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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
SIDNA ALLEN seen
-. - At MOUNT AIRY

WYTHEVILLE, VA Special
The greatest excitement was created
here Tuesday, when tn esheriff receiv-
ed a telephone message from Mt Airy
that Sidna Allen had been seen seven
miles north of that place 10y three
reputable citizens, who are willing to
affirm that the man is none other
than Allen himself
through the officials Of Mt. Airy and
is given on the statement of DIR.
Thomas Is. Ashby. who was one of
those who saw Allen. According to
the statement Of DR.. Ashby, he was
paying visit to the home of Mr..
Charles Webb, who lives on the Fancy
Gap Road.
DR.. Ashby was seated on the porch
of the Webb home yesterday after
noon, and was in conversation with
Miss Webb when the two were aston
ished to see a man with a beard. pos
SihlN one month old, carrying a grip
and large bundle. dart across the
road and jump behind a woodpile.
Dr. Ashby Immediately started in the
direction in which the man disap-
peared, and as he did so the man
suddenly started back and ran. in APP
parent fright. into the woods and
across the road.
Mr.. Webb, who was also I'm the
yard Of his home, and who knows AL
len personally, as does DR.. Ashby. is
declared TO have said that there is
no question Of the identity of Allen.
WytheVille was notified by telephone
and officers will take up the search at
once.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
SUITS FILED AGAINST
WHITE STAR Line
Five Witnesses Prevented From
Leaving for Europe by Mid
night Court.

WASHINGTON, d. G. Special
Unexpected and sensational court pro-
ceedings, begun at midnight at the
home of Judge Ashley NJ. Gould, of
the District Supreme Court will pre-
vent at least five witnesses, including
j. Bruce Ismay, managing director of
the International Mercantile Marine.
and four members of the i'll fated I'll
tanic crew from departing for Europe
within the next week.
Prospective damage suits against the
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company.
the owning corporation of the Titanic.
are responsible for the detention of
the witnesses to the great sea tragedy.
it being claimed that their testimony
is material and that should they be
allowed to depart a serious delay to
justice would result.
The initial suit on which the noe
turnal proceedings are based was
brought by Louise Robins, widow of
George Robins, the valet Of John Jacob
Aston, who lost his life in the wreck.
Through Attorneys Herbert and Mi
cou she sets forth that her husband
was drowned through the wrongful
acts and negligence of the defendants.
The suit is to be filed in the Admiralty
Court of New York city.
On the showing made in the peti-
ton setting forth these facts, Justice
Gould issued subpoenaes requiring the
following witnesses to appear this af-
ternoon before Special Examiner
Ralph ID. Quinter in the Century build
ing: J. Bruce Ismay, managing d.
rector; Joseph G. Boxhall. Charles III.
Lightoller, Frederick elect, lookout.
and Harold S. Bride, wireless operator
OF the Titanic.
Deputy marshals took the sub
poenaes after midnight and served
hem.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
INSURANCE COMPANY
WINS In SUIT
NEWPORT NEWS COUNCIL EATS
CROW AND REDUCES ITS IL
CENSE TAX.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA Special
War, which begun here something
Ike two years ago. has come to an
end-the war between the city and
the insurance companies.
May 10, 1910, due to the action Of
the Council of the city in increasing
taxes on insurance companies. the lat
ter increased rates in order to meet
the tribute demanded by the city. The
case finally got to the courts, and q
score or more Of agents were indicted
and convicted for alleged conspiracy.
The Supreme Court of Appeals
passed on the case a short while ago,
and the agents scored a signal victory.
The Council. at a recent meeting, re-
scinded the increased tax. and the in
surance companies-all of which are
said to be Identified with the South
eastern Tariff Association-met the
changed order of things and directed
that the policies should hereafter be
issued at the old rates obtaining be-
Tore the increase went into effect The
companies are even magnanimouS
enough to say that they will refund
the ten per cent. increase il the city
VIII refund the increase tax collected.
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the State was willing to take its
chances and go ahead.
John :. Draper. speaking for the
State, said counsel for the defense
should be made TO disclose definitely
and specifically what they expected to
prove by the absentees.
Continuance Not Justified.
Judge Staples expressed some re-
luctance as TO going this far.
lie called Aliens lawyers Into his
private room, however, and got them
TO explain the nature Of the expected
testimony. Then he ruled that con-
unuance was not justified.
Tho defense excepted, after which
the Nenire was called.
First Four VcnIremen Accepted.
The first four veniremen called and
questioned by the court and by the at
anan and George J. Repas
All four were accepted for jury.
the next service Quartettc called
consisted Of J. Davis Phllippi, Greek
X. James, Charles p. Buck and J. Stan
Opposed TO Capital Punishment.
Phlllippi was excused as he is op-
posed TO capital punishment
BBr LUCK was as accepted. as was James.
was. nevertheless found eligible.
me TN q9artette called was com
oglesby. L. G. Robinson and T. d.
Shupe.
Had ''FIxed" Opinion.
Robinson had a fixed opinion and,
hence, was excused
SO was Oglesby. who also was ex-
CuSed
Humphreys likewise felt himself
Ineligible.
Shupe was accepted.
Nine Accepted; Venire Exhausted.
J. X. Hollandsworth and Thomas X.
Fhlllippt We're the next veniremen
questioned on their vOir dire Hol-
Iandsworth was found ineligible on &C
count of his opinions
Phillippi was accepted
This makes nine men selected for
jury service
The venire at this point was ex-
hauSted and the Judge ordered the
sheriu TO prepare new list and sum
mon more mon.
court at this juncture adjourned
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
HIGH PAY TO WOMEN
CRIME TO THIS ONE

