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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-29
MANIAC USES
KNIFE AS WEAPON
Without Reason or Warning
Makes Murderous Attack on
Three Brooklyn Citizens.

NEW YORK--Special.- mysteri-
Gus. murderOus maniac, who recent
ly terrorized the eastern district of
Brooklyn, broke out again early to-
day, attacking and frightfully disfig-
uring three victims without being cap
tured. --~ns~-tJx tz-ISEa-gT
George Kubish, a night Waterman,
was on his way home when the
strange assailant leaped upon him
from doorway, slashing his chest
ana arms with long, sharp knife.
kubish was found unconscious later
and rushed 10 a hospital. While the
police were looking for the assailant
Michael Pilly. OF 2O3 Greene Street.
was attacked by the same man
Pilly was cut so badly that he was
rushed to the Williamsburg Hospital
for treatment.
The third victim was Anthony Cam
marata. His nose was slit open, one
ear nearly cut off and his neck fright
fully slashed.
The three men coincide in their de-
scription OF the slasher. They say he
is about twenty-five years old and
looks like a maniac.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-29
BRAVE PRIEST : - s:g
CATCHES NEGRO
Had Slashed Three Sleeping Men
Who Awoke at His Attempted
Robbery.

NEW YORK Special.-Within the
space OF . few moments. early today
the Rev. Father Joseph ID. Dinner. OF
st. Peters Church. Barclay Street, en-
acted the separate role OF policeman,
surgeon and cleric.
Crossing Battery Park. accompanied
by friend after his return from an
GRAND OF mercy. the priest noticed
six,foot negro running at fun speed
land hourishing a razor while the cries
OF pursuers could be heard.
The priest. who is an athlete follow
ed the fugitive and struck the razor
from his hand. Then he grappled with
the negro and held him until policemen
arrived. Within a few minutes three
men. who had been pursuing the negro,
reached the park. One of them, Alex
ander Dirroewicz, fell at the cleric's
feet, bleeding from half dozen dam
gerous gashes. Father Dinnen, using
the leather thong OF a pollceman's club.
staunched the flow Of blood. but the IN
1ured man was so I'll that IL was
thought best to administer the la st
rites. This was done. John DOM
orusi z, another OF the trio, had his hand
nearly severed. The third was suffer-
ing from a few slight cuts.
The men said that they were steve
doreS and, after working late were
sleeping on the docks when aroused bv
the negro going through their pockets
When they attacked him he drew the
razor and commenced slashInE right
He said his name was John Tucker.
The negro admitted having an alter
cation with the 'longshoremen.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-29
Cigarette Paper.

OF the great army of cigarette
smokers there is probably not more
than one in a hundred who knows
that rice paper, in which the tobacco
is wrapped. has nothing 20 do with
rice but is made from the mem
branes of the breadfruit tree. or
more commonly of fine new trim
mings of flax and hemp.
So light is this paper that 500 OF
the tiny sheets go to make an once.
They are perfectly combustible and
give of the minimum of smoke. Be-
fore being rolled with tobacco they
are analysed to prove that they are
free from all deleterious ingredients
and that they contain nothing but
the purest paper fibre. Only new
material-flax and hemp trimmings
is used, and these are thoroughly
purified.
Chopped by machinery into minute
particles. they are well mixed by a
revolving fan and then reduced to
a dust, which is placed in a solution
of lime and soda After remaining
in this solution for some time in order
that all foreign substances may be
eliminated it undergoes a thorough
washing process. the water being the
purest kind coming from artesian
wells sunk especially for the purpose.
Then the pulp is rolled out into
paper. AT first it is of a grayish
tinge, the pure white of the finished
| product being obtained by an electric
! process. which in bleaching it also
cleans it of whatever impurities
might have escaped the bath.
| The French manufacturers of Gig
arctic paper practically supply the
entire world, the output of Austria
and Italy being Observation-Disclosures
tific American.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-29
IF HE CAN'T COOK
MAN SHOULDN'T WED

