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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
Sees Bright Future Ahead Of Sea-
board Air Line,
ADDITIONAL MILEAGE ACQUIRED
First public Announcement of Merg-
ina of Various Small Roads In
South, Operating Aggregate of Near
w Four Hundred Miles.
CBv Associated Press)

RICHMOND, VA, Oct 11.-Jonh
Shelton Williams was in his Office
here today having just returned from
the meeting of the reorganization COM
mittee and the board Of directors Of
the Seaboard Air Line Railroad
system in New York.
Mr.. Williams said that while it had
not been heretofore announced pub
licIy. it is a fact that the Atlantic
& Birmingham Air Line Railway,
operating 237 miles: the Florida West
shore Railway, operating 40 miles;
the Plant City, Arcadia & Gulf Rail-
way operating 10 miles; the Catawba
Valley Railway, operating % mills, and
the Tallahassee & Southeastern Rail-
road, operating thirty-nine miles. were
merged with the Seaboard Air Line as
OF September 20 and 30, 1909.
This increases the operated mileage
by nearly 400 miles, so that the
mileage operated. or owned by the
Seaboard Air Line from October 1879
will be just 5000 miles.
These several subsidiary rol1s have
been controlled heretofore. but have
been operated separately. Their
operations hereafter viii be included
IN the operations of the Seaboard
system proper
Neither Victory Nor Defeat.
Following this statement, Mr.. Will
liams added:
Il regret to see that some newspap-
ers which did not entirely understand
The situation and some Of my friends
are too much disposed TO herald the
recent action at New York in elect
ing myself and some Of my friends
to the Seaboard directorate as a VIII
liams victory. This Is the wrong
view. The action Is not a victory
or a defeat for anybody and was NOT
50 intended. There has been no
Sight since the receivership. u was
simply a case of those most heavily
and directly interested In the Sea
board getting together TO harmonic
All interests and insure peace and
even working Mr.. Williams was
asked about the presidency.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
BLUEJACKET KNOCKS
JACK JOHNSON TO FLOOR
Tar's Blow CT Chin Ovcrthrows Negro
Champion and Cuts Short Four
Round Bout

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, Oct IL
"Gunbcat- Smith. a seamon from one
Of the United States cruisers anchcr-
cd in this city. scored a knock down
in four-round bout tonight with Jack
johnson. the negro heavyweight
Coming out Of a ciinch in the last
round the sailcr swung a right over
hand chop which took Johnson flush
on the chin.
The champion went down flai on
his hack and when he recovered his
feet he was 50 dazed that his manager
cut the round short.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
Little Known at washington.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Oct. Low
ing to wire conditions reports OF the
progress of the storm prevailing along
the southeast coast have not been
complete to the weather bureau Of
ficials and they could not determine
tonight. the progress OF the storm nor
its center further than the fact that II
is travelling northeastward- In order
to be on the safe side the cfsisials
have ordered storm warning displayed
up as far as Norfolk and the shipping
has been warned to be as cautious as
possible until the danger Is over.
The principal report missing tonight
was that from Jupiter, Fla. The re-
CONTINUED from Sixth Page.)
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
PANAMA LIBEL CASE
qP0LiTiCAl MATTER
Judge Anderson, Of Federal District
Court, Makes Significant Com,
ment During Argument.
(By Associated Press.l

