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jail was being repaired. a number of
prisoners were sent to the Marion Jail.
they We're kept i'm cages. but occa-
sionally the jailer let them out into the
corridor for exercise. as he should
nave done. One day when IL was
raining fearfuIIy the lawbreakers.
decided to saw out the window. They
somewhat astutely calculated that the
yaller. on account of the weather,
would not so outdoors. and hence
the window
BUT II so happened that the Taller.
ueSpite the drenching rain, did go
OUT And by so doing he caught three
men IN the act of escaping and learned
liberty. ''i'i'
Some of the counties now have ex-
cellent Jails and the tendency to inn
prove them Ia marked. But in many
t places inc officials are not accus-
TONED 10 dealing with experts They
lihcarcerate petty offenders sentenced
TOT snort terms. These do not at
tempt 10 regain their liberty, and
hence the officers of the law are
ruled into sense of security.
But by and by there comes along
hardened, experienced offender.
who astonishes all with his tricks
some months ago there was a case of
TINS sort in Dinwiddie. The man got
an IRON bar and pried his way out
with him, too. Neither locks nor bars
stopped the fugitive. And pretty much
the same thing occurred in Northum-
berland county.
Use Some Queer Material.
criminals make all sorts of imple-
ments and materials serve their pur-
pose. Their shrewdness and mechan-
zeal ability are amazing. Sometimes
TOOLS come TO them from the outside
how. nobody knows But freouent-
~ they devise their own implements
L have heard of one case where a
man used bit Of steel from his shoe
TO excellent purpose-that is, excel
lent from his viewpoint.
But the most remarkable steel
cutting device I have ever heard of
was reported at one of our prison
conferences. 1 can't Vouch for it,
though get ii from 81 seemingly au-
thentic source. 1t is said that the
prisoner used a thread Of his sock as
tool for cutting a bar. There was
some dirt and grit on his shoe and
this he put on the thread, so as TO
get the necessary friction. Unfortu-
nately, however, for the ingenious
prisoner. he was caught in the corri-
dor before he had regained his lib
erty. His jailer would not at first be-
lieve the mans story of the way he
stration by the prisoner convinced
him."
DR. Mastin believes that the num-
Der of Jail escapes may be greatly re-
duced by unfailing vigilance and bv
the careful scrutiny of material used
in the making of prisons. But he
does not hesitate to say that some
very poor material has been palmed
off on the public in the past.
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BANK SUED BY
STATE F0RsTAXES
NATTER OF PAYMENT OF TAXES
BY BANkERS Is BEFORE SU-
PREME COURT.
RIG MOND. VA. speci

R 1 c H M o n D, V A, Special
whether banking concern doing
business in two places under one firm
name is liable for taxes for the capi-
tai stock employed in each of the
banks or branches is a question which
Will be settled by the Supreme Court
of Appeals in the case of Schmelz
Brothers against the Commonwealth
An appeal and supersedeas were to-
! day awarded the State in the Supreme
Court on motion of the counsel for
the State, and the case will go to the
docket possibly for the fall term at
Staunton, or certainly at the latest
Tor this city In November.
The case comes from the Circuit
Court of Elizabeth City county. 1t
grew out of the assessment by the
commissioner of the Revenue of the
capital stock of the bank at Hamp-
ton and that at Newport News, known
and operated by Schmelz Brothers.
bankers. The bank refused to pay the
taxes for several years-some twenty
amounting to about $4,000, and
applied to the Circuit Court for re-
lief from erroneous assessment The
court decided in favor Of the bank
ers, and the State decided to appeal
the case.
The point relied on is that the
banks were one and the same insti-
Newport News and the other in
Hampton. They contend that the
| payment of the tax on one Of the
| banks is all that is contemplated un-
! der the law, but the State takes a
different view, relying largely on the
agreement made prior to the death
OF one of the brothers some years
ago, which agreement recites that the
banking business is to be conducted
by the brothers for the benefit of
their families, in case Of the death
or either, for period of twenty-one
years after death of one of the broth
erS.
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STRIKE HOLDS UP
FRENCH LINERS
Will Seriously Cripple Maritime
Traffic and May Spread to
Other Ports.

