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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1912
Page
1
Taft assails Roosevelt as an egotist and demagogue while warning he is unsafe to rule. The president declares Roosevelt’s views would intoxicate a victor at the White House and likens himself to Lincoln, asserting he resembles him less than any man in the nation’s history.
Fractured OCR depicts a ferocious exchange on constitutional limits and a potential third term. Roosevelt attacks Taft while Taft supporters insist on stability, contrasting visions for the nation and sparking debate over presidential power and future leadership.
In a bitter House battle the direct election of U S senators by the people gained approval from both chambers. The Bristow amendment set federal supervision, while a Bartlet proposal aimed to strip such oversight. Supporters hail the vote as a major step toward popularizing government.
Report from El Pano Texas dated May 13 details a failed assassination of Eneiro Enrile, key financial agent for the revolt linked to Reyes and Limantour. Frontline movements show rebel gains near Conejos and Bellano, with Huerta’s forces reporting heavy losses and Orozco urging continued resistance against Madero.
California Republican polls open this morning and close at regular hours. Conventions today include landslide Republican, Tenmenora Republican, and Washington Republican gatherings along with Democratic events in New Mexico and New Hampshire. Roosevelt campaign funds and opposition tactics are debated as the president addresses crowds, including a Steubenville rally. The piece notes third term debates and constitutional concerns while chronicling a busy campaign day.
An afternoon edition of E Intransigente was suppressed by police, thousands of copies burned, forms broken, and matrices destroyed. Reports claim clashes between Oaxacans and state troops near Huutla, four miles south of Oaxaca, with high casualties among matcontents and ongoing focal tensions.
Ambassador Wilson in Mexico City denies any interview attributing to Mexican Minister Calero that an American note to Mexico was altered. He insists Calero never made such statements and that the quoted paragraph was sent to the Mexican government in full.
Women voters are expected to play a large role as Taft Roosevelt factions clash over delegates. Predictions vary with Taft praised for a statewide majority and Roosevelt managers seeking a double digit plurality. California slated to send 26 delegates to the Republican national convention.
Miss Geanpier, 21, drowned after diving into Glass Pond in Austin to rescue a dog that fell from a boat. Her body remained unrecovered in 10 feet of water after the moonlit incident. Local authorities search the area for the missing swimmer and animal.
Georgia Wo, a stenographer from Sioux City, sues Momer Hodenheaver a hamn singer with Billy Sundays revival band for 38000 damages alleging breach of promise to marry. The parties met at Sioux City home during a revival.
The Methodist Episcopal Church conference debated Paragraph 26 restricting amusements as a majority voted 100 to reject the subcommittee’s recommendation to remove the section. Dr James R Day of Syracuse University led the minority report and a Chinese delegate spoke through an interpreter. A judge from California urged retaining the prohibitive code while others warned of possible rebukes from bishops over extra sermon payments.
Mrs OvNall of Tampa reports Miss Dorothy Bateman learned today of a fortune left by Rose Winans. Grandmother Mrs ONotl notes the engagement between Rose Winans’s granddaughter and Mr Winans, with plans to wed in June, following family illness and a recent death in the family.
Baltimore May 14: leaders of Taft and Roosevelt factions reach an early morning agreement to split Maryland's delegation to the Republican national convention. Each battle will have two delegates at large and sixteen district delegates, with instructions to vote for Roosevelt while any nomination remains possible. A Roosevelt supporter is set as temporary chairman at the state convention, and a Taft supporter as permanent chairman.
Richeson undergoes a sixty hour examination by experts and alienists with fear that he may collapse when the strain ends. He is sent to death cell awaiting final conclusions from the examination team.
Clarence Richeson underwent extensive physical tests by Gov Foas appointed alienists. He was blindfolded and made to jump, tested with a gold pin, eyelids twitched, hands extended to observe tremors, and subjected to gymnastic stunts. He was questioned about childhood, walked on a taped floor, squatted, and repeatedly tapped at the heel tendon with a silver hammer.
Boston reports detail Charles Street Jail where Tyrla Linnell murder defendant Lawrence V. Richeson fights to read uncensored press as Sheriff Quinn delays transfer. Alienists test his mental state over six hours as Gov Foss experts study results for possible reprieve or stay of execution.
London May 12 Louis Mason an American with mining ties and former private secretary to Gen Alger died in a Brooklands air crash. His passenger aviator Fisher also died when the monoplane plunged to earth after a sharp turn. Ray Wheeler, an amateur, and Peter Glasser were killed or fatally injured in separate crashes in St Louis and Kinloch Park. Ralph McMillan, at Perry Town exhibition, was badly hurt. Mason’s widow Daisy Comstock Simons survives with three children.
Special to The Washington Post reports William Deaf and his wife in East Sixteenth Street, driven by hunger and unemployment, have given away one child and offer two more for sale to find homes and food. The father, a diamond setter, says the family cannot be supported. the relinquished child is about two to three years old, with two other children aged around one to two years awaiting guardians or foster care.
Special to The Washington Post reports Rev Dr Henri Grandilenard pastor of the French Presbyterian Church died at New York Hospital from apoplexy after a dental extraction. Doctors attribute the fatal shock to the emotional strain following the procedures.
London reports Bruce Ismay plans an endowment to provide pensions for disabled seamen of all White Star Line classes and widows as a thanks offering and Titanic heroism memorial. The fund is said to total about 100 600 dollars.
Lawmakers clash over district appropriation with 4 percent amendments from the Senate. The House votes to send to conference as conferees from both chambers battle over school funding items including ground purchase for Corcoran Belod and new high school buildings. Debate centers on Takoma annex and Chevy Chase and Congress Heights additions. Conference committee to resolve differences next.
New York May 11 former outlaw Della Fox also known as Mrs Yor or Mrs James died in West Grove after leaving belongings with Mrs Dominick Sasso. Scout and sharpshooter linked to Texas Charles and the James gang, later worked in slums. Fox, a Scotland native who came to the United States at 16, toured with Jesse James and published a memoir claiming she shot several men.
J W Burroughs, ex US meat inspector now at Cumberland, testifies before House committee that Cumberland packers used impure Potomac water for washing meats. He says department interference allowed practice to continue and cites Philadelphia plant conditions, wormy meat, and illegal “inspected” labeling. Solicitor McCabe presents alleged letter about Burroughs borrowing money. officials deny Burroughs' reliability and fault the packers for blocking access to parts of plants.
Secretary Roch linger of the International Hotel Workers union stated an ultimatum would be presented to all hotels in New York City at midnight urging immediate bargaining. If not met, a general strike was planned for tomorrow affecting waiters and hotel employees across the city.
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