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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-12
Christian Endeavor Movements
+ + A. IT.

Minnie c. Davis: treasurer. William E.
Brooks; union delegate, Grady P Oak
ley: superintendent of juniors, Owen p
kellar. Committee chairmen are as fol-
lows: Lookout, Miss Helen NJ Harriss;
missionary. Miss Lille Walters: prayer
meeting. Marion |. Walters; inasmuch,
Miss Edna Morgan, general welfare,
Owen P. kellar, social, Miss Isabel Nj.
Aldridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-12
Bible Glass.

The Bible class led by Mrs. Rice l.
Steele, which meets Wednesday even
ings at the Christian Endeavor Union
headquarters in the Bond building, has
changed the hour OF meeting to 7:4o
o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-12

The Johnston Sunday closing bill
the District Of Columbia. which recent
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
SPECULATION AS TO
BOARDS REORGANIZATION
Either Bachelor or Harrison Prob
ably VIII be Chosen Presi-
dent by School Trustees.

Among these interested in school
matters. there was some speculation
yesterday as TO who would be elected
president OF the board Of school trus-
tees when the board holds its annual
reorganization in August. w. K
Pickett, who has been president OF
the board for four years, failed of re.
election by the council and a new
president must be named this year.
Two names were prominently men
tened yesterday in connection with
the office. Some were urging o. ID
Bachelor for the presidency and oth-
ers favored ]. p. Harrison. 1t is
practically certain that one of these
men will be elected by the board.
President Puckett said yesterday
that he was not a candidate for re
election to the board and that he had
so informed several members of the
council who had approached him
about the matter. He expressed re-
greet that his name was placed in
nomination before the council for re-
election. Mr.. Pickett retires after q
service of six years as a trustee.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
Milk Wagon Smashed Near
Jefferson Avenue.
DRIVERS NARROW ESCAPE
Though Thrown Into Heap with
Wagon and 6ottres, John Minis Gets
OF Without Serious lnjury-un'
known Man Hurt.

Two accidents in both Of which
street cars figured and which came
very near being serious, occurred on
Twenty-ffth street between Virginia
avenue and jefferson avenue yester-
day evening. In the second accident
a white man, whose name could not
be learned, was Knocked unconscious
by a car and street reports say MS
condition was serious.
The first accident near Jefferson
avenue about 6 o'clock. Citizens Kali
way Light and Power Companys car
No. 81, running on the IVY avenue
line. running into and almost de-
molishing a wagon owned by the Cot
tonwood dairy. The horse and the
driver. John Minis. had an almost NIL
raculOus escape from serious INJURY
The street car was eastbound and the
wagon vas going in the same dlrec-
ton. The driver OF the vehicle says
that he did not hear the approach Oh
the car and he turned his wagon ou-
into the car track to pass another
vehicle which was drawn up on the
side of the street.
. The motorman of the car says that
he rang his bell and tried 10 avoid the
collision by cutting OF the current and
applying the brakes, but the car
smashed into the wagon, tearing TWO
wheels off it. The vehicle went down
in a heap, the driver going with II
and the cans and bottles inside being
turned over. The driver escaped with
out a scratch as also did the horse.
The second accident occurred on
the Twenty fifth street bridge early In
the night. An unknown white man
tried to get Oh the blind" side OF
main line car of the Newport News *
Old Point railway line and was
thrown heavily 20 the street. The car
was stepped as quickly as possible
and the crew went back to where the
man lay in an unconscious condition.
A big crowd quickly gathered and
there was much excitement for a
short time The man finally was tax
en- away by some friends. No report
of the accident was made to the po-
lice, although Sergeant Mitchell learn
ed of it incidentally later in the night.
At that time the police were unable
to learn anything about the matter
other than that a man had tried TO
Jump on the car and had fallen TO
the bridge. the force of the fall rem
dering him unconscious. An inyesu-
gat.on will be made today.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19

