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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
WOULDN'T BELIEVE
WITNESS ON Oath

WYTHEVILLE, VA Specialize
launching of vigorous attack on the
reputation for truth and Veracity OF
Daniel Thomas, a witness for the de-
Tense in the trial of Claude Allen
took the defense by such surprise
that the defendants attor-
neys obtained permission from the
court TO have witnesses for rebuttal
summoned.
Thomas was recalled Thursday
by the prosecution, and the witness
repeated the statement made on the
stand for the defense, to the effect
that the first shots in the HillSville
tragedy came from between where he
was standing and the judges stand,
which placed the shooting a consid
corner, where the witnesses for the
prosecution have placed Claude Allen
and located the first shots.
Witness after witness called to the
stand by the prosecution swore that
the reputation for truth and Veracity
of Thomas was bad and that they
would not believe him on oath.
r. ]. Worrell and r. w. Bass swOre
Thomas told them shortly after the
shooting that the first shots came
from the northeast corner of the room.
j. =. Simonis, a Carroll citizen, af-
ter stating he would not believe
Thomas on oath, became so enthused
in defending himself against a thrust
on ss-eXamination that il required
the combined efforts of the Judge, the
attorneys and the sheriff to check him.
What is the meaning. OF We
racity?" asked Judge HairstOn. of
the defense. on the CrOSS-eXamira-
ton of SimoniS.
well. CT, il means about all
the bad habits man can have"
replied the witness.
stand aside" said Judge Hair
StOn.
1t will be impossible for the new
witnesses to reach here before some
time Friday, and il is probable they
may not arrive before tomorrow
morning. The prosecution has closed
its rebuttal testimony. Court took a
noon recess at 1880 today.
Judge Staples and the attorneys re-
tired TO the library 10 take up the in
structions
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
They Were Chilly.

On Thursday Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
hurst and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence
stood in the prisoners dock at the Old
Bailey in London to receive their SEN
fences for conspiracy and the melting
of malicious damage to property.
The women had already undergone
something like two months of impris-
Onment for smashing windows in Re
gent Street and thereabout in their
campaign for votes for women. In
America this would have been looked
upon as very severe punishment. In
all probability they would have been
allowed to pay the damages and go
about their business. But the British
take different view of the admins
tratiOn of justice. These misguided
a more sober investigation of their
offense led to the charge of conspir-
acy and malice, and these charges
having been established to the salts
faction of the court and the jury, the
trembling creatures were brought to
the bar of the old Bailey. The scene
was pathetic in the extreme, and not
lacking in dramatic values Mrs. Pank-
hurst, describing herself as "a woman
no longer young" pleaded with the
court to regard her as q first class mis-
dem eanant, and Mrs. Lawrence, in an
attitude of prayer, but swaying with
weakness. said with uplifted hand,
May God defend us, as our cause is
just" Their sincerity in all that they
had done as advocates Of votes for
women, even in the window smash
ing episode, was attested by the Jury
which in its report to the court in
cluded recommendation for leniency
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
DAWSON WlNNERaIN =.
GREAT AUTO RACE

INDIANAPOLIS. IND Special
Joe Dawson. in his National. won the
great 500-mile auto race here Thurs
day afternoon, coming up from sixth
place after Ralph De Palma's Mer-
cedes developed engine trouble on the
l9Sth lap, thus losing the lead. which
he had maintained from the start.
DawSon's time was 6:21:O6.
! Teddy Tetzlaffs Fiat was second
The Stutz Company protested the
awarding Of third place TO Hughie
car, driven by Charles Merz, which
was announced as fourth, won the
position.
The day was ideal for the motor
fans, and not a serious accident
marred the sport. Bob Burman.
whose Cutting turned over in the back
stretch when a rear wheel collapsed.
was able to leave the hospital with a
few scratches after a slight treatment,
and viewed the finish OF the race.
Twenty-fOur Cars Start i'm Race.
Twenty-four cars, the pick Of Amer
lean, German, English and Italian fac
tories, started. A Lexington, driven
by Harry Knight, the hero of last
years race, who deliberately wrecked
his car to avoid running down the
driver of another car who had fallen
on the track, was the first to quit
dropping out in the seventh lap.
David Bruce Brown was the next to
leave the track. When he found that
his National was out for good he
broke down and wept others drop
ped out until there were only ten cars
TO finish.
Dawson drove a steady race. hold
ing second place most Of the time
after the fiftieth lap. Just before De
Palma went out of the race "A rabbit
ran across the track in front of Daw-
i % spr
the homeStretch. The thousands of
spectators cheered the rabbit. and
Dawson after the race said he con-
sidered it a good omen
List of Prizes
The prizes were as follows: First
prize, $4,000; second prize, $4,000;
third prize, $4,000; fourth prize, $3,-
600; fifth price. $4,000; sixth prize.
$4,000; seventh prize, $1,000: eighth
prize, S1,4OO; ninth prize, 1900; tenth
prize, $1,000; eleventh prize. $1,1OO;
twelfth prize, $1,000.
Those finishing were:
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
WORKMAN DRAWN INTO
WHEELING WIRE DRUM
NEW YORK. Special.-

