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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
BAPTfSTS UNANIMOUS
AGAINST CARNAGE OFFER
Money for Colleges That Will Drop
Secearianism Not Wanted BY
Convention Delegates.
nv Associated Press. }

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 12--Almost
unanimous sentiment to reject the Of
fer of the Carnegie Foundation Fund,
providing money to sectarian colleges
that will drop their sectarianism. was
apparent at banquet tonight of the
Southern Baptist Education Society in
connection with the Southern Baptist
Convention, which opens here tomor-
row night. The most prominent edu-
Gators of the South were present al
the banquet which vas neid at the
Gait House.
The plea for the unification of the
Baptist college entrance requirements
was prominent in the speeches be
fore he society which will elect Off
GERS tomorrow.
In an address before the Baptist
Young Peoples Union the Rev. o. G.
5. Wallace, OF baltimore. attacked
what he termed ~fsstidious Baptists'
whose sensibilitics do nct permit
'hcm to approve the immersion prac-
ticc
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
NEWPORT NEWS. VA. THURSDAY. MAY 10. 1909.
NEWPORT NEWS AFTER
10 o. r. GRAND LODGE
Richmcnd and Danville Have Also Ex-
tended Invitations to the
Body.

BRISTOL. Va. May 1.-THE Re-
bekan Assembly of Virginia. which Is
in session here with the Grand Lodge
Independent Order of odd Fellows OF
the State. today elected officers as
follows: Past president Mrs. Nina
Coutts. Clifton Forge; president. Mrs.
NJ. Emma Hamrick. Stanleyton: vice
president. Mrs. ~ NJ. Seaborn, Ports
mouth; warden. Miss Lucy Harlow, of
Staunton secretary, Mrs. Ola l..
Bunch, Lynchburg; treasurer. Mrs.
Anna Mccoy. Norfolk
The Rebekah Assembly this morn
ing decided 10 undertake the erection
OF a $4,000 addition TO the Odd Eel
lows Orphanage at Lynchburg. and
appointed a committee to recommend
WAYS and means. Ii conferred the
Rebeka1 degree on rbout forty candi-
dates and heard an address by Past
Grand Mitchell. of Tennessee The
appointive officers will be named this
afternoon.
The Grand Lodge consumed the
m rning session in assigning work to
the committees ON, routine matters.
Memorials were heard on the death
of the late John W Ferguson, OF
Richmond, for fifty years grand treas
uror. The appointed oiscers will be
announced today while T. V. Turner,
the now grand master. will assume
his office, and Grand Master ]. {.
Noel will become past grand msatcr
Other officers elected by the Grand
Lodge are: Deputy Grand Master.
Robert ID. Yancey. Lynchburg; grand
warden, James Mitchell, Phoebrs;
grand secretary. T. Wiley Davis. Rich
mond: grand treasurer. NJ b. Fergus
son, Richmond Representatives, q
the Sovereign Grand Lodge OF the
World c. c. Vaughan, Franklin.
The Grand Lodge will ADJOURN to-
morrow. Danville. Newport News and
Richmond will make fight for next
years meeting and Hrnposition will
be considered to select "A regular an
nual meeting place.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
BODIES HURLED IN ALL DIRECTIONS
Percussion Cap Went or Too Soon
While Preparations Were Being
Made for Blasting Near Albany, N.
Y.-Grief-stricken Bereaved Ones
Unable to Identify Dead.
NV Associated press.l

ALBANY. n. Y. May 12.--At least,
20 men were killed today by pre-
mature blsst of dynamite In stone
quarry operated by the Callahan Road
Improvement Company near South
Bethlehem. IL miles southwest of Al
bany.
The dead: John Hoyt Callahan,
vice president and general manager
OF the company Cha; rles d. Callahan,
a bro, her of the manager: Leroy Me-
MILAN. assistant superintendent; John
Htndrickson, steam drilier: Fred So
der, master mechanic; James Ma
loney. blacksmith: William Banms.
fireman.; Fred Sappert, agent OF the
National Powder Company. New York:
t.eive Italian workmen.
Thousand Pounds Of Dynamite.
One thousand pounds of dynamite
exploded and the bodies of the vic
tins were hurled hundreds of feet by
the conclusion an dso badly mutilated
to be almost beyond recognition.
AS darkness was failing a wagon
drew up to the engine horse loaded
with bodies that had been picked up
On the quarry nili. A crowd of grief
stricken re-atives gathered around ea'
ger TO identify the dead only TO turn
away at the sickening sight. Italians
with shovels found here and there
portions of bodies and brought their
gfewsome loads in boxes to the engine
house which served as a temporary
morgue.
Bodies Hurled in All Directions.
The workmen had placed heavy
charges In six holes and were working
on the seventh when a percussion cap
was prematurely discharged. A fer
rife explosion followed which hurled
tons OF rock into the air and scat
tered the bodies Of the victims in all
directions.
The officers we're standing nearby
at the time directing the work.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
BLIND TIGER" LIQUOR SEIZED.
Thirty-five Gallons and Horse and
Wagon Coafscated-

