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Auxilaiies Come in Ahead uf Atlantic Fleet. Fl?HItRS ?Ut IlJtS?AY Bear Admiral Schroeder's Atlantic Fleet Returns to Road* to Have Annual Winter Target Practice on ' Soulhern Drill Ground*. Representing Ik* advance guard or the Atlantii battleship fleet, which is now eatrotila tor Hampton Roads from tiuaiitaiiaiiio Hay. Oak*, the big flitt? ed .State- naval collier Vulcan and the gunboat tender Yaiikton arrived in the rradstiad yesterday mortiing. the former coming on to this port and the Utter dropping anchoi at Old J'olnt. According to the reports brought by these vessels, the Atlantic Meet will steam into the Roads next Tuesday morning The leg fighters will drop anchor in the usual line below UM Old Point wharf and will remain there several days loading coal and provisions. The coal will be taken to the ships by naval colliers, two of which ate now loading at this port. Battle Practice Off Capes. For the first time since buttle prac? tice became a regular order In the navy. Ike Atlantic fleet will have Its regular witit' r practice on the South? ern drill grounds, thirty-live miles southeast of the Capes. The practice will be of the same kind as that in? dulged in by the fleet last fall when old torpedo boats were used U tar? gets for the big guns of the warships. The practice is to continue lor nearly two months and during that time the ships will make treo. lent visits to Ike Roads. The program has not yet been announced, bag In all probability the vessels will come In one or two at a time as they need supplies and coal. This was done last year. , The naval collier Marcellus, which Is now loading coa' here. Is to act as range ship dining the target practice and will be constantly on the drill grounds Warning to Mariners. Following the usual custom when target practice is indulged in off the < ap.s matiners are warned to keep clear of the drill gioiimls and to re? main w-'ll out of range of the firing Aftet completing the target practice, th,. battleships will be sent to their "home" navy yards for repairs and ? general overhauling This work will consume several months and the ships wIP not assemble in the Roads again until the latter |>art of July. At that time, the battleships Delaware and North Dakota will join the fleet and one of them will be made the fleet flagship. SHIPPING REPORT. Friday, March 25, 1910. Arrived. Steamer Palianza (Her.) Hamburg, via Norfolk?to I'niied States Ship? ping Company with iassssfl freight. Steamer Indianapolis t Hr. I Cove. New York -to Chesapeake & Ohio Coal Agency Company iti ballast. ' Steanvr Iaiwther Castle (Br.) Howe. Philadelphia to White Oak Coal Company for bunker coal. i Steamer Castle Kden (Hr.l Port Itiglis -to White Oak Coal Com panyI for bunker coal. Steamer Vulcan (I". S. naval col iien Htiantanamo -to Berwind-W in'e I Coal Company in ballast. Steamer Marcellus tl". S. naval col-' lieri Norfolk?to Marylanu Coal At Coke Company in ballast. Cleared. # Steamer Jethou (Nor.? Privold. Mare Island. Cal. ? Chesajieake * ? ?hi.- Coal Air Coke Company. Steamer Vauxhall (Br.? Cristobal - Cln.sapeake * Ohio ('?*! At Coke Comi>any. Steamer Cimhria lltr t St. Lncis ? Chesai>eake Ac Ohio Coal Agency Ci mpany. Steamer Lowther Castle (Hr i Howe. Itosaki. Japan, via Furness Wlthy ?t Company. Ltd Steamer Castle Wen I Br.l Ijimlskrtie - Purness. Withy * C <m |4iny. Lid. Sailed. Steamers Jethou I Nor. i Mare Is? land, Vauxhall iBr.t Cristobal: Cim brut (Br.l St. Lucia: Castle Kden HOW A DOCTOR CURED SCALP DISEASE '? U hen I was ten or twelve rears otd I had a sraip disease. sosnHhing like -aid head, though it wa*o t that I sugared fur ?eeeral months and meet of mv hah- <ame out. Finally thev had a rtnetor to see me and lie reeomrn. ? ????! the Cutk-ura RetneoW. Thev .urerl me in s few weeks. I hare used the l iHi cwa Rernerlie? ?Wo. for a l*eahine nut ?an my hands and was henedted a great deal I haven't had any more trouble with the ?ralp disease. Man Jess* T. Bumansn R. V. D- 3. Hsmihna. Oa.. Jan. 7. tau*.'