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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26

putting all the eggs into one paskes'
 Every war has its lessons. Up 10 the time of the Spanish American war all naval authorities reckoned the
 strength of nayies on the basis of the number of guns and the tonnage oL the ships Little account was taken or the mettls of the men who mapned a navy But that. war taught the lesson that both men and ships make navy. with men as the most important fac
 tor, Il was then that America eamS to her own as a sea power. and from that day down to tho present 1t has been felt that Americas naval strength had better be written as somewhat higher than guns and ton
 mage would show. There are three or
 four powers which have greater num-
 bers of officers and men. The Eng Iish navy has an available force Of two and a half times that of the Unit
 ed States. France and Germany have forces nearly twice as strong as ours. But withal. the American Daval auy thoFities think they have enough men to have one for every responsible place whhen 1t comes to a fight.
 From the beginning of the new
 American navy T in 1SS3---when Its A
 B and D. the Atlanta, the Boston, the Chicago and the, Dolphin. were au- .thorized-down to the present time,
 the United States has spent less than
 four hundred million dollars in build~
 Ing up the navy; but 1t has spent moro
 than twice that much in maintaining
 1t. According to figures of the cost
 of maintenance, the recommendation kof the Secretary of the Navy for four
 battleships. four scout cruisers, ten
 destroyers, four submarines. three col
 Hers one repair ship and two mine- laying ships will involve an added an- nual expenditure of more than six million dollars. It is estimated that the life of battieship is twenty years. One battleship authorized means total outlay of some twenty five million dollars from the time of it's authorization to the time of it's rel- egation to the junk heap.
 One of the things that has seriously bothered American naval experts is the inability to compete with foreign l shipyards In the rapidity of construct ing a battIeship. It Is to take thirty 1 two months to build the Florida and it win surprise everybody if the con- tractors get it finished by that time, | The best ever done fin America was
 when the Vermont was completed in 1 two years nine months and eighteen days. On the other hand. England | turned out the Belierophon in little less than two years, ana the Germahs 1 win complete the Nassau In tess than l two years and half. The average 1 period of construction in the United States has been about four years
 As to lighting qualities of the Am-
 erican battieshIp, despite all state- ments that have been made. the best I English, German and French naval authorities admit that considering l vessels of the same period, the Am | erican ships have nothing to lose when compared with those or other nations' 1 Comparing the Indiana or the Oregon l with the Dreadnaught is no fairer to l the American navy than 1t would be | fair to England to compare the first 1 twenty battleships of the English 1a- 1 w with our own North Dakota. Fl 1 eCopyright, 1908. by Frederick j. Has, | kin.)
 Tomorrew--Three AmerIcap Pads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
FORMER ALABAMIAN HEARS THE M WIS IN TEXAS In Poverty When He Receives Cable gram From Ruasia---WiIl Re- turn to America and
 Aid Friemds.

Houston. Texas. Dec. 25.--tspecia0 Jacob Wolf, a Russian Poe, who, up to year ago was seller os junk in birmingham, Ala. has fanen heir to a fortune of ssOo.OOO ia his na- tive land.
 Wolff came to Houston froIn Birn- ingham. and his occupation has been that of collector of, smpty bottles, which he sold to a brewery. The height of his ambition was to own a half interest in a, rickety wagon and a gaunt horse that he migh- collect bottles more speedily from the gut ters.
 Yesterday Wolff and his associate, Louis Ryder, who owns a little Vege- table cart and is an apptc and vege- table huckster on the market house corner in Houston. were seated tn tue scantily furnished room occupied by the two for the past year, They both knew every sting of poverty and their heads were close together as they fig ured with a stub pencil oII scrap of wrspping paper to see if they had money enough to purchase the coveted wagon and horse. While +.eY figured a grimy card fell out of Jako Wolffs pocket. It had some blue print at the top and looked to be some kinc Of notice. The date that it pore wss December IA. 1908.
 What is that?''
 "Das ist holdings. nur cine carte" (onIy a card) said Wolff.
 Ryder read the card.
 "Dummkopf," he said. Tt says there is a cablegram' for you at the Western Union Telegraph office"
 The card of notification had been carried for days in ignorance of what it meant. It was obtained thrUugr the general delivery of the postoflce as the telegraph company did not knew Wolffs address.
 The two friends started out for the cablegram. They are both from Rus sia both Poles, and both speak Pol ish dialect when th=y are together. When they arrived at the telegraph office. they found a cablegcaIn thot cost forty )rubles to send and an an swer of ten words had been prepaid,
 The cablegram was in German end read thus; %Father d9ad, mother dan eerously i'll, You have 500.Oa0 raDles. You will find s200 at the Lumber mans National Bank. Como quick. Answer paid" and signed Ferszt. warschau, Russland.
 Wolff began to weep and throw his arms around his friends ragged coat.
 'NVhat do you want to eat; what oo you want to drink? What do you want to do. You can have anything you want" he shouted.
 At the bank the money was paid
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
SCHOONER SINKS.
Loss or the Harry Sesser VIII Cost
 14s,O00.

