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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
THIS IS AN ACE
OF REAL GRAFT
Forty Per Cent of Appropriations for
Public Use Are Sidetracked.

NEW YORK.-Sp ecial.- Justice
Howard, OF the Supreme Court Of
this State, in reducing the compensa-
ton of commissioners TO appraise
damages in the taking OF injury of
property in the construction of the
Ashokan reservoir, took occasion TO
refer to the great cost OF such pro-
ceedings and the waste of money in
public undertakings. 1T is greatly 10
he regretted" he said, that no pub
lie enterprise can be projected and
consummated without this appalling
loss called graft" He declared that
at least 40 per cent OF all the money
appropriated for public use is lost
in graft" He did not think that any
particular individual or class OF in
dlVlduais was responsible, but said:
Graft is product of our times and
institutions. II is the people who are
responsible; for by prescription they
seem to have lost, or 10 believe they
nave lost. their title to integrity. They
expect graft, and even spoil and booty,
10 deplete their resources whenever
any great undertaking is ventured by
them; and they look with complacence
and federation and indifference at raw
ages upon their property"
is this pessimistic view of "Our
times and institutions" and OF loss
OF the sense OF integrity by the people
Justlhed? There is too much apparent
ground for il; but may il not be due
mainly TO larger opportunities and
and temptations, rather than to de-
generation OF character, that il seems
TO be a product of the present? Is
there more of II, relatively, than there
mas been in the past, or has il only
been made more conspicuous and no.
uceable! IL is certainly more noticed
and exposed, more criticised and com
mented upon, more denounced and
condemned that il used TO be. Per
haps that is the main difference and
If so it is a wholesome sign. When
graft is concealed and escapes at
tention is when it is undermining
character and demoralizing the sense
OF integrity. When il is exposed and
denounced the moral sense is awak-
ened. and it is made disreputabIe
Then it may be in the way to be
cured.
But if it is true that 40 per cent
OF all money appropriated for public
use is lost in graft" and if, as Judge
howard says, that percentage must
be added to what a corporation like
railroad can construct a public IN
dertaking for" in order to ascertain
the cost by public action, is that not
a pretty powerful argument against
doing anything by public action that
can be properly done by private en-
terprise? If system of reservoirs.
aqueducts, and distributing conduits
must cost so much because they are
public undertakings. would it not be
we'll TO cOnfine subways and transit
systems to private enterprise? The
margin of 40 per cent saved would
leave room for large economy and
liberal profit. resulting in better ser
vice at lower cost
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
CUBA SEEMS TO BE RFSENrp1rr.
dislike the Antl-Negro Sentiments -
American Residents -

IN OuDa the race question &c cor.
piIcd'ed by the fact that the nepros.
PIaS ca an active and really innorto,-S
III tue war with Spain. suppIviDe
~ JUS later years not ONLY msiC-itS,
Vi the men fighting in the ranks ~ -,
reDel army. but not a few Of its ~.
oII!cers. 1t is not unnatural or vyjtb
CuI reason. therefore, that tho ~
Cuoans and those Of mixed 49,
S"ociu De particularly sensitive 10 o.
uei ii,d OF complete equality. sociaI as
- - as poIllcal, with their whit.
t -S,SnooFs' and that they should bit-
- - 80 1T any attempt to establish
i,irJ ISidIiu raclaI distinctions of the
= e,l,,. wien exist in this country. As
q government organ in Havana 49,
IT, the Americans must he ta,,a-h PI -
the strong arm of the law tba1 ~.
VIII not be permitted to introduc, 80.
OuDd the anti-negro sentiments ~
"Ilihs IN the United States" and ths
sans paper insists that black 90
Cuba. 0'Ae plane In
ms Is very noble, from some nof,t.
OF view, but the Cubans might as -
reallze that there will he certair a.
advantages connected with ~
ceptahce OF this announcement a0 f..
lne outside world. Such accent
aICe would be more apt to lower Ths
""I'e CuDans In general esteem rhar
~ raise the black ones. and It wonId
ESQ S tehd TO confirm the unkind Inns
ratner widespread notion that ths
whlte Cubans lack some of the ousIi-
YES requisite for successful self-por-
eminent. s"'-
me dilemma in which the Cubans
ma themselves is therefore O No.
marry dlihcult one. and there is a Verv
serious side to the riot cause This
~eek IN havana by the refusal of a
l'oIel kept by and for Americans 10
Sen drinks to two negro congress
men. The incident ended for the mo
inent in the inhiction of sin 6no ~,
tne oaTkeeper who had thus affrouted
cne black statesmen but as thegr
lIIehds are going in droves now ~
oIuer-and get-drinks at the same
pace mat hotel is not likely long IA
serve the purpose of its existence 1rh~
havana shopkeepers would NOT ne
udppy II the city were to become ons
IN winch the free-spending AmericaT
tourist cannot be comfortable ana q
ioohs as II the island would have r.
uscl9e some day whether IL Is TO h. =
olack or white republic. Tnfo-s,'-
nately FOR its convenience, a mixfur.
Is not halfway between the two hrs
out-and-out black, as strangers VIM
view in. Y. Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20