* kept With Harnum s Circus P T Ram urn the fsrrxxe i~tm? man. orste wrote "I hare bad the < utnura he.rve>e- among the content* of my ssaShrini chest with at show* for.the haw three seasons, and I ?an <-t?e?rf iirte rertdv that ther were r-rv etTert.re ?a fur ttanr ubs.-* iBr.i landskrne; l.owt hei i'astl i Rr. i Howe. Itosaki. S. I.ooi.ei II?rj Linie (Of Hi -ton Hitrycs Iowa tor I all Ituer; Hi diuna luff I'lov ulcni ?? Calendar for Today. Sun rises.!:**??? Sun sols .li t'l i>. in 111?: Ii walci ...I .".7 a. IU.. 10 ill p. ??? Lapp water.i U> a. in., i oT p. ni Imports From Hamburg. Krinning a small tjuamity of im pulls (rod Hamburg, ibe UUMI steamer Pallan/.a arrived in j?>i' yes terday. She will load exports here and steam today direct lor Ham Coal for Cristobal. Carrying a cargo of ijttt ions of eoal. Ibe Itiilish sleaiiicr Vuuxhull iteeaaad yeateaday tat CrhrtehaL I anal Zone. Steams for St. Lucia. Tlie Mritisli steauier CiinbiiH steamed yesterday for St. Lucia with a cargo of B,?M tons of coal. Takes Cargo to Pacific. Tiie Norwegian steamer .letlioii steamed yesterday for Mure Island. Cat., with a cargo i f l,5M tons of coal, valued at $1 . .22 ">. COLLIER VULCAN ARRIVES. Vessel to Load 7,500 Tons of Coal for Atlantic Battleships. Tho immense Culled States naval collier V.'lcan arived in port yester? day from (iuautanaruo. Culm, to load a cargo of TJJtt tons of coal for the battleships of the Atlantic fleet, which are now en route to the Roads from Cuba. The vesr.el will discharge the eoal aboard the battleships in the roadstead. The Vulvan ia a new collier aad j is of the very latest type of coal car- i rier. She is one of the largest slips of her class that ever visited this port. Coal f^r American Warships. The I'nitid Slates naval collier Marcellus arrived in port yesterday 1 from Norfolk and was docked at Ches apeake & Ohio cool dock No. 2. where sh,, is loading ;i caigo of coal lor Uta battleships of the Atlantic fleet. Steamer Bound for Japan. The British steamer l.owther Castle Captain Howe, arrived yesterday morning from Philadelphia and. after loading l.lOu tons of fuel coal, Bteam ed for Itosaki. Japan. Comes for Coal aCrgo. The l'rilish steamer Indianapolis ar" rived vesti nlay from New Vork and anchored in the harbor. She will load a cargo of coal for a foreign port. COLLEGE. MEN TRAMP FROM WILLiAVISBURG Prof. Tyler and Three Students Walk Twenty seven Mils in Eight Hours. After a tramp ol '27 miles from Williamsbiirg without stops. Pro fessor John Tyler and three students of William and Mary College. Thomas Geddy. and Hart and Neblet, arrived in this city about 7 o'clock yesteiday morning. The young men left Wil liamsiiurg al 11 o'clock Thursday i.ighi. covering the distance in eight lioiirs. i The men apparently were but little fatigued by their long walk and after breakfast they called on several Iriends before bearding the H?:tfo ex? press train for the return trip to Williamsburg. , Prof. Tyler is the son ol Presi? dent Lyon U. Tyler, of William and Mary, and is a graduate of that col IcRe. J. E. ENGLAND LEAVES. Layman Evangelist Accepts Position at Johnson City, Tenn. J. K Kngland and family left ye? terday for Johnson City, Tenn.. where Mr. Kntland becomes the superinten uent of a large steam laundry. Mr. Kngland tame to this city four years ago from Greensboro. N. ('.. where he was engaged in the laundry busy ness. tie has made many friends in this city and Hampton who regret his dejiarture. I Since cmine to in is city. Mr. Kng land haa taken a prominent part in the work of the Twenty-fourth Street Church of Christ .and he has filled the pulpit of thai church on numerous occasions. Since the resignation of the pastor two months ago. Mr. Kngland has been preaching at the