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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

of II carload Of potatoes or of ap
pics or bricks-thcrc. are seconds
and refuse" that have to be sorted
out from the better grade, although
they did not disclose impcrfectlons
at the time OF the shipment.
That conclsely puts the case in n
nut shell. II Is true that large num-
Der of immigrants from the countries
OF Europe easily become viciously
disposed after getting here and rap.
idly develop into criminals. The
cause is found In their Ignorance
their lack OF moral training. their
failure to understand and appreciate
after long experience OF restrictive
harrassing and oppressive laws and
practice-tho meaning of personal
liberty, and their inability TO resist
the temptations Of their newly found
freedom and their unaccustomcd en-
vironment.
Deplorable MS the fact is, 1t is not
TO be wondered that these immigrants
do Dacomo criminals. Some OF tho
mon and women come here have
been In the habit of making in their
pold home ten or fifteen cents II day
and receive most OF their pay In sup.
plies from company stores. The
great majority of them never had ten
dollars in their lives until some for
tunatc relatives. who had come to this
country. sent them the money for
steamship passage. Let thousand
OF them he turned losc In any city
or community and Mt tho end OF the
first weeks work find themselves
possessed of nine or len dollars
apiece In cash-could wild horses re-
strain n considerable portion OF them
from rushing into those excesses
which stimulate crime? They have
served no apprenticeship to prospect,
ty and the result is that they cannot
stand" It.
The attraction that draws tho vast
army OF men to this country from all
over the world is the high wages that
prevail here. but when the country
has been filled with millions OF these
foreigners conditions nrc sure to
change. II VIII Cause tho immigrants
to leave the ovcrcrowded cities and
seek positions In smaller towns and
In tho country. This will mean tho
lcsscning of the number OF the Grim.
innl immigrants. They will be moro
likely to improve morally in the coun
try than In great city. The same
evil influences Will not surround them
and tho undesirable citizen VIII
grow smaller In number.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22
THE COMING OF THE uNpERsiR.
ABLE CITIZENS,

Commissioner General Sargent of
the immigration Bureau SAYS that
the criminal immigrants which are
coming to this country are not the
output OF any particular country or
locality, nor are they the emisaries of
secret societies in Europe dispatched
here for evil purposes. 1t is because,
ne Gays. In our bounding Industrial
and commercial prosperity we must
have labor In increasing volume that
we are Compelled to put up with a
certain percentage of bad timber"
What states the case more
coarsely, is about what happens on
the receipt by the commission
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22
THE "NEw FgpERALlsM.r

AT the jamestown Exposition In
this year OF grace 1907 Constitution
Day was marked by some very i'm.
portant and significant utteranccs by
American eminontly qualified to sneak
ON our fundamental law. referring
10 the proposal of the Roosevelt adj.
ministration that the Federal govern.
ment proceed TO make n physical val.
uation OF railroad properties. that the
empioyers-liabillty net should lie
made n more farreaching and thor
ough law" that the national govern
ment should alone deal with questions
affecting the public health and so on,
former Judge Alton b. PARKER OF thi.;
state declared that, In his opinion. 1t
has never occurred to any student of
the Constitution OF the United States
mat these powers. which have been
exercised by the States MS within
their right. by consent OF every dc
partment OF the Federal government
for more than a century, are after
all within the spirit and purpose OF
the commerce clause Federal pow
ers"
OF course not. That Is only Judge
Parker's way OF saying that Theodore
Roosevelt is not "a student OF the
Constitution" Nor is he. Whatever
he himself assumes to be right-"a
good thing'-he forthwith proposes to
have done without the slightest re.
gard for the restrictions and the lin.
itations OF the fundamental law. II
this were not so, could he have gone
on record at Harrisburg In this wise?
I'VE need through executive ac-
ton, through Legislative and through
Judicial Interpretation and construc-
ton of law to increase the power of
the Federal government II we fai,
thus TO increase 1t, we show our i'm.
potence."
No intimation here OF amending the
Constitution through the channels
that 1t providos But plain. hold,
nndisguiscd invitation to the Federal
government to so out and us,irp the
authority allcecdiy nccdcd-to steal
the peoples rights and those OF the
Statesi III view OF which no more
timely suggestion has been projected
In recent months than this by Judge
Parker:
IF there were no immediate dan.
ger Of an effective seizure OF powers.
we should to protect tho future meet
the assault of the New Federalists
with an equal vlgor. They are stead.
lily at work teaching and preaching
the doctrines of their sect So those
opposed to their views should sacri-
flee any party feeling and interest
and enter the lists as open champions
o. our constitutional system In It's
integrity. The time to do II is now.
Some other year-aye. even next year
may he too late"
Is there enough conservative senti.
ment IN the country on preserving
the integrity OF the Constitution to
move men TO cast away party ties
and follow leader who would steer
the nation safe and clear of the rocks
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22
Entered at me Newport Rows, Va,
Postoffice 40 Beoond-class matter.
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 90. 1907
THIS MAN is A CONFIRMED Az.
TOMANlAC.