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Oct IL
Tha: the so-cailed Panama libel case
was more or less of a political matter
was the comment OF Judge A. b. An
derson, of the United States district
court at the close Of argument today
in the hearing of Charles X. Williams
and pesavan Smith, prcprietors OF the
indianapolis News. whom the govern
ment is seeking to remove to the dis
trict OF Columbia for trial on the
charge OF criminally libelling former
President Roosevelt, President Taft,
Cromwell, ]. Pierpont Morgan. Douglas
Robinson, and others.
The court said that It wished not
to give an impression that IT had
formed an opinion on the merits OF
the case, but 1t desired to point out
the trend of the argument towards
its further enlightenment of Mestrs.
Williams and Smith by the federal
grand jury of the district of Columbia,
for criminal libel in their having pub
lished articles intimatmg that there
was graft of S2S.000.0,J in the
sale of the Panama canal zone to the
United States by the French company.
What is the guilty intent TO be
Shown on the part OF these defen-
dants?" The court asked Stuart Nc
Namara, special attorney for the de-
partment of justice in charge OF tie
proceedings. The judge went on to
explain that he has doubt that it could
be shown that the defendants had
malicious forethought to libel.
loot
is a great political project said the
court, and there has been and Is
much honest expression of opinion as
TO the ACCESSIBILITY OF having chosen
the Panama route in preference to
the Nicaraguan route, and now, since
the cost of building the canal is so
much larger than at first estimated as
to whether or not the United States
should own any Atlantic Pacific canat
Press Has Duty to Perform.
1.-THE press has a duty to perform
and in political discussions 1t seems
to me mat the conception or libel
should greatly differ from the con-
ception that should apply to case of
libel on persons private character
Mr. Mcnamara, in his argument
uuIlHe lne udS HldluIdiHtu tudl COpitS
of the Indianapolis News being sold
in Washington, the crime charged
was committed in Washington as well
as elsewhere.
Mr.. Mcnamara said that he thought
the first court in which All action was
brought should have Jurisdiction. The
judge hereupon suggested that IL this
view of the matter were adopted the
question would arise whether or not
a procedure for libel might lie in a
hundred different jurisdictions.
John ID. Lindsey. of New York coun-
sci for the New York World, joined
in the discussion he opposed the con-
tention that those defendants should
be moved from one part of the cOun-
try to another and said that the set
ting OF such a precedent would be
destructive to the principle OF liberty.
Argument will be continued tomor-
row. The government will submit
further affdayits in its contention of
the meaning of the criminal libel and
to report ordering the removal the
case to another district for trial.
Ferdinand w Winter of this city
will argue for the defendants.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
iSIORM NEARLY WIPES
KEY WEST Off The MAP
City Reduced 10 Mass Of Wfecsage;
Property Loss Probably Two
Million Dollars.
HURRICANE SWEEPS FLORIDA COAST
No Lives Have Been Reported Lost
But Details Are Lacking and the
Worst is Feared-Anxlety on Ae-
count Of Men at Work on Keys Rail-
road Extension.
HURRICANE SWEEPS FLORIDA COAST
CITY A MASS OF WRECkAGE.
KEY WEST, FLA, Oct. 11.-As

NEI V69tf HTN.s 49, -
a result Of the hurricane winch
struck the southern coast of Flor
ida this morning, Key West TO-
niqht is a mass Of wreekage ana
the damage to property is estin'as-
ed at $4,000, GOO.
Martial law was proclaimed by
tie maycr at 6 o'clock and the
Key West Guards are patrolIing
the city.
The United States government
has been asked to d'spafcn
troops here without delay to as
sist in patroIling the storm swept
area.
Chaos reigns on every hand and
few people remain in their homes,
hundreds Of which have either
been totally wrecked or damaged.
II is impossible at this hour to
say whether there has been loss
of life, but II is feared that many
lives have been claimed along the
coast,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
SCHOOL CHILDREN PASS N REVIEW
Youngsters cateehIsed as to Meaning
Of Flag and Their Idea of-Liberty--
shrIners Banquet--visit to Sister
at Los Anseles-MexIcan Threaten
ers Held.
tBy Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, CAL. Oct. IL
President Taft arrived In the hospita-
bile fewer land of Southern California
today and received an enthusiastic
greeting. He visited first the deep
water and inner harbors OF sam Pedro,
below the city. and had sail OF an
hour and a half inside the big gown
ment breakwater. Returning to Los
Angeles at one O'Clock he was taken
for an automobile ride of two hours
through crowded streets. The Presi-
dent passed In review of the SCHOOL
children and made an address to them
in which he sought to inculcate q
lesson on patriotism by catech sing
them as to the meaning of the nag
and their idea of liberty which II rep
resents.
This evening Mr.. Taft was the guest
of honor at d banquet at the Shriner
auditorium which. in point of numbers
and in lavishnoss and decorating.
proved to be one OF the distinctive
features CT his trip.
President Visits Sister.
The Presidents trip to Los Angeles
was arranged primarily that he might
spend a day or two with his sister,
Mrs. w, A. Edwards.
Mr.. Taft rested at his sisters homo
for a time during the late afternoon
end spent the night there Tomorrow
the President will be taken for an
automobile ride tc Pasadena and
through the orange districts of River
side. Late tomorrow night he will
start for the East on the latter NAH
of his long trip and. both in point OF
time and in mileage. his journey VIII
he half completed.
Launch Sticks In Mud.
. Much to the chagriD Of the govern
ment engineer the Presidents larncn'
when the inspection of the inner har-
Dor work was being made. struck
mud bank in he completed section
and stuck fast for a minute or two.
Ia the interim Mr.. Taft and others
adAto change. their positions from
the stern to the bow of the launch
Musicians Held for Talking.
Six Mexicsns. arrested in this city
last night for public utterances in de-
nnnciaticn of Presidents Taft and
Diaz were held by the authorities to-
day and may be kept in custody until
after Mr.. Tsft's visit to FL Paso and
Juarez, Mexico. next Sunday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
FEARS FOR SAFETY or
HORFNEE on KEYS LINE
Nearly Three Thousand Men En-
ploy-d N Construction Work With
Slight Protection From storm

