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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10
RATES TO Be FLEXIBLE
New Tariff Bill Will Provide For
Maximum and Minimum.
SOME ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM RULE
Twenty Per Cent Understood to be
the Average Reduction for Minimum
Outies-intended Especially to Con-
ciIiate the Frerch and Germans.
(By Associated Press.)


WASHINGTON. u. G.. March p
Maximum and minim IN rates OF dutE
are provided in the tariff blll when
Is to be introduced in the hotl4e d.;
Chairman Payne OF me ways ana
means committee when IA" Sp"c!a'
session cOnvenes.
A paragraph will re included III
each separate scncdHl" providing toF
the minimum duties on articles nhnrr
that schedule.
Twenty per cent. is understood 10
be the average reduction for the mih-
imum duties.
Some articles will b" accepted from
the provision for minimum dutE
and greater or lesser rates OF reduc-
ton will be placed on others.
The United States was the trst
country 10 adopt maximum and MINI
mum rates of duty when it provide
Tor reciprocity in its ;arin law Tor
few articles. s:ich aS sugar.
Germany and France. however. nave
extended the reciprocity to cover the
entire tariff law and it is to make the
American tariff more pliable. in &C
cordance with the tariffs of foreign
countries. that the maximum and MINI
mum provisions WEI" incorporated.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10

ington at Inauguration times an eN-
annie 20 other cities. This week
was an example. but not me kind
which Congress expected when it ap-
propria,ed $3.0O0. 900 toward the cost
of the great terminal.
1t is not the disposition o. critics
to minimize the difficulty under which
railroads were placed by reason OF the
failing Of telegraph wires. This could
rot have been foreseen. Criticism IS
entirely confined to the handling ot
the passenger trains in the station
the arrival and dispatch OF trains. ana
this il confined to the terminal limits
Why train!oad alter trainioad OF pas
sengers should have been Kept io'
hours standing in railroad yards with
i'm the city limits is Incapable OF sal
istactory explanation Passengers who
attempted 70 leave Washington were
confronted with new difhcult'e;'
Trains were not made up on schecaie.
ana when made up. of'en faiied 10
leave the yards within hours OF
schedule time Travellers were SUD
iected to the most severe inconse-
nieuca In reaching the cars 50 tardiiy
provided
With scores of gates available lot
use. the management; opened one OF
two ONLY in the face OF thousands anN-
ious to begin the home~ard journey q:
any cost.
Tho roads running into the station
include. the Pennsylvania. the bai,i'
more and Ohio. the Southern. inc
Cbesapeake and Ohio. the At'anuc
Coast Inc and the Ssaioard Air LINT
There could he no plea mat the s'a'
lion was too new 10 be operated sac
ccssfuIly rnder the stress OF grea'
crowd. for u was opened 10 hs "'s'
train on October q. 1897.
The station cost $ii.o"".oo". and 10
,his several more millions were adn.'d
in the construction OF terniha' i"
ci!i,scs. Tho appropriation 81 '"''
rreSa WE divided between the tenn
svJvan;a an. the baltimore ana ono
Tho station building Is go feet ions
and RANGES in height from 81 10 "
feet The passenger concouTse Us ~.
5eo souare feet and IL larger than 'ha'
os either the Grand Central o. ~"
nov pennsylvania terminal in New
Work n; Is said 10 he the iarSes'
siu,l, room IN the world. In the fa"'
~ his ,.asscnscrs were kept n"srl,
all night IN railroad yard: heid i''
bours on a sidctrsck 10 sight OF 'h'
Washington Monument ana 'ahcch
haIfsiarvipc hours aI'cr the Ercsi IA
rsdc In which they were 10 savc taheT
part
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10
"JACK" JOHNSON ARRIVES
WITH e Zip ON SHOULDER
Negro Heavy Weight Champion Says
He is Willing to Meet Jefries
Or Others.

