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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
GREAT INCREASE
IN IMMIGRATION
ARMY OF 1,235,s4e ALIENS PASS
THROUGH PORTS OF UNITED
STATES IN ONE YEAR.
SOUTHERN STATES NOW
WELCOME FOREIGNERS
The Number for the Year 1907 Ex
ceeded That For 1906 by 1864
and That for the Year 1905 b.
2se,e5O.

Washington, Dec. 16-ImmigratiOr
TO America during the year ended
June 30, 1907, was vastly greater thar
i'll any previous year in the history
of the United States. This fact, with
all it interesting and important de
tails. is placed in a strong light in the
annual report of Frank P. Sargent
commissioner general of immigration
and naturalization, which was made
public OF this great flood OF immi
grants Commissioner Sargent says:
An army of 1,2S5,349 souls that
have come, drawn hither by the free
institutions and the marvellous pros
perity of our country-the chance
here afforded every honest toiler tc
gain. I. livelihood by the sweat of his
brow or the exercise of his intelli.
gence-supassing in numbers the rec
ord of all preceding years"
The report contains in tabulated
form every phase of information bear
ing upon the subject of immigration,
and submitting this data Mr.. Sargent
says:
"The immigration for the year 1907
exceeded that for 1906 by 1864 and
that for the year 1895 by 25SS5O, OF
an increase over the year OF 1906 ol
more than II per cent. and over the
year OF 1905 of more than 25 pei
cent.
During the fiscal year 1906, 12,432
aliens were rejected at our ports;
during the past year 13,O64, an in
crease of 632. Hence the total mum
ber of those who have sought admis
sion in 1907, viz, 1,29S,413, exceeds
the number who applied in 1906, viz.
by 1S5,246."
Commissioner Sargent says it is Of
particular significance that many i'm
migrants landed at ports in the soutf
during the past year, and he refers
especially to a party of 473 Belglans
excellent types of immigrants-re
ceived at Charleston, N. c., having
been induced to go there by the state
authorities.
The increase of immigration to the
south, the commissioner says, is dis
creetly connected with the growing
desire of the southern states to obtalT
a number of the better class of imml
grants, it being considered by praC
tieally all of the leading men of tina
section that the future development
and welfare of the south depend upoi
its ability to receive and absorb a re
liable laboring and farming elemen'
Striking increases are also show
at New Orleans, Galveston and Hone
lulu.
Twenty-seven countries showed II
creases and eleven decreases.
The reports show that thousands .
Japanese landed in Mexico during tn
past year and ultimately gained ac
mission, surreptitiously, into thl
country.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
IS NOT A CANDIDATE.
PRESIDENT PUTS AN END TO THE
THIRD TERM TALK.
ALL DOUBT DIsPELLED
Formal Statement Issued by Mr.
Roosevelt Repeating That Made
the Night of Election
in 1904.

Washington. - President Roosevelt
will not be candidate for third
term. All doubt on this point was
dispelled Wednesday night by the
authoritative statement from the
White House that Mr.. Roosevelt still
adheres to the declaration of renuncia-
ton made on the night of the election
three years ago.
In the statement issued President
Roosevelt says he has not changed
and shall not change the decision COM
municated to the American people in
1904.
1t appears that President Roosevelt
has been awaiting the call for the
Republican national convention to az
ford the proper opportunity for max
ing his position clear and unmistak-
able, thus leaving the field clear for
Fairbanks, Taft, Cannon, Knox, For
aker and other declared or receptive
candidates for the Republican nomina-
ton. The presidents statement fol-
lows:
an view of the issuance of the call
of the Republican national committee
| for the convention, the president
makes the following statement:
"On the night after election l made
the following announcement: am
deeply sensible of the honor done me
by tho American people in thus ex-
Iressing their confidence in what l
have done and have tried to do. ap-
preciate to the full the solemn respon-
sibility this confidence imposes upon
me, and shall do all that in my pow
er lies not to forfeit it. On The fourth.
of March next shall have served
three and a half years, and this three
and half years constitute my first
term. The wise custom which limits
the president to two terms regards the
substance, and not the form, and un'
der no circumstances will be can
didate for or accept another nomina
ton
Il have not changed and shall not
change the decision thus announced
The announcement that the presi
dent would not accept the Republican
nomination, If rendered, came at toe
late an hour, to become generally
known in political circles, but among
those who learned of it, Democrats
and Republicans alike, the feeling was
general that it left no element o
doubt in the presidential situation, 81
far as relates to the third term talk
and that it definitely eliminates Mr.
Roosevelt from the contest now beint
waged. Some Democrats, however
express belief that Roosevelt STAN
pede in the Republican convention
would shake his resolution and that h
: would prove no exception to the his
toric precedent that no American cit
zen ever refused a presidential nom
: nation.
Administration Republicans declar
l that the announcement gives gres
: impetus to the Taft boom, while tn
: Democrats, many of the leaders
4 which party are here attending tn
: meeting of their natiopal committed
are shouting that it means Bryan i
3 a walk"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
WANTS GoLpFIELD FACTS.
President Sends Labor Department Of
ficiaIs to Investigate.

