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THE MATHEWS JOURNAL
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VOL. VIII.
MATHEWSC. H.f VA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. 191?
Nin vy
Monuments and Grave Stones
in Marble and GraniTe
If 70? need anything in this lin? get our price before placing order.
\ We are doing the
- largest b tel nose
% fa Tidewater V?r?
aosla. The latest
ImproTsd ma
?alnery with
which our plant
as equipped en
1*
ables us to turn
out the highest
class work at
most reasonable
prices. We pay
freight and gire
personal atten?
tion to placing
work in
tery.
We respectfully invite you to call and Inspect our large stock si talshed
i Norfolk. If unable to oall write us for catalogue.
LAWSON & NEWTON
11th Street and William Ave.
NORFOLK, VA.
On P!ne Beach Car Line.
Phone S76I.
L. B. Mumford, Pree., J. P Nottingham, V.-Pret. and Cashier:
GLOUCESTER MA THEWS
BANK, Inc.
Paid Up Capital
$50,00?
MATHEWS . R, VA.
Solicits the accounts of firms and tadtrlduars and offers to easterners
?srr-srr acoonrroodatfos consistent with good hanking
Interest Allowed On Seringa Accosnts.
AU Meaey In Tanlt Cot ered By Burglar Iesnraaee.
Hours: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.
?Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 12 M
G D. CLINTON
CONTRACTOR FOR SQUIPRBNT AND REPAIRS IN
?sT^URRTNO, Wim ?P?TFLT, WLSD RILLS, PRBSBCRX TANKS, HTTr
II0 SYeiXBS, ACXTTLINI ?AS, GASOLIXS GAS, BXBCTB1C
UOmHQ, BILLS ANT> TRLBFR01TBS, MBATTNG,
BANCOS.
STBCmCATieNS AND ESTX?ATRS.
Bfasa?aie, Ta.
Dr. M. S. FOSTER
Bend?sl.
?lst s Orar Staler Brea*.
M?THKVV c h, va
Ofltos Hoars S to II sad 1 to 6.
LES IE C. GARNETT
Atasrnoy at law.
MATHJCWS, VA.
Will praottoe in the Courts of the
of afatfcews, Middlesex and
Co-q?lles of
Okflsetor.
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO.
File No. 1130.
Efle?tlTe Mosday, Mar 29th, the Steamer Mobjack will perform serv?
ice on the Norfolk, Mathews and Gloucester Route as follows:
)
Monday.
Wednesday
?ft Friday.
Tuesday,
Thursday &
Saturday.
Lr. Norfolk (O. D. Wharf).
bv. Portsmouth (North St. Wharf).,
Lv. Norfolk (Bay Line Wharf).
Lv. Old Point .
Lv. Philpot's Wharf, East River
Lt. Williame' Wharf, East Rirer_
Lv. Hick's Wharf. Kaat River.
Lv. Dlgfs' Wharf, Eaat River.
Lv. Reaae's Wharf, Ware River
Lv. Bailey's Wharf, Ware River.....
Lv. Hockley, Ware River.
Lv. Auburn Wharf, North River...
Lv. Dixondal?, North River.
Lv. Severn Wharf. Severn River...
Lv. Old Point (Government Wharf)
Ar. Norfolk (O. D. Pier No. 1).
Ar. Portsmouth (North St Wharf).
6:30 a. m.
6:45 a. m.
7:00 a, m.
8:00 a- m.
10:00 a. m.
10:15 a. m.
10:30 a. m.
11:00 a. m.
12:00 m.
12:15 p. m.
1:00 p. m.
6:00 p
6:00 p
6:15 p
m.
11!.
111.
6:30 a. m
6:45 a. m.
7:00 a. m.
8:00 a, m.
10:00 a. m
10:15 a. m.
10:30 a. m.
11:00 a. m.
12:00 m.
12:20 p. m.
12:40 p. m.
T:00 p. m.
6:00 p. m.
6:00 p- m.
6:15 p. m.
