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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1912
Page
9
The Washington Post decries baseball rowdiness and argues that public opinion supports suppressing such behavior. It criticizes the American League president for seeming to back rough spectators and calls for stronger protection of players, urging ejecting vulgar fans and enforcing discipline.
A critique of claims by the Anti Saloon League and Presbyterian Church assembly that drinking causes nine tenths of crime and that Sabbath violating Sunday sports drive punishment. The piece accuses parties of manipulating figures to suit their agenda and portrays Washington as a target of competing moral campaigns.
The Senate is urged to back the House driven money inquiry into the so called money trust. Pujo leads the probe committees hoping for decisive results. Opposition notes the need to repeal a bank secrecy section. Senate scrutiny and multiple witnesses are anticipated before any proceeding.
Public opinion ended the impasse between Detroit players led by Ty Cobb and American League authorities. The dispute highlighted authority versus dissent and the players' belief that public support could challenge the league president’s decisions.
The article notes a $115,000,000 drop in net earnings for corporations in 1911 versus 1910, despite 18,000 new returns under the corporation excise tax. It blames higher wages, rising costs of manufacturing supplies, and raw materials, with a bleak 1912 outlook as gross earnings fall further and hostile legislation and aggressive labor policies press on industry.
At Wilkes-Barre a miners' meeting ratified a four year agreement ending the strike era. The vote 323 to 64 favored the plan from the union and owners, renewing terms of the strike commission with a 10 percent wage increase for all workers. Owners warned they cannot fund further raises, citing profits already squeezed and risk to business.
A sprawling column touches on the Acton family’s European ties and aristocratic connections, detailing marriages, titles, and diplomatic roles across Italy, Naples, and Britain. It then shifts to a London gypsy caravan journey, discussing historical treatment of gypsies, regulatory attitudes, and a planned move to South America.
The United States plans to supervise the May voter registration in Panama and the July presidential election. Army officers and a marine liaison will oversee registration, with representatives from both the patriot union led by Gen Petro Diez and the Vargas opposition, aiming to ensure fair access and prevent duplication while maintaining order.
Orthodox Hebrews in Washington mark Shabouth today and tomorrow at Washington Hebrew Congregation 745 tonight and 92 tomorrow morning. The festival recalls Moses receiving the Ten Commandments atop Mount Sinai seven years after the Exodus, with a spring harvest rite of leaven bread from the season’s first grain offered in thanksgiving.
Representatives of anthracite mine workers and coal companies signed a wage and concession agreement at Reading Company headquarters in Philadelphia. Workers ratified it in Wilkes-Barre last week. Mining, halted for seven weeks, will resume next Wednesday under the pact.
A list of officer absences and duty movements is announced including Lieut Col John H Beacom two months, Maj William P Pence one month and fifteen days, Maj Thomar G Han Som twenty days, Capt Henry R Richmond four months and Capt Charles Herrington four months. A board of officers, chaired by Lieut Col Willis T May, will examine candidates at the Army Medical Museum in Washington DC. Several captains and lieutenants across cavalry, infantry, field artillery and coast artillery are detailed for transfers, duties, or training at Fort Leavenworth and related posts, with some to San Francisco and Pittsburgh for official business.
A garbled naval orders list names ships such as Mayflower Hector Saratoga and Birmingham. It notes movements between ports including Baton Rouge Boston Washington Annapolis Newport News Shanghei Foochow and Portsmouth with origin points like Vickburg Norfolk and Newport. The fragment includes many misspellings and incomplete phrases but conveys multiple ship movements and destinations.
Private claims for District of Columbia citizens were included in the otiatbus elim Dill report to the Senate. Cary introduces a bill to charter Virgin Terminal Co to build a double track streetcar line from Roslyn Virginia across Aqueduct Bridge to Union Station and along M Street Georgetown to New Jersey Avenue. Ben Johnaertn proposes a prison term of one to ten years for taking titles in autos belonging to others without consent.
In Norristown the wills of George D Widener and his son Harry Dikins Widener were probated. P B Widener endowed a 4 million dollar endowment in 4 percent securities for a Widener Memorial School for Crippled Children. The Henry Elving Widener library goes to Harvard University. Estate details allocate life income and remainder to heirs. a 30 acre Broad Street Olney Avenue site and a Longport summer school tract have been deeded. The trust funds may support other charities if unspent.
The report outlines Lorimar Investigating committees and proposals on federal judges tenure, a constitutional amendment for a 10 year president term, a coal lands bill, a federal railroad from tidewater to Talay River, and tariff schedules. House action notes include Secretary Wilson appointment scrutiny, Virginia Termidel Company charter, a crosstown street rail plan, and an investigation into the inspection service with testimony from Dr J Harms. The Senate adjourned at 30 minutes past the hour. House adjourned at pm until later today.
The Methodist Protestant Church conference in Baltimore delayed church union with United Brethren and Methodist Episcopal communions, tabling or referring items to the commission on church union. A quadrennial report noted a Japan mission with 114 enrolled members, 2770 Sunday school attendees, and four ministers, valued at $77,490 in property.
Theodore Putt a long time businessman died at his Sixth and Q streets home after months of heart trouble. A native of Germany he was 70 years old and had moved from Baltimore to Washington to run a grocery business until retiring in 1901. He served as director of the German Orphan Asylum and Prospect Hill Cemetery Association and belonged to Zion Lutheran Church. Survived by his widow two daughters and four sons. Funeral at Zion Lutheran Church Thursday at 8 o clock.
Special to The Washington Fw Cumberland Md May Former United States Senator George L Wellington aged years old, recently elected a Roosevelt delegate at large from Maryland to Chicago, is reported in a dying condition tonight from paralysis after being stricken last night on his return from Baltimore. He had been indisposed for some days, but was not bedfast.
The piece quotes satirical and fragmentary lines about actors gossip and women’s attitudes toward show business. It highlights comments on red hair, optimism in adversity, pride, and a green widow, ending with a quip about a woman writer and reverence.
Fragmentary gossip piece humorously observes male vanity and pretensions. It notes how people mock others who claim to instruct on wealth and social advice, while the speaker warns against self-importance and borrowed judgments.
Special to The Washington Pow New York May Dr May d Aiva Gorton, aged 80, becomes father of twins in an eugenics experiment. His theory claimed sex could be predetermined and a son would be born, but the result included an extra child. Leonora is the name chosen for the daughter.
Buffalo New York May 2 Thomas Hugherston a railroad machinist in Depewa reports fortune over a million from uncle Donald MacGraw who died in South America His estate 14 million to be shared among eleven nieces and nephews all in modest means Arkansas Trial Trip: The battleship Arkansas, the world’s largest dreadnought, will begin trials at Rockland June 4 after naval board announcement prior to tomorrow’s torpedo boat destroyer Jenkins trial.
Weather dispatch notes low pressure over the middle United States bringing showers from the Atlantic to the Great Lakes while the South remains fair and warm The Colorado River region warns flood conditions as winds shift along the New England coast and Gulf Coast temperatures vary by region with notable contrasts from New England to the Deep South.
Norman E Mack, head of the Democratic National Committee, said Democratic prospects look brighter than in two decades. He predicted a harmonious Baltimore convention, survey of New York and Eastern states, and strong fundraising for the Roosevelt opposition if Taft foes unite against him.
An observer records shifting support between Champ Clark and Theodore Roosevelt. Clark is seen as the likely Democratic nominee, while Roosevelt inspires many despite Republican hurdles. The writer cites Roosevelt’s broad popular appeal and predicts Clark’s nomination with Taft possibly winning the GOP nod.
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