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a writ of certiorari has been made to
amendment of the present statue
would be appropriate in the case of all
criminal proceedings but suggests
that it would be especially SO in con
nection with prosecutions where the
wealth of the defendant Usually rend-
ers an appeal on his or it's part from
any adverse judgment a matter of
course. The Attorney Generals opin-
ion is that in such cases there is no
question of double jeopardy as the ap-
nal conviction is recognized by the
undoubted weight Of we'll considered
judicial authority as a waiver of his
rights in this respect and as in the
absence of some such provision of law
as the Attorney General recommends
guilty parties may escape from Just
punishment under the law as finally
determined by the court of last re
sort.
He declares that the consistent pol
icy of the Department of Justice dur
ing the year in enforcing the statutes
intended to protect the Interstate and
foreign commerce of the country from
evils arising through combinations in
restraint of trade and attempts to Gre
ate a monopoly, as well as discrimi-
nations and other illegal practices on
the part of commentaries engaged
in such commerce, has been careful
1y to investigate all complaints sub
mitted to it. whether by public auth
critics or by responsible private eiti-
zens and to authorize proceedings,
whether civil or criminal, only when
this Investigation has shown the COM
plants to be serious and well founded,
and that success might be reasonably
expected.
He reports that this policy was at
tended during the year by fair meas
IRE of success in the proceedings au
thorized and that as a consequence of
decisions already obtained OF expect
ed soon the statutes dealing with
such cases will soon be interpreted SO
authoritative1y that those seeking to
comply with the law will be relieved
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STANDARD OIL COMPANY PLANS
TO GoBRLE THEM UP AS
ITS NEXT MOVE
BIG TRUST BEING FORMED
Steel Thust, Amaleamated Copper &
Standard Oil Will Seek to Unite All
Independent Smelling Concerns un-
der q Hundred Million Dollar Capt.
talixation-John D. (Ryan) Promot-
ing the Scheme.

New York, Dec. 1S.-The Herald
this morning gives what purports to
be the details of a movement under
way to organize the Independent smell
ter concerns. 1t says:
plans are well advanced for the
formation of a smelling and refining
organization on large scale, in which
the leading parts are to be taken by
men of the Standard Oil Co., the Anal
gamated Copper Group and the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation. John d.
Ryan, of Butte, President and Manag-
per Co., is in charge of the promotion
of the new organization and with him
in this preliminary work, is associat-
ed Thomas F. Cole, a prominent min
ing man of Duluth. The new concern
is to compete with the Gugganheims.
and the stock issue is to be not less
than s1O0.O0O.OO
Western miners, II is said, have
been complaining of the excessive
charges on the part of the existing
companies and are negotiating with
the men back of the new movement.
1t Is believed the new organization
will take over the business of the
many existing concerns and it is even
stated that the recent Incorporation
of the Pnelps-Dodge interests in Ari-
zona and Mexico into a $50.000,0
corporation may. have been the pri
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| from all uncertainty as to what the
law really is. He says that serious Oh
stacles have been encountered in en-
forcing the statutes and that these
may be with advantage readily re.
moved by further legislation.
The United States has had occa.
sion of late years, and will probably
have occasion in future" he declared
Ito prosecute crimina1ly many corpor-
ations or other artificial persons. As
such offenders cannot be physically
arrested, it is obviously desired that
cess shall be prescribed by law to
have the legal effect of an actual ar.
rest and removal to the trial distrfca
in the case of natural person"
He reports tnat many communica-
tions have been received asking the
government to take action to procure
temporary injunctions against the col
lection of increased rates on freight
such rates, although duly filed with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
had been adopted in fact through ag-
reements between competing railroads
in violation of the Sherman Antitrust
Law. He reports that, as application
had already been made in a majority
of the cases to the Interstate Com
merce Commission, he deemed it in
to institute proceedings
looking to the procurement of tempor-
ary injunctions, the principal purpose
of which would be to keep the old
rates in force pending the decision of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
Two classes of cases which have
engaged large part of the attention
Of the Department, the Attorney Gen
eral reports have been prosecutions
for peonage and civil and criminal
arising out of alleged
frauds and irregularities in the acqui-
sition of title by private parties to the
public lands. 'In both cases." he
says, 81 am happy to report that the
energetic prosecution of offenders
Continued on Page Four.)
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lands. The foreign office takes the
ground that the declared declaration
cannot become effective because Ven
ezuela is in no position to carry on
campaign beyond its own borders and
Holland will not exceed the limits OF
It's retaliatory course as already fixed
and known to the United States. The
feeling is growing that Castro left
South America, not because of his i'll
ness but to escape the political tur-
moil and that he has no intention of
returning. Castro still denies that any
trouble occurred at Caracus on Dec.
IA Castro will be transferred to a
sanitarium on Sunday for a week s
observation to determine whether an
operation is necessary.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL BONA
PARTE SAYS GOVERNMENT
DOESN'T GET SQUARE DEAL
WANTS CHANGES IN LAWS
In His Official Report the Attorney
General Points Out that the Depart
nent of Justice Has Not the Chance
of Making Good That Private Citiz-
ems Have and Reports Interestingly
of Other Matters.

