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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1913
Page
1
President-elect Tella faces a united New Jersey electorate as business leaders rally. voters pledge to avoid entanglements, foreseeing a solid party future with no serious divisions. He asserts the public mood favors clear direction and rejects opposition tied to past errors. He hopes to meet certain gentlemen at journey’s end.
President elect Woodrow Wilson declares in a New Jersey address that he will act for the people and select progressives only, insisting no partisan bonus or secret pledge governs his choices as he moves among men with minds and consciences yielding to a national impulse.
Trenton January 18 Gov Woodrow Wilson told New Jersey electors that his victory signals the nation’s progressive impulse and that he will select only progressives to aid him He predicted Democratic unity and noted business leaders are embracing a broader public duty as the nation moves forward The speech came at a luncheon for electors before the official ballot and his inauguration draft remarks emphasized nonpartisan action for the long term.
The speaker asserts acting in a representative capacity to interpret the will of the American people. He states he will not act as a partisan, choosing progressives in line with the people's choice. He expresses satisfaction as minds and consciences across the nation yield to a common impulse.
Washington dispatch reports President-elect Wilson hears varied cabinet suggestions from callers at Trenton and Princeton. Brandeis Whitlock Baker Nixon Page are named alongside Palmer Burleson Daniels Davies Henry Wood and Bryan as possible secretaries with a leaning toward progressives.
Four nine year old boys Logan McGinnis James Harlow Luther Warner and Herman Harlow perished when the ice at Sullivan Indiana broke beneath their weight. The bodies except Logan McGinnis were recovered. The accident occurred January 12 as youngsters skated on a breaking surface.
Nathaniel Green a colored man faced felonious assault charges for Christmas night attack on Mrs Adelaide Grant at 221 C Street SE in a high salience trial. The jury, after testimony and a confession read by police, recommended the death penalty as counsels declined plea through court objections.
Special to The Washington Poet reports Hot Springs Arkansas residents formed a vigilante committee to aid police in cracking down on crooks. About 100 have been jailed with one suspect confessing to robbing a Kentucky resident of 5000 dollars in a brace poker game.
London reports the British Admiralty is near decision on five or six battleships for the coming year. If Austria’s program delays action, five battleships may start this year with a 240 million dollar plan. The fleet would include five battleships, eight armored cruisers, twenty destroyers, submarines, and 6,000 sailors. The new dreadnoughts are described as the strongest, likely surpassing American ships.
A proposed North Carolina bill would make hazing a felony for any student aiding or abetting it and would grant pardons to students who injure attackers. The measure follows deaths and injuries from hazing incidents, including William Rand’s fatal fall and Frank Powers’s shooting by freshmen. Representative Plummer Stewart introduced the bill, proposing penalties of one year for offenders and a misdemeanor for college presidents who fail to suppress hazing.
Special to The Washington Post reports Elmer J Adler, a West Point cadet who left the academy to marry Miser Florence E Davis at Tarrytown on January 9, returned to the academy and was placed under arrest, dented to his room, and stripped of his sergeant rank. He may face court martial for leaving the reservation and could be separated.
John P. Steiler of San Antonio remarried his former wife Mrs Oliva Steilier on a Missouri Kansas and Texas southbound train near Hillsboro Texas. The pair, hoping to obtain a predicher, were delayed as the train ran late and County Judge Stevenson could not meet the train to officiate.
The St. Louis divorce trial of Mrs. Jane Adger Izard revealed she is married to Walter Blake Izard of the U S Marine Corps stationed in the Philippines, not a seamstress as petitioned. She testified employing detectives to trap her husband amid claims of improper conduct. Gen William P Biddle confirmed Izard as her stepfather but declined further comment.
Garrell Henry aged 3 years died yesterday in a shed behind his Westminster residence. Father, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad dining car conductor, reported the boy’s suicide by hanging after discovering a suitcase by the door and the body suspended from a rope. No motive given amid family nervous breakdown context.
A distressed account describes a woman who climbed a 0-foot pole and entered a nest of high tension wires. She perished as the live conductors caused fatal burns before responders could intervene. The fragmentary report notes self inflicted actions and resulting fatal injuries.
In San Francisco the social leader Mrs Jadwin, 19, was shot and killed by her husband Jadwin during a dinner gathering with family. The couple, married seven months, had appeared reconciliatory moments before the tragedy. Jadwin, previously in the drug trade and now with General Petroleum, then shot himself and died two hours later. The family, including the wife’s relatives, witnessed the event.
Vice President Timothy E. Byrnes of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad warned at a meeting of conductors that government control of railroads is coming. He said initial steps would regulate incomes, working of routes, and time cards, followed by standard hours for workers.
Fragmentary note mentions a person named Jones and a parcel related to Aero possibly in Providence. Details are unreadable, but indicates an overnight stay and a case connection. Further readable specifics are unavailable in the fragment.
Definite peace proposals were presented to Mexico's Foreign Minister Lascurain during a private rebalance meeting. Rebels including Zapata reportedly urged no resignation, but called for new vice presidential appointments and cabinet changes as refugees move into the United States. Ambassador Calero resigned over policy disagreements, warning that U.S. intervention could invite broader Latin American upheaval.
A fragment notes a manager named Eagerence with alleri dacienda near El Potrero and Vern, mentioning a hitting incident and uncertain timing. Details are incomplete but imply a local event or incident in a rural area.
Assailant Condemned to Die. Weeks Coming to Senate. Peace Offer to Madero. Ella Wife in Dining Room. Killed at He-Shot Wife and Boarder. Citizens Want to Carry Pistols. 3-Unabis to Float Liner Uranium. Cocaine Habit In Army. Ohio Flood Near Creat Peace Up to Turkey. New Hope for Commerce Court. Pork Barrel in House. War on Hard Coal Combine. 5-Attractions at the Theaters. Anseesora Jordan's Target. Historial Comment Society. Sporting Events. 8-Step To Pacific Roads Dissolution, Financial. New District Water Supply Proposed.
A Paris physicist announces a new portable photo telegraphic device that transmits photographs and drawings over telephone wires in four minutes. The apparatus is lightweight, weighing only a few pounds, and is adaptable to any telephone setup.
John W. Weeks of Newton won the unanimous Republican caucus nomination after a close contest with McCall. Weeks, a Naval Academy graduate and former congressman from Massachusetts, led from the first ballot and secured the 97 votes to 5 for Guild and 1 for Luce, as the party resisted a state wide primary proposal.
Sen Blango and 154 shot force of six hundred regulars repulsed an attack on Casas Grandes. Eight hundred rebels attacked the town’s fortifications for hours before federal regiments and volunteers in church and high buildings repelled them. Rebel casualties stood at 49 killed. federal losses were 11 killed or wounded. Reports also claim the rout near Madra of Gen Jose de la Luz Blanco and the capture and execution of dela Los Bignes, with 14 officers and 30 soldiers taken prisoner and reportedly shot.
R L Thomas shoots wife and boarder after jealous quarrel. The boarder dies. Thomas is killed by wife who fires three bullets into him and escapes to notify police. She tells doctor he expected trouble and planned to return to North Carolina.
Jealousy motive cited as Boomie Stevens age 50 shoots boarder Robert L. Thomas age 26 and strikes his wife Evelyn Stevens in the abdomen at their Ta koma Park residence. Thomas, wounded, fires three bullets into Stevens’ brain, killing him. Both victims expected to recover. coroner’s jury to act.
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