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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
HEARING STILL ON
COST OF OPERATING TRAINS IS
 DISCUSSED.
Comptroller Plant, of Southern, Occu- pied stand During Day and Ex- piatned the Earnings i'm
 North Carolina.

Washington, Aug. 2s.--The hearing of the North Carolina rate case before Master in Chancery Walter Montgom- cry was resumed today at the South ern Railway offices, and Comptroller J. II. Plant of the Southern Railway occupied the witness stand throughout the day.
 The testimony was maze of railway statistics bearing on the various phases of the cost of operation and earnings of the road. It dealt mainly with the higher cost of operation in North Car olina than in other States.
 MT. Plant stated that the total cost of operating intrastate passenger traf- fic for the year ending June 30. 1906, was $2,426,415, and the total earnings in North Carolina were $1,9T1. .0ss, a net loss of about s455,O0
 The average passenger traff1c reva- nue per train mile, he said, was s6 cents, while the earnings. including State and interstate and mall and ex- press were $1.03 per mile.
 What was the minimum cost of earning dollar in North Carolina on intrastate passenger trafac%
 'The minimum cost of operation in earning one dollar on intrastate traf- fic was 50 sss5. That represents the cost of earning one dollar on intra- state business for the fiscal year of 1908. exclusive of taxes or betterments or interest on investment"
 MT. Plant said that so far as he had been able to determine by examination, the cost of operation had been greater thus far in 1907 than in 1906. in both freight and passenger business.
 My investigation" said he. demon strates that to earn one dollar of lo- cal revenue in the state of North Car olina is twice as expensive as 1t is to earn a dollar on interstate business. The figures I use are of minimum ex- penses and a very low minimum at that. The average cost of handling a ton per mile in North Carolina Is not less than three times as great as it is on the system generally"
 In response to an inquiry by General Counsel Thom of the Southern Railway, Mir Plant stated that the tax valua- ton of the Southern Railway property in North Carolina for 1906 was $26, 1S4,s65.
 Has there been a recent increase in that assessment?"
 q have been so informed" replied MT. Plant. "It Is now $S3,932,26s.
 The witness discussed the propor- ton of the net earnings of the road to the assessed valuation indicating that under the present earnings the tax valuation ought not to exceed $s,345.ss5. He said that the gross revenues on interstate traffic fin North Carolina for 1906 were $3.324.625.
 The total net earnings in North Car olina' for 1906 were $324,754.
 Mir. Plant testified that If the pro- posed rates were put into effect on the basis of the business of 1906, the to- tai net returns from intra- state busl- ness in that State would amount to only $2S,007 not allowing anything for the payment of interest or divi dends. The earnings. he said, would be only thirty one hundredths of one per cent, while the earnings dur ing 1906 on the old rates amounted Go 1-2 per cent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
MIR. TAFT
 IS SCORED Bryan Answers Secre- tarY's Speech. CALLS HIM A "STRADDLER" Democratic Leader Says Taft Mis-
 represented Him. He says the War Secretary Has Not Taken a Strong Advanced
 Position On Any single
 Question.
.ALLs HIM A "STRADDLER"

Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 26.-WiIliam J. Bryan's reply to the speech of Secre- tary Taft at Columbus, Ohio, was giv- en out tonight. Secretary Taft is con demned as ''straddler' on nearly all the important issues and criticised for not taking advanced grounds in reform. Mr. Bryan compatns also that his own position has been misrepresented by the secretary. Mir. Bryan says:
 Secretary Taft's speech will prove disappointment to those who expect ed clear bugIe note in favor of re- form. There is not single question on which he takes strong advanced position. On the railroad question he Is in favor of preventing watered competing lines and the duplication of directorates. So far, so good; but he does not advocate the ascertaining of the value of the roads or the reduction of the rates. He even defends the president from the charge of favorine the reduction made by the states The railroads may object to his rhetorical demolition of abuses. but they will hardy be scared by his remedies
 On the trust question he thunders at unlawful trusts, but not only does not recommend new legislation, but takes the position that monopoly may not be harmful. He seems to lean toward the idea that 1t must be con- victed of some harmful act--and this throws the burden of proof upon the government. He recognizes that ''re- straint is more difficult" when one cor poration swallows up a lot of other corporations-"that 1t involves enor- nous labor on the part of the govern ment to prosecute such combination because the proof of the gist of the offense lies underneath an almost limit less variety of transactions yet he is opposed to the license system which would enable the government to abso- lutely prevent monopoly. Tn other words he gives the benefit of the doubt to the corpuoration instead of to the people.
 "He thinks that putting one or two trust magnates in the penitentiary would have a healthy effect, but he uses so many qualifying words that one is left in doubt as to what he really in favor of tarin reform. but when he gets to the remedy he goes no farther than the republican leaders have gone in former campaigns He wants enough tariff to cover the difference in cost of labor here and abroad, the ex- cuse given for the present tariff, and he wants the tarlff reformed by its friends.
 "'Tariff reform by the friends of the tariff is farce and a fraud and the secretary runs away from the conclu- sions which would naturally be drawn from the statistics which he pre- sents"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
WAR ON MOSQUITOES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TAKE:
 CHARGE OF CRUSADE.
Governor MagOOn Thinks that Yellow Fever WI1l Be EFadlcnted In Cuba within Six
 Weeks.

