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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03

The preserving season is drawing TO
a close. but the wholesale price OF
sugar has not gone UP. Why? Per
haps the trust does not think that a
presidential year in which the Issue is
opposition TO trusts is a good time IN
which 10 levy the utmost tribute. II
may be. too, that the trust Will not
make any campaign contribution tins
year in view of the mixed up political
situation which promises disaster to
grafters. AS Tafts election is out OF
the question, Wilson will be the next
President. Then why throw away
good money ?-Charlottesville Progress.
Victor Allen was freed by jury OF
his peers at Wytheville September
18th. We are glad of it. We confess
to a feeling OF relief that at least one
Of these seven misguided, benighted
men is spared the rigorous, pituless
vengeance of the law. Now, II the
supreme Court, or the Governor-the
latter OF which we have little hope
will commute the sentence OF poor old
Floyd and misguided, impulsiVe young
Claude 20 life Imprisonment II is our
firm conviction that IL Will reflect credit
upon these tribunals and increase re
spect and veneration for the law. NO
act Of the Christ has drawn so many
followers to the great cause OF saliva
ton He eNemplined as when He bade
the poor, deluded woman TO ego and sin
no more" IT is better 70 be mercitul
| than vengefuL And anybody may eau
/ this "mawkish sentimcntalism VINO
| chooses.-Valley Nfrginian.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
WILSON OPPOSED
TO GOVERNOR DIX

NEW YORK. Special Inc
question of rCnOminaunG cover
nor Dix i'm New York state was
NM SQuarCly mp 60 tho campaign
committee of the National Com
miffcc today by Senator James n.
O'C.orman. Senator O'GOrman Is
Tho recognized representative OF
governor Wilson. the Democratic
candidate i'm this state. and ne Is
understood TO be opposed 20 re-
naming Governor Dix. who mas
the support of Charles i. MUIR
ply.
Until today members of the Ma
tiOnaI Committee had not been
brought into the contest. But
senator O'GOrman's action was
expected TO force them to reach
a decision as 10 whether the ma
tionaI organization would cOunte-
nance n ticket opposed by the
presidential nominee.
The committee went into Scs-
sion at noon ut the Office of Act
inc Chairman William G.. McAdOO.
Besides NIr McAdOO and O'GOr-
man. the following members were
present: ROlla Wells. Missouri;
Henry MOrgcnthau, New York;
JoscphuS Daniels, New York;
Robert UudspCth, New Jersey;
Willard Salisbury, Delaware; \.
Mitchell Palmer, PENNSYLVANIA;
ID. y. MCGilicUddy, Maine, and w.
II. King. Oregon.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
NERVE OF TOMBS FUGITIVE
LED TO HIS QUICK RECAPTURf

Philadelphia was notified 20 keep
a watch on incoming trains. Licutcn-
ant Haincs and Patrolman Mcdowell
were sent to the West Philadelphia
Station, ana were there when Wilson
stepped To the platform. lie was ar
rested quickly and, on being Qucs-
toned. laughed as he said:
sure. I'm George Wilson. I'm the
man Whof escaped from the TomhS
and the man who robbed Mlss Price.
l had spent SO much money ON her I
couldn't think of any other way of
getting even. went 90 her room
late last night. held her mp at the
point of a gun. and she hid her head
under the cover while ! got what 1
was after.
Laughs at the Robbery.
when 1 called TO breakfast with
her and offer my sympathy this morn
ing 1 could scarcely keep from laugh
ing in her face. but l pretended To he
very sorry.
when those detectives appeared
and 1 saw one of them nudge the
other I decided Atlantic City was no
place for George Wilson"
Asked about his escape from the
Tombs, Wilson was amused. He said:
THAT was easy. Any one with in
genuity can escape from there
At police headquarters Wilson was
taken to the Rogues' Gallery to be
| photographed. He insisted on having
| perfect front and side views taken,
and when the camera had done its
work he remarked:
Pretty place you have here. Some
different from the one in New York
! Wilson escaped from the Tombs 10y
| squeezing into n manhole which led
| from the cellar to the prison yard
| He climbed to the prison wall and en-
| countered William Houlihan, an aged
i keeper. With a chsel he knocked
! the keeper insensible, took his revol
yer ana escaped to the street. 1t wa.
Houlihan's revolver he used in hold.
| ing up Miss Price.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
SIDNEY AND RIEL
Will MAKE SHOES
Friel Allen and Sidney Edwards
Now Busy in Shops of State
Prison.