with vegetable. a salad. and a light
dessert with crackers and cheese.
Wines. Il goes without saying. must
be few, but of the choicest brands to
form a harmonious note with the sim
pie dinner composed OF iuxuries-
paradoNical as they may seem. And
the pleasant custom introduced at the
Japanese Embassy In Washington. of
serving an hour or so after dinner.
Iansan, the sparkling mineral water.
which, by the way. is imported from
the Nllkados empire, is more popular
tnls season than ever. A short time
after dinner a dryness OF the throaf
is often experienced, and this Japanese
mineral water is a refreshment at such
time 70 be appreciated. II is also
regarded as an excellent digestive"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20

After collection in a certain colored
church in Georgia it was the custom
or the minister TO deposit the offer
ings in box which he turned over 10
the sexton. The two would then hide
me DON together with its key, in a
place known only to themselves.
Despite these precautions. il was
found that small sums of money were
being regularly extracted. So one
day there was a conference between
the two.
Joseph" said the minister, stern
~, some one is taking church money
from the box. and you know that no
one has access to 1t but you and my
self"
The sexton was unmoved. "Weu
minister" said he, ITS like this: If
there's a deficiency, it's between You
and me to make 1t up and say moth
Ing about it."-Harper's Monthly.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
Professional Advice.

Father Dooley had just tied the knot.
he looked expectant and the bride
looked sheepish. and Pat, after Shift
ing from one foot to another, looked
guilty. At last he began: "I-I-don't
like to be name. Father, but changed
my clothes in hurry and left me
wages IN me other pants" Then he
added. In whisper: Take me down
to the cellar: I'm plumber, and III
show ye how TO fix the gas meter so't
won't register more'n 40 per cent"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
Too Full for Utterance-

finds YOU" said Brother Dickev
10 one or the lay members. 81 saw
l mas 70 settin' down befo' one er
ue biggest dinners l ever seen. an I
wants Ter ask 20, plain an simple
did yo' come by it honest?'
"Bre'r Dickey." replied the 1a,, MON,
Der, dis IS one time in my life DAT 7
Is too full for utterancel"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
Brazilians Nays Dry Dock.

The Brazilian government has plac-
ed an order with an English shipbuild-
ing firm for floating dry dock to be
used in connection with the two big
"dreadnoughts" now being built for
her In that country. The dock is to
be one of the largest. IL not the larg-
est. of its kind in the world. and will
have lifting capacity of 22,e90 tons.
II Is to be constructed in eleven
months. at a cost of S913,5O0.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20

pe not uneasy. discouraged, or oUs
VI numor. because practice falls abort
VI precept In some particulars. II you
happen TO De beaten. return 20 tn
charge.-Marcus Aureliua.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
SAND BAGGER
COMMITTED SUICIDE
Futile Attempt to Rob JeWeler Was
Followed by the Death Of the
Foot Pad.

