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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-15
finds 500 BAD
CONVICTS IN pen
OND. vA-special.-

X II NJ . n ID, VA.-Special-
In reply to the report made by Su-
perintendent J. b. Wood, of the State
penitentiary. to the House Committee
on Roads Saturday regarding the
number OF dangerous" men in the
penitentiary who should not be work
ed on the public highways. one of
the labor leaders in the House OF
Delegates made public a somewhat
sensational statement.
1t is very strange to me-" said the
labor leader, that up To this time
there has been no talk of dangerous
men, but now, as soon as the Sterling
overalls people want to employ 500
Virginia conVjcts the penitentiary SUI
perlntendent comes forward with a
carefully typewriter table Of statis-
tics showing that there are just about
that number OF men in prison which
should not, under any circumstances
be allowed to leave its walls
i am frank to say that it looks
mighty funny to me. And what is
more, l do not believe that all those
men are dangerous. One-third of
them may be unreliable. but l believe
that the other two-thirdS are thor
oughly safe for road work.
How does Superintendent Wood
know what men are dangerous?
!. There have been no recent out
breaks at the penitentiary. There has
CSCA hC 0PA ASlibs mas DttH no
mutiny. 1 know a great many peo-
pie connected with Virginias penal
institution. 1 am in their confidence
and l know what 1 am talking about.
1t is a question of politics against
humanity.
Major Wood Is under the Peniten-
tiary Board. L do not mean to say
that Major Wood is not an honest
man, but i do say that he has known
right along that the board is not
averse to renewing the convict con-
tract.
Now. as soon as the facts became
known through the press. the people
of this State demanded that the con-
victs be put on the roads. Then, and
not until then, up steps Superintend-
ent Wood with the statement that
there are some 500 who. by all means,
should stay in the penitentiary.
DIR. J. T. Mastin. of the State
Board of Charities, does not believe
that all these men are dangerous, and
am inclined to put more faith in
DIR. Mastin than in Superintendent
Woods statement.
Now. in conclusion. I ask this
question::
Suppose the Sterling company had
wanted 900 men, how many conVicts
would then have been rated as dan
gerous or disagreeable?
u make no charge. You under
none. l merely ask
a question-an honest question which
any honest man has a right TO ask"
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KING and QUEEN
BACK FROM india
IMMEDIATELY AE~rE,u .u,,,
THEIR MAJESTIES WEN 10
THEIR PALACE

LONDON. Special.-Greeted with n
continuous ovation from the time fheV
disemDarked at Portsmouth KIM
George and Queen Mary arrived hers
Sooay, Dy special train and were well
coined by high officers OF STATE anA
members OF the royal family
After their long voyage to India
Where they were crowned Emperor and
Empress at the Durbar, both expresaed
pleasure at getting home and thanks-
giving that the trip had been without
untOWard incident.
Their majesties Immediately ranafrad
TO the palace.
Although the King and Queen ha6
arrived at Portsmouth on board tire
yacht Medina yesterday. they spent the
night aboard the vessel. disembarkinr
today. They were greeted with thu
royal salute OF the warships In the har-
Dor and the land batteries as they
landed. A special train was waiting
with steam up.
KING George and Queen Mary left
England on November 18th, hence
have been absent three months lacking
six days They brought back with
them numoerless gifts from the Indian
Princes and also many trophies OF the
Kings tiger hunt in NepaL
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DEATH PARTS two
MAYNARD LOVERS