CHICAGO Special The spoon
that stirs the soup is the symbol of
domestic felicity and the husband
should learn to use it as we'll as the
wife, said Municipal Judge GoodnoW
when he was called on to censure a
man who, unable to cook, had forced
his wife to arise at $3.50 A. NJ. to get
his breakfast. The Judge is a good
chef himself, and is proud of it,
The man that can't cook shouldn't
think of getting married" said Judge
Goodnow. He is a pitiable object.
Let the June bride beware of her nus
band If he cannot toss the piping flap
jack or coax the flavor from the car
rot TO the soup.
The engaged girl usually does not
consider in her beautiful dream OF
things as they should be the drowsy
breakfast time. That's where the hus-
bands business of cooking comes in
Let him jump cheerily from bed
tell the wife to snuggle comfortably in
the blankets, and then let him &C
down and turn out mess for him.
self and wind up by carrying her {
cup of chocolate before he hikes fol
the 7:15. Don't you see that hel
harmless Illusions will thrive and helI
their married life?
I'm a mamma boy. if that's what i
is, and I'm proud of it,"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-29
DECLARES GIANT
MERGER is LEGAL
Case Against Transcontinental
Lines Led Roosevelt to Place
Hartman in Ananias Club.
Court Says Union Does
Not Control Rates.
ST. PAUL, MINN.-special- ed

ST. PAUL, NIINN-Special.- Ed
ward II. Harriman's gigantic merger
Of the Union Pacific and Southern pa
ciic Railroads was not a combination
in restraint Of trade, according to a
decision handed down simultaneously
this morning by the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals in st. Louis and
ST. Paul, MINI.
The proof shows that after 1901,
as well as before, the rates for trans
continental traffic were the same over
both the Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific lines" says the court in its
opinion. There has. since then, been,
with respect to either of these lines,
no impairment of service, no deterio-
ration Of the physical properties, no
discontinuance of efforts to satisfy the
public and no complaints OF shippers
OF any inferior or inadequate service"
The large number OF initial car
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DIDN'T REACH
RECIPROCITY

WASHINGTON, D. c. Special
WASHINGTON, d. c.. June Ga
IreadinS gingerly over ground rem
dered dangerous by adverse reports
made yesterday by the Senate Com
mlttee on Finance on the Democratic
farmers free list bill and the wool re-
vision bill, and startled by the threat
that these measures, together with
bills to revise the cotton. sugar. lead
and steel schedules would be offered as
amendments to the reciprocity bill.
the Senate concluded the day without
reached the expected vote on the Ca
madam measure.
Chairman Penrose, of the Finance
Committee, fulfilled his promise, made
IN anger on the floor when it became
apparent that the Republican major
ity had been hobbled by the coalition
or insurgents and Democrats, and call
ed meeting of the Finance Commit
tee. 1t resulted in the adverse re-
porting of the wool bill by a vote OF
TO 4, and the farmers free list bill
by vote of to 5.
When these reports were presented
to the Senate every chance of an
agreement for a vote on the recipro-
city bill to be followed by an early ad-
Journment of the extra session was re.
moved. The Senate realized that il
was confronted with general tariff re.
vision to which the regular Republi.
cans were opposed, and for which
both Democrats and insurgent Repub
/ licans sought credit.
That the Senate had entered upor
/ the most difficult stage of its progress
l toward action on the reciprocity meas
ure was conceded on every hand. I
was admitted that the measure wa
/ threatened with death or amendmen
! that might make it unacceptable I,
/ President Taft or obnoxious to Canada
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PAID FIFTY DOLLARS
FOR KISSING GIRL
r I c H NJ

I ii NJ . n ID, NA.-Special.-
BY arresting r. c. Miller a telephone
inspector. of West Broad Street, yester-
day afternoon, Detective Sergeant Jack
Wiltshire believes that he undoubted-
was a case OF heads-I-win-and-ta tails
you-loSe with Miller, for inasmuch as
he spent the night in prison he was
easily found when Police Court opened
this morning, and after answering two
terse questions put to him by Justice
Crutchheld he was fined $50 and put
under S1O0-bond for twelve months.
miller was charged with insulting a
Young woman on Robinson Street. The
telephone inspector, who is probably
about twenty years old. called at the
mouse Monday afternoon to put in a
telephone. He found the young wo-
man alone in the dining room and
upon being requested by her to place
the telephone by the door he is alleged
by the young lady to have walked over
TO her, put his hand under her chin,
called her dearie, and attempted to kiss
her.
The young woman rushed upstairs.
terribly frightened, and locked herself
In her room, Miller, who had been or
dered from the house. returned a short
time later, so the girl told Crutchfield
THIS morning, and tried 10 get in bur
the door was slammed in his face
oud better look out for young
Miller. Detective Wiltshire was warm
ed yesterday morning by a citizen from
the West End. Il understand" he
continued, that three men are hunt
ing Tor him with guns"
The detective inquired into the case
and was led to believe that the two
brothers of the girl, accompanied by
her brother-inlaw, were on the tele-
phone inspectors trail. They had not
made any complaint TO the police. They
were just quietly looking for Miller
Several times. the detective learned
they had called at the Offices of the
telephone company and asked where
the inspector could be found. They
refused to tell what they wanted with
him. They just wanted him; that was
all
SO, fearing that unless Miller could
be locked up for safe keeping. il
might be a case for the coroner, the
detective hunted up the young man
and put him where the irate brothers
could not reach him. The family OF
the young woman was then notified
that Miller was under arrest, and q
warrant charging him with assault
was sworn out.
Miller denied the charges this morn.
ing, but his denial carried little weight
with Judge Crutchfield, who pro.
nounced sentence as soon as the evi.
dence was all in. The young inspec-
tor paid his fine. left the court room
and hurried away.
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AUTOMOBILES.

