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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
FINAL EFFORT
Ito AVERT STRIKE
Employees of New York Central
Will Quit Unless Demands
Are Granted.

NEW Specialize final ef-
fort TO avert a strike OF 5000 employees
OF the New York National Railroad
were made Monday when conferences
were begun between the roads presi-
dent. William G. Brown, and Grand
Master of the Order OF Railway Con-
ductors A y. Garretson, Grand Master
OF the Brotherhood OF Railroad Train
men men w. 9: Lee. and grievance COM
Following the compiete surrender Of
the New York Central TO the telegraph
erS, announced late last night. IN which
the operators get a salary raise OF TO-
per cent. the wages of trainmen and
conductors came up for final consid-
GRAFTON today.
The company had prepared a list of
the advances It was willing to make,
falling below the increases demanded
by the men, whose leaders today de-
ciared that strike could be avoided
only by the acceptance OF the schedule
on which the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road recently based a settlement with
its men.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
FOR JAMES CITY COUNTY

WILLIAMSBURG, VA-SpeciaI.-
The James City electoral board, com
posed of 4. G. Harw God. chairman; J.
W. Minor, secretary. and r. y. Geddy,
met here Monday and elected the fol-
lowing election officers:
jamestown District: Precinct No l.
Judges, T. II. Stryker, T. NJ Curtis and
a; u. West; clerks. 9. ID. Lee and r. J.
Wynne. Precinct No. Judges, H. n.
Bucktrout w. II. Thomas and H. c.
Wilson; clerks, J. 3. Walden and Il. B.
snliam.
Powhatan District: Judges. Z. :
Meanley. a. w Martin and j. c. Dun
ham; clerks, Vernon Piggott and c. A.
Marston.
StonehOuse District: Judges. O. H.
Jones, NJ. .. Elton and G. G. Hawkins;
clerks, Il. Il. Wright and j. X Taylor
Commissioners of Elections A. y.
West, II. y. Bucktrout, O. II. Jones and
Arthur Martin.
Registrars: StOnehouse District w
>. Farinholt; POWhatan District, J. NJ
richardson; jamestown District, Pre-
cinct No. /, Clarence Lee; Precinct No.
,, j. r. Bellamy.
The regular term of the Circuit
Court convened here Monday. The
most important case on the docket is
that of the Commonwealth VS. A. r.
Cloves. for felonious cutting
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
QUICK WORK SAVES HER
FROM DEATH IN CISrERN

NE K.-Special.-Had II not
been for the quick aid OF her son and
OF Patrolman Jack" Marshall, the 500
pound pride OF the Bloomfield On. -
police force. Mrs. Stella Harrington. OF
246 Franklin Street. Bloomfield. would
in all probability have been drowned
Friday afternoon.
Underneath the back porch OF her
home is large. deep cistern. AS Mrs.
Harrington was crossing her porch
yesterday the nooring over the ciStern
gave way. She fell into e with a loud
scrcatn. Stanley. her eighteen-year-o Ia
son, running TO the scene. saw his
mother in the water and seized her
hair. Shouting for help he kept her
head above water till Patrolman Mar
shall, who was passing, hurried toward
the porch as fast as his 500 pounds
would let him Cutting down a
clOthes-line in the yard. Marshall clam
bered to the porch, but his weight was
the last straw for the already weak
flooring. the remainder of which gave
way. Marshall and the boy had a
narrow escape from falling into the
ciStern.
Although the accident caused Mrs.
Harrington 10 go under again, her son
managed 10 keep his grip on her hair
till Marshall fastened the clothes-line
under her arms and pulled her to safe
". Mrs. Harrington is confined to her
bed, suffering from shock and bruises.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
WANT PAPERS IN
THE OVERLY CASE
STATE WISHES THEM FOR PROS
ECUTION IN THE MECKLEN-
BURG BANK CASE.
RICHMOND. vA-special-

