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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
GUNDA. BAD ELEPHANT. L.
CHAINS FOR LIFE.

NEW YORK, Special.-Gunda, the
big elephant with the wicked little
red eyes. met his match in the Bronx
Zoo Wednesday in two little men.
whose combined weight is less than
200 pounds. Gunda tips the scales at
S.595.
Since his recent attack on Walter
Truman. his keeper and only friend
Gunda has wandered about steel
cage, now and then charging it with
such fury that he threatened to break
it down.
I am afraid we will have to kill
him." said Director Hornaday Tues
day night. He is a menace to the
park in his bad humor."
IF you'll give me permission I'll
tie him up" said Dick Richards, who
weighs just $500 pounds less than
the elephant. and for whom Gunda
has a most cordial hatred.
Let me help do the tying" spoke
up Matthias Walter. man about
Richards size. who arrived in New
York two weeks ago from Africa Il
Will do ii as / was taught. Only Rich
ards must be with me. This is a Sc
cret I don't want to give to the pub
lie"
GO as far as you like" agreed
HOrnaday. but you do so at your
own risk"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
ATTACKS LAWYERS
WITH HATPINS
NEGRO WOMAN ARMED WITH
"WOMAN'S WEAPONS" THROWS
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE
INTO AN UPR0AR.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
Armed with two long. sharp hat
pins, an cnragcd negro woman.
who had just been held for the
grand jury ON a charge of send
ing obscene literature through the
mails, Thursday afternoon threw
the OifiCc of United States COM
missioner Arson -. Taylor. at I413
ii Street, Northwest, into an up
roar by attempting To attack Il
group of men, including Assistant
United States Attorneys =. Nc
COmaS HaWken and Sydney
Mudd, Jr., who had prosecuted
the case against her. The woman
was finally taken To the District
Jail. after struggle with several
pOStOtfiCc inspectors, detectives
and deputy marShalS, assisted by
the two attorneys.
Frightened by the screams of
the woman and the noise which
followed the attack. Mrs. Anne
MoScr. Of 300 Pennsylvania Ave-
nue., Northwest. who had appear
cS against the woman and
charged her with threatening her
life, became hystcriCaI and faint
ed outside Judge TayIor's office.
She was later revived and went
to her home.
The woman, Josephine simpson,
thirty-fiVc years old. recently was
released from MOundSVillc Dcni-
tertiary, where she had served n
term of five years for idcntiCaIIy
the same crime for which she
was held for the grand jury yes
terday. She was charged with
having written letters TO Mrs.
Moser threatening to burn her
house and to kill her The letter
is alleged to have been written in
obscene language.
BATTLED WITH MEN.
When Commissioner TAYLOR
had announced that he would hold
her under $1,000 bail for the
grand jury, and the deputy mar
shall was about to remove her,
the woman suddenly Ieaped to
her feet, and with an oath pulled
the hatpins from hat and rushed
toward the two assistant United
United States attorneys.
Detective VermiIIiOn and Post
office Inspector Barclay caught
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
CHARGED WITH WHIPPING
GIRL WITH NAIL-SIIT BOARD
NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Special.-Mrs. Annie
Becker, OF Z32 East Eighty-first Street
was arralgned before Magistrate
O'ConnOr i'm the Harlem Police Court
Thursday. charged with beating an
elEhteen-yea girl. Bessie Osmars,
with a board in which nails had been
driven.
Agents MoSsopp ana Barclay. Of the
Children Society, said that the girl
was placed i'm the care of Mrs. Becker
on the death of her mother several
months ago. In June. they say, Mrs
Becker struck the girl with the nail
studded board. and the wounds were
so serious that they were dressed at
Harlem Hospital
II was through the complaint Of
neighbor that the Children's Society
was led TO investigate the case. Mrs.
Becker asserted that she struck the
girl because she had been disobedi-
ent.
When the child was brought before
Justice HOyt. in the Children's Court.
YESTERDAY, Agent Frank Barclay. of
the society, made a formal charge of
cruelty and Inefficient guardianship.
and the girl was committed to the care
of the sisters at St Joscph's ASYLUM.
Elghty-ninth Street and Avenue 4.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
DISCUSSES FREE TOLLS
FOR PANAMA CANAL
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
By unanimous consent at the close
of the morning business, during which
the sundry civil bill had been before
the Senate. Senator Smith. Of South
Carolina, discussed free tolls for the
Panama Canal. The senator said:
IF we decide that our title to this
property is such as to make it prac-
tically a territory of the United States
insofar as our relations with foreign
countries are concerned, then it seems
70 follow that any law we may make
in reference to our own citizens in
the use of this property where it ap-
plies strictly 10 our citizens alone, is
not matter for arbitration.
If we determine that the charac-
ter Of our title as Government in
dealing with the republic of Panama
is such that our sovereignty, so far
as navigating the waters of the canal
is concerned, is practically the same
as navigating American waters. then
no foreign power has any right to
demand that il should be submitted
TO arbitration.
Il am not discussing the wisdom or
unWisd0m OF granting TO the vessels
OF the United states a monopoly OF the
coast-wise trade. This is now a law.
l am simply discussing whether or not.
under the terms Of our occupancy of
right there in reference TO our shipping
there as we have in the waters in the
United states.
If we do submit this question TO
arbitration, we are all agreed that il
will be decided against. Therefore. if
we propose TO give free passage to the
vessels OF the United States. OF ne
cessltN, we viii be compelled to remit
TO them whatever the tolls we charged.
and to this / am opposed.
The tolls may, or may not be, eN-
cessiVe. but to just the extent they are
charged, regardless of their being re-
bated, to just that extent will be the
incentive OF laying burden upon the
consumers of cargo carried by these
American vessels"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
SHE SPURNS OFFICE
TO TEND" CHILDREN

