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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-12-12

Employees AID officers 81 the Rich
mond Evening Journal. which Is To-
hated tn the bOildsnS second door from
the bozing buiidine. on ninth street.
got tVHether valuable books and nies
this PAPER. ready 20 move out il the
tween n and the IRE should catch. but
this Onnecessary.
IL Is perhaps owing TO n large ex-
tent 10 the fact the burning sbuilding
was only two stories IN height that
other buildings surrounding a we're
saved. This enabled the fremen 10
pour water down on Il from adjoining
The car service was FOR a time com
pleteiy shut or by four hose lines
across the tracks. but the street car
company sent an emergency wagon on
the scene and the space occupied by the
nose was oridged over.
UP TO late hour this morning
streams OF water were still playing on
the building TO eXtingUish the last
yestige or IRE end TO cool the smoul-
Qering remains. SO much water was
thrown on the building that the water
IN the cellar is flush with the level OF
tCary Street.
Among the various articles of ex-
preSSage which We're in the burning
oulding was a coop Of chickens, OF
which one lone rooster was this morn.
ing FOUND. TO be sole survivor Al
\ though somewhat ruffied. he was up IN
time to announce the dawn.
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MUST OBEY TEN
HOUR LABOR LAW
CeMAIISSIoNKc1s DOEEERTY IS AFTER
EHOSE WRO VIOLATE 1T IN
CHRIsrsssSs RUSE.

r ! III M @ ~ d, vA.-SDeciaa -
Any store. no matter in what part
OF the city u is located. that is caught
working girls or women more than ten
hours a day Is going TO get Ia trouble
with this department. The larger stores
have been careful tn observe the law
but several OF the smaller shops are in
clined to grow lax rs the holiday season
draws near. 1eiptend TO see that every
such store Is prosecuted for Nevefy Vio-
latlon taat reac hes My notice. The law
viii De STRICTLY enforced.
The above IS the declaration OF State
Commissioners OF Labor James b
DQllefty ~ I'm respect to the working OF
women anu children over hours in the
Chrsstil1i.s rns1 81 shopping. which IS
already beginning
Ihe. law as approved on March IL
1872, Dy the last Generak Assem- bly,
ordains that mo female and no child
under fourteen years OF age shall work
as an operative IN any 7aotory work
shop, mercantsle or In any manufacture
ing establishments Ia this State more
thar, ter; hogrs in any enc day of twenz
~ another CLAUSE of this law mer-
Camille establishments in cities and
toySns are e&en1pteG for SATURDAY from
the application of this law All con-
tracts made in violations OF this labor
law are void aud an EMPLOYER entering
into any agreement with a female en-
ploye or child outside OF the limifaffons
OF the law is liable TO a fine of from
SO 10 $40 for each onense which Den-
atty also applies where no agreement
exists and where the law is Violated
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BRISTOL TO GET
new POSTOFFCE
Metropolis of Southwest Virginia
to Get First Piece of
Political Pie.

BRISTOL VA. Special.-One OF the
first pieces Of Democratic Federal pie
TO be distributed in Southwest Vir-
gtnia will be the Bristol, Va, post
mastership, carrying a salary of APP
proMmately $4,000 The new office
-ident-elect Woodrow Wilson IS inau-
gurated. and he will appoint posts
master for IT, = .
The new office was established
through the efforts of Congressman
{. b. Slemp, the local Republicans
interested in creating the new. lob.
put IL now appears that the, office will
be installed just in time TO allow a
Democrat TO step in. The government
has an office and a $50, 900 Federal
building almost in a stones throw of
the site selected for the new, office.
but the Virginia Republicans made a
hght for separate office and Won IL.
Charles +. Gauthier. who was slated
Tor the postmastership, led the fight
for the new office. expecting TO be
the postmaster.
1t is understood here that either
General X. A. Ayers. late Democratic
candidate for Congress-. or the Hon,
r. Tate Irvine will be the Federal
referee of patronage for the Ninth
District. Besides the Bristol postmas-
tership, another office that will be
filled early after the change of ad-
Hllnlstralon Will De that OF Collector
OF Internal Revenue for. the Western
District Of Virginia, at Abingdon,
which is now held by Colonel d. f.
Bailey, OF this city. d. A. Preston, OF
Abingdon. is already an aspirant for
the office. This office is held at the
pleasure of the President.
There are already numerous names
mentioned In connection with the POI
sitions of United States District At
torney and Assistant United States
District Attorney. offices now held by
Slemps followers
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GOVERNORS SCORE
JOHNSON WEDDING