B1CdnONDs - fAs"SpeCldls-
ErieI Allen and Sidney Ed
wards, the Carroll county "Out-
laws" sent TO the penitentiary to
serve, respectively, terms OF fif-
teen and eighteen years, were as
signed 10 duty III the prison shoe
shop last Friday.
Both men wilt learn the trade
of shoe cutting, which requires
TO little skin. While a machine
actually docs the cutting, the con-
Vict has TO so place the leather,
which comes i'll different sizes,
that the best possible results can
lie obtained from ii.
This work requires good eye
and cannot be learned in day.
UpOn their arrival at the peni-
tertiary Major Wood, the super
intendent, had a talk with both
prisoners and told them exactly
what would be expected OF them.
He believes that the two youth
fui cOnVicts VIII behave them
selves properly and that their re-
cords will be good.
Ii hes been the observation OF
Major Wood that men from South
west Virginia generally adapt
themselves willingly to the severe
prison discipline and obey ali the
rules. He hopes the sO-caIled out
laws viii prove no exception TO
this rule.
Sidney and F'rieI viii occupy
the same cell, which ought 20
prove a source of consolation 10
them. though they viii have few
opportunities for conversation.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
MURDERER CHARLTONS FATE
in HANDS OF U. S. COUR[

from n steamer at IiObokcn. y. =.
H. had conmittctt NO crime m
N,ncrico but confessed 10 having
n,nr,lcrrd his Wife, who. he saiu'
had refused TO obey MS oruc' =.
he quiet one night n thcN
iourncd at Lake Como Oh t"0
wedding trip. .,,c
Under the treaty between inc
United states and Italy, itaiy re-
pcatcdIy has declined Co grant re-
oucsts of the United states ti''''
Italians be returned here Tor pun
iShmcnt. Italy has responder
that she would punish them:
COTRTS RULE AGAINST HIM.
When the Italian government
rcoucstctI the United States TO SUR
render Charlton. Secretary NnoN
rcDlicd that aS the United states
couId not punish him. II tounu
guilty. he would go free ~ no.
surrendered, and - Inc grani'N
the request. To prevent ms rS-
mOVnI CharltOn'S father brOusit
habcaS corpus proceedings before
thc Now Jersey courts. claiming
that there WAS no authority ior
his arrest. and challenged the
riwht OF the American Govern
mcnt To- turn his son over 10 '''o
Italian officers. -,
Tho, New Jersey courts nClu
AGAINST Charlton, who appcaltd 10
the United states Supreme court
Tho case took its regular pace
ON the docket. and Charlton mas
remained in jail i'm New Jersey
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03

WASHINGTON, ID. c. Special
The long wait of Porter Chari-
ton behind the bars OF New Jcr-
Sey prison for the final word AS
TO whether he must return 10
Italy 60 answer for the murder
of his wife at Lake Como two
years ago is drawing 10 an end.
The Supreme Court viii take up
CharltOn'S case during the coming
term, which opens October l1th.
CharltOn's appeal Il the most
noted murder case before the
court. Not only did the details
OF the crime stir both Europe and
America, but diplomatic officials
of Italy and the United States
have become involved. The de-
cisiOn of the court will be looked
to as a guide i'm diplomatic inter-
course.
The tWcnty-threc-yC priS-
Oncr. through his father. Judge
Charlton. of Porto Rico, Will not
contest the question of his guilt,
but will challenge the right of the
American Government TO SurrCn-
der him to the Italian authorities.
This right i claimed on account
OF the peculiar circumstances UNI
der which Charlton was arrested.
Immediately after Mrs. Charl-
tons body was found in n trunk
i'm Lake Como the search for her
husband began. He was arrested
ut the request of the Wifc'S
brother. Captain II. II. Scott.
United States Army. as he stepped
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
Shut OUT DISEASE
FROM ALL MANKIND

