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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

Chairman Henry, of the Committee
on Rules, cautioned the large audi
ence that gathered at the hearing of
the Lawrence strikers today against
making any comment such as charac-
terized Saturdays hearing.
There was some unseemly behavior
here Saturday." said Chairman Henry.
I'm the very first instances today.
where there is any manifestation OF
applause. the committee will have the
room cleared, and If the guilty ones
can be identified they will be pun
ished.'
Representative Wilson, of Penn
sylvania, submitted a letter from Dud-
ley Holman, secretary to Governor
Foss. of Massachusetts, relative TO
strike conditions. The letter said con-
ditions at Lawrence had been greatly
exaggerated, and defended the police
for preventing the strikers from send
ing their children out of the strike
zone.
The police did not use their clubs
on women and children" the letter
reads. They simply brushed them
aside"
Representative Berger will not be
permitted to conduct the case OF the
strikers as he did on Saturday. He
objected to this arrangement, but his
protest was overruled, and he took a
seat with the committee.
sodHiucI IlpSOns lne hebrew weaver,
continued his testimony, and il was
developed he is not a citizen of the
United tSates.
In reply to a question from Repre-
sentative Pou, of North Carolina, he
said:
Il took out my first papers. but il
took 81 TO get the others. and I need
ed that 81 to buy food and clothes for
my children"
Lipson mentioned no names as lead.
ers of the strike in Lawrence, declar.
ing that when meetings were held tC
discuss a strike they had no leader.
Representatives Of the American
Wooden Company were present dur.
ing Lipson's testimony. Among them
are G. II. Kitxhen, 9. L. Bodflsh, Moses
Shuttleworth, William S. Whitney
Frank A. Sherman, Austin Wade and
z. NJ. Cross
Congressman Berger has been re-
quested TO bring before the commit
tee some OF the womn and children
who have been injured or roughly
handled in encounters with the police
and another delegation from Law
renee will augment the strikers al
ready here, it is said.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
FALSE REPORTS
WRECK BANKS
Panic on New York Institutions
FollOws-Police Are
Called Out.

NEW YORK Special Police re-
serves were on duty today in front of
the private banks of Moritz and Max
ROsett, one at ia Liberty Street and
the other at 1877 Stanton Street Riot
ing was feared as a result OF the
closing of the institutions. News of
the closing was printed this morning.
and shortly after daybreak 500 angry
depositors had gathered in front of
each bank.
The Resets were steamship agents
as we'll as bankers. and had q num-
Der of agencies outside OF this city,
among them being offices at Youngs-
town, o.. Wilkes Barre. Pa, Jersey
City and Perth Amboy, N. J.
False reports. alleged to have been
circulated by former employee,
caused a run on the Perth Amboy
bank, which reacted upon the other
New York banks with the effect that
they were closed.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
previously associated with oeveruer
BASS pledged their supRArt % Taft

previously associated with 9overuer
Bass. pledged their support - Taft
In Michigan. enthusiastically de-
scribed as a stronghold Of the oDposi-
endorsed the President. and the Eighth
District convention Instructed Its DEL
egates TO vote for him
Taft clubs and Taft leagues are be-
ing formed all over the country,
notably in Ohio. New Jersey. Nassa-
chusetts, New Hampshire. West Vir-
ginia, Connecticut and Michigan.
In the State OF Washington the
State committee has endorsed the can
didacy OF Mr.. Taft The North caro-
lima committee had endorsed the adj
miniStration.
In New York, Kings county will
send a solid Taft delegation TO Chi
cago, the Thirty-sixth District commit
tee has endorsed Taft delegates, the
Jefferson county convention has in
dorsed the President and repudiated
the recall doctrine, and the DutcheSs
county committee has declared for Mr.:
Taft EMA
Delegates to State and district con-
ventiOns from Surrey, Rockingham.
and Danville counties, Va, are for
J Taft. So are the delegates from seven
OF the eight Iowa counties that have
chosen delegates. Appanoose and
Adams being the latest.
| The Second kentucky district has
endorsed the President, and 80 have
Anderson, Oconee. and Piekens coun-
ties, S. G.
Eleven Of the fourteen counties in
the Fourth Tennessee district have
chosen solid Taft delegations.
Massachusetts for Mr.. Taft
At Millbury, Mass, Republican
caucus endorsed the President, and
Representative Mccall is authority for
the statement that the ssaehusettS
delegation Of SO will be a unit for
him.
In Missouri Governor Hadley offered
to divide the delegation, and the an
swer of the Taft supporters was to
capture the Third District convention
Polls taken in Washington and in
Minnesota indicate a strong prepon-
derance of sentiment in favor OF Presi-
dent Taft.
A poll OF the congressional press
galleries indicates that in proper
ton of 3 to /, the newspaper corre-
spondents are Of the opinion that Mr..
Taft's denomination is assured.
Seventy-eight of the SO counties in
Tennessee have elected delegates to
the district and State conventions OF
these, rs are for President Taft, 2 are
for Roosevelt. and 1 is for both Taft
and Roosevelt.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
With The Editors

