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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-19
HORSE COULDN'T
FOOL THE MAYOR

WARWICK, y. 2 Speciai.-Mayor
Gaynor was threatened with injury
Wednesday afternoon when nearing
the tuberculosis sanitarium in a surrey
containing also DR.. William Morrison
and f. S. Springer, superintendent of
the sanitarium.
The carriage was on it's way up a
steep hill road, one side OF which
sloped down about thirty feet The
driver decided to take another road
and was turning his two horses when
one fell. The carriage rolled hack
toward the slope. but, fortunately. the
rear wheels struck a building on that
side of the road.
farm hand ran over and jumped
on the fallen horses head. holding
him down.
The horse is sick" said the driver
Mayor Gaynor. whose knowledge of
horses is extensive, inspected the an
imal and then said:
THAT horse is all right except for a
slight cut. Keep him in harness"
The horse. seeing he couldn't fool
the Mayor promptly arose and per-
formed eXcellently for the rest of the
journey.
The Mayor did not see fit to accent
chance that he had TO Middletown to
meet Governor Dix, who made a
speech at the Orange County Fair.
When it was learned the Governor was
the
Mayor, who is staying at the Red
Swan Inn, it was supposed the two
men would meet. The Mayor drove
to Middletown when the Governor was
there and met many old friends
When 1t was suggested that he might
mark was:
1t always embarrasses me to meet
great men,"
Mr.. Gaynor, however, had hearty
greeting for a one-armed ex-sheriff
who reminded him OF a man who had
peeh trled Tor stealing a horse with
which to peddle Bibles.
The Mayor appeared to eniov
greatly the trip to Otisville. He in
spected every part of the sanitarium
and laughed and joked with the in
mates.
They look as healthy as Bill Ed
wards street cleaners" was his re-
mark when he saw a group of them.
He said of another group, They are
as strong looking as a Board of Alder
men,"
Made a Negro Flee.
Next he saw q negro.
There goes Scipio. know bis
name is Scipio," said the Mavor. The
black man turned as he heard the
name, saw the Mayor, and fed.
Mr.. Gaynor was particularly inter-
ested in the kitchens. Picking up a
lOdl WI Dreau ne broke 1t open and told
the superintendent it was not cooked
enough. Other things that did not
please him came in for criticism. In
the dining room q cheer went up
when he entered. Then came calls for
a speech, but his only utterance was:
Don't they seem just like a bunch of
politicians"
In the dairy the Mayor examined
every COW carefully and inquired par
ticularly about the registered stock
that the city owned. In the party
with him were Bailey =. Burritt. as
sistant secretary of the State Charities
Aid Association; a representative of
Warren & Wetmore, architects of the
buildings for the new Inebriates'
Home, and Samuel Brock, Of the
Comptroller's office.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-19

NEW YORN.-- Special AttOr-
ney Burton W. Gibson was arrest
ed at his office. 90 Liberty Street.
today on q warrant charging him
with the murder of Countess"
Rosa McnscilS Szabo.
Tie countess lost her life
while boating with the attorney.
her counsel, on Greenwood LOke,
in Orange county, i'm July.
The warrant charges murder.
and was issued by County Judge
IL &. Royce at NIiddletOWn late
yesterday, following the presenta-
ton of evidence by District AttOr-
ncy Thomas &. Rogers. which the
court believed showed strong
case OF murder i'm the first degree.
Gibson had been writing i'm his
office an hour. He had an APP
pointment with n client and was
just about to leave to attend to
this when the deputy and dctcc-
tives arrived.
Detective Flood. observing the
fOrmaiities of the queer case. ask
ed to be introduced TO Gibson. and
after a reporter had performed
that polite office, the arrest was
formally made.
Following is the text of the war
rant which was served upon Glib
son September II. 1912:
Ordered TO bring before me
forthwith Burton w. Gibson, muir
der i'm the first degree.
''HERBERT Is. ROYCE.
Especial County Judge, Middle
town, Orange county, n. ""
It was arranged that the pris-
Oncr should be taken TO Orange
county for arrangement and plead
ing. The details of the trip called
for journey by train and auto
mobile.
NEW YORK. Special AttOr-
ney Burton w. Gibson came VOL
unfairly TO New York today to
submit TO arrest on a warrant
charging him with the murder of
Countess" Rosa MenSchik Szabo.
He arrived at his office at SO
Liberty Street at $500 O'Clock from
his home i'm Rutherford, n. j.
II had been expected that the
warrant issued by County Judge
III. G. Royce at NfiddIetown yes
terday would be served upon him
Immediately, but Deputy Sheriff
w. {. Degraw, TO whom the war
~ Aht-0' DNNh HANChs was hOl
tHse office when Attorney Gibson
arrived.
'sWeIl, Tn here" said Gibson,
s'and whenever they want TO take
me they can"
~ WAS STOICALLY CALM.
Tho accused attorney was
stoically calm as he took up his
work of debating letters connect
ed with his law business. He
showed no traces OF fear, and that
he was confident that the case
against him would not hold, was
shown by the fact that he had
refused TO take advantage OF any
technically TO prevent immediate
arraignmcnt.
II the warrant had been served
In Rutherford, N. j., extradition
proceedings could have been de-
manded and secured by him. He
came half way, however, TO meet
New York officers.
Despite the delay in serving the
warrant no opportunity was given
for Gibson to escape. Detectives.
who had been on guard at his h5me
for the last two nights, accom-
panied him TO New YorI
On his way here he said:
my only information concern
ing this warrant $ from the
newspapers. 1 do not know from
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-19