Washington. Dec. 18.-That the q.
S. should nave the right of appeal to
the Supreme Court of the United
States as matter of right, whenever
a conviction is<feversed on appeal by
the defendant to Circuit Court Of
Appeals, is the opinion expressed by
Attorney General Bonaparte in his
annual report for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1908, submitted to Con
gress today In this connection he
cites the case of the reversal of the
fine of more than $29 100000, in which
an application for the allowance of
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ing for the railroad and they will be-
gin tomorrow morning at the south
west corner of the NV quarter Of the
NV quarter of section 8. township II.
range "a, which is in the lane near
DIR. finders place formerly DIR. Fin
ley's place. southeast of town. Mr..
Kennedy is in correspondence with
contractors at Hereford, Tex, and 9TH
er places and hopes soon to contract
for all the grading between Roswell
and Lubbock, Tex.
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liminary steps toward their associa.
tion with the new company, although
this is denied. That the Green ma.
nea copper properties may be linked
with the organization, directly or in
directly, is thought probable. as Thorn
as F. Cole. is President of this cor
poration and John D. Ryan is a direc-
tor and both are identified with var
ious companies in the Green Cananea
concern. Alison DR.. d. L. Ricketts, has
been in the city recently in connect
ion with the new company"
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The Kansas City Stock Market.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 1S.-Cattlt
receipts 1000; market steady. South
ern steers 3.5O@5.5O; southern cows
2.25@4.00; stockers and feeders 300
$500; bulls 2.5O@4.25; calves 1000
700; western steers 3.75@5.5O; west
ern cows 250@45O.
Hog receipts $4,000; market steady
Five cents lower Bulk of sales SOC
$50; heavy 5.50@5.75; packers and
butchers 5-30@5.65; light 5.O0@5.4O;
pigs 4.OO@5.OO
Sheep receipts 1000; market steady
Muttons 1000 900; lambs 5.OO@6.75;
wethers 3.75@5.50; fed ewes 2.5O@
425.
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FOR SALE:-
Now watch Roswell grow
A choice suburban home
Sixteen acres of fertile sail,
Good abundance of water.
Good seven room residence,
Only two miles from court house.
Choicest suburban environment,
Eight acres bearing apple trees,
Six acres good stand alfalfa,
The price is only $500 now,
And will be January 1st, $500.
And then will be too cheap.
To the wise man ''Nuff Sed."
e. L. WILDLY.
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PENNSYLVANIA GRAFTERs
GET A JAIL SENTENCE

Harrisburg. Pa, Dec. 18.-Judge
Kunkel this morning imposed sentence
upon the following men convicted on
March 13, and charged with conspir
for supplying furniture to the new
state capitol building: J. H. Sander.
son. w. P. Snyder, w. L. Mathues, and
]. NJ. Shumaker, $500 fine and two
years Imprisonment, the maximum pen
atty.
The men sentenced today were tried
last spring and last week were refused
a new trial.
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A NEW FIRM HERE;
THE FINLEY RUBBER co

