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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25

Police station and locked up.
The police Will get IN touch with
the Michigan and Pittsburg authori-
ties Interesting developments are
looked for.
Later-Howard, who is also known
as George Packard. was later charged
with being n fugitive from Justice
from Louisville. Ky. His companion
is also charged with being a fugitive
from her parents. Another charge
that Of being disorderly and living to-
gether as man and wife-was Jointly
preferred against the couple.
When arrested at his studio How
ard, or Packard, who is known to his
clients as Professor Levada. fell in a
swoon when told that he was pris-
oner.
Howard and Miss Blackmore have
been stopping on East Grace Street.
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LEAVES ENGLAND To
FARM in AMERICA

NEW YORK. Special Lord
Hyde, only son and her ot the tarI
OF Clarendon, his wife and their two
children, the Hon. George ViIliers.
SIX, and the Hon. Joan Nilliers, three,
are in New York and in the next day
or two Will start for Canada, where
they viii take up life on farm.
ON their arrival here Wednesday
on the steamship Olympic Lord Hyde
talked freely of the family's plans.
Its out of old England and back
TO the land" he laughed.
Then as his beautiful young wife
chung TO his arm and smiled up at
him and his small son and daughter
gazed about them in wonder, Lord
Hvde, who is thirty-five years old,
told how he expected TO till the soil
and make living for himself and
family on a 2O7-acre farm in Picker
ing, Can, twenty miles from Toronto.
And 1 shall do my own work
too" said Lady Hyde. I'VE have
brought two servants, but we shall
dismiss them, and all the work about
the farmhouse will devOlve on me. 1
can do ii. We shall keep only one
man, and he will help with the rough
work on the farm
Prospect Delights Her.
AS she spoke Lady Hyde laughed
often. She seemed delighted with the
baek-to-the-soil idea and the pros
pect of doing the cooking. washinp
our departure seems to be part
of a general exodus from England.
due TO the present system of taNa-
ton said Lord Hyde. Canada is
very strict about immigrants, and
sends back all ne r-dO-wells so in
time, if everybody who was fit emf
grated from England only the unfit
would be left there
I'm tariff reformer. I believe
that Joseph Chamberlain years ago
Il TOD 10
Tor the real Englishman, whom
everybody wants i'm the country"
When asked TO tell ABOUT, the farm,
he replied:
My brother-in-law. Lord Somers
of Herefordshire bought the farm
last fan and is there now. There is
no house on it, but I have rented an
empty house in Pickering and we
shall have TO build our farmhouse.
Has No Farming Fad.
NO, we are not going in for any
especial crop. We shall raise fruit.
wheat and garden truck. When we
have developed into real farmers il is
likely we shall buy another farm"
But was the system Of taxation the
thing that caused YOU to leave Eng
land2' was asked.
NO; there was another reason.
ones money can be put out at larger
interest in Canada than in England.
BESIDES, we think it will be healthy
Tor the children to have the outdoor
lie that Will be theirs on the farm.
My son will go back to school in
the winter, and we, too, shall return
TO London when the winter comes on
While Lord Hyde was discussing
his plans Lady Hyde stood between
the children. With a hand on either
Of the children she suddenly said:
we are going to teach our chill
dren to forget the titles of aristocracy
My tenants in HerefOrdshire felt
bad about my going, but came to
wish me Godspeed."
and buckle down to hard work.
The Hydes were married in 1905 |
she was Adelina Verena Isabel Som
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NARONIC'S end
WAS A MYSTERY