Washington, Aug. 26.--DespairinR of the ability of the Cuban municipalities to keep the cities clean and free from yellow fever. the central government has at last formally undertaken that task. From this time on the work of disinfection and the exterminatton of the yellow fever mosquitoes will pro- ceed under the direction of officers ap- pointed by Governor Magoon, in most cases surgeons of the army or marine hospital service.
 In the opinion of Governor Magoon. as sent out in a cablegram received at the war department today the yellow fever will be eradicated within six weeks. Surgeon Dean reports five new cases in Cienfuegos. making ten in all. but these were among civilians. All of the soldiers who were at first af- fected, with one exception. have been discharged as cured, and that one Is convalescent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
NOT TO ARBITRATE
PRESIDENT SMALL SAYS STRIKE
 WILL CONTINUE.
Statement fs Given Out That the Tele- grapherR Have Enough Funds to Last I've Months
 Longer.

New York. Aug. Rehabilitation of the telegraphers strike as it. stands at present is out of the question. accord ing to President S. J. Small of the Com- merciaI Telegraphsrs Union, who is in this city today. Mir. Small said the strikers are prepared to remain out for two months and that the union will support them for that time
 The executive board of the American Federation of Labor, he added, will consider the relation of the federation to the strike in a day or two.A Mir. Small said also that the week opened with the brightest prospects for the strikers. that conditions are worse for the companies than on the day the strike was called and that one half the Western Unions force in this city fail- ed to report after Friday last when. he said, the double pay system was abolished. He predicted that by the end of the week. the telegraph sys- terns of the country will be out of com mission.
 Superintendent Brooks of the West ern Union in speaking of the strike situation today said:
 "Our company will have nothing to do with MT. Small or his union. While we are willing to consider individual cases of the men who went out where we believe they did so under the pres sure of the agitators, those who have engineered this strike, will not be re- employed under any circumstances"
 Superintendent Brooks of the Vest ern Union made denial this afternoon of the statements of President Small of the telegraphers' union that the Western Union had abolished the dou- ble pay system and that half of the working force who had been paid on Friday had failed to report today Mr. Brooks said:
 The Western Union has not abolish ed the double pay. Every man who was paid on Friday reported for work today and the company has all the men 1t wants. The statement that our of hcials are working the wires to help break the strike is false"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
TRAFFIc CoNGEsTEp.
Change in Operation of New York Cen
 tral Train Caused Confusion.

Change in Operation of New York Cen-
 traI Train Caused Confusion.
 New York, Aug. 26.--A change in the operation of trains on the New York Central Railroad so as to run trains on the right hand track instead of the left hand track, today caused sxtraor- dinary congestion and delay of trains within the electric zone. The greatest congestion was between the Harlem river and the Grand Central station. where for two miles tha tracks run either over vIaduct or t9aRcugh tbe tunnel beneath Park Avenue. Trains were stalled all the way from the sta- tion to the river. and passengers. after waiting in vain for the roads officials to break the blockade, left the trains wherever possible and completed their trip to their ofhces by elevated. sub way or trolley.
 Unfami1iarity with the operation of the new plan and the usual hitches arising therefrom was the cause of the delay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
TRAINMEN KILLED
HEAD ON COLLISION OF TWO
 FREIGHT TRAINS.
Besides the Dead, Six Others of Crew Were Seriously IBjured--EnRlneer's
 Body stin in the
 Wreckage.

