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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
1
Turbulent reports warn of a sudden wire and cable shutdown in Mexico City and U S actions to arm ten divisions amid fears of a capital crisis. Dispatches say German gun shipments and English rail movements fuel the emergency, with federal and rebel clashes near Jimenez and Torrances, as communications are censored and tensions mount across Mexico.
The sudden death of Philip Hichborn by suicide stunned Washington society. His wife Mrs Hichborn and relatives prepared for funeral arrangements in Cambridge Mass as a long tragedy unfolded. Relations of Mrs Wylie and Pearsall remain estranged while family members rushed to handle affairs and await word on Mrs Hichborn and Mr Wylie abroad.
Report notes about 000 men at Santa Rosalia and Chihuahua Orozco well supplied with artillery including six machine guns. Mentions modern field pieces captured from the federal at Corralitos on a motor and several guns turned out at the Chihuahua shops.
Mollie Meyers sues Dr Herman J Boldt for 4000 dollars over a 1906 surgery in which a three foot towel was allegedly sewn into her body at Vincents Hospital. Dr Benjamin Friedman testifies from Hungary that he removed a towel fragment and notes Boldt sent the towel to the New York County Medical Association as a curiosity.
Mayors of Pennsylvania towns urge President Taft to appoint a nonpartisan commission to settle the anthracite and bituminous coal wage disputes as talks fail. Operators insist on no compromise, labor warns of a broad stoppage threatening 600,000 miners. Government keeps informed but offers no decisive action while unions and operators prepare for a potential nationwide shutdown next week.
London March 28 The coal crisis improves as the minimum wage bill passes all stages in both houses and awaits the royal assent. Lords approve after political pressure and troop deployments curtail violence while miners pledge to wait for the ballot result before resuming work.
Hubert Currie, 15, told a Richmond coroners jury he shot his father William Edward Currie after witnessing the man strike his mother. He said the father pursued her and warned him to leave, prompting the shooting as a last effort to protect his mother. the jury found Currie was shot by his son but did not resolve provocation.
A Polish mineworker Evan Millick, his wife, and their three children perished in a early morning house fire at Askam near Wilkes-Barre. The blaze killed the entire family as they slept, with authorities reporting no survivors.
New York March 2 After 41 witnesses the grand jury in Folke E Brandt's case presented to Judge Grain found Schiff and Howard Gans not guilty of conspiracy in sending the servant to prison for 30 years for burglary. The jury also said Brandt should not face burglary in the first degree but grand larceny. The court refused to receive that finding. Both Schiff and Mrs Schiff testified. Brandt has been released on bail. The jury noted no indictments justified by the evidence and withheld further action.
A massive 10 pound rat attacked five family members on the ground floor of their East New York home. Terrence McKenna, his wife, and three children were forced to defend themselves as the rodent, described by witnesses as carne, fought them until a druggist allegedly killed it. Packaged as a wild domestic incident with fear and injury noted among the McKenna family.
A series of cases from Montgomery involve murder and manslaughter verdicts. Robert Wilson and Robert Glee are named in indictments and a jury assessed manslaughter in the second degree for one defendant. Separate actions mention a Lee Long case from Opelika with a ninety day sentence for killing a white man.
In Mississippi the split yields Taft four delegates while Indiana’s Sixth District convention endorses the President yet elects delegates favoring his opponent. Two additional Hoosier districts plan conventions as both sides claim gains.
Report shows Taft supporters winning delegates in Mississippi regular convention while Roosevelt backers contest a separate lineup. Indiana delegates split with seven districts for Taft and four for Roosevelt, with later contests planned. Contests expected in the Twelfth and Thirteenth districts.
A DC public hearing on universal transfer legislation drew lawmakers, transit officials, and about 50 advocates from many groups. Chairman Hew Johnson criticized the Senate bill as undefined and incomplete, while supporters urged prompt action to relieve traffic on Fifteenth Street and New York Avenue. Several speakers warned the measure could be delayed to next session if flaws remain, with conference talks planned to draft a revised bill.
Page by page rundown with section titles including Americans In Mexico, Mrs Hichborn, Soft Com Strike Seema, Two Delegations from Miscissions, Dreft Transfer, Bancroft Divorce, Hillavite Outlaw, Society Givers, Ananias Club Women, Daggera Duet, Roosevelt on Judges, Denies Bett Hint, Lorimer District Pension Bill, Abolish Commerce Court, Baseball and Sports, Knox Dynamite Flot, Autoists Fight Tex Migetowery, Coupell Meeting Here.
The Wilmington court heard sensational charges as Bancroft and Madeleine du Pont Bancroft faced divorce with a custody dispute over their 4-year-old son. Evidence included letters, alleged infidelity, and a trial held largely behind closed doors.
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