MIAMI Oct iI-Aii efforts
~ tho Goals ~ TIE florida East
Coast Railroad here n Ecf into com
rnanicafisn with The men ~ work OF
The roads extension On the keys ~ tn
extreme southern peninsula have hccn
In vain. Between ZOO and 800
uorkmcn are employed on the con
giruction work on the bower keys.
where there Is slight opportunity Tor
protection from the fry Of the storm.
Grave fears are cnt rtsincd for The
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
(By Associated Press.)

DETROIT. MICH, Oct. 1I.-Pitts-
burg defeated Detroit by the score OF
s to here today in one of the most
spectacular and fiercely contested
games ever played in a worlds cham
pionship series. This gives PittsburS
the margin of two games to one IN
the series and the National League
CHAMPIONS are correspondence jubi-
liant.
DetI oft. however. showed in the
final innings Of the battle that it is
far from a horeleSsly beaten team.
Weather conditions were fr:ghtful.
Rain fell frequently during the nine
innings. several times in hard show
ers of several minutes duration
Clouds made the atmosphere so dark
during the last two innings that II
was hard for both players and SPEC
tators TO fellow the ball Despite the
wretched weather the attendance. 49,
277. broke all local records for the
worlds series.
Summers Pounded Out Of Bcx.
Pitisburg jumped into the lead I'M
medis,ely this afternoon by scoring
Eve runs in the first inning. They
hated Summers out Il the box. aiccd
By some poor fielding. Another run
in the second inni-z gave Pittsburg
lead Of S TO and the game then ap-
pcarcd 10 be safe for the visitors. De-
iroit. however. came to the fore with
che Of the gamest rsiiicst ever made
and secured four runs IN the seventh
inning. batting Maddox hard and play
ing Ike fcnds. With the score s 20
Pitisburg connected with some Of
Works curves in the ninth for two
rans. With the score 8 10 Z agains;
N m the Detroit team even then did
TO; realize q was beaten and smash
I'd out W more runs in the last In
.ning. Had SAN Crawford becn abic
TO ha NJ 10 hts usual mark this az
frrnoon here would have been a cif-
fcrent story 10 tell
Tigers ou.bsstsd Pirates.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
Quiet at Wilmington,

WILMINGTON. ID. C., Oct. IL
While the barometer reading here is
somewhat low and vessels have TAX
en- the precautions prompted by the
weather bureau warning. There Is
no indication of hurricane along this
immediate coast tonight.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
Warning Residents.

ST. AUGUSTINE FLA. Oct. 11.-ln
response to urgent appeals from
Jacksonville a fast launch left here
at O'Clock this Afternoon to warn
residents along the coast lowlands for
a distance OF 30 miles, south of the
approach Of the storm. and OF danger
TO life and property,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12

Prominent citizen q Jonesbcro Ends
Life With Shotgun.

BLACKSTONE. VA. Oct. In
A. Jones. a prominent cisiEcn q
Ioncsboro. Brunswick county. con
nitfcd suicide yesterday By shooting
himself with a shotgun Just WY
Mr. Jones ended his life r. not known
here. He had q iosiai dissositicn AM
was kind and coureous TO his friend
and a~ruainianccs-
Mr.. Jones vas president 81 The
Blzrkstoac Tobacco Company. inc
and held other positions. he va
successful farmer. and leaves large
estate.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
Court Of Appeals AffIfms Fifteen
Year Prison Sentence.
GOES TO SUPREME COURT NOW
Accepting News Calmly, Former Ice
King" Regrets Chiefly interruption
of His Efforts to Rehabiiitate His
Fcrtune-Most Of Debts Discharged.

