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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-07
DOESN'T BELIEVE
THIRTEEN UNLUCKY

NEW YORK Special.-Is thirteen
an uniucky number?
Joseph A. Catalan, Of Boston, lying
at the Presbyterian Hospital, is con-
cerned with that question. With nerve
and point of view that for sheer
optimism has amazed dozen of the
biggest surgeons in the country,
young Catalan insists that Il is not:
that he is slowly recovering from his
thirteenth major operation. performed
yesterday, proves Ii.
Hard luck? Not bit OF 1t. If the
thirteenth affliction had been inopera-
bic that would have been something
TO wall about, but as long as a man
can get operated on just once more
ana DE Well, what's the use TO worry?
| Thirteen operations in six years is
| Cahalan's record. The first time he
was about to be put into the ambu-
/ lance TO go to a Boston hospital he
wrote towel. some one whose name
he doesn't care to divulge. and told
her it would only be a little while.
/ Just a case OF getting out again and
getting a job and saving a little
money. and then
On the Rack Many Times.
Catalan didn't SUSPECT then that the
same old sort of letter would have to
be written thirteen times He didn't
imagine that he was to be allowed to
save Just enough to begin to see the
light and then once more he was &c
again.
I'm going to get WELL" has been
his declaration every time. Not 6
word of complaint has ever passed
his lips
Just few days ago he dropped g
postcard to a friend. saying: I'm
coming down to New York in q few
days TO be operated on again. They
think there's a stone in my kidney
just as though he were going to droI
in at a ball game or a theater.
DIR. Joseph A. Blake, of 108 Eas
Sixty-fifth Street who performed tn,
; operation, thinks Catalan will ge
) well If only because it has become
habit.
! il was gallstones this time.
Catalan is twenty-eight. He wa
an athlete until a race in Boston Il
/: September, 1907. started his trouble
t He was running for the Catholi
! Club OF Dorchester in the Bostol
: Athletic Association Marathon. RI
s had covered twenty-one miles OF tn
e gruelIing course when stitch in hi
side told him something was wrons
He kept on to the finish. though s
\ terrible pain. He fell many times. bu
. always struggled on. His gamenes
q cost him five years OF suffering. Twic
\ 1he was operated on for appendiciti.
: but he had not appendicitis. Tn
4 third time he was on the opera tin
I ltahle Or Francis T. Watson remove
! HIS left kidney.
+ In April 1903. the trouble starte
o again while Catalan WAS IN New Yori
0 and he was taken to ST. Vincent's 70
!. a fourth operation. After that the
followed so quickly upon each othe
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Meeting to FIJI the Vacancy.

NEW YORK Special.-Chan-mau
Hilles, of the Republican National
committee, shortly before o'clock
this morning announced that he had
called meeting Of the national COM
mittee for November 18th in Chicago
10 select successor to the late James
5. Sherman as the Republican candi-
date for Vice President
Mr.. Hilles made the following state
ment:
The national convention, which
met in Chicago in June, delegates to
the national committee power to fill
vacancies on the national ticket. The
death of Mr.. Sherman, candidate OF
the Republican party for Vice Presi-
dent at the coming election, makes
1t incumbent upon the national com
mittee to nominate a candidate in his
place. The nomination, however, can
not possibly be made prior to the
election next Tuesday. Meantime, nc
difficulty or Inconvenience arises Il
the voters at the election next Tues
day, because the votes TO be cast theI
are for electors and not for candidate
for either President or Vice President
and the death of Mr.. Sherman, there
fore. does not affect the validity o
, the election of the electors.
II have called a meeting of the ma
tional committee to meet upon tn
18th day of November in the city o
, Chicago at IL o'clock noon to selec
a successor to the late James s
Sherman as candidate of the Repub
lican party for Vice President of tn
United States"
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500 to Hear Colonel Talk

