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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-22
TO STUDY MoRMoNIsM.
Young Woman Tells of Plans to Pro-
tect Women Immiqrants.


Miss Maria Lydia Winklcr. who
mas been sent To this country by the
German government to investigate
conditions among the Mormons and
To report on the PROSECUTING feature
OF their work as IL apple; to German
women and girls, left here Yesterday
afternoon for Utah, says the New
York Tribune.
Miss Winkler said that Mormonism
was regarded In Germany as n men.
ace to the growth OF the nation, on
account of the methods adopted by
proselyting elders in their attempts
to convert German women, which
are often attended with success.
~ Few years ago the Mormons
wont openly into Germany and sought
converts Miss WinRler said. The
doctrine of polygamy was scarcely
touched upon at all. But few years
ago the Emperor became interested
in the matter, and laws were passed
prohibiting this work. Thi.; did not
stop them. Now they are more eau.
tious. They no longer appear as mis-.
sionaries, but travel as artists and
sightscers wealthy enough to visit
unfrequented towns and villages.
ihey carry on their work spreading
their doctrines and seeking out young
women To so to Utah. 1t is this work
which has been IL large factor in in.
ducing the committee which | repre-
sent to send me to this country.
we want to establish an organiza.
ton in this country for the protec.
ton OF German women when they
reach here, to direct them to proper
lodgings and to see that they get
good employment @
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-22

composition of the Newport News
team? Is this team supposed to be
composed Of Newport boys only? Or
is 1t team representing the city
Of Newport News? 1t Is perfectly
true that three men from the Artil.
iery School nine play with Newport
News, but for this they receive pay
and are carried on the pay rolls of
the Newport News nine as regular
players.
Now let us revert to the compost
ton OF the Hampton Athletic A3so.
Citations team. Is this team com
posed of Hampton players only? II
this he true, why is it that two men
from Fox Hill, two men from Phor-
bus and one man from Old Point are
on its nine. Or is It that they are just
nonresident members of the associa.
ton?
Now If ii is permissible for thcs.,
rank outsiders to play with the
Hampton Athletic Associations team.
is 1t not just rs permissible for the
men from Fort Monroe, Portsmouth
and other places to play with New.
port News?
very respectfully yours.
TONY T.. MONROE
SerEt ilSt Co G. A."
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-22
TONY MONROE SAYS A WORD
CONCERNING that BALL GAME
Answering Or. Howe'c Letter, tive
Artilleryman Makes Some State.
nents and Asks Questions.

Below Is communication which cX-
plains Itself and which probably will
be read with interest by local baseball
enthusiasts:
Fort Monroe, Va, Aug. 10Th, 1906.
The Editor.
Newport News Press.
Sir
wish to enter Il protest against
DR.. II. d. Howe, of Hampton, the
well known authority OH the subject
of base ball
Through the columns OF Your IN
per. DR.. Howe has mjustly accused
me of dirty ball playing in the
HamptonNewpo game on Saturday
last.
I'm my on behalf let me make
this statement: While running from
second to third base, in an attempt
10 steal that base, Buchanan, the
Hampton third baseman. deliberately
stepped on the base line when wa.
but few feet from him, and I was
icrced to bump into him. In doing
this he missed the ball and scored
on his error.
Now as IA matter of accommoda.
ticn ! wish you would please inform
Inc as to who first told DR.. Howe
That he was an authority on base
ball. Instead of being al authority
! believe him to be il fanatic. Now
as TO his being an authority no
man with as short memory as DR..
Howe has or could possibly be- an au.
thority. In this connection wish
10 eau DIR. Howe's attention to liz.
tie Incident that occurred i'm a game
OF ball played on the Fort Diamond
between the Hampton Athletic Assoc.
| cations team and the Artplery
School nine. This game was played
last Wednesday, but as the Artillery
School team Is magnamimous I'm
more ways than one we do NOT want
to give the incident more publicity
nan 1t already has. Anyone of the
numerous number of spectators whs
witnessed the game know of what
incident | speak.
AS base ball authority DR.. Howe
is complete shine He probabIv
does well enough in coaching Il chill.
dren's nine, but when it comes to a
semi-professional team, DR.. Howe
should take n seat in the bleechers
far away from the grand stand, and
keep quiet,
Hard Losers:
Why all this criticism about the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-22
Mother and Baby III and Almost
Starved.
COULDN'T GET into HOSPITAL
Authorities Unable to Aid Mrs. PeItz,
Who, Deserted by Her Husband. Is
Unable to Make Living For Herself
and Child. .Ha,Ix