NEW YORK. Special Samuel Ma
dera, a machinist, in the Waterbury
Wire Company's plant at Tafee Place
and Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, fin
ished some repairs to the machinery
just before closing time Monday night
and was starting away to wash up,
when he remembered a wrench he
had left on the floor in front of a
huge winding drum.
AS he picked up the wrench he
dropped another tool. In leaning
down to recover this he was caught
by the rapidly whirling spool and
drawn into the mechanism.
He made a futile effort to grasp the
fiange of the drum, but he was swept
in as If he had been a straw. Before
the monster spool had made half a
revolution he man was caught by the
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
Donald Register Assessed S55 for
Violating Speed and Traffic
Ordinances.

H z II NJ o n D, VA-Special.-
Justice Crutchfeld Friday morning
nned Donald Register, of the Shenan-
doah Flats, $50 for violating the speed
ordnance and So for violating the
traffic ordinance. Register MED e,,iltv
to both charges.
The young man, after a mad run
through the West End several eve
nings ago, wrecked an automobile
ne was driving against a tree near the
Jefferson Club
Earlier In the afternoon he refused
u move the machine from in front
or Main Street store to make way
for a loaded wagon.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
ELOPING COUPLE
TAKES TO WOODS
DRESSED IN CLOTHING OF NOUN
TANNERS. THEY DEFY AN
CRY FATHERS VETO.
LIE GRANDE, ORE.


Posses are searching the fast
nesses of the Blue Mountains in a
game of hide and seek with a couple
of youthful clippers. T. II. Hopson.
twenty-five, desired to marry Miss
Clara Norris. seventeen, of Elgin. ore.
The girls parents objected. The
couple fled to get a license, but stern
parents appeared in time to prevent
the scheme being carried out. Cupid
laughed.
The couple dressed in the rough
clothing of mountaineers and took to
the woods. For days all trace of them
was lost, but Hopson, driven by hun
ger, was forced to visit the Humber
lumber camp near Elgin to purchase
supplies. The girls father was told
of the visit. He called on the sheriff.
With couple of deputies and voIun-
teer posses he took up the chase and
today the searchers are trailing
through the woods where the elopers
are supposed to be hiding.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
AERO CLUB Will
HONOR WRIGHT

NEW YORK. Special-Members of
the Aero Club of America met Friday
10 consider fitting action upon the
death of Wilbur Wright. and it was
tentatively agreed to hold memorial
services both here and at Dayton.
n delegation from the club will
leave here tonight to attend the fu-
neral of the aviator. The delegation
will be headed by Captain Thomas
Baldwin and Robert J. Collier. The
delegations will arrange for the me-
mortal service in DAYTON.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
ROYALISTS FIGHT
WITH MASKED MEN

