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NEW RULE FOR MOTORISTS.
Liable Ia Arrest No Matter what the Ac-
cIdcut. as BilI Edwards Learns

Liable tO Arrest NO Waiter Wnat the Ac-
cIdcnt, as IBilI Edwards Learns
Street Cleaning Commissioner Edwards
visited the night court last night and
was sitting on the bench with the Magis-
trate when a tram squad policem an
arraigned a chauffeur on the charge OF
reckless driving.
Big Bill looked at the prisoner and
turning to the Magistrate said: why.
that is one OF my drivers What the devil
is he doing here? He is one OF the best
men. in the department and a careful
driver
The policeman said that al Fifth avenue
and Fifty-eighth street an elderly man
walked against one of the rear whesls
OF n machine that was going slowly down
the street and toppled over. The man.
Charles Burns. 10 years old, OF ~ West
Forty second street. refused to make q
complaint. but the chauffeur was arrested.
the policeman said. because of recent
instructions from Police Headquarters
that all drivers concerned in accidents be
taken in no matter how slight the accident.
Mr.. Edwards's driver. whose name was
George Estes. was discharged
The sun., 1910-02-25
KAISER RUNS A REHEARSAL.
lie PrODhete" Under His Eye Cor Nearly
Five Hours.
Special cGbie Despatch 10 THE SUN.

Special CGbie Despatch 10 THE SUN.
BERLIN, Feb. 24.--For five hours to-day
the Kaiser relinquished affairs OF st ate
for affairs of the stage. The occasion
was the final rehearsal OF an elaborate
revival OF Meyerbeer's lie Prophete.
which will be produced at a gala perform
ance at the Royal Opera tomorrow.
His Majesty. accompanied by court
officials. arrived at the opera house at
10 O'Clock in the morning. and thereafter.
with brief interval for lunch, he directed
the rehearsal from the front row OF the
stalls until o'clock in the afternoon.
With characteristic zest the Kaiser
punctuated the performance with sug-
gestions for improving the orchestral
and dramatic details. and finally he pro-
nounced the revised version very good.
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess
meantime attended a dress rehearsal at
the Deutsches Theatre.
The sun., 1910-02-25
NANNY POLLOK ARRESTED.
Broker says SPOrtlng Man Beat and
Robbed Him at the Atbany


Harry Pollok. the promoter Of sport
ing events, was arrested last night as he
came out OF the Casino Theatre on the
complaint OF David A. Russell. a stock
broker Of 50 West Forty-sixth street.
who charges that on the night of Febru-
ary Is Pollok assaulted him and robbed
him of SIS in the barroom OF the Hotel
Albany at Fortieth street and Broadway.
On the night of February 10 Pollok was
tFken to the night court charged with
intoxica ton and disorderly conduct.
The arrest was made at the Hotel Albany
by Lieut.. Edward Armstrong, Pollok,
discharged the following night. COM
planned that Armstrong had assaulted
him at the time Of the arrest.
Armstrong ives suspended and was to
have been tried ct Police Headoua rters
Yesterday. but the trial was postponed
until next Thursday because Pollok
failed 10 sppepr
Russell says he ran into the Albany bar
to get a drink between acts and displayed
a roll of bills He says he was immedi-
ately assaulted and the money stolen by
Pollok.
Pollok's lawyer. Frederick Goldsmith.
saws that after the assa ult Russell pointed
out Pollok as one OF the men who had
been in the barroom but said Pollok had
had nothing to do with the assault.
Mr.. Goldsmith insisted that the present
charge was a frameup by the police and
an outgrowth OF the Armstrong charges.
Samuel Kahn. proprietor OF the Occi-
dental Hotel on the Bowery, gave 81 ,ooC
bail for Pollok in the night court
The sun., 1910-02-25
non TAFT A SQUASH PLAYER.
Presidents Son Considered the Best w
DOnent or the Game mt Yale.

