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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
6
In a curtailed Wisconsin Senate session only thirty two of the required forty eight members were present. Senator La Follette pressed to dispense with reading the journal while Smoot objected, signaling heightened tensions between the two leaders amid absences including Lode Root and Weyburn.
Washington dispatch reports Special Representative Underwood refusing overtures to Senate on the deficiency bill and adjournment. House leaders insist on four Senate amendments, while Speaker Clark favors Senate initiative in compromise. If no accord, immediate adjournment is considered, with potential passage of the deficiency bill in February 1913.
Washington special reports House members formed a plan to force the Senate into adjournment decision. The scheme calls for no quorum challenges and a speaker pro tempore to call the House to order every two or three days, letting most members depart to run private business while the Senate stalls. Senators from Virginia Oregon Maryland and Texas persist against adjournment until their state claims are restored in the Deficiency bill. La Follette and Rose support a probe into Theodore Roosevelt and Standard Oil campaign matters.
Washington officialdom backs Mexico’s plan to hang or shoot rebels captured in warfare. The move is cited as necessary to end the revolt quickly for American interests. Rebels allegedly commit outrages against women and children as they retreat toward the mountains.
An unclear report from Montclair describes the sudden death of Arthur H. at an Im city address printed with cryptic notes about peaches pickles bread and other odd items. No clear cause or fuller facts are provided in the fragment.
New York society figure Mrs. Robert Goelet is moved from Southampton to Havre aboard the private yacht Nahma in search of a Paris specialist to prolong or cure her serious cancer. Her son Robert Goelet has left New York hoping to reach Paris in time to obtain expert medical aid. Doctors stay at her bedside as she endures illness.
New York dispatch reports evidence suggesting Lieutenant Charles A. Becker funneled $3 000 monthly to a civilian attache of the department. District Attorney Whitman demands bank records by Monday afternoon, while Police Commissioner Waldo pursues a personal graft inquiry and a crackdown on gambling and disorderly houses.
Boston report says Mrs. Lilian C Tickell of Pleasant Street, Marden, recovered after a lizard in her stomach emerged following a shrimp salad. A doctor diagnosed plomaineg poisoning, another suggested extracting the reptile by steam and aroma. The creature appeared on the tongue after inhaling lettuce steam. Mrs. Tickell shed nineteen pounds during illness.
Special samples of milk suspected of causing ptomaine poisoning were brought to Raleigh for analysis by the State Chemist. The illness afflicted twenty guests at a Western North Carolina hotel, with an unknown child dead and others recovering. The event, occurring Friday evening about 300 miles away, involved prominent summer visitors to the mountains.
A major Bristol, Virginia office tower faced near total destruction after a basement fire spread to the upper floors. An occupant on the sixth floor woke to smoke from an elevator shaft, delaying total loss and allowing evacuation.
James F. Gillen, doing business as Oxley Drug Company, was arraigned in Gates Avenue Police Court Brooklyn on charges of selling fraudulent aspirin as part of a war against adulterated drugs. Metz agents found a stable storefront with a single sign and labeled aspirin matching Farbenfabriken Elberfeld packaging.
New York reports a first appearance of a double deck Broadway street car with steel netting on upper and partial lower sections. The low roof forces stooping, Grecian bends, and potential head injuries for tall riders while the stairways accommodate one person at a time. An automatic fare register records payments as passengers board. The car’s shrill whistles announce its approach over long distances, disrupting sleep on Broadway.
London reports that with many government officials away on vacation no decision on sending the American Panama Canal treaty referendum to the Hague is expected soon. British editorials urge action against the bill, arguing it breaches the Hay-Pauncefoot treaty as representations to Washington are prepared, while the government moves cautiously.
In Chicago Motis shot Viusta Magzek amid rush hour crowds while claiming engagement and poverty prevented marriage. He was arrested. the girl may recover from injuries.
Emperor William, confined to his bed at Wilhelmshohe Castle with a severe cold, shows slight improvement. Doctors deny cancelled plans for next week's military festivities and a Switzerland trip. He may travel to Potsdam Thursday if no complications arise. The Empress and Princess Victoria are at his bedside.
At Sea Girt New Jersey the National and New Jersey Rifle Association staged the regimental and presidents match events. Twelve teams vied for the regimental trophy worth 1000 dollars with the Fifty fourth town and Second Texas leading early 261. The Seventy first New York and fifty third town tied at 259 with other scores ranging down to 248 for Fourth New Jersey two teams.
