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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-19
ChiId of Three a Toirer

NkW YORK, SpeciaI.-Testim
or more than a score OF investigators
brought the evils OF child labor in
the New York tenements into high
relief at a hearing OF the state fac
tory Investigating committee yester-
EpitOmized. the reports were that
mothers beat their children 70 keep
them awake when they fell asleep
over their needles after working ten
hours day. that il was no uncon-
mon sight to find children OF four
and five years making artificial flow
ers; that one of three years was found
working on corset covers; that nine
teen workers were found living in a.
two-room apartment: shat children.
affneted with diphtheria and tubercu-
losis and other diseasts were found
making cigarettes sold to fashionable.
clubs and doing other work at a pitt
lance for wages
Many Of the witnesses urged upor5
the commission the need OF law to
prevent such work in she tenements.
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proyements had been made. He
quoted from Colonel Geothals. in
Snafge or the construction OF the
three times ne had seen Western
rivers improved, three times boat
lines established as result Of the
Improvement while the waterway
commerce increased by leaps and
BOUNDS. and in every case the boat
lines had been bought by railroads
and dismantled.
Mayor Fitzgerald. of Boston, made
the declaration in an address that the
United STATS should own the coal
miues OF the country. He did not
agree. however, with Senator Town
send, Of Michigan, who had preceded
him, that II might be we'll. for the
Federal Government to- take possess
sion OF doclz sites on rivers improved
by the government so as TO keep rail-
ways from preventing water competi-
tiOn.
Il think the local authorities should
have some say he explained.
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Not AIMED SfEREIY
AT AMERICAN GIRLS

WASHINGTON. Special -CabIed ale
patches that tia Imperial ffe<1nao
\ nancvilor Or. SON Bethmano- Aof{-
wegs has rcViFed the OH ree45;s Non
mat the marriage OF German dioio-
mats With forelgn women will be con
sidered tankaraount to withdravesi
rom the seryices caused no surprise 81
Washington - -
AZ IS san BY attaches OF the Ger
man Embassy that the rbif7ie az RE
imperial Chanceilo4. who will etrfcffs
enforce the order OF Prince Bismarck
pFohlDiting German diplomats from
narrFtng foretgnefs. IS not new arf
Is u OF locked ppou as being directed AZ
Ainericans- They say II has been Ia
existence about forty years but a for
MGR imperial Chancellor. Prince Won
bueiow, had an italian wife and could
not enforce Il with nnuch Srece.
Ihose connected with the German
En- oassy here do not take seriously the
report from Reriln They have NOT
received any official notification or any
enange In the reEu1ations.
NotWithstanding That both the pres
ent Ambassador. Conn Won Bernstor4
and his immediate -edecessor. the
late Baron Won Sternburg. married.
american, women. Il Is generally nm
derStood that the German Embassy
offered few possibilities to those am
bilious heiresses who were anxious to
anneS foreign titles
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NEW SOUTHERN DEPOT
BUILDING AT CHATHAM

WASHINGTON, d. c., Specialize
Southern Railway Companyaannounces
that work is now in progress on the
construction OF a new combination
freight and passenger depot and other
improvements, including the erection
OF new lOO.0OO-gallon capacity water
tank al Chatham, Va. The new build
ing Will have commodious white and
negro waiting rooms. with ticket
office, baggage room. freight office
and freight room, the entire build
ing to be so feet by 161 feet over
ALL Contract for the work has been
awarded TO the Elliot Building Com
pany. OF Hickory, n. c.
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FIFTY PASSENGERS
NOW FACE DEATH
WRECKED STEAMER ON ROCKS
OF REEF EXPOSED TO TER
RIFTC GALE.

DULUTH. MINI, Dec. 6.-Terrific
winos, the highest in many years. and
binding snow Friday put thefifty souls
on the wrecked steamer Easton in
peril of death.
All efforts to take OFF the passen-
gers and crew were abandoned dur
ing the night as the wind increased In
fury.
The steamer is on the rocks Off
Iroquois Reef, thirty miles west OF
Port Arthur, exposed to the full sweep
OF the gale. Before the ship was cut
on from sight by the snow q wireless
report came that the vessel was hold
ing together, but the her stern was
tilted out Of the water
The wireless operator reported that
a number OF sailors. trying to man
the ifeboats, had been swept over
board. This was denied at the office
OF the Booth Line by Local Manager
Louis T. Hogstad.
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PREACHERS TO BOX
To DRAW CROWDS
To Draw Crowds Novel Method to be
Used by Parsons to illustrate aMus-
cular Christianity