X 1 c II MON ID, V As cial.-
Commemorative Attorney Basker-
Vile. OF Mecklenburg county assisted
by State Senator Rison. of Pittsylva-
MIA. on Saturday attempted to procure
from Judge Waddill. sitting in the
United States District Court. certain
books. checks and papers indirectly
bearing on the affairs of the wrecked
bank of Mecklenburg.
These records are in possession of
the court and pertain to the affairs
of the East Coast Lumber Company,
of which b. e. Cogbill was formerly
the president
An effort is being made to convict
ing of the bank. Mr.. Baskerville
claims that the checks he is after re-
suited in an overdraft of approx
mately 100000. and that the books
of the lumber firm, which went into
bankruptcy. will shed flood OF light
on the methods adopted.
The attorneys representing Cogbill
H. NJ. Smith, Jr.. Ex-Governor A
J. Montague, Lynch Montague
Charles V. Meredith and Lawyer
Thorpe-resisted the motion Of
MeSsrs. Baskerville and Rison. They
declared that the court could not re-
lease the records for use in criminal
proceedings against Cogbill, as the use
or the books and checks would vir-
tually be the same as il the defendant
were forced to testify against himself.
The papers in question were pre-
sented in evidence when the East
Coast Lumber Company and CogbiIl.
ITS president, went into bankruptcy
here.
Edward w. overly. who is now
serving twO-year term in the State
prison was cashier of the bank when
it became inSolVent.
Mr.. baskerville maintained that the
insolvency Of the bank followed
OVerby's report to the president that
he had allowed Cogbill TO overdraw
ms account, and his charge is. further
that the cashier had no right to sur
render the checks as long as the de-
positor was shy. as with the surren-
der of the checks all positive evidence
OF the Overdraft was Cancelled. Nu-
merous authorities were quoted by at
torneys on either side Saturday, and
Judge Waddill. at o'clock. deferred
his decision.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
What Every Woman Knows.

Two people. at least, in every house
hold are directly interested in 1.-The in
creased cost of living" One is the
husband and father; the other is the
wife and mother. Father earns the
money, gives a set sum of it to mother
each week ito run the house on" and
mother buys the stuff. The man reads
in his paper that meat is higher, that
eggs and butter are soaring, that fresh
vegetables and milk are reaching new
attitudes, and he says. as we have
quoted him before: IT'S something
fierce the way things are going up"
He feels, in a general way, the pres
sure OF high prices, but when he goes
home he is surprised and hurt if his
wife intimates, ever so gently, that
she has hard time making both ends
meet. Don't / give you the same al
he asks, with a challenge in his tone.
lowahce I've given you for five years?"
Yea, but you know things cost more
than they used to-" she replies. Then
the man grumbles something about
his not being able to save a cent, and
the woman goes on robbing Peter, the
butcher, to pay Paul, the grocer, in
order that she may keep within her
allowance" and deprive the man of
none OF the choice cuts and little table
which is to remark that the man talks
Injuries that he must have. All of
about the increased cost of living, and
suggests theories as to what causes it,
and the various remedies for it, while
woman, who sees the tradesmen and
dickers for supplies, is up against the
real thing in its hardest, grimmest
form. Also that she is expected to
buy this years food with last years
allowance. Also-and despite the fact
that tariff graft. cold storage specula-
ton, and middleman eXtortion bear
directly upon her-that she has nc
vote.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT
HAVE COMMUNICATED

WASHINGTON, ID. c. - Special. -
That President Taft has been in com
mun1cation. either directly or through
close friends, with former President
Roosevelt, was the admission of Sec
rotary TO the President Carpenter at
the White House Tuesday.
He made the assertion when ques-
uoned as TO the authenticity of an
Italian cable dispatch published yes
terday stating that the former Presi-
dent was chagrined because he had
not heard from his successor in the
White House since leaving the Afri-
can jungle.
The story is absurd. I know that
Colonel Roosevelt never could have
made any such statement" said Mr..
Carpenter with emphasis. He would
not discuss the subject further.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
EUGENE DEBS GIVES HIS
NOTION OF ROCKEFELIER

NAV Observation-Disclosures v.
Deb| talked OF socialism and capital
lists n the Horace Mann Auditorium
at pAumbia University Sunday az
terfs0( N TO 1000 persons. and had this
TO say about John ID. Rockefeller:
be Is total stranger to art, the
magnificent symphonies that stir our
fancies. the great paintings or a statue
that breathes and moves. He has
$1.OOQ,OOO.OOO. and what has her He
has Nothing. We are going to help
relieve him of this burden. Had ne
served mankind instead of exploiting
industry. he would have the love of
human beings instead OF that which
Is burden and a curse to him.
Mr.. Rockefeller knows nothing
about the nobler and diviner meanings
OF life; he is hardly conscious of what
he has done. He has 100000 cells
In his brain, and the dollar mark Is on
every one OF them's
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
WOMAN KILLED
IN OWN HOME
Buffalo Man Fired Fusillade of
Bullets-Placed Under
Arrest.

