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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23
coBWees CAUSE 5IAzE.
Heat From Stove Isnites Webs OF
Kitchen WaiC

Cobwebs on the wall ever a stoye at
51f Twenty fourth street became ig-
nited by the heat from the steve
about SOS o'clock Yesterday AFTER
noon. causing a small blaze
An alarm was sent in and the Fast
End company responded. The fire.
men extinguiShed the hsmes before
much damage had been dine the walls
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23
At presmlana rheater.

The Matthes Duo continues to
please the crowds at the Dream
and theater in it's singing and
dancing act The team viii make
complete change of its act to-
night and another change on Fri
day. thus presenting three different
sketches for the week. The skit for
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23
PROF, sHAWEN CHOSEN.
Principal Of Norfolk School to Head
Teachers institute Here.

Prof. Ernes Shaver. PRINCIPAL OF
Bn3mbleton schccl No. 2. Norfolk, has
teen chosen as the head Of the state
summer normal school which is to be
held in this city this summer under
the auspices of the State board OF
education. Supt.. Willis A. jenkins
will he the business manager Of the
school
MIR Shawen was at the head of the
institute held AZ Oceana last year. lie
Is now selecting his stan Of teachers
for the various classes that are 10
he taught
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23
Death Of Miss Grubs.

Miss Mamie l.. Grabbs. the thirteen
year old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Hammett Grubbs. died yesterday
morning at the home OF her parents,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23

Or. Williams Father Dead.
A telegram was received here yes
terday announcing the death of DR..
George j. Williams father at his hons
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23
SOCIAL-PERSONAL.

Mrs r. W. Newsome and niue
daughter are the guests of rela'''S
in Norfolk.
Miss Virginia Harvey who has been
m at the Elizabeth Buxtop Hospital
is ALE 20 be oft again.
Mr. W l.. Cot, has returned from
a business trip in the North.
Mr.. Sol Nachman has gone North
ON a business trip.
Miss sadie Robertson who h'"
been visiting her cousins. the Misses
Rob, rtgon. on Huntington avenue
has returned to her home in Raleigh
n. &.
Mrs. Perry Hicks. who has been
visiting relatives H. this city. has re-
turned to her home In Mathews couh-
~.
Miss Phyllis Apple white, Of Suffolk
is the guest of DR. and MIS-. +. D.
Applewhite. l20 Thirty-third street
Miss Mamie Reynolds has return
ed from Norfolk, where she visited
friends.
Mrs. NJ. G. Cannon, of Norfolk. IS
the guest OF relatives In this city.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23

wmie-Pa. What are -Conversston
al powersy~.
Pa-Oh. any u the South Amcri
can Fcpn5iics Pack.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23

Cook Win Gas. sN-u.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23
PULLMAN PARLoR CAR
OLD POINT TO WASHINGTON.
PULLMAN SLEEPER
OLD POINT TO NEW YORK.
VIA c. & o. AND RICHMOND.

Washington Parlor Car on train
leaving old Point 80 a m. and New
port News i0.05 a IN. arriving Wash
ingion AS D. m. daily except sun
day. ~ York sleeper On train
leaving Old Point 40 =. m Newport
News SOS p. m. arriving Washington
if:5e p. m. New YORK 6.3e a m. daily
i6-ISe0-23-25 u.
Csrrs.rea-Cau " a nou.a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23

Mr.. w l.. Cot, has returned IRON
a business trip in the North.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23

Mrs. r. W. Newsome and niue
daughter are the guests Of 'eiS''''
In Norfolk.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23

Miss Virginia Harvey, who has ben
IN nj the Elizabeth bnxiop hoSh'"'
is al lie 20 be oft again.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23

Cook With Gas.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-23

Mr.. Sol Nachman has gone Nor''
ON business trip.
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2-20-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
SETTING THE PACE

r OS ANGELES has set the pace for
the United States. Several big
"a cities are trying to arrange avia-
ton meetings. In this case imitation
not only is the sincerest fattery, but
is greatly to be desired. It will have
the effect of giving Los Angeles the
credit of being the city that made
aviation popular throughout the Union,
and that is one OF the effects the big
meet was intended to produce.
Los Angeles aviation meeting has set
a pace for success, and has stand
ardized it. Phenomenal activity and
prosperity will characterize Los An
geles this year. In many respects
this will be the champion year. The
record will beat any previously scored :
and reports from all over Southern
California indicate the boom will be
general.
Prosperity naturally results from the
growth of the most enterprising sec
ton OF the United States. All under
takings are crowned with SUCCESS
Therefore there Is a constant incen-
tive TO enter upon new undertakings
to begin new enterprises.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
NATURAL RESOURCES

