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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-17
CHICKS CLUCK TORTURES
TWO ART LOVING SOULS

NEW YORK Special.-Say, for in
stance, that you, writer, and your
wife, an artist, sit in your rooms with
the north light windows at New RO-
chelle, and you, the writer are un-
certain whether TO use lat length"
instead of finally" and your wife,
the artist, as she pOiSeS her brush
undecided whether TO go in for art
and make her painting realistic. or
seek money 10y impressionism, do you
believe
THAT, if a brood of chickens, hav-
ing climbed through or over your
fence-you hating chickens-and
cluck out their presence with
Peep, peep and sounds to that
narrow and specific effect,
You (Note by the gifted reporter
Ugh, Watch the copy editor stine ge-
MUS by revamping this original style
of construction (Note by the copy
editor-Ha! Hal FooledD might feel
just about as William A. Salisbury.
the writer and an editor of this city
and New Rochelle.
And
His wife, the artist,
Did, when, two months ago, having
constructed a fence to separate the
property of
Mrs. Nellie H. Peck. wealthy widow
of the late Edward NJ. Peck, of New
York, and their own artistic half acre,
Chickens, owned by Mrs. Peck,
scampered into the Salisbury grounds,
green, fiOwery, verdant and all the
other magazine things,
And Just put literature and art
clean and clear on the celebrated
blink?
The ayes have it.
Wherefore, the writer got out with
his little gun one bright and sunny
morning and,
With said messenger of death.
Did, with malice aforethought and
malice afterthought.
Now down, MAIN, cripple, wound
destroy and just plain
Kill every blamed chicken that
wasn't quick enough to dodge a tenn.
peramental aim.
The reason being,
That Salisbury didn't know whether
he was describing a Balkan battle OIL
a fight between a Rhode Island Red
and a black WyandOtte. or
Mrs. Salisbury a painting of ar
Egyptian afternoon in a cigarette fac.
tory or an egg-laying contest.
Following which Salisbury was reg
ularly 'pinche0," found guilty and re.
leased on a suspended sentence.
The chickens came.
And the happy couple. feeling tina
their work was interfered with, de-
cided that Mrs. Salisbury should take
her easel to a colony at woodstock
While Salisbury remained on the
ancestral half-acre to beat his type
writing machine into subsection.
experimenting which there would
have been naught else to say had the
chickens remained at home.
But they were not of that breed.
So, one week day, the writer tripped
out into his chrysanthemum patch
and caught every chicken he could
grab.
| He caught two.
These he placed in his cellar and
then served a complaint on Mrs. Peck
charging her with permitting hel
chickens to roam where they were not
in the least welcome.
| Justice Samuel +. SWinburne was
to have heard all about it yesterday
and you would have heard all about il
this morning,
If
The case had not been adjourned
until next Wednesday.
In the meanwhile,
Mrs. Pecks son, Minor, declares
IT is SPITE WORK.
While Salisbury declares
1T is NOT.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-17
BRYAN and WILSON
in CONFERENCE

LINCOLN, NEB- Special.-Gover-
nor Woodrow Wilson, presidential
nominee of the Democratic party, and
William J. Bryan. three times Demo-
cratic candidate for the same office,
had heart-to-heart talk here Monday
day on the political situation through
out the country. Both unhesitatingly
predicted a Democratic victory.
In the sun parlOr Of FairView, Mr..
Bryan home, the veteran campaigner
and the newcomer in national politics,
sat for a few hours before the Cover
nor's train left. discussing the pro-
-ress Of the campaign, but with par
ticular reference to the Rocky Noun
States. where Mr.. Bryan had just
completed a six weeks tour.
I'VE did not have time TO go into
.he matter very thoroughly" said Gov
ernor Wilson. I'VE sat up late Sat
urday night and agreed to a method
OF handling the mountain States. That
Is as far as we got
The Governor old not think il would
be possible to go to the Pacific coast.
I'VE are keeping open the last two
and a half weeks Of the campaign
however, and / do not know yet what
use the campaign committee will make
of them. 1 set out to make trips in the
campaign, but the local committees
have been making tours out of them"
The Governor was delighted with
his reception in Nebraska. I think
the demonstration in Lincoln was very
remarkable, indeed" he said. Il have
had a splendid time, especially with
Mr. Bryan" The crowd assembled at
Lincoln was estimated at 10000.
The candidate again spoke proudly
Of the fact that his lucky number
followed him in Lincoln. He occu-
pied room No. lis at a hotel, which
is on Thirteenth Street and delivered
a speech at the auditorium, besides
making thirteen speeches in Nebraska.
The Governor and his host, Mr..
Bryan. went together to the West
minister Presbyterian Church. where
Mr.. Bryan is an elder. After the
services the congregation gathered
around the two men and an informal
reception followed.
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Woman Worship in the North.

