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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1911
Page
2
Senators Martins selection of the Democratic steering committee prompts progressive Democrats Kern and Hitchcock to fault the balance and threaten floor action. The caucus will review committee assignments, with Republicans adding a Progressive seat to appease intra party demands.
In Waynesboro Virginia on May 9 women who own real estate will vote in a bonds measure for a new public school building. The election requires a two thirds affirmative vote and is governed by a law allowing freeholders to cast ballots in such matters.
William Hammond alias E W Martin is sent from Hastings Court to the penitentiary for five years. He faced additional charges for a second conviction and possible life term after prior terms. At age nearly seventy he had begun a silverware theft campaign and was caught in a Broad Street pawn shop. He pleaded guilty to robbing W P Knight and received five years. other charges were dropped.
Richmond notes Governor Mann vows strict enforcement against race track gamblers in Norfolk. He will use all powers to curb offenders and seek broader legal authority from the next Legislature if current statutes prove too narrow.
Vasquez, a sixteen year old girl soldier and the only woman to fight under the insurgent banner in Mexico, is exile in El Paso. She declined Vaudeville offers after enlisting with her father at Santa Teresa and fighting at Casas Grandes. Meanwhile L Gutierrez De Lara, socialist captain under General Madero, seeks a theatrical engagement to raise rebel funds.
Two hotel waiters fought over an apron during Easter reception at the Chamberlin Hotel in Old Point Virginia. John Barksdale shot fellow waiter George Price. Price is in serious condition after being taken to a local hospital. Barksdale is in the Fort Monroe government prison.
Senator Bacon and Senator Burton dismissed reports of a Mexico Japan treaty as fake after briefings with President Taft. They stated no such agreement existed and warned against publishing the story. The officials cited U S actions to protect investments and neutrality along the Mexican border.
Washington report states President Diaz has moved nearly all troops from the capital toward a route to the Atlantic coast leaving only two regiments of government troops in Mexico. Insurrectionists are scarce along the capital corridor, prompting critics to call the troop redeployments an escape avenue.
Missouri Supreme Court reverses lower court verdict in the murder case of Colonel Thomas H. Swope. Pathologist Dr. B Clark Hyde is granted a new trial based on two principal points of appeal. The ruling cites procedural or evidentiary concerns that impacted the original conviction.
The North German Lloyd liner Princess Irene, worth 1 500 000, was towed to her deck after 83 hours grounded at Lone Hill life saving station off Wire Ishund. Officials plan to open a responsibility inquiry into the grounding and risk to 1743 passengers. Prominent figures in the Asch building fire investigation include John Wiske man civil engineer and coroner’s jurors Charles Sooy amith and John J. Clancy.
Lawyers argue the indictment and testimony on Moss Hunton and Chrisman Swope and the alleged Swope poisoning are incompetent and prejudicial. Case heads back to Jackson County Criminal Court for an early retrial. Hyde, once facing life, was arrested after a coroner verdict linked Swope’s death to strychnine. He posted $56,000 bond as Mrs. Hyde testified in his defense.
Washington D C special report reveals James R Mann and Republican leaders reshaping committee assignments to placate insurgents. Insurgent members gain heft while Ex Speaker Cannon resumes senior spots on Appropriations and Ways and Means panels amid a renewed House fight over majority minority ratios. Bascom Slemp placed on Mines and Mining and on Expenditures in the Post Office Department.
A southbound Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad train near Midvale was halted by a red signal early today. The robbers reportedly suffered from cold feet and fled after stopping the train.
A brakeman fell from the rear step during a mid run hold up and was fired at from darkness. The shot missed and the robber vanished before the train sped away escaping without capturing the crew.
In Norfolk Virginia the Christ Episcopal Church congregation faced a clash as Rev. D C G Steinmetz read a letter from Bishop Randolph forbidding changes to the service. Steinmetz protested the action calling it tyrannical while members met to protest.
In the Senate on Monday Senator Culberson of Texas presented a memorial signed by 500 El Paso citizens urging the United States to refrain from any steps or interests in the Mexican revolution. They contend the insurgents’ warfare is a struggle for existence and ask any interfering moves be rescinded. Senator Gronna of North Dakota offered a memorial from a North Dakota convention protesting reciprocity.
An English language quotation from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat discusses persistence and effort. It notes that despite neglect or mockery, a porous plaster endures and achieves success through steady application. The passage emphasizes perseverance and practical work.
In Hagertown Maryland a hen belonging to Mrs William Moore laid eggs containing two small bullets. She heard a hard drop into the frying pan while cooking and found the bullets after inspecting the eggs. locals view it as a grave omen of coming war.