RICHMOND, VA. Special.
Many of the Governors gath
cred here for the fifth annual
Governors Conference this morn
Ing expressed their disapprova1 of
the Jack JOhnsOn-Lucille Came
ron wedding I'm Chicago. Several
advocated stringent niScegenation
laws for their several States.
Some of the opinions relative
TO the wedding OF the black
champion and the white girl. and
the necessity for laws prohibiting
such an alliance were as follows:
Governor Blease, of South
CarOlina-''The marriage WAS n
disgrace, a debasement of the sa-
cred rite. In my State the negro
would have been summariIy dealt
with"
Governor Spry-'T am trying
to pass stringent laws I'm all my
neighbOring States against the in
termarriage OF whites and blacks.
Utah has one, and this prevents
one OF the most disgraceful crimes
of modern times.'
Governor BaIdWin--"Connecti
cut has no such law, but 1 would
like to see one passed."
Governor HarmOn--'OhiO has
often 'agitated the passage OF
such law. but 1 am sorry to
say IL has not yet been passed.
Such marriages are blot on our
civilization"
Governor Mann ---"Vfrginia
would never tolerate any such
procedure as the Johnson mar
riage. 1t is a Dissertation of one
OF our most sacred rites"
Governor Goldsborough-''Th
johnson marriage would never
have been allowed I'm Maryland.
We protect our white girls
Governor Hadley - Missouri
long ago took care to protect her
women, and the question never
comes up before u.s."
Governor massachusetts,
1 am sorry TO say, has no such
law, but am in favor OF placing
IL on her statute books"
Governor Norris - 'Intermar-
ria2e of whites, blacks, Indians
or Chinese Is expressly forbidden
in Montana
Governor Tener, of PennsyIva-
nia-"Any law to prevent the
mixture of bIoOds OF different
coIors has my hearty APPROVAL
Governor O'Neal-"The JoI.s.-
son marriage would never Zee al
lowed or sanctioned south of the
Mason and Dixon line"
Governor Goidsborough-'T do
not approve of Governor Blease's
advocacy of lynch law, but am
heartily i'm favor of the preven-
ton OF white and black mar
riages."
Governor Dix, of New York
1.-THE johnson wedding is a blot
on our civilization. Such desecra-
tionstof the marriage tie should
never be allowed"
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PARSON In SERMON
SCORES GAYNOR
Holds New York Official Responsible
for Moral Conditions in City.
Doesn't Blame the Police.

NEW YORK. Special In his Thanks
giving sermon, preached in Hamilton
Grange Reformed Church, the Rev.
Washington He fsSn B BsStIr Shur Sas
attacked the lang uage of Mayor Cay
nors administration. The service was
union service OF the Hamilton Grange
Reformed, Washington Heights Baptist
St Nicholas Avenue Presbyterian
Heights Methodist Episcopal Churches
SO large was the congregation when
Dr.. Pattison began his sermon. stand
minister continued bis criticism Of ;'S CAV Az
nor and HIS administration especially
his administration of police atfairs the
congregation at times seemed on the
Holds Mayor Irresponsible.
DR.. Patttson ? deplored the present
moral, conditions OF the city, ,deelaring
that Mayor Gaynor alone was 10 blame
because. OF his4doctrinee of PERSONAL
Personal liberty is not intended FOR
evil doors. bqt for those who 40 right,
places the good man and the criminal
~sueHta doctrine as that advocated
p1Gcet New York moral shipwreck
Moral conditions in New York could
The police are practically hand
cuffec. They must stand outside sa-
looms and disorderly resorts. They
broken inside. but they dare not enter
They must obey the Mayors orders
that personal liberty is every mans
right such doctrines are dangerous
20 law-abiding citizens and TO the very
governments temptations.
"A man who advocates such condf-,
tons Is a dangerous citizen and not
above suspicion A man who tries to
hide true conditions is not coed eitt-
zen and not above suspicion.
The present city administrator is
inefficient. IT is deplorRble with tho
police force paralyzed by our MAYORS
tdeas on personal liberty"
Il Do Not blame the PoIice.D
Dr.. Pattison said later to reporter
for The World: ts
- said in my sermon that man sW no
advocated such ideas on personal lfb-
erty and who put them IN force WIS
dangerous citizen. / said that such
man was not above suspicion.
Does Mayor Gayner frequent sa-
loons2 Does he frequent disorderly re-
sorts OF any kindg II he does, 1t is
plain why he puts into force his Ideas
on personal liberty which makes II
possible for graft TO flourish and crime
to go UNPUBLISHED. ] do not blame the
police in the least. AS / said in nay
sermon, they are handcuffed."
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NEGRO SHOOTS
-a CHARLOTTE man
NJ. w. Dickerson Was Assisting in
Offenders Arrest When He
Was Wounded.
I.vNCHBURC. VA. SnetiaI