Portsmouth, O., Aug 26-conductor Robert Gilmore of this city and Engi- neer J. c. Purdy, of Batavia, O., were killed outright and six or more train men seriously injured in head end col lission between two Norfolk and West ern freight trains near Harden early today. Purdys body Is still In the wreckage A relief train bearing phy- slcIans and medical supplies was lush ed to the scene from here Among the injured are Engineers Cliff Smith and William Nichols, and Fireman c. Work man. all of this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
FRINGE IS CHEERED. Greeted In Worcester By Thousands Of His Fellow COuntrymen.

worcester, Mass. August 26.-Prince Wilhelm of Sweden arrived here from Providence on a special train this after noon and was met at the railroad sta- ton by several thousand of his fellow countrymen who cheered and sang na- tional airs. Governor Guild and Lieu tenant Governor Draper greeted the Prince as he stepped from the train.
 The party was then driven to the city hall where Mayor J. c. Duggan well comed the Prince to worcester and in- troduced him to members of the city government. luncheon was then served at the worcester Club. A ride about the city and a reception con- eluded the program.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
SULTAN vor RECOGNIZED.
rance ReEOrds Him ms a PretendeF
 and RAvolnftnmfuG

Paris, Aug. 26- France 7 attitude to. wards Mulai Eahg. tns Sultan's bTc- ther, who was rec sntly proclaimed Sul- tan, Is for the moment at least, one of complete non-recognition of his au- thority as Sultan.
 It is pointed ou. that although Mulal Hafig's power seems to be growing in the South, the peopte in the North aI- pear to be loyal to the reignlng SaS- tan, and until decisive events of Mu- lai Hafg's, France will regard aim Rs a pretender and cev0'utIonis:. The al- leEed contention of ca 'Tain of the Spar ish ministers that the suDercession of the present Sultan by MulaI Hafg, rem ders the Algeciras 'onv ,nt!on ineffGct- i've as one of the signers no longer ex- ists, is to be considered by France which persists une1uivocally in her
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
FIGHT ON IN EARNEST
OPPOSITION TO PROHIBITION NAME
 CAMPAIGN MANAGER
PrOhlbH Circulate Petitions All Over County Asking for Probate Judge to Order Election for This
 Fall

Birmingham, Aug. 26.--(SpeciaL)-- The prohibition light is on in earnest. The opposition to prohibition in Jeffer- son County among the large corpora tions, bankers and business men. have named a campaign manager and will get out and pull off coats to defeat the measure.
 The preachers on the other hand are organizing also for a stout fight. Wal ter l.. Sessions, Chairman of the Com mittee named by the Pastors Union to conduct the campaign for prohibition today announced some of the plans for the campaign
 The petitions being signed all over the County asking the Probate Judge to order an election this fall so that a vote can bs taken on whether or not there shall be any liquor sold In this County after this wear will be called in September g. A day or two later, when the petitions have been pasted togeth- CT they will be presented to the Pro- bate Judge.
 On next Sunday morning and evening every pastor in the city will preach on prohibition. a majority of the. pastors having already signihed theE inten- tionR of carrying out the plans. Five or six sermons were delivered yester- day in behalf of prohibition. Circular letters will be gotten out by the thou sands and given wide distribution. Tn addition to this there will be speeches made on the stump throughout the County in order that the matter can get free circulation.
 The manufacturers and business men who are opposed to prohibition will shortly announce their plan of cam paign but 1t is intended to put speak CTS in the field and to give circulation ta aII trIpde of literature on the sub feet. An address to the voters gotten up by convicts in slope No. 10 of the rennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company's mines. was published today. The convicts call on the people to vote for prohibition, saying that many years of Imprisonment are being work ed out the result of whiskey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
STRIKE IS ORDERED.
Street Car Employees WilI Walk Out for
 q Second Time.

