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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
Capital Punishment.

In Italy capital punishment doesn',
exist, and IL has been abolished In
the States of Maine. Michigan. Wis
consin, Rhode Island and Kansas
colorado and Iowa have both re-
stored it after brief periods of aboli-
ton. AS to the methods Of CARRYING
out death sentences: The guillotine
is employed publicly in France. Bel
GUM, Denmark. Hanover and two
cantons of Switzerland. The gaIlows
Is used publicly in Austria. Portugal.
and Russia, and privately in Great
Britain and the United States. ex-
cept in New York and New Jersey.
where the electric chair has been
substituted. Death by the sword OBJ
tains in fifteen cantons in Switzer-
land, in China and Russia. publicly;
while in China strangulatiOn by the
cord is used. and in Spain the garrote.
both public, and Brunswick. death by
the ax.-Kansas City Times.
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HIM N MAMMA QUIT
NAUGHTY SECOND PAPA

NEW YORK.-Special- Brook
Iyn Children's Society has in it's head
quarters on Schmerhorn Street a how
f1Ve years old whose first name is All
lred. but who cannot remember his
last name. He says his parents live in
Newark. y. J.
We was all right at our house. ="
the child said yesterday afternoon.
until my new papa came to live
with us. He didn't like me. Him and
my mamma lighted and he talked so
ne made my mamma cry.
Bout a week ago mamma and
me came way over here TO BROOKLYN
and we went into a store. Mamma
LEFT me to sit on a stool while she
bought somethin' and amt seen her
since. cried when / got losted and
wanted TO go home, but sometimes
don't want to go home now cause
want to grow up big and fight my
new papa for maxim my mamma cry
Il don't know where I live in New
ark, but l went to a Kindergarten
m all the boy mamma has and I
amt got no brothers and sisters. The
policeman asked me what my name
was an ] told him Alfred and I
couldn't tell him what my last name
was. cause l don't member"
The boy was found on February LIST
by Patrolman Gallagher, OF the
Fourth Avenue Police Station at Third
avenue and Forty-second Street
brooklyn. Alfred wore a blue coat
gray trousers and a cap. with red
and white tassel. He has brown hair
and blue eyes. He is on the society's
register as ALFRED Gallagher" but the
latter name was bestowed on him
simply to supply a surname-that is
IL Is a sort of John Doe title.
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A REAL CURE FOR
THE CURIOUS PEOPLE
Backward Writing Found Quite Suc-
ceSsful for Postal Cards.

or course said the girl. postal
Cdrus are very convenient when Won
Just nave a few words to saw but
the trouble is YOU know evervthin,r
you write will be carefully read IN,
some FRESH person through whose
hands II Will have TO pass before
reaching its destination. so Won have
10 De very careful of what Won saw -
GU ought TO try my stunt" ans
Wered her friend. II take nv D,irror
anu anu write II backward so that il
,oohS 70 be unintelligent scrawlinp
- me Key TO reading il doesn't han
PeH 10 occur 10 the curious person.
l-dSt summer in the mountains l got
ioi or fresh postals from Harold
Which the postmistress seemed TO en-
10y very much. She even spoke TO
me ABOUT them. l was furious So
wrote letter to Harold and told
trick "rltihs
"A few days later I went IN gat
my mail and the lady threw - nos
a. me with a glare meant to
1 H,iilIiliiate me- Some of your friends
raven very much manners she
snapped at me-
took the postal outside and de-
Diphered IT. 1t was from Harold and
e'eiS Driet; Dear Friend: The other
sue OF the moon is not made of green
cheese II you should ever become en-
.iouS ABOUT IT. Now put this in its
rlSht box and go on sorting and
remember what happened To the car ;,
New York Sun. a.
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This Happy Old World

