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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
WAR TO THE KNIFE
IN RAMCAT ALLEY

RICHMO ND, A-Special-
Offering to strip the bandages from
a wounded thumb and show where
Louis Page had cruelty cut him, Rob
ert Lawrence. a Ramcat Alley ne
gro, shuffled before Justice Crutch-
field in Police Court this morning and
told how his little dog, Sport, had
saved his life Saturday night by
springing in the path Of the knife
aimed at his master. The dog was
killed. giving his life's blood to save
the man, and Lawrence wanted Page,
also a Ramcat negro, restrained from
further attempts to murder him.
Through some oversight of memory
Lawrence neglected TO tell the JUS
tice, however, that he had first at
tackled Page with an axe; that he had
threatened TO beat Pages mother and
offered to throw her out of her yard
into the alley.
These facts leaked out during the
examination and resulted in the dis
missal of the case against Page, who
left the court. loudly proclaiming his
faith in justice. while Lawrence hob
bled off nursing his sore thumb.
The difficulty between the two men
arose as soon as Page, who is a young
negro, returned from work Saturday
evening. He found that his mother
had bought some coal and that Law
renee, a much older man, who lived
next door, objected to having 1t haul
eu through the alley.
Page found that Lawrence had
Knocked the woman down and was on
tering TO throw her out on the coal
dump unless she stopped bringing in
the coal When the womans son OBJ
Jected to Lawrence's method Of arEu-
ment, the older man ran for his axe and
called his dog. Page drew his knife.
and when his assailant made a murder
GUS sWoop at him and miss. he plugged
him on the thumb. splitting in correctly
down the middle.
The dog in the meantime had taken
on Pages leg, and as Page duclSed the
next swing OF the axe countered in re-
turn with his knife the dog sprang up
TO meet the thrust and received the
blade in his heart. Seeing what a good
Killer Page was, Lawrence threw down
his axe and ran for the police and
sWore out a warrant.
This warrant brought. besides the
principles, a goodly sprinkling of Ram
cats 10 the Police Court this morning.
who testified witnesses. When
everyone had been examined Justice
Crutchheld admonished the axe-man
and Page. the dOg-ktller, and ordered
the whole crowd out of court
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
Opportunity ON southcrn Fnrms


Some interesting stories of agricul-
tural success in the South are told in
the January issue OF the Worlds
work. Mr.. e. e Miller. OF Raleigh,
n. c, who tells the stories, speaks
from personal knowledge of one man
who lives on a fine farm in a North
Carolina valley. 1t was not a fine
farm when he bought it nine years
ago, for he paid only SO an acre for
It, and when he brought his father
and mother down from Ohio to see il
his wife overheard the father. after
tour OF inspection. comment on it
in this fashion: Mother, 1 never
thought we would have raised such a
FOOL
Today that 24O-acre farm is worth
at least $50 (probably $3.50 an acre.
1t grows big crops, which are fed to
good livestock and thus marketed at
far above the average market prices.
The owner is sure-enough farmer.
feeding the cattle, driving the teams.
digging bitches for tile drains-worl1
that has paid him 500 per cent. on
the investment in one year-with his
own hands; but he writes for the
leading farm papers. is in demand as
an institute lecturer, and is man
of acknowledged influence all over his
State.
He bought the first two-horse corn
planter In the neighborhood. A neigh
Dor looked at II and said: II thought
Yankees were hard workers; you
seem to devote most Of your time to
keeping out Of work" The neighbors
followed his example, however. and
got two-horse planters Of their own
This man also showed them how to
DuiId up their lands with very little
commercial fertilizer. and how to con-
vert to use the little wet spots, the
most potentially fertile. but the least
productive parts OF their fields.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
MACON IN TROUBLE
OVER PEARY PROBE