VICTORIA. b. c.. March 9.-'Jack
Johnson. the heavy weight champion
pugilist and his white wife. a former
Philadelphia woman. who threw in
her lot wiki him after his fight at
Sidney arrived this morning by the
ste amer Makura from Sidney.
. Johnson unreserveGly declares his
willingness to meet Jefferies or am
Csher man.
johnson said t. an Associated Press
representative: Il am willing to me'
Jereries: am willing to meet any
man In the world and 1 do nc; think
any one can get decision over me-
much less rut me Ou:. 1t tires ME
10 hear this talk about Jefferles
claiming the championship.
When a champion leaves the ring
he is an ex-ChampiOn.
In all the nctices I have seen
its all what Jefferies takes. What
the matter with what Johnson will
take. I'm the champion amt L.
want a winner and lc,osers end.
10 tdIt what IL wv o"N '"' -
IS and -. b;i; there's got to be Il
winner and losers end
No Early Match.
1T Is doubtful according to the ar
rangements made BY Johnson
VII, her any fight could be brough'
On with Jefferies. Ke;chell or a2y
einer man within six months.
Johnson intends to GevC:e several
months to theatrical engagement
having signed with = syndicate ir
England for the London halls and
after an English tour. 20 visit France
and Germany.
johnson will go to Galveston. ar
aiving a; his Texas home On Marc:
18TH.
Wher HI. attention was drawn Z
the Galveston dispatch announcing
| the formation OF committees 10 a.
range ;arade al Galveston his eye:
sparkied and he showed his goif
! tipped teeth with a grin and said:
Tell them I'll be there"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10

daughter of Mrs Mary G. Tyler. of
AIS Eighth street southwest. was
dangerously hurt last night and is con
experience. After being put 10 bed
she suffered several hemorrhages
The negro. after being pursued s"v-
cral hundred yards by two men who
heard the girls cries. escaped with tn"
aid of two cOnfederateS who threaten
ed bodily harm to any one who at
tempted to touch the cllprit. Warren
Wister, OF 424 II street southwest.
one OF the men who pursued IN"
reao struck the aSailant and knock
ed him to the ground The mans
COMPANIONS rushed on Wister AMI
probably would have handled him
roughly had not Joseph MCGEE sudden
" appeared en- the scene. The three
negroes with the arrival OF McGee.
took to their heels. About an hour
later the police found hat belonging
to one ol the negroes. and this is the
only clew on which they have 10 work.
Attacked Near Home.
The attack occurred within 100 feet
of the child's home. Little Bertha.
who Is frail. with dark brown hair.
large dark eyes. and fair complex
ion, was on her way home from the
residence of a school-mate. Miss Pearl
Davis. of 400 Seventh street south
west. when a ne%rao suddenly slippct
M to her from behind and mu;tered:
Don't YOU holler. and don't you run.
If You do I'll kill you.
ha chilxa y,,nfalx- ua2ad AT
the negro. tall. well built. and very
black. She says she did not know
whether 10 run or to stand still. FIN
ally when the negro was about 10
erasp her arm. the child started 10
fee. and the negro. with fonnd
sprang On her ss she turned into
small alley. p few doors from her
home. He struck the child violently
in the face and she fell. Then the
negro dropped to the ground beside
The girl. and kneeling on her breast
he said:
Don't yru crv. Don't yOn cry.
The child fought to regain her feet.
,, bit the negro grasped her by the
! throat end beat her head upon the
bricks. Struggling with all the energy
OF which her fraii form would permit
the victim kicked and seuirUed and
! all the while the negro beat her head
| azainst the rocks. Finally he loosen
| ed his hold on her throat. and she
screamed. Again the asailant's fin
| gers closed about the little ones
\ throat. ard her cries were stihed. but
no, before they had reached the ear OF
| Warren Wister.
Wister standing on corner about
q block awav. started on run In the
direction Of the CIV When he an
preached the alley he heard the sobs
Of a child. He rushed into the darn
ness and stumbled over the negro
The latter jumped To his feet anN
rushed to the street. Wister pursued
and after run Of about 3m y&rds
he came mon the regro as he wa:
about to enter an alley. Wis'er start
cd 10 follow. when Two other negroes
doomed M in the darkness and
cav Toned him not 10 touch III" a.
saiiant.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10

public places l..ltrCnized by the whhe
necple CT the Southern town OF
brownsville. These soldiers mad
hut recently been transferred from
another section Of the country. where
they were admitted on basis OF
eouali,y to every place thai a white
81 ldier might 90.
because they were MT permitted
IN this Southern town 10 rub elbc VS.
with whites In the saloons. the dance
halls and other places of amusement
and recreation M Brownsville. the
infantrymen acquired a
burning antipa ny TO the whole "opn'
Lation, and proceeded 10 get even. -
in fact a little m re than even mas
much as they were armed with rifles
81 such power that not even the
famous Texas Rangers could have
met them on equal terms 80 far rs
~ eapons were concerned.
When the 80 men shall haN" been
re.onlisted under the provisions OF
the regent congressional act. the
Daily Press respectfully suggests
/ hat they be garl!son"d in the South
crn cries whose newspa GERS have
s. arden,ly endorsed the r'asSembl'
ing CT the dischar. d battalicn. OF
course. in order to he perfectly con.
sist,nt these cities naiai acc ord the
negro soldiers all the privil. GO: of
equality for which they fought so
valian,ly L, midnight In Brownsville
aftEr the unarmed fee had gone
peacefully TO sleep.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10
NEW STATION FAULTY.
Fourteen Million Dollar Structure
Nav 8e . Failure.

