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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-26
INSURANCE MAN JAILED.
W. ). childers. Of Bristol. Accused
81 Forgery.

BRISTOL VA Nay 25.-W. J.
Childers. a prominent young insur-
ance man u Bristol. was arrested TO-
day on two warrants charging forg-
ery and embezziement
The forgery charge IL brought By
Alex. smith. and II f. alleged that
ChildeTs forged a note for several
hundred dollars q . fictitious per
son which purported 60 retain a ven
cor's lien on valuable real estate and
soid II 10 smith. The charge Of the
Insurance company is that Chflders
has enbezzied funds belonging 20 u.
which he collected a. ageat
He gave bond
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-26

tlce predictions. a tariff for reye-
nue. only" he said, was never con
templated. by the builders of our
great constitutional structure. Free
trade or tariff for revenue has no
place in our government: No tartn
can be levied without carrying pro.
lection in any degree.
1T is gratifying that at this session
OF Congress we notice n great enangc
OF opinion among Democrats. who are
voting for duty on raw materials.
although at one time free raw mate
rial was considered cardinal prin-
ciple of the Democracy. hope that
the conditions OF the country, its ne
cessitles and the liberality generally
that Is peryading all classes of the
People may dictate TO the Demo
Gratis the abandonment of all the abb
surd theories of free trade and cause
them To come In with the great body
of the people and vote a liberal pro
tec'toa for all the manufacturing in
terests of the country. 60 make Z as
Independent as the fathers declared
II should be of all foreign nations.
Fsvors AldrI>h nli.
The Louisiana senator stated that
rich bill imposed 10 injury TO any
Democratic interest. Nor" he adj
ded, has there heen imposed In any
OF It's schedules any burden upon the
people"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-26
CENTRAL FIGURES NOT TALKING
Labor Commissioner Neil, General
Manager Scott and vice-President
Ball All Slient--Small Number o.;
Firemen Have Tied Up Entire Geor-
ga Railway.
gia Railway.


ATLANTA, GA, May 25.-That a
speedy settlement is imperative to
avoid very ugly situation in the
Georgia Railroad firemen's strike for
the seniority of whites over negroes,
was the opinion expressed at to-
nights conference looking toward Il
settlement.
United States Commissioner of La
Dor Neill would make no statement
after his conference with General
Manager Scott, of the railroad, non
would Vice-President Ball. of the fire
men, but from other sources It was
learned that both sides had present
ed arguments of unusual gravity.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-26

lcd a sack OF outgoing mail and after
hours OF hard work. riding and walk
ing. managed 20 reach q railroad sta
ton net affected by the strike.
Courts May Interfere.
Reports were curren, that the
Federal courts might interfere and
place guards OH trains IN order to get
mails through. No such action, how
ever. developed locally. The strikers
have announced that they are willing
to fire engines to carry mails. but
ihat such engines must carry mails
only and not passengers.
Reports that the necessities of life
were lacking in some communities
caused Governor Smith today to tele-
graph along the line of the Georgia
Railroad inquiring whether there WAS
any food shortage. No replies indicai-
ing such a condition wese received
and numerous reports stated that
there was plenty TO eat everywhere.
Business men, however, complained OF
serious financial loss.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-26

ATLANTA, GA. May Glow less
than 100 striking Georgia Railroad
firemen Were able to step practically
all train service in a territory 40
miles long and % to 10 miles wide,
WIS the kno.ty problem INTO whic1
United States Commissioner of Labor
Charles p. Neil plunged Immediately
after his arrival here tonight. AS
a representative of the National Board
of Mediation he faced first the race
problem, dhe force behind the strike;
second, an announced wish OF many
persons in this section to have Geor-
giaEs settle this question of ,arbitra-
ton ard, third, the necessity of NOV
ing the United States mails immeti-
ately.
Within two hours after his arrival
Mr.. Neill was in private conference
with General Manager Scott, of the
Georgia Railroad, with no intimatio9
as 10 when the negotiations might
bring results
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-26
IN Continual Conference.

The d -ectors Of the Rad. me gen
eraI manager and other officials we're
IN almost continual conference today
and g was reported that some Of the
directors strongly favored Governor
Smiths proposition for each side to
select three Ceorzians as arbitrator.
Mr.. Scott would not say whether
this Offer would BE- accepted. The
q rcctors include men with local bust
ness isieresfs which are liable TO Be
affected uafavorabiy BY a long tie
up. Hand cars. automobile and IN
lfcrurban cars today made little I'm
preston upon the 1000 pounds q
delayed nails In the Atlanta cost
ofHc~. Here and there tn the strike
district a rural postmaster shoulder
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-26

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, 1909-05-26
THE WEATHER.