Loss Of the Harry Messer Will Cost
 Chatham. Mass, Dec. 26.--prifting along without a crew and with her rigging lights set the Boston schoon7 CT Harry Messer. crossed portion or the Nantucket shoals iasJ-night with out running into any of the many ves- sells passing through the tortuous chan mel. and finally descended on the Hand kerchief shoai. three miles of shore, where she filled with water and sank It Is believed that the schooner will be total wreck.
 The Messer was bound from Balti- more for Boston with 5000 tons of soft coal. She had been held back some what by the gale of Wednesday,, but she left her anchorage of Dennis yes- terday and tried to work up the cape shore where she struck on the Shovel ful shoal. slpringing leak
 The water gained on the men at the pumps nd finally Captain Pierce gave the commend to abandon the schooner. The men then rowed to the Shovelful lightship. Shortly afterward the tide turned and the Messer worked free from the Pollock Rip shoal and drift ed up the cape shore.
 The Harry Messer was built in Bath. Me, in 1880. She registers e27 tons gross, Is 15s.7 feet long. 33.5 feet beam l and 15s depth of hold, and carried a crew of eight men. With her cargo she is valued at S45.000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
c. ". sPALpING DEAp.
Veteran Newspaper Man of kansns Passes Away.

Veteran Newspaper Mnn of Kansns
 Passes Away.
 Kansas City, Dec. 25.--charles West Spaldings a pioneer newspaper man or Kansas, died at the home of his son In Kansas City, Kansas. today, aged Ts
 Sfr. SpaIdinG was . man of many attainments. He is said to have been the first man to receive a presidents message by telegraph. having been employed at the time as san operator in Chicago.
 At, different times he played first violin In the original Mcvicksrs The- atre. Chicago, and was organist of St. Mary's Cathedral of that city. He was a member of the old Ben Cotton Minstrel troupe.
 During the civil war he was a spe- cial correspondent of The Chicago Times and In 1873 he engsEed in newspaper work in Kansas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
DISORDER IN pustA
polnsea Remark. of . seslal pemocr'

Pointed Remarks of a sOelnt Democrat.
 St. Petersburg. Dec. 25.-During the debate on the budget in the Duma to- davW N PokrovslSy. a Social Democrat remarked;
 "When an Armenian appealed to Christ for help during massacre of Armenfans Christ was dumb, being si- fenced by Russian diplomacy"
 This remark created scene In the chamber and President Khomyakofi suspended Deputy Pokrovsky from three sessions of the duma.
 NJ. Gegtchermin. another Social Dem ocrat also was excluded from the ses- sion for protesting against the Presi- dents action. whereupon the Social Democrats left the chamber in a body.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
JAP EMPEROR SPEAKS.
Both Houses of Diet Hear From Ni-
 kadO.

Both Houses of Diet Hear From Ni-
 kadO.
 Tokio. Dec. 25.-The Emperor, speak ing to both houses of the Diet which met in joint session today said: < Lords and Gentlemen:
 "We have much satisfaction in fnd- ing the relations between the empire and treaty powers becoming friendlier year by year and the peace of the Far East further strengthened"
 The Emperor said that he had caused the submission of a budget which he believed would carry out the imperial wish for the readjustment of the em- pire's finances. He asked the Diet to exercise it's deIberatIve functions in a spirit of harmony.
 The Diet adopted a brief reply and voted to recess from December 26 un- til January 20 1909.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
FIVE NEGROES SHOT.
In GenernI Pistol Fight In Kentucky
 RIOOd ia Shed,

Honkinsviile, Ky, Dec. 25.-Ffve ne- groes were mortally wounded in a general pistol fight at Fidelia, in the southern part of Christian County, to- day.
 The wounded; Eugene Carrot, shot through lungs; Thomas SandeTs, skull fractured and shot in brain; Charles Sanders, shot Tn back and lower limb John Carrot, wounded in hip; Ike Gar rot, shot through right. arm. Charles Sanders. 1t Is said, attempted to steal a jug of whiskey and was shot. This started q general fight, in which nearly a hundred shots were exch anged.
 All the participants are said to have been drinking.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
soHooNER wATRRLoGGED.
The Warner Moore is sightea by
 Steamer.

The Warner Moore Is slghted by a& Steamer.
 New York, Dec. 25-rhe steamer City of Atlanta, of the Ocean Steamship Company. which cleared from Boston for Savannah, Ga, on December s2. re- ported by wireless tonight, that she had passed today a waterlogged schooner Warner Moore. with flag Ky ing union down in the mizzen rigging,
 There was no one on board the schooner when the City of Atlanta sighted her. The deserted vessel was encountered in latitude BIAS north, longitude 74.40 west.
 The Warner Moore Captain Crockett. halls from Richmond, Va. She left Charleston g.. C., for Providence, R. I. on December IT. She is of s54 tons burden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
srutiny on a Yacht.