It will be noted that the steamer is ?scheduled to touch at Severn
daily except Sunday.
C. A. EARNEST,
Division Superintendent
W. II. LAN DON,
Acting General Agent
JAMES RIVER
Night Line
Every Evening between Norfolk and Richmond,
STEAMERS BBBJCLBT and BRANDON
Fare Find-Clans $2.00 eaek nay, including Berti
i:i Stateroom. Second-Class including llerth $!Ji0
I^eave Norfolk
I^eave Richmond
7:00 P. M. )
7:00 P. M. i,
?
Daily, including Sunday.
MAIN LINE
FROM NORFOLK
SJeauisliip leave 7 P. M. Sunday Excepten
Arrive in New York 3:00 P. M., following afternoon.
Leave New York 3:00 P. M, (Sunday excepeed).
Arrive in Norfolk 10:84 A. M. following morning.
FARE- First-claaa, ono way, 18.00, menai and stateroom, berth Included,
round trip, limit thirty days, $14.00.
TICKETS nud STAIVBOOMS at ticket ofT-ce. 169 Main Street, Opposite
Atlantic Hotel, or at fompany's office, on the wharf, Norfolk, Va.
All schedules subject to chango without notice.
R. L. DCGO. G.meral Agent.
Clark Sash & Door Corporation
FRANK T. CLARK, President.
Manufacturers, Jobbers and Dealers in
SASH, DOORS AND BUNDS,
BUILDER'S HARDWARE,
PLATE AND WINDOW GLASS,
PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES,
POBCH COLUMNS AND STAIR WORK,
NOBFOLK, VA.
!
I A?.*?
Macnair's Chicken Powder
U Ufa to Chickea? and Turkey?;
Death ta> Hawk* I ?
???HAWK"
TW* Bar? Yard
Robbor.
I take MKaav*? Ca?ck
?an Powder and feed my
etaildrera with it too. Look
at ate ?ad ??Laura tKe
Hawk. Cock-.
Died afw eaaac a drice
of tKa: aid Recatar, which
Kad h~a (rd en MacaatT*?
Chicha* Pawdar.
Ala. I Alail
iTrmd, Afar*)
Macnair's Chicken Powder
KiUa Hawka, Crawa. Owla a?d Maakx.
Beat rrmedr for CKolta. Capea, Reap. Linker Neck.
Iialia?alina aad Let Wraknrei. Keepa ikon free haa
Venaia. thereby cauoo? thoa to produc? aa abnadax?
afssta
Price 25 and 50 Cents.
MANWIlCTUIlia ONLY IT
W. H. Macnair Chicken Powd-er Co.?
Tsrt>oro, N. C, and Norfolk, Vs.
? Address Norfolk. V?.. Bos 308.
Saanpl- Parka?- 25 CeaU witb
Your Dnaler's Name.
II)KXTI*li:i> BY His
LIkllMss To FATHER
CHICAGO, Special.?A son's re
semblance to his father enabled
Mayor John T. Kelahan. <?f AJ|
?juin. 111.? to reeognize a fellow pas?
senger at Kalama. Wash., as his
'brother, who had left horns whin tin
Mayor was a baby in the cradle for?
ty-six "rears avco.
The elder brother Is Jud?e Chris
Kelahan, ttw ??ray haired and elder?
ly. at present Court Commissioner at
Kalama.
The Jud^e hoarded the train at
Kalama. and Mayor Kelahan at once
asked :
"Is your name Kelahan?"
"Kipht you are." was the answer.
"Then your father and my father
wns the sain?' man."
Both BASO besjan to pet acquainted
for the first time in their lives. JndRe
Kelahan located at Kalama In 11(
THIS IUIK.LAH HAS
BACK-ACTION* STYLF:
NEW YORK, Special.?Waking
early yesterday in his home at 56
Prospect Avenue, liayonne. N. J.,
Henry Zucker saw a strange man In
the room. When the thief started to
rummape the bureau Zucker yelled:
"Hey, jrou! Peat it:"
The star.led DUrgiar sprang; to the
window and jumped out. Zucker pot
up happy because the Intruder had
taken nothing. Then he iooked at the
bureau. On it reposed-A. new white
silk necktie. Pinne?! toit was a slip
of paper bearing the words, "With
my ?'ompliments."
