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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
1
President Taft denounced Roosevelt tariff ideas as wild and ridiculous while speaking at Cleveland. Taft challenged his rival’s claims amid a heated race, urging support from Ohio crowds and defending his administration’s record and revisions to tariff and treaties.
Advices from the current period report the Pan American steamship between Japan and Taerma has been quarantined due to suspected plague aboard. Officials declare a state of precaution as crews and passengers are screened and the ship remains at anchor until further notice.
Cleveland Ohio May 16 Taft says only 188 delegates remain to Chicago and predicts victory while claiming 520 Taft delegates already chosen. Toledo May 16 Roosevelt asserts 501 delegates and shows a list with 520 Taft notes and contested seats across New York Michigan Washington Mississippi and other states.
In Toledo a heated Roosevelt campaign stops center on taft family letters and a third term clash. Roosevelt quotes Taft père and argues against a third term while defending Walter Brown as a constitutional delegate and attacking Taft delegates backing big capital.
Mrs Rob ert Goelet summoned Officer Ossman after midnight to address a man who had called repeatedly over two nights and demanded to see the society leader. The man was detained by the butler until an officer arrived, and he was released after Mr Goelet declined to press charges. Police think the same man had troubled Mrs Belmont weeks earlier.
Special from Colorado Springs Colorado May 16 Clarence Pierce Brokaw of New York who vanished May 5 arrived three days later and has been hiding with his parents Mr and Mrs Thomas P Brokaw He brought his year old son whom he had kidnapped from his wifes parents Meg He said his wife left their home May 1 to live with her parents taking the boy with her with plans to place him in a military school
Miss Maas Van Slyke of Lawton Michigan outwitted skeptical sophomores as she and fellow students moved to Wellesley. They boarded a train to the campus, entered the library, and burned the so called forensic address amid a display of student protest and campus comings and goings.
At the thirteenth annual Civil Service Retirement Association convention in G A R Hall, officials urged unity to oppose a House measure extending five year tenure for DC government clerks. They backed Taft’s reforms, sought higher pay to meet living costs, and pressed for an equitable retirement plan and merited promotions. About 150 delegates from major cities attended, with a total voting strength of 6,081 and a membership of 1,568.
An appropriation of $10 was made to Mrs Llewellyn Jordan for her efforts on behalf of the association. Patrick C. McNabb of New York spoke briefly at Col Faunce's request during a meeting. An incident line on a bogus baron Birniey notes two years’ prison and a $600 fine.
Chicago May 16 James A Patten drew credit from market reporters for driving a dramatic drop in Chicago Board of Trade prices as wheat fell nearly 6 cents a bushel and cereals, pork, and corn also sank. Patten denied selling 5,000,000 bushels and said his trades were smaller, while estimates placed total wheat sales around 5,000,000 in the last 48 hours.
Charlotte Wooley, a widow from Elizabeth, reportedly killed herself with acid in Paterson New Jersey after wandering from her home and approaching Passaic Falls and the Valley of the Rocks. Her brother George Rogers a longtime secretary to John D Rockefeller stated she invested about 150000 dollars. A liver mesh bag with 3 cents and a memorandum book was found on her left hand.
Atlantic City May 14 The submarine torpedo boat Tuna lay grounded four miles from Great Egg Harbor life saving station as heavy seas pound her. Fourteen crew members ashore left Captain Dannehauer, Chief Electrician Parks, Engineer Bella and others aboard with a possible four hours of air. The vessel, built at Newport News for a contractor, was to be delivered to the government but remains under contractor supervision with a revenue cutter expected to assist before midnight.
Francis Westley Muehlfeldt a New York criminology student and evangelist was indicted for first degree murder in the February killing of Patrick Burns the saloon keeper. Police describe him as living a dual life with accomplice William Tingley and conducting open air revival meetings in Harlem and the Bronx while burglary and masked robbery preceded Burns’ murder.
A Paris report notes Garnier and Yallat, leaders of a motor gang, died by self act after a police pursuit. Autopsia shows both in good condition. they trained with gymnastics and trapeze at a Nogent villa and avoided liquor while living on fruit and vegetables. Nearby, Wilbur Wright suffers typhoid fever at home. doctors call condition not serious.
Special to The Washington Post reports light betting on the Ohio primary with Roosevelt still seen as likely to win delegates. Early this morning odds favored Roosevelt at 11 to 10 before Taft supporters’ claims circulated, suggesting a shift in betting activity.
Descriptions from Gen Huerta's forces report marching north ten miles with rebels left dead at every hundred yards. Desperate thirst and hunger cripple rebels near Beliano and Escalon as British and Mexican actions loom. Coatzacoalcos oil interests fall to rebels while the British gunboat Melpomene heads toward Coatzacoalcos with potential marines.
John P White international president of the Laugh Mine Workers of America along with John T Dempsey president of District No 1 and John Fahy president of the Ninth district pushed delegates to accept the tentative agreement with coal operators and end the mining suspension. A robers committee split as speeches filled the day and a vote on the final question was not before Saturday.
Special to The Washington Post reports on Bethany Club for Girls adopting a policy to certify beatific moral, social, and financial conditions. Mrs Willan A Peterson chairs the executive committee and enforces the rule that the beau must be devoid of tendencies that keep girls guessing. A club member quips about the difficult to discern qualities of possible suitors as the policy rollout prompts cautious optimism.
Boston May 16 Clarence V Richeson, condemned for Avie Linnell's murder in Hyannis, will die next week as Governor Foss refused commutation. Special insanity reports found him sane now but with hysterical and somnambulistic tendencies. the governor concluded clemency would be contrary to the public good. Richeson, calm in Charlestown, clung to a last hope, while officials indicated the decision followed expert alienist testimony and affidavits detailing hereditary insanity in his family.
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