Tho most striking nutomnniac that
has yet been produced is Elliot +.
Shepherd OF New York, son OF the
lnto-> Colonel Shepherd who during
the lator, years OF his life became
known as tho publisher OF tho old
New York Mail and Express, II paper
he avs enabled to purchase because
of his marriage into the Vanderbilt
family. Young Shepherd two years
ago killed child In Paris with hin
automolaloE nd last year he crushed
to- ;f0ath man In this country. For
the first killing hG' passed term In
prison These accidents would no
doubt have unncrved man OF nor
mai mind and prevented him from
ever again running motor ut all
much less to run Il mt break neck
speed. But II seems there Ia fas'
cination about these devil wagons
that make their owners callous to
human life, Including tholr own. In
spite OF the experience In killing two
people while running at the highest
possible speed young Shepherd Is
still under the spell OF the socalled
sport, for In an auto race in Italy
the other day he came within nm acc
of losing his own life. which. how
ever. would not have been an In.
sufferable loss to society generally
because as long rs he remains alive
the chance OF his killing n half doz-
en- people are excellent. In this ac-
cident he was hurled down an en-.
bankmont, and unfortunately broke
his collar bone, instead OF his neck.
1t Is encouraging to note, however,
that society ia beginning to realize
that 1t cannot permit these automa-
MACS to roam at large on tho pub.
lie highways. In defense OF the
speed cranks, and very poor de.
Tense 1t is. the statement is nut forth
that the automobile is n necessity OF
modern life. This is quito true bu.
the same thing can be said OF dyna.
mite the handling of which, except
under certain restrictions is prohib-
Tied by law with the result that this
highly dangerous explosive ia today
iess menace to society than the au.
tomobile. which claims It's victims by
the hundreds every year. In many
communities laws have been passed
providing that II fine for motorists
who exceed the speed limit. but tho
lines imposed have failed to remedy.
the evil and 1t Is evident that more
drastic laws are necessary to pro.
tcct the public against the terror OF
the highways. In New York state
steps are being taken to make acct.
dents punishable by Imprisonment In
jails and there is no doubt but that
y would take but few sentences to
cure the evil.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

been negotiating for farm in the
nclghborhood of the city ON which to
establish poor house. The committee
should finish It's work and make Il re-
port to the council so that definite
action can be taken ut once.
This Is n subject concerning which
the public generally knows little, but
1t Is nevertheless an important mat
ter and the council cannot afford to
allow the present conditions to CON
tinuc to exist. ,....lh
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22
AN ALmsHousE BADLY NEEDED

IL there is one thing that Newport
News needs more than a hospital in
which emergency rauper patients
can be cared for. 1t is an aims
house. For years the city maintained
an almshouse in Warwick county so
less and now even that has been
less and now even that has been
abandoned
TO the police station or the Jail sick
or helpless paupers have to go, al
though they are not wantpd and can
not be properly handled at either place
For long time the almshouse and
poor committee of the council has
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22
WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
@ip..lltstA.- :.