NEW YORK, Special Muscular
Christianity' is having a hard time OF
the Efforts of the Rev. Charles II.
Snedeker. rector OF St George's Epis-
eepal Shurch, TO use IL as an attraction
toward attendance. and the Rev. Will
liam II. Burgwin, of the Hampstead
Methodist Episcopal Church, 10 show IL
would only attract the underworld"
Of the village.
(can anyone imagine the vast ~un-
derworid' OF Hempstead2)
IL was announced last week in one of
the local papers that St Georges Club
an organization 10 which August Bel
mont ano many other prominent resi-
dents or the section belong, would give
an entertainment on December 9th
which would consist partially of Wrest-
WRESTLER aud Boxer EnsnEea.
George Bothner, the noted Enat-man
Of New York, was TO be the star fea-
ture ia the wrestling line he was TO
lake on several local strong boys.
William Brown, OF Manhattan, was to
don the gloves with three or four
sturdy young HEM DECENTRALIZATION
And since the women saern bers OF the
ciub were 10 be present ali the ath-
letes would be properly attired in dark
hued gymnasium costumes. 1t look ed
like a very attractive affair. and the
the ladies'. were prompt in purchas &
tickets. The advance sale was very
But as soon as the item appeared in
the local paper the Rev. Mr.. Burgwin
SOI busy lie protested several Years
ago against little children 8guring in
the villages annual parade He pro-
tested later about moving pictures
being shown on Sunday. This time he
took his pen ia hand and protested
more vigorously than ever against the
degrading spectacle Of athletes com
Pe1ing in q church club
show VIII He HeJds That's Ee1Ra1-
The Rev Mr.. Rurgwin wrote directly
to the Rev Mr. Snedeker. Wednesday
afternoon the latter replied. He. said
he considered the events perfectly
harmless that they wonld be kept in
proper limits-and that they would be
held
The board OF governors of St
Tense at one gsne of Mr. Burgwin's-
that all the underworld Of Hampstead
viii be present" They replied that
similar events had been held before
and that the underworld had not ap-
peared, nor would IL De admitted il Il
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HARVARD STUDENT WATERS
EARN ALMOST $4,000

CAMBRIDGE, Special - Harvard
men are good walters. This is demon
strated in the publication OF the re-
port OF the Harvard employment bu-
reau. which states that the position
of waiter is the NEST popular among
the university men who work their
way through college, and that nearly
$4,000 was earned in this way dur
ing the past year.
In all, 559 men secured work
through the bureau during term time,
clearing, through their labors, $56,-
773.o1, in addition to S23769 &c
earned during the summer months.
The students outside of the bureau
employment reported to the authori-
ties earnings OF $27.i69.39. The grand
total OF these earnings is $l07,7II 9e.
small falling off from the previous
year.
Tutoring brought the best individ-
uai returns to the sixteen men en-
gagged in it. while los students did
the table work.
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COAL OPERATORS
BUSY in Bristol

BRISTOL. va, Special.-The
coal operators of Southwest Vir-
ginia are reaping a rich harvest
as a result OF tie heavy advances
in the price OF coal, due TO the
Pennsylvania strike and increased
industrial activity throughout the
South. Charles w. Bonduraut, a
prominent operator OF Lee coun-
~. was here this week and stated
that business was better than ut
any time since 1906, and probably
better than during that year. The
demand for coal is more than
the large mines of Southwest
Virginia can supply. The Nir-
ginia Iron, Coal and Coke Com
pany alone is turning out about
. $50 cars of coal per day, in addi-
lion 90 "A large amount OF coke.
Much of the coal goes TO Boston
TO apply on the contract with the
Boston and Maine Railroad.
Daniel Il. Vent, head OF the
Stoncga Coal and Coke Company,
which is the largest coal operat-
ing concern I'm the South, was
here this week, and went TO Wise
county to look after his COmpany's
operations. Ii Is turning out A.
100000 tons OF coal annually and
NAf RADAt A%h 8CAS ~ AAC AhOANt-o(O
prices of fuel.
The Clinchficld Coal Corpora
ton, Ryan concern, which owns
100000 &C res I'm Russell and Dick
cnson counties. Is operating on
larger stale than ever. This coal
nearly all goes 90 the Carolinas
and Georgia
The Southwest Virginia coal
operators are mOf'e fortunate at
present tiian the operators I'm any
other section OF the country.
They have plenty OF cars, while
there Is a serious car shortage at
the mixes in West Virginia, Ala
banla and Pennsylvania.
"A car of Southwest Virginia
coal WIS recently exported TO
Paris 10 stand a test in COMPETE
ton with Nelch coal. which IS the
best nliRcd in Europe and the
Virginia coal wen out easily. Ex-
ports of Virginia coal arc expect
eel to become heavy. IL is essi-
mated that the coal lands OF the
Ckinchfield company alone viii
yield 1000 car loads OF coal a
day for one thousand years.
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COMMITTEE HOT ON
TRAIL OF HOBGERS
GRAND JURY PROBING "sHoRT'
RETURNS MADE BY MAGIC
CITY FOLK.