WASHINGTON - Repre
sentative Robert Bruce Macon. Of Ar
kansas. has got himself head over
heels in trouble as a result of his in
vestigations into Captain Peary's
lar explorations.
Mr.. Macon has been cunning for
Captain Peary for more than a year.
He doesn't believe he reached the
pole. and therefore he does not want
TO see him promoted to the rank of
rear admiral.
As a result. Mr.. Macon has been
loading himself up with questions to
PROFOUND TO the captain. A day OF
two ago Mr.. Macon appeared in the
room Of the House Committee on
Naval Affairs with his arms full OF
papers. When he began his cross-ex-
animation Of Captain Peary he pro-
pounded a series Of technical scien-
tine questions which made his fellow
members sit up and take notice.
Describe the artificial horizon you
use in the Arctic Ocean" demanded
Mr.. Macon at the end OF a long series
of questions.
1t finaIlNS dawned on members OF
the committee that Macon had been
supplied with his questions by some
scientist.
What is an artificial horizon. Mr..
Macon?" demanded Representative
Dawson. OF Iowa
Don't you know" asked Mr.. Ma
con.
II do not" replied Mr.. Dawson. 81
wish the gentleman from Arkansas
would enlighten me-"
Captain Peary." said Mr.. Macon.
please tell the gentleman from Ar
kansas what an artificial horizon is.
While you are doing so 1 Will look
through my papers here"
Again and again members of the
committee asked Mr.. Macon to ex-
plain the meaning OF his questions
but Mr.. Macon passed them on 70
Captain Peary.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
ENDEAVOR UNION
ELECTS OFFICERS

LYNCHBURG. VA.-Special-The
second day OF the convention of the
Virginia Christian Endeavor Union, in
session here. was a busy one, the
principal talks of the day being by
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Lehman, of the
United Society of Christian Endeavor,
and Dean j. S. Thomas, of Virginia
Christian College. A school of meth
DDS was conducted by Mr. Lehman
The following officers were elected
President, the Rev. r. E. Elmore, of
Roanoke; vice president. the Rev. c.
M. Compiler, Of Lynchburg; CORE
spending secretary. Horace Minter. Of
Roanoke; assistant, Miss r. M. Far
ley. OF Roanoke; recording secretary
Miss Lulu o. Philips, of Richmond;
treasurer. J. w. HoIloran, OF Lynch
burg; departmental superintendent
juniors, Mrs. j. NJ. Montague, Lynch
burg; press, Herbert +. Miley, Lynch
burg; floating societies, A. p. Moss
Newport News; prison work, J. A
Stewart, Buena Vista; transportation,
r. Q. voolfolk, Roanoke, and mis-
sionary, DR.. James Lewis Howe, of
Lexington.
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home of her son-in-law. DR.. e. H.
Rowe. president Of the Southern Sem
mary, after short illness.
Mrs. Shaw was born in ElmwoOd
Mass. November -. 1925. and was
eighty-five years Of age. She was the
widow OF the late Minot S. Shaw and
is survived by one son, Walter G.
Shaw, OF Belfast, Ne. and several
grandchildren, among them being Ad-
gar and Ora Curtis Rowe, OF this
city.
Mrs. Shaw spent most of her life al
Bowling Green. near Richmond, and
wide circle OF friends all over the
State. she being one Of the best known
women in the State. After a short
service at AR. ROwe's home the body
vas taken on the 1850 train for her
former home In Elmwood Mass. for
interment, accompanied by Mr.. Rowe
and his family.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
PASSENGER TRAIN
LOST IN THE SNOW
Believed That 1t Will Be Impos
sible to Reach Passengers in
Time to Save Them.

SPOKANE, WASH - Special. -
Work reached here from Van
couVer, b. C, that the efforts of a
big rotary pillow and six locomotives
nave succeeded in getting the ifs, O.
the delayed express trains thrC. Y.
the drifts near North Bend. Il. q.
Inc hrst delayed westbound train will
arrive In Vancouver tonight No word
mas yet been received from the two
Great Northern trains which are
buried in the snow between Fielding
and High Gate. Mont
More than fifty passengers and a
score Of trainmen are believed to have
persisted.
Not wheel has turned east Of Co
iumbia Fails today, and as the tracks
between here and the buried trains
are blocked by dead engines and snow
pIows, the probability OF being able
10 get to the imprisoned men and
women is slight.
Both OF the trains were due here
Monday night.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26

N. y. I.EGIsr.AruRE

n. y. LEGISLATURES
ALBANY. ~. Y.-Special.--A dead
lock Is threatened In the New York
Legislature over the election OF a sue
cesSor to United States Senator Chaun-
cey N. Depew as a result OF the die
tation Of Charles X. Murphy, the New
York Tammany Hail leader. A num-
Der OF upstate legislators are lead
ing revolt against the dominancy OF
the Tammany chieftain, claiming that
they would not be carrying out the
wishes OF their constituencies IL they
submitted TO Mr.. Murphy's wishes.
This menace caused a furry in pollti-
cal circles today and number OF con-
ferences were held for compromise
purposes.
Senators Howard r. Bayne, of the
Richmond-RoclSlan District; Frank
lin ID. Roosevelt. OF Duchess county,
and Frank M. LOOMS. Of Erie county,
have openly threatened 20 stay away
from the Democratic caucus on Mon
day. They claimed today that since
they had come out into the open
against Tammany they had secured
pledges from a number of other leg
islators to fight with them. Fifteen
Democrats. not fettered by caucus ac-
ton, could hold up the election OF q
United States Senator.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
HELD FOR STEALING
WEDDING FLOWERS

