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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
STEAM ROLLER
SHOWS NO mercy

CHICAGO, ILL., Special.-Running
renorselessly over the Roosevelt con-
testants, the Republican National
Committee sent tits steam roller
into California. The Taft men from
the Fourth District were seated after
a fight so bitter that the lOud-voiced
arguments of the attorneys could be
heard outside the committee room.
Francis J. Heney, lighting prose-
cutor' of the graft cases, argued the
Governor Hiram Johnson, who came
to Chicago, refused to appear
before the committee, saying he would
not consent TO "a trial OF the title
20 stolen property by the thief"
The Fourth California District con-
test, involving a technicality, was
Characterized by Governor Johnson
as theft. He declared it was an open
ing wedge, and that the Taft men
would steal the entire State delega-
ton provided they needed the
votes"
The Roosevelt ticket swept Califor-
MIA at the primaries by vote of TO-
900. In the Fourth District. a part
of the city of San Francisco. which
Heney charged was boSS-ruled, the
Taft supporters claimed to have elect
ed their ticket. although the dele
gates were elected by an overwhelm-
ing majority in the State at large IA
voring Roosevelt. The Taft men as
elected by the district alone, and that
the vote in the State did not count.
The Roosevelt faction asserted that the
committee was endeavOring 10 over
turn the Will of the people and that
the charge brought was a bubble.
The vote was taken after the
stormiest argument that has yet been
waged before the committee. The mo-
ton to seat the Taft men was made
by Esterbrook, of New Hampshire.
,, hi
with a substitute motion to seat the
Roosevelt men. There was viva voce
vote and the Borah motion was de-
clared lost. Then the roll call on the
original motion was ordered. BY a
vote of 81 to 16 the Taft men were
seated. The steam roller had done it's
work.
Text OF Johnson's Statement.
Johnson's statement, which was
read before the committee and which
threw the body into an uproar, was
as follows:
81 decline 10 appear before the
committee. 1 will not submit TO a
trial of the title of stolen property
before the thief who stole IT. 1t would
be an insult to the people OF Califor-
MIA for me to appear before a COM
mittee that obseQuiously receives Cal
houn's man Hogue and even listens
to contest by Pat. Calhoun, design
ed to override the will OF a majority
of 10000 California Republicans and
that has prejudiced that contest
(Signed)
HIRAM w. JOHNSON"
Pat. Calhoun is the street car mag
nate of San Francisco against whom
charges of graft were brought. He
was prosecuted by Heney and John
son. Hogue is S. Fred Hogue, editor
Of the San Francisco Post, asserted by
the Johnson crowd in California to
be Calhoun's representative in politi-
cal affairs
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
AVIATION CLAIMS
Two MORE VICTIMS
Lieutenant Hazelhurst and A. l..
Welsh Killed While Making
Test for Army.

WASHINGTON, d. c. Special
Suddenly faltering and dropping
downward from a height of thirty
feet like a great bird stricken in its
flight, a Wright aeroplane, While pre-
pairing for an altitude test, shortly
after o'clock yesterday afternoon,
at the army aviation field at College
Park, dashed to the earth, carrying
TO instant death its two occupants,
Lieutenant Leighton w. Hazlehurst
Jr., Of the Seventeenth United States
Infantry, one of the army aviators,
and "Al" i. Welsh, a professional
Wright birdman, and a resident.
AS the machine crashed to the
ground, a mass of Wreckage, Lieu
tenant Hazlehurst and Welsh were
pinned beneath the debris. When
army officers who had witnessed the
ascent reached the scene of disaster
both aviators were found to be dead.
Lieutenant HaZlehurst's neck was
broken and his left leg was broken
near the thigh. Welsh was covered
with blood, and it was discovered
that his skull was fractured.
The machine, which was attempt
ing TO pass the last Of the tests in
order to meet the army requirements,
collapsed without warning. The aero
plane was crushed so badly by the
fall to the ground that army officers
last night were unable to attribute
the accident TO any single cause. The
impact with the earth was so great
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
Attempt to Boycott Meat Market
Ends in a Disgraceful
Scene.