WASHINGTON Mar. 9.-!s Wash
ing on's new S22 .600 900 union raIway
terminal a failure! Some hundred
I housand passengers On railroads rth-
ming into il who were delayed on IN
auguration Dav. with another nun
dred thousand who were held up be-
fore and after March Z. know some
thing Is wrong " the station hsef'
is physically all right. then thes
ssree tina, tho men who controlled II
during inaugural ion did not KNOW
how 10 handle crowd. Experts IN
rai!roading vino watched the pIny ct
forts Of the railroads here 10 carry
out their contracts with thousands ot
rcoplc agreed 90 tia; verdict. Passeh'
gers held for hours in railroad yards
within walking distance of the CIV
did not need Expert opinion 10 con
vince them that they had been out
raecousiy treated Washington bune''
I'd with - transit problem. and tae
d fHcuitv was not ~ any means en-
fircl, due 10 the storm. as the raw
road prorl" vouli have tho public Dc.
iievc
When T. WAS urged that the capita'
needed great station into which 'ne
roads entering the city should rrn.
tho railroads turned TO Congress 'o'
aid one of the chief arguments p"i
forward vas that ~ was propose J
to SonsirIc' q station which 1ou'd
mako tho coming and going of the
erea, crowds which center In WASH
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10
SOMETHING eeb,cEs TARIFF.
Congress Likely To Pass Several Bills
At Special Session.

WASHINGTON. Mar. 9.-When Con-
eress meets On the 18th instant. upon
call of the President. ID consider re-
vision Of the tariff. there will be no
constitutional rest rictiOn upon the
nature of business that may re trans
acted. It is generally conceded thai
at least two months will he required
for the House Of Representatives to
conclude consideration of all the sche.
dulles involved in this tariff legisla-
ton. The House itself will nor re-
ceiyc the bill for some weeks. and
the Committee on Ways and Means
will require considerable time to re-
port III" mea. urc.
During this long period the Senate
win have nothing to do in respec'
20 the tariff. Then will begin long
wait bv the House until the Senate
amendments can be known and con.
ferees appointed 70 i.ing about an
agreement
Therefore Senators are considering
the advisability Of entering upon
other legislation they believe ought
tn ne passed in time to send IT over
10 the House when that body has dis
posed of It's bill and will only have 10
wait for Senate action on the iarin,
The Postal Savings Bank bill.
the bill 10 change the date Of in
augurat ion from March 4 until later
date. when favorable weather IKE.
Il to prcvaII and the Statehood bill
for New Mexico ana Arizona are
among the measures thot may DO
pressed.
President Roosevelt veto OF the
Census bill makes mandatory some
action to prot idc for the enumeration
Of the thirteenth census.
The extra session is sure 20 brins
forth a delugc Of bills in both houses
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10
TIME EXTENDED.
vii, Require Until June IS 70 Repair
The esttieships.
nv Aesoriased oress.r

WASHINGTON. u. e. Marrh y
II having ben found hat some Of Tn"
v..seIs - the Atlantic Acct require
more extensive repairs than was
articirated a. a resul; = ;h"ir ex'
perjcnce on the around hc-worid
rru'sc. the time allowed f1r their
r.pa:r has tC-rn exti ndeI from May
IL To June -.
The ta'tieships kcarsarce. Men
tucky and Iilirois have been d'ta"hrd
from the Atlantic fee;.
The cruiser Dss Moir"s nov a. th'
naval STA ion al Guanianamo Cuba
has been ordered 10 New Orleans n
give the ~.iccrS and crow sh =
season q. liberty
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10
NO INCONSISTENCY IN Mr.. JONES'
POSITION.