DANy1LLE. VA. May IA wagon
lead of blockade whiskey was seized
by revenue officers last night while
being brought into the city. and John
Hubbard and Marshall Freeman, ne
groes. who were in charge of the
outfit. were arrested.
The horse and wagon and thirty
FIVE gallons Of liquor was ecntls-
Gated
II Is thought that the whiskey was
being Trough; here to supply the
''Isind tiger trade.
Hubbard is an old offender and has
been convicted several times for run
ming a blind tiger"
Another blockade whiskey wagon
was chased several blocks by the po-
lice officers. rut finally escaped
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
SPECTACULAR FIRE ON
ALEXANDRIA WATERFRONT
PIsninq Mill and Lumber Yard Wcrth
Nearly $4,000 Co Up IN
SrroLr

ALEXANDRIA. VA. NAY I'm a
spocfa~ular fire whose flames ami
smoke we're plainly visible from the
national capital five miles away mp
wards 81 Si0o.goo worth II property
close to the river front Of Alexandra.
was destroyed today
The principal losers were the plan
ing mill and lumber yards II " 4
smoot g. Company. whose loss Is he
taccn $4,000 ard sieo.o9u. and the
Iumber yard Of Henry X Field A.
Company about 5000. Tho nrc aiso
destroyed three frame dwellings snd
= brick hcusr
The conaazrafion the most serious
IN this city for many ycsrs D. sain
10 have originated in hgc ~ the
Smoot Iaani. The nancs spread -
rapidly that assistance had 10 be-
called cor and tso engines and Gre
boat we're scnf from Washington.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
GO UP 1000 FEET.
Signal Corps Lieutenants Make Bal
loon Ascension.

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. May r.
Quickly attaining height CT 1000
feet. Lieutenants Lahm. Dickinson and
Winter of the aeonatuticai division
assembled in the signal corps balloon
No. IL today.
The start was made at 1880 a. m.
and the balloon travelled In q south
cry direction After crossing the Po-
tome river several times and passing
over the city of Alexandria, Va. while
a fire was In progress the balloon
lndcd late today at Cheltenhum. Md.
whence It was shipped back to this
city.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
FAIRS FOR FUTURE ENTERTAINED
Representatives of Trust in London
Pretend to be Ignorant of Condi-
tons Here, and This Troubles the
Minds CT Great Britain's lnvestisa-
tors-Ruthless Maxim.
(Rv Associated Press.)

LONDON, May l2.-The depart
mental committee appointed in July
of 1908 TO inquire into the alleged
combinations in the meat trade in
the United Kingdom issued its re-
port today. A large portion thereof
is devoted to the American beef trust
and its representatives in London, the
committee concluding that while 4
combination exists between four COM
panies in the United States engaged
in the United Kingdom, it is not at
present sufficiently powerful seriously
to endanger the beef trade as
whole. But should the firms, as seems
possible, acquire considerable inter-
ests in the Argentine Republic, the
situation with regard to the meat sup
ply of the United Kingdom might be-
come serious
Uniform: Ignorance Doubted.
According TO the repOr the repre-
sentatives of the American companies
in London all told tpe committee that
they knew nothing of the conditions
prevalent in the United States The
COMMITTEES says: The committee
reluctantly is compelled to express
grave doubt as to the reality of this
uniform ignorance. and its assump-
ticn naturally has tended to throw
doubt upon the other statements
made by the representatives of these
firms.
Il is almost incredible that Armour
& Company. Swift & Company, Nor
ris & Company and the Hammond
Beef Company. the last named> rep
resenting the National Packing Com
pany. should be in combination in the
United States and in competition in
the United Kingdom
Maxim RuthIessiy Applied.
The committee was inclined TO
commend the trade methods of the
American concerns, but held that the
maxim business is business all the
way and we do not run business for
. love" is ruthlessly applied by the
American companies. and they are
therefore unpopular among their trade
competitors.
The committee failed 10 find ev.-
dence of any deliberate action on the
par. Of the Americans with the oh.
jeot Of destroying inconvenient rivals,
and it does not think that they have
yet attempted TO capture or control
the whole beef trade in this country
as alleged
At the same time It IS said that
the first meEti05ed consult together
with regard TO prices and he amount
of the supplies to be PUT on the mar
ket and that they FIX the price al
which chilled beef shall be sold in
the province, and furthermore that
provincial salesucr are practically
bound to sell al the price daily die
tatcd By the Americans.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
MISSISSIPPI GOING UP.
SsttIcship Gets as Far 3s Oonsids'
vile without Mishsp.
IN a-..-fasOr r7r0o,
fRv Ass0clafcd Prrse1

