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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21

NEW YORK Special.-A dog who
is born financier is owned by W. A.
Towner, prescription clerk in Russell
q Lowrie's drug store, at TarrytoWn,
N. Y. Mr.. Towner went to his home
in Brewster Saturday and took a new
dog collar and chain. The dog was
delighted with the presents and SEEM
ed to wish to show his gratitude.
So he ran into the yard and dug
under a tree. Mr.. Towner watched
and was amazed when the dog
brought up two silver dollars with his
teeth. The dog bounded to his owner
and held up his head, signifying,
Take these" IT was the exact
amount paid for the collar and chain.
Where did he get it first 2" pom
dered Mr.. Towner. "Oh, I remember.
I used to throw nickels and coppers
in the air for him to catch and he
kept them. But these are silver dol
lars. All, 1 have it! He took the
chicken feed to a store and had 1t
changed"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
THE RISK in LETTER WRITING.

II was one or the maNlmS of Mac
chiavelli that a man should never
commit to paper anything which he
would be unwilling for the whole
world to know. "A letter." said he
lis a present invitation to future trou-
Bile. 1t commits to the keeping of an
other that which either his indiscre-
ton or his change from friendship
to enmity may use to your undoing.
When resurrected il confronts the
writer like the ghost of himself, i'm
possible Of reputation, an unim-
peachable witness giving the one tes-
dict with success nor confess to with
out humiliation.
The wise Prince will never reduce
to writing his true thoughts and pur-
poses. The few condolences he be-
slows should be of oral communica-
ton, for these, if betrayed, can be
boldly challenged as false, or as dis
torted by malicious purpose or by a
treacherouS memory. For the public
character involved in the strategems
of politics and the conspiracies of fac
ton to be the victim of cacosthes
scribendi is to be weaving the strands
of the rope with which one day he
will be hanged"
A late distinguished Senator from
a neighboring State to Virginia had a
similar repugnance to the use of pen
and ink, though he carried no secrets
and joined in no conspiracies so deep
and dark as those which made the
Italian diplomatist afraid of his own
shadow. 1t was almost impossible to
elicit from this gentleman a written
reply to a communication on any sub
Ject, however important, however tri-
vial, whether of a political, business
or merely friendly nature. When ar
raigned for negligence in this re-
spect, he would reply with his win
ming smile: ''DiscOurteous? Well,
n anf -
pleasant experiences in early life i'm
pressed on me the lesson that letters
were the most frequent cause of mis-
understanding between friends and
gave to those inimically disposed the
surest and most lasting weapons for
mischief. Now habit and Incidence
have confirmed my aversion to CORE
spondence. My public record, my
speeches and votes ought to satisfy
! those legitimately interested of my
political attitude; and there is no lit
tie satisfaction to me in the fact that
no word or line of mine exists in
black and white to be construed right
ly or wrongly, against my sincerity
and consistency.
Promises not given cannot be bro
ken; opinions not registered cannot be
hauled up in after years to show a
variance in principle between past and
present; the letter that remains un-
written can neither be misinterpreted
nor misquoted. / prefer to be on the
safe side. and am too old and lazy
to change even though persuaded OF
the mistake Of my policy"
But this has not been the point OF
view Of some of the greatest and most
successful statesmen the world has
known. The correspondence of SulIy
| fills volumes; that of Jefferson is
equally voluminous; the epistles to
which Gladstone affixed his signature
are as numerous as the Leaves in
ValambrOsa."
There is no danger worth consider
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
BANKER JOHN R. WALSH
APPLIES FOR PAROLE

WASHINGTON, D. c. Special
The Federal Prison Parole Board will
meet at Leavenworth penitentiarv
FRIDAY TO hear the application parole
mace py John Il. Walsh, the convict
ed Chicago banker, now serving a
hve-year sentence for his connection
with the troubles of three banks.
All pending indictments against
walsh have been dismissed. he has
served one-third of his term, and I'M
der the law is eligible to ar:,iv for re
lease The Parole Boards findings
however, are not effective without the
approval of Attorney General Wicker
sham.
me board will meet today at the
Atlanta penitentiary, where about 1OO
applications for parole will be consid
cred. No application will be present.
ed in behalf of Charles w. Morse. the
New York banker, as he has not
served the required portion of his SEN
tence
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
Changes In Elect

