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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1911
Page
6
A new Wonderful tobacco compress machine, patented by C. R. Ma hone, was demonstrated in Richmond to show lower labor costs and simplified piping. Ten machines could produce about 160000 pounds of finished plug tobacco daily with half the usual labor, with adjustable pressure for any plug thickness and potential use beyond tobacco.
In St Petersburg the Dr Pantchenko and Count De Lacy face sensational testimony over the murder of Count Vasili Bouterling. Prosecutors allege Pantchenko amassed millions via murder aided by poison and hypnotism, with druggists admitting sales of toxins while claiming scientific use. The trial reveals alleged occult methods and a web of killer partnerships.
Historical notes show Virginia repeatedly considered direct popular election of U S Senators from 1890s to 1900, with resolutions urging amendment and prompting actions by senators and representatives. Ambiguities and committee reversals marked failed efforts and divergent approaches over years.
In Charleston two votes blocked the income tax amendment while seventy supported it, sending it to the Senate. The prohibition amendment to the State Constitution received seventy-three votes for and nine against on third reading, with fifty-eight needed for adoption. It aims to ban liquor as a beverage after July 1, 1913, and similar Senate action is awaited for 1914.
The national football rules committees meeting at the Hotel Cumberland decided to stand pat on Burne as the 1911 game, continuing 1910 rules for another year. Westerners demand rule changes to equalize team chances. most work was finished early, though the session was slated to end this afternoon.
Clifton Forge Virginia special report notes W E Allen of Covington speaks on plans of the Southern Commercial Congress set to meet in Atlanta. E T Snead wins presidency, J H Drewry named vice president, and W G Dudley elected treasurer.
John W. Arnald returned to New York with Attorney John S Keith who said Philadelphia reports were false. He noted Miss Arnold's brother had failed to find her in Philadelphia and that hopeful signs remained despite the setback. The father remained hopeful she is alive.
The article describes the White Star liner Olympic being photographed through its construction by Harland and Wolff of Belfast. It notes Lyman H Howe coordinating permits and photographers to capture each stage from keel laying to launch. The feature previews a broader Academy program with additional features from a Swiss dirigible ride to a Tunis sea landing and a bloodless Spanish bullfight.
A Leavenworth Chronicle item notes a boy entertaining a minister by answering questions about his dog a dachshund. The minister asks about the dog and learns the dog is sent away for the winter to keep the house warm, prompting a humorous exchange.
A wry remark from Chicago Newnan compares a bill collector to a man who thinks the world owes him. It notes a Western millionaire credits his happiness to listening to his wife, implying most married men must do the same.
City officials adopted a resolution capping building heights in Chicago sharply limiting future skyscrapers. A separate item reports a hydrogen bourbon can explosion injuring twenty two workers thawing a rail car near Jamaica Long Island. three ambulances took the injured to St Marys and Jamaica Hospital with five in serious condition.
A Virginia official lauds lightning rods after two Virginia Capitol incidents. Colonel John W Richardson cites previous hits on the Capitol and annexes, noting rods diverted damage. The piece cites insurance coverage and broad city life commentary from The New Idea Woman's Magazine for January.
The piece notes a woman who arrives with varied aims across music medicine millinery art archery astrology agriculture stenography sculpture dance drama hygiene and more, indicating how such diverse pursuits place her in serious social reckoning.
George W. Graydon of London Ontario known as Doc Graydon was shot in the right temple last night in Burt Alley Buffalo. Doctors say the 44 caliber bullet will prove fatal, destroying sight in both eyes. Graydon has been despondent since the death of his wife and two children.
Arthur Clarkson, a member of the famed Clarkson baseball family and a pitcher for Louisville St Louis and Baltimore, died at a private hospital in Cambridge on Monday. He was brother to John Clarkson, renowned pitcher, and older brother to Walter Clarkson who played for New York and Cleveland before retiring from professional baseball.
Terry McGovern longtime boxing star lies dying at the Arlington Hotel Hot Springs Arkansas physicians say he cannot survive the day. He was brought in Friday by his cousin John Cullen of Brooklyn and friends could not see him.
The original children’s church of America is organized at Park College Church by Rev. C F Hill Crathern. Services follow adult patterns with a hymn opening prayer Scripture reading and a child friendly sermon. Children must subscribe to a creed know the Ten Commandments and the apostles’ creed and participate in a weekly class. A boys choir is formed and girls organize a society The See of the See to manage charitable work.
John T. R. Sweeney discusses Juarez as a strategic border city near El Paso. He details its geography bridges rail routes and resources, and argues insurgents hold military advantage over Mexican regulars while noting exile and American volunteer involvement.
The War Department will bid for twelve American made aeroplanes for the signal corps with aerodromes planned near Washington San Antonio Fort Leavenworth and in Southern California. Brigadier General James Allen said bids will be invited after March with preference to American manufacturers and no foreign machines.
Dewey Cofton aged fourteen son of Mrs. Hattie Dewey of Schoolfield was killed by a Southern Railway freight train at a crossing half a mile south of Danville. He stepped into the path of a northbound freight while avoiding a southbound train. The body was taken to Patrick County for burial.
Special dispatch reports General Montreuil Guillaume, ally of ex president Nord Alexis and implicated in the 1908 Port au Prince executions, was captured near Cape Haitien on February 6 and shot dead. He led the revolt, seized Troy, and aimed to attack Cape Haitien with his forces.
Dispatches from Commander Davis report sailors and marines landed at Puerto Cortez to prevent fighting between the Davila and Bonilla factions. The United States seeks to mediate an armistice while awaiting Honduras Congress action on a treaty. American interests in Puerto Cortez are significant and efforts aim to stabilize finances and prevent further disruption.
Virginia papers traced a sensational tale to Harrisonburg claims twenty girls at a fashionable institute smoked after lights out and were expelled. Investigations found no basis. Greenbriar College in West Virginia denied any such incident and no-smoking tale originated from rumors.
Special dispatch reports Col William F Cody known as Buffalo Bill racing to Pasadena after rushing from the mountains to Tucson. His sister Mrs Helen Cody Wetmore lies critically ill with brain hemorrhage and doctors fear she may not survive until his arrival.
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