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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
WHISKY BOTTLES short.
oistlIers Accused Of Taking Advan.
tage OF credullty Of Thirsty.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 16.--Commls.
sioner OF Internal Revenue Yerkes
has issued circular letter to col.
iectors, saying that recent reports
show that bottled-insbond spirits are
being placed on the market In bot.
ties stamped and sold MS containing
ono quart. which In some instances
are found to be short In measure
as much as two ounces 10 a bottle.
tho government stamp thus being
made TO show quantity of spirits
In excess OF the actual contents of
tho bottles.
In view of this fact. every distillcr
who Ia engaged in bottling spirits in
bond Is required to provide himself
at once with standardized glasd
graduate and see to It that the
bottles used are the required CT.
pacity. Storekeepers are instructed
10 see that this regulation Is carried
out.
AS the commissioners Is Informed
that glass bottle manufacturers will
not contract to furnish bottles ri
exact size. a variation IN bottles no,
TO exceed one onnce from the stand
ard thirty!two ounces Is allowed
Instructions have also been ISSUED
directing collectors not to issue ate,
January 1, 1907. wholesale liquor deal
ers' stamps for use on any package
not filed on the premises of a whole
sale liquor dealer, or, for use on an,
unbroken package bearing the. marks
stamps. and branis required by law
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
Signs Of a Hard Winter.

That the coming winter Is going
to be the hardest one for the last
20 years there Is an abundance Of
signs, to show. and among them 1t
may be mentioned that:
The corn husk are a foot aud q
half thick, and all the stalks lean
TO the west.
The geese, ducks and chickens
are growing coat of flu. under
thier feathers. and are rubbing borax
on their feet to harden them up.
All the one-eyed owls are leaving
the country month earlier than
usual and the bob-tailed squirrels
are laying in sweet potatoes, as
we'll as nuts for winter provisions.
The farmer who has taken the
trouble to investigate has found that
oil the toadstools on the old logs
have wrinkles on them. The last
time that this happened We had win
ter weather that froze the handles
| # plows
Rabbits are sitting around with a
bumped look on them. and field
mice have wrinkles in their tails
II this means anything, 1t means
90 degrees below zero from Novcm
Der through to May.--Tyrone Heral1
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
'swe Its Containing Run. Sold 10
Pupils Of Schools.
MANY H0THERs make COMPLAINTS
To Prosecute those Persons Who Sup
piled confectlons to Children for
Selling AduIterated aoods and
Liquor to Minors. :

WASHINGTON. Nov. le.-"Booxe
drops" candy said to contain rum
and other alcoholic liquors, which
attained popularity among pupils of
the Central High School, have been
placed under the District ban and
their sale TO school children forbidden
pending an investigation OF the health
authorities
Revelations concerning this prac-
tee were made yesterday morning
to Commissioner West BY the moth
ers OF several high school pupils,
who said the children were obtain.
ing booze drops" from stores in the
neighborhood MIR. West consulted
with Emory Wilson, the principal OF
the school,, Mr.. Wilson learned the
correction was being sold and Sc
cured several samples, which he sent
to the District Building for anyllsis.
At Mr.. Wilson's request the store.
keepers promised to refrain from the
sale OF the. candy to school children.
Commissioner West announced his
purpose TO carry the matter farther.
he conferred with the District health
Officer as TO the feasibility of pros
ecuting the offending parties for the
sale of adulterated candies. Or.
Woodward said II the candy was
adulterated the sellers probably could
BIO prosecuted under the new Fed.
eral pure-food law after January |.
Cautiously enough" said Commiss.
Toner West, "a press dispatch this
morning announces that the mayer nf
Canton, Ohio, Is investigating slr,-
liar conditions In his city. There
Is no excuse. of course. for unscr..
pulous shopkeepers who sell this can
dy to school children, and II there Is
any law 70 reach them It will he
stopped"
The new pure-food law which goes
into effect January 1. prohibits con
fectioners making candy containing
vinous, malt or splrituous liquors.
The law will restrict the manufacture
Of CONNECTIONS containing alcohol in
different FORMS which are now used
a. society receptions and dinners.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
MISSIONS LOSE MILLIONS.
Maioo: Court Decides Case Against
American. Board.