WASHINGTON, D. c. Special
extensive changes in the commands of
the battleships of the Atlantic fleet
VIII take place in the late fall. 1t is
the purpose to relieve most Of the
captains who have held their COM
mands for more than two years. and
no less than seven officers are on the
iist, propably including Captains Full
ham, of the Mississippi; Usher. of the
Michigan; Dunn, of the Idaho; Cove.
or the Delaware; WinterhaIter. of the
Louisiana; Ruch, of the Connecticut.
ana techteler, of the South Carolina
the changes are subject to the an
ProvaI or Secretary Meyer upon his
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
POLITICAL ROW
SOLDIER HURT
MAJOR FLACK HAS SKULL FRAC-
TURED By AN UNKNOWN
MAN.

NEW YORK Special-Edward J.
Flack, a major in the Seventy-frst
Regiment, New York National Guard.
and a son OF former Sheriff Flack, of
New York county, was attacked and
probably fatally injured at One Hun
dred and Twenty fifth Street and
Eighth Avenue early today. The po-
lice believe that he was knocked down
during a political argument
Flack was rushed to the Harlem Hos
pital, where il was said his skull had
been fractured.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21

ing TO those whose objects are proper
and whose methods are pure IN free
expression. in durable form OF the
convictions they hold. the ends they
seek and the means through which
achievement Is sought. II is only
true OF those who. like Macchiaveili,
nurse ignoble aims and pursue them
by tortuous paths. that they should
fear TO trust 10 ink and paper a rec
ord OF their inner and outer lives.
their associations and objects, their
actions and the reason for them. Mac
beth had quaked not at Banquo's ghost
had his conscience been clear and his
hands clean OF blood.-Norfolk vir-
ginian-Pilot.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21

10 q strike at this time. althoue -
many OF the shopmen desire one.
The action on the part OF the board
caused charges OF "double-cross'' on
the part OF other unions. with the re-
suit that there 10 more or less OF a
fractional fight I'm progress
Officials OF the new Federation Of
lShopmen on the Illinois Central. on
(which the principal fight is being
made. declared that there would be
no strike unless all the unions walked
I tout together.
The full decision OF the Executive
BOARD OF the Machinists will be an
lnounced in Davenport, Ia, this week
where the annual convention is bein
- held.
lie The situation on the other Harri
b. man roads and the Chicago an
re Northwestern is being held in abey
he Snce.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
CUBA REPORTS BIG
PROFIT IN LOTTERIES

-, WASHINGTON. D. c. Special
Inc lottery is profitable scneme in
Cuba, and the returns to the We n -
partment show that last year the en-
Dan Government received from this
source $S'SOO,000 profit, which repre-
sents ten per cent. of the entire re-
ceipts from all sources.
Inc othclal adVices illustrated the
tremendous odds against the buver Of
lottery ticket. Tickets to the value
of 100000 remained unsold. and
these, of course, were regarded as
Government holdings. and the Govern
ment was consequently entitled to anv
prizes drawn by the numbers on that
list. AS a matter of fact, out of the
$500. 600 worth of tickets the Govern
ment drew only 100000 in prizes.
But. despite this revenue, the Cuban
Government is seriously contemplating
gradual abolition of the lottery.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
Fly a Kite, Cure Headache.

new and original scheme has been
found for curing headaches; namely,
the diversion of flying a kite. and the
inventor is the Rev. w. NJ. Partridge
an Episcopal minister. Mr.. Partridge
says:
In kite constructing and kite flying
L md favOrite diversion which
STANDS me in good stead as a needed
change from the hard mental grind
OF strictly pastoral duties.
For the headaches brought on by
overwork and too close application to
ones study there is no cure in my es-
innate quite equal to kite flying"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
WARRINGTON. D. c.. speci