WASHINGTON, u. c. Special
President Taft, honorary president of
the Fifteenth International Congress
of Iygiene and DemOgraphy, formally
opened the congress at Continental
Memorial Hall today at 1880 O'Clock
The President was introduced to the
delegates and members of the con-
gress by DR.. Henry z. Walcott, Of
Nassac husetts, who is presiding Off
Ger Of the congress. A large part or
the thirty-three foreign delegations,
aggregating about 5000 delegates,
were in the hall.
The President discussed the impor-
tant advances made in hygiene and
sanitation in this country during the
past decade.
This period, he said, has seen the
development of practically every inn
portant step in the science of pre-
vention of disease, including the re-
searches and discoveries made In
smallpox, bubonic plague, cholera and
the Kidding of a race of people from
the hookworm, as we'll as the isola-
ton of the typhoid germ. He said
in part;
prevention is greater than cure
The science of medicine and surgery
has had a wonderful growth in the
last forty years, but in that time, the
science of preventative medicine has
come into being from nothing. In
the next century we may also eX-
pect TO find the realization of that
spring Of perpetual youth for which
the early explorers searched.
"NoW / am not going TO say that
/ the science of sanitation began in this
country at the time of the Spanish
American War, for before that time
/ the diphtheria germ had been isolated
! ana the anti-toXin discovery, as well
/ as many other important discoveries,
i made; but il is true that out of a war
which cost comparatively few lives
| and but little money, there came to
/ this country a series of problems out
of which has grown our present sys-
tenn of sanitation. If the Spanish War
resulted in nothing else. il was worth
much more than it cost"
The President then reviewed the
growth OF sanitation and hygiene
| which had its first impetus, he said
in making the tropics habitable fol
! white men.
Il myself have drunk the sweet
cool-tasting water of the tropics il
the Philippine ISLANDS" he said. "AnC
! I afterward discovered that / wa,
the custodian of a whole geological
collection of animals which the sci
entistS assured me were in the water.
He said that the construction o
the Panama Canal would have been
failure without modern sanitation
and declared that the physicians VIII
have made life in the zone possibl
should receive as much credit as will
the engineers of the project.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
DIRECTORS Think
DISSOLUTION A JOKE

NEW YORK SpeeiaI.-AttOr-
neys for the Waters-Pierce oil
Company will ask the Department
of Justice. through the Missouri
courts, to reopen the Standard OIL
dissolution case and throw into Jail
for contempt OF the courts ruling
John ID. Rockefeller, John ID. Arch
bold and other leaders in the old
Standard oil crowd.
The claim that the Standard OIL,
as ft was constituted by the order
of dissolution was ISSUED, IL still
operating in restraint of trade, Is
still n trust, and that the parent
company, the Standard OH Com
pany, OF New Jersey, still controls
all the subsidiaries, will be set up.
About 5000 pages of deposition
Testimony will he introduced in
support of the contention of the
Wnters-Pierce people.
About 1000 pages have already
been taken in the hearing before
Commissioned A. L.. Jacobs and IL IL
expected that another 1000 VIII be
taken early next week before the
conclusion of the mandamus pro-
ceedings are over.
HEvery bit Of evidence no far In
trOduced supports our claim that
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
SIDNA And WESLEY
GET CHANGE OF VENUE

ROANOKE, VA Special
Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards.
the Carroll county outlaws. were
arraigned i'm HiIlsVille court MOnda.
morning at = o'clock, Judge Wal
Ter Staples presiding.
The indictments were read ana
the two prisoners pleaded not
guilty TO each charge.
Upon motion of the Common
wealth a change of venue was
granted and the trial of the two
men will be held in WytheVille
October 2Sth.
The prisoners will be brought
back here TO remain until trial.
trial.
The wife OF Sidna Allen.
with their two small daughters,
reached Hiilsville yesterday after
noon at o'clock. They went i'm
mediateIy to Jail. where they were
allowed 10 remain with Allen un-
til nearly 10 o'clock. The meet
ing between the family was pitt
fui. Sidna broke down completely.
Judge n. III. OgIesby, of Bris-
tol. and c. T.. Cooke, of Roanoke,
will be counsel for the defense.
John l.. Lee. of Lynchburg, at one
time thought of taking charge of
the defense. He has decided that
he will not do so.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
FOURTH CLASS POSTMASTERS
On CIVIL SERVICE LIST

WASHINGTON, D. c. Special
Led by Charles A. Stallings, formerly
public printer. about 100 delegates
from the National League of Post
masters called on President Taft at
the White House today TO urge him
TO place the third and fourth-class
postmasters on the civil service list
in order TO remove them from po-
litical influence.
The President informed them that
though personally in favor of such
measure, he would have to confer
with Postmaster General Hitchcock
and Attorney General Wickersham be-
fore giving a final decision as TO the
legality OF the step.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
GOVERNMENT ALARMED over SAFETY
OF MARINES In NICARAGUA

