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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
WILL BAR DRUNKEN
CHAUFFEURS FROM ROADS

r c H NJ ON ID. V A, Special
County legislators. whose prancing
steeds have been thrown into hysteria
by 10y riders" more or less under the
influence of "glee water" have been
given an opportunity to retaliate by
Paul Bargamin, member of the House
OF Delegates from Portsmouth, who
this afternoon offered a bill which
provides that If anyone is convicted of
running an automobile while under
the influence of liquor he shall never
again be allowed to operate a car
within the State of Virginia.
The special traffic ordinance of the
city of Richmond prohibits the ope-
ration of automobiles by drunken
chauffeurs. Dot does not prevent a
repetition of the offense. Mr. Barga-
highways of the Commonwealth to
anyone convicted of driving an auto
mobile while drunk even in the slight
est degree.
A hearing on the bill will be granted
next week by the House Committee
no General Laws. and those who op-
pose 1t will be given a chance to ex-
plain their positions. personal or 9TH
erwise.
The full text OF the Rargarnin bill
is as follows:
1T shall be unlawfr; or any person
10 OTiNS OF OperatS an automoD DIG
while under the influence OF ardent
spirits.
After conviction OF any person for
driving or operating an automobile
while under the influence of ardent
spiri'~ it shall be unlawful for such
per- to again drive or operate an
automobile.
ANY violation OF this act shall be a
misdemeanor and punishable with a
fine not exceeding $500 or imprisoned
for not exceeding sixty days. or both"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
DROWNED in Y. M. C. A.
,zl& BATH AT NORFOLK

Shepherd, night clerk at the AdaroS
Express Company's office on CITY Hall
avenue, was accidentally drowned in
tne plunge bath at the Young Mems
CHRISTIAN Association this morning
ne went into the bath at 10 o'clock
anu MS body was taken from the
water hVe minutes later The efforts
OF TWO physicians TO revive him were
In vain and he was pronounced dead
a Few minutes before 12 O'clock. II
Is oeieved that his death was due to
nesrt failure The body was turned
over to Funeral Director smith
M; shepherd. father of the young man.
VINO lives at Fisherville, Va, was no,
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01

@ssS1 1ooh-A AhAnlAn correspondence.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Jan. a.
Henry Watterson. of Louisville. Inst
night gave out the following corre-
spondence:
Watterson 90 Tfnman.
Washington. 10. g.. Jan. 25, 1912.
My Dear Sir.-Roferriug to the
so-called Harvey -Wattersor incident.
~ ind you quoted by the newspapers
this morning to the following effect:
had given Henry Watterson credit
FOR more sense than % try to foist off
a story like this with the material
facts concealed The man who makes
public statement with the material
tacts concealed ~ little other than q
Scoundrel. / have the right, there
fore, TO demand ot you upon what
warrant or authority you make this
serious accusation against me, and
TO ask a reply through my friend. the
Honorable Swasar .3hcrley. OF Ken
tucky.
With great respect,
"HENRY WATTEESON.
Hon. B. II. Tillman."
T1llmun t0 Wntterson.
United States Senate,
Washington, d. c.. Jan. 20, 1912.
My Dear Si:.-In your note Of
January 25th, honded Sne by The Hon.
Swagar Sherley. you call my attention
to an interview which / had given out
IL reference to the Harvey-Wa tterson-
Wilson incident, in which 1 say I had
given Henry Natterson credit for
more sense than 10 try to foist off
a story like this with the material
facts concealed
You demand to know upon what
warrant OF authority you make this
serious accusation against me-
In your statement to the press YOU
described In detail the rupture be-
tween Governor Wilson and Colonel
Harvey, but said nothing as to what
caused IL. All the leading papers of
the country seem to know why Gov
ernor Wilson severed relations with
Colonel Harvey and you as a leading
newspaper man and self-confesSed ex-
pert groomer of presidential can
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
BRANDS CHARGED
AS Being FALSE
Correspondence Between Waiter
son and Tillman Creates q Po-
htical Sensation-Candidate
Says Watterson Was Not
Asked to Solicit Funds.