"And the Santu-Claus-hur^lar sea?
son is live months away," mused
Zucker. Then he decided to tell th?>
police, so that the person Who had
been ?robbed ?>f his beat ixirl's latest
pift mipht come around ami claim it.
The Burdens Of the Rich.
John D. Rockefeller has been told
by his physicians thai he must play
polf. exercise ?frequently, and pet a I<U
Of fresh air if he wants to prolonp his
life. J. Pterpont Morcan has been In
furmed by the doctors that. In or?l? r to
live, h?- must take no exercise what?
ever. The rumor Is that Morgan paid
the larsjer 1?-e for the orders he pot.?
The Twice-a-Month Popular Maga?
zine.
NEW YORK, Special.?Thomas A
Edison, th?' "electrical wizard." start?
ed today on his first extended vaca?
tion in twenty-two years. He sailed
for Europe on the SCauretanla, ex?
pectin g to visit all the principal cities.
High honors are In stor? for the
inventor, but he declared that he
would be happy if he was treated
just as any other private citizen.
Thought He Was s Mop.
Lady ?to tramp who had been com?
missioned to tin?! lost poodle)?The
poor little darling;, where dui you find
him ?
Tramp?< ?h. a man 'ad 'im. miss,
tied t.? a i ? ? ? i o an?! was cleaning the
windows wiv 'im.?M. A. P.
We Make
EYEGLASSES
te lit ?our far? ?is ?<dl ?> jour
eyes.
SATISFACTION GUABAHTEED.
We do Developing and Printing
For Amateurs.
G. LH4LLOPTICAL CO,. INC.
(Norfolk Richmond Beaaoke).
.">.{ Grain* St. Norfolk, Y a.
Dr. A. M. MARCHANT ?
Dentist
All Kinds of Denial Work 0< -?-*.
Gas Administered.
Office Hours: 9 to 12: 1 to 6.
? ??'..'' .? ?? .?? ;j_rsss
Old Virginia
?fe-o-ntai* fur? tty*
Whiskey
<6 ??>?>??* Ol??
RrVtl an I ttehtm a lMMlb><a *v 4^
warM fur aw.IKju.il au?i t?mHy
11?. it lod teun\ vt*i-mrt*i
mouiitniii Wyv.
Case of 4 Foil Quarts
$3.00
?MMiiwsrj ?GaMon J?? GILT EDGE
?i.'^V.s? j Whisftej ** ** ?*?* f2.00
?ientsc?j Corn L60
?fter b*r aaatl ?aaaa ? ?M n
lubl ? houaa. ?la-UakaivaaeMl ??? raaa??. arlan
mat oreAar. ???oaete praaaje? ?aT%SMl*i
GLO. W. WRIGHT CO. SON
GETTING READY
FOR BEATTIE TRIAL
Official Will Cheerfully Give Up
His Own Apartment to Make
Woman Comfortable?Court?
house Will Hardly Ac?
commodate Crowd.
RICHMOND, VA., Special ?
\ -nr?..Nteiit rumor M the ef
ttH-t that I Ik- IhhI)- ol Mrs. I.-diim
Welllor-l Owen I faille. Die mur?
dered wife Of llenr> ? lay Heat
tie. Jr.. wiiieh was Interred in
Miniry Cemetery the Tliursi'a >
rollOWhSSj Hit? ortsne OB Midlo?
thian Turnpike, will be exhumed,
was emphatically ?I? ni?d today h>
hot In Coroner J. f.. l-OTlaw. ??f
Clie-.tcrliehl. who held take inqui?
sition Into the death of the sosmsj
wire, and by I.mher L. Seherer.
who i?. da'rcctlng ?he detectlre
work cosinected with the <???????.
