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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
WANT WINGS CLIPPED.
Labor Men Seek to Rely Solely OEA su-
 preme Court.


 Washington. March 21.--The com ferences begun yesterday afternoon be- tween the representatives of the va rious brotherhoods and the Executive Council of the American Federation or Labor was concluded today
 A number of topics were discussed. among them being the decision Of Federal Judge Evans of Kentucky aI- nuiling the law forbidding discrimina- tion against or discharge of employees of interstate common carriers because of their membership in labor organiza- tfons; the decision declaring the em- pIoyers' liability law unconstitutional; the law recently passed limiting the hours of labor of railroad men to six teen hours per day; injunction process es issued by Federal courts in labor disputes and the relation of interna- tional trade unions affiliated with the American Federation. of Labor and the railroad brotherhoods.
 A resolution was adopted declaring 1t to be the sense of those present and those whom they represented that a bill should be introduced in the next Congress and pressed to a conclusion providing that the Federal courts in ferior to the Supreme Court of the United States should be deprived of the power to declare unconstitutional any act passed by Congress
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
HENRY sIEGEL RoBBED.
Thieves Get Costly Pictures From Mer-
 chant Prince.

1mNGKRW
 chant Prince.
 New York. March 21,-The summer home at Mamaroneck, of Henry Siegel. the merchant and proprietor of several department stores of New York and other cities was footed by thieves last night. The house was occupied only by care takers, MT. Siegel being in Bos- ton and Mrs. Siegel in New York.
 Six or seven valuable oil paintings were cut from their frames and stolen, costly bric-a-brac, which adorned the house was thrown about and closets and bureaus were ransacked and their contents scattered about the floors
 The head gardener of the house. said 1t could not be stated Just what the robbers obtained until Mir Siegel ar rived in New York
 The robbery has proved a mystery which the police were unable to solve.
 Seven paintings, valued at thousands of dollars, bric-a-brac. collected at great cost in Europe and considerable silver was stolen.
 The gardener and assistant claim they heard no unusual noises during the night. Entrance was gained through a. front window The house was literally ransacked, drawers being searched cupboards opened. rugs ta- ken. solid silver purloined. while plated matter was thrown aside and paintings were cut from their frames.
 Mrs. Siegel said tonight that she had n suspicion as to the thief and inti- mated that he might have been em- ployed at the house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
PUTER TELLS OF RASCALITY Land Fraud Case Testi-
 monY. TRIED TO BRIBE GRAND JURY Was Promised Immunity by lnvesti- gating Attorney Heney. Relates How He Secured the Thous- aud Dollar Bills With which
 He Say. He Fixed sen-
 ator Mitchell.

Washington, March 21.--Again today s. A. D. Puter testified for the Gov ernment in the Herman trial regard ing fraud and bribery in land deals. Just as his cross examination was closing, Attorney worthingtcn for the defense asked:
 Were you sver promised immunity by any representatives of tho GOV ernment for your testimonyf
 "To q certain extent have been, was the answer.
 Puter explained that after he had been convicted in the case for which he Is now serving a two years sent snce in the Multonomah County jail in Oregon, he had gone at once to U. s. Attorney Heney and offered to tell all he knew about land frauds.
 .IIeney told me- said the witness "that If I became q witness for the Government that he would not pursue those other Indictments against me but would have them dismissed when the time came"
 Puter said he received no special ia vors in jail but was locked in cell as any other prisoner. He has, he said. served nearly year of his term
 Did you try to bribe the grane jury that indicted your asked MT. Worthington.
 q did" was the answer.
 The witness then explained that he had given a man named Brownelis $50 to influence two of the grand jurors to see that 6 true btll'' was not return ed against him. This effort failed.
 awere you engaged in criminal oper- afions after your conviction and prior to your sentencef" was the next ques- ton of the cross examiner.
 "Yes. to | certain extent" he said sthat Is, was deaaling iSa q great deal Of State land with alleged fraudulent titles
 Regarding the two si.e00 bills. which the witness said yesterday he gave the late Senator Mitchell to fix things. res garding these claims. Mir. Worthingtor l brought out the statement that tht 1 witness got them from Charles Chaf fee, President Of the Wisconsin Nation I al Bank of Milwaukee. He received sf, | sttch bfIis as a loan on some propert, l before reaching Washington on tha visit MT. Worthington also secured | the admission of the witness that h' had registered at yarIous hotels fl l washington under assumed names. At the conclusion of the cross ex animation, court was adjourned untf | Monday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
sTUYvEsAxr FISH TALKS.
Tells Students Rocsevelt's Legfsiatien
 Hnn Heen Heneficlal.


