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The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
ID HELP HUMANITY
A BILL INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS PROVIDING FOR RockEFEL-
 LER FOUNDATION.
MILLIONS TO PHILANTHROPY
The Standard oii fdssnate Proposes to Provide for the Distribution of Bulk of His Immense Fortune-Detalla Are Lacking.

Washington, Mar. 4.-A bill intro duced in the regular course of business in the senate by Senator Gallinger oi New Hampshire, revealed the most stu pendous work of philanthropy in the history of the world.
 The author of the scheme is John U. Rockefeller and it involves the abso' lute gift from the great fortune which Standard oil has built up for him, Of at least $5O0,00O, 900 and maybe more The bill of incorporation names It the Rockefeller Foundation.
 The Rockefeller Foundation, &C., cording to a close associate or Jonn D. Rockefeller, Is to receive the bulk of the Rockefeller fortune under the will of the oil n.agnate. What the sum Is not even MT Rockefeller himself knows, because of the elastic value oi his vast possessions. The most con servatiye estimate of the amount which will eventually be turned over to the philanthropic work or the oil magnate is $500, 0,000,00O
 The scope of the Rockefeller founda- ton has been made unlimited, for the purpose of administering every sort of charity or other humanitarian work that cannot be called strictly edu cational. in which MT. Rockefeller has ever been interested The education al work will be cared for by the gen eral educational fund which was in corporated under much the same sort of a charter in 1905. These two funds are to be kept absolutely distinct
 Details as to the exact plans of MT Rockefeller are lacking here. Aside from the dry phraseology itself, all that is known of the plan is gleaned from the statement by MT. Gallinger after he had presented the bill
 q am not authorized" said he, "tC speak for Mir Rockefeller, but there is 10 doubt that he proposes to spend his millions. He has already spent s52, 100000 through the general educa tion board I have no doubt that MT Rockefeller intends to give away hi: money on a scale greater than any other living man. l am not acquainted with all of the details of Mir. Rocke feller's plans, but it is expected tha Washington will be the headquarters.
 It is when one turns to the bill it self that some idea of what the oi king has in mind is obtained. Th' broad comprehensive plans, world-em bracing, on which the Standard Oi company was built up under the guid ing hand of MT. Rockefeller ant through which his vast fortune was ac cumulated, are to be followed in tn distribution of that fortune. The mon ey making genius is to he director | he money-spending channels
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
WILSON A WITNESS.
SECRETARY OF AGRlcuLToHs SAYS HE TRIED TO STOP THE
 poLLIvER LETTER.
PINCHOT DIFFERS WITH HIM
On Cross Examination Mir. Wilson was Uncertain as to Just What Hso Passed Between Him and the Form CT Chief Forester.

Washington, Mar. 3.-The expected clash between Clifford Pinchot and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson over the disputed question as to whether the secretary had given the former TOT ester permission to write to Senator Deliver the letter which resulted ln Mir. Pinchot's dismissal, came before the Ballinger-Pinchot investigating committee.
 Mir. Pinchot declared he had dis cussed the matter at length with Sec retary Wilson and that he understood his superior officer had given him ex- press permission to write to senator Deliver.
 Secretary Wilson immediately took the stand and asserted that while he had given MT. Pinchot permission to write to Senator Deliver concerning departmental affairs" he never would have given him permission to write a letter criticising the president of the United States.
 Under a cross-examination, almost wholly by the Democratic members Of the committee, Secretary Wilson was uncertain as to just what had passed between himself and the forester and became somewhat mixed at times as to just what letters the committeeman were referring to in their rapid fire of questions. The secretary repeated
 y said he never saw nor heard Of the letter MT. Pinchot wrote until 1t was read in the senate.
 MT. Pinchot had been reluctant to testify to anything that would bring him Into controversy with the chief under whom he had served twelve years. But Chairman Nelson insisted he should go into the matter. Mir. Pinchot declared that he and | Secretary Wilson went so far as to discuss the executive order issued by President Taft forbidding subordinate | officers of the various departments
 from giving information to congress, and he added that the secretary said: You and will have no trouble about | that order"
 Admitting that his memory failed
 him as to certain points, Secretary Will son always came back to the state
 ment that he never under any circum-
 stances would have given MT. Pinchot
 permission to write the letter which
 caused his separation from the serv'
 ice.
 The secretary said he urged MT. Pin
 chot not to carry out his purpose to
 blanket" a message from the presi-
 dent exonerating Ballinger. by sending In letter to Senator Deliver.
 But" persisted counsel for MT. Pin
 chot. If MT. Pinchot was only to he
 permitted to write about departmental
 matters, how could you have thoughl
 this letter would blanket the presi
 dents messageT
 q don't know what was PlnchotI
 idea"
 The day was replete with incidents
 The cross-examination of MT. Pincho
 was begun late in the afternoon ant
 will be continued when the commit
 tee meets again Friday.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
BUR|EDU UNDERS SNOW
AVALANCHE CARRIES TWO GREAT NORTHERN TRAINS INTO
 A CANYON.
SIXTY PERSONS WERE KILLE[
The Cars Were Carried Over a 15o Foot clitf by . Mile of Snow, lc' and Earth Which Swept Down tn, Mountain.

