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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1912
Page
7
Granddaughter of the late General Drum defends against a knife attack in Bethesda Maryland before intruder escapes through a window. The assailant wounded, deputy sheriff arrests two suspects near Clovidge. A strange shepherd dog was found in the yard as the investigation unfolds with Montgomery County officials handling the case.
A report details drunken seamen and a late veteran under questioning. The naval inquiry, led by chairman Tim or Tim, seeks to determine responsibility for deaths aboard a vessel. Investigators probe watch routines as officials requested immediate action and full cooperation from all parties.
A fragmentary note mentions treatment and address details with unclear terms. It references a person or place and hints at a department or location, but the text is garbled and provides minimal readable specifics. The snippet reads like a postal or administrative placeholder rather than a complete report.
Eyewitness testimony from a senior officer describes the ship’s course guidance, navigation duties, and safety priorities. He asserts no extra payment for speed from the Brytsn government, details messages to shore, and recounts helping passengers into lifeboats during the sinking.
Marconi chief engineer T W Sammis admits sending orders to Carpathia operator to withhold Titanic disaster details and seek higher pay. Senate inquiry probes four figure payments for stories, with references to intercepted messages and plans to safeguard reports amid public horror.
Galen L. Tait, chairman of the Montgomery County Roosevelt Association, calls a Rockville meeting next Tuesday afternoon for Roosevelt workers statewide. The objective is to mount a concerted effort to carry Montgomery County for Roosevelt.
Arrived New York Camaronia from Glasgow and Weymale. Sailed New York United Kingdom for Havre. Sable Island to Kroonland from Antwerp and Daystar for New York will dock from Antwerp on Tuesday.
Citizens plan a public meeting to organize a memorial in Washington for the Titanic heroes who gave their lives in the wreck. The Brentano building at Twelfth and F streets will host the session Wednesday at 5 oclock, with invitations to thousands of residents to join and voice views.
The Yale graduate and former Tang Shao yi private secretary Chung Mun Yew was appointed minister of the Chinese Republic in Washington. His selection surprised diplomats who expected Wu Tingfang to be reappointed, with Chung’s Yale coxswain fame and fluency in English noted as key factors in American circles.
Memorials in St Patrick’s Cathedral Trinity Church and Catholic and Protestant churches honored Titanic victims. Clergy urged courage and virtue as survivors and families mourned. Cardinal Farley directed archdiocese services with prayers and masses for repose.
An explosion of gas at the Coll Coal Company mine near Madisonville at 8 10 tonight caused a fire and probably killed five men including mine foreman Joseph Hollowell and four Black workers. Flames billowed from the shafts as a rescue attempt seemed unlikely with the cage blown out and the mine one half mile long and about 140 feet below the surface.
A Stanley committee report shows United States Steel and its officers control substantial rail and industrial interests. Directors sit on boards of banks, express, insurance, and rail outfits with combined capital near several billions. Prominent figures include J Pierpont Morgan and George W Perkins among others, with holdings spanning steel, banks, and transportation firms. Harpers Ferry, April 21. Mrs Margaret Eckles mourns her husband and four sons after a long illness.
In a heavy fog near Galveston harbor the Mallory liner Denver and the Morgan Line steamer El Sud collided. Both were damaged. El Sud beached briefly then refloated, while Denver returned to port with a damaged bow after taking aboard seventeen El Sud crewmen.
Mrs Albert F Caldwell, a missionary and teacher in Bangkok, aided by the Washington Mem orial Fund and Jane Hayes McFarland Memorial Fund, was the last woman to leave the Titanic. She and her husband and baby survived by taking passage in the lifeboat. they are in New York being cared for by friends. Funds and renewed contributions from local Presbyterian women are sent to support the Caldwells in New York while they plan to return to Colorado Springs after a planned Washington visit.
A fragment from the column discusses veiling fashions for travel and urban wear, noting two scholarly views on veils, styles, and fastenings. It advises loose tops, pin at the neck, and distinctive jewelry fasteners while warning against shadows, certain colors, and beard-like appearances from distance. It also endorses eating with fingers as a provocative nutritional tip and includes a quirky remark about digestion and eating manners.
An advertisement extols an Internal Bath to cleanse the colon, claim ing it removes waste toxins to prevent disease and boost energy. It touts worldwide use, urges readers to get a booklet at local drug stores in Washington, Ark, and lists dealers with a promotional tone.
Woman, renowned as one of the four best women farmers in the South, reports a fruitful lemon season. One tree yielded several lemons, inches in size, enough to bake pies and make lemonade. The piece notes Italian and French recipe influences and hints at a contest on page seventeen.
An essay extols simplicity and sanity as paths to success, arguing that calm living frees time and energy for worthwhile goals and for bringing happiness to others. It warns that modern life’s frenzy distracts from meaningful effort and invites readers to try a plan of gentler, more sensible living to reduce worry and approach personal aims.
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