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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
j. S. Will WATCH
Foreign POWERS

+ WASHINGTON. d. c. Special.-A
powerful wireless station at Sayville.
Long Island. practically commanding
| New York harbor. ana controlled by
a corporation reputcd TO he under the
influence of the German Government.
I is being observed by the Navy Depart
mcnt and the Department Of Com
merce and Labor.
Officials here have quietly been
watching its progress and trying to
determine if il comes within the pro-
/ Visions OF the Lodge resolution. re-
Gently adopted by the Senate, declar-
ing that the United States could not
see, without grave concern, the actual
/ or potential possession of any harbOr
or other place on the American con-
unents by any government not Ameri-
can, when possession would give TO
such a government practical power Of
control for naval or military purposes
Another feature affecting the situa-
ton is contained in the radiO-commu-
nication bill for the control of wire
less. which passed the House yester-
day. Ii already has passed the SEN
ate, and contains a provision to prOhi-
bit the operation of any private wire
less plant within fifteen miles of GER
tain government stations"
Officials who have been concerned
over the erection of the new tower,
which is even taller and fully as pow
erful as the great Government plant
now being erected near here at Fort
Mye-. have been awaiting the action
Of Congress on this provision.
Notice OF the generally supposed
foreiSn-owned wireless plant came to
the attention of the government, Off
cially. through prominent member
of the New York Yacht Club, near
n Fr.~~ MA -.
tower has been erected. He COM
planned principally that his landscape
was being defaced. But other and
more important considerations OF ma
tional policy moved the Navy Depart
ment to quietly dispatch an officer
from the New York navy yard TO
Sayville to examine and report upon
the structure.
The Department Of Commerce and
Labor. being charged with general SUI
pervision Of that means of communi-
cation, so far as it affects the navi-
cation of vessels, took a hand, and
made quiet investigation of its own.
1t was thought at first that opera
ton of the station might be prevent
ed upon the ground that, like a cable
station, il could not be established
and operated without a special license
from the United States Government.
This consideration, however, may
now give way to the means provided
by the radio-communication bill.
which, after conference upon some
minor disagreements between the
/ House and Senate, will so to Presi-
dent Taft for his signature.
There is another element of con-
sideration in the QuestiOn-that of
rivalry between two wireless tele-
graph companies. The government.
of course. intends to follow only a
line of policy, and not become in
vOlved in any commercial dispute.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
ILLNESS DIDN'T KEEP
HIM FROM WINNING

NEW HAVEN, CONN., Special
Frank S. Cornwen, former commander
of the Connecticut Naval Militia. and
Ebenezer Hill. Jr.. who succeeded Mr..
COrnWeu as commander. made q
wager three months ago. shortly after
Mr. Hili's wife had divorced him.
Mr.. Hill said:
Frank, you are a confirmed bach
elor, and it's a safe bet that I'll be
married before you"
ITS safe bet you won't" laughed
Cornwell, who lives in New Haven and
has long been considered one of the
most eligible bachelors i'm that part of
the state. III beat you out ana cover
any bet YOU make. You are shop
worn. and l have just been put on eN-
hihition IN the show case"
So the bet was made. and Il day or
50 later Mr.. COrnwell went TO visit at
the home OF Mrs. Martha Beach at
WoodmonL an exclusive residential
suburb of New Haven. Mrs. Beach
had just divorced Edward W. Peach.
president of the Manufacturers Foun-
dry Company of Waterbury,
Mr.. CornWeil was not looking well
when he called. During the evening
he was taken violently in and a doctor
Said ne had a bad case of typhoid
fever.
Made Sick Man Easy.
possible in the Beach home and two
trained nurses were engaged to care
Tor him. That was eleven weeks ago.
More than once all hope FOR his re-
coNery was abandoned.
To be Win her brother, Mrs. Fred
Yates went to the Beach home. Mr..
Cornwells one thought was the bet
with mir. Hin. once he said. when he
believed with the doctors that death
was only matter Of 4 few hours:
EDS Won the bet. but I'm no
weicher IN have him paid
Gradually the fever subsidized and a
week ago he smiled as he remarked:
"Eb'n win the bet yet. l must over
come a big handicap"
The handicap was overcome Satur-
day evening. The Rev. Joseph Ander-
son. OF Woodmont, member of the
Yale corporation, casually strOlled into
Mrs. Beachs home. Mrs. Yates was
| there TO greet him; so were the two
nurses and so was Mrs. Beach.
They and the minister were the only
ones who knew that marriage license
had been obtained and that MIR. Corn
we'll was to win his bet from Ebenezer
Hill, Jr.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
A GIRLS EXPERIENCE IN
THE SIEGE OF NICKSBURG