Neutrality-suspicious. Secretary
Murray, of the department of COM
rerce and labor; Charles P. Neill,
commissioner of labor, and Herbert
Knox Smith, commissioner Of corpora
tions, left Washington late Wednes-
dday afternoon for Goldfield, New, to
make thorough investigation of the
trouble between the miners and mine
operators at that place. Secretary
Murray and Commissioner Smith made
this announcement after conference
with President Roosevelt Wednesday.
Goldfield, Nev.-Gen. Funston ar
rived at 1920 Thursday and was
driven direct to the Casey hotel, where
he went into conference with Gov.
Sparks. Gen. Funston stated to the
governor that he would remain here
until the labor situation had cleared
I'D and there was no longer danger OF
trouble. Gen. Funston says he is de-
termined to take control of the camp
under martial law upon the first out
break of serious violence, but that he
will not take any such action until the
conditions warrant it.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
PAID HIS DEBTS
With Potage Stamps and Ohio Post
master Is Fined.

Columbus, O.-Because he paid his
debts with postage stamps Postmaster
F. NJ. Mckay, of Logan, was fined 500
by Judge John A. Safer, Of the United
States court. There was said to he
politics of factional kind in the charge
against Mckay, who is a republican
politician and editor in the seat OF
Hooking county. He owed his appoint
ment to former Congressman Charles
II. Grosvenor and was on the losing
side of the fight when Albert Doug
lass, of Chi!licothe, defeated the gen
eral.
However, Mckay pleaded guilty
when arraigned. His attorneys were
Gen. Grosvenor and former Senator 5.
H. Bright, of Logan. They appeared
with him in court and made plea for
leniency. 1t is now said that John A.
White, the Douglass leader in Hook
ing county will be appointed through
his patron.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
HUSBAND FOUND DEAD
After Mrs. Neidhamer's Life Had
Been Attempted.

Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 16.-When
Mrs. Minnie Neidhamer, who lives In
Wormleysburg, suburb, attempted 70
light a fire in an outkitchen some one
shot at he twice, missing both times
Immediately afterward two more
shots were heard by the occupants
of the house, and when daylight came
the body of John Neidhamer, her hus'
band, from whom she has been sep
arated for some months, was found in
the yard.
Neidhamer had a bullet hole in his
head, but there were no powder MARKS
about it, and because there were foot
prints in the snow that did not cor
respond with the shoes he had on the
coroners jury returned verdict oi
death at the hands of persons or
person unknown.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
THREE HUNDRED BODIES OUT.
Victims of Fairmont Disaster Reach
High Total.

Monongah, w. Va. Over 300
bodies have been removed from
the scene of the Fairmont mine ex-
plosion, making the probable death list
about 500, according to figures of the
rescuers. The opening of the cor.
oner's inquest has been set for next
Monday. Gov. Dawson announced
Thursday that he will personally at
tend the inquiry for the purpose Of in
stituting a rigid investigation with a
view to ending West Virginia mine dis
asters.
Relief funds are sufficient for the
immediate wants of widows and Or
phans, but many of these will be de-
pendents for a long time, making nee
essary a much larger fund.
Bishop P J. Donahue of the Catho-
lie diocese of Wheeling will provide
for many of the orphans. He is con-
sidering the leasing of property for a
temporary orphanage and later build
ing a permanent institution.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
Will of Judge George Baldwin.

