davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-02
FAILED TO PAY AUTOMOBILE BILL
Little in Unkempt, lllusion-haunted
Woman to Remind Spectators Of
the Former Wife Of Brodie 1. Duke,
the Millionaire Tobacco Man
Business Friend Has Fled.
(By Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, ILLS, Sept. I'm the
unkempt. Illusion haunted woman
whose feyerish lips answered to the
name Of Alice Webb Duke in Judge
GimmeI court here today there was
little remind the spectators of the
forme. wife OF Brodie L. Duke, the
millionaire tobacco man. Mrse Duke
was arrested last night charged with
having failed to pay forty dollar au-
tomobile bill.
Today Judge Gimmel on the state
ment of a physician that the defen-
dant is insane held her for examina-
ton in the county court. The form
er mistress of millions was brought
into court by a policeman. In her
we'll worned brown skirt, soiled shirt
waist, and the neglected c0mure
(which she attempted to smooth out
with a grimy hand she was part and
parcel OF the sordid police court pic
ture.
The woman in low audible voice
repeated the Lords prayer. Then
she began singing Nearer, My Coo
To Thee" in a remarkably sweet
voice.
shock Brought Back Voice.
Il lost my voice last month-my
beautiful voice-because | was nearly
starved, but the shock of my arrest
brought it back to me- she explain
ed to the court. Investigation dis
closed the disappearance of Mrs
Dukes business friend II. J. Appleby'
manager of the Kentucky Coal and
Timber Company. Unconfirmed re-
ports say Appleby lost $500 through
i'll advised business ventures with
Mrs. Duke
Mrs. Duke charged that AppleDy
poisoned her and took her fortune.
Appleby's Offices were closed TO-DAY
and Mrs. Appleby said her husband
had been missing since yesterday
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-02
zsnreIIn Resgmes Voyage.

BUZZ SIG. GERMANY sept Il
The airship Zeppelin III which Ieft
Perrin SUNDAY night on the retVrn
voyage 10 Friedrichshafen. but vhfch
was compelled 10 make landing here
ne following morning. resumed her
voyage this evening.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-02
BATT;ESHIP MICHIGAN
DELIVERED TO The nAvf
New Warship Carries Eight 12-ineh
Guns and is Uncle Sans Big -
gest Just Now.
nv Associated Press).

PHILADELPHIA, PA. Sept l.
The new battleship Michigan was Of
fcially turned over to the United
states government by its builders to-
day. The latest acquisition to the
United States fighting force is OF the
~dreadnought~ class and one Of the
largest battleships aaoat.
The Michigan was damaged on its
recent trial trip and had TO be Sent
hack to the builders for repairs.
With forty months allowed them.
the builders had two months and 10
DAYS left them when they turned the
ship over yesterday.
The michigan. On its trial trip. ex-
ceeded the contract speed limit. She
has a displacement Of le.000 tons and
carries 12-inch guns. She IS q sis
ter ship OF the SCUM Carolina, Fe-
ceatly built on the Delaware The
new ship will b. commanded BY Cap
tain \. y. Usher. and will remain 81
sne navy yard until her full quota Oi
officers and men are ready.
The battlcship was built AZ the
yards Of the New York ShiPbHiding
Company At Camden.
The Michigan y the lsrrcst battle
ship nov II commission IN the United
navy. She IS. however. lighter by T.
600 tons than the Delaware. nearing
completion a. the local shipyard. Ths
Delaware and her sister snip, thc
North Dakota viii carry ten twelve
inch guns.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-02
THE WEATHER.

Fair Thursday and Friday;
cooler In east and north por-
tions Thursday; moderate
north winds, becoming variable.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-02
Belief Ship EnroY.e.

