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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21
An EXPLODED HUMsUG.

Twenty five thousan dollars Of the
peoples none was spent for IN"
iramrinc through the Co%niry Of Mr..
Roosevclts fadiisr Comm s,iOn on
Country life. The members pred into
tn. domestic and social manners the
religious harits the agricultural meth
DDS aud The sporting procliritics OF
the farmers. as we'll as in;O the styles
OF cookery in vogue with their wives
and the fashion CT the garments worn
by their DAT fighters. II vas dragBc'
inquiry conducted in the same spirit
of assumed superiority which an
English parish lizard brings 70 bear
upcp the irvc, tisa, ion Of psupcr;Sm
The Comm ssion has no mad" its
rrr,r'. \ brief and Is Crci do"u-
wcn:. expires Sod in got general
and nOn-ccmmittai terms. which FUR
his hrs In itself al the proof y" d"d
that he whole cas-" J. summed ~ IN
he sta .mcni that the condition n'
tho rrarcprs and hayscrds might,
, perhaps in spmc gpcc's. II, iui"!li
r-n, claca, onal "Eorts should -
she Id 10 wisely conc,iyCd and ~
rcrtci h. persons ca. sn." ~ Grasp
| ~: all the pruhl"ms calling foT ON
ton NJ sycCinr dcfCmrci"S are II:
stznccd and NO par i"ulaT cIra'!'" ~"
| rCF: - arr rrcsC TibC = OHiV. No ar.
| cid the frHc - perhaps apgrr'a"i.IR:
| uIcn something Fra'iiCaj f.T III" ~
, III. 81 tho coIn'r, fnlE NAV i" -
1 fectcd All that ~" Commis i"l
' saws wouii W AyaGsril' valued p
.vcEty ave cent :" aIpTsis" III" r.
ror. ss worth tho papcr i - prIa =
on wodid hr a gross lihr on ia
rapcr Norfolk Virc'nian-I'lf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21
TIE STEEL TRUST JOKER"

Il is more than possible that Judge
Eibert n. Gary. chairman Of the
directorate o. the United State
Steel Corporation. more famiTaf'F
known as the steel trust. INDUCED IN
several sk and significant winka
: while he penncd the public announce
ment that his company will for the
present sell at such m2dificl prices
as may be necessary with h'spcc' >
different commodities in order to
retain It's fair share Z the basin IS
Chairman Gary dcplorcs the fact
that the smaller steel comp inies
have been scared by threatened taIiI
revision into lowering prices upon
railroad ard structural matcrial. all
intima,es that the little fellows have
liriven the great ccnbna ion IN oI
making cOnce$ siSns t. the consumers,
and tina, the trust resorts 10 III"
heroic measure OF modifying prices
purely from philanthr"phic motives
that it. to protect It's customers.
Such pronunc ;am.ato from the
officers 4 the steel trust year or
two ago Nigh, have carried ce.,"ia
amount Ct C~nvic,ion. hut since / =
absOrp; ion OF ne Tenn sste Coal IA
Iron Company, and the convinci = !
testimony before the HovE" way |
and means committee given b.
Andr. " Carnegie and others sh"wi"s
that the steel trus. ;ric"s are, and
for wears have been eXorbitanty sN"i- |
len thanks to the pronibitivr tarif
:; hcduie, "A dcrisive smile from those
who appreciate the situation is about /
all that Chairman Gary may rcas 2n2-
bly, expect.
Chairman G&ry's move savors
strongly CT the nature o. the lhvs !
Crockett and coon spisolc OF mytht |
cal history The steel trust say
to the special session OF the Sky !
first Congress. assembled t = the pur-
:.use OF revising the tariff. Don't
SHOT, I'll cCmc down., least until |
you adjourn"
But what guarantee has the couM' |
try tina. should the tariff rcadjmst. |
.rs leave the steel schedules I'M
touched. the steel trus, would not
pu, its prices back to the precise
p2iut where they have heretofore
been maintained:
Considering the piliable weakness
of the few remaining independent
steel companies OF the United States
as compared with the incstimable
strength CT the trust, It is ques-
,ion If Chairman Gary's prociamati""
should not have been assigned to the
wit aud humor columns in the coun- |
try's newspapers.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21