NEW YORK. Special.-The demand
for seats at Madison Square Garden
for the Progressive rally tonight, at
which Colonel Roosevelt Is to make a
short speech, has been so great that
Progressive leaders are buying in
tickets at an increased price
The great hail seats more than TO-
600 people and the tickets were dis
tributed by the Progressive State
committee and sold through district
leaders for the benefit of the State
campaign fund. 1t was said yesterday
at State headquarters that as high as
500 was being paid for a box at the
garden by those who had not par
ticipated in the original distribution
of seats.
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new SUPERINTENDENT
NEW YORK" LAUNCHED In BROOKLYN

scattered around the yard. which
included patrolmen, Officers and
detectives
Besides the police 500 marines,
under Lieutenant Commander
Bennett. were also stationed I'm
tho grounds.
PRESIDENT EARLY.
President Taft arrived early,
with police ana secret service
men sWarminS around him
The Roosevelt shooting at Mil
vauI<ec, IL was learned, was
largely responsible for the large
number of police, and there was
not n moment that the President
was not surrounded by q Gordon
OF blue-coated men.
President Taft left the Man
haitian Hotel ut 10 O'Clock He
was accompanied by Charles n.
HIIIes. Republican National Chair
man, md Major RhOades-
After the launching President
Taft deP sn te1 s w Ssrs., lad
quarters OF the Navy branch OF the
Young Mems Christian Association
where N big crowd awaited him.
The new bRttleship New York
carries ten 14-inch guns, mounted
alOnE her center line and able To
deliver n brOadslde from either side
OF the ship The Texas II the only
equipped with the I4-inch guns.
This latest accession 10 the navy
IN 505 feet long, 81 feet longer than
the Florida Her displaSement Il
2s,OOO tons, which In 1000 tons
more than the Wyoming and Ar
kansas. She In % feet, SIS inches
across the beam and her drauEht
Is 2S-5 feet.
The New IOrk'S beam will give
her nbOut fifteen feet leewny I'm the
locks of the Panama Canal
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NEW YORK Special With
her ohampagned-splattcned bow
glistening in the sunshine and n
pretty girl enthusiastically call
ing, Il Christen thee New York"
the steel shell of the $4,000, 5000
Superdreadnaught that Is soon TO
be the latest pride OF the navy"
slid down creased ways In the
Brooklyn navy yard today into
East Rivers murky waters.
At least 100000 persons wit
messed the launching, the most
notable being President Taft, who
smiled ON Miss Elsie Calder,
daughter of Congressman William
Nj. Calder, rs she eXciteiIy crash
ed n beribbOned champagne bot
tie against the battleshIp's steel
bow.
Every pier and dock within
sight of the navy yard was black
with cheering crowds, while the
yard itself was filled with thou
sands. A swarm of excursion
boats lowered nearby, shnieking
noisy greeting TO the navy's
music from a big band that was
endcavOring TO play the national
anthem.
Nothing occurred to mar the
launching, which took place un-
der as near as perfect a sky as
one could desire. n noteworthy
feature of the event YVES the un-
usual police precautions taken 10
prevent anything that might
serve to interrupt the ceremonies.
More than 200 police wero
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UNCLE BEGS FOR
NEPHEW'S LIFE

MEXICO CITY, Special Ex-
President POrhriO DIax Is using
what influence he has left In Mexico
10 save his nephew, Felix DIaz.
from the ignminy of execution by
Federal soldiers. The former die
tntOr has sent a cRbIegram asking
friends 10 intercede again TO Presi-
dent MaderO.
"FeIIX Diaz must die, that Ia the
decree OF the martial court and IL
must stand"
That was President MaderO's
uItimetum today to all pleas In the
1Esurgent leaders, behalf.
Rebels are raidinR oil property
owned by Anglo American capital
lists on the East coast, between
Tuxpom and Tampico.
Five bnrKes, owned by the Agui-
lar OIL Company. have been seized.
The government IL sending 600
soIdiers to try to retnke TnmpIcO
from the insurrectOs.
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n month elapsed. At the end of it
the racing automobilist decided to
make another try for his wife's heart
Taking his pen in hand he transfer
red the English language to a quire
or so OF parchment and shipped the
product off at brief intervals to Mrs.
Greiner. He begged forgiveness or
any of its synonyms
iRSut Mrs. Greiner did nothing more
~ ako these letters than convert them
Me- fine flooring for her pink-rib-
~epSssd wastebasket. And she didn't
reon1 single one.
Greiner became afflicted with
writer's cramp last week. Results, he
decided, could not be obtained through
the mail. so last Monday he took pas
sage on a New York flyer, announcing
that when he returned TO Chicago his
wife would be beside him.
Got in Through Subterfuge.
He got in here Tuesday. He went
to the st. Margaret and stood in the
doorway. pondering. He saw that the
street was paved with asphalt, but he
could not tell from where he stood
what was in the rear. He was al
most certain there would be no
clothes line to break his fall
He knew just about how much good
the presentation OF his card would
do. a happy idea penetrated. He
would send up the name of Mrs
Greiners brother in-law. He did. and
was admitted.
Mrs Greiner was at first q cruel
proud beauty. However, after awhile
II had forgiven him a long time
, ago" she said yesterday. Her nus
| band that was and her husband to be
was with her. 1T is mighty hard to
! remain angry with one you love, and
even after my divorce / loved him
| but my self-respect demanded I in
| stitute proceedings against him.
Il he hnI H. \.
/ terfuge 1 should not have permitted
| him to see me. And If he hadn't
| come to New York 1 suppose there
would have been no reconciliation
| But that's all over now. and there.
not going TO be any more unhap-
| pinesS- He's been so awfully dear Il
| me"
J Greiner refused 10 say just wher
and where the wedding will be cele
| brated.
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MOTHER DOUBTFUL.