LISBON. VIA BADAJOS. SPAN
ISH FRONTIER. Special.-Four per-
sons were killed and twenty others
wounded in a battle between a band
of royalists and a band of masked
men near Agueda today.
Bombs were thrown during the
melee.
The royalists were returning from
Aveiro, where a number of the band
had been acquitted at the Aveiro
tribunal of conspiring against the re-
publican government.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
SOUTH The Refuge
In time OF STRIFE


hAOuuOND, A. SPECIAL
The South is progressive i'm
population. wealth. commerce,
manufactures, education and i'm
everything that goes TO make up
prosperous country. But If by
prOSrcsSiVCnCSS is meant a tearing
away from the mOOrinos of the
Constitution. and drifting upon the
cddNinS tide OF every popular doc
trinC. then the South l. not pro-
StC>>-tC. InO we deem il 10 re-
pr,s;,'h 20 IL called conservative.
w cn We So men going up
and down the land preaching
strange doctrines and political
hcrC-lCS. the thinking and the pa
uIotic people OF the North, last
and West will turn To the conscrN-
aINe South for safety: then will
they be convinced that the princi-
pie for which the South fought i
the only rock OF safety"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
$3.50. 900 for Good Ronds.

STAUNTON, VA Special.-On a
petition of freeholders OF South River
District, Judge II. w. Holt of the
Circuit Court, yesterday ordered an
election for July I'd on a quarter mil
lion dollar bond issue for good roads.
This district gave the largest vote ON
the county bond issue and there IS
general conviction that the vote will
be favorable
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
BURNS WORKING
IN ATLANTIC CITY

ATLANTIC CITY, Special
As a result of an investigation of
an alleged counciImanic draft by
Detective w. j. Burns IL was re-
ported that four men had
confessed and that many others
had profeSsed their willingness TO
reveal all their secrets.
Indictments are expected.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06
Fire Destroys suffolk Warehouse.

SUFFOLK, Va Special.-Fire last
night destroyed the two-story brick
warehouse of Holland Baemon Com
pany on Commerce Street, containing
more than fifty cars of hay, grain,
cement. shipStuh, fertilizer and pea
nuts. The loss is more than $4,000.
with $4,000 insurance.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

Sooner or later we shall have that
war The United States will have
To repair the blunder OF 1893 and this
time keep the island and see that
II behaves itself We owe this duty
( TO civilization and the less we hesitate
| the better for Cuba's prosperity and
peace. AS things are now we are
simply making ourselves ridiculous
stanton Dispatch.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

- AOOho iihC our lTtnZlGu PODullSt,
Thomas Watson, is more out for Tom
Watson than Tom Watson for Under
Notwithstanding Advance.
While three terms seem proper 10
Colonel Roosevelt's friends, in some
cases, they regard one term as quite
sufficient for Mr.. Taft.-Big Stone Gap
Post.
Taft beat Roosevelt in Roosevelt's
State. and Roosevelt beat Taft in
TaftS State. Is ii because the better
they are known the less they are es-
teemed?-Gate City Herald.
The convention evidently thought
Senator Swanson should discover
where he was at."-Fredericksburg
Free Lance.
The colonel has ravished the gar
dens of the gods of struggling blooms
and woven them into garlands with
Of his Ananias club.-Sandy Valley
News.
If it is true that a newspaper editor
IS financing the Cuban rebellion,
there is no occasion for Uncle Sam
to get excited. No rebellion can reach
serious proportions or thrive long on
two or three dollars-Bristol Herald
Courier.
The latest bathing suits will look
much better at the beach than in the
store windows.-Newport News Press.
The Iowa man. who, after being run
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

The latest thing from Oregon is
that a fifteen-acTe tract produces a
revenue of $4,000 year from onions.
Slightly paraphrasing a well known
motto. il might be proper 10 say that.
so far as Oregon is concerned: In
onions there is wealth.-Petersburg
Daily Progress.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

Women are victims Of isolation"
says a Chicago professor, still if there
is any trouble they are mighty apt
TO be mixed up in it.-Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

Some very religious folks think il
is frivolous for newspaper to refer
TO open work or dropstitch hose Yet
how disappointed some of them would
be if nobody noticed the obvious dis
play of such hosiery! The difference
between the seen and the obscene is
often in the eye or in the mind OF
the beholder.-DanVille Register
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

down by an automobile, got up and
apologized 70 the driver. is clearly
entitled to the distinction of being
classed as the Chesterfield of his day
and generation.-Nor Virginian-
Pilot.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

1t has come to a pretty pass when
a great college in this country can
lend its hall 10 a public speaker only
after eXacting from him that there
shall be no abuse of the President of
the United States. and yet that is
what Princeton did before consentfng
10 allow Mr.. Roosevelt TO speak at
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Free
Lance.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