STEAMSHIP LINES.
Passenger and Freight
Newport News 70 Baltimore.
Tally Exc"Pt TB"sday. p NJ
Fare $500 one Way. $500 Round
Trp-ineiuding Siatcsreon serth
Tickets 70 81 po,o,s.
Newport News 20 Boston.
Every Mol. We'd. ard ga, u ~
NOON.
Norfolk 10 Provide nee
E:"rv MCn- ThuT. and Sat. i D IN.
For tickets and further Information
srriy tn u c. AVERY. sEens.
New port New, "a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21
PeNnv-w,sE: PouND.FooLIsH.

The short-sigh,ei ecO1 omists OF III"
country who figure that il Is cheaper
to invite war by state Of naval I'M
preparedness than 10 build up an ss-
Establishment OF such strength "a 70
preclude all Probability CT interra-
,ional STRIFE. are invited to ponder
the following figures which were
printed yesterday by the Norfolk Viz
ginian-Pii
"A professor at Berlin Univr' ST
figur," that 1t W Ml cost Germany
four million dollars a day TO so T.
war with any irst-class power. IN
the recent Russo-Jspancsc COni!it t the
cos; 20 each contestant was over a
million dcllars 4 day. while the Beet
war COS, Great Britain a"proxima; ell
q million and q quarter dclars for
every tw;nty -foC- hours o; its duia-
tor. These figures relate only :"
guvrrnm, mt expenses. taking no a.,
count Of ihr cost 70 trade and C II
mercc and the loss IN human life.
! whh h Is above and teyOnI valuation
| in money And Vet there arr ut i
few people in this country who objec'
to an expansive naval policy. forget,
ting that in a strong navy lies cur
| sur. s. ard only guarantee o: peace.
The money value O! Drcadnongh'
Ike the Delaware wouldn't cover the
cost e war ;Cr three day"
u l.. a pity that tho Statesmen 2;
| Wa: hur,on cannn, br hroygh, :" 4
realization q: this pal alb" truth.
The rrJh,hiliti' : ar" thai !f ha;
ii.shiIS G. nd fE' ,Cnsi.nCi,d 0T
Z; ,lurk creek. Iowa. ard Rail 'aak'
Fun. Wisconsin. ard oth"r lOcali;ic'
in interior c~pSrrssi nal Districts. :
less skinny naval pol'cy might h
pmryHcJ
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 81. 1909.
PASSENGER RATE INCREASE NOT
VET JUSTIFIED.

