davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
INDIGNANT DENIAL
 OF ANY COMBINE Standard Oil Secretary Writes
 Letter of Defense AN APPEAL TO FAIR PLAY Charles M. Pratt Writes to Montaon- cry Journal Denying Any Attempt
 on Part of Standard Oil to S@s ControI Press.
AN APPEAL TO FAIR PLAY

Montgomery, September 2s.--6Spe- eial.)-In d letter to the editor of tbe Montgomery Journal Secretary c. M. Pratt or the Standard Oil company takes that paper to task for publica = tion of the suggestion that the stan dard is trying to buy up the paper mills in order to control the press of the county. These and many oth CT such reports have not "a grain of truth says the official, who think s the only way to protect the company against such assertions lightly and recklessly made lis to appeal to req son and fair play in the light of tn e facts which it is striving to present to the public"
 IL is also asserted by Mr. Pratt that the company does not "aIreadv own the banks of New York, the railroads the steel mills" as has been asserted and "it should be known" he asserts that not a single one of the state ments has grain of truth in it." The letter to the editor of the Journal fol- lows:
 "26 Broadway, New York, N. Y,
 September 20, 1907. 'To the Editor of the Montgomery
 Journal.
 Dear Sir--The editorial in your issue of September 10, headed Stan dard oils Latest quoting an article from the Birmingham Ledger, treats as possibly true the statement that the Standard Oil company Is seeking to ann rp1 .f controlling all the paper mills wh ich are supposed to be united for business purposes in a paper trust Not know ing anything about the latter aggre- gation. I cannot discuss it's aims or purposes, but I wish to contra dict au- thoritatively and emphatcally any re- port which asserts that tho Standard Oil company has any interest pecuni- ary or otherwise in any paper mills or any combination of them.
 So lightly and reck lessly are such assertions as those of the Birmingham Ledger put forward, that contradict ing them should seem unnecessary. When, however, that paper asserts: It Ghe Standard oil company already owns the banks of New York. the rail roads. the steel mills and It Is now taking over the paper mills if should be known that not single one of the statements has q grain of truth in it.
 "The Standard oil company Is mak- ing what decent effort it may to cor rect misa preh tensions or errors in the papers concerning it's methods and policy and to combat the prejudices these errors so freely engender, but 1t sees only one way to do that namely to appeal to reason and fair play in the light of facts. which 1t Is striving to present to the public.
 Asking the favor of publication for this communication, believe me, yours faithfully. C. M. PRATT.
 secretary, s. 0. co
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
ROBERT FULTON |S WELL REMEMBERED Celebration at JaTastoy , is
 BeautiFyS NOTED pERSfNS<' PRESENT
  Address of tb> 'Da, by Martin w. LittIejohn, Nhi' Cornelius Van derbIt, Mark Twain and 9th
 CTS Are Guests.

Norfolk. Va, September 23.-Elaborate . and beautiful ceremonies marked todays observance of Robert Fulton Day" at the Jamestown exposition. Of the many historical events commemorated by the ter-centennial, none has been of greater importance and deeper significance than the celebration of the practical applica- ton of Robert Fulton's inventions to the needs of the world.
 While the exercises today were under the direction of the exposition officials, added prominence was given them by the participation of the Robert Fulton Monu- ment association, many members of which arrived here yesterday. The orator of the day was Martin w. Littleton of Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Cornelius Vanderbilt, the president of the association, came from New York on his yacht North Star" and pr. Sam uel L. Clemens CNark Twain) came on the yacht Kanawha, each being accom- panied by a party of guests. Rear Ad- miral P. F. Harrington, U. S. N, retired, headed the committee appointed to re- ceive the distinguished guests. spectacular feature of the celebration was typical representation of what the inventions of Robert Fulton have brought to the world. It was the assembling in Hampton Roads, just off the exposition grounds, of every sort of craft propelled by steam. The vessels, of all species and descriptions, all ablaze with flags and bunting, formed maritime parade which was reviewed by the guests from the vis- iting yachts.
 Tho 6nVfc ipp od nn award of the cups presented by President Roosevelt, King Edward and Sir Thomas Bipton, cups for the winners in the va rious classes of yacht races.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
FOLK GOES TO NASHVILLE. Governor and Party Will Attend the
 Homecoming Festivities.

of Missouri who came to the James, town exposition for the Missouri day eel ebration there Saturday left last night for Nashville. Tenn, via the Bristol route. He was accompanied by Mrs. Folk and others They will attend the Home Com ing celebration.
 Governor Folk. accompanied by Rear Admiral Harrington. L. s. N, visited and inspected in Hampton Roads the battleship Texas, scheys old flagship, Brooklyn, the civil war monitor Canoni- GUS. and the modern monitor Miantono- nah.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
WORST FLOOD IN YEARS.
Water Fills Business Streets of Roa-
 noke to Overflowing.

