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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-07

panic during n 16-year period of RepubIi-
can rule It came more than 10 years after
six years before the Inauguration of a Democratic
President in 1913.
Q. Why do the Republican speakers ignore
these two panCs?
a. This question ought be easily answered
by those whom the Republican speakers try
deceive-it is because neither of these panicS
be charged to the Democrats, and a reference
them would rob the threat of Its terror.
q. Reference has been made 10 the first panic
which came in 1873 and TO the last which
came In 1907. Let us now consider the second
panlc-the panic of 1898. Who President
when IL came?
a. Grover Cleveland.
O. To what party did he belong?
\. He elected by the Democratic party in
1892, but helped to elect Republican to succeed
him i'm 1895.
O. How soon after his election did the panic
come?
~ so that 1t came under Republican laws,
not single Republican law having been repealed
before IL came.
O. Under what tariff law did the panic 1898
come?
~ Under the Mckinley Iaw-the panic came a
year before the Mckinley law repealed.
come?
a The sherman law--the panic came several
months before the purchasing clause of the Sher-
man law was repealed.
Q. Is it possible that only of the three
pancs came under Democratic President?
n. Yes, only one of the three.
Q. Why do the Republicans speak of this panic
only?
\. Because they're more Interested in making
political capital than in telling the truth
Q. Why do the Republican speakers fail to tell
us that the only panic that came under a Demo-
cratic administration came under Republican
laws?
A. Because that would spoil their argument and
make their threat ridiculous.
q. Are the Republican leaders ignorant or dis
honest when they threaten panic in case of Demo-
cratic success?
a. They probably both.
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANS PANIC PRIMER

Before taking up the real issues of the CAM
paign desire call your attention to the threat
publican leaders as a substitute for argument BY
using il they confess that they unable TO appeal
TO the reason. To fortify you against this threat
and to furnish you with answer that will rOut
anyone who dares the threat, will pre-
sent in just few words the history of panics.
To make il easier To remember will give you
the facts in the form OF questions and answers
and will call il a Panic Primer"
q. How long since the Republican party first
came into power?
Q. How many pancs have had during that
time?
\. Three
q. When did they come?
a. In 1873, 1893 and 1907.
.. Who was President in 1882
n. L. =. Grant.
.. To what party did he belong?
y. Republican party.
Q. What party had control of the Senate at that
time?
\. The Republican party.
q. What did the Democrats have do with
the panic of 1873?
\. Nothing, except that they suffered from the
panic in common with others.
.. Who President when the panic of 1907
came?
\. Theodore Roosevelt
O. To what party did lac then belong?
\. The RepubllCa party.
q. What party had control of the Senate?
~ The Republican party.
q. What party had control Of the House then?
A The Republican party.
.. What did The Democrats have 10 do with
that panic?
y. Nothing, except that they suffered from il in
common with others
Q. Is il possible that two of the three panics
came under Republican Presidents and with Re
pubIiCanS in control of both the Senate and House?
n. Yes. The first panic came in the middle of IA
21-year period, during which every President
Republican. 1t came IL years after the last
began. and ~ years before the first President
elected after that period ended. And the last
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SCUTARI IN FLAMES

RIEkA, MONTENEGRO. Oct.
2S.-Scutari is in flames, having
been fired by shells from Monte
ncSrin artillery, which is bonn
harding the city on three sides.
After Il lull i'm the firing during
the night the bOmbardment was
resumed today at dawn.
II WAS believed then that the
city would fall before night. An
unofficial report said that the
MontcncSrins were already enter
ing Scutari from the northeast.
King Nicholas visited the line
OF batteries north of the city and
personally assisted in directing
the heavy cannon fire. The King
walked among the gunnerS, help
ing them TO get the range.
General NukOtitch,' IS army COM
mandS all the heights east of the
city and General Martinevitch's
forces have taken the strategic
heights on the west. HOwitzers
were brought into play at day
break and dropped mortars into
the city.
Hundreds of tribesmen who
Joined Essed Pacha's army for the
defense of the city are fleeing
southwark.
Many residents are also leaving
the city.
The MOntenegrins have seized
the Island OF Vranjina, which
dominates the harbor- and war
ships are unable TO leave Scutari,
on Lake Scutari.
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PRESIDENT ISSUESA
LENGTHY STATEMENT
Refers to Cleveland Administra-
ton and Customs for Revenue
Only" - Says He Believes
Democrats Will Get a Sur
prise by Reputation.

