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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-25
BURGLAR AW0KE HER;
CALMLY WALKED OFF
CCor unued from First PageO

been 20 the theater- He left Miss
Selma at the door and went immedi-
atei' s home. 1853 CorcOran street
arri ere shortly after II o'clock.
AID, % o'clock a rOomer AT the
street ----Ise came 20 Holmes residence
and told him that his sister wanted him
Immediately, as she had been attacked
by a burglar Dressing hUrriedly-
Holmes went 10 his sisters room and
found both girls in a highly nervous
condition. They told him OF being
reused from their sleep by something
waving I'm front Of their faces. There
was a distinct cdOT Of chlOrofOrIu IN the
room.
Holmes climbed on the roof, 10 see
If he could find any trace Of the intrud-
er. He walked 10 the roof Of L4Zl Cor
corn street. Just as he was pe5ring
Ja-k OF a chimney TWO sED-S renE out.
Holmes drew his revolver and frel once
at man who was looking over the
ledge Blowing his whistle, the pO-
GCeman was ABOUT 10 close in on the
man when two more shots we're dred
at him, one of the bullets piercing the
flesh in the upper part of MS right arm
Holmes fired one more shot and the man
disappeared below the ledge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-25
Diendonne Is Arrested.

BY this time Policeman Lawless- who
had been attracted by the shooting.
reached the roof. Holmes went down
stairs and entered the house from the
rear Of which the shots had been fred
ut him. Half way up the stairs he was
met by Dieudonne who informed him
that there had been a burglar on his
roof and that he had shot him. Dleu-
dome sttU carried the .44-caIiber revolt
yer with which he had done the shoot
ing.
Il guess you must have been the man
that shot me- the policeman told him
a crowd of nearly 200 persons had
gathered around the houses by this time
and physicians had been summoned to
attend the young women. who were SUI
fering from the shock. After having his
arm dressed. Holmes took Dieudonne TO
the Eighth precinct station.
When seen this morning, DieudOnne
SAID that acting on advice Of counsel,
he did not care TO make any further
statement To the police he said that
he had been working in his room until
nearly midnight, when he went TO the
letter box TO maj a number OF circulars
which he had been addressing At the
corner Of Fourteenth and q streets. he
said, he met two policemen. and stopped
and talked with them for a few min
utes. He then went home and went 10
bed.
Aroused by a noise Of some one walk
ing on the roof he asserted. he got out
Of bed and procured his revolver. His
room is on the third floor. Leaning
out Of the window, he drew himself up
20 the roof with one hand.
4 saw a man crOuching behind the
chimney. with a revolver IN his hand. o"
said DieudOnne. I knew that no one
had any business on my roof and nat
urally l supposed ne was a burglar. 1
fired at him, and the next thing
knew a bullet came WhiZZing over my
head"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-25
Reception to Fleet.

While on the subject OF the navy. at
tention might be called TO the first page
OF the magazine section Of tcmorrow's
Times The battleship fleet, under the
command OF Admiral Evans. will arrive
az santa Barbara, Cal, late tomorrow
afternoon or Monday for a stay OF from
three 10 I've days, and the people Of that
'ily have arranged for a great revival
OF the flower festival. which made Santa
Barbara famous the world over about
ten years ago.
There Will be grand floral parade
IolloWed by the dance OF the flowers in
the evening. The two pageants are ones
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-25
CRUISER CHESTER ACCEPTED.

Charles Nagel. of St. Louis.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17

the World was right, the people VIII
believe that Mr.. Roosevelt was mis-
led by persons in whom h" placed
confidence, and yielded 10 mistaken
and ungoyernable impulse when ne
Unexpectedly denounced the agency
which honestly sought TO expose
wrong doing.
But the imbroglio between the
President and the New York editor
is but an enlargement OF incidents
which are constantly occurring be-
tween Individuals lower down In tn"
Official scale and persons who assam
their public acts The probity OF
some OF these is not always as I'M
pregnable 70 assault as is that or
,he President of the United States.
Different states are represented IN
the United States Senate by at least
two men against whom Indirect
charges of bribery by outside infuen'
ces have been alleged. The launching
OF abusive language u: their enemies
so far constitutes their chief defense
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17