Blondy the Boston bulldog of John W. Gates lies in state in his late owner’s garage at 105 East Seventy fourth Street. The pet died at the Plaza Hotel and was embalmed after a Paris made gold collar and silk lined coffin were arranged. Burial will occur at a Gates friend’s Scarsdale estate with plans to move the remains later to the Gates Port Arthur Texas estate for final interment.
Mrs Madeline Gray twenty one of 684 Gates Avenue Brooklyn married a week to Richard Gray ninety four year gap to her stepson Charles thirty nine who is married to Kathleen twenty two. She testified in Gates Avenue Court that he refused to call her mamma and insulted her while also attempting a fam coe upon her head. Charles was arraigned for disorderly conduct and sent to Kings County Hospital for evaluation.
Commonwealth's Attorney Crandal Mackey led a dawn inspection of river camps on the Virginia shore south of Chain Bridge. He and HM. M. Fowler questioned campers, gathered names, and ordered many to depart citing robberies and disorderly conduct. Police protection will be provided for the innocent campers who promise cooperation.
The American Bar Association faces a racial clash as opponents to William H. Lewis A G Boston Negro and former Harvard athlete push to expel him. Wickersham supports Lewis, while George Whitlink and Barrow Parrat lead the opposition. The group also plans to amend the constitution to bar negroes from membership and to hear Frank Kellogg on The New Nationalist. The convention runs August 27 to 29.
Warrenton town hall will stop the Grizzly Bear and Turkey Trot dances with the town sergeant ordered to censor and close the hall for violations. Summer social leaders faced sharp criticism as efforts to introduce new dances were halted after a recent German dance incident. In Pittsburg Michael Armbruster, once a Spring Garden official, dies from a dance incident while Albert Sliven is jailed after a shooting at a Spring Garden picnic. Sliven barricaded himself and was later arrested.
In New York a police magistrate watched a public demonstration of the turkey trot by Frederick Krelel to judge the protest against the dance. The scene followed an assault on the manager of a Bronx social affair Saturday night. Magistrate Herbert upheld a decision to hold Harry Mannheimer, charged with assault, to the grand jury after the dance-linked incident.
Reports from Belgrade say Servia requests a war declaration after Turkish troops killed and looted in Sicnitza, Southern Servia. Telegrams describe Turks seizing the town barracks and public buildings, looting, and abducting girls for ransom. The Porte promises an investigation and punishment for the guilty.
The White House has no fixed date for President Taft to depart Washington for Massachusetts or Heverly. Taft would not leave while Congress is in session, and the longer the session lasts the more impatient he becomes, with Washington enduring a heat wave as summer begins.
Washington telegraph men debate using girls as messenger substitutes for boys. They acknowledge accuracy and reliability but cite weather and safety limits in the capital. Pittsburg reportedly considered the idea five years ago with no follow up.
Special noting a serious drought in Bedford causing premature tobacco cutting. Less than half a crop expected as growers cut plants to prevent further damage from burning up. Landmark farming region affected by dry conditions and yield loss.
Colonel Charles T. Loehr pressed for another four year commission as notary public in Virginia. He recalled service since 1874 under governors Kemper and successors and recounted a reunion with the Old First Virginia. Ben P. Owen assured Loehr the commission would be issued for another term and offered to intervene if a future governor refused.
Bristol Virginia special report says Slemp will not seek the Ninth District congressional nomination. Roosevelts' Bull Moose bloc is expected to control the Bristol GOP convention to nominate a candidate, while Slemp's friends confirm the decision is final and aimed at blocking a Taft allied candidate.
John Francies, special warden of the Western penitentiary in Pittsburg, plans a city wide telephone network inside Riverside prison. Wires will connect the main building yards and front lawns to speed tool access and workflow without placing phones in individual cells.
A special report states detectives under William J. Thorns have been active for months uncovering extensive municipal corruption in New Orleans Louisiana. City officials met hurriedly to discuss the matter and prepare a public statement promising prompt graft charges if any are found.
Governor Thomas K. Marshall of Indiana spoke in Boston on his Democratic campaign for Vice President, arguing that brickbats do not win campaigns. He cited campaign finance concerns, predicted strong Indiana support, and outlined his plan to present issues directly to voters as he travels through Maine, Augusta, Bangor, and Lewiston with other Democratic figures.
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