NEW YORK Special.-In the
melancholy roll of marine tragedies,
that which overlook the Titanic.
stands alone in the fact that it is the
first on record wherein a conspicuous
vessel has met disaster on her maiden
voyage.
There was another star-crossed
craft-and, singularly enough, she be-
longed to this same line-which went
to the port of missing ships on her
second voyage, this being the Naro-
mic, fine new steamship which had
attracted much attention on her ar
rival here from the yards of her Brit
ish shipbuilders. Carrying about 800
all told, she steamed out of this port
on her return voyage. That was near
ly twenty years ago, and since then
there has been no word as to how
she met her fate.
To enum erate all the disasters
which have come to ships, even in
recent years, would require many col
umnS 10 tabulate. To recall some of
the most notable, there was the wreck
of the Atlantic, off Nova Scotia, in
1873, with the loss of 672; the foun-
dering Of the Pacific two years later
and the drowning of 256 of her pas
sengers and crew; the loss by COLI
sion Of the Anchor liner Utopia,
which was sunk by collision in 1891,
with a loss OF STA.
The Oregon Disaster.
Taking only a few of the most i'm
portant disasters of the past quarter
of a century, one finds the Oregon
laundering off Fire Island after col
lision with a schooner. She was orig
inally one Of the Guion fleet, but at
the time of the disaster was under
charter to the line whose boast 1t
was that it carried no napkins, but
never lost a life" No lives were lost
then.
1t was IN 1890 that the old Inman
liner City OF Paris went staggering to
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
POLICE ARREST
CLAIRVOYANT
Pretty and Stylish Miss With an
Alias Was Pawning Dia-
mOnd Rings.
RI G II MON ID. VA-Snec

r c II NJ o N D, VA.-Special-
stylishly dressed man and young
woman, the girl about twenty and
pretty, and her companion about
thirty. giving their names as George
Howard and May Blackmore. were ar
rested shortly before noon Thursday
by Detective Sergeants Kellam, Wiley
and Bolton as suspicious characters.
Howard is a clairvoyant. The girl,
VINO is also known as May Butler, SAYS
she is from Pittsburg and Howard says
he halls from Michigan.
When arrested, the girl was attempt
ing to pawn, with Samuel Stern, two
diamond rings. worth probably 1925
apiece. She is said to have wanted
1925 for the two. She told the pawn
broker that she had still another.
Through the girl, her companion
was located, and he was afterwards
taken into custody. The two were
taken to police headquarters. where
they were put through a gruelling by
Captain OF Detectives Mcmahon. They
were afterwards taken to the First
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Try TO Get Convention

A delegation representing the city
government and various commercial
organizations here will leave this city
Sunday afternoon for Nashville to at
tend the convention of the American
Saddle and Harness Manufacturers
Association, which convenes in that
city April 23rd and oath, and in order
to make efforts to have the convention
meet here next year Alderman w. H.
Adams will represent the city, and
the Chamber of Commerce will be
represented by Business Manager
William T. Dabney. Letters setting
forth Richmond's advantages as a
convention city were mailed yesterday
to some of the most prominent mem
bers of the association. Among the
cities which will make strong bids for
the convention are Milwaukee, New
Orleans and Detroit.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
TEN MINUTES EXTRA WORK
WAS MEANS OF SAVING 7O5 LIVES

NEW YORK Special Ten min
utes OF extra work on the part OF
the wireless operator of the Cunard
inner Carpathia was the means of saw
ing the 705 survivors of the Titanic.
according to Or. J. l.. Kemp. the ship 3
physician.
Harold Cotton, our wireless ope-
rator, was about to retire Sunday
night" said DR.. Kemp, when he
jokingly remarked:
guess l Will do ten minutes
overtime, then turn in
1T was during those ten minutes
that Cotton picked up the wireless
distress signal of the Titanic.
If Cotton had not stuck to his
post we would have known nothing
of the disaster. AS we were the only
ones near enough to render aid, it is
likely that all on board the Inflated
White Star liner would have per-
ished."
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CHANGE Of Mind .s.. !.
SAVED HIS LIFE
HOWARD WALTHALL CAME NEAR
MAKING TRIP On ILL
FATED TITANIC.