This happy old world is a beautiful
place.
To bide for awhile and then vanish in
space.
And mingle with those who have
passed from the sight.
Forever TO dwell liz a realm of de-
light
Each life is entrusted with duties to
do,
Which gladden. the gaze and enlighten
the view,
And leaves the world better on reach
ing the end.
Whence all as calm shadows of sunset
descend.
1t breeds FESTIVE languOr to follow the
course.
Which leads through confusion to
lonely remorse,
Where erring feet stumble, then waver
and slip,
To sink in distress as a rock-riven
ship.
The gay: misty mirage of tickle af-
fairs,
Steals half of times sweetness of Joy
unawareS
And rutiieS smooth moments of peace
till they seem
Revolving the thought in a madden
ilS stream.
In overgrown cities dark misery
breeds,
And scatters a fungus like foul thistle
seeds,
Are sown by the wind to take root
and soon sprout
Then spread in mass that are hard
to hoe out.
This happy old world was created. I
Ween,
To brighten the heart as beautiful
scene,
Will make the eye sparkle in raptur-
Gus fire,
And soften the spirit with tender de-
sire.
The free, grassy reach of green
meadows and wood,
Where nature is hushed in a comfort
ing mood;
voice in the stiffness seems tell the
throng,
That life in the country is happy and
long.
GEORGE SANDS JOHNSON.
1872 West Marshall Street.
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COMMANDMENTS FOR
ONE POOR HUSBAND
just Read This List OF Promises
Which lie Swore TO Keep.

woman in Cairo. ILL.,. recently
threatened To apply for a divorce. Her
husband promised TO be good. He
signed the following ten command
ments OF his wife's making. and which
were hled with a notary public:
am thy love. thy wife: thou
shall have no other love but me.
Thou shalt not take unto thy heart
any stenoSrapher. or any other love
pirate.
Thou shalt not promise to love me
in vain.
Remember. thou come home on the
sabbath Six days mayest thou wan
der, but not at nights; nor the sev-
enth day which is the day OF thy
wife. "'
Honor thy mother-in-law. that thy
days may he long in the land Of
Thou shalt not carry a latch key
Thou shalt not return TO thy hapDv
nome at o'clock in the morning.
me doors will be boIted IL thou doest
Thou shalt not grumbIe at thv LOT
Ihou shalt not object, to buttoninr
my gowns. nay, even il they be 500
button dresses.
Thou shalt not cOvet the sweet tenn
per of thy neiGhbOr's wife.
Mrs. Frederick l.. Douglas. of Ma-
con. Ga, recently attracted atten-
ZION oy the unusual features of a
cohnublal contract existing between
hef ana he- husband. She promised
10 hVe within her husbands allow
dnCe, ana not To want an automobile:
she agreed Go restrict her light read
ing 10 two novels a week; she gave
ner word TO pursue serious study un-
ger her husbands direction; she CON
scented not TO CAD and shop about
every day in the week: not to play
SSIiuse more than three times in seven
Gays; not to initiate actresses in at
TIRE or manner. and not TO threaten
10 go home to mamma more than
once a month.-Atchison Globe.
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ADMIRAL CAPPS
ADMIRAL RODGERS
Reasons Advanced I'm Support OF Pres.
ident's Authority to Transfer.

