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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1912
Page
2
Bryan and Wilson in Conference in Lincoln Neb
Governor Wilson and William J. Bryan held a lengthy talk in Lincoln about the national political scene predicting a Democratic victory. They discussed campaign strategy for mountain and coast states and praised the Lincoln reception before Wilson’s train departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Wooootrow Wilson
William J. Bryan
Sun
Fairview
Irryan
Rocky Moon States
Bryan
Wilson
Pacific Coast
Nebraska
Thirteenth Street
Mr. Bryan
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Wage Scale To Be Adjusted In Roanoke Conference
The general committee of the Federated Trades of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, nine unions and about 6000 workers, meets officials to adjust the annual wage scale and working rules. A three cents per hour increase is demanded. conference will last several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Federated Trades of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Reading stock drama ends with mysterious bidder lifting price
On the Reading Stock Exchange floor in New York a dramatic bidding duel unfolds as Barney Baruch Harry Content and Jakey Field clash with a stranger Billy Mitchell who suddenly bids 10 000 Reading shares pushing the price to seventy four and three quarters in a display that halts trading and stuns the crowd. Mitchell a cotton trader known from Gwathmey & Co appears to bid 100 000 bales of cotton elsewhere, turning the session into a legendary moment of market manipulation chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reading
Stock Exchange
Barney Baruch
Harry Content
Jakey Field
Reading Post
Northern Pacific
Morgan
Harriman
Content
Daniel
Field
George Hurty
Billy Mitchell
Hurty
Mitchell
Gwathmey ,& O
Cotton Exchange
Marty
William Mitchell
Tie
The
Exchange
Chicks Gluck Tortures Two Art Loving Souls
New Rochelle writer William A Salisbury and his artist wife clashed over Mrs Nellie H Peck s chickens invading their property. Salisbury shot and killed several chickens blaming the disturbance on art vs reality then faced a court case adjourned to next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Lochee
Ash
William A. Salisbury
New Rochelle
Nellie H. Peck
Edward M. Peck
Sallebury
Rhode Island
Salisbury
Mrs. Peck
Samuel F. Swinburne
Killer’s Love Rejection Triggers Double Tragedy in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg Grace Maapleson, fifteen, rejected Joseph Kellerman, thirty two. He shot her and wounded her, then fatally shot himself in front of the girl's mother after renewing his marriage plea at dawn. Kellerman had returned to pursue the match after an earlier plea was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Grace Maapleson
Joseph Kellerman
Kellerman
Dress Mix-Up at Sale Ends With Quick Rebuy
Mrs. John sobs over a misrouted dress sale plot in a domestic mishap. She admits sending John’s new dress suit to the rummage sale but the couple recovers it after John buys it back for thirty five cents, a small domestic victory. The Newport News Press calls for a better taxation system when the General Assembly convenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Mabel
General Assembly
Newport News Press
Paris Vigilance to Shield Boer Hero on Return
Lord Kitchener faces anonymous death threats as he travels from London to Egypt. Detectives surround him in Paris and vow heavy guards for the duration of his stay in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lord Kitchener
Egypt
London
France
De Palma Improves but Not Out of Danger
Milwaukee special reports Ralph De Palma's condition has slightly improved though still perilous. Physicians say the famed auto driver has a good chance to recover. Caleb Brage explains he could not swerve fully to avoid the collision, saying there was not enough room for the other car to pass at that moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Ralph de Palma
Caleb Brage
No Plirt This Girl Weds In An Hour
In Chicago a Hammond Indiana man, John H. Hinsley, 53, and eighteen year old Nellie Brown married within an hour of meeting while hiring her as a housekeeper. Hinsley said he acted on messages from a higher force. Nellie, an orphan, had been living with Mrs Dalzell at 4869 Armitage Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
John H. Hinsley
Hammond
Ind
Nellie Brown
Hinsley
William Dalzell
Armitage Avenue
Will Build Cemetery Near Wealthy Colony New York
Consternation spreads among Nassau County’s wealthy colony near Herricks Long Island as the Repose Mausoleum Company is granted rights to lay out cemetery buildings on Isaac U. Willets farm. Bodies must be sealed in caskets not placed on ground, altering Meadow Brook hounds routes and foxes in the area. Company pays $1 per body to the local school district and the county for roads annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herricks
L. I
W. R. Grace
J. P. Grace
Sheehan
Justice Pendleton
Howard Gould
Harry Payne Whitney
Payne Whitney
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Clarence H. Mackay
Board of Supervisors
Nassau County
William Hart
Manhattan
