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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
Dead Man Brought IN.

NORFOLK. VA. Aug. 15-Hurrying
back from the Southern grounds.
where she had been making fer sum
mcr practice. the batt'esbip Virginia
transferred 10 the feet tender Nank-
ton PaymastcT's Clerk Frederick
Sherberser. whose serious condition
from appendicitis made his carly re-
moval to the naval hospital impcra-
tive. The Yankton arrived wednes-
day afternoon and the SICK man was
taken 20 The hospital al : o'clock. 10
day Be was reported as being much
improved. and an operation viii BE-
performed very soon. when bis condi-
ton shall justify the necessary shock
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
koINER's MAJORITY CROWS.
Late Returns Give Him Lead 81 More
Than One thousand.

RICHMOND, VA. Aug. 13.-Late
returns. coupled with Official reports
from clerks of counties and other
sources. bring George w. Kriner S
majority over j. Thompson Brown for
Commissioner of Agriculture and I'M
migration up to 1.165 with. 1t Is be-
lieved. but few corrections and al
dtions yet to be made. Mr.. Koinc: :
office last night said the final can
vass would show a majority OF from
loco to 1000, as later precincts are
not expeced to materially alter ~
suits.
Significant changes yesterday we're
gains for Brown of forty-three IN
Campbell. eighty-nine in Augusta,
and fifty-eight in Prince William,
while Koiner gained 139 in Floyd.
fifty -four In Dickerson. $50 in Frank
lin. fifty-iive in Gloucester. sixty
in Gcochland. $40 in Rockbridge.
nincty-two in Shenandoah. and Is5 in
Wythe.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
NEWPORT NEWS. VA. SATURDAY, AUGUST A. 1909.
WORLDS COTTON SUPPLY.
Total Shows increase over Same
Period OF Last Year.
(Dy Associated press.1

NEW ORLEANS, LA, Aug. 10
Secretary Hesters statement OF the
worlds visible supply of cotton issued
today shows the total visible to be
2.i5S.797. against 2.2S5.459 last week.
and l.Sl6.7a5 last year. OF this the
total of American cotton is 1,601797
against 1.729.i59 last week and L.
03S.699 last year. and Of all other
kinds. including Egypt. Brazil, India.
etc. 552 600 against $4,000 last week.
and SoS,0i6 last year.
or the worlds visible supply Of cot
ton. there is now alloat and held in
Great Britain and continental Eu-
rope. 1.577.000 against i,0i7,O0O last
year; in Egypt. $1,000 against 10000
last year: India. $4,000. against
$4,000 last year. and in the United
States 100000 against $4,000 last
year.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
JUMPS TO DEATH WITH BABY.
Frantic Mother Takes Fatal Leap TO
ESCAPE Fire.

NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-With her
daughter Eva. four years old, in her
arms. Mrs. Esther Schwermer jumped
from the window of her apartment In
Attorney street today. and both Were
instantly killed. Mrs. Schwermer waS
panic-stricken by small fire on the
third floor of the tenement building
which filed the hallway with smoke.
She had sent several other children
down through the hall before the
smoke became too thick. Then grasp
ing the other child in her ayes she
climbed out on the window leGge.
Horrifed spectators IN tn street
below called to her that The fire was
out and warned her not to jump. hit
Mrs. Schwermer was too frightened
to heed them and both wsrs lash
cd to the sidewalk. ~he nee did lit.
tie damage.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
coUNTERFEiTERs' DEN RAIDED.
Federal Secret Service Men Get Max
ers of "Sneer."
DIV Associated Press) .

NEW YORK, \. Y, Aug. Ian
alleged counterfeiters den on the
East Side was raided today by federal
secret service men who arrested two
men Finishing touches were being
put Oh a lot of newly cast ten and
fifty cent pieces when the government
officers appeared, seized the bogus
coins and the plaster moulds and
other money manufacturing parapher-
MALTA in the place.
The man arrested are Vincenzo anu
Salvatore Pompanelli, brothers. The
prisoners were held in $4,000 bail each
for examination on August "a.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
Arspahoe Safe.

CHARLESTON, :. G.. Aug. 10
The Clyde line steamship AraFahoe.
witch broke her tail shaft On TUESDAY
near the Diamond Shoals Lightship
and has been helpless ever since. u
expected 10 reach this port Tomorrow
afternoon a. o'clock. the tug Rescue
having taken her ia charge yesterday
afternoon. according 10 wireless mcs-
sages received here today and accord
iag to the report Of the Araphoc's
sisfership. the lroquois
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
DIES FROM INJURIES.
Engineer Victim Of Railway Wreck
Near BristoI-Others Injured.