voted tor the mail subsidy hill The
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch classes him
with Congressman Small. OF North
Carolina. who favorS Il protective tar
In on lumber. and~remarks, We ar"
no, finding fault with these men. but
!; Is just these things that Mr. Taft
had in mind when h. insisted that the
South in the future would vote for
what it wanted regardless of party
lines that have embraced II for years
Not understanding the situation.
The Norfolk editor seems to assume
that the Virginia congressman sup
ported the mail subsidy proposition
simply because the great Newport
News shipyard is located in the First
district The inference to he drawn
is that Mr.. Jones. though agains; the
measure in principle, voted for it
simply as a lid for the support OF
Newpor, News.
Such an inference cannot be drawn
with justice to Mr.. Jones. Mr.. Jones
does not believe in the subsidy policy
| because he does not consider that
the sound method for rehahilitating
the lost American merchant marine.
He does believe. however. and be-
leves earnestly. that it Is all i'm.
portant that the American merchant
marine should be rehabilitated. When
he was a candidate Tor reelection re.
| Gently. Mr.. Jones did not hesitate to
| tell a thousand and more Newport
| News people. gathered in the Acad-
! envy OF Music. that he had voted
, against the last ship subsidy bill. not
! only because he did not believe in
the subsidy prtRciPle. but because the
measure in question and others of a
similar nature against which he had
voted. were particularly Ubiquitous.
! Furthermore. Mr.. Jones said frankly
that as long as he was in Congress he
proposed to do what he believed to be
right. and that IL the people Of new.
port News wanted 10 oppose him he.
cause he voted against the Subsidy
bill Or because he voted for two
il'tleships instead o: four. they could
! go abe ad and do it, And soon after
ward he was reelected. carrying New
port News and ev"ry other city and
town As well as every county in his
district
With another drfea; Of the Demo
cratic party in the national election
il became only too apparent that there
would be no rehabilitation Of he
American merchant marine through
on steel or bv discriminating duties
! the Democratic polio les. for long tim,
to come. Therefore the First dis
: trio congressman. unable TO &c
, what ne wanted. supported the oBl,
proposition offered ior building NJ
1.-THE merchants; marine. the mail sub
sidy in the form VI the best hill o
! its kind that has been brought foI
ward
= The Daily Press r. DcmOcra }
! newspaper aud opposes the shipsrt
n sidy principle. believing that no sub
sidy would be necessary 4 the ste.
i trusts ana other nonoPolies wer
}, given their deserts. bat the paper sec
u no Inconsistency in Mr.. Jones pos
- ton
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10
Eeptered at the Newport News. Va.
postofYice as Sccond-class matter.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 10. 1909.
DEFENDERS OF THE BROWNS
VILE cULPRITS.


When President Roosevelt dis
charged "withou, honor" enc battalion
OF the Twenty-fnh negro infantry
fer "shocting-up" the town OF browns
vile. Texas. every Southern news
per applauded the act.
The affair occurred at about tn"
midnight h~ur. when. according to
army regulations. the soldiers should
have been in barracks AID In bed.
Furthermore. according to army
rules every rife used by Grivate
soldier was supposed to be securely
locked In It's rack. and the KEY in pos
session Of one OF the company SER
ceants. Besides, withcW connivance
on the part OF the nSn-comniss.oned
officers also negroes. no private sol
der could have had single army
service cartridge In his possession.
To say tina. fifty or sixty Of these
men Guild have quit the barracks
aftes. taps" taking their guns out
CT locked racks and attack people
and private residences in the town,
keeping up the fusillade for half an
hour. afterwards returning 10 Their
quarters without the knowledge OF
ether members of the command. Is
to assert that which Is ludicrOusly
absurd.
Bullets which had penetrated one
thick wall and imbedded themselves
in an;the: were extracted and identi,
fed as the new Springfield rife pro,
fessile and would fit no other arm
in existence. Not one Of these rifles
could possibly have been In the pos
session Of any one ,save q soldier "'
the United States army.
Two white men were killed a.
result OF the Wiley and sk'rmi' :
firing. che Ct them a town marshal
who sought to quell the disturbance
Many private residences, saloons. etc
were riddied.
Within the pas; week seyera, Sou; h
ern newspapers have seen 1T TO right
about. ace upon the question and ar
eviogizing the stand taken by :
Southern ccng-essmar VIII excoriatct
President Roosevelt for diSmissin;
the soldiers. every one c! whom too
q solemn oath that he knew ucthin'
of the murderous assault upon tn
{ sleeping citizens e Brownsville.
Some Of thee newspapers al ;hi
late hour have discovered that IN
summary discharge Of :he principal
10 and the accessories TO the Rr-wn.
vile crime was IN act Of terrible 10
Justice. II not Ct actual tyranny. o
the part of President Roosevelt
Strange TO say. II required ab1u
three years time and the r.;iremer
: Il Mr.. Roosevelt and the election Z
, Mr.. TAN 10 bring these journals I
o realization Of the misconceptio
under which they had been lsborinI
A . general proposition. the m
lofty Of the pee le may BE- expec;e
90 forget the details Of crimes an
the motives which impelIed ther
ssser . iapse o. three years.
We. Q, should pos have hem f5rso
Zen In any southern newspaper on
ebaf ne -sAoos,us-up- d BrownsviI
wss protest non tie secosd ha
salsa q tAe Tveaty-ans infaat'
ssaiass Dc exciusos Ct sexroes fro
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10
NEGRO ATTACKS AMI
BEATS uITle WHITE GIRL
Victim V Dangerously hUr: Knocked
TO Ground sod aovshIy
Nandied.