HAVRE, FRANCE, Special.-Em-
ployes Of this port, at meeting
decided to join the strike Of the
hremen and seamen for more money.
The spread of the strike will seriously
cripple maritime traffic from the port
and threatens to spread to other
ports, although the mail boats are not
affected.
The suddenness of the strike has in
terfered with plans of a number Of
prominent Americans. On board the
steamship France. which was to have
sailed Saturday, is John Wanamaker,
who has promised President Taft to
make seconding speech for him at
the National Republican Convention.
1t is doubtful if Mr.. Wanamaker can
arrive in time. Edwin Osborne, Of
New Jersey, delegate to the conven-
ton, is also a passenger on the vessel.
The board of directors of the
French Steamship Line, owners Of the
France, was called in Paris today to
consider the situation. The striking
seamen held a meeting here during
the morning and resolved to stand
firm.
A recent wage increase for seamen
of 50 month went into effect on
June 1st-
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OROZCO'S REBELS
MAKE LAST STAND

Ell PASO, TEXAS, Special.-Scat-
tered bands OF insurrectos, under Cen
eral Orzoco, have been surrounded
south of Chihuahua by six federal
columns and the rebels are threatened
with humiliation.
Reports from Bachimba Pass
thirty-nine miles south of chihuahua
city, where the outposts of the rebels
are situated, stated that the rebel
leaders are considering the forlorn
hope of trying to cut their way
through the federal ranks at Torreon,
march south and join forces with Gen
eral Zapata, the rebel who is in the
State of Morelos. The ultimate result
of such a junction, il was said, would
probably be campaign against Mex
leo City.
General Huerta'S main government
column is south of Orozco, a strong
troop of cavalry lies to the west, while
another heavy force, under Generals
Sanjines and Sanchez. are east of
Orzoco. Federals, under General
Banquet, are on the march to cut
off Orozco's retreat north to Juarez.
The federals are short of food and
have been living for a week on horse
flesh. Some of the soldiers are so
weak from hunger they cannot march
nor handle arms.
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PROCEEDING In
INQUIRY UNUSUAL
LORD MERSEY PREVENTED WIT
NESS FROM AN OPINION AS
TO LIE'EBOATS.

LONDON, Special.-Lord Mersey,
president of the government inquiry
into the Titanic disaster, today blocked
an effort to place before the commits
sion an expert opinion as to whether
or not passenger ships should carry
enough lifeboatS to accommodate all
the passengers on board.
AS the one office OF the inquiry is
TO place data before the board of
trade for a reformation of safeguard
ing marine laws, the action of Lord
Mersey was considered by some as
unusual. Naval Constructor Wilding.
an attache of the Belfast shipbuilding
firm of Harland & Wolff constructors
of the Titanic, was on the stand at the
time. Counsellor Harbinson, one of
the examining lawyers. wanted Mr..
Wilding's opinion as to the number of
boats a ship should carry.
Mr.. Harbinson wanted to show that
the best interests OF safety required
enough boats on every ship to carry
all on board in the event of disaster.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20