ROANOKE, VA. special. - Add
tional taxable property to the amount
OF 100000 has been added 10 city
and State tax lists since the grand
Jury, which now IS probing tax re-
turns. began its Investigation several
weeks ago.
The grand jury was in session Mon
DAY, Tuesday and Wednesday. iLves-
ugating tax returns. and particularly
went into the matter of automobiles.
merchants licenses and incomes.
State Auditor Moore has furnished
the grand jury with a list OF all
automobile licenses paid to the Sec
-etary Of the Commonwealth, and
these licenses have been checked up
with the automobiles listed for taxa
ton as personal property.
A number OF people holding auto
mobile licenses have made no report
of their machines Tor taxation, and
the grand jury viii send out let
ter today giving an opportunity to the
people to make correction of their
reports until December 14th.
Persons having overlooked listing
their autos should call on the COM
missioners of revenue and attend to
II. The grand jury is also investi-
eating incomes and merchants license
reports. and those who make correct
ed reports by December 18th will save
trouble.
Since the investigation began the
sum of $50, 600 Of additional property
and incomes have been turned in for
taxation.
The grand jury will again be in
session at the Corporation Court room
next Monday night, December 9Th. at
8 o'clock, and any person desiring 20
turn in corrected assessments can do
SO at that time or by seeing the COM
missioner of revenue.
for 1.A MT on
today to automobile owners who have
not listed their autos for taxation:
Roanoke, Va, Dec. 5. 1912.
Dear Sir,-The special grand jury
empaneled for the purpose Of inves-
tigating the tax returns, acting under
instructions OF G Lee Moore. Auditor
of Public Accounts. at Richmond. have
been making some Investigations and
find that you have a State license for
an automobile. as shown oy the infor-
nation furnished by the State Au-
ditor and we do not find that you
have listed the automobile for taxa
ton as personal property.
VIII you kindly advise the commits
siOners of the revenue whether you
owned an automobile on February l.
1912. and II YOU have overlooked turn
ing IL in kindly make a corrected re-
port not later than December 18th
The grand jury feels that some Of
these machines were simply over
looked and do not desire to put peo-
pie TO any hardships that can be
avoided
Very respectfully.
l. r. Davis. foreman; J. r. Weaver.
5. III. Coleman, II. +. Greenwood,
w. w. Anderson. A. ]. Camp. T. o.
Rhodes. c. M. Speese.
Il is probable that the grand Jury
will continue Investigations until
called upon to report.
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IN TRASNTNG AT Is TO
BEAT HARVARD AND YALE

CHICAGO, Special Fowler Nc
Cornick, fifteen-year-old son OF
Harold +. Mccormick, and grandson
OF John ID. Rockefeller, is going to
be n baseball pitcher. Some day he
will rank among the wealthiest men
of America but now, and in accord
ance with his fathers wishes. he Is
learning the art of throwing "feelers''
under the direction Of Mordecai
Brown. long the mainstay OF the
Cubs
Harold Mccormick is a graduate Of
princeton University. Fte intends
that Fowler shall attend Princeton.
earn a place on the varsity nine and
battle the batsmen OF Yale and Har-
ward.
Young McCOrnlicK will be the
willing pupil of prof" Brown twice
each week throughout the winter.
When the spring comes he Will try
the Francis w Parker School, which
he attends.
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wins Rhodes SchoIarship.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, va, ST

