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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1912
Page
3
Taft supporters confident of securing two votes in the presidential contest as election boards plan a February 10 primary. The report notes delegates and party splits, with Republicans and Democrats vying for control and potential nominations.
Members of the Senate committee on privileges and elections are unsatisfied with the exoneration of Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin. A minority report may be presented as some members seek more time to read testimony and consider possible evidence of corrupt practices. A two week extension was granted at Saturday’s meeting.
Congress aims to push a revised iron and steel tariff schedule amid a busy week with hearings on fleet trusts and pending arbitration treaties. Democrats seek to harness tariff debate to fuel a campaign while Republicans accuse delay. Underwood predicts committee action and a possible floor vote as talks hinge on iron ore, unwrought iron, and steel cuts.
The speaker at St Thomes Cinn hoon urged moral strength to combat corrupt politics and unscrupulous Wall Street wealth. He warned of a rising threat that could turn tomorrow toward warfare and called for faithful prophetic guidance amid social unrest.
Hundreds of Washingtonians made use of thick ice on the Tidal Basin and local lakes for skating yesterday. Forecasters expect cold weather to continue, suggesting the skating could last several days as park authorities warn skaters to stay aware of safety precautions.
On Saturday at St Andrews Episcopal Church Houston, Maem Misa Florence Daughten, a relative of Mr Henry Warrington Daughten of New York City, wed. The bride, educated in New York, hails from prominent Virginia Maryland Georgia lineages. Her grandmother was Mrs Harriet Canenove of Alexandria, with roots tracing to Commodore Jacob Jones of the Wasp.
Maritime notices list ships arriving and sailing between Hamburg Liver code and New York with routes to Glasgow Southampton Copenhagen and Antwerp. Vessels include Victoria Lives Olascow and misread names. times show docks and days such as Monday Thursday and Tuesday.
The plan favors Narragansett Bay as a second Atlantic dockyard to Norfolk, with Boston and New York yards repurposed for commerce. Secretary Meyer backs a two northern and three southern yard network, arguing the move would modernize facilities, improve efficiency, and ease naval logistics.
A fragment argues that five yards of fortified Gulf barrier, aided by Guantanamo, could serve as a strategic inland lake for war. It credits military experts and claims no enormous expense, reflecting a radical, war planning notion amid discussion of national defense capabilities.
PZ Eastwick, manager of the Washington branch of the International Banking Corporation, closed its books after a three day night effort and moved securities and cash totaling over 1.2 million to a trust company building at 1405 G Street NW. The transfer finished at 11 o clock last night, with processing to resume this morning.
The Pope, in good health, received a large delegation gifting lambs for the Feast of St Agnes. Lambs are kept alive until Easter, their wool later used for pallia for archbishops.
A freight clerk named My Seal, 2 years old, from 408 Seventh Street Northwest, left for Webster Springs, Virginia, a week ago to visit his heart and head. Friends fear he is missing and a search began. A report said he was injured in a railroad wreck and hospitalized in Clarkburg, West Virginia, prompting investigators to verify. He is about six feet tall, weighs around 180 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He wore a black suit, black overcoat, gray soft hat, and brown shoes when he left Washington.
Battalion Chief Joseph Kenyon died while speeding to a West Seventy third Street fire when his runabout collided with a streetcar near Wentworth Avenue. Driver John J OBrien was bruised. Kenyon's injuries were fatal. Kenyon had suffered multiple prior injuries from streetcar and vehicle crashes over his 19-year career. His brother Captain Dadla Kenyon was involved in the incident.
The latest weather bulletin notes generally warmer temperatures nationwide with new flurries in some areas. Forecasters warn of unseasonably cold weather returning in parts of the country over the next 24 to 48 hours, with variable winds from the mid-Atlantic to the Gulf and a complex forecast for the western plains and rockies.
William J Burns the famed detective who helped convict the McNamara brothers arrives in Washington to testify before the Lorimer investigation. He declares he will appear when called, declining to comment on published reports. Senator Lorimer’s cross examination progresses as attorneys on both sides prepare for further hearings and Burns may be called after Lorimer’s examination concludes. Edward Hines, Chicago lumberman, also travels to Washington with his attorney to present facts to the committee regarding Burns’s new discoveries.
A ten foot king cobra at the Bronx Zoo staged an unlooked for display as spectators gathered before the cage The crowd urged by a small black snake but keeper Charles Snider opened a rear door The cobra lunged at Snider and the crowd moved back as attendants fetched a shovel and broom to recapture the creature The episode ended with the cobra returned to its cage after an hour of effort
The republican ultimatum forces abdication and surrender of sovereign powers as Yuan Shi Kai may participate by the provisional government until recognition by foreign powers. Premier Youth may push a special train to Beijing. Manchu hostility looms. War ministers Yin Tobang and Teh-Liang touted as successors. Princes of the imperial clan meet tomorrow to decide, with abdication favored by some and continued fighting by others. Foreign representatives hesitate on intervention despite mounting tensions.
Jacob II Newcomer, longtime Hagerstown banker and public servant, died unexpectedly on his 81st birthday at his home. A Republican and active Christian Church elder, he served as cashier and later vice president director of Hagerstown National Bank and held roles in Benevola County administration. He also directed Kee Mar College and left a substantial estate.
Three naval officers Trent Soule Jr Tent Mt K Metcalf and Tasign WOM Ro MMen fell through the ice on the Wasaden Fyn Amapolla River opposite Olympia moored off the Naval Academy. They struggled in the water impeded by skates and clothing but reached shore with no outside help.
At Mary D colliery near Tug garora in the Schuylkill valleys George Smolan lowered himself sixty feet beneath the surface to recover a lively rabbit that had fallen into an airhole near a steam pipe. The rabbit appeared uninjured and Smolan chose not to continue his shift, deciding to return to the surface with the animal instead of taking it home for dinner.
Harvard foe Sargent ii defeats a Har Aan bet by kicking a ball to Ips within hours, finishing the course in eight hours at Spewieh 2 miles away. He hails from Wellesley and is linked to Gordon Grant and other veterans. Bargem of the soccer team is said to have netted nearly a thousand dollars.
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