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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-26
KEZELL MAKES REPLx.

hAAAlNVNBItO. ' ", SRRcial.
senator George B. KeezeIl has a
lengthy card i'm the Daily News
lie adfits taking up the
matter OF the reduced assessment.
After consultation with the presi-
dent OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad he went TO members of
the Corporation Commission and
gave them figures and later nc
cepted SA6O i'm pay.
senator keezeii says the affair
was legitimate, and denies misus-
Ing the office of Senator. He saws
he acted as a citizen and stocis-
holder, and that the pay was for
trouble and expenses. lie denies
any conCeaIment.
The check was made out 10 n
third party without his knowledge
or consent, he says.
The Daily News editoriaIIy saws:
"keezell rs convicted out OF oyyn
mouth"
John B. Peale, former deputy
treasurer. was the Daily News
informant.
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|RGINEA TO HAVE
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Special-AIiss
response IN
RICHMOND

RICHMOND, VA, Special-NIiss
|lry Johnston, in response n
Re Journals request, prepared the
flowing statement regarding the sue
rs or WOmanS suffrage in the Cali
rnia election last week:
A Philadelphia suffrage club. So
F2ung contributions for the aid of
+ campaign In California, received
: following letter:
\ i have your letter REQUESTING aid
4 me cause of wOman's suffrage.
belong 10 that great body
women VINO need suffrage the most
mely. the poor. SO il will be diffi-
H. pul not impossible, for me 10
re -, and l would be offended If
were not allowed the privilege Of
ing IL However, il will be M
rond week in September before I
n spare that amount. Then / viii
Ild an or part of it. and the re-
ldhuer later. You can posirivelv
M upon me for the contribution
nan delight in giving it
Given this spirit animating save
hundreds of thousands of women.
en- q strong reform movement rem,
ny throughout the State: given the
|ieTOus support of thousands and
PuSahds OF enlightened men: given
work, enthusiastic self-sacrifica
Z entlre devotion To a great cause
= the victory in California is nor
marvellous after all.
sooner or later we shall have
ne same conditions and the same
reSult - Virginia
There were in California 6ftv lare,,
EraSe organizations. These had tbe
oIs- hearted support OF the Califor-
reoeratlon of Women's Clubs. "a
IN mem oership; OF the Federate /
lege Clubs. 5000 women; the State !
rses. Association. SOC women: m /
te Woman'S Christian Temperance |
|oclation. 5000 women; the Wo- /
z Parliament. 1000; the Ameri-
WOman.s League, 10000; Wo-
es Organizer Labor, $4,000.
lrhe women OF California had balD
good help. from the men of cali
PA very large part OF the press
II business mems organizations. |
n oers or commerce. the churches.
|Juulclary, writer's. physicians. law
+ 5000 government leagues. the
|nge' federated labor, al reform
|es-theSe joined hands with the
pen from the beginning OF the I
lPalgn. As stated in the Times
latch the other day. the opnosi-
counted upon the saloon vote. the
IeSe vote, and-Strange juXtapo-
r. the farmer vote TO defeat The I
|ndment. But the opposition I
pied without its host when il
tea the farmer. The farmer voted
lWhe.mingly Tor the women of the q
2. Inc saloon and the Chinese S
not So strong. perhaps. as they
sht themselves. At an events We a
All over the civilized world today D
'en. IN the toll ana mon of their %
struggle. are unSellshly rejoicing
the entranchised women Of Cal d
-i1. And not Only women are re- {
ng-men are rejoicing. O.
MARY JOHNSTON" O.
Richmond. Va r
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READY TO MOVE WHOLE
TOWN SIX MILES ON WHEEL. 5


HUTCHINSON, KAN, SpeciaI-
Preparations are being made to lack
up the whole town of Sante Fe, Kan.
ana move it on wheels to the south
a distance of six miles. Some OF the
buildings already are OF their foun-
dations ready for the journey. The
courthouse, jail. town hall, opera
house, moving picture show, churches.
schools, dwellngs-all are to go on
the queer journey.
santa re, the county seat OF Haskell
county, will go where the railroad
goes. The Santa Fe Railroad is build
ing an air line extension from Dodge
city TO Colmar, n. NJ, and the new line
VIII forsake the present county seat
and pass half a dozen miles to the
southwark.
What to do with the prisoners while
the jail is in transit Is problem that
is keeping the sheriff up nights. He
says ne is tired of thinking about 1t,
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WASHINGTON
CASE NOT TRIED
Man Accused of Attacking Him
Says Witnesses Are Strangely
Missing.