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Anyone would sidestep responsible
ty for an Indiana cocktail.-Ncw York
Mail
You can't make a girl mad by cali
Ing her tickle If you add that she is
falr.-Chicago Record Herald.
Who cares as long rs the Type
writer Trust doesn't monoplize the
@pewrltists! Telegram.
Yet few days an the trusting
freshman will have last years COM
mencement GRAFTON Jared out OF him.
Cleveland Plaain Dealer.
Many people who would not take
lletty Green's advice as TO financial,
policies would be glad to follow icr
example.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Father is figuring that his summer
daughter cost him about so frcckic.
But. bless her, she's worth every cent
of it|and then Minneapolis
Journal.
Sir James Crichton.B Browne has SAID
that what ails England is that the
people do not cat enough. His remedy
Is ut least pleasant to takc.-New
York World.
There is ono consolation tho base
ball fans all havc--f their favorl,c
club didn't win this year ii is going to
win next year.-Philadclphia Press.
Senator Nathan II. Scott is Tor
Roosevelt, Fairbanks Cannon. Shaw
and Taft for President. Mr. John
Temple Graves should look to his
Observation-Disclosures lIcralu.
There may lie some significance in
the fact that rs the use of electric
lights became more common. the prof
Its OF the Standard Oil Company in
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
II the ocean rate keeps up. crossing
tho Atlantic will soon he cheaper than
staying Mt homc.-New York Tribune.
Oklahoma comes In, regardless.
New York Mail.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

sportsman of Richmond returns
home with a frightful story about Il
race for life from mosquitoes which at
tackled him near Dutch Gap when he
was hunting squirrels. He should
have carried one of the various
"skcctcr scatterers" In addition to the
liquids for internal application.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

Tom Johnson was not inclined to
take denomination for mayor or
Cleveland, but when Roosevelt went
ont OF his way to have Burton NOM
mated the mayor Of Cleveland's fight
Ing spirit arose and he is going to
show Teddy that there is one city In
the United States that he cannot run.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

The King Siam celebrates his
birthoHs - treating his subjects to
cha pagne. John d. is about tho only
man In position to pull off such u
stunt In this country.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

The movement for an eight hour day
for the housewife has been put a,
The shelf Til the fall house !. sanlng
has been performed.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

Carnegie is again making his annual
complaint that his taxes are too high.
There are plenty of people who would
not kick II they had the same reason
for paying them.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

Did anyone notice that Messrs
Jones and Cox were the only council
mon mentioned in the outof-town &c
counts of Friday nights meeting?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

The straw hat season may be
ended up New York way. but we re-
fuse to discard ours with the mer.
curry hanging around where It docs
these DAYS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

Somebody seems to he worrying
about Governor Swanson's plans for
the future. The Governor has bcen In
the game too long to be talking before
the proper time comes.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

Richmond had Il launching yestcr.
day. A twcnty-ono foot launch was
put overheard and. according to one
OF the capital city papers is now float.
ing on an even keel, like n white
swan"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

Up In Richmond there seems 10 be
a question MS to whether or not n
local option campaign has been
launched.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

The beauty and charm Of the face
is in the eyes. and the selection OF
Eyeglasses intimately suited to tho
nose should be made before any 9TH
er feature OF personal ndornmcnt can
be considered.
The $50 EASY" Eyeglasses Is the
embodiment of style and beauty. They
are made In large variety of meas.
urements TO conform with the con-
tour of the nose, resulting in a per-
feet fit in each individual cnse.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

Anyone would sidestcp responsible
~ for an Indiana cocktail.-Ncw York
Mail.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

You can't make a girl mad by cal
Ing her tickle If you add that she
falr.-Chicago Rccord-lIerald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

Who cares as long rs the Type
writer Trust doesn't monoplize thk
@pewrltists. youngstown Telegram
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Editorial Rooms. Bell Phone No. IA
Business Office. Bell Phone No. 181
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

Yet n few days an the trusting
freshman will have last years com
Grafton Jared out OF him.
Cleveland Plaain Dealer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

Many people who would not take
Hetty Green's advice as 10 financial;
policies would be glad to follow her
eXample.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-22

Father is figuring that his summer
daughter cost him about so n frcckic
But. bless her. she's worth every cen
of it-and then somc.-M Minneapolis
Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-15
AMAZED BY
CHILD'S RECOVERY
Are Physicians Who Grated Over 500
Pieces of New Skin to Her
Scorched Body.