Our provisions were becoming
scarce, ana the Louisiana soldiers were
eating rats as a delicaCy, while mules
were occasionally being carved up TO
appease the appetite. Mother would
not eat mule meat. but we children ate
some. and il tasted right good, having
been cooked nicely. Wheat bread was
a rarity, and sweet-potato coffee was
relishcd by the adults. one evening
il was currently reported that the en-
envy would open fire all around the
lines early the next morning. and an
officer had persuaded Miss Lightcap,
a young lady friend and neighbor, who
was in the cave with us, that they
would be safer nearer the lines under
the cover of the hills. Mother con-
scented TO go, so up came the tent. a
large basket was quickly packed with
the meagcr stock of provisions. and
away we went across Glass Bayou
bridge, climbing the hill on the other
side OF the bridge late in the evening.
and travelling the road just behind our
batteries. where all along were dug
trenches for our soldiers to fight be-
hind. This was a very dangerous
route 10y daylight, but under cover of
night we felt safe. The mortars were
silent, resting, as all thought, FOR the
next days work. When the command
was given to stop, the tent was pitched
in a kind of raVine near the lines.
Several tents We're pitched there occu-
pied by families living near by.
Mother and Miss Lightcap spread
down comforts. and we all huddled in
the tent for sleep. Just about day
light we were aroused by the belch-
ing cannon, and before we could think
where we were a cannon-ball that had
spent its force on the side of the hill
came rolling into the tent. The young
lady screamed as it rolled upon her.
and in less time than it takes to tell
wa oil md nf 4 h.
Balls were whiZzing. cannon booming
from the rear, mortarS replying in
rapid succession from the 'front.'
McRae Bell, in Harper's Weekly.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
Want lime BILL
PUT INTO Effect
But Attorney General Williams
and His Associates Expect to
Put Provisions of Bill Into
Observation-Disclosures
Opposing It.
r / G II NJ O " ID

z / G II NJ . y ID, VA, Special
Attorneys representing the state in
the liiae-SriuJiGg controversy met in
cOnfereli e in the Attorney Generals
office Friday mOraiIg TO decide upon an
answer ana pleading Whech are to be
...aD- 10 dissolve the inJjf.ction re-
Gently issued against the State lime
grinding board by the City CircNit
urt 81 the instance of certain lime
manufacturers.
1t was the belief of those present
that the matter could he successfully
fought and that the provisions of the
iime-grinding statute would probably
soon he put into effect.
Those present at the conference
were Attorney General Williams. As
Sstant Attorney General r. L. Davis
charles Y. Meredith. John PickereI
Senator Aubrey r. Strobe and William
II. Mann. Jr.
The Legislature, at its last session.
passed the lime grinding bill after
bitter fight made upon it by the or
gained lime dealers and manufac-
turers. Representative of the Nir-
ginia Farmers Union were active in
their support of the measure and
finally succeeded in having it passed.
According TO its provisions. a State
lime grinding board is created. which
shall operate limestone Quarries with
convict labor, making agricultural
lime for Virginia farmers. who will
thus be able to buy their lime practi-
cally at cost
The lime manufacturers. following
the passage of the bin, retained At
torneys Richard +. Byrd. \. Caperton
BraXton and John :. Eggleston to
fight the measure through the Su-
preme Court if niece sary. As a pre-
llmirary step the attorneys procured
an injunction from Judge r. Carter
scott. OF the Circuit Court. which. UNI
Ill dissolved. prevents the carrying
ont of any of the provisions Of the
bill.
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BANKERS TO TELL
Z OF GRAFT SYSTEM

