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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10

by the yard-or, rather. the Quart
ana they hail chiefly from Park Row.
from which most Of the New York
dallles emerge into this sad and wick
"a world. They are here, however.
from other places. They attend ali
cases OF particular interest in which
female rs involved. and they stld1.
the psychology OF the situation thai
they may tell how the woman has
su. cred and why.
FOR instance. if q suffering Young
innocent has mauled a mans head
III with a fifty-pOund boulder th~v
snow that she meant to hit him with
a pebble. nut made mistake and
.hrew the wrong article.
Nh, That Mistake"
And. OH that mistake" they weep
The new years come as the old years
30. days follow the nights and the
collector lands you on the first of the
month; but this cannot tighten the
shadow that shall ever set. unwaver-
ing and amending, about her life. Had
she tossed this pebble. as she intend
cd. he would have merrily laughed
ana told her, perhaps. to stop play
ING. Instead. however. she hit him
with a brick, and he-frenzied with
lealousy-had her pinched. Law is
law. and in breaking his head she
broke that law. The Judge said ten
days
What can you expect? What is the
lesson?"
Votes for women"
And more like this follows. and more
and more.
The average mortal begins 10 figure.
and the average mortal is not CONVEX
SAINT with either crime or court pro
ceedinSs. He gets sympathetic and his
wife pathetic. AS a consequence every
body evolves the more or less edifving
ana original theory that woman is a
woman.
Make MARTYR of ReuIah
The works of the sob SQUAD will
she'll gradually realize that she is a
martyr. She doesn't know what a mar
tyr Is. but she'll think the word looks
good and therefore applies to her She
VIII know the article is sympathetic.
whether IL is nippant or elegant-Reu
Ian wouldn't know Chatham Square
slang from Miltonic phrase.
But. however that may be. the sob
squad meets certain requirement
The average woman. IMMERSED in the
WAYS OF the world, isn't happy unless
given thaS-she reads OF the girls i'm
prsonment. her suffering and sacrifice
ana all the sympathy or her unknow-
ing heart goes out TO this child behind
the bars.
''Che-iId or Woman"
The che-ild cuddles her little. girl
ISM arms about herself. her eyes mod
estly turned toward the floor" she
reads; The tips OF her shoes draw un-
certain lines upon il and she looks and
acts IKE what she is-one between
ShlIuhood and womanhoOd. and does not
Know which course TO follow"
And the sob sister continues:
she should have "a chance-she does
not know the ways or the world.
II sounds good as theory
IN practice, however, the teachings
OF the sob squad would stand about "A :
much chance as a keg of moonshfDe i'm
a prohibition State.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
YOUTH SAYS He
KILLED JACKSON
Applied Chloroform and Then
Choked the Struggling Man.
Got $6.75 and Jewelry-An-
other Youth Held as
Accomplice.

NEW YORK Special.-All police
records have been broken by the speed
at which the New York police solved
the mystery surrounding the murder
and robbery OF William II. Jackson
the aged broker whose body was found
in his apartments at the Iroquois Ho-
tel yesterday. Paul Geidell, aged sew
enteen. who until last Friday was a
bell boy at the lroquoiS, is behind the
bars. charged with the crime, and the
police have in their possession a sign
ed confession from him. Fifteen hours
after the crime was committed Geidell
was under arrest, having been traced
through the label on chloroform
bottle discovered in Mr.. Jackson's
apartments.
Police Commissioner Dougherty,
head of the central office, discovered
the bottle On the label was the name
OF f. II. Parlardy, a Newark. n. j..
druggist.
Investigation there showed that the
drug had been sold to Mrs. Edward
Kane. of 247 West Fifteth Street. New
York
Detectives visited the Fiftieth Street
house last night, where they found
Geidell and Patrick McGrane, another
bell boy at the IroquOis. Both denied
knowledge of the Jackson murder
They were placed under surveillance
and Mrs. Kane was then questioned
She readily admitted buying the chic
reform, saying she wanted il to kill
dog. Further, she confessed that
Geiden had taken the bottle after haV-
ing asked her whether she thought
there was sufhcient left in it to kill a
man.
Geidell, McGrane and Mr.. and Mrs.
Kane were all taken TO police head
quarters. Under third degree" meth
DDS Geidell broke down and con-
feSsed.
Row naScrtt,o- C,t
He told a story of cold-b looded muir
der. Geidell said that he had formed
the conclusion that Mr.. Jackson was
wealthy while he was employed at the
1roquois, and that he would be easy
to rob.
AS a result of admissions made bv
Geidell, McGrane was held as an ac-
cessory and the Kanes as material wit
nesses. GeidelFs story, in substance,
was as follows:
II entered the hotel about 9 O'Clock
Wednesday night and got into Mr.
Jackson's apartment through the bath
room window. The lights were burn
Ing in his bed room and he was living
on ms bed. He apparently heard me-
l made up my mind to do him. Pour
ing the chloroform on a wash rag.
Sprang into the room and crushed 1t
upon his face. He jumped up and
gave battle. He screamed while I
pounded him with my fists. / finally
got him down, rammed the wash rag
down his throat and choked him. |
got about $6.75 and a watch and chain
and some other jewelry managed
to get out all right, and Thursday
morning / pawned the watch, but
threw pair of cuff buttons away. I
got SIS for the watch and gave Nc
Crane, who was with me. dollar"
McGrane later supplemented this
confession. telling of seeing blood on
GeidelPs shirt and upon asking how
IT got there Geidell replied:
I'm afraid I killed a man."
Later Geidell removed the bloody
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
The PanhandIer's Paradise.