 Has Been Beneficial.
 Philadelphia. March 2l.-StuyVe- sant Fish, of New York. until recent iy president of the Illinois Central Railroad, delivered an address today before the students of the Wharton school of finance. of the University ot Pennsylvania. He took for his subject Faith. the basis of finance"
 Mir Fish spoke in part as foIlowsi
 There can be no good financial sys- tenn in the world unless the people have faith in their banks. their bankers and their securities Simply because there Is an occasional furry M the stock market by which money is lost Is no reason for the people thinking that the financial conditions are wrong, but merely that these things are bound to occur from time to tirne-
 '-The fact that the investigation of the railroad conditions of the country. which was effected by President Rooae- welt had nothing more to do with the recent decline in railroad stocks Tn Wall street than you or I. It fs quite true that he investigation did unearth some conditions that could only be characterized by the use of extremely bad language. That there have been rotten conditions in railroad circles is known 10 all those who have had to deal with the management of vast railroad interests. The result of these conditions has just been felt and will be felt to greater or less extent uns til they are entirely corrected.
 "Our system of locking up public money in the national treasury and so taking gold or its equivalent out of circulation is a relic of barbarian.
 "It has of late been very much ths faahiou to hlaEna President Roosevelt for what happens on the stock .ex- change, but can assure you that it is not right. The legislation that he has dictated has been largely beneficial The so-called Hepburn bill. if constr tutional, is in my opinIon. eeonomicai- by unsound and has affected and will affect adversely the great commercial interests of the country more severely than tha railroad interesta"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
DEFENSE RESTS.
All of PenrOae'a Evidence Is Before
 Court Martial.

All of PeurOae'a Evidence fs Before
 Court Martial. San Antonio. Texas, March 21 Ma jor C. W. Penrose. the accused in the court martial at Fort Sam Houston, went on the stand today.
 The witness told. his story of the Brownsville trouble. He testified to the lack of ill-will between the sol- diers and citizens The feeling on both sides was good up to the time of the trouble. The witness told of the happenings on the night of the shoot ing, and of the steps taken by him- self to prevent the clash. He said he thought the firing was undoubtedly done with high power rifles. His story made a strong impression.
 Major c. J. T. Clark testified to the general good behavior of the negro battalion just before the discharge,
 Major Penrose renewed his testimony this afternoon at the conclusion of which the defense rested. His testi- mony was quite lengthy but failed to develop any new important facts
 Mrs. Kate Leahy of Brownsville. and Walker McCurdy, duartermaster's ser- geant. took the stand for a brief time, closing the session for the day
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
 FIRE SWEEPS THE NAVY YARD Loss to the Government is s15O,OG.
 7 MACHINE SHOPS sSE BURNED y- Commander Ho' ( Directed Firemen
 in .nsaeola.
 ~ Reservsticn was Left in Darkness by Destruction of the Electric Plant ---Flames were Burning Two Hours.
 

Pensacola. Fla. March 2t.--tspecial.) ) What threatened to be one of the most disastrous fires in the history of the Pensacola navy yards was extin- guished at midnight
 The fire was discovered at 10 o'clock and for two hours two steam engines manned by marines and civilians resid- ing on the navy reservation pumped water on the flames and saved what is known as building No. 2. The machine shops of the steam engineering de- partment, Building No. 1, was com pietely destroyed and the loss will reach at least $1bo.00o.
 In this building, which was 300 feet in length and 75 feet in width, were the power house of the department oi yards and docks. the electric lighi plant. foundry. blacksmith shop, boiler factory and copper shops of the depart ment of steam engineering. and in ad- dition machinery of the gunboats Giou- cester and Isla De Luz0n. which are being repaired.
 The building was valued at $1oo.ooo and the machinery and supplies ara valued at approximately s75.ooo-
 Had the twin buildings been destroy ed. the loss would have been tremen- dous, as the other building contained patterns and machinery valued at sioO,- 900.
 The fire either started in the foundry department or power house, and gained such hsadway that the workers could only save adjoining buildings The destruction of tho electric lighting plant placed the yard in darkness.
 Commander Hogg took command oS the fire ighting force. which is com posed of marines. and kept inc ransl from spreading to the construction building. A strong wind was biowins from the South during the fire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
RoBS EXPRESS CAR
MESSENGER THROWN FRosE FAST
 FLYING TRAIN.
Hold Up Happened Near EIkhart. Hut Was Not Discovered Until Train Reached Palestine, Twelve
 Miles Distant.