James oliver Curwood, author of
THE Flower Of the North" tells the
following story about the men to be
found in the country about Hudson
Bay, where the scene of his story is
laid: Il was at Prince Albert" he
says, sitting on the veranda OF the
little old Windsor Hotel, facing the
Saskatchewan. During the few days
previous q number of factors, trap
pers and half-breed canoemen had
come down from the north. One Of
these men had not been down to the
edge of civilization for seven years.
Three Of the others had not been
down in two, and this was the annual
trip Of the other eight-for there were
just eighteen of us sitting there to-
gether. We were smoking and talk
ing when a young woman turned up
the narrow walk leading to the We
randa. Immediately every voice was
hushed. and as the woman came up
the steps those twelve roughly clad
men Of the wilderness rose to their
feet TO man, each holding his cap
in his hand. Thus they stood silent
and with bowed heads, until the young
woman had passed into the hotel. 1t
was the most beautiful tribute to wo-
manhood had ever seen. And /, the
man from civilization, was the only
one who remained sitting, with my
hat stiE on my headi"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-17
FIRST MRS. SICKLES, SOUGHT
BY "SBN' DEAD FOR AZ YEARS

NEW YORK. Special The veil of
mystery which has shrouded the dis
appearance of Teresa (BagiolD Sick
les, the first wife OF General Daniel
r.. Sickles, was raised Wednesday by
Mrs. Anna Vail Martinez, of Brad
hurst Avenue and one Hundred and
Fifty-frst Street.
Mrs. Martinez, seventy-fve years of
age, was the girlhood chum OF the
first Mrs. Sickles and probably knew
her more intimately than any of her
friends. Famous as a singer. she had
come 10 America in 1850, where she
soon became prima donna Of the ole
Bull Concert Company, at that time
the most noted musical organization
in this country. Antonio Bagion, head
OF an Italian opera company and
father of Teresa, had preceded Mrs
Martinez here, so it was not unusual
that the young women should meet
The story Mrs. Martinez tells is Of
particular interest in view Of the be-
lief of Alfred Summers Molyneux.
who thinks he has proof he is the
son of the first Mrs Sickles. Mr.
MOlyneuN. when n baby, was found in
n carpet bag aboard a train at South
Amboy, y. J., a few months before
Sickles, then congressman from
New York. killed Philip Barton Kew.
and Mr.. Molyneux was later told by
the nurse who cared for him she had
reason to believe Mrs. Sickles was his
mother.
Sought Mother for % Years.
For twenty-seveu years after re-
ceiving this information Mr.. Molly
neuX sought his mother and last week
advertised to learn whether she was
dead or alive.
When a reporter found Mrs Mar
tinez, the former prima donna said
she would willingly give such infor-
nation as she possessed.
Mrs. Sickles died when she was
thirty-one years Old" said Mrs. Mar
tinez, land to the best Of my knowl-
edge all other members Of her fam
lily have passed away, unless IL be a
brother Of Mrs. Sickles. am GER
tain of Mrs. Sickles' death, for 1 sang
at her funeral. I also acted as her
bridesmaid. When her father, An
tonic, died I sang at his funeral"
Mrs. Martinez said Mrs. Sickles.
who, as she breathed her last at the
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-17
WAR AGAINST
VICE Continues
Chicago Police Make Many Ar
rests-These Included Several
Innocent Parties.