IONALDSVIIE. LA. May i2-Thc
second sisee Of the batileship Mi.'s-
issiri sourncy ~ the river whosc
namc it bears was made under In
string auspices and without even
a suggestion Of mis..ap. The battle
shin arrived a. p7naidsonviIle al one
o'cIork this afternoon after a seven
hours "Trip from Ncw ORLEANS.
The passage up The river WIS made
amid IN almost continuous outbrrsi
81 enthusiasm. \ committee ~ citi-
zens fuardcd III vessel when she
had anchored h-rc and cxtcadcd a
wclcomc 70 Captain Fremont. other
officers and the Grow
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
EVERYTHING FINE AT PlMllCO.
Good Weather, Fast Track and Large
Crowds For Getaway.
IN Associated Press. J

BALTIMORE. MD, May 12.-Get-
away day at Pimlico was everything
that could be wished in the way OF
fine weather, fast track and large
crowds The Peakness, the feature,
was won cleverly by Effendi States
man broke down at the finish.
The Mount Washington steeplcchase
was won by Canvass after the leader,
Thistle Dale. and DR.. Keith fell at
the eleventh jump.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
WILL BE CLOSE m NINTH
J. ). Stuart Discusses Outlook for
Campaign.

BRISTOL. VA. May s2.-~Thc race
between Ticker ard Mana in TIE
Ninth District = very close. - I sce
it said J. J. StEsri. a prominent
lawyer % Abingdon, and brother Of
former Corporation Commissioners
fsnTy c. stuart. who T. in Bristol 10
today.
Personally. have not made M
my nina which = the candidates ]
yin support. IN fact. | would Ike
10 support . third candidate
Asked a. 10 how the former =u7-
ror.crs q his bro'her IN The Ninth
would vote. b. said hat be understood
that IN Bristci enc majority we're Tor
Mann. but hat In the disirict as =
whole h. thought TIC OPPOSITE vas
true
Judzc Nsan vas fosay Advertised
70 speak here SATURDAY niEht
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13

PTTTSBURG. PA MAY 1s.-To save
i've ccnts bridge toll. Eve forcig1crs
attempted 10 cruss the MOuonghahe IA
river a. NcKccsport today IN a smah
boat which sank a. they got into
u.idsrcam drowning three ~ thc mrn.
Fivc hundred school children saw
them drown
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
Goes to DaryiIIe.
(Rv Associated Prcss.l

(By Associated Prcss.)
ROANOKE. VA, May 12.-The
grand lodge CT Odd Fellows of Viz
ginia which has been in session at
Gliding on Danville as the next meet
ing place
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
Distinguished Methodist Victim Of
Pneumonia and Heart Trouble.
MISSISSIPPI LEADING PUBlICIST
Dead Divine Had Taken Prominent
Part in Affairs Of State and Church
for Twenty Years-Arransements
for Funeral Today.
fRv Associated Press +,

