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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
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ing at 3619 Lafayette avenue. says:
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
Tidal Nave Which SWpt Over Dutch
IntI3s Unusually Severe.
ONE ISLAND ALMOST DISAPPEARS
Earthquake Shocks Are Felt Every
Day and II is Feared That There
viii be More Loss of Life and
Property.
(By Associated Press.)


THE HAGUE, Jan. 22.-The tidal
wave which devastated some of the
Dutch East Indian Islands, South of
Atchin, as announced January II.
practically engulfed the Island of
Simalu
According to the latest information
received here, Simalu has almost dis
appeared. IL is said that probably
l.50O0 persons lost their lives. VIC
lent earth shocks continued to be felt
daily. The civil government of Atchin
has gone to the scene of the catas.
trophe. According TO the brief Off.
cial despatch which first announced
the devastation wrought by the tidal
wave in some Of the Dutch East In
dian Islands. 300 persons persisted on
the Island of Tana and 40 on the Is
land of Simalu Puda Babi or Sima-
lu is situated off the northwest coast
of the Island of Sumatra and south
of the Province of Atchin.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 80, 1907
SMOOTH Rlr Of RoLlrlcs.

The smoothest piece or work seen
recently in Congress is that of the
advocates OF the Littauer subsidy
bill. Representative Littnuer Is q
great friend of President Roosevelt.
He 10 also an intimate of Speaker
5 Cannon and the other leaders. HAY
Ing declined denomination, he Is
serving his last session. For these
and other reasons, not the least be.
{ Ing his personal popularity, he was
Z chosen to sponsor the ship subsidy
bill selected for enactment, AT the
proper tn Representative Flacls
resigns from the Committee on Mer.
chant Marine, and Lttauer is ap.
4 pointed; he introduces his new bill
, and the Committee reports 1T Then
IT is endorsed by President Roose-
Welt and Speaker Cannon. About
this time large black cloud Is seen
lin the West. 1t Is the reflection Of
tho counternnnces of the Middle-West
members, who are not disposed to
view the Littauer bill any more fav-
Sorably than the Galllnger bill.
Then comes the sunshine from
Z Speaker Cannon and Representative
Littauer. The House wants the sal
aries of Its members raised, but on
record vote, defeated the PROPOSE.
stion. for home effect. Back comes
( the bill from the Senate and Repre-
sentative Littauer moves that it be
amended so as to increase the sal.
aries of Senator's and members to
5 $500. to take effect March Of this
year. the day the new Congress takes
hold. The increase will benefit about
Il 200 members of the present House,
Sand beatific smile passed over their
5 countenances.
But the bold Maco, OF Arkansas.
demanded the yeas and nays. at the
demand. the, Speaker could see only
,sthirty-four members standing. Now
the House rules provide that it re.
gquires fifth of the members to re.
quire rol-call, and as the House
But, and It is a large BUT, demand
: can be made for the other side,
Il Which is to say, those opposed to a
roil;call Then, If the "other side"
IDS not four times as numerous as the
members demanding roll.can, the
Aroilscall is ordered. !, But did any no.
ssisbble Spartan demand the "other side?"
Mot sufficient number and the
ayes and nays are refused" declared
the Speaker. Color returned to the
Cheeks, and there were shouts of
sJoy. As a matter of fact, there hav.
ing been 275 votes cast, thirty-four
was clearly mot sufficient num-
ber."
Now the question arises what are
the gloomy-browed Middle-Western-
Gers going to do with the subsidy bill,
sfathered by "Brer" Littauer and
& sponsored by Uncle Joe?"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

Naval engineers are much Impress
ed with the information. which comes
from official sources abroad, to the
effect that the six battleships which
the French have designed will be of
the largest dimensions and equipped
with turbines. 1t has been decided
that all ships hereafter designed or
contracted for by this government
shall have turbines, with the poss-
Bile exception of golfers and other
ships, which require less speed than
the vessels likely to serve On the fir.
ing line. This is the most important
decision which has been reached in
many years. IT is the result of COT
siderable dis ussion among the naval
experts. The fact that the French
have adopted turbines. following the
usual policy in naval engineering.
has settled the question so far as
re American system is concerned.
There are many improvements tc be
made in turbines, and the develop
ment is constant and of material ben
eft tn the qualities of efficiency and
economy. The Navy Department has
recently had two officers abroad. who
have made special studies of the tur-
bine. and the department Is in pos.
session of much valuable data.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
G. o. Mattox, Takes Bride.

