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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1912
Page
1
A dramatic report details Thomas Fountain, an American adventurer, facing a likely death sentence after a failed assassination plot in Parral. The article describes his defiant stance, last messages to friends, and the improvised execution context amid Mexican rebel activity and U S diplomatic pressures.
Denver dispatch reports the Chesapeake Beach Railway, once funded by the Moffatt estate, sold to F. J. Loseman & Co. for about 850000. The 82 mile line connected Chesapeake Beach with Washington, with claims against the estate totaling 4506566 and a value estimated between 10000000 and 16000000. Officers in Denver say W. F. Jones in New York was silent on the sale while Waters noted rumors persisted for years amid electrification talks and potential Washington access via long trolley routes.
George W. Beatty, the aviator, traveled from Nassau boulevard field to the Mineola court house to answer a summons for speeding an automobile on March 27. Justice Weeks fined Beatty. Beatty joked he would give the judge a ride in the air, but the judge declined.
The day's results award ten more delegates to Colonel and ten to the Executive. The Vermont platform denounces recall of judges and decisions. Kentucky convention assembles and adjourns.
New York Republicans adopt a resolution prohibiting delegation votes for any candidate but Taft and endorse a platform backing the Sherman antitrust law. Taft leads in Fifth Chicago district returns. Roosevelt claims 56 votes from Illinois. Maine and Vermont show Taft support. Roosevelt predicts nomination and speaks to crowds in Pennsylvania. Kentucky convention delays to allow credential disputes. Michigan revokes Truman Newberry as temporary chairman. New York Democrats plan a nonbinding delegation for Gaynor at Baltimore with Underwood praised.
Vermont delegates to Chicago split four instructed for Taft or Roosevelt with four uninstructed. Maine voters choose Roosevelt delegates with a Roosevelt majority on the state convention ballot. Delegates at large in Vermont include Carroll Page and John Mead among others. Maine names four at large and four district delegates pledged to Roosevelt. Platform support and party leadership comments accompany both states' reports.
Reports from Louisville and various Michigan cities show delegates to the Republican national convention are instructed for Taft. Roosevelt forces push testimony on contested credentials as nearly a thousand contests delay reconvening. Temporary organization chooses Senator W. C. Bradley as Taft leader.
Herbert A. Sawyer, Boston representative of the Gorham Company silversmiths, leaped in front of a southbound subway train at Grand Central station at 7:0 tonight. He was ground to death, leaving $5 and a bankbook showing a $9 withdrawal on March 44. His wife and brother had been notified of his escape from a sanitarium and were searching area hotels.
Senator La Follette addressed Nebraskans in York on April 10. He declined to promise a new party in Chicago and expressed hope the Lincoln party would remedy existing evils, distancing from Bryan and a Wisconsin faction alliance.
At a tense Michigan Republican State central committee meeting 17 of 22 members backed unseating Truman H. Newberry as temporary chairman while seating Taft delegates over Roosevelt ones from Detroit and Battle Creek. Detroit holds balance of power as factions anticipate two conventions and a floor showdown at the national meeting.
Col Roosevelt campaigns across Pennsylvania urging turnout for Saturday's primary. He attacks Taft and Choate as he terms court guardians of vested privilege and calls for a government answerable to the people. Philadelphia crowds, police crowded streets, and large turnouts mark his daylong drive.
President Taft laid the cornerstone of the University Club Building at Fitzhugh and Livea northwest, praising the club and its members. Col. Byron Parker announced plans to add more stories as funds allow, signaling a new era of prosperity if Taft is reelected. The ceremony, with Masons, Marine Band, and notable officials, cost an estimated 325000 dollars.
An index lists numerous items from the issue including Roosevelt’s expected win and Taft’s clerks hearing. Other entries reference a presidential cornerstone, a volcano death toll, and local political notes across New York and Vermont.
In Columbus toward April 10 the constitutional convention, by a large vote, reconsidered its action yesterday inviting W. H. Lewis, the Negro assistant Attorney General of the United States, to speak on April 17 and sent the motion back to the committee.
Barton J. Harvey a young Californian dies five hours after a large loss on an Olympic transatlantic voyage. He played nightly in his stateroom with professional gamblers, drinks heavy in the final days, and investigators search for the gamblers aboard the ship. His body is to be sent to Pasadena for burial.
Special to The Washington Post from Bristol Virginia April. James Nickels of Nicholasville Lent County left his ill child in hospital to rush home after learning his wife Vesta Nickels had died. While talking on the phone she collapsed and died upon hearing the news. The daughter underwent an operation and was reported to be recovering.
Mary Levy a wealthy widow aged 52 died when she plunged from a fifth floor window of the Ansonia Hotel in New York. Her body with a crushed skull was found in an areaway behind the building shortly after the incident.
Paris consigns hours 1 to 4 to midnight as the day numbering standard on all French railways and in postal telegraph services starting June 1. A telegraph test showed satisfactory results while the change aims to unify time designations across services. MAINES LEADING RESORT HOTEL Poland Spring House opens June 1. Manchon Mouse opens a year. Hiram Ricker & Iona Mount Mineo House Ann opens May 1. New Mount Mineo Houma opens June 6. Tee Samoset Rockland Me opens June 5. Operated by Ricker Hotel Co. Offices New York 1108 Broadway Palledsiois Ait Decemer street
Capt Olavik of the United Fruit steamer Fort Morgan reports a deadly eruption of Chingul Peak near Bocas del Toro Panama on April 5. Lava and flames rose high, sea water displaced, and several Indian villages along the base and slopes were reportedly destroyed amid smoke and ash spreading to Culebra and Panama Canal approaches.
In Vicksburg and along the Mississippi from Arlena Arkansas southward a vast force of workers raised earthworks to hold back the flood. Early tonight a temporary victory was reported as the crisis eased, with the outcome still in doubt and rumors of dam breaks denied amid concerns over the cotton market.
Berlin and Vienna report an understanding in principle to extend the triple alliance. The German Austro-Hungarian and Italian governments are said to have agreed in principle on a prolongation of Bismarck's master plan for another term of years, according to New York Times sources quoted by The Washington Post.
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