NEW YORK. Special A mob of
several hundred women meat bovcot-
ters, augmented by twice their num-
Der of sympathiZers, invaded two of
the largest meat markets in Williams
burg, poured oil upon the meat
and poultry, attacked customers and
hnally charged upon a detachment of
a score of police who used their clubs
freely TO drive off their assailants.
The trouble started when a crowd of
htty women moved upon the markets
OF Joseph Wernstein and Sam Bern
stein at AZ Siegel Street There were
an equal number of women customers
IN the market at the time and the at
lacking party swirled into the sbon
dragged customers out, poured oil
upon their purchases and upon the
meats that were exposed, and fought
the TWO proprietors and their en-
ployes. The police reserves were
rushed to the scene and the battle
was on.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
THRICE ARRESTED IN ONE
DAY MANS RECORD

NEW YORK. Special.-LeRoy Hal
amka, % years old. who claims to
be Columbia law student. was ar
raigned before Magistrate Freschi in
the West Side Court Monday morning
charged with grand larceny of $500
from George II. Jams. a real estate
dealer of One Hundred and Forty
ninth street and Third avenue. Held
in $1,000 bail for examination, Hal
amka was bailed out by his father, a
furrier, of No. 1875 Clay avenue. tho
Bronx.
When Halamka reached the door of
the court room Clyde e. Black, Treas
urer of the Motor Finance Company,
No. 246 West Fifty-nlnth street, asked
that Halamka be detained on another
charge. Black stated Halamka had OBJ
tanned a $1,000 automobile from the
company in return for a chattel mort
gage. and that when the company
tried to foreclose the young man had
disappeared. Once more Halamka
was paroled I'm the custody of his
father till Thursday.
But father and son had b rely
reached the street when Detective
amka, charging him with failing to
pay a bill of $3.50, which he owed r.
M. Boggs, proprietor Of the Avon Ho-
tel. Thirtieth street and Lexington
avenue. Halamka was taken to the
Yorkville Court and once more bail
$500.
According to the story told by jam:
he gave Halamka 500 on May 2S
1911, to be used in purchasing twenty
shares of United States Rubber Com.
pany stock Jams said Halamka fail.
ed to buy the stock or return the
money.
Mr.. Black. on the behalf of the
Motor Finance Company, said Hal.
amka called at their Offices. and after
10 81
and Navy Club, obtained the automo.
bile.
According to the statement made
by j. w. Down. clerk of the Avor
| Hotel. Halamka appeared there will
| his wife and q man named Maxwell
Hamilton on January 4th last After
paying their first weeks bill, Dowr
said. the three disappeared.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20

CHICAGO, ILL., Special With
partisans OF President Taft and Theo-
dore Roosevelt becoming more bitter
hourly, the Republican National Com
mittee today took UP as its first work
the Mississippi contests left unfinished
yesterday.
The committee met at $40 O'Clock
and began hearing arguments on the
contests from the Second Fourth,
Sixth and Seventh Mississippi Districts,
which were consolidated, the evidence
being heard in all cases at the same
time
Dean z. Hyman presented the
Roosevelt contestants side to the
committee, being assisted by George
Morrison, a colored lawyer.
The delegates in the Second,
Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Mis-
sissippi Districts were given to
President Taft. This made the
Taft total up TO that point, 149.
Later the Taft delegates from the
Fifth and Eighth Districts were seated.
This brought Tafts total up to 1853.
While debate over the Mississippi
| delegates was proceeding National
J Committeeman w. S. Sturgis moved
| that the proxy of Francis ]. Heney,
of San Francisco. be revoked. Eeney
has been sitting in the committee and
4 is holding the proxy of Sidney Bic
Der. of the District of Columbia. His
i ClAciA SGS VI AIduO dSdlllSl the
tee nave stirred angry protests.
| The motion was laid on the table
| The move to unseat Heney was
made on the ground that he had been
a candidate for prosecutor of San
Francisco on the Democratic ticket
| and. therefore, was not a Republican
Heney fought back. The motion was
temporarily disposed OF.
| Missouri Cases Up Now.
After the Mississippi contests had
| been disposed of the committee took
up the Missouri cases, involving four
delegates-at-larg and ten district del
egates.
The cases, particularly the contest
| over the delegates at-large, presented
| one of the toughest problems, from
a purely political point of view, that
the committee had been called on TO
| handle.
The Roosevelt supporters in the
State are headed by Governor Her
bert S. Hadley. President Taft car
ried Missouri four years ago by a
plurality of 700 over Bryan.
| Governor Hadley. an energetic, pro-
gressive politician. has managed tC
hold 1T in line.
! With the elections coming on. and
with a strong chance that the Demo
/ cratic presidential nominee may come
| from Missouri the national committee
| tion in such a way that the chances OF
| keeping Missouri in the Republican
! column will not be endangered. Gov.
| ernor Hadley is a Roosevelt delegate
! at large and was the principal figure
| in the convention at st. Louis
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
DONOHUE TO RUN
If STUART DOESN'T