Everett, Wash. Mar. 3.-Sixty live were lost in the avalanche that car ried two Great Northern trains ints a canyon near Wellington. This il the report of Superintendent ONeill who is directing the relief work.
 The cars fell l50 feet and were buried by debris. The town of Well ington and the Great Northern powel house were not destroyed.
 It will be impossible to reach th' scene of the wreck except by foot From the east side of the Cascade; approach is cut off by snowslide al Drury, six miles east of Leavenworth which destroyed the station and killed Watchman Johnson.
 The wounded are being cared fol at Wellington, but will be taken to th' big hotel at Scenic Hot Springs al soon as possible. It is expected tha the bodies of the dead will be em balmed, 1t being impracticable ts bring them out on sledges.
 The weather in the mountains ii warm. and rescue parties will be 1T constant peril from snowslides.
 The two trains that were carried away by the great wave of ice ane snow were the westbound Spokane Limited and the westbound transcon tinental fast mail The latter carries no passengers.
 Most of the dead and injured arr believed to have been passengers or the Spokane Express, 40 of whom wer, on the train at the time of the dis aster. Besides these, 30 workmen who had been engaged in the battle against the drifts that had been hold ing the two illfated trains imprisoned in the mountains since February 24 were sleeping in the day coaches. The avalanche rolled down tht mountain at 4;20 o'clock in the morn ing. The twp trains, three locomo tives, four powerful electric motors the depot and water tank were swep off the ledge and deposited in a twist ed mass of wreckage at the foot O. the mountain. The noise from the cU0NhHud, WuiCa NdH n lulit 1Ouk could be heard throughout the valley and Superintendent O'Neill, who was directing the work of the night shift marshaled his men and hurried to tho rescue.
 Groans and cries for help coming from the jumbled heap of debris al the bottom of the canyon indicated | that many imprisoned in the wreck age were still alive. and the rescuerl worked with feverish haste to release i them. As fast as tine injured wer, | removed, they were taken to the hos | pital at Scenic, three miles away b, mountain trail. but ten when the Ions winding course of the railroad Ii followed.
 A messenger was dispatched a once for help. The first news of tn, disaster was brought by John Went xel of Wellington. He staggered int Skyhomish, IS miles from Wellington and gasped out his story
 All wiped out" he cried Nothing but smooth snow where the track stood, and the trains were dumpe' into the canyon"
 He was so exhausted from his lon, l fight against the snow that it wa several hours before he could give | coherent story.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10

Nothing in the way of cough is quite so annoying as tickling, teas ing, wheezing, bronchial cough. The quickest relief comes perhaps from a prescription known to druggists every where as pr. Shoop's Cough Remedy. And besides, it is so thoroughly harmless that mothers give it with perfect safety even to the youngest babes. The tender leaves of a simple mountain shrub, give to Dr. Shoop's s Cough Remedy it's remarkable cura- tive effect. A few days test will tells Sold by Davis Drug Co.,, "The Old Reliable.'
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
FLOODS ARE SWEEPING OHIO
Fully Two Thousand People in the State Have Been Driven
 From Their Homes.

Cleveland, Mar. S.-Fully two thou sand people are homeless in Ohio as | result of the flood which is still sweep Ing over the state. At Zanesyille alone 1000 persons are reported driven from their houses. The public build ings are crowded with refugees who are being fed by the city authorities At Warren over 800 were rescued from their houses in boats.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
A NEGRO LYNCHED IN TEXAS
A Mob of 5000 Men Puts an End to Little Girls Assaulter at
 Dallas.