1t is remarkable if the President
has not the right to transfer "Ad-
mtral" CappS and Admiral Rodgers
from their present posts at the head.
respectively. of the construction and
the pay corps to other places of use-
tulness-in the service, of course
that the same official had the right
IN the first place to put them where
they now are. Certainly they did
not reach the stations they occupy for
the moment by the automatic action
OF the naval machinery. Neither
Capps nor Rodgers had any claim TO
promotion on the score OF seniority.
Capps passed over the heads of three
or FOUR men who had precedence by
age and length of service. and the
more officers in the line Of advance
ment. It is obvious. therefore. that
ootn OF them became chiefs Of bureau
and simultaneously acquired the on
portunity of figuring in society as
rear admirals." not by inherent and
fortunately acquired right but by
the favor of the Secretary. sanctioned
by the President himself
rms being the case, as Il undou bt -
eddy is. why should ii be considered
radical and startling If the same au-
thorities that originally advanced
! these gentlemen without reference to
me ordinary rules of promotion
| should now restore them TO their
regular places in the list? 1t is evil
dent that they were originally pro-
noted out of due order because of
certain qualifications and acquire
ments that fitted in with the situa
ton at the moment. Nobody cues
TONED the propriety of the arrange
/ ment in the first place. Apparently
there were no emergencies that called
J Tor political Intervention, and the de-
partment was permitted to exercise
/ its legitimate discretion without pro
| test from any quarter. Now there
! Is another and very different situa -
| uon. Secretary Meyer is trying TO
reform the naval administration aud
| 10 bring IL within reasonable likeu, -
20 that Of the two great organiz.;,-
tions of the world. England and Ger
| many, and Mr.. Capps and Mr. RodC-
erS. representing bureaus whose cor
dial harmony with his plans is in
| dispensable. have arrayed themselves
in bitter opposition.
II is not that they appeared be-
tore the Congress committee and
admit; IL is that they disclosed an
attitude of hostility which Secretary
Meyer must inevitably take account
| or. He cannot try his plans with
/ these two bureaus working against
| MIN. at least to the extent OF exhib-
itnG their fruits to the best ad-
vantage; why. then. should he not ex-
ercise for the transfer of Capps and
| Rodgers the same authority that pro-
| cured their promotion in the first in
| stance?
| Nothing has changed in respect to
the laws. so far as we know. The
authority OF the Secretary. to say
nothing Of the President still pre-
vails.-New York Sun.
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A young man and a young woman
lean over the front gate. They are
lovers. II is moonlight. He is 10th
TO leave, as the parting is the last
He Is about to go away. She Is re-
luctant to see him depart They swing
on the gate.
Il shall never forget you" he says,
and IL death should claim me, my
last thoughts will be OF you"
I'll be true to YOU" she sobs. ''I'll
never see anybody else. or love them
as long as 1 live!" They parted.
Six years later he returns. His
sweetheart of former years has mar
ried. They meet at a party. She has
changed greatly; between the dances
the recognition takes place.
Let me see," she muses.. with her
fan beating a tattoo on her pretty
hand. was 1t you or your brother
that was my old sweetheart"
Really. L don't know" he saws:
probably nay fatheri"-TiS-R Bits.
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REORGANIZATION
y OF The U. S. NAVY
Practical Sea- Going Men Should BE i'm
Charge OF Work.

The third hearing of the Secretary
OF the Navy by the House Naval Com
Inittee possesses an especial interest.
~ is expected 10 deal with the OBJ
1ecuonS raised TO his plan by two
members of his official family and to
resolve certain doubts excited by
them in the; minds Of an unusually
Intelligent COMMITTEES Among these
doubts is the relative weight of state
ments made by the engineer-in-chief
and 10y the chief constructor. Lei
us /hope these disturbed views will
Pe determined in one direction or
'another without shilly-shallying or
compromise.
Another doubt rests on the real stat
"a ~ navy yard commandants under
n Meyers plan and under that of
, N NeWDerry. Secretary Never has
kready pointed out that until his SUI
essi 2X,Qf these functions non-sea-
H.. - constructors were the
$3.50 ,5 .,.f all navy work, even
a. 4. E fge share OF this was
5 experience. These Of
whole machine under
i 4, although their special
in the construction ana
r. Theoretical mechani-
they grasped the SUBJ
mAEinS machinery and left
ow " practical engineers.
s <a< W Is an instrument for war.
= ade the experiment of nom
~ -ohtrol. and dropped from
I, a real nth in the hierarchy
E2. ct. The two leading mari
Us, Great Britain and Ger
- = fu their salvation on mill
rs: 81 S<s. pI-that is. on the execu-
Is. =. ~ which has to ward
Yin Efk crisis to serve the
andleNhe ships. Which
olIow-the fatal theories
y h, the fruitful achieve
* a. at Britain and Germany
g. matter, of Italy. Japan.
Is it again to be In.
~ ~ nrejudice or the com
$ ~ ~ OF Illuminating examines
3 SIX Herald
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SHIPS GROWING
LARGER THIS AGE
limit i'm Size OF Ocean IGners Is Re
You'd Conjecture.

When the great Cunard liners.
Lusitania and Mauretania, were put
in service. less than two years ago.
Il looked as if they represented the
limit of growth which ships were
likely to develop for years 20 come
1t was not because there existed any
physical or engineering problems in
the way of greater size, but il was
understood that the cost of operat-
ing these enormous ships was so great
that ii would not prove profitable to
duplicate or exceed them.
Another reason for believing that
the limit of size had been about reach
ed was the fact that the great Gu
narders were about as heavy draft
ships as the channels leading into
New hork's harbor would accommo-
date. For time il was even feared
that these ships would not be able
to enter New York harbor at all.
owing to the nOncompletion Of the
new Ambrose Channel. which has
since been opened up to service.
The new White Star ships will have
a displacement Of $4,000 tons. as com
pared with 900 tons Of the Cunard-
erS. They will be $40 feet long as
against the 762 feet of the Mature
tania and her sister ship. Although
the great White Star liners will not
have such machinery as the fleet of
CunarderS possess. they will be in all
other respects AS luxurious passenger
carriers as any ships afiOat. They
viii have accommodations for 5000
persons and carry crews Of 600 men
each.
The building OF these shins so
much larger than vessels considered
prodlgieS OF size two years ago in
dictates clearly that the growth of
ships is developing more rapidly than
ever. and that il would be foolish
indeed to place any limit beyond
which marine architects may not go.
provided marine engineers can cor
struct engines and boilers powerful
enough to provide motive power
New Orleans Picayune.
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Girl 5 Life Pays For ,Ier Elevator
Sport.

