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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-03

judges but by legislators, not only by
those who interpret and decide the
law, but by those who make ii and
who administer or execute il. He
quoted from the late Justice Miller of
the Supreme Court, to show that even
In the Interpretation of the constitu-
ton by this, the highest authority of
the land, the courts successive de-
lcisions must be tested by the way they
work in actual application TO the ma
tional life; the court adding to its
thought and study the results of eX-
perience ind observation until the
true solution Is evolved by n process
both of inclusion and exclusion.
Constitution Unchanged, But
THE constitution is unchanged and
Interchangeable save by amendment in
due form. But the conditions to which
it is TO be applied have undergone n
change which is almost transforma.
ton, with the result that many sub
jects formerly under the control of
the states have come under the con-
troll OF the nation. AS one. OF the JUS
tees of the Supreme Court has re-
GENTLY said: The growth of national
Ipowers, under our constitution. which
marks merely the outlines and desig-
mates only the great objects of ma
tional concern is to be compared to
the growth of n country not by the
geographical enlargement of its boun-
daries, but by the increase of its
population A hundred years ago
there was, except the commerce which
crawled along our seacoast or up and
down our interior waterways, practi-
r. ll,r nf n
by the railroads, the mails, the tele-
graph, and the telephone an immense
part of our commerce is interstate.
Under Control of Nation.
"By the transformation it has es-
lcaped from the power OF the state and
|come Under the power of the nation.
Therefore there has been n great prac-
teal change in the exercise of the ma
tional power, under the acts of Con-
gress, over interstate commerce.; while
on the other hand there has been no
noticeable cnange In the exercise of
the national power TO regulate com
merce with foreign nations and with
the Indian tribes The change as
regards interstate commerce has been,
not in the constitution, but in the
business of the people to which it is
to be applied. Our economic and so
lcial future depends in very large
part upon how the interstate commerce
power of the nation is interpreted.
II believe that the nation has the
whole governmental power over inter.
| state commerce and the widest dis.
lcretion in dealing with the subject
lof course under the express limits
prescribed in the constitution for the
iexercise OF all powers, such for In.
stance as the condition that due pro-
cess of law, shall not be denied.
No Direct Power.
The nation has no direct power over
purely interstate commerce, even
where 1t is conducted by the same
agencies which conduct interstate
commerce. The courts must deter.
mine what Is national and what is
state commerce. The same reasoning
which sustained the power of Congress
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-03
A National Improvement.


This Is properly n national move
ment, because all interstateidan for
eign commerce. and the improvements
and methods of carrying it on are
subjects for national action. More
over, while af course the matter OF
the Improvement OF the Mississippi
fiyer and its tributaries is one which
especially concerns the great middle
portion of our country, the region be-
tween the Alleghenies and the Rockies,
yet it is OF concern to the rest ofthe
country also for it can not too often
be said that whatever is really bene-
fetal TO one part of our country is
ultimately of benefit to the whole. Ex-
actly as it is II good thing for the
Interior of our country that the sea
...Ar- - {! = iss acific
and the Gulf should be snfe' and com
modious, so 1t is to the interest of the
dwellers OIL. the coast that the interior
should possess ample facilities for the
transportation of its products.
Our interests are all closely inter
woven, and in the long run it will be
found that we go up or down together.
Take for instance the Panama
Canal. If the M ssssippi is restored
to It's former place Iof Importance as
IL highway III CONlilleTce, tuen lHc
building of the Panama Canal will be
felt as an immediate advantage to
the business of every city and country
district in the Mississippi Valley. /
think that the building of that canal
Will be of especial advantage to the
states that lie along the Pacific and
the states that lie along the Gulf; and
yet, after all, feel that the advantage
will be shared in an only less degree
by the states of the interior and of the
Atlantic coast. In other words. it s
n thoroughly national work, under
taken for and redounding to the adj
vantage of the nation as n whole.
Work on Panama Canal.
Therefore am glad to be able to
report to you how we'll we are doing
with the canal
III We are able, to keep up sahstan-
tially the rate OF progress that now
obtains we shall finish the actual
digging within FIVE or six years (;
though when we come to the great
Gatun dam and locks, while there is
no question as to the work 1beingsf eas-
ible, there are several elements enter.
into the time problem which make II
unwise at present to hazard pro
phecy in reference thereto.
Nov. gentlemen. this zlesds,smes IN
to another matter of national consider
alton, and that is our nayy..-The- navy
is not primarily of Importance only to
the coast regions. 1t Is everysbit ms
much the concern of the farmers who
dwells a thousand miles @from sea
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-03