O1atNl4JlIEcoNl LILLE, VA, Special.
Terry Colley Durham, formerly of APP
pomattoX, Va, but now OF GreenviIle,
). c., has been awarded the Rhodes
scholarship from Virginia In the alb
sence from the University Of President
Alderman. chairman OF the award
committee. DR.. J. NJ. Page acted in his
stead. The other members of the COM
mittee present were President Robert
T.. Blackwell. OF Randolph Macon Col
lege, and DR.. +. V. y. Painter. OF Roa-
noke College.
Durham passed tk qualifying ex-
animation for the schos ship held at
the UNIVERSITY two years ago. lie was
then student at Richmond College.
Now he is member Of the faculty OF
the Greenville Is. c. Female Normal
School.
The only other candidates who ap-
peared before the committee were Har-
old Hopkins Nef, OF the University Of
Virginia, and Nenable Moore. OF Hamp-
uen-Sidney College. both of whom
passed the examination held here in
the early fall.
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Two-thirds OF the. hirh acFooi. q,
the United States now have complete
tour-year courses
a COMPULSORY Notwithstanding law
ton. Unlteo STATES Commissioner Of
Eo0caIon, wEc has chars q ferr,ste
schools for natives fnlthe qE1FIt.tr.r-
OF tz,z21 school ~chIfdN recently
s<n4n Cd hS<~ medl4al irspeetors in
large cry school system, Oily 38.1z1
We're free from physical Acc. the
remaining 53.50S were IA bhrsf-
sally detective in one or snorel aa rticsi-
lars
instruction in elementary rnfrffno IL
recommended BIZ the British Board 81
houeauon for schools ia Mining dis
sslcts. if Is suggested that sueh-in-
s,rucuon can be most effectively
given. not IN separate anG detached
lessons, but ia connection with The
regular school subjects.
separate schools are necessary for
me proper solution OF the Vocational
scnoot problem in the United States.
accosoinS 70 Edwin e. Cooley. OF Chi
eago. special investigator Of vocationat
education These schools saws AR
Cooley. must, not be regarded as sinh
stitutes FOR the present schools. which
~ 1otns satisfactorily a Necessary
work but as supplementary to them
There is high school over a store
at Norris. Missouri. -Four families
VINO wanted their children to have =
hlgh school education without going
20 town for il established such q. school
over the Village store. Nincteen ,e,s.
pills, FIVE girls and fourteen bovs 49,
tenoed this school last year. the
course OF study Is that Of standard NE
souri, high schools, and the work fe
luliy approved by the State authori-
ties- Otner country high schools OF
the same kind are planned.
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MANY HURT In
7" TRAIN CRASH
rHrRry-FWE PERSONS INJURED.
vRECKAGE CAUGHT FIRE
FROM THIRD RAIL.

NEW YORK, Special-on the high
est elevated trestle in New. York, sew
enty-fve feet above the ground a
so0thbound Ninth. Avenue IL" train
Friday crashed intoa stalled south
bound sixth Avenue train at O2e
Hundred and Ninth Street and Co
iunibus Avenue. rhirty-five persons
were injured; seven seriously.
The wreclSage caught fire from the
third rail and that danger was avert
ed only by the prompt work of the
lines employees.
Anabulances and police reserves
we're called as soon as the crash was
reported. The, passengers on the
train scrambled from the wreck and
many OF them made their way over
the high trestle TO the nearest station
at one Hundred and Tenth Street.
The injured were cared for by ply
siciarfs hurriedly called TO the scene
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Five-Room Fiat Good Enough.

FITTSBURG, PA, Specsal.-Nirs.
William c. Carnegie says a fve-roon1
fiat is large enough, and fine enough
and expensive enough, for any one.
Particularly. she says. il quite
meets the requirements of the VIII
liam c. Carnegie household. even
though her husband. nephew OF An
drew Carnegie, and son OF one Of the
richest women in America, to whom
she was married last week, could af-
ford much handsomer home il so
desired.
The former working girl, who was
Ada A. Bell, her husband. and her
mother are settled in a flat in Palo
Alto Street. North Side. and all say
that even Uncle Andrews Fifth Ave
nue. residence could not be more com
Portable than theirs.
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LIFE CRUSHED OUT
BY GIANT WHEELS

NEW YORK, Speciai-Two men
who were soon to have been married,
one on Christmas, in Springfield,
Mass, and the other shortly after tbs
New Year. at Clifton. n. J., met NO..
lent deaths Thursday One man prac-
tically died in the arms of his bride
tO-be.
Because Of his skill in Installing
elevators Walter S. Powers, of Spring
field, was brought from Wisconsin a
few years ago by the Otis Eieva tor
Company, of Worcester, Mass. His
cleverness soon won him an imp sr-
that place with the firm. A year ago
he met a young woman in Springfield,
TO whom he became engaged. The
wedding was TO take place on Christ
mas morning.
Powers was experimenting the in
stallation of an elevator in depart
ment store at Hartford, Conn.,, yeSter-
day. lie went TO the gear house
on the roof 70 Inspect the series of
wheels through which the cables run
10 the counter weight frequently he
had told his men 10 be cautious. when
working around such wheels. as to be
caught in them would mean death in
terrible form
While Powers was leaning over the
gear he attempted 10 make some adj
justment on the main wheel. A spoke
caught his hand and in an instant his
aSm ,hau Deen drawn INTO the series
Of rapidly revolving wheels.
His shouts We're heard in the base
ment by the men at the operating ma
chimery, but before they could shut
of the power the mans whole body
had been dragged into the gear and
crushed. His dying screams had 50
horriaed the men that they stood mo-
tionless for a long time before rescu-
ing the body OF their chief
Aaron Gideon. of 1S6 Union Ave-
nue.. Clifton, n. J., and Miss May
Sehleich. of the same place, had set
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First Big Money Bin Cut.