NEW YORK, oct. 17.-Booker T.
Washington, the negro educator. did
not appear in Special Sessions today
to prosecute the charge of assault
against Harry Ulrich, of liz East
Sixty-third Street. At the reouest Of
he counsel for the defendant the case
Vas adjourned until November 9th.
II was claimed by the defendant
sRat several of his witnesses had mys-
1ously disappeared and that he
uld be unable TO defend himself
opery without them. The motion
adjournment was bitterly opposed
Assistant District Attorney Smith.
He stated that Washington had
IN put to great Inconvenience and
pense 10 come and testify.
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TOBACCO TRUST
PLANS TO DIVIDE

NEW YORK, SpeciaL-The reor
ganization plan Of the American To-
Dacco Company was fled In the
united States Circuit Court here
shortly before noon today.
The plan provides for the distribu-
tion OF the business and property of
the Tobacco Trust among four cor
porattons. They are the American
Tobacco Company, the z. Lorillard
Company, the Liggett & Myers To-
DaSeo company and the r. j. Rey-
noids Tobacco Company.
The five accessory companies. which
the United states Supreme Court
FOUND TO constitute in and of them
serves combinations in restraint OF
trade are to be broken up into ten
or more companies. Other subsi-
diaries are to be separated from each
and all OF the fourteen fragments
Foreign business is to be made inde-
pendent OF the combination by cut
SnS loose the British-American To-
pacco Company, together with the
imperial Tobacco Company of Great
Britain and Ireland and the abrogation
OF agreement for the division of ter
ritory,
The United Cigar Stores Company
IS 70 be freed of domination by the
american Tobacco Company by the
distribution OF two-thirds of the can't
tai stock held by it, among its com
mon stockholders.
NOANAOA VI the OnllGQ Cigar
stores Company, according to counsel
Tor the American Tobacco Company,
Will pass to its present individual
stockholders and the common stock
holders of the American Tobacco
Company. but in view OF the fact that
one-third of its stock is held by per
sons not connected with the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company. it will not be
In the hands of any of the twenty
nine defendants.
Transfer for $115,OOO,OOO.
The Liggett Company is q new one.
the Lorillard Company a reorganiza-
uoh OF the present corporation Of that
name.
For the factories and brands that
the corporation Of the two concerns
VIII take over they will pay the Amer
lean Tobacco Company S115, 600 900.
This Will be paid i'm new issues of
stocks and bonds. in return for which
the American Tobacco Company would
exchange the bonds and the preferred
stock OF its own securities in order
that monopoly shall not exist
through purchase
The Reynolds Company is to be
separated by distributing to the com
mon stockholders of the American To-
bacco Company twO-thirds of its
stock, now held by the trust.
In all these four companies the vot-
ing power Will be conferred upon the
preferred stock
In the process OF Misunderstanding the
American Tobacco Company is also
TO take into its treasury securities of
Its subsidiaries and subsubsidiaries
ana TO distribute them among the
common stockholders of the American
TobacNo Company as dividends
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PrOmise Foreigners Protection-

-. -41H-NNOW, OHINA, Special. = Ne
urst troop trains bearing the North
eIn army which will take the feId
teSa,,st the southern rebels. arrived
eoudy' FI1teen hundred rebels. who
We're encamped at the gates of thS
t la We city. withdrew, retrcatine over
Ihe ran River at the approach Of the
government forces. e-9
90 4 tiln I,Sl Sa Cheng Ping. in charge
u me Cnlnese marines, declared that
he would take no action which vonIF
eehoanger the lives of engineers in the
1orelgn concessions
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BOY THIEVES ROB
CIGAR STORE
TAKE PIPES AND CIGARS Epo,.
SIRAUS & Co. VALUED NO."
AT $50
RICHMONn

S.+-|I N = y u 4, SDeciaI
Vtai valuable Meerschailm DiD,.
Gnu q rev cigars were stolen from p' rs
Nj, 81 Straus x Co. at 7I9 Ease
and cfe 3''~et ,. sunday night. The pipes
p0jfo( 'Sats We're valued at about Ss0
i' Uuce VINO are investigating m ~ ~
~, neleVe that the store was entereS
I.i l-'lS ahce was effected throueb a
iilSh1 window. An iron bar Vs.
The $50 cut leaving the way open to
10, SOCK room and store above. TbS
oISdrS were taken from tbe s+oaTs
LOON loom; the pipes from one of the show
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Safe-BIowcrs Rob RonL