NEW YORK Special Bank
crs OF New York and New Jersey
cities win De called 40 testify be-
fore ;he grand jury i'm the invcsti-
CATION OF the police graft system
that resulted i'm the assassination
- of Herman ROscnthal.
District Attorney Whitman will
attempt 90 secure from them
proof that Lieutenant Charles \.
Becker and high police officials
made deposits I'm their banks I'm
der assumed names in order 10
hide the fact that they had Sc
cured hundreds OF thousands of
dollars beyond their regular sal
aries.
The police department was
given surprise when Il be-
came known that information i'm
the possession of the District At
tOrncy shows that gambling
houses i'm n certain section of the
city have been paying one police
Inspector $500 cach TO let them
stay open.
Investigators working for the
District Attorney have learned
that scNcnty-iive gambling houses
and SiXty-fiVe other resorts maid
this TO one inspector.
The tribute handed over by the
resorts was $500 a month each.
This inspector and one other arc
said To have more than 500. 600
in cash deposited i'm banks.
LEI MEN ESCAPE.
MIR. Whitman il known To- bc
inccused over the police failure 10
arrest sam ScbcDpS. Lefty Louis"
Rosenberg and Harry HOrowitz.
who are wanted ON the charge of
having shot ROscnthaI.
The District Attorney is said To
possess Information that promin-
cnt police officials helped the men
in escaping and are now aiding
them financially.
ONCrSladOwing X O seminars
murder, public interest sticks to
the relentless investigation that
is showing big sums of money
paid TO the police.
The suspiciOusIy large bank ar-
counts of Scmc of the police are
coming i'm for consideration
where did YOU get it?" * the
question that will have TO be an
severed.
One of the District Attorneys
slcuths + i'm Rochester. -. V. in
VeStigating a report that Becker.
whose wealth appears TO have in
creased by leaps and bounds. de-
posted the usual maximum OF
S3,VGO in = bank there.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
ASKS PRESIDENT
TO CHECK REBELS

AUSTIN, TEXAS Special
Governor COlquitt last night teIe-
graphed President Taft and the
War Department that the United
States act quickly in repelling
the invasion of Mexican rebels at
Sierra Blanca, Texas.
The Governor announced that
if no reply came by noon he
would order every Texas Ranger
and the entire cavalry force of
the militia to the border.
In his telegram, after quoting
from Sheriff Edwards message
from EI PasO county notifying the
Governor of the raids on Texas
ranches, the Governor said:
please advise ne IL the United
States Government will give pro-
lection and rcpel this invasion.
IL IL does not do so promptly 1
shall Immediately repel the in
VadcrS with State troops. An
Swcr quick and definitely"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
HILL not CAUGHT
BY DETECTIVES
Major Louis Werner. Richmond, Va:
NO resemblance to Hin.

MAJOR LOUIS werner, Richmond, Va. 4:
NO resemblance to Hin.
BAILEY"
RIG H MON d, VA, Special
That's what telegram received this
Ky, where a detective said he had the
man; Detective Bailey was sent to
The negro arrested in Fulton. Ky.
several days ago and declared by De-
tective simmons, Of the Blue Grass
state 70 be the much wanted bank Of
The man i'm custody in no wise re-
sembles the missing bank cashier
DEFINITE assurance to the foregoing
erect was received this afternoon by
Chiet OF Police Louis Werner from De-
tectiVe Sergeant Forrest 9. Bailey, who
was sent TO Fulton, Ky, for the man
thought 10 be Hil.
The hopes OF the affected depositors
and stockholders OF the wrecked bank
viii be shattered at this news. When
the announcement was received by the
police several days ago that Hill had
had suffered as a result Of the cashiers
populations were made glad Express
sions of thanksgiving were sounded.
The hope that the abScondinC cashier
would be punished for his misdeeds
seemed soon TO be realized.
Reuben r. Hin cashier True Re
formers Bank OF Richmond. in Jail in
Fulton. Ky Identification complete.
The foregoing message. signed by
Detective simmons, was the first in
Detective Simmons seemed so positive
that the right man had been captured
that little doubt was felt here. Then
hitch ensued
~ answer TO Detective simmons re-
quest for instructions Major Werner
wired: Come on with prisoner. All
guaranteed Nothing in the way Of
an imcmdiate answer being received 81
was presumed that Detective simmons
was on his way to Richmond with his
prisoner. He was expected to arrive
Thursday morning.
on that morning Detective simmons
wired for transportation. TO which
Major Werner replied that not a cent
would be advanced. but mileage. too.
would be paid. This did not satisfy
simmons He was not willing to take
a chance. 1t began to look as IL. at
the eleventh hour. he was not quite SO
positive of the identity or his prisoner.
Another telegram was received from
him. Il said: send man to identify
Hnl."
The rest is known. Which leaves
the situation exactly as il was ,eigh-
teen months ago. when Hill shook the
dust of Richmond from his feet. Incl
dentally taking with him about $4,000.
repre- senting. in some Instances. the life
earnings Of the more provident negroes
OF this ely. rive or six indictments
arc pending gainSt hin.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
WHOLESALE WAR
WAGED ON WASHERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Special

