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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1910
Page
1
Rebel forces seize horses from Madero ally’s ranch in Torreon as federal troops form a cordon to stop Maderists. Consul reports no messages from agents for three days. Mexican and American troops guard streets of Gomez Palacio and the border. Rebels active in Guerrero.
Mexico City wires report that President Creel says Mexico faces no danger and that order is restored despite mutinies in Puebla Gomez Palacio Parral Guerrero. Rebel activity includes Lerdo and Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, with trains and telegraph services gradually resuming and US troops patrolling near the border to curb arms movement.
Reports from Nuevo Laredo and several Chihuahua towns say martial law is in force as stores close and guards organize to protect cities. Parral saw twenty killed on Monday while a raid on Francisco Madero’s San Enrique ranch yielded 250 horses seized. An armed band camped near Minera, Texas, and rumors place Madero on the move toward the estate, with authorities claiming efforts to mobilize mounted forces have been checked. Soldiers fired on rebels near San Andres. a colonel and four soldiers died, with rebels possibly losing twenty including women. Foreigners in Chihuahua urged to organize for protection. Four government troops arrived from the south to reinforce frontier defenses.
Francisco I Madero, brother of the Mexican revolutionary leader, is in Washington as a representative and issued a formal statement denying anti American plots while promising respect to American and other foreign nationals. Telegraph lines remain hampered but some routes stay intact, with Mexico City increasingly isolated due to revolutionary activity. Madero crossed into Mexico and his public sighting in Washington was his first formal communiqué to the press.
Dispatches from London and Rio de Janeiro say Brazilian warships mutinied in harbor, firing on Rio Janeiro and leaving business suspended. Officers and crews in control of ships while negotiations progress. legation says no political motive. Sao Paulo carries President elect Hermes Fonseca, inaugurated Nov 15, with no confirmed public trouble since.
New York on November 2 a box of cigars sold for 2000 at Madison Square Garden. Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas arranged the sale and John H. Shults of Port Chester N Y bought them. Shults offered 3000 but Bailey took 2000. Shults, a noted horse breeder, had Prince McKinney the stallion sold to Bailey for 1750 with Shults regretting the loss as the hammer fell. Bailey refused a higher bid and the cigars went for 2000, 230 more than he paid.
In St Petersburg on November 23, thousands of students gathered to honor Tolstoi with speeches that attacked the government. Police and dragoons dispersed the crowd with swords and knouts, leaving a score wounded. A planned Kazan Cathedral assembly raised fears of a larger clash as troops were deployed. Bills in the duma proposed state funding for Tolstoi memorial schools.
New York Nov 23 Magistrate Dooley ruled abandonment occurs when a wife has nothing to eat at home. Architect Joseph Seckerson was charged with abandonment by his wife Rose married in July, estranged after two months. He denied claims, but Dooley ordered $6 weekly support and a $312 bond by November 28 to fulfill the obligation.
In New York City Hell's Kitchen, George Gallagher and Martin Brennan received long prison terms for the murder of William Lennon, a bartender, after a bitter feud between rival gangs. Gallagher confessed detailing fist fights and two shooting incidents. Brennan, a second offender, drew nineteen years.
The Washington Post reports that Senators Bailey Rayner and Bacon vie for the Democratic caucus chair to replace Senator Money who retires March 3. Bailey was seen in New York amid a surge of national Democratic interest and speculation.
Cleveland officials report Charles A. Sandals and Albert Griffin of Sandals Griffin & Co were arrested by post office inspectors on charges of using the mails to defraud. They sold Sterling Oil Company stock to farmers in northern Ohio promising 1 percent return, claiming vast oil fields in Oklahoma. The value of the stock is in doubt. Bonds set at $5,000 each.
Cr W James, 23, from Madison County, climbed to a cliff near Asheville and tied eagle wings to his shoulders with rope and an umbrella. He jumped into a 50 foot drop, the wings failed, he was unconscious and badly bruised. friends treated his injuries.
Special Cable reports the Mauretania will sail from Liverpool on December 10 and attempt a round trip in eleven days. The Chesapeake and Ohio Fast Service to Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis St Louis Chicago and the West offers a solid train to St Louis with Chicago sleepers leaving Washington at 6:30 p.m. Other trains depart at 6:00 p.m. and 11:10 p.m. First class la carte dining car service featured.
W J Bryan in the Commoner warns against a Baltimore conference for 1912 Conservative Democrats. He questions the conference’s representative quality and personnel inviting the conferees. He argues the gathering could misrepresent the rank and file and align with Democratic political influences.
Col Moses Wetmore millionaire chairman of the Democratic national committee finance committee and Bryan campaign manager in 1908 was seriously injured in a Broadway street accident. He was struck by a horse and buggy driven by Joseph A Bachmann and taken to Jewish Hospital with a concussion fractured hand and facial contusions.
Detectives tracing the William Lewis case link the trunk found at 450 West Fifty fourth street to a zinc box made for Callier. They believe Albert Cartier, a French artist and Lewis associate, was killed and Lewis sought. Calls go out to art publishers for Callier's whereabouts as police suspect Lewis remains in New York.
Brief items report Mexican rebels seize a town as President Taft resumes duties. Madero proclaims himself president amid shifting power. Drexel sets altitude record and Brazilian sailors rebel. Also noted are gang violence cases and political notes along with early acknowledgments of public figures and events.
John A Nesbit aged 70? of Canton township died in a house fire after his head was found in the grate ashes. The scene at Falls To Death In Fire reports the wealthy man, born in the same house, discovered by a nephew early this morning while preparing breakfast.
Mrs Pearl Daval Davidson filed suit to recover household goods seized in attach ment against her husband A J Davidson. She claims wines and liquors in the Aberdeen apartments belong to her, while noting the pair spent lavishly at Western hotels. Davidson's alleged extravagance and recent escape from St Louis fuel questions about his fate.
Charles W Armour says declines in cattle hog and sheep prices reflect abundant crops and easing hog shortages. Wholesale meat prices including pork are lower than a month and a year ago.
Quote from Champ Clark and James J. Mann expressing strong doubt about an extra congressional session. Taft favored cabinet discussion on tariff schedule revision at the upcoming session, with little likelihood of an extraordinary session beyond regular appropriations.
President Taft returns to Washington amid calls from senators and representatives about an extra session and tariff revision. He favors schedule by schedule testing, with wool duties seen as the key defect, and plans to meet tariff board members next week to gauge readiness. Senators Carter and Representative Mann shape the coming politics as Republicans debate leadership and the chance for real action in a curtailed session.
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