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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-02
COLONIAL DEPARTMENT.

If the desires of different orgunIZa-
lions and interests were compiled
with, we would have the number OF
cabinet places multiplied. The labor
element In this country has never
been satisfied with the creation OF
Dor. and long l,afore the department
was organized the workingmen de.
manded that the then bureau,of labor
should be made n department. The
old bureau has become one of the
l,ireaus of the new department under
the present organization, and has not
the Importance It held before MS n
separate bureau. Separation Is still
demanded, but II is doubtful II it will
ever be granted.
There Is Il demand for the creation
of II department of health which shall
have charge of everything pertaining
to better living and the prevention of
diseases. The advocates OF the pro.
posed department would have the
bClNlSt anu IOS-
pital service, food inspection and sew
eral other new bureaus created, which
would have for It's object the better
protection against disease and the
general care OF the health of the PEG.
pie What paternalistic department
such n bureau would soon become!
There is one department that As alb,
solntciy necessary at the present
time, and which would relieve the
Secretary OF War of much hard work.
That IL II department of colonies.
There should be n separate depart
ment to look after the Philippines,
Cuba. Porto Rico. Hawaii, Santo Do,
mlngo and the lsthmian canal. 1t Is
all one man can do TO properly admin
lister the war department. but In ad.
dition TO have TO build n great canal
and handle the affairs of the Philip
pine archipelago Is II little too much.
There Is no prospect of any such de.
partment, however, MS Congress would
hesitate a long time before creating
another department with It's expensive
machinery. Besides the powers that
lie do not want 10 commit this coun-
try to colonial policy" although
we embarked upon that kind of pol.
icy several years ago.
BY experiments wa have determined
that the best way to govern colonial
dependencies Is to send the governing
body to the place where the work is
to he done. Such success as we have
had in the Philippines Is due to the
fact that William II. Taft went there
and stayed In the islands. 1t is true
he was subject to orders from here,
but for the most part he went ahead
and did what he thought was neces-
sary his orders from home being
largely of an advisory character. For
n long time we have tried to build the
lsthmian canal by having high.pric-
ed and highly organized commission
with immense offices operating
I'm Washington. This has been found
inefficacious and the canal commits
sion has finally been sent to the canal
zone where the work Is being done
and where 1t can he useful Since
that policy has been adopted real pro
eress has been made on the isthmus.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-02
FACT PROVEN.
should Convince Even the Most skep.
X teal of Its Truth,


II there is the slightest doubt In th.
minds OF any that Dandruff germs do NOT
exist, their belief Is compelled by the
TACT that n rabbit innoculated with the
germs became bald In six weeks time.
1t must be apparent to any person
therefore that the only prevention of
badness is the destruction Of the germ
winch net Is successfully accomplished
In one hundred per cent. OF cases nv
the application OF Newbro's IIerpIcide.
Dandruff is caused by the same germ
which causes badness and can he pre-
vented with the same remedy-Newbro'
'Herp!cide. =
Accept no substitute. "Dcstroy the
cause you remove the effect"
Sold by leading druggists. Send 1oc. in
hetro!t Mich.
Two sizes--60c and s1.00.
AlLEN's DRUG STONE, SPECIAL
AGENTS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-02
THURSDAY, MAY 9. 1907.
TWO HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.

