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The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
STANDS By MOTTO.
New York Episcopal Diocese Resents
Roosevelt's Action.

New York-While President Roose-
welt was issuing a statement de-
claring the use of the motto,
"In God We Trust" on coins to be a
sacrilege, the annual convention of
the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
New York was registering a protest
against dropping the motto from the
new gold pieces. After debate in
which some delegates took the same
views as the president, the following
following resolution was adopted by
131 to 81:
Resolved, That this convention pro-
tests aaginst such change, and de-
clares that the highest interest of our
country demand the preservation of
all those customs that have stood for
the recognition of God in the life of
the people"
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
WILL LEAD OR
FIGHT IN RANKS
WIN. j. BRYAN CLEARLY DEFINES
HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD
NOMINATION..
QUESTION ONE FOR PARTY
Announcement to Be Made at Some
Length In the Commoner on
Friday-Johnson Not
a Candidate.

Lincoln, Neb.-Willam Jennings
Bryan will accept from the Democrat
ic convention the nomination for the
presidency If rendered.
If the party prefers another stand
ard bearer Mr.. Bryan will bend his en-
This, in brief, is the announcement
which will be made by Mr.. Bryan
through the Commoner.
In the editorial defining his attitude
Mr.. Bryan says his course has been
predicated upon the belief that a par
ty should have all the light possible
before attempting a selection of the
candidate to head the national ticket.
Such candidate should At the plat
form adopted by his party, and plat
forms are made to fit the conditions
existing when the platform is made"
Sometimes, Mr.. Bryan continues, a
day will change the situation. and a
few months may bring forward new
ISSUE which will have an important
bearing upon the availability of a can.
didate. These, he says, have been his
reasons for refusing heretofore to de-
clare his own attitude toward the
question of candidacy. Now, however,
the present years elections are over,
plans for the campaign of 1908 are
under way. and he makes the an
nouncement because he feels the pub
lie is entitled to know his position.
Will Not Seek Nomination.
Mr.. Bryan declares he will not ask
for or seek the nomination, nor will
he assume to decide the question of
his availability. "If he can serve the
party by being its candidate" the ed
itorial states, "he will accept the COM
mission and make the best fight he
can. If, however, the choice falls
upon another he will not be disap-
pointed or disgruntled." Mr. Bryan
then repels. the accusations that he
has been waiting to see whom the Re-
publicans would nominate, and to as
certain the chances of victory, and
closes his extensive announcement
with an admoniton to his party that
the next campaign will be an appeal
to the public conscience.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
GAINS IN
N. Y. DEPOSITS
TOTAL is BIGGEST OF ANY MON.
DAY OF YEAR IN SAVINGS
INSTITUTIONS.
CONFIDENCE FULLY RESTORED
Gold Import Expert Says America
Can Get All It Needs from
the European Money
Market.

New York-The sum of two million
dollars, a quarter of million more
than is usually deposited on Monday,
went into the savings banks of this
city, according to the estimates made
Tuesday by several prominent saw
ings bank officials.
In one large East Side savings bank
the excess of the receipts over the
Monday average for the year was so
striking that the fact led the president
to compare notes with other institu-
tions.
When the totals were footed up 1t
was found that the institutions gen.
orally had received larger sums in de.
posits than on the second Monday in
November, 1906, that the days de-
posits were in excess of the Monday
average for this year in 80 per cent
of the savings banks and that the ag-
gregate for the 55 savings banks in the
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
MCFARLAND ON STAND.
Attorney Darrow Traces Life of De-
tectve Up to Steve Adams Arrest.

Rathdrum, ldaho-The greater part
of Wednesday was taken up in the dis
trict court in the examination of De-
tective James Mcfarland in the Steve
Adams trial. Clarence Darrow, at
torney for the defense, went into the
history of Mcfarland, following it
from his birth to the time of the ar
rest of Steve Adams. Mcfarland said
he went to work for the Pinkerton
agency about 1863, and has been with
it ever since. He said he had gained
many confessions from men both in
side and outside of prisons and told
of number obtained outside. In OBJ
tanning these confessions he usually
told the man that the state, as a rule,
dealt literally with men who turned
states evidence.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
POETESS ENDS LIFE.
Nora May French kills Herself in Cal
ifornia Bungalow.