WARRINGTON, D. c., Special
BY nightfall it is expected that the
brutal murder of twelve-year-old Har-
ry Smith, found beaten and burned to
death in the shop of Tony, the Shoe
maker by Trade" will be explained.
While the detectives of the Central
office promised this today they rely
on discovering the mysterious woman
in yellow, who was seen with the muir
dered boy at o'clock Saturday after
noon. but a few later moments Mrs.
Frances Hooper and Earle Ahmay saw
a man strike down a boy in the front
room of the Italians shop at Fourth
and II Streets, Northwest.
The grief-stricken mother, Mrs.
Matte Smith. OF 1907 Florida Avenue.
who tainted at the Morgue last night
while her young daughter. Myrtle, dis
tracted and hysterical, endeavored to
cast herself in the river, has given the
police n new clew.
"A dark-faced Austrian murdered
my boy" she declared this morning.
"A month ago he told me that he
would even a score with me-"
Detective Fred Cornwell started to-
day TO run out" the story of the dark
Austrian.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
ORGANS STOP
WOULD-BE SUICIDE
Former Petersburg Barkeeper
Makes Effort at Suicide,
But Is Saved

PETERSBURG, VA Special.-Ger-
man Wells, a former barkeeper, at
tempted suicide at his home on Grove
Avenue last night by the gas route
His groans attracted attention OF
neighbors, who broke in and finding
MN unconscious. summoned DIR. j. G.
Rennie from the Academy. Wells first
words when revived were: IT am sorry
you got mere so soon" He will re-
cover. The cause of the ATTEMPTED
suicide is unknown except that his
family life was not untroubled
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
TEXAS NOW is AT
BOTTOM OF SEA
Follows Her Sister Ship, the
Maine-Sunk by Rifles
of Delaware

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 1.-THE
oid battleship Texas once called the
battleship ever built at the Norfolk
Navy Yard, today lies in scrap heap
report to the Navy Department today
Rear-Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, COM
handing the Atlantic fleet say there
is nothing left of the Texas but torn
and twisted junk.
Her great armor, designed to defy
the guns of the worlds navies, was as
rotten wood before the great twelve
inch rifles Of the battleSRip Delaware,
which fired on her last Saturday.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
Give 1t Time.

The recall cannot be condemned
merely because ii is having ats troubles
in Seattle. Give II time. Any new
scheme for more direct control Of Of
ficials by the people is bound TO en-
counter opposition and annoyances. In
time it will surely justify itself. and
certainly its very presence in a char
ter as a club or Damocletian sword
is most excellent and useful thing
Boston Transcript.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
MAY BE NO STRIKE.

CHICAGO, ILL, Special. That
the threatened strike OF shopmen on
the Illinois Central Railroad and
other Hartman lines, together with
the Chicago and Northwestern, had
been effectually forestalled, was the
word passed around in union circles
today, following the refusal OF the
International Board of Machinists'
Union TO O. X. a walkout. Confer
ences still were on the schedule to-
day, but the international leaders
were said 70 be unaIterabIy opposed
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
Say Suicide is Matthews.
WASHINGTON- Special-

WASHINGION.- Special The
Navy Department is satisfied that the
body OF the man who committed sui
eide at Pablo Beach. Fla, several weeks
ago is that of the missing Captain
Arthur J. Matthews, of the Marine
Corps, who disappeared February Sd,
while acting cOmmandant of the
naval prison at Mare Island Navy Yard.
The search of the officer has been
discontinued, and his name, il is said,
will soon be stricken from the Marine
Corps list, the elimination to date from
June 18th, when the man took his life
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
A Taft SIGN

Th4Republican State Convention of
Alabatna has led of with endorsement
or Taxi. There are no insurgents in
the South. They are all ofsiceholders
or want an office. and so they are al
ways for the man with the biggest
chance to win. In that respect South
ern Republicans never violate the law
of human nature.-Wilmington On. CO.
Star.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
Not a Science.