Showers on Wednesday and
Thursday; moderate tempera-
ture. light TO moderate variable
winde.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-26

what q remarkable teat TINS hail'.-
full of union firemen achieved AMI
what. power was behind them became
apparent today when considerable
section of this state was compelled
to rely on automobiles for passenger,
mail and express service and when
the transportation of such necessities
for life as food dropped back to the
methods of a former degree of civil
ization, namely, to wagons and even
pack animals.
The four score firemen alone did
not produce this situation. 1t was
the communities which the railroad
served that stopped every wheel OF
the system during the past three days:
not the officials of these commun,-
ties, but a few men who are said 10
have fighting blood in .Eeir veins,
who came forward and announced
that negro firemen shc1id not be
gwen seniority over white firemen-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-26


From some hidden source of puD-
lie opinion these men nave up TO now
made good this racial ultimatum- Few
of these men were siremen, some did
not even claim TO be acquainted with
striking firemen and dozen CT more
are said to have come from counties
lying some distance away.
They effected the tie up without
serious attacns OF violence, with a
few cases of throwing stones, which
appeal to have been intended as warn
ings Of what might happen If trains
continued to run.
A setflems Mt by arbitration should
rot be difficult so far as the strikers
demands are concerned. Vice Presi-
dent Ball, OF Che fremen's crganiza-
ton said toGay, because the hremen
are not trying to exact q hsrd and
fast settlement. They struck because
ter whEe hremen were replaced ny
negro fremen. The railroad oficialS
declare that the negroes were put IN
these D. si:i-us as rewards for fa.thiul
service and that they are within their
legal rights in such acton. Upon
this one crucial point OF the coniro-
sy there has as yet been no sign OF
arrcemcnf
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
.:HuM Va 4 FOR GIANTS.
Ariie Latham Engaged to AmGss Base
ball Fans From Coaching Line.

Arlie Latham Engaged to AmGss Base
ball Fans From Coaching Line. /
Manager John McGraw has adopted
an innovation in baseball which will
appeal to random throughout the Ma
tional league circuit and probably pre-
vent Merkle and others from running
to the clubhouse before they touch
second" The innovation ts the sign
Ing Of the. once famous player Arlie
Latham as coach for the base runners.
Fans Of the eighhes and nineties well
remember Latham as Cincinnati's
third baseman and humorist. Both In
the playing position and In the coach
er's box Latham wore q red necktie,
with his shirt, collar standing up, IN
addition to the other parts Of his uni;
form and spiked shoes. His dow Of
humor In coaching and Kidding
brought much enjoyment to spectators
Of the Cincinnati clubs games, and
the Redsskept Latham \ as long While
after He deteriorated us q player be
cause Of his drawing power as a come
dian and humortst. sassazssisss Y ss.5ss
y Latham win don the uniform Of the
Giants and take his place In the
coachers box:while the Giants are 1t
bat and between coaching the base
runners and batsmen and getting the
goat, of the soppo singi pitchers will
furnish an interesting sidelight to the
New York games. IT,. .$4, &$si.t
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
The Outing Magazine for February.

The, Outing Magazine for February.
II The February Issue is one Of the
best illustrated numbers, this maya
! zine has ever had. Among the artl-
cles are: "Along the American Ri
viera, :" by Charles F. Holder. This is
a description of California as resort
of national interest. In pioneer Wo-
man of the West" by Agnes G. Laut,
the author writes Of the first families
of Chicago. "A Second Class "Trip in
to spain,' by E. c. Allen. In order to
see Europe well you must travel Sec
ond class. In this way the writer Of
this article was enabled to get near
er to the real life Of romantic Spain
than he could in any other way.
'Truck Farming in Georgia" by E. P.
Powell, For Americans who are turn
ing to the soil not only for recreation
but in order to get a living, this ar
ticle will be valuable. Mr.. Powell
knows how" 'arhe Orphan Of Sour
dough City" by Robert Dunn. This is
"a story of Alaska and is told with all
OF Mr.. Dunn's graphic power and pic
aturesqueness. s5o
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
EACH HAS 4 CHILD TO GUARD.
New Fsaturs. In Fire Drill Of ~ Ar
rs ! *l1$s asntins (Mo.) 3ehoel. # Nj