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Special
Washers?
Mothers"
That was the quick. terse way 4
Washington woman half repeated ana
wholly answered-she thought-the
question. why do We have Washers -
NO; YOU certainly may not use my
name she said as a preface TO her
statement. Nobody mashes me, and
nobody mashes anybody in my family.
We walk the streets wherever and
whenever we please; we so TO the
alters and moving picture shows and
the SeaShOre, and We stroll through
the parks and circles. But nobody
mashes us. We do not wish TO be
mashed, and we are not mashed.
when YOU ask me why the so-called
Washers mash, l answer that the fault
lies with the mothers of the girls who
are made the targets Of the glances,
stares. anglings, smiles, winks. laugh
ter. ana remarks that make up the
language of MASKING. as L have heard
il spoken-to others. am not a cynic,
and l am not a pessimist, but 1 am
a grown woman. and 1 have had eX-
periences. l am not so old that I
can't remember not only with pleasure
but with a quickening sympathy the
pleasures of my girlhood.
Girls Lack Experience.
But without cynicism, and alto
gether with sympathy, I say-and
without fear of contradiction-that
there are no girls and few young wom-
en- who ought to be allowed to dress
as they please, go where and when and
! how they please, and conduct them
selves in any way they please. They
have not the experience, they have
not the wisdom. they have not the
intelligence required to make them
equal to bearing themselves properly
/ anywhere. anytime
Yet there are scores of young girls
/ TO say nothing of young women. who
! are practically without restraint
could tell you, ! believe. the names
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
BANDITS PREPARE
TO wage BATTLE
III AMERICAN TROOPERS CATCH
UP WITH MlcNICANS THE
RESULT u CERTAIN.

Ell PASO, TEXAS Special.-Short
shrift will he given the Mexican ban
dts who cross, the international
boundary line near Bisbcse. Ariz., if
two companies of cavalry. sent after
them 10y Colonel SsecVer. L. 5. ~,
catch up with the marauders.
The bandits who are suspected Of
being Mexican InsurrectOs took refuge
in the mountains near the Arizona line
and il is believed that they will give
battle to the United States troopers.
y number OF ranchmcn have reported
that the MeXicanS have driven off
cattle and horses ard made other
seizures.
The bandits are heavily armed.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
Mr.. Taft Will Not Endure Meas
ures That Injure Commerce
Court.

WASHINGTON. d. c. Special
President Taft announced today he
would veto the legislative and judi
cial appropriation bill, carrying S34,-
100000 for the expense of the govern
ment for the fiscal year. because it
takes no provision for the Commerce
Court.
The bill reached the White House
last night and the President. after
examining it in detail. today informed
Corp James Tanner, register of
Wills for the District of Columbia
that he would veto the measure. The
veto of the steel bill is expected to
each Congress on Monday
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22

LONDON,-Special-In a recent
pubic address az Montrose. Andrew
carnegie, the American millionaire
steel magnate. said: "In one DEPART
ment the mOtherland is ahead of the
<Oomlnions Of the United States. She
mas established the law, first pro
CLAIMED Y Adam Smith, that every
subject should contribute to the sun
port OF the government in proportion
TO the income he enjoys under the
protection Of the State. This just tax
alton the miilionaires of the Domin-
IONS Of the United Sites have so far
escaped but their day is coming. The
boards Of milliOnairts should be so
created, not as punishment, but for
their good, because it is Just, and JUS
tce alone insures general content
ment"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
BURY EMPEROR
In SEPTEMBER