This is the time of the wear vvhor
the careful housewife is considerinp
whether to spend her money for coal
Tor the coming cold weather or buv
new hat. and generally she decides
on the Observation-Disclosures Journal
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-19
BURTON ". GIBSON, LAWYER, ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF NUMBERING COUNTESS

Whereupon Detective Takes Ac,
cused Into Custody-Prisoner
Declares He Will Not Resort
to Technicalities, Offer Elk
cuses or Fight for Delays.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-19

Fortune favors the brave who hus-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
LIMA PLANS HYGIENE SHOW.
International Exposition to Be Held at
Time of Medical Congress. .

international Exposition to Be Held at
Time of Medical Congress.
Lima, the Peruvian capital, will next
summer be the scene of the sixth pan
American congress and at the same
time of the fifth Latin-American med
ical congress.
Anxious to prove Peru's right to a
place in the vanguard Of Latin-Ameri-
can progress, the government and
leading citizens are already co-operat-
ing to insure a success for both con
crosses, the most important step TAX
en- toward this end being the organiza-
ton of an international exposition Of
hygiene to be held here in connection
with the medical congress.
This exposition will last from July
81 until Sept. 80, and the executive
committee has just issued a circular
letter inviting from all parts Of the
world exhibits of machinery, drawings,
apparatus, ETC.. connected with the
providing Of drinking water, treatment
of Sewage, disposal of refuse and all
other matters coming within the scope
of hygienic science.
In order to attract exhibits from
| manufacturers Of and dealers in hy-
| gienic products it is pointed out by the
executive committee that many South
! American cities are without proper
systems of sanitation or have systems
which are in great need of moderniza-
| +ion An o~yhihitiOn IF fhiS kind If ia
stated, will prove Of especial benefit
to Peru, because their cities and towns,
having been built during the colonial
epoch, are in urgent need of modern
appliances.
Applications for space on the part of
intending exhibitors can be made up
to May g..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
PAGE THREE

ment OF JnIrty-seven posumasIers IN MS
district. For the thirty-seven positions
he has on file exactly 1,094 applications.
This means that there will be 1857
disappointed citizens.
Texas was one Of the original and
most steadfast Wilson states in the
primaries, and that is why, probably,
there are SO many patriots in that
state. Representative Henry, who rep
resents Waco and other cities in cen
trail Texas, will have the power of rec
ommending the appointment of eight
cen postmasters, and he has received
1,1O0 letters of application.
Morris Sheppard, the newly elected
senator from Texas, has been compel
led to put one secretary, an assistant
and four stenographers at work an
swering the applications for jobs that
have come from his constituents who
are willing to serve the country and
break a leg trying to do it.
Senator Culberson of Texas received
the following letter:
Dear Sir Since the Democrats have
been elevated to full control of the gov
eminent I assume the party is ready to
enter upo full government functions, and
I am willing to do my share by taking the
postmastership of this town. :.
Asks Bailey For Embassy.
Senator Bailey. retiring senator Of
the same state, received the following
letter:
I have thought over the matter at some
length n would not mind being appoint
ed to some nice ambassadorship in a near
by country. Kindly notify me if it is all
right.
w. B. Jayne, secretary to Senator
Bailey, notified the applicant that,
while the salary of an ambassador
was very good, the incumbent usually
found it necessary to contribute from
his own pocket an amount equal to the
salary in order to keep up appearances.
Senator Pomerene Of Ohio received
a letter from a Missouri Democrat,
briskly requesting a list Of all the
places that would be at the disposal Of
President Wilson, indicating that he
would make a choice when he and his
wife were at leisure in the evenings.
A. Mitchell Palmer, representative
from Pennsylvania, finds that there
are any number Of Democrats whose
zeal to serve their country, with pay,
could only be matched by the patriot
ism Of Patrick Henry.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
HOLLENBACK PENN'S COACH.
State Man to Succeed Andy Smith at
Head of 1918 Team.