PITTSBURG, Penn, March L
Surgeons at the Presbyterian Hospl-
tai announced this evening that lola
Mckenzie. the six-year-old daughter
of George Mckenzie, who was ourn-
cd over more than one-third OF her
body when her clothing caught nre
at an open crate several weeks ago.
would recover. When one-third OF
person's body is burned the surgeons
ALWAYS say they cannot recover, SO
that little Miss McKenzie's case is
a most remarkable one
The surgeons say that skin grating
is responsible for her recovery. Four
nersous contributed 300 pieces OF cut
icle from their own bodies, which were
grated to the burned surface OF the
child's body. The persons VINO con-
tributed this cuticle were Miss Annie
B. Martin, the little girls schooi-
teacher, her father, his brother, Noo-
ert Mckenzie, and one OF the sur
geons at the hospital. who took great
fancy to the little girl when she was
first brought to the hospital and who
had charge Of her case. Eighty pieces
OF cuticle were taken from the bodies
Of each of the four volunteers.
The child stood the operations wen
and strong constitution helped her
recover. Physicians say that in three
weeks she will be fully recovered.
They consider II one of the most re-
markable cases on record.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-15
DIPLOMATS IN
PETTICOATS
(Home Magazine.)


The hand which in poesy is suppos-
ed to be rocking the cradle mas III
times past been given to rocking pig
ger things. Feminine hands nave
touched the wheel of the national cra1t
and caused it to veer for the moment
while pilot and crew find their usetul-
ness and capacity for skilltul manage
mont seriously brought in question.
History repeats itself in every way
and woman's influence in statecraII
is a force with which potentates and
Princes are familiar, and in our re-
public its power, singly and collective
has been history-making.
Over in Great Britain Bernard Shaw
has sounded an alarm on the growing
power of women in politics, which is
nothing more or less than statecra1t'
while within the last few months the
air in Washington has been electric
with evidence of her power.
The old-time intriguing woman loD-
byist is scarcely ever seen in the loD-
bies Of the Capitol. She has fled to
the cover of finely appointed house
and wins her point through winning and
dining the men whose influence she
would secure Now and then she her
self NAV be dined in the committee
rooms of the Capitol, where stump
tuous little luncheons are served pv
tbe restaurant in the building, but
throughout all her maneuvers sne
nlavs the gracious lady Unlike the
clnb woman. she wants something FOR
her husband her father, her brother
ar her sweetheart, andmore often
than not. she succeeds in getting 1t.
Rut the club women who come be,
fore Congress with their petitions
sometimes signed by thousands, ngnt
fair and square. They make their de-
sires almost a demand, and when one
considers how much they have done
To hanish the canteen from the army
gain the passage Of the pure food law
restrict child labor and to almost run
the Mormon Church out of Congress
he cannot but own that she is a most
powerful factor in the shaping OF the
laws.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-15
SUBTREASURY
ROBBERY
NEW THEORY IN CHICAGO MTs-
Terry IS ADVANCED.
secret Service Officials Believe Money
Was HBorrowed' 10 Help Totter-
ing Financial Institution.

CHICAGO. March IA new field
in the Subtreasury robbery is being
explored by the Federal authorities.
II was suggested that some banking
institution Of Chicago needed a large
sum to tide over temporary difficulties
and is resopsible for the disappear
ance of the $4,000. The secret ser
vice operatives, it became known yes
terday. are working on the theory
that the money that disappeared from
the subtreasury on Feb. 90 was Dor
rowed for a day or two at the instance
~ a tottering institution by some peo-
ME who now fear to restore it, Chief
Wflkie and Capt. Porter would not
he surprised, it is asserted, II the
missing money we're to be restored
anv day For the last week the Sec
ret Service Bureau has been directing
nearly all of it's energy 'in the direc-
tion of fixing the identity of some chi
cago bank or trust company that was
in unsound financial condition and to
nreserye commercial life and save its
officers from prison cells, approached
some empIoye of the Subtreasury and
made this proposition:
1--WE need $173,000 for day or two
TO tide us over a visit by the Bank
Examiner. You are in a position TO
loan us this money without its being
missed. Let us have the money and
we will nav you bonus of $4,000 or
so. You take no risk We are re-
sponsible people. 1t is easy money.
The money was taken, the Federal
authorities believe, under some such
arrangement. Then before 1t could
no restored. it was discovered that
there was a shortage. The man VINO
took It, in the hue and cry that FOL
lowed when every employe was
watched closely, was in no position
r. return it. He fears to do SO now
The Secret Service men, however, con-
fdently believe that the money some
day will be found hidden away some
Mace in the Subtreasury.
In pursuance of this theory the II
nancial status Of more than one bank
ing institution in Chicago has been
quietly investigated.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-15
THE EXPERT"
WITNESS