CHICAGO, ILL Special.-The
police today admit that Charles ID.
Conway, arrested with beatrice
Ryall, I'm connection with the muir
der OF Miss Sophia Singer, n BaIti-
more girl, IN Charles Newton
Kramer, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Kramer, 022 West Elm street, Lima,
o.
Conway and Kramer tally I'm de-
Scrtptton- Both have been In
circuses, and both have n wooden
foot.
According to Mrs. Kramer, her
SON left their home two years ago.
She told the Lima police that the
family formerly lived In st. Mary'H,
o.. and when they moved to Lima
the son left home, declaring he did
not like Lima.
eve didn't hear from Charlie for
year." said Mrs Kramer. @Theu
ten months ago he returned. with
him came sweet-IoOkinE little
woman He introduced her as his
wife. They were here for few
days MY son had n wooden foot.
He had met with the accident, he
Detroit and was forced 40 have m
artificial foot made.
~They left, and save for n letter
or two we have not heard from
them since. i don't believe, and
cnn't believe, IL WAS he, not until
he tells me himself. that my boy
has committed murder"
Conway and his wife were traced
40 Rochester, Ind, by the police,
where the trail was lost.
They were supposed to have gone
from Rochester TO huncte or Tip
ton. but Inquiry at both places
fnfled to reveal them.
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CREDIT HIM WITH II
WIVES AND ACTIVITIES

PHILADELPHIA Special. Ten wives
and at least four aflinities constitute
the record to date of Addison Francis
Ellsw orth, so 1t was asserted Friday
by the Philadelphia police when they
arraigned him in court. He had been
arrested at the instance OF an insur-
ance company, on the complaint OF q
woman who said he had embezzled 5000
from her, but when he came to be ar
raigned one of his many children by his
numerous alliances made a new charge
against him, on which he was sent to
prison without bail.
According to the story told In court
Ellsworth Is thirty nine, and was born
at Riverside, Cal When eighteen he
married for the first time at Frederick.
Md, and had two children. After that
II Is said, he accumulated wife and
two children at Kortright, N. Y; a wife
and one child at Norwich. N Y; a wife
at Deposit, n. Y. a wife at Baltimore.
a sixth wife and two children at Fred
erick, Md; two wives and one child az
Philadelphia; three antilles and two
children also at Philadelphia: a wife
and two children at Easton. Pa, and a
wife at Bangor, Pa.
One Of his Philadelphia amlties aban-
doned her husband for Ellsworth who
IL is alleged. forged the husbands name
TO $1,000 check. Such were the alle-
cations of the police who added that
they would fll the court room with
Ellsworth's wives, children and Abilities
when he Is brought to trial.
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$1s a Week to Wealth.

PHILADELPHIA, PA Special
An S18 a week workman at n ma
chine shop forge In the later eighties,
Samuel yXauclain, now vice president
and general manager Of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, has bought for
100000 an estate of $50 acres In
Delaware county. He will build two
palatial homes and stock the estate
with the finest horticultural exhibits
that money can provide.
Probably one of the highest salaried
corporation officials I'm the country
his rise has been rapid. Entering the
big locomotive plant as a workman,
he was promoted to foreman, to su-
perintendent, TO general manager
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FATHER UNDER CAR
DAUGHTER KILLED