For years, to each stockman who
used the public range, the world was
sun young, and it was his, without
fence or bar, without let or hfndrance.
There is an old cowboy song which
gives the spirit of the early days:
MY ceiling is the sky, my floss is the
grass,
My music is the lowing of the herds
as they pass;
My books are the brooks, my SER
mons are the stones,
My parson is a wolf on a pulpit OF
BONES"
however, as the century drew to "A
close, the cowboys grassy floor be-
came more and more thickly dotted
with herds and their lowing came To
nave Ior MIN hoarse tone of menace
for the future.
Worse yet, there were focks. too. as
well as ver-increasing, ever
nlobllng hooks of sheep which poured
onto the grazing lands in spring anc
ate everything before them tight 10
the ground, leaving a desert behinu
of what had been the cowman's sWeeI
grass pasture. 1t seemed to him a
modern version Of the plague of To-
Gusts.
There grew to be forty million OF
these Unsuitable sheep competing with
fifty million cattle. They literally
destroyed hundreds of thousands OF
"Si les Oh the BOOu ranges. when the
coWman came to market his stock
they were light and the prices ac-
cordingly low. Clearly the sheepman
was his natural enemy.
The world was no longer young.
Each cattleman was anxious to secure
the best sweet grass and a source OF
water. Yearly, as winter passed ana
spring came it grew increasingly ne
cessary to make an early start for the
summer pastures now no lon0ar an0
less. With matchmaking haste the
stockmen drove on herds and fiocks
and trampled down the young, ten
der grass in their efforts to secure a
II. Weed, in Success
Magazine.
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1t seems to us that Roosevelt's at
titude towards his Republican op-
ponents is a perfectly fair one. Roose-
welt said that he did not want the
nomination unless the masses OF the
voters preferred him. He urged
presidential primaries in every State
and declared that he would abide by
the will of the people. And wherever
primaries were held Roosevelt won
by overwhelming majorities. Is it
not as plain as day that the masses
or the Republican party are for Roose-
welt, but that the so-called leaders or
bosses are against him? And 1t is
still palmer that all the strength that
Taft has is from the conventions that
do not represent the wishes of the
voters. Is not Taft trying to rail-
road himself into the nomination by
means OF machine-made delegates? It
seems to us that Democrats who are
upholding the Taft methods are very
far from Democratic in principle
Harrisonburg News.
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BattIeships Cheer Americans.

HAVANA, Special.-Americans in
this city were relieved OF great anxiety
today when they learned that two
United States warships had sailed
from Key West for this port. With
their arrival foreign interests in both
Eastern and Western Cuba will be in
position to receive immediate pro-
lection If threatened by the rebels.
The entire town took on an APP
pearance of war. The streets
were patrolled by mounted rurales,
regular infantry, police and home
guards.
Every armed negro is arrested, and
it is said that there are fully 200 in
custody at the present time. Reports
OF continual disorder in various out
lying districts came in, but none of
these were serious enough to call forth
any heavy movement of troops.
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Roosevelt May Not Go.

OYSTER BAY, n. Y, Special
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was very
much eiated today over private infor-
nation which had been brought TO
him from the political battle-ground
In chicago, and there were indica-
lions that the eX-President would not
nave to go TO Chicago.
George w. Perkins returned last
night from Chicago, and TODAY the
colonel held long telephone CONVEX
satlon with him. Afterwards Colonel
Roosevelt met the newspaper men
with beaminG countenance.
Asked about report that n
special train had been engaged to
leave for Chicago tomorrow with
Colonel Roosevelt, the former
President issued the following
statement.
II know of no such plan. No
word OF any such thing has come
TO me. L do not know at this
Time that 1 am going to Chicago
at all. IL do go / don't know
When 1t VIII be. 1 do not know
that 1t Is going to be necessary
Tor me to make the trip at all"
The colonel was asked what re-
ports Mr.. Perkins had made to him.
but he refused to say. Whatever thew
were, they apparently contained CON
siderable encouragement
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Most Effective Way.