, NEW YORK Special "The flu
ture should lie in ladies' laps. SO long
as the ladies are in counting house,
factory and polling booth the laps are
empty and the future in danger"
This is the warning Mrs. John Mar
tin gave to the National League for
the Civic Education OF Women at 90
East Forty-siXth Street Tuesday af-
ternoon in a discussion of "Eugenics
and Woman's Suffrage"
"Womans suffrage" said Mrs. Mar
TIN, is merely an appendage to Wo-
man industry: and woman industry
means the destruction of the race. As
me strongest and most efficient Wo-
men go to salary earning in place OF
child rearing the generations decay.
Every Independent woman who takes
high Salady as q substitute for q
bevy Of babies is numbering posteritv.
The strong, healthy, big-brained
BARNS who might be born are sacri-
need for more Paris dresses and au-
tomobiles. The cradle is emptied that
expensive restaurants may be filed.
the home deserted that luxurious girl
apartm ents may be crowded. A high
salary for men means early mar
riage, fine families and domestic mo-
rality. High salaries for women
mean deferred marriages, women pol
tucs, empty homes and race suicide"
Mrs. Martin dwelt upon the posi-
DhieS' tHIOuSH SeiecIlNS parentaSe, OF
the production of a type "as far
above us as we are above the gorilla. /"
She went on:
I'VE are living in an age which at
taches inordinate importance to the
improvement of conditions, although
the farmer knows very well that sue
cess in his line depends just as much
upon the quality OF his seed and the
grade of his stock as upon the Guilt
walton he gives them. Yet in human
affairs we always assume that the hu-
man stock itself is perfect. IT seems
undemocratic and impolite not to be-
Ieve 30. IT seems uncivil to tell peo-
pie that their children are not worth
raising; that they are not worth edu-
eating; that they ought never to have
been born.
eff we tell them that II they have
any more children like that they de-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
BENOUNCES JUDGE
WHO SENT SON TO JAIL