CHICAGO, ILL., Special. Hsr.
risOn IL. Riley, millionaire head
OF the Chicago Title and Trust
Company, will be arraigned I'm
court today, at the same time
that Officers with warrants and
caplaSeS are searching for fifty-
TWO other owners OF property. al
legged TO have been used Tor inn
moral purposes.
This was but one step i'm the
vice war being wagcd by States
Attorney Wayman. More than
LOCO women, residents of the re-
Str1cted district, planned a parade
today TO end at Wayman'S office.
There the women were to de-
mand homes which have been de-
MED them by the hotels, some by
Wayman'S orders, others because
they refuse to entertain this class
OF women.
So vigilant have been the de-
tecuVeS in searching for disorder
~ resorts that several married
couples have been arrested and
subjected to abuse.
On Attorney Wayman'S orders
patrol wagon is kept i'm the dis
trlct ready to make fast run
in case any arrests are made. AZ
ter the cases against the owners
arc concluded States Attorney
Wayman intends to go after the
keepers, he said.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-17
BULLS TAKE IN HORNS
WHEN BILLY BUTTS IN

NEW YORK Special.-It was a
great day for the bulls in Reading on
the stock exchange Monday. Barney
Baruch, Harry Content, Jakey Field
and all the other big traders on the
long side were dealing In thousands
Of shares in a rising market and max
ing the quotation to suit themselves,
with the public trailing after. There
was a big crowd of brokers around
the Reading post watching the pyro-
Above the din arose the strident
voice of Harry Content, the veteran
who led the manipulation of Northern
Pacific when it sold at 1000 a share
on May 9, 1901, when the struggle
between Morgan and Hartman caused
the short but acute panic of that day.
"Seventy-four and a half for $500
Reading!" cried Content. There was
"a lull. Reading had opened at 172 Is -,
and this was the high price of the
day. The crowd held it's breath.
"SeVenty-four and three quarters
for 10000 Reading" came a piping
voice from Contents elbow. The
startled crowd turned and surveyed
with establishment a little man whom
nobody recognized. Who was the
Harry Content not an eighth, but a
full quarter above the high price of
the day for Reading?
"A Daniel come to Judgment"
SueeTeu + lelO. Inc crowd JeereQ. Inc
little man smiled and repeated decis-
lively, "SeVenty-four and three-quar-
ters for 10000 Readingi"
Content stopped bidding. Fields
sneer changed to a frOwn.
who is hep" was whispered in the
crowd
George Hurry, who knows every
body on the floor, joined the throng
That's Billy Mitchell" said Hurry
with a grin.
But who's MITCHELL" came the in
Quiry.
why. Mitchell, of Gwathmey &
Co, of the Cotton Exchange. He bids
for 100, 600 bales OF cotton without
turning a hair" said Hurry. Ten
thousand shares of stock is only pix
ing for him"
William Mitchell is one Of the big
gest traders on the Cotton Exchange.
lie is a member Of the stock exchange,
but seldom appears on the floor. He
was passing through the exchange on
his way to lunch when the excite
ment in Reading attracted him. He
tarried, became interested, decided
10 take a hand. and then bid the big
bulls In Reading to a stan6still. His
bid was within one-eighth OF the high
est price OF the day. The stock
siumped thereafter and closed at 17s.
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age of thirty-one. must have died in
1868, was buried from St. Joseph's
Church. Washington Place and Sixth
Avenue. Interment was in Green
the organist of the church and his
wife the sOloiSt.
Spent Last Years i'm SecIusion.
Mrs. Sickles was living in seclu-
sion at One Hundred and Eighteenth
Street and North River at the time
Of her DEATH" said Mrs. MARITIME.
That was in the country in those
dayS-SO far out, i'm fact, that I did
not have chance to see her before
the end came. Her father died some
years later. He was buried from St.
Joseph and inferred in Greenwood.
Mrs. BagiOli died eight years ago at
CrOton Falls. Where she was Inferred
do not know.
so far as 1 ever knew the Sickles
had but one child. This was Laura,
who, while young, eloped with a man
named Carleton. l think he was an
Englishman. About eight or ten
years ago Mrs Carleton died in Brook
lyn while she was residing with her
uncle, George Cook. If Mr.. Cook is
alive he is the last Of the family.
Thinks She Would Have Told Her.
was so intimate with Mrs
Sickles," said Mrs. Martinez. that il
seems almost impossible that If son
were born to her she would not have
conided in me. Moreover, 1 saw her
every little while. We were firm
friends from the time 1 came to
America until her death. I have seen
it published that Mrs. Sickles was di-
Norced. This is not so. Had there
been divorce General Sickles would
hardly have placed a shaft over her
grave, which he did"
According to Mrs. Martinez the
Sickles-BagiOh wedding, the society
event of the season, occurred at the
BaSlo1 home. 90 Prince Street. Later
the Bagiolis lived at "a East Fifteenth
street and on East Thirty-second
Street. Still later they moved Into
the country" at one Hundred and
Eighteenth Street and North River.
For years they maintained n country
home at Hastings.
While the Bagiolis were at one time
wealthy they died poor.
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MAN FINED FOR
INSULTING LADIES
RICH MOND va Cnecio