NEW YORK Specialize bodies
of MIS- Frederick Noble, formerly
Mrs. Walter LlSpenard Suydam. and
her boyish affinity husband. Frederick
Noble, will lie far~apart in death. At
ter the two were found clasped in each
others arms. victims OF a suicide pact
by gas. in their apartments at 80 West
Twelfth Street, each family made
separate funeral arrangements Mrs.
Noble will be buried in the White
family plot in a. Philadelphia ceme-
terry. and young Noble will be buried
at Patchogue, l. l.. the native town
of the Nobles
The Mobiles had been married less
than a month when death put an end
to their tragic ROMANCE romance
which defied all the conventions and
the recognized laws of society.
Mrs. Mobiles romans rested today
in a temporary receiving vault in
Woodlawn Cemetery, Brooklyn, where
they win be kept until arrangements
for the interment can be made in
Philadelphia She will be buried in
the cemetery plot owned by an aunt
who was very fond OF Mrs. Noble as
a girl.
Both funerals will be private and
there will be no mourners, aside from
the immediate members OF each fam
lily.
1t is not believed that w. l. Suy-
dam. whom Mrs. Noble left for her
young affinity. will 20 to Philadel-
phia, although he felt his former
wife's death keenly. Tears streamed
down his face as he discussed It
A letter, showing that Mrs. Noble
had. too late, recognized her great
mistake. and in which she begged
forgiveness of her former husband,
was talked of today. In replying
thereto MIR. Suydam declared that ne
had only the greatest pity for his
former wife.
II am sorry very sorry. but re-
member harbor no i'll Will i will
ever help you personally, but not
him (Noble). Hoping you may be
able to save some little happiness
from the wreck with Gods help
Walter. Jr.." the reply read in part.
The letter was dated January 18th.
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NEW YORK. Special.-Claspcd In
close embrace. the bodies OF Freder-
lex w. Noble and his bride of three
weeks. Mrs Louise White Suydam
Noble, with whom he eloped in Sep
TENDER last. when she was the wife
or Walter Lispenard Suydam, the mil
nonaire fisherman OF Blue Point, /.
l., were found lying upon the floor OF
the Kitchenette in their apartments
IN the Regina, at SO West Twelfth
Street, at 1880 o'clock Sunday morn
ing.
The bodies were discovered by Mrs.
Grace HOFFMAN White, OF Lexington
Avenue. the mother or Mrs. Noble, and
David Serviss. owner OF the Regina.
after two policemen OF the Mercer
street Station had forced the doors
which had been barricaded by the
MOBILES before they apparently full
filled their pact to die.
Both had been suffocated by gas.
which flowed from a half dozen wide
open Jets OF gas range. before which
the bodies lay. According to physi-
clans who were summoned the cou-
pie had been dead four hours when
found.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-15

NEW YORK 6pecial.-A great ma
tional highway connecting Washing
ton and Richmond via Mount Vernon,
the home OF George Washington, as
the permanent memorial of the cele-
bratton in 1915 OF the 6ftieth ami
versary of peace between the North
and the South, is the suggestion made
here today by EF. Charles Henry
Davis. of Massachusetts, president OF
the National Highways Association.
MIR. Davis said;
Arrangements for the interna-
uonal celebration in 1919 of the hun
dredth anniversary OF peace among
Engltsh-speaking nations are already
well under way. including plans for
permanent memorials of that event.
Bills are now pending in Congress to
provide for this celebration and for
the creation OF these memorials. 1t
Is, therefore. none too early to consid-
er plans for the celebration in 1915
OF the fiftieth anniversary of our ma
uonal peace and 10 arrange for "A
proper memorial OF that event.
What more appropriate and en-
during memorial of the establish
the South could be devised than a
magnificent highway connecting
Washington and Rjcbmond2 This
matter should be taken up in connec-
ton with the other two great memo
rial projects now pending in Congress,
national Peace Memorial. with the
idea of harmonizing. 40. far as posi-
BILE. all differences OF opinion as TO the
form which these several memorials
should take
while this proposal of q peace
memorial road is entirely unrelated 10
any other memorial plan now pend
ing. its adoption might prove the
means of harmonizing the conflicting
plans for the Lincoln Memorial by
making the Lincoln Memorial struc-
ture advocated by the Fine Arts Com
mission the Washington terminus OF
both the Lincoln Memorial Road to
Gettysburg and the Peace Memorial
Road TO Richmond. thus securing a
com oined memorial which would be
the admiration of the world.
The architectural embellishments
which might be added from time TO
time along the roadways of such a
com bined memorial, would stand for
the best thoughts and aspirations OF
made of historic import From the
visual existence OF such structures
emblematic in their nature-would
spring a deeper patriotism bringing
the people into closer and closer har-
mony as the years rolled by The
combination OF usefulness with beauty
would, in itself, eSemplify the very
natures OF these greatest of men in
the hearts of their countrymen-
Washington. Lincoln. Lee, Grant.
Such a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wash
ington. Arlington, Mount Vernon,
Richmond-would stand forever as
the tie which now and forevermore
unites the South with the North"
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STRIKERS ATTACK
MILL1WATCHMAN
Believed That Strikers Committed
Outrage-Thick Clothes
Saved Him.

