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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
YOUNG GIRL WAS
FREE FROM GUILE

NEW YORK Specialists Elise
Nicholas, OF Amherst. Va, third
cousin of the late Senator John W.
Daniel, of that State. who mysteri-
ously disappeared in this city six
weeks ago. and who was found at
81 s West SiXty-sixth Street early Sun
day morning, was freed today by Mag
istrate Herbert, in the Harlem Police
Court.
Her aunt. Mrs. Morris Calhoun. or
IS West one Hundred and Fifth
Street with whom she made her home
while in this city, and her uncle, J.
chalmers Warwick, of Maplewood, n
j.. We're in court today
The girl was given into the custody
or her aunt who promised TO send her
home to Virginia.
NEW YORK Special The World
prints the following:
Elise Nicholas, the pretty girl Of
seventeen from Winchester, Va.
whose cousin was the late United
in whom Senator O'Gorman interest
ed himself when she disappeared
March 26th from the home Of her
aunt at IS West one Hundred and
Fifth Street appeared in the Harlem
Police Court.
She was identified by her photo
graph published in the World of April
SOth.
Policeman James Wynne, who took
her 70 court from the West One Hun
dred and Twenty-fifth Street station,
SAID he had found her intoxicated
late saturday night in the hallway of
3lS West One Hundred and Sixteenth
Street.
The case had baffled the police
The girls relatives had kept it from
them for several weeks, while prose-
cutting private search, hoping by this
non ne 70 Gv,1 l.
family the annoyance of publicity
When their efforts failed ]. Chalmers
Warwick, her uncle, Of Maplewood
y. J., wrote to Senator O'Gorman urg-
ing him to ask Commissioner Waldo
to try to find her without letting the
public know that she was missing.
Tells Story to Court Officer.
Mrs. Carrie McCauley, the proba-
ton officer to whose charge the girl
was committed, had a long
talk with Elsie. She said the talk had
convinced her that reports which led
the police to abandon the case had
no foundation in fact. In her opinion
the girl was actuated in going away
simply by a feeling that she wished
10 be Independent of her relatives and
that in the intervening weeks her
character has not suffered.
The explanation which Elise made
of her plight of Saturday night was
that she had been at dinner with a
man to whom she had been intro
duced. Although the wine she drank
affected her seriously, she still knew
enough to take care of herself. and
had him take her to the house in
which she was found, under pretense
that she was to remain with a friend
there, rather than go to her own
house, 149 East One Hundred and
Sixteenth Street, with him in that
condition. She had no acquaintance
in the West One Hundred and Six
teenth Street house, but had counted
on finding her way home again.
Mrs. McCauley said she was con-
WINGED that Elsie was over confident
of her ability to manage for herself
and had a notion that she could get
on as well in the big city unaided as
any other girl. but that along with
this headstrong disposition she was
quite free from guile.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
STEEL TRUST IS
STILL UNDER FIRE

NEW YORK Special-It was an
nounced before the opening of the
investigation by the government into
the wire and steel trust before Exam
lner Henry Il. Brown, in the Customs
House today, that Frank Baackes.
vice president and general sales agent
OF the American Steel and Wire Com
pany, would be an early witness.
1t was Mr.. Baackes who destroyed
the trunkful of letters and papers
which had been used by the govern
ment in the wire pool case of 1910.
causing the government to ask for an
injunction to protect other evidence
of the same nature.
The hearing was late in get
ting started, and ii was nearly 1890
O'Clock before Wallace Buell., former
steel wire manufacturer, was called
to the stand to take up his testimony
where he had left off. Mr..
Buell. in the meantime had refreshed
his memory as to the subsidiary COM
panies Of the American Steel and;
Wire Company itself, an underlying
company Of the United States Steel
Corporation, which were in active
competition with the Washburn and;
Moen Company before the amaIgama-
ton OF the concerns. Mr.. Buell. was
formerly superintendent OF the WASH
burn and Moen Company.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
CONVENTION TO
49, 49,, ASK FOR FUNDS
100000 Be Set Aside
for Use of Retired
Ministers.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.-SpeciaI,
The MethOdistS of the world
Will launch a ca, align to raise
$5,OOO,OOO for the red minis
tcrs Of the Church if the Gem
eral Conference adopts a plan
proposed by the Northern Mimic
sofa Conference.
The plan was proposed to raise
In memorial asking the confer
ence TO designate the one hum
dred and twcnty-iifth anniversary
year of the founding OF the
Church as the year for raising a
$5,OOO,OOO fund for the use of
the retired ministers.
The matter will be considered
In committee and then be
brought before the General Con-
ference.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
TROOPS ORDERED
: Held in READINESS
Yaqui Indians on the Warpath,
Committing Brutal Deeds.
Northern Mexico Fast Getting
Beyond Semblance of Any
Government Control.