Dir. Alexander Graham Bell Is said
to have expressed the belief that
within Il few years the world Will see
an nirshlp capable of travelling from
one hundred und fifty to two hundred
miles an hour, and also that the Unit
ed States Will he the first country In
the world TO develop n practical
nerial battleshp," for which we shall
not mean TO be taken seriously, anu
perhaps he was not accurately report
ell. We are sure that nobody expects
to see Admiral Evans fleet go out of
commission this year or next or looks
for any interruption OF the govern
ments present program of naval con-
struction. III, however, 1t was the In
tentiun OF the inventor Of the tele-
phone to predict that America would
eventually produce II better airship
Cor certain kinds of military service
observation, photography and perhaps
the dropping of torpe1oes-than has
Z yet been evolved IN Europe. his fore
cast, so far rs 1t applies to war, will
seem fairly reasonable. In that case
discussion Of the views he Is credit
ed with entertaining may properly he
confined to the question of how fast
it will ever be feasible to go with n,
/ flying machine.
A close parallel TO the problem of
developing high speed In the air is
furnished by experience on the water.
In 10th cases the chief resistance Is
offered by friction with the element
In which the screw propellers of n
. craft--airshin ar ocean steamship
work. Now, ut sea every attempt to
gain in velocity involves dispropor-
Tomato increase in the power reQuif.
cd A hint OF this difficulty may be
found by comparing the Deutschland
and the Kaiser Wilhelm ii, vessels of
about the same size. The former has
engines capable when new of devel-
Oping 10000 horsepower and enabling
the steamship to attain twenty-three
and Il half knots an hour The other
vessel has engines developing 10000
horsepower, and though her design
er's ambition was apparently not real
lied to the utmost he did not expect
her to beat her rival by more than
half knot.
Here is another illustrations: The
battleships of the Virginia class dis
place $4,000 tons, and the capacity
of their engines is 10000 horsepower,
or about one and quarter horse
power TO n ton. The destroyers OF
the Bainbsidge class Misplace little
more than 400 tons and have engines
developing 5000 horsepower, or near
ly twenty horsepower to a ton. Yet
by an enormous increase IN the ratio
! OF power to size-fifteen or sixteen
g fold-the government gains about so
per cent. in speed. The Virginia de.
Yelops nineteen knots and the Balm.
bridge twenty-nine. Even by reduc-
ing the size Of, the hull and filling a
vessel entirely with machinery, the
attainment OF speed of fifty knots
! ~ apparently out of the question, Ii
established precedents in marine
practice are followed.
TO do as well as or better than this
in the atmosphere would be equally
& impracticabie without some radical
Innovation: II a given amount OF
power could be secured by the use
OF much lighter engines than have
KS been used on land or sea, distinct
( Improvement in speed might he prac
ticable. Langley and Maxim realiz
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-02

CHESAPEAKE G OHIO nv.
Ferry Service to the Exposition
Between Newport News and
Pine Beach Pier.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-02

An erudite baseball paragrapher In
words Of praise OF the White Sox
uses the term ''noblisse oblige." Won
der how many of Comisky's braves
can tell whether II means a new
kind Of chewing tobacco or n pei
name for the umpire.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-02

The Lew and powerful Iron Palace
steamers, Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol.
lOWs. ftE
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-02

Hickman Winthrop has joined the
Presidents tennis club. He has a
name that sounds like good ten
mis- player but II he is onto his job
lie will not beat Teddy, the Terri
BILE, too often.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-02
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Local for Richmond and James River
Points:
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Local for Rlchmond: II
$40 p. NJ, daily.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-02
t must be "Roosevelt or get"

It must DC "KooseVeIt OF get.
Rather startling, isn't 1t! And this
is not intended MS an attack upon the
President. 1t is simply n statement
Of facts as presented land they are
passed along for what they are worth,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-02
Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Co.

The Lew and powerful Iron Palace
steamers, Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol-
lows:
NoRTHBotND.
Leave Portsmouth, foot Of
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Arrive In Washington -. 7:0Oam
Arrive in Philadelphia, as
Penn. r. R. .aslo:5o . m
Arrive in Philadelphia, B.
& o. R. R. sell: 10 q m
Arrive in New York, Penn.
Arrive in New York, B. &
o. R. r. ]. ............ ss:Oopm
Lv. New York, Penn. R. R., 1900 m
Ly. New York, B. & o. r. r. s1:0U p m
Lv. Philadelphia. Penn. r. R. 2:65 p m
Lv. Phila., B. & o. r. r., 2:0s p m
Ar, Washington. Penn. r. r. 6:10pm
Ar. Wash, 3 C o. R. R. .""5: 90 p m
Lv. Washington .......... *6: 80 p in
Ar. Old Point Comfort. -. s7:00a m
Ar, Norfolk ............. $500 a m
Ar. Portsmouth .......... s8:30am
"Daily. ssDaily except Sunday.
The trip down the historic Potomac
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the markets of Washington and Nor.
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apply to D. ]. CALLAHAN, Agent,
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-02