Dallas, Tex, Mar 4.-Allen Brooks, a negro charged with assaulting a g. year-old white girl last week. was lynched here by mob of 5000 men
 At noon all the available militiamen, extra police and firemen were ordered to the jail. The mayor has issued an order closing all the saloons. A mum. Der of negroes participated in the lynching of Brooks.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
Free Sample
 Aids Old Men

The sudden change from years of activity of both body and mind to the qufet of later years causes the human system to undergo many changes, chief of which is in the di- gestive organs.
 If becomes harder and harder to get the bowels to move promptly and regularly ana m consequence many elderly men suf- Ter not only from the basic touble. con- stipauon. but from indigestion. headache, belching. sour stomach. drowsiness after eating and similar annoyances. It is first of all necessary to keep the bowels open ana then 10 tone the digestive muscles so as to get them to again do their work naturally. A violent cathartic or purga- tive Is not only unnecessary but harm lul. and something mild win do the work After you have got through experiment- Ing with salts and pills and waters of various kinds. and have become convinced that t they % only temporary good at best mlIo. gentle. pieasant-tasting laxative requirements of old people. women and children, and yet is effective enough for anybody Your druggist. who has handled lt successfully for quarter of a cen tury. will sell you bottle for fifty cents or one dollar but if you want to make send your name and address to Dr. Gala well and he will gladly send you sample bottle free Of charge.
 This remedy is rapidly displacipe afl other forms of medication for the" cure of stomach. liver and bowel trouble and families like Mir. o. F. Wisher's of Svca more. III. and Mrs. Carrie Culler's of xzo N. Notre Dame street. South Bend. Ind. are now never without it in inc house, They have tested 1t and know its family. the
 Dr; Caldwell personally win be piea ses to give you any medical advice vs,,i ma . aealre Tor yourself or family peTtaininr f5 sne & stomsoh. liver Cs bowels absolutely 3sss ss.s oi energe Explain your case in a sor the free sainpie simply send your name and address on a postal cara sas or sss- iI.. = .-1 TUT sifIer request the doctors Ttil building. Monticello. m A'sva es'e'
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
TO EUROPE FOR EVIDENCE
 AGAINST THE PACKERS
New Jersey Prosecutor Sends Repre- sentative to London and Paris
 to investigate.

New York, Mar. 4--Folowing the departure of the steamship Mauretania it became known that beside being interstate. the investigation into the methods of the beef trust has now be- come international for on board the Cunarder, was Alexander Simpson, a well known New Jersey lawyer, who Is going to Europe to act In London and Paris as an agent for Prosecutor Pierre P. Garyen of Hudson county. New Jersey. The chief object of Mir. Simpsons trip to Europe is to as certain how it is that beef, mutton and other food commodities which are shipped to Europe by way of Jersey City can be sold there cheaper than In this vicinity. despite the fact that duty and carrier expenses must be paid.
 Following the departure of MT Simp- son, MT. Garven announced that he would personally appeal to the gov ernor of Illinois for the extradition of the indicted officials of the beef trust.
 With all of his facts in shape MT. GarVen IS poSitiVe ne can convince the governor of Illinois that the indicted men should be extraaited.
 Supreme Court Justice Swasze at Trenton denied Prosecutor Garven's application for an order on the direc- tors of the National Packing company for the immediate production of the directors books which are held outside the state. He did grant an order re turnable next Saturday and show cause why the books should not be produced Notice was sent to the attorneys of the National Packing company, William D Edwards, Robert V. Lindabury and Robert H. Hudspetn.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
The Needles Revenge.

''It's habit in the south to sit on the bed and sew" said the southern woman, living in New York. They make sitting rooms of their bedrooms down there, you know. Yes.
 Well, I had recovered from the habit, but yesterday sat on by littl. bed before l made 1t up and mended my petticoat, but never again.
 T made mp the needle fin the he'd nfterward and way in the night fl rose up and stabbed me-"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
MISSOURIAN EATEN BY WOLVES
After Making Desperate Fight James Smith Was Killed Near
 Springfield.

Springfield, Mo, Mar 4.-James Smith, woodsman, was eaten by wolves near Ally after fighting a des- perate battle for his life The wolves attacked him while he was alone, awaiting the return of brother When the latter returned he found his broth CTS bones in the center of a circle of five dead wolves. while an empty re- beating rife showed that he had been overpowered before he could reload the weapon.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
ILLINOIS FAyORs INCOME TAX
State Legislature Adopts Resolution Approving Amendment to the
 Federal Constitution.