LAWRENCE. MASS.-Special.- Ma
poleOn Page, a day watchman of tbe
Atlantic Mills, was attacked by three
men, men on MS way to work just before
the heart His wound, owing 10 the
GUS
Page.
The strike committee called upon
Mayor Scanlon and the City Council OF
Lawrence with a formed request for
permission TO hold a mass-meeting on
the commons for discussion Of the strike
situation and the adoption Of resolu-
lions
Al the mills today more accessions
Were reported than at any time last
week.
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MAN CLAIMING TO BE RIrSSIANT
OFFICER HELD BY THE
POLICE

NEW YORK SpeciaI.-A distin-
guished looking man who claims to
be Captain Maxenville Darringcourt.
OF the RUSSIAN Imperial Guard. and
here on a diplomatic mission. was ar
rested at quarantine today after his
arrival on the steamship Cameronfa.
charged with being Norman o. Bod
dington, who is wanted in England
Tor the larceny of $I.75O.
The police received a descrfntion NJ
Boddington from Scotland Yard yes
terday. saying that the suspect would
carry watch with the initials Il
w. l.. upon II, Darringcourt had
such a watch, but declared that the
initials were a fancy M"
lie said he was en- route to WASH
ington.
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NIAGARA FALLS. y. Y Special.
Three tourists lost their lives anu a
score OF others were imperiled Sun
day afternoon when the great Ice
bridge in the gorge just below the
mighty cataract moved suddenly out
with its freight OF human beings.
That the loss OF life was not greater
was due TO the kindness OF ProVi-
denCe and the heroic action of fire
men and policemen on both sides OF
the river.
The dead are:
Burrell HecOck. seventeen years
old. OF East one Hundred and Seven
tenth Street, Cleveland. ..
Mr. Eldridge Stanton, twenty-eight
years old. Toronto.
Mrs. Eldridge station, twenty-four
years old. Toronto.
Among those who had narrow es-
capes from death were:
lgnatius Roth. seventeen years old
I'll Fulton Road. Cleveland, O., a life
long chum OF Hecocl.
Michael Emendorfer. 40 Walnut
Street. Lockport. y. Y.
Philip w. Vending, a wrestler Of
Portland. ore.
The deaths OF Young Hecock and
Mr. and Mrs. Station were attended bV
the most heartreno;ng circumstances.
hundreds OF persons saw them go TO
their doom. yet were unable TO assist
them. Their bodies have not been
recovered.
1t was shortly after the noon hour
that the city was electrified 10y the
news that the ice bridge was moving
out OF the gorge with number OF
people imprisoned upon il. In a short
time the bluffs were lined with peu-
pie II was 40 minutes after the
bridge broke from its moorings that
the last OF those caught upon the
foes went down to death in the lev
waters. People turned away, sick at
heart. as they saw the men and wo-
men disappear as the ice noe turned
over
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ODDS AND ENDS.
Improving the Time.

~ lproNlnE the Time.
me people who work the hardest
and accomplish the most are not those
mito cohpIain OF lack of time Those
VINO constantly put their time to GOOD
use 90 not excuse themselves from duty
on the plea or lack OF time. The peo-
PIE VINO nave the most irons in the fira
are those most ready TO receive ard
Jorge another: Goethe. one of the
puSlest men that ever lived, has said.
Time is endlessly long. and evarx ~,
Is vessel into which much may be
poured, II one win readily fill it up"
ana, again, One has ALWAYS tfnna
enough If he will Improve n x.ysii -
but we are also to remember what an
other wise German has said: To-day
Is the opportunity for enjoyment and
work knowest thou where thou wilt
De on the morrow" A greater Spirit
man either has said; Are there not
twelve hours in the dayT'
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-15
N. 8 v. Train IS
THROWN FROM TRACK
Three of the Injured Now Treated
in Petersburg Are Probably Fa-
tally Injured-Two Wrecking
Crews Cleaning Up
the Debris.

