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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-12
BALL IN SAIL LOFT.
Will be Notable Feature Of Fleet
Home Coming.
(By Associated Press.

NORFOLK, VA. Feb. 1l.-One OF
the notable entertainments to the
Homecoming Atlantic feet will be a
grand ball and reception, February
n in the sail LOTT OF the Norfoia
navy yard. to be rendered by the se'
eral hundred enlisted men at thi:
station. and aboard warships iD'w
here.
The sail loft has been the scene
Of many notable functions. including
those IN honor e the Grand Duke
Alexis Of Russia an! the last king OF
the Hawaiian jslan!S.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-12
Former Bank Cashier Sentenced.

CLEVELAND. OHIO. FEB. II
Samuel n. Brainar,I former cashier
Of the Medina Couu'. National Bank.
yesterday pleaded utility to embez,
cling $5.1&l Of the hanks funds and
was sentenced to Il" federal peniten-
tiary at I>eavcnwOri. . Kansas. for five
years by Federal JIdge Taylor.
Brainard was = acticaily in full
charge Of the bank He first entered
the stock marker til his own saw
inss. When thes' were In jeopardy
ne drew on the ban s reso1rces.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-12
FeH Into Dry Dock.
tBy Associa'"d Press.

NORFOLK. VA Feb. Ill. ".
'Hszlett. master shipfitter. In the man
ufacturinr department Of the Norfolk
navy ward. i.n ;hirty feet into the
bottom Of dry dock No. . TODAY. frac.
turing his left Jog and sustaining
numerous truises ard cuts.
He was directing work On the
cruiser. He will rncover.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-12
BOMB FOR viCEROY.
Thrown at Wrong Trs:o-t|o~eve
No Damage pene.
CRr Associated Press. }

FBv ASSUCIdttn fIFSS.T
CALCUTTA. Feb. IA bomb was
thrown Al a railroad train near Bar-
rack House. Is miles north Of here.
yesterday evening and today an in
vestigation resulted in the suspicion
that the act was an attempt on the
life Of I-oud Minter. the viceroy OF
India The vicecry was due TO pass
this spot on his way 10 Assam. but
IL so happened he was on another
train.
The explosion Of the bomb did not
result in injury 10 anyone.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-12
Possible Future Legislation.

The statistics are~to be used in con-
sideration of future legislation. pos
sibly involving a. request by California
for an Asiatic exclusion act.
In the senate resolution by Sena-
tor Anthony providing for primary.
wherein the voters might express
themselves on Asiatic immigration.
was defeated by vote OF - to IL.
The report Of the committee Oh
executive communication. advising
against anti-Japanese legislation at
this time. had been made tue specia!
order of the day. but its consideration
was shut off on a point of order. and
the matter probably will not be again
revived.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-12
cRUMIEv INNOCENT.
But Ne Narrowly Escaped ty"ehins
on wednesday.
(Ry Associated Press.O

LAKELAND. FLA. Feb. 1l.-Char'
Icy Crumley. the negro arrested on
suspicion OF having assaulted Miss
Newell. and who came near meeting
death al the hands Of an Infatuated
mob. was released from Jail today.
II being established beyond a reasons-
bic doubt that he sas not the man
wanted.
The STATE troops returned 70 Tam
pa tonight. there being no longer any
necessity Of their remaining here.
a. the mob has disp"rs"d and every
thing y quiet.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-12
POSSIBLE BASIS FOR EXCLUSION
Attempt in Senate to Provide Primary
at Which people Might Voice Their
Thousand Dollars Voted by Assem-
bly, to Enumerate Aliens.
(By Associated Press

SACRAMENTO. CAL, Feb. IL
Moderation on the part Of legislators
and an evident disposition finally t"
dispose of all measures relating to
Japanese and other aliens. character
lied today's session Of the legisia-
ture.
Adopting a suggestion by Governor
Gillet, the assembly voted to appra-
pirate $4,000 to defrav the expenses
of a census which shall show the
number of Japanese In California and
the pursuits in which they are en-
gagged
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-12

(Coutsnued on Third r1Ge.)
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-12

THE DAILY PRESS Is the
only newspaper published In
Newport News that receives
The full news service Of the
Associated Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-12
WEATHER.