WASHINGT u. c., Oct. %.
True to his publicly announced
intention not to make any pOIiti-
cal speeches during the present
campaign, President Taft achieved
the same purpose by issuing IA
lengthy statement from the White
House today relative to the DEM
Ocratic stand on the tariff queS-
uOn.
I'm view of erroneous state
mentS," reads the White House
document, regarding the causes
of the fOur years of depression
which followed the second cleo
ton of President Cleveland, IL
may be WclI 10 recall the facts.
In his formal letter of acceptance
September 20, 1892, MIR. Cleve-
land emphasized the need of
tariff reform and made it the
leading issue between the parties.
The Democratic slogan now is "a
tariff for revenue only
According 10 the Baltimore
platform the tariff is not merely
to be reformed, but the principle
of protecting American industry
IS to be cXciSed root and branch.
On that platform Governor Will
son stands.
'r'O go back to Mr.. CleVeland's
second term, the proof from his
own writings Is that he was elect
ed on the issue OF tariff reform.
IL is also a fact of history that
Immediately on his election capt.
tai and industry took alarm, en-
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MANY POISONED AT
Y. N. c. A. SUPPER
ONE WOMAN DEAD AND SCORE OF
OTHERS ILL FROM Pro
MAINE POISONING.

EVERETT, MASS Special
The death of woman and the
illness of Il score of persons, after
partakinS OF a supper at the Ev-
erett Young Mems Christian Assoc
ciatien last Thursday night, today
kept several Everett physicians
endcaVOring to determine just
what item in the menu was re-
SpOnSible.
n hundred or more partOOk of
the fatal menu. Those who have
not become ill are anxious today.
They are watching carefully for
traces of ptOmaine poisoning.
Here is the fatal menu: Roast
lamb, canned corn, potatoes,
pickles, radisheS. condiments.
bread and butter, pies, cake of all
kinds, coffee.
Mrs. Sarah l.. Malone, one of
the most prominent church work.
ers i'll this city, died at the Wild
den Memorial Hospital.
The others attacked have suffer-
cd from acute Indigestion or ptO-
maine poisoning. Mrs. Mary Hus-
sey, her daughter and grand
daughter, were made seriously i'll
and Mrs. HuSscy, who Is seventy
four years old, missed death by
small margin.
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TO BE TRIED FOR
MURDER OF WIFE

STANDARDSVIIIJE, VA Special.
Found hiding in the haunts of the
Blue Ridge Mountains, Joseph Fra
zier was arrested in Greene county
Saturday on a charge Of brutally muir
dering his wife and was taken to Har-
risonburg yesterday and incarcerated
in Jail, where he will await trial. He
was arrested by Charles Shifflett, a
constable of Greene county.
The story told of Frazier's alleged
brutality to his wife is a terrible one.
About four weeks ago Frazier's wife
died while her infant was only about
week old. it is said. Just prior to
her death her condition was very bad.
and ii is said that day before her
death she was unconscious. At first
1t was supposed that the severity OF
her illness was natural; but IT is said
she confded to a friend just before
her death that she had been con-
tinually and numerically beaten by
her husband, and 1t Is said that large
bruises were found all over her body,
and that her face was lacerated and
she bore marks as II she had been
beaten to death.
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LOCK FOR crime signs
In LOUISA MYSTERY
ICH MOND, YA.-SI

RI G. ii M0ND, VA.-Special.-
Considerable mystery seems to
surround grewsOme express
package delivered to Coroner
William III. Taylor Monday.
1t contains in several glass jars
the stomach of a man who died III
Louisa county about three weeks
ago under circumstances believed
to be suspicious.
The coroner, though he has
been in communication with rela-
tives of the dead man, has been
able to ascertain almost nothing
connected with his death.
He has been advised that the
man was named Edward Jones,
and that ne lived near Mineral.
He has received no information
regarding the symptoms of the
fatal Illness, and until he is so
advised he will not begin his
analysis. he said this morning.
The jars have been I'm the express
office for considerably over n week.
The coroner WIS unwilling to re-
cetve them until he received definite
INSCRIPTIONS from the family. These
lnstructt0ns were sent Saturday,
but the information accompanying
them fSas so meager that Coroner
Tnyl0r declared that an analysis
mlSht De waste OF time.
Dr.I0ylOr's records show that the
PRINCIPAL poisons used I'm cases with
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ATTACKS GOFF.