Near BristoI-Others Injured.
BRISTOL. VA. Aug. 13.-Engineer
Samuel Bush, who was injured in the
wreck of the New York and New Or
leans limited at Mohawk yesterday,
died this morning and Mail Clerk Nc
Nabb will probably not recover. Mail
Clerk Osceola Moore and Fireman
Dutch Ludwin are also probably IA
tally injured. while Mail Clerk Rufus
Hunt and Baggage Master r. A.
Tompkins will recover.
The mail car was completely de
molished and only the floor was left
intact. Mail Clerk McNabb was
thrown twenty-five feet and landed
in tree. His back is believed to be
broken.
Every car beyond the diner went
down the forty-foot embankment and
piled on the engine under which the
engineer and fireman we're pinned
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
In eo HIaher. q Neeesssry.
Or. n. W. Thomas.

CHICAGO. Ills. Ang- s3.-Word
was received today Of the oath Of
Rev. Hiram W. Thomas. At De Fun-sk
Springs. pa. IL. Thomas for years
was a prominent figure In religious
circles In Chicago a. the head Of ire
Pcopls's Church. which ne fouadcd
In the early eighties after his expnl-
sion for hcrcsy from the Acihoi.sf
Episcopal church lie vas cncc cnos-
en- president 81 the congress Of rcn-
gions and u1s regarded a. issder
in liberal religious thought
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
Epidemic Of PeIIsors.


DURHAM. y. C.. Aug. ls.-AE
Epidemic Of pellazra resulted In the
fifth death here this evening. that Of
Mrs. Il. &. Mitchell. . native Gcor-
giar. and the wife of an extensive
lumber dealer. Physicians are rot
able O. assign any cause Tor the dis
case. There have been eight deaihs
from pcIiaera in this town and al
jaccnt territory.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
Saratoga Races.

SARA rOGA. y. Y. Aug l3.-Al-
though a ordinary card was run
OF here today. a big crowd was pre-
cnt. The heavy rain Of the early
morning made the track slow. IN
finish IN The I SIS mile race was very
close Mellow Mint; Quanticc and
Hclicvicw hnishing heads araTt IN pr-
der named Crack shoot q. starter
~ The third race. broke his beg IN toe
stretch ssd wa killed.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
Lon5on Wants Fight.

LONDON Aug. fS.-AE Offer q a
purse Of Eve thousand pounds sterling
and half the gate receipts has been
cablod % JACK johnson and James ,.
JcnricS 10 feht IN London. The syn
dicaic backing the scheme j. the same
that recently pulled on tsc Britt
Summers GKhi. The idea - to hold
the contest at The Stadium 20 else
where In the open air.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
STRIKERS oUTWITTED.
Two Train Loads of Workmen
Hauled Into FittsbIrg.
(By Associated Press).

PITTSBURG, PA, Aug. 1.-TWO
train leads of strike breakers were
placed in the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany's plant today before the strik-
ing employees of that company were
aware of the coup.
The strikers are chagrined tonight at
being outwitted and heated discus
sions were heard at a mass meeting
held during the day on the historic
Indian mound at Scheneville.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
Killed BY Fall.

AUGUSTA. CA Aug 15.-Arthur
Bloaklcy. one Il the leading dry goods
merchants Of Augusta fell from a
window in the third story q his nst.
ever his store. 10 the Sidewalk this
morning. about I O'Clock. suffering a
broken leg and other injuries. Ne
died from shock tonight al a iocsi
hospital
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
BATTlESHIP GEORGIA AT
ANCHOR OFF OLD POINT
Bio Vessel Comes Into Roads to Ad-
Just Her Gun Sights-FIeet
at Sea.
Daily Press,
Hampton Bureau, Aug. !

Hampton Bureau, Aug. IL.
The battlesbip Georgia. attached to
the Atlantic feet came into Hampton
Reads tonight and anchored OF Old
Point. It is stated that the vessel
came IL to adjust her gun sights and
that she will remain until Sunday. 1t
is understood that it is too rough of
the capes to permit of the adjustment
of the sights.
The feet is now manoeuvering on
the Southern drill grounds. thirty
miles southwest of Cape Henry. There
has been no target practice SO far,
but practice will begin next week.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
col. LYON FILES A PROTEST
National Republican Committeeman
From Oklahoma Wants One Good
Republican" Put in Charge OF Dis
.ributicn Of Patronage in His State
Active Partzans Are Barred.
(By Associated Press).