Ill. exhausted and suffering from
want OF food. Mrs. David Pcltz, wife
of a barber who left hero about II year
ago, was found lying In the door of
her home. 227 Twemty-fifth street.
late yesterday evening by NJ. Schimko-
WITT, Il pawnbroker. who lives at 223
Twcnty-fifth street. ClaSped In the
woman's arm was her tcn-mOnths-old
baby. scnntily clad and apparently
suffering from Il lack of propcr nour-
ishmcnt
SclimkowltZ notified Chief Of Police
Reynolds of the case. thinking that
the authorities should care for the
woman. The chief asked the pawn
broker why The Hebrews did not take
care of her and the reply was that
all of them were on the other side. -
meaning that all of them sided with
ttE woman's husband, whom. she
claims deserted her about a year ago,
MIS-. PcltH was away visiting friends
Tor several weeks last summer and
when she returned, she claims. hcr
husband had taken MI of the furni.
lnrc ont of the house in which they
resided and refused TO give her food
and shelter. Later. she says. her hus-
band deserted her, leaving her with.
out money Or food. About two months
after that baby was born tn her and
She has been having hard struggle
to make a living for herself aud
child.
Chief Reynolds notified Or. ]. w.
Aylcr. physician to the poor. asking
that IL possible the woman he removed
to the General hospital as n city ma
tient.
DR.. Aylcr examined the woman and
found that she was not suffering from
any particular disease. hut that her
entire system was run down from
want of food ana that she was utter.
~ exhausted. He stated the facts
10 the authorities of the General hos.
pi;al, but they declined to take the
woman and her child in.
When he learned that the city could
do nothing for Mrs. Peltz, MIR. Schlm.
kowitz took her and the child to his
house, where they will be cared for
until nm appeal can he made for aid
Tor tho unfortunate woman and
child.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-22
STATE FIREAENS ASSOCIATION
MEETS IN RICHMOND TOMORROW
Local Volunteer Companies VIII Be
Represented by Big Delegation,
~, Including Teams and Band.

Tho annual convention of tho Vir.
Einia State Flrcmcn's Association viii
begin In Richmond at 10 o'clock this
morning and will continue until Fri.
day evening. \ number Of addresses
on current topics of interest to fire
fighters will be discussed today and
the reports of the officers of the nsso.
citation will be heard.
Tomorrow the street parade. in
which all attending firemen will par
ticipatc. takes place. The Richmond
department will turn out in the ia.
rade and The various running teams
which will compete for the prizes In
the hose reel races will march I'm
line.
Tomorrow night the annual cloc.
tion of officers will he held and Fri.
day morning the hose reel races will
be pulled off. Teams from this city.
Harrisonburg. Lexington. Bristol and
several other cities will enter the
contest. The contest will be tho RIM.
ming OF loo yards to II water Mug,
coupling hose to the plug, laying ION
feet of hose. breaking coupling, at.
tachlng a nozzle and throwing water.
The team which has water running
IN the shortest time will bc awarded
the first prize.
The crack running team of the
Eagle Engine Company expects 10
carry first honors In the rrce.for-all
race anu tho race for State companies
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-22
Social
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES;


MISS FLORENCE Wray Will leave to.
nay ior two weeks trip through
Mlss AIicc u. Johnson, who has
'pceh III at her home in East End for
the past three weeks, Ii rnpidly i'm.
Misses Ida Ware and Edna Kcllum
are WISHING IN Washington, d. G..
Mrs. IL. w. Little ana daughter,
MISS Sauie' nave returned to their
nome III Ricirlnond after visit Ia
Miss Dorothy Garner has returned
from Washington. d C. wharo oh,
spcut several Wool. win ro,a,,,.a,
one was accompanied home by her
cousin, Miss Florence Gursdorf. oi
Washington, who will be her guest
for several weeks.
Mrs I g ,,,,;,o ~
"''' "'"Sh'er
''''''s III '"c mountains OF Vir-
Tho Misses Clarke. of Baltimore,
arc the puosis of ,bo,r si.,or Ma.
.,rn,, "'' y 'e''''''
louisville. has arrived In this city and
will make his future homo here
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-22