NIFFORD PINCHOT says the con-
1T servation of natural resources
~ and the conservation of popular
government are both at stake. The
one needs conservation no less than
the other. Although out of office, Mr..
Pinchot will stay in the fight for
conservation, and will undoubtedly
broaden his range of combat He
finds himself in line with an ever
increasing army of Americans who
are asking why America is not ad-
ministered from the viewpoint of
Americanism, with the object of the
production Of the greatest good for the
greatest number.
Some time ago The Herald pointed
out the most important natural re-
sources this country could conserve
were the children. At that time there
was only a hint of trouble in the
forestry department. Now the trouble
has elected Mr.. Pinchot, and he finds
himself in a position to review con-
ditions as they are, and must as
suredly reach the conclusion his place
is in the army of Americans who ask,
not for radicalism, but for reform and
restitution. The pillage has gone far
enough. 1t is high time to call halt.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
PEACEFUL REVOLUTION

7 Ohm BURNS, we'll known Rad
icaL who is president of the
- British local government board,
says the next revolution in the United
States will be the result of class an
tagonism, due to the protectionist sys-
TEN. The revolution, however, will
be as peaceful as the present Brit
ish revolution. Many words will be
shed, but not a drop of gore. Privilege
will be broken, but heads will not.
The weapon chiefly used will be edu-
cation. The American revolution pre-
dicted by Mr.. Burns will come when
the people are better educated on the
subject of Americanism than they are
today; when they have been taught
that to demand constitutional rights is
reasonable; when they realize the
phrases of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence were not chosen for their
sonorous volume on the Fourth of July,
but for their expected influence on the
national life all the year round. That
influence has been waning until we
find the president of the United States
speaking apologetically Of un-Ameri-
can grabbers, and a man of the
people asserting Americanism at the
expense of his active connection with
the government service!
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN WILL
ELIMINATE PRESENT SYSTEM

LOS ANGELES, Jan. ID Editor
Herald: In Thursdays Herald there
is an editorial on the very peculiar
dealings of the sugar trust kings with
the common people, under the heading
"Vicarious Punishment" which tells
that Charles Kehoe Edward A. Boyle,
patrick j. Hennessy and John M.
Coyle were sent to prison for short
weighing sugar in obedience to their
masters orders, their masters being
those same honorable and 1aw-abid-
ing'' sugar kings.
This reminds one of the day when
there was kept a substitute in the
kings household, who received all the
spanks and whippings that should
have been administered to the kings
own sons Because an ancient Gus
tom decreed that future king must
not be whipped, the guilty young
prince stood by and watched the suf-
fering of his substitute, sometimes
even tying his hands, thus learning an
other must bear his punishment, be-
cause his royal person was too sacred
to be touched no matter how villain
Gus his actions were.
Ditto: your sugar kings are standing
watching the punishment of their
substitutes, and showing the Ameri-
can nation their own persons are too.
sacred to be sent to jail or even
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
WOMAN sUFFRAGlsTS ARE
TRUE PATRIOTS, is STATEMENT

ELSINORE, Cal, Jan. 16.-TEditor
Herald; Brother Observable says in
his letter Of recent date | gave him
credit for statements he did not make
My quotations were taken trom his
letter of November 4, where he says
women suffragists are losing their
womanliness by entering politics and
destroying the peace of their homes
He calls them 'ranting suffra gists"
and "their actions unwomanly con-
duct"
In the second line of his letter he
remarks on the unwomanly conduct
of the suffragists in England and
states Il feel if woman must lose her
womanliness by entering politics she
had better stay out" and then, with
out destroying the peace or comfort
of their homes by being rantins
suffragist."
[ would advise Brother Observable
and others when they attempt to deny
their opponents statements to be sure
they are right, as it is dangerous for
those living in glass houses to throw
stones.
About 1873 years ago a company of
representative citizens of Massa-
chusetts and other colonies made a
demand on that august body, the
British parliament, for cessation of
taxes, as they were without represeh-
tation. 1t was the principle they were
fighting for, not the dollars. They
committed violence on persons and
property, and destroyed valuable
cargoes. But they were not called
ranters nor their conduct deemed un-
seemly, but were lauded as patriots
and their memory honored by you, no
doubt Observable.
But when a few women attempt to
present a petition to this same body,
you say they, show unwomanly conduct
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
HAS MILD CONTEMPT FOR
CHURCHES AND MEMBERS

