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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1911
Page
3
The rescuers near a shaft fire freed the Pattern eas fighters amid thick smoke. The miners reached a safe exit as air was pumped in and gradually the flames subsided. Rescued workers said they were affected little by the gases.
The family of R. Edgar Stripling alias R. E. Morris former Danville chief of police now serving a life term in Georgia left for Columbus to start a new home. The Stripling household includes the wife and ten children, and they plan to renew efforts to obtain a pardon for their father.
Republican Progressive leaders plan a Chicago gathering on October 16 aimed at boosting La Follette for president. The insurgents will largely oppose Taft's renomination with many progressives attending. Figures named include Pinchot Spreckles Brandeis Garfield and Crane among others.
A morning blaze in a ten story West Side tenement in the Ghetto district left twelve people dead and several others missing. Police detained building owners Harry Lasky and Samuel Goldstein after discovering a letter from Continental Fire Insurance refusing further coverage on the building.
Special to The Evening Journal. In Man te o North Carolina the gas oline steamer Edna May exploded in harbor at 5 AM. Miss Bessie Midgett of Manteo and engineer Sam Casey were badly burned. several others slightly injured. Cause unknown. The Edna May is a 10 ton vessel running between Manteo and Hatteras.
A bomb exploded Sunday night in the hallway of the building at 824 East Eleventh Street owned by Frank A Setaro. The blast damaged the floor and stairway, injuring Gardano Soda and causing about 200 dollars in damage. Police and detectives searched for clues with no motive found. This marks the twenty fifth Black Hand bombing in Manhattan since August.
In New York on Sunday afternoon during the Jewish New Year crowd gathers at Park Avenue and East 100th Street as two well dressed couples quarrel and clash in the street. Police attempt to intervene but the four refuse to stop and are taken to the East 104th Street Police Station.
The President described Kansas as a child of a great issue, slavery, and largely traced its admission to statehood. His speech focused on history rather than current political topics.
Elgin Illinois traders say Canada’s rejection of reciprocity spurred a half cent butter increase. Butter is quoted at 26 1/2 cents per pound, up from 26 cents a week ago.
In Ansonia Connecticut a burning oil soaked van attached to a horse drawn wagon caused pandemonium as two horses bolted through Union Street toward City Hall. Driver Charles Jackson was thrown and injured. bystanders assisted, police restrained the animals, and fire crews fought the blaze. Jackson's injuries are serious but not fatal.
In New York a seven year old and his five year old brother fell ill and died from suspected alcoholic poisoning after drinking two pennies spent candy. Doctors diagnose alcoholic poisoning and an autopsy will be performed. The mother disputes poisoning and blames cheap candy.
A brief dialogue captures a daughter noting gradual closeness to her father as they move indoors with the season. The exchange hints at evolving family dynamics and a restrained sense of proximity within a domestic setting.
Mrs Charles M Gerrichs reported the recovery of her six thousand dollar collar of pearls dropped in a Newport cab last night. Clark T Brown Jr found the pearls and returned them to the owner, and received a large denomination bank bill as a reward.
Special J. H. Fizer of Puckhannon West Virginia a mill owner and cattle raiser was found dead in a Jersey City hotel at 66 Pavonia Avenue yesterday investigators could not tell if a gas leak or deliberate ignition caused the death awaiting further inquiries
West Virginians flock to see Beulah Binford’s life story presented as a reformist moving picture about the Beattie murder. The show touts moral lessons for mothers and daughters with scriptural quotations and a life like lithograph advertised in posters. Local authorities initially warned against the production but the roadshow continues, with Beulah slated to perform in New York and Madison Square Garden amid ongoing public interest.
International Association of Machinists President James O Connell and officers of allied trades met in Davenport to decide a possible strike over Harriman line disruptions. Attendees included J A Franklin boilermakers head M F Ryan carbuilders chief and J W Kline blacksmiths leader as they prepare to report to the machinists convention.
Washington telegraphers from the Order of Railway Telegraphers threaten a general strike likely at any moment. Committeeman says officials have dilatoryly delayed wage discussions for a 24 percent increase, with conferences in Washington ongoing for weeks.
President Taft lands in Kansas for a four day tour with Congressman Campbell aboard the train. He speaks at the Plaza in a crowd of 8000 Kansans discussing his tariff vetoes and the woolen bill while scheduling a stop in Kansas City for a conservation congress.
