The Montgomery Advertiser
- Plans released for a million-dollar hotel
- Injunction against bread-and-water punishment denied
- Primary returns point to one senator’s defeat
The hotel’s promoters announce completed plans while leaving the construction date open and financing still in progress. A punishment dispute turns on which officials can modify a sentence, with the governor directing the applicant back toward the courts. Primary returns place an anti-Klan candidate ahead in Colorado and show a close Maryland Republican race whose winner would face an unopposed Democratic nominee opposed to prohibition.
Translation
Plans released for a million-dollar hotel
Montgomery’s proposed million-dollar twelve-story hotel is now practically assured, it became known Wednesday with an announcement by Dr. S. D. Suggs, who, with Walter Shepherd and associates, is promoting the project, that plans in detail have been completed.
Plans for financing the project are now well under way, it was stated, and while no information as to the date work will begin was divulged, it was intimated that ground will probably be broken this year. The plans are in the hands of Frederick Ausfeldt, Montgomery architect.
The hotel, which is to rise twelve stories above the street level, will be situated on the northwest corner of Montgomery and Catoma streets, it was said. It will be an imposing structure, fitted with all the modern conveniences and improvements necessary to make it an establishment of the first rank.
Injunction against bread-and-water punishment denied
District Judge Fitzgerald ruled his court had no jurisdiction in the matter and that sentence modification was a purely administrative function provided for by law and vested in the county physician and sheriff.
Later R. C. Hunter, attorney for Carson, said he may appeal to Governor McMullen, as head of the state pardon board, for a respite in Carson’s sentence until formal appeal can be made to a federal court for a restraining order. Governor McMullen replied that “neither I nor the board am interested, as the courts are available for justice.”
Primary returns point to one senator’s defeat
Nearly complete returns from yesterday’s nine primary battles indicate the defeat of but one United States senator and only a few members of the House of Representatives.
In Colorado late returns gave Charles W. Waterman, former Coolidge campaign manager and anti-Klan candidate, a several thousand vote lead over Senator Rice W. Means in the Republican senatorial contest. Means is commander in chief of the Spanish American War veterans and reputed head of the Klan in that state.
A nip-and-tuck race in Maryland gave Senator O. E. Weller a slight advantage over Representative John Phillip Hill, one of the recognized leaders of the wets both in and out of Congress. Senator Weller, if victorious, will be opposed in November by another avowed wet, Representative Millard Tydings, who was unopposed for the Democratic senatorial nomination.
Context
A hotel as a downtown investment
The proposed hotel concentrated a million dollars of investment on one central street corner. Its twelve floors and promised modern fittings were the promoters’ case for a first-rank establishment, while detailed plans gave the venture a concrete form for financing. Read as a local business story, the report reveals how architecture, the search for capital and confidence in downtown development were presented together to Montgomery’s readers.
Who could interrupt a punishment?
Carson’s lawyer was trying several routes to stop the punishment temporarily. The district judge placed sentence modification with local administrators, while the lawyer considered both the state pardon board and a federal restraining order. The dispute therefore turned on where a prisoner could obtain relief when one authority declined to intervene. That institutional obstacle explains the lawyer’s search for a respite before a further court application.
Prohibition divided candidates within the parties
The word “wet” identified opponents of prohibition, which had been enforced nationally since January 1920. It was a position on a major social issue, not a party name. The Maryland report places a prominent Republican opponent of prohibition in the primary and a declared Democratic opponent in the coming general election. Voters were choosing between individuals whose positions on alcohol could cut across the Republican–Democratic divide.
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DETAILED PLANS OE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL RELEASED
Montgomery’s proposed mil
lion-dollar twelve-story hotel is
now practically assured, it became
known Wednesday with an
nouncertlent by Dr. S. D. Suggs
who, with Walter Shepherd and
associates orj promoting the proj
ect, that plans in detail have been
completed.
Plans for financing the project are
now well under way, It was stated,
and while no Information no to the
date work will begin was divulged, it
was intimated that ground will prob
ably be broken this year. The plans
are in the hands of Frederick Ausfeldt,
Montgomery architect.
The hotel, which la to rise twelve
stories' above the street level, will be
situated on the northwest corner of
Montgomery and Catoma streets, it
wa« said. It will be an Imposing etruc
ture, fitted with all the modern con
veniences and improvements necessary
to make It an establishment of the
first Tank.
BREAD AMD WATER! DIB COiT DECREE! INJUNCTION^ DENIED
District Judge Fitzgerald ruled his
court' had no jurisdiction In the mat
ter and that sentence modlftdStlon was,
a purely administration function pro
vided for by law and vests* In the
county physician and sheriff,
Rater R. C. Huqtsr, attorney for
Carson; said he may appeal to Gov
ernor McMullen,' as head of the state
pardon board for a respite In Carson’s
sentence until formal appeal can be
made to a federal court for a restrain
ing order. Governor McMullen replied
that “neither I nor the board am In
terested, as the courts are available
for Justice/’
ONE SENATOR LOSES PLACE BY PRIMARY BATTLESJESDAY
Nearly complete returns from yes
terday's nine primary battles Indicate
the defeat, of but one United States
senator and only a few members of
the house of representatives.
In Colorado late returns gave
Charles W. Waterman, former Cool
ldgo campaign manager and antl
klan candidate, a several thousand vote
lead over Senator Rice W. Means In
the republican -senatorial contest.
Means Is commaritter in. chief of the
.Spanish American War veterans and
reputed lead of the klaA in' that
state.
A nip and tuck race In Maryland
gave Senator O. E. Weller a slight
advantage over Representative John
Phillip Hill, one of tbs recognised
leaders of the wets both In and out
of congress. Senator Weller, If vic
torious, will be opposed In November
by another avowed wet. Representa
tive Millard Tydlngs whs was unop
posed for the democratic senatorial
nomination.
Source: Holding institution