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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-04
More Than Two Hundred People
Of This City Are Largely
Interested.
Mr.. VAuGHA's CHEERFUL VIEW
LEGAL Superintendent Says Receiver.
ship is Only Temporary and That
Company is in No Financial Diff
culty-Mr. post in it For s15,-
10000.

News was received here yesterday
morning TO the effect that the Ameri-
can Reserve BOND Company, of Chi
cago, in which more than two hund-
red people Of this city are interested,
had gone into the hands of receivers.
The announcement came in tele
gram 10 Mr.. w. Z. s. Vaughn, local
superintendent for the company. mott
flying him that the Western Trust and
Savings Bank. of Chicago, had been
appointed receivers by the United
States court and instructing him 10
hold all funds in his hands for further
orders,
a conservative estimate 81 the face
value OF Jonds hcii ~ loC;.! citizens
Is Sl25,000 MIR w. a. Post, general
superintendent Of the Newport News
Shipbuildng and Dry Dock Company,
probably is more largely Interested
than any other individual. The face
value OF the bonds purchased by Mi.
Post is $4,000 and various other well
known people are in the company for
substantial amounts
Mr.. q. b. Nclms. Of this city. is sup
erintendent for the company in Nor
folk and il is understood that he has
sold several hundred thousand dollars
worth Of bonds OH The other side uf
rhe Roads. Richmond is also said to
be interested to considerable eX.
tent
When seen at his office last night
by a Daily Press reporter Mr.. Vaughn
talked about the situation very cheer
fully. He seemed TO be worried on
account of the anxiety The state Of
affairs Will cause the bond holders,
but expressed himself as being per
fectly confident chat t:le receivership
is only temporary and that his com
pany will lie III better shape Than
ever after reol ganzation has been
effected. ilc declared that the com
pany had sl6h IN tangible assets for
every 81 of liability and that there
was no danger of anyone losing mon.
ey.
MIR. Vaughn asked that the follow
ing saicmeni be made for him:
IL wish Ia advise my friends who
have invested through me in the
bonds Of tile American Reserve liond
Co. of Chicago, that tile Western
Trust aud Savings Bank Of Chicago
has been appointed receiver for the
company. and TO say the receivership
Is only temporary, being the result of
the efforts OF disgruntled, discharged
general agents of the company. |
have no fear as to the ultimate sal
isfactory adius, ment of the matter. |
shall personally Elok after their inter
ests and trnst they will suffer no I'M
easiness and await further advice,
that which | have being by telegraph
and necessarily meager.
M Nv t. S. VAUGHN
superintendent"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-04
Commissioning Of Old DoninI0n's
Nanasaka Will be Event
Of Interest.
JR. 0. U. A. NJ. PRESENTS FLAG
Navy Department Sets May 10 as
Date for Delivery ct the Battle.
ship Louisiana-Local Plant Wins
Yard.

The United States baltleship Vir-
ginia, product of the plant of the
Newport News Shipbulding and Dry
Dock Company. will be commission
ed at the Norfolk navy yard at .
o'clock next Monday afternoon, with
Captain Seaton Schroeder in com
mand. The vessels crew now as.
sembled OH board The receiving shin
Franklin, al the Norfolk navy yard
Will he transferred To the Virginia
Monday morning ami will participate
in The commissioning ceremonies.
The commissioning of The Virginia
Will he unlike the usual forlnalti,.s
gone through with when a warship
becomes part of the United States
navy, in that the flag To be raised
over her will be presented by the
Junior Order of American Mechanics
OF Underwater The Juniors are pre-.
pairing 10 make the event a memor.
able one and il is expected that
Virginia and Baltimore and Wash.
ington will be present at tile cere
mOny
soon after She becomes an active
part of The navy The Virginia will be
presented with a handsome silver
service by Governor Claude A. Swan.
..s,,
son us sifl of the people of this
STATE to the States namesake.
II is expected that when President
hooesVelt visits Norfolk this mont,,
mat he fynl inspect the virpii2ia
which has benn declared TO b. one
OF the finest built warships in The
world
After her final tests have he.n
completed the Virginia will ioin me
ba''leship squadron of The North
Atlantic fleet.
Louisiana Leaves May 20.
The navy department has given
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-04

Continued on Page Three)
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-04
Stock Company Toniaht.