BEVERLY, MASS, Aug. 13.-At an
extended conference tonight with
Secretary Nagel, of the department
OF commerce and labor. Postmaster
General Hitchcock and l.. Dana Du-
rand director of the census, Presi-
dent Taft approved the appointment
Of $50 supervisors of the thirteenth
census. The list had been prepared
at Washington for the President and
the qualifications of every man in
qured into.
There has been marked discomfort
among Southern Republicans over
the decision of the President to divide
the census patronage in the states of
the solid SOUTH
Col. Cecil Lyon, Republican nation
al committeeman, who came here to
day. told the President that he would
rather have his state put in charge
of one SUPERVISOR good Republi-
can-than to have to divide the con-
gressional districts with the Demo
Gratis.
Col. Lyon said the declaration of
this policy on his part held good for
all of the states. Oklahoma, he de-
clared. had been included with Ten
nessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and
Missouri in the list of doubtful states
that had been apart from the other
Southern states for a full list of Re-
publican supervisors.
If Oklahoma is a Northern state
declared Col. Lyon today, Il am in
favor Of moving Mason and Dixon's
line still further South to let Texas
in"
Each Supervisor Has Big Force.
Each census supervisor will have
tremendous field force of enumerators
under him. The supervisors will re-
ceive a salary of $4,000 and their work
will extend over or 10 months. The
state where the supervisors are d.
vided equally bewteen the Demo-
Gratis and Republicans are Virginia,
South Carolina. Georgia. Florida. Ala
bama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louis
lana and Texas.
In most of the states supervisors
are appointed in each congressional
district.
Active Partizans Not Wanted.
President Taft, 1t is said, laid down
the rules, especially in states where
a division has been made between
Democrat and Republican, that super
visors shall not be active partizans
and that no attempt should be made
to build up political machines out
Of the census patronage.
The time Of the Presidents visit
20 Baton Rouge. la, has been fixed.
He will arrive there at s p. m. October
20 and make an address from thc
decks Of the steamboat on which he
will voyage down the Mississippi.
The stop at Baton Rouge viii ne
cessitatc a curtailmeni Of the time
allowed to Natchez.
President Wins at Golf.
Mr.. Taft and john s Hammond to-
cay won against General Amcs and
w. J. Boardman. Of Washington. in a
fourscnc On the links Of the Essex
county club. BY one up.
President Taft today appointed
Charles a Overlook. Of Douglas.
Ariz. as United States marshal for
that tcrriory.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
ADVERTISING IN PAPERS BARRED
No Newspaper Publishing Liquor Ad-
yertisements Can be Sold In State
Under Proposed Law-Doetors May
Dispense Alcohol For Medicinal
Purposes.
Purposes.
fny Associated Press).


BY vote of Is TO 81, the house today
passed the Fuller bin. pronounced
the most radical prohibition measure
ever drawn When Mr.. Fuller called
mp the bill he produced a number
of amendments, adding about 1000
words to the already yolumnous docu
ment. lie explained that he had add
ed 10 the prohibited advertisements,
all pictures Of bottles purporting to
contain liquor, or Of breweries or dis
tilleries.
Another amendment was TO allow
licensed physicians of towns where
there are no regular licensed pharma-
cists to dispense alcohol for medicinal
purposes.
An important addition was to make
it prima facie evidence of guilt IL
liquors alleged to have been sold are
of like color. order, or taste of pro-
hibited liquors.
All of the amendments presented
by Mr.. Fuller. were adopted.
Papers Can't Publish Advertising.
The chief fight was made on the
prohibition of newspapers from pub
iisning liquor advertising. This feat
ure was retained by vote Of SO to
SO.
Fuller,replying to criticisms, said:
"Yes. the bill will prohibit the sale
in Alabama of any newspaper publish
ed in this state, or another state as
well. which contains liq.lor advertise
ments"
Mr.. Fuller said. in answer to Mr..
Hoffman, OF Mobile. that he was in
favor Of suppressing the accounts OF
Harry Thaw's doings." and ali things
tending to degrade the peoples
morals.
Later in the day the house passed
the Ballard bill after heated debate.
More Work For Sheriff.
This bill is compendium of the
duties of sherifTs in the enforcement of
prohibition laws. II gives sheriffs an
extra expense allowance for ferreting
crime II makes the inspections of all
suspected drink stands compulsory.
The bill provides for the impeach-
ment Of sherifs and solicitors who
neglect any one Of the numerous add
ed duties imposed.
Added to these prohibition meas
ures was favorable report IN the
house today by the temperance com
miitee on the Mayfield bill. which
compels every person coming into pos
session Of any prohibited liquor in
Alabama to keep a memorandum of
who sold. presented as a gift or dis
posed Of same to him, and upon writ
ten request Of any officer Of the law
the person shall produce such memor-
andUm.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
rRr Associaled Prcss.l