II certainly am sincerely indebted
to you for winning my case"
by no means. I represented your
opponent"
rJust so."-Fnegende Blaetter.
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We have failed to see any refer
ence made to the work done at the
recent meeting of the State Demo-
cratic committee in perfecting the
plan of the primary in accordance
win the state primary law enacted
by the last Legislature. The plan
was drawn up by Chairman ElIy-
son and Judge r. II. w. Duke. after
careful and painstaking Investigation
OF the law and was adopted by the full
ee--Charlottesville Progress.
Probably one of the humors of the
republican National Convention will
be the picking up of the record of the
last similar convention, four years
ago. From these it will be found how
colonel Roosevelt, then President.
used his power and the Federal pat
ronage and officeholders to secure
control 1t will be found that all the
organization of the party was used
10 run the steam roller over the on
position and 10 assure the nomination
OF MI. Tatt Point by point, as the
coloneIs friends may object to the
proceedings of the present national
committee and the course of the tenn
porary ana permanent organization if
VIII be shown how the colonel worked
IN 1908. 1t is impossible that the colo
mel can De abaShed or mortified, made
ashamed or Subdued by any reveIa-
ton of his own Inconsistencies or
lnlquties. Self contradiction and light
hlng reversal of position are familiar
processes with him and he never bats
an eye or bushes a blush. Some of
ms Following, not quite so hardened
or so completely Self-confident. NAV
reel embarrassment and be brought
10 pause, but never the colonel. Yet
IN the revelation and demonstration
the American people, prone always to
see quickly the ridiculous side of
thlhSs, VIII find ample food for laugh
ter.-RoanOke News
Within the past day or two Presi-
deht Iaft has appointed number of
virginia poStmasters, at points in
various sections of the State. He has
hau these appointments under consid-
Grafton Tor sometime, but coming so
many in a bunch looks as though there
might be an object in View-Peters-
burg Progress.
Is Roosevelt doing more than plav-
ing game of bluff? Does he intend
10 bolt If he should lose at Chicago d?
II he only is bluffing it must be admit
TED he is putting up a fine specimen of
the art. But it is impossible TO see
that he could hope to gain anything
by boiling his party. And he does not
40 things which will yield him moth
ing. He is not that kind O. man.-Pe-
terSDurg Index-Appeal
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wife of Colonel Spencer Cosby who has called the most
beautiful in America by Lieut. Commander Duems
navigating officer of the cruiser Bremen visiting Ger
man imperial squadron and who backed up his state
ment by other members of his staff Prince Christian of Hess
also of the feet says @ American are the most bean
ul III the woTl Therefore from the German STANDPOINT
the world.
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Things didn't seem to work to-
reservations"
They didn't" admitted Mr.. Storm
lngton Barnes. when we PLAYED.
tragedy the box office receipts were
a farce, and when we played farce
they were tragedy. "-Washington
Star.
Little Robert did full justice to his
dinner, but showed no signs OF un-
easiness when his aunt passed him
GONE gelatine for desert.
ITS fine. Robert; won't you have
some?" said the aunt.
Maybe 1T is good" replied Robert,
cycling the quivering mass, but, gee.
1t looks so nervous. "-Johnst Tel
egram.
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this N
lls1fS AT LARGE

district to be, A @ O, T. L., Special
F, -. - .,o..9t Of the Taft people to ac-
'"cAS "S MOI slfire California delegation
irate in the cisxed immediately after the
Ivan ~,>nt,rI ,,,c when. in a squabble
-" ~~HNSi " IA whether the contest
tei. strict should be heard
IT Borah. seating all
"a those contested
was carried.
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WITH TIE EDITORS

1t is amusing 10 see the postmasters
and revenue officers and other MEM
bers of the famous brigade eXerting
themselves to get on the band wagon.
One day they are Taft, the next Roose-
welt and between the two they are
kept busy fiipfiapping from one to the
other. Like the fellow choosing be-
tween two roads-it matters little
which one they take. In the end they
Will wish they had taken the other
Clinch Valley News.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20

Our older citizens will remem Der
that about thirty years ago the coun-
try had before il as one of the live
issues before Congress, n bill intro
duced by Senator Blair, of New Eng
land, the object of which was to dis
tribute thirty million dollars annually
to the different States for educational
purposes, the basis of distribution to
be on the conditions of illiteracy. It
was a Yankee proposition confessedly
designed to help the South. Our
stiifEecked Southern congressman OPP
posed the bill. They were so strict in
supporting the Constitution" that
they leaned backward, while our
Northern friends were drawing mil
lions from the public treasury for all
kinds of public purposes, largely for
internal improvements.
The lapse of time has taught the
South lesson. We are taking about
all we can get. Why cannot We re-
vive the old blair Bill' and thus help
the cause of education down this way?
-Fincastle Herald.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
Vital Stats
In Opera

The commerda6ie &c '"iieu
collection Ct vital statistPiaanned to de
AIKEN up this
ed by the last Legislatures were
go. a.. - - ) case, which
ih'O CHCSt OH June 5 ana r" the entire
sirable that all the people wa was strong strong
qGaInted with its prOVis 10 ay, however,
This law provides that conflict be zee
he ~,o5a ~ 81. b;-tL. mary law and
~ ~ al Oih 'ii0 subcommittee for
in the Commonwealth by
Fartment OF Pubic Healtlcis j. Heney,
state in order that there were here 0d to
able au official record lld they come
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20