PETERSBURG, VA Special
Eleven persons were hurt. seven seri-
ously enough to be brought to the
Petersburg Hospital. when eight cars
of Norfolk and Western train No. I6.
caStbOund. were wrecked about two
miles west of Ford, twenty-five miles
west Of this city. about o'clock
February 5.
Three of the injured are probably
fatally hurt.
Four white men and three colored
men are in the hospital here
The first eight cars left the track
and two of them were telescoped
Two pullmans on the rear end re-
NAMED on the rails
The seriously injured include four
white passengers. one cOlOred paSsen-
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ger. Sam Holmes. OF Petersburg. a
cOlOred brakeman and a cOlOred por-
ter. whose name is not known. The
names OF the five injured passengers
could not be learned.
Wrecking trains from Crewe and
Norfolk are celaring the tracks and
trains east and west are being trans
ferred around the wreck
Among the slightly injured were
Layton Moore, Lynchburg; John
Brown. colored; Louis Dallago, Strong.
Pa; j. +. Martin, Salem.
The wreck was caused by a rail on
the track near where repairs were
being made.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-15
TEACH AGRICULTURE IN
STATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Albany, n. Especial Special
State agricultural schools are frown-
ed on by the report of the State Az
ricultural Advisory Board, which was
submitted To Governor Dix today.
The status of national education in
reference TO agricultural developments
Is shown by the report. The report
favors the further introduction of
agricultural instructions in public
schools. contending tnat plans should
he laid for maintaining agricultural
instruction with larger allotments
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PHILADELPHIA TENDERIOIN
HEAVILY DAMAGED BY FIRE

PHILADELPHIA, PA Special
Loss estimated at about $1,000. 900
was caused by a fire which swent
through the old tenderloin district
late last night and early today. de-
stroying three theatrical boarding
houses. moving pictures-and vaude-
vile theater and three factory plants.
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COAL FREIGHT RATES
DECLARED EXCESSIVE
WASHINGTON. ID c. sooc,

WASHINGTON. d. c. Special
Complaining that the rates on coal
over the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad from Big Stone Gap. Sto-
mega and Norton, Va. and from the
fields. in Tennessee are unjust and
discriminatory. the Commercial Club
of Lebanon. KY. filed q statement
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission today.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-15
CARB0NIC GAS TANK
WRECKS BUILDING
Damage of $4,000 Results.
Many Are Hurt by FaiIing
Debris.

GARFIELD, n. j. Special.-Every
pane of glass for two blocks along
Monroe Street was shattered today
and number Of persons were cut and
bruised when tank containing car
bonic acid blew up at the Heyden
Chemical Works.
None of those hurt Is seriously in
Jured. A baby was jolted from it,
cradle and landed across the room
with the overturned crib on top OF
it 1t was only slightly bruised. It's
rather and mother were seriously cut
by glass.
The chemical works were damaged
20 the extent of $4,000
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Three BODIES.LOS
IN GRINDING ice

BUFFALO, n. Y.-Special.-Se Search
Srs aIong the lower rapids and at
points OF vantage on the shores o.
The Niagara whirlpool have failed t.
ina any trace OF the bodies OF Bur
eel Hecock, of Cleveland. and Mr.
ana Mrs Eldridge Stanton. of To-
ronto, the three persons who were
swept into the whirlpool and drown
ed yesterday through the breaking OF
the ice bridge over Niagara River
below the falls.
Old riNermen say the bodies never
Viii be found. The whirlpool is to-
day mass OF floating. grinding ice
cakes and the bodies in all proba-
bility Will be ground TO pieces in the
milling OF the ice cakes.
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MICHIGAN BANK FAILS.

DOWAGlAC MICH Special.-The
Dowagiac State Bank failed TO omen
its doors today, having been closed by
the State Banking Commissioner.
Eight thousands dollars in notes
bought from another bank. are said
to be forged. 1t is said the bank will
be reopened within a week
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NAVY DEPARTMENT
COMPLAINS OF RATES
WASHINGTON. d. C. Sna,,aI

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Special.
The Navy Department. In a COM
plant to the Interstate Commerce.
Commission, today attacked the
Passenger rates over the Atlantic
Coast Idne, between Savannah,
Ga, and Charleston, S. c., to Nor
folk, Va, as excessive.
Ii IL claimed that the fares are
higher OF the through route than
the combined fares between local
stations en- route
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-15
CAR WORKERS PLAN
WAIJxOUT IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO. ILL Special A MAS
meeting OF car workers will be held
within the next few days TO discuss
a possible strike on the North and
been called by the officers of the
Amalgamated Association Of Street
Car Employees Officers today aav
the temper OF the men Is for a strike
ana that they are holding them from
difficulty
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Oracle OF the Hsur.