The e.xliiiiiiation. It was report?
ed, would Ik* Tor i he pavpone <>f
agccttalnlnaj the physical cot?dl
tlon or Mr? Peat tie at the time
of her death.
.?le living in the vlelnlty or
I terfieh! Courthouse are all astir
the coming !'.. iit?.' trial. They an
j tryins; to figure out how the i
i t'e heard in the little courthouse with
: its limite?, supply of benches and it?
narrow aisles, and with the few
ie? ? .? reserved for i . jur??rs
??oiirt officials and pi isoi
lu the rear <?: tie Is th?
j ill. Jailer X. II. <'??.? lis'
! paring a welcoming t??r what
choose! to term "Seattle -ft ?'.?.." wh"
nre expected t<? 1??' gueetfl ?>! h?'rie?r.
(The jailer realises he has a hard
ahead of him, and he is making hay
while the sun shines. Yesterday af
ternoon the jailer invited a
reporter to Inspect the neat little
prison and th?- Invitation was accepted.
The jail, like the courtho
quite small. Downstairs there are
two rooms, one of thee? being the
Jailer's store room, and in th.
of this is a (?di. Upstairs Is a steel
cage with two <-?'Us. and two indi?
vidual cells.
In the upper northeast corner of
th?' prison Is the future cell of Henry
Beatth?held in reserve.
Jailer Cogblll Is plying th?> paint
brush freely to all three of his best
rooms*. The cell reserved for Henry
Beattie is lined with heavy sheet iron,
with a double barre?! window facing
the courthouse yard and the off,.
the county court clerk.
Ileulali Hinford's Room.
Feula h Pinford will be confined in
the special apartment of the Jailer,
which will be fitted up suitaM.
the small hit ?>f a woman who is to
occupy it. Paul ?Seattle will have the
lower Boor cell in the rear of that
oi rupled by Beulah Btnford.
Jail?r Cogblll is pr? paring ?Tts for
his roomers. ??Special bed-clothing
will be provided and the usual jail
sccommodatlons supplemented with
?? extras as ?an i>. reasonably sup?
plied.
Taking It nil in all. the Cl
Bold aecommodaUons will likely be
p]?asam, from a jail standpoint
the ?large courthouse yard is filled
with trees. Which afford cuolness and
shade.
In the COUli room wh?*r?- tht? trial
is to be held there is small space 1er
the crowd that may well i>?' expected.
In fact, the court will likely issue
special passes to newspaper corre-'
spondenta, Others will be excluded.
excepting, of course, the court offi?
cia Is. jurors, witnesses and attorneys.
To the left ??f the courthousi
trance- i? a small room reserved for
the attorney f??r the Commonwealth.
To the rijiht of the entrance la e
like roum, which will be given t<? the
attorneys for the d< f< I
Applications for permits for t?le-|
graph wires to l><> run into the court-'
house f??r the benefit of newspapers
w?Te yesterday refused by Judge Wel?
ter Watson, who is to pr.-si.i. at the
?Seattle hearing. j
No PeswhCS to Spare.
There are just three lunches in the
court r????m for visitors. These are
perhaps ten feet in length. In addl
ti..ii i.? theee, however, are i'mir short
benches about two feet in length,
plaid in convenient spots betw<
tlie bar and the pillars upholding the
celling. This win be the seating ca?
pacity for those other than Jurors and
court Off!?
The attorneys and the prit
will occupy a small railed-in apart?
ment about tine.' feet wide by per?
haps twi long. The attOtf
table consists of .? dropped plank,
much like a school desk.
Th?' jurors will occupy twelve
chairs to the right of the presii
judge, while the judge an.I court
clerk arc t<> be s .it.-.i on a raised
platform, which serves as th.> bench
ami as a place for the clerk t?> i.
ds ? luring court.
Judfre Watson yesterday afternoon
paid a visit to Chesterfield county
courthouse. While there he discussed
with Clerk Richard Cogblll what will
i?' done for th?' newspaper men.