NEW HAVEN. Feb. 24.-In the two squash
courts in the Yale gymnasium a tourna-
ment has just started. There are seventy
three men entered in it and tho prelimi-
naries have just been played.
p Bob Taft. son OF President Taft, who has
been playing all winter. is considered the
best player in college. He is matched
with Crandall. IL. in the next set. and il
he beats Crandall he has fine chance Of
winning the cup. The tournament will be
finished about March l.
The sun., 1910-02-25
raFr STICKS TO BUGBER.
The President Evidently Determined &
Appolnt Him surveyor OF This Port.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2I.-Acoording to
good authority President Taft is still
determined to appoint Frederick H.
Busher. Deputy Police Commissioners OF
New York, TO succeed Gen. James 8.
Clarkson as Surveyor Of the Port OF
New York, although opposition TO Mr..
Bueher has not died out.
Senators Root and Depew called at
the White House to-day, and Senator
Root. it was understood, talked with the
President about Bugher. Mr.. Root would
not discuss the report that ths President
decided to 20 ahead and nominate the
Deputy Police Commissioner a. Collector
Loeb's chief assistant. but 1t was under
stood that he would not oppose th~Presi-
dent's choice. Senator Depew did not
see the President, but he said that while
he had supported the candidacy Of Gen.
Horatio Z. King OF Brooklyn he thought
that Mr.. Taft would nominate Bugher.
In other quarters IL was learned that the
President has not changed his mind, and
the nomination OF Bugher is likely to 60
20 the Senate within a few days
The sun., 1910-02-25
BOY VINO KILLED MOTHER FREE
He Tells Cor0ner's Jury How He was
Playing with . Revolver.

Coroner Schwannecke and q jury ex-
onerated nine-year-old John Brady yes
terday OF the technical charge Of having
killed his mother on the night Of Saturday,
February II. They said 1t was q case OF
accidental homicide.
The boy told the story Of the shooting
Yesterday. He told how his mother.
Agnes Brady. had left the home at eoo
East lssth street to do her shopping for
Sunday. William, IL years old. went
with her and she left the two-year-old
baby in care OF John. John got out his
fathers revolver and amused himself by
taking out the cartridges and putting
them back.
When Mrs. Brady returned John picked
I'D the revolver. 1t exploded suddenly
The bullet grazed the baby's cheek and
struck his mother just over the heart.
William +. Brady, the father. Is an
engineer. He was in court yesterday
with his children
The sun., 1910-02-25
HUGs A RAG SNATCHER.
Bessie Tenney's way OF Catching Thief
on q subway Platform.

A man grabbed a handbag belonging
to Bessie Tenney. who is employed by a
family at the Apthorp. Seventy ninth
street and Broadway. as she was about TO
take an uptown train in the subway
station at Forty ty-seoond street and Broad
way last evening. The young woman
wrapped her arms about the grabber's
neck and screamed for help.
Special Policeman Dixon shouldered
through the excited crowd and arrested
Miss Tenney's captive. The handbag.
which contained 81. was recovered. The
man, who said he was Ewing Wielgirt
OF iSe West l77th street. was locked up
in the West Forty-seventh street police
station
The sun., 1910-02-25
Mrs. Tower wants Her AlImony Secured.

Mrs. Tower wants Her Alsmony Secured.
WHITE PLAINS, Feb 24.-Application
will be made in the Supreme Court to-
morrow by Charles Morschauser. repre-
senting Mrs Mary B. Tower. for an order
directing her husband. Albert E. Tower of
Poughkeepsie. 70 give bond TO secure the
500 a month alimony awarded TO his wife.
Mrs. Tower got separation In 1908 Mr..
Tower is now living IN California. The
annlioation will be based on an affidavit
setting forth that IL is believed that the
most OF Mr.. Towers property is personal
and that it would be impossible TO enforce
payment Of the siimony IL he Mould refuse
to pay
The sun., 1910-02-25
FIRE ESCAPE WAS J'NUSABLE.
Tenants scorched Before Firemcn Could
Get Them-Police Rescuer Burned