BEDFORD CITY, VA, Jan, %. :
Miss Traylor, daughter of John Tray.
lor, prominent farmer of this coun-
ty, and G. D. Mattox, who was in
charge OF the block station at Ran.
COON on the night President Samuel
Spencer, of the Southern railway,
was killed, eloped to Pelham, N. c.,
where they were married yesterday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

t"e mere uihcnhrBe oil the negro
troops. and the Significance SO much
wider. that tho final yote.' will be
OF great national Importance.
If the President can, have his way.
he and the anti.administration Sena.
tors will have their fight out now.
If he wins, he Will stand before the
country with prestige nnimpaired. If
he loses he will be In the attitude of
n repndiated leader. tossed aside on
the eve of q presidential campaign.
This struggle between the President
and the Senate has been inevitable
ever since it became clear that Mr.
Roosevelt would not be candidate
to succeed himself. 1t has been
brewing for n long time, but It Is ey-
ldent that the tactics OF those who
were to lead the fight were TO defer
giving battle
Every indication Is that the
President has stolen march on the
Senate, that he now has the votes
with which to put the Blackburn
amendment through and that this will
be adopted unless the Republican
managers offer something just as
good"
Mr. Foraker furnished the reasons
for the fight coming off now, and
MIR. Blackburn has precipitated 1t, and
there must now be square back
down by the opponents OF the Presi-
dent. with some sort of admission
that his acts are all right, or bat.
tie royal over the proposal by the
Democratic leader of the Senate that
the legality of the conduct of the
President Is not to be questioned.
No matter which way the vote goes
1t cannot fail to have disastrous eff
feet on the party. No Congress has
become involved In war with its
President that did not lose the ensuing
Presidential and Congressional cleo.
lions, This was true with Arthur's
administration in the election of 1884,
the Harrison administration in 1892
and the Cleveland administration In
1896. The Republican party survived
the conflict with Andrew Johnson
but only by nominating General Grant
for President.
For these reasons many of the
lenders of the party. some of whom
have no political liking for the Pres.
ident, dare casting around for some
way out Of the present controversy
They do not want the Blackburn
amendment to reach vote SO long
as tho President is for 1t. and at the
same time they do not see any way
cut of the difficulty.
Those who question the authority
and judgment of his course in the
Brownsville affair represent the old
opposition to his policy of regulating
corporations and making them obey
the law. To use an expression the
President has frequently employed of
late, he regards them MS that class
OF men "who want to make the Re.
publican party an annex of Wall
street" He believes they have rails,
ed this Brownsville question to dis
credit him, and thus lay the founda-
ton for control of the next national
Republican convention and the nomi-
nation of man who would not stand
Tor the Roosevelt policies.
The President realizes the strength
OF his own position. He believes that
the country now approves his course
lie believes not only that Senators
who vote against the Blackburn
amendment. but also those who vote
to table 1t will he in the position of
oensuring him.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
ROOSEVELT Will Eight.

President Roosevelt, realizing that
e. contest between himself and the
Senate is inevitable. has decided to
force the fighting Immediately and
has selected the battle-ground. The
Fight will be over the Blackburn
s;sfendment to the Foraker resolution
il,royiding for an investigation OF the
iaIaro@nsyille episode. The matter is
of 80 much more Importance than
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

1t is mentioned that at some rail-
way stations in the northwest, not
freight has arrived since New
years. The railroad directors in
wall street are too busy to attend to
such trifles.-P Philadelphia Record.
II has been practically settled that
Smoot will hold his seat in the sen.
ate. Also, we regret to say, Platt and
Depew are likely to remain until the
expiration Of their terms, Chicago
Record-Herald.
1t is evident that the only trust.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
Moonshlne Still Eo,,nd

DANVILLE, VA, Jan. PA 100.
gallon copper still. 500 gallons of corn
beer, n quantity of low wines and
various distillery fixtures and para
phernalia were seized Sunday by the
internal revenue officers a few miles
beyond the city near the North Car
olina border. The still had recently
heen operated, but the moonshiners
had been probably forewarned of the
approach of the officers and fled.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
He Would Not be Converted,

ROCHESTER,, n ". Jan. 22.-As
the result OF a quarrel over Christian
Science doctrine this morning, Ed
ward Dabell. seventy-five years old,
shot his daughter, Emma, in tho
head, and her companion, Miss M.
Q. Taber. through the back. Miss
Dabell was not seriously hurt. but the
Taber woman may die from her in
juries.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

II you have vacant houses, please
list with us Mt Our same old stand"
No 2517 Washington Avenue. We
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ence G. Nelms, Secretary, w. e. Kit
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Directors, Fl. e. Parker, L. P. Steanes,
Albert Howe. 1.1S-6t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
TEXAS RETURNS BAILEY
TO THE u. S. SENATE
The Vote Was One Hundred and
Eight to Forty-five on the
Joint Ballot.
fBy Assocln1ed PRESS

AUSTIN, TEXAS. Jan. 22.-Joseph
w. Bailey was today reelected Unit.
ed States Senator by vote in the
two branches of the state legislature
of los to 45. In the Senate the vote
was 10, in favor of Senator Bailey
and ten against: in the lower house
It was 50 to 3b
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
Virginia Air Line Assumes