IL l. ii mOND, VA.-SpeciaI.-
Urging that lac had been drink
Ing fR eXtenuntfOn of his conduct.
and declaring that he intended no
SO and costs by Justice Crufch-
field In Police Court today for in
terfering with ladies on Broad
Street.
The names of the ladies are being
carefully guarded by the police
Other than stating that they are
mother and daughter-the latter
pretty-the police decline to reveal
their identity.
Cathcart was arrested Saturday
afternoon by Policeman Bertucci
on complaint Of the elder of the
two ladies', who complained that
the man deliberately stepped in
front of them and refused 10 let
them pass. IL was not brought out
in evidence, or charged, as far as
could be learned, that Cathcart
said anything offensive to the
ladies'. If, indeed, he said anything
at all.
Ia appears to have been the nc
lions of the man, more than any
thing else, that offended the ladies'.
One OF them alleged TINT Cath
cart stepped upon her foot.
The accused WIS exceedingly
pentteDt and, while he admitted
the Offense, lac blamed HIS cOndi-
tiOn for his conduct. When the
man admitted HIS guilt, little else
was said, and ft was on his own
admission, rather than anything
said, that cnused Justice John to
impose the fine.
Cathcart was represcpted by G..
n. Pollock.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-17
WILL BUILD CEMETERY
NEAR WEALTHY COLONY

NEW YORK. Special.-There is con-
sternauon among the wealthy colony
IN the vicinity Of Herricks, L. J..
where w. r. Grace, J. p. Grace, ex-
Lieutenant Governor Sheehan. Justice
Pendleton, Howard Gould, Harry
Payne Whitney. Payne Whitney, w.
h. Vanderbilt, Jr., Clarence II. Mac
kay and many others prominent in
business and club life have their coun-
try places.
The board Of supervisors Of Mas
sau county granted yesterday to VIII
liam Hart of Manhattan, represent
ing the RepOse Mausoleum Company,
the right to lay out and erect build
ings on the Isaac Il. Willets farm for
cemetery purposes.
From now on members of the hunt
ing set, when they invite friends to
sit on their porches and take them
through their grounds, will be con-
fronted by the structures on the GENE
terry property. The permit states all
bodies must be placed in sealed
caskets and not put in the ground.
The runs of the Meadow Brook
hounds will also have TO be materially
changed, as the Willets farm was al
ways favOrite line. the jumping be-
ing so good. Foxes could always be
raised in it's thick underbrush, which
will all be removed now and laid out
in beautiful grounds.
When the permission was first ask
ed by the company in May a hearing
was set for July 8th, at which time
many wealthy colonists were present
and protested against the cemetery,
urging that their property would be
damaged and worthless as country
homes, as no one. they said, cares to
be constantly confronted with a grave
yard.
The company is to pay to the local
school district for school purposes 81
for each body placed In the vault, and
the same sum to the county for road
purposes, the amount to be paid each
year.
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Search by Jail Warden Confirms
Dream That Jasper Allen Carried
Revolver.