Hard Cash" was written before the
day of the professional insanity "ex-
pert" but Reade's differences and de-
auctions apply as directly to that
individual as to the superintendent or
the private asylum depicted in Hard
Cash" We cannot read the testimony
OF one of the high-priced adopts to-
day without acquiring the idea that
here is a man who is at least mo-
nomaniac, IL he Is not generally ire
sponsible.
The hair-splitting, the involved
the didatic manner and
the pompous dignity OF the average
combine to give him the air
OF Crank man who cherisnes
one idea and subordinates all others
Ia II. He Is the victim of egomania
ranging from adolescent to senile. TO
nut such men In the position OF pass
ing upon mems lives or liberty 10 pre-
MYSTERIOUS Chronicle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-15
FAMOUS OLD FLAG
That Inspired Author of Star sPan9'eo
Banner Still Exists.

NEW YORK, March Mrs. Geo.
Livingston Baker, of New Bingham
s. l.. is authority for the statement
that the Star Spangled Banner, Whlcn
few over Fort McHenry during us
bombardment in the War of 1872 ana
inspired Francis Scott Key 10 inc
composition of the National ODE Is
now in this city.
Mrs. Baker is the granddaughter Oh
Col Armistead. The flag, she says Is
the property of Eben Appleton, OF TINS
CITY. her brother, and has been depos-
tied bv him in the cafe deposit vaults
NJ Broadway trust company.
There has been a great deal OF III
ouiry regarding this flag recentiy'
which was reported as probably lost
Mrs. Baker says that it is her orotn-
er's intention to leave the flag on MS
death to the museum at washington
or the Massachusetts Historical Mu-
scum at Boston.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-15
THRONGS
About the Body of Dowie Seeking Re-
lief From Ailments.

CHICAGO, March 13.-Rachel Fish
err. rs years of age, was seriously IN
iured today In the crowd OF people
who thronged around the body OF
John Alexander Dowie at Zion City
in the hope of being cured of their all
ments by touching the hem OF MS
shroud. Miss Fisher was sunering
from locomotor ataxia, kissed the hem
of the shroud and then informed ner
father. who had carried her into tne
room that she could walk. She push
ed him away and attempted to de-
scend fight OF steps leading to the
onter air She fell on the top step
and rolled to the bottom, where she
was picked up unconscious and ser
,ously bruised about the mead anu
hodv She was only one OF the many
who thronged into the house during
Tho dav All Of them sought reiiei
from their ailments by toucning Tue
HON Of the shroud.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-15
IT COSTS TO RUN
A BIG CITY
Expense Per Capita in Many OF the
Larger Municipalities.

It costs New Workers $31 head,
saws the Philadelphia Record. to be
In Philadelphia and in Chi
cago it costs only $13 head, and citi-
zens are provided with police, nre,
sanitary and other projections COM
mon to large cities. In Buffalo, accord
ing to Broadway, the figure is $12; In
Washington, Bridgeport, Schenectady
and cities of that sort, 81 per capita
pays the tax; in Houston, Texas, the
charge is under $10 in lively Los An
geles, $3.50; Scranton and Seattle
each collect $3.50; and Nashville
Tenn, is at the bottom OF the list OF
progressive cities, with taxation OF
Sc per capita. The average city tax
the country is probably be-
tween $40 and $11 per capita