The May Hillman Stock Company
will resume the boards ut the Aeah-
envy tonight, presenting Il comedy
drama, with new spccialtias between
the acts. This company has been Sc
cured for an indefinite -ngagen en-.
and. if the patronage instsfies, plays
will he presented until far into tue
summer.
The prices will be 10, 20 an1 80
cents throughout the engagement.
even the box seats selling for 50
cents. Tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock there will he ba, gain matt
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-04
Southern Baptist Convention, chatta,
nooua, Tenn, Nav 1915, zoos

Rate from Norfolk via Southern
hallway. SIG 90 for the round trip.
Dates of sale May Sth, 9Th and l0th.
LINN ten days, with privilege Of ok
'cnslon until June 18TH on payment
o. Zee OF 90 cents ana deposit of tick.
q Two trains daily from Norfoll;
Via Southern Railway-9:3 80 a. m. and
~ p m For Pullman reservations.
call either phone, No. ll2.
STANTON CURTIS.
Passenger Agent.
80 CRANKY Street, Norfolk, AIont!.
cello Hotel. nv 4.3t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-04
CRANE OUT OF COMMISSION.
Big Traveller" Smashed During
Storm Must be Taken Down.


As the result of the damage done
during its flying trip before the hur-
ricane "Wednesday afternoon, the
great travelling crane on ship trestl4
No Al the shipyard will NOT be us-
ed again. AS soon as the ferryboat
Bergen is launched trestle No is
to be :orn down and for this reason
the damage TO The crane will cause
no especial Inconvenience.
The ircslle is 10 be pulled down
10 make way for The new dry dock.
During the storm "Wednesday a
part of The roof was blown off the
siiipyard pump house and brick
wall under construction at the fonn,
dry was blown down.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-04
Railway Officials Here.

General Manager G.. L, Doyle. of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, ar
rived here yesterday morning with a
party OF western railway officials Mr..
Doyle entertained his guests aboard
The tug Helen, on which the party
went from here to OLD Point
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-04
Social Personal

Mr.. q {. Kent, for fifteen years
general secresary of the local Young
Mems CHRISTIAN Association and
widely popular, especially in church
circles LETT "Wednesday for Clifton
Forge u take charge OF the railroad
y. NJ. G, a ut that place.
Mr.. z. l., Fly, Of the customs SER
vice, has returned from Basic City,
where he spent his ten days vacation.
Judge and Mrs. B. r. Wexford and
Miss Susie Wexford of Richmond, are
the guests OF Rev. and Mrs. E. T.
Wexford, on Thirty-third street.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-04
THEATRICAL.

Charles FrohmanS production of
The Duel with Otis Skinner as the
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
A Notable Tribute.

A curious experience that comes 70
great novelists is the receipt Of letters
from readers who have become absorb
ingly wrapped up in The fictitious char
acters.
host Of readers wrote 10 Dickens in
regard TO his different creations. treat
ing them with as anxious a concern as
II they were real people. and when.
THE Old Curiosity Shop appearing
serlally, il seemed as II Little Nell
might die, he received an endless num-
Der Of letters begging him 20 let her
live.
Scott also received similar letters. and
even the unlikable Athelstane won such
friends by his unselfish bravery in de-
fence Of the supposed RCWena that
Scott was Induced against his better
judgment to let the Saxon come to life
again.
But no great writer. whether Of the
past or OF the present ever received
sweeter and finer tribute than came
a few days ago 10 Mrs Margaret De
land.
DO not" a fine old gentleman wrote
her-"d0 not. / pray you, let DR.. Laveu-
DER die. / am an old man, madam, and
1 should like 70 feel, when nay final
hour approaches, that ] am holding his
kind hand in mine.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
SideLightS on People
And EpentS of Today
NO MORE WOMEN IN
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE

