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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-18
Busy Counting Money and
Riding in Auto, But Not
AverSe Advertising.
WONDERS IF SCIENCE
KNOWS RIPE MELON
'UnCle Bill Worries More
Whether TO Go to New York or
Abroad for the Holidays.

TT the American farmer isn't eIe-
waited some feet above the skyscraper
limit it will be no fault Of the va
TiOUs organizations now holding forth
in Washington for the farmers uplifL
Three are trying TO save him.
The National Grange, the American
Association of Farmers Institute
Workers, and the American So
ciety for the Promotion of AgricuI-
tural Science are all on the job. list
ening to and expounding weighty lee
lures, disposing of intricate agricul-
tural problems, and pointing the index
finger skywaTd as being the proper
direction the farmer should take.
In the meantime. the farmer is wor-
ried about whether it's too hot to Kill
hogs, whether the potato crop has
been frostbitten, and whether the hay
is going to mold, Cecilia Ann is in
the house playing a piano; little joey
has learned TO play nicely on the
photograph; mother is learning 10 run
the automobile all right and bachelor
Uncle Bill, who has place across
Turtle creek, is undecided whether
hes going 10 spend the Christmas
holidays i'm New York or abroad
However, this doesn't prevent things
being done for the uplift. II a lot
OF folks didn't try to upiift other
folks. a lot of folks would be out of
a job.
Therefore. it doesn't worry the farmer
when he gets the daily paper each
night, by rural free delivery. and sees
big headlines telling him that something
must be done Tor The uplift of the far
mer. He sees that a paper has been
read about Relations OF Agricultural
Training Schools and Institutes to she
Agricultural Journal Of This Great
Country" but he cant remember a
single agricultural journal that ever
told him Just when the fodder was ready
Tor pulling OF the hay ready TO cut.
Reading further he sees that Prof,
Binkbunk has read a paper that was
much applauded on. Agriculture Calls
Today for Trained Men OF Science"
but he never saw a CGiiege-bTrd far
mer that could thump a watermelon.
and tell when IT was ripe, nor plant
corn when the moon was properly hung
IN the heavens.
But the farmer doesn't disparage the
work OF the uplift bodies. II calls the
attention OF a lot Of folks 20 the farms
Advertising doesn't hurt anybody, 50
doesn't care how much you play around
him with a derrick and hosting chain,
gust SO you don't interfere with him
when he wants 10 take q Joy ride" IN
his new fOur-Cylinder or attend q meet
Ing OF the stockholders of the Pros
perity Bank at the county seat.
WHICH leads the farmer to stand on
his hind legs and join in three cheers
and q tiger for the 'uplift."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-18

Il is the same story from all over
the country aneHJ prosperity, and it
seems rather strange that the chief in
terest is manifested in the metal trade.
It has ever been the case that iron and
steel are the first to feel depression ami
usually the last TO respond 10 the better
conditions.
This year the conditions have changed
materially
The steel and iron trade was the first
To feel depression ana the first To- get
good and properly under way for the
recovery that promises to restore the
prosperity of the country even before
President-elect TAFT shall have been in
augurated. Not only are the blast fur
naces and the rolling mills calling back
their hands to work, but they are plan
ming new mills putting In new furnaces
and IN every way preparing Tor "a rush
of work that promises overtime and
night shifts.
The Chicago Railways Company 9TH
stock yards Iine) has ordered nifty a!l-
steel cars from the Pressed Steel Can
Company.
The Republic Iron and steel Company
viii have its entire equipment of blast
furnaces. nine in ALL in operation this
week. The Atlantic furnace was blown
in today after one year of idIeuess.
Three hundred men started hack 10
work
Daniel G. Reid. the great iron, tin and
sheet metal magnate associate Of the
Moores, of Rock Island fame. is at the
head of a move to organize a 5000, 900
independent steel company at Gary,
Ills. The plant viii cost Sl,5O0,000 and
will occupy seventy-five acres of land.
OF the $l4,436,O00 3 per cent certificates
Of Indebtedness issued by the Secretary
OF the Treasury to relieve the crisis in
the 1907 panic, about "A year ago, but
$780, 600 remains outstanding.
The Sycamore Textile Mill Company,
of Fail River, has called "A meeting Of
directors TO consider the ACCESSIBILITY of
constructing a new mill.
The Aldora cotton Mills. at Barnes
VILE, Ga, have been started up, after
being closed since 1892. when the COM
pany failed. A new corporation has
purchased the mills,
The Akela Mil textile mills, al Pas
cOag, r T., after one years closure will
resume at once, giving employment 10
100 men.
Employees Of the Great Falls Woolen
Company, at SOmerswOrJh, y. Il, viii
resume operations within one week. CIV
ing employment to 800 hands.
The Homestead Mills, OF the Carnegie
Steel Company, have blown in two more
furnaces.
The American Steel and Tin Plate
Company, operating ten mills in the
sharon district, will shortly start four
mills in the Piqua district
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-18
WOMAN'S WAY.