Your husband knows great deal
about the horses?"
Yes" answered young Mrs. Tor
kins. "IIe knows all about what they
have done and what they ought to do.
But he can't find out what they are
going to do."--Washington Star.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-03
Tho Deadheads.

what started the riot at the per-
formance of Hamlet last nightf"
Ham held the skull and said, Alas,
poor Yorlck, you nre not the only dead
head In the house," : Pearson's
Weekly
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-03
Came Nnnr II.

wit and humor are such elemental,
fundamental things that it has al.
ways been found difficult to analyzo
them. Upon some points. however,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-03

1T is said, Doctor, that you treated
your landlord for liver trouble and he
died of stomach troubled
Infamous SANDER! When 1 treat
patient for liver trouble. he dies of
that! Understands iliegendc Blae-
ter.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-03

water as of the fisherman who makes
his living on the ocean. for il is tile
concern of every good American who
knows WANT the meaning of the word
patriotism is. This country Is definite.
ly committed to certain fundamental
nolicies-to the Monroe doctrine, for
intance. and, to the duty not only OF
building, but. when ii is built. of polio
ing and defending the Panama Canal.
We have definitely taken our place
among the great world powers, and
it would be n sign of ignoble weak
ness, having taken such place, to
shirk its responsibilities.
tN Must Have Great Navy.
Theresore. unless we are willing to
abandon this place, to abandon our in
sistence upon the Monroe doctrine, to
give up the Panama canal. and to be
content to acknowledge ourselves a
weak and timid nation, we must steadi-
ly build up and maintain great fight
ing navy. Our navy is already so
efficient as to be matter of just
pride TO every American. So long as
our navy is no larger than at present,
1t must be considered as an elementary
principle that the bulk of our battle
fleet must always be kept together
when the Panama canal is built,
1t can be transferred without difficulty
from one part of our coast to the
other. but even before that canal is
built it ought to be thus transferred
to and fro from time to time. In n
few months our fleet of great armored
ships starts for the Pacific. California.
Oregon and Washington have a coast
line just rs emphatically as the coast
line of New York and Maine. of Loui-
siana and Texas. Our feet is going
to its own home waters in the Pacific.
and after a stay there 1t will return
to its own home waters in the Atlantic.
The best place for naval officer to
learn his duties is at sea. by perform
ing them, and only by actually putting
through n voyage of this nature, n
voyage longer than any ever before
undertaken by as large q fleet of any
nation. can we find out just exactly
what Is necessary for us to know as
to our naval needs and practice our
officers and enlisted men in the high
est duties Of their profession.
Debt to Officers and Men.
Among all our citizens there is
no body of men of equal size to whom
we owe quite as much as to the cffi-
GERS and enlisted men of the army
and navy of the United States, and
heartiest support in the name of our
nation and of our flag, for the services
to which these men belong.
After Corporations Again.
"In conclusion wish TO say word
to this body, containing as it does so
many business men, upon what is pre-
eminently business proposition, and
that is the proper national supervision
and control of corporations. At the
meeting of the American Bar Associa
ton In this last August. Judge Charles
f. Amidon, of North Dakato. read q
paper on the nation and the constitu
tion so admirably that it is deserving
iof.very wide study; for what he said
was. as all studies of law in its high
est form ought to be. contribution
tos Constructive jurisprudence AS II
should be understood not only by
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-03
SAYS WE
MUST HAVE GREAT NAVY
Continued from Page one).