-. NY hat is in the ring. And so is
Grayson Gazette.
Colonel Roosevelt is said to consider
the Outlook bright-Ledger-D Dispatch.
The man who claims that George
washington was great fisherman
eSloently doesn't vest much faith in the
cherry tree Virginian-Pilot
It's going to be a great scrap" says
Mr. Roosevelt That's the way 1t looks
70 u.s. also that somebody with a rather
get licked.-Herald-Cou
Mr.. Taft is reported as saying that
be carried on without mud-siinging.
This may be accomplished If mud is
scarce and brick-bats are plentiful
Staunton Dispatch.
Why do the committees of the Cen
srai Assembly vote on public matters
port News Press Possibly in order to
keep the hot air In and the people out,
we would uggest.-Danville Register.
Girls don't ask any more as my hat
on straight" If they can see ten feet
ahead OF them with one eye they are
satisfied the hat is on right.-Staunton
Leader.
The House OF Delegates has passed
the lime grinding bill Some one will
now be white washed.-Shenandoa
Herald.
You better stop kickin' Gordonsville
round, for she Is going into a city
from a town. Gotta quit kickIn' her
round.-Gordonsville Gazette.
Cautious postmasters will not en-
deavor to regard the departmental rule
kanDlnU
they see which way the cat Is going
TO tump.-Butte Inter Mountain.
New York uses more coal than any
other city I'm the world. Visitors to
Atlanta who have been covered with
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
OFFICIAL VISIT THERE AT AN
END-CONCESSION GIVEN THIS
COUNTRY.
PUNTA ARENAS.

PUNTA ARENAS. COSTA RIGA,
Special.-The official visit Of Secre-
tary OF State Knox TO Costa Rica,
on his round OF calls to the Italian
day.
The secretary and his party, who ar
rived from San Jose last night, sailed
on board the United States armored
cruiser Maryland for COrinto. Mica
ragua.
From Corinto the party will proceed
to Managua by train Mr.. Knox leaves
Costa Rica, the second country he has
visited. we'll pleased with his mission
toward the United States, and IL is un-
derstood that President Jiminez hint
ed at reforms and financial projects
which are highly pleasing to the
United States
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
TO SOLVE PUZZLE
OF SPaINX's HEAD
CAMBRIDGE. MASS s

CAMBRIDGE, MASS Special
Professor George Andrew Reisner. of
Harvard, who solved the riddle of
Sphinx is, Is now about to wrest from
1T the secret message which has since
earliest times been supposed to Turk
In its stony head He Is going to
operate on the Sphinx's brain, which
today is covered with sand.
DR.. Reisner, while at work last year
in the top of the great images head.
which Is a likeness of Cephren, an
feet down from the upper surface Be
lieving that this cavity might contain
treasures OF untold value, the Harvard
his search into this hidden mystery at
the earliest opportunity.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
Man Declined Reprieve and Went
to Death on GaNows

HARRISBURG, Pa kp0c1al.-
Declining a possible reprtevc to
allow his case TO be placed be-
fore the State Pardon BOARD, DO
seph StOtt, OF Syracuse, N. n,
was hanged here today At 1O:1S
A. NJ, for the murder of his for
mer sweetheart, Blanche RheaFa-
Taylor, whom he shot to death
because she took the savings they
had in bank for their own we'd
ding and married anOther.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
ont of Work, Cats Threat.