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Frederick
Boettcher, a Brooklyn ieweler, was
sandbagged and fatally shot in his
store by an unknown man who sui
cided, taking capsule of carbolic
acid before he was locked up. The
assailant entered the store and with
chamois bag. filled with sand. struck
Boettcher a crushing blow on the
head. The bag broke. the contents
scattered, the man fred and the bull
|let took effect behind the jewelers.
ear Boettcher's wife came down from
their apartments, and the man fed
leaving the revolver in the store and
throwing another away as he ran
Pressed by the police, he was seer
to swallow something hastily. In q
moment he was arrested and taker
back to the store where he was identi
fed. He collapsed and died at the
police station.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
TRIPLE MURDER
IN THE FLAT
Gagged and With Their Heads
Battered in.

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-A triple muir
der was revealed in an obscure fiat
on the east side last evening. Gagged
with silk handkerchiefs. their heads
crushed, two women and a man were
left bleeding, fully dressed. on the
floor with a bull terrier as their COM
panion. Robbery or BLACK Hand
was the motive. Salvatore Scalpone,
young italian barber. his wife and
a woman. believed to have been his
wife's mother are the victims The
police entered the locked fat in a
Mott street tenement. via the fire
escape The mans body was tied to
the door the face battered beyond
recognition. In the next room were
the women's bodies, the heads bat
tered in similar manner.
The place had been ransacked. the
mattresses ripped open, and every
conceivable hiding place pried open
The slayer left by the fire escape.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
Aeroplane Caught Fire and the Avia-
tor Had to Jump Out of the
ship to Save His
Life.
REMARKABLE INCIDENT
Frenchman Leapcd to the Ground
Thirty Feet Below and Was
Not Injured Ser
iously.

ORAN, Algeria. Jan. 21.-Ollie Flag
ers, a French aviator, had the most
spectacular escape from death in the
annals of aeroplaning today, when he
was forced to jump from his machine
when he was making his flight near
La Senia.
Flagers was painfully injured and
badly Jared by his jump of about thir-
ty feet, but he is not seriously Surt.
While at great height his aeroplane
suddenly caught fire from the motor
and the canvas planes began burning
fiercely. With wonderful coolness he
began rapid descent, hoping to reach
the earth before the collapse of the
machine. The flames gained headway
at such speed that Flagers was finall,
forced to leap from the blazing air
craft. The machine turtled to thu
ground moment later. Had Flager!
remained in the machine he wouli
have been killed, as it was beyont
control when he jumped, and landet
on the earth mass of wreckage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
BEER OUT OF
A RUSTY GAN
Was Once Good Enough for Jack
johnson But Now That he is
Champion, He Wants
Wine.
I WAS ARRESTED AGAIN
Charged With Kicking consumptive
in the Head and Also Hitting
Him With a
Chair.

NEW YORK. Jan. 21.-Jack John
son was brought into court again to-
day, this time on a charge OF having
assaulted Norman Pinder, a con-
sumptive, who refused to buy wine
for the black champion. Pinder de-
clares that when he told Johnson that
he could remember the time when
beer out Of rusty pail was good
enough for both of them, the pugilist
sailed into him and beat him up.
Johnson pleaded not guilty. He
was locked in cell for three hours
last night following his arrest and
was finally released on bail secured
by his white manager, George Little
| Johnson with his manager, attorney
and couple of friends, drove to court
in his big automobile He declares
that Pinder was always slanderins
him. The only witness on hand was
/ Pinder himself The hearing was ad
journed until tomorrow when John
son will have his witnesses in cour
4 and Pinder will have two womel
friends there to confirm his story
He says that Johnson kicked him Il
4 the head and hit him with chair
There has been a great deal Of crit
Il icism here recently over Johnson
actions and there is a feeling that
This guilt is proved in this assaul
charge. he may get sentence o
Blackwell Island instead of a fine.
When he was arrested on th
Bowery last night, he started to argu
with detective, but the latter shove
him his black jack and warned hir
/ that despite Mayor Gaynors crusad
against police clubbing, he would eta
Johnson on the bean if he got rough
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
war AEROPLANES
MAY Be USED
Dayton Aviators Want to Take it to
Central America and Use it in
the War Of the Re.
volution.
NIGER is ORDERED BY ESTRADA
Gar Contract for $4,000 is Held up
= and Advance Payment is Not
Forthcoming to the
Aero Squad.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21.-Wheth-
er an aeroplane will skip bomb among
the barefoot soldiers of Madriz will
depend upon the final decision Of
Aviators n. H., McGill and Henry G..
Pruden Of Dayton, O., who learned to-
day that they could not collect $2,500
in advance on their $4,000 war con-
tract with Estrada.
McGill and Pruden brought sky
machine here and showed papers and
kilograms to prove they had a con-
tract with the provisional president
of Nicaragua to become the aero
squad of his army. kilograms shown
today agreed to an advance of $4,000,
The kilograms were presented at the
Estrada consulate where there were
many polite protestations but the
money was not forthcoming. The
aviators may decide to turn the prov
Of their craft toward Dayton and sal
away. Pruden startled the countr,
some time ago by going to Indianap
oils, buying balloon and attempting
q to ride the blame thing home" t.
his farm near Dayton, although h,
had never been in the air before.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
Practical Use for Carrier Pigeons.