AUGUSTA, ME-, Nov. -16-The law
court has handed down rescrlpt
In the case OF the American Board
Of Commissioners for Foreign Mig
slons, OF Boston, appellant from the
decision OF the Judge of probate OF
Cumberland County. in the last will
and testament OF Solomon H. Chan.
dler. deciding against the board. The
rescript was drawn by Justice Spear
and an estate of sl,o0o.Oo0 was In.
yolyed.
Mr. Chandler left will on May
10. 1896 beuleathing all his property
with the exception OF few hundred
dollars for burial expenses and the
erection OF monument, to the NILS
sion society, but on August 0, 1902
Mr.. Chandler made codicll to the
will. leaving his properly to his rel
atlves and cutting out the mission
board. The board of MISSIONS held
that. he was OF unsound mind at the
time the codicil was made. while the
full bench believed that he wal
competent.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
Weep as Lecturer psn0ulc's Them
for Wearing Feathers.
fuBs JUST As BAaBAR0Us ne SAYS
"strins Of Dried skulls" He Tells
Them Are as Good An ornanhen. as
tho Heads Of arinnins weasels'--
Present Vogue Termed Brutal.
lBy Assoclated preas.l

CHICAGO. Nov. l6.-Tears and
hysterlcal denials on the part of wo.
men delegates, who had heard them.
solves called "barbarIans and mur.
deresses," marked the close OF the
convention of tho American Humane
Association.
The women for half an hour Ind
listened patiently while J. Howard
Moore. speaking to 1.-THE Cost Of a
Skin" bitterly denounced the wearing
OF furs and bird carcasses. Adorn.
ment OF such character was evident in
all PARTS OF the hall. Apparently un.
able TO listen further. two women n.
nally left the convention hall, another
burst into tears. while the husband
OF a fourth arose to his feet to defend
the action OF women who wore fur
pieces.
Nobody but barbarian would
adorn her head with the carcass of a
bird or tho heads OF gripning weas-
els" said Mr.. Moore. such things
appeal only to vulgarians Such n
woman is about as attractive as IL
adorned with string of dried skulls.
She excites pity. for she is muir.
deress.
"Furs are the most costly of Iuxur.
les, because to secure them men must
be the most conscienceless and inhu.
man. When think that in this day
OF advanced education and supposed
refinement. brutalities such rs are ne.
cessary TO secure the furs OF these III.
tie animals are nracticed. am
heartily ashamed Of the race TO which
I belong"
DR.. William o. Stillman was re-.
elected president OF the national as.
Rociation; Mrs. Mary F.. Lowell. OF
Pennsylvania. secretary, and James
NJ. Drown, Of Toledo. Yice.president
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
SOCIETY WOMEN ARMED
WITH HANDSOME PISTOLS
Hall Hundred Of Smart &c. said
to Carry REVIEWERS Whenever
They Go Out.

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-Revolvers
are being carried by many women
In the suburban districts.
you would be surprised to know
how many society women own fire.
arms" said a dealer. II could give
you the names of half a hundred
n,atrons dwelling In long Island who
never stir abroad on" horseback or
afoot without such protection as only
n revolver can give.
Mrs. Mackay Is the proud possessor
OF ono OF the most beautiful revol-
vers IN the world. It's barrel Ia
silver, Of a hard alloy; the chamber
Is silver OF n purer grade, and the
grip is Of gold, engraved Handsomely.
Needless to say. 1t was made to
order for her. and is very service
able.
Mrs. Adolf LadenDurg, since the
fright OF her little daughter suf-
fered goes armed when she rides
along the bride. paths along her
Long Island home. and she would
not hesitate To use her weapon.
am sure, II any repetition OF. the hold.
up May Ladenburg experienced were
to occur. ..s,
HALF OF the women of the Mead
OVERLOOK Hunt know how TO carry n
pistol. and to use It. too. It would
fare Ill with the tramp who should
try to stop one Of them on the road
q well-known society woman has
had brace of revolvers made 70.
her automobile. She carries them
in holsters, one al each side OF ths
tonneau, each ready for instan'
use"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