I.vNCHBURG. VA. Special = Char.
lotte Courthouse was thrown into a
state Of turmoil late last evening when
a negro named ELI Morton shot and
severely wounded Nj. w. Dickerson, q
prominent citizen of the town, who
was assisting in Morton's arrest. Nor
ton was charged with the theft of an
axe.
+ Dickerson was shot in the lief,
breast, but may live.
Morton made his escape and. blood
hounds were put on the trail. This
was followed all night by a large
posse. but was lost this morning near
brakes Branch, when rain began to
fall. Feeling is high. and, had the
negro been apprehended, he would al
most certainly have been lynched.
a negro answering Morton's descrip-
ton was seen TO board train at Alta
Vista this morning and the local po-
lice were asked 10 look out for him.
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WILL BE SENATOR
OTHERS ARE RETIRED

RICHMOND, VA. Special. -
In his denunciatt0n OF the con-
ference and in defense of himself.
Governor Bfcase, Iri part, said:
Il hold I'm my hand tire fourth
communication have received
this morning threatening my life.
It n addressed 20 me I'm care OF
Governor Mann"
(Herc Governor Mann arose
and disclaimcd all knowledge OF
the communication. He had not
even seen ft, he decfared.)
Il am not trying to force this
conference TO accept my views.
have been done a great injuS-
ticc. have been falsely repre-
scented, but IL Is immateriaI TO me.
What said about lynch law L
will not repeat now. But i will
say that L have never, and will
never, order out the militia TO do
what 1 would not do myself.
II am BleaSe, of South Caro-
lima, and Blease is not afraid of
any man. He is not afraid of YOU
or your resolution or your con-
ference.
PERSONALLY. 1 don't care what
YOU do. L have stood out with
barred breast against great and
greedy corporations. am not
eAAoAO VI gOU- lou Can pass YOUR
resolution. What do / care?
"On the 21st day of january I
Will be sworn in as Governor of
South Carolina.
What care for your resoIu-
ton?
''On the 4th day of March, 1918:
i intend TO be sworn i'm as United
States Senator from the great
State of South Carolina.
Pass your resolution. will
read IL from every stump i'm South
Carolina.
Pass your resolution. scorn
IL. Do as YOU please. ExpeI me,
If you please. What care I?
when you have retired to the
shade OF private life and are for
gotten, 1 will be known from one
end TO the other OF this great
country. You will be unknown.
Now, pass your resolution, and
go home. Go on record, If you
like, and 60 home to your people
and tell them that you did not
agree with the Governor of South
Carolina"
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eff the little patient. She was gazing
at the wall when he entered. Her
mother was sitting beside her. strok-
ing Pearls hand. Before anyone could
caution him the boy. asked:
How do YOU feel?"
Child First Word Is Zine"
At the words the girl turned her
head, looked at her visitor and said
quite naturally:
Fine"
r. Tho mother sprang from her chair,
amazed and overioyed.
THAT is the first word she has ever
spoken" exclaimed Mrs. Thomson.
s, From that on Pearl began to talk,
beginning. of course. with the COM
monest words. She was so anxious to
use her new found powers she threat
ened TO become q chatterbox until the
nurses told her she must say very little
az she wanted to set well. This warn
ing was all the girl needed. The nurses
said the Dewitt boy 'had the same fault.
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AGAIN PBTS
FER ON WASHINGTON POLICE