NEW YORK. Speclal.-Governor
woodrow Wilson, before taking a
train for Boston, stopped here long
enough to put Colonel Henry Waiter
son, OF kentucky, in the Ananias Club.
Governor Wilson was shown a copv
OF the press dispatches containing
correspondence between Colonel Wat
Cerson and Senator Tillman given ont
| Washington last night. When he
came to the paragraph in which Wat
terson asserts he had undertaken TO
raise campaign funds at Governor
Wilson's instance" the New Jersey
Governor exclaimed, pounding his fist
to give emphasis to his remarks.
Great Scott! It's the most remark
able paragraph ever read. What do
you think OF that? It's absoIuteIv
untrue"
Governor Wilson then dictated this
statement:
$50 far as am concerned. this
statement that Colonel Watterson was
requested to assist in raising money in
my behalf is absolutely without foun-
dation- Neither I nor any one au-
thorized TO represent me ever made
such request to him"
How about the Harvey matter:
don't you want to clear that uD?''
asked the reporters.
That question has cleared itself
up, hasn't it2" Governor Wilson ask
ed with a smile
do you still think that Colonel
W. Matterson Is nice old gentleman?"
Il have always had a high regard
for Colonel Watterson."
viii you comment upon Mr.
Ryan's connection with the contro-
Not a word. knew nothing about
IT until read these letters. / know
nothing about it, NY statement covers
everything, anyway"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
MARRIAGE WAS
JOKE SAYS GABY

LONDON. Special.-'Its a fake" "
Ns,'I Yin TINS terse American expression
Mile. Gaby Deslys. Partisan dancer
and Charmer OF Kings, today dismiss
ed reports that she had been married
In that city to Harry Pilcer, who was
Hemper OF the Winter Garden Com
pany In New York with her.
after explaining that she was the
NicIln , OF practical joke the petite
singer continued: "One can't get mar.
rieo In London on the day after ar
rival. you know. and 1 only arrive,
mere wednesday. Anyhow. Mr.. PIIcer
Is already married"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01

once In while the farmer gets b.rcA
,ale or now a well known MNwaukees
lawyer, sotourning in the coItntry for
subtle K, Senss lssi "a nn viGsim of U7cle Josh's
The legal light had gone to the coun-
Try TO work He just shed his coat ana
klckeo right In as 'twere- He had been
assisting In stacking the frst crop OF
stack
When ''knocking-or~ time came tha
stack was pretty high and the eity
chap didn't just know how 20 return
TO terra frma-
Say. how'm Eoin' to get DOWN.
asked the lawyer person
Then he shouted:
On Jest shet your eyes and walk
around kind o'keerless. en- you'll Eee
down. Free Press
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01

a New York woman OF great beauty
with her her eleven -year-oId dauF6ter
~rea no gives promise OF becoming as
IL chanced that the caller. vra-.
SHOWN into a room where the friend
mao oeen receiving milliner and
Ihere We're several beautiful hats lvfnc
about During the converxaffon thss
htSie girl amused herself by examIninT
Sne miIliners creations. or the nun,
oer tnat she tried on, she seemed pa
ucuIarly pleased with a large black az
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
watterson-Tu,u.n Co-rosn,,,,,,,,,,,,

Natterson-I1ltman Correspondence.
| WASHINGTON. %. c., Jan. a.
Henry Watterson. OF Louisville, last
| night gave out the following CORE
kspondence:
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
Thleves steaI Watch DOC.

PLAINFIELD. N. J., Special.-L
p. Mainatley. OF Fanwood, complained
to the poT ee yesterday that thieves
broke into his house Thursday night
and stole his watch dog. a prize-win-
ming bull. that he had left to guard
his home while he was away over
night.
The thieves also took $1,000 worth
of silverware, but Mainatley said he
would be satisfied with the recovery
OF the dog, confident that the animal
had not voluntarily betrayed him.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01
Bruises

Hosh's Linineot Is the best remedy for
rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back, Stfd
Joints and Muscles. Sore Throcf c,ld.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01

fair which set or her light hair charm
girl said: -e AA'~i~
don't I?' OeAe''
"Sh!" cautioned the mother. with nm
lt.sq nnger. Don't be vein. dear.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-01

WASHlNGTON. ID. c., Special
senator Tllman. when shown the
statement OF Colonel Watterson, said
Il have nothing to add to my state
ment OF last night. I have no issue TO
settle before court OF honor shall
nave nothtnE whatever to add to what
1 nave already said. II is a matter now
ior governor Wilson and Colonel Wat
terson TO settle II Is their controversy
and leave it with them"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-20
WILSON'S INCONSISTENCY.