San Francisco, Calif.-Nora May
French, poetess and author, ended her
life Thursday by taking cyanide of
potassium at the bungalow of the poet,
George F. Sterling, at Carmel-by-the-
Sea, a. colony of artists and writer's on
the Pacific ocean. Her friends seek
in vain for some explanation of the
tragedy.
Miss French enjoyed good health,
and her life to all appearances ran
smoothly, giving every promise of a
brilliant career. For some years past
she had been a contributor to various
coast magazines and some of her
verses have found their way into East.
ern publications. Miss French came
here originally from Los Angeles,
where her father now resides. She
was "a years of age
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
HASKELL CALLS LEGISLATURE.
Oklahoma Governor Issues Call tc
Meet Dec. 2.

Guthrie, Okla.-Governor Charles
n. Haskell Saturday night issued a
cali for the Legislature of the new
state to meet on Dec. 2. The place
where the session will be called is
left open. This gives reasons for fear
here that the legislature may be
called to meet at some other place
than Guthrie, if the city does not Of
fer a place for the legislature to meet
at figure to suit the governor and
legislators. Shawnee has offered
quarters for the state Offices and a
place for the legislature to meet free
of charge. The Oklahoma legislature
is composed of 109 representatives
and forty-four senators. The repub-
licans have only II members of the
house and five members of the SEN
ate.
Governor Haskell does not outline
any proposed legislation in the call.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
ON NPEONAGE CHARGE
SENTENCES OF WEALTHY MIS-.
SOURI, PLANTERS CONFIRMED.
IS A ~DIsHoNOR TO CITIZENSHIP"
Opinion Says Gallo Crime Shameless
lnhumanity and Brutality
Seven Men Convicted.

st. Louis--The conviction and sen.
tence of Charles M. Smith Sr.,
and Charles M. Smith, Jr., and five
employees in the United States district
court at Cape Girardeau, Mo-, for op-
eratin negro peonage system in
southeastern Missouri was affirmed
by the United States court of appeals
in simultaneous opinions handed down
here and at st. Paul.
The Smiths are wealthy land own
ers in New Madrid county All the
defendants are at liberty under bail,
and will not be compelled to surren-
der themselves until the expiration of
30 days, allowed them for motions for
a rehearing and the raising Of other
technical points.
The men were convicted in the fall
OF 1906 and sentenced as follows:
Charles M. Smith, Sr., three and a
half years in the federal penitentiary
at Fort Leavenworth, and fine of
$4,000; Charles NJ. Smith, Jr., two and
half years in the Fort Leavenworth
prison and fine of $4,000; william
Woods, two years in prison and a fine
OF $4OO; Floyd Woods, two and a half
years In prison and a fine of 500;
Benjamin Field, one year and six
months in prison and fine of 500;
w. Lee Rodgers, two years in prison
and fine of $780, Benjamin Stone.
one year and six months in prison and
a fine of $100.
In the opinion of the court of ap-
peals declared that such fragrant vio-
lation of the law, such shameless in
humanity and brutality, such base dis
honor to American citizenship could
be deliberately practiced in a civilized
Christian community by intelligent
men is reproach to our civilization
and challenges instant and vigorous
protest by all rightminded men"
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
SENTENCE DOWEITE
PARHAMiTE FOUND GUILTY OF
MANSLAUGHTER.
WIFE WHO AIDED HIM IS FREE
Fellow Dowieite Followers Engage in
Continuous Silent Prayer
In Court.

Chicago-Harold Mitchell was of
manslaughter in the Lake county
circuit court Thursday and will be
sent to the penitentiary for an indefi-
mite term.
Mrs. Harold Mitchell, tried with her
husband and upon the same charge,
was acquitted.
The crime for which Mitchell was
convicted was the killing of Mrs. Letia
Greenhaulgh at Zion City last Septem-
Der. She was killed in religious eff
fort of the Mitchels to cast out the
devils, which. they said, kept her bed
ridden, while her own son and daugh-
ter looked on.
The convicted man stalked stoically
away in custody of a deputy sheriff,
his face showing no emotion.
One of the strangest features of any
trial was witnessed in that of Mitchell
Thursday. There were $50 people
packed into the court room, and of
that number so were of the Parhamite
faith, the same as the Mitchells. All
the time, while the lawyer argued and
the jury deliberated, they were upon
their knes praying, sometimes in an
audible murmur, and again silently.
Whether they prayed for the acquittal
or the conviction of the prisoner could
not be told
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Hartman Decision Dec. 1.

