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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1911
Page
2
A tangled tale unfolds from Secretive romance to a city hall wedding in Jersey City. Mr Nye, Grady's mother, and witnesses recount how a couple eloped and wed in the afternoon despite prior engagements. The husband discovers his wife’s finances, while their families work toward reconciliation.
Colonel Cody of Detroit staying at Waldorf reports his prized Spitz Fedora went missing after breakfast. A hotel laundry mix up caused the dog to be found in a steam laundry vat with sheets and blankets. the dog surfaced and was returned to Cody. Fedora cost $500 originally and another $500 for loss and found expenses.
Special Judge A Knapp and Dr. Charlies P. Commissioner of Labor, mediators under the Erdman act, announce a new pay deal for Baltimore and Ohio operators beginning November 1. A 6 percent monthly raise, an eight hour day for shift workers, and revised overtime rules are included, with similar terms for Southern Railway staff. Additional benefits cover Sundays and holidays with paid leave, annual passes after long service, and extended travel for self and wife across the system.
Mrs Ethel Rodman Rose announces that her daughter Gladys Rose and Ralph Fuller Nye wed in Jersey City on October 11 after a rapid acquaintance of under 24 hours. Gladys, 21, inherits a Newport Pier fortune. Nye was to sail to Brazil with an engineering party.
Special report from Port of Spain Trinidad describes a new three acre island rising eight to ten feet above sea near the Serpent's Mouth between Trinidad and Venezuela after a Saturday sea upheaval. Fire and smoke lit the area then burned down by night. Governor visited the scene as locals reportedly landed on the island. explosion of anticlinal strata is suspected.
Baltimore Special reports the deadline for depositing stocks with Baltimore Trust in the merger of Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron and Southern Iron and Steel has passed. Belated holders may still be accepted. A sufficient Southern Iron and Steel bond deposit was made, and the merger committee will decide the required stock and bond amounts and may soon declare the plan operative.
Earl L. Ovington, Boston’s mail aviator, told Gunston Hall pupils that within five years planes will carry passengers and mail though not freight. He compared aviation to early autos, predicted long distance air commuting, and cautioned against overrating aviators’ nerve.
Boston mass special Robert EK Davie the boy broker who fled to Brazil was brought back and arrested for embezzlement and today pleaded guilty and was sentenced to State's prison for five years.
The Adrian mine of the Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company caught fire. Within minutes, a large rescue force was deployed and six men were carried out overcome by after damp. reports say others may still be in danger as efforts continue.
Henry Clay Beattie Jr was moved from the city jail to the state penitentiary death cell in Richmond to await execution for the July 15 murder of his wife Louise Owen Beattie on the Midlothian Turnpike. He greeted guards cheerfully, ate breakfast, and prepared for the transfer under tight security.
Cincinnati voters swung to Democrat Henry T. Hunt by more than 3000 to elect mayor, while Cox machine influence waned. Nationally, indicators point to general Taft administration endorsement with Republican gains in Maryland and New Jersey and Socialist momentum in the South and Ohio.
New York returns show Tammany wins in Manhattan and Bronx ticket races but loses control of the Board of Aldermen. Julius Harburger elected sheriff by about 2,131 votes, while the State Assembly tilts Republican. Socialists gain statewide. Brooklyn and Queens see losses for Tammany amid calls for possible recounts.
Baltimore dispatch reports Maryland elected Republican governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough by a margin around 3000 to 5000. Cunningham named Comptroller and Supper chosen Attorney General. Dice disenfranchising act deemed defeated. Senate expected Democratic. House of Delegates possibly Republican by a slim margin.
Rudolph Klankenburg, Democratic Keystone nominee, defeated George H. Earle Jr. by 4364 votes in Philadelphia mayoral election. Unofficial figures suggest the Penrose Republican machine was overturned and the Republicans lost the balance of power.
New York report of a lodging house scene where Charles Horler sixty four claims a prosthetic leg is his by belonging to a friend Jim Goff a barber from Blackwell's Island Horler explains he inherited a wooden leg after Jim disappeared and plans to return it to him in the morning with the lodging house staff promising to guard it until then
At 3 o clock this morning Henry Clay Beattie Jr sang in his cell before removal, serenading Deputy Johnston with Will you miss me as I miss you and God be with you till we meet again. His sleep afterward was described as peaceful. Late yesterday his father and Hazel Beattie visited the jail to say farewell amid tears.
Murine Eye ve In Aseptic Taubes introduces a new package size for Murine Eye remedy. The product targets red watery eyes and granulated lids with no smarting, aiming for eye comfort. The advertisement emphasizes aseptic packaging and a refreshed label for the brand’s eye care line.
The Virginia Supreme Court shows no rush on Henry Clay Beattie Jr.’s appeal as his execution looms November 24. Justices may issue a writ of error to stay the sentence, hear arguments on 17 grounds of error, or seek a governor’s respite while the case is reviewed.