Fair Friday; Ss<ur6sy In
ereasina eIoud'nsss: tight to
moderate southwest to south.
WindA
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-26
NEGLlGEE GARMENTS
MONDAY, JUL

shirts and shirtwaists, skirts, duck
and flannel trousers, etc, receive es
peclai attention at our laundry, as
these articles of ftire must have and
retain pristine freshness about them
becoming to thY well dressed man or
woman Our work not only looks
clean but is |as clean as care and
skill Can make them unde rsanitarv
conditions.
PHOENIX LAUNDRY
Phones3 Sc. 2oo.2so Main s+ro.s
DRY and STEAM CLEANING.
SUITS PRESSED and CLEANED
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-26
DIXIE DAY At alaska
YUKON EXPOSITION

SEATTLE, Wash, July 26.-Augus
10th has been finally decided upor
for Dixie day at the Alaska Yukon-Pa
cific Exposition and the committee
having the matter in charge is making
strenuous efforts to have one of the
most elaborate programs of the sea-
son fully arranged for that date.
Prominent speakers from all over
the Southland have signified their in
tentions to come and have graciously
accepted the invitation extended them.
Hon. Henry Watterson of the Courier
Journal is one among the most noted
Of the sons of the Sunny South who
will delight the visitors with eloquence
and oratory on that day, and in addi-
ion to the orations. banquets and
'xcursiYs with which the program
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-26
TO CONSERVE THE
NATIONS WATERWAYS

conservation of the waters and the
forests. And he is new fashioned
enough to believe that the largest
measure of prosperity for the country
depends upon the Improvement of
the rivers of the United States with
particular reference to those whose
course is well defined and suscept;
BILE of comprehensive treatment.
Senator Stone is chief among a
great galaxy of Democrats who be-
lieve in the development of the nat
ural resources of the United States
to harness the waters, protect the
forests and conserve the water power
that the future generations may en-
joy these inestimable advantages.
There is probably no more interest
ing character in the Senate than Will.
liam Joel Stone, and he occupies 4
unique place in that body. Quiet in
demeanor, soft in speech, tall with lust
the suggestion of a stoop, he is one
OF the picturesque figures in the upper
branch of the National Legislature.
For upwards of a quarter of a cen
fury Senator Stone has been a com.
handing figure in the halls of legis.
alton and as Representative and Son.
ltor has taken an active interest in
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-26

fairly bristles, a chorus of 500 voice,
VIII be on hand to sing the old plant
alton songs and jubilee melodies Sc
dear to the heart of every patriotic
scion Of the stock of Chivalry.
The date selected is particularly
suspicious for the reason that August
being one of the hottest and most I'M
oearable months in the South. is as
delightful as springtime in the Pacific
Northwest; and just the season when
the Exposition will be in the zenith of
glory from a scenic point of view. No
section of the country will receive
heartler welcome nor be accorded a
more generous reception than the sis.
ter states lying south of that imag.
mary line drawn by Messrs. Mason
and Dixon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-26
THE ATTIEsBURRG NEWS

erred TO the Wee
t.. o,,t--..s .. people are really |
afraid of the evil spell which the
stone is alleged to cast over its pos
SCISSOR. AS long as 1880 Mr. Hope
gave 100000 for it, and it changed
hands few years ago for $4,000.
When it went to America in 1901, after
Lord Francis Hope was permitted to
part with it, no purchaser could be
found, although it was expected that
there would be a lively competition
among the wealthy men for its posses
sion.
The history of the Hope diamond
cannot be comforting reading to it's
new owner. The following is a list Of
it's owners and wearers from the time
when, in 1868 it made its first appear
ance in the West;
y Jean Baptiste Tavernier, French dia-
mond merchant (sold it to Louis XVD
ruined.
Madame de Montespan. favorite of
Louis XVI. (borrowed,) it supplanted.
Nicholas Fouquet, Kings treasures
= Borrowed it, disgraced, imprisoned
and died suddenly"
+ Princess de Lamballie Borrowed it,
I done to death.
. Wilhelm Falls. Amsterdam diamond
t cutter, cut it.
Ruined, his son (who stole it, com
i mitted suicide.
Francis Beaulieu of Marseilles Ito
whom young Falls gave it, starved to
death.
After this it came into the Hope FAM
lily, and remained there for many
years.
Jacques Colot, French broker bought
it, committed suicide.
A Russian Prince who bought it was
stabbed by revolutionaries.
| Lorens Ladue, French actress Ito
whom it was lent shot by the Prince.
Simon Montharides, Greek jeweler
(bought IT'D thrown over cliff with fam
lily.
Doubt is attached to the story of
the further adventures of the diamond
although the stone was certainly in
Constantinople until recently. Here
is the romantic history
Sultan Abdul Hamid (supposed to
have bought IT'D deposed.
Keeper of Abdul's vault at Constan-
tinople Custodian of the jewell stran-
gled
Abu Sabir (polished it for Abdul
imprisoned and banstinadoed.
Kulub Bey (who took charge of IT'D
hanged.
Salma Zubayba, Sultan's favorite,
(wore it,, shot by Abdul.
The only owners who escaped some |
sort of ill-fortune. it is stated, were
Louis XVI, Henry Thomas Hope (its
first English possessor), Daniel Ella |
son and Mr.. Well 1.-TWO London dealers
through whose hands it passed.
New York Telegraph.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-26
ENGINEERS COMING
HERE NEXT WEEK
WILL BEGIN INVESTIGATION OF
POSSIBILITIES OF NAVIGATING
THE LEAF RIVER,
They Will Make a Personal lnvestiua.
ton of Conditions From Here to
the Port of PascagouIa.

