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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
8
Washington D C Special Postmaster General Hitchcock designated one thousand fourth class offices as postal savings depositories. It marks the greatest single designation of such banks. The offices will handle banking transactions beginning May.
HARRISONBURG Va Special report notes Blue Ridge College of Union Bridge Maryland will move its 50 000 plant and equipment from Union Bridge to Bridgewater Rockingham County and consolidate with Bridgewater College. If approved the new institution will be named Blue Ridge College under the Church of the Brethren.
Washington reports a federal grand jury in Chicago will consider corruption charges against Senator Lorimer on Monday. Andrew Carnegie filed suit in New York seeking two million dollars from Samuel H. Eas in repayment of a loan to the Carnegie Trust Company in 1909 to save the bank, secured by United States Steel Bonds.
Smoke from jute cargo forced a halting cleanup as Captain and crew fought a portside fire aboard the Lowther Range off Bush Terminal Brooklyn. Fire hoses flooded the hold while longshoremen aided. ship listed to port as crews battled the blaze. The vessel had arrived from Calcutta.
Detectives led by Felts closed in on the Allen gang fugitives near the Virginia North Carolina line. Claude Swanson Allen resisted with two six shooters as he was captured after a long hunt in the mountains. Other gang members remain at large with rewards posted for several, while the arrest follows days of bushwhacking and careful planning.
The witness recounts the courthouse gunfight involving Floyd Allen and Dexter Goad, claiming no conspiracy and detailing escape by horse, hideouts in the Blue Ridge, and a pursuit by manhunters. He hints at a rural carrier role and predicts penitentiary time, with Sidna Edwards aiding their escape and Lucas handling a sudden ambush.
In Lynchburg Virginia a storm dropped 2.48 inches of rain last night while the James River rose to 10.3 feet and fell back to ten by 1 a.m. The Gamma province Sigma Alpha Episole Fraternity biennial convention opened at Hotel Carroll with delegations from multiple universities including University of Virginia George Washington University and Washington and Lee. General W W Brandon of Alabama attended as supreme head. A Piedmont Club reception followed and Randolph Macon Woman's College hosted a reception at the college with a banquet at the hotel to close the event.
New Brunswick jail over crowded and attractive to inmates leads Sheriff Bollacher to seek board approval to install buck-saws. Prisoners will saw wood to reduce fat and deter recidivism, with cut wood distributed to the poor.
In Harper's Weekly a conversation notes Watkins is seen downstairs with a lover's black cuffs, while Hoppleigh says he is not mourning for anyone, and claims he has been in Pittsburg for a week. The Indeg Appeal mentions the Colonel wishing to be out of the lime light for the first time in his life.
In a charged address at the Auditorium night, former President Roosevelt blasted the Taft machine as bullying and defaming Roosevelters in state primaries. He denounced “foul tactics” of administration bosses, likening New York harms to Tweed era frauds and predicting a Republican backlash against Taft’s approach.
In Washington the Taft and Roosevelt delegate tallies diverge daily. Taft claims 264 delegates after New York results and Mississippi and Colorado outcomes, while Roosevelt has yet to publish New York figures and has not commented on Colorado or Mississippi. Dixon boosts his candidate’s tally with claims of fifty and projects Taft's shortfall across several districts.
Roosevelt faction leader Duell appeals to Governor Dix to declare the primary invalid and schedule a second primary as Republican leaders clash over responsibility for missing or misprinted ballots. Koenig and Barnes contest who is at fault, citing elections and printing control.
At Bushwick Hospital in Brooklyn, a basement fire in a nurse laundry room broke out while 22 year old Harry Zulauf was on the operating table. Surgeons Ferguson Meury and Krie te continued the minor procedure as fire officials and staff learned of the blaze.
A hospital blaze drives patients and staff into action. Dr Meary opens windows and Dr Ferguson completes surgery despite smoke while nurses and orderlies maintain order. John Gardner uses a fire extinguisher and all staff stay calm as a crowd gathers outside the plaza.
News from New York states Mexico City was cut off from wire communication early today. Western Union and Mexican Cable Company offices reported no word from the capital since midnight, with possible causes including cut lines or storm disruption. Service resumed by 9 A M with Galveston advising wires were working again to Mexico City.
B Atherton secretary of the National Republican League says options are held on the Audi torium Theater and the First Regiment Armory for a rally after the presidential nomination. He denies any plan for an independent Roosevelt convention if the regular gathering fails. The league aims to elect the Republican nominee under its constitution.
Mass mill strike tensions were high as police guarded the Lawrence Manufacturing Company mill and other large mills. Pickets challenged workers at gates but officers prevented clashes. Six mills agreed to a meeting to consider worker demands today.
Five persons were killed and twenty three wounded in a street battle in Irmaganza today between students armed with automatic pistols and townspeople armed with rifles knives and clubs. Troops were called to enforce order and many arrests were made.
Barwick Telegram notes T. R. Joseph Cleaver of Nescopeck a Roosevelt enthusiast sent 100 four leaf clovers to Mr. Roosevelt after Taft reportedly received a clover from a Philadelphia woman. Cleaver hopes the luck aids the campaign and mentions seeking a wife.
In Mrs. Joseph Drexel's will a $10,000 trust funds the continued musical education of Domenico A. Bove of Philadelphia. Discovered on streets at eleven, the boy was taken in, tutored by top Philadelphia teachers, sent abroad four years ago to study under Otaker Sevell, and now the fund is to be administered by Mrs. Josephine Drexel Emmet of New York.
Pawtucket RI special bulletin reports the United Phioiion Company will raise wages by 10 percent starting Monday. The new wage schedule will cover about 25,000 workers across Rhode Island.
Under the Virginia branch of the National Citizens' League for banking and currency reform, meetings will be held in Norfolk and Petersburg following recent sessions in Richmond and Alexandria. Petersburg hosts a Chamber of Commerce event tonight with Dr H Parker Willis addressing businessmen. Norfolk sighted for April 16 with J Lawrence Laughlin of the University of Chicago as chief speaker. W Jett Lauck leads Southern league activities as reports show growing interest in practical banking reform across Carolinas and Virginia. Also noted, a Missouri farm wife study seeks to quantify wife labor and living standards for comparison with urban professionals.
Eastern railroads have not granted engineer wage demands citing fair rates. The conference committee notes prior increases tied to freight-rate decisions, with 18.63 percent annual rise requested. It warns higher costs could impair safety and service while highlighting past gains and ongoing hardships, as a strike risk looms in the East.
United States Marshal Henkel of New York posted a $500 reward in Hartford for the arrest of Pasquale Fusco amid white slavery cases. The report notes Fusco accused Pasquale Pigninoto, a government detective, of attempting blackmail linked to Morris Lena slave cases in New York. trial details follow.
United States District Attorney John T. Robinson said Fusco could be extradited from Italy if captured there. The case involves bond forfeiture in New York and alleged connections to Hartford New Haven and various financiers.
William V Thraves former Nowata prosecuting attorney and Richmond College law graduate has secured an eighty acre oil land plot near Nowata after a lengthy fight with Standard Oil interests. The land, owned by Indian maid Carrie Coch, was sold under local custom upon reaching majority. The land is valued at about $50,000 though its productive capacity suggested higher worth. Thraves represents Trio Oll and Gas Company and is a congressional candidate.
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