Prosecutors laid groundwork for future testimony while the defense fought evidence of other offenses, including a bribery attempt involving prospective juror George N. Lockwood. Detective Bert H. Franklin, connected to the defense, offered bribery and was fined.
J F Mahoney representing The Chicago Tribune spent days in Brunswick Georgia to arrange a Glynn county exhibit for the Chicago land show this fall. Officials and real estate men back the plan and expect a larger display than last year with cooperation from the A B and A railway to promote Georgia products.
A monument honoring Confederate soldiers was erected by the Mil ledgevike chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The article describes it as a beautiful tribute to the heroes of the lost cause.
Margaret Watts De Peyster reports New York suffragists target Chinatown to curb alleged vice on Pell and Mott streets. Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw leads Manhattan efforts, praising Rose Livingstone’s reform work and detailing police tensions and community defense of Livingstone. Philadelphia Kitty of Chinatown's Suffragette Club notes 36 members attend a meeting as reforms begin.
A fragmentary item notes judges and posters working overtime as the season opens with reassigned tasks and expanded duties. The text suggests writers adapt to new rhythms and engage in playful verse.
Advert depicts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a genuine, permanent cure for chronic constipation backed by thousands of letters from users aged up to eighty. It claims scientific preparation, gentle action, and lasting bowel training, with a fifty cent bottle said to keep a family healthy for months.
In Mobile on May 25 a 5-year-old girl named Sarah Schwarz saved her 15-month-old cousin Esther Jacoby from a streetbound electric car. The infant escaped injury as the child grabbed the tot by the skirt and dragged her to safety before the wheels passed close by.
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