The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-05
Fleet Fires National Salute.


 Norfolk, Va, July 4.-With the largest attendance since the opening day. the fir Ing or the national salute by American and foreign warships in Hampton Roads. the parade of 5000 national guards from New York, Kentucky, West Virginia and South Carolina and addresses of political significance by Gov. Charles E. Hughes and President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton university. and the reunion or the descendants of the signers of the declaration of independence, independence day was celebrated today at the James town exposition.
 Governor Hughes was the central figure and was given enthusiastic welcome His tribute to President Roosevelt brought forth demonstration but the blows h.. struck at political machines and his con- fidence expressed in the supremacy of the people gave the signals for even greater demonstrations.
 Governor Hughes of New York and Woodrow Wilson. president of Princeton university, were the orators of the day at the joint Independence Day celebration anu first annual reunion of the lineal de- Ecendants of the sgners of the Declara- tloa or Independence at the Jamestown exposition today. the descendants re- union being held under the auspices Of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial asso- citation, of which Former Secretary If the Navy Hilary A. Herbert is the act ing pro sident.
 A military parade revived by Governor i'ushes ana others preceded the formal exercies of the day.
 Former Governor Roberts of Connecti- cut vice president of the Jefferson Me. morial association, presided and spoke briefly.
 President Tucker of the exposition com pany delivered an address of welcome and the Declaration of Independence was read Rollins N A a great-great-g -grea grandson of Thomas Jefferson.
 Individual accountability for the aets of corporations, the arrest and irnprison- ment of corporation heads instead of the finding of dissolution of corporations themselves is the remedy for the monopo- llstic tendencies and the unla wful prac- tloe of modern industries. were urged by President Wilson in his address
 Responsible Man in Jail.
 One really responsible man in iail, he said. "one real originator Of tha schemes and transactions which are con- trary to the public interest legally lodged Tn the penitentiary, would be worth more than a thousand corporations mulched m fines, 1T the reform is to be genuine and permanent"
 What this country needs MT. Wilson set forth, is not government ownership of railroads, etc. but laws that will attack and punish presidents and general man agers of railroads for evasions and viola tions of the statutes. Stock manipulations he calls sheer thefts," and says they should be punished as such.
 Somebody in particular" the educator stated, lis responsible for ordering or sanctoning of every Illegal act committed by its agents officers. but neither our law of personal damage or our criminal law has sought to seek the responsible persons out and hold them accountable for the acts complained of. We have never attempted such statutes.''
 Such acts could be passed, and should be, if we are to better our industrial condition" MT. Wilson believed Unless something of this nature is done and done quickly he feared socialism will result
 "It is only in this way" he said. that we can escape socialism. Unless we ca1 single out the individual agitation and make him once more the subject and ob- Ject of law we shall have to travel stin further upon the road of government regulation which We have already trav- eled so far. and that road leads to state ownership"