That letter OF Woodrow Wilson's
expressing . Keen desire to see "Bry-
III knocked into a cooked hat ap-
pears at present to have failed IN itx
purpose. The artless corporation re-
csfver, railroad vice president and
Wall street operator. who Is g as
founded that the letter became pub.
lie. wilt probably DO much mora sur
prised to find that Rsyaa accepts ii
without q gulp. AS the object OF ia
publication was TO ALLEVIATE from VIII
sons support Bryan and his follow
ing, the refusal Of Bryan to get mao
ver It seems 20 rank 1t in tn cato
CORY Of fixsled petards.
Tho principal effect Of the letter on
the public ut large is to emphatic a
certain rapidtty Of change In Cover
nor Wilson'S opinion Of public mon
and public measures. It Is not 10
damaging either n the contrast be-
tween President Wilson's teachings
On the initiative, referendum and re-
call end Governor Wilson'S accept
anco o. those political methods. That
Q college professor. after gstting into
public iifc and seeing moro Of . man
he he'd condemned. should change his
opinion of him is not unprecedented
II politics. Much, nor practiced poi.
Ie1etans have made much: racre violent
shiftA Is we have w;tnsssed right
hsFe - North Dak0ta. It - t. be rec.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-20
BATTLE WITH AN EAGnE.
Bird Vanquished By BoatIhook After
Fierce Fight in a Fog.
New York Herald.

While the fog lay at it's thickest in
tne shadow Of the Palisades Frank
kuntz, caretaker of the Peter pan
FIshlng clubs property, at the foot of
West 195th street. had n thrilling
battle with a young eagle.
Mr.. Kuntz was wandering along
the shore just before dawn in search
of driftwood and feeling his way
through the fog, which was especially
dense over the Hudson at that point,
when the bird crashed against his
shoulder. He was thrown from his
feet as much by astonishment as by
the strength of the eagle. but jump
ing up he seized a boathook which
he had been carrying and attacked
the dim shape fluttering in semidark-
ness ahead of him.
The fight lasted for ten minutes.
several times Mr.. Kuntz stumbled
over stones and other distractions
Which line the shore, each time ris-
ing to find tho bird swooping down
upon him, but finally a blow from
the boathook landed on the eagles
neck and 1t ffuttered to the ground.
Mr.. Kuntz picked it up and found
that the neck had been broken. 1t
measured nearly three feet from tip
to tip Of wings 1t is thought that
the eagle was following a flock. of
pigeons which feed upon the shore at
that point about dawn.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-20
CvRI0SlTlES Of DREAMING
THE CAPRIClOCSNESS OF THE MIND OF SLEEPER Is A PER.
PLEXING PROBLEM.

bears. He shut himself in his room
and read all the books Of natural his
tory he had which described the ap-
pearance and habits Of these animals.
He carefully excluded from his mind
every other idea. and the last thing
he remembered before he fell asleep
at night was an immense bear crawl
ing out of the water upon a cake of
ice. But. instead Of dreaming of bears,
he dreamed that he was on board a
sailing vessel on a whaling voyage. a
whale was seen to blow. He entered
the whale boat with the crew and the
duty of happening the monster fell
to his lot. He grasped the harpoon
and, just as the boat was gliding over
the back of the whale. he threw the
implement with all his might. But
at the same time he lost his balance
and fell into the whales mouth, and
with a cry Of terror he awokc.
For some time he was exceedingly
puzzled to account for this dream,
which seemed to have had no ma
terial part in his past consciousness
from which it could rave been fash
Toned. But after much thought he
recollected tina in n of the books
he had read the dav before there was
bears disporting themselves on the ice,
while at the four corners of the en-
craving were smaller sketches repro
senting scenes in the northern seas.
One of these scene was the picture of
a whaling vessel with a whaleboat Just
being lowered from the davits. His
eye must have been attracted to this
picture. If only for a second. and in
some mysterious way the dream was
fashioned from these meage ma
~terials.
Not satisfied with this result he
made the same experiment for several
successive days. Each day he made
some ono subject an absorbing study.
taking particular pains to repeat to
himself just before he fell asleep the
topic upon which his mind had been
engaged. But in only one instance
did his dreams correspond to the days
doings. And ven then a number of
incidental circumstances that had not
been in his mind for weeks entered
into his dreams in such manner as
greatly to confuse them.
In II instance he was unable to
trace any connection whatever be-
tween his dream and his previous wax
ing thoughts. Finally he gave over
the attempt, thinking it probable that
the very intensencss of his mind on
one subject thwarted its own purpose.
The mind may have tired of that or
der of thought during the day and re-
Taxed at night by taking a different
order OF thought.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-20
INVENT NEW OF K0MD OF FISH
sHAD.BAss. A CROSS BETWEEN THE sHAD AND BASS.