NEW YORK, Oct. l1.-Unle5E the
Supreme Court of the United States
revcrses the decision or the President
Ct stLe United States intsrferes.
Charles W Morse, one tine ice
king" Coastwise Steamship Line or
ganizer, banker and capitalist. VIII
serve 10 years at hard labor in the
federal prison at Atlanta. Ga. After
having been at liberty under $i25,ooo
bail since June IL last, he is back
In the Tombs prison tonight where ne
ccntemplates the decision of the Unit
ed States Circuit Court of Appeals,
today. however, in that only ten OF
the fifty-three indictments on which
be was convicted we're sustained, ana
on the strength of this. his counsel.
Martin w. Littletcn viii Immediately
carry the case before the United
States Supreme Court on a writ OF
certioari. To this end the United
states Court OF Appeals has granted
a forty days stay OF execution ana
pending a decision by the Supreme
Court application will be made 20
have the pr:scncr again admitted TO
bail.
Taxes News Calmly.
Morse took tOday's decision calmly
though he was plainly grscf-stricken
and perhaps surprised
Mrs. Morse was with her husband
in the marshars Office during the en-
tire morning. When work came that
the decision was against him she
said: AN along " had the utmost
confidence that a new trial would be
granted. The decision today came
a. a surprise 10 W.. Bot ny husband
Is brave and he viii continue to strug-
rle for his liberty"
Interrupts His Rebuilding
One n Morsc's kccncst regrets ~
being forced % return 20 prison -
the interruption Of his Bcaves-likc
struggle TO rctuild his fortune. Since
his lihcrsiiou under hail he had brcn
reelected president a The Netrcpoli-
tan Steamship Company. a New Eng
lang Corporation. and - the HudFon
Navigation COMPANY. operating a line
n boats on the Hudson. He Is CREDIT
"a With having discharged tho bulk of
his debts Prem the Two big irsn5ror-
taiion lines that had within the week
elected Worse a. their president.
there was NJ ofciai statement forth
coming after iodsv's derision- u was
understood. that for the time being.
At least. the elections would stand.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
(Ry Associated Press.l

KEY WEST, FLA Oct. 11.-Whiie
the hurricane is the worst that Key
West has ever experienced. the local
weather bureau announced tonight that
indications are the entire east coast
of Florida will suffer terribly tonight.
OF enc nundred local vessels
in the harbor this morning, but hve
remain at anchor, the others having
either gcne to sea or been washed
upcn the beaches. The streets along
the water front are a mass Of wreck
age.
Brick as well as frame buildings
throughout the city suffered alike from
the fury of the heavy wind and many
miraculous escapes from death or Sc
rious injury have been reported.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
ORDERED TO YORKTOWN.
Division Of Torpedo FiotiIls 20 Par
ticipatc " Celebration.

WASHINGTON. y. G. Oct ia
division Of IN Atlantic TORPEDO fiotIls
has been ordered ~ be present u
yorktown. Va. on the 18th instant ~
participate IT. the celebration 20 bc
hcid here 10 commc1oraf tie IN
nivcrssry Of the surrender of Corn
wallis.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12

Totals ..... 80 5 II II Is
x-Batted for Willet in 9TH.
xx-Batted for Works in 9th.
Score by innings:
Detroit ..... 00402-6
Pittsbura .. .. 51ooo0o02-e
Summary: Two base hits,
DeIehanty, 2; Cobb, Abstein,
Leach. Hits, of Summers, 4 in
third of one inning; off Viii
let, 3 in six and two-third In
nings; off Works, 4 in two innings.
Stolen bases, Wagner, 4; Leach.
Left on bases, Detroit, g; Pitts
burg, 6. First base on balls. by
Summers, I; by Maddox, 2. Hit
by pitcher, by WiIiet: Leach,
Clarke. Struck out, by Works, 8;
by Maddox, 2. Wild pitch, Sum-
mers. Time, 2:o5. .Umpires,
O'Loughlin and tombstone.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
Wires All Down.

Every telephone and electric light
pole on Duvall street. the principal
thoroughfare Of the city were blown
down.
II Is known that many have receiv-
ed more OF less serious injury and re-
ports are current that several lives
have been lost. but these have not
been verified
The story reached its height at one
O'Clock this afternoon when the wind
reached an estimated vclcc.ty Of 100
miles an hour
There was a hard. steady blow
from : a m. 10 3 p. m. when the
wind beSsn TO DIE down and By four
O'Clock the center OF the hurricane
has passed this poiEt
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
Factories Destroyed.

Besides the several score Of resi-
dences either totally wrecked CT
blown from their pillars. nine fac
tories were partially destroyed in
Gliding the na-American, Marti-
nez. Nichols. Ruy Lapez. Manuel Lo-
rez. F1eitas Terris, Cortez and Wolf
cigar manufactures; No and No.
3 engine houses of the city fire de-
partment were destroyed. the fire.
ment narrowly escapedsng Several Of
the horses were Killed. The top OF
the First National Bank was blown
of. the postofice damaged, and two
Trimming gears of the government coal
ing station were wrecked.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12

Continued on sixth Page,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12
THE WEATHER.