Bill Hollenback, the former All Amer
lean star fullback, will succeed Andy
Smith as the head coach of the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania football team next
season. George Brooke. the Swarth-
more coach. was the man upon whom
the football committee Of the athletic
association had decided, but Brooke
said he could not take the place II
that both he and DR.. Carl Williams
had talked the matter over with the
coaches and with the committee and
that they would name Hollenback at
the close of the season.
There has been friction all year. and
Smith charges that he was so ham
pered in his work that he had no au-
thority. This is true, and some of the
coaches who did not allow him full
sway now admit that they did not do
so because they never We're favorable
to his appointment. Hollenback coach.
ed Penn State this year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
MRS. BRICKLEY HAS never
Seen SON PLAY FOOTBALL.

Strange as it may seem, never in the
long career that Charley Brickley,
Harvard's youthful maker Of football
history. has had on the gridiron has his
mother seen him play. She could not
be persuaded to sit by and see her son
the object OF attack. Neither has she
seen his brother George, a high school
star, who will enter Harvard next Sep
TENDER, perform. In fact, she never
watched a football match and says she
never intends to.
Vainly did Charley plead with her to
go to New Haven to watch the Yale
contest that was expected to be the big
day in his career. She was adamant to
all pleadings.
81 have seen enough Of the results of
these games when the boys have come
home,' said Mrs. Brickley recently,
without it's being necessary for me to
sit by and see my boys knocked about.
I have been a nurse to the boys for
seven years. and there has hardly been
a day during the football season that
my home did not to some extent re-
semble a hospital from the odor OF
liniments.
mi. Brickley, however, seldom miss
es a match and is the original Brickley
rooter. Still, I look upon football as "A
manly game. 1t is al excellent sport
for a strong boy, because it develops
him. The weak lad also finds it help
full because it strengthens him.
"My daughter May would play, too, if
girls took up the game. She is quite a
drop kicker. according to her brother
ChorlovO
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
CAREER1Na DOWN THE SLOPE.

DOWN vdH 6AOEGs
tie pocketknife to try to cut steps in
the slope. Ny stiff, torn fingers let the
knife slip at the first attempt, and, al
though 1 CROPPED about for a long time,
I failed to recover it.
Last Chance Gone.
My last chance had gone with the
knife. The darkness creeping on and
enveloping everything, the dead 81
lence, the bitter cold, were all begin
ming to take effect, and I groaned at
the prospect Of the long night in front
of me.
I dared not lean too far back, for
that slender bar of ice might give way.
I could neither lie down nor stand up
straight. 1 called out loudly at inter
walls, but the sound was sti1ed by the
o~verhanging walls.
When I was on the point Of utter
collapse the first gray daylight merci-
fully began to filter into my prison.
Now I must make my last desperate
attempt to escape.
AS a forlorn hope I looked about
again for my knife. My eyes caught
a CLINT on a fan shaped piece Of ice,
and there, just over the dark chasm,
where p~rovidentially it had fallen the
night before, l spied it. Determined
not to lose it again, 1 attached it to
my wrist by a piece of string and
started digging at the steep ice slope.
Snap went the big blade.
With the small blade l continued
scraping away, taking infinite are.
Three and a half hours / shaved in
the ice cavern and then was able to
crawl up, digging my toes in at every
step till I could draw myself up into
comparative safety on the ledge above
I lay there, gasping, for a few Sec
onds; then. taking the greatest precau,
lions all the while, I passed between
the remaining c%revasses and at last de-
scended safely to the firm rocks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
Dead Suns,

We know that the universe contains
many dead suns. those which have
given forth all their heat. Some as
tronomers think they are much more
numerous than the burning ones. 1t
is believed that once a u is dead"
it will fly through space until it comes
in contact with some other sun, dead
or alive, and the impact will set them
both at a tremendous heat, create new
solar systems with attendant planets,
and thus the process may go ON
throughout eternity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
SPENT A NIGHT
IN A GLACIER
Mountaineer's Cherries Lodg-
ings After a Fall.
SLID INTO A HOLE Of ICE
It Took American Imprisoned In Fro
zen River on Slope of Mont Blanc
Three Hours and a Half to Dig His
Way Out of Dangerous Position.