Springfield, H.. Mar. 3.-Illinois swung at the head of the column of Northern states to approve the pro
 posed amendment to the United States constitution providing for an income tax when the lower house concurred in the resolution passed by the senate on February g. The few states that have acted upon the subject all have been southern. For that reason and the interest that surrounds the ques- ton the attitude that the legislature
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10

Fully nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism is simply rheumatism of the muscles due to cold or damp, or chronic rheumatism, neither of wh oh require any internal treatment. All that is needed to afford relief is the free application of Chamberlain S Llniment. Give it a trial. You are certain to be pleased with the quick relief which it affords. Sold by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
Race Suicide

is not nearly the menace to increase in population that deaths among in- fants are. Eight out of ten of these deaths are directly or indirectly caued by bowel troubles. McGee,s Baby Elixir cures diarrhoea, dysentary, sour stomach and all infant ailments of this nature. Just the thing for teething babies. Price 25c and 50c per bottle. Sold at Gunnels' Drug store.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
Lovers

of good health should prevent sick ness Instead of letting Themselves get sick and then try to cure it. So long as you keep your liver. bowels and stomach in healthy and active con ditlon you won't get sick. Ballard's Heroine relieves constipation, iractiye liver and all stomach and bowel trou- bles. Sold at Gunnels' Drug store.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
Sugar Trus, In contemnt

New York, Mar. 4.-The federal grand jury has handed in present. ment against the American Sugar Re lining Co, charging it with contempt of court in failing to produce books and papers called for by the grand jury.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
Would Have Cost Him His Life

Oscar Bowman. Lebanon. Kv. writes: I have used Foley,s Kidnev Remedy and take great pleasure in stating it cured me pernanantlv ns kidney disease which certainly would have cost me my life." Sold by Jack. son Drug and Furniture co.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
A Swollen Jaw

is not pretty nor pleasant. Whether it's caused by neuralgia, toothache or accident. Ballard $ Snow Eminent will reduce the swelling and relieve the pain. The great and sure cure for rheumatism, cuts, burns, bruises, scalds--any and all aches and pains. Sold at Gunnels' Drug store.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10

Pneumonia follows cold but never follows the use of Foley's Honey and Tar which stops the cough, heals the lungs and expels the cold from the system. Sold by Jackson Drug and Furniture Go.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10

Washington, Mar. 3.-News of the adoption by the Illinois legislature of the income tax amendment to the con. stitution was received in administra. ton circles with great satisfaction and by none more than MT. Taft.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medi- cine. NO midicine can do more. Sold hy Jackson nsaag and Furniture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-10
An Elevator Burns In muskooe,

An Elevator Burns In Muskooee.
 Muskogee. Ok, Mar. S.-The Mid land mill and elevator. belonging to the Midland Elevator Company. burned here. The loss is $75.0O0. The origin of the fire Is unknown.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-03
GEORGIA NINE WALlOPS
HAMPTON "SCRUB' TEAM
None Monfaicone Makes FIRST Ap-
pearance in Box This Season
and Is pounded Hard.

With Brittingham, Cunningham
Curtis and several others of the regu-
lars out of the game. the Hampton
Peninsula League team could put up
but feeble resistance against the iast
nine from the battleship Georgia on
New Park diamond yesterday AFTER
noon and the tars romped away with
the long end OF 22 to ( score. me
locals never had the ghost OF snow
to win. the only thing in doubt beng
the size OF the score the sailors would
make
None" Monfalcone. the raney
southpaw, whose slants were once 4
terror to the other teams in the Pc
ninsula League, made his debut in the
box Tor Hampton and was badly pun
ished by the tars This was the first
time Monfalcone had pitched in two
seasons and as result he was Wild
and erratic. A small crowd Of ians
saw the contest.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-03
canoe CUT IN TWO;
MEN ARE RESCUED
Launch From BattIeshlp GeOr-
Ella Runs Down the Echo in
Hampton Roads.

The gasolene canoe Echo. owend BY
Capt Frank Fox, of Deep Creek. was
run down and sunk In Hampton
Roads Friday night about 10 o'clock
hy launch from the United States
battleship Georgia Capt. Fox and
b lay Striminger. who were In the
Echo when the accident occurred,
were rescued by the crew of the Geor-
gia's launch and brought TO Old POINT
wharf. although they got a chilly bath
and narrowly escaped being sent down
with their canoe.
The canoe was struck amidship and
sank In a few seconds. being prac-
tically cut in two by the launch's
nose.
The launch was making her last
trip for the night TO Old Point, while
the canoe had been out to the Ne
braska to carry bunch of mep
aboard
Another launch from the Georgia
struck the large gasoiene launch,
America, Capt. j. f. Parker. in the
Roads Friday night. but as the Ameri-
ca is a heavily Suilt vessel. the dam
ages are slight.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-03
EXTEND WELCOME TO
NEW PASTOR TODAY
Splendid Progam at Memorial
Aaptist This Afternoon---Ser-
vices at Other Churches.