New York-After seven hours and q
half of arguments on both sides Of
the question, Judge Hough in the Unit
ed States circuit court announced that
he would not be ready to render de-
cision on the petition of the interstate
commerce commission to compel e.
Fl. Hartman to answer certain ques-
tions propounded to him last spring in
the court of commissions investigating
into the so-called Hartman lines, un-
til Dec. /.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
PLATT CALLS MAE WOOD FoRGER
Senator in Affidavit Alleges She "Man-
ufactured" Letter.

New York-Counsel for Senator
Platt asked the supreme court to or
der that the certificate and an alleged
admission in writing, said to have been
signed by Senator Platt, that Mae G..
Wood is his wife, be kept on file in
the county clerks office.
An affidavit by Senator Platt was
filed setting forth that the certificate
is a forgery and that he will prove
that the letter purporting to have
been written by him, acknowledging
her as his wife, was manufactured
by the plaintiff"
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Killed Two Chicken Thieves.

New York-Lyman J. King, pro-
prietor of poultry farm in the
Bronx, has been missing chickens re-
Gently and when an automatic alarm
awoke him early Sunday, he seized a
revolver and, hurrying outdoors, fired
on two forms outlined in the moon
light, Bruno Puella, 22 years old, of
Yonkers, fell dead with a bullet hole
in the head. Parlo L. Agenia, about
the same age, received bullet in
the side, another in the leg, and as
he fled third in the back, which
killed him. King surrendered to the
police.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22

restrictive regulations were enforced,
the number of Japanese who arrived
was 6S4. During October of this year
the number of Japanese arriving in
America, not counting scores who
were smuggled across the Canadian
and Mexican borders, was 1,616, an
increase of about $50 per cent.
This enormous increase is not par
ticularly alarming in the minds of Of
ficials of the government, because,
while the percentage of japanese. i'm
migrants is not large it has been suf-
ficient to create comment No state
ment concerning the matter, however.
can be obtained from any responsible
official of the department of commerce
and labor
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Banker Walsh's Methods.

Chicago-Methods of high finance,
as charged in the Walsh case Wednes-
day, revealed that any dishonest bank
president who controls stock compa-
nies may violate the banking laws
without fear of discovery, and loot the
bank of all it's available funds. AS
sistant United States Attorney Dob
yns, in his opening statement, told
the jury that was done for perhaps 20
years by John r. Walsh, who became
a millionaire in the practice.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
EXPLOSION WRECKS HOUSE.
Man and Woman Blown Through Roof
of Residence In Pttsburg.

Pittsburg, Penna. = About forty
persons were injured Friday, two IA
tally, and dwelling house was torn
to pieces when an explosion of natural
gas occurred in a house at 1O3 Elm
street In the fire which followed two
fremen were severely burned. Mrs
Sarah Grossman and Jacob Bergerman
were blown through the rof and fatal
ly injured.
twenty-five were injured in the
Grossman house. About fourteen 9TH
er persons in the neighborhood re-
ceived injuries when windows in their
homes were shattered by the concus-
sion and plaster fell on them.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Government Issues Panama Bonds.

Misunderstanding of the Treas
ury Cortelyou, with the approval of
the president, has announced an IS
sue of Panama bonds to the extent of
$50,000,000. The treasury will also is
sue interest-bearing certificates of in
debtedness to run for one year, to the
extent, if necessary, of $100,000,000.
This action is the result of the series
of night conferences at the White
House, ending with Sturday night.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
TURKS OCCUPY sERDEcHT.
kaimakam Urges Population to With.
draw Russian Allegiance.

st. Petersburg-According to dis
patches from Teheran, the Turk
ish troops occupied Serdecht and ap-
population to accept Turkish protec-
ton.
The Russian Minister, Mr.. Zinovieff,
has received instructions to make a
protest to the sultan.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Fairbanks in Wreck.