GAINESVILLE, VA. Special. The
Planters Bank of this place was
robbed Sunday night. The outer and
inner doors of the vault were blown
open. The noise awakened I q Glen
ent, who sleeps above the bank. He
nred Epon the robbers. and after an
exchange or shots the men escaped
one shattered plate glass marks the
place OF battle. The exact loss has
not yet been ascertained.
posse secured the woods all dav
In search of the robbers but accom-,
plished nothing.
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Rounding Up Nfoonshiners-

LUHAH. VA, Special.-Dealers i'm
moonshine liquor, who for a long time
are alleged to have piled a profitable
business in this place, are coming, to
grief. -Four Offenders were lodged in
jail Saturday, and warrants are said
to be outstanding for seven others.
Startling revelations are promised
as men never before suspected OF en-
gaging I'm the business are said to have
fallen victims to the dragnet.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-26
CHINESE REBELS
CAPTURE WARSHlP

PEKIN, Special.-Rebel forces at
Hankow are reported to have can
tured a Chinese warship. Several gun
Doats were sent to Hankow just be-
fore the capture of the city by the
revolution tribes, according to meaerre
sor.
The rebels have placed a crew on
BOARD the warship to use il against
Iortlned cities along the Yang Use
Kiang River.
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FOOT IN r. R. SWITCH.
MAN rs DECAPITATED
MARTINSBURG, W. VA, Special

MAhIINSBURG, w. VA, Special
Unable to extrieat0 his foot
from betWecp the rails of n switch.
ana not having time TO remove his
shoe, Harry IinneberS, driver OF
an express wagon here and q for
mer well known Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad engineer, was run
down and Instantly killed by a
fast freight on the Baltimore and
Ohio yesterday morning, within
a few feet Of his mothers home
Iinncberg was on his way 10
visit his mother, and while walk
ing along the tracks stepped be-
tween the V-shaPed rails of "A
SwitCh II. His foot was So tightly
Wed@ed that he could not release
himself. and lac called for assist
ance a. the train rounded a curve
and bore down upon him. His
mother heard the call, but did nor
understand her sons danger. and
reached his side after the tram
had Killed him. His head was SeV-
cred from the body.
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PRESIDENT HAS
MARROW. ESCAPE
Railroad Will Pay for Men wbo
Attempted to Wreck the
President 8 Train

reward OF 81 1000 was fnd = -
~ r T. Calvin. vice presideaf - -
ssuerai manager OF the Souther,, 20
enc enc railroad. for inforraatson -
s1s 70 tne arrest OF the persons WV,
TJss ri,91a 81 20 Dynamite the 81 Capit<n
Just before President ~ 49, - I.t'.
sts'ln pessed ever the str,l9tprs.
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LISBON. via THE FRONTIER.
Oct. 6.-Monarchist forces in NortI,T
ern Portugal. on the Spanish frontier
are reported to be raliying for a finai
stand. If IL fails all attempts to re-
establish Manuel on his throne bv
force OF arms viii probably be aban-
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Turkey WIN Not Cede TrIpolI.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Special
Youssouf Zia Pasha, Turkish Ambas-
sador to the United States, today de-
clared his belief that a settlement
would be reached in the near future
OF the Turco-Italian War. He de-
clared that Turkey could not consent
TO any arrangement other than an
honorable" one.
The ambassador said that the ced-
Ing OF Tripoli TO Italy would not be
within the scope of such a settle
ment.
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GERMANS FIGHT |
CHINESE N
government %, Forces in 50
win Revolutionists-WaJ'
arrive at Scene Of Disor3
Along With First ]
Troop Trains
LONDON
|, Special. -FurIo

LYNDON, Special. -Fur,o
nsh ing has broken out in 49,
city or Hankow. according 20
e. S.S''iS received here today tom
$50 OF conuict. and marines have
landed from a German yvarshio ~
Dor 10 prevent the siau<htsl
RESIDENTS and the pillage OF Brool
lives or foreign residents in 49,
n ,l1'rI go ncesSion were threatens4
SSOLolhg 10 this report and GermaA ,
gents fought side by side with h. -
tSnued from a German warshfp -s-sn1
the lnturiated mObs or natives ~sAi
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The Viceroy. although very iu. is
attending TO his duties. visiting the
Yamen every day. He has asked
Pekin Tor reinforcements.
IL is reported here that the revolu-
u0nists have proclaimed General Ii
YUAN Heng, Military Governor Of HUI
Peh province.
The rebels have opened a recruit
ing station at Kia-Tung, which town
they hold.
The rebel leaders are protecting the
lives of missionaries.
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NEWS OF HORSES
AND HORSEME:N
SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION VIR-
GINA STATE FAIR ASSOCIA-
TTON WONDERFUL SUCCESS.