As the hearing DetGre lhe Sta'e
Corpora ion Ccmmissicn of the Etr-
r,n.a railroads petition TO be- reliev'
ed frcm the 2-ccnt passenger rec
proceeds. the grounds upon when
these corpoyaticns made their appeals
appear 10 decrease in merit
Mob dy will attempt TO deny that
The railroad com, anies' passenger re-
ceipts may have decreased during
the panic period. On the 'otner hand
he woulr be a bold man who would
assert that they would have remain
ed normal had the Scents mile rate
been In effect since the fall Of 1901
The proprietcvs Of the various
shops, mills, factories. sSres and
other enterprises Of the State have
not sought by the elevation Of prices
10 wiring from the rest OF the people,
who along with themselves have SUI
fertd from the universal market anu
financial stringency. an amount sut'
icient to bring their profits UP to the
figures reached in former years be-
fore the panic appeared.
Why should the Stockholders IN
the railroad companies traverslnE
Virginia territory. and who principal'
~ reside outside the borders OF the
Old Dominion be accorded privileges
which citizens If the Stac do nc;
assume to seek?
A representative OF the ScabOard
Air Line rio appeared on Friday tc
fore the commission to bcSsech
restoration of tho Scents mile rat
ccnicndcd tina; SO far as the receipts
frSm the sales OF tickets were con
ccrncd. his company hat c'.era'ea
passenEcr trains at 4 loss for th'
pas. nine years. Tha, is. under boil
the : and 2-ceps !aICS.
: L, ID well known fact that ccm
peusation paid ty the United State
government 10 railroads foE c,rryiu:
the mails nearly. II ii does not quit,
equa, the cost CT running GaSsengI
trains.
Added TO this considerable Is tn
inc. mo from the cxprCss conf an,
privileges aud excess charges on bag
gage.
ybca qucS. ioTcJ alag ais lict
Che Ssaioard oiIicis! e. AIDED the .'.c
hy stating that The Company. lii
nearly all the o'hcT railroads in tn
United States has ncvc: been an!
tn make W. cxac; figures a. 10 IN
ecS, G. TAG Passenger tr1aic As d
tiac; from the G st Of han,l ling III
mails. express. baggage and SINE :
the freight brsincz Z.
This statement CANE from thr :
p9sl,cr e the sys!cm-sI oGict
gcss.aily supposed 20 have at h
srg-rs' cnds ali the figures rcla,ir
10 earnings. lISats afI loss.
The people. through Federal 'a>
tjcu. ALREADY src paying the az
ragsoasiy cx'rbi'aut bills 70: carr
Ing the mail. Also they arc payi'
exyre.s rates that arc a; icas:
hupdrcd ycr cent to- high.
n h inconccivsblc tina; the Sta
Cooperation coma:ssicn shonid
Y ceps any representatives 50 far ma
:, W Tie rssirosds az q Jusiinsb'e bs'
Tor m sAvascencsi Of the Virgin
peeseseS rate.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21

I;is hog Anderson. % Chicac" IN
"ham ,.InniHg the GIa!iii, I;ioIS 9! w.
H:rn TO exercise IN" sufraS". sa,s:
When mcu hsNc al aftrrr In -
they 20 TO baIe Eamc G. ciTcu..
h. said When woman ha. as
atom on 20 End shr CO.'S 90 =
mce ing Of the browning C!uh Thr
women come home loaded with ideas:
tho men conc hcmc simply Ina led "
Well. 10 his reverend" 10 married
nan ard has ever bcCn :. hail
e ne and camc homo sin u Ioah'd d.
~ d5ub,Iezs knows thai somc OF
these ideas With which hts hcipmatc
came home surcharsed were az "a
1~ liberated. aud possibly they had
10 particular rcfcr~scr &c BrCsRias
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21

Dent s:art on: fishing IL" S"ol
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21

". Na>h 3. & Q. Ry. 5000 4. n.
Ar rhiI. t. 4 o. Ky. ."lf 80 a. IL.
Ar. y. Y. a. & 0. Ry... sag: 10 p. N.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21
SEN3 EASS.

! Tn G. man I,I!Sio':> *''1 WI c
has .u:nCd loose il ~" iH''al w.'h
cGl clothing app,H' NJ. ,tA"d' f.
the naked truth.
After while VI, ~ L:' ALL" to IT,!
our own skin when "" So" II.
To. ,lanior CT W. CAbin,' ham
n!crS is heard in the lanI.
Il it winter. lingering in I'll" lap OF
spring CT spring Jumping ~ int tn
Lap of winter?
II his keeps on III" d"NI'd c:aH
man will soon g. around.
hrc we y1ag 20 have the na'''"
&C Sanriago cough- uv'T again ~ m
friends Of The wouli-b" VIC ,2.:l"lFaiS'
The iurv in the Cooper case :'ttii'
to be G; imposed Of 4 hI%h average OF
deficiency.
nrnt S.ort on. fi>.liN. iEO SHOl
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21

~. wash. PER- Ky. $3.50 4. IN.
Ar Phi!a.. Penn. RI $1,000 a. IN.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21
Who Arc Yyur Druggists?