The Thetalian embassy received orders from the Italian Foreign Affairs Minister to emphatically deny Turkish accusations of cruelty to prisoners in Tripoli.
Paris dispatch reports Prince Victor Napoleon and his wife Clementine expecting an heir in the new year. If the child is male, he would sustain the Bonaparte line, while existing princes Louis and Roland are distant, and Victor Napoleon’s energy is split between manifestos and Paris periodicals. Clementine aims to educate the child for dynastic roles.
Thomas F. Ryan pledges support to highway improvement in Nelson County if included in an automobile route. He seeks to have Scout Cars of the American Automobile Association survey routes via Oakridge and Metural Bridge.
A railway office in a Michigan Avenue hotel reported repeated small coin thefts. A porter cleaning the office found a mouse hole and suspected the culprit. The mouse was described as clever, leaving evidence in its nest.
Pine Camp Richmond Tuberculosis Sanatorium grows with J G Tinsley’s 1500 donation enabling advanced cases of consumption to be treated. Despite being just over a year old Pine Camp is already a vital city health force built by private subscription on city land and kept open by citizens and the City Council. State Anti-Tuberculosis Association and Health Department urge other cities to follow Richmond and Petersburg in caring for nonpaying patients.
Special-Miss Mary A. Mitzgerald, private secretary to Mrs Mary Adelaide Yerkes widow of Charles T. Yerkes, sues the executors of the Yerkes estate to recover 50000 dollars claiming a promised payment for services rendered from January 1906 to July 1909.
In July 1916 Abie Services alleges Mrs. Terkoa as private secretary failed to pay the 960000 due from her husband estate. The complaint cites an attached agreement dated then where Mrs. Yerkes acknowledges the plaintiffs assistance and promises to pay 50000.
Virginia Beeman, fifteen, helps her father Captain W. A. Beeman at the Point Loma lighthouse. She says lonesome moments vanish amid the sea, cliffs, breakers, and ships entering or leaving San Diego harbor, with mariners counting on the light and family nearby.
Turkish troops today recaptured four of the outposts at Tripoli from the Italian army. En ver Bey, once the Berlin military attache, thwarted an Italian landing at Benghazi. Hundreds were killed and the Italian position in Tripoli grew more serious due to these gains.
Washington report states the State Department received from Consul General Wood in Tripoli a special A report on Turkey's complaint that Italians massacred Tri poli citizens. The full text of the report was withheld.
Special dispatch from Tripoli reports Italian forces bombarding and seizing Armass two miles from Fort Hamidieh as Turkish fighters flee with casualties. Italian operations began from the fort today and yielded guns and ammunition from an Arab camp. Nightly patrols now cover Benghazi.
German women who sought refuge in the Tripoli German consulate were killed when Italian artillery shells hit the building. A naval cannon, misfired by gunners, fired several random shots as Italian forces attempted to drive back Turks and Arabs advancing from the desert toward southern outposts.
The forthcoming Department of Justice annual report notes President Taft pardoned or commuted 448 Federal prisoners over three years. The President is praised for extraordinary clemency and thorough consideration of petitions for pardon.
Missouri sues to break up Standard Oil of Indiana Republic Oil Company and Waters-Pierce over monopoly in state. Lower courts ordered trust to cease combinations and fined Standard and Republic $1,000. Waters-Pierce threatened with dissolution. Supreme Court heard arguments with Missouri AG Major and Revelle for state and Hageman and Eddy for defendants.
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals heard a motion by R H Willis to transfer Roanoke mayor Joel H. Cutchin’s malfeasance case from Wytheville to the Richmond docket to speed action. Opposed by John L Lee, the court withheld decision as Mayor Cutchin remains in office pending final ruling.
In New Haven Connecticut Mrs Mary Wilson aged eighty four posts a notice at her summer home in Woodmont warning burglars. She explains repeated break ins over the past years and that the house will be kept locked to protect it from the weather. Copies were pasted on the house sides for all to read.
In Berlin the Reichstag attacked Special-Chancellor Beth-Man-Holwegge over the Franco German Morocco pact. The chancellor defended his policy as critics urged resignation of him and Foreign Minister Kiderlin-Wachter while government supporters cheered and opposition jeered.
Melbourne cable reports seven persons died when a yacht overturned off Albany Western Australia during a squall. All aboard were drowned.
The General Board of State Hospitals met at Western State Hospital Staunton Virginia in its regular quarterly session. All but two members attended and only routine business was conducted. The annual inspection praised Superintendent Dr J B DeJarnette for excellent appearance and condition of the facility.
A humorous exchange notes a fall on the sidewalk where the phrase Her face fell suddenly is described as literally true the face fell with the rest of her.
A Canadian review notes rising use of asbestos across industries including steam packing cloth rope boiler and building materials. About 30 000 tons yearly go to asbestos paper for protection from fire. Fire resistant roofing and panel sheets combine annealed steel and cement with asbestos felt under hot rollers for durable material.
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