The French court treated count
Bonl numerically. not only refusing
his plea for "alimentary income" but
deciding that he Is not entitled even
to the $4,000 yearly allowance
which his wife In her goodness OF
heart. freely offered to him. It may
DO that the little mnnnikln's declar.
alton. II cannot live without thee"
may be traelcally exampllhed. since
he has no intention OF working and
has run the course Of his credit.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

to the dweller OF tho city. But the
glare OF electric lights and the hum
Of congregated humanity drops many
Of them to where the asphalt sIzzles
In the summer sun and the eekins
ont OF o miserable existence Is 4
serious problem. Keep both the girls
and the boys on the farm By. teach.
Ing them to be contented with what
1t may be made to give In exchange
for honest effort and some OF the
problems pressing for solution will
solve themselves.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
KEEP THEM ON THE FARM.

weAern paper sagely remarks
that the way to keep the boy on tho
warm Is to keep the girl there. and
the way to do that is to relieve
Country life Of some OF its unmiti-
j gated drudgery and loneliness. Those
who know. what the false glamor OF
city life really is worth are well
fassarS sthat the form has opportuni-
stles For enjoyment contentment, good
liytdg and healthfulness uDosslble
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

Those tales about the wonderful
shrnkaEc 10 Standard OIL Com
pany stock should be- accepted with
moro or less doubt. II the move.
ment against the trust proves effec-
tive It Ia quite certain that much
water will be squeezed out OF Rock.
efelicr's stock holdings. The etfec.
tiveness Of the, movement has yet to
be demonstrated, however. ANA tho
man who thinks tina, the trust will
yield witout terrific struggle will
have Wide awakening.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

~ lis recorded as a more or less
Interesting fact that Mt tho begin
ming of the SiSueth congress- there
Will not be a single Democratic
senator from state north of the
Ohio river. II Is by no means Ger.
tain that representation OF the sthtes
In question will be improved by the
condition noted which is without
precendent since the civil war.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
BRAZILIAN INCIDENT CLOSED.
Ambassador Satisfied over the Out
come Of the Affair.
IBy Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. TO-
There Is no brazilian incident" ac-
cording to Ambassador Nabuco, who
arrived in Washington today. Secre-
tary Root called at tho embassy
early for the purpose of expressing
the regrets of this government for
Incident purporting to have occurred
In New York yesterday.
The ambassador told him that ne
had been merely presented with
paper containing list Of questions
that he had declined to answer them
and that was all there was to the
matter. He therefore said there
was 10 complaint to make.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
Entered d ths Newport Fsws. Va. Pos,off1c,
q Iscond.clals matter
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER IT. 1906.
NEUTRAL OCEAN RoUTEIn TIME
OF WAR.

At the recent meeting In Milan OF
the International Congress- of Cham
bers of Commerce. l.. e.
Chamberlain of Brockton, Massachu.
sets, presented n resolution from
the Board or Trade OF his state sup.
porting tho plan for q neutral ocean
route III war time. In favoring the
resolution he said:
THE ocean Is the common prop.
erty. OF all nations. Tho principle
which the Massachusetts state board
Of trade seeks routes between the
ports OF North America and western
Europe shall be neutralized by the
powers, so that all ships whether
merchantmen or vessels OF war,
whether OF bclligercnts or OF neu.
trails. IN time OF war as well as In
\, tiIne OF peace. may pass to aud fro
therein without molestatlonsa and that
hghting may be forever excluded
from these zones. At present, bel
ligerents may engage in naval war.
fare within this great highway OF
trade, to the serious lnterrerence,
ipconvenience and danger; OF private
tramc. Nothing can justify this tres
pasa on tho welfare and prosperity
6f the world. Reason and Justice
cry, out against It. ,1.
,':lf nations must fight, let them
And some convenient spot away from
the public highway and allow the
rest OF tho world TO 30 about Its
business undlsturbed By their neigh
bors' duarrels; or, better still, com
pei warning nations to fight theil
battles In thet own. territory, Within
their own threemile limit, applying
to those proposed trade routes the
5ame rules which are now applied
Within tho territorial waters of neu
trails.
For tho peaceful navigation OF thu
nations, these waters are a part O
the open sea. The simple passage
OF ships OF war through them Is per
united. but all belligerent acts there
Id are forbidden. and the waters ar,
open to such only on condition thai
they observe the impartial regula
lions imposed by the neutral VI
want to extend tho thrce-mile limi
I across the Atlantic Ocean,"
Z Tho North Sea incident during TIL
Russo Japanese war clearly Indicate
the des!rabllity OF an internatlona
understanding embodying the prr
ciples set forth BY Mr.. Chamberlain
} Tho United States has taken leat
Ing stand in several important inter
national matters. Why should no
the government take the initiatiy
on this subject.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
Heresy Gaze ENDS.
(By Associate1 Press.