When told by a Journal repr?sen?
tai there would be a Ii
Hin?ber of reporters at the trial, the
e admitted the situation w
hard or.?' t?> handle, bul expressed the
hope that he could get at least s part
of the news writers into the court-j
the trial.
Ju 9 Ison is a quiet, c?*>urt'
;. ? tural disposition t?>
himself a 1 iow<
?rking >?ut a ?'hi?ese pussle
.v ?iii his little court room proposl
.-?iiei it will give h Ira some tr??u
sol ve it
Jailer Cogblll Overpowered.
'
ill was held up
: he
thai brought him the
t1 jury th.it
i*er
.? taken f i I'tn h Im.
i "h
' . i :
tile'
illS'll ' ill.
Th.
jailer door of
i he n r to the cage upstairs.
Ash i bbed the Jailer
i?> > is and ?it?
fogblll.
Ti. ??f the cell, the
bra ee ry effort to
pr? ? ?nt lh? ? * ??? !"? of the i I
' e'Ve- IIS, lOSS. I '
?
ir< '.
I \ . ? ;i | TT j? n,m.tent.
Ith th
. mvene. II
will be
'?
< ?; ?
-
? .1 t ll ?t '
mich a thing v? 111 be ? .is?.
it Is ? he common t ;:k of the con-'
however, thai n trial will not ?
place this month. That s p
ment is likely is believed, and it is
?aid nlso f<> he likely that a spi
term <>f the court will be held In De?
cember for this purpose.
in the meantime the two Beattlea
tnd ?Beulah Blnford will probably ?
?pend sometime under th?? care of
Jailer Cogblll, who will see to it that 1
?
til?
f.?r.
.Mr. CO-gblll Is especially anxious to
mi ke the ? ' ?Id in th<
comfortable as h?; can. He
the predicament In which the Binford
?girl has been placed and is ready to
his <>w n OaBsce for her I
I'orary comfort.
DID A?TOT?flTY
MURDER CHILD
RK'I?MON?, VA., ial ?
Tied tightly in an ordinary burlap
bag, t<? which was attached a large
r??ek that hid evidently been placed
there to sink it. the body of a white
infant abe.?it tw<? months old
foun?! in Sweeney s Creek. In Van:.a
District, Henri? o county, several d
age by several children who ?j
playing about th- creek.
'i h.- children found th?* ha? lying
fr.mi the bank <?f the
i m. At first they supposed it
i with coal. ? ?n opening it t<>
(ratify their curiosity, the} were
-In.eked to see the lit. ?ess b?idy of
in Infant They reported th.-.r dle
overy t?. '8qulre Freeman, wh . *?? th
Dr. Planton, of Yarina District, con
lucted an la
it ws ertalned
hat an automo Ing two
-.. n and two men ? n t?>
ral days i
v'hil?' midway v\t r tl" the
lutomoblle was noticed to stop and
une of the men got out and thr.-w
evhat appeal 'i t<> !?? s bag int?? the
belOW. No Suspicion attached
U ? occurrence at the time, and
? r the
were not carefull) not.
The car made <?fr In the dir
mond ai
? l had heeii done. i I Is
ight however, that I
aught tli?-> can i? Identified.
Tlie body of tin- infant had evident?
ly been in 1er only s short
? ? Indication that
decay had set In. N'?> marks Indicat?
ing violence were found on the tins
?e.rps . p was impossible to d
mine whetbe nfant was living
? int' ? the ?r? ?k.
? ?f Henrtco county a
conducting s search f??r th?- persons
connected with th.- supposed crime.
SBNA?E FIXtS
HOUSE MEMBERSHIP
WASHINGTON. D. C, Special.?
The Senat?* today, without division,
passed the congr? ssionai reapport
ment bill, fixing the membership of
the H>e . lining with the next
Congreas, at -4 33. and defining th.
letment in th?- several States. Two at?
tempts were mad?- t<:> reduce the 1 .
membership, but both srere unsuc?
cessful.