WOODSTOCK, VA Specaal.-After
sending his wife and child to church
Sunday evening, Norman p. Cooper, a
southern Railway engineer, slashed his
throat with razor and before the ar
rival OF physicians almost bled to death.
Cooper was in a smash-up and had
been suspended. He became melan-
choly, fearing that he would lose hts
position. His recovery is doubtful
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
FELL OUT IF BED
died FROM SHOCK
Strange Death of Prominent At
torney in Nebraska Last
Night.

OMAHA, NEB., Special-George
e. Pritchett, former United States Dis
trict Attorney and one of the leaders
Of the Nebraska bar. is dead here to-
day. as result of falling from his
bed. His arm and shoulder bones
were broken but physicians say the
shock of the accident was the cause
of his death.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
GOVERNOR To VISIT
CLARENCE RICHESON

BOSTON, MASS Special.-Gover-
nor Foss will visit the Charles Street
Jail Tuesday and personally interview
Clarence ". r. Richeson. The news
Of the Governors intended visit to
Jail was conveyed to Sheriff Quinn to-
day.
The Governor will hear from Rich
eson's own lips why he anticipates
executive clemency.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
SHOOTS HERSELF WITH
HUSBANDS REVOLVER

NEW YORK Special Unstrung
nerves caused Nine. Josefa Middecke,
q concert singer, famous a genera
ton ago, to shoot and kill herself
in her apartment today. The woman
shot herself through the heart with
her husbands revolver, which she
had secreted for the purpose.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
Runaway Engine in SmAsh-ur.

NORTON, VA Special A big
freight engine broke loose here yes
terday and crashed into passenger
train No. 6. 1t is believed q boy
opened the throttle. The tender OF
the passenger engine was smashed.
but no one was injured.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
The Pessimist,s Year.

January-bills you owe;
February-shovel snow;
March-you face the tempest'S blow:
April-showers will soak you 80;
May-get out the garden hoe:
June-the grass you'll have 10 nnow:
JuIy-dodge the suns hot glow:
August-in hay fever's throe:
September-leaves to rake, you know:
October-grip will catch you. she:
November-chill and bleak and snow:
December-Christmas shopping TO.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
ADRIFr FOR 30 HOURS.

WILMINGTON, N. c. March e.
After drifting in open boats for over
atty hours Captain B. +. Bates, OF
tha Standard Oil tank steamer. City
OF Everett and nineteen OF his crew.
put u here.
Captain Bates staid that his ship
had been rammed and sunk by a
british steamer. giving the name Of
skenBinston.~ forty miles on Frying
Pan nghtship.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
I,vnchburv Pastor RESIGNS.

LYNCHBURG, VA Special.IThe
Rev. T.. r. Morris. for four years pas
tor Of Madison Heights Baptist
Church. has rendered his resignation.
to take effect April 1st. to accept
call to RonceVerte. w. Va.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

that Roosevelt acted like everybody
else was a liar but himself. We now
know that he is the most immense,
most stupendous and boldest of ali
l-i-a-r-s.-GOrdonsv Gazette.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
can NOT CALL FOR ~
TREASURES REPORT
Delegates Rise to Champion Their
County Officials, and Declare
Them Honest and Correct Be
yond Compare-Cox and
Baker Lead Reform Fight.

In every city and county and town
The boys keep a-kicking our treas
urers around;
No matter IL their books with errors
abound.
They've got to quit kicking our treas
urers around.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

We may speculate on the terms on
which President Madero, OF Mexico,
would swap his insurgent leader with
President Taft for Colonel Roosevelt.
Roanoke Evening News.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

A few more days may not bring
spring, but will bring the next best
thing-the adjournment Of the Legis-
lature.--Staunton Leader.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
What Do You Know Ahous-

ROtton Row?-This Is q fashIon-
able drive in London. The name IL n
survival OF the days when French WAS
the language of the court. Properly.
1t meant the route du Roi, or the
route OF the King.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

Still. the cause or woman suffrage
In this country is not likely to progress
so FAR as TO make the place OF political
leader more desirable than that of So
ciety Enthusiastically
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

at 0IenNiile.
OF the pas
ed. but thirty
ere severely
about in their
ling sixty-nve
.ennpt to make
lost time. and
ON the rails.
second locomo-
nc reduced the
bly, before the
lowing cars left
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

