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SPLENDID CONCERT
GIVEN BY GLEE CLUB
Big Audience Gathered at Academy
and Enjoyed Singing of
Young Men.
One of the most enjoyable musical
concerts ever heard in Newport News
was that given by the Hampton
Roads Oleo Cluh at the Academy or
Music last night under the auspices
of the Young Men's Christian Asso?
ciation. The large and fashionable
audience guthered in the playhouse
showed its appreciation of the enter?
tainment by frequent outbursts of
genuine and spontaneous applause,
calling for an encoro to almost every
one of the twelve enjoyable numbers
on the well arranged program.
This was the first concert attempt?
ed by the clnb, which was recently
organized at the Young Men's Chris?
tian Association, but will not be its
last as was stated by Mr. Charles S.
McOowan, president of the organiza?
tion, In a graceful little address to
the audience just before the close of
the- entertainment. After thankiug
the audience for its liberal patronage
and kind reception, Mr. McGownn
stated that the club Intended to sing
In Hampton and Phoebus and the
Jamestown Exposition and during the
winter to appear in other cities of
this State and possibly in New York.
Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washing?
ton. He also said that as several
members of the cluh were from across
the Atlantic and had written home
about the organization that next sum?
mer the club might condescend to
favor King Edward VII with a con?
cert In his royal palace at London.
In conclusion the president thanked
the officers'of the German cruiser
Bremen for extending to the club the
nsslstanco of the bnnd of the Bremen
In making the concert a success.
Occupying the boxes in the Acad?
emy as the guests of the organization
were the officers of the Bremen, Ger?
man Consul Fred J. Gauntlett, Mayor
Samuel R.- Buxton and pnrty and Ma?
jor Gonzales S. Bingham, U. S. A..
and narty.
Following Is the program as ren?
dered :
Soldier's Chorus . Fnust
Glee Club.
Deutscher Reichs Adler.
.Band from S. M. S. Bremen.
Queen of the Earth.Plnsutl
JtL-J. Jackson.
A Father's Lullaby.
Messrs. Moore, Jenkins, Pnyne and
Koeker.
My Old Kentucky Home.Foster
Glee Club.
The Mighty Deen.Jude
_Oeo1_M^_Rlchtpr...
Army and Navy (Duet).Cooke
Messrs. Jackson nnd Leaf.
The Old Brigade.Bnrr!
Band from 8. M. S. Bremen.
Chorus . Selected
Glee Cluh.
Bandoliero . Stuart
J. P. Leafe.
Star of the Slimmer Night.. .Hatton
Glee Club.
When the Bell In theUght ITous?
Rings. Solman
. W. H.. Hobbs.
Stein Song. Ballard and Hovey
Glee Club.
? BASEBALL GAMES *
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., April 9.?
Blrkoot's single, a stolen base, fol?
lowed by a clean single drove the
only run of today's game. Kanseter
wiis removed from the game for kick?
ing. Score:
Jacksonville.. 10?00000 0?1 C 0
Columbia_ 0 0 00 0000 0?0 5 1
Batteries: Slltz nnd Robe; Heis
man and Smith. Time 1:33. Umpire
Fitzsimmons/
SAVANNAH, April 9.?Savannah
tobk the seco.nd of the series from
Atfgusta today by a score of 2 to 1.
A feature was the batting of Patience
for the homo teams. Score:
Savannah... 00 0 00200x?2 3 2
Augusta. 1 00 0 0 0 0 0 0?1 3 1
Batteries: Ferd and Kahlkoff; Platt
and Connelly. Umpire Davis. Time
1:25.
CHARLESTON, S. C, April 9.?
Base hits were few and Charleston
made five runs in one inning which
Macon later duplicated, winning the
game. Score:
Charleston_ 00000501 0?G 1 5
Macon. 0 01 20 0 0 0 5?8 11 1
Batteries: Chrlstmaa and Rei.slng
er; Clnrk and Robinson. Time '1:15.
Umpire Mace.
GREENSBORO, N. C, April 9 ?
Davidson College today won the sec?
ond game with George Washington
University. The feature was Hester's
home run. Score:
Davidson_ 0001 1020 0?4 2 2
Gj Washington 000101001?3 7 5
Batteries?San ford and Sherrill;
Hester, Shea. Titus and Stevenson.
At Durham, N. C-?Trinity College
13; Virginia Polytechnic Institute 0.
MRS. VAN CALUSSEN WANTS
HER SANITY ESTABLISHED
Being Denied Admission to White
House, Offers to Prove By Ex?
perts That She is Sane.
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 9.?