Husband-You say that there's a five
minute speech limit at your club?
Wlfe-Yes.
Husband-How does il work?
Wife-Perfectly. You see. q speaker
gets as many five minutes as she
wants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-18
BLACK HAND BURlES
BOMB IN CONCRETE
Would Have Wrecked Tenement
But for Quick Policeman's


NEW YORK. Nov. lS.-The lives Of
many occupants of big tenement
house at 502 East Seveuty-first street
have probably been saved by the prompt
action of "a policeman, who crushed out
q burning fuse which he had seen splut-
teriug as he passed the doorway of an
Italian grocery ina the basement
An investigation showed that the fuse
led TO a bomb imbedded in concrete.
which, if exploded, would have wrecked
the house The block of concrete in
which The bomb had been concealed was
about eight inches square. There was
q small opening at one end through
where was packed powder, nails and
quantity of junk. The bomb with it's
covering weighed about thirty pounds.
Giuseppe Criugalie, the proprietor of
the grocery. said he had recently re-
Ceived d number OF letters of the p ack
Hand type, all Of them demanding
money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-18
Writes Of Stensland.

1T is not 20 be supposed Paul o.
SteusIaud deliberately resolved al some
particular period OF mis- life 20 rob the
poor people whose confidence he had
gained. such is not the history Of the
defauIter. His downfall begins with
some apparently trivial irreEularILy
followed. unfortunately for him, with
no unpleasant consequence.
He then cites one of those trivial IT.
IeguIarltle," and continues
surely you have done nothing to be
ashamed Of What you have done is 10
make q little breach in the dykes thar
keep the raging ocean OF dishonesty ou-
OF a mans life.
Again you yield to the temptation.
and again YOU find ID has done nobody
any harm. Nobody that is, except your
self, for YOU are ON the downward paIh
and stand in grave peril of becoming
q defaulter and d felon."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-18
Carpet Trade Responds
To Increased Demand

THOMPSONVIILE. Conn. Nov. 10
last week opened the spring carpet
season, and the initial booking Of or
ders by the carpet companies was sat
isfactory 10 local managers of the car
pet plants, and this week some of the
departments OF the Hartford Carpet
Corporation viii go on fun time. This
large plant has been running four days
e. week for some time past. but within
"a few weeks tic $50 employees VIII go
on fun time.
The plant Of the Epson Martin Com
pany has never felt the hard times, but
worked on fun time, and most of the
Weavers had 20 work nights in order to
complete the orders Of this carpet mill
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-18
LOOT Of SKINDLER
MAY Be MILLIONS
Van Messengers Card In
deX Reveals Enormous
Extent of ForgerieS.

CHICAGO Nov 1s.-That the for
geries Of Peter van Vlissengen may
amount to an enormous total was indi-
Gated when a secret card index was
discovered showing transactions involv-
ing moe trhan 100000.
Today the probe of his affairs is con-
tinuing. and the clues given by the
Sc ret card index are being carefully
worked out.
The index was found IN a secret COM
partment Oh the heavy steel safe In his
Office. 1t had evidently been kept by
Van Vlissengen himself Those investi-
eating the mans business dealings.
however, declare his system of fOEgeTies
is too extensive TO have been carried
on single handed. 9nd that me probably
had an accomplish.
Van Vlissengen passed restless night
iu his cell. Today he is nervous and
seems on the ceTge of a break down.
he was carefully watched all night to
prevent any attempt at suicide.
List Not Probable.
w. c. NIbIack, president o. the Chi
cago Title and Trust Company, who
was appointed rec eiver In bankruptcy
by Federal Judge Bethca yesterday,
said today that the complete list OF
Van Messengers victims would never
be known. NibIack added that he
would never make public the list con-
tanned in the index found in the
mans vault unless he was forced in
court to do so.
In an effort to find a key to the
secret index, NibIaCk today visited
Van NIisseugen IN his cell
What may be accepted as Van Wis
sol HrHa-H IS
f0rgcr was revealed today when d
manuscript was found containing the
f0rgers comments ON tho life of Paul
o. SteusIaudr who Is now serving a
term In the Joliet prison for WreckIng
the Milwaukee Avenue Bar
The article was written tw" years
ago. =
Writes Of Stensland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-18
Will water harm ita