\ LII OUGH the experienced
mountaineer does not consider
~ Mont Blanc, for all it's height,
particularly dangerous to as
cend, he may come face to face upon
its slopes with situations that call
forth his utmost courage and skill. 1t
is such a situation that Frederick
Chamberlin describes in the Wide
World Magazine. Late in the after
noon of one September day, after a
successful climb, he was cheerfully de-
scending the snow slope of the noun
tain. His story of his experiences
reads a. follows:
Suddenly 1 found myself in front of
a particularly nasty serac, or ice ridge,
that gave very little foothold. The
surface was not broken and crumbly,
but just smooth, treacherous ice. How
ever, l was not going to be daunted, so
I wormed my way up and was about
to descend the other side when with
out warning my feet shot from under
me, and l started c~areering down the
slope at breakneck speed.
Down 1 slid, straight through a fun
mel shaped hole into a partly formed
crevasse. brought up sharply
against a small bar Of ice that only
just prevented me from continuing my
headlong career into a gaping chasm.
Lost His Ice Ak.
For a few seconds I lay half stunned.
Then I carefully got on my feet. felt
my body all over to see that no bones
had been broken and looked round for
my ice ak, but that had disappeared.
I saw a slight crack in the surface
Of n of the sides, and I tried to draw
myself up, but my fingers could not
get a firm hold in the slippery ice, and
I was soon. forced to give that up.
Then I tried lying fiat on my back in
the funnel through which l had en-
tered my prison and, firmly planting
my knees against its sloping roof, en-
deavored to work myself back.
Here, too. I failed. Being by this
time quite desperate. I took out my lit
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
:.:..
HOW THE MOUNTAIN
OF THE BALKANS
CAME TO MAHOMET.


What will there be to remember
OF this in the days to be,
Whose faith was a trodden ember
And ever our doubt not free?
Parliaments built of paper,
And the soft swords Of gold
That twist liie Il waxen taper
In the weak aggressor's hold,
A hush around hunger Staying,
A city of serfs unfed.
What shall we leave for a saying
TO praise us when we are dead?
But men shall remember the mountain
broke its forest chains.
And men shall remember the mountain
When it marches against the plains
And christen their children from it
And season and ship and street.
When the mountain came to Mahomet
And looked small before his feet
His head was high as the crescent
OF the moon that seemed his crown,
And on glory Of past and present
The light Of his eyes looked down.
One hand went out to the morning
Over Brahmin and Buddhist slain
And one to the west in scorning
To point at the scars Of Spain.
One foot On the hills for warden
BY the little mountain trod,
And one was in a garden
And stood on the grave Of God.
But men hall remember the mountain
Though it fall down like a tree.
They shall see the sign Of the mountain,
Faith cast into the sea.
Though the crooked swords overcome it
And the crooked moon ride free.
When the mountain comes to Mahomet
1t has more life than lie.
But what will there be to remember
Or what will there be to see,
Though our own through a long Novem
Der
Abide to the end and be?
Strength Of slave and mechanic
. Whose iron is ruled by gold,
Peace Of immortal panic,
Love that Is hate grown cold.
Are these a bride or a warning
That we turn not to h sun
Nor look on the lands Of morning,
Where deeds at last are done;
Where men shall remember the mountain
When truth forgets the plain
And walk in the way Of the mountain
That did not fall in vain?
Death and eclipse and comet,
Thunder and peals that rem
When the mountain came to Mahomet
Because it was the end.
I C. K. Chesterton.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
HALF A MILLION
PLACE SEEKERS
Democrats In Washington Are
Swamped With Applications.
THOUSANDS WRITE TO CLARK.
Speaker Keeps Four Stenographers
Busy Debating Replies to Eager Pa
triots, and In One Case There Are
1,100 Persons Who Yearn to Fill
Thirty Postmasterships.