A fire in a five story tenement at Isl
Varick street early yesterday morning
resulted in the injury OF several persons.
Policeman Boyle. who helped Policeman
Corcoran get some OF the tenants out
through a blazing hallway. was burned
about the face.
The remaining tenants crowded down
the fire escapes only to find that the
ladder meant for lowering to the ground
was rusted in its position and could not
be moved. Mrs Annie Kane got on
the fire escape and then noticed that
William Young. her boarder. was not
there, She went back into her blazing
rooms and dragged him out. Both OF
them were seriously burned.
Others who were badly burned before
the firemen got their ladders up were
Richard Talbot. Joseph Blauvelt and
William Burns. While the firemen were
taking Burns down a ladder it broke
and he fell. spraining his ankle James
Donovan of Hook and Ladder was cut
about the head by broken glass. The
injured were taken to st vincent's
Hospital
The sun., 1910-02-25
Waved OFF HER BRACELET.
u Fen on cake Of Jce and . i.OnEshore-
man Got q Tor Her.

DR.. and Mrs. william T.. Wirbelauer
of Paterson. n. j.. who were passengers
by the Red Star liner Kroonland. in yea
terday from Antwerp, were met at the
pier by a group of friends. In the en-
thusiasm OF her greeting Mrs. Wirbelauer
waved a gold bracelet on her arm into
the space between the pier and the ship.
She leaned over the rail and saw the
band fall on a cake Of ice. The dock
superintendent also saw the bracelet
and called for q volunteer longshorenan
to get it. Volunteers were plenty. One
was lowered with q line under his arms
and resting one foot on log fender be-
tween the pier and the snip ard the other
on the cake Of loo he leaned over and res
cued the bracelet. Passengers and folks
on the pier cheered. DR.. Wirbelauer
rewarded the longshoreman
The sun., 1910-02-25
HORSE pOIsONER CONVICTED
DttectiVe saw Him Giving stPy chnine
while Dairy strike was On

James McCloud. bartender Of 2lo
West Thirty-ffth street, was convicted
in Special Sessions yesterday OF poisoning &
a horse belon ging 10 the McDermott
Dairy Company on February I at O'Clock
in the morning.
A strike OF the milk drivers was on at
the time OF McCloud's arrest The Slaw-
son- Decker company had lost sixty eight
horses by poisoning and other companies
from ten to twenty.
Prank S-it:e-.ra Pinssr.eE detective,
tAstified that he followed McCloud and in
front OF 22e West Thirty-ffth street saw
him give something TO q horse attached
to q McDermott company wagon. The
mails mouth. After the horses death
the substances was found to be sugar and
strychnIne.
The sun., 1910-02-25
One divorce she Paid For worthless.

Supreme Court Justice Mccall annullod
yesterday the marriage Of William 8.
MaoFarlane to Edythe A. MacFarlane on
the ground that the divorce Mrs. MaoFar-
lane obtained from George Petrie in
North Dakota few days before she
married MacFarlane in 1897 was In
valid. In opposing the suit Mrs. MacFar-
iaIr6 said SasS G>oS a-ia=o ia3aoce EeI
TO leave her husband and that he got q
divorce In North Dakota at the same time
she did She said she paid the expenses
of both divorces.
The sun., 1910-02-25
President willard of the 10. a o. Oner.
to ArbitrAte.

BALTIMORE. Feb. 2s.--President Will
lard Of the Baltimore and Ohio has ex-
pressed willingness 10 submit the wage
scales Of tho trsinmen and conductors to
erhi.rsti9n under tho Erdman act.
President A. B. Garretson Of the
Frotherhood of Railway TrAinmen re-
fused to-day to comment on the attitude
assumed by Mr.. Willard. He disnalssed
the sub ject by declaring that he had done
all the talking no intended To do at this
time
The sun., 1910-02-25
AUTO STRUCK BY a TRAIN
Pierre LartIIard, Jr's. ChaufT eur Thrown
into the Air. B.ansling Against q Post