PASADENA, Special. Though
urged by members or the Prohibition
party TO run for the Assembly. Mrs.
A. l. Hamilton, formerly president Of
the State Mothers Congress and at
present head of the Southern District
OF the organization. Wednesday with
drew from the race. declaring her
duty was first to her children and
her home, and next her State.
My advice to women" said Mrs
Hamilton, lis TO keep out of politics
until their babies have grown up
Women should take an interest in
voting and affairs Of State. but let
that interest be passive until the lit
tie ones at home are able to care for
themselves"
Mrs. Hamilton is the mother Of five
children.
Il will neglect my home for moth
ing on earth" continued Mrs. Hamil-
ton. "As one of the leaders Of the
Mothers Congress. I could not con-
sistently abandon my home duties to
campaign for political position.
Women Of the State of California are
destined to become great factor in
political affairs. but let them first
look to their hearthside. and when
their work is done there they can
enter political life.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
STEAM PIPE OF VESSEL EX.
FLOODED. SCALDING MIN IA
TALLY. WHILE At SEA

NEW YORK, Special.-With five
members of her crew cncased la COT
ms, the twin steamer Principe hi
Piemonte. from Genoa. arrived i'm
port today. The dead mon were the
first assistant engineer. the chief fire
man and three stokers. who had been
Killed by the bursting of steam pipe
on w ednesday morning. one other
man in the engine room was badly
Scalded.
The vessel was proceeding at her
usual speed through clear weather at
the time of the accident. Suddenly
without warming. the branch steam
pipe connecting the port engine with
the boilers burst with a loud roar.
The fire room and engine room
were evolved in clouds OF scalding
steam.
The steam valve was shut off as
quickly as possible. while the men on
duty at the starboard engine rushed
To- the aid CT their companions. The
tive men wAo We're working at the
rush of steam. They were rushed to
the ships hospital, but died within
an hour. Their bodies were embalm-
ed and placed in zinc collins and
brought TO port
The men killed were: First Assist
ant Engineer Filippo Roncallo. Chief
Fireman Francisco Peri and Stol5ers
TomasO Cara baldi. AbitoO CaVei and
Camelo Luni.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
CONFESS KILLING
new YORK GAMBLER
Both District Attorney and Law
yer for Defense Are Warned to
Prepare for Trouble-United
States Government Is
Thus Involved.

NEW YORK, SpeciaI.-A COM
Dlctc confession has been made
bv one Of the men suspected of
the assassination OF Herman Ro-
senthaI, the wealthy gambler.
Attaches OF the District Attor-
ney's office predicted today that
within twCnty-fOur hours the
men who rode in the murder
automobile ana the men who did
the actual killing would he ar
rested.
This prediction was confirmed
by AsSemblyman Aaron y. Levy.
attorney for William Shapiro and
Louis Libby. owners OF the ma
chine i'm which the assasSius cs-
capped.
lie said: 1.-THE District AttOr-
ney has been given all the names.
and when the facts come out il
will nc the biggest police scandal
that New York or any other city
i'm the world ever had"
Levy arranged conference at
which his clients agreed TO turn
states evidence. They told all
the facts i'm their possession. but
the admissions made by Shapiro
were the most important. IL was
ON his confession that the prctIic-
ton of arrests was made.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01