II we are not. we want to be. we
know "" can Please YOU. We carry
the Iarg' 81 stock OF Drugs, both pat
-nts aud prescription goods, or any
s;u"r Oh lh- Peninsula We are the
original Cutters, and continue to ieao
IN this feature "! the business.
Our Prescription Department Is
strictly up TO tai", every article us"d
in this work b, ny the product O.
r,Ioen;zru stam,!a"d houses.
Or U}t custom. RS I'll know US.
n,i we wan! rCw ones "a become ac
grai1ttd With rs. and wC are SUE
such Acquaintance VII prov" mu'Eai
~ profitable. II y"r hare rat been
,m yus',msr h,@n now with nc
new year. W" have saved our 81"
cn>tcmrrs' money. aIJ VII do the
san" Ter %"n.
Prompt attention even phone or
d,rs. as We have b;rvclr bow con
stan,.v on hand 70 max" deliveries.
Prescriptions called for and deliver
Cd. All Goods delivered o any part
y. the city.
J. c. Corr & CO
The Original Cut Rate Drug Store.
Remember the original.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-21
OLD DOMINION LINE

~ 49, ~~VsssNs~sS .
IN Daily Service
WEa, FOR NEW YORK
St9t&n From Company's Wharf.
..&seAsH0 Norfolk. foot Of Church
\ street every week day
at 100 p. NJ.
FARE-First-class. one way. $500;
Round "trip. limit thirty days. $l4Oo-
meals and berth II s'atcrcnm in
clulC3
Storage. without subsistence, $500.
TICKETS on sale at e. y. Raj
way Ticket once.
NIGHT LINE BETWEEN NEWPORT
NEWS AND RICHMOND. VA.
Steamers Brandon ard Hcrkl"y
cave Pier "A" $50 every evening
;'asSnc"rs only.
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION COM
"ANY, .Iam"~ River Day Lin" tor
IirhMord and al! lanes River lanh-
in@S Steamer Nrbjack leaves
Newport News. Tuesdays. Thursdays
ard Saturdays at S:i5 q. IN. l.cav"
Newport News Monday, Wednesday
ana Frihay at p. NJ. for Norfolk and
Old Point.
Steamer Hampton vii leave Per
a. daily except Sunday. at 900 a.
M. =. ing to Norfolk. and at go !:
IN. going to Smithticld. Steamer ".Ac.
.conac" viii leave Pier "A" daily, OK
Cept Sunday at 9 a. n. going to
Smi1hli III and 3 y. III, going to Nor
co!k.
All business between New York
and Newport News transacted at pier
No. 6.
All business between Newport
X, as. Norfolk. Smilhfield and local
points transacted at Pier "A" foot OF
T"cntytfth s.. w. II. LANDON.
Agent.
Evening star., 1909-04-24

little raid on one of the local so-called
athletic" clubs. where the police had
reason to believe various and assorted
gambling was being carried on by night
and by day, and a bunch of witnesses
were summoned to appear at No. 1 pre-
cinct on certain following afternoon,
with the idea of adding considerable evil
dence to the little bit the police had
been able to gather. 1t so happened that
on this same afternoon one of the men in
the Sunday department of The Star want
ed to have photograph taken of GER
tain squad of policemen drawn UP before
the desk in that same station house, and
in the morning he called up the captain
and made an appointment for the pur-
pose. Now man in Sunday depart
ment of a newspaper has but little out
side work, and this Sunday man in par
ticular had never before been in No 1
station house. Consequently, he was un-
known there.
Pursuant to the engagement he went
over in the afternoon at the appointed
hour. and his aStonishment was some
what intense when. as he approached the
desk of the sergeant in charge, remark
ing. You told me to come this afternoon
to" he was hustled into an adjoining
room and told, somewhat sharply. to
stay there until he was wanted. There
We're dozen or more fellows in the room.
and it didn't take the Sunday man long
to find out that they were witnesses in
that merry gambling party about which
the authorities were anxious to secure
evidence. Entering into the spirit OF the
occasion. the newspaper man, who has
been doing inside work SO long that he
doesn't know policeman by sight. kept
quiet and waited for developments.
They came! In due course he was or
dered, none too gently, from that room
into another one. where there were three
fat and perspiring policemen, sitting in a
Evening star., 1909-04-24