There vas. 81 course. the ever
present probability that he had ger
ished and Il will be recalled that a
relief ship is now cnrcutcd 20 Etah.
where she Is due the middle Of 'his
month.
The vessel the schooner Jeanie.
left ST. Johns. y. r. about two weeks
ago with the double purpose oil
searching FOR Dr. Cook and taking
supplies 20 Commander Peary.
The expedition was financed BY 4
sporfal committee beaded by Dr. RIOS
well o. Ssebbins. Of this city. and
composed Of friends Of Dr. Cook,
men Of science. who were most Keen
Is Interested In his venture. To these
men the news that he WIS safe ana
the report that he had reached the
(contiuued on Fourth Psge)
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-02

THE DAILY PRESS 10 the
only newspaper published In
Newport News that receive the
full news service Of the Asso-
clated Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-02

SeFNts~i ~ ~ FtAt~@+
We forced through hansen Sound
10 Lands End. In this march We Sc
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-02

CONTINUED on FOurth Pass)
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

Salt Lake City, Utah.-The forty
Grand Army of the Republic ended
with a fireworks display on Ensign
Peak.
BY the close vote of 307 to 293 At
lantic City was chosen over ST. Louis
as the place for the next encampment,
after a spirited fight.
Atlantic City was placed in nomina-
ton by Adjutant General Burrows,
New Jersey, and st. Louis was named
by former Commander-in-chief Chas
Burton, Missouri. First one city was
in the lead and then the other.
With New York to be heard from the
vote stood 253 to 293 in favor of ST.
Louis. When New York was called
the commander of that department
announced the vote as 81 for Atlantic
City and one for st. Louis. This gave
the seacoast city lead that could not
be overcome. The vote showed the
East arrayed against the Middle West
with the Far West and South more or
less divided.
Last Of Elections.
The other contest was for chaplain
Rev. Daniel Ryan, of Columbus, Ind,
won the honor from Rev. Thomas Har-
wood, New Mexico, my vote of $50
10 233.
After the final details of the conven-
ton were disposed of Commander-in-
chief Van SAINT and his fellow officers
elective and appointive were installed
The Women's Relief corps elected
Mrs. Fannie HARDWOOD, Denver, senior
vice president, and Mrs. Jennie l..
Jones, Salt Lake City, junior vice pres
iGent
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
CORPORATIONS TO BE LISTED.
Collectors Must Make Reports to In,
ternal Revenue Bureau.

Washington, d. C.-Orders will
shortly be issued by the treasury de-
partment to all of the collectors of in
ternal revenue throughout the Coun-
try to make report to the internal
revenue bureau, as to the number,
names, and places of business of all
corporations doing business in their
districts.
This is anticipated to effect the new
corporation tax. The present commits
sioner of internal revenue, Mr.. Cap
ers, is i'll, and his successor, Mr.. Ca
bell, will not take office until Sept.
/. Therefore no definite steps will be
taken to perfect regulations until that
date. The tax will be levied on the
net incomes of corporations above ST.
600 during the present year.
Corporation officers will be required
to make their returns to the collectors
of internal revenue by March /. They
will be notified by June 1 of the
amount due the government and pay
ment will have to be made before the
end OF that month.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
FRIJS CAN'T FORM CABINET.
King, in Despair, Summons Old Lib
eral Statesman.

Copenhagen, Denmark.-The cabinet
crisis is serious and the king has tried
in vain for nearly two weeks to find a
new set of ministers.
Count Frijs, member of the land.
tag, and a personal friend of King
Edward, of England, promised to un,
dertake the task, though he felt sure
that he could not win the assistance
OF the majority in the folkething.
He has informed his majesty that
his attempt was failure.
The king then suggested that Ad
miral Richelieu form a cabinet, but
both Count Frijs and Premier Neer.
gard declared that the admiral could
not obtain the support of any politi
cal party.
When King Frederick insisted upon
Admiral Richelieu, both Frijs and
Neergaard said that they would not
be responsible for such a move and
left the palace. r....
The king was deeply disappointed
but the emphatic declaration of the
count and the premier must have i'm
pressed him, for he has summons
ed TO the palace, Count Holstein Led
rebrog, an old liberal statesman
whom Frijs and Neergaard had re-
commended as the man to solve the
difficulty.
The result Of the conference is moi
yet known.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

will be completed this month. The
inspection will be discontinued then
until November, when it will be re-
sumed with Seattle as the starting
point.
The committee will arrive at Glen
dive, Mont, the morning of Aug. Is.
That day and the next the lower Vel
lowstone project will be inspected.
On Sunday, August Is, the party will
reach Billings. and the next day the
Huntley project will be inspected.
Other projects that are to receive
the attention of the party, and the
dates follow: August II and IS, Sho,
Shone project in northern Wyoming
10 and 20, Great falls and Sun river
project; 21st, Lower Milk river pro
ject and Dodson dam; % and "a, St.
Mary's lake division canal line; "a,
kalispell and Flathead project; q
and IS. Yakima valley projects.
The party will arrive in Seattle the
morning of August 20.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
Van SAINT COMMANDER
MINNESoTAN BEATS INDIANA RI.
VAL BY 5s7 TO 1856. ......
Iowa Woman Heads Relief Corps
Utah Man Senior Vice Conn.,
mander.