NEW YORK, N. y, Nov. ia
decision was reached late today By
Episcopal Court of Review. which
has heard the appeal OF Algernon
S. Crapsey, D. D.. from the verdict
Of the Diocesan Court of the West.
ern Diocese of New York whic,
found the Rochester clergyman guilty
of hcresy. Tho decision was not
made public.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
Shortage d Zine COTTON.
(Bv AsstEiated Press. }

1'ROVIDENcH R. L.. Nov. To-
The cotton manufacturers of this
State are conf fonted by a most en-.
barrasslng con4i,ion due 10 their In.
ability TO obi lin tho higher grades
Of cotton suc& as they must have IL
they are to &maintain tue standard
Of tkeif pre- pets.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
WILLIAM AND MARY TO
PLAY RARDOLPH.MAC0N
Teams from Two Virginia Colleges to
Meet on the Gridtron In VII.
Hamburg.
(Spscial To the DAILY ptess.l

Especial to the Daily Ptess.)
w, mhla ana mSs Mnrx college e and Ran.
dolph-Macon College will play Il cham
pionship game here SATURDAY.. The
teams are evenly matchSd aud the
game promises to be good one.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
MUTiNY IN PRISON.
Plot Revealed But Traitor to Con.
vlcts Killed by Companions.
4 A 4 \

ODESSA Nov. l6.--A serious mn.
tiny as broken out iat the prison
here. Because Of the hardships In
fiicted upon them. tHe political pris,
oncrs made plans escape by dig.
ging tunnel un9er the walls. A
treacherous prisoner revealed this
plot to the authorities, whereupon $40
prisoners rose IN revolt and ,kille:l
the. lnformer. The prison is now
surrounded by troops
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

Tho movement to secure leglsla.
lion to prevent French dueling Is oh.
vlously work of supererogation
Ono might as well seek TO prevent
boys from playing marbles.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

What's the difference between Hills
new merger and the old Northern Sc
curitics Company? AS far as results
so the only difference to the public
Is In the name.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

Despite Professor Burgess. Secre,
tary Root will proclaim that thu
Monroe Doctrine still LIES.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

West Virginia politicians, accord
Ing to reports as to their ability TO
buy and sell votes. must have gone
to school In Philadelphia.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

Washington school children arc
buying candy which contains alec.
hol, There's a case for the TEN.
perance workers.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

odell talks like a man who is con.
celted enough to think that he never
made an assPof himself.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17
O, n Thscker. Editor and Publisher.
Il q. Push. -. Advertising Manager.

yrhe Daily Pres is delivered by carriers any.
WHORE In the city limits for 10 oentz weak.
Any Irregularities In delivery should be imms.
diatsiy repurted to the otioe Of publication.
orders fcr delivery Of the Daily Prsss to either
residence az piScos OF bnaineis may DO made by
portal card OF telephone.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

Just about this time. a w wrecklesu
sort Of railway management woulp
appeal TO the travelling public.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

Dig ye terriers! dig" is the slo.
gan Of the bosses on the canal zone
while Roosevelt Is there.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-17

No employee Of the Daily pfeee Company IL
GAthorised to contract any obligation IN the
Hstno Of the company, or to maxi purchases IN
no nssns OF the lame except npon order signed
oy The PUBLISHER or THE DAILY PRESS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-30
Killed by a Vicious Bull.