Appleton, Wis.-The will of the late
Judge George Baldwin was made pub
lie Friday and, except for bequest of
$25, 1000 to a cousin and four daugh-
ters in Vermont, the entire estate, es-
timated at $5,OO0,OOO, is left in trust
for ten years to the widow, Mrs.
Catherine M. Baldwin, and two sons,
George B. and Charles Baldwin. At
the expiration of ten years the estate
is to be divided. Lands in Washing
ton, Oregon, Michigan, the Dakotas,
Wisconsin and Oklahoma are included
in the estate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
WOMAN CALLED A FlREBUG.
Ohio Temperance and Church Leader
Is Arrested.

Norwalk, O.-Mrs. Martha A. Camp
bell, president of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union, superintendent
of the Congregational Sunday school
at Steubenville, and wife of wealthy
Greenfield township farmer, was ar
rested Friday in Sandusky on a secret
indictment charging incendiarism.
The indictment charges that Mrs.
Campbell burned dwelling owned by
Miss Loa Mather, neighbor, in Octo-
ber. Miss Mather also has been in
dIcted.
The fire insurance company asserts
the women framed plot by which
Miss Mather was to take the insur-
ance money and pay off the mortgage
on her home, and on that condition
Mrs. Campbell would buy the place.
Both women are on bonds.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
LEE GIVEN TEN YEARS.
He Refused to Turn States Evidence
on Fellow SwindIers.

Akron, O.-Refusing to turn states
evidence by revealing the names Of
the leaders in gigantic directory
swindle, which has been operated in
many states, James Lee, convicted of
working the swindle in Akron, was
sentenced to serve 10 years in the pen
itentiary.
Lee, with his accomplice, James
Loughran, sold space in a fictitious
business directory. The main offices
of the alleged syndicate were located
in New York, but the instigators have
vanished.
In the trial just closed Lee was de-
Tended by Paradise Jimmie" Oliver,
state senator of New York. Lough-
ran awaits trial. Lees case will be
carried up.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
OPERATION is A SUCCESS
MRS. LoNeWoRTH's CONDITION
QUITE SATISFACTORY.
Presidents Daughter Has Vermiform
Appendix Removed and Is on Way
to Recovery.

Washington. - Mrs. Alice Long
worth, wife of Representative Mich
olas Longworth, and daughter of
President Roosevelt, was operated
upon for appendicitis Thursday. The
operation, which was performed at
the White House by DR.. Finney Of
Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, as
sisted by DR.. Sophie Nordhoff-Jung
and Surgeon General Rixey of the
navy, was declared by DR.. Rixey to
have been successful in every par
ticular and to have left the patient in
excellent condition.
The following bulletin was issued at
the White House at nine o'clock Thurs
day night
Mrs. Longworth has had a com
paratively comfortable day. Her gen.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19

Boston. At the twenty-seventh
annual meeting of the international
Federation of American Homing
Pigeon Fanciers, which closed it's
session here Wednesday, the best rec
ord for the year was awarded to Tor
nado, belonging to Fred May, OF Min
neapolis, Mimi, with flight of 900
miles in Is hours. Another record
flight was by a bird owned by DR.,
John Schilling, of Fort Wayne, Ind
which covered 1000 miles in AZ hours.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
Peculiar Suicide In Paris.

Paris.-An old man was run down
and killed Friday afternoon on the
Champs Elysee by an automobile
owned by James Watson, of Calumet,
Mich. Neither Mr.. Watson, who was
in the car, nor his French chauffeur,
who was driving it, was detained, as
the policeman in charge of the regu-
lation of traffic at the spot where the
man was killed, declared it was case
of suicide.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
QUEEN cARoLA is DYING.
Last Sacraments Administered to Al
bert of saxony's Widow.

Dresden.-The condition of Queen
Garcia, widow of King Albert OF Sax
ony, who is suffering from nephritis, Is
hopeless. The last sacraments were
administered Friday and the queen Is
not expected to live many hours
Queen Garcia is a daughter of Prince
Gustave Vasa of Sweden. She was
married to Prince Albert of Saxony In
1853.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
MONEY ACCEPTED
Through Clerical Error, Is Plea in
Bauer Case at Springfield.

springfield O.-The jury in the case
against Charles C. Bauer, former city
auditor, on trial for embezzlement,
was selected after 6S men had been
called. The members of the jury are
H. E. Myers, Paul Grindle, Enos Con-
ard, Hiram f. Clark, William l.. Sny-
der, George Lambert, George Ever
hart, James w. Roberts, Fred Barrett,
J. r. Patterson, James Turner and p.
J. Collins. Mr. Bauer is being tried
on the indictment accusing him OF en-
EezzIing $207.12 out of the East Main
street paving fund. The defense ad-
mits that Mr.. Bauer received the mon
ey, but claims it was simply cler-
ical error; that there was no intent
on his part to embezzle the sum, and
that he paid back the money as soon
as the mistake was discovered.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
BROOKLYN Bankers Arrested.