Will water harm ita
No? Then Ivory
Soap will not.
That is the safe rule
for the best cleansing of
everything that is wash
able.
It applies to the
hands, face and body;
to fine furniture, laces,
EN- broidered articles,
curtains and a hundred
other things.
Ivory Soap
80 1900 Per Cent. Pure.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-18
THEY COULD DO IT.

Stage Manager wish We could work
IN few mere realistic touches In this
woodland scene. Now. how would Il
be to have some one growl like a bear2
AutnOr-The very thing Wen call
IN the critiCs.-HaTper' Weekly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-18
TRADE REVIVAL NOW
SPREADS TO ALL LINES
Steel and Metal Mills Are Especially Actye-Textie
Plants, Too Are Resuming Operations in All Sec
tons of the Counhy-Many Cars Ordered

for the machinery Of the Warren Mills,
which will he removed TO Phoenix II il
can be bought. Moreover, it is expected
the reOpened mill may draw from the
labor of the Warren.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25

There will probably always be iso- lated bands of men here and there who will endeavor to dodge road duty but the industry of this class of citizens reached climax yesterday when At torney General Alex M. Garber was notified that there had been dug from the States archives an ancient act or the Alabama LegisIature which ex- empted the officers and employees of the Northeastern and South western Rail- way from the performance of this duty or the equivalent in taxes.
 It is understood that several of the employees of this line have sought ex- emption under this bewhislxered stat ute. It's date of passage was at the session of 1S53-4. There are some zoo of these employees in Alabama at this time. Since the passage of the act the road has changed into the present sys- tenn of the Alabama Great Southern Railway.
 Without rendering an oficial opinion on this matter. the Attorney General is inclined to the position that by the codes of fSSs and 1896 the exemption act of fs5s-l was repealed. These lat ter codes specify in detail what classes are exempt from road duty in Alabama and in these exemptions railroad men are not to be found. Thus, it is be- Heved. the ante-belIum statute was rendered null and void by implication.
 However. the mere fact that such a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
Employes Of A. c. 5. Under Old
 Act Were Exempt from Poll Tax.

law has been found in the relic corner of the Capitol demonstrates that there was a time when the state of Alabama and It's legislators were ARvcrably sn- clined to our conluon carriers. It VIII be recalled in this connection that such an attitude well known in the history of Alabama formed one of the basis facts on which the recent opinion of Judge Thomas e. Jones, of the United States Circuit Court. was founded, whereby the officers of the State were enjolned temporarily from enforcing certain anti-railroad statutes passed by the last session of the Legislature
 Even later than the period which brought about the exemption statute of the ffties the State of Alabama invit- ed railroads to is borders, encouraged their building and donated certain lands for the enterprises. So greatly, indeed. did the State. then in its early making, crave railroad construction that 1t was plunged Into heavy debt by subscribing to parts of the bonded issues of the lines.
 Whether or not. therefore, the em- ployes of the Alabama Great South- ern, get their freedom from road duty, they have given an exhilarating re- minder of the halcyen days when the Commonwealth and the carrier stood close together. Then. those who were 90 reminded again of this friendship sighed to think on the wide, breech be- tween the two today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
FOSTER BOUND OVER
AFTER CONFERENCE ATTORNEYS l AGREE ON s2.00o.
Man Who Fatally Cut nfahon Given PrelizninaFy Hearing Before Jus-
 tice of Peace--Caae Not De- yeIoped.