NEW YORK Special After
Magistrate House had sent three
young men to the Workhouse for thir-
~ days each Monday in the Morrisa-
MA court, stout, middle-aged wo-
man arose and, shaking her umbrella
at the magistrate, shouted:
Nou brute, My boy did nothing.
and you send him to jail, Let me
get at the four-eyed wretch, '
Screaming. she made for the gate.
Court Attendant De Vito. who was al
the gate. is small man. so other at
tendants ran to his aid and the wo-
man was hustled outside. There. near
the entrance, she spoke her opinion
OF the magistrate in 50 Nocferous a
manner that Washington Avenue be-
came blocked with her audience.
For nearly half an hour MAGISTRATE
House listened to the Woman's TRADE
and the cheers of the crowd. then.
with four policemen, he went out and
dispersed the crowd. The woman re-
fused To so. and the magistrate
thought her insane and summoned a
doctor from Lebanon Hospital, who
said she was merely hysterical She
said she was Mrs. JOhannah Herman
OF 1921 Washington Avenue. Friends
persuaded her to go home. She went.
VoWing vengeance.
The three young men-WilIiam
Shiner. twenty, of Two Hundred and
Twenty eighth Street and Wakefield
1Sodu, 0uSldNe Stlellel, twenty-five,
OF 1909 Washington Avenue, and
John Herman, eighteen, of 1901
Washington AVenue-were arrested
as car rowdies. They were accused
OF walking on peoples feet and sit
ting in women's laps in a car from
Clason Point. The arrests were made
at one Hundred and SiXty-seventh
Street and Westchester Avenue
transfer point.
Magistrate House, in sentencing
them, said:
Let this be warning to car row.
dies in the Bronx. I'll send you all
10 the Sworkhouse for thirty days"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
SECOND FATALITY OUTGROWTH
Oh IiSIOL DUEL IN WHICH
WOMAN WAS KILLED.

= II M . n ID, VA.-SpeciaI.-
George Wallace, colored, died Mon.
pltal, as the result of gunshot wo1nds
iinincted by Henry Hite, also coIored,
IN pistol duel between the two in
me me nome S or Lula Davis, at Ala Or
IN the firing a stray bullet from
the weapon of Wallace struck the
woman in the temple, causing her in
slant death.
warrant was sworn out Yesterday
afternoon by Detective Sergeant p. A.
belton' charging Hite with the muir
der or wallace. A coroner's Jury last
week held Wallace responsible for the
Davis woman's death.
The double tragedy was the result
or jealousy, Wallace and Hite both
having been rival suitors for the wo-
mans hand.
At the time of her death the wo-
MAJ was engaged in a card game
wallace was shot in the abdomen
Hite escaped unhurt.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
MRS. MARTIN IS
SERIOUSLY ILL
Wife of Senior Senator in Critical
Condition at Charlottesville.
Worst Is Feared.
R c H NJ Nd, A.-special.-

r G II NJ o N D, A.-Special-
Senator Thomas S. Martin has been
away from his seat in the United
states Senate for several days because
or the serious illness OF his wife at
charlottesville. Mrs. Martin is in a
very critical condition, and it is not
believed that she can live more than
a day or two.
In conversation with a friend over
the long distance phone today Sena-
tor Martin said that he had been I'M
able TO leave the bedside OF Mrs Mar
TN Tor sometime, and admitted that
her condition is such as to cause the
graVest apprehension. Her mother.
Mrs c. +. Day, of Isle of Wight, is in
attendance, and there is q CORPS of
nurses and physicians ministering to
her every want
Mrs. Martin has been i'll for some
Tune, and, while she has been treated
by eminent physicians and specialists
ana has also been operated on. she
has failed to improve. 1t has been
sometime since she was attacked with
throat trouble, and several years
ago she and Senator Martin went on
a voyage to Egypt and Europe. with
the hope that an ocean trip would
restore her health.
Senator Martin will not be able for
sometime to resume his duties in
washington, his first duty being, of
course to the sick wife.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
SAYS COLONEL is
LEADING TAFT
TEDDY FIGURES HE Is ALREADVy
LEADING IN DELEGATES
FAIRLY CHOSEN.