Louisville. Ky, Aug. 26.-After hav- ing had one strike only six months ago, the members of the local union of street car employees tonight voted unanimously to go on strike again. leaving the time for calling the strike In the hands of the executive commit tee. The local union comprises about so per cent of the employees of the Louisville Railway Company. The ground for tonight's action, as alleged by the men, lies in persistent discrim- ination by the company in favor of non-union men The union gained an increase in pay and a partial conces- sion of Its demands by the last strike. which lasted ten days, and was ac- companied by much violence and dis order. The men say the strike will not be called until after labor day. the executive committee being empowered to negotiate further with the com. pany meanwhile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27

Montgonsr:: 'se. said to the wit ness:
 I've got me man. Hes up in the cross hall
 The witness said that he then went up to the cross halr' and found a man dead with bruises on his stomach. Montgomery later told him that he had stamped on the mans stomach. Mont gomery. soon after this went to Tex as. where he has been living for sev- eral years.
 Cornelius said that he had made no report of the affair, except that he had mentioned it to Supervisor Craw- ford. Mr. Crawford. declared the wit ness, had told him not to be in too big hurry about reporting things he saw at the asylum.
 Cornelius said that he and another nurse were taken to the ''cross halp' where a patient named Walter Mes senger, was confined. Messenger had picked up a bottle and was refusing to give 1t up. Supervisor Crawford dir ected the two nurses to Ego on him and get that bottle" The two nurses caught Messenger and after strug- gling awhile. took the bottle from him. Then Crawford said, according to the witness, Hit him a few for all this trouble"
 One of the nurses who went out on the strike last year and who lost his place with twenty-seven of his com panions on account of the strike, tes- tified that he had not seen any cru city or brutality while he was a nurse in the hospital He had been informed that two nurses, Willie Willingham and Sam Trawick, had beaten up a man in one of the "cross halls Both men were discharged when the hospital au- thorities heard of what had happened in the "cross hall"
 The witness apparently bore no Ill will to the management of the hospit- al for the loss of his place. He got enough to eat. but the patients com plained of not getting enough. He doubted himself that the men who worked in the field had enough food.
 Tells of Cruelty.
 Enoch Rogers, farmer of Marengo county, gave testimony as to the inju- ries alleged to have been done his bro ther Samuel H. Rogers patient in the hospital. The commission had pre- viously heard of this injury to Sam
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
REQUEST IS APPROVED.
,neveIt to Allow Flight Million In-
 .-...a oF CamaI Esxuemdaaurea

Roosevelt to Allow Flight Million In-
 crease of Canal Expenditures.
 Washington. August 26--The Presi- dent has approved Colonel Goethals' request to continue expenditures in ex- cess of the pro-rata allowed for con struction of the anama Canal for the present fiscal year on account or "present necessities and unforeseen deyelopments since the estimates were submitted"
 Congress - be requested at the next session to make an appropriations to cover the deficiency.
 Colonel Goethals asked for authority to expend $s.0O0,o ,o00 more than the ap- propriation, saying it was in the Tn terest of true economy and might save q years time in completing the canal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
SHOT SWEETHEART
JILTED LOVER THEN TURNED PTS.
 T0L ON HINHSELF.
Tragedy Occurred in the Presence of the AEanss FamiIy-he IRaists That shooting Was
 Iuakffiable

Chicago. Aug. 26--In the presence of her mother, sister and brother, Louise Sattler yesterday fatally shot has sweetheart, Hattie Matechi, who had tilted him. Then turning the revolver upon hamself, he inflicted a wouaa which Wih end his own life. Sattler tnaiata hwas Jpatitiad in shooting the giii '1sA ssas fsai lnastaA 1iln i1 courl ner for i've years and then refused him When a gtrl keeps company with fellow for i've years she has no right to turn him down. am not sorry" he whispered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
To sETTLE DFFERENcEs.
Operators and Manufacturers VIII Fix
 Scale of Wages.

Fall River. Mass, Aug. ;s--An i'm portant meeting of cotton nlanntactur- CTS and operatives will b@ held here Tuesday to endeavor 70 settle dif- ference which has arisen. The opera tives wanted a fixed standard of length of every piece of goods woven as basis for wages. Ats0- protractcd re- gotiations the manufacturers con- sented to put the standard of length for print cloth at e 3-5 yards.
 The hitch came over shs refusal of the mill owners 10 pay for weaving goods of odd classifl .s.iiohs al prices in proportion to that paid for print cloths at 47 1-2 yards length It Is generally believed that an agreement wil be reached. Twenty thousand op- eratives employed in sevsnty-efsht mills are interested in the outcome of the meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
Newnpaper in Csanama.