at COrinto. SO worried has the
Navy Department become that n
rush message was sent to Rear
Admiral SOutherland ordering him
40 report Immediately.
The American forces have four
or five threc-inch guns and sew
eral machine guns. IL is thought
that If there has been serious loss
OF life that il is on the rebel side.
WASHINGTON, d. c. Special.
After being delayed in transit
four days message from Ad-
miraI Switzerland reached the
Navy Department today, report
ing that on Joining the expedi-
tionary force for Granada at
PampOsantO. the Representatives
OF Mcna and XcledOn told him
they would oppose the passage OF
the American force ut any cost.
Admiral SOuthcFland'S telegram
was dated before the completion
of the Neutrality-suspicious. period
allowed the rebels by the Amcri-
can forces to clear the way to
Granada before the marines
would begin their attack. No
word has reached here from the
front since this message.
Minister WeitZcI informed the
State Department today that the
rcvOIutiOnists had seized steamers
i'm Lake Nicaragua, the property
of Il company incorporated in the
United States. and with them are
bOmbarding San Jorge and other
towns on the lake in the neigh
bOrhOOd of RiVas.
In addition ZcladOn has sent a
strong column from Jinotpe to
attack Rivas from the north.
However, General Macis has re-
ported to President Diaz that the
government force repealed this
attack, defeating the rebels deci-
sively, although both sides suf-
fered considerable loss.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03

NEW YORK Special George
Wilson, who escaped from the Tombs
Prison July 9TH, was arrested in
Thursday afternoon as
he stepped off n train from Atlantic
City at the West Philadelphia station
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Since
his daring escape from prison wilson
had been enjoying himself immensely
in Atlantic City, but the New Nork
police never got so much as clew
TO him.
RAYMOND Forsbrey. who escaped
from the Tombs September 2d, where
he was being held on the charge of
murder. has been called the most
desperate criminal at large" by De
putty Commissioner of Police Dough-
erty. He has not been heard from.
The arrest of Wilson was due to
his having robbed Miss Price, of New
York, who is stopping in the Nevada
Wilson devoted much attention TO
Miss Price, spending money on her
freely.
Miss Price was awakened We0nes-
day night in her room by masked
man who stood over her with a re-
volVer. She was told TO make no
noise and she obeyed. Then the rob-
Der took her jewelry. slid down n
waterspout TO the ground ana disap-
peared-
Breakfasts With Victim.
Miss Price reported the robbery &c
the police, and detectives interviewing
her found her at breakfast with a
well-dressed young man who had
Tcome to offer sympathy. AS the de-
tectiVes approached the table, one OF
them said to his companion:
THAT looks like George Wilson,
wanted in New York"
The well-dressed man breakfastine
with Miss Price dashed to the door
and was off in an automobile before
the astonished detectives could make
a move.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
SHOOTING OF NEGRO BOY
STIRS UP RACE FEELING

and began cursing Brady for the
action OF the latter i'm adnoniSh-
ing Dora smith, n kitchen SER
want. some minutes before.
Brady rose, and aS he did the
negro reached for N water bottle,
whereupOn Brady shot him dead.
The only witnesses are negro
walters. and they maintain that
the negro did not reach for the
water bottle. but was being pur-
sued by Brady. However, the
broken bottle was found beside
the body.
Another tragedy was enacted
here last night when Eliza Bar
I,cr. VINO was convicted in the
recent auti-Vicc crusade and who
cot her sentence suspended on
fbc grounds that she would leave
bristol. returned to the city and
committed suicide, fearing she
would be sent to JAIL
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03

bless and elevate our people, but we
do not wish to see the LIQUOR dealers
do more perfect work in the blighting
of lives and the wreclIing OF homes
''The directors of the fair cannot
allow the sale of liquor on the Fair
Grounds for good ana pure reasons,
for they know that the sale of liquor
always causes trouble, creates disor-
der and Injuries the drinlxer and those
closely connected to him. Therefore,
they ought not to allow the sale of
liquor for the few dollars that they
viii set from granting the privilege.
Observation-Disclosures of the fair-be
noble and true men and value the
character and the welfare OF our citi-
zenship more than the Almighty Dol
lar "
The refusal or granting of the priv
leCe to sell liquor at the State Fair
vests in the discretion of Judge r.
Carter Scott, of the Henrico County
Circuit Court.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
MISSES WILSON
ON VACATION
When Merry Newsman Talked
With Them They Declined
an Interview.

