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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
6
New York editors report progress on Titanic relief efforts with about 150000 expected to be raised by Tuesday. The women's relief committee contributes over 25000 while the Red Cross fund treasurer coordinates further donations for survivors and the indigent. Distribution is already underway.
In London the Titanic Survivors fund raised to 440000 with ongoing contributions. Lord Mayor Crosby led the effort as churches redirected Sunday collections to the appeal.
In Londen, special services were held at Westminster Cathedral for Titanic victims. Cardinal Bourne led a requiem and pronounced absolution before a crowded congregation.
In Baltimore four children and two women seek news of absent husbands after their Clifton Forge home burned and a bogus farm job led them to Baltimore. They were sheltered by Ira Eminizer and later handed $2 earnings before funds ran out. The Supervisor of Charities will aid them. Captain Parker to care for the children.
In New York special report, 25 000 enginemen prepare to strike threatening rail service across 50 railroads east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio. Brotherhood leader Warren S. Stone says engines may halt and depots threaten famine if talks fail. He warns a 3:30 PM Monday deadline with strike orders to follow.
The Mackay Bennett has recovered about 160 Titanic victims from the wreck area. Nearly 70 bodies could be identified. unidentifiable remains were placed in weighted coffins and buried at sea. The ship followed the gulf stream, carrying more bodies thirty miles from the disaster site.
Survivors report the Mackay Jennett carried only 150 coffins when she departed and is believed to return soon, possibly arriving by Wednesday. The unidentified Tesso]wasond deck moment is referenced but not clarified.
Dublin special edition reports Ireland adjuring Premier Asquiths home rule bill with approval and gains. John M. P. moves full bill support while Daniel Redmond offers a memorial for Titanic victims as delegates rise in mourning.
Eight hundred operatives at the North Village cotton mill, 8 Stater & Sons Inc, struck today after trustees refused a further wage rise. A month earlier workers asked for 10 percent, were granted 5 percent, now demand 6 percent more.
Augusta and Staunton appoint delegates to Norfolk with instructed support for Woodrow Wilson while Fredericksburg and Halifax also elect delegates. Uninstructed unit-rule delegates include Jurors from James City and local leaders endorse J Taylor Ellyson for state chair. Halifax names R Holt Einslew as chair.
Special General Enver Bey commander in chief of the Turkish army in Tripoli dies from gangrene after a recent wound. He had been wounded in action and gangrene developed at the Turkish headquarters in Tripoli according to a dispatch from the Italian commander in chief. Enver Bey, a noted Young Turk, previously served as Turkish military attache at the German court.
In Belle vue Hospital New York doctors performed an unusual operation grafting part of a grown woman’s enlarged thyroid onto four year old Marie Martin’s neck. Mrs Hannah Kirschoff supplied the thyroid tissue after her own gland was enlarged for relief. Surgeons Betts Verne and Wood reported both patients gaining strength after the Sunday morning operation.
A Brooklyn Life note recalls a department store scene where a well dressed lady burst into the household goods department and cried to a clerk to “Give me a mouse Please” before asking her need. The anecdote captures a humorous moment from city life.
A Paris journalist reports that Mme Navratil of Nice believes two Titanic survivor children, Louis and Lolo, are her missing sons. The boys, in custody of Miss Margaret Hays in New York, were identified from a photograph sent from Nice after cable inquiries.
In Petersburg Virginia the First Baptist Church colored side elected officers and committee men after five years of court battles to oust Rev. Eli Tartt. Judge J B Prince presided and police ensured order as 154 voted against Tartt and 139 for him. Tartt faction plans to appeal to a higher court.
Officials of a new federation threaten a general strike of 300000 shopmen and car repairers on Western lines unless mediation ends the six month Illinois Central and Harriman line stoppage. They sent a telegram to President Taft urging action and cited a broader federation plan across the system.
Chicago a tense case unfolds as Earl E. Jordan, an escaped convict, befriended the Doyle family claiming advertising ties and wealth. He gave Miss Tessie Doyle a fur set on Christmas, then police traced the fur to his shoplifted theft tied to the Van Zandt case. Miss Doyle aided officers to arrest him.
Miss lise Nicholas of Winchester Virginia, seventeen, disappeared from her aunt's apartment at 78 West One Hundred Fifth Street New York several weeks ago. At the urging of Senator James A O Gorman police statewide search is under way to locate her. she had planned to study at Roosevelt Hospital after leaving Winchester Memorial Hospital.
A force of Italian troops has been landed on the island of Stampalia in the Grecian Archipelago, a Turkish possession. Stampalia covers fifty square miles and has about 1,500 inhabitants, as announced by the war department today.
Third Officer H J Pittman told a Senate committee the lifeboat he commanded could have held more than the forty five aboard and that passengers blocked his aid. Fourth Officer Boxhall’s illness delayed his appearance as Pittman described iceberg warnings, boat drills, and Ismay urging rapid lowering of boats. He recalled seeing bergs, the ship’s course, and the Carpathia’s approach while narrating the disaster details.
Boston Mass Special Aunt Delia Torrey aunt of President Taft speaks from Millbury Massachusetts about Major Butt Tafts aide who died on the Titanic She recalls his unfailing kindness and his last visit to Washington where he promised a rest before his voyage.
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