WITH The EDITORS


1t looks like our frenzied Populist.
Thomas Watson, is more out for Tom
Watson than Tom Watson for Under
wood.-Lynchburg Advance
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

L am the Republican party" says
Mr.. Roosevelt. Which reminds us
that Republican newspapers and pol
iucians used TO hold the Democratic
party up TO ridicule because, they
charged, it was under the domination
of Mr.. Bryan.-Bristol Herald-Courier.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

Inc Richmond Nirginian heads it's
article on the late Democratic assem-
ply IN Nortolk "A Nice Convention"
and says il had little to do and did
it, This is kind in the Virginian.
considering that its pet hobby of a
popular referendum on the LIQUOR
question was smothered in committee
and had the support of but a single
delegate when mOOted on the floor
of the conVentiOn.-Norf Virginian-
Pilt.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

Tho latest bathing suits will look
much better at the beach than in the
store windOws.-Newport News Press
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-06-06

The Iowa man. who, after being run
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-27
MOSLEMS VILE NOT !.
GIVE UP ADR|ANOPLE
To BULGARIA BY PEN
Demands of Balkan Allies viii
Never Be Conceded Without
Another Bloody Conflict for
Territorial Possession

LONDON, Dec. 2s.-Possession of the
Turkish fortress of Adrianople, which
has been the principal bone of confen-
ton since the beginning of the war be-
tween Turkey and the Balkan allies.
still remains the real stumbling block
in the way of the attainment of peace.
Compensation for Bulgaria, however, in
some parts Of European Turkey will
probably in the end remove even this
difficulty and enable her to consent to
the retention by Turkey of the great
fortress which the allied troops have
been unable to subdue
Saloniki has been suggested as a pos
sible bait to induce the Bulgarians to
abandon their claim to the northern city
which the Turks refuse to yield
Perhaps, with some such idea in their
minds. the Turkish delegates have, it is
reported. included in the counter pro-
posals they have offered to the peace
conference the stipulation that Saloniki
snail remain in their hands, a line be-
ing drawn from that southern port
through Series and Adrianople to Midia.
The maximum demands of the Balkan
allies and the minimum offer of the
Turks will thus be before the peace del
egates when they assemble again in St.
James palace on Saturday. and a deh-
mite basis for bargaining win have been
formulated.
If the Turks are successful in retain
ing Adrianople. they viii doubtless con-
sent to limit their demands to west
ern boundary running from Adrianopls
southwark along the railroad to Enos.
on the Aegen sea. thus leaving the
Dardanelles straits in their hands.
Diplomatic circles here consider there
is certain to be a gradual approximation
of the excessive terms put forward by
the Balkan allies. and the Turks. when
that stage has once been reached. third
parties may have a chance to intervene
in order to reconcile the remaining diff
ferences between the adversaries.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-27
TUG RESCUES SAILORS
As SHIP GOES ADR|FT
Captain and Twenty-Six Sea-
men Are Taken Off and
Carried to Wilmington

WILMINGTON, ". c., Dec. 26.-The
tug Columbia. Savannah to Norfolk. has
arrived here. with Captain A. Carrod
and twenty-six members of the crew of
the British steamer Alcazar. 1920 tons,
bound from Portau Paix, Hayti. with a
cargo of log wood. for Chester. Pa.
which was driven ashore during the
severe gale off the Carolina coast hf-
teen miles south-southeast of Cape
Lookout, on Monday of this week
The Columbia was attracted to the
Alcazar by signals of distress. and de-
spite the heavy seas. succeeded in pull
ing the vessel afioat, but after attach
ing the hawser and proceeding with her
some distance, she became so badly
listed that it was deemed best to take
the crew off and proceed to a port of
safety.
The steamer was left adrift, and soon
after the arrival of the Columbia here
with the crew the revenue cutter Sem
mole proceeded in search of the dere-
lict.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-27
N. r. POLICE UNABLE TO
CHECK AUTO THIEVES
100000 in Automobile
Property Stolen Within
Past Past Five Years
nv sssoesated Prsss.l