50 evii-looikiDg fhaf 1T sight OF X.
Gi,s9ers threw up his hands aud
Take al my money. but please
spare my llfe- ts.t' t .'.e
SEARCH FOR CEEWS.
~ Twenty minutes aftcr the hold
up. man had skunk through kfhe
door, still aiming the pistol at
Gtnoerg's heart, half score OF
detectives and a score OF police
men were buzZing about the GRO
Gerry, questioning Ginberg. search
ing for clews and telephonIng adj
vices to police headquarters.
Twenty-Five minutes after the
h0fc-up every policeman on duty
i'm the District was I'm possession
of , description of the crook and
eagerly looking for him. Thhty
minutes after the robbery Major
Richard Sylvester had offered a
reward OF 500 for the capture OF
the man.
The fact that all OF the seven
houses eptered by the thief on
Monday morning were in the
downtown section, known 10 the
police as the First Precinct, led
officials to believe the man had
a preference for this Quarter of
the city and would continue his
operations there. and for this rea-
son a squad of detectives and two
squads rOr policemen in citizens
clothes were doing duty at work
last night I'm the First Precinct I'm
addition 90 the regular detail.
But just "a few minutes after s
O'Clock flash was received at
headquarters from the Eighth
Precinct Station. nearly a mile, up
town, that the crook had held up
and robbed "a grocer just two
blocks from the police station in
u, near Ninth Street. Northwest.
Two taxicabs full OF detectives
smashed speed regulations en-
route 10 the scene and i'm "a short
time thirty detectives and police
men were securing the neighbour
hood But the quarry had album
d. dance of time In which 20 escape.
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SURGEONS KNIFE
RESTORES SPEECH
For Second Time In Fortnight Skilled
Scientist Performs Delicate Opera.
ton Which ProYes Successful
in Every Detail.

NEW YORK Special The sur
geon' s knife has again given the
power Of speech to a child who has
been dumb since birth. 1t is the. Sec
ond operation of it's kind in q fort
night by DR.. william Chapman at the
Swedish Hospital, Brooklyn.
The first was performed on seven
year-old Clarence Dewitt, of 4I9 st.
Marks Avenue, Brooklyn. II was a
newspaper account OF the operation
that led directly to the second oper-
alton, which was performed last Sat-
urday on Pearl Thomson, eight years
of age, of sos East One Hundred and
Sixty-fifth. Street.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Thomson. Despite her af-
Fiction, her mind was alert. Her vain
efforts to. speak were pitiable. She
understood all that was said to her
and at times When she tried to reply
and could not She would cry bysteri-
calIy. Specialists were consulted, but
they held out no hope. Then the par
ents read of the successful operation
on the Dewitt boy. 49,
Surgeon Cuts Out Piece OF Bone,
Mrs. Thomson immediately went
to see. DR.. Chapman; who told heS to
bring Pearl to him. After an exam
ination-the surgeon said he thought
he could correct he/trouble, The
operation was performed on Noyem-
DSi own. AZ SOHSiSleO,. LII tCndpuldn
explaiped.- Of. removing q piece @of
bone the size ora dime pressing on
what is Known as the speech center,
which is on the left side fof the shead
where the temporal bone joinsgttfie
great wing OF the sphernoid bone. -
\ Young Clarence Dewitt heard Of the
operation and went to the .hospit31
yesterday morning. NO attempt had
been made L. see If the power to NtalB
had been given to the girl. in fact, Il
was decided hest to wait severaF days.
But nothing Of this was expleined,<to
the boy who was taken 90 the bedside
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WASHINGTON, d. C., SPECIAL
With all the poiicemes aud detec-
tives I'm the District eagerly seek
ing his trail. but finding only
cold scent, the daring crook, who
gained the appellation of Jimmy
Valentine, ON Monday morning
when he entered seven residences
within three hours, last night
quickly shifted the scene OF his
labOrs, changed his nIodus ope-
randi. and, at Ihe point of re-
volvcr, forced frightened grocer
TO empty his cash drawer under
the bright glare of an arc light,
while scores of pedestrians I'm the
street passed by the store.
Masked with n handkerchief
aud carrying pocket. electric
fiashligbt in addition TO his re-
Volvcr. the thief entered seven
houses on Monday morning, find
Ing only $50 i'm the rooms of the
various persons who he awakened
with his light; but a desire for big
ger profits or a Thcspian love for
a variety i'm roles caused him last
night TO dOff tire mask OF burglar
and don the garb OF hold-up man.
His one victim last Night Noted
him just twice as much profit as
the half-scOro of persons I'm
whose rooms he prowled i'm the
early hours of Monday morRing.
Abe Ginberg, grocer at 9B5
Florida Avenue, Northwest, was
the victim selected last night by
the crook, and when Ginberg
turned his cash drawer upside
down, the hold-up man craInmed
"a handful of bills and two hand
fuls of silver, into his pocket, be-
ing $40 richer. The thief put the
money into the pocket from which
he had just drawn n ,.3S-caliber,
nickeIplated bulldog" revolver
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LONGWORTH HOME
AGAIN PEACEFUL
MOTHER AND WIFE DEFEATED
NICHOLAS. But THEY HELP
ED ELECT WILSON. ~