o.. New YORK is the beggar's para
disc, writes William Inglis in the
current issue of Harper's Weekly. IF
he cares to work steadily and indus
trlousiy he can easily earn five or six
dollars day" The Hopper has
the cream OF the trade. He must be
minus leg or two, and il is a curious
iact that 80 per cent. of the men who
helpless and mute upon the sidewalks
OF the shopping districts. receive the
aims of shoppers. lost their legs In
accidents on trains upon which they
We're riding as tramps. All the
topper has TO do is to take tbe
money out of the hat" 1t is believed
that if the bin for the establishment
OF a State farm colony in New YorL
becomes a law professional beggars
Will give the State wide berth.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
GIANTESS HELD
ON BIGAMY CHARGE

NEW YOR. Special. Standing more
than six feet, with shoulders broad in
proportion. and wearing a great pic
ture hat, gown Of many colors and
large jewels. woman was led into the
New Jersey Avenue Police Court.
Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon between
two policemen.
As she approached Magistrate Nau-
mer Charles Sigalov, small. deter
mlned-looking man, stepped forward
so you have my wife Julia. at last.
have you? I'm very glad. / imagine
other husbands viii be glad, too"
scorn and laughed
Rave on" she replied In a deep
peated and then she laughed.
I charge this woman with bigamy."
said Sigalov when his wife was brought
TO the bar, Sigalov then told how on
his residence. AS New Jersey Avenue
Vanished in Two Weeks.
- owned the house, he continued,
and when we married l gave her hand
some presents and my friends gave her
presents. l was in love with her. ana
l thought she was in love with me She
left me mysteriously two weeks later
and then / began TO search everywhere
Tor her. even changed my home and
went TO live at 4S Henry street, Man
haitian, when l was confident she was
not in Brooklyn"
Mrs. Sigalov. a woman of fifty-five,
stood glaring at Sigalov while he
spoke, but she changed her gIances TO
another man he stepped forward
ana told the magistrate that he was
Marcus Weiss, of $50 East Eighty
seventh Street. Weiss swore he mar
ried the muscular Julia in April. 1905.
and had given her handsome presents
and money. Then about two weeks af-
ter the wedding day she disappeared
Sigalov then told how ne was
searching through upper Manhattan for
IN VI hsAn l.aZ h 4
who told him how his wife also had
disappeared.
Then we discovered we had married
the same woman, continued Sigalov.
i placed the case in the hands Of the
Brooklyn police because she committed
bigamy in Brooklyn when she married
me-"
Fled Down Fire Escape.
Pollcemen McQuillan and Mccarthy,
armed with warrant, crossed over TO
Manhattan a week ago. Mrs. Sigalov'
got wind of their coming, and when
they entered her apartments at 26S
East Tenth Street she climbed out a
rear window and escaped down the fire
ladders.
Half a dozen times the two police
men went to the woman. but she man
aged to evade them until yesterday at
noon. when they broke in upon her.
Let me dress first" she requested.
PERMISSION was given, and she proceed
ed to deck herself in her finest Then
she went over to court
II you will postpone this hearing
until Thursday broke in Albert Kin
tie, counsel for Sigalov. I'll have seven
men In court who have married this
woman, and she is not divorced from
any or them. Her scheme was to marry
man, get money and presents from
him, and then disappear she would
then get some rabbi 10 give her a di-
Norce: go forth and get a new nus
band"
TN hold you in $1,000 bail for eN-
animation Thursday" said the court
Let EN- all rave; let EN- all rave
spoke up Mrs. SigaloV, as she shook ar.
feathers on her hat and started !oI
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WASN'T SUITED. so
BROKE ENGAGEMENT