Mrs. Ida M. Von Claussen, the woman
who had a grievance against Minis
tor and Mrs. Graves, because they
refused to present her to Kln?r Os?
car, of Sweden, called at the White
House today in order to lay lier case
before the President.
Secretary Loeb refused to seedier
when she sent in her card, and de?
putized Assistant Secrotary Forster to
interview her in the visitors' ante?
room. He explained that It would bo
impossible for the President to re?
ceive her. She thoreupon left with
Poipfrr the following letter:
"To tho Right Honorable Theodore
??GRIHCB^Tl?MMID BIMS
Much Interest is Already flanifest in the Popular Vot
ing Contest Started by the Daily Press in Its
Issue of Sunday.
OF NEWPORT NEWS PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED
Ballots are Already Beginning to Come in to the Contest Editor and Names of Candi?
dates Nominated Will be Announced Soon.
If Yau Have not Already Placed Your Friend in Nomination Do so At Once?Nearly Anyone Can Filter
This contest?No Favorites are Played, Except by Their Friends, in whose Hands
Rests the Question of Success.
Considerable interest in being dis-i
played by lodge and society workers
in tlie announcement made concern?
ing the popular diamond voting con-j
test started by the DAILY PRlCSSj
in its Sunday's issue.
All indications point to the success!
of the venture, and while not many
votes havo been received the list ot
candidates 'already voted tor, and
which will be published within the
next several days includes many oi
the lodge, club, and society workers
of the city.
It is the desire of the DAluY
PRESS that the contest will be the
means of r< warding, in some degree
at least, the ones who shall he most
deserving of the trophies it offers.
That both ladles' and ge ntlemen s
organigations may have a voice in ne
te induing the question trojihMS
have been purchased for both the in
dy and gentleman receiving the lar?
gest number of votes.
You can vote for your favorites by
simply clipping the ballots which ap?
pear in this and will appear In all
subsequent issues of the DAluV
PRESS during the life of the contest
and bringing or mailing the ballots to
the office of the DAILY PRESS with
th nanu s of the candidates you wish
to vote for signed on same. It Is lit?
tle for you to do, but your frleuus|
will appreciate it.
While candidates trom n numberof
societies have already been voted for
many of the other organizations wh.'eh
have deserving members are not yet
represented. It is believed that these
unrepresented organizations will come
to the front within a few days and I
that the coming week will see a lnrge |
number of candidates In the held.
Would it not be a gracious thing
to honor the lady and gentleman in
your favorite organizations who m
your opinion Is the most deserving
and has done the most in its advance?
ment. Think It over. Then clip the
ballots and vote ttiem at once. Don't
delay the matter and you will feel
better for having helped In even liuS
small way.
if you are interested in the contes;,
either for yourself or a friend and Go
not understand the conditions, call up
the office of the DAILY PRESs nno
Mr. Cooke, who is managing the en-1
terprise, will be glad to thoroughly
LADY'
One Vote For
(Name
( Name
In the Newport News
G
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ballot to be Counted .\
Around llordcr und Uopo
Publication of the names o
Roosevelt, President of the United1
States:
"Mrs. Von Claussen If. In receipt of]
President Roosevelt's refusal to seej
hor and redress the insults offered!
her by-his representatives In Swo-I
den, Minister nnd Mrs. Graves.
"She cannot against appeal to the
State Department, as she received Its!
final decision before she left Sweden.
"Mrs. Von Claussen begs President'
Roose,velt to at once appoint a com-',
mlttee of experts to make sure that
she Is of sound mind beforo she pro?
ceeds further hi this case, for snci
well knows, from previous reports,!
that when President Roosevelt isj
'cornered' he has a habit of. appoint-!
ing such committees to help him out1
or his difficulties.
"Therefore, not caring to iny her-!
seolf open to further criticism, Mrs.I
Von Claussen demands that such a!
committee be appointed at onco;oth-|
erwise she will call In the experts!
herself."
All hands at the White House, wuo
had the opportunity of seeing ?irs.|
Von Claussen voted her the handsom?
est caller that has appeared there In!
many a elay. Sho Is tall, statuesque]
and Gihsony. She was attired inj
explain Ihom to you.
Diamond Rings A3 Trophies.
To further Increase its subscrlp-J
lion list?as well as to offer a re?
ward for faithful effort on the part|
of lodge anil society workers?the
DAILY PRESS Is Impelled to oner
two handsome diamond rings, valuedI
at $2D0. to be voted to the lady and
the gentleman who in the opinion of]
the people of this section are most;
entitled to the honor and tne tokens
of esteem and who receives the larg?
est number of votes. They are botltl
diamonds of the very Itrst quality, ab
sohitoly flawless, and at e personally j
guaranteed.
