The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
JEROME IS TO BE KNIFED
 BY THE SCANDAL HUNTERS New York Will Defeat the District Attorney Be- cause of Failure to Prosecute Insurance
 Men Manhattan Gossip.

Carrie W. Lichenstein. sister of Sol Liehtenstein. $l.o77.
 The note of Miss Lieatenstein t. ,I.. m was as 22s MT. Mordecai objected 10 the pay. of this note on the ground that fl was . gambling debt aud as 8 re were summoned t. appear in the Citv Court in supplementary proceedings,
 TO rut stop te this, Mir MorGeeal went before Judge Holt of the United stay of the City Court proceedings foF one year
 On Thanksgiving Day New fork working men had quite lot to be thankfut fer Higher wages seems to be the slogan throughout the United states and especially in New York and fine melon for the Christmas season and the rainfall, or goldfall. will he a time, Iy present with turkey at 40 cents and other food stuffs soaring,
 On the heels of the general tendency to raise wages comes but one note or alarm. Experts declare that 1t will re- suit in decrease of export trade puI the manufacturers seem unafraid.
 Here are some of the employees who may be truly thankful
 Pennsylvania Railrcad-l0 per. cent. increase. amounting to $6,o0o0oo am
 standard oil Company-~s and per cent to all refinery employees.
 Lackawanna Raslroad---S to 20 per cent in traffic department,
 Ere Railroad--l0 per cent. to fire men.
 to engineers and firemen, and a ten-
 Chicago hwestern---General ,n- crease to station agents and telegraph CTS,
 Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co., Annual wage increase of $76,o00.
 U. s. Steel Corparation-19 per cent. increase to 7a.ooo men,
 American Express scompany--Wage of II .00O employees raised 10 per cent, amNoapptingg Natpthsgg ts s1oooc9 geapiy pE,o nsr cent increase ts ';soe 2 x employees.
 Rockefeller Loses His Money.
 John n. Rockefeller Is one of our leading citizens who did not have joy. ssDara Tnankmsfyng m as Hts saS hSldnsS haSe SS shrunk s140,oe0,0 900 since January 1. Wall Street looks for further declines in the price of oil stock: Sensational on the curb market, following the Gov ernments proceedings for the disso- lution of the mammoth dollar machine that is called the Standard Oil Come
 Under the influence of favorable con ditions the stock rose to $700 share in January. This was within few points of its highest.
 By ten points. fifteen points and twenty points sometimes the stock has undeviatingly declined week ago shares were sold at 505.
 What this means to ROckefeiler's tor- tune is matter of common report in the Street, Between Standard 0il at 700 and at 505 stands net loss of s3s4,O0O,o0o in the market value of the
 Reliable Information gives Rookefei- Ter as owner or not less than 6A per cent of the s10O, 1000, ,000 of common stock. which has a par value of $f00 This percentage of the shrinkage shows that his stock ls not worth as much by $40. 0.400,000 us it was in January sir. Herbert to Address Alabamians.
 Aiabamians are looking forward to an evening of great pleasure on the oc- caslon of the annual dinner at the Hotel Astor on the night of Thursday, December 20.
 Hon. Hilary A, Herbert, former Sec retary of the Navy. has aeeepted an h. vitation to address the society and his will be the leading speech of the occa- sion.
 The names of the following will be voted upon at the next meeting of tho Executive Councils Rev. Dr. D. Asa Blackburn, Hotel Walton, New York City; MT. Alberto II; CaffeXi sSI traanak- taas Lin Avenue c,.stoS Rtto0klYNG Ne N y6r 1ty MEs Major Charles P. Echols, West Point, N. F.; MT Retert Toy. New York City; Mrs. Augustus Lord Hyde. 21O East Eighteenth Street. New York City; teenth Street. New York City; MT. Frank Jordan, New York City; Mir J. r. | L4anier, 7S Reade Street, New York 1 City; Mr, Harvey Charles Le Souro, 9S Morningside Avenue, New York City, l Mrs. Harvey Charles Le Sourd, 9S | Morningside Avenue. New York City; Mir. William Montgomery, 403 West 0na Eundred and Fifteenth Street. New | York City; Mrs. William Montgomery | 40s One Hundred and Fifteenth Street, | New York City; Mir. John A. Parker. | 135 Broadway. New York City; Mrs