NEW YORK. Special.-Lieu-
tenant Charles Becker today BIT
terIy attacked Justice John W.
Con i'm the course OF a review OF
his case, given for the first time
since his trial for the murder OF
Herman Rosenthal.
He declared that Justice Con,
instead of protecting him as the
presiding judge mt a murder trial
should had leagued himself with
the accuSerS of the policeman.
Becker went infinitely into the
history of the events leading up to-
the verdict, pointed out number
less contradictions among the wit
neSseS for the prosecution and as
serted that he had neven even
seen the four gunner who did
the actual shooting until he view
cd them I'm the Tombs.
Only once during the long talk
did Becker show any signs OF
weakness. That was when Inc re-
ferred to his wife. Then he shook
the bars i'm sort of impoJent
grief, declaring that Mrs. Becker
was expected to become a mOther
toward the middle OF January.
God knows my position Is bad
enough" he said. with "a break in
his voice, "but Mrs. Becker IL i'm
far worse straits. She is To be n
mother i'm January. God knows it
is not n bright outlook for her
the husband and father of her
child will be ut that time i'm the
death house i'm Sing Sing prison,
the victim of perjury"
COFFIN NAILS.
Then Becker described the SEN
Sations of nan~-an innocent
man-as he put il, who was COM
PEELED To sit i'm his chair while ne
il on trial for his life and listen
To what he declares To DC per-
jurcd testimony of mis- enemies,
sending him To his death.
III was an awful sensation TO
endure" said Becker. Think of
il for yourself. There I was COM
PEELED TO sit, listening 90 the lies
of these men and knowing that
each lie was nail i'm my own cOf-
fin and pOWCrlcSS TO do anything.
"And from the very man from
whom 1 might be expected TO Sc
cure some measure OF protection
1 got nothing but the killing of
of everything that was good said
about me and cOaXing the wit
ncsscs to- say everything that was
bad.
just think of this man,
shapiro, who drove the murder
car coming out at the eleventh
hour with M affidavit that he
heard the gunner say: It's Beck
cr'S ORDERS
Il never saw anything of these
gunner i'm my life until / saw
them i'm the TOmbs. i never saw
Jack Zelig at all, TO my knOwl-
edge. Rose may have told the
gunner that IL was my orders. for
all 1 know. but L am innocent"
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CHARLES BECKER FACING DEATH
WINDS UP HIS BUSINESS AFFAIRS
CHARLES

NEW YORK. Special Lieuten-
ant Charles Becker, convicted of
the murder OF Herman Rosenthal,
today calmly directed the winding
up of his business affairs and pre-
pared fer the short journey that
will land him In the death house
at Sing Sing prison.
He will be taken 70 Ossining
Immediately after Justice Con
sentences him 10 death. Becker
has failed thus far TO show any
sign of emotion. n statement,
which he gave out yesterday in
which he protested his innocence
and explained his financial cOndi-
ton TO refuto charges OF grating,
showed evidence of careful prepa-
ration. He reiterated today his
declaration that every item I'm his
statement was correct. Neverthe-
less an examination made today
showed n discrepancy of almost
$4,000 In his private fortune, as
explained by himself, and the Off
cial record of his bank deposits.
The official records thus far
banks by him I'm 1911 and 1912,
while his own summing up OF re-
sources for many years past
amounts to only $4,000.
Becker says that $4,000 was
given to his wife by John Finne-
gan, a newspaper cOmpOsitOr, be-
cause he was an old friend and
had been fond of Mrs. Becker
since she was a child.
Friends of FinneSan declared
today. however, that Finnegan
never possessed more than SIO.-
900 I'm his life. His widow, after
his death, obtained the estate.
which amounted to almost 5000.
tmneSan was cOmpOSitOr on
the New York World and man.
aged to accumulate what for a
W0rtungman was a competence.
During the latter part of his life
he was i'll a good deal of the time
and frequently went to sana-
toriun. He died July 31st. the
night after Becker was arrested
for the murder of ROsenthaI.
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PERMIT ITALIANS
TO Sue IN u. S.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Special
An agreement has been reached
between the United States and
Italy TO amend article 3 OF the
treaty of commerce and naviga-
ton of 1871, so as to permit reIa-
tlves and heirs of Italian immi-
grants to this country, who have
met death or injury here, to bring
suit in the United States courts
for damages.
This was learned ut the Italian
embassy today, following several
visits of Italian diplomats to the
State Department.
The Italian government fire.
quently has protested against the
Supreme Court decisions. which
ruled that the relatives or heirs
OF deceased Italians. when reSid-
ing abroad, could not bring ac-
ton in this country Tor damages.
The legal branch OF the State
Department was instructed by
President Taft to look into the
matter and has recommended that
the treaty be amended.
This Will be done within a short
time.
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MADERO REFUSES
TO SAVE GEN. DIAZ

