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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1912
Page
1
Readers learn of U S concerns over Mexican unrest. Dispatches describe American volunteers fighting bands near the border, efforts urged to aid Mexican nationals, and reports of Texan Rangers detaining suspects crossing into Texas. Mentions of Orozco, Villa, and Gen Garcua Lena link to broader clashes and plans for Torreon.
Police broke up a suffrage demonstration in Parliament Square as suffragettes attacked windows and public buildings. About 60 protestors were arrested. police cordons and mounted units protected major streets while shops and offices faced damage. A tree uprooted with a suffragette still attached was hauled away to the station.
A bitter Republican split unfolds in the Senate over resolutions to investigate postmasters and campaign influence. The letter from Postmaster George Lewin tied to Taft and Roosevelt prompts a call to widen inquiries to the 1908 campaign and Roosevelt delegates, with Bristow and others pushing a broad probe into political activity by postmasters in Alabama and surrounding states.
Lawrence workers including children testified before the House committee on ruler who are considering revolution to investigate conditions after a strike. They described long hours, low wages, 5 cents a week for water, and brutality by police and soldiers at depots. Young laborers recounted docking pay for water and being beaten, with many forced to work instead of attending school.
Extensive unrest in China reaches coastal towns as bodies of civilians are evacuated and ferried by tugboats. US and British officials reinforce Shanghai and Tientsin as mutinies spread. Japanese and German forces mobilize to protect foreign concessions while American marines deploy from Shanghai to bolster the Abarendt.
The item notes suffragettes threaten to burn the palace as protests mount in Mexico City while rebels plan to march. Other items include political and social briefs across the page, with mentions of roles for Taft Roosevelt and U S events.
Special to The Washington Po describes a dramatic moment at the Allen County Democratic convention where supporters of Clark and Wilson clashed. A rousing speech urged substituting Bryan for both, but a stray houn dawg wandered in, drawing cheers and preventing the change. The crowd then voted to instruct seven delegates for Mr Clark.
A Cheyenne banker, C S Thompson, caused a brief stir at the United States Supreme Court when he entered the gallery and saluted Justice Van Devanter. Thompson and Van Devanter have long roots in the West, dating to Cheyenne years.
A passenger, Miss Bessie Swift of Cincinnati, Ohio, choked on an oyster on the steamship Oreana after four pearls were found in the oysters. The ship’s surgeon pat her on the back to relieve the choking. A pearl larger than a bean was later found, and Miss Swift returned the pearl that nearly caused the incident to the doctor.
Maj George C Squier of the signal corps has been named military attaché to Great Britain, succeeding Maj Slocum. He has served as assistant to Brig Gen James Allen and will depart for London next June. He has patented a multiplex telephone system dedicated to the U S government and plans to sail for Panama to select five wireless stations for the Canal Zone.
William Tibbitts, a purported anarchist, fired three shots at Leopold de Rothschild as he entered a motor car outside a city bank on Swithins Lane. A detective on the opposite side of the street was wounded in the mouth, neck, and the car windows were smashed. Tibbitts was arrested and police seek further information.
Col Roosevelt explains why he would not pledge support for Taft, denying any assurance of backing. He cites conversations with Stimson and Meyer and refutes Van Valkenburg’s published letter as an invention. He states he would consider the nomination if offered but not endorse Taft publicly.
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