In response to a letter from Mayor
Donald, Assistant Engineer Pratt
of the Mobile station, writes that he
and his assistants will be here the
first part Of next week and that they
will be ready to make on investigation
OF the river. This will be good news
to the people of this city who are real.
ling daily the necessity of pushing
the improvement of Leaf river
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-26
he upbuilding of the Nation.

the upbuilding of the Nation.
Senator stones school days were
spent on the banks of the Missouri at
Columbia, where is located the State
University. In those days when a
student at the University, which later
honored Senator Stone by comforting
upon him the degree of LII. D., he was
frequent visitor to st. Louis, the
fathers of his school boy friends own
ing many of the boats plying on both
the Missouri and the Mississippi
Il have seen in my student DAYS
and on those rides to and from St
Louis scores of vessels passing IN
and down the Missouri. It was no
uncommon occurrence in the ride
from Columbia to st. Louis to pass
twenty or more boats engaged in
river traffic, and the levees at the
important shipping points We're almost
as busy as are the freight yards Of
our railroads of today. These steam
boats, and some of them were of thu
most palatial character, carried The
commerce of the states drained b,
the Missouri and the Mississippi.
"Twenty-five years after nv gradu
tlon from the University of Missouri
was elected Governor of the STATE
and took up my official residence a,
Jefferson City and in those twenty
i've years conditions on the Missour
and the Mississippi had completely
changed. Railroads began to meme
trate into the interior and parallel the
rivers, the day of the steamboat and
river traffic passing with the advent
or the railway. And today it is a GU
rloslty to see a steamboat on the
Missouri, the people flocking to the
abandoned wharves to look upon what
was a common thing in my boyhood
days
1 grow disheartened and sometimes
ulsgusted with the way men handle
great public questions and 7 do not
know OF any greater question fiat
'onlronts us as people than the de-
Velopment of the waterways of the
United States in order that the river
commerce may bring about y reduc
lon IN railway freight rates. We
nave been most prodigal of our nat.
lraI resources and the piece.mea1 an
'ropriations in congress for river and
larbor improvements have in many
'1ses been worse than useless What
We need is comprehensive system
II waterway development and bv that
mean not appropriations for every
little creek and stream. but a fixed
'olicy on the part OF the government
o bring the rivers that once carried
ne commerce Of the United tatcs
gain into close relationship with the
rattle that originates along thair
curses.
what | want to see accomu1fshal
mo project lojS u 10 improving tle
Vaters from the lakes 10 The pul,
want to see the Missouri navie1ble
,om its mouth to Fort Benton. want
see the Ohio Earnessad bv locks
nd dams its emf. G length. | want to
&c the Columbia improved and the
ltercostal canals built and the only
ay to accomplish this is as strongly
'ged by the National Rivers and
arbors Congress, the adoption Of
plan on the part of
lie government looking to these i'm
'oVements and yearly appropriations
ade in order that the work NAV be
FRIED to a successful finish.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-26

We ask your trade tonIy on condi.
ton that we can save Pu money-we
advertise because wei want vou 70
know our goods and frees are rioht
e at East h.l sus .1I 1reet Grocery
Phone Home 177. 7-26-1tp
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-26
FUTURE OF COUNTRY
DEPENDS ON WATERWAYS
Wants Them Developed in Order That
the River Commerce May Bring
About Reduction in Freight Rates.
Some Pertinent Remarks.