church every' Sunday. Football Committee Can't Agree. IK> AwnrUtHl Pre**.) SEW YORK. March ?The for ward pass is an element of modem football so important and so debauole that the intercollegtai* rules commit? tee adjourned ton.ght. after eight hours of active di?cns?lon. with no propres* to report "I think a settle? ment of onr differences is m sight " naid K K Hall, of nsrtmoo'h In fact we are nearer a definite aarre*- '. ?tent now than we have been at any ' ?in. her. -,.fore. !..it He re ,? nothing ^ to aaaoware yet" Tug Security Goes Ashore. i By Aaenrtated IYpwli WllJdlNGTOX. X C . March JS ? 1 While making port this aaotalag the tug Becwrity. Capla.n Haley, towtng i S'aodard fnl barge ftahtne. went ashore on the outer Cape Pear bar. ' where she remained for several hours. 1 ? a x 'lv Boat* d w:th:e, dsmase. by the Wilsalactoti t.ig Blanche proceed ia* to this port ?ss-ar Ik* barge la of petroleum producta to breach at the roaapaay W r. Rrm?e?Pvaeral PI rector. Cook Witt Gas SECRETLY MARRIED FIVE MONTHS AGO Newport .News Man vVedded School leacher from Bi^ Stone Gap. KImm has beea rocolrod hero froej Hi isml. Tenn . of the secret wodd.nv ut Kuovville. Tenn.. oh th'"her "t, IMS, Ii* Braes) Compton, of Hi is liiv. ui.tl Miss Luna Mae Kemio.ly, daughter <f Mr. ami Mrs. lan.ts Wulk.r Kennedy, i>f Hf StM* 'mil Va. Mi. and Mrs. Compton .<>>? MMH living ul Hrlslitl. Where M Colilii Inn is superintending ihe fSsMtVIM liuu nl MMM work on SSM erniiieii; iiiiiiiiiugs for I), j. riiipps. Um veil Know n contractor of this efty. Mr. Compton was workine in ?\'is.' county in October and While there ho (ilaiitied Ihe secret weddiut,. Miss Kennedy went to Kuoxville pivsutna lily to visit friends and he joined her in that city. The ceremony was per formed by Kev. Prank Y. Jackson at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 1?. i. Sol carith. After the ceremony, the young CCNIPSS left Kuoxville. Miss Kennedy returning home and Mr. CoBSplOtl go lug hack to Wise. Recently Miss Kennedy Joined her husband in Bristol and they return? ed to the bride's home and aBBOUBC ed the wedding. Miss Kennedy was teaching in the l?g Stone Cap High school. Mr. rnswplnn lived in this city for eight years, being employed at the shi|iyard. and has many friends here. He has been employed as luporinlen dent by Mr. Phi pps for tin re than a year. CARrTEGIE CRTICISEO. Unwarranted Change in System cr Awarding Pensions to Professors. I Aitnur A LOeeJoy contributes t<> science -i distinctly savage criticism of what be decelares to be an mi justitiabl-' change of policy in the < awarding of pensions to college pro? fess* rs from the Carnegie Koitndation , fund. According to the original rules and announcements, he says, the pen? sions were to be practically service pensions in no sense dependent upon th,. belUfll III J *g inability for further work. The allowance* were to be taken not as charity, but as a right, th.. loachi i getting ihe money asign ed to him, to quote from the first annual n port, "on exactly the sSMSVe basis as that upon which he receives his aotiv ? salary, as a |?art of the academic compensation." )fow the trasteea of the foundation have d-te:iuined to atiolish all sar?T0S pensions H such, substituting for them a system of disability pensions. Moreover, President Pritchett, in his forrth annual report, hints that UM many professors are |K-rsuading them? selves that they are specially intend? ed for research or are simply and confessedly "tired of teaching." and he says that the rule as ut first inter? preted "offers tea large a temptation to certain qualities of universal hu? man nature." Another reason given in the report for abolishing service pensions is "the tendency of the teacher assured of n retiring jtnsion to become ultrarrltt cal toward the admintstration" of the university. Of this Prof. I^uvejoy writes: "This stems to mean. If it means anything, either that an imimrtant proportion of the members of the pro- ] fession are kept in order only through i their fear of losing the>r isjsitions, and that, if assured of an independent I eonitietency. they would forthwith tw bane in an unreasonable manner: er else it means that, whether the criti- 1 clsni that might proceed from pro? fessors wtre reasonable or not; they should, in any case, be kept silent and subservient by a mild foim of terrorism.