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al. will stand opposed? In an Ameri-
can state the miners and the mine
owners fought their war to the bitter
end and the state sent its flag and
its soldiers to keep the peace. The
federal government proclaimed mar
tial law airu ,ue defeated party saw
its martyrs penned in enclosures Ike
beasts, driven into cattle cars and
dumped in THE desert, miles from
water and food; are these things for
gotten of men worth citizenship in
this country? No doubt i.ere were
wrongs on both sides. Tt fact Is
that the government as executed, and
the law as enforced. stood aside and
&. owed ali the wrongs or one side
to be punished. while all the wrongs
of the other we're condoDed- Mr.
Gompers says this government freed
the black slave to make slaves OF
white laborers. and there is bitter
ness among US.
What Of the late occurrences near
Pittsburg? II is true that the Ameri-
can laborers broke ther ii-dges to
the foreigners and seemed to surren-
der all for which they had fought to-
gcther. Is it not history that out OF
such treachery good faith is hammer
cd and future born? What Of a
future 50 crsdeled2 Nothing so terri
bic came out OF the forests and SHOWS
Of Northern Europe to oyerwheim
the order and peace anu civilization
wrought out by the suffering OF
Greece ana Rome The religion Of
the future viii fnS harder material
e. handle than we're the fanatics Of
Nshomet or the Savages Of Od.n and
Thor.
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to fight at the command OF an en-
peror. Mind and thought developed
more slowly, but when the despotic
ruler forgoi that his subjects were
his brethren the rights OF man to
some descent consideration were rec
ognlzed. The proposition that man
could govern himself better than he
could be governed was advanced and
finally established Now that theory
governs the world as once did the
opposite that the right OF the king
was divine and patriotism is now
our duty as loyalty was once the duty
of all. The world Is now republican
as 1t was once monarchical. II Is
evident that the one doctrine must
die as well as the other and new
dispensation succeed. We find that
individuality is now denied and altru-
ism advanced. We find that free
competition has ceased to be the
theory and law OF peace and We must
20 backwards to disposition or for
ward TO the unknown We can not
go backward as Roosevelt would have
us-the backward is railways the
downward. So Cato struggled to make
Rome what she had been. only TO re-
aIize that all the forces Of man and
nature stood opposed to hin so that
in despair he slew himself. Rome
must 20 forwards. willingly or unvui-
ingIy. TO her doom. SO must all OF -
What is that future? No living man
can see and God has not revealed %
Us. Experience teaches us that u
will be a new despensation with Gu
ties and responsibilities As different
~ those Of the FIRST Christians from
these OF Roman citizens Of their time
The duties are often antsgouistic-
the responsibilities must be unguess-
ed and the purpose dark for ern--
;urics
But II history is of value as lamp
to our feet We Know that the new
birth ~in come IN pain and coarui
sious. that the old must be destroyed
before the new can stand forth 20 Be
seen Of men.
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What DO these threats from so many
Countries mean when launched against
the boy that stands for Spain2 That
the brotherhood Of Socialism Is every
where and threatens was in return
fer war II has been proposed that
the nations organize an international
police to suppress Socialism in its
anarchisiic form: the reply Is made
that an international power Siii con
front an International police.
Why did President GomPers 81 our
Federation of Labor spend the past
summer in Europs? Confcssediy an
openly 70 secure an international
league u tabor interests to combine
for a common cause and be claims
10 have pushed the proposition very
near 20 = successful Issue The plan
viii not BE- abandoned. the theory mas
taken practical form. and When u
raises its head can II be doubted that
a capifaIistic league, also iaternation-
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There be prOphrts among - who
have seen the shadows Of The gather
INK storm and are tryiag - Get de-
fences against its coming but these
VIII prove - ~-c'cSs ~ the Sali the
Romans burt across England to shut
out the Picts or the one China erected
against The Tsrsars. They are but the
evidences ~ fear and the proofs Of
what We may expect Mr.. Carnegie
Of Everywhere has buis a marble
palace ~ The Hague 10 enshrine the
international Peace Congress that
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-07