A couple of returned globe troll
tiers told President Roosevelt that
they found In Egypt ten Thousand
camels named after him. Do the
camels or Roosevelt feel the worst
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26

most hatuleat drivel funny. if he KNOWS no"
to assume an air of intelligence aud rennehient
in his most vulgar moments, and H. apo|e '''
else. he has a good press agent, ne can gel II
more rapidlv and with a smaller investment o.
money. morality and brains than any captain oi
industry
In order TO succeed the jester To oefhoc'
mist retain all the ancient privileges oi n's
craft: he must be allowed TO say anything " .'n
out fear of punishment. be his words iles' o'aS
phemies indecencies scandals or cruei pei SUI"
aIties He may write plays picfuring us eni
novers in the most uncompimentarE tash'oh' ;
he NAV dash off novels with pornograpDc pen
and smuggie them into respectable homes Nv
NAV accept dinner invitations and ianpoon Dis
hostesses Everybody, TO be sure VIII oiedp
prove of all this. but nobody may interfere anu
many who despise will stay to Pa'ronl1e'
Doubtless many testers Of this modern type
teem the stuff they furnish to q hungry Pupiio
no more highly than the farmer values ,he
provender he pours into his pigs trough n"'
when one is playing the get-rich-quich salne .u'
law of supply and demand supersedes poth Tue
Decalopue and the Beatitudes linen, too' WY
should the lester be conscience stricken over Ii
upcJean occupation? Has not an eniishteheu
democracy declared all work equally nopie'
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26

sion I'm business had set in at once after the
laws were passed passenger traffic would nave
decreased sympatE atically. Should we theh
have been forced to conclude that the rate was
ruinous TO the railroads? Clearly we should
have had in each case only post noe VIZ
we had interpreted as propter hoe Pronaois
the results obtained from testing the ne" i""'
during two or three months of business eAPah
sion and also through about the same perlod VI
contraction. will be the fairest that can ne Oh
tained experimentally. 4 rate must he au"
ia both conditions and be remuneratiVe at i''''
on the average. 49,
This situation in regard to the Z-ceh' iaie
tests illustrates how unsatisfactory may De even
what Looks ike the fairest and most reaSonaple
WAY of finding out whether rate Ia" is c'i' ,
tiscatory or not-namely trying IL III
nrsaration The other or priori wa! Oh ueeiu
ing il bv judicial determination, WITHOUT pi 'e
tjcaI fest will always look to the iaymah d s"ou
daaI Ii,,a puesswork 1t is impossible uhoer 1,
.. aIlo,r for the increase of business thdt
usually follows reduced rates and even as "
actuaI values judicial opinion widely dlHerS-
In the Gas Trust case. for example 'he HIS
for in cbancery fixed the value OF the company
,,o,,.-+v Of about sS3.OO0.OO0. but the United
s+otos 5udpe cut these figures , S59ocOooo
reduction of more than % per cent AS ne aiSo
made q cut of similar proportions III the es.
mated cost of making gas. the rate which III his
o,ipiou would be remuneratfve WOULD pe HULL
,orer than that made possible 10y the master
decision. How shall such questions be set'leo
with reasonable certainty:
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
A PERSIAN MARVEL.

The Persian crisis is not past, but is probably
passing The Emperor is reluctant to yield to
Parliament. but he is. in fact. yielding Some
OF the people are reluctant to put faith in the
imperial promises, but there are strong indica-
tions that, voluntarily or involuntarily, those
promises will be-they will have to be fulfilled.
The autocracy will submit itself to the consti-
tuition, and in differences between the sovereign
and Parliament the latter will prevail. The
case is thus precisely the reverse Of that in
Russia, where the constitution remains sub
ject to the autocracy, and where in the last
analysis the personal will OF the sovereign is
supreme even TO the withdrawal or inodifica-
tion Of his irrevocable' pledges. There have
been rumors that the crisis at Teheran was
largely brought about through Russian infu-
ences They are scarcely to be credited. It may
be that the sympathy of the Russian autocracy
is with the Persian Emperor and against the
constitutional system, bu: we cannot believe
that it was actively exerted. Russia has trouble
enough at home without trying to create chaos
on her Central Asian borders
The spectacle presented at Teheran is one OF
The most extraordinary and surprising of our
times. Persia has long been supposed to be. and
down to year or two ago ii seemed 10 be- one
of the most automatically and despoticaly gov
erred lands in the world and one least 6t for
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
Tnder TO Advertisements.
AmusemenfS.

