The deadlock in the Democratic national convention at Baltimore broke fifty years ago Tuesday as it began its second week or seemingly fruitless efforts to select a nominee, with Woodrow Wilson winning the nomination on the 46th ballot of states Wednesday, when Oscar Underwood of Alabama dropped out of the race.
The break came when Illinois deserted Champ Clark and voted solidly for Wilson. The announcement brought forth wildest cheering from the Wilson contingent, which was repeated when Virginia and West Virginia joined the ranks of the New Jersey governor. Governor Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana was named vice presidential candidate.
Romans were especially interested in the nomination of Wilson, for his wife was the former Ellen Axson of Rome, whom he met while visiting in Rome at the time he was a lawyer in Atlanta. Many friends and relatives here were sending congratulatory telegrams to her.
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Capt. Luke Mitchell was seriously injured on the steamer Economic, very near being instantly killed. He was piloting the boat and at the same time was working on some machinery. A big suction pipe fell, striking his head and knocking him unconscious. Dr. Will Harbin was sent for and he was taken to his home. Capt. Mitchell was the oldest pilot in point of service on the Coosa and Oostanaula. … Willie B. Broach, 13-year-old son of Justice of the Peace Berry Broach, was painfully injured by being knocked from his bicycle by a runaway horse belonging to Harry Patton. It was being driven up Second Avenue from the Land Company bridge when it shied at an automobile and turned suddenly, breaking a shaft. The animal became frightened and dashed into Broad Street and stuck young Broach, dragging him for some distance. He was almost unconscious when rescued. …
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The Fourth of July was quietly observed in Rome. There were two ball games, motion picture shows and a fireworks display at DeSoto Park which drew hundreds of people. Two fighters and one drunk were the only cases before recorder’s court the next day. … The Board of Public Works voted to ask the state legislature to abolish the mayor and city council of the City of Rome, members feeling that a dual system of government existed. City council had already passed a resolution asking that the Board of Public Works be abolished. … An ordinance providing for the paving of East Fourth Avenue and of Fourth Street from Second to Fourth Avenue was read for the first time at council and was to come up for action Monday. … The city received two new one-horse sprinklers. On account of the new paved streets it was impossible to keep them sprinkled with the number the city already had. …
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Romans were reading fifty years ago this week about Miss Harriet Quimby, of New York, the first woman to win an aviator’s license in America and the first woman to cross the English Channel in an aeroplane, who was instantly killed when her monoplane fell into Dorchester Bay at Boston from 1,000 feet. A gust of wind caught the tail when she started to volplane at a sharp angle. When the machine tilted, Miss Quimby and her companion fell out and into the water, the plane following them. … The great dirigible, Akron, exploded in the air killing five occupants when it was sailing out over the Atlantic Ocean under prefect control in full view of thousands of people. It was the greatest and most costly air ship. … The Jack Johnson-Jim Flynn 15-round fight for the heavyweight championship was brought to a close in the ninth round by the police of New Mexico. Johnson was announced the winner, and the fight was described as a brutal exhibition. …
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