OCEAN CITY, y. J.. To-
day it was learned on good authority
that the engagement of Miss Strong
TO Rev. Simpler was broken because
they were not temperamentally suited.
They are still good friends
My niece rightly declined to give
the public her reasons for not marry
ing Mr.. Shipler." said Miss Strong's
aunt, Mrs. Strong. who is member Of
the summer household at 1881 Wesley
Avenue. today. The reasons were
her own and Mr.. SHIPPERS and the
public doesn't really care about them
My niece. Marguerite, is just a
nice girl who hasn't anything startling
or interesting about her in q public.
or sensational way She is quiet, likes
TO swim, 10 walk, to read. to just be
a sweet, old-fashiOned girl such as our
SrandmOtherS were. She's a college
girl. has a brilliant mind and is a ire
mendouS reader of books"
Miss Strong combines all the siren
uouSness OF the new woman with the
sweet simplicity of the old-faShioned
Sirl. She is the best swimmer on the
beach. having rescued q woman who
had been carried out by the under
tow less than 4 month ago. She PLAYS
golf, is the best tennis player of the
Casino Club set, is naturalist. a
lover of walking and exercise. and
can row boat or run a motor with
the best and withal. is so modest and
retiring that no one had found out
who she was for sometime.
She hasn't any isms or ideas on
new WomanhOod or on athletics or
anything else said her aunt today.
she wouldn't make an interesting
article. And that's the reason why
Ocean City is calling her the newer
woman, because while being a very
energetic and interesting young wo-
man she has succeeded in hiding the
fact"
She is twenty-three years old. with
dark eyes and hair. is of medium
stature. very pretty Of face and grace
tuL She refused TO be interviewed.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
LOUISE SWAN
RETURNS HOME

NEW YORK-Special. Miss Louise
Swan. the nineteen-year-old girl who
diSap peared from her home, IL West
Ahlrueth Street. nearly two weeks ago.
S0uNShly returned TO her parents, Mr.
ana Mrs. William II. Swan, today and
pcSged their forgiveness for the anx-
-ety she had caused them.
Inc mother, who has been near to
death through ill-health, made worse
Oy worry over her daughter, showed
immediate improvement. The girl was
kept close TO the house to avoid in
reviewers, and her father said that
after her runaway experiences he
wanted her TO remain in the home un-
al the life of the family was running
smoothly again.
My daughter was in q boarding
house in North Philadelphia all the
time of her absence" said the father.
She Is deeply penitent for the great
sorrow that her actions caused her
poor mother"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
WASTES MONEY
ON COMMITTEES
Wise Senator Suggests That Con-
gress Have Committee on
Prehistoric Man"
WASHINGTON. D. c. SneciaI-

WASHINGTON, D. c. Special
Senator Kern, OF Indiana, lectured tn,
Senate today on the subject of econ.
| omy. The matter came up through
a resolution reported from the Com
| mittee on Contingent Funds, authoriz-
ing the appointment of messengers to
committees.
Senator Kern took a decided posi-
ton against such action. He said that
some OF the members on the Demo-
cratic side had been elected last fall
on the platform Of economy and he
proposed TO do what he could towards
enforcing strict economy.
The former leader of the Senate -
he said, has stated that by appIica-
uon OF proper business methods $500
OOO,OOO might be saved annually in
Government expenditures" /
lie declared there were many COM
mittees OF the Senate which were use
less and existed only TO afford some !
senator craftsmanship.
Ihere was a Committee Of the Five
Clvilzed Tribes. There might Just as
well be, he said, a committee on the
lost tribes Of Israel or a ommission
on prehistoric man.
senator Bristow, who had reported
the resolution. said that the resolu- /
uon was in the interest of reform and
ployes.
If this Is reform the prior condi-
ton must have been appalling" ex- {
claimed Senator Kern.
Senator Reed wanted to know Of I
Bristow wherein there was any cur I
Of expenses.
Bristow replied that the resolution
mad been agreed upon in a RepubIi-
can caucus. {
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
MANY KILLED AND
IN JURED IN WRECK