her. Attorney IIawkcn helped 10
subduc her. Attorney Mudd. who
Is former star football playen
and track athlete, seized the wO-
mans hands and took away the
two hatpinS. COMMISSIONS. judge
Taylor kept his seat Mrs. NLOscr
believed that the woman waStr
ing TO escape i'm order TO attack
her, and tainted.
After "a brief struggle, during
which the woman was subdued,
she WAS taken To the District Jail
I'm the prison van.
The woman about six years ago
was employed by Mrs. MOScr as "a
servant, and was alleged to have
robbed Mrs. MOScr. She was sem
fenced to serve a term of six
months i'm the wOrkhouse.
Almost immediately after her
release she began mailing threat
cnin% letters to- Mrs. MOSer.
cOuChed in extremely obscene
language. I'm the letters, il il
claimed, the woman threatened TO
he reVcnScd for her imDrisOn-
mcnt, and announced she was 90
ing TO burn Mrs. MOscr's house
over her head. She was arrest
cd at the time, found guilty
Oh sending obscene literature
through the mails, and sentenced
10 i've years i'm MOundSVilIe pcni-
Tertiary.
Shv was released several
months ago. and soon aftcrward.
IL - claimed. wrote another of
the threatening letters to Mrs.
MOScr. She was arrested ON
june goth. and was first arrai@n-
cd last week.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
AWARD VERDICT
OF $4,000
RURAL MAIL MAN. SON-IN-LAVV.
HORSE AND ENGINE IN HALL
FAX SMASH.
ICHM OND. VA. Snecia

r 1 c II NJ o n ID, V A., Special
At the March term OF the Circuit
Court for Halifax county verdict
was rendered by a jury i'm the case
OF $. C. Baptist against the Southern
Railway, giving TO the plaintif dam
ages in the sum of $4,000 for in
turies sustained by him at Scottsburg.
Va, several months ago.
The Supreme Court of Appeals to-
day allowed "A writ Of error and SUI
persedeas i'm the case. and il Will come
up at the fall term of the court in this
city.
The petition ana record in the case
show that w. i. Chandler, aged sixty
two. a rural mail carrier from SCOTS
burg, was on his way to the pOstofice
at that place to start on his trip for
the day. He was drivinSa vouna.
horse, perfectly gentle, it is claimed.
and when near the station he stopped
when yelled at by several persons. i'm
order to let passenger train get by
The declaration sets forth that the
horse was stopped and that the ena,i-
neer OF the train, seeing the team and
observing that the horse had becone
frightened, failed to stop the train. The
engineer cOntended in court that mo
horse was on the opposite side of tho
engine and that he could not see tho
frightened animal.
Chandler called for helm and bis
-in-law, S. q. Baptist. went To his
aid and grabbed the bride. The horse
refused to stand. however. and dashed
towards the engine. Baptist was
thrown on the track or against the
engine ana Baptist had a foot crushed
and he was badly injured
Baptist was in a hospital for several
months, and when he finally LEFT he
was declared to be cripple for life
Part or his foot-mOre than half-was
removed by the surgeons. but il is
contended that for nearly a wear he
has been unable to do any work Of
any sort, that his system is a complete
wreck, ana that he is permanently
disabled. a Lynchburg surgeon. testi-
iylhS IN the case, gave it as his oDin-
ION that the sufferer would be subject
10 dlscomtorts from the injury SO long
as he lived, and that the longer he
ings.
John l.. Lee, of Lynchburg. repre-
senteo Baptist. while the interests of
me me raIlroad We're looked after 10y Will
liam Leigh. Of Houston. counsel for
the railroad
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
JUNK WAS BLOWN
ACROSS The PACIFIC
Five Japanese Sailors Land on
American Coast After Strange
Voyage.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Special
Blown OIL the coast OF Japan by
tSphOOn three months ago. caught
i'm the grip of the Japanese cur
rent and trade winds and swept
more than 1000 miles across the
Pacific, the junk SumiyOShi Maru
brought its crew of five Japanese
through winter quarters, cold,
summer heat and sunshine and
storm until its barnaCIe-COVered.
water-lOSgcd hull began to sink
and its latccn sails flew i'm shrctIs
on thc South California coast near
EnCinita. thiTty-fiVc miles north
of san Diego, I thursday night. To-
day the Japanese are prisoners of
the Federal Government.
With all hope of proceeding
further i'm their sinking ship gone,
the five sailors took to their one
small boat and MADE their way
To shore. There they fell into the
hands of the immigration authOri-
ties.
The ShipWrcCkcd foreigners
were making their way toward
EsCOndidO when OVcrtakcn and
arrested by immigration inSpec-
tors. They were brought TO san
Diego and placed i'm prison on the
charge of being Illegally i'm this
country. \ report of the capture
was sent To Washington. and
pending adViccS from the Depart
ncnt of Commerce and Labor. the
Japanese will he held as prisoners.
The junk was ON fishing
cruise, bound from Yokohama to
HakOdatc. when caught in the
typhOOn and blown To sea.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
half MILLION fire
AT VANCOUVER B. c.
ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL AND ANGE.
LOS HOUSE BOTH TOTALLY
DESTROY ED.

