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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1912
Page
1
Testimony before Senator Perkins details blame toward Captain Abowath and crew for failures during the sinking. Wireless operator and other ship men testify of distress signals, lack of aid, and attempts to organize lifeboat rescue amid chaotic hours. Witnesses describe sightings of a second steamer and a failing iceberg warning as the Carpathia plucked survivors.
Reports from New York confirm the bodies of Isidor Straus and John Jacob Astor were recovered and placed on the Mackay Bennett. The floating morgue is transporting additional Titanic victims to Halifax with officials awaiting fresh confirmations on dates and arrivals.
Maj Gen Frederick Dent Grant’s body lay in repose at West Point in a scenic Hudson setting with a full cadet guard, a 13-gun salute, and a caisson procession to the cemetery. A large crowd lined New York streets as Bishop Fallon and other dignitaries led solemn rites before interment.
Fragments from a 19th century page report on naval affairs and political chatter include references to a sinking Titanic funeral ship awaited at Halifax, reactions from Roosevelt and Taft, Senate support for tax excise, and discussions on naval ships and reforms. The scattered items mention Gen Grant, British warships, and other political figures, with miscellaneous notes on trade, peace pacts, and a Confederate memorial.
A westbound Wabash train known as the fast mail left the tracks near Antwerp injuring four men seriously and several others lightly. Reported injured include Chester Law Napoleon Ohio Dr Woo Wells Fort Wayne Charles M Sarbe Argos Ind and dT FR Yates a mall clerk.
The column denounces Henry Watterson for calling a former president mad and accuses Taft and Roosevelt of power thirst. It argues the dispute harms national dignity and criticizes editors and politicians as blinded by ego, urging restraint amid the public quarrel.
London. Lord Coleridge sentences Hugo Lawrence Ames the author Flora Ames and Flora Northesk Wilson to imprisonment for bigamy. Prosecution says Ames, once a British embassy attache in Washington, married Kate Falmer in 18XX and Charles Wilson remains alive. Defense notes years of absence and no divorce.
Special to The Washington Post reports Jacob Doll a prosperous farmer was killed on his porch when two sparrows fighting in midair swooped and inflicted a large jagged wound on his neck tearing flesh and causing arterial bleeding. Doll died before a physician arrived.
British war vessel moves to aid British subjects in distress on the Mexico west coast with a second ship planned. Refugees include Americans and Mexicans fleeing rebels as reports note deteriorating rail lines and mounting danger from Insurrectos. Ambassador Wilson presses for protection while Taft administration weighs intervention.
The administration faces difficulty protecting refugees described as destitute in Mexico. They seize upon the chance to return to the United States aboard the Buford. The ship carries only a small gun and no marines will go ashore as landing party.
Telegrams from Juan Sanchez Azcona report the fall of Tepic after a fierce clash with 2000 rebels calling themselves Zapatistas. Guerrero was badly wounded. The fighting left cathedral and statehouse destroyed, wealthier homes looted as civilians fled.
President Taft rallied in Newark arguing ROosevlt mislabels him an oligarch and warns against a third term while defending his progressive record. He declared he represents the party and Constitution and urged duty over rhetoric as he campaigned through New Jersey. He cited his American citizenship and rejected Roosevelt as untrustworthy, planning next stops in Baltusrol, Trenton and Philadelphia.
Panic as flames engulfed a Bowery factory building in New York. Nineteen workers escaped or jumped to safety. one man, Jacob Schutnich, a buttonhole worker, leaped to his death from a fourth story fire escape after a failed ladder deployment.
Former President Roosevelt lashes Taft in Worcester Mass about betrayal of their friendship and misrepresentations. He accuses Taft of feebleness and wrongdoing, cites the Payne Aldrich tariff and trust issues, and defends his public actions as proper and not personal. He also references confidential letters Taft published and insists on fair dealing and candor in politics.
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