away; We political prophets.
with all your predictions so GRIM
we turn to a PROSTITUTION future
". Wlth eyes that are misty and dim
W no no cares for the letters and speeches
- nat greet US in wordy arrayP
CT Tor news we are anXiously waiting
what does the thermometer say?
speak not OF the state of the market
- FOR railroads or butter or beef
speak not of officials who question
me trusts Tor the public's relief
w no cares FOR the tariff's revision
When olizZards come drifting this
way?
bSSlSt from this vast erudition-
what does the Thermometer say2
Washington Star.
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DYNAMITERS
In TWELVE CITIES
INDIANAPOLIS. ND-S

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.-SpeciaI.
Warrants will be served stimuli
taneOusly In WE'VE cities of the
East and Cen sraI West. following
the return of indictments in the
national dynamlting plot. Though
reports emanating from semi-Offi-
ctaI sources say that thirty fndfct-
ments Will be returned, some esfI-
mates today run high as sixty.
The true bills will probably be
handed in late today In the Federal
Court. Ii In probable that the full
list of indicted labor men will not
be given out I'm order to guard
flight
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HooR On the Stand

ALEXANDRIA. VA Special.-In
the case OF Lewis Hoof. indicted in
connection with the failure of the
Mercantile Railway Building and Loan
Association, the prosecution con-
Guided its case today, and the de-
Tense began putting on its witnesses
this afternoon. Lewis Hooff, the ac-
cused, was put on the stand this af-
ternOOn.
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Victoria Is President.

tor Eladio Victoria, former member
of the Caceres cabinet, who has been
acting President of this republic since
the assassination of President Caceres
on November 10Th, was formally elect
ed to the presidency today. Ne dis
order followed the announcement.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-15
HEARST BUYS GEORGIAN.

NEW YORK. Special The
New York Evening Journal an
nOunceS that William r. Hearst
has bought the Atlanta Daily
Georgian and will assume imme-
date OntrOcl.
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NEGRO TRYs
TO COMMIT SUICIDE

HARRISONBURG, va Special
because another fellow took his girl
TO moving picture show Saturday
night Tom Taylor, colored, yesterday
shot himself. The bullet went in his
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LONDON SHARES SHTVFRS
OF STORM KINGS REIGN

LONDON Special The severest
snowstorm of the late but unusually
severe winter is sweeping England.
Snow is falling heavily in London.
Reports from the country state that
the weather is very wild.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-15
Rose Gardens Burned.

Heavy loss was caused by a fire which
swept the immense greenhouses of
Dingee & Condad. at West Grove. Pa.
today. They are among the biggest
growers Of roses in the United States.
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North Country Visitor Ito friend.
also North Country)-Come on, it's
too quiet here; were getting no value
for our money.
Friend-No value? Why, man,
can hear three bands at once!-Punch.
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Italian Transports Founder.

IONDUN.- SpeciaI.A dispatch from
Constantinople says il is officially re-
ported there that three Italian trans
ports have fouhdered off Susa, Taor-
NINA and Tobruk. 1t makes no men
ton of casualties. No confirmation
of the report was obtainable.
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Water supplies I'm many parts OF
the midlands are frozen. Sheep and
cattle nave been frozen to death. and
other fiocks and herds are starvinp
for the want OF fodder.
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Natural Inference.

Can any of you tell me where be-
gins the sort OF bay which Is called
Dight?"
Don't know. but guess it is at the
mouth of a river"
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BETTER

Is growing better?'
les. do. L saw a woman pay car
fare for q tWelve-year-old bow tSis
morning without making an effort to
convince the conductor that the child
aid.
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Financial Feminine

Mr.. Crawford-The only way for ma
10 avoid these payments is To nnt
every thlng own in your name.
Mrs. Crawford-Won't il be Just love-
~ Tot me TO have all that money to
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Teacher-Why. while. don't ven
know what cloth Is? what is yoHr
coat made of?
Willie-Father's old trousers-Phla-
delphia Telegraph.
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BOSTON, MASS.-Much discussion
has been evoked by the statemene of
Professor Peabody, of Harvard, that
divorce increase is endangering the
nation. Professor Peabidy asserts
among ither things that the family
has outgrown its usefulness, and chat
sicial ties are getting ii be mire and
more like those of the Slime Age.
Then he says: Unless the present
rate of divorce increase is stopped
more families will in a few genera
Tins be broken up by divorce than
by death"
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GREAT HIGHWAY FROM
CAPITOL TO CAPITOL

Charles Henry Davis Suggests
Idea, as President of National
Highways Association-Rich-
nOAd Washington Road
Would Be Tribute.