ROANOKE, VA SpeciaI.-Jas-
ROANOKE. VA, Oct. JAS
per Allen, brother of Floyd and
Stdna Allen, came To Roanoke
last night, accompanied by Victor
Allen, son OF Floyd Allen, TO ar
range for counsel for Sidna Allen.
This morning Jasper Allen was
arrested at the jail door by JaiIer
W. 4. Allen and locked uD on tho
charge or carrying a pistol. which
ne denied having until he was
searched by the jaiIcr and his as
Sistant. He had been i'm the iaiI
last night, but was not searched.
Jailcr Alien, during the night.
could not sleep well and dreamed
ne searched Jasper Allen and
round a gun on him. He dreamed
the same thing several times and
tmS morning reported the matter
10 Judge Staples, who warned
MIN TO search the visitors when
thcN came back 10 see their kinS-
man this morning.
At 1880 O'Clock when JasDcr
ana VICTOR Allen arrived nj the
jan ana requested admittance.
Jailer Allen informed them thar
they would have To be Searched
LOT weapons. Both submitted.
though Jack Allen had DroteSted
that he had no pistol.
When his breast coat pocket
was reached he nlnChed and grab
bed his pocket, but the iaiIers
were too quick for him. They
covered him with their guns and
a .3S-calibcr Smith * WeSson was
found concealed i'm n leather wal
let in his breast pocket. Allen
claims that nc is constable. and
as such cOnservator of the
peace, which gives him a right
under the State law 10 carry a
gun.
Allen was later arraigned be-
fore Justice BerkcIy for carving
concealed weapons. and his case
continued until next Saturday 10
give him an opportunity TO secure
a court certificate, showing that
ne is n state officer. He was bail
ed in the sum of $1OO, with Ar
tOrney X. III. Willis as surety.
Justice Berkeley rendered an
opinion TO the effect that he be-
neVeS Allen has a right to carry n
pistol, but stated that he did nor
desire TO try the case, as he him
self Is under Indictment in Bed
FORD county on concealed
weapon charge, and, as n conse-
quence, prefers that some other
justice sit in the case.
Allen will leave for his home
In Carroll this afternoon.
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fight. In such contests there is no at
tempt to really hurt any one. Some
times they last fifteen minutes, some
times longer. When il is seen one of
the opponents is bleeding too freely or
is in danger of being hurt. the fight
is stopped. They are simply games
"But sometimes real fights occur,
when there is trouble between two
clubs. resulting from various causes.
Then the opponents are picked, and
not so much care is exercised to pre-
vent the fighters from getting hurt.
There is not so much effort to protect
the head or the eyes of the cOntes-
tantS. Real duelling swords are
useC. ana sometimes one or the other
of she contestants gets scratched
rather badly.
Scars n School Honor.
The scars received i'm these strug-
giles are considered more or less as
marks of honor among the students,
but after the university days are over
the men look back at them with lots
of fun. Often the men in the clubs
stici1 together through life. Many
of the wounds received leave scars
which remain until the death of their
bearers"
DR.. Wurkert modeStly admitted
that he was once in real duel. and
received n sword thrust through the
right side which endangered his life.
But last night he laughed over the
experience, and had lots of fun re-
calling the incident. He said it had
not endangered his health since his
university days.
People in Europe understand what
n German university duel means" said
Dr. Weber. the only one Of the trio
who speaks English. "but I fear that
in the United States our actions as
students might he misunderstood.
Please make it plain that these are
not real duels or fights. but simply a
kind Of game at which the German
university students play. and is no
wore than the American game of
football. These cuts really amount
TO rothing."
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MAY DROP CHARGES
AGAINST KIDD
ICH MOND. VA, SpeciaI.-

IL 4 III NUM-, VA, Speclals-
In order TO prevent Attorney
Louis .. Wendcnburg from get
ting hold of witnesses I'm the ia
nous Leo Kidd immortality al
legations and hurting the prose-
cutien's case in the pending Hen
rico county charges against the
pickle manufacturers son, il is
not improbable that the charge
against Kidd, scheduled for to-
morrow in Justice Crutchfeld's
court, will be noIIe pressed.
That this would be the out
come of the city case, which has
been hanging fire for several
weeks, was bruitcd about in Po-
lice Court this morning. The
probability of this move TO check
mate the defense and preserve
the prosecutions case in the
county Is considered the more APP
parent in view of the fact that
the prosecution does not believe
that il will be able TO convict
Kidd OF the charges scheduled TO
be aired in Police Court tomOr-
row. The principal witness
against Kidd girl whom he Is
alleged 10 have wronged-Win
testify, the police say, that rela-
tons between herself and Kidd
commonwealth witness
against Kidd in the charges dock
eted in Judge SCOTS court in
the county are defense witnesses
in the city case. As these wit
neSSeS-three young girlS-Were
summoned I'm the city case by Mr..
Wendenburg, counsel for Kidd,
the prosecution in the county
cases Is pOWerleSS to prevent the
attorney from subpOenaeing and
talking with them. II this hap
pens, the county prosecution ar
CUES, Its case will be weakened.
The city case against Kidd was
set for Saturday, but went over
of necessity until JomOrrOw be-
cause witnesses Subpoenaed by
Mr.. Wendenburg were not per-
mitted-at the alleged instance
of Henrico COmmonWealth'S At
tOrney Frank SuttOn-tO appear.
Mr.. Wendenburg resented what
he termed Mr.. SuttOn's unwar-
Tanted and unprecedented inter-
ference and had some pertinent
things TO say anent ii.