washington Cor. New York Press)
Think of i%nvcnting an entirely new
kind of animal. Such a thing has
often been declared impossible even
in imagination. yet the United States
fish commission has ACCOMPLISHED it
in reality.
The government fishery experts have
already created several brand new
kinds of fishes. such as were never
thought of by conservative old dame
nature. and every n of them is a
wonder in its way. Alive? Very much
so. Just as much alive, indeed. as any
normal things with fins and scales that
swim In ocean or river. Yet, being
turned II by peculiar articles in the
hatchery, they are as truly laboratory
products as any inanimate articles OF
scientific manufacture.
Though creation is natures bust.
ness peculiarly. and interference with
her work in this line was formerly
deemed almost impious. at the pres.
ent time all sorts of ''monkeyings" are
attempted with normal methods OF
propagation. and. by one mean or an.
other, man is trying to control the re-
production of species on the earth,
The creatures that. are of no use to him
are being killed off. while those he
finds valuable are multiplied at a mar
velous rate with the help of incubat-
ing machines and in other ways.
But the %inventing OF new kinds OF
fishes is a distinctly novel idea and this
problem having been solved. the only
question remaining is how far the
plan can be extended to other ami.
mals-such for instnace. as crusta-
ceans and mollusks. The shad-bass
is already an accomplished fact. II
lives and swims and has Its being
through a creature unknown to natural
history. Experts Of the fish commits
sion have evolved it successfully at
Havre de Grace. Md, and several
thousand specimens have been liberat-
ed in the waters ~thereabout. They
were reared in the tanks to the age OF
10 days and then set free by gently
immersing the tin milk ans contain
Ing them.
The shad-bass as its name might i'm
ply, Is a cross between the striped bass
and the shad-two fishes that never
bred together in nature. They repre-
sent, in fact. not merely different spe-
cies they are not simply Of different
genera, hut they belong to different
orders. wide apart. One Of them ia
spiny rayed and the other soft ray
ed, q distinction of utmost import
ance from a scientific viewpoint. 1t
might seem. at first blush, as easy to
cross a Tiger with a hippopotanius as to
produce a hybrid between the shad and
tho striped bass. Yet the thing has
bean accomplished and the a of do
ing It was wonderfully simple. The
eggs Of tho shad were spr1nkled with
the ''milt" of the male bass and being
thus fertilized. were subsequently
Matched in . glass ja- full Of water. At
ter days old, whom liberated, they
were As long al the end Joint Of ones
forefinger aud seemed al healthy and
lively as any straight" shad fry of
like age.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-20
(New York Press.)

(New York Press.)
That n thing to be remarkable need
not be Of rare occurrence finds ample
confirmation in dreams. thar which
nothing incident &c. human existence
is more or more wonderful.
Some years a New Yorker dream
cd that he had written Il poem, and,
waking, he wrote 1t down. 1t was
pronounced excellent by competent
judges. Afterward he was unable to
max two lines rhyme. 'kubia Khan"
one of the finest specimens of mag
NATIVE poetry in the English language,
was composed by Colcridgc during
playing a part in The Mysteries Of
tdolpho,' once the most popular of
sensational novels. were first seen by
it's author in dreams. That they
might be generated. it is said, she
was accustomed to eat a hearty meal
of the most indigestiblc food just
previous to retiring for the night.
In 1913 the eminent v%iolinist Tar
tint dreamed that he had an interview
with satan. when his majesty per-
formed a magnificent solo IN the vio-
lin. Tartini walked with the most ex-
Gnisite sensation. and, selling his ill.,
strument. attempted to express what
he had dreamed. His efforts we're in
vain. but no composed on the remem-
p'Feu meme r Dit he called The
DEVILS Sonata"
A strange characteristic of dreams
is the rapiditH with which thoughts
flash through the mind Of the dream
or. Lord Holland. while listening to
The reading of q friend dropped asleep
and had a dream whose details it took
him twenty minutes to write out. Yet
h" distinctly remembered the first part
of the n and tho conclusion of the
following sentence that his friend had
read. so he could have been asleep but
n few seconds. The poet Willis. hav-
ing returned from Europe, dreamed
of repeating the trip almost exactly
rs he made il; only. on his imaginary
voyage homcward he fell into the
ocean. This casualty walked him. to
find that he Ia slept not more than
three minutes.
The most perplcxing feature of
dreams is the capriciousness OF the
mind as shown therein. 1t may have
been busy during tho day with
thoughts OF Importance. but when it
dreams it will seize on some trivial
incident and allow IT. to shape it's fam
cies. An English student of psychol-
ogy once made an interesting expert
ment to ascertain whether an idea
that absorbed his mind during the day
would influence his dreams at night.
He fixed his thoughts intently dur
ing h day upon the subject of polar
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-20