HAMLET, N. c. Special Two Of the
thirty passengers most seriously in
jured in the fatal wreck of a negro ex-
cursion train on the SeabOard All Line
here yesterday, when eight were killed
and eighty-six hurt, are expected to
die.
Fifty less seriously injured are be-
ing cared for at Charlotte. y. c., where
they were taken on a special train last
night.
Four white trainmen are suffering
from bad injuries.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
KILL IN SPITE
OF WAR VESSELS
Situation in Haiti Seems Worse.
Foreigners Are Appealing
for Protection.
PORT Az PRINCE. HAITI Sneci

PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI. Special.
Despite the fact that American war
ships are patrolling the coast. attacks
are being made upon foreigners in
halt. Rebels have pillaged the camp
OF German lumberman near here
Killing the owner and the lives of
other foreign residents have been
threa tened.
The American warship DeS Moines is
ready for instant action in the event
Americans are attacked, and the gum
boat Petrel has been sent to ceramic
where American. French, German and
Dominican cOnsuls have appealed for
outside protection. President Simon is
reported to have resigned
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
ANOTHER REVOLUTION
EXPECTED IN MEXICO

MEXICO CITY, MEX Special
Movements of troops to check the
spread of the revolution of insurgents
who are trying to draw General Ber-
nardO Reyes into the breach were
started today. Only picked troops are
being sent into the territory affected
by the new uprising. as the loyalty of
many of the soldiers to the De La
Barra government is questioned.
MADEIRA may again take the field to
put down the revolution which is
aimed at him through the govern
ment. InsurrectOs who fought under
Madero are being moved with dis
patch.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
WOMAN AERONAJT
TO START IN RACES
KANSAS CITY, MO.-Special.-M

Charles y. Coey, OF Chicago. is the
only woman aeronaut who will 80 up
in balloon as an added attraction
10 the start or the international bal
loon race October 5th. Arrangements
for her flight have been completed
with George N. Myers. president of
the Aero club. Mrs. COeY will be ac-
companied by her husband, Charles
y. Coey, a dealer in motor cars and
winner of several races. The Coeys
will 80 up in q pilot balloon ahead Of
the racers.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
THINK REGULAR ARMY
SOLDIER WAS MURDERED
PLUM ISLAND N. y &

HUM I0LAND, n. y Special
the belief that Corporal Harry Miller.
whose body was taken from the Sound
near Old Saybrooke, Conn, yesterday.
was murdered. Colonel Bennett. i'm
command at Fort Terry, today ordered
an investigation. There was a deep
S"sh on the corporaIs neck that had
apparently been made before he fell
into the water.
Four members of the Eighty-eighth
Coast Artillery had reported that Mil
Ter jumped from the boat in which
ne was riding with them last Thurs
day.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
The SOB SISTERS
ARE ON THE JOB
ICHMoN Nd, vA.-special.-

r c II NJ N ID, VA.-Special-
If you have tears prepare to shed
them now"
Suffering sinners, the sob sisters
have came, and Beulah Binford has
been, or Will be, transformed into q
martyr. troglodyte. a heroine a SEN
timentalist. a victim, a siren or a
che-ild.
The sob sisters" are the ladies who
are employed to make the public weep
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
Confident Disease Will
Not Spread in New York.
Reaches Mexico.

NEW YORK. SpeciaL-Governme
and State medical on1cials united today
IN declaring that all danger OF an cpl
lemic OF cholera in this city had been
sVerted by the preventative measures
taken by the health authorities Al
though the steamers Berlin, OcsanIa
and Verona were still held at Quaran-
tine. the examinations made OF the first
zoo storage passengers showed mega
tive results and the same results are
expected from the others.
No new cases have been discovered
and the patients at Swiuburne island
are improvins.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
RECOVER BODY OF YOUNG
MAN DROWNED YESTERDAY

body Of J. Walker Garner, who was
drowned last night. while bathing in
the James River here, was recovered
This morning sitter several hours
search. IL is evident that his death
was due To cramp. Garner was for
years shipping clerk OF Barker-Jen-
ninSs Hardware Company. His body
viii toe taken this evening to his for
mer home, in Bedford count. for
burial.
He was twenty-eight years old and
unmarried. l
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
KILLED LEARNING
TO RUN An AJN
WASHINGTON. d. c. s..,cso,-

" Ao444-NT O-N, y. y Nle3c17--l---
WASHINGTON. d. g.. JAW H.
Confederation OF the Haitien srEnGi0m
and the Or. Wiley affair occupied ina
attention OF this Cabinet today. Pasz1-
dent Tart. tx was reported az c3a2
White House before the Cabinet MET.
intended 20 submit 10 the menAexk
his decision in the Wiley case.
The President probably will MT 49,
nounce his conclusions in thu tEsLsg
case today. he has not finisAgod .ooRr-
slderation OF the papers and Stal1G
the case was discussed at the p1gshnaE
meeting indications were eEa1 -
would not tell the public what Ne b
going 10 do in the matter before -
morrow or Monday.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
DANVILLE. VA Specia