Roanoke, Va, September 23.-The worst flood that has visited Roanoke in fifteen years was experienced last night and to- day. Rain fell in sheets for thirteen hours. The water came from the hills an1 filled the streets of the business center to 3 depth of from six to twelve inches, sweeping through many stores. Roanoke river rose to thrty-two feet and swept away fences and small buildings. Other streams got out of their banks. The tracks of the Norfolk and Western rail- way were under water at several places near Roanoke and some trains were de- layed twelve hours by the water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24

them being Jefferson Justice, assistant controller of the Pennsylvania lines, and w. T. McCullach, auditor of the freight accounts of the New York Central. They have been ordered to produce certain papers dealing with the transportation of oil.
 John c. Milburn, counsel for the Stand ard Oil company, has made statement about the hearing in which he says, Most of these transactions which MT. Kellogg wants to know about happened so long ago that it Is not strange if the witnesses are unable to give him the answers he expects"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
Death of a Veteran.
RATE TO ATLANTA. Cotton Men Will Get Cheap Fare to
 Conference.

Atlanta, September 23.-1Nhe Southeast ern Passenger association has secured rates of one fare and third from points in southern state to Atlanta and return on account of the International Cotton conference between growers and spin ners, to be held at Atlanta October and g. 1907 The same rate applies to the annual meeting of the National Cotton Spinners' association, to be held at Wash ington, D. C., October and ,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
Head On Collision,

Kansas City, September 23.-Two Missouri, Kansas and Texas freight trains collidede head-on at Evansville, Mo. today and were wrecked. Far members of the crew were killed. The dead are. Engineers Bledsoe and Whit taker, a fireman and a braken)hn, names unknown. All four lived in Franklin, Mo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
SOMETHING UP HIS SLEEVE. Frank B. Kellogg Will Bring Out Im-
 portant Evvidence.

New York, September 3-It is under stood that Frank B. Kellogg, the gov ernment's counsel in its suit to dissolve the Standard oil Company of New Jer- sev. has important evidence in his pos session bearing on an alleged relation ship between railroad rebates and the profit, of the corporal ton in the last eight If is also said that this phase of MT Eeliogs's case is being reserved until the line of questioning he pursued last week is finished.
 To back his reported evidence as to rebates, Mir. Kellogg has had subpoenas carved on several railroad men. among
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
GIRLS EXECUTED.

. Lodz. Russia, September 23- . . Seven workmen and two girls . ' were executed here today by . . shooting. without trial. for partl- . ' pating in the murder of Marquis . : Silberstein. owner of a large local . . cotton mill. who was killed by his l.
 : employees September l3 because < . he refused to pay them for the . : time they were out on strike. <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
MAY CAUSE STRIKE.

} Meridian, Miss. September 23 . } Special. 1.-Two operators at Gu . l, ba and one at York were fired .
 . because they refused to handle .
 } messages in the railroad offices . } sent by the Western Union. There .
 } is much talk here of the possibili- . } ty of the railroad operators strik- . } ing because of the fact. It is .
 } predicted that there will be a gen . } eral strike within the next twen- :
 } tyfour hours. :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
TICKET COUPONS
 AND THEIR VALUE
PERSON HOLDING COUPONS MAY GET MONEY BACk-ACTION OF MONTGOMERY FREIGHT 6U. ReAU DISCUSSED.