An exchange pirates learnedly of
the Science of Aviation" Aviation
is just about as much a science as is
the navigation Of Niagara Falls in a
barrel. II favored with good luck,
the challenger Of fate in either case
escapes with his life; IL not, he dies.
And If the bold adventurer after es-
Gaping one trial renews the expert
ment il is only a question of time when
rashness.-Norfolk Virginian- Pilot.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21

TOLEDO. Special.-Director Of
Public Safety Mooney today issued an
order forbidding the production in To-
ledo of moving pictures of the Beattle
murder trial or of the pictures which
Beulah Binford recently posed for.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
sTAUNTON, vA-speciaI- In

01AONION, NA.-Spec1al.- In
written opinion read from the bench
at 10 O'Clock this morning, Judge
Henry w. Holt, of the Corporation
Court, dismissed the action of the
"drys" contesting the local option
election, on the ground that under
their own contention the fifteen men
signing the petition to contest the
election were not qualified voters. and
therefore had no standing in court.
under the statute. Clerk Argenbright
was instructed TO enter an order dis
missing the action. The "drys" con-
tested the election on the ground that
the list of qualified voters had not
been posted, according to law.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21

I1h,swes'' column when they should
& ave been An the dry" IL a. es-
tmatcd that the complete revis-
Rv0 OF figures show = prohibition
vV<{pry OF from 100 TO 200, AZ not
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
Fire at Sea Suppressed.

LONDON Special Fire broke
out today upon the steamer Papani,
bound for Australia with SAT emil
grams ON board, off the coast of st.
Helena, according to dispatches re-
ceived here today. ALI were reported
sare.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
kIR RECORD MADE
BY MISS MOISANT

Hampstead, n. Y, Specialists
Matilda Moisant. sister of the dead
aviator, John Il. Moisant, assembled in
her monoplane here yesterday after
noon to a height of nearly 1000 feet.
This is believed to be the greatest al
titude ever reached by a woman avia-
tor. An added feature was the fact
that the fight was made in a puffy
wind which impelled other aviators to
advise Moisant not to make the at
tempt.
Miss MOisant volplaned to the earth
from a height of 500 feet and made
a pretty landing.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
Recount VIII Be Asked.

PORTLAND, ME- Special-After
an all-night vigil at headquarters in
Portland, Hon. Adam L, Leighton,
president Of the No-Eicense League,
following a long conference with mem
bers of the committee, said that a
recount would be asked. George w.
Norton, secretary Of the no-license
campaign committee, claimed a vic
tory for the prohibition party by so
votes, basing his figures on returns
secured by a telephone and telegraph
company. Newspapers throughout the
State early conceded victory to the
anti-prohibition party.
Late returns last night showed the
following totals:
For repeal, 6O,S72; against, 59,S76;
majority for repeal, 900.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
Wen Gas Kills Two.

ANA, PA Special.-Asphyxi-
~teo by gases IN a well in which they
were working near Kenwood. Daniel
Stephens and John Reed died today,
and six men who were attempting to
rescue them were overcome.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21

Old VoX Populi awoke from a long
slumber Thursday and made the State
tremble when he stretched himself
-Danville Register.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
inst WHY.

Do you find the cost Of living any
higher than il was, say five years ago?
Yes. sir. Two of my daughters
have got married since. washing
ton Herald.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
WILL MAKE DEBUT
IN PETERSBURG

PETERSBURG, VA Special
Paul Beattie has signed to appear at
the Academy of Music here Wednes-
day matinee and night. Paul would
not agree to sign for a longer en-
gagement. He says that he will not
accept offers he has received from
New York. IT is understood that he
goes to Danville from here, but has
made no further arrangeme
Neither the manager nor Paul know
what he will do on the stage. but it
is probable that a monologue act will
be assigned him.
The morning of his release from
Jail Paul Beattie told The Journal he
was going to accept a theatrical en-
gagement in New York. That after
noon he telephoned The Journal (and
also the News Leader) that he was
going back to his work with the Mayo
Bridge contractors as Waterman. Yes
terday he told Scherer he was going
to stay in Richmond. Paul doesn't
seem to know his own mind more
than few minutes at a time.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
PORTLAND. ME-

PORTLAND, ME- Special
The prohibition party wins in
Maine, according to corrected fig
ureS made public today. A revis-
ion of the tabuIating which has
been going on today shows a
number OF towns listed In the
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21

Some grown-up men are just too in
nocent and unsophisticated for any
thing. man went to sleep during an
all-night session OF the Texas Legis-
lature and, upon awakening, expressed
surprise to find that he had been rob-
bed.-Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21