eral government This is especially
true of all that concerns our running
waters
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-03

books of the nation, II will be exercis.
led in ever increasing measure by the
several states. The same considera-
tons which made the founders of the
constitution deem 1t imperative that
the nation shall have complete control
OF Interstate commerce apply with pc
culinr force TO the control OF inter
state railroads ut the present day;
and the arguments Of Madison OF
Virginia. Pinclmey of South Carolina,
and Hamilton and Jay of New YORK.
In their essence apply now rs they ap-
piled one hundred and twenty years
ago.
The national convention which
framed the constitution, and in which
almost all the most eminent of the
first generation of American states
men sat. embodied the theory of the
instrument in Il resolution, TO the eff
iect that the National government
should have power in cases where tho
separate states were incompetent to
act with full efficiency, and where the
harmony of the United States would
he interrupted by the exercise of such
individual Legislation. The interstate
railroad situation is exactly case in
point. There will, OF course, be local
matters affecting railroads which can
be dealt with by local authority but
as national commercial agents the big
railroad ought TO be completely sub
ject TO national authority.
National Control for Corporations.
Personally | firmly believe that
there should be national Legislation to
control al industria corporations doing
an interstate business, including the
control of the output of their securi-
ties, but as TO these the necessity for
mediate than is the case with the rail
federal control Is less urgent and i'm
roads. Many of the abuses connected
with these corporations will probably
Itend to disappear now that the gov
iernment-thc public-is gradually get
ting the upper hand as regards putting
n stop to rebates and special privileges
which some of these corporations have
enjoyed at the hands of constitutional
power.
Not Capitalization.
"My plea is not to bring about n
condition of Capitalization. Ii Is that
the government shall recognize a con.
dltion of Capitalization in u field
where it already exists. When the
national banking law was passed it
represented i'll reality not centralza-
ton. but recognition of the fact that
the country had so far advanced that
the currency was already n matter of
national concern and must be dealt
with by the central authority at
Washington.
( All | ask Is that the national gov
eminent look this fact in the face,
accept it as n fact. and fit itself ac-
cordingly for policy of supervision
and control over this centralized COM
merce and industry"
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to incorporate the United States Bank
tends TO sustain the power to incor-
poratc an interstate railroad or any
other corporation conducting an inter
state business.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-04
WALTER F. BAKERS WILL.
Mrs. Hurd to Receive $10,0C0-Third Of Es-
tate for Her Daughter.
TBy Telegraph to Tho Tribune. ]

Roston Dec 3-Another suggestion or the inti-
mate friendship existing between Walter r. BAKER
apd Mr. and Mrs Frank Eurd. Of Bogota. N j..
Ia found in the second bequest contained IN lhe "I
which reads: "To my friend. Helen Bray huru' Oh
Bogota, N J. $4,000, with the request that IL Do
used in accordance with letter 1 Will leave ror
her"
If Mr. Baker left a letter the fact Is not known
IN this citv where the will filed for probate
II is dated February Z. 1907, and the witnesses are
Mrs Natalie Bray Young, sister OF Mrs huIu anu
Mrs Mary Maud Mum One of Walter BAKER 8
friends here expressed the opinion that MI Baker
deferred writing this letter to Mrs Hurd untl TOO
late and that II does not exist
Edward F. Baker the testator's brother receives
& ooO and the remainder of the estate is divided
into three parts one of which is divided between
Mr. Rakers nephews. The second part goes 10
Harvard University. and the third Is left TO Ma
tbaIie Hurd the infant daughter OF Frank H. Huras
George r. BIinn. OF this city, is appointed special
o5,ipistrator pending the decision in the contest.
which will be made by Edward r Baker The total
,aIue of the estate is EGN understood 10 be about
s950 600 Edward F. Bakers fight will be made
on the ground of undue influence
New-York tribune., 1907-12-04
MRS. BRADLEY FREED.
Jury Acquits Her on Charge OF
Murdering Ex-senator BrOUn.