49, WASHINGTON, d. C. Special
me White House man who keeps tab
on the political situation for the Presi-
aent gave out statement in which
he said:
''Forty-four delegates were elected
last week. Senator Cummins saved
TOUR in Iowa and his convention
strength is now ten. Colonel Roose-
Velt captured nine, four of them. the
missouri delegates at large. Placing
these TOUR delegates, to which he is
not entitled, in the Roosevelt column
the third-term candidate now controls
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
State Library Prints Valuable Re
port About Virginia Troops
in the Revolution.

X { TT NJ q ID, y y, Special
Embodied in tho eighth annual re-
port co. in. State Library Board, which
is just I.u .1c press. apepars 4SS-
pas Ist D' Juc Revolutionary soldiers
OF NirGiuia.
This ust which contains between
$4,000 and 10000 entries and is Of
incStirna lc value to historians. comes
IN tho lr~'n OF a special report of the
department. of archives and history
(Dr. II. j. Eckcnrode, archivisD, and
represents years OF labor among an
cient records.
The names are all alphabetically
arranged and after each appears an
abbreviated reference to the docu-
ment containing reference TO the
soldier.
DR.. Eckenrode has prepared an ad-
mirable preface for his report This
explains, as far as il is now possible
70 90 So Nirginia's military connec-
ton with the Revolutionary War.
The author. however. advances no
claim TO completeness or even approx
innate completeness in his list He
says it is hut tentative" and does
not include all the lists of soldiers
known to be I'm existence. Permission
could not be gained for copying the
rolls In the War Department, and this
omission, according TO the arChivist
is a serious deficiency.
Researches still being conducted in
tHe state Library are expected to
bring to light other rolls whose
whereabouts can now only be guessed
at. while from time to time regi-
mental and company rosters may turn
mp in out-Of-the-way places.
The present list. therefore is mere
ly the first stage of a work to be con-
unued for many years and brought to
a conclusion only when the sources
or Virginia Revolutionary history shall
have been completely explored. leav-
Ing no reasonable hope for further
discoveries.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
ALIENS begin ..ss....,s
: Fight FOR LIFE
Detective w. G. Baldwin, Chief of
the Agency, Constantly at the
Side of the Prisoner-Numer-
Gus Array of Witnesses
on Hand.
MYTHEYILLE. Va Sneeinl.

WYTHEVILLE, VA Special
Remarkable progress was made
IN getting n jury for the
trial of Floyd Alien. Out of
Vcnirc of sixteen men examined
by court and counsel. nine were
found available for service. -Four
had fixed opinions ana fifth
man was opposed to capital pun
iShmcnt. Two were excused on
account of sickness.
The men accepted are; helms,
OmbargCr, buchanan, RCpaS.
Brown, James, Buck. Shupc and
Thomas Il. Phiilippi. All save
Mr.. Nclms, who * a merchant at
Rural Retreat, are engaged I'm
agriculture or stock raising. The
majority of the accepted men are
comparatively young men.
summoned to Complete Jury.
The following is the alias Venirt
summoned with the purpose of com
pleting the jury: John IL. Crockett
Adkins, y. G. Cecil, James NJ. Graham
>. n Crockett II. l.. Dudley. Zeb Il
Graham. Il. +. Simmerman. r. &. Tar
ter, Is. b. Miller, w. E Gammons, +
II. Hager, +. Z. Chain and T. J. Il
Sharitz.
IL Is TO he doubled If the sherin
will he able to summon all these
men by the timc court rccOnN enes
az 4. VI. though enough Ncnire-
men may he available to complete
the panel Of sixteen, from which
the detcnsc has the right To strike
four ramcs. Indeed, IL seems quite
likely thnt the jury of twelve will
hr finally cmpnRciICd by the time
court adioUUuS this evening.
Jack Allen. brother OF FLOYD Allen
is in town. as is also Mrs. John NIundN-
mother OF Sidna and Wesley Edwards
Mrs. MundN married a second time
she is CARRIED in deep black and wear,
a huge but not inartistic slat bonnet
OF the most ebOn hue. 1t is said thai
her attire does not signify mourning
as nearly all the mountain women OF
carroll dress thus when they wish L.
appear to unusual advantage
Mrs. Mundy certainly looks deDress-
Cd. however. and the possible fate OF
her sons seems to be weighing greatly
on her mind.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
STEAMER HITS
3 -. HIDDEN Mine
CONSTANTINOPLR.