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aACKETT-s:3o-The witchinE Hour
-ls-NaUdeVile ,so
IFRAID sQUARE-2:i5-s-15-The Girl behino ''7
r;rPropRoME-2-s-The -Four Seasons and Winter o"I
ryT-DsoN- -s-2o-Fler Sister.
ENICKERBOCKER-s:lg-T TAX OF Ne" ''i'
ITTSFF9TY-s. -s.1s-FNullv of the Circus.
I,YC.EJJM-21s-s:3o-The Thief
Secret Orchard
MADISON SQUARE TTIEATRE-s:ls-Auh NlHis
NaJFSTIC-s:I5-The Top o tn World ,.a and
MANHATTAN OPERA EOUSE-s-lA NaVar'HiS" N'
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AMSTFRDAM-s:15T MsIIF Nt'
NEW MCIpc1F-s:fs-Payingt the Ponies
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saySoy-e:l5-s:Is-Th Man OF the Hour
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wArI,AC-K S-s:1s-A knight for Day
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
INSTRUCTIONS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

From The Kansas CITY Journal.
The late Sol Ailler's instructions county cor
respondents were characteristic. Here are a few
of them: Mich" cow. when speaking OF a milk
cow. can never get into these columns IL we are
about. and have our senses The person who so
writes II tncurs deadly ennity. Tho
ladies' and calls them 'mesdames'' would rob a
henroost, and hate him. We will nor
countenance a writer who in speaking of a mar
rted lady. and wishing to give her maiden name
also, says MIS- Brown. nee Jones. If any
writer. speaking of the bill of fare set up at any
meal calls 1t menu shall club him at sight
Any person who writes proposing to give
resume of certain events may well not
spoil his paper and waste his time, Ink and post
age. Those who wish 10 describe lance
or party will please take notice that Wee sma
hours. "Trip the light fantastic toe and .'AIl
went merry a marriage belT' are coTnpleteIy
worn out and indicate that the writer suff-
- -
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26

s;rous oe anvthino resembling representa-
+:o government Yet almost in day, without
ony violent catacIysm it leaps into 1or"dru
rank of constitutional states, with lloerai pop
uIar government and with the autocfatic sue
cessor of 4 hundred absolute autocfass iiohi
Kaiumers Chosroes voluntarily supii''ns s
himself TO the peoples will and it does so with
. much greater degree of apparent fitness for
the new regime and a higher promise OF sue
oess in If than some other lands which nave
heen supposed to be much more advanced lt Is
a marvel and it is about as near lnracie "'
ANYTHING in current political AFFAIRS
Explanations of il are varied ana uncertain
It may be that affairs are dominated ps d sd
ing oligarchy of men of real lght anu ieaoits
and of benevolent aspirations, ana 'h0' ''1e
masses of the people are quite ignorant anu III
efficient Or it may be that in the fersidh ld.e
as q whole here remains an unexpected ih'ef
lectual and moral vitality. which Is no" senc'
ally asserting itself. We know that the FER
slams were once among the. very foremost Id :
tions Of the earth, in the arts and sciences, IN
political and social organization, ana eVeh-ih
the Zoroastran period-in moral elevation 1ne
average of intelligence and efficiency must ha, :
heen high in a nation which produced F1rdusi'
q Sadi and an Omar. If for many years tna1
national character has been lying faliow, tnat -
no proof that 1t has been destroyed or that IL 10
not capable Of renewed productireness-
At any rate the spectacle of Persian renas-
cence is engaging and inspiring, and htteo TO
enlist the earnest sympathies of mankind. 1t
NAV not be without value in other quarters ol
the globe. as reminder that western hatioh'
are not. after ALL the whole world In our own
time we have seen one great Orentai natioh
awakened and brought far forward III cNiii'
zation and it may be that we shall see In per
cirr N
Asian continent was the theatre of the wortd $
,tiof acbiereuents and there is no proof that
tho Glory has irrevocably departed from IT.
Certainly 1t would be most unworthy OF any
Western power TO seek in any degree 10 halnpe'
or discourage the upward tendencies OF an ori-
entail people. 1t would be ungratefui and sorold
to grudge them ell that they can gam IL
would be weak and cowardly TO fear their
rivalry.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
ASTIC4L CIERING.