MEXICO CITY Special Pres
ident Madero today refused TO
pardon General Felix Diaz, the
lnsurgent leader, who was cap
tureu by General BeItram'S fed
erals at Vera Cruz and sentenced
10 death by court-martial.
Although q court order was is
sued against the execution of the
rebel leader, the fate OF Diaz was
unknown here today.
Friends of the nephew of for
mcr President Diaz feared that,
in view of the conditions prevail
ing, the federals at Vera Cruz
had diSregarIIed the order OF the
civil courts staying the death sem
tence and had shot DiaZ TO death
along with other insurgents cap
tured there.
MaderO is said TO have eX-
pressed regret that he pardOned
General Bernardo Reyes after he
had been found guilty of taking
arms against the government.
Reyes Is now in prison and may
be Rrraigned again at any time,
as MaderO claims to have kIOWl-
edge that ne is plotting with fol-
lowers Of DiaZ for another out
break.
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NINETEEN BALLOONS
START LONG RACE

" u AUIAAbAS UE hlu-AN ls0Spe-
2S-AH of the nineteen balloons.
including the two American en-
trants, which left here late yes
terday I'm the race for the inter-
national cup, now held by Ger
many, were aloft today, according
to the officials OF the contest, who
declared that they had received
no reports of any of the gas bags
having landed.
Reports reached here that bal
looms had been sighted going
northWard, near Hanover, ap-
prOXimately 240 miles north of
stuttgart. 1t was accepted as a
certainty that some of the ball
looms would be carried out over
the North Sea, and aerOnauts de-
clared that il was not unlikely
that some of the contestants
might land in England.
General satisfaction was felt
that the winds were from the
south when the race began. 1t
had been feared that some of the
balloons might be carried SOUTH
eastward into the Balkans, per-
h3pS landing upon n battlefield.
Nine countries are represented
In the race, with the following
number of balloons:
United States, 2; France, 8;
Austria, 3; Switzerland, 3; Ger
many. ?; belgium, 2; Italy, p;
England, 1, and Denmark, 1.
The beginning of the race was
marked by an accident, though
no one was hurt. The United
states balloon, Kansas City, III,
exploded, thus reducing the en-
tries of America TO two balloons,
namely, the Million Population
and the Uncle sam.
The first named belongs to the
Aero Club of ST Louis and the
second to the Aero Club of Kan
Sas City.
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nrsenic and strychninc. In making
CHS analysis he always tests first
Tor arsenic, he explained this morn
Ing and then for strychnine. unless
The described symptoms Indicate
that some other drug was used.
By elimination tests the suppose
lions are removed one by one. until
the poisonous drug IL discovered.
When possible, this IN then extract
ed and In most cases Il can be eN-
tracted. the tests and analyses be
Ing so thorough and delicate that IL
Ii almost Impossible for even N
fraction of a grain OF the poison TO
escape.
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MEXICAN INsOLENT.

HEA1CO CITY. Special. Details
Of n clash between Captain Hughes,
commander of the United states
cruiser Des MOines. and Admiral
Azuitate, of the feet OF Mexican
EunbOats In the Vera Cruz harbOr,
while the fighting between FederaIs
and Insurgents was going on in
Vera Cruz last week reached the
capital today.
When Captain Hughes saw that
fighting was Inevitable he sent
word 10 the Mexican admiral that
he must respect the neutrality
zone.
''If you fire n shot into the city
that Injuries a foreigner or for
eign property, or If you shoot into a
foreign ship In this harbOr i will
sink your neet,v was the warming
sent by the American.
"What II l should sink the Des
NIOinesf" was the message sent
back by Azuiate.
''That Is up TO a better man," re-
spOnded Hughes.
The Mexican Eunboats did not fire
"a shot. During the fighting in Vera
Cruz the Des MOines occupied a pO-
sitiOn between the Mexican feet
and the shore, with her twenty-five
guns trained on the Mexican gun
boats.
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terprise became paralyZed and
business diSOrganiZed.
"PEURILE ARGUMENT"