FOrds,-We have several 1908, 1909
and 1910 Ford Runabouts and Tour
ing Cars which we have taken in
trade on 1911 models. Prices range
from $3.50 to $500. Every car thor
oughly oyerhauled and in good run
ming order and guaranteed as repre-
scented. These cars can be run to
any portion Of Virginia and North
Carolina under their own power and
every customer will be thoroughly in
structed in the proper care and OPP
GRAFTON of the car. We can furnish
an experienced driver to accompany
the car to it's destination, if desired
Catalogue and full information mailed
upon request Call for a demonstra-
ton. We believe these cars offer the
very best automobile value to be had
in a used car. FORD AUTO co.
1627-1629 West Broad St, Richmond
Va.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-29
CRAFT LASTED
FOR 80 YEARS
Mexican Purchasing Agents Re-
signing-Field Artillery Made
of Cast Iron.

MEXICO CITY.-Special. Following
the discovery of graft in the army sup
ply department aggregating S10.0OO,gOO
all OF the Government purchasing
agents have resigned.
1t is alleged that General Cosio,
Minister Of War, got practically all OF
the money General Manuel Mondra-
gon has been ordered to proceed at
once to Europe, where the supplies
were bought. to institute a searching
investigation.
The period OF grating extended over
thirty years.
Much of the ammunition and a great
percentage of the army supplies pur-
chased during that time was practically
useless. Quantities of field artillery
and rapid-fire guns, supposed to be
built of the best quality OF steel, have
been found TO be nothing but cast iron
and TO fire one of them would mean
certain disaster.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-29
WOMAN HELD IN
MURDER CASE
Search For Body on Maine Farm
Husband Headed Organization
of Criminals.

ALFRED, ME- Special While
searchers equipped with spades and
sharp iron rods were prodding the
earth all about Snow farm at Dayton
today, in an effort to find the grave
in which Charles 1. Weymouth, we'll
to-do butcher of SacO, is supposed to
be buried, Mrs. Maude Snow, Olney
Marshall. of Pittston, and John Blu
zell. a Dayton farmer, were in jail
awaiting arraignment on the charge
of murder. The woman. the wife of
DR.. Fred Il. Snow, self-confessed lead
er of n gang Of burglars who looted
many houses in York and Cumberland
counties and are now in Jail, is held
as an accessory. The two men are
directly charged with killing Wey-
mouth.
The authorities today are bordering
over a recent remark said to have
been made by Snow to the prison doc
tor Shows remark was:
IF they could find the box we bound
with chains and threw into the Saco
River they would have a sensation"
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MORE LIGHT ON
BRUTAL KILLING
Lynch Boys and Sam Greenwood
Waylaid John Inscore and
Shot Him Through the
Heart-One of Assail-
ants in Jail.