Salt Lake, Aug. 14.-Samuel r. Van
SAINT, Minnesota, was elected comman-
der-in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
Van SAINT won over Judge William
A. Ketcham, Indiana, by a vote of 587
to 156.
Mrs. Jennie l.. Berry, Des Moines.
Ia, won in a fight for the national
presidency of the Women's Relief
corps. After three ballots she was
elected over Mrs. Bell Harris, Kansas,
bya vote of 213 to 80.
In addition to Commander Van SAINT,
the following officers were elected:
Senior vice commander, w. NJ. Bos-
taph, ogden, Utah; junior vice COM
mander, Judge Alfred Beers, Bristol,
Conn; surgeon general, w. H. Lemon.
Lawrence, Kan.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
MILLS UPHoLDS JEROME AND
SENDS SLAYER BACK TO
MATTEAWAN.
TO RENEW fight AT ONCE
Prisoner Outwardly Calm and Pre-
pares to Continue Fisht.-Next
Step Through Court Of
Appeals.

White Plains.-Harry X. Thaws
latest attempt to gain his liberty met
with complete and disheartening de-
feat when Supreme Court Justice
Isaac Mills dismissed the writ of ha-
beas corpus and declared that the
release of the petitioner would be dan
gerous to the public peace and salty. "
There is no crumb of comfort for
Thaw in the 7,0OO-word opinion hand
ed down by Justice Mills. All the
contentious of his old adversary, Jer-
ONE, are supported, and it is declared
that Thaw is still insane, still suffer
ing from persistent delusions, and still
such a paranoiac as on the day he
shot Stanford White.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
TO START ON INSPECTION
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE
TO LOOK OVER WORK.
Members of the Senate Committee
Leave Chicago to Investigate Vari-
GUS Government Projects.

Chicago, Aug. 12.-The senate com
mittee on irrigation started from this
city on a tour of inspection of
the various government reclamation
projects now under way in the north
west. The committee is made up of
Senator Carter, of Montana, chair
man, and Senators Warren, of Wyom.
ing; Chamberlain, of Oregon; Flint,
of California; Paynter, of Kentucky,
and Borah, of Idaho. At Billings,
Mont. on August 10 Secretary of the
Interior Ballinger and Director Newell
of the reclamation service will join
the committee and accompany it upon
it's mission.
About one-half the work that has
been mapped out for the committee
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

The German company which 10
building non-rigid dirigible balloon
with lifting capacity of 81 persons
has evidently not been frightened by
the fate OF the big non-rigid Cali.
Iornia dirigible which broke under the
weight of a large load of passengers
and dropped them to the earth. IN
less the weights beneath non-rigid
Airship are carefully adjusted the
strains are apt to be dangerous to the
envelope when the ship is driven
through the air by her propellers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
More power sites wIthdravvr

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is now
made at the interior department that,
pursuant to the policy and direction of
Secretary Ballinger, Acting Secretary
of the Interior Wilson withdrew for
temporary power sites 1922 acres
of land along the Lower Yellowstone
river and 4.26s acres along He'll Gate
river in. Montana, with view of re-
porting to congress those withdraw.
ais that proper legislation may be en-
acted to preserve power sites for the
government and to prevent monopo-
lies
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
Man Who Defeated canonn.
DYNAMITE ENTERS STRIKE.
Explosive Is Found on Streetcar
Track In Sweden's Capital.