NEW YORK Special A man
leading a little girl by the hand. WALK
ed to the foot OF DufIy's Hill at One
Hundred and Third Street and Lex
ington Avenue last night, when the
child ran ahead and jumped onto q
pile of sand that had been thrown
TO the side Of the trolley tracks by
workers on the new subway.
The man turned TO talk to an &C
quaintance. The two talked and there
was not a thought OF danger until
nortmbound trolley in charge Of
Motorman Stephen Miller came down
the steep incline.
Miller saw something between the
tracks in front OF him. He put on
emergency brakes. but the car was
going fast and he could not stop. He
changed his bell. The man who had
been with the child looked about and
saw the little girl sitting in the center
or the track, playing in sand which
had shifted down from the main
pile.
With a scream he ran forward and
seized the child. but too late. The
car struck him and the small body
was Knocked from his grasp and fell
under the forward trucks.
In some way the man escaped the
| forward trucks. The fender OF the
car tossed him against a pie or sand
and he rolled back to be caught under
the rear trucks
Miller stopped his car and a crowd
/ gathered. Under the front trucks
| could be seen the mangled BODY Of
| the little girl and under the rear trucks
| the bleeding body Of the man. Men
strained 10 lift the trucks from the
rails, but the strength OF one hun
| dred or more was not equal TO It
] \ squad of police came from the
East One Hundred and Fourth street
Station. and then Mrs. Samuel Gold
feder, OF SIC East One Hundred and
Third Street, pushed her way through
the crowd.
The car. with the police aid, was lift
ed and the mangled child WIS taken
out. The woman saw it and screamed.
Then the man was got out. The wo-
man fell insensible. The man was her
husband and the child was her three
year-old daughter, Jennie.
Mother Sent 10 Hospital, Too.
DR.. Somerville came from harlem
| Hospital. He said the child had Deen
killed instantly and that there was no
possible chance for the fathers re-
covery.
The body OF little Jennie was taken
to the Police Station and the father
was lifted into the ambulance Ut
Somerville said that Mrs. Goldreder's
condition was such that she woutu be
safer In the hospital. too. and she also
was put into the ambulance.
: At the hospital late last night the
I doctors said there was not a chance
for Goldfeder's recovery.
? Miller, the motorman, was not ar
! rested. Witnesses told the police that
, he was In no way responsible for the
accident
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rAFT's PLANS UPSET.
WASHINGTON. ID. {

WASHINGTON, ID. G., SpechL
Greatly depressed by the death
of Vice President James s. Sher-
man, his running mate for the
coming election, President Taft
returned to Washington early to-
day TO attend to a number of
official duties before leaving for
Cincinnati, via Newark, n. j., and
Utica, n. Y.
While no definite plans were
announced at the White House
about the Presidents movements,
owing TO the fact that the date
of the Vice Presidents funeral
has not been set, IL was supposed
that President Taft will leave here
early Saturday to attend the un-
yelling of the Washington monu-
ment at Newark, going from
there TO Utica for the Sherman
funeral. provided that ceremony
takes place on Sunday.
From Utica he will go directly
to Cincinnati, arriving there
Monday night, voting on Tuesday
and returning 10 Washington on
Thursday. Official announce
ment of his plans will be made
as soon as the White House is
informed of the time of the Sher-
man obseQuieS.
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KIDNAPPED GUARDS
Fight FOLLOWED
BATTLE FOUGHT BETWEEN A
POSSE OF ARMED NINE DE-
TENDERS AND MINERS.

CHARLESTON, w. VA Special
A battle was fought between a posse
of armed mine guards and striking
coal miners at Messy, Fayette county,
in which fifty shots were fired and
several were wounded.
The fight was the result of the kid
mapping of four guards on duty at
the mine Of the Four States Coal Com
pany early today by strikers. who car
rled their captives to Messy, where
they built a barricade.
Captain Fred w. Lester left with a
posse Of armed guards and recaptured
the men. Miners are arming them
selves throughout KanaWha and Fay
cite counties, where the labor troubles
in the mines have never been salts
| factorfiy settled and further fighting
Is imminent One hundred militia
men are being held in readiness fol-
service and martial law may again be
declared.
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SENTENCED TO HANG
THROUGH DICTAGRAPH
(uIEvU LVNrAyUr