NEW YORK. \. Y. Aug. EVIL
lie Lewis son from Sailor Burke IN
tue sixta round Of scheduicd ten
round bout before the Fsirmont Aih-
letic Club tonight
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
Counsel ErpIoycd Jointly.

City Attorney J. A Massie will as
sist Captain Berkeley and Mr.. Bick-
ford in fighting the case before the
Interstate Commerce Commission. Mr.
Bedford is employed jointly by the
city and the chamber. and Captain
Berkeley q employed BY the chamber.
Mr.. Massie viii appear in the case IN
his capacity as city attorney.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
Attorneys BlCsIord and Berkeley
viii Appear Before Interstate
Commerce Commission.
LONG DRAWN OUT FIGHT EXPECTED
Railway Companies Probably WI"
Offer Strenuous Opposition to Pro-
position to Make Newport News
Common Freight Center-Enormous
Amount Of Data Compiled.

Attorneys r. G. Bickford and
Charles c. Berkeley reported to the
Chamber Of Commerce last night that
they expect to present the petition
in the matter of the alleged railway
rate discrimination against Newport
News by various railroads to the In
terstate Commerce Commission ON
next Wednesday, August IS. The
records in the case will be very vO-
luminous and it probably will be sew
eral months before the commission
will render a decision in the case. s.
Much evidence will be presented
by the railroads involved and the case
probably will be long drawn out.
Preparation for Fight.
The matter of the alleged discrim-
ination was taken up by the Chamber
or Commerce more than year ago
and Mr.. Bickford and Captain BerKe-
ley have been al work on it several
months.
The railroads involved include the
Chesapeake & Ohio. Southern, Sea-
board Air Line, New York, Philadel-
phia and .,orfolk, Pennsylvania, and
several other Of the big eastern sys-
TENS.
The object of the fight. against the
reads is to COMPEL them to make
Newport News a common freight rate
center the same as Norfolk and other
cities.
Status of the Case.
Following is the letter from the at
torneys which was read before the
chamber last night:
Newport News, Va, Aug. Is.
MIR. w. S. Copeland, President
Chamber of Commerce
Dear Sir
In consonance with the request
OIL the chamber for information as 10
the status of the freight rate ques-
tion the undersigned beg leave 10 re-
port that much time has necessarily
been consumed in digesting the enor-
nous amount OF data. acquaintance
with which is essential to the proper
presentation of the question to The
Interstate Commerce Commission. IL
is no doubt manlfst 10 the chamber
that the proposed movement will be
very strong antagcnGzcd by the gene
raj counsel of the various defendant
railroad companies. Not only are
these gentlemen OF very great ability,
but they have a peculiar knowledge Of
the questions involved in this contro-
versy We have Thought it wiser TO
let our petition in the best possible
shape before fling it. in the hope that
we will thereby avoid the necessity OF
amending it. a rough draft of the Pc
tition, however. has been prepare dl
and will be flied We now expect on the
18th o. the month.
Very Respectfully.
X. G. BICkkOhD,
&C. c BEI-nELEI.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14

THE DAILY PRESS Is the
only newspaper published In
Newport News that receive the
full news service Of the Asso-
ciated Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-14
THE WEATHER.