TOXIC Special.-The funeral ar
engagements for the late Emperor Nut
suhito. who died July 80. have been
completed by the special bureau which
has been sitting since August LIST The
date of the funeral ceremony at To-
kiO has been fixed for September 18th,
and the interment is To take place at
Momoyama, on September 14th.
kyOtO was the site of the Imperial
Palace almost ten centuries prior to
its removal TO Toxic. forty-five years
ago. and il is there most of the former
emperOrS are buried. The resting
place of each emperor is made "a park.
beautifully kept with rare trees and
flowers. The late Emperor Mutsuhito
Will be buried in one of the pine-cov-
cred hills near the picturesque old
capital of KyOtO.
1t is the imperial custom that the
funerals of the members of the royal
family are held during the night. The
night is the time for rest and peace.
and the night is the time for deep
mourning.
At the funeral uniforms of all kinds
will be discarded except those of army
and navy officers The people who
wear the old japanese costumes. The
new Emperor will wear the old cos
tune, which he has never worn in his
life. Everything will be Of the old
japan OF many centuries ago Even
the labOrers who carry the evergreen
trees and clerks who perform the
minor duties of the service will wear
the old costumes.
The service is simple. The high
priest Of the Shinto viii make a
lengthy prayer for the spirit Of the
late Emperor and every word Will be
the old Japanese word and no modern
language will be used.
When the prayer is over the new
Emperor will place a small branch of
the evergreen tree on the grave Of
his father and he will be followed in
this by the Empress and other MEM
bers of the royal family. Then the
high officials will also place their
branches of evergreen tree.
Vt the service the light Will be fur
nisAcd by pine tree bonfires and no
other light will be used.
With the slow and melancholy mu-
sic Of old Japan. with the people cos
tuned in the old dresses surrounding
the pickering pine fires, the scene viii
not suggest single aspect of the
modern Japan. and listening to the
priest : prayer in the old language the
people will feei that they were in the
Japan &C many centuries ago.
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81 n naif-Gozfn women s Is 81 +
know ~ I O'Clock where Gy<eir 01r = N.
Iers are u YOU telephone theiii = Nor.
what their daughters Wore. = donbt
II any would know with whom their
daughters were. or at Whist time they
would come home.
Just consider for a moment what
this lack OF restraint means. Consider
the hObble skirt-men don't seem to
be able To consider anything else in
feminine apparel just nOw-consider
the hObble skirt worn as a girls first
long skirt. II makes one shUdder.
cont want TO 20 into discourse on
clothes, but ] do say this: A mothers
duty toward her daughters is not done
unless she commands what TO wear
and not to wear.
Men Are Encouraged.
Now. L have no patience with
Washers. If ! could fancy any one
MASKING me or trying to mash me.
the very thought would anger me be
yond words and beyond any deeds
that / could dO-n1y men folks would
have 70 take the matter in hand. But
nave only 70 look at the young wo-
men on our streets every day. and
every night too. TO understand why a
masher should mash and does mash.
/ when dress is a startling spectacle of
color or fashion it will always be
iookec at as spectacle. When dress
u
eyes of immodesty.
certainly. too. where a woman's
I walk is strange or affected the woman
will be looked at.
In my mind. there YOU have the
reason Tor the masher. / do not speak
OF a Few brazen fellows who would
ogie sphinx were il but slxirted. but
OF the ordinarily idle. inane. l. Street
or pennsylvania Avenue masher with
an eye 20 pretty girl and AZ voice
tenderly attuned To opportunity.
leave out of nay calculations women
old enough. as Becky sharp said She
had always been. 70 be their own
mothers. But on MASKING ian general
say the real cause is the mothers
or the lack OF them.
Becomes Retrospective.
When 1 was girl 1 was a happy
girl, a happy. laughing girl" this wo-
man concluded. IN smiling reminis-
cehce. but the mothers OF us Girls
knew always where we were what
we had on, what We We're doing. whom
We We're with and what time we were
coming nome. Streets. as we knew
them, were just city roads up and
down. which we drove or walked on
our way 20 shop. or church. or the
theater, or 70 visit; they were not pa =
rade grounds. Clothes we wore to
cover and protect and adorn us; not
not as clothes are now worn. We
went 20 parties and dances and TO
ehulch old the theater. and a-walk-
ing or riding with girls and boys we
knew. We did not leave home. with
out a word. and come back at any
hour We chose.
And. now. young man. there's my
sermon on Washers. II YOU want To
call those half dozen women ! spoke
Of. you may. But do not use my
name. I've nothing i'm the world 10
do with the masher."
The reporter said he would rather
not call the half-dozen mothers. and
he did not.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
Church COLlAP%S
KILLING Three
CHICAGO ILL., SD

CHICAGO, ILL., Special
Three men were killed and six
buried alive in the collapse OF an
old church at Indiana Avenue
and Twenty-first Street.
The men killed were members
of the wreclIing crew engaged to
pull down the structure. \ num-
her of others were injured by fly
ing debris.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-22
'mlILl0lsJ n ID
FROM PLACER MINES
NEWLN-MADE MEN or WEALTH
hErt Ky HoME WITH THEIR
TREASURES.
TACOMA. WASH. sDecial a

TACOMA, WASH. Special. A million
dollars in gold from New Placer Camps
IN lower Yukon and upper Kuskokvin
valleys rived Saturday on
the steamship Victoria. She brings
80 passengers from Nome and 81
MICHAEL. many OF whom are new Alasxa
mlinOnaireS, made 50 by tho r, cent l{s-
cONery or placer gold in Anlak, Ruby
tnn0ko and Eold quartz in the Fair
banks district.
Many Of these new rich millionaires
have not been outside Alaska in years
and come 20 enjoy sights and luXuries
not Afforded in Alaskan camps.