BALTIMORE. MD,
fronted by Rev. NJ. ID. Mitchell, from
whose home on Laurens Street they
were accused of stealing $14.so worth
Of Brides roses. causing a delay OF
thirty minutes thereby in the mar
riaEe OF Miss Ethel May Peppler, 1914
Pennsylvania Avenue, to Albert d.
Patrick, Jr.. Park Heights and Rogers
Avenues, last night. Leo McFadden
other before Magistrate Tyson this
morning of the theft Both were COM
mitted to jail for court.
The wedding was TO have taken
place in ST Johns Emmanuel Aetho-
dist Episcopal Church at $50 O'clock
The bridal party was ready, as was
the preacher. Miss Ruth Patterson,
Of Emmitsburg. Md, the flower girl.
was also ready to precede the bridal
couple in their march to the altar
but when messenger W. ent TO
Rev. Mr.. Mitchelrs home fol . roses.
which had been kept on a rear porch
since their delivery by a florist, they
were gone.
Then. while the guests in the
church waited. as well as the bridal
party and the minister, other roses
were sent for and arrived thirty min
utes after the time scheduled for the
ceremony. Although the bride and
groom laughed at what they thought
was joke, the pastor and others in
terested in the wedding we're highly
Sngered at what they termed was the
YneaneSt~Gf 1hefts"
y Patroiman Tompkins discovered
McFadden and Sparrow on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue with the roses and he
placed them under arrest. One bou-
quet had been sold to a Pennsylvania
Avenue florist. and this was exhibited
as evidence this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick left immedi-
ately after the ceremony on a North
ern honeymoon. but will return in
time to appear against the two de-
PENDANTS
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26

Started working when he was six
teen years old.
First position was that of a Ioborer
in a wire mill
First wages were 1856 a week.
Salary now is 100000 a year.
Is forty-eight years old.
Is over six feet in height, and weighs
220 pounds.
AT twenty-five became superinten-
dent OF the Pittsburg Wire Company.
Father was an Irishman, mother a
New Highlander.
Has been married twenty-five years
and has five children.
His favorite diversion ia motor boat
ing. 49,
Owns an automobile, but mies 70
business IN trolley car.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
LOST GIRL CLAIEfS
VIRGINIA HER HOME

PHILADELPHIA ff-
teen-year-Old girl, giving her name
as Jeanette Grossman. of Adirondack
Va. told Magistrate Carey SATURDAY.
that she had walked from Trenton
n j., TO Philadelphia because she
had no money for car fare. She came
here 10 seek help from relatives.
whom she had been unable to find.
The girl vh-~e appearance bore
out her narrct ,~- vas arrested Fri
day night in tn Reading Terminal.
whore she had been lettering.
The girl told Magistrate Carey that
she had been employed as a maid in
n New York family until about a
month ago. Unable to secure other
employment and with her meager
savings depleted. she decided TO seek
ala from relatives living in Phradel-
phia. She had only enough money to
pay her car fare TO Trenton.
She said that she had arrived in
the city Friday evening. but could not
locate her relatives. Magistrate Carey
sent her TO the Young Women's He
brew Home until her parents could
be communicated with.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
Mary's Little Dance.

Mary had little dance,
'Salome" was its name:
And everywhere that Mary went
The cops forbade the same.
Springfield Union.
But Mary didn't let herself
Betray the least surprise.
she merely murmured, with a smile
1T pays to advertise"
Birmingham Age-Eerald.
And everywhere that Mary played
She simply coined the dough:
For every theater displayed
The sign OF s. r. o.
youngstown Telegram.
1t is not Nary's dance. you know,
Which so well her purpose serves;
The part that doth entrance them so
Is that Mary has the curves
New York Telegraph.
But II she should to Kansas sc,
Some cop would surely tell her
She'd have to cut "Salome" cut
Just north OF each patella.
Washington Post.
Now. Nary's dance makes lets Of
coin
Expenses are so small;
For costumes cost trifiing sum,
And baggage, naught at an.
Washington Heraif
She travels in Puilmsa6nn "a.
And watches acton
Her wardrobe. IL "A
- carried b. { 4
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
MISSING BALLOSN (
FOUND IN LAKE
Balloon Wrecked in Storm and
-Four Occupants Are