An important deal in the autono-
bile business has been consummated
in the transfer of the Roswell Tire &
Rubber Company to DR.. D. T. Finley
and son, Don. T. Finley. The new firm
will be known as the Finley Rubber
Company and the Office and vulcaniz-
,ing plant will be maintained at the
same stand for the present, at the gar
age of the Roswell Automobile Com
pany- Don T. Finley. the manager OF
the old concern will have charge OF
the new firm and a continuance OF
patronage is solicited. 1t
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ATTENTION TEAMsTEl
U. s. WEATHER BUREAU.

U. s. WEATHER BUREAU.
(LocaI Report. Observation Taken a
600 a. nn.)
Roswell, N. M, Dec. 18.-Tempera-
ture,@ Max. 50; Min. 27; Mean 48 Pre-
cipitation 0. Wind IA miles N. w.
Weather cloudy.
Forecast for Roswell and Vicinity
Fair and continued cold tonight and
Saturday.
Comparative Temperature Data.
Extremes this date last year:-Max
So; Min II.
Txtremes this date IA yearss rec
d.. Max 72. 1900; Min. n, 1897.
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Nordica Concert Subscriptions.

Nordica Concert Subscriptions.
any unsold subscriptions, will be Of
fered outside the city. Parties wanting
tickets will please call on ]. G. Ham
ilton, Chas. de Bremond, or J. w.
Thomas.
49t3 THE APOLLO CLUB.
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Miss Elma ziegler. oil Pittsburg, Pa.
arrived last night from Trinidad.
where she has been visiting. to spend
at1ves and friends here. She spent
several weeks here last summer and
fall.
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W. S. Dirris and family. old resid-
ents OF Roswell, returned last night
New. They think Roswell the best OF
the towns after all.
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DOLLS, DOLLS, DOLLS.

With their Sunday clothes all on.
without any clothes on Just the lea
ther bodies. jointed. Also Bisque heads
gersoll Book. Stationery q Art. Co.
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ALTOONA HIGH SCHOOL
DAMAGED BY Fl

Altoona, Pa, Dec. 1S.-Fire threat
ened the destruction of the Altoona
High School buildings, erected at a
cost of $750.0O0. 1t is stated this morn
ing while six hundred pupils were bus
Y with their studies the fire drill was
sounded and the children marched
calmly out of the building. The loss
was less than 100000.
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WE WANT YOUR CHRIS
MAS BUSINESS

WE HAVE THE LARGEST AND
FINEST LINE OF HAND PAINTED
CHINA AND CUT GLASS IN THE
VALLEY. We HAVE IN SOLID
GOLD AND FiLLED-WATcHES
BROOCHES, CUFF LINKS: SCARF
PINS, BRACELETS, CHARMS, NECK
CHAINS AND RINGS.
DIAMOND BROOCHES. DIAMOND
KINGS SIZES AND ALL
PRICES
sILvERWARE. TOILET CASES
AND DON'T FORGET THE
KopAks, 81 TO $40
nos1<leIl Drug q Je,velrlI
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New Candy.

Just received a fresh shipment of
fancy Christmas packages. Your best
girl has one picked out here.-Inger-
soil Book, Stationery & Art Co 45tf
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ROSWELL AUTO COMPANY

is BRANCHING OUT
The Roswell Automobile Company,
having made great success in its
work in Roswell, has opened branch
place will be named there the Carls-
bad Automobile Co, although it is
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900 GREAT BOOKS

The cream of copyright fiction and
standard works of recent years, THE
BIG SEIIERS-Theb books that are
Read and talked about, for only IS cts
They are selling by the dozens to
single partiesIngersoll Book. sta
tionery g. Art Co
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w. R. Hughes returned last night
from Kansas City. where he took
shipment of cattle.
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kinds. B. Boellner, Jeweler and
Optician. 49t2
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NO FAITH IN
WAR TALK
HOLLAND DOES NOT RTLIEvE
VENEZUELA HAS OPENLY
DECLARED WAR
NOT SCARED. ANYHOW