r j c II NJ o n ID, VA.-Special.-
Howard w. Walthan. of 9O7 East
Leigh Street. who is just completing
tour of the world, had prepared TO
sail home from England on the ILL
fated Titanic. But just before she
sailed he changed his mind. and de-
cided to remain longer in London.
His family and friends are joyful
over the fact that he did not board
the Titanic, as IL might have meant a
watery grave for him.
Mr.. Walthall sailed for Australia
from California several months ago.
He spent sometime with his brother,
who is a tobacconiSt in Australia.
From that distant land he sailed to
England, and is now spending his
fourth week in London. Mr.. Wal
thall has decided to leave for New
York April 27th, and will arrive there
sometime in the first week of May.
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WIRELESS CALLS
WERE BADLY Mixed
Officials of White Star Line DENY
Holding Back the Dreadful
News-Western Union Mana
ger Backs Up Statement
of Company.

NEW YORK. Special The
mystery surrounding the sinking
of the White Star liner Titanic
was deepened when the
steamship Cincinnati arrived here
and reported that n wireless mes
sage from the Titanic, saying that
she had struck berg, was picked
up Sunday night. but was fol-
lowed with the assurance that no
help VRIS needed, as the OIyIn-
pic, sister ship of the Titanic, had
responded TO the lirst IS. %. $"
calls.
Captain SchulINe. of the Gin
cinnati. said that on the night of
April nth his wireless operator
picked up n wireless message
saying that the liner had run into
an iceberg.
Captain SchuIke Immediately
put about and headed for the IT.
tanic'S position. After proceed
ing some miles out of his way the
operator picked up another mes
sage from the Titanic saying that
no aid was required, as the OIym-
pic had heard the first wireless
appeals.
At the time of the receipt OF
the message the Cincinnati was
about 500 miles from the position
of the Titanic.
Captain SchUIllSc said that IL he
had known the Titanic had gone
down he would have Cruised
about i'm an effort to pick up sur
NivorS, but upon getting the sec
Ond message from the Titanic he
again put to and resumed his
journey To New York.
Tie Cincinnati arrived from
Naples, Genoa and other South
ern European ports. In crossing
the Atlantic the captain had
chosen the southern travel route.
hence had not seen any icebcrgs, p
as they were being carried along
in the current of the gulf stream.
Mrs. Benjamin GuSgCnheim,
whose husband il still among
those unaccOuntcd for. called at
the White Star Office with
anxious inquiries. She was ac-
companied by her father, Dewitt
Scligman.
Mrs. GuggCnheim showed traces
OF SlcepieSS suffering i'm her face,
and pleaded with the clerks i'm the
information bureau to give her at
least some faint ray OF hope.
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STROSNEIDER WILL
FACE HIS ACCUSER

Joseph StrOsneider, wanted in Bos-
ton and other Northern cities for al
legged swindling operations has in
formed Governor Mann that he is
willing to return to Boston to face
his accuser in open court
Strosneider and a large number of
aliases was caught by the detectives
of Petersburg about a week ago.
while he was stopping at one of the
hotels Of that city. He is declared
10 he wanted in many places for high
finance operations.
Governor Foss, OF Massachusetts.
wired Governor Mann to have the
man held till an officer could come
from that State TO present papers for
his return, the officer TO leave there
today.
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ELLIS ISLAND WILL
BE UNDER NAGEL
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Is to Take Personal
Charge.

WASHINGTON, d. c. Special
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel will leave Washington for New
York at o'clock Thursday to take
personal charge of the immigration
station at Ellis Island and immediate
ly dispose of such questions relative 20
admission of survivors of the Titanic
as would come to him in the official
routine of admission of foreigners to
this country.
The secretary was TO have spoken
before the New York Produce EN-
change, but this engagement was can
celed becaused of the Titanic disaster.
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NEW YORK. Apru 10

NV lOItIN, April 10
George BraytOn, of Los Angeles.
gives this story of the Titanic:
4 was in the water two hours
before 1 was picked up by a life
boat. This boat contained TWEEN
ty-tWo passengers. 1 took an oar
when i got aboard, but il was
almost impossible TO row, because
nearly every stroke hit a dead
body.
/ never saw such heroism as
was displayed by Captain Smith.
of the Titanic. The captain was
washed from the sinking ship and
swan to "a baby which was float
ing nearby. He grasped the child,
reached a lifebOat with il and
handed IL to the officer in CHARGE
and swan back to the spot where
the stern of the Titanic was lust
settling forever.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
FLOOD THREATEN To
WIPE OUT TOWN
Levee Breaks South of Beaulah
Flooding Two Mississippi
Counties.