STUART, VA Special.-Fuller de-
tails of the murder committed near
here week ago have finally come 20
light. From all that can be ascer-
tanned there is no question that the
murder was as foul and unprovoked
as the county can recall Sam Green
wood, one of the men engaged in the
affair, is in the county Jail at Mt.
AIRY, n. G, and Ernest and Marshall
Lynch are fugitives from justice.
The trouble had its origin some two
weeks ago, when the Lynch boys. two
Inscore boys and Sam Greenwood met
az oaptizing, and had some words.
The affair was thought to have
blown over, but last Saturday the men
went to Mt. Airy and during the af-
ternoon the Lynches and Greenwood
lett the place sometime ahead of the
Inscore boys. The latter had gone
some distance from the town, with
John lnscore a short distance ahead
OF MS brother, each driving a wagon.
In the woods, with John Inscore in
the lead, the Lynches and Greenwood
appeared, and one of the Lynches
tried to beat John Inscore with q
heavy stick InscOre pulled his pistol
to protect himself from the man. for
neither the other Lynch nor Green
wood did or said thing to prevent
the attack.
AS Inscore pulled his pistol to de-
fend himself one Of the other men.
either Lynch or Greenwood, pulled a
pistol and shot Inscore through the
heart The man fell between the
wagon wheels.
The Lynches at once made their es-
cape, and the sheriff got hot on their
trail. The dead man was just TWEEN
ty-one years old, peaceable, and was
shot down after an apparently pre-
meditated arrangement for his kill
ing.
There we're three In the party which
attacked him.
The county coroner held an inquest
and the jury reported that the man
had come to his death from a pistol
shot wound inflicted by either one Of
the I,VnCheS or Sam Greenwood
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cling received now they will more

being received now they will more
than make good average"
Commissioners kOiner, Of the De-
partment OF Agriculture, is just back
from the potato section. lie said to-
day that IL was a sight to see the
small boat coming to Norfolk loaded
almost to the waters edge with bar
7 els Of potatoes. The steamers Just
/ las there and take them on as long
| as there Is room enough TO place a
/ barrel. and it seems that they must
! carry 10000 barrels at a crack. Last
year the truckers shipped some 2.OOO.-
/ 600 of barrels. and this year they are
| getting such prices that they are liable
TO flood the market. Some OF the
| first shippers got So a barrel for the
| potatoes. The price is said TO be
gradually dropping at this time.
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BULLET CHANCES
FROM DOG TO HER
WOMAN Is SLIGHTLY HURT. nut
MAY GET HHDROPHOBIA, THE
PHYSICIANS SAY.

NEWARK, n. J.-Special.-W
hydrophobia can be transmitted to a
woman whose scalp has been torn by a
bullet that glanced from the skull OF a
mad dog is a medical question that was
called to the attention OF several physi-
Clans in this city today. The woman is
Avenue. Although the scalp wound
caused by the glancing bullet is net
dangerous in itself. there is sufficient
possibility OF hydrophobia developing
TO cause anxiety to the doctors and
members Of Mrs. Pastino's family. EN-
animation OF the dead dog proved the
animal was afflicted with rabies
The animal first was seen running
Wild this afternoon in Branch Brook
PARK frothing at the mouth and snap
ping at leaves and bushes Patrolman
Walter Clarkson, OF the Park Police
Station. chased the dog out OF the park
and along Eighth Avenue trying to get
street in front OF 223 and ran under the
porch OF Mrs. Pastino's home. Clark
son got the brute by the neck and drag
the open.
The noise attracted Mrs. Pastino. who
went TO the front door just as the DO
lceman dropped the dog and fired his
revolver at II. n scream from Mrs. Pas
uno tollowed the shot, and the startled
oIuecoat turned 10 see the woman hold
ing her head. Blood trickled between
her myers. Clarkson put a second bull
let into the dos and then summoned
DrS. Joseph BelinO and Frank Man
uSIuHt&io. Inc physicians found the
nrst bullet had glanced from the dogs
skull. ploWed its way through Mrs
!astino's scalp and lodged in the door
frame.
The scalp wound was dressed easily
and 10 all appearances Mrs PastiHo
was suffering only from a slight faint
ness as the result OF the accident The
fact, however. that the bullet that
struck her passed through the flesh of
a dog suffering from rabies added a
dangerous element to the simple
wound and Will call for careful atten-
ton until the physicians are certain
all danger OF infection is past.
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BAPTIST END
WORLD SESSION
Alliance Concludes Its Meeting
With Discussion of Church
and Education

PHILADELPHIA, PA.-Special. The
final business sessions OF the Baptist
World Alliance were held today in the
Grace Baptist Church, Broad and Berks
Streets This afternoons program
called for sectional meetings, replacing
the assembling OF the Northern and
southern Baptists, which had been ar
ranged for that time, but was post
poned because many Of the delegates
from each body had left town.
The morning session opened with W.
T. Whitley as special chairman.
The Church and Education" was the
general subject 1t was taken up
under the subheads OF Through the
Sunday Schools" Through the Fam
ily," and Through Schools, Colleges
and Summaries"
The addresses were made by H T.
Nusselman, OF Pennsylvania; f. Gold
smith, OF England, and L. NJ. Poteat. Of
South Carolina
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FORTY miner"
DIES AT OLD AGE
MAJOR j. j. GORDON PLAYED
LARGE PART AS PIONEER
VIRGINIA Il. X. BUILDER.
WASHINGTON, d. c. Special