Michael S Link a chief witness in the William Lorimer bribery case was found dead in his Edwardsville home bathroom Monday morning. Deputy coroner called for inquest. Link reportedly died of a sudden coughing attack. He had testified in the Lorimer graft scandal and admitted participating in the Bath room Bob payout.
Special report describes a newly struck natural gas well on Hen and Chicken Island causing a deadly explosion. The blast hurled the derrick and drills, injuring about twenty workers and killing one man. A $500,000 operation to pipe gas to the district soon began.PB A Blackburn, a 48 year old expert from Pennsylvania, claimed Memphis sits atop a vast gas field possibly the greatest in the world.
Three hundred workers were trapped by flames at Owens & I paper box factory on Madison Street Hoboken. Smoke choked exits as panic spread. a girl collapsed on the fourth floor and was rescued by firefighters while others escaped via an enclosed stairway on Elev nth Street after a stampede.
Indictments unsealed against Bob Levy general manager G T Miller bookmaker William Hickey Joe Rose I Cohen Red McMahon L C Hall the Jamestown Jockey Club and John and Richard Doe for betting violations. Jury alleges Levy leased a shed for betting. others charged under Virginia anti betting laws. Accused to appear before Justice Carmine Friday. Miller and Hickey previously released after magistrate rulings.
The body of Tom L. Johnson former Mayor of Cleveland arrived in New York and was taken to Greenwood Cemetery for a simple service. At Grand Central Station floral offerings marked the arrival with pallbearers and friends including Henry George Jr Senator Pomerene Brand Whitlock William Jennings Bryan and Lincoln Steffens. The Johnson family will remain in the East permanently.
The House will call up the Canadian reciprocity bill tomorrow and aim for speedy passage. It is expected to reach the Senate early next week. House leaders also plan to take up party measures rather than caucus measures at once.
The House is expected to report today on a bill for popular election of senators and may also report a measure for pre election disclosure of campaign contributions. Action on these and other items like the Underwood free list and statehood for Arizona and New Mexico is anticipated by month end as the House moves quickly before the Senate weighs each measure. The farmers free list aims to offset tariff losses by removing duties on farm use articles to balance reciprocity effects.
John Townsend Miller, son of John Francis Miller, was arraigned in Jefferson Market Police Court on a charge of stealing a $100 watch from Miss Alice Johnson. Miss Johnson appeared in court saying Miller had already suffered enough for his alleged indulgences.
The United States Government has opened a post office at Catawba Sanatorium Virginia with A Lambert Martin as post master and W M Goode as assistant. A daily star route from Salem delivers mail about one hour earlier than the former system, and correspondents should use Catawba Sanatorium Va for routing.
Richmond Shriners visiting Alexandria were detained for parading without a permit. Dr George F Bagby and EK Donham were taken to police station then released after securing real estate backing. Novice parade elements were housed in a large cage drawn by oxen as spectators looked on.
In Timber Ridge near Greeneville Tennessee a man named James Swecker, proclaimed Civil War veteran and local Congressional candidate, reappeared at his own burial as mourners watched. A decedent found earlier by railway workers was identified as Mellengore of Morristown, leaving murder or train strike as possible death causes.
Marriage licenses issued yesterday list Virginia pairs: Robert HB Payne, 21, and Ada Fairburn, 18, both Harrisonburg. William Wiston, 34, Great Falls, and Frankie Etta Jenkin, 24, Leighs. V Mathers, 30, Clifton, and Grace Whiton, 25, Clifton Fairfax area.
Murine Eye Salve offered in new 25c size and Murine Eye Liquid 260 to 800 with Eye Books included in each package.
General Roger Atkinson Pryor aged eighty three, lifelong New York resident, recalls being the last survivor of the Sumter bombardment. He cites his roles as lawyer, journalist, congressman, Confederate officer, and judge, with a prized wartime note to his wife preserved in his library.
Edgar Bayley Brownell twenty four of Brooklyn confessed at a preliminary hearing to forging a telegraph order for twenty five dollars. He said he acted because he was a stranger friendless and fundless after missing a ten dollar registered letter from his mother. The letter theft was reported by Emma H Brownell. The messenger Ken Stephens confessed stealing the letter and received twelve months. Brownell, who fled to Baltimore, was arrested after the crime.
Sanford Kentucky witness reports a three year old girl died of fright after a gander seized her dress with its bill and flapped its wings in the yard near Chappell's Gap. The mother rescued the child but she died instantly. no injuries were found on the body.
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