If the Rumored Declaration Should
Turn Out to Be True, the Dutch Say
They Already Have Enough Ships
and Men in American Waters to
Take Care of the Situation.-Cas-
tro Denies the Report
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"ARIsTos. FLOUR Is THE BEST
1T CONTAINS IS PER CENT MINNIE
sofa WHEAT sHEPHERD . co
AQf2
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"ARIsTosr FLOUR DOES THE
WORK. ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR
WHO Is USING 1T.
493t SHEPHERD & CO
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DIR. PRESLEY:- Eye. ear. nose
and throat. Glasses fitted: phone $50.
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Carving Sets -Eaterprise Hardware
Co. 48t4
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Notice to Realty Dealers.
hereby withdraw all my property
from the market.
47t6s James Sutherland
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MAYOR RICHARDSON TO
ttEr TAE FIRST

8 Impressive ceremonies are to
g mark the first work on Ros-
g wells new railroad tomorrow
g morning. Mayor G.. A. Richard
g son will lift the first shovel
g full of dirt on the grade and ad-
g dresses by the mayor and 9TH
g er prominent citizens will fol-
g low The work will start be-
6 tween nine and ten at the old
g DIR. Finley place southeast of
g town and all boosters are in
g vited to come out and take
8 part.
9 9 g 9 @ g 9 9 8 9 8 g 9 9 g {
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ARIsTos MAKES ANYTHING.
WHEN YOU USE ARisos FLOUR
YOU USE THE VERY BEST.
1913. SHEPHERD q co
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Boellner. the jeweler. mas It cheaper
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REMEMBER OUR SPECIAL WIN
DOW

SALE WILL TAKE PLACE EV-
ERY MORNING AT O'CLOCK UN-
TIL XMAS. IF YOU WANT TO SAVE
MONEY BE THERE.
PEcos VALLEY DRUG COMPANY
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The Hague, Dec. 1S.-The foreign
Office here places no credence in the
rumor originating in Bogota, Column
bia, that Venezuela has declared war
On the Netherlands, and it is believed
the only basis for the report is the
declaration of Wce-president Gomez,
of Venezuela, that his country was in
a state of defense, because of Holl-
and's seizure of coast guard ships.
Even if the war rumor should turn
out to be true, the government consid-
ers the Dutch squadron now in South
American waters sufficient to meet all
eventualities.
Castro Says Not True
Berlin, Dec. 1S.-Both the German
foreign office and President Castro
discredits the report that Venezuela
has declared war against the Netner-
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ATTENTION TRANSFERS
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FIRST FIVE MILES

OF GRADING LET TODAY
Edward Kennedy, president of the
Altus, Roswell and Ell Paso railroad,
today let the contract to West & Gold
smith for the first five miles Of grad
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-11
to add new features as fast as finan-
cfal conditions will Justify

to add new features as fast as finan-
cial conditions viii justify.
Now, brethren, as you well know our
enemies are doing all they can to
down Brother Brown and the paper,
and some of them claim to be Union
men, but they are too little and in
significant to be noticed by men of
such noble standing as Brother
Brown. Each member ought to get
all the subscribers ne can, you can
all get at least one. and when your
time has expired it is very important
that you renew at once
There are 1900 subscriptions behind.
Now if you all would send in your
renewals at once we could weather
the storm through the summer, other
wise brethren we may be forced to
dispose Of our interest in the paper
to others, and you would be without
paper to fight your battle as have
done Brethren pay up and let us go
on with the good work already done.
Your renewal Is small thing to you,
but it means great deal to US. Now,
brethren, send in your renewals and
let us keep UP the fight Renew
now. 1t costs SIPS week to get this
paper out, and that has to be cash
United we stand, divided we fall"
T. S. HAYNIE.
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BUTTONS.