r. c HI ND, V A, Special
Captain Donohoe Friday night made
the following statement:
Il will be a candidate for Cover
nor of Virginia if Henry c. Stuart is
not in the race; If he is a candidate
will not rum"
Politicians who are engaged in as
pertaining the affiliations" OF Cap
tain Donohoe have discovered that
he is very close to Colonel Joseph E.
Willard and that he is also related
by marriage to former Governor Mon
tague.
1t is being pointed out, too, that
he Is not stranger in the councils
of the machine" being an out and
out supporter of Senator Martin, and
speculation is rife as to just where
the factions would split in case he
should determine to make the race,
regardless Of the candidacy of any
other man.
Captain Donohoe is a man of some
means. He is a bank director and
was at one time q bank president.
he Is the owner of q newspaper of
considerable influence-the Fairfax
Herald-and is personally a most
popular man.
Captain Donohoe's announcement OF
candidacy has created much interest.
and there are many here who look
with favor on his aspirations. He made
warm friends while in the Senate and
increased their number very much
while he was discharging the duties of
Auditor of Public Accounts.
1t appears, according to the state
ment given out last night by the Fair
fax editor, that his candidacy is wholly
dependent on the plans of Henry c.
Stuart. Should Mr.. Stuart, whose
health now is poor, decide to with
draw from the gubernatorial race,
Captain DonOhoe will certainly run.
But should Mr.. Stuart find himself suf-
ficiently strong to undertake the cam
paign, Captain DonohOe will not OPP
pose him.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
new DISCOVERIES
MADE in NEVADA
Geological Professor Finds Bones
Said to Be Six Million
Years Old.

RENO, NEW Special.-Marvelous
discoveries OF prehistoric mammals in
the desert. east of Nina. New, are re-
ported by Professor Lawrence Baker,
OF the department of geological re-
search OF the University OF California.
Investigation shows that the region
about Nina once was an immense
body OF tropical water.
The bones of a three-toed horse
have been unearthed. The animal was
about the size of a lamb. The entire
remains of a prehistoric dog have
been brought to light. 1t is stated
that these animals lived at least
100000 or 100000 years ago.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
RIOTS SUBSDE
in BOSTON STRIKE
COMPANY ESTABLISHES A COM
PLETE NIGHT SERVICE FOR
TILE FIRST TIME

BOSTON, MAS Special The
elevated railway installed a complete
nigh5 service for the first time
since the strike began. With this step
the car service throughout the city
assumed practically normal condi-
tons.
There was no riotng during the
early hours.
General Bancroft declared that the
company had no intention to arbitrate.
He said that the company had hired
1900 new men, which were ample to
replace all those who struck, and that
there are now $500 men at work. a
full complement.
The Boston Central Labor Union
adopted resolutions favoring the car
men and called up it's $4,000 affi-
lated members and their families to
refrain from riding on the cars dur
ing the strike.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
TABLE MOTION TO
UNSEAT HENEY
Sturgis Seeks to Prevent Califor-
man From Acting as a Proxy.
Taft Gets IL More Contested
Delegates-Mississippi Hear
ing Occupied Morning.