Gold Watches as Second Trophies
In addition to tho two diamond
rings two beautiful gold watches w;n
be given as second trophies to the
lady and the gentleman receiving the
second Inrgest number or votes.
They are in keeping with the dia?
mond trophies in point of beauty dm;
artistic merit.
It Is the -destro of the DAILY
PRESS that the contest will oe tue
moans of rewarding. In some degree
at least, the one who shall be most
deserving of the trophies it offers,
and the only regret Is that a similar
offer cannot he made for everyone i
deserving of such rownrds of merit. |
Tito rules governing the balloting|
have been made as clear jib possible!
to permit of nbsolule justice and ln>-|
partiality to all. |
The simple clipping or the ballots]
published herewith and tilling in tne]
names of those counted deserving oi ]
the honor will serve to place them ml
nomination when the ballots are re
coived at tho billed or tne DAILY
PRESS?and surely there are many
who sit In lodge meetings with you
who deserve this slight token at your
hands. ?
The thing to do Is to clip the bal?
lots today?1111 in the name or your
favorite lady and your favorite gentle:
man In your lodge or society ctrctos
and send in the ballots to the Contest
editor or the DAILY PRESS.
Everything Is In readiness to re?
ceive and register (hem and the vote
will bo published in each and every
issue of the DAILY PRESS during
tin- life of the contest.
The DAILY PRESS would suggest
that the different lodges and societies
take the matter up In an official way
and nominate candidates who will no
S BALLOT
ofCandidate )
of Organization )
Daily Press Popular Voting ijb
wiest. $
Infi be So?aratcd Cnn-fnlly Trluiuicil ss^
sited unfolded.
f contestants and the numl
brown, from her huge picture hat with
its sweeping plumes to her dainty ox?
ford ties, and carried a big white
muff.
SMALL FIRE CAUSES SCARE, j
Blaze in Trash Under Pool Room in
Darling Building.
Quite a scare was caused along
Washington nvenuo yesterday morn-1
lug by a slight, blaze In the basement]
of the Darling building on Washing?
ton avenue, beneath Dohlken's pool
room. The fire started In a pile of
trash and for awhile a serious fire
was threatened.
The Central department, turned out
lit response and quickly extinguished
the blaze.
Newspaper Loses Its Home.
COHJMI1US. OHIO. April 9.?1"te
six story llrickoll Mit hoff building on
High Ftjjeet, a square north of the
State honso and occupied by the
Evening Dispatch newspaper plant
mid also the Hosier threo story build?
ing adjacent, were practically destroy?
ed by fire early today. Tho loss is
cki I ma ted at $300,000.
the- unanimous choice or thu organi?
zations.
Orvlllo Cook, or the Cook and Bor?
ders Service, of Now York olty; will
manage the enterprise tor the daily]
PRESS and will be ready at any time
to assist any an? all candidates, but
in tin impartial manner.
If you arc Interested In the con?
test cither for yourself or a friend
and do not understand the condi?
tions, call Up the DAILY PRESS of
lice and Mr. Cook will be glad to
thoroughly explain them to you.
Rules and Conditions.
Candidates must bo members of
regularly organized lodge, club,
church, labor, literary, or social or?
ganizations.
The voting will be by ballots clip?
ped from the DAILY 1-HBS8 and by!
voting certificates Issued With sub?
scription receipts for the DAILY
PRESS.
For payments made on subscrip?
tion certificate votes are Issued vor
both a lady and a gentleman as tot
lows:
On Payments on Old Subscriptions.
$1.00..10 weeks. GO votes
$1.50.IE weeks. 90 voles
$2.50. <; months.Tnt; votes
$5.00. 1 year.312 votes
On Payments on New Subscriptions.
$1.0(1.10 weeks. . 90 VOvOB
$1.50.15 weeks.135 votes
$2.50. 0 months.234 votes
$5.00.1 year..4US votes
Mall Subscription.
$5.00.one yonr........:500 votes
$2.50.six months.150 votes
While each payment of $6.00 tor a
year's .subscription entitles the hold
er or the receipt to G24 votes, it the
subscription is an old one, or u;iii
voles if the subscription is a now
otto, these cannot bo voted Tor one
candidate, but must be equally dlvld
ed bet ween a lady and a gentleman.
No certificate will be Issued ior a
loos payment than one dollar.
Combinations may be formed tic
twee n a lady and a gentleman can?
didate' by which the lady may ex?
change her gentleman's veites for
lady's votes, and vico versa. Hut
combinations between enndliiutcs or
the same sex will not be permitted.