WASHINGTON, d. C. Special
Army posts all over the country
have been ordered TO hold their
men in readiness TO move on the
Mexican border on a moments
notice. This was admitted by War
Department officials following
the receipt OF a second
report from Colonel e. II. Steever,
commanding the American forces
at lei IaSO, Tex, relative to the
shooting of Private Baker, of the
Twenty-secOnd Infantry, on Sun
day.
The State and War depart
mentS made no secret of
their fear that a new uprising.
more anarchial than that which
was begun three months ago, will
sweep over Northern Mexico,
making necessary the most strin-
gent measures by the United
States to protect property on this
side of the line.
News that a big battle is rag
ing in Central Mexico has reached
the State Department. 1t Is sup
posed TO be in the vicinity of
Tres MariaS, and the battle of
TOrTcOn. on which will hang the
entire fate of the revolution, is
expected to begin not later than
Friday.
Should the rebels win this en-
Sa@ement. say army Officials
here. the situation in Northern
Mexico will be most serious, as
the entire country probably will
rise against all authority and an
archy Will reign alone.
1t is this contingency which the Wa
apartment is preparing for by again
sminding post commanders Of the or
ers issued some two months ago, tina
II troops must be ready to march OF
he border Immediately. If soldiers ar,
eeded along the Rio Grande, the of
Gals Of the War Department say thel
i'll be needed quickly and the les
me lost In moving them the better.
The State Department reports from
lie disturbed districts in Mexico Wer,
IT from reassurinR. Conditions III
alma Cruz are said to be CROWNS
orse and the Yaqui Indians, who tool
he war path last week, have captured
eforma, in Juchitan, torturing many
the helpless inhabitants.
So general is the revolt in Sina1oa
lat communication on the Southern
acific Railroad Will be abandoned
'uth OF San Bias.
No further word has been received
ON the Buford, which was expected
arrive at Topola Bampo and Altata
day, succoring such American refu-
ees as wished to leave this district
Americans Seek Refuge.
MEXICO CITY. Special. Endangered
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But the record .s,-t.,,

1884. But the Record. sinwufnxfr
enough, omits to mention that the firTt
American railway on which steam
was applied as the motive power was
In South Carolina; horses were I'm uso
on the Baltimore and Ohio Tor several
years after the track was laid. The
line from Petersburg TO the Roanoke
River was among the first four con-
structed, and is now a part OF the At
lantic Coast Line system. Regulnr
service by steam dates back eighty In
stead OF fifty-four years-Norfolk Vir-
ginian-Pilot.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
Of
steel COMPANY

NEW YORK. Special.-PrOmi-
nent corporation lawyers and
men high in the affairs of the
world of big business gathered i'm
the customs house for the
opening of the Governments suit
for TN edisSOIutiOn of the United
States Steel Corporation.
Henry II. Brown, the examiner
appointed by the United States
court, had all arrangements
made TO begin taking testimony
in the action this morning.
In all probability Theodore
Roosevelt will be "a witness, when
the absorption of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company comes
up I'm the proceedings. The
hearing is now I'm progress.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
Absolutely ImnartiaI.

Thomas Jackson Stone is the col
ored Janttor Of a small office build
ing In Chicago. One evening, Just be-
fore the baseball series for the world
championship began, he saw two
white men in the building have a
nerce fist fight as the result Of an ar
gument over which team would win.
The next morning somebody asked
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
EIGHT INJURED !
80, in TRAIN WRECK

CHARLOTTE, n. c. Special
Eight persons are reported to have
been injured in a wreck of the South
ern Limited on the Southern Railway
near FairwOod, S. c.
The wreck was caused by the break
ing of a driving rod on the engine.
At the local passenger office Of the
Southern Railway Company it was
said that passenger train No. 81 was
derailed Thursday morning at Fai
void, about five miles north of Column
bia, S. c, and that ten persons were
slightly hurt, but none seriously. All
passengers were transferred to a re-
lief train and taken to Columbia.
No details of the accident were OBJ
tainable at the Richmond Office. nor is
1t known whether any Richmond peo-
pie were aboard.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
BYRD MENTIONED o.
FOR GOVERNOR
But He Is Understood to Be Favor
able to Mr. Stuart-Mr.
Ellyson Waiting.
r. c II M o N d, VA.-Special.-
Gr.nn,rl In ti1ar, liz. .,.,litl-...I