Montgomery, September 23.-(Spcial)- There has been talk of the action Of ths Louisville and Nashville giving coupons in the sale of tickets at 3 cents. This is not any concession on the part or ths road. an officer says, but simply pro- lection against fraudulent claims. The coupon will represent the claim of any passenger paying cents if in the end the act making the fare 21a cents Is held to be good. Without the coupon the person who rides cannot get his money back, with 1t he can.
 There is also much talk of the action of the Mont gomeTy freight bureau in ad- yising shippers to route freight over lines which have put in the state rates and thus deprive those not yet accepting the rates of business. The result of this would be to keep the Louisville and Nash vile, the Central of Georgia and the Western of Ala bama out of business that would otherwise come to them. There s no real reason to believe that the rail lines thus put out would appeal ta the Alabama ant-boycott law but the suggestion has been made that the act Is in violation of the spirit of that act. called upon Secretary of State Root to instruct the United States ambassador at Vienna to use his good offices in the same direction.
 Provision was made for appointing a committee of five to attend the Interna- tonal Spinners' convention at Atlanta next month. All the committees will be appointed by President Ransom in At- lanta. The convention adjourned today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
ENORMOUS WASTE
 FROM CARELESSNESS Cotton Seed Products Are Badly
 Handled By Shippers GREAT LOSS TO THE SOUTH
J. L. Benton Talks Before crushers Association on Methods of Reme- dying Manner of Shipment to
 Foreign Markets.

New Orleans. September 23.--The In terstate Cottonseed Crushers associa- tion, representing capitalization in the south of nearly one billion dollars. met here today in extraordinary ses- sion preparatory to the international spinners' convention at Atlanta next month. Means to prevent enormous losses in the export business were dis cussed. Careless handling of cargoes and unfavorable tariffs were declared to cause annual losses totaling about s300O 900.
 The feature of the programme was an address by ]. l.. Benton of Monti- cello. Ga, former special agent of the department of commerce and labor, who investigated the cottonseed pro ducts business abroad. This was his first address on the results of his work since returning to the United States. He spoke on the handling of cotton seed meal.
 President l.. A. Ransom of Atlanta, called the meeting to order Other speakers were J. W. Allison of Ennis. Tex; c. A. Adams of Georgia, and Prof. J. IT. Cornell of Dallas, Tex.
 MT. Benton told of the enormous waste in cottonseed products due to careless handling by steamship lines thereby, estimated as high as $1,000, 900 in a single year. As an example of how this waste occurred, he said:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
WALL STREET GAN
 ALWAYS GET NEWS
RooseyeIt's UtteranceS Are Not
 Kept Secret
ONE PRECEDENT SMASHED
Hartman Will Not Be Invited Down to Help the President Prepare His Message This Yesr--Governor
 Aycoek Talks Politics.

Washington, September 23.-(Speclal.)- | In nearly every instance Wall street has a way to find out the meat in the Presl- dents message and speeches within reasonable time before they are made public, The new rules to preserve se- crecy will amount to little so long as the President discusses his messages with government officials and private citizens, many of whom he is almost forced to consult
 The President himself is responsible for practically all of the leaks. For instance, | three years ago next October h. the President sent a note to My dear Mr. ! Harrman.a in which he said "a few weeks hence. before l write my message, l shall get you to come down to dis cuss certain government matters" Mr. Hartman will not be invited down this year, but some other man whom Wall street can depend upon to furnish the details, will know all about it.
 The only time Wall street does not get the news is when something very unex- pectedly happens. such as Cleveland's Venezuelan message.
 governor Aycocks Views. "1t sounds rather paradoxical to call us North carolinians hot-headed, when people discuss the recent laws enacted by our legislature, especially that pertaining to the railroads. which Is now uppermost in the public mind." said former Gov. C. Aycock, of the Tar Heel state to- nighC.
 How we could be hot-headed in such prohibition state as North Carolina for the life of me l can't sec The sa- loon is practically a thing of the past in our state and the prohibition senti- ment is still on the grow" Governor Aycock Is in Washington to hear the taking of testimony in the Southern railroad North Carolina case before Judge Montgomery. If Bryan is a candidate he will get the convention vote of the state," added the governor. Tn case of his declina- ton North Carolina would be willing to support any good democrat who affords some prospects to win the election I think there is little sentiment for the the ticket"
 Death of Veteran. Former Senator Withers who died at his home in Virginia yesterday, served in the Confederate army and was one of it's most gallant soldiers. His last let ter written his deathbed. just a week ago. was to the adjutant of his old regl- ment, asking that the colOrs of that reg iment be sent him for a shroud. w. S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
PEACE IN MOROCCO.