the rest of me on the ground. AS /
lay there, my head with one hand still
grasping it by the hair, and the rest
of me scattered around between the
crushed boy, and the head and body
Of the other assistant, T remember
wishing l had a snapshot of the scene.
THE chief fakir having descended
p%hernalia, and taking a large sack
placed the ~lifeless boy into it, tied
the end. and after he had made a few
lamentations e it the sack began to
move and jump around in a very live
~ manner Soon the lamentations
ceased, the sack was united, and out
stepped the boy as good az aver, ready
to help gather his treacherous friend
into the bag. when a like service was
performed for him. Last of all. the
two assistants gathered me up, one
throwing In the different parts. The
sack was tied, a few words muttered.
and 1 found myself standing in the
crowd with the camera still in my
hands.
1.-THE tall assistant again took up q
collection. while the boy coiled the
rope. As I staggered out of the crowd
l heard a voice behind me say
ct say. AIRY. where did e get the
other blooming h'assistant e carved ?"
We'll, ! got to my hotel somehow,
and when after a month in the hos
pital with brain fever I tried to de-
velop some Of the films that will con-
vince you there are magicians in In
dia, and / will win my bet Of a feed at
Del's."
II was betting there were no mag
icians in India. If you remember" I
protested, mot that there. were no
You forget" said Jack, that you
can't hypnotic a camera. Here is the
photo"
II picked it up with curiosity. but
gazed at it with horror. 1t was a very
good photograph, and among other
details showed the body of a boy ly-
ing between the head and body Of a
man, with severed arms and legs
scattered here and there. A severed
hand was clutching by the hair a
head: turning the face up in full view,
and although distorted with pain and
terror, I knew 1t was the face of Jack
Barrett. While I was still gazing at
the CHASTITY thing a ring called Jack
to. the door. where. after a few words
with some one he called to me:
Don't go away. I'll be right back"
IT laid tho photograph face down
on the table and walked to the win
dow, but as Jack did not come back I
turned to look at some sketches lying
on the floor by the open trunk. They
were mostly landscapes. and some Of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-20

breeding would be easily accomplish-
ed. In the same manner the com.
non mackerei might, without much
dificulty be interbred with the butts
y mackerel. the Spanish mackerel or
the kingfish-al three sufficiently
nearly related to offer excellent pros.
poets Of success.
. AS Tor. fresh water fishes, the black
bass might be crossed with the cram
PIE n rock bass; the common carr
YOU be likely to afford hybrids with
the golden ide and the goldfish and
many other combinations would sug-
gest themselves. The carp family
would grant exceptional Opportunities
LOT artlf1cial mating. being the most
numerous In species cover 200 there
are) of all h fish tribes.
h United States fish commission
IN the way Of hybridizing fishes has
already advanced SO far that it is sug-
gesteo II This sort Of thing can be
practicable with mollusks or crusta-
ceans and at no distant day the crab
may be successfully crossed with the
iooster and the oyster with the clam.
thu affordtng owe marine d~elicacies
70 Tempt the appetite of the epicure.
one should not venture upon too much
guessing however, lest one be betrayed
INTO a mistake such as that made not
very long ~ by an enthusiastic per-
son who gravely advocated the mat
ing OF the jellyfish with the shad for
the purpose of getting rid Of the lat
ters bones-an ingenious notion, but
hardly practicable from a piscicultural
standpoint.
ihere are things about fish eggs
which even the fish commission peoDie
do not yet understand and one of these
IS the occasional production of mon.
sters-fishes with TIVE heads, three
ewes and various other deformities.
what causes these eccentricities no
bodS knows. The experts have tried
to produce them artiicially Inv nil
sorts of devices. such as exposing the
to extremes of cold and heat.
dropping them repeatedly from a
height and so on, but in vain. Up to
the beginning, purely natural phe.
nomcna.