Washington. Dec. 3-The jury In the case of
of ex-senator Arthur NJ. Brown. of Utah. in
hotel in this city December s, 1906. returned
a verdict of not guilty this morning. after de-
liberating since Ar o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Mrs Bradley was Immediately discharged from
custody
The jury took its first ballot twenty five min
utes after entering the jury room. The vote was
nine for acquittal and three for manslaughter.
Arguments followed. and hour later two of
the three joined those for acquittal- The lone
juror, Julius H. Prigg. who stood out for man
slaughter, finally yielded at 1:2O o'clock this
morning, when the final ballot was taken
When the jury filed into the courtroom at 10
o'clock this morning Justice Stafford warned
the spectators to avoid any demonstration After
the verdict had been announced by James L.
Feeney, the foreman of the jury, not a word
could be heard for a moment In the tenseness of
the excitement. Then the suspense was over
and a murmuring Thank God!" from group
of women on the front bench was the signal for
a demonstration.
Mrs. Bradley Immediately surrounded by
scores of men and women rendering their con-
gratulations. She then returned to her cell for
the last time and received a few visitors. She
dict. Then she rode away in automobile to
the home of some of her friends. She will leave
here soon to join her sister in Goldfeld. New.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-04
ARCHITECTURE PRIZES AWARDED.
uoyd Warren Announces Winners in Pupin
Competition.

Lloyd Warren. president Of the Society Of Beaux
Arts Architects, announced yesterday the names
Of the winners of the Pupin prize competition Two
prizes of $50 and s5. respectively, We're offered by
Professor Pupin. of Columbia University for the
best designs for the ornamental treatment Of
scientific appiance-in this instance, an automobile
The first prize was awarded to George r Klink-
hardt and the second TO F. H Barry Both men
are members Of the atelier OF Henry Hornbostel.
No N2 East 42d street
Regarding the competitions Instituted by the So
cIetv in many cities, Mr.. Warren said: There are
twenty-four centres in various cities outside OF
New York where architectural clubs or schools Of
architecture in universities or associations OF stu
dents take part in these competitions.
The idea is that If III any city whatsoever there
arises n man of sufficient artistic force to gather
around him a group of men who desire TO Work
under him this artistic influence may be able 10
find expression. The object Of the society is not
at all TO force the architectural tendency OF the
country into the line of taste OF study expressed
nv the work of the Eccie des Beaux Arts. in Paris
1t is rather principle which we have derived fron
The Paris school. We have received about twelve
hundred finished drawings from students In diner
ent Cities
New-York tribune., 1907-12-04
PENNSYLVANIA TELEPHONE MERGER.
Bell Company Absorbs Two Rivals and
Doubles Capital Stock

Philadelphia. Dec. Sat special meeting OF
the Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia TO-
dav it was decided to purchase the Pennsyl-
vania Telephone Company and the Delaware
and Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone Company
of PENNSYLVANIA 1t was also decided TO in
crease the capital stock of the Bell company
from S30.oOO.OOO to $6O,OO0.0oO. of which sufa-
cient amount will be issued necessary Tor the
exchange of stock of the two companies ac-
o,ired. The meeting also voted in favor OF
changing the corporate title of the company to
,,o Re1I Telephone Company Of Pennsylvania
The board of directors was increased from
twelve to fifteen. and the par value of the STOCK
was increased from $50 to 500. The following
new directors were elected:
Addison Candor, Williamsport, Penn; hchdru
O'Brien. Scranton. Penn; Allen H Perley, WALL
iarosnort Penn; c. ]. Bell, Washington. ana
n Schellenberger, Harrisburg, Penn.
L. n. Bethel was reelected president and
F. II. Bethel vice-presdent.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-04
LOST JEWELS ON TRAIN.
Wife of French Official Kisses Gems
VaIued at $4,000.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 3--Jewelry valued al
$4,000 disappeared from handbag belonging
to the wife of DR. Edward Fribourg, of Paris
who with her husband. was on the way 10
North Carolina in Richmond, Fredericksburg
& Potomac Railroad train. from Jersey CITY,
last night. The robbery was discovered wheh
the passengers awoke in the Pullman sleeper
this morning while the train was between
Fredericksburg and Richmond. The bag had
been opened and reIocked after the abstraction
of the jewelry.
Dr. Fribourg is a chemical expert in the ser
vice of the French government, and was in
company with Malcolm Mckenzie. of No loo
William street, New York, who had engaged
hirri to make certain turpentine analyses Ihe
servants on the Pullman are under detention
and the passengers were searched, but no clew
has eeen found
Nine. Fribourg displayed her jewelry the
other night while dining at a hotel IN Me-"
York and the theory of the police IS that the
couple were followed by New York criminals
who, after committing the robbery left the train
New-York tribune., 1907-12-04
SHOULD ASHOK4N BREAK.
Stearus Shoes Imperative Need of
THOROUGH Work an Dam.