New York.-John G. jenkins and his
three sons, John G., Jr., Frank and
Fred, all bankers of Brooklyn, were
indicted jointly Wednesday for Grim
inal conspiracy in having illegally OBJ
tanned loans aggregating $947,OOO from
trust companies of which they were
officers. The father, John G., Jr., and
Frank were indicted for perjury in
having made false statements to the
state superintendent of banks. The
four men were arrested, arraigned and,
after pleading not guilty, held under
bonds for hearing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
ohio LAW Proves PonuIar.

Columbus, ON the report of the
state board of uniform state laws sub
mitted to Gov. Harris by the president
of the association, Francis B. James,
of Cincinnati, the statement is made
that the measure making uniform
law for negotiable instruments passed
by the Ohio assembly in 1902 has since
been adopted by the legislatures OF 80
states in the union.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
ACCUSED OF INcENDIARIsM.
President Of w. C. T. y. and Superin-
tendent Of sunday-SohooI Arrested

Norwalk, O.-Mrs. Martha A. Camp
bell. president of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union. superintend-
ent of the Congregational Sunday.
school at Steubenville and wife OF o
wealthy Greenfield township farmer
was arrested in Sandusky on a secret
Indictment charging incendiarism.
The indictment charges that Mrs
Campbell burned a dwelling owned by
Miss Loa Mather, a neighbor, in Oc-
tober.
Miss Mather also has been indicted.
She is connected with church work.
Mrs. Campbell is the mother-in-law OF
R. B. Fisher, an attorney of Sandusky.
The fire insurance company asserts
the women framed a plot by which
Miss Mather was to take the insurance
money, pay off the mortgage on her
home, and on that condition Mrs.
Campbell would buy the place. Both
women are out on bonds.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
Wife SLAYER Is Convicted.

Warren. O-The jury in the case OF
John Tranter, charged with murder in
the second degree, returned verdict
of manslaughter, after being out eight
hours. Tranter was charged with kill
ing his wife on May 25 last. The cou-
pie were alone in the house when the
shooting occurred Tranter was badly
wounded He claimed his wife shot
him and then committed suicide.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
Friend Annraisement.

Dayton, O.-AccordSng to the report
of the appraisers Of the Friend Paper
Co.'S plant at West Carrollton, O., fled
in court here, the value of the prop
erty is given as $l,907,616.79. Tho
principal figures are: Buildings, $41O,-
300; machine room, S213,385; boiler
plant, $116,OO electric power, $1O2,-
1876; accounts receivable, $146,lS4;
bills receivable, $76.514.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
oklahoma,a Senators Elected.

Guthrie, Okla. - The election of
the first two United States sena-
tors from the new state of Okla
homa was consummated late Wednes-
day afternoon by the two houses in
joint session when Speaker w. H. Muir
ray, announcing the vote of Tuesday,
declared Robert L. Owen Of Muskogee
and Thomas P. Gore of Lawton duly
chosen.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19

Cincinnati-Lewis T. Heck, A, tele-
graph editor of the Enquirer, died at
his home in Norwood, o. The imme-
diate cause of death was blood clot
on the brain. He was stricken with
his last illness about three weeks ago,
and for a week or so he had been
semi-conscious until death relieved hts
sufferings. Mr. Heck was one of the
pest known newspaper men in the pro
feSsiOn
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
seven Firemen Hurt.

Saginaw, Mich, Dec. 16.-Seven fire
men were injured, Frank Sova, per-
maps fatally in the burning OF the
Saginaw Produce and Cold Storage
Co.'S plant in West Saginaw. The
property loss was about $4,000. Five
of the firemen were caught under o
falling wall and two were hurt by the
explosion of an ammonia tank.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
Passengers Hurt in Train Wreck.