Palestine. Tex. Marcn 2t-As train No. {, on the International & Great Northern Railroad, northbound. was leaving Elkhart. twelve miles below here tonight, Express Messenger Wins ley Womack. of the Pacific Express Company, was knocked in the head and thrown out of the car.
 He was not missed from the train until Palestine was reached. and a lit- tle later a telephone message was re- ceived from him at Elkhart, stating that he had been assaulted by robbers. The safe in the car was open when the traIn reached Palestine. The sheriff and a posse is leaving Palestine on a spe- cial train for the scene of the robbery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
HUNDREDS ARE KILLED.
Nicaraguan Army victorious in Severe
 Engagement.

Nicaraguan Army Victorious in Severe
 Engagement.
 Managua. Nicaragua, March 21.--A dispatch received here from the front at 1o:05 p. m, yesterday, says:
 The Honduran and Salvadorean army, numbering over 5000 men, attacked the Nicaraguan position at Portilios de Namisidue. and after three days and two nights of fighting the Hondurans and Salvadoreans were completely de- feated. leaving hundreds of dead and wounded on the battlefield. The Nica- raguans also captured many prisoners. among them being several high off, cers, besides 2,000 rifles and great quantities of all kinds of war muni- tions.
 The defeated Salyadorean officers included General Presa, General Avolar and General Colocho. The Honduran commander defeated was General Li- conia,
 The Nicaraguans lost many men, wounded and had few killed.
 General Lopez Garcia and Colonel Pedro Eolosco have been defeated at Maraita by the Honduran revolution ary and Nlcaraguan forces. Many hun dred soldiers and a number of rifles with ammunition were captured by the allied troops.
 La Ceiba, Honduran port on the Atlantic. has been captured by Nicara- guan forces.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
ARTHuR sMITH pEAp.
Massachusetts Man Who was am Iu
 spector in Mobile

Massachusetts Man Who was am In-
 spectoF in Mobile
 Colrain. Mass, March 3l.-tSpecial. ) Arthur smith, a veteran captain of the war between the States, and for mer Superintendent of Education of Greene County, Ala, died here today, aged 6e years.
 He was a native of this town and was born of old Revolutionary stock, a descendant of Hezekiah Smith, a hero of the Ticonderoga and Burgoyne cam- paigns and on the other side from Hopestill Willis, one of the Sunbury minute men.
 He went to Alabama in 1867 to take un farming, but was pressed into ser vice of the State as Superintendent of the Greene County schools. In 1870 he was appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court of that County and year later was made chief inspector for the port of Mobile, where he remained until 1872,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
NAMEp FIRST ArosTLE.
neaeou ,Jchn Lewis New Heads FoI-
 lowers of DoVac.

Mexico City, March 21.---A special to ,rhe Herald from Guadalatara says:
 Deacon John Lewis. an official of the zton church who arrived in Guadaia- iaTa last week to look over some min ing Investments In the State of Jalis- co- received today the news of his ap- pointment as first apostle or the church by the last will and testament or John Alexander Dowie
 Lewis declares the news came abso- t,,toIv as surprise to him and de- ciined to say what he intends to do In inc premises. He said, however, that he attended to return to Chicago i'm mediateIy and take charge of business of the ChristiAA Catholic Church of Zion in accordance with the wishes of DoWie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22

at sight. In the meantime the rail- roads. the mill men claim. take their own time about shipping this cotton and 1t is sometimes weeks before the delivery of the goods.
 The mill men want to change things so that when a bill of lading Is made ont it will contain the car numbers, so that the consignee will know that this cotton has been loaded
 Strong resolutions were adopted In which the spinners agree to decline to honor drafts unless accompanied by bills of lading covering cotton aetu- ally in cars. containing car numbers; said car numbers covering cars actu- ally holding cotton represented In the bill of ladinR. The resolutions call upon the various associations of cot- ton manufacturers of the country to stand by the Southern spinners in this action.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
MIR. CLEVELAND CERTIFIED.
Former President starts Home FroE
 southern FtwhinE Trip.

