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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1912
Page
2
Norfolk Special reports fifty eight top thoroughbred horses will ship from Columbia to Charleston for the winter meeting. The horses travel aboard a six car steel train with attendants and an observation car.
Special dispatch reports Turkish forces in Tripoli crushing an Italian column at Gargaresh last Thursday. Italians fled toward Pi city after 150 killed. Italians left dead on the field. Turkish casualties not published.
A scoundrel letter from Ivanovitch in Madrid seeks a $150,000 loan in exchange for a promised $480,000, claiming danger to his fortune and daughter while his supposed Russian prison plight is used to lure Richmond residents. The notice denounces the long running scam as one of the oldest and shallowest forms of fraud.
In Lawrence Massachusetts special forces of the State militia faced strikers at Arlington mill when pickets doubled by night. Bayonets were used amid outbreaks as workmen stayed at posts. William D Haywood arrived to lead with Pearl McGill, a 17 year old town girl and socialist. Joseph Ettor proposed a compromise plan to restrain actions in the mill districts.
A Tulane University speech by Finley of the Southern Railway traced white and black population changes from 1890 to 1900 and 1900 to 1910. He cited census data showing slower Negro growth and a rising white majority across the region south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi, with figures illustrating the shift in relative population shares.
The 1910 census shows a smaller proportion of negroes in total population for Kentucky and Tennessee compared with 1900. Kentucky decreased by 23 050 people, 8.1 percent, while Tennessee fell by 7 166 people, 1.5 percent. The Census Office lists the percentages of negroes to total population for the two states for 1900 and 1910.
Boston report states W T Richeson, condemned for Avis Linnell murder, shows no change in health. Dr George A Sargent, jail physician, said Richeson will be able to face execution as scheduled despite rumors of his imminent death.
Shanghai special reports deepening political rift as Wu Ting Fang prepares to force Sun Yat Sen to honor earlier agreements. Defections threaten to split the republican ranks and arm as generals may carry troops into factional wars. Huang Sing demands 7 million dollars from China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company to fund anti-Manchu campaign. Corporate directors told to decide.
Attorney General Williams labeled the Virginia Book Company a pure trust and urged immediate suits against each publisher. He proposed cities and counties buy books through state guidelines, claiming significant cost savings and better selection. He cited standardised prices and higher Virginia costs compared with other states, and suggested local distribution and restricted publisher lists.
An investigating committee questioned Virginia Book Company contracts with Schofield and later heard Senator Blanks recount attempts to force an unfavorable deal. Witnesses described binding purchase terms, reduced profits, and freight and payment practices under the Virginia Book Company regime.
Richmond readers are invited to join a January 20 banquet hosted by the Chamber of Commerce for the General Assembly. Senator Holt and Delegate Milstead lead efforts to bring members to the shipbuilding city, with a special $1.60 round trip via Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The trip promises sights of Newport News waters, shipping, and industry, showcasing the city by the sea.
It may be that she will insist that the General Assembly shall be asked to enact a measure which will give to that city a baseball team. You never can tell what Newport News will do or ask.
New York reports the Duke of Connaught Duchess and Princess Patricia will extend their visit with Ambassador and Mrs Whitelaw Reid until Friday night. They will end with a stop at the Metropolitan Opera House to hear Le Donne Curiose. The plan change stirs social excitement as circles hope to meet the royal uncle of King George and gain higher society entry.
Rixey, ex-president of Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust, was brought from Staunton asylum to Alexandria for a hearing before Judge L Barley on transferring him to the Marion criminal insane asylum. Dr De Jarnette testified Rixey has improved and could soon stand trial, though not yet. defense challenges the Marion transfer statute for lack of party notice. Arguments unfinished.
Harrisonburg Va Special General John E Roller assigns his party to meet notes due locally but is short of cash. He paid taxes on over 200000 dollars in Rockingham and holds oil lands worth about 500000 dollars.
Solle Clement a twenty five year old aviator, captured while attempting to hold up a saloon, confessed to a string of crimes including the murder of Diamond Bill Newman. He had been leading a dual life and was to be married. Clement was to take part in the Stockton aviation meet. The report notes also that Dr Sun is not yet certain to go down soon.
Alarmed by his precarious throne, Premier Yuan Shi Kai seeks refuge in the British concession. Officials report he plans to flee Pekin, disguising his departure and arranging protection for arrival.
Matteawan inmates Leander Sheldon and Edward Brown escaped last night through a cellar window. A dawn search by a reinforced posse of farmers after a $59 reward failed to locate them. Sheldon, in the asylum twenty years, is not considered dangerous. Brown, from Brooklyn, was admitted for homicidal mania three years ago.