"tha: these people were invited hero
by the people of Virginia. j wanted
to show what kind of an invitation
was extended; what kind OF guests
they are. They are the kind oil
guests that force themselves 10 the
banquet board-that put their feet In
the trough.
Captain Berkeley resumed reading
from Judge LindSay's speech Mr..
Bachelor objected to this, coniending
that IL was not relevant. Captain
berkeley replied that his object was 70
show that the unhampered control OF
any necessary results in corruption
and kept on reading
Scores Witnesses
Referring 70 Mr.. Bachelors refer
cncc to the repeal OF the Wharton
.aw. Captain Berkeley said that the
powerful lobby maintained at Rich
rnond BY the insurance combination
was a disgrace TO the people Of Viz
GINA and OF every member OF tls<
general assembly
The captain scored some Of the
local insurance agents who were put
On the stand by the cOmmonwcalth.
Il would rather 10 naked and ea'
grass he said, than do what some
OF the witnesses 10 this case have
done. They got on the witness stand
and took an oath 10 tell the truth, snd
then forro. OF attempted TO forge,
everything that would be OF benefit
20 the commonwealth
There are two WAYS ny which the
People can protect themselves AGAINST
these combinations. the SPEAKER said.
~Onc - BY legislative enactment and
the other By enforcing the common
Law. Our Representatives have tod
YOU mat the efforts 70 secure ieeis.
lafion enactment were blocked BY the
powerful lobby Of this combination
Answering the contention that che
cciersc In this cazc. n any had been
committed when the association was
formed and thar the statute Of iimisa
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19

tions would bar prosecution of these
defendants on accont of 1t, Captain
Berkeley read from Bishop to show
that a conspiracy is renew ID. by any
act performed by any one of the
constructors.
Position OF stuart and Lett.
Referring TO Mr.. satchelors re-
marks about Messrs. Stuart and Lett
earning their fees" Captain Berkeley
said that these gentlemen bad volun-
teered TO assist him In this prosecu-
ton. when there was nobody TO pay
any fee-"they volunteered their ser
vices and are standing between the PEG
yie and this corrupt. oppressive eombi-
nation" Captain Berkef y went on to
say that he had K upon good authority
that at least one OF the two lawyers
assisting him could have been en-
ployed by the other side. but had de-
clined 10 go into the case for the de-
Tense. He spoke earnestly OF the
able manner IN which Nessrs Lett
and Stuart had helped him In the
preparation and conduct of the case.
and declared that the people of New
port News and OF the State OF vir-
sinia owe these gentlemen a debt OF
gratitude.
The speaker ridicnled Che idea that
the court should wait fer another
sdiudicsied case exactly Ike this one
20 be presented by The commonwealth.
He sid II ali courts should adopt
such an altitude. there would never
he precedent established. He ssfd
o'her commonwealth attorneys had
not invoked the common Law. probab.
". because their Communities had not
been Oppressed BY this combination In
such = way a. TO impress upoa them
the necessity OF acting. Special refer
cnce bad hem made TO Hicajsh
Woods. Of Charlottesville. and Captain
Rerkeley said II the Insurance comDan-
Les hal done In Charlottesville What
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19

worthy of the commonwealth, he saic,
to inject the thing into me case
Concluding Mr.. Bachelor submitted
tn the court that the defendants IN
this case were in court representing
an association that Is doing a good
work in Virginia: that there were IN
the State with the sanction OF the
3eople. as shown by the diminishing
effort to reenact the Wharton law and
thereby drive the association from
tbs State.
Captain Berkeley
Captain Berkeley began the closing
argument by saying that counsel for
the defense seemed to have confus-
ed the distinction between an &C,
tending to create a monopoly and
scts in restraint Of trade He dis
cussed at length the old common
law on monopolics. saying that pri-
vate monogOlies always had been
unlawful in England and that the
statutes passed during the reign oi
lanes 1. referred to by counsel for
the defense, we're enacted by pariia-
nent to restrict the power OF the
crown in granting public monoPolicS.
which had become oppressive and Oh
roxious to the people. Reference was
made to the Virginia Bar Association,
xhich - an organization Of lawyers.
but which does not attempt 20 TX
prices.
Captain Berkeley read from q strong
address made before the Virginia Bsr
Association BY Judge William Ind.
say. o. Kentucky. IN which Industrial
corporations and modern monopoiies
we're discussed in striking fashion
Replying 10 Mr. Ba;chcioT's mention
II Judge Williams testimony. the
speaker said that Judge Williams wa
not brought here 10 prove that bis
bill had been ~fcrtilizcd." -He vas
rrought here 70 answer Mr.. Ratche-
ior's claim. which bc attempted 10
prove In this court the speaker said,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
John w. Daniel Chapter.