NEW YORK-Special.- not heed
ing the warnings of four Of her friends
K lEiIDa melvin, fifteen years old, of 2195
EiShth avenue, was killed Thursday q f.
ternoon in the Alhambra aDarfnSnt
mousse, a 200 West one Hundred ANA
II enty-siXth Street, in an elevator that
s sIie persisted IN running when the OPP
Rba and her four friends had been
vi w moving picture show nearby.
When they came out she found that
her shoelace had loose.ed She went
INTO the apartment houie lobby to tie
me lace Her friends followed Riba
houced that the door o. the elevator
smart was open and tho car was at
the ground floor, unattended.
I'm III m going to run il up she laughed
pom [. you'll get hurt!" chorussed the
other girls. Laughing al their fears.
lDa entered the car, shut the door and
p pure s the controlling cable. The ele-
terward she screamed three times. tbep
there was silence.
Her frightened companions ran into
me Alhambra Music Hall and told the
box ofhce man. who summoned CAPTAIN
larson Of the West One Hundred and
IWenty-hfth Street Station and Detec-
tives Cannon and darcy. Then the
four girls tainted. The men ran into
the apartment house just as william
Z. Manftz, OF 210 West One Hundred
and Twenty sixth Street returned from
an errand.
At Carson's direction the bow tried
TO start the elevator, but it would NOT
bulge. The party went to the fourth
floor and looking into the shaft, saw.
the car: How she got there is a NV
terry; The police believe that ar
reaching the fourth floor. the girl
tween 1t end the SHAFT, MI fhrors
the doorway and then. as the eleva
stopped after dropping its length,
Or. Elliott OF the Harlem Hos
sale Riba had been killed instantIy
administered restoratives to the
boy was arrested and Riba's ~ ~
turned over to her parents.
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NOrders Contractor Paid

NOFtEOLK. VA, Feb. 12.-Federal
Judge Waddill, in charge of the Nor
folk an& Southern Railway receiver
snip litigation, yesterday entered a
decree approving an arbitration award
OF $l7S,7S& to j. G. White & Co. OF
New York, for railroad construction
his amount the decree provides
Tor auctions of $9.630 to the Jar
,@t' construction Company, $31,O53 To
) onhson d Grommet Bros, and S4.-
OOO IN settlement of asserted claims.
IN Xh+Gh WhiteA4e-, 20. and the Nor
'fu1k and Southern are jointly liable.
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thlSH SWINDLE
! BEAT THEM
How Many Americans CouttDrA
Re Victimized By It