There viii be no women members
in the coming session of the Colo
raGo Legislature, and the leaders Of
both the parties intimate that they
will not. in the fuure, be nominaed
for office. \ Denver dispatch to the
Chicago Tribue explains the situa-
tion:
Party leaders assert that equal suffrage
In Colorado rapidly Is becoming a farce.
in spite Of the pepery assertions TO the
contrary, and that the rank and file of
citizens. women included. wish the fair
sex eliminated from the political game
Four women ran for the house Of
representatives recently. Three Of them
were on the Democratic ticket and one
was on the Socialist. but all We're de
feated. Never within the history OF
Colorado has a woman been elected 10
the State senate. And no woman ever
viii be. according TO party leaders
IT was in Waite's administration. in
1888. that equal suffrage was granted to
residents of Colorado The following
Legislature in 1898 had three women in
members of the house. Those were the
first women legislators in the State
Mrs. Holly. a Republican, introduced
and had passed the now weIl-knoWn
age-Of-COnscnt law. Two years after
the lower house had two women mem
bers. while in 1899 there were four wom-
en members In 1903 Mrs Alice NJ Ru-
BILE. of Denver was the only woman
member of the Legislature Since then
no woman has won seat IN the State
Assembly halls.
From the foregoing il WHY be seen
that nine different women have been
elected to the house. q Mrs Evangeline
Heartz served twice. Pueblo is the only
county outside of Denver that has sup
piled any women legislators for Colo
rado. Mrs. Hearth, In her service in
the Assembly, introduced about a dozen
bills, most of them relating to union
labor, and most of which never became
laws. Arbitration ard employers la
blllty measures wore The main ones.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
Labor In Politics.

Those public men who are just
ROW engaged in suppressing by
proclamation the activities of labor
in politics, viii discover that they
might just as well have been shout
ing at the north wind.
It took twenty-five years to place
on the Federal statute books an en-
ployers' liability bill, weak. equiv
ocal and of uncertain constitution
ality. Yet the principle which this
legislation presents is recognized
and highly developed in the Iegis-
lation of all Europe. There is hard
Iy one of them-and none of them
the first class-that has not gone
much farther than anybody has dar-
ed suggest the United States ought
20 go.
Why such slow progress in this
country? Because the interests op-
posed TO labor are in politics all
the time. They never sleep; they
are never too busy to look after
legislation.
Year by year they have prevent
ed legislation to limit the use Of
the injunction. until the practice of
enjoining everything has actually
come TO be widely regarded as fun
damental There was no real SEN
sation last winter when Senator
Bailey proved that Congress could
limit the injunction power of minor
Federal courts. Yet il was simply
demonstrating the axiom that the
creator is superior to the creature
The tendency TO FORGET such funda-
mentals is one of the things that
have inspired labor TO its incursion
into politics. Think of the hula
balioo in England if a new Jeffreys
should now attempt to annex such a
province to the judicial power as
has been taken over in the United
Statesl
Labor is going into politics for
the same reason that it has entered
politics in Britain. in New Zealand,
in Australia, in Germany. it is
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
WOULD MEAN CORRUPTION

T. B. Thurber, in "Some Argu-
ments Against Municipal Owner
ship" published in the North Amer
lean Review, claims such a policy
would increase instead of decrease
taxes. and would promote political
corruption. He declares;
The advocates Of municipal ownership
and operation claim. first. that il would
be relief from present political cor
ruption; second, that profits would be
realized for the public which are row
absorved by corporations. l believe that
political corruption under municipal
ownership and operation would be in
hnttely greater than a. present. and the
expected pronts would turn out losses,
to be borne by taxpayers I have stated
facts and opinions I'm support of this
belief 1 could add many others if
space permitted.
There is a large and growing class Of
citizens who believe I'm "a square deal
for everybody; that Government should
protect life, property, health, and edu-
cation, but that In a country with uni
versal suffrage the number OF political
creased; that the line should be drawn
between public ownership and public
administration. that in a manufacturing
or transportation business public adj
ministTative waste exceeds corporate
profit, end political dangers are greatly
enhanced: and that indiVidualism as
distinguished from socialism should be
nupOnrau auFd
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
The Real ralph Connor."