II | c II M o N ID, VA.-Special.-
Speculation is rife in political circles
regarding the report that there may
be another candidate in the race for
the gubernatorial nomination next
year, the name of Speaker Richard E.
Byrd being mentioned as the possible
entry.
An effort was made to get Mr.. Byrd
to discuss the matter. but he declined
TO have anything to say, but appear
ed TO rather discourage any sort of
credence being placed in the report
II is understood that he had promised
his support to another aspirant, Mr..
Henry g. Stuart, and for that reason
he is not disposed to have any OF his
friends misled by reports which have
started from source he knows moth
ing whatever of.
Lieutenant Governor J. Taylor Ell
tyson, who has been mentioned for
the nomination repeatedly, is still
holding hands off and has made no
declaration as TO what he will do.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
INVESTIGATE CASE
AGAINST ARCHIBALD

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Special.-With
doors locked. and with stenographer
and committee clerks excluded, the
House Committee on Judiciary began
secret investigation of the
charges against Robert w. Archibald
of the Commerce Court, as outlined i'm
papers transmitted to the House from
the Department of Justice by the
President last Saturday.
me seal OF the papers was broken
by Chairman Clayton, Of the
judiciary Committee. and It's members
had first opportunity to see the nature
of the departments investigation of the
charges brought against Judge Arch
aid in February, and which may posi-
~ result in impeachment proceedings
gainst the Judge.
Until the committee decides whether
r not the record is to be made pub
c, members Of the committee were en-
'ined to secrecy regarding the exact
ature of the charges
Judge Archibald will not be called by
he committee. The resolution under
'hich the judiciary committee is act
az authorizes 1t particularly to de-
ermine whether the Commerce Court
1dge has been guilty "of an impeach-
Bile offense." In the event impeach-
lent proceedings are ordered they
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
Warren Leads Bristol Race

BRISTOL, VA Special.-The nom
inatiOn of George NJ. Warren, a prom
inent young lawyer, as the Democratic
candidate for Mayor Of Bristol. Va,
seems assured. Nomination is euiva-
lent to election.
Warren is opposing Mayor w. L.
Rice and J. w. Mort for the NOM
ination, and much interest is shown.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
SHRINERS READY FOR
THE OPENING SESSION

LOS ANGELES, GAL Special. The
last OF the delegations of the Shriners.
rolling across the continent i'm speciaI
trains nave arrived for the imperial
council to be held here this wealE
preliminary work of the conclave
VIII be undertaken by some of the
Officers today, but the greater part
OF the day will be given over to sight
seeing \ trip to Catalina Island was
the special excursion planned for TO
day.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16

Fairbanks is now suggested as a
Republican dark horse for the Chi
cagO convention. II the Republicans
are going To risk a dangerous COLI
sion with an iceberg they had better
brace themselves for the ordeal with
a -Virginian-Pilot.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16

by the growing feeling Of hostility
against Americans, all the United
States citizens living in Puebla left
that city and came here today. They
are being armed in case Of an out
break here. The United States trans
port Buford. which is picking up
American refugees along the west
coast, arrived at MaZatland today.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
Washington Hear. of II

WASHINGTON. Special. Southern
Railway headquarters here has &C.
ceived word that train 40. 81, the
"Southea stern Limited" which left
New York az 1888 p. M. Monday,
and Washington at 6:2O =. NJ for
Savannah and Jacksonville, had been
derailed north OF Columbia. No de
tails were given.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16
Older Than That

The first railroad company in the
United States. the Baltimore and Ohio.
was organized f1fty-four years ago to-
day. Construction work was com
menced shortly afterward at Balti-
raore.-CoIumbia Record.
The road was in operation twenty
-FOUR years earlier than the date here
assigned to the companYs Organise
uo0. having been opea for travel n
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16

Barnum & Baiiey's circus has n
baseball team composed Of elephants.
But. as every baseball fan knows
there is but one team Of White Ele-
plants in the world.-ROanoke Even
ing News.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-16

him his opinion on the two teams.
i ain got no pinion." he said en-
phatically. "On dat queshun Use
neuter. The Popular Magazine.
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Three PuIImans DeraiIed.