Harry Harm. the son of Columbia
(Pa.) grocer, has found practical
use for lot OF carrier pigeons. 1t
used to take him half day to gather
orders, half day TO fill them and half
a day to deliver, but now, thanks to
the pigeons, the work is done in one
day When Mr.. Harm starts he takes
crate of pigeons along in his wagon
and after he secures few orders he
takes the duplicate order slips, which
are of thin paper, puts them in tiny
roll on pigeons leg and the bird is
liberated 1t at once flies to its loft
at the store, where the clerks relieve
1t of its orders. This plan is followed
until the man covers his entire route.
and when he returns to the store the
clerks have the goods ready for de-
livery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
Formal Refusal to the Proposition
Made by Secretary Knox Re
sarding Manchurian
Railway.
REFUSAL IS A FIRM ONE
Road viii Not be Operated by a
Syndicate of American and
European Off
cials.

TOXIC, Jan. 21.-The Japanese gov
ernment today handed to Ambassador
O'Brien, of the United States, a for
NAL reply, refusing positively to ac-
cept Secretary Knox's plan to neutral
ize the Manchurian railway on the
grounds that his proposition is imprac-
ticable.
The text of the formal reply has
not been published, but officials de
clare the japanese governments re-
fusal is firm.
1t was Secretary Knox's desire tc
have a syndicate of American and
European officials take over the Man
churian railway, now neld by japan
and thus insure an open door for the
merchants of all nations in Manchuria
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
plant That COUGHS.

One OF the strangest plants that
grows is the coughing plant OF the
Sahara desert. 1t makes a noise ex-
actly like the cough of human be-
ing, and the desert traveller who Is
unfamiliar with its eccentricities is
likely to have his nerves put on edge,
when he hears this weird human
cough with no human being in sight.
The peculiar noise is made by dust
choking UP the pores of the plant,
causing a powerful gas to accumulate
inside. When the gas gains sufficient
pressure, it explodes with peculiar
cough-like noise. The explosions free
the plant from dust.-Unidentified.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
WALSH GETTING
ALONG ALL RIGHT
Sleeps Well and His Appetite is Not
Affected by Being in
the Prison.

IEAyENWORTH, Kan, Jan. I'll
After day spent mostly in reading
books Snd magazines, and learning the
prison rules, John R. Walsh retired
early last night and fell asleep imme-
diately. He probably will be assigned
to the prison library Monday. He eats
heartily. AS details of his business
affairs are bound to arise, necess tat
ing his attention, Warden McClaughry
has decided to permit him to write
more letters than the regulations per
nit.
The usual restriction that prisoners
correspondence must be read by the
warden will hold.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
WAS DEAD BUT
CAME TO LIFE
Man Was Declared to Have Died
From Pneumonia But Spark
Mas Not Extinguished.

