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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1912
Page
8
A Taft wave as expressed by Ohio officials boosts Taft in the Midwest while La Follette gains momentum in North Dakota and Wisconsin. Roosevelt plans a stump tour to counter Taft and influence the convention as delegates shift among Roosevelt La Follette and Taft camps.
A deceased Amanda is noted with burial at an area cemetery. The notice lists residence, dates, and undertaker references, mentioning a March service and interment arrangements alongside family names and the location in the local community.
A New York dispatch says despite William J Bryan's repeated refusals to be a candidate, friends urge him to enter as a possible dark horse. The expectation among many Democrats is a deadlocked convention with Wilson leading but short of two thirds, and a noncentral candidate likely to be nominated if the stalemate lasts, prompting talks of Bryan training to be put in play.
The arrival list shows ships New York bound from Copenhagen Olympic from Southampton Chicago from Havre Gret Waldersee from Hamburg London Minneapoolis from New York Trieste Alberte from New York and departures New York-Lualtanla from Liverpool Cherbourg Kalmer Wilhelm der Grome bound for New York.
Rep Prouty argues the burden of funding the government rests not on Rockefeller but on workers and their employers. Myron J Jones cites college men donating time. Admiral Stockton praises Navy College Mews work. Harvard students aid Cambridge brothers. Admiral Brockton lauds MCGA.
Indiana Democrats elected delegates tonight without instruction toward the national convention. Bernard Korby and party leaders announced the state convention tomorrow will adopt a resolution instructing delegates to vote for Gay Thomas R Marshall for the presidential nomination. The state committee has endorsed his candidacy and four delegates at large will be chosen along with a full state ticket at tomorrow's convention.
Dr William Jack praised the bravery of American Revolution soldiers before several hundred members of the District society Sons of the American Revolution at a Rex Shaffer era style banquet. A committee was authorized to survey local graveyards for Revolutionary graves near Washington with an excursion planned in May and invitations extended to Mayflower Society members.
Senator Rupert L. Taylor of Tennessee is gravely ill at his Stoneleigh Court apartment from gallstones. He fell ill Tuesday, worsened, then showed slight improvement late last night. Dr Harrison Crock of Sherman Apartments attends him as Tennessee lawmakers monitor his condition.
Governor campaign headquarte rs will relocate from Cincinnati to Columbus Ohio. Hugh L Nichols Ohio campaign manager for Gay Harmon announces the transfer will be made next week as Harmon’s presidential campaign expands national headquarters from Cincinnati.
Preparations are complete for the Columbus memorial unveiling by the memorial commissioners on June. A Knights of Columbus display will be at Union Station plaza, featuring a globe fountain with a Columbus statue. The committee includes Edward L Hearn and Col Spencer Cosby, with HQ in the Woodward building.
The piece argues against a third term for Theodore Roosevelt, urging respect for the two term tradition to safeguard republican governance. It cites Schurman and constitutional custom, warns of caesarism, and frames the issue as a test of democracy and liberty. It contrasts public sentiment with the dangers of concentrated power and notes political maneuvers influencing party dynamics.
Mrs. Jeanette B Lincoln, 72, feeble and without local relatives, wandered near Cameron Street in Alexandria. After police and a local hospital sister offered care, Providence Hospital reportedly had no beds, and Virginia authorities were to be contacted to place her in an aged home's care.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma states Speaker Champ Clark should be withdrawn from the Nebraska presidential primary ballot to avoid splitting the progressive vote. The Nebraska delegation would then place Woodrow Wilson as second choice, hoping to keep Harmon from winning, with Taft receiving early endorsements from Iowa March events and First Iowa Instructa for Taft in Burlington.
A driver, Lloyd Davis aged five, was found with a fractured skull near 1136 Elgath Street and Virginia Avenue, between New Jersey Avenue and the river. He was taken to Casualty Hospital in serious condition. Police deem it likely he fell from his wagon and struck his head on the pavement. No robbery or assault is confirmed.
In North Dakota after 1467 of 1613 precincts, La Follette leads with 24159 votes, Roosevelt 22677, Taft 3000. La Follette gains five presidential electors. John Bruegner elected national committeeman. Republican contest dominates, Marshal win with about 10000 plurality and 45000 total votes.
Word was received yesterday that Lieut Resnolder Powers of the Eighth Cavalry committed death by own action while accompanying his regiment from Manila to Camp Stotsenburg Pampanga for participation in the Department of Luzon fleet maneuvers. He graduated from West Point in 1900.
Talks between operators and 200000 union miners in western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois failed to yield a agreement to avert a possible coal mine shutdown after April 1. Miners demand a run of mine pay basis plus a 10 cent per ton increase and shorter hours while operators propose a 10 percent wage reduction to bridge the gap.
In Norfolk Virginia on March 23 two contesting Republican delegates were chosen by a mass convention of Black voters from the second district. Officials said this marks the first of ten Negro district conventions to elect contenders for Chicago.
License notice lists multiple individuals with ages and addresses from Brook Ve and Great Falls, Va and Baltimore Md. Includes officiant Rev Edward Stanley and others, showing a chaotic mixed record of names, ages, and locations for a marriage license event. The fragmentary text references several couples and officiants in a single notice.
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