Los ANGELES, Jan. 11.-[Editor
Herald: In reading the remarks of
those who take the theological side of
the argument note a frequent refer
ence to a supposed feeling of hatred
on the part of freethinkers toward
church members.
1 think can state with some author
ity that the majority of us entertain
nothing but the utmost goodwill to-
ward religious people as individuals.
Even for the church as an institution
we do not exert ourselves to the point
of hatred. AS nearly as it would DO
possible to describe our mental attl-
tude it would be that of mild con-
tempt.
We have the same opinion about
body that adheres to the primitive IDEAS
of the first century as we would nave
about a body which would inaugurate
q. stage coach line to compete with the
Southern Pacific railroad-one VINO
would prefer tallow dips to electric
lights, or one who would rather llVe III
a rat-infested hovel than a modern ii
sanitary dwelling. Some people VIII
gulp down without chewing statements
of events which happened 2o00 years
ago, who would reject instantly the
same explanation of a modern event;
LUCIAN WESTON.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
PROGRESS

nROGRESSING along expected lines,
the Radical party in the United
n Kingdom of Great Britain and
ireland promises state employment in
surance, and the brilliant and fearless
winston Churchill, president of the
board of trade says that far from
causing social disturbance, the proposed
measure will for the first time in the
history Of civilization reduce to a sci
ence the exchange and interplay and
interrelation of labor and capital.
He says it is disgraceful that in the
aviation age of the world nations
should still be confessing their inability
to solve the problem that is nearest
home-the problem of providing condi-
tions under which the people may en-
ioy life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
| piness.
When Charles Ram Kennedy, author
! of 1.-THE Servant in the House. was in
Los Angeles he foretold with great ac-
curacy the political conditions which
| exist in the United Kingdom today,
and prophesied that unless Americans
tackled the social problem by putting
into effect their first principles they
would waken up some fine morning to
find themselves the conservative nation
of the English-speaking group, while
the venerable land where our language
was invented" would be the most ad-
vanccd.
The average man no longer is i'm
pressed by one great PERSONS i'm
mense wealth, and by another's formid-
able string of titles. This is a domes-
tic age, and what chiefly concerns the
average man is the care of his family.
If in return for his work he is al
lowed to care properly for and educate
his family he is getting a square deal
and is receiving all any human being
has anv right to ask or to expect But
if he accumulate wealth at the expense
of his neighbor, and in manner that
involves the deprivation Of even "the
least of the little ones" the founder
of Christianity said it would be good
for him and for the world if a weight
were tied to his neck and he We're
drowned.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
WRITER DECLARES HE HAS
PLAN TO ABOLISH POVERTY