Louis P. Roberts sues owners of a car injuring him at Fifty fourth Street and Broadway. The case reveals a copartnership of a millionaire, his chauffeur James Spencer and footman Robert McAllister with Otto E. Gearing as chauffeur. The office is listed at 11 Fifth Avenue in the Hotel Brevoort. The court reserved decision on a motion to dismiss.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a six cent per hundred pounds rate for lumber from Empire Michigan to Chicago. The move aims to help the Manistee and Northeastern Railroad and its connections compete with lumber shooters serving the same routes.
In a fierce duel between New York Central Railroad detectives and four alleged car burglars, Joseph Kosatskowski was shot and killed in the railroad yards at Tonawanda near Buffalo New York.
In Manhattan a Burns Brothers driver left his wagon to fetch beer, violating firm orders. The move sparked a 200 driver strike of Burns Brothers and halted coal deliveries to lower Manhattan skyscrapers, drawing union sympathy from I Wertheimer Coal and Coke men and police intervention.
Forty boys from St. Joseph's Parochial School in Bayonne New Jersey visited New York to see the Aquarium and Central Park Zoo. They were chaperoned by Sister Avalline and an assistant and toured the Aquarium safely.
London reports indicate that protests against the October 2 boxing match between Jack Johnson and Bombadier Wells are succeeding and the bout will be canceled. Promoter James White declined to comment on definite plans.
Two armed deputies were sworn in to patrol the Illinois Central Railroad yards in Memphis to prevent striking clerks from molesting traffic. No freight moves were made today as the entire federation of clerks remains on strike.
The exclusive right to show Beulah Binford pictures in Virginia theaters will be sold within two or three days with several offers and agreed terms. Police Headquarters statements suggest the films will not be allowed in Virginia, after denouncement in other cities by churches and the press.
The crew of the White Star Olympic, rammed by the Hawke, sue to recover full voyage pay. The action, described as the first of its kind to England, will be heard Friday in Southampton.
Judge W C Adamson of Georgia predicts Clarke and Cobb would win the 1912 Democratic ticket. Champ Clarke of Missouri for President and Ty Conoe of Atlanta for Vice President are cited as the ticket.
Attorney General Wickersham arrived in New York from Bretton Woods and said he had no statement yet on government plans for trusts. He planned a later remark but would focus on a tobacco hearing with officials and judges to devise a method for dissolving the Tobacco Trust in line with a U.S. court decision.
Ottawa Ontario special report notes premier-elect R. L. Borden beginning cabinet organization and aiming for a tentative slate by tomorrow. He will face early tariff increase requests and plans to have his cabinet ready to review them within weeks.
The United States Board of Pardons is likely to grant parole to John R. Walsh the Chicago banker at its Tuesday session in Leavenworth Kansas. He may be freed tomorrow evening though about fifty other applications precede his.
Dimitry Bogroff, the alleged assassin of Premier Stolypin, was hanged today in the citadel courtyard after a court martial found him guilty on Friday. Local government witnesses attended the execution.
A Northwestern train struck a hay wagon returning from a Hanson farm wedding anniversary party. Seventeen dead expected as victims, many mutilated. passengers include workers from Menasha Woodenware Company. Foggy, obstructed crossing sight with a billboard. rescuers aided by volunteers.
Memphis reports 1000 clerks on strike as 250 work at the capital and 300 in New Orleans oppose not recognizing the union and a system contract. The Yazoo Valley line between Memphis Princeton Ky and New Orleans also affected. Chicago says its Illinois Central offices remain quiet with no expected walkouts.
BERLIN Special Thomas A. Edison the famous American inventor and electrical wizard has completed a European tour by auto with his family. After a brief stay in Berlin they left for Hamburg to sail to New York where they will resume residence.
In Knoxville W J Bryan counters Taft by pledging to wait for a trust magnate’s pen term before backing his standard of decision. He argues the President may bluff through another campaign on trusts but warns opponents not to be deceived by such bluff.
Austin L. Bodden, 27, a prominent Mobile social figure and cashier for the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad, is under arrest in Mobile charged with embezzling $1800. Authorities say gambling is at the core, and a bond company will prosecute him.
Women dominated the program at the National Conservation Congress in Kansas City. Mrs Harriet Wallace Ashby of Des Moines Iowa and Mrs J M Lewis of Kingsley Kansas spoke on Social Life on the Farm. Mrs Philip N Moore of St Louis will speak tonight. J B White of Kansas City may become the next president.
Dr Booker T Washington plans a 200 mile rail journey from Austin to Temple Texas continuing his lectures. Officials offered a Jim Crow car or a special car and he chose a small sleeper for himself and a single negro porter traveling alone.
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