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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
2
Richmond special reports strange letters and rumors that Dorothy Arnold the New York heiress may be in the city. Police deny official information and seek possible sightings while a mysterious mail flow to a Bradley box prompts steps to verify identity and location amid widespread public fascination.
The Tri State Medical Association conference in Raleigh North Carolina ended with about 150 physicians present including many newcomers from Virginia. President Joseph A White of Richmond delivered the annual address to wide praise while governors and local clubs hosted salutations and a late morning smoker at Elks Temple following the welcome by Governor Kitchin.
Sheriff T J Fleming of Dickenson County reports Howell was murdered in Wise County on February 6. The slayer remains at large. The victim was abducted from his home and beheaded, his skull found twelve days later in the woods. No governor reward details announced yet.
Newport News Virginia special constable Glass laughed at Congressman Floods quoted remark that Glass approved of no speaking during the senatorial campaign. He said the idea is ridiculous and that he plans to appeal to the people with his bustings. Glass would not say what he thinks of his Senate chances and noted the campaign had not started. He left for Richmond en route to Lynchburg.
Staunton Virginia Chamber of Commerce invites Governor Woodrow Wilson to visit the city and speak during his Virginia trip on March 12 at the University of Virginia. No reply yet. Wilson was born in Staunton and a study club has been organized.
A personal advertisement signed George Grisecom Jr. appears in a New York paper addressed to missing heiress Dorothy HW Arnold. District Attorney Whitman confirms letters from a girl related to Miss Arnold but says no crime is proven. Family counsel John & Keith suggest the letters mention kidnapping and note doubts about her status.
Special. Superintendent McChesney remains in control after months of conflict with the City School Board. The board withdrew his salary except for state funds and tried to oust him, but he resisted with annuities. The State Board held they could not remove him, so he continues to run the schools, though the board refuses to pay him and has hired counsel. McChesney, aligned with the State Board, has broad authority over schools and the board. He is a member of the State Board of Education and nephew of Judge Willan F. Khea.
A blast at the Danville municipal gas plant shattered hundreds of windows and injured Fireman J. W. Durham. The purifying house suffered about 10000 dollars in damage as the explosion and ensuing fire raged into last night.
Arch bishop Ireland, at a Creve Coeur Club banquet in Peoria Illinois, challenged Andrew Carnegie and other leading peace advocates saying the time for international peace has not arrived yet.
A prelate cautions that its ships expose themselves to gross humiliation and danger of fatal disaster, highlighting perilous exposure and potential catastrophe at sea.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that the Supreme Court decision in the Burnham Hannan Munger Missouri River rate case does not apply to shipments under commodity rates. Reparation claims filed by Wheeler and Matter Mercantile of Saint Joseph against Western railroads will be decided under the new ruling, with hundreds of thousands at stake for Atlantic coast shipments to Missouri River district points.
Johns Hopkins doctors examined Luella Leftridge to decide if she has negro ancestry as her sister seeks habeas corpus release from a colored home. Tests for negro blood largely failed. one inconclusive factor around the half moon nerve signals remains. State’s Attorney argues intermarriage laws could settle status after three generations. doctors say no definite conclusion is possible.
In Newport News Virginia Hon. Richard E Byrd defended himself against Professor C T Jordan's claim that three men control the tre of Wir es and pressed for named individuals He urged party unity and condemned partisanship the convention then debated prohibition policy and the leadership of Cannon with motions to limit press denunciations and to set a statewide platform. Rev W C Stevens Rev James Cannon and others spoke as officers and committees were nominated for the Anti Saloon League.
The committee on rewlu tors report stirs strong debate among league officers who plan to oppose the report without amendment. Thomas Whitehead moves to urge General Assembly to pass a law making the delivery location a common carrier’s place of fate, which would block liquor shipments into dry areas. The audit committee finds league accounts correct. Rev. G W Perryman of Norfolk praised reporters with kind words.
In Pittsburg on the Southside an alley behind a Nickelodeon, Harry Kemp a former owner, shot Marie Steinecke a sixteen year old ticket seller in the hand and then killed himself with shots to the head and chest. The girl, the sole witness, says Kemp asked to meet and began shooting as soon as they met. Kemp was married and left a widow and two children.
Special dispatch reports government relief measures under way for thousands of Italian workmen. Families face eviction and famine as bread is distributed by local communities, with Barletta telegrams noting scores homeless or camped in the streets due to unpaid rent amid broad industrial stagnation.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt starred in Washington's birthday events in Chicago. He proclaimed he was fit as a fiddle after a day at the Union League Club, but called the program a terror. Attendees woke early, scrambling to reach the breakfast table as Roosevelt arrived at 7 30 AM.
Seven year old Margaret Nugent known as Angel Margaret at Providence Hospital near Alexandria will soon go home after nearly two years of burns from a fan firecracker. She endured four skin grafts and long suffering, with doctors expecting her to be able to leave the hospital by the end of next week, though she will still need time to run and play outside.
A devastating early morning blaze in White Plains New York killed one person injured six and wrecked an entire block causing nearly one million dollars in damage Hundreds of families fled in night clothing as flames swept through the Lexington Hotel and surrounding properties Firefighters faced trapped colleagues and smoky peril with heroic rescues including a badly burned rescuer and several men saved by ladders amid freezing conditions and chaotic scenes at the scene
Two men found a tire chain in the snow at Forty-eighth Street and Third Avenue and brought it to Patrolman Rafferty. Captain O Connor arrested Walter Hennings after questioning. Jane Camblers claimed to be a teamster. both were charged as suspicious persons and discharged by night court.
New York specialty reports ex Senator Frank J Gardner has been acquitted of attempted bribery tied to anti race track betting bills in 1908. The criminal case tied to a Delmonico dinner fundraiser for the bills ends with Gardner proclaiming innocence and political enmity as the sole basis for the charges.
In Chicago Tennessee special report, Harry Divolet died and five other men were seriously hurt when a covered passageway between a new building and an old structure at State and Madison Streets collapsed early today. The fall dropped them about fifty feet onto the alley bottom.
A Nevada measure would let a condemned man choose his method of execution at sentencing including hanging shooting or poison. The article notes the inmate may be pleased by the kindness of such a policy, as guards present a rope and ask per the state’s humane approach, while the condemned blames fate and experiences pride and tears in the cell.
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