VANCOUVER, b. c., Special.-A fire
mat ala damage amounting to 100000
before nc was checked broke out here
early today. The Royal George Hotel
ana the Angelus apartment house, one
OF the largest i'm the city, were totally
destroyed. many OF their guests having
narrow escapes Several thrilling res
cues We're effected by firemen.
The big car barns OF the British Co
lumbia Electric Company also were
burned 20 the ground
The IRE started from crossed wires
IN "a shed belonging 20 the electric
railway company. Famed by high
vino, the names spread rapidly, and
section of the city was doomed. The
city entire lighting force. supple
mented by hundreds of citizens as
volunteers, finally succeeded, however.
IN conhninS IL 10 the hotel. apartment
house and railway property.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
PACKERS PLAN
FOR DISSOLUTION

CHICAGO, ILL, Special.-That &C
tual steps i'm the dissolution OF the
National Packing Company have be-
gun became known.
The $50 companies held by the Ma
tonal are being assigned TO the prin-
cipal owners of the National. the
Armour, Morris and Swift interests.
Mailing of printed notice TO the
department managers of the Armour
Company, notifying them that forty
six of the National subsidiaries had
been assigned to the Armour interests
have become public.
The companies held 10y the National
are valued at approximately $4,000
600.
The National itself is the company,
the Government has frequently al
legged. through which the beef trust
of this company is a step, il is un-
derstoOd, known TO prevent the filing
OF dissolution suit and another long
legal battle i'm the Federal courts.
The dissolution was decided on after
the recent trial of the heads of the
beef trust for alleged violation of the
Sherman law.
The beef barons were then notified
that the Attorney General was pre-
pairing a dissolution suit. They agreed
to voluntarily dissolve.
The notice sent to the Armour man
ayers follows:
Armour & Co.'S apportionment, Ma
tional Packing Company houses, in di-
vision now under way.
To the departments: The follow
ing houses will be taken over and
operated under the National Packing
Company system:
Baltimore. Eutaw Beef Company;
Lowell. Mass, Omaha Packing Com
pany; Philadelphia, Quaker City Beef
Company; Toledo, Hammond Com
pany; Washington. G. III. Hammond
Company; Jacksonville, National
Packing Company; Macon, Ga, Ma
uonal Packing Company; New Or
leans, National Packing Company,
Limited; birmingham, Ala, National
Packing Company; Spokane, Wash,
National Packing Company.
list of thirty-two houses TO be
taken over and operated under the
Armour system follows.
-Four others will become the prop
erty of Armour * Co. but will be
operated under their own names and
systems.
The order becomes effective July
2Sth.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01

Day had just dawned Wednesday
when Richards and Walter came 10
the side OF the steel cage. They ar
ranged chain loop on the floor.
Then Richards spoke roughly to
Gunda. The elephant trumpetcd and
charged toward the bars. He stepped
I'm the loop and one fOreleg was
caught While ne was fighting 70
Tree himself the jungle man got chain
loops about both his hind legs At
$50 tine mad brute was in shackles
that he must wear forever.
All day Gunda strained at the
chains and trumpeted so furiOusly
mat mis- cries We're heard through the
park. In fear that he might break
loose Mr. Hornaday ordered that the
elephant house be closed for the day.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
ROANOKE WOMAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
ROANOKE, VA, Special.-Mr