Aviator W. B. Atwater and his bride completed a balloon honeymoon voyage from Fiesta Park to Dominguez. A strong westerly wind carried the craft away and fears of disaster prompted aviation headquarters to monitor progress. The balloon landed at 1:70 yesterday afternoon, piloted by George Harrison. Mrs. Atwater was formerly married to U S Senator T C Platt of New York.
The Senate Committee on Public Lands voted to report favorably a bill to release over 18 million acres of land now held in the public domain, aiming to stop American citizens from migrating to Canada and settling homesteads there.
In Richmond yesterday a joint session of House and Senate committees heard arguments on the Featherston bill to establish a separate woman’s college, not at the University of Virginia. Lynchburg supports the Featherston plan. opponents argue against coeducation at UVA and preserve the university’s traditions. The Senate committee will continue discussion tomorrow.
Arthur Coe, ten, Joseph Oates, seventeen, Nora Holmes, nine, Lawrence Marestens, eighteen, Charlie Crowhurst, twenty one, and John Dundon, nineteen, were killed or injured when a bob sled collided with an automobile at M eighth Street and Longwood Boulevard. Norman Brewer, the auto driver, said street lights were too poor to see fifteen feet ahead. State's Attorney Wayman called it accidental and the coroner began an investigation.
The Duke of Connaught rode the electric mogul attached to the Congressional Limited through the Hudson tunnel to Manhattan Transfer nine miles from Jersey City. High acclaim followed his arrival in New York, with the royal party enjoying the thrill of the journey and schedule in the bustling city.
The Duke, accompanied by Ambassador Keld Captain Lowther and two secret service men, relinquished his post at the lever during a transfer point as Engineer Bartlett remained nearby on the ride back to the private car attached to the rear of the limited.
Washington special reports suggest foreign loans may decide the Chinese conflict. Willard Straight of Morgan visits Nanking to discuss loans with rebel statesmen while Wu Ting Pang and Tang Shao Yi clash over diplomacy. Officials fear Yuan Shikai vengeance as Manchu throne seeks foreign funding to prop up the monarchy and suppress the republic.
The Senate Committee on Public Institutions held a hearing in the Senate chamber on a measure to establish a college for higher education of women. Supporters led by Wyndham Meredith and B B Munford urged equal educational opportunities for Virginia women, while Dr W McNeill and Eppa Hunton opposed coeducation and the University of Virginia plan but favored high quality women’s education. A date for the next hearing was to be set.
The eleventh annual Anti-Saloon League of Virginia convention met at Seventh Street Christian Church with devotional services and music. Delegates debated resolutions urging statewide prohibition and demanded legislative passage, amid sharp comments from Thomas Whitehead, Lynchburg, and remarks by John B. Lennon.
Proceedings in Henrico County Circuit Court challenge the will of Capt John Cussons of Forest Lodge. W. Cussons and 24 relatives including John C Pletcher and Samuel T Fletcher allege CaptCussons mental state was weak before the 1907 will awarding all estate to Miss Sarath Elizabeth Fletcher. Estate valued at 30000 dollars.
New York report reveals Mayor Gaynor became a grandfather with the birth of an eight-pound baby in the home of his daughter Mrs W Seward Webb formerly Miss Gertrude Gaynor The daughter and W Seward Webb wed in Wilmington Delaware in an elopement last spring at the First Presbyterian Church
Funeral services were held in Memphis for James Harahan former president of the Illinois Central Railroad killed in a Kinmundy Illinois wreck Monday morning. Honorary pallbearers included J Ogden Armour George B Swift Edward Morris John Cudahy and James B Patten. Bishop Thomas F Gallor of Tennessee conducted the service. Burial was deferred pending the arrival of Harahan s daughters in Europe.
An international fleet gathered in Valletta to salute King George and Queen Mary as they depart aboard the Medina from a Durban Durbar. Shore batteries and ships fired a royal salute at dawn while Malta decorates with flags. Divers inspect Medina’s hull. the royal party plans to sail Saturday.
A mad dog ran rampage east of Lynchburg Virginia late yesterday injuring several dogs and a horse. The creature was not killed and a prior incident near Rivermont saw thirteen dogs killed after being bitten. The report notes the dog had been bitten days earlier and another dog was involved in the latest attack.
A Guayaquil dispatch reports Commander L. C. Bertolette of the Yorktown died this morning of yellow fever. Another message states Clarence W. Wood, a seaman aboard the Yorktown, also died from the same illness.
Lynchburg Virginia awards a 650000 municipal bond issue for thirty years to Scott and Sons of Baltimore and Breed and Harrison of Cincinnati. Seven bidders competed in the sale. In Norfolk Virginia women teachers hire Tazewell Taylor, a leading local lawyer, to press equal pay against male teachers. wage equalization applications expected to be submitted to the school board next session.
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