only. The prize for the former will
BIO 800, while for the latter the prize
Will be S75 IN cash and the custody OF
the state assoclation's handsome
trumpet.
About 100 local firemen will leave
this morning To attend the c0nven
ton. The Eagle Engine Company will
take It's band of twenty-five pieces and
Will have twenty-five men besides the
band marching In the parade. The
Central and East End companies will
carry about twenty-five men each.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-22
ANOTHER LARGE AUDIENCE.
Gagnon Pollock Company Draws
Crowds to Buckroe.

The Gagnon.Pollock Company was
greeted by another large audience In
the i'nckroe Reach thcatcr last night
which enjoyed the performance of
woman Against Woman" The play
deals with The life of Il sister who
takes upon herself the disgrace and
troubles OF an crrinE sister and nat.
urally suffers thereby
Mr.. Bert G. Gagnon is seen as .Tn-
Snph Tressldor with Miss Edith POL
lock as Bessie Barton. Mr.. Hal Nor
da'lnt essays the role of Lord Chcs.
terrified and Miss Ethel Wcathcrly Is
Lady Chesterfield.
Woman Against Woman" will be
The attraction again this evening.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-22
Mr.. DAVIS GETS CONTRACT.
TWO Exposition Buildings to be
Erected by Local Man

Mr.. j. W. Davis. the well known
contractor of this city. was yester.
day awarded the contract for The con.
struction of the education and his.
toric arts buildings by the board of
governors of the jamestown Exposi.
ton Company, OH his bid of $50 0o0
Mr. Davis is required to give bond
TO complete the buildings by Febr,l.
arg L.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-22
After the Rejection

ON" said he, with affected undif.
ference there are just as good fish
In the sea as ever were caught"
Better" the girl who had reject.
ed him replied, pointedly, better
from their point of view. becauae
they may never be caught."-nhila.
delphia Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-22
BOWLING MATCH POSTPONED.
Two Members Of Local Team Absent
From CITY.

Owing to the absence from this
city OF two members of the bowling
team of the local lodge of lIlks the
contest to have been pulled off TO.
night between that team anu the
team of the Norfolk lodge, at the
nome of the Newport News lodge,
mas been postponed for IL week.
When the match IL held the locals
nope to redeem themselves for the
inslorious defeat which they suffered
at the hands of the Norfolk bowlcrs
in Norfolk last Thursday night.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-02

penditure of 50 much insurance money
in the cause of national peace.
1t is hard for the layman to realize
how quickly navy becomes obsolete.
More than that, naval experts are put
ting more and more emphasis upon the
relative importance of big battleships
as compared with small ones. This
point got a practical confirmation dur
ing the sea battles of last year in the
far East. The Russians had fine
array of battleships, but one or two of
the Japanese battleships were larger
and were able to stand at a distance
aud hammer the Russian ships to
pieces while they themselves re-
mained immune from serious danger.
Admiral Dewey has said that one mon
ster Of the Constitution class would be
able 70 whip "A squadron of ordinary
battleships. 1t is probable that it could
successfully engage the entire fleet
which Sampson had at Santiago.
There is no doubt that it could sink all
Of the boats that Dewey had III Manila
bav and remain absolutely unharmed
itself. Take even the crack Oregon as
she came triumphantly around the
Horn on her memorable trip in 1898;
she could stand no show in hight with
vessel carrying an even dozen L.
inch rifles. The latter could reach her
hefore anv of the Oregons shots be-
came effective. On account OF the
CONSTITUTIONS greater speed she could
outmaneuver and sink what was a
frst-class battleship eight years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-02
The Case of Mr.. Hogan.