NEN YORK. Dec. 26.-Nith the po-
Lice said to be almost powerless to stop
At aukofnohile theft has become so gem
eraI ia New York that the total value
or automobile property stolen in the
city during the past five years exceeds
St.o0o, 600. Less than half the number
ct cars stolen have been recovered. and
the situation is said to be growing so
acute that automobile insurance COM
panies have leagued together to hire
private detectives 10 run down the rob
hers
b. actual count 10 cars have been
stolen during the past year. Numerous
arrests have been made. with but few
convictions- The police department has
adopted a drastic method OF taking a
census Of all the cars in the question
able garages in. the city and each day
every. policeman is furnished with de-
seriptions Of cars stolen during the
previous twenty-four hours. The po-
1leemam who has a garage in his dis
trSct - supposed 10 visit il casually ev-
err day and II ne finds a machine that
should not be there according 10 the
census. he is instructed TO see that it
is not removed until identified.
Most Of the cars stolen were taken
from the automobile. store and theater
districts. the thefts being committed by
gangs in league with the owners of dis
reputable garages.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-27
ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER q, 1912.
WILSON ILL WITH GRIPPE;
MUST REMAIN INDOORS
PreSident-EleCt, However,
, TranSaCtS Business During
Day at His Residence
nv Associated Press,

PRINCETON, N. j., Dec. 26.-More
as a precaution than as a consequence
of his slight illness, President-elect
Wilson decided to stay in his room all
day today so as not to expose himself.
He had his appointments transferred
from the state house to his home here.
The governor had been fighting what
he thought was a mere cold since Mon
day, but he learned today from his
physician, DR.. James Carnochan, that
he had met and conquered second at
tack Of la grippe.
The governor spent a restful night
and said he felt much better today.
nevertheless he took his physicians adj
vice about staying indoors. The doctor
pronounced Mr.. Wilson well enough,
however to make the trip tomorrow to
Stauntan, Va.
this afternoon to receive Representative
Carter Glass, of Virginia, chairman OF
the house subcommittee on banking
and currency and other members of the
house who were to talk with him about
currency reform. They we're advised to
come to Princeton instead of Trenton.
DR.. Carnochan shortly before noon
pronounced the governors condition
very much improved" However, he
prescribed as a diet today only broth
and eggs, and suggested that the gov
ernor rest as much as possible. All
engagements, therefore, except the one
with Representative Glass, were set for
a day next week, and the governor sat
up in bed reading letters and newspa-
pers. He was somewhat disturbed by
some exaggerated accounts of his ILL
ness
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-27
INDIANS WIN PRIZES
OVER COMPETITORS
fRr Associated Prsss.n

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Officials OF
the Indian bureau are much pleased be-
cause at the state fair at Muskogee,
Okla. a number of full blood Indians
having won prizes over their white COM
petitors for exhibits of corn, cotton.
beans and some other products. Joe
Kelley. a full blood Mississippi Choc-
taw. living near Ardmore. took first
and fourth prizes for his corn and a
second prize for cotton; and Silas Ba-
con, of the same tribe, carried off both
first and second prizes for his fine field
beans. There were other scattered
prizes.
These good results we can attribute
largely to the work the expert farmers
have been doing" said Acting Commits
sioner Abbott I'VE are hoping to ex-
tend the work of this expert who is
teaching the Indian how to make the.
bes fuse of his land"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-27
State HEALTH BOARD
SCORED BY DR.. WYMAN
Says Epidemic at Midwife
Was Partly Due to lnac-
tivity of Officials

AUGUSTA, Ga. Dec. 2e.-Dr. Hast
lngs Wyman. of Aiken, s. c., criticisss
the Georgia state board of health for
inactivity in the Midwife meningitis
epidemic and the railroads for hauling
away some 200 panic stricken people
when he asked them not to do so.
DR.. Wyman attributes the spread or
the disease TO the fact that IT was
brought 10 Midwife from Florida by
negro. He died. and when his funeral
was held. he negroes of the community
focked to the home. In a few days
they were victims.
DR.. Wyman criticises the Georgia
state board of health for its inactivity
in the epidemic. Had the proper steps
been taken and assistance sent. he says.
there would not have been so serious a
situation.
Dr. wyman commented upon the fact
that only two physicians were there
when the situation was at its worst.
two South Carolinians, himself and
DR.. Kershaw.