Those Bo<~sS, ows put Il all over
the New York~a-t ks In that taxlcat
raid. Boston co.tinues to hold FIRST
place In most scholarly attachments
-Staunton Dispatch.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

1t appears not improbable from adj
vices from Richmond that four such
important measures as the legalized
primary bill. the bill to punish bril-
berry in elections, the bill to eQualize
property values for taxation as well
as the income tax amendment to the
United States Constitution, will fail
OF passage in the General Assembly.
In respect to all these measures Vir-
ginia is decidedly behind the progress
sive States of the Union. and the Dem
ocratic majority In the present Legis-
lature canont escape just condemna-
ton IL they fail to rise to the occa-
sion and pass laws to cover the evils
aimed at. The session so far Is prac-
ucally barren of results, and only
eight more working days remain
Rockbridge County News.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

Mr.. Bryan ran the third time for a
hrst term. and Mr.. Roosevelt proposes
TO run the first time for q third term.
Herald Courier.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
Pm vi.

Don't cry, little VI, don't cry;
You have broken your doll, 1 know,
But you're only tad,
And you ought to be glad
That they gave you a chance TO grew.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

Every man feels more pride I'm his
Congressman when he gets his pack
age OF garden seeds.--Ledger-D
patch.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
March ~, St, Pauls III q,
5
THE NIL, 81,

March ~. Beulatted the
RECOGNSS ivP not - haze ave
Slyn. He saw
March :, row get up and
@S"siid ne to his wife,
to seize the seats.
stol and her married
s. Marion Christopher.
I'D rear seats, duplicated
g move and got there first.
rage at losing the race Bri-
.umped himself smack down on
zap. Mrs. Bristol said. He denied
at. He said she fought him away
from the seat by using her hatpin so
sxperdy that he was punctured be-
fore he could wrest the weapon from
her
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
Reason for IL.

Mrs. Reed with magazine)-Here's
fine photograph OF a jury of Cali
fornia women, and they appear to be
paying close attention to a woman
witness.
Mr.. Reed (shyly)-Yes? What In
she wearing?--Judge.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

Whether Taft or Roosevelt win the
Republican nomination there's going
to be-well, something-to pay.
Whichever is defeated the political at
mosphere will be left full of electri-
city and the Republican party full of
holes and bitterness. Then comes the
Democrats chance. II they will lay
low and saw wood. make no fool
breaks, but play ball. then will be
their grandest chance to win an old
time, rousing victory and can mount
the top rail of the fence and sing:
Roll, Jordan, Roll."-Vailey Virgin
ian.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

SCOT from smoking railroad engine.
and things will never believe this
Savannah Press.
A man rarely feels sighted when
the host calls on someone else to say
grace at the table.-Montg Ad-
vertiser.
That Cummins boom for the presi-
dental nomination is a mysterious
thing. We haven't heard anything
from it since it first started.-Phila-
delphia Enquirer.
We meet ia IA on the street each day,
Extremes that V,N not fuse
The pole and trOD T. OppOsites
Big muffs and low-neck shoes.
-CommercialAppe
Now it is claimed James J. Hill is
working for President Taft as If the
President did not have troubles of his
own.-Louisville Herald.
Having amassed a fortune in Alaska,
a gentleman is on his way to Charles
ton. averring that he always wanted
a good wife and he knows where to
get her. His judgment is all right, but
he will find hers to be better
Charleston News and Courier.
fruit grower in Virginia adver-
tises for grafters. But it should be
understood that the kind he wants is
more useful variety than the kind
of which every locality has such ar
verstock.-Huntingto Advertiser.
When a committee of Congress calls
upon the State Department to furnish
translations Of code dispatches sup
pressed by President Roosevelt" we
are going some.-Florida Times-Union
In combining his remarks to Persia
and Persian politics. Mr.. Shuster il
giving evidence of ability not expected
OF young man in his own country
Butte Inter Mountain.
A steamship just arrived in Bostor
reports a narrow escape from a me.
teor at sea- This may have been one
OF the nautical results OF Teddy throw.
ing his hat into the ring.-SavannaI
Press
Here's the limit. In Arizona, Nature
spent hundreds of years in raisinl
giant cacti on bare plains. Then alonl
comes telegraph and telephone com
pany, and instead of setting poles
simply nails cross arms to the cacti L
carry the Wires.-Louisville Herald.
Tommy Ryan pats his purse,
Wonders how in thunder
Those politicians made for him
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