The John w. Daniel Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, will
hold its regular meeting Tuesday af-
ternoon at o'clock at the Gloucester
Several matters of Importance are TO
be considered and full attendance
of the members is expected.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
INSURANCE CASE IS
WITH COURT NOW
Continued From Page Two.)

and that this insurance case was GER
tainly old enough to be serious mat
ter.
Continuing his address, Mr.. Batche-
lor said that the ninety-five insur.
ance companies that compose the as
ISOLATION are the real parties on trial
and not the defendants arraigned in
the jury box.
That association, he declared, has
been under the searchlight of investi
cation in this trial. Il submit tina.
what this association does is relevant
here. This association is charged with
crime-a crime imparts that which
carries in its train punishment a
nan who is to be punished Is presum-
ed to have committed some crime
The constitution and bylaws OF this
association say that the companies
are united to get the benefits Of theiI
experience. What are the objects OF
this association l submit that the
paramount purpose of this association
is by the combination of their ex-
erience to arrive at a standard, the
most accurate 1t is possible to get to
measure fire hazards. To classify the
risks as the needs of the business re
ouire. In making the rates the com
panies have to consider the FIRE fight
ing facilities and the hundred and one
things that enter into municipal life.
Here Mr.. Bachelor read a long
article by Prof. hartman, of Yale, on
fire insurance. This lecture was one
to the students of Yale on political
economy and in the course Of his lee
tue. Prof. hartman went on TO tell
about the complexiIy of the insurance
business.
Experience Of One No Good.
After finishing the article, Mr..
Bachelor declared that the experience
Of one company is no good in figuring
risks. but that when the experience of
all companies are taken together and
a general average is struck sound
working basis Is arrived at You have
light of experience in the past and
that's the only lamp for the future, "
declared the speaker. Without col
lective experience OF the companies the
small companies would ever be hover
Ing on the border of Insolvency. Tic
point I make Is that this Is not a
profitable business II IS hazardous
business. II Is not only essential 10
the companies to have this collective
experience, but Il IS equally as valua-
bic 10 the assured
My friends say snd the New Jer-
scy Judge SAYS that Il is alright to get
this experience, bot they say you
can't make the companies abide by
the rates fixed a. The safe basis Tor
operations As determined by the cor
lection % experience" continued NJ,
Batchclor ! say It's unreasonable.
These companies would not come ana
reveal their secrets 10 the coDpeti-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
Y. M. Il. A. Picnic.

The Y. NJ. II. A. will have its an.
nual picnic to Krause's grove, nea:
Buckroe Beach, today from 3 p. m
10 8 D. m. A band has been engaged
end the outing promise to be an en-
joyable one
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
MEETING for Men.

Secretary Z. G. Simmons, of the
Army Young Mems Christian As
socia;ion at Fort Monroe, will ad-
dress the meeting for men at the
Young Mems Christian Association
this afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
SHIPPING REPORT.
Saturday, June IS. 1910.
Arrived.

Steamer Brutus GU. S. naval collier)
from Hampton Roadside Smokeless
Fuel Company in ballast.
Schooner Margaret Haskell from
Searsport-Uncharte
Barge Emile from Boston-to New
River Consolidated Coal Company in
ballast.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
Calendar for Today.
Calendar for Monday.
Collier Brutus Arrives.

The United States naval collier
Brutus arrived in port yesterday to
load a cargo of coal her for one of the
naval coaling stations in New Eng
land.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
Schooner Repairing at Yard.

The schooner Margaret Haskell ar
rived in port yesterday and poceeded
to the shipyard to undergo some
minor repairs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19

Jr. O. A. NJ. Moonlight Excursion
leaves c. & o. pier s p. m June
2lst. 19.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
Sailed.