With favorable weather condition
and collection Of exhibits so granC
as 10 surpass all reasonable expecta.
lions. the sixth annual exhibition OF
the Virginia State Fair Association
came as a revelation to the masses
who looked upon the States vast re-
sources, agricultural and mechanical
Interest seemed never to aig from
the opening on Monday morning Of
october 9Th until the curtain ruDg
down on Saturday night. Chief among
those to receive hearty congratulations
on the wondrously successful outcome
or Nirginia's big State Fair included
president Henry Fairfax, ]. 7. Ander-
mittee, with associate members. L. O.
Miller, Samuel Cohen, NJ. G. PGtHF-'
son and Leigh r. Page; w. Dorh.
Gordon, secretary, and Mark r. Lloyd.
the general manager.
Racing, as usual, furnished one Of
the most entertaining features of the
week. On Monday two harness races
were decided and four running events.
including a steeplechase. while for
tuesday the card was made up Of the
$50 trot. the 2:25 pace and 2:16 trot.
with three fiat races and one cross
country event.
Wednesday was Richmond Day. and
great crowd, packing the grand
stand and lining the stretches far
down on either side. witnessed some of
the best sport ever seen in Virginia
furnished 10y good fields or starters in
the z:lZ trot, the 2:14 pace and 2:2T
JrOt, the latter an early closing event
purse $1,000. Three running events
and the Commonwealth Club Steeple-
chase furnished contests that pleased
the Erand-stand immensely. Rain on
"Wednesday night left the track too
heaVy for the trOtters and PAGERS to
race on Thursday, and only the reg
uLar card for runners was pulled off
while the harness races were carried
ever and run Off with Fridays card
so that six harness events were decid-
ed on the latter day. and the running
portion Of the program transferred to
saturday, which was getaway day, but
a comfortably filled grandstand saw
four good fat races and n steeplechase
decided.
Stable room was at n premium and
the association was taxed TO find ac-
commodations for horses entered in
the races, as trOtters, PAGERS and run
ners were here in greater Numbers
than ever before. Relief, however. was
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KILLED BY HIS WIFE.
lEDrrTr - =

= ~ 7'1H'I OTII-L
JnSpnr GWaltney, of RnineS Quar-
ter. near Waverly, Sussex county,
was shot and instantly killed at
his home mt this place Sunday by
his wife. The cause OF the shoot
Ing Ia not known, only meauer
1etnlls renchinE this city. Mrs.
Swnltney IN the daughter of II. &,
Hobbs, of MELVILLE. Prince George
county. near this city.
~ IN NOT known whether she has
been arrested yet or not.
The couple have not been mnr-
ried Iopu
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ldADRID, Special.-Scores Of mon

1 men and children persisted, Villages
he'd away, and heavy loss to stock
" caused in a cloudburst over Cata-
Ia today. Miles of railway track
Ire washed out
OWNS TO the destruction Of telephone
p telegraph wires many sections are
lateu ana the complete toll Of the
aster is not as yet known.
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Rebels Meet RovnII.t.

PEhIN, Special. Fighting betveoc
tne auvance guard OF the rebel srnS~-
d tbe +IsSO1 imperial troops protectSnS-
Railway is reported from Han 49,.
AomIraI san, who arrived at HSn-
AOM yesterday with eight Chine
Warshlps, landed marines TODAY TO -
lhIorce the government forces.
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Army Starts to Meet Rebels.
oEKTN Sat-, ~,