Repose Mausoleum Company
Isaac U. Willets
Meadow Brookhounds
Willets
Man Fined For Insulting Ladies In Richmond
Richmond police court fined Cathcart for interfering with two women on Broad Street. He admitted the offense but blamed drinking. He said no offense was intended and showed penitence, while police guarded the women whose identities were withheld as they were mother and daughter about eighteen years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Cathexart
Justice Crutch
Broad Street
Indies
Clehteen
Cathcart
Folleeman Hertuce
Justice John
G. K. Pollock
Rioters Go On Trial For Echoes Of Timber War
Special armed deputies patrolled streets as District Court opened the murder trial of fifty two Brotherhood of Timber Workers members. Holiday declared statewide. Defense leaders invited to prove labor unions oppose murder. Two hundred witnesses, including Burns detectives, attended. Five men died in a clash at Galloway Lumber Company on July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake CH LA
Ffty
Brotherhood of Timber Workers
Conmrt
Liftetn Burns
Galloway Tnmber Company
New York Suit Alleges Alienation in Broadway Producer Case
Louis J. Winsch sues John J. Collings in Supreme Court for $10,000 alleging alienation of his wife Mrs Dorothy Regel Winsch who wed Collings in Stamford. Winsch, once married to Mrs Winsch in Philadelphia, also seeks annulment of her Chicago divorce. Accuses Collings of urging separation and detaining Mrs Winsch. Collings denies involvement. The case ties to theatrical producer roles and past marriages includingpolitical figure Renton McMillin as an acquaintance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John J. Collings
Dorothy Regel Winsch
Stamford
Conn
Louis J. Winsch
Supreme Court
Winsch
Chicago
Crolins
Collings
Winseh
Collins
Cohan Theater
Thomas J Ryan ends life amid party power and finances
Philadelphia special reports Democratic leader Thomas J. Ryan, a longtime member of the Donnelly Ryan Gurley political trio, shot himself in his Land Title and Trust office. Once wealthy, he faced financial ruin from failed Dreamland ventures and local amusements, with creditors set to meet for a trusteeship. He had ties to the Widener family and Guffey, aiding various ventures and concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thomas J. Ryan
Pennsylvania
Land Title and Trust Building
Ryan
Coney Island
N. Y
Point Breeze
Wideners
George D. Widener
Philadelphia Rapids Transit Company
James J. Guffey
Greeks Rally to Country's Call in Richmond VA
Voting unanimously to answer Athens decree Greeks in America urged to return and help defend Greece. Over 250 Pan-Hellenic Union members gathered at Sparks Halil 712 East Broad Street. George Grannios chaired as speeches urged patriotism and claimed they would not renounce American citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmondo
Athens
America
Greece
Sparks’ Halil
East Broad Street
Pan-Hellenic Union
George Grannios
Granks
George
Taft Tour Continues Into Vermont from Dalton Mass
President Taft resumes automobile tour after leaving Senator Crane’s home in Dalton Massachusetts. He travels into Vermont with Mrs Taft and Miss Mabel Houndman, plans luncheon in Brattleboro and dinner in Manchester. A stop includes Townsend Wisconsin birthplace of his father. In Manchester they will be hosted by Robert St Lincolns and other Republican leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Mass
Taft
Crane
Vermont
Mabel Houndman
Brattleboro
Manchester
Townsend
Robert St. Lincols
Fletcher
Britain Ready to Seek Peace in Balkan Turmoil
Constantinople reports say powers agree a Turkey versus Balkan league war is unlikely as unrest continues. Britain joins with Europe to coerce Turkey and Balkan states into peace after a conference at the foreign office chaired by Sir Edward Grey. Greece Bulgaria Serbia Montenegro and others are already at war along Turkish and Greek frontiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Turkey
Balkan League
Balkans
Britain
London
Great Britain
Balkan States
Foreign Office
Edward Grey
England
Bulgaria
Servia
Monenegro
Greece
Balkan
Sharp battle at Salonika as Bulgarians clash with Turks
Bulgarian troops crossed into the Vely Bey district and seized unoccupied Turkish blockhouses. Turkish forces quickly reinforced the front as the clash escalated, and the fight continued into the afternoon with both sides engaging in a tense siege buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salonika
Turkey
Vely Bey
Correspondents Gather for Balkan War Front Move
Eight war correspondents assembled in Sofia as Bulgaria's general staff directs them to ready themselves to report to the headquarters staff and join the army’s lines in the coming days amid hostilities in the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SOF
Bulgaria
Balkans
Staf
Sofia
European markets dip amid Balkan war talks
Paris and Berlin bourses fell as speculative war fears resurfaced in the Balkans, though overall European markets showed less tension and a cautiously optimistic outlook. Loans remained readily available, keeping money easy for borrowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Balkans
Vienna
Berlin
Europe
Rockefeller reply to worth question sparks thrift remark