DANVILLE, VA Special The
first automobile fatality in this sec
ton since machines came into use
occurred this morning at 10 o'clock
on the new macadamized road near
Pleasant Gap, about ten miles north
of this city. Vincent Harper, a negro,
is dead, and Major Jones. white, of
the firm OF Jones & Richardson, mer-
chants at New Design, was rendered
unconscious and painfully, but not
seriously. injured.
The rural mercantile firm had pur-
chased an auto delivery wagon, and
Harper was being instructed in the
operation OF it. accompanied and
aided by Mr.. Jones.
In some W. not definitely known
the inexperi ed chauffeur lost con-
troll OF the car and 1t plunged over an
embankment, catching the negro
under IL.
He died in a few moments.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
Famous Referee Is Seriously III.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL-Special.

Friends OF Eddie Smith, the famous pu-
gilistic referee, who is i'll OF brain
fever in an Oakland sanitarium, eX-
pressed fear today that the attack
would prove fatal. Smith has suffered
relapse and is unconscious.
No one is allowed TO see him.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
CHICAGO, ILL Special Nav

NI1IOAOFU, I'LL Special MayOr
Harrison has appointed City Engineer
John Ericsson, +. G.. Standard and
James j. Reynolds as the citys COM
mission OF subway engineers. This
board has Instructions to design for
Chicago municipal owned and con
trolled subway that will equal if not
surpass any subway system in the
world.
Each member will receive a salary
lof $4,000 per year.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
More Nicaragua ExiIes.

dispatch to the State Department to-
DAY said that three Liberal leaders
have been exiled from Nicaragua.
one Of them is a nephew of former
President ZelaVa
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
NARRAGANSETT PIER. r. l.,
Snecial -NemharS Of tbo -, 49,, -. :

colony are very much worried today
over q series Of incendiary fires which
have been set recently. a fund il be-
ne secured Tor the purpose of buy
inS better fire fighting apparatus and
also to employ detectives TO run down
Ie hrebugS.
Greene's Inn, which harbors many
- tStern guests. waF the scene of the
latest fire. The garage and stable
were burned.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
Taft Takes Burden from soldier.

WASHINGTON, ID. c Special
Lieutenant Colonel Elmer w. Hub
bard. United States Army. sentenced
TO dismissal from the army for intOX-
ication. viii be retired under the thir-
" years service clause. il was an
uCuRced today.
The President decided to grant his
application for this
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
Causes Stock Slump.

LONDON Special Slumps In
prices on the London Stock Exchange
as result of the Moroccan crisis
caused two failures today.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
TunncIlng the NIountnln-

suppose Canada was separafasd rrrvz.
the United States by mountain r-Ruxse
would any one oppose the ScpnservS<,,-
uon or tunnels? Those who oppose N
REDUCTION or the tariff oppose the czn-
cling OF the artificial mountain rxur-.
which legislators have, in their r0IIvC-
reared between us and our No-2Her~
neigh bOr.-The Commoner.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10

shirt and threw II away.
Geidell and McGrane set out to-
gether to pawn the Jewelry. The po-
lice declare Geidell came here from
Hartford, Conn.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
Spreading Ia Mexico.

MEXICO CITY SpeciaL-Cholera
which has been prevalent at Tampico
for a week. he's also broken out at Me-
rida, Yucatan. LkRW
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10

A workman in a mill in South Czra
una was caught in the machinery xT.f
the lightning struck the mill znE
SSltoppSd the wheels in time to save he
life. He is probably undecided TS07r -
WHether 10 go into the ministry - Ser
lOttery ets.-Led ger Disrratcs.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10
The Washington Post notez -. :.

reciprocity bill went through <sirf--
out the big stick and the puar>ypzur
club having been OverworkeC- e.
happened so because it Was rut
through by Democrats who NavE
neither big sticks nor patro1as1 =
Charlottesville Progress.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-08-10

We are at loss TO understand Wy
some OF our contemporaries ssIs7F.F5
deem II necessary to come 10 tn. eSYS-
torlal defense OF bare legs. The bare
leg is usually its own best ana ~r1F-
cient defense.-Norfolk Virginisn-pL
lot.