the cane growers at its. Even now
with the moderate duties obtaining
intimations ar" persistent that the
large dealers In the Virginia -CarOlina
section are in an agreement the pnr
pose and resign Of which are to siitl'
competition and SO to control the mar
kets in III, assure at least. Whether
or not these intimatiOnS have any
foundation in fact We do not undertake
TO say. But We risk little in predict
ING that. with the tariff raised to two
cents per pound. il would not he long
before the peanut business Of tn"
country would be altogether in the
hands of few concerns king IN
concert and agreement and regulating
almost at will both the prices paid To
the growers for their raw product and
those exacted from the consumers for
The cleaned. picked. roasted or other
wise prepared article.
Peanut growers should be warned in
time. lest they voluntarily act on al
low themselves to be used as cats
paw for the dealers. They have moth
ing TO gain and everything to lose by
a prac tically prohibitive tariff on the
product which they produce.-Norfolk
Virsin.lu-PilOt
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
PEANUT TARlFFiTEs LINING UP.

The Danyillc Tobacco Board OF
Trade which represents an American
industry that nearly monopolizeS
the worlds trade, and which will send
a committee to Washington 10 ucg
higher protection for this International
infant" will be collabOratei with ~
the peanu, dealers OF Eastern Firgi'
MIA
The peanut men already have the
advantage OF y 4 cent per pound I'M
port duty on unshelled and l cent a
pound on the shelled products OF other
countries This rate in past years mas
'bcen found ample to enrich members
CT the cleaners and distributors com
hination But the dealers now appeal
on behalf of the former. The latter
is not complaining leas, not louN-
" enough to be heard in his own nam"
but the distributors are going to de-
fend his rights Wnt'ner or hot 'h'
planter believes that such rights nav"
been invaded.
. The dealers assert that whenever
the market Is such as to yield "ih"
farmer" a fair margin OF pront. the for'
eign producers swamp it with their
products to such an extent as to 2rar'
tically ruin the business.
The alleged competitors are IN
Spain. Japan. Africa and Java. What
with a duty OF = a cent per pound
for unshelled and l cent pound on
shelled peanuts. with the freight rates
from these faraway countries added.
would it not be well to hold this
curb upon the American dealer. even
when he appeals in behalf of the far
mer? Who in this section ever sa"
a native Spanish peanut-tnat is. 4
Spanish nut produced in Spain--or
an African groundpea, or one raised
In Java or japan?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
THE TARIFF ON PEANUTS.

Here are few facts which the pea
nu, growers who are agitsting for an
increase OF the tariff duties on goo
bers" would do well 10 uOnder:
First-It is immeaSurably more to
the material interest OF these growers
that the policy of Protection and the
rneouaj distribution Of governmental
burdens which it inevitably entails.
should he done away with than that
tn. duties should be advanced. Even
Ii those duties should be QuadEuTiel Or
quintupled and every cent OF the re-
sultant benefit went into the pockets
Of the producers and stayed there. IL
would noe begin to compensate for the
additional! cost to them of everything
they have to huy. because Of the pro
tective tariff. In demanding 10 share
In the spoils of Protection. they are
hut helping to fasten the Protective
system more securely upon the coun-
try and 50 to postpone indefini. ely the
dav OF relief from the burdens and
exact ions now borne by III. mseives
and eighty millions Of other Consum-
ers
Second-!t Is not the peanut grow
efS. put me laTSe nfseEs- Wuo VIII Nv
the chief benefciari,s Of increased
duties. " the are increased. The
great bulk Of tine farmers sci, their
crops OF peanuts 10 the deai.rs soon
after they arc harvested This is TOO
early in the season FOR the tariff duty
to have any appreC'able eject on
, the prices offer,Sr and received
That would not begin to MAKE itse
until the crop is nearly all In and
an approximately corrccte estimate
Of the relation OF the whole supply
TO the domestic demand has been
acquired BY tina; time not one grow
or In Ave has any resnu; left from
which to derive q faria porft They
have been disposed Of 10 the dcale'
and II IL he who reaps he benefit
Increased tariff duties would bcne
a. the dealers q hundr. dollars fo'
every one Il pu, in the pockets of th'
| growers.
Third-in seeking to secure a tarif
1 On peanuts which void le prchibit'vt
IN effect. the growers are inviting. .
| they are not eusuring. . Peanut Com
hiuatioa which would have them At 81,
. mercy - fuIiy - the Sugar T-u,t Ia
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
GOVERNMENT GETS DEED
FROM STATE o. VIRGINIA
Paper Giving Authority to Acquire
100 Acres Of Mil Creek PLACED
On Record Yesterday.