COLUMBIA, S. C.-Special.-A tele-
phone message from the scene of the
wreck says three Pullman cars are
of the track. but that no persons
were killed.
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SOUGHT SAFETY ,"T =.
FROM ALLEN GUNS
Developed in the Testimony That
Juror White Crawled Out of
the Courtroom and Found
: Refuge in the Clerks
Il Office Vault.
wYTHEyHLF. VA Special.

NYTHEYILLE, Va Special.
-Four of the twelve Juro.. .slb
had the courage 80 convict bonn
erent Floyd Allen of a felony last
March testified i'm the case OF the
accused desperate Monday corning
But their evidence can hardly
be called definite. For. il the
truth must he known. all of the
Quartcttc began looking after their
safety when once they observed
the prisoner fumblinS in his
sweater.
This action, coupled with his
mcnacing words, Il amt a-gOinS,"
was the signal for flight ON the
part of the jurors. Three testified
that they got safely away.
A fourth juror. {. 4. Cain. re-
ccivcd two bullets before he got
out of the court room.
NJ. q. White was discreet
enough To seek safety in a fire
proof and bullet proof vault i'm the
clerks Office.
\. h. Faddis, though hard of
hearing and somewhat advanced
I'm years, astOnished himself with
his own activity. II thought was
going To be shot into a frazzlc,"
said he. Once when he looked
back he saw old FlOyd'S gun lev
eIed nj him. But the "arch con-
spiratOr" did not shoot.
Even after reaching the open
Mr.. FaddiS didn't breathe easily.
The ground around him was pep
pcred with bullets. and somebody
evidently was trying desperately
hard To Kill him.
Foreman {. l.. Howell may like
wise be put into the also fed
class. As soon as Floyd bounced
up" this juror realized that il was
time 20 take to cover. He reached
n nearby room without injury and
somebody else i'm this sweet
haven" was wise enough TO shut
the door.
Under the circumstances the
erstvhiIc jurors could not furnish
many details. Their evidence did
not go far towards proving con-
spiracy on the part of the Aliens.
but in large measure il was con-
firmatOry of what had been teSti-
fled last week. And if il lacked
dcfinitencSS il certainly had action
in IL. Moreover, IL showed how
much the Carroll people used TO
dread Old Floyd Allen.
A nth witness, Fulton Green,
just after the sheriff was ordered
TO take charge of the accused, on
March nth, saw Floyd Slip a
paper out of his pocket and then
look in most significant way to-
wards his brother, Sidna, as
though giving him signal.
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Newspaper Enterprise.

CINv
Sims (the repOrter)-"Yes, sir"
City Editor-"Go down to the no
tel and Interview that magnate an,
get mis- denial OF the interview at tn
sapae time. Scoot, nowi"-Judge.
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When the smoke clears away suff1-
GENTLY the public will be able to dis
cover set of grinning teeth and a
pair of eyeglasses ferociously facing
a worn but sneering smile. And while
these two gladiators are pulling hair.
calling each other very naughty things
ana making ugly faces, some gum-shoe
hustler will probably slip by them and
get all the gate money.-Hamilton
(Na.) Enterprise.
Some Republicans are practicinP
the Teddy Bear" dance. but President
Iatt followers are standing pat
Virginia Citizen.
Mr.. Ismay says that while on the
Carpathia he was suffering from expe-
rlence. Most Of us have had SINH
lar uffering.-Times-He
The ideal landlord and the ideal ten
ant are yet to be found. Many land
lords and most tenants have ideals. but
this is quite a different thing.-Pe-
tersburg Progress.
If Colonel Roosevelt is weary of as
suming the role of Lincoln or of Jack
quick change to Daniel Webster.
whom he could quote with special en-
phaslS and feeling: 81 shall not at
TINS time enter upon an encomiun on
Massachusetts" Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot.
we know that ginger ale will NJ,
AND that stale beer is fiat,
But we just yearn to know what is
"A known Democrat"
vance, In Staunton Leader.
Colonel Oracle now declares that IL
IS mis- firm belief that he was saved
from the Titanic disaster by q prayer.
II this be so, it was a real case OF
saving Gracie.-Staunton Dispatch.
Mr.. TAFT says IT makes him sick at
neart while with the rest OF us IL
produces Distressing nausea--Farn-
vkiie Harzsd
~ Mr. a.
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ROOSEVELT GETS
60 60 MARYLAND Vote
Believed They Gould Have Saved
Taft Had They Gone to Polls
and Voted According to
Convictions-Champ Clark
Also Won.