cseorEetown, g. C., March 2l.--Form- ar President Cleveland. Rear Admiral B. p. Lamberton and Commodore E t, c. Benedict reached this city today on the government launch Water Lily, coming from the Ssptee Gun Club where they have been for the past sev- eraI days shooting and fishing.
 MT. cleveland in an interview ex- nresaed heartfelt appreciation for the many expressions of interest on the occasion of his roth birthday which was Iast Monday. The party left this af- ternoon in their private car attached to the regular train for the North.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
SHAKES BIRMINGHAM
EXPLOSION IN THE JEFFERSON
 POWDER MILLS.
One Man, Julian Bradham, is InIurea seraousIy--EntIre District Star tied by the Severity of
 the Shock.

Birmingham. March 21.--(special1--- The mixing department of the Jeffer- son Powder Mills, eight miles from the city, west of North Birmingham. blew up shortly after o'clock tonight dis- turbing the entire district, shaking houses all over Birmingham and as far as Woodlawn and East Lake. and knocking out panes of glass in houses at North Birmingham.
 Reports from the scene are to the effect that only one man, Julian Brad ham. is fatally hurt.
 The loss is estimated at s10.o0o or more to the plant Four men escaped injury by being fleet of foot.
 Bradham was burned about the body by a hrebrand which ignited his oloth- ing. He may die.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
GARRISON IS BUSY
GOES TO WASHINGTON IN INTEREST
 OF HUNDEEY.
New York Man Again Active in Affairs of Aiabama--Ofaetalm Reficent as to Jud@eshin tn
 Alabama.

Washington. March Especial )-- Gen. J. s. Clsrkson. Surveyor of the Port of New York, Is here, and the pre- vailing opinion is that he is again dip ping into Alabama politics, and Is try ing to have Mir. Hundley of Huntsville appointed the additional Federal Judge In the State under the Clayton bill A number of people say Mir. Hundley has good chance of appointment. but others say influences will soon be brought to bear on the appointing power to give the position to another man.
 It is most difficult matter to get the real situation. The officials here are decidedly reticent.
 Alfred J stofer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
coNFEssEs TO no BnnRY.
American Securities Taken From Mall
 Bag Not Negotiable.

American Securities Taken From Mall
 Rag Not Negetiabae.
 Paris March 2i.--The man named Buttloss, arrested here recently with $43,000 in American securities in his possession under the suspicion that he was an accomplice of the thieves who stole a mail bag. containing about $400,090, son the French line steamer Laprovence. which arrived at Havre, March 6, from New York. has made a confession duplicating a gang oe in- teruationaI robbers as the result of which other arrests are expected in- mediately.
 It developed today that tho stolen securities are not negotiable.
 It dsvel0ped later ip the day that the stolen mail bag was not on board La Provence. but on the La savoie. which left New York February IA and arrived at Havre, February 21, and 1t was also virtually established that the register cd mall matter was not abstracted af- ter the bags had reached the railroad station here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
ference related to the central Ameri- can situation.
DipIomats see sar. Root.

Washington. March 2t.--The Mexican Ambassador, Mir. Creel. the Nicaraguan minister. Mir. Corea, the Costa kican minister. Mir. Calvo and several South American diplomats were among Secre- tary Roots callers at the State De- partmenf today who inquired especial " about the Central American war. Mir. Creel said after his call upon MT. Root that beth he and the American secretary of state. are doing all in their power to bring about peace in Nicara- xua, Honduras and Salvador, but that the time for acceptance of the good offices of Mexico and the United States does not seem to have arrived as yet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
FIRE IN MEMPHIS.
Freight House and Box Cars Were De-
 m4r0yad

Memphis, Tenn. March 21.--A freight house of the Illinois Central Railroad situated at the corner of Shelby and Calhoun Streets, in the southern part of the city, together with twenty-five car loads of merchandise and six empty freight ears, were destroyed by fire to- night. entailing loss estimated at $65, ,000
 The fire originated in the freight house. which is situated in the midst of a number of warehouses and cotton sheds and within half block of the union passenger station and for a time these structures were endangered.
 The fire. however, was practically confined to the building in which 1t or fCInated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
srors coNsTRUcTIoN woRK.
Erie Railroad In Fear of Adverse Leg
 iafafkNm.