Barges Francis 3. Hampshire for
Providence; Julia X. Dempsey for
Providence; Emile for Boston.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
Cook With Cas-

Carriages-Call ". Z. Rouse.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
Invited to Come Back

Invited to Come Sack"
The SPEAKER recited the history OF
The Southeastern Underwriters Assoc
iation in Virginia, referring to the
and repeal of the Wharton
law, and said, IF the courts should
punish the members OF the aSSoci3.
ton for coming back into the State
after the repeal of this law, We would
be held up to the world as blot and
d blur upon a civilized Christian
stand here in these circumstances
and ask for a conviction Of these
people shows that they are Iaboring
under 2 delirium which makes them
see snakes"
Mr.. Bachelor declared that the
necessity Of having rates established
Systematically and scientifically Is
universally recognized. and that those
states which have passed aE;i-com.
pact laws have found il Necessary 70
rake the rate-making power into
their own hands. These states. ne
said. have been having turmoil ever
since as a result.
If this Is a conspiracy the speak
er continued. 1T must be proven
that these defendants Joined the as
sociatio1 within q year n there
vas any crime, Il was committed
when the association was formed
end Is too ancient to be proceeded
against" The connection Of the de
PENDANTS with the Virginia committee
he said. has not been established. and
II there Is any malice in this case Il
can be charged only against the Viz
Einia committee.
Mr.. Bachelor declared that tho
only reason for bringing Judge Mar.
tin Williams here 20 testify was n
rrove that a part 81 a fertilizer bill.
got mixed up with Judge williams in
surance bill There had been no At.
tempt 10 connect these defendants
With this business, and It was IN.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19

Automobnes-Call w. Z. Rouse.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19
Difficult to Describe Limits.


Mr.. Bachelor read from Bishop md
declared that as this writer states u
is difficult TO describe the limits OF
the common law. The common law.
he said. is so uncertain that the states
Esve adopted other laws. The insur-
ance business is wholly distinct from
regulation BY this law. he claimed.
because the old English common law
knew nothing about Insurance bust
ncSs- He declared that the common
law in Virgins Is merely an cxien-
ton Of the branches Of the tree of
common Law which has its roots IN
England. The first common law pass
cd against trust was 10 the year 1924
seventeen years after the founding OF
jamestown and che bringing OF the
common law 10 Virginia. he declared.
and the common llw of England regu-
lating trusts could not be applied m
Virginia for that reason.
Taking VI the crump case, hr.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-19

and that this insurance case was Ger.
tainly old enough to be a serious mat.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17
lady had to advertise for a husband.

lady had to advertise for a husband.
She certainly il not any beauty.
Judge Bundy, of the Municipal Court,
performed the marriage ceremony OF
the two, and now he is sorry he did.
in the case or he would have refused
much skin left on the Judges person
after the excoriating he got from the
Washington clergy. Judge Bundy has
added to the sayety of the performance
by remarking that the marriage is not
legal. His statement was brought out
by the fact that Mrs. II. z. Dilks, of
Brooklyn, who sent a picture of Brown
when he was "a years old, says that he
is her husband. Brown is 40 years old,
and is said to be formerly G resident
of Warren County, Pa. Judge Bundy.
when asked if Brown could be charged
with bigamy il il We're proven that he
was the husband Of the Brooklyn wo-
man, replied that the marriage was not
legal. The pseudo Mrs. Brown appears
in the marriage license as Miss Eugene
Shumaker-Sauer, of Vienna, Austria
Altogether 1T is n case that does not
look very pretty in print unless it has
a halo around 1t of silks and satins,
beauty and youth, thwarted love, stern
parent and all that sort of thing. Then,
of course, it becomes just a plain 10
cent thriller. and you know 1t is not so.
Maybe this is not either only there is
a marriage license and the respectable
Justice of the Peace who Joined the
man and woman, one at least having
appeared under an assumed name.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