MIDDLETowN. n. Y, Feb. 2.-To-day
at Tuxedo Cha ries Brown. chauffeur for
Pierre LOrillerd. Jr,. Of Tuxedo Park,
had a startling experience while crossing
the Erie tracks. Just IS the touring
car reached the track at grade crossing
a fest train appeared and before the
machine could clear the track il was
hurled some distance end Brown thrown
into the air He landed against a sign
post at the side Of the trsck, end although
severely injured il is believed he will re-
cover. The machine was damaged TO the
extent of 1000. Browns escape from
instant dee tn was regs rded as miraculous.
The sun., 1910-02-25

MAlLLARD's RHAKFAsr COCOA,
Medo ready a. soon as the water boils. pure
food drink which agrees with an--Adp.
The sun., 1910-02-25

FLORIDA, CUBA, CAROLINA RKsoRTs.
BeaboArd Air Lac. shortest. QUICKEST mos1
attractive route once. iisS r'way, coz. ssth a.
ADV.
The sun., 1910-02-25

Continued or SscoNd Pcoe.
The sun., 1910-02-25

The State police. a04 seasoned fighters
under Capt. John q. Groome. produced
| In few hours to-day what the police force
| OF the city. 5000 men. were not able 70
bring about in five days. reasonable order.
They were detailed to parts Of the city
where rioting had been most prevalent.
Mobs OF strikers and loafers jeered them
and threw decayed fruit and occasionally
the constablcs had to draw their revolvers
and level them at the crowds. but in every
case the threat was enough.
The trouble makers understood TINT
! these ~ete ssos t::ls kind cs Iaea II wee .ass
TO monkey with. 90 they broke and ran
scamperihe for shelter.
The troopers reached the oity besw-en
4 and v:s0 O'Clock this morning They
are garbed In grayish black fatigue unI
i forms, which mako them look like cloud
OF mist in the distance. and wear iona
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-09
MURDER DONE BY EACH
OF THREE BROTHERS
Richard Harding Bisss. who is Await
ina Death, Comes from Shoot
ing Family.

Reports wniCn nave beeI received
here from North Carolina within the
past few days indicate tina, Richard
Harding Biggs. the negro who ~
awaiting death in the electric char
al Richmond on september 90.
comes of a shooting family. Each
Of three brothers IN the family
has. according 20 reports. killed a
woman.
One OF the brothers is now serving
a sentence in the Nor'h Carolina peni-
Tertiary for killing a girl. r H. Blggs
is in the city jail here awaiting death
for the same crime. and about ten
DAYS ago. the third brother killed a
woman while on his way here to pay
his last visit to his condemned broth
er. lie is now in jail in Norh caro-
lima awaiting trial.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-09
WANTED IN HAMPTON, TOO.
Willie Wilkins. Jailed for Larceny
Proves to be Some Thief.

Detective Sergeant Reynolds learn
ed yesterday that's Willie wilkins, the
negro whom he arrested last week
on the charge of larceny. is wanted in
Hampton on a similar charge and he
is convinced that the negro is bad
thief. wilkins was in Hampton on the
dav that he was arrested here and
tried to dispose of box of tobacco
which he had stolen.
In giving the negro six months IA
the city Jail. Justice Brown told MIN
that the punishment might seem hard
for so slight an offense. but that ne
believed that wilkins was bad ne
gro" Sergeant Reynolds said yester-
day that it looks as though the justice
sized the negro up about right
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-09
Steamer Ruth Turned Over
TO Bull Line.
LOADING HER FIRST CAR60
Yard Made Record BY Constructing
Vessel Within Eight Months After
Signing of Contract-News Notes
From Along the Waterfront