OuSllACSS UlSOISuli1LCN.
"PEURILE ARGUMENT"
THE somewhat peuriIe argu-
ment has been advanced that
these deplOrable conditions could
tariff reform, because they arose
nearly two years before the en-
actment of the Wilson tariff bill.
When there are signs of a cyclone
the rational man does not wait for
the storm to hit his house before
getting into the cyclone cellar. The
Wilson bill was ia sight above the
horizon on the morning after the
November election of 1892, and
cellar Just as 1 fear they will take
to shelter again should the BaIti-
more platform of ia thrift for rev e.
nue. only be approved by the Amer
ican people on November 5th."
President Taft then reviewed the
disastrous effect of the years fol-
Ing the beginning OF the Cleveland
regime and compared them with
the highly prosperous condition of
American commerce and internal
tional interest which he claims has
held sway under the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law.
"EXPECTS SURPRISE
After asking for any reasons why
this prosperity should be disturbed
the President concluded; con one
side there Is prosperity and real
prOgressi on the other a leap In the
dark. The American people have
more than once surprised those who
cessly fooled, and i believe that n
similar surprise awaits our OppO-
nents on the coming 9th of NOVem-
ber."
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ALLIED ARMIES STILL ADVANCING
TAKE TURKISH TOWNS BY FIRE and SWORD

ever, that dcSultory fighting was
i'm progress at a anumbcr OF points
and that the bulgarian artillery
continued to shell the city of Adri-
anOpie-
Il was also reported that fires
I'm the Southern part of the CITY
which had been started by the
bulgarian shells and had ragged
for over sixty hours. had been ex-
ting1ished by the rain.
Headquarters OF the Bulgarian
army, south OF AdrianOple, have
been established at Baba- E,slxi. an
important point southeast of the
city and lying on the main artery
between Adrianople and Constan-
unOple. \ section OF the railway
IL now under the domination of
the bulgarian army, but the
trackage has been allowed to re-
main intact.
The plan now Is to move on
MonaStir after the fall OF Scutari.
inc march upon SaloniI<a Is the
most important move I'm the west
ern campaign. It is believed here
that both Salonil<a and AdrianO-
pie are doomed and with their fail
the war will end.
Dispatches from the front state
that the Greek army Is meeting
with but slight resiStance. IN Is
keeping close to the Gulf of Sa-
ionika and the fertile farming
country, through which it is pass
ing, provides the soldiers with
plenty OF provisions.
At SalOnika the first important
naval engagement of the war may
be fought, should the Greek gov
ernment order its fleet there 10
cooperate with the land forces
i'm general attack.
The Turks are planting mines in
Salonila harbOr and strengthen
ing the harbOr fOrtreSSeS to guard
side.
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THREE CONVICTS ESCAPE
FROM PRISON AT JOLIET

JOLIET, ILL., SPECIAL. Three
convictS sent to Joliet from Chi
cago escaped from the State pen
today and "a search is being made
for them in their old Chicago
hauntS.
The men were serving long time
sentences and one life term for
murder.
They were employed in the en-
gine house, where they are be-
lieved to have stolen rope and es-
capped over the prison walls.
The men are William Dune.
who had served one year of n life
sentence for murder; Tony Saun-
derS, who had served year of
a ten-year sentence as a conf
dence man, and Frank Thomas
son, sentenced to eighteen years.
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PILLAGE AMERICANS.

nASHlNGlON, -. u Special
Rebel activity in the province OF
chihuahua caused officials of the
State Department no little worry
today, IL being reported by consular
ngents In that section that the
OrOzcO forces are gaining strength
and have recommended their policy
of pillagtnH American ranches.
The state Department was in
formed that the Rio TIntO Copper
Company, near chihuahua, has been
robbed by rebels for the third time.
The American embassy, at Mex
leo City, has demanded protection
for this property.
Conditions in the northern part
of the State of Vera Cruz continue
unsettled, according to reports from
Consul Canada today. Several hun
dred unOrgantzed men are raiding
ranches and plantations in that sec
ton of the country, and state of
anarchy exists throughout the up
per part of the province.
The EunbOat Denver has arrived
mt MRRzanfIIO on her way north
ward from COrintO.
She was ordered to cruise slowly
UP the Western coast of Mexico,
making frequent stops wherever
necessary.