Despite the warnings given ut "
the Department Of State at WShing-
ton from time 10 time arairc such
frauds, the Spanish SN-injle cass COR
unue- and recently these atrmpIcd
frauds have increased to such an cX-
cent mat the STATE Department re-
celVeS several letters A wetS from
people who have ETH er bcel victi-
mized by these scheme " or wno have
received letters from Them These
swinolers have preyed Upon -estdents
Of the United States for more than
Twenty-Five years. and have secured
thousands OF dollars iron Ameri-
cans. They are located n various
parts Of Spain. Their \ method of
procedure is to write I'd some per-
son in the United States respecting
the imprisonment Of a Nlative and
stories vary in detail. - the most
the guardianship of the thild. The
common one is that a distsn relative
Of the person to whom tie letter is
written is 4 political pri,oner from
Cuba. who has been in pri.On for ssv~
eral years. sent there becatse ne was
accused Of using funds belonging to
the Spanish Government to aid the
instruction in Cuba. II Is said that
the Spanish Government has cOnfis-
Gated all his property which could be
FOUND. but that there is stin large
sum OF money on deposit In the
United States. The certificate of this
deposit. the letter states lis hidden in
valise in an arbor sCifewhere near
the prison. This Comm unicatiOn is
from a sUr%osed priest. who is the
confessor of the prisoner. the latter
being represented as very ill at the
writing anCx suffering torture" as TO
the fate of his only childAa beautiful
young daughter. viii his beloved
relative in the United States under
take the guardianship OF this child,
whose fortune is anywhere frPm $30,-
600 to 100000? 0ne-fourtA of the
amount to be given to the Eelative
VINO become her guardian.
me whole scheme is presented in
such a plausible manner that ~ per
cent OF the recipients Of such }Eters
SEND the money. and in man in
stances people have heen "a to
mortgage their homes 20 CO, n
the request of the swindlt IA +,
Americans have gone in - o
prlng the daughter only [
of the priest after the
been paid; and in one q
TIM received letter afteI
nome, tellir him how mucyy91
mao enJ'Nr' his money. II is sSnn-
orally supposed that there are CON
federates in the United states. who
obtain names and learn somethiuc
or the persons who are selected as
victims for them.
Recently the Department Of state
mas received report on the subiec,
from Consul General Hill at Farce-
IONA, who has had the various con
SuIs OF Spain Investigate the swind-
res and this activity on the part OF
our ohicials there has akused the
gang 10 change the storI somewhat
GU nov tne imprisone lative is a
1901 banker OF Russ who alb
~ uS s ana ned 70 Spa ~ or refuge
rie cIlanEe OF character however. is
.n,I,- Ter TAI Tor the sci le is the
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
William Hines, A Suicide.
STANTON Va Sno

STAUNTON, VA. - Special
Word comes from Mt. jackson
that William Hines, aged thirty
i've, a son of the late Rev. w. 7.
Is. Hines, Episcopal rector of
Baltimore, jumped from a South
ern Railway bridge at Mt. Jack
son Wednesday and ended his life.
He was addicted to morphine.
ana IL had affected his mind,
hnaIiy driving MIN TO suicide.
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Mr.. UNDERSTANDS
incorporation BILL
Federal Incorporation Act Would
Leave All Rights in Doubt.

Further material for profitable
thought may be found in this part of
MIR. Wlckersham's Federal incorpora-
ton bill
The charter of every corporation
formed hereunder shall be subject to
alteration. suspension, and repeal in
the discretion of the Congress. and
me Congress may at pleasure dissolve
any SUBJ corporation"
fVen the stockholders need
the archaic and unenlighten-
eo' em Of state control OF corpora
uons long business on the strength
Of State charter. the question OF
chahSe IN the corporate purpose has
generally been held to concern both
parties to the contract, the chartering
power and the chartered person. Let
us quote, for instance. from DR.. Frost s
treatlse on the incorporation and or
ganlzation of corporations:
1t appears clear that under the
liberal power of amendment existing
to-day in the majority of States any
changes may be made. no matter how
fundamental. by the consent of all the
stockholders. And where the matter
is simply one between the corpora
ton and the State. the right to make
such an amendment cannot, in the
states referred to. be questioned when
adopted by the requisite number of
stockholders.
AGAIN, IN the opinion of Chief JUS
llce Blgelow. of the Massachusetts,
supreme Court, in the case of -Durfee
VS.. Old Colony and Fall River Railway
Company:
IF it be asked by whom such
amendment or alteration is to be
made, the answer is obvious: BY the
parties to the contract. the IeeisIa- =
ture on one hand and the corporation
on the other; the former expressing
It's intentions by means of a Iegisla-
tive act. and the latter assentin.,
thereto by vote of the majority of
the stockholders according TO the pro-
vision of its charter. IL is nothing
more than the tordinary case of a
stipulation that Aone of the parties
to contract Maya it's terms with
party" I.s9
- ans BIN "A - =
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Congre TO re%rite the charter orig
inally granted by the Federal com
missioner of corporations. And the
Congress may lat pleasure extin-
guiSh any Federal corporation.
What an inviting prospectus OF sta
btlity. freedom from whimsical and
political Interference by the legisla-
tors at washington. and permanence
Of establishment Cor the conduct of
business by the owners of the business
snrrendering old fashioned two party
contract rights and coming voluntarily
under full Federal supervisioni-New
York Sun.