-' Here is evidently the lwglnning or an important controversy. Prof. L?uve Joy's resentment of th,- views ex? pressed in the report is likely to be shared by other members of his pro? fession, and thev may join him in the den,and h>- makes for a change in the administration of the fund. In that ease Mr Carnegie might have some trouble in ?piieting the disturbance in waters which he had hoped to do so much to render peaceful?New York Times. Preparing B g Legal Battle. I By Asnnctated Prem. J ?N. .NNATI. OHIO. March 2?.? Promlm-nt government attorneys, r? presenting the federal governmet:t. are la this city conferring with Tor? rn, r Assistant 1'nited States Attor? ney General Wade H Ellis in prepa? ration for the greatest legal batt'e of the infersiate comerce commission existence The case is set for hearing in the Supreme Conrt of the United States on Monday. April ?, and In? volves the pow. r conferred on the commission hy the Hepburn law to flu rates whore ra.lroads ar? found ha be overcharging K..n-ul Rnf.is Fleming, of Kdlnborg. rails aftriiihrfi to a conference of i-avingshsnk officials to he held Ir thai city in June in connection with the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary if the founding of each institution rn Brotland. Jn?i Tr> O. B. S. Special. Cook With Una rORPEDO BOA I HOPKINS BECOMES DISABLEO - After Sending Wireless for Assistance UN Golden Gate, the Vessel Limpi Into Port. (By aVtawSsBtsd l'r? mm y VA1.I.K it >. CM?, Mi'k li LT. -The tOTpedC bout Hopkins which broke de*? llkMil twenty miles ?.n in. Golden Gate and sent a wltcl.ss n:? s sige far assistance. limited into the Mm* WaBi navy yard tonight aadaf her own steam, but Midi OBl] . boilef working Coming up the roast, the Hopkins is reported to have eaperleaeed Mite* bod eselhsr with l?ak> baQera ??rt the ?kderlet islands buth boilers cave out ahiMi: noon today and '.ho little torpedo port pop poaapletolj disabled The crew succeeded mi maklii* tone porary repOfcrS on one toller and with steam at low pressure, the vessel made it si way to poit. Meet leg the kptrj bap I'matiiia outsuie the korket The Hopkins is the torpedo boot on which a number of gtea were eerfcoe* ly injure I several week- ago h\ Hie bursting of steam tubes while the reeeel won off San Pedro HARWU??&MUSSSUBMIF L?WhST BID UN THEATER Local Firm Probably W|ll Get Con tract to Erect Building on Washington Avenue. LAVA STILL GUSHING FROM MOON! E1NA Village Seem tu Have Escapeu1 Destructioii 1hough People are Fearful. Ilarwood A Moss, the well known contracting llrm of this city, sub ?titled the lowest bid on the eon strsettee of the new gfisaad Boot theater whnh is to be erected at Washington avenue and Thirty lirst street by the Messrs. frail. The bid of this flrni was $1S,4T*.IS, the buUdlng ha he cootypleked in ltd days. The strueture will be put up j on the site of Ibe Washington llloek. There were six b.adera on the work, from Hampton and sixth fron Norfolk. Owing to Uta difference in the time wauled lor the construction, ibe contract has not yet t.eeti aw aid id. but it probably will go to the low est bidder. Planters and Spinners. The position of the planter Is one (f ineoinparably supuior advantage to that ol UtS tpin err When the factory closes, production stops, ami every hour of Idtiaoci means loss to i viiii-i-.. managers pad "hepl." Fixed i-barges go on and organi/.ation Is de moralized. T he aottl n farmer faces no such dismal prosepecis. He