New Fsaturs. In Fire Drill Of an A..
n Fl gsntins (Mo.) 3etoel. s s MI Nj
If there is ever a fire at the Stanley
school in Argentine. No., the big
boys and girls twill take care ~ he
'little'' ones. This school II outside
the fire limits, and great careis taken
with the IRE drill. when the drilI Is
sounded the children march out. In
the hail a line Of "oldes childrsn
marches beside q line Of those from
the primary grade. The older child
must see that the little one gets ont
safe.
The small boy and girl never know
whether their partner Ia going to be q
larger boy or a larger girl,s 40 It all
depends on the way they fall In line. i
b. P. Butcher, superintendent Of ths
Argentine schools, and G. II %Acker-
man, principal Of the Stanley school,
held a fire drill at that school the 9TH
er day. The building was emptied In
forty seconds, One hundred and for
ty-four pupils are enrolled 1t this
school. - VI X 5sz3 s.
Fire drills are conducted at the hiei
school and I'VE grade schools in Arsen.
tine once or twice every month. r..
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
The Task That needed God,

In the February Circle. magazine
James Oppenheim pictures Lincoln the
night before the signing of the Eman-
cipation Proclamation. He kne1 -how
we'll he knew--at that moment how lit
tie a part he was playing. Something
behind all things something beneath all
things = the vast Power and Love =
were working out in America the liber-
alton of the toilers of hunanityss. And
he? He, the common man - the boy
born of white trash, 3 poor whites in
Kentucky-the boy Injured to hard farm
hand labor-the poor country lawyer
Old Abe-the rail splitter-yes-h he
smiled grinly to himself though 81, 4
throne, he was still ! coms,on man
same old stuff same Old Abe-san,e
old loafer and joker and comrade. He
( had Napoieons position and power.
He laughed It himself. How poorly
Napo1eon's shoes fitted his Big feet Il
And then he thought again Of Ills
PRECIPITATION Il was safely waiting ID
some desk drawer. Which? HI forsot
which. He was pretty shift1ess about
things and the Old Proclax III mint
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
TO Kill JOHNSON GRASS
Oklahoma Man lnvsnts, Machine ID
Remove Roots From Ground. 1.

Oklahoma Man Invsnts, Machine 10
Remove Reefs From Ground.
After years spent By farmers ard
men interested in agriculture IN an 81
fort to discover q way to destroy the
wen known Johnson grass, Bert q.
Patterson Of Addington, Okla, claims
to have solved the mystery. The 70
luton, according to Patterson, Il M
machine which VIII remove the roots
from the ground 10 that the infested
section viii forever be freed from tie
grass pest, which has discouraged
many an otherwise successful farmsr. 4.
The new invention. be rays, extracts
the roots and delivers them . cleanly
~ newly dug potatoes. TO b ted TO
hogs or cattle, raked and burned pr
lett to rot and fertiliss tn soil, the
worth Of which they once threatened
to destroy. &c sfs
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
Recreation" for February.

The February number or RecreaLlOn,
which contains many notable articles
of interest to all outdoor enthusiasts,
is now for sale by all news dealers.
One need mot be specialist in any
branch of sport to enjoy and profit by
the seasonable articles and stories in
this issue, but February Recreation
takes care of all classes of sportsmen.
Every one of its many photographs is
unusual, different, and all of them are
made by people who have ''been
there" A partial list Of the good
things which appear in Recreation for
February is as follows: photograph
ing Big Game as Recreation" by
Charles M. Whitney; "Recreation's
Point of View" Editorial; Motoring
by Searchlight," by Harry Wilkin Per-
~; 1.-THE River of Feathers" by. Chas
Frederick Holder; Where to Go to
Hunt in Florida" bv c. NJ. Sandusky;
Hunting the King Of Cloudland," by
G. M. Richards; Pictorial Cross-sec-
lions of Life in a Minnesota Logging
Camp" by HI "A. Bliler; 'tThe Recre-
alton Housetent," by H. D. Hemen-
way. Through Grand Canon in Six
teen-Foot Boat" by Day Allen Wiley;
"Give Me a Book Of Summer Time
(verse) by E. E. Miller; "Interna-
tional Lawn Tennis" b. A. Francis
Walker; Exploring the Jungles OF
Nicaragua" by George NJ. Smith;
why Not be independents" by Ray
mond 8. Spears. p. a.-,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
BISMARCK TRIBUNE MORNING. FEBRUARY 2t.1sos