Si'FS
A deluge of demands for opportunity
to serve the gOvernment-with proper
emoluments-is sweeping over the ad-
vance guard of Democratic congress
men in Washington. Thousands Of
letters asking for government employ
ment have been received, and the SEN
ate and house p%ostofices are working
overtime handling the mail.
Speaker Champ Clark is keeping
four st~enographers busy debating re-
plies to applications for positions I'M
der the incoming administration.
While the speaker has received a
greater number Of applications than
any one else. there has been no lack
Of letters to other members of congress
who have reached Washington.
Are at Wilson's Service.
Nearly half a million men, it is rough
ly estimated. are not going to see Wood
row Wilson fail in his administration of
the affairs of the United States if they
can help it. They are willing to sacrifice
themselves upon the altar Of patriot
ism, ven if they are compelled to ac-
cept jobs at salaries ranging from $500
to $4,000, in order to help him out Of
the tight hole he is in.
The result is that some Of the leaders
Of congress are bordering on prostra-
ton.
w. r. Smith. representative from
Ell PaSO and other towns embraced in
the western part of Texas. received a
burning letter from one of his constitu.
ents, saying:
Dear Representative think that it is
a good time for Democrats to be loyal to
their party even though it involves some
personal sacrifice. I have a good bust
ness and am in good circumstances, but
I am willing to go the limit to serve the
| party. If you want, I will be willing to
accept a position as assistant secretary
of the treasury or something like that
Waiting to hear from you, etc.
1.100 Applicants For 81 Places.
Representative Smith will have it in
his power to recommend the appoint.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
Asked Her For $267, 900 900.

In the two years 1910 and 1911
Mrs. Edward H. Hartman received
5000 "begging letters" She was ask
ed by persons of whom she had never
heard before to give away the sum Of
S267, 900. 600. and she was invariably
told that she would never miss
sums Of money the aggregate of which
amounted to something like four times
her entire fortune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26

R, N. A.-Langdon Camp No. 6307 meets every
Ist and Bird Fridays of the month in the X. of P
Hall. MRS. JOSEPH Powers, Clerk.
MRS. B. F. GROOM, Oracle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26

MORDECAI BROWN CUBS FORMER
ITCHER
and consulted a physician, who prompt
ly told him that if he values his limbs
he should never pitch again or take
part in any athletic contests.
The doctor reached this decision aft
er examining Browns knee, injury to
which fastened the end Of his major
league career. The physician told
Brown that the knee would never be
entirely we'll and that another injury
might result in the loss Of the use Of
his leg.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
BROWN THROUGH AS PLAYER.

Injury to Knee Hastens Former Cub
Stars Retirement.
Mordecai Brown, once greatest of the
Chicabo Cubs pitchers and known as
the three fingered WONDER" will never
pitch again.
Brown visited Terre Haute after his
release by the Chicago club to go
hunting and to talk with Owner Wag-
ner Of the Terre Haute club, who is
seeking his services as manager. Dur
Ing his stay Brown became slightly ill
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
Chase Now PLAYING Basketball.

VTTdS6 NOW TTdyTTy 1ooNoeD"F"
Hal Chase has organized a basketball
term and will put in his winter picking
up a few dollars in that game. He il
almost as big IL star in basketball as in
baseball.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
BIG DIAMOND DISCOVERED.
Second Only to the CulIinan Found on
the Rand.

Second Only to the C%ulIinan Found on
the Rand.
Advices from Cape Town report the
finding in the Premier mine on the
Rand Of a diamond which in weight
is second only to the famous Cullinan.
The stone, which is in the shape of an
egg with the top cut off, weighs 1,649
carats and was discovered after blast
ing at the foot Of the mine. 1t is more
than half the size of the Cullinan.
which came from the same mine. 1t
has a few black streaks, but experts
consider that they are only on the
surface.
The weights Of some of the most
famous diamonds in the world are as
follows:
Carats.
Cullinan 3,02oA
Kohinoor 1864
The Cuuinan diamond was also found
In the Transvaal, as stated, and was
named after the then chairman of the
Premier TranSvaal Diamond Mine COM
pany. 1t was presented to King Ed
ward by the Transvaal government and
cut into eleven 1awless stones. The
largest. of 516h -carats, is in the i'm
perial crown. and two great stones are
worn by the queen as jewels, as a
pendant, on state occasions.