CHICAGO, I'LL. Specialize
Taft steam roller crushed onward
and seated twelve more
delegates from Mississippi, giving
the President a total of 1873 TO
RoOsevelt's one.
The only time the engineers of
the roller hcSitated was when n
sensational attempt was made to
unseat Francis j. Heney, the Cali
fornia Roosevelt leader. The mo-
ton was tabled and Heney was
allowed TO continue his opposition
10 the Taft operations. 49,
Then the fractional SEnt In the
committee was brOUN.d TO crisis.
The Missouri .SaseS, involving
four delega-Se at large and ten
district " HJSgateS, and regarded as
the pi, 0tal contests, were brought
up. There were rumors that only
en- 5ugh of the Taft men would be
seated from Missouri to give the
President a majority of the States
thirty six delegates.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20

Colonel Roosevelt has come out
decidedly for woman suffrage He
was induced to take this definite
stand by what the women voters have
done in Colorado in opposition to
Messrs. Guggenheim and Evans; in
Washington, California and other
Western States. Colonel Roosevelt
told me that he was convinced from
this record OF the advantage to the
country TO be gained by placing the
ballot in the hands of women. The
colonel also said that he had def
nitely decided to incorporate in the
platform which he will submit to the
Chicago convention a woman's suf-
frage plank"
Colonel Roosevelt. when question
ed. said that Judge Lindsey's state
ment was entirely correct.
President Taft is on record as ia
voring woman's suffrage.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
MASS MEETING
FOR STRIKERS
Will Be Held on Boston Commons
on Sunday-Thousands
to Participate.

BOSTON, MASS Special Plans
FOR a mass meeting of 10000 people
on the Boston Common Sunday to aid
the car men in their strike against
the elevated. railway was taken up at
meeting today of the executive
boards of the Massachusetts branch of
the American Federation OF Labor,
the Boston Central Labor Union and
the Garments Unions.
The plans include a monster parade.
Promises OF support have come from
all over the state, Lowell guaranteeing
20 send 10000 marchers If they are
needed.
The elevated road still refuses TO
consider arbitration. A rival transpor-
tatiOn service has been organized 10y
South Boston and RoXbury strikers 70
compete with the elevated.
Cars were run all night on all lines
but under a heavily curtailed schedule
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
STEAD URGES
Smith TO ACT
Declares That British Board of
Trade Certificates Should
Be Rejected

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
Albert T. Stead, of London. son of
the veteran journalist. William II.
Stead, lost on the Titanic. has written
to Senator William Alden Smith, urg-
ing the Senate Commerce Committee
to reject certificates of the British
Board of Trade and to insist on ade-
quate American inspection of foreign
transatlantic liners.
Stead is one of the leaders in the
movement for British maritime reform
and declares such a stand here would
aid their work.
Senator Smiths subcommittee
cotinue6 hearings on the navigation
bill resulting from the wreck OF the
White Star liner, and heard Captain
r. p. Schwerin, vice president and
general manager of the Pacific Mail
and San Francisco and Portland Line,
and Marston Niles, former lieutenant
in the navy. who has
plan to make ships unsuitable.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20

J. Thomas NewsOme -end George W.
Fields, counsel for Virginia: p
Record here from Z. Stewart
Jones. the clerk OF the Supreme Court,
shows that a writ OF error has been
granted in the case OF Virginia Chris
tian. Subsequent advices say that the
writ has been refused. VIII you
kindly grant respite of thirty days
to enable us to file an amended petit
ton for communication in the event that
we fail TO secure the writ Execution
set for June 21st; quick action Is inn
perative."
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
BRAKE BEAM WRECKS
SOUTHERN TRAIN
LYNCWRURG VA

LYNCHBURG, VA Special
A Southbound freight, running
from Alexandria to Atlanta, on the
southern Railway, was wrecked
at O'Clock Wednesday at Ar
rngton, by the dropping of a
brake beam.
Thirteen cars were piled up and
the Washington division is para
IyZed. All passenger trains are
being detoured via Buena Vista
and Basic City. Twelve hours
Will be required to restore traffic.
No one was injured.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
EXCURSION TRAIN
GOES over BANK
THE DEAD WERE EMPLOYEES OF
ROAD-FTFTY PASSENGERS
ARE INJURED.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN.-Spe-
cial.-TwO railroad employees were
killed and more than fifty pas
SengerS injured when an excur-
sion train on the Western and
Atlantic Railroad was wrecked
near Dalton Wednesday.
The injured are being cared for
In the homes OF Dalton citizens.
early reports said that the loss
of life had been heavy.
Six of the injured passengers are re.
ported fatally hurt. Five cars went
over an embankment when the engine
was derailed. Section hands had the
track torn up, undergoing repairs
when the train rushed upon them with.
out warning.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
ORDER RELATING TO RATES
IN NEWPORT NEWS FILED
WASHINGTON. IN. G. s

