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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1912
Page
1
The readable lines reference a violent incident and a protest involving named parties and a killing case. Mention of Fire to nest the winds and a figure named Scottie appears, with unclear dates or locations. The excerpt is garbled and lacks a coherent narrative.
A fragile OCR fragment reports an elopement involving a Mr WoQUI and Miss Roberta Roberts aged about 18. The couple reportedly left Mauston to marry somewhere, with a ceremony planned and family observers described. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
A fragmented report describes a government tribunal debate over surrendering Turks and the seizure of items. It mentions a recent meeting, a boy connected to the matter, and authorities turning over vessels and assets amid ongoing pressure.
The obituary notes Mrs Eastin, daughter of Mr and Mrs George, died at sea aboard a liner traveling to the Quirantu coast. Her death followed a long illness. She was regarded as one of the region’s most beautiful women of her time, with many mourners sending condolences.
German pilot Ulrich Harlin, aboard a monoplane with two passengers, set a world air speed record two hours after takeoff, surpassing Lieut Milling of the USA. The event occurred at Tianan aerodrome, with limited readable details and timing around 15 seconds noted in the fragments.
The Nicaraguan executive resigns from the presidency citing adherence to Danaon Convention terms. The short-lived leader, elected October 7 by congress for the constitutional term ending January 1816, steps down as plans form to travel to New York tonight.
New York residents faced a wave of sewer explosions on crowded streets Jan 22 injuring about zero people. The blasts sent manhole covers flying as Teddy O’Keefe, ten, was hurled into the air and rescued from a sewer by a passerby. Some bystanders were tossed up to 15 feet by the blasts.
Princess Rospigliosi arrives from Naples aboard the Cincinnati amid ongoing church discussions on her marriage and restoration of her titled status. She says she believes the church will soon sanction the union.
Wisconsin Senator Robert La Follette speaks in New York at Carnegie Hall on a Progressive Republican platform. He defends recall of judges with limits, attacks Supreme Court overstepping, and endorses women's equal suffrage while addressing a packed audience attracted by Pinchot and Roosevelt allies.
Lawmakers clash over a provision on interest for the District of Columbia debt with Rep Ben Johnson pressing to strike the paragraph. Johnson argues federal law directs funds from U S contributions to cover interest and warns of misapplication and streetcar construction concerns.
Elgin January 22 reporting a butter price fall of three cents due to milder cold and higher creamery output. Quotations slid from forty cents the week prior as hearings in the injunction suit involving the Chicago Butter and Egg Board continued before Master In Chancery Morrison, linking Chicago board members to the Elgin Board of Trade in the official quotation notice.
Special cable reports Santo Domingo’s revolt spreads rapidly after rebels cut telegraph lines. Gen Desiderio Arias issues a manifesto from Monte Christi inviting support. Gen Zenon Toribio skirmishes at the Haitian border while Senor Don Horacio Vasquez remains in exile in St Thomas awaiting the outcome.
Mrs Henry Stutt wife of the noted magazine illustrator and her seven year old son Annye arrived in Reno today from Nevada City. She recently filed a suit for separation in New York and was met by attention during the visit.
A Yale graduate named M One Beyond Control Rutherford Page died after leaping from a height of 60 feet during a crowd gathering. He had just received a license to fly and wowed spectators with spectacular performances before the fatal misstep.
In Los Angeles and Washington a Yale graduate aviation student perished after falling from a Curtiss plane at Minguez field during the third international aviation meet. Two young boys missing after being seen on ice in the Monongahela River are not yet found despite search efforts.
Utah Senator Reed Smoot leads a Senate biographical inquiry seeking burial locations of past and present senators. Secretary Cook directs inquiries to Senator Bacon as alive, amid a plan to update memorial records. A force of young clerks sent questions to cover mortuary statistics, causing a political fray.
Former Persian treasurer general Morgan Shuster arrived from Vienna and planned to address Persian notables in London on January 22. He said Persia’s salvation rests with England and recounted his internal struggle to withdraw to prevent bloodshed. He noted American assistants may seek indemnity from special funds he set aside. Enid Oklahoma reports a Roosevelt club movement lacking inception and local members. A Newark-bound note mentions a central hotel section and a Pennsylvania Station route discussion.
Sam Page, a Yale graduate newly licensed aviator, dazzled the crowd in the initial heat of the one mile handicap as he and Curley veteran Lincoln Beachey clashed. Page performed daring maneuvers, echoing Beachey’s dips and turns, while Glenn Curtiss warned against similar feats. Page, praised as fearless, claimed he would beat Beachey, though observers doubted his inexperience.
James J. Farrell, head of United States Steel, told the Stanley steel investigating committee that publishing manufacturers cost data would damage industry and foreign trade. He denied price fixing by Gary dinners and warned a government board would be impractical to set prices. He urged selective publicity and a supervisory body to curb both high and low rates, while noting current steel prices were low and some costs unrecovered.
Fragmented clipping reports four lynched in Georgia and a daring aviator's death. Other items mention political recall attempts, secretive steel casts, and various scattered headlines across a chaotic page.
A fire struck the State Catholic Orphanage on Tuesday morning causing damage as about 109 children, ages around preschool to early teens, were affected. Authorities evacuated the premises and investigated the blaze while remaining children were accounted for and cared for by staff and local volunteers.
Arthur Lusby ten and De Sales Quaid nine led a daring rescue from the Eastern Branch near Poplar Point. They crawled to edge as three boys clung to ice, pulling them free with coats tied as lifelines. Fedden Cum mings Ludgkee joined to save comrades, earning civic praise and possible Carnegie medals.
Detectives investigate 26 serious cases in Louisiana over the past year. A Black preacher named King Harris is not charged with a crime. Authorities believe Harris' followers were stirred into a frenzy, leading to multiple killings in the name of their church and religion.
In Oregon today Dr Harry Webster of Chicago was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Richard Farrand for the murder of his bigamous wife Beasle Kent wenster last October. The court stated no greater punishment could be inflicted on a young man than imprisonment for life.
Dr Morse, a Baltimore chemist, is arrested on false pretense charges after a planned marriage in the Monumental City. He is jailed at the Sixth precinct while his Baltimore bride moves to a friend’s home, and a Washington hearing is set as investigators weigh release and next steps.
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