The deed giving to the United
States government permission to ac-
Quire 100 acres OF land: by filling in
Mill creek. for the purpose Of enlarg
ing the Fort Monroe reservation was
admitted to record in the clerks ON CO
OF Elizabs'h City county yesterday.
The deed Is from the State of Virgi'
MIA and was issued by authority al
the last session OF the Virginia iegis
lature
Under the terms Of the deed the
government is given the right to &C
quirc The prOper'y but II must in
demnify all persons interested II is
sad tina, the government will reclaim
80 acres on tho north OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio tracks going to Old
Poin; and about 81 acres living be
tween the reservation and trestIss on
The south side going to Fort Monroe.
This means that al ,--. secticn oi
water from tho Chesapeake and Ohio
station to Mil cr"'k bridge t"tween
the main road and the railway tres.
Ties will he fllei - n l. said that
there Is rrch valuable oyster grounds
on both sides Of no road and thar
the government will have to nurcha 10
;h"s" tracts from he persons nov
holding claims % 'hcm. The oyster
bcds are said To r" among tho bss'
and most productive along Hampton
Roads
After the tracts have been filed in
by the erection ~ two great Eea
walls. IN" For Monroe reservation
will 10 tho largest among the srms
posts Most ~ N" row property vii
~ us'd in "n;arginr the parade
grounds and for cher government
! purposes.
( Another Interesting reror' around
Old POINT Is that tho war departmen'
has decided tina, all frame briIdins'
, on the 'rtir. reservation shall N
replaced by brick structures. TIT.
would mean that tho present privat
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
PRESIDENT PRAISES
ARTIST 81. GAUDENS
Believes American Popular Mind
Will Grow to Appreciate Design
Of Discarded Coins
(Ry Associated Press).

" ASftlNI oN, ~. L. Dtt w"
! POrtraying Augustus ST Gaudens
as a great sculptor. whose works will
stand In the very forefront among
the masterpieces Of the greatest pc
riod, and the best productions. PreSi-
dent Roosevelt last night at an cXhihi-
=, ton Of St GaudenS' works at the
Corccran gallery under the auspices
OF the American Institute OF Arch'-
;ects paid eulocium TO that artists
, mastery OF his craft
The British. French and Brazilian
ambassadors and others made
speeches and a large representative
following was present
The President declared that all the
world Is St. Gaudens' debtor.
The great nations OF antiquity. OF
the middle ages. and of modern
times" he said. "we-~ md are great
in each several cases. LOT only be
cause of the collective achievements
OF each people as whole. bu, be
cause of the sum OF the achieve
ments CT the men OF special emf
hence: and this whether they exceiled
IN war craft or state craft. as road
makers or Cathedral builders as men
OF letters. men Of art or mel Of sci
enCs.
Honor Belongs to Nation.
The field Of effort Is almos; limit
less AMI pre-eminent success in any
part OF il should Re especially claim
cd nv the nation to which the man
achieving the success belongs.
II. h. az !,
us. We have conquered a contins nj ::
We have laced II with railways: We
have dotted IL with cities.
The twilight OF letters continues
hut much is now being done in the
| nell o! art"
Defends Coin Design.
Discussing the gold coins whose
recent issue by the government awak.
, rned clamor Of critici IN. the Prcsi.
dent declared St Gaudens Gave Us
| for the first time a beautiful cnina &C.
no. We; properly appreciated Int WI
to which both the Official and the
popular mind will in tho end grow.
| The Pr sidCr' Contendei that the
; first few Thousands q his coin are
| hoautifTl than IN. coins since the
da~s OF he Greeks and that frequent
| comment On tho bonner of ps~is
I nlumes on the fgIre 81 Liberty. ~
lustrsteS cTriously IN" "Ncec 'inCl,
conventional character of rrurb q!
cur ~riticirm snd tho frcr-cnt inahiI
ity 20 understand originality until 4
has won SIC r'are'
| Cfitieisr No-.ense.
Tho President sad the basis O.
much Of the criticism vas non
snrss" Tao President denicted 9,
Gandens' s's'ute ~ Tecum<eh Shcr
man as extraordinary. q won ierfr
work ~ art though 10 bad feare,
tho folly which pn's Washington h
toea. or Louis XIV in a Roma,
corset"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
FORGED THE NAME Of
COLONEL \. S. GROOME
Negro Minister IN Washington Sc.
cure; $3.50 Upon Bogus Cert
fled Check and is Arrested.
FORGERY IS A CLEVER ONE
It is Said That the Minister Came
Here and Held Revival Service
His Congregation in Washington is
Trying to Pay the Money and Pre-
vent Prosecution.