Fair In west, rain IN east
portions Tuesday. cooler Tues
day; Wednesday fair and cold
er; brlsk to high shifting winds
on the coast.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-12

THE DAILY PRESS 10 the
only newspaper published In
Newport News that receive the
full news service ct the Asso-
clated Press. -<f8g
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-28
TEMPLE BLOCK CONTRACT
IS SIGNED BY ALEXANDER
Mayor Lends Signature to Purchase Of
Ground for City Hall Site After
Long DeIiberation

After careful deliberation Mayor AL
eXander yesterday signed the contract
for the purchase of the Temple block as
a city hall site. The mayor held the
contract for four or five days before
taking action and those few days were
a continuous nightmare to him.
One side wanted him to sign il and
the other side wanted him to veto it,
and both sides made life miserable for
him. They called at his office in and
out Of business hours, they called him
up at his home and they called him out
Of bed several times a night.
The mayor declares that. in signing
the contract, he exercised his own
judgment and that he did it for what
he considers the best interests of the
city.
There are no restrictions in the con-
tract and the city does not have to
build a city hall there if it does not
want to- said the mayor although,
of course, that is what it was pur-
chased for But viewed in any light it
is a good investment. [ believe the
city hall should be with the court
house, the federal building and the hall
of records. and l believe there is plen-
ty of room for a good building on the
Temple block site alone, especially as
there are streets on all four sides of it,"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-28
MAYOR REFUSES
TO SIGN PAPER
SALE OF CITY HALL AND JAIL
PROBABLY GOES ON BALLOT
Moot Legal Question Mixed Up, with
the Council, the Mayor and
the Charter All Con-
cerned

The mayor will not sign the repeating
ordinances passed by the city council
last Tuesday ordering the question of
selling the present city hall and city
Jail property stricken from the ballot.
He made a positive statement to this
effect yesterday morning, but he would
not say whether he would send a NetO
to the council or not
If the mayor holds the ordinances the
full ten days allowed him by law, it
will be only a day or two before cleo
ton before his message can be filed
with the council. If the council is in
clned to pass the repeating ordinances
over his veto, it cannot be done until
the day before election, and they can
not be published until election morning.
This fact would make the ordinances
invalid,
These ordinances are on the sample
ballots which were put into the mans
Yesterday, and the official ballot must
conform to the sample ballot. This VIII
put the question Of the sale of this
property on the official ballot what
ever the action of the council, but If
the council should manage to get the
repealing ordinances published in time
to make them valid. the question would
not be on the ballot officially. There
is moot legal question as to what
effect am adverse vote would have with
the proposals on the ticket and voted
on. but without the sanction of the
council.
The proposition Of taking these ques-
tions from the ballot was partly the
advice of City Attorney Hewitt While
Mr.. Hewitt did not initiate the matter,
he agreed that it probably would be
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-28
NO BANDS OF STEEL
NEEDED FOR tlARBOR
OAKLAND ENGINEER PRAISES
ENERGY OF LOS ANGELES
Says It's Up to the Railroads to Be
Reasonable and Give the
Public Half
Chance

J. p. Flynn of Oakland, the engineer
who planned the harbor improvements
that city is making, told some funny
stories, cracked some clever jokes and
discussed railroad domination of the
Pacific coast in short speech he made
to the City club at Christopher's, 55l
South Broadway, yesterday afternoon.
I'm discussing your harbor former
lv San Pedro harbor, I will speak of
it as Los Angeles harbor and as such
the world must speak of it, said Mr.
Flynn. Il know something of the
struggle you have had to keep your
harbor from the railroads,
In a few of the projects for harbor
improvements in which I have been
interested [ have measured swords
with the railroads, but I'm not antago-
nistic to them | realize that we must
have them. But they must not be per-
mitted to put a band of steel around
our harbors. There is really no con-
fict of interests between the railroads
and the waterways if the railroads
would only rise to the proper point Of
view.
But they will not see our harbors as
they should. They have maintained eX-
pensive lobbies at Washington to de-
feat the projects for waterways. There
is plenty of competition among them
when it comes to grabbing lands, Dut
there Is no competition when it comes
to dealing with the public. Then they
have one common purpose and that is
to defeat our waterway plans.
"The Panama canal is largely for
commercial purposes and not eXclu
sively for naval movements in time of
war. The railroads have realized this
and done what they could to defeat the
Panama plans.
1--WE want the railroads to come, but