Columbus. Miss, Feb. 24 (speciai)
 -E. c. Foster. who last Tuesday night fatally cut Joe Mamon had a comnit- ting trial before Justice of the Peace Beverly and Mayor E, s. Dvnnell today. and was bound over In the sum or s2.ooO to await the action of the grand jury.
 The case fas not developed. only the venue and tbe commission of the crime having been proven,s After this had been done Hon. 2. F. Landrum, Posters counsel, and Hon. J. T. liar rison representing the state. held a conference which resulted in a rec ommendation to the court that without further inquiw into the killing the de- fendant be liberated on bond in the above mentioned sum. The recommeu- dation was accepted by the court and the bond was promptly made.
 Mahon was member of one of the most prominent familiea in the sity. and Foster is also member of a good family. Foster came here sew era1 years ago from West Point. Miss iissippi. and several citizens of his home town came over to attend the trial The following citizens if that pias having signed his bond: El B. White. J. M. Hardison, c. c. Ivey. n. G. flaw kins, B. L. smith and H. M. Foster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
TAE PUzzLE oF PoLIEICs.
Revival of Tsfrd-terfn Talk Becoming , 61rea& Nfwgfary

Revival of Thfrd-terin Talk Becoming a Great Mystery
 i'S 1t is courious that the third-term talk does ont cease. 1t gathers strength aa the opposition to Mir raft.s candidacy for the first time, that the President himself, has intimated that if the Chi # s must ees be headed by MT. Roosevelt. We We are not disposed to credit this report. The President has ernphatically and repeatedly resenting.. anything of the kind. Yet. in spite of his recorded and wellsknown wish many men known to be friendly to him his renomination. Last week . Western convention selected him and would have no 9sset ss tnls Was encoussgeS by % the Presidents -enemies's in the hope that the idea would be unpopular. The President not only encouraged this belief. but assert ed 1t with his usual vigor But now the talk comes from men who cannot be sus- pected of opposing him. even ln secret and have his confidence and esteem We do not see how he can prevent this asstduity, pSasiS and sincerity than he has already employed. to become once more a candidate for the Presidency. The amazing thing is in any way lend themselves to a revival of this third-term talk.
 ; They must believe. these ardent ones. that there Is a popular opinion sufficiently strong to justify an effort to renomlnate the President even against his will They point out that the Presidents inclination. or disinelination. cannot triumph over his sense of duty. and that if he is renominat- ed at Chicago 1t will be his duty to accept the choice Of the convention This argu- ment, if argument it may be called. is all ready familiar to the public and 1t appears to carry conviction to some minds. IL is reiterated with such frequency. such disre- gard of the Presidents feelings, that it cannot be ignored by any one who gives aJ serious thought to the proboble, or possi- Die action of the Chicago convention.
 Is there e persistent and general desire for inc renominationf of President Roose- welt? Is there e popular belief that such a nomination can be forced upon him; that if will be wise to force It: that It's accep- tance by him upder the compulsion of sstapuneded contention" would be follow d by an election with a ma ajority greater than before? Is there popular belief that his reelection would prove to be the best thing for the country? Upon what ground does this conviction stand7 Or is not this the question that should be asked: would the popular faith in the President survive Tn any considerable degree his acceptance of a nomination in the face of his repeated refusals to again become candidate?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
WANT MORE ACTION
ENGLAND WANTS BELGIUM TO BE-
 STIR ITsELF.
Congo Debate Continued fin Lords. Complete vinAication of Treaty Ob- Jigations and Humanity Sought
 by British Government.