Panama, August 26.-The Canal Re- cord. a weekly newspaper, will make its appearance next week as the offi- seph Bucklin Bishop secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission, will have charge of the paper. Another job has been added to MT. Bishops duties. He has been made chief of the trouble bu- reaU and will have to listen to all com plaKnta.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
CONTINUANCE ASKED.
Famous Kentucky Case May Go Over
 for Amafher raprn

Famous Kentucky Case May Go Over
 for Another Term.
 Sandy Hook, Ky. Aug. 26.--The state today asked for a continuance of the cases of John Abner. Ebert Hargis, and Bill Britton, charged with the as- sassinationu of Dr. Cox, because the comrnonwealth's witnesses are absent and that Floyd Byrd and Byrd Jouett. associate counsel, are also absent W. A. Young and IF. Pollard. counsel for the defense. opposed the motion, saying all their witnesses were at Sandy Hook and anxious for the trial to proceed. Judge Moody told the attorneys in the case to prepare afhdavits and he would take the matter under advise ment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
VILLAGERS SLAUGHTERED.
Turks stiII in Persinn Territory an
 Doing Great Damage.

Turks sfiii in Persian Territory and
 Doing Great Damage.
 Teheran, Aug. 26.-Samsan Dowfes and other officials according to reports received. have been killed by the invad- ing Turks after having been taken prisoners. Many inoffensive Persian villagers, including women and chill dren, have been slaughtered, women have been carried off, and churches have been defiled Much grain and property has been taken or destroyed. There are no signs of the withdrawal of Turks from Persian territory.
 Another report says that the Turks have occupied Merivan in Persian Kur- destan. east of Suleimania. In a tele- gram asking for help. the clergy and inhabitants of Merivan add that if the Persian government Is powerless, the people must beg Russia to assist them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
TRAGEDY IN TEXAS
USED AXE AND CHOPPED UP VIC-
 TINTS BODY.
After the Horrible Deed. Herring Went to DaIIas and Surrendered--Trag- edy Caused by Family
 Troubles.

Dallas. Tex, Aug. 26-D. B. Her ring killed pr. B. sperning early to- day at his home in Arlington, fifteen miles west of Dallas. Herring used an axe and chopped and mutilated his vic- tim's body. Family troubles were given as the cause. Herring came to Dallas and surrendered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27

policy following the terms of the con- vention and will not sen an expedition of conquest into the interior.
 In the meantime. ths French govern ment roes not know whether Mulai Is marching towards the coast as a friend or foe of the Frsn.n. It is positively stated that cordial exchange of views occurred between Ambassador Cambon and Chancellor von Bde'ow on the sub Ject of Morocco and that Germany ap- preciates the dificulty If Frances po- sition
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
YOUNG GIRL ,DIsAPpEARs
Mystery Surrounds Case Which Hs
 Just Come To Light.

MyeferY SurrOunds Cnse WHICH HaR
 Just Come To Light.
 Dover, N J.. Aug. 26--Miss Agnes Mcguire, a school teacher of Brooklyn. N. Y.. who was spending her vacation at Noland's Point, Lake Hopatcong, has Ylysteriously disappeared. Saturday nirht she went driving with her cousin. Charles Mcguire. He left her in the buggy and went to a deserted cottage known as Camp LooY, to get some of his personal belongings. Five minutes later he returned to find that :hs young wmoan had strangely disappeared. Hundreds of persons searched The, woods and the Lake, but found no trace of the mishshing girl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
Ku.LED BY A BOAR.
Young Man Made c Wager Which Cost
 Him His Life.

Houston, Texas. August 2e.--wager- ing that he could catch and hold boar, which was roaming about the streets of Richmond, Texas Sunday, Adam Kaulfer, prominent young man and was killed. The hog almost tore young Raulfers leg from his body at the hip.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-27
COMPASSION RETURNS.
Drainage Project win Be . Fart of
 Their Report.

Tallahassee, Fla, Aug. Z6.--The members of the investigating commits sion, accompanied by Governor Brow ard and Comptroller Groom. returned this afternoon from the Everglades, where the drainage project was in- spected. The drainage project will he a part of the report of the investi- Rating commission. The commission will resume sitting tomorrow, and the purpose is to finish the examination of witnesses this week.
 Governor Broward and other trustees of the internal improvement fund will be called to the stand during the week.