Another new addition to the Amerl-
can merchant marine was made yes
terday morning when the new steel
freight steamer Ruth left the >>ant
81 the Newport News Shipbuiiding
& Dry Dock Company and proceed
ed across Hampton Roads to the coal
Piers at Lambert's Point. There the
vessel is TO take her first cargo for
Tampa. Fla.
The Ruth is the sixth American
merchant ship and the seventh vessel
To be TUNED out fI\m the local ship
yard this year tbs is an average
Ut about one ship month and is
record of which no other shipyard on
the Atlantic coast can boast. The
other merchant Graf delivered here
his year are he freigh and passen
gers steamer City of ST. Louis, City
OF Montgomery, Bear and Beaver and
the oil tanker j. A. ChanslOr. The
ether vessel was the giant battleship
Delaware.
Something of q record was made
by the yard in the construction OF
the Ruth, the vessel being competed
IN eight months. She is owned by
the A. H. Bull Steamship Company.
of New York. and was built by the
longitudinal system of hull framing
instead of the transverse system,
which has been used in all other
ships constructed here.
Captain Mcdonald, who took out
the steamer Jean. sistership OF
the Ruth, which was completed here
last year. commands the new steam
er and she has a crew of "a men.
The vessel is 81 feet long and 40
feet broad. She is propelled by a
single screw. driven by a triple-ex-
I.ansion engine of 1900 indicated
hnrSenOWer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-09
MANY PRISONERS FACE
POLICE JUSTICE BROW N
DRINKS and Disorderlies Draw Usual
Fines-Four Cases of Violating
Dog Ordinance.

Thirty prisoners faced Justice ]. d.
G. Brown in the police court yesterday
morning and the mills of justice
ground steadily for two hours. There
was he usual Monday morning assert
ment of DRINKS and disorderies. both
white and black, and. with few ex-
ceptions. all drew the usual fines OF
$3.50 and $3.50.
-Four persons were in court for vio-
lating the dog ordinance. Josephine
Walker paid fine of $3.50, but the
other three, James Underwood, Mat
tie Tunnis and James Anderson were
dismissed.
The past seven days have been
strenuous ones for the police and JUS
tice Brown, and an unusually large
number Of arrests have been made
The total was swelled by the nlmer-
Gus violations of the dog law.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-09
Monday, August 8, 1910.
Arrived.

6TTtVcO.
Steamer Allegheny OBJ Harnden,
Boston-to Furness, Witty & Com
pany, Ltd, in ballast.
Steamer Euston (Br) Underwood.
Ealtimore-to Chesapeake K Ohio
Coal Agency Company in ballast.
Steamer Cayo Gitano (Br.) Raider,
New Orleans-to Chesapeake * Ohio
Coal & Coke Company for bunker
coal.
Steamer Twilight (Br.) Morris,
Mobile-to BerwindWhite Coal Com
pany for bunker coal.
Schooner Singleton Palmer, Pot
ter, Searsport-to White Oak Coal
Company in ballast.
Schooner George ID. Edmands.
Coleman. New York-to Chesapeake
& Ohio Coal K Coke Company in bal
last.
Barge Kentucky from Boston-tO
Chesapeake 4 Ohio Coal Agency
Company in ballast.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-09
SHIPPING REPORT
Sunday, august Z, 1910.
Arrived.


STEAMER Nordpol (Nor) Helm, Bal
timore-to BerwindWhite Coal
Mining Company in ballast.
Steamer Otavi (GerD Schutt, New
York-to Atlantic States Coal K
Coke Company for bunker coal.
Steamer Melrose from Everett
to New River Consolidated Coal
Company in ballast.
Barge Cienfuegos from Boston-to
White Oak Coal Company IN ballast.
Barge K. r. Thomas from Provi-
.dence-to Smokeless Fuel Company
In ballast.
Barge Undaunted from Boston-to
Smokeless Fuel Company in ballast.
Barge Julia 4. Dempsey from
Proyidence-tO Chesapeake x OHIO
Coal & Coke Company in ballast.
Barge f. B. Sutton from Provl-
dence-to Chesapeake & Ohio Coal
Il Coke Company in ballast.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-09
OVER 100 NEGROES ARRESTED,
Long Line of Blacks Before Richmond
Court.

RICHMOND, VA, Aug. s.-More
than 100 unemployable and "undesir-
able" negroes. caught in raids by the
police early Sunday morning, were
fined s. in Justice Crutchfield's coart
this morning. and sent to Jail for thlr-
ty days in default of 800 security.
When the diseased and disreputable
aggregation. numbering 1O3 men and
women. we're lined up before Justice
Crutchfield, Chief of Police Werner
made a brief statement to the court
He told Of disturbances created by
the blacks. and gave other reasons
why they should be put away.
The total sentences aggregate about
nine years. some Of the more vicious
men being given extra terms.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-09
peserters Held for Ship.