WASHINGTON. d. G.. March o
Knocked TO the, ground by an uuidrnti
6ed negro. Who arsck her . Violet
b,o~ n The face and probably frsc'
turcd her nose. and Who then held her
snd sdmsnished her pot 10 CRY for
help. itfttc iaycar.oh .scrrha Tyler.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10

BOSTON MASS. March ".-Tn"
haftiessip Vermont; the ias; = the
hdg feet ~ ~ scp 20 thu Charleston
ward for @rht'tne. s-rived IN the har'
bor at 2 O'clock THU morning from
Ntvrort News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-10
CLYDE STEAMSHIP co,
s,eamers Ia philadelphia

Steamers to Ph!iadetphia.
SUNDAY. MONDAY. THURSDAY
ard FhroAY.
Sailing from Philadelphia. Tuesday.
Wednesday. Friday and Saturday.
Freight received and delivered
daily at e. & d. Pier No. &. Ofnce
River Road. JAS. W. MCARRICK-
Con. Souihrru Agent
Cr.yDE STEAMSHIP co.
II south n~iavsre Avenue.
Phlsdelphta. ?a.
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TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Editorial Rooms. Bell Phone No -
l;uslness Once. Bell Phone No. 1Sl
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OLD DOMINION LINE
Oallv Service

Daily Service
49, FOR NEW YORK
&&N From Companys Wharf.
A Norfolk, foot Of Church
street every week day
at ZOO P. NJ.
FARE-First-class. one way. $S.0o;
Round Trip. limit thirty days. Sl4.oo-
meals and berth in staterOom IN
GUIDED
Steerasc. without subsistence, $500.
TICKETS on sale at G. 4 y. ha.'-
way Ticket Once.
NIGHT LINE Between NEWPORT
NEWS AND RICHMOND. VA.
Steamers brandon and Berkley
leave Pier a. $50 every evening
PASSENGERS only.
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION COM
: PAEY. James River Day Line for
Richmond and all James River land
! ing5. Steamer Nnbjack leaves
Newport News. Tuesdays. Thursdays
! and Saturdays at 8:45 q. m. Leave
Newport News Monday, Wednesday
and Friday at 5 p. NJ, for Norfolk and
Old Point.
Steamer Hampton will leave Pie.
"A" daily except Sunday. at 800 a.
m. going to Norfolk. and at 4:90 z.
m.. going to Smithfield. Steamer "Ac-
comac" will leave Pier "A" daily, eA-
cept Sunday at 9 a. n. going to
Smi;hfieid and p m. going to Nor
, folk.
All business between New York
and Newport News transacted at pier
No. g.
All business between Newport
News. Norfolk, Smithfield and local
points transacted at Pier "a" foot nf
Twenty-fifth ST. w. H. LANOOk.
Agent.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-21
A. JOHNSON,
FIGHTING TO LAST,
CLAIMED BY DEATH

vented him from running for Governor
later. Elm 1904 there was an upheaval
in the political situation in Minnesota
which turned the tide in his favor. In
that year the Republican party faced
disruption. Throughout his career In
the Senate Johnson had stood for an
increased tax on the earnings of rail-
roads. Thus he was able to win to his
side those Republicans who had stood
against corporation influence. He be-
came the candidate for Governor and
was elected by 1890 plurality. When
he was elected two years later his ma
Jority IA $4,000 votes.
The Minnesota Democrats nominated
him a third time for Governor on
August 10, 1908. He accepted and vas
reelected. 1t is said that his accept
ance was a part of a plan to make him
the Presidential candidate In 1912. The
intervening time between the expira-
ton of his term as Governor and the
campaign he was to spend In the
United States Senate. He was the
first man born in Minnesota to be
elected Governor. When nominated
for the third term he said that under
no circumstances would he again be a
gubernatorial candidate.
In 1908 Governor johnson was men,
toned prominently as a possible candi-
date for President, n probably was
the closest contestant of William Jen-
nings Bryan for the Democratic NOM
nation.