The measure was amended in one
important particular. The proposi?
tion advanced by Senator Burton that
in thus.- States which gain additional
members under the new apportion?
ment, the members representing the
Increase shall be sleeted at large in
Stead <?f by districts, until such St..!?.
shall b?' redistxicted, was carried.
< ?n behalf ??? Senator kfcCum
who was not present. Senator Gronna
??ffereil an amendment t?> limit the
membership of the House to 4i?r?. On
roll call the McCumber amendment
was defeated, 4 7 to 2J.
Under the new apportionment no
State is reduced In its pri sent mem?
berehlp In th?- House. Various States
make gains of fr.?m ?>n?> to six mem
Th.- larg< st Increase is in the
N.-w York delegation, which now has
thirty-seven membera, and during the
next decade will be entitled to fi^rty
three. Pennsylvania gains the next
larir.-st number, four.
The TT??us?' undoubtedly will aeree
to the am?ndm?nt and President Taft
will sign the bill.
Da-nR-er Ira Ulrty lee n??*e?.
In the August Woman*? Home Com?
panion, on The
thor talks with ;- about
home sanitation ..
inn is some r .bout th?
? box:
"It seems scarcely ?
; a dirty. Ill-kepi
. ?iger to 1 .the
modern porcelain i^r glai
nets are most desirable and > ?
kept clean. 1'ir
? t for the m
nltary !???? box la
house*? Ife w ?
n??t to spill f.??>?l ?>n :
.1 eatables t?? be put away; In?
sist upon clean i??-: scrub
? ef ti.?- Ice bos
.ra: Ion t j pouring ?
tant. An
.r.iry
?
water a ml?;
Ice box, and
igh a small
carried away .
PERU MOVING TROOPS
TO CHILEAN BORDER
LIMA. PERU. Special.?Peru is
bor?
der
lation that ? the
::t f??r war.
Ifcrnutlds In I uion Suits.
KANSAS ( 1TV. MO., - Word
reach
from Ks
?
aing
??n." \\ I.. ?1 a
part <
ward.
perlci
bathii
not w
I
I ? :
hej
fined.
? M.iN. i ii \ni> rn;iM \n
Ivlll.lli IN I ?l> \ . > \\ Kit lv
CLARKS R'. VA., Special.?
V . ? w I
\e? i .m tin- Baltimore and Ohie?.
.-..is wrecked early today three miles
.?f s.d. in. near Long Run.
\ Dunnington. of draft on, en
ETineer. was itly killed, and J.
ii. Huber, fireman, of Qrafton, re?
cueil Injuries that caused his death
In St. Mary s Hospital hero a few
lours later.
WANTED ONLY A
"SAFE HEARING
W \SHIM.TOV, D. ?C Special.?
"I want to snj frankly to you
g-entleiiieii that the Kefer?-??
Hoard anas organ 1/4? I ami pul
Into action for the wry piirp?^*
of conserving tin' interest-? Off the
inanufueturer?-.. N you would
lia\e a Bare hearing. \n<i that
briafj the <-u->c. it Is the ?*-st the
(?Duriimt'iit ?tin do? and when
we got that information from
l hem what would >ou ha\?? us
do?"
That n?i rmaij wnsost, a<i
taa-eseing a group of SBr?t haulm I
mnnufactnreis In May, 1911, ased
lb?- nhovc word? ?was deiiion
sirat?*<i t?> ?the Bonne commit t?
Investigating the creation off the
llenasen board ami the Dr. Wiley
charges today. The oaeasnltetee
received the original stewoejtav
phic copy of tin* Secretary's re?
mark?, it also received a cor?
rected copy in whitest someone
had changed the original from
"safe hrarinw** t<> Msane hearing."
secretary Wilson i? to be BUns
moncd to tell the commute?- what
construction was to !*? "placed ou
the words.
WASHINGTON. D. C-, Special?Dr.
Ira W. P? meen, pr?sident of th?
