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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1912
Page
1
T A cries fraud and declines kingship asserting a campaign blends vice presidency and social leadership. In a fighting speech he accuses rivals of cheating him out of victory in Indiana Missouri and Colorado and proposes legislation to curb big business while warning of chaos ahead.
A campaign night at Columbus Texas features President Roosevelt’s address praising honesty and fair play while opposing autocratic power. The crowd cheers as he argues the presidency should serve the people, not elites, amid fresh calls for political reform and scrutiny of party leaders. Meanwhile, a separate Texas murder report details two killings in Gudden, likely tied to religious extremism, with two suspects in custody.
A garbled report lists several names Guatemala and Central American locations, mentioning murder roll additions. It references Southern Railway routes toNew Orleans and ports like Puerto Barrios and Bocas Del Toro, plus connections from Virginia and Washington. The text is fragmentary with many unclear names and places.
Theodore Roosevelt warned that if voters reject him due to boss manipulation he will respond with action. He urged Indiana voters to have their wishes represented and indicated a potential third-party run to challenge the Republican convention. Leaders in New York and Indiana debated a growing bolt toward an independent ticket and questioned party loyalty amid alleged machine tactics.
In Colorado Springs the GOP convention selected eight delegates for the national convention, instructed them for President Taft, and endorsed Taft administration. Guggenheim was named national committeeman over Stewart 50 to 0. Roosevelt supporters were outnumbered but pressed their case on the floor. DeVine defeated Griffith for temporary chair. Delegates at large named include Guggenheim DeVine Fare Crawford Hill Stevenson Howbert Tarriah and McDonald.
In Jimenez. Mexico, March 27, reports say Federal General Tracy Aubert reorganized his troops after a retreat and planned to attack again, aided by 1,200 men reportedly surrounded by 3,000 rebels. Destruction of the railway by General Tolles blocked Aubert’s retreat toward Torreon, with reinforcements refused. Mazatlan, a Seaport in Sinaloa, supposedly fell to rebels and retreating federals arrived in Torreon with many wounded on the way to Mexico City.
President Taft, fearing a general coal mining shutdown, deputizes Charles P. Neill to mediate between anthracite and bituminous miners and operators. Neill meets with United Mine Workers leaders John P. White, John Dempsey, and John Fahy to arrange a new conference, while Daniel J. Keefe, immigration commissioner, also attends.
Incomplete returns from Arkasas Democratic primary show U.S. Senator Jeff Davis trailing former Rep Brundidge for the senatorial nomination as Gov Donaghey leads in governor race. Joe F. Robinson and T. H. Caraway lead Congress and other districts report close races with several incumbents and candidates listed.
Adolph Goldman, recently released from San Quentin, killed in a duel with ex mayor RR W Snow in the First Congregational Church assembly rooms Oakland California local enmity traces back to Snow’s 1836 mayoral election. Goldman previously shot Snow in San Francisco and served five years.
The Morning Post reports American promoters from the far Northwest arrived in London with plans for a railway to Bering Strait and a future tunnel under the strait to Siberia. Leading financiers, contractors, and engineers have shown interest as Russians advance their own railway.
In Hillsville area near the Blase Ridge Mountains two Allen bandits, one in female disguise, demanded fuel for a lantern and supplies, refused hospitality, and fled after taking ammunition from a valise. Indictments named Sidna Floyd Victor Cigude Friel Allen Byrd Marion Sidna Edwards and Weatey Edwards for murder and conspiracy.
Chronicle recounts Philip S. Hichborn wife’s elopement with Horace Wylie in 1910 and the subsequent suicide at his sister’s home. Notes Hoyt and Hichborn marriage in 1906, birth of a son, and Wylie’s social prominence and Canadian Europe escape. Ends with Hichborn’s presumed sorrow and public calm.
The couple Wylie and Hichborn returned from abroad in April and again disappeared in September 1911. Wylie’s settlement of $300,000 real estate to his wife and children followed, leading to Hichborn filing for divorce a few months later. The notes detail a reconciliation, a second disappearance, and ensuing legal action.
Philip 8. Hichborn commits death by own action at his sister Mrs. Paul Pearsall’s home at 1601 Eighteenth Street by shooting himself in the head. His mind was unbalanced by worry, friends say. Before firing the fatal shot he left a note stating he was not responsible and asked that his property go to his only son.
In a dramatic social Washington episode, Philip Hichborn son of Rear Admiral Hichborn shot himself at his sister’s home after learning his wife had eloped with Horace Wylie to Cap Martin and a baby was born. A note on a envelope announced his loss of mind and intent to leave property to his son. The incident followed a tumultuous affair that scandalized prominent families and drew international attention.
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