WASHINGTON, Special. - The first
big supply bill OF the present session
Of Congress. the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation, was re-
ported TO the House. The measure
carries. $34. S97. 1850, a decrease of
$919. o27.SS from the corresponding
bill in the previous session. The esti-
mates of the Secretary of the Treasury,
6,514. $3.50. We're cut more than
81. 600, O06.
The ConIGierce Court asked for
$54.5OO for the coming fiscal year, but
the committee would not allow the
Item
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BOILER EXPLOSION
KILLS FIVE PEOPLE

HUNTINGTON, W VA, Special.
Five persons are dead as the resuIt OF
a &Rrrific boiler explosion whirh oc-
cdrreo early today at FVilsonslale
The dead: Leonard MAYNARD. Jake.
Maynard. both of Portsmouth. O.. Ar
bert Fintry, Naugatucks w Va James
Harrison, Naugatuck, w Va Wilson
Lomell. Naugatuck ". va.
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RURAL CREDITS
SYSTEM AN ISSUE
IcHMo IND, VA. Special

c II NJ Q y ID, Y A. Special
To bring the problem OF rural
credits to an issue, Governor Mann
offered before the Conference of Gov
errors Friday morning directing the
appointment of committee TO sug-
gest relief from present conditions
The resolution, which was finally
adopted, created considerable discus
sion, and was opposed by several
Governors, led by Governor I3lease. Of
South Carolina. on the grounds that
definite action at this time would be
hastys inasmuch as the Governors
would Saturday confer with President
Hefs$jn Washington upon that very
s9bjecC Governor Blease and others
feNed that the committee might take
BON contrary TO the views agreed
upon at the Washington conference.
Governor Mcfovern. OF Wisconsin,
agreed with both Governor Nam and
was taken ppoR the resolution he
voted in 10 rassrsrtiYe. 1soxernor
Blease alone VotYg no.
The resolution, except for slight
amendments broadening its scope. was
as follows:
Resolved. That a committee Of ase2
members of this conference be apCSAt T.
ed by the conference TO prepare 8fil
TO be submitted after its approx by
two-thirds of the governors to TIL .eE-
islatures Of the several States - the
establishment OF rural crediA banks
with provisions sufficiently elastic to
meet the conditions OF every section
and TO meet the needs of all people OK
the United States engaged Ia acricul-
ture.
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Oysters come nearer IN composition
TO cows milk than do most other
meats. as all the four kinds Of nutri-
ments needed are present in good de-
gree. oysters have n larger excess OF
the fiesh-building substance relative to
the other constituents than milk. so we
balance the ration" by addition Of
starchy food and fats when eating oys-
ters, thus securing a good meal at a
cost that compares favorably with
that when other meats are chosen
Julius Nelson. in Leslie's.
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ROBBERS BLOW SAFE
AND TAKE $1,000

SPRINGFIELD. ILLS, Special
Three masked robbers blew the safe of
the Perry State Bank at Perry, Ills
early today and escaped with s (. 900 IN
cash, after shooting four times at
Charles Conrad, who attempted to stop
them
Bloodhounds from this city have
been sent to the scene. The robbers
rode south from Perry
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MOTHERS UNABLE TO
SAVE DYING CHILDREN

PTTSBURG. PA. Special. Unable
to enter a burning barn. three fran
tic mothers were forced TO remain
outside, listen to the screams of their
dying children. and watch the flames
which slowly consumed their tiny
bodies
The dead are Mary Randa. eight
Lizzie Sophan, five. and John Chas-
ley, four.
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die appear
Mr. Burgwin said yesterday. IF we
ieJ our boys think the greatest man in
the. country is a prize fighter. where
VIII We landf That sort of thing IS
not the Christian ideal.'
MI Snedeker said he wouldn't enter
INTO any argument
All. IL irterviewable young women.
OF the village said they would certain
~ be present
The ',underworlds' couldn't be seen
business