OlCtldls-
The complete returns from How
ard county received at 1870 u. NJ.
shows Roosevelt carried
that county by so votes. Howard
county gives Roosevelt three
votes, this making the vote i'm
State convention for Roosevelt,
&c; Taft, 63.
BALTIMORE, Md Special.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt carried Maryland in
the Republican primaries and
Will control the State Convention
which Will meet May 18th. and which
VIII elect sixteen delegates to the ma
uonal convention at Chicago.
According TO returns from all the
counties in the State Roosevelt will
have siXty-siX and President Taft six
ty-three votes. Sixty five votes con-
stitute a majority in the convention.
Colonel Roosevelt has a popular ma
Jority in the State. His success was
due to the large and unexpected vote
which he received in Baltimore city
and in the counties.
Had the business men of the city
gone to the polls and voted according
TO their convictions the President
would have carried two districts in
the city.
COlOred voters in the First and
Fourth city districts turned the scales
against the president
President Taft swept the Eastern
Shore and Southern Maryland
Speaker Champ Clark has captured a
large majority of the delegates 10 the
Democratic State convention, which
will meet May 10th, and which will
elect sixteen delegates to the national
convention. Governor Wilson made a
better showing in the counties than
had been anticipated. He did not cap
ture single district in the city.
Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio.
was third in the race. He captured
only one county, Worcester, which is
the home of United States Senator
John Walter Smith.
AUSTIN, TEX Special.-COn-
ventions for the selection of del
eSateS TO the Republican State
convention were held in counties
which did not hold precinct con-
VentiOnS Saturday.
Republican State Chairman
Cecil Lyon, a Roosevelt man. de-
clared that the conventions
would give Colonel Roosevelt a
solid delegation in the national
convention. Texas has forty votes
In the national convention.
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Champ Clark has Iumbago. and
some one attributes the attack to too
vigorous kicking in defense OF his
"dawg. City Progress.
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NBW ORLEANS. LA SpeciaI-l

NEW ORLEANS, LA Special.-A
heavy rain which fell Sunday in
creased the danger of breaks in the
Mississippi levees.
At Baton Rouge, where the situa-
ton is desperate, hundreds Of addi-
uonal workers were sent to the levees
to aid the fight to hold them against
the rushing water.
II was feared that the storm water,
when IL reached the river, would be
more than the weakened bikes could
Withstand and they would give way.
At Melville it is feared breaks will
occur.
Women and children are being
rushed to places of safety.
The town is partially inundated,
and the flood is expected to do heavy
damage.
A fleet Of rescue boats. under or
ders Of United States engineers. was
started for this section in an effort to
rescue those imperiled.
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WITH The EDITORS

Mr.. Henry w. Page, Of London.
doesn't like American justice. and here
we have been thinking all along that
we had a variety sufficient to suit all
tastes.-Courier-Jo
Justice Hughes. of the United States
supreme Court, says he is out OF poll
tics. OF course, he is. but we imagine
that he could be induced to accept the
Republican nomination for President
in case there is a deadlock between
the two leading candidates for the
honor.-Clifton Forge Review.
Woodrow Wilson appears to be re-
morseless in his denunciation of the
editor in politics. William Randolph
Hearst is the latest to fall beneath
the ban. However, in denouncing
Hearst Mr.. Wilson is not even original.
Others have beat him to it," loi these
many years.-Roanoke Evening News.
You can talk about old winter,
With its sealskin coats so fine.
But give us old blue overalls
And the Good old summer time"
Vance in Staunton Leader.
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Twentr-five Rcnorted nrnuned

IWentN-I1Ne hepOrted DrOWned.
NEW ORLEANS, La Special-
Twenty-Five persons are reported to
have been drowned in Point Coupee
parish, when the levee gave
way before the flood-swollen Missis-
sippi. Several bodies have been re-
covered.
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Americans Seek Refuge.
MEXICO CITY. Special. Endangered
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Some Republicans are practicing
the Teddy Bear" dance. but President
Tafts followers are standing pat
Virginia Citizen