NIIL I11N4NI1' W q OptCIdI. OOn-
victed of murder in the first degree and
sentenced to hang through the agency
OF the dictagraph-that Is the fate OF
James Murdoch and Toni Aspoll, who
Killed John Giachino at Newcastle
Wvo. 1t was a stenographer's evidence
OF a conversation heard through the
dict.
The telltale outfit was placed in Jail
in such position that Murdoch, I'm dis
cussing the crime with Aspoli, could be
heard by the stenographer in an ad-
Joining room. Admissions which the
men made. and which were taken down
oy the stenoBr8pher, supplied the evil
dence needed to convict. The court ad-
mitted the evidence over the strenuous
objection of counsel for the accused
and this will be the basis of an appeal
| to the State Supreme Court
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UTICA, n. Y Special Ma
tional honors will be paid To the
late Vice President James s.
sherman, who died M 9:A2 O'Clock
last night, when he IL laid 10 rest,
probably Saturday.
President Taft and other men
OF national prominence will at
tend the funeral.
Mrs. sherman and members OF
the family were prOStratcd with
grief today and the final funeral
plans were held in allegiance.
Thousands of kilograms OF SYM
pathy from all sections of the
United States poured In upon the
sherman home today from friends
OF the late statesman.
Harry r.. Devendorf, private
secretary 40 Mr.. Sherman, an
nounccd this morning that ne eN-
pocted word from President TAFT
during the day.
1--WE wished to meet the con-
vcnience of MIR. Taft by holding
the funeral at the time best suited
60 his convenience" said Mr., De-
vcudOrf, "but there is little doubt
that the President will be able TO
be present Saturday afternoon.
Burial will be held in Forest
Hi Cemetery, where the Sher-
man family owns "a plot. Services
will be conducted at the Sherman
residence and final ceremonies
will take place In the magnificent
mausOleum erected by the Sher-
man family in the cemetery.
Mrs. Sherman was in rather
more composed state today, fol-
lowing n few hours rest. Her hus-
bands death. though she real
lied two days ago IL was inevi-
table, was none the less n shock
ing blow, and following his death
last night she was incOnsolabIe
for many hours. Never in strong
physical condition. IL is feared
that the death of Mr.. Sherman
will go seriously with her.
DIR. +. III. Peck, who attended
the Vice President throughout his
long Illness, is looking after Mrs.
sherman.
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Bets on 100000 Cor sulzer.

NEW YORK Specdal.-A bet OF
$1,000 at even money that Mr.. Sui
zer's plurality will be $4,000 was re-
ported in Wall Street yesterday. There
was also bet of $500 to $500 against
Mr.. Stratus to win, and considerable
money was bet, even, that Mr.. Roose-
welt would not carry Pennsylvania.
These offers we're also reported:
Five hundred dollars to $4,000 that
Mr.. Straus runs 100000 votes behind
his nearest leading competitor; ST.
600 to 500 that Mr.. Roosevelt does
not carry all the States west Of the
Mississippi.
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VICE-PRESIDENT SHERMAN DIES
AT HIS HOME In UTICA, N. Y.

ways and Canals. Of the Committee
on Indian Affairs ana OF the Commit
tee on Rules, all-powerful in it's infiu-
enceS.
The part Sherman played in the
national councils or the Republican
party was more felt than observed,
but Il was always of highest impor-
lance. He was invariably consulted
in the mapping out of national cam
paigns.
The Vice Presidents marriage to
Miss Carrie BRbcock, OF East Orange,
n. J., granddaughter OF Colonel Ella
kim Sheriff.. a noted Whig leader
in New York in the days of Henry
Clay, took place in 1891.
His children are Sheriff., a banker;
Richard Hugh, a Hamilton College
mathematics professor, and Thomas
M, an official in one OF his father s
companies-all married and residents
of Utica.
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HOOKS LIFT HIM BY ONE
FINGER OUT OF HOLD

NEW YORK Special As the
steamship Armfrid from South Amer
lean ports with a cargo of timber,
warped into the pier at the foot of
Van Brunt Street. Brooklyn, Sunday
morning. the forehatches were run off
and Gustave Ratz, OF 20 South First
Street. jumped into the hold to begin
working out the logs.
The shaking hooks on the block and
tackle by which the logs were hoisted
from the hold and swung over on the
dock were lowered to RatZ. He ad-
justed the hooks and gave the signal
to hoist. The better to guide the log.
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Gift Auto Costs Tinker SIS.

CHICAGO. Speclal.-Joe Tinker was
arrested and fined IS Monday by Jus
tice Foyer. of Evanston. for speeding
The star shortstop was driving the au-
tomobile presented TO him by Chicago
fans"
Why. judge was just crawling
through the town." said Tinker in
court.
'Of course he wasn't speeding" said
Mrs. Tinker. who was with him.
We were going so slow that people
walking on the street beat us"
Judge. If I ever go through this
village again II will be in a hearse, "
said Tinker. as he paid.