Brothers if you should at any time
leave your own immediate neighbor-
hood and travel through your own or
other states would it not be crafty
ing to meet men wearing a Union
button when you could feel at liberty
to put out your hand and give him
the grip without being embarres-
sed or without challenge in a
crowd. How many Of our brothers
can or do give the grip to q
stranger? And are we only to rec
ognize our close neighbors, then we
need no grip. countersign or chal-
lenge because you know them by
sight. Let every one wear button
Let your brother from afar know you
at a glance and know that you are
loyal Union man and proud of your
order. Now we want every brother
to have and wear button, even If i
costs but a dime, wear 1t.
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N. a. BROWN.
An Appeal for IN. A. Brown and the
Mississippi Union Advocate.

4 { +
It is a well known fact that M. a..
Brown was one Of the most impor-
tant factors in establishing the Union
in this state, working from the time
it was introduced, and working at
least twelve months, before any Mis-
sissippian took hold therefore having
to bear the blunt of the burden Civ
ing more time without pay than any
other five men. He has held more
important positions than any one else
and has filed each with honor to him
self, and those who placed him in
public trust. He has been open,
square and honest to that extent that
have never heard of him being ac-
cused of any wrong doing. have
been closely connected with him for
two years and know he has the good
of the Union at heart and has closely
guarded the state treasury, and sat
down on every man that was, in his
judgment, wrong. And has from the
start contended that our hope was for
a strong Union paper, run in the In
terest Of the Union brethren. He
was financially embarrassed and not
having any newspaper experience,
but he went to work and the Advo-
cate was finally launched On OF
about April 10, 1907, it was about to
go under and be sold to non-Union
men, but Brother Brown did all he
could to get the executive committee
to buy out the plant and make it the
property Of the State Union, but as il
other instances, he was alone. Rath
er than see it go under or into the
hands Of outside interests he bought
out the paper for the benefit of the
Union and suffering humanity. He
formed stock company and sold Il
each brother, that wanted stock il
same, and turned over the manage
ment to others Again in October tn,
paper got in bad shape, and to holt
up same he had to bay further in
terest, still leaving others to entire
management of it, In April, the pa
per got badly in debt then Brothe
Brown took entire charge Of same
1t was time Of the year that none,
in most cases was hard to get.
Brother Brown stands in need Q
the cooperation of the brotherhood
1t is a fact well known to all tha
Brother Brown is giving his life t
our cause, to elevate the laborinl
classes so that they may get thei
rights as free American citizens. ]
goes without saying that the AdvC
cate is doing more good than all tn
occurring and other moves combineC
1t is one Of the best Union paper
published and know it is his desir
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No. 1e

position. Many such people desiring
to quite farming on account Of dis
like and interest therein or who have
already ceased to be farmers from
such dislike become officers Of trust
either by appointment or election. DO
you think such men are suitable to
represent in the legislature or con-
gress a state or nation who are, to
great extent, an agricultural people.
We need men who look upon the
the farmer as an honorable man, and
not as a subject for other classes to
prey upon.
Judging from some of our laws it
seems that the majority of our law
making body are not farmers and are
representing some other interest al
though they are at least in this sec
ton Of the country elected by an
agricultural people. SO let us as farm
ers talk up our position or calling
and teach the young farming genera
tion to like their calling, create
desire within them to see the inter
est Of the farming class flourish in
the future and reach success. Farm
ing is Just what we make it. If we
drift along in this age without a pur-
pose or a will, the other fellow viii
make our calling failure which it
favors a great deal now, but let us
wake up to our duty, make men and
/ women Of ourselves, and teach OHr
boys and girls the necessity of max
ing good men and women, and let
us as an agricultural class of people
in the future be represented by a
body of such men as some we now
have, as our representatives, but that
some in a great many instances seem
to be a monarchy who are farmers
that are farmers not in order to get
votes, honor or money, but who are
farmers from the fact that their In
terest lies therein, and because they
want the farming class protected In
their rights.
To be farmer is not in al cases
to be a tiller Of the soil. but to be
a wide awake, honest and Industrious
man, wanting to receive and to give
justice, thinking farming an honor
able calling, and always upholding
and working for their interest and
never flickering Hoping to see the
calling Of the farmer raised to a
higher standard. beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
6. o. DUNCAN.