Passengers Hurt IN Train Wreck'
Columbus, O.-The first section Of
Panhandle train No. 20, the Keystone
express, was wrecked at FIazeysburG,
49 miles east of Columbus, in the
night. Half a dozen passengers were
injured, though none fatally. The
three rear cars of the train, two Pull
mans and day coach left the rails,
the Pullmans turning over on their
sides. Either a defective truck under
one of the coaches or broken piece
of rail caused the wreck.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
Gives a Suicide Verdict.

Hamilton, O.-Coroner Schumacher
fled his verdict in the Lillian H. Gang
wolfe case AS anticipated he finds
that the woman came to her death by
suicide with razor. Charles w.
Gangwolfe, of Dayton, husband of the
woman. who has been held by the 20
lice since the tragedy, was released at
the request of the coroner,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19

Norwalk, O.-An important deal OF
much concern was consummated here.
by which Norwalk and Northern Ohio
is to have an iron and steel manufac-
turing plant of great magnitude. The
deal resulted in the merging of the
Norwalk Iron and S,eel Co. with the
William Kavanaugh Manufacturing
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
PlaxfulIy Snapped It.

Mobile, Ala, Dec. 16.-Delmar, aged
18, shot Victor Johnson, also IL, MS
friend and roommate, in their room
at a bording house, Delmar Thought
he had unloaded the pistol and play
fully snapped it at Johnson The
fourth snap discharged a cartridge
the bullet being imbedded in the
brain
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
carneoie Donates $2,ooo,ooO.

Washington.-Andrew Carnegie has
added the sum of 100000 to the $1O,-
900 900 endowment fund of the Car
negie institute. Announcement of the
fact was made at dinner Tuesday
night at the New Willard, Of the board
of trustees of the institute to Whicn
had been invited number of scien-
lists and men prominent in public af-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
Trauedy In Iowa Town.

Jefferson, Ia.-For love of his neigh
bor's wife, who had first accepted his
advances, but later decided she loved
her home and her babies more, D. H.
Breese, a wealthy farmer 4S years old,
sent a bullet through his brain.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
ONLY Six Escaned.

Napoleon, O.--Wholesale indict-
ments for alleged Sunday violations
were returned by the grand jury
against the saloon men, but six of them
escaping. The indictments came as n
surprise, as public sentiment hitherto
apparently favored an open Sunday.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
Hunter Shot.

Lorain, O.-Thomas Moore, 40, was
fatally shot while hunting with a
friend on the Kobe farm. A rabbit
was spied and Moore's friend, in get
ting range, slipped and fell on stone.
The gun exploded and the full charge
entered the side of Moore's face, blow
ing out one eye, besides infiicting IA
+oI fDi1Irioc
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19

Columbus, GA delegation from
GAINESVILLE called upon Gov. Harris to
have him use his influence with the
general assembly, or the government IL
necessary, to have a memorial or suit
able tablet erected on the battlefield at
Missionary Ridge, Tenn, in honor OF
the 9th regiment, o. V. l.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
Burned Home to Obtain Insurance

East Liverpool, O.-Confessing that
she had burned her home to get the
insurance money, Mrs. w. l.. Perrine
freed her husband, who had been ar
rested with her on the charge of ar
son. She is in Jail in default of $4,000
bail. The confession was made to AS
sistant Fire Marshal Devices, of Co.
lumbus, who caused the arrests.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
CAUGHT in CHICAGO.

Bellefontaine, O.-Waldo Hall is
under arrest at Chicago on a charge
that he emhezzled 800 from the Par
rish Furniture Co, of Columbus. Ap-
plication has been made for requisi'
ton paners.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
New York Banks SwindIed.

Augusta, Gait was learned here
Friday that parties in New York have
swindled banks in that city out Of a
large sum of money on fictitious cot
ton warehouse receipts purporting to
be from Augusta.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
New York Banker Is Dead.

New York.-William H. S. Wood,
president of the Bowery Savings
bank, an institution with more than
$1OO, 100000 in deposits. died at his
residence here Wednesday night from
a complication of diseases.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19

Beloit, Wis-Creditors of John
Thompson & Sons Manufacturing COM
pany, makers of gasoline engines.
asked that they be declared bankrupt
and ]. w. Ferguson, of Rockford, was
appointed receiver Friday. Liabilities
are s1OO. 900; assets, 100000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19
Twelve Per Cent. Cut.

Cleveland, O.-The net result of the
wage conference between the Anal
gamated Window Glass Workers of
America and the window glass manu-
facturers is reduction in wages of full
ly IL per cent. below last years rate,