BUFFALO, n. Y. = Special-Mrs
Mary l.. Teefts, fifty years old, was
murdered at l o'clock Tuesday A. Nj
while sitting with her daughter, Mrs
Mary belmont, in their rooming house
at l72 Ellicott Street. Emile Colin
limair, forty nine years old, who fired
fusillade of bullets from a 3S-cali-
Der revolver into the body of the
woman, is locked up at police head
quarters on a charge of murder.
Immediately after the crime the
man fled. but was captured two hour.
later by the police. The man haC
roomed at Mrs. Teeft's house fol
about five years. and OF late they
had had frequent quarrels.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
GREAT INCREASE IN
DIVORCE CASES
SUPREME COURT CALENDAR HAS
leo CASES LISTED FOR Dis
POSITION.

The announcement that there are
more than 1000 cases Of divorce. sepa-
ration, and annulment of marriage on
the calendar of the supreme court at
present. to be disposed of before Janu-
AIRY LIST. is somewhat disQuieting. But
that court administers the law for a
very large and thickly populated dis
trict. In a population of 1000. 900 the
appeal of 900 disconnected married
couples for release from their mar
riage ties need not be taken as an in
dicatiOn that the community is al
ready in a state of moral degradation.
Doubtless, the complau mt in many
cases is justifiable. Dutl lately mar
riages have been too easily contracted
in New York We may hope that one
of the effects of the new marriage
laws will be a decrease in the num-
Der of divorces.
There is no doubt. however. that an
exaggerated sense of liberty and the
right to personal happiness has devel-
opend in recent years. One of the pen
alties of material progress and mod
ern luxury is the weakening of family
ties. The spread of socialistic ideas.
the discomfort fostered by false educa-
ton. the increase Of comforts tend 10
lessen the sense of marital RESPONSE
bility.
1t is easier to recognize the gravity
Of the situation than to suggest a rem
edy for the social malady which causes
IL. The Catholic Church refuses to
cOuntenance divorce. and at least one
OF the larger Protestant denomina-
tons frOwns upon the marriage of di-
vorced persons. But religious influence
seems pOwerless to check the evil,
and the kind Of ethical education which
might aid in the work of preserving
the integrity of society seems to be
lacking.-N. Y. Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
SPECIAL MASTERS
DECREE SEE MS 0. K.
REPORT OF MIR. LITTLEFTELD
SATISFIES VIRGINIA-WEST
VIRGINIA is MAD.
RICHMOND VA

RICHM OND, VA. - Special. -
The decree or report submitted by
Special Master Charles +. Littlefeld
in the Virginia-West Virginia debt
case is all that we expected or de-
sired said Judge Samuel w. Will
liams. Attorney General, land TO
judge from the reports Of the papers
in West Virginia the report is far less
satisfactory there than here. All that
j have TO say is that the lawyers in
the case. representing Virginia will
see that her interests are protected as
far as possible"
Judge Williams said that a confer
ence had been held here on Saturday.
at which was present all the members
of the counsel for the certificate. hold
ers OF Virginia West Virginia. except
that Major Holmes Conrad. OF Win
chester. was not i'm attendance.
Virginia and West Virginia have till
April 10th in which 20 file objections
ard exceptions to the report. and
there is a general belief that West
Virginia will open her strongest ar
guments against the consideration OF
the report. IL ia not known that Vir-
g3nia will have a word to say in con-
= nection with the matter. except in so
far as the objections to be filed by
West Virginia may affect the State OF
Virginia Virginia will be represent
ed by counsel. but IL is impossible at
this time TO say who VIII go to Wash
ington. Possibly, however, all the
lawyers will be on hand.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
SHRINERS TAKE
new ORLEANS
Festivities Equal Those of Mardi
Gras-Good Fellowship
Reigns Supreme.
NEW ORLEANS. LA

NEW ORLEANS, LA.-Special.-
With a hundred thousand guests with
in the confines of the city with little
else TO do except enjoy themselves
the Crescent City. as host to the
Shriners, is outdoing itself in the way
OF festivities. Even the far-famed
Mardi Gras Is being equaled daily in
the streets. Good fellowship reigns
supreme, and everyone is happy. Me-
6inah Temple, Of Chicago, with its
large delegation and ladies. is taking
front rank with Lulu Temple, OF Phil
Adelphia, IN the celebration.
Receptions and suppers were given
by these temples at the st. Charles
Hotel last night.
A giant parade preceded the con-
c<eve'e drst session IN the Scottish
E<to Temple this morning.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
ROOSEVELT HAS THE
PEOPLE HYPNOTIZED
DETROIT

