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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
6
A Brooklyn paper recounts the engagement and marriage plans of Minnie Mae Hankin of Brooklyn and Fletcher Slee of Princeton tied to Calcutta India. The second headline notes Slee’s mining career and Mrs Wells's matchmaking letters, leading to a romance across continents and a July 9 voyage to Bombay followed by a return to Brooklyn.
Belgrade reports a Serbian army has occupied Durazzo in Albania. Austria protests but Serbia presses its Adriatic ambitions as another column moves toward Durazzo amid heavy snow. A Belgrade council of war acknowledged Turkish defenses around Constantinople as hopeless against Bulgarian assaults.
Berlin dispatches report a complete mobilization of Russian military forces in Europe. Advices from St. Petersburg say Russia secretly prepared for Balkan war contingencies and is placing ships in the Black Sea and troops near the Bulgarian border to avoid a repeat of past inaction.
News from Vienna reports a Servian army occupying Durazzo on the Adriatic, triggering diplomatic tension in the Balkans crisis. Austrian circles mobilize land and naval forces and a Adriatic naval demonstration is feared as a potential casus belli if Serbia does not withdraw or clarify strategic motives.
A confrontation between Greek and Hulgerian authorities near Salemika looms as 300 Greek military police, dispatched from Athens, patrol the district. The Balentinnos demanded a joint Bulgarian Greek workers police, while a compromise grants Hulger passports equal authority. King George and Crown Prince Constantine attended Thanksgiving services at the Archiepiscopal Church this morning.
Sofia Special reports aviator Eti mon of the Bulgarian aviation corps carried out a daring flight over Adrianople to deliver a dispatch from the Bulgarian commander. Turkish fire damaged the plane but it landed at Mustapha Pass, while bullets pierced the wings and Turkish artillery opened fire.
A terse dispatch reports another tierce ration delivery conducted by Dr Dane the special Burg envoy sent to Hadapest. The notice highlights ongoing tensions and strategic movements connected to the mission.
Reports from Constantinople say Servia has renewed its demand for an Adriatic outlet, easing the peril of war with Austria for the moment. In the Chatalja region Bulgarians launched a fierce dawn assault on the Turkish center, widening the battle across the twenty mile line. Bulgarian columns moved against the eastern and western wings as Turkish artillery inflicted heavy casualties.
One thousand Bulgarian soldiers were killed in fighting Friday and Saturday after Turkish sortie from the forts west of Adrianople. The report came by way of Constantinople today.
Lieutenant Wagner of the Reich Post reports Bulgarian assaults at Chatalja progress, Turkish center positions at Chatalya and Seneens onsed east wing driven from advanced posts over three days of fighting. Bulgarian delay in starting due to ammo transport and reinforcements from Adrianople, with heavy cannonading on both sides.
A semi official Bulgarian message reports Turkish forces from the main garrison at Adrianople sortieing on Tuesday but being driven back into the citadel with heavy casualties. The five hour battle featured fierce fighting from both sides and marked the Turks last effort to breach Bulgarian lines.
In Rochester New York Socialist delegates plan opposition to re election of Samuel Gompers as head of the Federation of Labor. About 80 delegates attended the meeting forming a Socialist organization with J Mahlon Barnes as chairman and William Rodriguez secretary. They advocate a distinct socialist labor party and oppose current policy of bipartisan labor support. The steamfitters plumbers dispute was also on the agenda.
Guy T. Helvering of Maryville Kansas, former St. Joseph street car conductor, was elected as the Democratic nominee for Congress in the Fifth Kansas District by a large majority. Helvering, a lawyer, studied Blackstone locally, followed by the University of Michigan law program, and served as Marshall county prosecuting attorney, being the first Democrat elected there.
Mrs Lizabeth Myers of New York was fatally shot by her daughter Gladys Myers in a sleeping car near Croxton Pennsylvania as the train neared Bristol. Miss Myers and M R B Cuthbert of Lynchburg Virginia are detained in Trenton while investigators probe the shooting. authorities lean to an accident theory with a possible car robber misunderstanding.
Elizabeth Myers mistook by her daughter Gladys Myers for a burglar and was shot dead on a Pennsylvania train. The mother and daughter, affluent Roanoke and Greensburg family, had traveled for Christmas shopping and planned to return to Greensburg. Miss Myers, reportedly engaged to Blair Dillard, and her brother will travel to Trenton, New Jersey, to discuss the tragedy.
