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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
1
The Sandy Valley News notes that although most Americans may not yet realize it, the parcels post will significantly benefit nearly all citizens by expanding affordable mail service and parcel delivery nationwide.
The Petersburg Progress notes an ex change asserting barrels were in use nearly a thousand years before the present era. It also notes ongoing uncertainty about when the bung hole was first discovered.
The 1911 New Jersey tax roll shows 7,008 corporations assessed for 2 478 928 13 in tax, with 139 firms holding 10 million plus in capital stock and six over 100 million. United States Steel leads with 863 583 600 capital stock and 47 179 tax. Standard Oil remains on the list with 81 843 625 stock and 7 842 tax.
A centerpiece of five silver vases was shipped from Petersburg to President and Mrs. William H. Taft as a gift from Governor William Hodges Mann and Mrs. Mann for the twenty fifth wedding anniversary. The single large vase is surrounded by four smaller ones and bears cards from the Virginia governor and Mrs. Mann.
Former Mexican president Porfirio Diaz and his family reach Vigo Spain aboard the liner Ypranga at 6 30 A M in excellent health and high spirits according to dispatches.
London special reports the international gold cup for park teams won by Judge W. H. Moore of America at the Olympia horse show. Moore earned blue ribbons with his four entries.
The piece contrasts initiative and referendum with recall, noting recall is rarely used and often leaves officials in place. It criticizes Republican uses of "business disturbance" as a defense for tariff cuts, reciprocity, tax relief, and prosecutions of trusts, citing Roosevelt on the Steel Trust case.
The piece argues a one cent sealed letter could transform mail use nationwide, benefiting individuals and large firms by cutting postage costs. It notes government revenue may rise through increased correspondence, while foreseeably strong opposition from express and railway companies and other lobbyists emerges.
The eighty eighth commencement at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia in Alexandria issued B L diplomas to Ashby Batchelor Harter Pettus Reid Showell and awarded B A and M A degrees to several graduates. Degrees conferred included Bachelor of Divinity for Block Lee Nelson Nelson Thomas Phillips Reese Strider Winter and others with ordination pending. Rev H B Lee gave the address and President Bishop Gibson closed the session.
Boston milk contractors challenge the constitutionality of section 1 of the Sherman anti trust law as used to indict them for price fixing across states. Demurrers filed by George Whiting John K Whiting and Isaac Whiting of David Whiting Sons Norfolk VA. Paris: confidence men season opens with ten American victims lured in past month, latest being Saks of Norfolk VA who paid 4000 dollars to learn the tricks.
A major blaze swept through St Louis factory district all night destroying Hutting Sash and Door, Flatheim Miller Planing Mill, Missouri Stair, Cohen Iron Works, and Mound City Box plants. About 20 000 spectators watched the flames. The fire threatened nearby yards and the area’s future spread remained a concern as authorities fought to contain it. A Sandy Valley News quotation about human nature follows.
President Taft will take his family to Beverly Massachusetts on July 1. He plans to visit Marion Indiana on July 24 where he will speak. On July 4 he will spend time in Indianapolis as a guest of former Vice President Fairbanks.
The steamship President Lincoln of the Hamburg American Line suffered a cargo fire in its forward hold at Pier No 2 Hoboken this morning. Firemen fought the blaze for over three hours starting after 4 o clock, with crews attempting to suppress it from within the ship. Damages were unestimated but minor for the vessel's crew.
William Bley, an elderly musician with a theater orchestra, was attacked by six members of the Paddy's Market Crowd near 349 West Thirty-eighth Street. He died from a fractured skull before help arrived. The assailants demanded money and struck him when he refused.
In Richmond Virginia a cook known as Aunt Rachel at Hermitage Golf Club survived a near lightning strike when a bolt hit nearby, scattering dirt and creating a deep crevice outside the building. Attorney G H Winston narrowly avoided the same bolt as he and Murray McGuire sought shelter inside.
Detective Wagner of Allegheny County presents indictments and warrants as two Englishmen face court challenges to extradition. George F. Considine posted bond with Hotel Metropole as security. The Mellon divorce saga deepens with Curphey and Captain Kirkbridge summoned, snubbed, and returning to New York.
Skibo Scotland April Carnegie denounces the coronation as a gigantic farce and a sinful waste of money. He doubts future coronations and predicts England will not endure another such foolish display. He also dismisses John W Gates as a broken-down gambler and asserts no dealings with him.
A fragmentary passage shows references to a Stew Trust and demands for a critical audit by editors. It includes pledges to testify before a Stanley steel Investigation committee and ominous threats involving a person named Gat and a crude reference to boiling him in Texas oil, interwoven with praise for King George and Queen Mary.
New York report says American runner Harry Gisling sailed on the St. Louis to compete in the British championships next month. Olympic champion M. E. Sheppard requested a permit to participate in European games during the summer under AAU rules.
King George today received visiting army officers competing in the international horse show at Olympia. Among them were Major F. Falls, Captain G. Vidmer, Captain G. Henry, Lieutenant J. Johnson, Lieutenant E. Graham, and Lieutenant A. Chaffee.
A Grand Trunk train wreck near New Castle Ontario killed one and seriously injured about twenty delegates en route to a convention in St. Paul Minnesota from Boston and other Massachusetts towns.
Four aviators in the 1 164 mile national aviation circuit arrived in Kiel from Hamburg. Wienczier set the best time plus fifty-two minutes for 55 miles while Lindpainter took fifty six, Buechner sixty six and Schauenberg seventy seven minutes. This was the fourth leg of the journey.
Trieste special report says the Adriatic hurricane swept Istria and Dalmatia causing many shipwrecks. Scores of vessels sunk, hospitals flooded with the injured. Thirty bodies recovered and nearly 100 others missing.
Special Captain Ifred George Curphey the Keritish Hirer who came to this country to Tom and an apology from Andrew W Wellon the Pittsburg millionaire anker who had tried him coo re spendent in his Giveree salt and his hend Thomas W Kirkbride of the British Army were arrested at the Ritz Carlton Tate Thursday night on charge of obstructing justice in failing to answer their Pittarg subpoena bonds of 2500 each continued when arraigned before Judge Mul
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