as a trademark by the law or de-
nounced as obscene. But 1t brings
Europe home to us; it declares that
an organization which has no home.
is a law unto itself. and obeys other
principles than those of our books;
is of force and effect among us 10
rob, to STAY and to terrify.
Do not believe that such powers
are few or that all of them are crimi-
nal. and may be suppressed by the
law: they are many, and some Of
them are protected by the law so
that their presence denotes the be-
ginning of a new era in history. IL Is
more than possible that before the
century now with US has expired. the
empires of the earth and the powers
thereof will not be called England nor
Germany nor Russia nor the United
States OF America: that the hopes
and fears of mankind will net be con-
centrated on armies and navies TO be
launched at each other by govern
ments such as we know, but that man
will be ruled by these powers. with
out capitals. and nations. without
countries. since they win be planted
in all lands. II may be that geogra-
ply will change it's present form. and
the colors on the maps become mean
ingiess.
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meets and talks occasionally. Mr.
CHM of Dus,un mas left million
10 promote peace, and all the banks
of the world hold the sinews OF the
old war equipment in their hands to
command peace. The Brotherhood
of Peace is also International. but It's
existence only proves the rule that
national boundaries no longer divide
the powers Of the earth into peoples
or races along geographical lines. The
war now prophisied will not see its
battles fought by armies or fleets. The
issue will net be determined by the
ornaments created at the cost OF
so much labor and so many lives and
SO much suffering. To create these
men have iabored increasingly, women
have been penned into dark tene-
ments with poisonous air while star
walton grinned from the four corners
OF dens unfit for the stabling OF
beast. but they viii not do the work
expected Of them. Roosevelt and
Taft tell us that a japanese army
could land on the Pacific coast be-
fore cur forces could be transported
TO meet them. Toxic is nearer for at
tack to san Francisco than New York
is for defense. But those armies and
these fleets will dissolve before the
issue is fought TO a finish. There
will be new weapons and every back
yard in a city and every field in the
country will become a scene OF car
maze. Extremes meet and the old
border wars will be duplicated, ex-
cepf tnat ssvagery viii hgtt on both
sides and no quarter viii be given or
taken. Science learns that after
some years Ct peace tramps have so
multiplied that war Is necessary and
statesmen provide fer the war. states
men are uow warning Us to prepare
and the army Of the wandering hils
the land. And We always % remain
as our fathers we're. Is slaughter al
ways 10 be the business Of NAM
In the beginnin The head 81 = fami-
y stood up with his sons and made
himself the chief % a clan. ny con
quest. inier-mzrrisgc OF ailience. the
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Neither Is there wanting evidence
that kings must heed. Alfonso Is
practically a prisoner in hrs palace.
his mininters appear only in the midsi
of strong guards. the Spanish Iegisla-
tors grow tumultucus as an American
nominating convention. Those Sho
are warned believe in their danger.
Are those portents meaningless To
u.s. Why Is Il that even IN America
guard 10 keep the life Of the presi-
dent IS maintained? way Is u that
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-07

ment as We have known must soon
in the past must shortly pass away?
Is it not even plain that such govern
that such government as history knew
be impossible?
Take, for example. the recent ex-
perience of Spain with Prof. Ferrer.
An execution or murder was COM
mitted in a land where these have
been as common in the past as dew
drops of a spring morning, and even
the modern newspapers have usually
scorned to give more than passing
notice to the execution of a duke. Now
a schoolmaster in a provincial capital
is stood up against a wall and shot,
and We realize Immediately that such
a common thing has occasioned an
explosion that may unseat kings and
send armies to the right about From
Rome. from Paris. from London, from
Chicago. New York and Washington
the scn-in-law of an English king IS
ordered to prepare for death and from
an international organization the sen
tence goes forth as in the old days
from the finger OF God. Thou hast
been weighed in the balance and
found wanting Il will be something
more than a revolution when king
Is sentenced. a throne cTumbIes and
q kingdom passes away because a
school teacher has been shot
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SORE THROAT