house which represents all that Is left Of
the one-time grandeur Of this old feudal
manor. Nicholas Jones. who is called by
his. neighbors Gentleman Jones' or
Hermit Jones' but who signs himself
Nicholas Jones. Gentleman" has finally
been forced to quit and to take up his
residence with relatives. Rheumatism got
to him in fierce shape and although he
fought against the proposition OF
change OF home he finally had to give in.
Last Sunday I made my first trip OF
q wagon load or SO of early flowers and
chat for time about the elories OF the
past with Gentleman Jones. But the house
was deserted and never looked so forlorn.
The front shutters were locked. there
were rough boards nailed across the back
thrown down and heavy stones placed
across the opening. The flowers were
there tits true. but the whole place looked
more than deserted-it looked scandalous-
ly lonesome. Most of the historic relics
from Clean Drinking Manor are now In
the National Museum, and don't suppose
there remains anything Of interest on the
old place save the remains Of the house.
the boundary stones set out by George
Washington. the neglected boxwood maze
and the wonderful spring that induced tho
father or his country TO christen this an
cient home OF the Courts family Clean
Drinking
If there is any one around here who
doesn't know where Clean Drinking
Manor Is located. just let them ride to
Chevy Chase lake and proceed about a
mile due northeast to the right-angle turn
in the Jones Mill road. They'll see the
wreck Of what was once upon a time one
OF the old Maryland feudal manors and
the home OF one OF its finest families
IRVING c. NORWOOD.
Evening star., 1909-04-24

is as good as stretched But nobody
took that bet.
This jurors prediction was correct.
The very next ballot showed six solid
ballots for murder in the first degree.
Ballot after ballot was taken, with the
same result every time.
THE men on the jury expostulated. ex-
planned. argued and even pleaded. but
the women were inexorable. FINALLY the
men on the jury held consultation.
1T ain't no square deal for George
said one of them, but here We are pulling
down only two bucks q day for jury
duty when we could be making so day
never will crawfish, and so what's the
use?'
Yep, and George is only a half-breed.
anyhow suggested another male Juror.
Like as not the governdrll pardon
George II we slide along with the women
on their verdict. SO We might az Well
cave ana save time said another Of the
Which. Of course, made It pretty pizen
bad for George.
1.-The indian blood In Lane gave him
stolidity, and he took his medicine like
a man. even though the verdict was an
immense surprise to him. as 1t was to
ritory. George wasn't pardoned by the
governor. either, and he was hanged with
all Of the eclat and dignity that the Of
ficials of the newly made county could
devise.
'Ali the same, the story OF those Carl
catures made by the prisoner soon got
out and It had It's effect. While women
from the time the territory was organ
ized, the trial OF George Lane was the
first and last in which women have fig-.
ured as jurors
Evening star., 1909-04-24

row.
rs this one OF themr' queried the SER
geant cop who had done the hustling.
Sure it is" chorused the three In
unison.
Then the sergeant locked the door and.
assuming his most professional manner.
approached the newspaper man. who was
giving the best imitation he knew how
of tin horn gambler in blue funk.
Say said the sergeant. sticking his
somewhat determined chin out about Ave
inches, Il want you to tell me some
thing. Were you or were you not gam
bling In such and such a club on such
and such night?"
I'LL w-w-w-a-s-s-s-s n-n-ot." quavered
the newspaper man. The sergeant
paused and glanced sarcastically at the
perspiring trio. He says he was not"
he roared ironically. and HE says he
was not" chorused the perspiring trio.
Then" demanded the sergeant-inquis-
itor what the devil were you doing"
Let me see." replied the newspaper
man. IF / recollect correctly I was
sitting at home pounding out story on
my typewriter for The Sunday Star about
the efficiency of the local police force.
and then, he threw back his head and
laughed himself blue in the face.
But the sergeant and the perspiring
trio didn't join in.
Amt you q witness in this gambling
case?" the sergeant demanded.
NO. replied the newspaper man, still
laughing: II came over to take a group
picture of SOME OF you fellows, but was
nabbed and thrown into this room before
l got q chance to explain"
Whereupon there were apologies all
around, and the newspaper left promis-
ing. by all that was good and holy. not
to mention the name of Sergt. Cats.
And. of course, not for anything would
he break his word. But the local cop
Evening star., 1909-04-24