has but to iurn his mules and his help into pro dm-tioii of any one oi a half do/on salable and pictimhh- coiiiiuodil ies. h?r an acre less in cotton lie may put in two acres 01 c in and, menu time, corn may be converted into hogs that an wont, more than ten cents a Spoad. Were Hie cotton man ufactiireis' Industry so bexihle as is the farmer's, we should have cur (ailment to the point that the size of mill dividends wool ddepeud BtatBly in the pleasure of the mill directors. If the southern ci 'ton growers suf? fer in the markets it Is because they ignorant ly or simply enter Into a vol? untary servitude and surrender a ci Iflete mastery of the situation. That they curtail the cotton acerage for the sake of contracting the supply to a degree that would entail hard ship on the public we would not ad? vise, but we di advise and urge tksst they diversify, and always diversify, because BkBepeodeskee should be their first concern, i 'ulumbia. (S. C.iSfae. iBy Asaw hrtsd Pn *- > CATANIA, sich.v. Ma. i I Mount K'tna still is angry, l-'roiu the lop ol ibe ? Id crater volumes til nhitc smoke ni e issuing li day. while lioui Ho' new craters Ibal have 1.11 in cd. lava is gushing and large In lendtiereal masses nr.- sipeodtsvg wttB loud dpttMUtUOBB and emissions of lilack smoke Pioin Catania und along the rail way sui rounding Kins, thousands ol pel sous are watching the volcano, lol loA'ing With telescopes Ilm progress ' of the eruption. The streams of lava' already have surpassed in volume hose ot the eruption of ism2. but, changing their courses Just as they' reached llclpiisso and Mcolosl. Ihey have invaded the main roads, near the two villages, which seem thereby now'! 10 hav escaped destructioii. The peOPJt are still feurful. but Inj both \illat;es soldiers lire cainpci! ill ihe squares lo avert a panic while! ilie mayors und parish priests are comically ministering to the needy.) Cardinal FTeTlorO Nava. who re ! turned today to the scene of the er up- I lion, promised to billig back to the people of Nl.olosl and Itelpasio t|,o veil of St Agatha, which they be I'eve has the pi wer to slop the ltd valuing lava. I'ti ii ssor Rico, director of the ab? terratory on the tidoano despite a narrow escape from death (imIuv, has , returaed bo the lava BeMa, To those who ail vised prudence he replied "My po-i is now ihere." j Krank A. I'triei. of Itro.iklyii. N.I V.. who is int ached to the royal ob s-.rvalory of Mount Vesuvius, uriiv ?-d here todav and proceeded int mediately lo the Scene of the imp Hop. Estate Goes to Sons. my Aseeessksd neaavj OSWKGO. N. Y . Murch U.". -All ?ir for last UpJbpd States senator T. c*. plan's prepeety is left to ins three sons .Hide; his will which was admit? ted to probate here today. These sons are Kdwntd 11, Kiank II, and H' Ml y it Halt. The value of the ea t Iks is po* given in the will and Hie attorney a, who presented it. doealaed to MBa aay estimate as to the ex? tent i f the late senator's property. . The tine,, sons are named a? exe- j outers wit hunt lsmd. I South Africa has a brand new na? tional aaUteaa, The nananj emieav [ ored for some lime lo secure a com-1 position suitable for that purpose, and out of l'.o compositions the work of j Herthold Ka|H>lowitz was chosen, and I the citizens of .lohatniesbiirg hud the j llrsl opportunity of hearing It per? formed after it had been formally ac? cepted. The composer Is not a pro fessioiial musician. He Is s civil en gllieer. "I don't like your hear? set ion." the doctor said, applying the steiho sco|?e again. "You hsve had some trouble with angina pectoris." ' "You're partly right, doctor." said the young man. sheepishly; "only that ain t her name." - I.ipplncott'a. Old Hill 3? A cigarette of Virginia and Carolina tobaccos?known tFiroughout the world. Care in blending has given them an excep? tional flavor. 1 he height of southern culti? vation. FmM f,a, r.r. .y and .