Many minister. and many thoughuui lay
man. too. will sympathize with what was said
on Sunday last by the Rev DR.. Aked about
improper financial methods in churches and
will be grateful that one man has had the cour-
age and the honor to speak out plainly against
what has long been an embarrassment and a
scandal 10 many churches. To what extent
precisely the same kind of mismanagement that
his church has been suffering from prevails
elsewhere it would be impossible to say. But
no intelligent observer will dispute for mo-
ment the statement that bad financiering, of
one type or another. is widespread among the
churches. Few if any denominations are free
from it, though some seem to suffer more than
others, and if is perhaps most prevalent IN
those churches which seem to be freest and
most popular in their management.
The shame of it is that SO many churches
practise methods in their own finances which
theoretically they condemn and which as a
matter of fact they severely criticise when
practised by men outside Of the church In the
business world. A church would severely repri-
mand an individual for incurring debts which
he had no assured prospect of being able to pay
Yet churches do that very thing. The teaching
of churches is that men should keep their ex
penses within thei- incomes and that they
should discharge their obligations fully and
promptly. Yet many churches, acting in their
corporate capacity, initiate their expenses far
beyond their incomes, trusting to adventurous
means to luck to make good the deficits, and
keep their creditors, even their own pastors
wearily waiting for settlement OF long overdue
bills.
1t ought to be automatic and obvious to the
simplest intelligence that for church to do
things collectively which it condemns In indi-
vduals is not only to stult1fy itself but also to
compromise and most seriously to imnatr its
moral authority. 1t Is idle to preach business
honesty and at the same time to practise that
which borders closely upon business dishonesty.
OF course, in another analysis. the acts of the
church are the acts of its officers and members
SO that we may also say that it is self-stultifi-
cation for those men as individuals TO be stick
Iers for honor and integrity in business rela-
tons while they conduct the business Of the
church in a slipshod way. Ecclesiastical fnan-
cering ought Of all In the world to he most
above suspicion or reproacb-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
A PULLING QUESTION.

The announcement that the Erie Railroads 9
income has recently fallen of SO much that the
company feels in1pelled to cut salaries, together
with the commonly understood fact that the
railroads of the country in general have SIM
iIarly suffered from decline in earnings sug-
gests an interesting question regarding an i'm
portant experiment that is now under way
What bearing will shrinkage of business have
upon the 2-cent fare law tests now being SO
generally conducted? These tests began almost
at the height Of the recent period of expansion
In the railroad business. and they continued for
two or three months before the sudden and
rapid decline set in. The first reports. while
there was some disagreement as to the interpre-
tation to be put upon them, were ON the whole
regarded as rather roseate. In general. SO far
the results have been made public. the oper-
alton of the reduced fare laws accompanied
by an increase IN passenger business. the re-
turns from which, il IS contended by state au-
thorties. have been greater than before the
reduction went into effect. The railroads were
moi prepared to admit the gain. but for all that
they We're not entirely successful in explaining
away what appeared the face of the returns
Now, if severe contraction in the railroad
business has set in it is Obvious that the reports
for the last quarter of the year will indicate a
failing of In business under the new laws and q
loss in returns therefrOm. What is the conclu-
sion? Is the o-cent fare a failure and con-
fscafor-, or is IL not? Obviously, il the earlier
figures are taken. oTe deduction may be the re-
suit ard il the later figures, then the opposite
conclusion. II an uninterrupted expansion Of
the counry's general business had kept up from
the time when the laws were adopted the pas
sengsr returns world probably have shown a
corresponding gain. Should we then have been
permitted to conclude that the cut In fares had
stimulated traffic and had been q real boon to
the railroads.? II. on the other hand, q recess