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In the beginnin The head % fsmi-
y stood up with his sons and made
himself the chief 81 a clan. ny con
quest. infer-mzrrisgc OF silience the
chief Of q clan became the King Of
= tribe and Babylon was born when
The kings OF several tribes stood out
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The world that We ssvs va fouas
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Continued On Eleventh F-se'
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
Ames Will Probably Want an Airship

around town on the low gear, and
finally started up the Conduit road to-
ward Cabin John bridge. Marshal
Collins being temporarily discon-
nected from the sweet little suburb Of
Glen Echo, the Massachusetts con-
gressman, who was acting as his own
chauffeur, kept throwing in a little
more gasoline and little more spark
and speeding a little faster every min
ute. Finally the newspaper man got
scared to death and hung on with
hands and feet. He nearly dropped
dead when Mr.. Ames turned around
and yelled at him, above the noise Of
the car: Il wish we had a good
straight stretch of road, so we could
60 little bit fast We are not going
much more than so miles an hour, and
this car is guaranteed for 85.'
They do say that when the pair of
them landed back in town the newspa-
per man was in a near-faint and had
to be revived with three drinks, all in
a row.
So those members of the house who
know Mr.. Ames' propensities say that
he is just waiting for the chance to
buy the first Wright areoplane put on
the market in order that he may
make an intellectual effort to break
his cultured neck.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17

NOT less than 100000, 900 tons, or
~ 100000, ,OO0, 900 pounds, of rain and
snow drop on New York City every
year, according to the calculations of
engineers, and the new record set dur
ing the recent storm, when 5000, 900
tons Of water fell on Manhattan In "a
hours, has accentuated the seriousness
Of the problem Of what is held to be
the most dimcult question of storm
water disposal In the world.
Al compared with this question, that
Of providing for an underground and
under-river entrance to the city for
. trunk line railroad 10 simple, and the
disposal OF rainfall. amounting in q
year to = quantity equal to q good
sized lake. 10 an engineering problem
which 10 giving all sorts Of dimculty.
The existing sewer systems Of all
the i've boroughs which constitute
Greater New York are at present great
~ overtaxed. The plans from which
they were built were based on formu-
las In vogue 40 or so years ago.
These early formulas make provision
for rainfall at a maximum rate Of an
inch IN hour. It frequently happens
today that. three inches Of rain win
fall In A hour, and asa, result the
city eagilsers are faced with the ne.
cessity Of providing storm sewer 20.
eoanmodations capable of caring tee Z
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
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NEW YORK.-This community has
~ developed in recent years a special
class Of physicians who in town OF
fewer democratic professions might at,
tach to their signs the proud testimo'
nfal: by special appointment to Wall
street" They minister to stomachs
that have burned out their vitality in q
mad hunt for dollars Some of them
have only single patient, like those
who devote tn hemselves to men. like
J9ha 3 3 Rockefeller; and; Edward H.
dalfiman: .Y:n r." -
<dthers are engaged tor given Pc
riods and accompany their patients
IN travel, and nearly all are under
retainer which enables them to re-
strict their practice to the few who
assure them better incomes than they
could get If they were at the call of
all comers. They maintain establish.
ments in the choice residential quar-.
tiers and must live with all the out
ward show of the wealthy to whom
they cater.
the Dest known names were select
ed from the Offices in the Wall street
district they would furnish fairly &C.
curate list of those whom the special
lists are treating. There are few
sound stomachs in the lot, and they
grade from cases of aggravated debil-
ity like Mr.. Harriman's, to the kind
that does not rebel at being filed,
provided the food is carefully select
ed, like that of John w. Gates.
Men like Mr.. Gates give the i'm
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
Ban on Rooster's Crow at Capital