The congregation of the Memoria'
Baptist church will receive Their ne"
nastor. Rev. w. Mosby Seay. WIN
interesting services this afternoon AT
= o'clock. The committee In charge
of the program announces the io'io"
ing:
organ prelude.
Doxology.
Invocation-Rev. W. s. Trimb'e'
PRESBYTERIAN church. Hampton.
flynn. No. lGl.-'All Hail the row
er of Jesus Name.
Scripture reading-Rev. JOhn ~
JAYNE. Church of Christ. Hampton
Prayer-Rev. J. I. Riddlck. Seconu
Baptist church. Newport News.
fIymn, No. 24i.-"Onward Christian
Soldiers
Welcome on Behalf of the CITY
Hon. Thornton +. Jones. mayor VI
Hampton.
Welcome on Behalf of Other Demon
inations--Rev. George w. Wray, FIRST
Methodist church, Hampton.
Hymn, No. 502.-"How Firm q fouh-
dalton, Ye saints of the LORD.
Welcome OH Behalf OF the peninsula
Raptist Association OF Virgfnia-heS'
lloyd 7. Wilson. ID. d.; First Bap'is'
charch, Newport News.
Welcome on Behalf of the Baptists
and Viclnity-Rey. +. 7. Jones, ID. H.
Hampton baptist church. Hampton
Hymn. No. 47G-''Work FOR the
Night is Coming"
Welcome on Behalf OF the Sunday
school. Mems Bible Glass and Church
Deacon j. c. Tucker. Hampton
Response by the Pastor-Rev W.
MOsby Seay.
Hymn. No. 463-"Blest BE The Tie
That Kinds"
Benediction-Rev. 7. Y. Seymour.
Tabernacle Baptist church. Newport
News.
Leader OF Muslc-Mr. w. T. Pear
son.
Ushers from mems Bible class
Messrs. J. J. Johnson. +. *. Couch.
Fay Collier. Jr.. V. l.. Daonghterty. H.
T. Davis. John Ferber. F. ID. Gresham,
w. b. Thomas. w 8. Crockett. NJ. r.
Higgins, Thomas Monsoon and Joseph
Walden.
Rev. MFR. Seay Will occupy the pull
pit this morning at IL O'Clock had
this evening at s o'clock. The pastor
will be formally introduced To the
mems Bible class. which meets at
10 O'Clock this morning.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-03
PATRONS DAY AT
WEST End ACADEMY
Parents Of the Pupils Will be ReceiV-
ed by the Teachers and Children
Next Friday.

On next rriuay the West End
school will be thrown open to the
public, and an invitation is extended
the patrons to turn out and see the
work OF the teachers and pupils.
During the morning sessions. from
to II. regular recitations will be
held in all the classes, IL being the
object OF the faculty to demonstrate
the every day work being done In
the afternoon no classes will be held
except in the domestic science and
manual training departments. where
the regular classes on these subjects
Will be in progress
From to 100 Miss Ashby. the
supervisor of music. will conduct 4
chorus class of High school pupils.
Until this year there has been no
music in the schools for several years,
but under Miss Ashby the work is
now on a firm basis. The chorus
class Is one Of the features of the
regular work. and will add much TO
the enjoyment of the day. Mean
while in each OF the class rooms there
VIII be an exhibit of the pupils work,
embracing some representative work
by every pupil in every subject, from
the first primary through the High
school,
The committee in charge, Miss
Blanche Brilliant. chairman: Misses
Ivy. Mosher, Carr ard Chisman, have
made all arrangements fer the occa-
sion.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-03
Presbyterian.

At the Hampton Presbyterian
church this morning communion VIII
be observed following the regular ser
mon by the pastor. Rev. w. S. Trimnie'
who will use as his theme. Christ.
Our Paschal Lamb" Tonight at y
O'Clock. Mr.. Trimble will talk on The
Three Crosses" Sunday school VIII
be held In the Price Memorial and
Phoebus Chapels this afternoon at 3
o'clOck
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-03
Concert Tuesday Night.

The Orpheus Glee Club. composed
of thirty male voices. will give its
first concert Tuesday night in the Tee
ture room of the Hampton Baptist
church. The club will be assisted by
Miss StearreS. Miss Downing. Mrs.
Foster and Mr.. Robinson.