Admirers of Ralph Connor," the nov
elist. will be Interested 10 know some
thing OF the Rev. Charles W. Gordon,
the preacher
Visitors TO Winnipeg who Inquire the
way 10 St Stephens will ind a spIen-
did new building. which was completed
and dedicat ted during the past summer.
In the pulpit. on most Sundays of tho
year. they will see a man OF forty
three-tall. slender. and well set-Up
with a pale. intellectual face His ply
sique and temperament are not those az
the orator But Tor one who comes 10
church 10 receive instruction counsel.
and help for the daily life, Mr.. Gordon
mas a message.
Publisher Macdonald tell I'm the Book
News Monthly an amusing story Of tho
preachers literary christening. We
had decided upon name for the story,
but not for the man who wrote IL.
says Mr.. Macdonald. THE manuscript
reached me just IN time for the issue
for January, 1881! would not do 10
give the authors name, for the text
OF the tale might be regarded by some
as out OF keeping with the conventions
Of the clerical profession What name
shall IL be- was the question sent 10
Winnipeg.
At the last moment telegram came:
Sign sketch Cannon CannOr2 That
would not do. That would betFaE The
fact Of a mask He must have n proper
name. But why Cannor2 Perhaps the
operator made q mistake. Should IL be
,Connor? More likely But he must be
given a Christian name, even though
ne ConsOrts with heather of various
types. Frank 'Chrisg Fred2' No
none OF these would suit. Here il Is:
Ralph Ralph COnnorH And IL was
so.
What he said, when he saw himself
as the world was yet TO know him. has
not been told. No one was by 20 hear
Something Western, no doubt, befitting
his new role. I meant Cannon. 30 he
wrote day or two afterwards Ralph
Conuor isn't bad-rather Irish for me.
but ] guess / can stand il. III try 10
live m 10 IL"
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
Prof. Morse as a Pottery Expert.

Prof Edward 5. Morse. the author
Of Mars and Its Mystery" is one of
the most active-minded and entertaining
men in the country He has seen a
great part Of this interesting world 10
say nothing Of his study or Marian life
through Prof. Percival L.oweITs tele-
scope at the latter's observatory, at
Flagstaff. Ariz. He is an authority on
Japanese matters. having been a pro-
fessOT in the Imperial University at
Tokyo. and at present the keeper Of
japanese pottery at the Boston Musuem
Of Fine Arts.
What he says about Japanese porce-
lain and pottery is nearly final. He was
recently called 20 apDraise a fine collec-
tion OF pottery belonging to an estate
He came to one OF the so-cailed es-
pecia3ly rare pieces valued at $3.50.
Prof. Morse. to the CONSERVATION of
those present pronounced the niece
worth just 20 cents, and offered
to duplicate il to any extent at tnaJ
price.
That is only one instance Of his def
mite knowledge which runs along in
numcrnble lines. including canals on
the planet Mars
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
From the shoes Of ST. George,s.

A vastly interesting career has been
that OF John Reichert- Born in ancient
Leipsic for time he followed mer-
camille pursuits. but the wanderlust was
in his blood. and he ran away from
home.
Within a few months he found him
self in the streets Of New York with
little money and still less knowledge Of
English.
Memories of the churchly environment
Of his boyhood home sent him. one sun
day morning. into St. Georges Church.
Something in the service touched him
and made him feel that he was among
friends. The service over, he went TO
the clergy house attached 20 the church
asked for employment, and was set 10
work. II was only the cleaning of
shoes and sidewalks, but he polished the
sidewalks and shoes So admirably that
a better class Of work soon came 10 him.
That was twenty-three years ago Mr..
Reichert gradually became more and
more closely identified with the great
and growing work which St. George s,
under the leadership Of DR.. RainsfOrds
was doing.
1t was decided that a book should be
written describing the entire work. and
Mr. Reichert was naturally fixed upon
as a man II do much of f. With him
was associated Prof. George Hodges.
and the result of their united labors Is
to be published next week under the
title OF THE Administration of an In
stitutional Church
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
CLASSIFYING SPELLBINDERs
AS STREET CORNER ANARCHISTS

Editorial patience has been ex-
hausted in Missouri Remembering
the character and tone of the polit-
zeal meetings in the closing days of
the campaign, the Kansas City Jour
nal issues this demand and warning.
There is no disposition in this country
TO limit any honest and sane expression
of political opinion. We shall never
come to that But there should be a
limit TO allowing mentally unbalanced
demagogues TO howl treason and anar-
chy and preach class hatred. The cities
of this country could and should put a
stop to such outra geous practices. De-
cent political meetings during active
campaigns might be permissible on the
streets. although this is questionable;
but using the public corners for the
propaganda that seeks to disrupt socie-
ty and create moral dissolution Is utter
ly indefensible.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
The Record of T. B. AIdrieh.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich, who IS almost
the sole survivor OF the coterie of great
New England authors, will be seventy
years old on November II. He was born
at Portsmouth. n H., a place which
figures in several OF his productions uH-
der the thin veil of RivermOuth. Here
was laid the scene OF most OF his story
of Bad Boy" and its historical charac-
teristcs are noted in his "An Old Town
by the Sea"
His early years are divided between
this place and New Orleans. He enter
ed cOuntingroOm in New York when a
young man, but his literary diversions
soon became his occupation. He was
connected with one and another journal,
but came To Boston in 1865 10 take charge
of Every Saturday. Later. he was for
nine year, editor OF the Atlantic Month
"" and has continued to reside In Bos-
ton. Mr. AIdrich's writings consist Of
poems. dramas, novels. stories, essays.
and a translation. His first book, 'The
Story OF Bad Boy" was published in
1869. and his latest volume is the Book
OF Songs and Sonnets." which was pub
iished by HOughtOn. Mifflin q Co. last
May IN a limited edition OF four hun
dred copies. few of which are still OBJ
tainable.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
ART CRITIC TELLS
ABOUT ELASQUEZ