WILMINGTON. VA, ain. 22.-At a
meeting of the board of supervisors
of the county few days ago the
matter pertaining to the building
OF the Virginia Air Line railway was
definitely settled and the construc.
ton Of the road may now be expect
ed,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

busting" that can have any effect
must take the shape of "tariff-bust-
ing" So long as Republicans stand
pat on the tariff all their movements
aaginst the trusts that fatten on it
are merely 'grandstand Plays
Floridn Times-Union.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

After Senator'S Tillman and Spoon.
or have finished telling what they
think of each other, the Senate may
be able to proceed to legislate u lit
tie Washington Post.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

Shelby M. cullom Reelected Senator.
SPRINGFIELD ILL, Jan. 22.-In
Joint session the Illinois Legislature
today reelected Shelby NJ. Cullom to
the United States Senate.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

In all the dispatches from Kings
ton, nothing has been said to relieve
the natural anxiety as to the safety
OF the visible supply of Jamaica rum
and Jamaica ginger.-Boston Globe.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

The De., PreEs lie delivered by carriers any
whore In the city limits for 10 cents week.
Any Irregularities in delivery should be tmme-
diately reported to tho oiica OF publication.
Orders for delivery OF the Daily Preua to either
residence or places Of business mky DO made by
postal card or telephone
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23


and Jamaica ginger.-Boston Globe.
Accounts of Thaw's methods OF dis
posing of his idle time say he went
through n stock of the Sunday news
papers, but he paid no attention to
the comic supplements and the IL
Illustrated sections" His literary taste
appears to be sane, anyhow.-Balti-
more News.
OF course, 1t would lie absurd to
attribute the rise of Ohio river to the
increased cost of living-Toledo
Blade.
Those loud splashes that you hear
are Chancellor Days tears falling as
he reads the news from Findlay,
Ohio.-Chicago Record.Herald.
Boston, which has cowpaths to the
Common Instead of streets, rejoices,
forsooth, because New York no longer
uses horse cars!-New York Herald.
The Carnegie hero fund is a good
deal like the pension laws; it dis
tributes great deal of money with.
out making anybody rich. -Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The difference is that President
Roosevelt advocates speaking softly
and carrying big stick, while Sen
ator Foraker prefers to speak big
and carry soft stick-Kansas City
Star
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

The American Navy is first In
peace, first in war and first on hand
In the hour Of distress and emergen-
cy.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

q. Il. Thacker. Editor and Publisher.
j.. u. Pngh. -. Advertising Manager.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-31
TH|!.E PRESIDENI


ne have given but scant attention TO
lie social. side Of farm life. We should
study much more closely than has
yet been done the social organization
Of the country, and Inquire whether It's
institutions are now really as useful
to- the farmer as they SHOULD be, or
whether they should not be given a
now direction and new impulse. for
no farmers life should lie merely
within the boundary Of his farm. This
study must beaof the East, and the
West the North and the South; for
the needs vary from place to place.
First 10 Importance, OF course,
comes. the effort to secure the mastery
4 Of production. Great strides toward
this end have already been taken
cover the larger part Of the United
States; much remains to be done, but
much has been done; and the debt
OF the nation to the various agencies
Of agricultural Improvement for SO
great an advance Is not 10 be oyerstat.
9ed. But We can not halt here. The
elements Of high social organization in,
clude such advantages as case OF com
munlcatlon. better educational facill'
jlties increased comfort OF living, and
those opportunities for social and In
tellectual life and intercourse, OF spe.
g. clal value TO the young people and to
women, which arc rs yet chiefly
q to be had In cepters Of population. All
this must be brought within the reach
h OF the farmers who live on the farms,
OF the men whose labor feeds and
4. clothes the towns and cities.
Si Farmers mist learn the vital need
Of cooperation with one another. Next
10 this comes cooperation with the
government, and the government can
best give It's aid through associations
Of farmers rather than through the In.
dlyldual farmer; for there Is no great.
er agricultural problem than that OF
delivering 10 the farmer the large
{ body Of agricultural knowledge which
has. been accumulated by the National
and State governments and by the az.
Z rlcultural colleges and schools. No.
where has the government worked to
better advantage than IN the South.
where the work done by the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture in connection with
the cotton growers Of the southwest.
cru States has been phenomenal In
lis value. The farmers In the region
affected by the boil weevll, In the
4 course Of the efforts 10 fight II have
succeeded in developing most SCI
entific husbandry, so that In many
places the boil weeyil became n bless
Ing in disguise. Not only did the In.
: diistry Of farming become of very
much greater economic value in It's
direct results, but II became Immense.
ly more interesting to thousands Of
families. The meetings at which the
new subjects of interest were discuss
, ed grew to have distinct social val.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-31