be in his hat band for alihe anew. For
moment it flashed. across his mind
that this Proclamation might lead to his
own downfall, his disgrace Was the
country ready for it? IT was daring
act, and he had to do il alone. No one
else could share the responsibility. At
one stroke of the hand Of one man
and that man himself-the slaves of two
centuries, the millions Of black animals,
would be promised their freedom if the
Confederacy did not surrender by the
first of the year. Aud MheImade
promise he would keep i'll "a terrible
power was in his hands. That stroke of
his pen might ruin these United St
with all the future millions on mil
lions of human souls. 5sS.s
He lay for some time staring into the
darkness. But up and up he looked, as
if he saw God. And then into his break
ing heart, his shattered soul, a flood Of
light seemed to be poured at streamed
into him; it swept through him; the
room seemed charged with spirit.
Making him Jingle, can1e|<#the divine
glory. He felt strong; he. felt ,buoyant :,
he felt sure 1t was the sacred moment.
He knew now he would 60 on with the
task until it was ended. He knew now
that God was with him. He knew that
he was the tool which Gods; great hand
was using in the Nineteenth Century.
He determined, once and for ALL that
come death or defeat, he would go
forth on the morrow and issue his Proc
lamation. The slaves would be- free.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21

indeed. 1t is an apartment twenty
five feet long and verys'wide; on one
side fifteen feet Of the length Is taken
up by the great range with Its shee-
iron hood and various large warming
racks. Up to President Filmore's
time the most primitive methods of
preparing meals obtained in the Gull
nary department of the presidents
house.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
LITERARY Notes
; hollands New Story

5jL[,]tbp,,pilnrcott's Magazines: "a Knight
Errant in Broadway" is the story
of a certain Englishman's per-
'fidy when he took root IN wan
street. This is only incidental, how
ever, to the central characters, a bon
ny English girl Of mettle and young
American who has red blood enough
70 rise above his early environments,
which threaten to suck him down.
The story is full of action in present
.day affairs and quite characteristic OF
Mr.. Hollands best style.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
NEwtDEAs FOR coLLEGE LIFE
Prssidsnt Garfield Will Dins At Same
~.. w.. Ii, Table as Students, +&& .g&.

President Garfield Will Dine At Sans
.r...,:.rs ii Table as Students, t4{.
President Harry 4. Garfield. recent.
" installed head Of Williams college,
and President woodrow Wilson o.
Princeton announced ut the sixtieth
annual dinner Of Williams college, held
at Delmonico's in New York city the
other night, several policies calcuiateo
to make a stir in college life. -.
President Garfield told the 25O VII
lianos alumni at the. tables that he IN
tended to eat his meals among the
students Of the college in the new din
ing hall which is being completed n
the new dormitory In the Berkshire
quadrangle. He added that he was
going to make AZ many members OF
the Williams faculty as he could cine
there also. :g.&s% a ~ ia. gH@
1--WE won't dine at high table
apart, either" he added, while the
diners cheered. wen Zine at the
same table as the students" @'"
President Wilson, who followed
President Garfield, said that he agreed
with President Garfield, but that the
latter hadn't, In his opinion, said az
enough. 1850. 49,. ..,.,
"Our problem Is not merely to help
the students to, adjust themselves to
world life" he said. "Our problem -
to make them Is unlike their fathers
as we can. Their fathers are special,
lied persons. >. The problem of the col
,lege faculty Isl to generalfze the young;
ier generation nllaover again. -
''Take Abraham Lincoln, for exam
ple He couldn't, have been born r. II IN
the. present city Of New York: He.
would have fought New York. Any
one WHO thinks New York today
doesn't think American. = This city
doesn't make generalized Americans,
and that, is just the kind Of Americana
that the American universities must
make. Our colleges are not doing this
today - 49, -. -. /
'tColleees must not be mere country
clubs in which to breed up a leisure
class. don't blame the leisure classes
for doing wrong. r.; l belonged to a
leisure class would try to see how
near, 4 could come to getting into jail
College must make students OF ITS
young men. don't give shell OF corn
what they study. But they mustn't De
idle" "r Z r%ts$ ~ hiFr, + WY u 4.
Both President Garfield's and PresiTi
dent Wilson's remarks were frequently
interrupted by applause and cheers: u !
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
Peculiar Floating Dock. 6