London. Feb. 2f--In the course. of the debate in the House of Lords to- day. on the Congo situation. Lord Fitz- maurice. representing the Foreign Of flee. pleaded for little more action on the part of the Belgian government
 He pointed out the foremost diffi- cuities. both international and Belgian. that were in the way of speedy ac- compiishment of the reforms in the Congo desired by everybody. The na- gotiations between the Belgian Parlia- ments and King Leopold had now reach ed crisis and 1t required time to ad- just the delicate points of difference. !. The British government, the speaker said. would not regard as satisfact- ofy anything short of complete vim dication of both the treaty obligations and the claims of humanity. Lord Fitzmaurice said he thought the ap- peals made for this country had receiv~ ed a marked response from the United States. Lord Fitzmaurice said:
 T regard the cooperation of the United States of the highest import- ance not merely berause of the infiu- ence and power Of the United States. great as this Is. but because the United States could not. under any conceivable circumstances be charged with what Great Bpitain unfortunately has been charged abroad. namely. purely selfish ambition. The United States has no South Africa"
 They were. said the speaker. among the very first to recognize the exist ing of the International Association of the Congo out of which the Congo Free State grew. "We have been fin consult fation," he said, with the government of the United States. Our minister aud theirs have been In communication with each other in Brussels and noth- ing could be more valuable to the cause of Congo reform or agreeable to us than that this cooperation should continue and be extended further.
 .One question in which the people of the United States and ourselves are particularly interested ie the refusal Of the Congo state to carry out It's treaty obligations with regard to the granting of rights for the chapels, churches and schools of the various missions. I had hoped to be able to say something satisfactory on this question bu I am sorry to have to tell the House that during the last few hours have received information from Brussels showing the attitude of the Congo State to be more unsatis- factory on this question than 1t was a year ago.
 T can only promise the House that the foreign office will not lost sight of this question and that it giIl com tinue to press it.
 C Continuing, Lord Fitzmaurice said the British government certainly view ed the situation with anxiety and that these debates could not go on forever.
 In announcing the early publication of a white book on the Congo, Lord Fitzmaurice said:
 "This book will include the first outward and visible sign of co-opera- fion between ourselves and the United States-a very interesting extract from the report of an American consul which by permission we were allowed to tncorporate.,'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
MORNING CALLS FASHION
 FOR FIREMEN YESTERDAY
Three Rams te Little nIasen Made ATueh
 Business For Department Yes-

Three alarms within little more than two hours yesterday morning gave the firemen of Montgomery quite a good deal to do, though in each Instance it was the ride and not the work at the end of it that took up-ths time, for the blazes were easily and expeditions 1ys extingujshed.
 The aggregate loss from the flames was s'inconsiderable.
 The first call came at s:57 o'clock on account of blaze ia the roof of the residence sir Heron street. owned by O. J. Pruitt and tenanted by Joe Robinson. Sparks from chimney ig- nited the house.
 Sparks from the chimney were the cause of the fire at 2O1 North Jack son street. q house tenanted by c, R. Lardner. Chambless Brothers are the agents for the building. The alarm for the fire came shortly after g o'clock.
 At 11:72 o'clock in the morning an alarm was made on account of fire in the roof of the house. 22 Whitman street, of which T. B. Hill is owner and John Doyle is the tenant Here both cause of ignition and amount of damage were similar to the source and extent of trouble at the other fires.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
cAsns NoL PROssED.

Columbus. Ga. Feb. 24--(Special.l l--- The majority of the cases recently made against ex-saloon keepers and employees in Girard, Ala, charging them with selling whiskex without license. were mol pressed at Scale, Ala, today
 The detective who worked up the evidence while in the employ of the Cstrard nti-SaIoon League. has dis appeared. and most of the cases fell through. on that account
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
Dup,s Helrs Lose Suit.

washington. Feb. 24--The case of Mary n. Dun and others. trustees of the estate of the late R. c. Dun. vs. the Lunnbermen's Credit Association, involving q charge by Dun commerciat- representatives. was decid- ed by the Supreme Court of the United states today, faYorably to the Lumbermen's Association.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25

chief counsel was engaged on another case in court In granting the motion Cor delay, Justice Bowling said that no similar motion in the future will be entertained in this case. He warned Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
cHRTsTl

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE. Mir. BlckneIl Young, 0. 6. B., of Chi- cago, win lecture at The Grand Tues- day. February 2S, at 8 2. m. You and friends are inwifed.
 su-mon-tu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
PosTPoNns HITCHCOCK TRIAI..

Counsel fer Comedian Gets Continusnce
 of One Week.
 New York. Feb. 2A--The trial of Raymond Hitchcock. the comedian, on an indictment which resulted from charges preferred by a young girl, which was to have begun in the su- preme Court today. was postponed un- i'll next monday.
 The postponement was granted upon application of counsel for the defend ant on the ground that Hitchcock's 's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
FINE HOME FOR SALE.

ssI South Perry street. Lot Ssxiso with rear private alley. Seven room dWellipE. newly renovated No finer location in the city. Price sS.50o. Liberal terms. F. Martin. Secretary. Montgomery Abstract Co., soe-l1 First National Bank Building.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-25
PIANO TUNER.

MAxEY GRUNTHAL. Expert Tuner and Repairer of Pianos and Organs. Indorsed by best Music Teachers and Musicians All Avenue. --SOt