JACKSON. MISS. May 12.-Bishop
Charles b. Galloway. of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. South. died OF pneu-
monia al his hcme here this morning
at 5 O'Clock.
Bishop Galloway was Mississippfs
most distinguished divine and best
known publicist. and for the last
twenty years had held rank among
the greatest pulpit orators Of America.
His Illness, OF several days duration,
was mild form of pneumonia. COM
plicaied with heart trouble.
The bishop was taken III last Fri
day en- route from Nashville. where
he had attended the annual session
CT the college of bishops No alarm
over his condition was felt until Mon-
day when pneumonia developed In
one lung. The patient grew worse
rapidly. During the final IL hours he
was unconscious.
The funeral will take place Thurs
day afternoon from the First Metho-
dist church. followed ny interment at
Greenwood cemetery. bishop Warren
A. Chandler. e Georgia. will conduct
the services.
Orders have been issued for all de-
partments Of the federal. state, coun-
" and municipal government TO re-
main closed tomorrow and Mayor
Crowdef has Issued a proclamation
urging all the business houses Il
close f-r the day.
Most Prominent Methodist.
BIZ hop Galloway was possibly the
most prominent OF the bishops q the
Methodist Episcopal Church SAITH.
Ic was born I'm Koschuco. Ni:zs-.
SEPTEMBER I. 1879 ana graduated IN
1858 from the University - Miss'ss-
ip2i The degree ~ doctor Of laws
was lafcr conferred upon him BY the
ihvcsi-rn University and BY tn
lane University. Ne entered the min
isiry IN 1854. Bishop Gaiioway's writ
ings covered = wider range perhaps
than thoSe ~ anv other FeTson con-
nected With the Mctbodisi Episcopal
Church South and he travelled *
fcnsivciy
For a number ~ years b. ioox an
actiyc interest In he prohibition cam
raigrs IN Mississippi and other s'uib-
ON states. Hc vas president ~ the
hoard 81 education ~ the " =.
Church south. president n ne board
81 trustees ~ Miilsaps College and
VANDERBILT University. and was a
mcnifrr of the board ~ trustees ~
The Jim o. Slater Fund
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13

WASHINGTON. d. C.. My r.
Thomas ~. NcihcrIand. IS years old.
to-day committed suicide BY shooting
himself IN TIE bead. Ovcrwork a. q
clerk al the White House during nc
last administration vas said O. ~
the cause.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
WALL STREET IS DENOUNCED
Market Place Converted Into a
Monte Carlo, in Which Stalks Grin
ming Skeleton Of Dishonor,' etc
says Serene Pratt-NationsI Con-
urcss il. Session.
(By Associated Press1

BOSTON. MASS. May l2-Discus-
sion and debate on topics OF pertinent
interest to the church were continued
at the second days session of the
National Episcopal C-ngress today.
The Incompa'ibihiy OF Genius and
Orthodoxy being the subject consid-
cred at the forenoon session.
Papers by the Rev. Dr. Samuel ID.
Mcconnell. OF Easton, Md, and he
Rev. William Austin Smith. of Mil
waukee, en- today's subject were read.
Mr.. Mcconnell denounced orthodoxy
as an oh truc,ion to thought and truth
and said it remained for genius 10
break down its walls He claimed that
il was Impossible for man Of genius
l. be orthodox, while that spirit has
always been opposed and always VIII
be opposed to the spirit of truth. -
Mr.. Smith in a similar vein al
though his address was more conser-
vative
John De Witt Warner. CT New YORK,
then addressed the congress. He ar
gued that genius and orthodoxy are
not Incompatible.
The session closed with an inter
esting address by Rev. Hillman r.
Sturgcs. of Morristown, \. j.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13

There is n plain distinction 70 be
drawn ncfwccn speculation and Samb-
linz. The distinction. however. Is
mercy in the degree ~ risks assumed.
and the intent and The financial and
mcaiai ability sf the pefsoBs engaged
in taking these risks. The csscncc of
speculation Is risk. the ,sscncc Of
gam ling Is mystery.
We ran do some things 10 reduce
the evils %; gambling upon thc'spcc-
uIstivc exchange. We can for orc
thing insist thaf the amouni of capt
;al employed shall b. more adequate
10 Safeguard The community and this
requirement alone viii serve 20 snur
ctt vast amount of small gamblers
from the speculative arena. We can
insist. N the sccoud place upon such
Iaws and regulations ~ shali provide
tae largest possible publicity w the
administration Of corporations. m the
reports - hnancisi conditions and IN
nc prnmotlcn ~ ucv cntcrpriscs and
the issue q now-sc,uTitirs-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13

THE DAILY PRESS is the
only newspaper published In
Newport News that receives the
full news service Of the Asso-
ciated Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
when Lincoln Almost :

Mr. Pratt said that the Only time
Abraham Lincoln used strong Ian
suage nthe White House. was in re-
ferring to the Wall street gambling
in geld during the Civil war.
When we see gamblers in Wall
street gambling on the hazards of the
nation said Mr. Pratt" and deliber-
ately deprecating the values Ct other
peoples properly or manipulating cor
ncrs by which consumers are made
to pay exOrhibant prices for the ne
ceSsiiies Of lie; when VIC see them
swindling innocent investors by false
prospectuses when We see the market
place converted into Monte Carlo.
in which stalks TIE srinninS skeleton
Ct dishonor. moral degradation ana
suicide. We are tempted 20 exclaim
with Lincoln: ! wish that every
dcvilish had e them could be shot
oNTr--
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
Another Queer One.