WAodANGlO4Ns II. ~ Spccyal---
Representative Longworth has as
sured the President that although
there viii be a Democrat in Congress
from the Longworth district OF Gin
cinnati all is once more peace in She
Longworth family. Mr. Longworth
told the President that Mrs. Long
worth, who. as ali the world knows
was Miss Alice Roosevelt, took a cool
thousand dollars odt- of the Tong
worth family treasury and bestowed
e on the Bull Moose party as free
gift.
While this was going on Mrs, Long
worth. the representative mother.
was expressing an opinion OF Mr.
Longworths father-in-laws which was
more forcible than eomplimentaFy
In his effort to keep on speaking
terms with both branches of the FAM
lily Longworth forgot how to CAM
paign and lost his district.
After the election Mrs. Longworfn,
ST., was satisfied with Roosevelt'a de-
feat and Mrs. LongwOrth, Jr., was
satisfied with a Taft defeat
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ASKS TREASURY TO
RELIEVE STRTNGENCY

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
Representative Jefferson Levy, OF
New York. appeared before the
House Committee on Banking
and Currency Friday I'm advocacy
of his resolution To authorize the
Secretary or the Treasury TO de-
post $50, 900, 900 out OF the public
funds I'm the national banks TO re-
Ieve the money stringency in New
York.
The committee referred the res
olutton to a subcommittee headed
by Representative Glass, of Vir-
g1nta, with instructions TO the
subcommittee TO report next We'd
neSday.
Levy told the committee that his
proposal was backed by the far
merS and produce exchanges and
that IL was not a Wall Street
scheme.
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HoweIIs an innocent Abroad.

William Dean Howells, at a lunch
con in New York. told a Shakespeare
story.
In Stratford," he began, during
one of the Shakespeare jubilees, an
American tourist approached an aged
viliager in a smock and said:
Who is this chap Shakespeare
anyway
He were a writer, sir
oh. but there are lots of writer's
Why do you make such an internal
fuss over this one, then? Wherever
turn / see Shakespeare hotels
Shakespeare cakes, Shakespeare choc-
olates. Shakespeare shoes. What the
deuce did he write-muckrake mag
azine stories. attacks on the trusts,
censored novels?
: No, sir; oh, no. sir said the aged
vilager. L understand he writ for
the Bible. sir Washington Star.
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SANCTION LYNCH
Law SOMETIMES
SOUTH CAROLINA ExECuTrVE
DOES NOT THINK FGENDS
SHOULD BIC TRIED.
RICHM % Nd, YA.-Spe

Il 6 II n O n D, YA.-Speclal
ssSome ef the hest men IN south
CnroIlnm have helped 40. lynch ne
Erocs. 4 shall never order an4 the
militia 10 shoot down their friends
who has lnId his Ilrs.tl~ 90 = while
Vonmn."
The abOxe stnr enc OF the start
ling utternneeN OF Goeernor Cole
hleuae, 90 Soufh Carolina. before
the Conference o. tf0rernern yes-
ferdas affernoon.
Governor Hiense, later nnplIfy-
4nE enlarkx. declared that he
svoulf license lynch law fu ahe
bread sense OF the word. He
did ,1k, however that for GER
tain t|tnea no trials Ahould he
hetd,44k3e believed fhat thc mob
sbuff be absolutely sure or the
EuH Or Its man aud that the Eend
NholfId then be aumuinrily dealt
With.
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DOCTOR RUINED
HIS GOOD LOOKS

BUFFALO, n. Y, Special.-A price
OF $4,000 was set on a woman's
beauty here Friday when a Supreme
Court decision awarded that sum to
Mrs. Nina Smith. OF Buffalo, who had
sued Or. w. Augustus Pratt, head Of
the Pratt Institute of DermatoIosv
for $4,000 for running her good looks
during treatment for facial blemishes.
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imposed.
A second charge against Nachman,
that II failing to provide seats in the
stores for the women clerks, was also
heard. and in that also he was aned
IS and costs.
Commissioner Doherty and the
agents OF the department are seeing
TO X that the ten-hour law is enforced
in every section.
Shoppers can do much to aid In the
enforcement o< the law by doing their
shopping in the early hours. on Sat
.urdays the laws do not apply, the
clerks putting in extra hours on those
days they are required to do so.