~mt*fyitig 10 for Sc B*f ball pictures and a valwable cnapow m each package Old Mill Cigarettes arc pa*. I. i TIN FOIL Tiff AMFBICAN TOBACCO ft>. Wall, Uo*ey & Wall 1 I lie Busy Store MENNEN'S Flesh Tint Talcum KKKSH I I NT <an Ii2 u#t(\ l?y the woman witli n h:,'1! color and the woinau with u d?-l i tatet ooaiptwjWTa with equal benefit, it sup \>)\t>? all th?* coin tort and liralthfiiliiHhH of |fca*ean*'l Borated Talcum, yet hlciidn no p?T tVrtly with tlio naturnl complexion that it in iBTlfibla FLESH TINT Is Ihe llnul toueli to a woman's toilet. 15c a Can. Watt. Doxey & Watt agoy-ii Washington Ave. Newport News, Va. Easter 8uits! In All the Newest Shades Shapes and Styles. Priced to Please You. RAI KILLER WISHES EXEMPTION f-RUM JURY Writes New York Mayor That Court Service Interfere With Hi* Busi nesi?Gaynor's Reply. <Rv Assocluted Press.) NKW YORK. March It, ?Mayor Gaynor has found an appreciative reader of hl? classical allusions in the person of Chat l?-s M. Frey, a pro? fessional i at killer. Frey recently wrote the mayor to n?k if he could not be cttempted from Jury duly on the ground that the many calls of the courts on his time interfen-ed with his services to the city |n exterminat? ing vermin The mayor did not make public Frey's letter, but Frey was proudly showing the mayor s reply to his friends this afternoon. It is in part as follows: "Sooner than have the city overrun with rats and everything eaten up by them 1 would rather have you relieved <..* tar) duty. The difficulty Is, bow ever, that so mmy exemptions bar? already been imssed by the legislature I hat there seems to he only the rat? catchers and a few other people K-tt to serve on Juries That might pos si.lv ,mp?do the progre?. wi'r hTl. if sent to Albany "I will hare to carefully consider the matter, und some day when you are down this way. come in and we will talk It over. "I see that yo i are a classical scholar judging by the motto at the head of your letter. My experience is that learmd men are to be found everywhere As we read in Don Quixote." the mountains breed learned men and philosophers are found in the hols of shepherds ? Frey's bisiness motto is: "Audaces fo:!,ina jurat ' (fortune favors the bold I Rooseveits Vis?t Tombs. (}:? A*>><r1ate<t Pi.?.i CAIRO EGYPT. March 3 ? Cp With the sun. after a restful night. Ci ' R.e- .? i:..| f .- p.i-tv w.-re early astir and preparing for a visit to the Vor r<>|?>IU of Sahara, where ? here nr. the wonderful tombs of \ i- k ' >f Tht and of tn.- law hull Colonel Root..v it and family tonight returned to Cairo dined with the A me* Van chic a: general. Mr Id dines and later attend*-.! a baisatet tendered h m by Sir FJdea Coat, Use British c? nsal general re Hrvpt. i spore has been crowing. Coaswl fletaaral James T. I hi Hois says that the balance ?f trade against the I MM ?'s'. - thi re is still meee. w? anaually He is. therefore, mak lag a spertal rxssnlnaHoa to see bow the aaies nf American roods at? be extended. Just Try (i. R. aV. A Pleasant Surprise That's what you're got romjng when you get yuur first month's gar bill fur cooking and ligbtulng. We venture the opinion tnat It will not be one half as large as you ex? pected it would be. If you think that gas is too ex. pensive for you to use for cooking why not satisfy yourself on that point? We'll charge you nothing for tell? ing you about what the amount of gas you'd likely use would cost you each month Just think of the com? fort you're missing by not baring a gas range. Newport News Gas Co. Office Cor 31st. and Washington avenue. Both phones No. iA. New? port News, Va Morton's Book Store EASTER POST CARDS Novelties and Booklets! Alice W. Morton Ikx>krwdlt?r and Statioutr 2817 Washington Are. J. W. COURTNEY COAL-WOOD M Cord Pine Worst ..9Mv ?4 Cord Mixed Wood .?1J*? ?4 Cord Oak Wood.aiJJ? No extra charge for saluting Tasj be* gradws of eral at the lea eat mat BOTH PHONES