CONSTANTINOPLE.- Special
The steamer Texas. belonging. TO
the Hadji-DaOud Line. struck n
mine of the coast of Asia Minor
Monday afternoon and sank.
ScVenty-iiVc persons were drown
ed and sixty injured.
News of the disaster was re-
ceiVed I'm dispatch from
SMYRNA to the Ottoman LIOyd
offices.
There were 800 passengers
aboard the Texas, which also car
ficd the European mails. The
mine which she struck is believed
TO have been cast adriff bv an
Italian Warship.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09

serve hanging. we feel that they won't
love US any more. We never think
OF doing anything 50 rude. on the
contrary. we organize more classes for
detectives and build a few more asy-
lumS.
without cugenics the nation will
one day. like the Titanic. so TO the
bottom. We may natter ourselves
that the biggest fastest. richest.
grandcst nation ahoat cannot sink.
but il cam"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
KANSAS SOLID
FOR ROOSEVELT
EX-PRESIDENT ASSURED OF
TRENGTH BY RETURNS
FROM II COUNTIES.

TOPEKA, KAN SpeciaI.@-
theodore Roosevelt will control
the Kansas Republican State con-
VentiOn at Independence. Nav Sth.
This was assured when re-
turns from fourteen additional
counties showed that the dele
gates 20 the State convention had
been instructed for him.
The colonel now has more than
wo-thirds of the delegates. He
Is also assured of sixteen of the
states twenty delegates I'm Chi
caro-.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
TEN ARE KILLED IN
TORNADO IN LOUISIANA

NEW ORLEANS LA Special
AT ieast ten persons were killed in a
tornado that swept over the nortb-
eastern section of Louisiana early TO.
day. 1t conferred around Gilbert. where
one man was crushed to death by a
railing building and eight men work.
ing In fields were killed.
In FRANKLIN parish many were
crushed to death.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09

LONDON. Special.-A news agency
dispatch received here Tuesday after
noon states that 14O passengers and
members of the crew of the steamship
Texas were drowned when the vessel
struck a floating mine and sank in
the Gulf of Smyrna yesterday.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
FOUR DELEGATES AT
LARGE FOR MIR. TAFT

CONCORD, N. H. Special
Four delegates instructed TO vote
for President Taft for the presi--
DENTAL nomination at the Repub-
lIcan convention were chosen at
the New Hampshire State cOnVen-
ton today after a lively session
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09

A Connecticut man got back a let
ter ne mailed nineteen years ago.
back missives mailed much mora re-
Progress.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09

falsifier. and Mr.. Roosevelt says Mr..
Taft is a falsifier. Probably nobody
knows either OF the gentlemen better
than they know each other.-Bristol
Courier-Herald.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-09
Denied BY Baldwin.