BERLIN. -SpcCiaI.-Tbe Ger
man balloon Hildebrand, which
has been missing since December
3Oth, was found I'm Lake
Joern, I'm the Brandenburg prov
fnce of Prussia.
Two bodies were found embed
dcd In the mud at the bottom of
the lake. The balloon carried
four persons when she set sill
from SchmargendOrf, Germany,
for = forty-eight-hour trip.
The last report of the Hndebrand
was received January 5th, when il
was reported from Sweden that an
object had been seen in the sky over
doegannais. which spectators thought
TO be balloon. However, the find
ing OF the remains of the balloon in
Prussia makes il evident that the Hil.
debrand did not reach Sweden. The
oaIloon carried provisions for the triI
OF forty-eight hours. 1t is believed
that the balloon was wrecked ia :
storm and swept into the lake.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
OFFERED $1,000 -
49, FOR DEADLY PILL

WHEELING, w. V.-Special-
A terrific blow was struck at the
defense OF Mrs. Laura Farms
worth Schenk today by Julictte
Kline, who had nursed John O.
Schenk during his illness from
poison. She testified that Mrs.
SChcnk had said that she felt like
killing her husband and suggest
St that the nurse give him n
pill, Offering her 81 900 to do 80.
The nurse testified that she told
Mrs. Schenk that she wanted
$1,000, but Mrs. Schenk said she
could pay only $1,000.
WHEELING, w. VA.-Spe<iaI.-
Claiming to have established the
two main points in the States
night to convict Mrs. Laura Farms
worth Schenk of attempting to
poison her husband, Prosecuting
Attorney Handlan expressed his
belief today that the case against
the defendant has been ciinched.-
We have established the fact
that two kinds or poison were
administered TO John o. Schenk,
and we have established the mo-
tive to get him out of the way.
Mrs. Schenk was I'm love with
Phillips-that is the reason she want
ed TO get rid OF her husband. Lundy
Wilson, Mrs. Schenk's chauffeur. will
give testimony of a highly sensational
nature; in fact, his testimony will be
the real thriller OF the trial. Nurse
Kline will testify as to Mrs. Schenk's
being the one who administered the
poison.
I'VE have not yet decided whether
or not Mr.. Schenk will be put on the
stand"
Dan Phillips, who testified against
Mrs. Schenk yesterday, appeared In
court today, wearing one of the coats
and diamond pin that the defendant
had given him.
After explaining the difference be-
tween proprietary and patent medi-
cines, DR.. Thornton was asked If baso-
philic granules, such as he had discov.
cred in the blood of John O. Schenk
could have been formed by illness.
No; they come from poison" SAID
the doctor.
From what part of Schenk's anat
omy did you take blood for examina
ton ?"
"The ear"
The witness was then asked as I,
the effects Of the various kinds o
poison.
Upon cross examination DR.. Thorn
ton was made to admit that after hi
first diagnosis he thought Schenl
merely suffered from illness. Henri,
Somehow, a merchant, was next call
ed to the stand TO testify as to gift
purchased in his store by Mrs. Schenl
for Daniel Phillips.
There was a stir when Mr.. Hand
Ian called Juliette Kline. Nurse Kline
declared to be the keystone of tn
prosecution, was the target for ever
eye in the room as she took the wit
ness chair. Mrs. Schenk glared a
her from her scat
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
SHINING


II is now that wife goes Topping
Through the slush:
And 10 do her Christmas shopping
Joins the crush.
In and out she's brislIly popping
Through the doors.
One must visit when out shopping.
Many stores.
Hub. behind. his brow is mopping;
Does his best
But asserts that Christmas shoppins
Is a pest.
Unto hub the parcels dropping
Bring dismay.
Seems to him a~wife out shopping
Needs a dray.
Hopping, Topping, never stopping.
See them go;
IT is great. this Christmas shopping
Don't you know.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26

The French economist, Edmond
Thery, who estimates that Europe's
armed peace in the last twenty-five
years has cost 10000. 600, 900, should
now set himself the task OF estimating
what the next twenty-five years will
cost, assuming the same rate Of in
crease in expenditure for war that
has obtained in this past decade.
Every year the cost OF military pre-
paration rises. At the end OF half a
century, the present pace will involve
a universal bankruptcy. Does it pay?
From the Springfield Republican.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
>. d =. 80 fnnnels had No.