of the premises where it is desired to
keep the chickens or pigeons. No pro-
visions are made for ducks or geese.
In case the applicant has one or
more roosters in his flock, there must
be filed with the chicken application
a list of householders in the same
square who consent to the keeping
of the early morning riser-in fact,
a majority Of the householders must
consent.
Chandeliers will have full sway out
side the fire limits, according to the
regulations. The same will be the
case within the fire limits where the
property improved is less than rs per
cent. The regulations, in substance,
are as follows:
mo chickens are to be kept within
the fire limits without a permit from
the health department, and then not
within Is feet of any structure owned,
by any person other than the appli-
cant, and used for human habitation.
occupation or assembly. Outside the
fire limits, fowls or pigeons cannot
be kept within so feet of any structure
aforesaid, subject however, to the ex-
ceptions set forth in paragraph four
No fowls shall be permitted to run,
fly or stray within so feet of any such
structlre"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17

WASH1NGTON.-Within gunshot of
W the White House and the Capitol
the federal government has itself been
operating a distillery. The distilla-
ton plant was not conceived with a
view of evading the internal revenue
laws, yet there was no special tax is-
sued for it's operation. The OUTPUT
has not been of the regulation moon
shine" character. and there was no ef-
fort at concealment, though the ap-
proach to the plant located in the rear
OF 1858 B Street Southwest would in
dicate such. The undertaking has not
been one for profit, but for scientific
research. DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief
OF the bureau Of chemistry, depart
ment of agriculture, has been the
chief dfstiller, and he is going to pub.
lish to the world the results of his ex-
per1ence: demonstration of the
methods of making, the sources, and
the uses of denatured alcohol.
During the operation of the distilla-
tion plant a course of lectures was
given to representatives from all agri-
cultural colleges OF the country and
from the various state experiment sta
tions. In this course every matter con-
nected with the practical operation of
distfllery: the growth of the banana
and it's uses; the use of molasses; the
possibilities of the cactus; the produc-
ton and chemistry of malt, and the
technique of making-the principles,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
Morse May Buy Back His Steamship Line

Mr.. Morse is going to bob up at the
foreclosure sale of the Metropolitan
Steamship Company. It Is understood
that Mr.. Morse already has acquired
two OF the largest claims against this
company and that he expects to buy
1t In under the hammer. When MI.
Morse himself was asked about this,
he replied with a smile: Il will be at
the sale"
The debts Of the company, exclusive
Of bonded Indebtedness. amount to
close to $2,000,000. The Metropolitan
line which operates among other
boats the Yale and Harvard between
New York city and Boston, went into
the hands Of receivers along with the
Eastern Steamship Company, another
old Morse line, in January of 1908,
and is being run by the receivers now.
The money. with which the busted
financier, hopes to carry through this
deal isAcoming from the, Morse Sc
curities Company, which was organ
lied by Mr. Morse in Bath, Me-, in
May, 1908. The Morse Securities Com
pany has authorized capital of $10,-
100000. Mr.. Morse described it at
the time Of its organization as a hold
ing company organized to purchase Sc
curities :'...
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17

r HARLES w. MORSE walked out
~ Of the Tombs in New York city
on June II last under bail of $125,0O0
which had been raised chiefly through
the efforts OF his wife. Only a few
days before that Morse himself had
testified under oath that he had not
a dollar that he could call his own.
The Morse house on Fifth avenue had
been stripped Of most of it's costly fur
ntshings and the house itself was ta-
ken under mortgage foreclosure.
Morse declared when liberated that
he was going to work to rehabilitate
his lost fortune, just as If there was
no sentence Of Is years in a federal
prison hanging over his head. There
were those who said: Keep your eye
on Morse now that he's loose again.
He may be down, but he's sure to
bob up somewhere"
Well, there is every indication that
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17