The eighth regular meeting of the Ma
uonal Society OF Fine Arts was held
Thursday evening At the Hubbard Mem
orlal Hall at Sixteenth and NJ streets
northwest. Owing TO the incIement
weather and the somewhat conflicting
press notices referring 20 this lecture
which led many 10 believe that the date
of the lecture had been fixed for Friday
night. IN attendance was much smaller
than that of the seventh regular meet
ing. when an attendance of go members
was registered.
The brief business meeting was called
TO order by Charles NJ FfOulke. who
has recently been elected as president
10 fill the vacancy caused by the res
icnation Of Charles J. Bell The read
ing and approval of the minutes OF the
last regular meeting was followed by
a formal notice OF a proposed amend
ment to the constitution of the society
dents in article :, so that the eN-presi-
dents shall become members of the
board of management This amend
ment to the constitution will be acted
on by the society at the meeting to be
held in December.
J. {. Hornbiower presented a report
from the committee entrusted with the
preparation OF a bin providing for
national art commission and stated
the action taken by the committee. and
the present status OF the bill before Con-
gTSss.
The lecturer of the evening. Royal
COrtissoz. art critic OF the New York
Tribune. was introduced by the Rt. Rev.
MOnsigror O'COnnell. rector OF The Cath
Ollie University of America. In his in
trodu etory remarks MOnsignor O'Con-
nell described effectively the impressions
conveyed bV a study of the portrait of
Pope Innocent Y by NelasQueZ, and that
he had learned through conversation
With different persons who had seen
this memorable portrait that they had
also beer strongly IMPRESSED with the
greatness Of this portrait as an express
sion of the character of the Pope. and
y lille all had felt the influence OF this
picture, none had explained the reasons
of its power
The subject of the lecture OF Mr.. Cor
tisslZ. was NelasqueZ. In the treat
menU of the theme but little attention
was given to historical matters beyond
a brief description Of the local coadi-
tions existing in the court of the King
of Spain at the time of Nelasduez's ap-
pearance at Madrid and his efforts TO
become the court painter. The lecturer
explained with great clearness the diff
ference between the technique of Velas-
ouez and that of other painters of his
period and that OF later days and
illustrated his explanations with d series
OF lantern slides, showing the develop
ment Of the individual style of Velas-
quez from that OF a painter who was an
excellent drtBtsman, but somewhat
stiff and formal in his manner through
al of the changes incident TO his deVel-
opment as one of the most renowned
masters known To the world of painting
AS q lecturer Mr.. COrtissOZ has an eX-
tremelV pleasing method OF presenting
his opinions clearly and with such direct
ness that they have at times the force
of a skillfully prepared argument in
support of his views upon art topics.
The lecturer Was listened to with
marked interest and appreciation.
The Washington times., 1906-11-17
A Word About Sidney Lee.

Sidney Lee. the distinguished English
critic and Shakespearan scholar. whose
new volume on Shakespeare and the
Modern Stage" the Scribners have just
published. was born in London in 1888
and is a graduate OF BalliOl College. OK
ford. His labOTs as 1oint-editor with
Sir Leslie Stephen OF the English
Dictionary Of National Biography and
as the managing editor OF that work
from 1891 TO 1901 first brought him into
prominence.
Already Well-knOwn in this country as
an author and lecturer. his Lives Of
Queen Victoria and Shakespeare" and
that charming collection OF ESSAYS In
literary biography entitled Great Eng
lishmeu Of the Sixteenth Century have
had a wide circulation here and his lee
lures al the Lowell Institute. ROstOn.
Johns Hopkins and Princeton as well as
other univ ersities and colleges. two years
ago. introduced him 10 a large and ap-
preciative audience who will welcome
this new work upon subject about
which he is one of the greatest living
authorities.