MEMPHIS, TENN Special The
Mississippi River levee at the I,obbeI
plantation, four miles south of Beau
lah' Miss, broke early today, flooding
Washington and Bolivar counties.
rich cotton raising lands.
Eight towns are in imminent
danger.
This is the first levee break on the
Mississippi bank of the river.
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SENATE TO PROBE
TITANIC DISASTER

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Special
As result of the Senate'S defermT-
nations to make drastic fnVestf-
cation of the disaster TO the IL
tanie, Senator Smith. chairman of
the subcommittee of the Senate
Commerce Committee, to invesfi-
gate the horror, accompanied by
other members of the committee
left for New York late today.
Senator Smith Will take action to
prevent the return to England of the
Iltanlcs officers If an attempt is made
to spirit them out of the country after
their arrival.
Before leaving Washington the sena-
tor conferred with the President and
secretary Nagel as to what lines in
their opinion, the investigation should
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
TILTED LOVER KILLS
GIRL AND HIMSELF

BOSTON, MASS. Special-Miss Ida
Martin. nineteen years old, was shot
Paul q Maxwell Manufacturing Com
pany at 125 Kingston Street today by
young man, who committed suicide
marry him.
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F. H. Sedden Hung in England
for Murder of Miss
Barrow.

LONDON Specialize. II. Sedden,
convicted Of the murder OF Miss Eliz-
abeth Barrow, was hanged in Pen
tonVille Jail today. Even upon the
scaffold ne refused to confess.
\ petition for reprieVe, signed by
100000 men and women. had been
rejected by the Home Secretary.
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STEAMER RUNS
INTO ROCK LEDGE

HALIFAX, n. S. Special The
200 passengers and mails have been
taken from the stranded steamer Earl
Grey, which struck on a ledge two
miles west of Tony River.
The Earl Grey has nine feet of
water in her hold and is in danger OF
being pounded to pieces.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
Transmitting ShnI,esnenr0

According to the story. three French
BOYS were studying a volume OF
Shakespeare in their own tongue their
task being to render portions of it into
English. When they came to HamIet's
famous soliloquy. ITO be or not to be-"
their respective translations were as
follows: % ITO was or not to aim:
% TO were or is to not; CD ITO
should or not to will"-Harpers Maya
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25
Graceful Monrninr-

The mourning veil is now often ar
ranged in broad streamers, which fan
to the waist at the back. This youth
full and becoming mourning bonnet is
covered with folds of crepe and a
big crepe bow is poised across the
back. From this bow the hemmed
steamers fall one above the other.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-25

has doubled the number OF wOmen's
shoes sold i'm the world. They have 70
take two steps now where they took
one before and that means the shoes
wear out twice as fast.-Charleston Is.
c. News.
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TAFT GIVES UP
HOPE FOR BUTT

WASHINGTON, d. c. Special
The White House announced early to-
day that President Taft believes the
positive statement received last night
that Major Archibald Butt is not
aboard the Carpathia- No other word
has come to the White House.
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Inherited.