Stockholm, Sweden.-For the first
time since the beginning of the gener.
al strike in Stockholm, the strikers
are attempting to damage property.
A stick of dynamite was placed on
the track of one OF the street rail-
ways. but fortunately the dynamite
was discovered before there could be
an explosion. A number Of electric
wires have been. cut.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

Pittsburg, Penn.-On the heels Of
the adverse decision in the case of
Harry X. Thaw, Mrs. William Thaw,
through her Pittsburg agents, dispos-
ed of one Of her most important piec-
es Of property in Pittsburg. the APP
parent object being to raise money at
once to be used in further fighting
the case of Harry. For sum said
to be 100000 cash In hand, she sold
a part of the lawn Of famous Lynd-
hurst to w. w. Wilcox. a rich bust
ness man, who will erect on it a home
which will almost completely shut
Lyndhurst off from public view. 1t
Is said the deal has been on for some
time, but was to be closed only in
case Harry was not liberated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

One Of the Zeppelin airships Is to be
permanently stationed at Metz. That
town is a fortress in Alsace-L Lorraine.
which Germany acquired from France
At the close of the Franco Prussian
war. The German government gets
Its supply OF war balloons from Yep
pelin, and there You are. France has
been indulging freely In airships for
military purposes. but glance in the
direction OF Metz. once French
stronghold but now German posses.
sion. will be sufiicient to shoy that
lhere are others.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
GOVERNMENT MAKES TEST.
Carload Of Bleached Flour Seized a,
Muscatine, Iowa.

Muscatine. Iowa.-The United
States government has seized a
carload of -four upon a charge of
violation of the pure food act, because
the -four was bleached. Orders came
from Secretary Wilson and Attorney
General Wickershan. This is to be
test case by the government on the
question of bleached flour and it will
affect every -four mill In the country.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
MARKET REPORT.
THE MARKETS.
Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, Aug. 16.-Wheat, No,
l northern, $1.44; No. 2 northern,
s1.40; Sept, $0.99B; Dec, $O.965s;
durum, No. l, $0.9S Oats-No 8
white, S0.39B. Barley, 59c. Corn
No. 3, 63c. Rye-No. 2, 65%c. Flax
NO. /, $1.39&.
Duluth, Aug. 16.-No. northern,
s1.30%; Sept, sl.OO%; Dec, $O99a.
South st. Paul. Aug l6.-Cattle-
Steers, fair, $5.O0Q5.5O; cows, fair,
$3.25q4.25. Hogs, $7400750; year
lings, s5.0oQ5.50; lambs. fair, s5.OO8
600.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

There are dried apples-why not
dried potatoes? Germany is trying
practical experiments in the direction
Of the latter economy, and several
potato drying plants are in operation,
In different sections of the empire. It
takes $50 pounds of potatoes in their
aormal condition to make 220 pounds
when dry. A brisk market is found
tor the product, owing to the advanc.
ing price of grain.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
SHERIFF STOPS EvIcTIoNs.
Steel Company Must Do Own Work
for Refusing Heip-Striker Killed.

Pittsburg, Penna.-The sheriff of
Allegheny county has fatty refused to
continue the work of evicting the
strikers and their families from the
houses owned by the Pressed Steel
Car company at McKees Rocks, be-
cause the company would not give him
men to carry out the furniture and
household effects.
Major Smith, a negro employed at
the car plant as a strikebreaker, shot
and killed instantly Steven Horval,
one OF the striking workmen
Smith, it is said. was attacked by sew.
eral foreigners and declares that he
shot in self-defense. The negro Is
held at the county Jail on the charge
Of murder.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
IRRIGATION CONGRESS OVER.
Session Closes With Selection o.
Pueblo for the Next Meeting.

Spokane. Washington.-With the
selection of Pueblo, Colo, as the next
meeting place. the passage of resolu.
tions commencing both the efforts of
Pinchot and Newell in the forestry and
reclamation bureaus. asking a 10000
900 irrigation fund from congress and
commencing the Mississippi deep wa.
terways. the irrigation congress end.
ed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

How wealth may be piled up quietly
and amazingly is instanced in Eng.
land, where the death of compara-
lively unknown resident of Reading.
where he lived practically as a recluse,
reveals that he left an estate of $780,
100000 to s75,00O,Oo0 from which the
government will collect about $40, 1000.
300 in death duties and succession
taxes. The most successful men are
not always those who make the great.
sst stir in the world
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES JAPAN.
Fear Loss Of Life Is Great-Wires
Down and Communication Cut OF.

Toxic, Japan.-A severe earthquake
occurred in central Japan. The shoes
was particularly hard around Kyote
Asawa, Lake Ciwa and Nagoya.
All railroad communication win
those districts have been interrupted.
Nagoya with a population of more
than 100000 and one of the principal
cities in Japan. located 10 miles west
Of Toxic was badly damaged.
Thirty deaths and 80 people injured
have thus far been reported.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
Steamship lucania Burned.