The New York Globe suggests that
the simplest and most obvious way for
Mr. Otto Hegen to resign from the
United States is to sign papers with
the car or Abdul Hamid. Mr.. Hegen
is the gentleman it will be remembered,
who recently wrote the President re-
ouesting release from citizenship i'll
this land of the free. 1t is highly i'm
probable that either of these rulers
would ask for proof of an honorable
discharge from a democracy; probably
they would prefer that he should not
have such a tainted document.
1t requires no great stretch Of i'm
agination to picture Nicholas using Mr..
Heeen as a reformed horrible exam
ple'' Of free government. Here is
man." the Globe imagines the Little
Father saying to his restive people.
pointing to Mr.. Hegen, who. not salts
fed with the comforts and advantages
furnished him by his European king.
and, reading of the delectablc pleas
ures of republic, packed up his goods
and set off for that boasted land of the
free, America. Having arrived and
settled down in one of the provinces
known as Iowa he soon found life any
discovered. in fact. to use their strange
western jargon, that he had been
huncocd Things were not by any
means what they seemed. He found
that that thing they call n constitution.
which you are all bowling for was
nothing less than a dclusion. 1t said
one thing and meant another SO Mr..
Hceen. at the peril of his life, fled
back to our protecting arms, and will
now tell you in his own words the hOr-
ribic history of his SufferingS."
Such case would certainly be a
good card for the Car, and it just as
certainly would not do the United
States any harm To have Mr.. Hcgen
lIIS Ittu DdNh SDliit VI lu' SNtiliiIe, tidt
| of immigrants now nOCking to this
ldelectable land. His pitcous appeal to
| the President for protection from kid
mapping and Imprisonment would alone
do splendid anti-cmigration work in
Europe. 1t is to be hoped that he has
kept a copy of it to take abroad with
him. The fact that it is probably
Rarnum's or some other dime mu-
snum'S manager that is after him does
| not diminish the peril, or the horror Of
| his situation.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-02
GIeaninqs and Gossip,

The late Henry Harland is said to
have received $4,000 from one of his
novels. but his manner of working
killed him.
The whisky trust has closed the last
of eight distlleries in st. Louis, but it
is not generally understood that it is
running Il temperance campaign for all
Of that.
The town of Tollcsbury in England
has 20OO inha abitants. but only one doc
tor lives there and there is not n drug
gist or dentist within nine miles Of
the place.
Two women, in lighting a picnic fire
on the slope of Waterman mountain
san Bernardino county. Cal. the other
day, discovered asphaltum deposits 4
rush followed. 10000 acres have been
located. and an oil boom is III progress.
Rufus Bullock, the only republican
ever elected governor of Georgia. and
who played a conspicuous part in the
reconstruction period, is now spending
bis declining days in the village of
Albion. \. y, his boyhood home.
Vilhjalmnr Stcffansson now q stu
utiil ct mai ' tl Has Dttil Il
member of the newest expedition in
search of the north pole. which will
leave Vancouver early in May. under
command of Capt. Elmer Mikkelsen
The Harvard student will be the
youngest member of the expedition.
novel strike is in progress at
Toulon, in France. A census was be-
ing taken there and was almost fin
lShcd when the cnumerators quit work
and demanded more pay. They refuse
to give up the lists they have and will
proba bly, win their demands as it would
cost much more money to do the work
all over again.
At Worcester. Eng. the slab erected
over departed actioneer. is inscribed
with single word-"Gone." In Sussex
the initials and date of the death of the
deceased are followed by two words
lie was. The most remarkab BILE in
scription is at Cane Hill cemetery, Bel
fast, where the inscription says: Left
till called for"
L. lWatani, q Japanese soldier on his
way home from prison in Russia. COM
lnltted suicide on receiving a letter
from his father saying that his conduct
IN being taken alive would spoil the
reputation of the japanese army and
cast odium on the names of the family
ana tie villagers. and concluding by
ordering him not to return home alive
A London paper tells rather curious
Shost story. A man was travelling in a
railroad coach. Only one other passen-
ger was in the car. and he never said a
word. AT last the man tried to get the
silent one into conversation by saying
that the road was a good one. The
other said that it was not as he had
peeh Killed on it two years before.
Labor is so scarce in New Zealand
that the government of that colony has
asked its high commission in London
to find in England and send out 1000
laborers for. the construction of a new
railway in the North island Three
years worksfs guaranteed. and induce
ments will be offered them to remain
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-02

