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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
9
Chairman Lee of Ju Talngrapha Gen rejects allegations by officeholders that Taft is seeking delegation to the President. The report notes officials discuss who might act if Cam Asi the Colonel is unavailable.
Indianapolis telegraph inquiry asks whether federal officeholders may engage in political activity for Taft or Roosevelt during the campaign. The civil service commission will consider if permissible and what penalties apply for violations as officials weigh rules governing political involvement by competitive employees.
Birth notice lists Mr and Mrs John O Beans as the parents of a daughter born February 18 with a truncated year, and references to subsequent death notices strange fragments of obituaries and funeral notices for multiple names. The readable text is chaotic with missing data. The dominant readable items include a birth entry for Beans and several obituary fragments with locations in Buffalo and Cleveland and other places.
Fragmentary OCR shows a list of funeral directors and embalmers with scattered names and numbers, including Frank Geier's Sons and Ettore Antechymers, plus references to a Maryland address and a Seventh Avenue listing. The legible elements imply a directory or notice page of local funeral services.
The Indiana State central committee releases correspondence between Lee and Black. Black replies that federal officeholders must remain neutral, the Civil Service Commission enforces rules impartially, and penalties depend on activity severity, with authority varying by position and enforcement resting with the President.
Reports say a large force arrived at Guadalupe east of Juarez as rebels in Ciudad Juarez prepare for action. A Mexican embargo and tariff cuts aimed at funding a Chihuahua and Mexico City expedition are noted amid tensions. In Texas, declarations from reformists and movements against Madero surface while calls for amnesty and reconciliation unfold.
A dated call urges Alabama district delegations to support the present executive in the forthcoming convention. A large Roosevelt committee is planned to be formed to organize backing and coordinate activities for the campaign efforts.
Taft secured a solid bloc of delegates in South Carolina and Michigan while Roosevelt faced losses in Missouri and Alabama. The tally showed Taft ahead in seven governor races with strong showings in farm regions, and Taft managers touted a wider national lead as March conventions approach.
A article describes activity across the country linked to Roosevelt campaign work, including a Washington headquarters opened by McCormick after leaving La Follette support. McCormick plans talks with Roosevelt before returning to Washington, while Gov. Stubbs travels to New Jersey and New York for possible roosevelt conferences.
Gov Hiram Johnson of California addressed Ohio lawmakers urging the initiative and referendum and recall as tools to enhance direct democracy within representative government. He emphasized making government truly represent the people and proposed a charter enabling a governor to introduce legislation directly in the state legislature.
A readjustment of wages set for March 4 will not be less than 5 to 6 percent, announced by Willian Whitman of the Arlington mills after a city government conference with Woolen Companys and other mills. Alderman OBrien and Mayor Scanlon say concessions will be posted soon. 50 strikers with children plan to testify in Washington while Dr Col Neill arrives to probe strike conditions in Lawrenceville. A separate report notes a dynamite scare tied to a freight car from Bellows Falls reaching Philadelphia, with Woolen Company tracing the route via Deerfield and Mechanicsville.
Representative Butler Ames of Massachusetts returns from a two day probe in Lawrence where textile mill strikers are active. He says his sympathies lie with the workers yet notes little evidence of a broad desire to extend the strike. He warns the unrest appears as a social revolution toyed with by military fears, urging caution amid calls for upheaval and reform.
Reported fighting between government troops and revolutionaries broke out in the province of Monte Christi near Teliinguers. The encounter involved local forces, with casualties and shifting control as violence spread through the area. Authorities urged caution as reports remained incomplete.
President Taft met with National Press Club members at Fifteenth Street and spoke on executive burdens and energy, noting that guiding rather than ruling requires distribution of work. He contrasted nerves under official duties with the press club’s esprit and discussed the need to distinguish real press officials from those merely acting.
Walter Houser, La Follette’s national campaign manager, said Col. Roosevelt’s Ohio effort relied on Dan Hanna and machine figures Walter Brown and Nat Wright, with George W. Perkins and Frank A. Munsey among his steel stock backers. Houser reported Gov. Hiram Johnson called Roosevelt’s approach a general flop and warned he would run on any platform progressives drafted.
A garbled mixed marriage notice lists names ages and locations including Van B Wileon 34 Bary G Ransoo 30 of Charlestown West Virginia The Rev Willian 3 McAnaney and Kate McMuhen 30 among others with various addresses and clergymen. text is heavily corrupted with partial names and places making full details unclear.
Ambiguous reports show delegates chosen for the Chicago Republican convention with taft and roosevelt loyalties. Notable names include J W Tolberg Adams J Duncan Adams and J A Levy, while G Capers leads a rival regular faction. States like Minnesota Michigan New Hampshire Massachusetts and Washington send varying instructions as party wings clash.
Ambassador James Bryce urged Washington to be the world’s most beautiful capital. At the Board of Trade meeting in New Willard he warned against neglecting Rock Creek Park and urged a new road to Mount Vernon plus avenues and park improvements. Debates over a municipal hospital and hospital buildings followed, with criticism of some Board of Charities members.
The report outlines McMillen plan steps for suburban district parking and a playground on a Florida avenue tract for Central High. It urges commissioners to act, while proposing to empower the U S Commission of Education to set private school standards, inspect, classify, and require cooperation for inspections. It also recommends boosting police staffing, a new detention house, and a retirement bill for police and fire members with a pension fund for families of deceased members.
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