Liverpool.-The Cunard liner steam
er Lucania lies submerged at the Nus
kisson dock, seriously damaged, hay
ing been almost Quilted from her fun
nels forward. The flames are suppos-
ed to have originated in the saloon
kitchen.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

New York continues the good prac.
hce Of letting poor people sleep in
some of the parks these hot nights.
An extra police guard is detailed and
everything Is orderly Some of the
victims in stuffy hotel chambers must
be filled with longing to be poor Scr
one night only"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

II you see rattlesnake in your
summer peregrinations, do not run to
the faithful flask Modern science de-
clares that those who recovered
through it's agency in the past must
have owed their lives to lively imag.
nation, as the remedy is without
merit
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

In various European and American
magazines and other publications we
bee great many articles under such
titles as why England Fears Ger
many" why France Fears Germany"
etc. 1t seems that there is hardly a
nation in Europe that doesn't fear
Germany.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

Baseball was never before so big
business, and it was never so big a
task to keep the business going just
right, but there is never hint of
crookedness in that sport. No won
Ger it is the national game!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
LONE BANDIT RoBS A BANK.
Robber Holds Up Cashier and Escapes
With $4,000.

Jacksonville, Illinois. A daring
bank robbery occurred at Franklin,
this county, by lone bandit who got
$4,000 in currency from the cashier of
the Farmers and Merchants bank.
One suspect has been arrested, but
his identity has not been proven.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

Here is powerful argument for
the more-daylight plan: 1t would give
the human race two extra hours in
the afternoon to see the baseball
game.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
Pioneer Bike Maker Dies

Boston. Mass.-Colonel Albert A.
Pope. pioneer bicycle manufacturer of
the United States and well known as
one of the first advocates OF the ex-
listing good roads system, died at his
summer home in Cohassett.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
DROWNED WHILE FISHING.
Judge Busey and Daughter Of urbana,
H., Lose Lives.

Judge Busey and Daughter Of Jrbana,
H., Lose Lives.
Park Rapids, Misunderstanding
Busey, of Urbana, ILL.,. and his daugh.
ter, Mrs. Anna Mclean. were drowned
in Mantrap lake, near here, while
fishing. The bodies have not been
recovered.
Judge Busey was standing in the
boat to land large fish he had hook
ed, and when he gave his rod a jerk
1t upset the craft.
Man Who Defeated Canonn.
Springfield. H.. Aug. 14.-Judge
Busey was veteran of the civil war
and one of the richest men in Illinois.
He defeated Uncle Joe" Cannon for
congress in 1882.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
2 YOUTHS DROWN IN BATHING.
Couldn't Swim and Got Beyond Their
Depth,

Vermillion, S. D.-Archie Peterson,
of Beresford. and George Robertson,
Of Alsen, Clay county, were drowned
in the Vermillion river. They were
in bathing in company with others
and got beyond their depth. Neither
could swim and went down before as
sistance reached them. Peterson was
II years old and Robertson 20.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

With the capable flying machine
cutting high jinks the Dreadnoughts
are beginning to wonder If more
modest name would not be a better
nt ....
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

In this age of realism why not reno
vate some of the old saws? How
about "The typewriter is mightier
than the repeating rife?"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19
Thaw's CaImness Forced.

Thaw, waiting in the White Plains
Jail at the rear of the courthouse,
where the decision was filed, received
the news with an outward calmness,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

When you go on your vacation take
along little something to keep off
the mosquitoes and then little some
thing to cure the bites
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

A lemon famine is threatened, 1t is
said. Perhaps this is due to the fire.
quency and number with which they
have been handed out OF late.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

Free and Independent America has
100000 hay-fever victims. They should
take the matter to the supreme court,
rs 1t is clearly unconstitutional.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

II the scorching automobilists blew
mp their dust in front instead Of stir
ring 1t up behind they would go more
slowly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

AS no word has been received from
Peary for a good while It is no more
than polite to assume that he has dis
covered the north pole.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-19

Poison Ivy adds nothing to the gen.
eral joy of a Sunday school picnic.
Let the management bear this in
mind