WASHINUIUNs ID. c Special
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has ordered railroads
having termini at Norfolk and
Newport News, Va. to file tariffs
with the commission by October
list to remove the discrimination
In rates favorable to Norfolk and
against Newport News
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
STRIKE BREAKER
HAS ACCIDENT
II ~ 2JsrON CAR TOO FAST-wO-
MAN INJURED AND OTHERS
BRUISED.

BOSTON, MASS. Special.-A crowd
ed street car jumped the tracks on the
Broadway bridge from South Boston
and one young woman was in
jured and taken TO a hospital a num-
Der received minor injuries.
The accident was caused by the
motorman, q strikebreaker. running his
car al high speed over the draw. The
car ran twenty-five feet along the
bridge and then swept to the right to-
ward the foot passenger way and the
water. The heavy frame work saved
the car from plunging overheard.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
TO SEND REVENUE
CUTTERS TO ALASKA
Wireless Unanswered, and It Is
Feared That Stricken
Towns Suffer.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
Messages sent by Captain Bertholf.
of the revenue cutter service. ordering
the cutters Tahoma and McCulIough
TO Alaska, are unanswered and Cap
tain Bertholf fears they have not been
received. This will mean several days
delay in the arrival of the cutters at
the volcano stricken towns
The cutters are beyond the range
of the land wireless stations and the
service is chartering a vessel to carry
orders to Alaska
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
MAYOR G. s. GREER
IS AGAIN REELECTED.

ROCKY MOUNT, VA Special
Mayor Z. 5. Greer, who has served for
hale Tor Mayor yesterday by a vote of
% to y, and the following councilmen
were elected: Messrs. N. p. Angle, II.
w: A. Belcher and Raymond Davis
The defeated candidates were J. w
rett.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
MORE MADDOGS
HAUNT LYNCHBURG
IYNCTFRT1RG

uaYNCFBURI, VA Special
dog belonging to Rev. Joseph b. Dunn,
rector of St Pauls Episcopal Church,
was shot last night, when it developed
hydrophobia. Two dogs, bitten by the
rabid canine, are now confined.
Another dog, killed here two weeks
ago, has just been declared by the
Federal experts at Washington to have
had hydrophobia-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20

Unless Governor Mann sees fit to
interfere, Virginia Christian, the six
teen-year-Old negro girl found guilty
of the murder of Mrs. Ida Belote in
Hampton, will die in the electric chair
at the penitentiary June 21st, the date
originally set for the execution of the
courts sentence.
1t now transpires that the Supreme
Court of Virginia did not allow q writ
of error and supersedeaS in the case,
as was announced. On the contrary
it refused n writ of error, which
means that the girl may hope for
nothing more from the appellate
court.
This mistake was made by some one
connected with the clerical force of
the Supreme Court-not by the news
papers-and was due to a misunder-
standing growing out of a long dis
lance telephone message.
Efforts will now be made to induce
Governor Mann to show clemency to.
the prisoner-at least to save her
from capital punishment.
The executive. in this connection,
ernOr, Mann Thursday afternoon
receive the following telegram from
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-20
JUDGE HANF0RD
Is UNDER PROBE
HOUSE COMMITTEE FAVORS BER-
GERS RESOLUTION-THE RE-
PORT is ADOPTED.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Special
Representative Berger's resolution
proposing an investigation of the con-
duct of Judge G. II. Hanford, of Seat
tie, with a view to impeachment pro-
ceedings, was reported to the House
by Chairman clayton of the Ju-
dietary Committee, and was unani-
mously adopted.