A New York reporter asked John D. Rockefeller if he were only worth 900 million dollars. Rockefeller smiled and answered with a parry urging economy. He advised the inquirer to work and save, warning that prosperity has ruined many men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Passenger Freight Collision Near Hagerstown MD Kills Eight
A disastrous collision between a Philadelphia and Reading passenger train and a freight train on the Western Maryland Railroad occurred near Hagerstown Maryland today. Early railroad reports cite eight dead and many injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Philadelphia and
Reading
Western Maryland Railroad
Railroa
First Mrs Sickles Sought by Son Dead for 44 Years
Mrs Anna Wall Martinez of New York claims she knew Teresa Bagiell Sickles, wife of General Daniel Sickles, and provides details of her life and death. She disputes a divorce and notes the family burial sites and a daughter Laura who eloped. Alfred Summers Molyneux claimed to be the son, seeking confirmation of maternity. Mrs Martinez recalls the wedding, city residences, and Hastings country home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Teresa (Bagiell) Sickles
Daniel J. Sickles
Anna Wall Martinez
Bradhurst Avenue
Martinez
Sickles
Mr. Molyneux
South Amboy
N. J
Philip Barton Key
Molyneux
St. Joseph's Church
Washington Place
Sixth Avenue
Greenwood Cemetery
St. Joseph
Greenwood
America
One Hundred and Eighteenth Street
North River
Hastings
Bagtols
Clark changes plea to guilty in dynmite conspiracy trial
Edward Clark former business manager of the Tren-Workers Union at Cincinnati changed his plea from not guilty to guilty at the opening of the federal dynamite conspiracy trial in Indianapolis Indiana It was predicted that others of the defendants would follow Clark s example and many of the forty six defendants left would join a stampede to throw themselves upon the mercy of the court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis, Inc
Edward Clark
Tren-Workers' Union
Cincinnati
Clark
May Drop Charges Against Kidd in Henrico County
Richmond special report details potential nolle prosequi in Kidd case to prevent defense leverage over witnesses. City case witnesses and county prosecutors clash over subpoenas as Frank Sutton blocks certain appearances. Wendenburg objects to interference while evidentiary timing hangs on Justice Crutchfield's court schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Luis O. Wendenburg
Lee Kidd
Henrico County
Crutchifield
Nolle
Kidd
Commonwealth
Scott
Wendenburg
Henrico Commonwealth
Frank Sutton
Sutton
Shrewd Crook Snared In Capitol Square Scam
Richmond Special. Burton, 42, of Roanoke, a claimed employment agent for American Locomotive Works, was arrested with $2 from Lenny Johnson at Capitol Square. Johnson had already fallen for a fake job promise last week and identified Burton upon recognition. Burton, described as a carnival crook, was nabbed by Detective Atkinson while attempting to press another victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
R. Burton
Roanoke
First
Lenny Johnson
Burton
Capitol Square
Charles W. Atkinson
Johnson
Tie
Detective Atkinson Detains Litter Suspect for Police Court
Detective Atkinson escorted the complainant who swore out a warrant for Burton. The suspect was taken into custody and will face St Johnson in Police Court tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkinson
Burton
St Johnson
Roanoke Arrest Tells of Dream Confessed Gun Carrying
In Roanoke Jas per Allen brother of Floyd and Sidna Allen arrived with Victor Allen to seek counsel for Sidna. Jasper Allen denied carrying a pistol until searched. a .38 Smith & Wesson was found in a leather wallet. He claimed state officer status to carry, was jailed, then bailed at $100. Justice Berkley questioned the case, preferring another justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Jas
Jasper Allen
Floyd
Sidna Allen
Victor Allen
Floyd Allen
W. ©. Allen
Jack Allen
Smith & Wesson
Allen
Psyche& Conservator of the Peace
Bedford County
Carroll
War Against Vice Continues in Chicago Assault on Morals
Chicago officials intensify the vice war as Harrison B. Riley of Chicago Title and Trust faces arraignment while warrants target 52 property owners tied to immoral use. State's Attorney Wayman leads, with 1,000 women marching to demand hotel evictions and a patrol wagon on standby for arrests. After prosecutions, Wayman plans to move against keepers. Also notes oyster typhoid rumors and editorials from Blackstone Cover and the Petersburg Progress debating South loyalty in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Harrison B. Riley
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Wayman
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W. Weber
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Ang Hielitz
Tyr
Benjamin Wurkert
Heidelberg
Chibs
Ywera
Warkert
IV. Weber
United States
Pierre
Rothing
Mitchells
Billy
Lord Robert Kitchener
DE Palmer
Eife
ITER
James Oliver Gurwood
Hudson Lay
Prince Albert
Old Windsor Hotel
Saskatchewan
Tammany Hall
New York State
Dix
Lessler
Jalil Warden
Bilackstone
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Petersburg
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