W K R Cuthbert, proprietor of the National Paint and Mn ganese Company, is under detention in Trenton in connection with the shooting of Mrs. Elizabeth Myers of Salem Virginia by her daughter Gladys. His wife says he left for New York City last night and bought a ticket for New Brunswick New Jersey. His mother states Cuthbert does not know the Myers family. Mrs Myers and daughter recently moved to Salem where they are in the lumber business.
The Senate will begin the impeachment trial of Judge Robert W. Archbald of the Commerce Court on December 4, two days after Congress opens. The proceeding marks the fourth impeachment effort against Archbald in Washington D. C.
Braces and underpinning failed on two sides of an excavation at Ninth and Bank Streets in Richmond. The west wall of the Commercial Hotel risks collapse while foundation for Rueger Hotel is prepared. No injuries. a negro worker escaped as earth slid. General contractor is F. T. Nesbit.
The will of the late Vice President James S. Sherman admitted to probate here leaves his entire estate valued at about 800000 to his wife Carrie. The document was drawn in 1887 on foolscap in Sherman's own handwriting. Governor Wilson won his birth state and home state, while Taft and Roosevelt lost theirs, but the Colonel saved Oyster Bay.
Sydney Adamson recounts in Harper's Magazine November article the primitive hotel conditions in Odessa. He details inflated charges, sealed windows, limited ventilation, and costly extras such as hot water and baths, noting Russians prepare their own tea with samovars while others linger in the hermetically sealed rooms.
A Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church member recalls Dr. Jowett favoring the minister’s fault, then recounts a wry exchange about a sleepy old lady who snuffed during sermon time prompting the minister to tease her about waking. The anecdote highlights church dynamics and humor.
Bishop Collins Denny of Richmond opens the 130th Methodist Conference session in Lynchburg reading from John and singing How Firm a Foundation. Bishop A W Wilson presides with S S Lambeth reappointed secretary. J P Branch among lay delegates. committees on temperance and memorials named. J K Walker elected conference postmaster.
Thirteen year old Bernard Gillis of Fitchburg Massachusetts ran away to join a traveling show run by Mr and Mrs Hatfield. He was found asleep in the hull of a pony car in New York City and confessed to the Juvenile Court his plan to stay with the animals. The boy was turned over to the Children's Society and a contractor was notified for possible placement. He said the lure of ponies dogs and cats drew him from home and that he was paid fifty cents a day to water groom and assist with the animals.
New York special. Justices Seabury Bijur and Clay rule a landlord must maintain proper heat and hot water in a leased apartment. If the steam heating is inadequate despite repairs and the tenant leaves, the landlord cannot collect rent after abandonment. the judgment against the tenant is reversed.
Gouvernor Colquitt told the State Textbook Board he would resign rather than permit removing Abraham Lincoln’s picture from the history book under consideration. The controversy involves Confederate veterans and board members urging omission, while Colquitt demands a truthful account that shows both North and South, citing his Confederate father but insisting truth above allegiance.
A conceited young puppy declines attending a select dance saying he only associates with equals. A witty reply urges him to aim higher, reflecting social satire in the London Telegraph style.
In New York three men shipped a large emigrant trunk that allegedly held the body of a murdered woman. Investigators, led by Assistant District Attorney Theron R. Strong, travel to Georgetown to aid Connecticut police. A clerk described two young Italian men who shipped the trunk from Adams Express and provided a torn memo bearing the name G Napole Georgetown Conn. The trunk stood about 3.5 feet tall and weighed nearly 400 pounds, and the men claimed they would claim it in Georgetown.
Richmond special reports a State Board of Health bulletin urging residents to swat flies now to curb summer pests. The article also details a murder case in which Charles C. Merriman and his wife are linked to a newborn’s death, with detectives, autopsy findings, and a signed confession.
Madrid special reports reveal threats on King Alfonso and General Weyler after Premier Canalejas murder. Fearing for the crown and Catalonia unrest, officials anticipate Weyler as potential premier while police pursue two anarchists tied to the plot. Prostrated wife and son mourn.
Richmond story notes Mrs. Merriman once Miss Hattie Drummond who studied stenography at Massie College and lived with the Stiths at 16 South Lombardy Street. The Merriman hearing targets Charles C. Merriman of 1615 West Main Street arrested after a tip from his delirious wife.
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