DETROIT. = Special. = Theodore
Roosevelt, pagan fatalist, has got the
American people hypnotized and huff
falOed; he has but to say the word
and they will elect him the next Pres
ident of the United States by the
largest majority ever given a candi-
date.
Should both old parties nominate
others, Roosevelt on the stump and
his own ticket and platform would
sweep the country regardless of
them," said former United States Sen
ator Charles A. Towne. Democrat,
yesterday.
IF he is sent to the White House
again the Government bids fair TO de-
velop into a baronetcy idealistic in
place of the republic. He has little
regard for the opinion OF others and
less for the Constitution"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
ATTACKED BY WIN. PEEL

LONDON.-SpecialT The Government
program was bitterly attacked in the
Commons today by William Peel
Unionist. who declared that the Com
mons aimed al usurping the functions
which for centuries had belonged 10
the other house. The attack, which
caused surprise and some excitement,
came when the Commons resumed the
debate on the second resolution, limit
ing the veto power OF the Lords re-
spcting bills unrelated TO finance.
The resolution provides that if a bill
is passed by the Commons at three sue
cessiv frsVssions, il bccames a law with
out the Lords consent.
In the House OF Lords today Lord
Crewe. the Government leader. decla red
that il would be desirable TO pass the
budget before the spring recess in the
middle Of May.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
INSURGENTS NURSE
BROKEN BONES
Insurgents Muttering Dire Ven
geance Against Cannon.
To Gust Him.

WASHINGTON, d. c. - Special. -
The House insurgents are still nurs-
ing their broken bones, and mutter-
ings Of dire vengeance against Speak
er Cannon for his vicious attack on
them i'll the House Monday were
heard on the floor Tuesday.
AS one insurgent expressed IL. their
policy is To wait until the President
legislative program is finished, and
then, at the physiological moment
when the regulars are not looking for
it, one of the insurgents will offer a
resolution to declare the Speaker S
chair vacant.
Representative Murdoch, of Kan
sas, says such a resolution will carry
and that a Republican will be elect
ed TO succeed Cannon.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
TRIAL OF DR.. HYDE
STILL GOING ON
WIFE OF ALLEGED MURDERER
OF SWOPE MEETS HER
MOTHER IN COURT.

KANSAS CITY, MO.-Special.-On
Tuesday Mrs. Florence Hyde, wife OF
DIR. Hyde, and her mother met in the
court room. Mrs. Hyde looked stead
lily into her mothers cold, stern eyes
for a moment and then turned her
head. The ordeal was trying on both,
but when the daughter stepped to
one side and sat beside her husband,
observers saw the face of the aged
mother soften and tears come to her
eyes.
The trial was resumed and the in
cident apparently forgotten. They
met in court yesterday for the first
time. At that time their meeting was
less civil than II was today. Each
glared at the other defiantly.
The mothers manner appeared in
different and her look seemed to con-
vey TO her daughter that the doctor
was just what he was believed to. be
before their marriage.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
TEDDY TO SPEAK
ON CONSERVATION
Former President \. II Speak His
Mind Concerning t. Manner in
Which His PoLu4es Have
Been Treated by Taft
Administration.
PORTO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

PORTO MAURIZIO.-SpeciaI.-
Theodore Roosevelt has accept
ed an invitation, extended by Gift
ford PinchOt. to address the Ma
tiOnal Conservation League of
America next summer, on a date
yet TO he determined. In that adj
dress the former President will
break his silence of many months
and speak his attitude toward the
manner i'm which his policies have
been treated by the present ad-
ministratiOn. The depOSed chief
forester announced the accept
ance of the invitation today after
the second conference with his
old leader. Mr.. Pinchot appear
ed elated, and his smile was
broader than that which he wore
at the end OF the first conference
Yesterday
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
SEABOARD ENGINEERS GET
SIX PER CENT INCREASE
PORTSMOUTH. VA.-Special.-

PORTSMOUTH, VA.-Special.-
Agreement has been reached by
the engineers of the SeabOard Air
Line Railway system with the
road whereby they will receive an
average increase of 6 per cent. I'm
all branches of their work.
II. A. Burgess, assistant grand
chairman OF the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, who came
here a week ago from Cleveland.
o., to take up conferences with
General Manager Hix, where they
were broken of by the Executive
Committee of Adjustments, rep
resenting the engineers, succeed
ing in amicably adjusting the new
working scale, where the conn
nittee that preceded him fafieS1
The engineers have all the other
disputes adjusted as well.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
UNIFORM LEGISLATION on
CHILD LABOR WANTED
MEMPHIS. TENN

MEMPHIS. TENN. - Special. -
Uniform legislation on child labor is
one of the principal topics before the
third Southern Textile Conference.
which began a three-days' session
here today. with hundreds of dele
gates from all over the South and
other parts OF the country. Boston
and the West, including Denver, are
represented. Better conditions In tex
tile mills and factories, compulsory
education, marriage and the age Of
consent are among the subjects for
discussion. a ,sn
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
Conference Is Continued.