BY building a 100000 base ball
park Brooklyn must think New York
will give it back it's local indepen-
dence.-Omaha Bee.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
5pecial Sermons
Ht ct. pauIs ano BeuIab
iG
GIN RESUMED

announced that he w"a hctAt hLOUmLD
she suhiec begini first Surday
~'~N' - war against
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

in
Ora
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

The Virginia General Assembly
seems destined to close it's present
session without passing some of the
most important measures before it,
Chief among these we place the tax
equalization measure. There are only
seven or eight States in the Union
that have not adopted some measure
of this character. Without IL the State
cannot make the material progress
which II should make. Some measure
of this kind is fundamentally essen
tial to material or Industrial growth
Roanoke Evening World.
In light of the redistricting SQUAD
lies. the vote on the Jordan bill and
a few other incidents in the Legisla-
tain few OF our exchanges to quit
their Kidding about the machine
controlling votes of members? We
recall the time not a decade back
when certain Governor cracked the
whip the whole Legislature jumped.
school boards and superintendent
were moulded to the tune, ad infini-
tum.-Virginia Citizen.
The primary bills as amended is
worse than no bill. and shows that
the enemies of clean and regular cleo
tiOnS are well intrenched In the Legis-
lature. Why men protesting to want
pure elections insist on amending the
proposed law so that impure elections
will be easy the gentlemen who
amended this bill will have to explain
to their constituents. 1t would be
better to defeatehe bill outright than
to present = mann instead OF an ef-
fective measure. It does seem that
the friends OF clean and regular cleo
tions ought to be strong enough TO
put through the Legislature such a
measure as the State Is demanding
charlottesville PrOOreSS
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

SCOT from smoking railroad engine.
and things will never believe this
Savannah Press.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14
Tommy Ryan pats his purse,
Wonders how in thunder
Those politicians made for him
Such a lucky blunder.
Commercial Appeal.

Mr.. Roosevelt was always keen for
spelling reform, and there are q great
many who think, as far as the next Ad-
ministration is concerned, that Roose-
Welt would spell disaster.-News-Cour
rier.
A committee of the Florida Legis-
lature investigated the drainage
scheme-now a committee OF the
House is looking for facts in the Ever
buried in the mud will rise again.
Times-Union.
If Sherman told the truth about
war, who shall properly characterize
such national campaign as this coun-
try Is having now?-Greensboro News.
The humiliation suffered by Mr..
Gompers in making such a clumsy
explanation to the court probably
more than offset the satisfaction he
felt In telling Ii to Ego to h -
Kansas City Journal.
BY building a 100000 base ball
park Brooklyn must think New York
will give it back it's local indepen-
dence.-Omaha Bee.
The dictagraph is said to be one of
the witnesses which no lawyer can rat
ltle.-Farmville Herald.
1t is announced that the lawyers in
the Camorrists' trial at Viterbo have
begun TO sum up the evidence. Their
memories must indeed be long ones If
they go back to anywhere near the be-
ginning. Pilot.
The Raleigh News and Observer
spares sufficient space from its boost
ing of Woodrow Wilson to lambast T..
r. a bit. Tt must have been rather
hard TO waste that much good Wilson
space-Danville Register.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

The dictagraph is said to be one OF
the witnesses which no lawyer can rat
tle.-Farmville Herald.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

In combining his remarks to Persia
and Persian politics, Mr.. Shuster is
giving evidence of ability not expected
OF young man in his own country
Butte Inter Mountain.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

When a committee of Congress calls
upon the State Department to furnish
transactions Of code dispatches sup
pressed by President Roosevelt we
are going some.-Florida Times Union.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

Now IT is claimed James J. Hill is
working for President Taft as If the
President did not have troubles of his
own.-Louisville Herald.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

fruit grower in Virginia adver-
tises for grafters. But it should be
understood that the kind he wants is
a more useful variety than the kind
of which every locality has such an
verstock.-Huntingto Advertiser.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-14

II Sherman told the truth about
war. who shall properly characterize
such a national campaign as this coun-
try is having noW?-Greensboro News