Harry Boswoba and John Digger
seamen Of the crew of the United
States revenue cutter Seminole. were
arrested Sunday night by Patrolman
Pearson and Special Omcer G. J. pad
gett On the charge of deser ion In
the police court yesterday morning
Justice Brown ordered the men held
for their ship. which IS repairing al
the warwick Machine Company's pier.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-09
LOCAL OPTION ELECTION TODAY
winchester Will Again Vote on the
Liquor Question.

WINCHESTER. VA. AIg. s.-Blg
guns went of again yesterday and Sat
urday night in the local option cam
paign which will be settled at the polls
tomorrow. The "drys" claim that
many vous were made for their side
BY the speech Of Speaker Richard
Evelyn Byrd. Of the Virginia house Of
delegates. from the court house steps
Saturds.- night.
Rev. William A. WATSON. the Long
Island minister. spoke in the interest
of the liquor cause in the auditorium
this afternoon. He took the ground
tina, prohibition did not prohibit the
selling and drinking Of hq1or. ana
cIaimed that the model license saloons
uere in the majority Of cases conduct
Cd along legitimate lines.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-09
Speculation as to Who Will
be President.
OR BlVlNS?
While Neither is Avowed Candidate,
Two Prominent Members Are SAID
To Have Three Votes Eaeh-Coi.
Huffman Holds Key.

Much interest attaches TO the resu-
lar meeting OF the board OF schooi
trustees at s o'clock tonight in me
assembly hall OF the High chooi
building A complete reorganization
of the board is TO be effected anu spec
ulation is rife as to who will be elect
ed president 10 succeed w +. PuckeU'
whose term of Office as a trustee ex-
pired a month ago.
While neither one IS an avowed can
didate two of the trustees will be
placed in nomination for the presideh-
cy. They are j. p Harrison. OF inc
Second school dis riot. who has served
on the board for many years. aud Fred
C. Biyins, of the Third school district
who has Just finished his first year
as a trustee.
Col. Huffman Holds Deciding Vote
with one vote unaccounted for, the
fight. is a draw Messrs. Bachelor
Phillips and Cosby are behind MT
Harrison and Messrs. Christie. LEM
ana Sutton are said 10 be for Mr..
Bivins. Col. f. W. HUFFMAN holds me
deciding vote and so far as is known
at this time he is pledged 10 neither
side. Mr.. Bivins has been the acting
president of the board since the eX-
piration of the term of W. Z. Puckett-
Clerk W. L. Tabb will be reelected
without opposi ion. lie will call the
meeting 10 order tonight and preside
until the president is elected.
WrestIe With Janitor Problem.
Resides the election of the presi-
dent. the trustees are TO wrestle WIN
the janitor problem tonight and there
is much interest in that matter. Some
of the trustees believe that The JAM
tor service should be reduced almost
half and they will make a strong fight
for this reduction. Others believe that
the present system should not be
changed and that all of the old JAM
tors should be reelected.
This will be the last meeting of the
board before the opening of the
schools in September and many De
tails incident to the opening Will be al
tended to by the trustees.
The annual report OF the finance
committee also will be made tonigh'
and this will be of much public inter
est. The report has been compiled
by Acting President Bivins and Acting
Chairman Harrison. OF the finance
committee.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-09
TWO SMALL FIRES.
Central and Ess, End Engine Com
panies Turn Out.

Two small fires occurred in this city
yesterday morning and both the Cen
tral and East End engine companies
were called out. The first fire &C
Cured at 9.32 O'Clock at s14 Twenty
eighth street. and the Central company
responded. The freTen found that a
tar pot was afire. There was no dam
age
The second fire took place at 1880
o'clock at 11f9 Twenty-niri street.
The East End company responded 10
the alarm and found a stubborn blaze,
which was started by the overtuFning
Of a small lamp in the loom. The
damage amounted 20 about $50.