Los ANGELES, Jan. 12.-[Editor
Herald: Mr. Butterfield asks if l can
propose a plan for improving the con-
dition of the workers that is better
than the one he advocates. / think 1
can, and am willing to let the read
ers of the Letter Box judge as to which
they would prefer to adopt. Mr.. But
terfield says that if the workers would
refrain from having so many children
they would have fewer expenses and
find it easier to save money. There
would also be less competition for jobs,
and therefore higher wages. The plan
that l advocate is to so administer So
ciety that the workers will receive the
full value of their labor instead of di-
Viding up with idlers and parasites.
have several times shown by govern
ment statistics that the yearly wages
received by the average worker are
from $1,000 to $1500 less than the net
value of what he produces. Put the
plan which | advocate into practice
and his yearly income will at once be
increased threefold and poverty Will
be abolished. Honestly, now. isn't that
far more satisfactory way of bet
tering our condition than. it would be
to remain childless all our lives so as
to save up enough to settle with the
coffin trust when we die?
Mr.. Butterfield says 1 bring no ar
guments to combat his theory. Ger
tainly not, for his theory is correct.
When the workers stop having chill
dren wages will rise, for there will be
less competition for jobs. | do not
deny the truth of the theory, but
certainly do deny that it is the best
solution of the problem. He says that
if the workers could save they could
approach their employers and demand
an interest in the concern" OF course,
the employer could do as he pleased
about granting the request. Now,
profit sharing" is all right, if the
worker likes that sort of thing. The
phrase has a nice sound but what does
it mean? Simply that the laborer is
being exploited slightly less, or per-
haps in little different way. Person.
ally, l do not approve of profit shar-
ing. We the workers produce these
profits by our toll, and [ object to shar-
ing them with men who never did any
really useful labor in their lives
I challenge any one to present a
valid argument against my claim that
those who by their labor have produced
the wealth of the world are by every
principle of right and justice entitled
to that wealth, and that poverty will
be forever abolished only when that
claim is recognized and granted.
w. SCOTT LEWIS.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

TOLAPUK and Esperanto having
v failed to become universal Prof.
' Jesperson of the University of
Copenhagen has introduced another
world language which he calls lido"
He describes it as follows: 1T is not so
rich as English, so eloquent as French
so powerful as German. But it is cer-
tainly richer than the Frenchmans
English, more eloquent than the Eng
lishman's French. lido is easier to learn
than any other universal language" :"
We hope the professor is not too SAN
guine. We cannot imagine where he
finds support for his statement the
latest panaca for Babel is easier to
learn than any other universal Ian
guage And our logic halts dunn
founded before the proposition that in
a multiplicity of specially invented Ian
guages there is a solution of the pan
humanity-speechp problem. Volapuk will
be used by thousands of devoted Vola-
pukists; Esperanto by thousands of
jealous Esperanters. and lido perhaps
by thousands of eager Idoers.
BY the time the three universal
languages are being spoken by diff
ferent groups of men, somebody will
come along with another new language
We may yet have the Jabberwock, the
BurbIish, the Whooiwhooi and the
Muckahigh universal languages, to say
nothing Of the various tongues which
have become well-nigh universal
through the witchery of skilled writer's,
the Kailyarde, the Bowery, the Yam
kee, the DiXian and the Cockney.
But we cannot deny there is a uni
versal language which everybody can
understand. This was demonstrated
the other day to a skeptic by a bright
high school boy.
do you want to hear that kid talk
the real universal language?" he said
to an inquisitive stranger.
"Why. to be sure" said the stranger,
incredulously
The boy stepped softly over to his
companion and pinched him.
"OUCH!" shrieked the pinched one.
"There!" cried the demonstrator tri-
umphantly, that's some of the univer-
sal language"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
SIMPLY THE EXECUTIVE

" HERE on earth did the morning
w Republican paper published in
Los Angeles get the information
on which to base the following edi-
torial utterance?
president Taft recognizes that he
is SIMPLY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
of the nation, that congress must pass
laws and the supreme court construe
laws, and when this is done that he is
would deprive the president Of the
United States of all initiative, and of
much responsibility.
The president is required to take
care that the laws be faithfully exc
cuted," and is to commission all the
officers of the United States, but his
advisory power gives to a president OF
individuality far more influence for
good or evil than would be lodged in
the kind of chief executive innocently
described by our friend.
The president of the United States
may require the opinion, in writing
of the principal officer in each of the
executive departments upon any sub
ject relating to the duties of their re-
spective offices. He shall from time
to time give to the congress informa-
ton of the state of the Union, and
RECOMMEND TO THEIR CONsID-
GRAFTON SUCH MEASURES AS HE
SHALL JUDGE NECESSARY AND
EXPEDIENT."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
PINCHOTS PATRIOTISM