ROANOKE, VA, Special-Mrs. A.
j. Chapman committed suicide by
shooting herself through her heart in
Roanoke county, about five miles
northwest of this city She left a
short note addressed to her husband
and two sons telling them goodbye.
Mrs. Chapman was about forty years
old, and a woman of culture.
Her husband was a Government
gauger at a distillery at Ridgeway.
He was appraised of the trouble at his
home and arrived TO-DAY at noon.
Mrs. Chapman leaves seven sons.
the oldest not yet twenty-one years old.
Mental depression. due to the fact
that she was living in the country is
assigned as the cause of the act.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
STATE PRIMARY is
NOT COMPULSORY
RICHMOND. VA. SpeciaI.-

RICHM 0ND, Va Special
state Chairman IIlIysOn does
not believe that any particularly
VcNatiOuS problems will arise in
connection with the new election
law passed by the last Legislature,
although the situation has been
somewhat complicated here by the
contest involving the candidates
for the City Administrative Board.
LIKE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH JAMES. HE
DOES NOT REGARD THE NEW
STATUTFs~AS COMPULSORY.
Speaking about the muCh-dis-
cuSSCd act, MIR. EllySOn said:
The State Central Committee.
in accordance with instructions
given IL ut the convention i'm 1908,
presented IA report i'm regard TO
the primary law To the last con-
VcntiOn i'm Norfolk. This report
stated what the Legislature had
done mt its recent session and sub
mittcd ut the same time the
changes thought necessary TO
make our primary plan 50 that IL
would conform To the provisions
of the lc9alizcd primary law en-
acted by the Legislature.
This report of the Central
Committee was by the cOnVcn-
tlOn referred To the committee on
resolutions, but the convention
committee did not act thereon.
IL recommended that the report
he sent back To the State Commit
tee with authority 10 make such
changes in the primary plan as
would make that plan conform
with the new law. When the
state Committee meets next
month that subject will be taken
up and the committee will make
such changes aS it may deem
necessary To accomplish the end
desired by the convention"
Mr.. EllNSOn said that his COM
muniCatiOn concerning the pri-
mary law, which was addressed on
June 11th TO Colonel Il. q. James.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
was designed simply TO conform
with u section of the now law
and not i'm any way to indicate
the attitude of the committee.
The State chairman il me-
thOdical man who does things
promptly and in writing 50 early
he took time by the forcIOck, so
that he might not later run the
risk of overlooking technical re-
quircmcnt of the statute. What
he wrote was absolutely non-com-
initial.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
HANNAH saw The
LEAP YEAR PASSING
FOLLOWED POOR MAN AROUND
AND NAGGIED HIM To POINT
OF DESPERATION.

CHICAGO, I'LL, Special - Han
nah Siol. thirty-two years old. is I'M
der bond to keep the peace for the
next six months, meaning that she
must not propose to Herman Berg
any more. In six months leap year
will have run its course, and the court
believes Herman Will then be safe.
Hannah, according to Bergs story.
had not only followed him around de-
manding his hand in marriage. but
she chOked woman he was escOrting.
He had her arrested.
It's embarrassing" he told the
court.
Ever had a beau?" asked Judge
Boyer of the woman.
No" she replied.
Then why this sudden OutburSt?''
Because, judge. there's spirits
knocking at my heart all the time.
They tell me that Herman loves me.
and so 1 so to him"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
ANOTHER ATTACK
UPON ASQUITH

DUBLIN, Special. - Another
attack was made upon Premier
Asquith here today by suffra-
Sette. The woman hurled q bag
Of flour ut the statesman. bur the
missile missed its mark and burst
open, pOwdcrinS number of
men and women nearby with
flour.
The woman was arrested and
hurried away by the police. who
feared that the people would
harm her. There il Il feeling of
deep resentment here against
suffrage violence. because of the
esteem i'm which the Premier Is
held for his Home Rule fight.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-01
CONGRESSMAN
VISIT WILSON
WASHINGTON. ID. g.. SneciaI

WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Special
One hundred and fifty strong.
the sterling representatives of
cheering and triumphant Dcmoc-
racy climbed aboard special"
on the Pennsylvania at the Union
Station, and Il few minutes after
O'Clock they were found WhirI-
ing i'm the general direction OF
the Little White House" at Sea
Girt. there TO see their standard
bearer, Governor Woodrow Viii
son.
Representatives Thomas l..
Reilly. of MCridcn. Conn: y.
Mitchell Palmer. Of PENNSYLVANIA.
and Alfred &. Allen. OF Ohio. are
the committee i'm charge of ar
Engagements for the trip.
Majority Leader Underwood.
who also was an aSpiTant for the
honor conferred upon Governor
Wilson. il expected 10 join the
band at sea Girt.