Magic City From -the very beginning
Cheyenne had woman voters and jurors
A member OF the first territorial Iegisla-
ture had said woman suffrage would
advertise us and his idea stuck. so the
lawmakers passed a bill allowing women
to vote. ho,d any Office to which men
were eligible and serve on juries. even
in capital cases, The first chief Justice
sent out to Wyoming territory by the
federal government was an easy convert
to this idea. and at the first term Of court
over which he presided the sheriff was
instructed to summon as many women as
men for Jurors. The first trial under reg
ularly constituted legal forms in Chey
enne sure did make a commotion, not
only by reason of the novelty OF the
thing, but because women served as
jurors In the case. The man on trial was
George Lane, charged with murder. Lane
was a queer character. but in no sense
a pizen bad chap. His father was an
artist who for many years had lived
had married a Canadian halfbreed wom-
an and she was Georges mother. The
boy had received few years education
in the eastern schools, but had drifted
back west after the death OF his father
He picked up pretty good working idea
of faro bank, and there were times when
he licked UP an inordinate amount of
sagebrush booze, but always he was a
gentlemanly sort of drifter, and. not
withstanding his habitual carelessness in
tractive appearing fellow. He inherited
his fathers talent as an artist and could
sketch faces and scenes rapidly and skill
fully. Lane had quarreied with freight
er over a game OF cards and had shot
him. Under ordinary circumstances he
wouldn't have been bothered for this.
for the freighter was a bad actor who
had done some killing Of his own. But
the courts had just been established in
Wyoming and all hands wanted to see
how they were going to work So George
Lane was arrested. charged with 'mur-
der'-a word that had decidedly a new
sound out that way. The same desire of
the Cheyenneites TO put into immediate
service all the institutions of civilization
inst!gated them to go civilization one
better and to call for a new kink. That 5
how II happened that. when the jury to
try Lane was made up. 1t was composed
Of six meu and six women. Up TO the
time of the rendering of the verdict the
trial appeared to bore Lane profoundly.
He was both careless and reckless and il
is presumabe that he had no idea he
would be convicted. He figured ii. /
think. as good many of MS in Cheyenne
did, that the trial was merely being pull
ed off for the purpose OF oilinG the wheels
OF the machinery OF justice anN that at
the finish he would be turned loose. AT
the speeches of the lawyers and partic-
ularly their monotonous wrangling over
legal points were obviously most irksome
to the prisoner. And so, to keep hinSe!f
out Of the doldrums and to pass away the
time while the lawyers were showing
each other how much they knew about
legal points purposely made knotty. Lane,
who was seated beside his counsel In the
warehouse where the trial was he'd. be-
gan to do some sketching on the slips of
paper lying on his counsefs table.
Now, George Lane wasn't amy slouch
Evening star., 1909-04-24
"WHEN l WAS ON THE ERIN"

It marked a new era for her.
1t was the climax Of her social dreams
and ambitions.
She has never recovered from the ex-
element. the exhilaration, the loftiness
the delirium. the ecstasy. Of that mo-
mentous occasion.
The rapturous recollection Of il joy
ously obseSses her day and night.
Everything I'm her life dates from the
time When was on board the Erin.
She was impatient to return TO WASH
ington. 50 that she could tell all about II.
And she has been telling all about IL ever
since. though many snow has come and
gone, many a crocus has lifted it's foolish
little head and then drooped. many a rain
washed down the rivers to the sea. since
that happily cataclysraic occurrence in
her life.
She never by any chance hears what
other folks are talking about, because she
always Is thinking OF when she was on
board the Erin. Her friends and ac-
quaintances long, long ago began to wait
for her to get that when I was on the
Erin" thing off her mind when they met
her. and she always came through with
it. no matter how often they met her.
New people whom she meets. Of course,