Washington-Vice President Fair
banks and a distinguished party Of
court officials of this city were in a
wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road Tuesday night at Weverton, Md,
in which Fireman Clarkson was Sc
verely injured and the passengers
were badly shaken up. The vice pres
ident as well as those who accompa-
nies him escaped injury.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
No Battle with utes.

Ute Agency, Ship Rock, N. M.-Supt.
Shelton of the Ute Indian agency at
this place positively denied the report
sent out from Durango, Col, that an
other battle took place Tuesday be-
tween the disaffected Utes and the
United States troops now in the field
here to subdue the redskins. The re-
port had it that six Indians were killed
by the soldiers.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Frightened by Own Revolver.

Knoxville, Tenn.-When a bur-
glar assaulted Arch Cash in his
home here with the butt of a revolv-
er the weapon discharged. The re-
port frightened the thief, who dropped
the revolver and dived through win
dow.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Death stops Plea of Guilty.

Deadwood, 8. D.-When about to
depart for Sioux Falls, where he was
to have entered a plea of guilty to
the charge of illegal fencing of land.
George B. Mcpherson, stockman Of
Hereford, died of the infirmities of
age.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
kansan Named Oklahoma CLERK.

st. Paul, Minn.-The judges of the
United States circuit court for the
Eighth district appointed Harry L.
Finley of Topeka, Kas.. clerk of the
United States circuit court for the
Western district of Oklahoma
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Paymaster Robbed Of Cash.

Passaic, N. J.-Five men held up
and robbed the paymaster of the
Worthern-Aldrich Dye Co. of Della
warna, near here, and got away with
a satchel containing from $4,000 to ST.
900. Three of the alleged robbers
have been arrested. Two got away
with the money.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Buried Miner is Rescued.

Mahoney City, Pa.-Michael Nc.
Cabe. the miner entombed in the
Draper mine at Gilbertson and
thought to be lost, was rescued
Wednesday. After living FIVE days on
mine oil as his only food and drink,
he was taken out limp and weak, but
still conscious and apparently not So
riously affected by his long imprison-
ment.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Bryan and johnson to Speak at OMAN

Omaha, Neb.--It is announced that
the state Jacksonian banquet will be
held at the auditorium here Jan. 4, and
that two of the principal speakers will
be William Jennings Bryan and Gov
ernor Johnson of Minnesota. Elabo-
rate plans to make the event ore of
national interest are being prepared
and it is believed the occasion will be
utilized by Mr.. Bryan to announce his
plans for the coming campaign.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Columbus Gets Mlnino conor...

Joplin, Mo.-The closing session of
the American Mining Congress result
ed in practically unanimous vote for
Columbus, o., for the next meeting
place, 1t is expected that the board
OF directors will unanimously recon-
mend Columbus.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Bomb Makers Killed.

Lisbon-Three anarchists were en-
gagged in making bombs, when the
material with which they were work
ing exploded Two OF them were
killed outright and the third was ar
rested before he could get away.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Excursion Steamer on sandbar.

Memphis, Tenn.-Within sight of
tnls city the excursion steamer
Louisiana, with 100 young men and
women aboard, was held all night on
sandbar. Many danced until day
light, when rescue came.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Atchison Submits.

Guthrie, Okla.--It is announced
officially that the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railway viii accept
the 2-cent fare provision of the
constitution. which went into effect
Saturday.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Killed IN Boiler ExpIoslon.

Omaha, Neb.-The boiler Of .
Union Pacific locomotive exploded
at Schuyler. Neb., Tuesday evening.
instantly killing Fireman Leonard Ur-
bach Of this city and injuring Con-
ductor McGraft.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Louisville street Car Men Strike.

Louisville, Ky.-The local organi.
zation of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Street and Electric Rail-
way Employees of America Thursday
declared a strike against the Louis
vile Street Railway Co., effective at
midnight Thursday
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Eminent Chemist Dies.

Observation-Disclosures Fries, one of
the most eminent chemists of the
country. died here Thursday night. He
was knighted by the king of Spain be-
cause of his achievements In scientific
fields.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Huntsville Mayor Kills Himself.

Huntsville, Tex.-R s. Rather,
mayor of this town, whileS brooding
over Ill health, shot himself through
the heart and died few minutes
afterward.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Ponca Chief Dies.