Frederick P. Stearns consulting engineer the
Board of Water Supply. said yesterday In the
hearing before the Commissioners of Accounts
with reference to the Ashokan dam contract that
the need OF thorough work there was imperative.
Should there ever be break there said Mr..
Stearns. 'the disaster would be worse than that at
JohnstOwn: and what might be STILL New
York might be left without water. That is the
that the specifications drawn with
much care and attention detail That is the
reason that 1t proposed to build the embauk-
ment in four-inch layers Economy should be ex-
ercised in such case, IL possible but not if its
exercise should in any way endanger the perma-
nency of the work.
why did you believe that the work should be
undertaken with so much speed?"
because if the Croton reservoir should be
empted by a season of drouth. which is quite pos
sbe under prevailing conditions, there is likely TO
be disaster in this city greater than that at San
Francisco"
Mr. stearns corrected his testimony of Monday
that excavation for the Sudbury dam had cost "a
cents cubic yard. the equivalent IN an eight-hour
day being SO cents. He said the price paid was "a
cents an equivalent of 81 cents at the prevailing
rate.
In speaking of the Fells reservoir. near Boston,
Mr. Stearns said that In 1898 the price bid for ex-
cavation and disposal OF material was 10 cents a
cubic yard with 13h cents an hour as the prevail
ing rate of wage. This makes the price 2s cents at
the present standard. The first contractor failed.
and the contract was relet at 81 cents equiv
alert of rs cents cubic yard. This second con-
tractor processes TO be losing money on the work
How does that compare with the Ashokan
work.
THE material was somewhat harder"
Chief Engineer Smith of the Board Of Water
Supply said that he had added 100000 to his first
estimate of S2750o0o of the cost OF the work at
Ashokan.
Commissioner Gaynor after adjournment said
the inquiry would not end to-day, Commits
sioner Mitchell and he had decided to put the
stand every person suggested witness by the
commissioners belonging to the water board.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-04
SIY-DAY RACE RULES.
Riders Mast Wear COlOrs and Take
consequences of a Fall

The rules Ger the six-day bicycle race which
starts at Madison Square Garden on Sunday
at midnight have seen issued by the National
Cycling Association They have been formed 20
prevent repetition Gf last years trouble, when 1t
was claimed by several contestants and their sup
the legitimate gaining Of 2 lap Whether these
charges we're true not there VIII be no danger
OF such an occurrence this year. If a rider drops
behind h.s field and IS outrG1en by the other con-
testauts and, seeing he cannot keep uD with the
other riders takes tumble, he VIII have 70 suffer
the consequences
This rule viii be rigidly enforced. and the board
Of referees Of the National Cycling Association has
appointed patrol judges. that the entire track
will be under constant supervision.
Another new rule and good one which viii be
rlIt into effect regards the wearing Of colors Each
team in the race viii have distinctive colOrs which
they will be forced at all times. This viii
prevent the confusion OF riders often caused by
their changing their coloTs when they retire for
rest
The Bedell brothers, one of the strongest teams
of sx-day riders in this country, signed yesterday
20 take part in the contest They are training on
The Jersey roads.
rver Lawson. the crack spTinter and his team
nate Urban Mcdonald. arrived in the city yesteT-
sav from Salt Lake. This viii be Lawsons first
arpearance in six-day contest, but he is confident
OF being able go through the race
Bobby waIthour who is TO race Louis DarTagon
CT Saturday night in ten-rnile motor paced event
for the worlds championship seems TO have been
caught mapping by the Frenchnaan- When wal
4rolIr arrived here from abroad he took his ma
chimes and motors to Jersey. and has been
training on the road DarragOn, however, knowing
that the saucer track Boston was almost idenu-
aI with the one in the Garden, slipped up TO BoS-
ton. and has been practising day and night behind
ffc r7,o-p