n UR Tory morning contemporary
II writes: ''Mr. Pinchot has a great
~ deal to say about interests and
the public interests, the phrases that
are used by every loud-mouthed dema-
gogue that has offended the ears of
the people during the last dozen years.
They are the watchwords and war
cries of the Populists. of the Socialists,
of all the discontented. and about all
the criminals in the country"
1t is not fair to associate the Popu-
lists, Socialists and discOntented citt-
zens with the criminals of the coun-
try" Discomfort is not criminal The
American nation is the result of
series of discontentments with one form
of privilege after another. All OF
these discontentments have reached
crisis when the people have been awak-
ened to a sense of their rights. As
a rule a rude awakening" and a Vio-
lent one has followed a long course
of Recommendation and eXpostulation
But to insinuate that George Wash
ington. Thomas jefferson, Alexander
Hamilton. John Brown, Abraham Lin
coin. who in their time were "agita-
tors" bore any relation whatever to
criminals" would be insulting to the
American nation if it were not for the
fact the insinuation is the result of
lack of thought. There is nothing in
the position. attitude or utterances OF
Mr. Pinchot to suggest, even remotely,
criminality, unless we are to believe
patriotic interference with looting and
looters is criminal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17

and are ranters. They are only ask
ing for their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and justice. If the former were
patriots, so are the latter.
Will YOU who enjoy the freedom of
this fine country with power of elective
franchise place these women on a
level with a low politician, because
she asks to have her equality with
man recognized? In the first part of
your letter answering Marian Martin
you demand a woman who does 55,,ao not
shout her opinions from the house
tops or attack the lawmakers with
her tongue, and you harp about that
dearest little place-the home.
Should she say I'VE d. demand" Id5 ii IN !.
tone or attempt to elbow her way
through a bunch of lobbyists in our
congressional halls, she would be a
patriot, like the forefathers Of the
American republic. She is no un-
womanly ranter, as you enormously
state - L.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
PATRIOTISM

TROM a pamphlet published recently
Il we take the following extract:
A La Toilette and Bryan and
Roosevelt, a trio of present day patriots
whose names will adorn history as
gloriously as the names Of Washington,
jefferson and Lincoln. have been ma
ligned and sIandered as demagogues
press. Governor Folk of Missouri
who started civic reformation in
modern city government has been
slandered villainously in ST. Louis
Heney, in San Francisco, is charged
with being everything slander can
think of or buy, and his attempted as
sassination while trying to bring crimi-
nails to justice, simply shows how
far unbrided power will go to thwart
any interference with it's lust, greed
or power. Judge Lindsay in Denver
has been menaced. A less strong man
than Pinchot would have been driven
from public life for doing his duty"
Pinchot's strength did not save him.
His patriotism did not prevent the
president of the United States from
branding him as "insubordinate." It
has been established clearly his in
subordination consisted in his defense
Of the rights and of the property of the
people of the United States. Privilege
in any form is a public foe. The man
who is bold enough to denounce inter-
ests which seek to spoil the public is
worthy of public reward and public
promotion, and doubtless the time is
coming when the worth of the work of
clifford Pinchot will be recognized
by the patriotic, law abiding and hon
est citizens of our republic.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-17
WONDER CITY

N REAT prosperity is indicated by
aT the building outlook in Greater
" Los Angeles. 1t is estimated
more than $2O,OOO,OO0 will be spent for
buildings this year, and the prevailing
business construction will be of the
eight and ten story type. From all
over Southern California come reports
which indicate the building trades can
look forward to a year Of phenomenal
activity. Los Angeles is one of the
best built cities in the United states.
The architectural standard is excellent,
and the buildings erected represent the
best types of architecture and con-
struction.
Only a few yestiges Of old Los An
geles remain, and far spreading in
every direction from the narrow site
of the first little adobe group of build
ings called Pueblo Y ciudad de nuestra
sonora Ia Reina de Los Angeles radi-
ates the metropolis of Southern Cali
fornia, the greatest and most enter
prising city of the far west. Within a
few years the buildings that were
new and that were regarded as ex-
amples of an advanced order of con-
struction have given place to the great
office structures and skyscrapers
which accommodate the vast and ever
increasing commercial and business
interests of Greater Los Angeles. A
big city, with big business interests
demands big buildings. The upbuild-
ing of the central business district
Is accompanied by a phenomenal out
spread Of Los Angeles in all direc-
tions. New streets of lovely homes
spring into existence as if by magic
Truly this is the wonder city of the
western world.