WASHINGTON, July Ex-senator
William ]. Stone, of Missouri, whose
career is one of interest to the stud
ent of American politics is old fash
Toned enough to believe that the fu-
ture of the country depends upon the
solution of two great questions. the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-26
HOPE DIAMOND
AN EVIL OMEN
JEWEL WHICH RECENTLY SOLD
$4,000 ExERTs BAD INFLU.
ENcE OVER ITS OWNER.

The fact that at the recent sale of
jewels in Paris the famous Hope dia-
mond only brought $4,000 would seem
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
CITY VOTING PLACES
POLLS ARE LOCATED FOR MONDAY
 ELECTION
Ward Seven Only Dfvfsfen With More Than One Booth--Ropes VIII
 Be Used.

Polling stations for the election Monday have been announced by Sher- iff Hood. Ward Is the only city pre- cinct that will have two boxes: the others have one each. The stations are:
 Beat I. Durrs stables. 215 Moulton Street.
 Beat 2. Roswaids store. Caroline Street.
 Beat 3. County jail. washington Street.
 k Beat 1, 500 Dexter Avenue. ad,oin- ing Starke's school. e Beat 6, Police headquarters, Madison and South Perry Streets.
 Beat !. box l. Highland and Forest Avenues. K Beat '. box 2, Hagenwaid's tin shop. s1i South Hull Street.
 Ropes will encircle the polling sta tions in Montgomery Monday. for the protection of the secrecy of the ballot Following a conference Saturday held by Sheriff Hood. Mayor Gunter and City Engineer Gilchrfst. arrangements were made to remove bricks from the sidewalks around the polling stations. in order that stakes for supporting the ropes may be driven into the ground. Nearly a thousand feet of rope will be required.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

ceremonies In 1895. the contractors im- agined that they had provided a per- manent water way by which vessels of the greatest sixe could pass from the North Sea to the Baltic. and gave to the locks length of 4S7 feet. a width of s1 feet. and a depth of 32 feet--calculatIons that are today la mentally below the mark. typical ves- sells of obth the German and the Eng fish merchant marine now measuring well over 700 feet fin length. with 6 breadth which would make the Kiel locks tight ft or even impossible. |. For any man-of-war greater than armored cruisers of 13.00o tons the passage of the Kiel Canal is impracti- cable, and the striking power of what is known as the German high seas fleet is proportionately diminished. The German government. has therefore. determined to spend s55,000. 900 on the widening of the canal. A small army of laborers is already engaged in the preparatory work. The depth of water Is to be increased to 36 feet, and other measurements are raised In pFopor- ton. The old boundaries of the canal. which is sixty-two miles In length, will for the most part be retained. but near Knoop and Bendsburg the course will be varied owing to the strength of the current. The passing places are to be increased from eight to eleven, and four of them will be so spacious as to accommodate an entire squad ron
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
CAST OF A DEATH STRUGGLE. Obtained by Placing . Martyr in
 Mass of soft Coucrefe.


 Tn the museum of Aigiers there is one object which is unique in the worlds list of curiosities. says The PNew York Sun. It is plaster cast of the martyr Geronimo in the agony of death. The Algerians put Geronimo alive into a soft mass of concrete which presently hardened into block and was built into a fort.
 This was in 1869 and about forty years later Spanish writer described the event and told exactly how that particular block could be located. The fort stood for nearly 300 years. Then in 1883 1t was torn down. the block was Identified and broken open and an almost perfect molS of the dead mar tyr was found within.
 They filled the mould with plaster and the re>1llt, a wonderful cast. lies there in 1ae museum today. face down as hc died. hands and feet bound and straining, head twisted to one side in the supreme torture of that terrible martyrdom.
 Tt is a grewsome. fascinating thing" writes Albert Biglow Paine in Outing "and you go back to look at 1t more than once and you slip out between times for a breath Of fresh air. If I lived in Algiers and at any time should sprout a little bud of discontent with the present state of affairs--a little sympathy with the subjugated popula- tion-I would go and take look at Geronimo and forthwith all the disconA tent and the sympathy would pass away and I would come out gloating in the fact that France can crack the whip and that we of the west can ride them down."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
ENGLISH GOLF STORIES.
some of the Yarns Told In Britain
 % l.5O0 Club HOunes.