Paris. September 2S.-Peace has . } been declared in Morocco. The .
 delegates of three important .
 . tribes have accepted the French . peace overtures inaugurated to- .
 } day and will see that the terms . of the agreement are carried out. . } Hostilities are now at an end. .
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
BUzzARD FEAST
PROVED FATAL
ITALIAN ATE FLESH OF THE
FOWL AND PERlsHED.
Three Others Partook of the Same
Food and Are Not Expected to Re-
cover-UndoubtedIy Due to the Un-
usual Diet.
Associated Press.

Corbin, KY, October 23.-An Italian
section hand employed by the Louis
vile and Nashville Railway, killed a
buzzard yesterday and cooked the
bird, serving it with dumplings. He
invited three other dagoes to partake
of the meat. Immediately afterwards
all four become violently i'll and an
hour later the host died in great
agony, and the three others are not ex-
pected to recover. The doctors at
tending the men say that their cordi-
ton is due entirely to having eaten
buzzard flesh.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
Will invite
ROOSEVELT
Representative Foster Wants Him to
Address the Mississippi Legis-
lature in January.
DECLARES THAT ROOSEVELT
Is A GREAT DEMOCRAT
Thinks Speech at vicksburg Was
Worth $5 for Every Acre Of Land
In the Yazoo- Mississippi Delta.
"The Poetry Of Notion

jackson, Miss, October 3D.
At the approaching session of the
Mississippi legislature resolution
will be offered inviting President
Roosevelt to address joint session
of the two branches of the body.
Hon. T. R. Foster, member-elect
from Warren, will present the reso'
luton Mr.. Foster was a member of
Dthe Roosevelt reception committee at
ViGksburg, and he feels that the peo-
Pile of Mississippi ought to have a
better acquaintance with the chief
executive of the nation.
President Roosevelt is one of the
leading Democrats in America today"
said Mr.. Foster at the Edwards last
night. Furthermore, he has given
substantial evidence of his friendship
for the South, and few persons re-
alize the Importance of his advocacy
of the deep waterway from the lakes
to the gulf. His speech at Vicksburg
Monday was worth S. for each acre of
land in the Mississippi delta, and it
will be worth our while to form a
closer acquaintance with him."
Mr.. Foster relates several inter-
esting incidents of the Presidents
visit to Vicksburg. While the steamer
Belle of the Bends, on which the party
crossed the river, was moored at the
Louisiana landing, Mr.. Foster in
structed the crew of negroes in charge
of the gangplank to coon jine for the
President, and the darkeys COM
menced the peculiar ambling motion
so familiar to all persons who have
visited river landings. When Mr..
Roosvelts attention was called to the
antics of the darkeys he was i'm
mensely tickled, and declared that it
was "the poetry of motion"
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
Temperance People Meet
to Launch Campaign That
May Make Tennessee Dry

will be made for inaugurating a
campaign that will make Tennessee
as "dry" as Georgia is soon to be.
come. Interest in the prohibition
movement is now centering in the
South and a determined warfare will
be waged untik Tennessee, Alagama,
Mississippi and other commemorative
of Dixie have joined Georgia in the
prohibition ranks. National Superin-
tendent Barker of the Anti-Saloon
league, will be among the speakers
at the convention.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
STERLING MAY
enter THE RACE
FOR CONGRESSMAN
Daily News Special.


Jackson, Mas. October 23.-Hon
]. E. Sterline, of the Jackson bar, is
the laterf coieressioral eligible sug
gestsr II III district, and his friends
are urging I'm to make up his mind
to enter tie race next year.
NJ, SteFling is one If the foremost
men1bers of the lega profession in
fhia nate. member of the Demo
cratic state executive committee, and
has taken an active interest in po-
1ttical affairs for several years. If
be should lecide to inter the race he
will be formidabh opponent Of
the other gentlemen who have been
mentioned in connection with the
Williams succession.
1t Is not likely, however, that Mr..
Sterling viii announc' his intentions
concerning the matter until early next
year, tactic understanding having
been reached among ne probable as
pirants not to force a )remature open
ing of the campaign.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
MERIDIAN TO HAVE PARK.