PORTO MAURIZIO, ITALY.-Spec-
ial.-Gifford Pinchot, deposed chief
forester, was up bright and early Tues
day 10 continue mis- conference with
Theodore Roosevelt. Many points
which had not been fully expounded
by the chief forester whom President
Taft removed remained for today's
topic. and when Mr.. Pinchot left the
Riviera Palace Hotel for the Villa
Rappis he carried a bundle of docu-
ments which were not used in yes
terday'S discussion.
Today's session was in the nature
of cross examination by Mr.. Roose-
welt No sooner had they met than
Mr.. Roosevelt began raining snappy
queries on the last upholder Of his
conservation policy in his successor's
administration.
was more loquacious than Yesterday
the former President Keeping strictiv
10 the letter OF his announcement made
IN rome mat he would have nothing to
say and that PinchOt would have moth
ing to say with his consent. 1t is
known, however, that Mr.. Roosevelt
today devoted himself in his question
ing more 10 the political situation as a
whole: as seen by one OF his old lieu
tenants, than to the problems of the
conservation policy alone.
Not to Talk Yet.
There is little likelihood OF anv state
ment from Mr.. Roosevelt until he has
returned TO America and had oppor-
tunity to talk with some of the active
leaders in the political world. He ex-
poets TO have a conference in Europe
with Senator Root. and when he re
turns talk over the situation with Sen
ator Lodge. He is after information
that will let him view the situa tito n
from all angles.
Mr.: Pinchot today declared that he
morrow.
After going to Zurich. where I have
a friend who is interested in forestry, -
he he said; Il viii probably proceed to
england. want 10 visit Sir Horace
Plunkett, OF the Department of Agri-
culture, in Ireland. / have booked pas
sage Tor New York on the Baltic, leav-
Mr. Roosevelts seclusion was broken
TO-DAY again by the arrival, on invita- To-
uon OF James y. Phelan. eX-Mayor Of
Carlo
The arrival OF Mr.. Phelan now is re-
garded as particularly interesting in
view of the receipt by Mr.. Roosevelt of
a letter from II. ID. w. English, presi-
dent of the PittSburg Civil Commission.
IN which II was declared that the Pitts
burg graft exposures were directly due
TO Mr.. RoOseVelt's having sent bank
examiner TO Pittsburg.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK is
LOCATED IN MEXICO

LAWRENCE, KAN.-SpeciaI.-
The seismOgraph at the Univer-
sity of Kansas Tuesday was found
to have recorded two earthquakes
today. The center of disturbance
Is believed to be I'm Mexico, 1900
miles or more south of here. The
shocks began at $40 p. NJ, last
ing several minutes. and the sec
ond, OF five minutes duration,
began at 9:O2 p. NJ.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
HOW TO IRON CHEAP LINEN.

The cheapest and most ordinary
table linen may be made to take a
sheen as beautiful as the finest da-
mask by ironing in this way: After
linen has been carefully washed,
boiled, and rinsed, wiring dry as pos
sible and roll up in a dry sheet and
leave for one hour. Iron till thor
Oughly dry. The linen escapes the
wear and tear of swinging on line ana
keeps its shape better.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
TO BE NO STRIKE ON
n. Y. CENTRAL SYSTEM

NEW YORK Special.-There will
be no strike on the New York Cen
trail Railroad. A compromise offered
to the $4,000 employees has met with
the approval of the union leaders.
1t was declared at the beginning of
the conference between railroad Off
Gals and the employees representa-
tives that a settlement would be
reached within a short time. 1t is un-
derstood that the compromise is on
the basis of the raises granted by the
Baltimore and Ohio.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-21
MAN EIGHTY-SEVEN MARRIES
WOMAN EIGHTY-FIvE YEARS OLD

NASHVILLE, IND.-Special.-
Polling, a veteran OF the Civil War
wealthy, and eighty-seven years of age
and Mrs. Rebecca Graham, eiEhty-fve
have entered upon another matrimonial
venture. Mrs. Graham having been
married six times and Polling three
times.
The children OF the aged couple OBJ
tected TO the union, and FIVE time the
Circuit Court refused 20 issue them a
license.
Saturday evening, after making pre-
texts at home for being absent they
met at an agreed place, ach on horse
night train for Louisville, where they
were married