The Senate did a good deed when
il voted by an Overwhe lming majority
TO give the widow of Admiral Schley
a pension of $3.50 per month, thus
oVerruling the Pension Committee's
recommendation of $50 only. The
late Admiral Schley perform ed SER
vice of incalculable value for his
country, which was fully appreciated
by the people. but not by the Gov
eminent. 1t is meet and proper that
the country should see that his widow
does not want-Fredericksb Free
Lance.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20

1t order that
plished the law
appointment of
the Health Boa
he ma oicfrnl
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20

EIcueTlCkSDuTR
Lance.
Congressman Fitzgerald says that
private built warships do not exceed
their contract requirements We ask
him to look up the records on the
SunDOats Nashville, Wilmington and
Helena, the armored cruisers North
Carolina. Montana, West Virginia and
Maryland, the torpedo boat destroyers
RAINING, Terry Roe and Monaghan
ana the battleships Kearsarge, Ken
lucky, Illinois, Missouri, Virginia.
louisiana, Minnesota and Delaware,
all products of the plant OF the New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
ompany.-NewpOrt News Press
Leslie's Weekly, an extremely high
protective tariff publication, said last
week that no matter what RepubIi-
can was nominated for President
every Republican vote that could be
polled this year was absolutely neceS-
sary to defeat the Democrats. This
paper admitted that the Republican
party was weak this year and that
neither Taft nor Roosevelt could Doll
the strength of the party owing to
their weakness and shifting on the
high tariff idea.
All the Democrats have to do is
to nominate a sound, practical states
man and the G. O. p. is as dead as
Hector-Gordonsvil Gazette
Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans. in
Richmond, has secured one of the
guns used in defending Fort Sumter
1T having been dug up from the sand
where ii has been buried for about
fifty years. 1t would be very appro-
pirate to obtain, if possible, one of the
Gettysburg guns to be mounted in
front of the Confederate monument
here. There was some talk of such
a possibility number of years ago
Revive the matter, and let us see if
a gun cannot be secured for this par
ticular purpose.-Pittsylva Tribune
Cattle plentiful and meat high is
the statement published generally in
the papers. We know, all of us who
are householders, that meat is high,
but we do not know so well that
cattle are plentiful. If they the plen-
tiful, we must be going through the
sweating process 20 which we have
oftentimes been subjected by the pack
ers when they need a little extra cash.
We suppose they ere now needing
money to pay their lawyers for get
ting them out OF their recent troubles
with the Government. Staunton
Journal.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
Mrs. FISke and BLi1n
In Friendly Rivalry

according to veracious authority, con-
templating q revival OF "Hannele." She
wants TO produce this Hauptman MASTER
piece with a star cast and a great sym
phony orchestra She is as incessant an
experimentallst in stage management as
a Belasco or a Reinhardt. and has some
revolutionary ideas to unfold when the
opportunity arrives.
Mrs. F1ske's leading man Is Joseph
Kilgour. who was last seen in Wash
ington as the Willard Brockton Of The
Easiest Way" Mr.. Blinn. in THE Boss, Z"
VIII be supported by Maude Fealey, whose
career since her QUO Vadis?" days has
been followed by playgoers with some
diniculty.
Belated though 1t Is, the action taken
behalf OF the play. 'Kindling," Is in
many ways one OF the most unusual
demonstrations that has come to notice.
In a financial sense. "Kindling" did
not prove to be a satisfactory medium
for Margaret Ellington when presented
at Days Theater. Under the existing
conditions, It Is quite. possible that greater
box ONCE success could not have been
achieved. Yet almost to a man the So
called high-brow contingent and sincere
students OF the drama pronounced the
play one of the best Of recent years. and
lauded Miss Illington's acting Of the
principal part.
During the engagement a little group of
magazine writer's and dramatists were
discussing "Kindlirg" Only two OF them
were familiar with the play. They urged
the others TO attend a performance.
From this nucleus there grew up an
organ tzation that termed Itself Kind
hng Boosters" They were IN no manner
interested materially in the enterprise,
and but few OF them ever had met Miss
Ellington or her husband-manager.
And now those Boosters" have taken
a step which may attract the attention
OF others OF their class to this play.
They have written in formal fashion
notice 10 the public and given II cireu-
lstion among their literary acQuaintanees