Meridian, Miss, October 23.--A fine
park, consisting of twenty-six acres,
delightfully."- situated on the highlands,
is finally secured for the city, the
municipal boards having accepted the
terms of the donors, who gave the
land on condition that adequate pro-
vision should be made for its en-
bellishment and Identification. An
appropriation of $4,000 was made
in this behalf.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
HOME IN WASHINGTON

ceived in the South, indeed every
place both North and South begin
ming with Keokuk and continuing until
the end of the journey. The entire
twenty-four days have been full, both
of profit and pleasure, and am very
glad l made the trip"
During the trip today through Vir-
ginia, the President made brief talks
at Roanoke and Lynchburg. At the
latter place, just before the train
pulled off, the President noticed boy
crawling under the car and cried for
some one to pull him out. He sue
ceeded in having him dragged out just
before the wheels began to revolve.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
Associated Press.

Chattanooga, Tenn, October 3D.
With the avowed intention of driving
the saloons from the larger cities of
Tennessee, as they have already been
driven from the small cities and
towns and rural districts, the tenn
perance hosts of the state are gath
ering here today for, the convention
of the Anti-Saloon League, to be held
during the next three days. Temper
ance speakers of national fame will
address the convention and plans
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
RIDGELEY MAKES STATEMENT.
Associated Press.

Washington, October 29.-Comp-
troller of the Currency Ridgeley to.
day COVE out statement in which he
shows that the general feeling indi-
Gates an absolutely sound situation,
and that there is not the slightest rea-
son for alarm. He declares that the
banks of the east have every disposi-
tion to leave their reserves in the New
York banks. He attributes the pres
ent trouble to a very few concerns
discredited by operations in stocks.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
CORPSE
FLOATING in RIVER
MAY BE BODY OF WIFE OF HARRY
THAW's LAWYER.
Associated Press.

New York, October 23.-The body
of a woman of refined appearance
found this morning floating in East
River answers in most particulars the
description of Mrs. Clifford w. Hart
ridge, the missing wife of H1rry X.
Thaw's counsel and friend. The body
will be viewed today by q member of
the family to determine if it is Mrs,
Hartridge.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
BIG DAMAGE SUIT,
$4,000 VERDICT
JUDGMENT is GIVEN WOMAN
AGAINST NEW YORK DOCTORS.
Had Declared Her Insane and Ordered
Commitment to the Foolish House.
The Plaintiff Is a Well Known
Author.
Associated Press.

New York, October 23.-Shortly af.
ter midnight this morning the jury in
the case of Mrs. Ellen e. Kenyon
Warner, who sued DIR. F. Packer and
DR.. Sidney D. Wilgus in the supreme
court at New City, Rockland County,
for $4,000 damages because they had
declared her insane and caused her
commitment to the Middleton insane
asylum, rendered a verdict for the
plaintiff. Mrs. Warner, who is we'll
known author and educator, was
awarded verdict of $4,000.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
: . + - = . = !: : = + : 8 8 :
: GERMANY GETS PRIZE :
IN BIG BALLOON RACE. :
Associated Press.

: st. Louis, October 23.-The :
= most remarkable contest in the :
!. history of the world closed today :
= when all of the balloons in the :
= great aerial handicap had been :
= heard from and first honors went :
= to the German ship Pommern. I.
= This remarkable balloon landed :
~lat Asbury Park, N. j., on the :
~ Atlantic coast, travelling on an I:
= air line SS1 miles. !:
= The French balloon Isle de ::
= France landed also in New Jersey !:
= travelling S75 miles. 1t remained ::
= in the air for forty-four hours, :
= breaking the worlds record for !:
= endurance. Germany won third !:
= place, America fourth and fifth, ::
= Germany sixth, France seventh, I
= America eighth and England Z
4 ninth. I
a Z. 4, 4 a 4 I, Z. = 4, = = 4 4, = 4
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
Associated Press.

Norfolk, va.,, October 23.-The
stockholders of the Norfolk and South
ern Railway met here today and voted
a confirmation of the plans of the
board of directors for the creation of
$25,OOO,0O0 bond issue to be known
as first and refundIng mortgage 5
per cent sinking fund gold bonds.
The stockholders will cover the bond
issue by authorizing their execution
and delivery to the Trust Company Of
america as trustee Of the deed Of
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
Associated Press.

Washington, October 23.-Bronzed
deeper than usual from his outing in
the Louisiana canebrakes, President
Roosevelt arrived home today and was
driven at once to the White House.
The President expressed himself as
thoroughly pleased with his trip. 81
have had delightful time. am
extremely gratified over the fact that
1 got bear as a result of my hunt,
and none the less so that had to
work, twelve days to get it. For the
rest, l was touched and gratiffed be-
yond measure by the reception re-