HE astonishing fact that all New
! York Is consumed by fire once in
every IL years has just been brought
to light there by the compilation of
figures covering the losses by confla-
grafton during the last 26 years-that
is since 1883. While it is not true that
the entire city is simultaneously con-
sumed by fire during each 12-year Pc
rtod, 1t Is true that the fire losses in
IL years equal the total value of all
the city's new buildings.
Even on this basis, however, the
burning of Rome was a mere trifle
compared to that which goes on in
New York every year. Since 1888 the
value of the property destroyed by
fire has exceeded $125,O0O,00O. AS
125,496 fires go to make up this to-
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
3otham's Annual Fire Loss Is Huoe

tai, the average annual loss Is almost
$5.000,000, which does not include the
expense to the city of 100000 false
alarms
The figures show that a fire alarm
Is received every % minutes and that
an actual fire occurs on an average of
less than every two hours. or at the
rate Of Is a: day, or 4,476 each year.
The annual loss has shown varia-
tions to an extent which would seem
conclusively to prove that there is no
law of fire averages. Thus, though
the city grew rapidly in the ii years
from 1883 to 1897, the loss by fire in
the latter year was less than In 1888
and smaller than in any previous year
except 1886. The fire loss in 1891
was $6,900,000 and In 1886 it was only
$3,300.000-a difference Of $500, 1000.
That the city should sacrifice annu-
ally one-twelfth of the value of its
new buildings is a record calculated
not only to make Nero, who is popu:
larly supposed to have enjoyed the
burning Of Rome, turn in his grave,
but one which is causing Father
Knickerbocker considerable amount
of worry.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17

IT is predicted at Washington that
1 the first man to buy Wright aero
plane after they are put on, the mar
ket, as undoubtedly will be the case
before very long, will be Representa-
tive Butler Ames of Massachusetts.
Mr.. Ames is an enthusiastic automo-
bilist and has always had the speed
bugf He is wealthy, can crafty every
inclination and desire along that line
and is generally supposed by his col
leagues to buy about two cars a week.
One automobile man says it is only
necessary to assure Mr.. Ames that
there is a new automobile out that
will beat everything else that ever
burned gasoline and he will buy it.
One day last spring, when there
wasn't much doing around the capitol,
Mr.. Ames took a newspaper man out
for little run in big-bonneted, over
engined whale of car he had bought
a month or so before. They scooted
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17

r HE new chicken and pigeon ordin-
1 ance recently promulgated at
Washinton will be rigidly enforced by
the health department of that city.
In squares with more than IS per cent
of the property improved permits will
be necessary.
While it will be necessary to have
a permit to keep chickens. 1t will re-
Quire the special consideration and
approval of neighbors to keep a chan
ticleer. Before he is allowed to be-
stir the neighborhood in the morning
with his vocal serenades, his owner
must have the consent of the house.
holders in the neighborhood, especial
ly those who object to his being used
as rising alarm.
Persons desiring to keep fowls with
in the fire limits of the district must
file an application with the health
Office, setting forth the lot number,
square number, and the street number
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17

NAVAL experts at Washington are
N awaiting with impatience the COM
pletion of the 14-inch gun now under
construction by the Midvale Steel
Works. The FUN will be shipped to
the Washington navy yard where the
finishing touches are to be added and
will be proof-nred at Indian Head
about the middle Of October.
1t will be the first high.power gun
Of this calibsr ever constructed for
practical purposes and will fire q shell
weighing 1000 pounds.
The navy will beat out the army In
this respect, as the latter also has
three 14-inch modern guns now under
way which will fre 4 shell Of about
400 pounds.
II Other nations have built 16-inch
mszzle-loadinE guns, but not of very
high power.
Plans are being worked out at the
navy department for the four sub.
marines authorized by congress. Pro.
posals will he asked for construction
soon. :.
These and the feet collier, also au.
thorized by congress, comprise the
ship work still remaining to be con.
.tracted for by the, naval establish.
ment under increases In the navy ii.
ready provided for. III III .5s:..5... s*.5s. ).
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