At last the picture was finished, and
after awhile 1t was hung in the Louvre,
that wonderful PALACE of beautiful
things. People from all over the earth
have looked at il and have wondered
at 1t and have loved II. The picture
of Mrs. Giocondo's smile became one
of the wonders OF the world. 1t is said
that the French Government once re-
fused an offer of S5.OOO.OOO for it,
Now comes the story that il has been
stolen from the Louvre and the French
people are terribly anxious for the fate
Of their most priceless art treasure.
But the theft of the picture is but an
incident. 1t will probably be recovered
some day, but IL II isn't the world will
never forget the smile of Mona Lisa,
nor will the world forget the incredible
skill of Leonardo, the artist who paint
ed it.
From copies of the picture that we
have seen, we can't say that there is
anything exceptional about Mona Lisa's
smile. Wonderful? Yes, but not ex-
ceptional-for there are millions OF
that only once in a thousand years is
there an artist with such wonderful
skill as to be able TO paint a real smile
We have seen good many smiles,
which. IL they were accurately painted.
would make million-dollar pictures. So
have you. SO has everybody-every-
body that has a heart. for il takes a
heart 10 see a smile. The eyes don't
see IL. They only look at IL. Even the
hinty, searching eye OF a camera can't
see a real smile as il really is. That
is the reason a photograph so rarely
appeals to the heart.
But smiles that are just as wonder
full as Mona Lisa's are 10 be seen every
day. You will see them sometimes as
you pass along the street. You will
see them sometimes amidst the dust and
toll and noise Of a factory. You
will see them sometimes amidst scenes
OF sorrow and tragedy. Some times you
Will glimpse one of these smiles as
you struggle through crowd of
strangers.
But more often you will see them
in your own home, on the faces that
you know best, coming from deep down
in the hearts that you understand the
best
And you don't have to have italian
music about your home to lure these
smiles, either. They are not so rare
and not so reticent as that. But they
are none the less radiant, and to you
they are worth more than all the Mona
Lisas that ever could be painted, for
they are all that makes life worth
while.-Trenton True American
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-21
With III. Editors

The Steamed Times-Dispatch came
OUT IN opposition TO Swanson early.
ana swanson carried Richmond bv
JUST 4,szS majority in a total of 5.76S
me same influential newspaper later
declared that Senator Martin was NOT
ut to be Senator, and ne carried Rich
mona by majority of 1880. Had
the L. D. only declared it's opposition
10 Martin few weeks earlier his ma
Jority would have been as large as
swanson s.-Danville Register.
Now that the campaign is over Let
all hands turn in and work to bring
about the legalization of the primary
by the next General Assem- bly.-Fred-
ericksburg Star.
Mr.. Taft bids fair to go down In
history as Democracy's great recruit
ing ofticer.-Hamilton (Va.) Enter
prise.
Over three score years have ELAPSED
since a mob stormed the old court
house in Boston for the purpose of
nberating a negro named Anthony
Burns who had been arrested in the
hub" under the fugitive slave act in
torce In those days. The negro was
the property of g. L. Suttle, of Alex
andria, merchant and a prominent
politician of bygone years. The fugi-
tive was, however, finally secured by
his owner, taken to Richmond and
sold. Charles Dickens, the novelist
was in Boston at the time. he being
on his first visit to the United States
Like many Englishmen of that time
he was a violent anti-slavery man.
and in his American Notes" he gives
a description of the scenes in and
about the old Boston courthouse when
the mob attempted to release Burns
Dickens formed a decided aversion to
Suite, and in his book in referring
to the Alexandrian he says: THE one
eyed nondescript encountered by Sin
bad the sailor in one Of his voyages
was natures aristocrat compared to
this individual" Suttle waited pa
tiently for many years for Dickens TO
place his feet upon Virginia soil in
order that he might have him arrested
for libel. The novelist reappeared in
this country in the latter part of the
sixties, but he came no further south
than Washington. In contrast to the
scene incident to the fanaticism of
ante-bellum days in Boston, il may be
stated that people in that city are now
fighting against serving as election SUI
pervisors with a negro whose appoint
ment became known Wednesday. The
five white election supervisors of
Ward IL have served notice with City
Hall officials that they will resign un-
less Peter f. Hodsen, a negro barber,
resigns as an election official. Hodsen
says he will never resign.-Alexandria
Gazette.