Chnr2' d with forging the name o
Colonel Nelson s. GrOumr, cashier o
| the Rank of Hampton. to certified
| check for $3.50, which he had caahet
in Wa hington. Rev. Theodore Haw
kins. Il negro minister. is under ar
rest IN the capital Cit.
Just who Rev Hawkins is. is no
positively known here. although it /.
said that he came here sometime age
and conducted revival service. He
is said TO be the pastor Of big ne
gro church in Washington and wore
from that city is to The effect tina,
his church is endeayoring to pr, ven,
he minister from going 20 Sing Sing
for ten years.
According to the barking authori
lies here the forgery VS. on" of the
many rear' Securing a rubber
stamp usually used b. cashier in
certifying checks. Rev. Theodore
Hawkins signed Colonel Groome :
name to the check The stamp was
made our in the name o. the Bank OF
Hampton and is fac smile CT the
cashier stamp used by the Galilean
Els hcrman'S bank here. although the
Bank OF Hampton is substituted The
signature Of Colonel Groome is al
most identiCa! with tn handwriting
OF Mr. Groome and ii is supposed that
Hawkins by some means got hold OF
Colonel Groome's signature and trac'
ed it on the certified check he is &C
cused OF forging. When the check
which was cashed by the Merchants
and Mechanics Bank. OF Washington
was received here. Colonel Groome
immediately recognized the forgery
and he so informed the Washington
bank b.: long distance telephone. The
check was made PAYABLE to Joseph
Brown and was signed by r. X. Brant
The cashiers certification was print
ed across the face of the check and
was duly signed by Nelson s
Grcome''
Upon being informed OF the forgpC"
the Washington bank got busy and
soon had Hawkins under arrest. The
arrest of Rev. Theodore Hawkins
was communicated TO Colonel Nelson
S. Groome yesterday. Il was said
that the Washington bank will likely
not prosecute Hawkins as his congre'
CATION has promised 10 make good the
$3.50. which the Washington Bank
will have TO lose unless they accept
the church's proposition.
Although nothing official was given
out il is understood thar should the
WASHINGTON bank refuse to prosecute
Hawkins that Colonel Groome will 10
so. as he is unwilling that forger
OF the cleverness displayed by Haw-
k'ns shall go unwhipped OF The law.
During the past several weeks the
Rank Of Hampton had several forged
checks 10 come to H. ard II may be
that investigation will prove that the
Rev Hawkins knows of these also.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
OLD DOMINION LINE
Daily Service

Daily Service
FOR NEW YORK;
t@kS From Company's Wharf,
iAA Norfolk, foot of Church
street every week day
TX at ZOO P. NJ.
FARE-First-class, one way, $500;
Round trip, limit thirty days, 314.00-
meals and berth in stateroom in
Guided.
Steerage, without subsistence. $500.
TICKETS on sale at C. L o. Rail-
way Ticket Office.
NIGHT LINE BETWEEN NEWPORT
NEWS AND RICHMOND, VA.
Steamers Brandon and Berkley
leave Pier "a" $50 every evening
passengers only.
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION COM.
PANY. James River Day Line 70.
Richmond and all James River land
.ngs steamer Pocahontas leaves
Newport News, Tuesdays. Thursdays
and Saturdays at 8:45 a. m. Leave
Newport News Monday, Wednesday
and Friday at S p. M, for Norfolk and
Old Point
Steamer Hampton will leave Pier
"A" daily except Sunday, at 800 ..
M, going to Norfolk. and a. 4:30 p
NJ, going to Smithneh. steamer "Ac-
ccmac" will leave Pier "A" daily, e.
eept Sunday at a. m. going to Smith
field and 3 p. m, going to Norfolk.
All business between New York anc
Newport News transacted at pier No.
J.
All business between Newport News.
Norfolk. S,nithhe,d and local points
transacted at Pier "a" foot Of Twen-
ty-ffth st. w. n. LANDoN. Agent.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17