Partly cloudy showers IN
southwest portion Saturday and
Sunday; rising Temperature.
light variable winds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-05-07
NOT A JOKER"

We have referred to certain queer decisions
in vogue as TO the possible effects of the maxi
mum-minimum scheme of tariff duties. The
most persistent one is that the maximum mini
mum proviso is to be used as q means OF I'M
posing prohibitOry maximum duties on the
great bulk of our imports, thus laying an EN-
barge on foreign trade and making the new law
an absolute failure as d producer of revenue.
THE Washington POST has conceived the
idea that there is a Joker in the Senate maxi
mum-minimum paragraph. 1t CONSTITUTES the
language of that paragraph as compelling every
foreign country TO lay the same import duty
on any article that we lay upon it, Says "The
POST:
The maximum and minimum clause is a high
~ artistic piece of work. No court IN ChrlSten :
dom would fail to construe it as a whole. and
any judicial proceeding arising under its PROV d.
sons must be predicated upon the question OF
what constitutes reciprocal and equivalent
rates Would the existing rate in Italy Of IS SIS
a hundred pounds refined sugar. as against
our rate of 81 %, be considered reciprocal anu
equivalent? Decidedly it would not. Or the
rate in the Netherlands of from So % to 50 u:
in Germany of from 81 80 to 81 80; in Russia OF
from Sc AZ to IS SO; in Spain of 81 46? Would
these nations change their revenue laws so as TO
conform TO even our maximum Standard
The trouble with this discovery" IS that the
Senate bill does not say anything about "recip-
rocaI and equivalent rates" 1t says that for
egn countries must give us reciprocal ana
equivalent treatment - that is, the most
favored nation treatment which we offer them
It will not matter to us what duty a foreign
country levies on an article exported from the
United States, so long as it leyies the same
duty on a similar competing article coming
from another country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-05-07
PEOPLE LIVING LONGER NOW.
But President of Actuarial Society Sees No
Cause for Changing Insurance Tables.

A paper showing the increase IN the length o.,
human life was read yesterday by John X Gore
president Of the Actuarial Society, ct the twen-
tieth annual meeting Of the organization held in
the assembly hall of the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company. Eight men sought a fellowship in
the society. six being successful. c. L. Cammack
from South Africa to take the examination.
Mr.. Gore in his paper, said that for more than
two hundred years at least there had been in
Europe and America a less continuous
increase In the mean duration of human life. He
said that while Improvement in the general NOR
tality rate was seen the death rate from heart
disease. cancer. urinary diseases and suicide
aged more than 80 per cent higher than thirty
years ago. The popular interest in the campaign
against tuberculosis, he said, would reduce in a
great degree tho deaths from that and other pre-
ventable diseases. He did think that the
chances OF increasing the length of human life
would any immediate change IN actuarial
tables.
Officers were elected follows: President, John
X Gore Newark: vice-presidents. A. A. Welch,
Hartford. and Henry Moir; secretary, Arthur
Hunter; treasurer, D. S. Asop. Philadelphia. and
editor. Wendell NJ. Strong.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-05-07

whether committed Intentionally or uninten-
tionally, evidently consisted of a suggestion
that ''maple-ine" was practically Identical WIN
maple syrup. The name could scarcely 1au 10
deceive the purchaser. The decision that the
act was Illegal will undoubtedly serve TO DIS
courage similar receptions.
The outcome of a case arising in Cincinnati
and reported by telegraph day or two ago
cannot yet be fpreseen. The government
charges that the designation pure sugar has
been incorrectly used on fOrty-siX sacks ana
packages Of material manufactured in Chicag"
and has seized the stuff. In its reply to the
complaint the defendant attacks the constltu-
tionality Of the law. At least one decision up
holding the law-that Of Judge Sanborn III
connection with the ''maple-ine' case-is al
ready on record. Therefore, until there has
been an appeal to the Supreme Court and re-
versal, there is a strong presumption that the
law will stand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-05-07
LLErrENANr cA1pERARA,s rUuRLE.

SO conflicting are the statements regarding
the cause of the accident which nearly cost
Lieutenant Calderara his life that it is impossi-
BILE. offhand. to get at the truth. The dispatches
say that "all who were present agree that the
italian aeronaut twas not responsible" for what
happened, and that the mishap was due neither
10 inexperience nor imprudence" Well. an at
tempt TO vindicate the unlucky officers skill is
laudable. but do these witnesses know what
they are talking about? Are they experts in
aviation?
1t has also been suggested that some vital
part Of the machine gave way and caused the
aeroplane to behave in an eccentric manner.
This assertion. too. should be accepted with
caution without further evidence-to be sup
piled by Lieutenant Calderara himself-it may
be safely disregarded. After the accident in
which his brother Orville was hurt last fall.
Wilbur Wright, who supplied the machine to