Miss Gish-Mrs. Richley carries her
self SO splendidly always; nothing ever
disturbs her.
Mrs. Chellus-Yes, indeed; she car
ries herself just as steadily as her
grandfather did the hod.-Catholic
Standard and Times.
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HOPED DESPERATELY
help WOULD COME

NEW YORK. Special.-RObert
Williams Daniel. N.IO ~ a banker
of Philadelphia. and WHO WAS
formerly OF Richmond. Va. gave
the following statement OF his
experience:
Il was i'm my StatcrOOm ready
for bed when the Titanic struck.
There was practically no shock,
hardly more than 4 slight Jar. and
1 dressed and went on deck more
from curiosity than from fear.
then learned chat we had rammcd
an iceberg, but was assured that
there was no danger.
The ship seemed to be floating
buOyantly and the Officers APP
peared 10 have the situation well
in hand.
There was excitement, of
course. but nothing approaching
a panic. i stayed on deck half
an hour talking with the officers
and then on their assurances that
there was no danger. went back
TO bed. / was awakened shortly
afterNard by water rushing into
my berth and instantly realized
that / and hundreds of others
must be in imminent danger of
death.
II rushed to the deck i'm my
pajamaS and buckled on "A life
belt. The lifebOats had been
filed and lowered and there was
no way TO escape save by jump
ing and trusting TO be able TO
swim fast enough TO escape the
vortex that / knew must soon be
caused by the vessels final
plunge.
with many others I mounted
from dock AnaIr III
settled. We hoped desperately
that some other ship would come
10 our aid, but finally il became
plain that there was no other
chance than To plunge into the
icy water, and, in spite of the
danger of striking ice L finally
leapcd and struck the VVater feet
first.
The chill of the water was
almost paralyzing. but / managed
10 swim FAR enough TO escape the
suction from the sinking ship
ana shortly afterwards was pick
ed up by one of the Titanic's life
boats. In the meantime L had
been cIinging to a floating frag-
ment of ice"
Daniel was greeted at the pie
hen the Carpathia came in las
Then the Carpathia came in by hi
lother, Mrs. J. r. V. Daniel, of Rich
lond, and by his cousin, John Skel
On Williams, the widely-known CAPT
alist and railroad man.
Mrs. Daniel left Richmond Wed
esday night. She had previousl,
eceived positive assurances from sew
raj quarters that her son was saved
ut the good news did not come unit
ne had spent hours in an agony o
ppreh ension.
Robert Williams Daniel, aside from
We years residence in Philadelphia
as spent nearly all his life in Rich
iond. He was educated at Mcclure
chool and the University of Virginia
Is trip on the Titanic was his sixth
'ossing of the Atlantic.
PeriIOus Comparison.
Now" said the professor Of as
onomy, who was trying to be enter
lining, the most beautiful star
''Be careful. professor" whispered
"a hostess; ''the lady to whom you ar,
is . prima COMMUNICATING
n Star.
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HobbIe a Help 20 ShOemakerS.
It IL estimated that the hobble skirt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-06
5 :! IS e! IT.:
SALE BILLS
Auction Bulletin
Thos. Basis Sale

Having rented my farm located 6
miles southwest of Lancaster, miles
northeast of Beetown and half mile
south of Five Points, I will sell at
public aution on the premises COM
mencing at 1 o'clock p. m. sharp
THURSDAY MARCH Z, 1912
The following described property
IA Head Cattle-12 choica mich
cows, all coming fresh in March and
April 2 heifers coming two years old
2 Horses-Span of good work mares
one 10 years old, with foal
"a Head Swine-14 good brood sows,
Of which FIVE are bred to farrow in
April and nine to farrow in May. 10
good fall pigs.
Grain-200 bushels corn 10 bushels
good seed oats: 30 bushels good barley.
Machinery, Etc. One Woods binder.
good as new; one 4horse disc. good as
new one Mccormick mower; one Nc
Cormick hay rake one 3-section har-
row, good as new; one corn pillow one
farm wagon, good as new; one low
wheel wagon; one basket hay rack
one set II inch work harness, and
numerous other articles.
200 Fence Posts-50 Chickens.
Lunch at 10 100
Terms All sums of $40 and under
cash On all sums over that amount
credit of one year time will be
given on approved bankable notes,
bearing Z per cent interest.
THOMAS BASS.
r. n. Hosklns, Auctioneer.
George A. Moore, Clerk.
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