A telegram was received at West
minister, Md, yesterday, by DR.. DAME
F. Shipley, informing him that BIZ
Brother, John Bernard Shipley, fsrme
near Ashland, Va, had been killed By
q bull.
Mr.. Shipley Was engaged in farming
near Westminster until few years ago
when he purchased and removed to
farm near Ashlsnd
Raymond, 10 years old, son of Mr..
Greshor, tenant on the farm of WestleN
Hahn, near Westminster, was badl!
gored by a bull day or two ago. The
animal attacked him viciously and would
have killed him outright but for the as
sistance of an elder brother, who, a
great personal peril, went to his relie
and succeeded in beating of the infuriat
ed animal. The youth, however, was
severely, and it wss at frstthoughl fatal
ly injured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-30
Wants Immediate Action.

A conference was held at the White
House Thursday afternoon in which At
torney- General Moody, Assistant At
torney General Purdy and Messrs
Kellogg and Morrison, special counsel
in the case connected with the invest.
CATION of Standard Oil affairs, partici-
pated with the President. The anti
trust phase of the question wss under
consideration.
In reference to the other phase of the
question-whe,her there has been any
violation of the Interstate Commerce act
by the Standard Oil Company-the sew
eral District Attorneys summoned TO
Washington by Mr.. Moody will be guild
ed in their actions by existing cOndi-
tions. 1t was said they understood that
the Department Of Justice wants i'm
mediate action, and they will either call
special grand iuries or file information,
whichever course they decide to be most
expeditions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-30
Bow Died in Tool Chest.

Little Jimmie" McOallum, years
old, after playing with his spade III the
backyard of his grandfather home in
New York, rummsged among some old
boxes and barrels in corner oil the
yard. Finally he pulled out big
TOOL chest that Was empty. 1t was
Just big enough for little play
The boy climbed inside and sat down.
Ia moving about he shook the box
and the lid fell. The hasp dropped
over the staple and when Jimmie
tried to raise the lid he found it was
fast The child struggled to raise the
lid, but could not, and after while he
wss stihed.
Jimmie was not missed for two
hours. Then his grandma started to
search for him. He Was not in the
house and she went to his parents home,
thinking he had gone there. The
neighborhood was searched in vain,
Finally, an aunt, quite by accident,
lifted the lid of the tool chest. There
she found Jimmie" dead.
The child had been dead only few
minutes, and although a doctor from
Roosevelt Hospital worked over him
for an hour il was in vain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-30
ALEXANDRIA 6Gzrttes
SATURDAY EVENING. JUNE 80, 1906
Taken Out and Hanged.

A dispatch from Cairo, Egypt, saya
that az a result of the sentences I'M osed
BY the court which recently tried the
natives concerned 10 the attack June Is
on q party Of British officers who we're
pigeon shooting at the village Of DEM
sbawai. near Tantah, four native were
hanged at Demshawsi yesterday snd n'e
were fOgged.
The prisoners, 10 carts, left Shibinel-
kom guarded oy infantry, the gallows
and whipping post following when
the cayslcade arrived at Demshawal Cap
tain Machell, adviser to the Egyptian
Minister of the Interior, selected spot
close 10 the road and roped to spa
measuring 60 by 30 yards, in the center
of which the gsllows and whipping post
were erected.
At 1870 p. IN. one OF the prisoners
was hanged, and the body was lett hang
ing while two of the condemned natives
were whipped. Then another man was
hanged, and two more were whipped,
and then in turn two more men were
hanged and the fifth man was whipped,
each of these receiving 90 lashes with
the cat. A guard of soldiers surrounded
the Enclosure, and hundreds of natives
stood in q wide circle two hundred yard;
distant. The women walled dismally
as the lash was applied and when the
culprits we're hanged. All the condemned
men we're calm, but the bio US OF the cal
caused grosns and cries.