Norfolk Neb.--White Dog, chief of
the Ponca tribe of Indians, died and
was buried Thursday. according to ad-
vices received Friday from the res
ervation.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22

American High in Turkish Navy.
Constantinople-Commodore r. D..
Buckman, an American, and naval ad-
wiser of the sultan, has been promoted
to the rank of rear admiral in the
Turkish navy, with title of Pasha.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Mint Workina Overtime.

New Orleans, Lathe mine here
has received an order directing
overtime in order to coin monthly
100000 of subsidiary coin in addition
to the regular coinage of 100000 per
month.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Fares for okIahom.,

Guthrie. Okla.-That the passen-
ger fares on all the Oklahoma rail-
roads will be automatically reduced
to maximum of &c mile by the
statehood proclamation is the opinion
of Governor-elect G. N. Haskell.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Gains IN Jap immigration

Washington, D. C.-While immi-
grafton to America from all countries
showed during the month of October
a considerable increase, being 29 per
cent greater than in October, 1895,
and II per cent greater than in Oc-
tober, 1906, the increase in immigra-
ton from Japan was greater than has
been shown in any one month in the
history of the immigration service.
The influences operating against
the Japanese have been in force about
seven months, but Notwithstanding
this, the immigration of Japanese con-
stantly has increased during that pc
riod. The official figures show that
the number arrived in 1906, before the
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Texas Farmers Union Sells Cotton

Texas FarT1ers' Union Sells Cotton.
Houston, Textile Farmers Union
Warehouse in this city sold 1000
bales of cotton at 10Bc. This is
the third big sale made by the union
in the past few weeks of the original
15c cotton.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
American Author Found Dead.

Paris-Dr. Moncure d. Conway, the
distinguished American author died
suddenly here. His body, in accord
ance with the request of his rela-
tives in America, will be cremated.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Baltic Fleet scorched.

st. Petersburg-Fire destroyed part
of the Baltic shipyards and burned
two gunboats In course OF construc-
ton. Damage 100000.
The Montgomery tribune., 1907-11-22
Roosevelt's Letter.

THE White House, Washington,
Nov. II. 1907.-My Dear Mr.. Cortel-
you: | have considered your PROPOSE
tion. | approve the issue of the So
100000 of Panama bonds, which will
be Immediately available as the basis
fo,. currency. / also approve the issue
of S100,000,000, or so much as you
may find necessary, of $50 3-per-cent
interest bearing government certiti-
Gates. the proceeds of the sale of
which may be deposited by you where
the greatest need is. especially in the
West and South. l have assurance
that the congress is considering a cur
rency bill which will meet in a per
manent fashion the needs of the coun-
try, and which believe will be passed
at an early date after congress con-
venes two weeks hence.
What is most needed just at pres
ent is that our citizens should realize
how fundamentally sound business
conditions in this country are, and
how absurd it is to permit themselves
to get into a panic and create a strin.
gency by, boarding their savings, in
stead of trusting perfectly sound
banks.
There is no particle of risk in
volved in letting business take it's nat.
ural course, and the people can help
themselves and the country most by
putting back into active circulation
the money they are boarding The
hor
ent. There is more currency in the
country today than there was month
ago, when the supply was ample.
Fifty-five million dollars in gold has
been imported and the government
has deposited another $60,000,000
These are facts; they appeal to the
public to cooperate with us in restor
ing normal business conditions.
Proper Effort, Result Guaranteed.
The government will see that the
people do not suffer, if only the people
themselves will act in normal way
Crops are good and business condi-
tions are sound, and we should put
the money we have into circulation at
once to meet the needs of our abound
ing prosperity. There is no analogy
at all with the way things were in
1893. On November 80 of that year
there was in the treasury but $61 ,000.-
900 in gold. On November Ia of this
year there was in the treasury $904,-
100000 of gold. Ten years ago the
circulation per capita was $23.23; it
is now $33.23. The steps that you
now take, the ability of the govern.
ment to back them up, and the fact
that not a particle of risk is involved
therein, give the fullest guarantee of
the sound condition of our people and
the sound condition of our treasury.
"All that our people have to do now
Is to go ahead with their normal bus
mess in normal fashion and the
whole difficulty disappears; and this
end will be achieved at once If each
man will act as he normally does act,
and as the real conditions of the
country's business fully warrant his
now acting. Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.