- tfIdrc tunnels had been
Rut under the Thames in England
o under the Seine at Paris, but the
uosOn River scheme was so much
rger that the money men not gifted
18th McAdOo's prophetic vision could
OF see what 1t would mean for them
Hand preferred to let other kinds of
fwater affect their stocks rather than
mat which separated New jersey
from New York
As the tunnels went further the
money came easier and the plans
larger. Now that they have beer
completed, and over 100000 people
are saving time and nerve force by
their use, they can see that the price
pad for il was about sixty million
ollars and it has proved success
s hi.-Robert S. Blair. in The Chris
an Herald
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
TO
CARRY MAILS
United States Army Contem-
plates Installing Machines
in Alaska.

WASHINGTON. ID. C.@SpeciaL-It
was learned here today that the
United States Army contemplates the
installation of aeroplanes for mail car
rying purposes in Alaska.
That this is planned was learned
from an official source. 1t will be i'm
possible, however. to put the mail
carrying aeroplanes into use in Alaska
until Congress makes an appropriation
for their purchase or increases the an
nual amount of money set aside for the
signal corps.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
FALLING PENT HOUSE
KILLS > At MOP

NOFOLK. VA---SpI.-Two nee.
were killed and the lives Of a score
OF workmen were endangered by the
falling in of the pent house in the
OK story building OF the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company
now under construction on Plume
street this morning about 1880
O'Clock. The dead are James A. Nor
ris, of 134 South Reservoir Avenue.
Brambieton, and william A. Johnson
Both men were carpenters. The bod
-. of both men were lowered with
by Fire Chief Mclaughlin and
tew OF truck A, and sent to the
al station. where an examination
made by DR.. Starke A. Sutton,
lstant health commissioner.
The cave-in OF the pent house was
10 the removal of the forming
cath Il before the concrete had
sHRerly set. One OF the bans struck
iris on the back OF the head,
Eung down and crushed his
kh resulting instantly. Very
~ concrete fell upon him
ght that Mr.. Johnson was
<rer the cifsvafor SHAFT
and was unable to J
be roof of the pent
He was caught |
screte and timber /
: truding over the /
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KILLED HIS BROTHER.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA.-Speciai-
While examining rifle which his
ing from "a hunting trip. Wiley, the
ten year-old son of w. Il. Walker. a
York county farmer, accidentally shot
and instantly killed his brother. La
wood, aged fifteen years. yesterday, &C
cording to information received by
relatives here today. Details of the
tragedy are lacking at this time but
1t is said that Wiley thought the rife
q S2-caliber. unloaded
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-26
CITY FAIRGROUNDS
GAIA IN FAVOR
RICHMO

c II NJ ND, VA.-Special.-
That the playground movement is
gaming in favor in Richmond was
again emphasized at the annual
meeting Of the Chamber of Com
merce Thursday night. At that time
Mr.. Henry w. Wood. president of the
chamber. in his annual report, spoke
as follows:
a matter which would especial
~ commend to our City Council is the
constitution of a plavgrounds com
mission, as authorized by act of the
Legislature at the last session. 1t
seems 10 me very important that this
- Yer -should-2e carried out under
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Council would not fail to pass the
ordinance now before it, which pro-
Vdes for the acceptance on the part
o3 the city of the playground act
passed by the last Legislature March
The Chamber of Commerce's Com
mitee on Streets. Roads and Parks.
Mr. stephen Beveridge chairman. will
appear before the Council Committee
on Charter. Ordinance and Reform
AT IT'S meeting next Tuesday night and
urge upon the committee a favorable
report TO the Council.
Mr.. J.. Nick. Judkins. vice presi-
dent OF the Civic Improvement
League when interviewed yesterday.
said:
The ordinance now before the
council calling for the adoption by II
Of the playground act of the last Leg
stature will, II passed secure for
Richmond scheme OF playground
management unsurpassed by any CITY
in the county. This State bill en-
bodies the best features of the Massa-
chusetts and New Jersey laws. and
contains other features that no other
state has. Tt secures ample control
such as appropriation of funds, fix
ing or salaries, confirmation OF COM
missioners named by the Mayor, and
hnaliy TO IL must be made an an
nual report. The three playground
commissioners named by the Mayor
serve without pay, and under them
the Fairgrounds are managed. This,
IL is believed, will be very welcome
to the Grounds and Buildings Com
mittee, who are already fully occu-
pied with other municipal affairs. At
the meeting of the Committee on
Charter, Ordinance and Reform on
next Tuesday evening representatives
from the Federation of Mothers
4
League and others, in addition to the
committee from the Chamber OF Com
merce, will appear In behalf OF the
pending ordinance"