permanently. There is also great de-
maud for agricultural laburcrs in west
crn Australia.
A Washington preacher has adver-
tised n sale of Harriet Lane Johnston's
stock Of whisky. Mrs. Johnston. as the
beautiful Harriet Lane, was the mis-
tress of the White House III the ad-
ministration of President buchanan.
whose niece she was. The presidents
privatc stock of liquors was bcuucathed
to her. Apparently if was never de-
creased very much i'll her lifetime.
The stock now offered for sale COM
priscS liquors thal We're i'll the White
House cellars i'll Euchanans day.
An Imperial decree published in the
Pckin Gazette says: "Liu Yung-ching,
the provincial commandcr-in-chief of
Kianpci, has mcmorialiZed the throne.
that the rivers in his jurisdiction have
kept quiet; and the throne has felt
grateful for the pcacefulnrSs Of the
rivers; therefore the throne dedcatrs
five sticks Of Thibctan incense each
through the said Iiu Yung-C Ching To all
the temples of the god of rivers to
thank them for their protection. and
the rest of the memorial is ordered t.
be carried out and To be taken note Of
by the board concerned"
The gross Indebtedness Of New York
is greater than that of the Chimes"
empire. The cost of operating the
city's government for one year almost
equals the annual expenditures of both
London and Paris combined New
York pays out in salaries alone the vast
sum of 100000 yearly. OF as much
as London spends for its entire ad-
miniStration. At the present time
there aIe 5000 men and women on
New York's payroll. OF every 500
that a New Yorker pays in rent. il is:
estimated that S12.25 goes into the
pockets of municipal Servants
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-02
"Sit Closer, Friends!"

This poem was written some years ago.
for a gathering of comrades by the late
Arthur Macy. Il journalist. Writcr ior
magazines. and before that soldier of
the Union army in the civil war. Thrc"
he was wounded at the great battle OF
Gettysburg and was a prisoner OF tn:
confedcr;ltes. He WIS ror" spirit, Il
priced comrade, and here is his poem:
Sit closer. friends. around the board.
Death grants US vet a little time.
Now let the cheering cup be poured,
And welcome song and Jest and rhyme
Enjoy the gifts that fortune sends
Sit closer friends.
And vet We pause. With trembling lip
We strive the fitting phrase to make;
Rene mbcring our fellowship,
T.amenting Dcstiny'S mistake.
We marvel much when Fate OffendS,
And claims our trends.
Companions OF our nights of mirth.
Where all were merry who were wise,
Does Death quite understand your worth,
And know the vau" of his prize?
l doubt me if he comprehends-
He knows no friends.
And in that realm is there no joy
Or comrades and the jocund sense?
Can death so utterly DESTROY
For gladness grant 70 recOmpcnse?
And can IL be that laughter ends
With absent friends?
- Schoiars! whom we wiSest call
no solve great questions at your case.
w c ask the simplest of them all
AND Yet YOU cannot answer these
ana is Ii thus your knowledge ends
10 comfort friends?
Dear Omar. should YOU chance to moot
| our Brother somewhere in the Gloom
Pray give to him message sweet
| FROM Brothers in the tavern room.
| lie VII not ask who It's that sends
! For we were friends
| Again 4 parting sail we see:
| Another boat has left the shore
| a kinder soul on board has she
| Ihan ever left the land before.
And as her outward course she bends
| Sit closer friends,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-02
Another Biggest BattIeship.

Tie proposition to build new bat
tleship of nearly 10000 tons. the largest
lighting craft afloat. to be known as
the Constitution. is attracting much
attention. Favorable action by Con-
gress seems assured, and il all goes
Well the great Dreadnaught. which has
just been launched in England, will
soon be second instead of first in size
among the naval giants. OF course
the building of the biggest battIeship
by our government is not contemplated
merely as an opportunity for boast
ing. but is part of the wise policy
and exceptional foresight which has
guided our course in naval affairs in
recent years. Admiral Dewey cham
pions the building of great ships and
heavy guns, and declares it would be a
master stroke for us to construct 4
vessel that can carry heavier armor
and more 12-inch guns than any other
ship in the world From his point Of
view the Slo,ooo,ooo iHolved in the
construction of such a craft is an ex-