Peculiar Floating Dock.
The German naval constructors have
recently turned out peculiar form OF
dock ship, intended particularly Tor the
salvage of disabled submarines and
torpedo boats. It consists Of two hulls
resembling ships linked together fore
and aft, high above the water, by steel
Orders made up OF angles and plates.
A torpedo boat Or submarine can steam
between the two hulls and then be
lifted BY cranes and tackles until 1t
rests upon a platform formed by hing
ed beams projecting across from one
hull to the other. The propellsr shafts
OF. the dock ship are driven byselecric
motors. sszs%t
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
Costs 70 Protect Forssts. 1,

lssaI The government Is cOhsideT1ng =
scheme for herding out 5000 Angora
:goats on the bush covered foothills Ct
California to eat away the bush
growth and thereby protect the for.
ests. The goats win be properly
spread out over nm Area and then
pro- er1y q guided 10 40 TO eat awny5
lanes III the forests. These lanes, i.
III calculated, win be 800 yards wide
and van serve to divide the forest into
patches, 70 to SPEAK, so TINT Il one
patch gsts aiire the DANES Will not
5spflad ca the adjoininE patches. The
de- w made public BY The bureau
ne forestry ID Il report showing the
advantages Of the plan.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
p,oer plates and Table Linen.

Tables can now be daintily fur
nished with such paper articles as
cloths, napkins, plates of different
designs and uses, and other dishes a
table cloth shown IN an illustration In
the March Popular Mechanics is SO
close an imitation of the linen article
that it locke exactly like 1t. Pattern
and texture are there AMI 1t Is as
dainty looking as q damask cloth. It's
one drawback is in durability. but
even this ceases to be a drawback
when 1t is considered thatEit is intend
ed for only one meal and is sold at q
low price. j stgsfpi,E ssr,->r. =
Another illustration shows a set or
six paper plates, artisticallv decorat-
ed with co'ors that will not come on
They are also intended only for one
meal and are then thrown away. II
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21

The Bohemian for February.
There are nine short stories, a port
folio of pictures showing the striking
scenes from current plays, and five
special articles.
- The special articles are: *'The
Character Club" by Burgess johnson.
The question is, do the characters IN
current novels act as they would If
they were real men and women in life
going about ordinary routine duties?
Mr.. johnson deals with this question
in this article In an.exceedingly clev-
4er fashion. The cartoons are by F..
strothman. why Some Plays Fail, :
is critical examination OF some re-
cent plays to see why the public could
not be induced to support them. ITO
bacco and the Tobacco Habit" by Carl
Werner. This entertaining article by
an authority on tobacco tells just how
opposition to tobacco developed in
the first place. Furthermore, the facts
are 3 striking illustration of the part
the weed is playing in the affairs Of
men. "The Cartoonict of the Middle
West" by Raymond Roy Olson. This
feature is, illustrated by caricature
pictures of themselves drawn by the
! cartoonists. ~ :. 49, 49, ,aj Z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-21
LARGEST CONCRETE BRIDGE.
Hudson Memorial Across 9puytsn
puyviI Creek to Hold the Record.

Hudson Memorial Across 9puytsn
puyviI Creek to Hold the Record.
The Hudson memorial bridge, con-
Meeting New York and spuyten Duyvil,
which will commemorate the discovery
of the Hudson river by Hendrix Hud-
son nearly 800 years ago. will be about
1900 feet long, with four semicircular
arches Of 1O8 foot span on the spuyten:
Duyvil side and three on the New.
York, with an arch Of 700 feet between
them. The bridge viii be Of re enforced
concrete. and it viii be the largest
bridge ever built of stone, brick or con-
crete.
The crown Of the main arch will be
1856 feet above Spuyten Duyvn creek,
or fifty feet higher than the floor, Of
the Brooklyn bridge. Massive concrete
piers 40 feet wide, 30 feet long and
1870 feet high, Joined to the bridge
approaches, will form the abutments
of the arch. On the top Of both piers
at each side is large sphere several
feet in diameter inclined at an angle,
representing the earth. ,.> :; j. !! :
Separate floors for the subway and
street traffic will be provided. The
lower one, sixty-fve feet wide, win be
for subway tracks, pipe galleries and
water mains. The upper will over3
hang the lower and have q hfty foot
roadway, besides two wide sidewalks.
Nearly two years will be necessary
from the date Of completing the arch
to the opening Of the bridge for tramc,
making the total time for building tho
bridge about three years.