BOSTON, MASS Special The
Misses Jessie and Eleanor Wilson, the
youngest of Woodrow Wilson's three
daughters, left the Copley Plaza Hotel
today for a shopping tour of Boston
before resuming their automobile trip
with Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Wilson
early next week.
Mr.. Wilson is a cousin of the Dem
ocratic presidential nominee. The
sisters said they had run away from
hard work for a few days"
Miss Jessie is doing settlement work
in Philadelphia and Eleanor is an
artist.
How does il feel to be the daugh-
ter of a presidential candidate?" they
were asked
They looked at each other and back
at the reporter smiling. "Oh. won't
you please excuse u.s." said Miss Jes-
sic; and her sister added: You see
we are on a vacation"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
BATTLE WAS LIKELY.

WASHINGTON, d. c. Special.
That there has been a terrific bat
tie between American marines and
Nicaraguan rebels under General
ZeIedOn near BarPancas in the
past few days is the belief OF
State and Navy Department Off
Gals, although the reports are so
meageP that the officials have no
definite knowledge of just what
has happened.
Rear Admiral Switzerland is in
the field, probably with upward
of 1000 men, and If plans have
not miscarried, by this time he
has cleared the route OF the ma
tionaI railway of opposing rebels
and relieved the famine-threaten-
ed city of Granada.
No reports have left Corinto
since late Tuesday night, and it
is feared that communication be-
tween Managua and Corinto has
again been destroyed. If so, Adj
miraI Switzerland, with his force,
is in the interior of the country
cut off from American warships
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03

BRISTOL, VA Special
Harry l.. Brady, the young stew
ard OF Hotel Bristol, who was ar
rested yesterday, after ne had
shot and killed Robert Weaver. a
negro bcllbOy, i'm the main dining
room of the new hotel, is still i'm
jail.
Brady has not asked for bail.
but will do 80 nnlcSS the case
against him * dismissed at the
preliminary hearing set for to-
row morning.
There is considerable race feel
inc here among the negroes a.
result of the tragedy. Brady. VINO
has been steward ut some Oh '"N
largest hotels i'm the south. was
scared i'm the main dining room
eating his breakfast. when Nca-
vcr. who was prohibited troin en-
tcring the dining room, rushcu III
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03

WASHINGTON. ID. c. Special.
Unless, within the next twenty
four hours, definite news reaches
Washington concerning the out
come OF the battle between the
American marines and the rebel
forces near Granada, the State
Department will request that the
Tenth Infantry, now at Panama,
be sent Immediately to Nicaragua
to succOr the American troops.
Government officials are now
thoroughly alarmed for the safety
of the 900 marines who left
Managua to open way to
Granada and who, it is feared,
met with a vastly superior force
of rebels and may have been an
INITIATED.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03

LONDON Special Mrs. "Pat"
Campbell, the actress, who has been
III for a week, showed slight improve
ment today.
Mrs Campbell's illness was dag
nosed as peritonitis and her condition
fell so low that straw was placed in
the streets about her Kensington
Square home to prevent street noises.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
PIANO MAKERS STRIKE.

NEW YORK Special Several
thousand piano makers went on a
strike here today, following the re
fusal of the companies to grant at 10
per cent. increase.
SteinWay- & Co. and a number of
other large firms were not seriously
crippled because they maintain an
open shop and employ number of
workmen who are not union men.
The strike was called by the
Piano, Organ and Musical instrument
Makers Union, and the leaders claim
that within a short time 10000 piano
builders in this and nearby towns will
be idle.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
Loot Is Recorered

NEW ORLEANS. La Special, -
A detective agency announced today
that $4,000 of the $4,000, supposed
to have been stolen from an express
car on the Louisville and Nashville
last week, had been recovered.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03
RAILROAD DISPUTE
IS FINALLY SETTLED

NORFOLK, VA Special.-Of-
fetal announcement was made
of agreement and settle
ment of the wage and other queS-
tions which threatened a strike
by the trainmen of the three big
coal carrying railways between
the West and NOrfOlk-the CheS-
apeake and Ohio, the Virginian
and the Norfolk and Western.
The terms of the settlement
were not announced and will not
be given out, it was stated, until
everything is signed up. Labor
Commissioner Neil, who has
been acting as mediator, is pre-
pairing to- return to Washington.
TT amt no use to grumble and COM
plain; "a
It's just as cheap and easy to re-
JOice;
When GOD sorts out the weather and
sends rain.
Why, rains my choice"
James Whitcomb Riley
Life is too short for stupid quarrels
Philip Gibbs.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03

''I understand your boy has the
markings of a champion pugilist."
II really believe he has. He posi-
lively won't fight with anybody he
isn't sure he can whip. "-Washing
ton Herald.