WASHINGTON, d. c. Special
Major James ]. Gordon. pioneer,
'forty-niner," Indian fighter, miner
railroad builder and financier, died
at his residence, 1900 Sixteenth Street
Northwest, this week from a compli-
cation of diseases, combined with
senile decay.
While Major Gordon had led a quiet
life during the last ten years. the term
of his residence in Washington, and
was, consequently, inconspicuous in
social and official circles, he was
widely known throughout the coun-
try. He had extensive real estate
holdings in this city, but had never
been in active business hare.
Major Gordon is survived by one
daughter, Alice Gertrude Gordon, who
lives at the Sixteenth Street resi-
dence. Mrs. Gordon died a number of
years ago. and the daughter is an
only child.
Major Gordon was born in Scot
land, being a scion of the ancient Scot
fish family of that name. He came
TO this country while still young, and
went West when the California gold
fever swept over the country.
Later he became active in the In
dian wars that marked the progress
Of civilization In the West in the early
days, receiving his commission as a
major while in that service. He was
placed on the retired list of the army
about twenty-five years ago.
Coming East, he resided in New
York city, and later removed to Gin
cinnati. During that period he built
that portion OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad that extends from
Richmond to Norfolk. He also en-
gagged in mining operations in West
Virginia. Major Gordon owned ex-
tensiVe properties in different parts
Of the country and leaves a large es-
tate.
Funeral services were held at St
Thomas Church.
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why Our LIterature !. GrOwinE wor.e.

why Our Literature II Growing Worse.
We have never had so many books
and never so many bad books. The
existing standards OF literature are
distinctly below those OF the two pre-
ceding centuries. We have so many
periodicals of so many sorts-the de-
mand for essays and fiction is so insist
ent, the manufacturer OF books has be-
come so commercialized, and there are
respecting publishers, that writer's who
could not have marketed their output
nifty years ago, find ready acceptance
OF their drivel and trash. We could
readily dispense with nine-tenths OF
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-29
CLARK MAY RUN
FOR PRESIDENT
Speaker Says He Would Take
Nomination, But Won't Run
After It.

MONTGOMERY, ALA Special
Champ Clark, in a letter to editors
of various newspapers in his congress
sional district. has set forth his posi-
ton as a receptive candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the presi-
dency in 1912. The letter says that
while he is not a candidate and may
never be, he feels that the mere men
ton is a great honor.
Il shall not run after the nomina-
tiOn," he writes.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-29

WANTED YOUNG MEN IN OUR
zutomDhsle training school. A com
pRshe course in driving and repairing
M n small cash payment. You may
NseozDe competent in a few weeks and
secure n position paying from $40 to
H1Vo per month. Instructions day or
lIxhA Proficiency guaranteed OF no
aAa-xe. Dor satisfied pupils are our
rvfeysnees. Call or write. Richmond
Automobile School, 91S West Broad
Street, Richmond, Va
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lowed an adverse vote I'm tho
Chamber of Deputies on the state
ment of Minister OF War Gourin
that no general held supreme
command IN the French army.
An interpolation WAS demand-
ell and the vote was 81 against
the Cabinet.
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NOTICES.

Ssh MONEY LOANED, to buy, build,
Improve real estate or lift mortgages.
xuu pay $3.50 per month, plus $50
interest on yearly balances. This
amount pays of the loan in 10 and IL
yearH- Can pay in full at any time,
Rhereby stopping further interest For
wErticulars, address THE STANDARD
HOME COMPANY, S16-S1T Law Bldg
NarfoIk, We
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SHIPPING POTATOES
AT $3.50 A BARREL

vR l c H NJ On d, VA.-Special.-
The people in the Norfolk section
and on the Eastern Shore are ship
ping potatoes these days, believe me.
They are sending out some several
thousand barrels each day, and they
are not doing a thing but raking in
the coin at the rate of about $3.50 q
barrel. They are having the time OF
their lives, and where they did not
do so well last year they have begun
10 make up for lost time. The crop
last year did not pay, but at the price