EUREKA, Ill, Jan. 21.-William Up
hoff, living northeast of Benson, is
survivor of an experience that causes
him to feel he was recalled from
death to life. For several days he
has been sick with pneumonia, and
gradually grew worse and died as
was supposed
His body was left in the room and
for about three-quarters of an hour
no thought was entertained except
that he was dead.
His father, Bartlett w. Uphoff. en-
tered the room and saw a motion OF
the body, and he and the family at
once began heroic efforts to bring
back the spark of life, and were sc
far successful that he now has q
chance of recovery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
Curtiss and Paulhan Had Race on
the Last Day of the First
American Sky Tourns-
n1ett.
HAMILTON IN DANGER
His Machinery Broke While he Was
in the Air but he GIided Down WI
to Earth Very -.
Safely.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. M-As dusk
gathered over the old Dominguez
ranch last night four flying machines
that had been circling the air sailed
to earth. The aeroplanists walked to
their tents. the great crowd filed down
the roadway and the first international
aviation meet held in America was
over.
Few knew that one man had been
near death in those last few minutes.
Charles X. Hamilton was returning
from fifteen-mile flight toward the
ocean. While a mile from the ayia-
tion field the crank shaft of his ma
chine snapped. No one in the crowd
noticed anything wrong.
Hamilton shut off his engine and
so leveled and swayed his planes that
he was waited gently down. 1t was
the best piece of emergency handling
of a machine that has been done at
the meet.
| Curtiss and Paulhan--American and
French rivals-furnished the most ex-
element of the closing day Paulhan
went up at 1926 o'clock for an endur-
ance fight. After he had gone two
| or three laps of the course Curtiss
| started on ten-lap speed trial, hall
lap, or more than three-quarters oi
mile. behind Paulhan. Instantly II
was seen that a great race was on
i the first real race of the ten days. The
4 two aeroplanes, full speed on. came
! over the grand stand with the speed
of express trains.
Curtiss crept swiftly on Paulhan's
heels and on the third lap reached
] Paulhan, flying above. The French
man for few seconds held his own
then Curtiss, in his American ma
chine forged ahead length and final
i ly half @ lap.
Charles K. Hamilton will go from
here to San Diego and attempt to ge
the worlds record for altitude, nov
held by Paulhan. Curtiss will leav,
for Hammondsport, N. Y. Charles H
Willard will go to Portland, Ore.
Louis Paulhan, with Maisson an,
Miscarol, will leave for San Francs
J 1t is probable that Paulhan will fly ii
Salt Lake City or Denver and be a
, New Orleans for the Mardi Gras cele
bration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-21
JANUARY THAW
over in FRANCE
Flood Damage in the Southern and
Eastern Sections Has Caused an
Enormous Property
Loss.
APPEALS FOR AID SENT
Germany and Switzerland are Also
Experiencing Trouble Over the
Rise in the Rivers and
Lakes.

PARIS, Jan. 21.-Reports from east
and south France where the food did
the greatest damage, is evident that
conditions there are most serious
All factories have been compelled to
close. Farms have been swept clear
of crops and live stock and 1t is
estimated that the loss will reach
several million dollars. Many appeals
for aid are coming in from the home
less and the war, interior ans public
works departments are cooperating
to help the needy. The iawiess ere.
ment is taking advantage Of condi-
tions to reap harvest and reports
say they are looting abandoned homes
and factories. All available military
! Is being sent into the flood region to
do guard duty and aid the inhabitants.
Despite the magnitude of the food
there has been practically no loss of
life. only two drownings being re-
ported, while as result of a train
running into washout at Behault,
two others We're killed and seven
hurt
The real menace is the lack OF
food and the failure of the transporta-
tion lines caused by the destruction
, of the tracks. An entire regiment
: stationed near AUX Erre was without
/ any food for "A hours and now has
, less than a days supply. 1t was still
raining this morning over northern
, and eastern France but. in the extreme
, south the rain had ceased Rivers
! however, are out of their banks and
! small streams are raging torrents
. The entire plain between Lac Bour-
get and the Rhone is under five feet
J, of water. AT Lemans ..uch of the
city is under water and. all the cul-
verts and railway bridges leading to
the city have been washed away
kilograms received from Berlin say
that the Rhine, Mosell and Farr riv
d ers are out OF their banks while flooG
conditions are general in western anG
southern Germany. Great damage is
eported in Switzerland where {
r deluge of rain coupled with the melt
It ing of the snow, caused phenonina
d rise in the rivers and lakes Visitor:
s are imprisoned in the winter resorts