A Washington dispatch states thai
Virginia Republicans, headed by Bas
,ccm c. Slemp, have asked President
elect Taft 10 consider Alvah II. Mar
tin. OF Norfolk county for a cabinet
position. This announcement Is la
BILE TO spread CONSERVATION in the
ranks OF the Norfolk county Demo
cracy. which never has been able II
find a man suitable TO relieve Mr.. Mar
tin in the ONCE of clerk Of courts.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
Ca-tr1 Doesn't Believe II.

BERLIN, Dc. l6.-President Cas-
irn. Z. Venezuela, maintains his com
3Usure in the face OF alarming re
ports which hay" been published her.
regarding the disturbances in Vene-
Zuela.
When dispatches were shIwn' 10
him today that the people of Caracas
had arisen against him. burned the
pictures and statues of the president
and had made an attack upon a num-
Der Of buildings including the stores
o: several of his warmest adhe-ents.
and that several persons had been
killed. Castro after having one Of the
lation Of these IN Spanish. said:
Doubts Truth Of Reports.
Il don't believe it. had dispatches
from Caracas this morning but they
mentione, nothing OF the kind
President Castro was asked for an
expression OF his views regarding
Hollands seizure OF Venezuelan ships.
but ne answered Il am in Germany III
q private capacity"
He referred the correspondent to
Senior VelozGoiticoa. the Venezuelan
charge d. affairs. whom he auth ~rlzeI
to talk Tor him.
The charge then made the follow
ing statement:
IN reply to your question. | doub'
what has been published with regard
to Hollands aggression. because no
declaration of war has been made nor
has a blockade been announced. ana
none established: therefore the selz'
ura of small Venezuelan vessels oy
sheer force cannot be describe! other
than as an act Of piracy Unworthy OF
any enlightened civilized country.
Hollands Course Dangerous.
..On the other hand such a course
would jecpardize the arrangements
which Venezuela has proposed 10 Hoi-
land through confidential agents, ana
could even have worse effect. mas
much as Venezuela, in meeting pay
me nts due to Holland takes for that
purpose a portion of the prescribed
30 per cent of the customs receipts
Thus Hollands act might place Nene-
zuela in a position OF being unable TO
continue payment. which also would
ieopardize the interests of other ma
tons Holland is in the wrong IN
the difficulty between that country and
Venezuela and she is still more in
viewed through the attitude which the
Dutch government recently has arop''
ed.
In view of this state of the case.
the Venezuelan government has in
formed the diplomatic corps at cara
cas- Of these facts and is waiting De-
fore taking any further steps.
American Consul Reports.
WASHINGTON. d. C.. Dec. 10
Through American Consul Cheny. al
Curacao. the state department today
received its frs; official Information
OF the stirring events in Caracas Mon
day
II was very brief. giving few de-
tails and confirming in part the AS
sociated Press dispatches Of the hap
penings in that city.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
CiS7RC'S ENEMIES
WRECK MUCH PROPERTY
Continued from First Page).

strAnts, resulted in several fatalities
A criminal action has been begun
against Editor Rivas and other en-
plOyes OF the paper. in which they
are charged with respons!b lily for
these deaths.
II is declared that Rivas and his
men fired first on the people, making
u.r U' reviewers.
ri Constitutional has suspended
publication and Caracas is practically
wiIhCut newspaper.
The funeral Of Marcano Rojas. one
of the men killed in the fighting Of
yesterday. has been fixed for tomor-
row.
A vast crowd will turn out and fur
Their disorder and riO;ing are expected.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
Hampton, Phoebus and Old Point

buildings will also give way 10 brick
structures In the near future.
1t is estimated tha, 1t will cost a
half million dollars 10 fill the portions
OF Mill Greek which 'the state permit
ted and this work will be started
within a few months.