NA%Nl OpOC1dI. OEI6Ven trOOD
trains left Pekin and Pao-Ting-Fu to-
day. carrying soldiers into the South
ern provinces to take the field against
the rebels. Supplies are being taken
Tor six weeks active operations.
EleVen more transport trains will
leave tomorrow, Carving the rear
guard of an army of $4,000 men. of
whom 10000 are fighting men.
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We note from the newspaper of
moth Lynchburg and Richmond that
police justices of those cities have
been recently imposing heavy fines
and iinssome instances adding Jail SEN
fences in the cases OF certain persons
convicted of carrying concealed wea-
pons. In Lynchburg one was fined
SIOO and given Jail term, while in
Eachmond two persons were fined the
same amount, which probably means
that they must go TO Jail. Just as we
suspected, however we ind that in
all these cases the defendants were
negroes. This rigid enforcement OF
The law is good as far as ii goes hut
we fear there is a tendency to ,oas-
erinnnate in the imposition OF penal
ties and to de more lenient upon the
better class of whites who deserve
least consideration, since there is less
pI on for their offenses. The ig-
noISr1 or, at best. ill-informed and
obscure, negro "gun-tOter." of whom
little is reasonably to be expected.
should come an for the leniency.
rather than the prominent or Weil-to-
90 white citizen, who deliberately de-
hes the laws and menaces the lives
or his felowmen and likewise his
own. The obscure and loWer-clsss
negro Is thrown in contact more with
the criminal classes than is the we'll
TODD white, and has really a better
excuse for arming himself.
We shall have hopes of discontinue
ance In large measure of this danger
Gus practice when police magistrates
snow sufficient grit and nerve to i'm
pose the extreme penalty not alone
upon the friendless negro, but like
wise upon the white weapon carrier.
regardless OF his means or social 20
siton. The Jail penalty ought to be
added, since the filming of a man of
large means is not an effective deter
rent upon him. But. above all there
should be neither sex nor color in
crime. Neither the female nor the
white male should be shown any dis
elimination because of sex or color
Danville Register.
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JOHN DIS LAKE LOST.
STRAHE1D OR STOLEN

CLEVELAND. O., Special.-Some. one
mas stolen John ID. Rockefellers lake.
When he left Forest Hill for Tarrv-
town, n. Y, he had several acres of
iimpid water forming an artificial
lake in the southeastern portion of
his estate. Today, with the exception
or several small pools scattered here
ana there in the mud that once form
ed the bottom, John u. s lake has van
ished.
Many time has John ID. rowed
himself about on its placid surface or
angled for goldfish in its .shimmering
depths. And now it's gone. Spec
ulation as to where the lake went is
rife. Some realists say the sun stole
1t; others say il was tapped by en-
terprising dairymen in the vicinity
The little old red skin in which Mr..
Rockefeller was wont to row is gone.
but not stolen-his employees took il
away because it had no lake to float
on.
The receding water uncovered a
skeleton-the framework of an old
fashioned, long-snouted Standard Oil
can. 1t had evidently been used at
one time by Mr.. Rockefeller as an
anchor for his boat.
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Warships Protect Japanese.

SHANGHAI, Special The Japan
csc warships Tatsuta and Makigumo
arrived Off port today. They will prob
ably proceed TO Hankow, where there
IS large japanese colony.
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Carte and Tierce

de-What do you women do at
ar club2
She-Talk about the faults Of Won
IN. What do you do at yours?
,te-Try to forget the faults of Won
men
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breeds trotters at beautiful OdFr1er.ses
FARM. near Whitensvine. Mass. made
ms first trip to Virginia, bringing the
grand looking black mare. ETHYL
Lynn, and Empire King, a big and
handsome bay gelding. by Empire EN-
petition. The wealthy Whitensvile
manufacturer is one OF the best anna
teur reinsman in the country and
drives his own horses for diversion
on wednesday Mr.. Lassell won the
ESQ trot in straight heats with Ethvl
Lynn, while the Expedition horse
stood for second money in the PTS
trot. With the Expedition horse. how
ever the Master OF Oakhurst won the
2;24 trot on Friday in straight heats
over good field and gave him a new
record OF 2;16k. From Richmond
Mr. Lassen shipped to Laurel. Nd.
where he races this week.
Mostly familiar faces we're to be
seen in the stand. Fred A. Upton.
or Rochester, started the harness
horses and Sidney S. Faman. the New
York editor, served as presiding Judge.
with Captain J. c. Hall, OF New York.
and w. ]. Carter, as assistants. DR.. r.
Z. Walton, w. c. Saunders and
Thomas Hogshead timed the horses.
+. A. 3. Brine was clerk OF the course
and few more competent Officials are
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Marks-Jack married an heireSs
but he says she won't let him any
money to spend
Parks-Lucky dog! He married not
only rich wife, but also a prudent
one.
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Drive Out RoyalIsts.

CANTON, CHINA, Special. All the
troops Of suspected loyalty to the
throne are being removed from the