Some of the Yarns Told in Britain's
 1,5O0 Club Houses.
 There are nearly 1.50o golf club houses in Great Britain and the Strand Magazine Is trying to discover the funniest of the golf stories which are told in these hauntA Andrew Lang offers the following as his contribu- ton:
 "A determined player got into a sand pit and for a long time all that his opponent saw of him was only dis tinguishable through the dense clouds of sand made by the violent action of a nibilick.
 At last the resolute veteran emerg- ed from the pit and his opponent. with out expressing any surprise or condo lence or annoyance at the delay. mere ly asked him how many he had play ed. Evidently the other was not in a revealing mood.
 ".I went into that place. he replied jelly. at quarter past i2 o'clock. It Is now quarter to l. You are at iib- erty, sir. to form your own estimate"
 The scene of another yarn was the links at Westward Ho. where two players were driving off from the fif- teenth hole. One of them was pos- sessed of a quiet, pawky kind of hu- nor. while the other was of the hit 'em- -hig gh-and-often order.
 Not knowing the course. the slasher asked his partner for the line of the hole and was told 10 play on to Dr. SIS house. which was perched on the skyline. The slasher let out and his ball was skied to an enormous height.
 You mistook me-" said the quiet one. T meant his earthly. not his heavenly habitation."
 sto af RfaFFffz fhAFa ta n certain hole which can be reached In however, Is blind, lying over the crest of a hill It Is therefore customary to send a caddie forward to mark the ball.
 On one occasion e golfer hit a good straight shot over the hill. the ball dropping dead on the line for the hole. Great was his rejoicing when coming up the hill to hear his caddie shouting that the ball was in the hole; indeed. the player was so pleased (never hav- ing performed the feat before) that he made the caddie 6 present of five francs.
 The sequel to this event Is remarka- ble. The story goes that on the fol- lowing day no fewer than seven play CTS on reaching this particular green found they had holed out from the ,teel
 The occasionally enlivening, effect, of golf was demonstrated in the easa of an elderly Indian Colonel whose boast 1t was that he had a very tranquil disposition which nothing could rufhe. He took up golf and for a long time his friends failed to notice any dis turbance of the Coloneps outward calm. but one day when playing foursome he got Into notorious Dew
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
A SHIPPING TRUST.
sudsidy Would Enrich the Few at Ex-
 pense of the Many.

POrtlhnd OreSouihh.
 It is said that among the suggestions of President Taft in hls December mes- sage will be ship subsidy, not on any extended scale, but through the e%perl- ment of subsidized mail-carrying ves- sells. This will not meet the demands of the subsidy people at all, for they insist on more; but 1t will be accepted by them--of necessity--if they can't get more. And then. the story of the camel. which at first only put. Its head into the tent. and what followed.
 Relatively to the importance of our country in the commerce or the world, t1nna n m ssmn,s is swaa ons .DeNslQRment Of the vast Western coun, try has opened a continent, full of all natural resources, and our people have been able to do better than to n3,s foilow coast (our Pacific coast then was not), our people worked substantially on European condttio ns--iabor and capital west changed t all Capital has been able to do better. .~and labor has been able to do better, than to follow the sea, on the terms of European com petition
 The demand for ship subsidy raises the question whetber the Government ought to tax profitable enterprise to support unprohtable enterprise; wneth- CT 1t ought to burden those industries that will pay, and do pay, to support another that will not pay. At bottom the complaint Is that the shipping of other nations Is carrying our products to the worlds markets at rates too cheap. Tax our people. then. to make up the difference, and to give profit t6 the spfomotefs and operators of the scheme. No method more subtle or more sure, for taxation of the many for the benefit of the few, ever, was de- yised. It will give us, moreover. a great American ship trust to be added to the copper trust and the sugar trust. and many more.
 Our people will take to the sea just as soon as it will pay them to do se-- just as soon as they can make money on the sea again .a Subsidies paid, mean while, will only tend to enrichment of the few at the expense of the many What real reason Is there to complain that foreigners are carrying our freights at too low rates-at rates cheaper than we can?