THE ethical aspects of gambling
was the topic discussed tonight by
two well known writers and two
well known writer's and TWO prom
inent New York residents.
Rev. Flavels s. Luther, LII. D.,
president of Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn. was the opening speaker and
was followed in turn by Rev. ST.
Clair Hester, ID, D. rector Of the
Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn, N
Y. Or. F. E. J. Woodbridge. professor
of philosophy in Columbia University,
New York, apd Serene S. Pratt, sec
rotary of the chamber Of commerce,
New York.
The meeting was presided over by
Right Rev II. VI. Lawrence, bishop Of
Massachusetts.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-13
THE WEATHER

Fair Thursday. and Friday;
light south to southwest winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-13
LOCAL MAN SPEAKS.
Roscoe c. Bruce Delivers Address in
Cleveland, Ohio.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 13.--The
Lincoln-Douglass banquet Of the Attacks
Republican Club was held here last night
$50 persons being present. The princi-
pal address was by Roscoe c. Bruce. as
sistant superintendent in charge of the
coIored schools of Washington, d. c..
Slavery is essentially an affair of the
human spirit the speaker said. Proc
lamations of emancipation are in them
selves Intellectual. for it is not by edict
but by education that men grow free.
The ultimate battle-ground of freedom is
the human heart. Slavery was the ma
tons sin; freedom through education is
the nations opportunity, the nation 5
duty to itself.
.'The fact that in louisiana Alabama,
Georgia, North and South Carolina, Mis-
sissippi and Virginia one-half the negro
men of voting age are illiterate today
shows that the nations duty is not done.
The enlargement of school facilities has
Jagged far behind the sheer increase in
population. Only about one-half the
negro children of school age are enrolled
i'm school, and less than one-third of those
enrolled attend school six months OF
more.
"Of the nine million negroes in the
United States seven millions live in coun-
try districts; the primary problem is that
of the peasant. Institutions seeking to
contribute to this far-rea ching service
should educate their students in arts that
they may scatter among the masses in
teligent methods i'm farm, garden and
household work, and habits of thrift, in
dustry, honesty moral courage and chas-
tity. School communities resting upon
agriculture as the basic industry should
be established at the center of each of the
greater black belts: they should. as Presi-
dent Eliot of Harvard University re-
Gently suggested, receive the nation s
aid"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-13
JAPAN MR.. LODGES THEME.
Present-Day Lesson in Lincoln'a
Policy Toward the States.

| BOSTON February Ex-senator Lodge
delivered an address on Lincoln to the
Massachusetts legislature yesterday. The
exercises at the statehouse were held
in the house of representatives. in
which both branches Of the legislature
| had assembled, together with state of
ficials and many civilians. President A.
T. Treadway of the senate introduced
Senator Lodge.
Il wish" said the senator, merely to
detach Lincoln from the myth. which has
possession of us all. that his wisdom,
| his purity and his greatness were as OBJ
vious and acknowledged, or ought to have
| been as obvious and acknowledged, In his
| lifetime as they today.
Lincoln" he said, wishing to save
| the Union. regardless of the result of
such action on slavery, was bitterly criti-
cised
| His career teaches u.s. he added. that
| a great executive officer, dealing with the
most mOmentous problems, cannot do ev-
erything at once-that he must subordi-
nate the lesser to the greater ii he would
not fail entirely Is il not well for
us. before passing hasty judgment and
| indulging in quick condemnation, to re-
| fleet that the man charged with great
public duties may have knowledge of
conditions and possess sources of infOrma-
ton which are not known to the world
or even to those who critlcise?'
| MIR. Lodge spoke OF the growth IN pow
er of the central government. which. he
said was inevitable, because, he added, it
goes hand in hand with the growth of
| the country.
| NO state" he said. "should be given
| a right to disregard treaty made by
the United States or to SO act as to bring
war upon the nation.
| The people of the United States. he
| said, will not long suffer their foreign
| relations to be Imperfect permit TN :
/ Deace of the country to be put in jeOpardy
| because some. one state does not choose
| to submit to the action of the general
government in a matter with which the
general government alone can deal