forbid all access to the tomb on sun
days, and will charge a small admission
| fee on other days. 1t is thought that
| this will deter the irreligiouS frcm
desecration of the Sabbath by discour-
| tesies that they would not dare TO en-
ploy in their own land.
Madame Yeokioa Ozafi, wife of the
Mayor of Toxic, Japan, who visited
briefly in Washington, is very much dis
gusted at the way American women
wear the kimono. She says that
American women adopted the japanese
style of wearing a kimono without
knowing what the different folds,
sashes etc, mean, and that if Ameri-
can women did but know it, they wear
this kimono in a very suggestive fash
ion. One of the things that American
women do not know. she says, is that
the older a woman of Japan, the short
er and smaller her kimono sleeves.
Madame Ozaki is one of the handsom-
est as well as one of the most cultured
Japanese womer who ever visited the
United States, so what she says about
the advancement of japanese women
ought to be taken as the final word.
Speaking of the new social code adopt
ed 10 years ago, she says that it has
been very advantageous, and that the
Japanese women are very much more
says:
1T has been brought about thru the
difference in the marriage laws large
ly. Now divorce can only be procured
thru mutual consent. Formerly a man
could divorce his wife without any just
cause whatever. According to the pres
ent laws there are two reasons for di-
vorcing a woman-one is unfaithful-
ness and the other is If she has served
a prison sentence of over a years
time.
"The women of Japan have not the
social equality that the women of Eng
land and America have, and it will be
far better when they get it. / think it
will come in no very distant time, for
the educational advantages that women
are receiving in Japan have opened
their eyes to the Importance Of it, and
they have called the attention OF their
husbands and brothers and fathers who
will certainly recognize the rights of
their women. But men never acquicse
in anything unless compelled to-
James H Berry. former United
States Senator from Arkansas. recently
was appointed by President Taft Com
missioner in charge Of the marking of
the graves of Confederate soldiers and
sailors who died in Northern prisons
during the civil war. He fills the va
ttHeI faHStt tlt ttdtn II lie" weeks
ago of the Commissioner, Gen. William
G. Oates, of Alabama Senator Berry
is a one-legged Confederate, who al
ways wore Confederate gray while a
member of the u. S. Senate. and has
used crutches ever since the war.
It comes as a shock to those who saw
Andrew Carnegie so clipper and bright
at the tariff hearings last year TO learn
that he has returned from his Summer
trip abroad in very feeble condition.
He had to hold the arm of his secre-
tary for support as he walked the
length of the pier to the elevator on
landing. and he displayed many signs
of fatigue. He declares. however, that
the trouble is entirely in his legs. and
that no vital portions of the body are
involved.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17

steel cylinders interIockad. The Golfer
dam will be over 400 feet long, afford
ing a clearance of As feet between the
sides of the vessel and the inner sur
faces Of the sheet-piling cylinders. Bor-
ings have shown that the bottom on
which the wreck rests is composed of
upper strata of sand and mud about 10
feet thick, below which are layers of
blue and yellow clay. The piles will
be 20 feet long, and as the water Is 81
feet deep they will be driven into the
ground for about 80 feet
The mud and water inside the Golfer
dam will be pumped out, and the wreck
will be as clear TO view as if resting in
drydOck. The board does not con-
slider that it is charged with any ex-
animation, but will simply prepare 1t
for this An agent of the Spanish Gov
ernment will be present. and the Navy
Department will also send a board of
officers. Probably the Cuban Govern
ment will do the same. After this in
vestigation Congress will direct the dis
position of the wreck. The board sug-
gests that it be given a deep sea burial
with the military mast. which still re-
mains above the wreck recovered In
tact and erected over the monument at
Arlington over the graves of the bodies
which will be recovered. 1t is expected
that the removal of the wreck, of the
cofferdam and the work of restoration
of the harbor will cost about $200,0 600
more. which Congress may be asked to
appropriate.
The National tribune., 1910-11-17
LincOIn's Remains Safe.

Editor National Tribune: Please ac-
cept my thanks for the copy of Soul
Growth of Abraham Lincoln" which /
have read with much interest. Any
thing along this line appeals to me, as
an admirer OF that great man. 1t was
my good fortune to live the first 40
years of my life in Springfield, Ill, and
as a lad saw a good deal of Mr.. Lin
coin, and 1 have few mementoes like
your remembrance that relate in some
way to his life. to which this pamphlet
Will be very welcome addition.
After the unsuccessful attempt was
made in 1876 to steal the body of Mr..
Lincoln from the monument erected to
his memory at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
near Springfield. / was one of a small
number who incorporated as the Lin
coin Guard of Honor" and took his
remains and secreted them in a place
Known only to ourselves. where they
remained until April, 1887, when they
were exhumed and buried in pit dug
thru the floor OF the catacomb, secure
now from any possible disturbance eth
er by friendly or vandal hands,, r,
McNeill, Oskaloosa, Iowa.