WYTHEVIDLE, VA Special w.
G. Baldwin fatty denies the report
that Sidna Allen has been sighted in
the vicinity OF Mount Airy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-03-28
Orphan Ridge.
lDelaYed.l


Lon Fulton and son Cleve were
hauling straw Monday from the Reed
farm.
Dan Barlean and family spent
Sunday at the home of his brother
near Blockley.
A. J. Butts had business at Leon
Monday.
V. A. Williamson, OF Lincoln, Neb
was here Wednesday visiting his
many friends.
George Stephens had legal bust
ness at Davis City Monday.
Pat Leahy is improving some from
his recent illness.
Amos Brazelton butchered We'd
nesday.
Mrs. John Weidner called on Mrs
Lon Fulton Monday.
Gilbert Johnson, of Davis City, IS
helping Amos Brazelton to get up his
supply of wood.
A. J. Piper and wife called on Ray
Marvin Monday to see the big boy
which was born to them on March IS
Fred Jones and family spent Sun
day at the home of George Stephens
George Barlean called on c. E
Leahy Sunday.
Lee Davis went to Davis City Sun
day to see Gus Hemelrich who is re-
ported very sick, with but slight
hopes of his recovery.
Milt Truitt is visiting this week
at the home of his sister, Mrs. George
Stephens.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-03-28
Little River.

The weather is somewhat warmer
at this writing.
Ed Graham and family spent Sun
day at the Charles Graham home.
VIII Henderson and family spent
Sunday with Jasper Spargur and
family.
James Drury and daughters spent
Sunday with relatives near Pleasan-
ton.
Walter Donley spent Friday at the
Spargur home.
Several from here had business
in Pleasanton Saturday.
Kate Still called on Mrs. Alder
Saturday afternoon.
Seth Davis and wife attended the
funeral of her cousin, John Cozad,
on Monday at the Dale cemetery.
Some friends of Martin Henrick-
son visited at their home the latter
part of the week.
Edith Spargur went Sunday for
a few days visit with her cousin,
Mary Henderson.
John Drury returned to his home
Monday from GAINESVILLE where he
spent a few days visiting with rela-
tives.
James Davis and family and Herd
Davis and family were visitors at the
Seth Davis home Sunday.
Jasper Spargur returned to his
home Thursday from Leon where he
has been attending court.
Mabel Moore spent Sunday with
Page Drury. -...-,-s.-,.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-03-28
their Masters cause. May they find

their Masters cause. May they find
warm friends wherever they locate.
George Galloway, Of Mt. Ayr,
stopped off here while enroute to
Grand River for short visit with
relatives in our city last Wednesday.
Mrs G.. P. Campbell had the mis-
fortune to fall and sprain her ankle
one day last week and has been quite
poorly ever since. Her daughter,
Mrs. Bea Martz, Of st. Joe, came and
is caring for her.
Mrs. Anthony Radnich is on the
sick list
Mrs. George Henderson entertain
ed the Priscilla Club last Friday
| evening. Refreshments were served
and all voted it an evening of real
enjoyment.
Mrs. NJ. J. Mitchell, of Des Moines,
visited with her mother, Mrs. f. s.
Grimes, from Friday until Monday,
| returning to Des MoiNes Monday on
the early train.
Mrs. Ralph Johnson visited with
! her parents in Mt Ayr last week.
Mrs. Emma Black returned last
Sunday from visit at Eldora, Iowa
A Mr.. Sheldon, preliminary state
agent for the S. D. A. church print
ing department, was looking after
business connected with his mission
in our city last Sunday and Monday.
While stopping in this city he was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs A. B. Nor
man.
Yves Osborn, of Garden Grove,
was in our city the past week look
'ng up location to start new bar
Der shop. We understand that his
mother, grandma Osborn, a former
resident of our city, but now OF Gar
den Grove, has been 81 tainted pen
sion on account of the death of her
husband who died in our city several
years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Henderson, Of
Leon, were Sunday callers in our
city.
Claude Robinson, Of Leon visita.l
with his parents in this city last Sum
day.
Mr.. Harry Aten, of Garden Grove,
has charge Of the prescription de-
partment in the Robinson drug store
while DR.. J. H. Robinson is at COL
fax, Iowa, taking treatment for his
old disease.
John Atteberry and family, OF
Leon, were Davis City visitors the
past week.