Remaen Board of the Department of
Agriculture, the legality of wli
?i??n is n??w under Investigation,
underwent a rapid fin examination
it the hands of the House Commit
? - ? ndltures In the Depart
? f Agr ? ulture today.
"Dr. Remaen, did you testify in the
controversy between the sut* <>f In?
diana and th?> users of bens?
- esentath s Floyd.
' 1 gs v?- .; deposition." I the
chemist.
i\ It asked you f.?r your testimony
?the stat?- ?*>r the bensoate of ?
users?"
"1 was approached by a represen?
tative O? ?'urtis i'r<>th?'rs. catsup
makers." answered Dr. Remsen. "He
saiti my testimony was necessary be-1
cause our r?'pe?rt on bensoate of sods
of the issues at stake. Ii
? i?ie to g?'t the report of
the hoard into th*> court record, ow?
ing t?> s??m?' legal technicality, so our
testimony was desired. I <ii<i not care
??p. ?-r in the Indiana case, but I
talked with Secretary Wilson and he
a?lvif*e?l me to testify. SO I d id."'
"Did you regard youi ? wlt
for the stat?' of Indians or th.
b.nzoate Of se,("a people?" asked
("hairman Moss, who has taken ? sue
eiai interest In the Indiana tinht.
"Neither.'" said the doctor. "I
merel) stated the facts as to our find
in bensoate <?f s???ia investiga
tii^ns. You understand, I did not per?
sonally supervise the bensoate of i
experiments. They were made by
Dra ?Long, Herter and Chlttendea and
th?-ir assistants."
The Indiana bensoate of soda fight
Is ?t?ll p?'n?1ing In the courts and grows
?'?it of the effects ?if Indiana health
authorities to prevent the use of ben
SoatC Of soda as a f ?>?nl preserva?
tive. The bensoate of soda users, in
the fight, str.'sst d the fact that the
Romeen referee board has declared
that the preservative is harmless, thus
reversing Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the
?overnmont's pure food expert.
Wilson ?Advised Him to .\p*K?ur.
Dr. Remsen said that both Dr. Long
j and Dr. Chlttenden had also testinV?!
Jin the Indiana controversy. Did you
I testify as s chemist or as the ] ;
dent Of the referee board?" asked
' hairman Moss.
"Vii'.i knew your testimony would be
unfavorable to tl of Inidana?"
"Certainly not ;?s chemist. I ap?
peared as president of the board."
"That might have entered my
mind," answered Dr. Remsen, "but I
had no feeling in the matter eithei
for Indiana or Curtis Brothers."
"You saw no Impropriety as an em?
.?:' the Federal Government ir
taking a part in the Pi ana fight vv her?
health officers of a State wer?
trying t? prevent the
of soda?" asked Mr. M
"No; I regarded it somewhat
duty since the report of the boar<?
w : i s
"Wh it did 19 Wilson fav t?
lag you to -civ? tsstl
"The hr board
had ma?1 now
' that Iff
seemed prop -.plain??*
"V r? a d?-t?ositionv
but that Drn. Chlttenden and l<ong"
? 'lis tO t ?V?as)
paid their sd Mr. Mrws.
"The I ?f A gr leu (tur??. X
believe," admitted I >r. Remsen. '*Car>'
tainly not Curtis Brothers."
"Th.? Federal Government then paid
the expenses of sending these wlt
?fy in the Indiana caus?t^
'?Yea," answered Remaen.
DOME INDt?fiT mi:." wkotk
DESPONDENT ?MAN TO I KIFND
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New York. N. J. Prom the same bed?
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? n down?
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"Come up to the house and get m->.
I am dead. If you folks don't want tor.
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Keeker went to the house and found
the old man ?bad. Ising left one 901*.
who lives In LTnlon Hill. With his let?
r Ising s?nt s check foe
1200 to rover funeral expenses anrt
a hand booh showing d?-posira
amounting t?< $700 In a savings bank.
Ising said nothing in his ?letter as bo>
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