loter employment only for ii few
months for no man wottti anything
WIN permanently accept 4 system
which leaves him In ldleness for half
the year. And most Important Of ali;
/ want 10 say a special word on behalf
Of the one who rs to often the very
hardest worked laborers on the farm
the farmers wife, Reform. lie char.
lily, while 1t should not end at home,
should certainly begin there: and the
man, whether he lives on. a. farm or in
town. who Is anxious to see better
social and economic conditions prevail
through the country at large, should
be exceedingly careful that they pre-.
vail first as regards his own woman
kind. emphatlcally believe that for
the great majority OF women the.real-
ly indispensable industry In which
they should engage Is the Industry
Of the home. There are exceptions.
OF course: but eSactly as the first
daty of the normal man is the duty
OF being the home maker. SO the first
duty of the normal woman Is TO be
the home keeper; and exactly as no
other learning Is as important for the
average man as the learning which
will teach him how to nike his liyell.
hood, 80 no other learning is as i'm.
portant for the average man as the
learning which will teach him how to
make his livelihood, so no other learn.
Ing is as important for the average
woman rs the learning which will
make her a good housewife and moth
er. But this does not mean that she
should be an overTorked drudge. |
have hearty sympathy with the move
ment TO better the condition OF the
average tiIler OF the soil, OF the ay.
erage wageworker, and | have an ev.
len heartier sympathy and applause
for the movement which Is TO better
the condition Of their respective wives.
There Is plenty that Is hard and
rough and dlsagreeable in the neces.
airy work Of actual life; and under the
best circumstances. and no, matter
how tender and considerate the hus-
band, the wife will have at least her
full share of work and worry and anx.
Lefty: but II theIman is worth his salt
be will try to take as much as posi-.
BILE of the burden off the shoulders OF
his helpmate. There Is nothing Utop.
Ian In the movement; all that Is nee.
essary Is TO strive toward missing the
average. both Of men and women, to
the level on which the highest type Of
family now stands, among American
farmers, among American skilled me-
chanics, among American citizens gen.
orally; for in all the world there is
no better and healthier home life, no
finer factory Of individual character,
nothing more representative Of what
is hest and most Characteristic in
American life than that which exists
in the higher type Of American family;
and this higher type Of family is to
be found everywhere among us. and
is the property OF no special group Of
citizens.
The best crop Is the crop of chill
dren. the best products Of the farm
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-31

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COUNTRY like ours. where The ediica:
t9nal establishments are 30 hdmer
Gus; Il il folly 70 think That tielr main
purpose Is to produce these highly
trained scholars. Without in the least
disIp'a'liraging scholarship and learning
-on the contrary, while giving hearty
and ungrudeing admiration and sup.
port TO the comparatively few whose
primary work should be creative schol'
arship-it must be remembered that
the ordinary graduate Of our colleges
should be and must be, primarily a
man and not a scholar. Education
should not confne Itself TO books. It
must train executive power, and try
TO create that right public opinion
which is the most potent factor In the
proper solution OF all political ami so.
cial questions. Book learning is very
important, but tt Is by no means er.
erything; and we shall never get the
right idea OF education until We def.
nltely understand that man may be
well trained In book learning and yet,
in the proper sense OF the word, and
for all practical purposes, be utterly
uneducated: while a man Of compare.
lively little book learning may, new.
ertheless. in essentials, have a good
education.
1t Is true that agriculture In the
United States has reached very high
Level Of prosperity; but we can not af.
ford 10 disregard the signs which
teach us that there are Influences oP.
Grating against the establishment or
retention Of our country life upon n
really sound basis. The oyerextenslve
and wastefui cultivation Of pioneer
days must stop and give place to a
more economical system. Not only
the physical but the ethical needs OF
the people Of the country districts
must be considered. In our country
life there must be social and intellect.
ual advantages as we'll as a fair stand
ard Of phykicl comfort There must
be in the country, as In the town, a
multiplication Of movements for In.
tellectual advancement and social bet.
terment. We must try 10 raise the
average Of farm life, and we must also
try to develop It SO that It shall offer
exceptional chances for the exception.
al man.
OF course. the essential things after
all are those which concern all OF us
as men and women, no matter whether
We live in the town or the country,
and no matter what our occupations
may be. The root problems are much
the same for all OF US. widely though
they may differ In outward manifesto.
ton. The most important conditions
that tell for happiness within the
home are the same for the town and
the country; and the relations between
employer and employe are not always
satisfactory on the farm any more
than In the factory. All over the coun.
try there is constant complaint of
pancity Of farm labor. Without at.
tempting 10 go into all the features
Of this question ! would like to point
out that you can never get the right
kind, the best kind, Of labor II you