Voting cortlllcates will be Issuod on?
ly upon cash subscriptions, paid at
the ofitee of publication, no account
being taken, tor the purpose or this
contest, of subscriptions through
newsdealers or others who band to me
GENTLEIVS
One Vote for
( Nnin
In the Newport News
14
, tiidlnt* in in- Conrttnl !
Around Horder ami Iiepu
ber of votes received by th<
Southern Society's Bouquet.
(By Associated Fress.)
NEW YORK, April 9.?The Now
York Southern Society held its an?
nual dinner at the Hotel Astor to?
night. The speakers were Rear Ad?
miral C. D. Slgsbee nnd Marion J.
Verdrlck, former president of the so?
ciety. Some two hundred former
residents of the South were present.
Coal For Maniln.
The British steamer Springburn.
which has been loading a cargo of
about, 8.000 tons of coal for .Manila.
P. Li has been towed from pier 12
into the harbor where she is anchor?
ed. The vessel Is only half loaded
nnd left the dock because the gov?
ernment coal Inspecteir would hot al?
low wet coal to be loaded on her.
I Bomb Explosion at Barcelona.
(By Associated Press.)
BARCELONA, SPAIN, April H.~
Another bomb explosion occurred
here this morning and several casu?
alties are ronorted to have resulted.
It appears that five persons were se?
riously Injured by lust night's bomb
e xplosion at No. 2G Boquoria street.
paper on their own account.
No voting certi lien tos will bo la-]
usod in return for the payment or j
buck subscriptions one to newsdeal?
ers or news agents. Voting corllti
rMsW?ro available only at the DAh.Vj
ritioss ?fllce, whore all payments
must he made In order to Boeuro the)
same.
Tho DAILY IMtlOSS reserves Ilm]
right to reJoel nny candidate and also
to pass Until judgment on any tpien-J
lion that may arise.
Voten on'cu cob! cannot bo chnugod
to count Vor nnothbr candidate,
iv^clnl Awaras.
To the lady and gentleman candi?
dates receiving Ihe largest number
or voles up until 5:30 o'clock Friday
evening. April I'.lth. an additional
credit will be given of 1.0(10 VOtOB.
After tba llrst special award oi
1,000 votes in made an honor ccrMu
cute will bo given dully to each lady
and gentleman candidates who receive
the laigosl n.niber of votes for that1
day
These boner certificates are to bo
retained by tne candidates until the
end of each week when the candi?
dates having tho largest number will
be given upi ..h.l vote awards as fol?
lows:
Week ending Friday evening, April
26th, 800 votes.
Week ending Friday evening, May
3rd, 000 voteB.
Week ending Friday evening, -May
10th, 300 votes.
In tho ovont or a tie In number or
honor certificates held at end ot any
week between candidates ot tlie same
sex tho extra credits will be awarded
to the candidates having mado tho
iarg-st Increase in votes during that
special crodlt period.
These dally honor certificates nrej
good only for tho week for whlcn
they are. Issued and cannot bo used
in the competition of any ot the fol?
lowing weeks.
The baflotlng will begin with thoj
Issue or Sunday, April 7, nnd win
close at nine o'clock Saturday even?
ing. May 11. 11107.
Tho returns at a close of Ihe bal?
loting will bo canvassed by a com
inltteo ot well known business men
of standing In the community.
The place of holding the llnnl cotiutj
will be announced in a later Issue of
the DAILY PIU08S.
No employee of the DAILY PRESS
not member of bis or her Immediate I
family may become it candidate.
AN'S BALLOT
e of Caiulldtitc)
nfUrgiiDlzjltlnti)
Daily Press Popular Voting
ontest.
dust diu Supnrated, Carefully Trluiiiiuil
iild-d l.'nro.iled.
9m will begin in a few days
Buckingham Property Damaged.
DILLWYN, VA., April 9.?Fire a
day or so ago partly destroyed the
homo of lSImo Carter, near this place.
Mrs. Bettle Atkinson's homo, near
Cold Hill, was nearly saved from de?
struction by a forcBt fire which raged
in that section a few days ago.
Smathers Gets Cup.. Won By Delmar.
NEW YORK, April 9.?The jury in
the case of the Memphis Trotting As?
sociation, which sued 10. 10. Staat hers
to recover the gold cup won by Ma?
jor Delmar in 1904, today returned a
Verdict in favor of Smatbers.
Caring For White Dresses.
A fine white dress is never as beau?
tiful after it has been laundered as
when new, yel it Is almost impossible
lo keep a white dress clean around
the hot ton. One can keep it clean for
a long time if the hem of the skirt
is folded together and washed in a
shallow dish of gasoline. It may take
several washings, yet it Inyariapty
cleans the- slit or fabrics, and saves
ono from washing the whole dress.
Dry before pressing.
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