New York. March 21.--Ail new con- structlon work on the Erie Railroad. which had been under way In New York State. during the past year. will he stopped untii further notice. ae- cordinE to an ofItcial statemeat Issued from the Erie offices hero today
 The principal reasons for the action. as given in the official statement are that within the past two weeks 1t has been found that there is likeli- hood of the policy of the State of New York being entirely reversed with re- spect to the control of subsidiary cor pcrations and also that other burden some leRislation Is proposed"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
Price of stoves Changed.

Birmingham. Ala. March 2t--ft was learned today that at meeting here last night of the Southern Stove Manu- facturers, at which thirty-four concerns were represented, 1t was practically. agreed to advance prices five per cent because of the high price they are pay ing for Iron and steel. and the advanc ed cost of labor. The meeting was held in executive session.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
COTTON MANUFACTURERS MEET.
protest Against shipping Evils From
 MIssIsaippi Delta.

Charlotte, W. e, March 2I. .--Leading cotton manufacturers of the two Car oIinas met here today to take action regarding existing evils in the meth o6s of shipping from the Mississippi delta to this section.
 The complaint of the mill men, stat ad briefly. is that they receive a bill of lading with draft attached for cot ton that they order from the South and 1t Is necessary to pay this draft
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
Cenernr Toledo Not wmrIIke,

New Orleans. March 31--Geaeral Sal- vaaor ToIeco, mentioned in asst night's citv of Mexico Dispatches as having loft that city to join the Nicarasuan army. was located here tonight. He said that he does not 1ntend to fight for Nicaragua, and that he will remain here bout a week Or two.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
STONE Is A LINGO,
Missouri senator Looks fer a War
 With Japan.

With Japan.
 Kansas City. March 21.--United States Senator William J. Stone. in the course of a speech here last night at the monthly dinner of the Knife and Fork Club, said:
 'Tf we are ever to have serious trouble with any nation 1t will be Japan. Japan wants the Philippines. I am not sure whether it would be the best for all concerned If she should get them. but one thing is cer- tain and that Is that she will never get them with our consent, But we may have trouble in keeping them.
 Japan could seie the archipela- no in a week and we could only send over & big enough fleet to wipe Japan from the sea. That would be a huge and. costly task"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
FLOOD pULLETrNs.
The Ohio River In Rising in Parhers-
 burg District.

burg District.
 Washington, March 21.--The weather bureau tonight issued the following special flood bulletin:
 The ohio river is rising slightly in the Parkersburg district. the water coming from the Pittsburg rise of the 18th and goth. This rise win have no effect other than to prolong some what the flood period below.
 Tho crests of about forty-feet at Paduach and forty-six feet at Cairo will be reached on Saturday In the Vicksburg district crest stages as toi- lows are now indicated: Arkansas City, close to forty-seven and Green vile between forty-one and forty-tw feet in ten or twelve days, flood stages being forty-feet and Vicksburg flood stage at forty-five feet about April g.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22
SLOT MACHINES DROVE , TEACHER TO POOR HOUSE.

c Alton. ILL, March 2i.---With arms { C full of treasured French, Greek : c and Latin books. Professor Albert c & williams. aged SO years. form c erIy principal of the Humboldt C School and also of the public c schools at North Alton, was sd- q nftted to the Madison County . poor farm today.
 . He was removed from his post q ton as school principal five years . ago A year later, his wife op- ( tained divorce. He became ad-
 | dicted to playing slot machines . and since the loss of his position, ( has lost his entire fortune of s1z,- . eco in slot machines and is now . psnniless. He has no children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-22

Presidents order of March 12. last: Colorado. I,250,ooo acres; New Mexico. 2.o00, 900 acres; Montana 2.1oo.000 acres; Oregon, 710,00o acres; Utah. 13s.ooe acres: Wyoming. I.24o.oe0 acres; Wash ington s2o.00o acres. The lands were. previous to the order of March 12. in- cluded in lands classed as coal lands and withdrawn from entry.