Teneriffe, Canary Islanas. Dec, 25-- The crew of the yacht Della, owned by Jasaues Lebaudy, Emperor of the Sa- hara.' mutipied while off this coast and hoisted the Haytien colors. The vessel was forced to put into santa Cruz, how, ever. owing to lack of coal and on arr irving here the mutineers were arrest. ed. A fresh crew was placed on board the yacht today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
9uI,n,1tted to Court.

San Francisco, Dec. 2s.-The Miller and Lux litigation involving the ques- ton of the disposal of great part or an estate worth about s2o.o0O.o00 was submitted to Judge Sewall yesterday after further arguments between At- toruey Charles Wheeler. repreSeht' ing the trustees. and Attorney J. J. Dwyer. representing Jesse sheldon Lux Potter, principal beneficiary in the trust. T
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
DENIES A RUMOR.
Pere Marquette system Will Not Be
 MarEed.

Detroit. Dec. 25.-"There- is abso- lutely no foundation for them,' replied Henry B. Ledyard. Chairman of the Michigan Central Railway Board or Directors today when asked about ru- mors that the Pere Marquette system might be taken into the New YoFk Central the first of the year.
 "The Pere Marquette IS a competing limo of the Michigan Central in every important Michigan town and. such combination would be illegal to heEln
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
CALHOUN IN FRISCO.
street Railway MaEnate Returns From
 New York

New York.
 San Francisco. Dec. 25.-Patrick Cal houn. President of the United Rail- roads of this city, returned last night from a protracted stay in New York where he went to arrange the details of the purchase of the Stanislaus EIec- tric Power Company by the United Railroads. Calhoun is under indictment on charges growing out of the bribery graft investigation in this city in com nectlen with the granting of overhead trolley francises to the United Rail- roads which will come up for trial early In January.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
Closea School.

Paris, Dec. 25.--As a result of mani. festations by students of the Medical School of Sorbonne yesterday over the inauguration of new system of exam nations, to which they objected, the University council today closed the school of medicine. for the first ana second year students for three months
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26

with he added. Besides, 1t Is not likely that after my thirty years work in bringing the Michigan Central up to It's present condition the system would be charged with the task or equally developing the Pere Marquet.e. Nv membersfaip on the Pere Marquette board Is entirely personal and at MT Morgan's request.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
AGAR MAKES BOND.
IndIana Man ArraiEned On Forgery
 Charwe.

ChaFge. Princeton, Ind, Dec. 25.---Hsnry F. Agar, who was supposed to be dead. hui who was 3 rested in Texas scnIc days ago, was brought pack so his old home today and Immediately arraign- ed on the charge of forging the name of Hugh D. McGary on a note for s5. of this city.
 He was released on bail. ten of the leading citizens of this coanty signing his bond
 Agar immediately drove to his home. where his wife and children eagerly awaited him. He refused to make any statement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
BUILDING IS WRECKED.
Believed to Be Work of "HOt Headed
 Union Man"

Kansas City, Dec. 25.--A three-story brick and steel building in course of construction at Ninth and Oak Streets, was partially wrecked by dynamiters here shortly before midnight last night. The loss is estimated at about Sl,000.
 No cause for the dynamitlng can be given by owners of the building other than that non-union steel workers have been employed in it's construc- tion. The police declare 1t was the work of some "hot-headed union man"
 Several windows in the vicinity were shattered but no one was hurt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
DEATH OF A LEPER
ChlBaasan Had Been a Burden on City
 Government.


 Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 25.-Mock Sem, the lsper, who has been the involun tary and expensive charge of the city of Harrisburg since July '. 1902, died at the municipal hospital today. tuber culosis being the cause of death.
 The man was a pronounced leper, the evidence of the dread disease being ap parent in his face, arms and chest while he suffered from lung trouble for months
 He came from China and was found as a cook In a restaurant hefe. He was isolated, Mock never took kindly to Occidental cooking and after months trial demanded his own raw material and set up stove for himself on, which he cooked in his own way. He used to eat four and i've times day.
 Tire cost of the Chinaman's mainte- nance which was the subject of several debates in city councils. was about SITS per month. Some months 1t went up to $200 one, occasion being when he was told he could order some goods from a Chinatown house in Philadei- phia. No one knew what he was or dering and the bill was $3750. Mock feasted for a week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
4 MEXICAN DISASTER.
Inbabitants Are Fleeing From Herm
 aaIIO

Anu@ DiAAAtS AEe FAccbnB HrOm GAeEnO-
 siIIO.
 El Paso. Texas. Dec. 25--According to reliabel advices from HermosilIo, Capital of the State of Sonora. Mexico, mysterious disease Is killing many people there. The inhabitants are ter ror-stricken and are leaving as fast as possible.
 So far physicians have been unable to diagnose the disease, which in most cases proves fatal. the victims dying within a day or two after being strick- an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-26
Heck 10 Naval Attaehe

Heck Is Naval Attaehe. Rio Janeiro. Brazil. Dec. 25.--Lieu. tenant Conrado Heck was today ap- pointed naval attaehe to the Brazilian embassy at Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-20
THAT SHELDON CIRCULAR.
David NALL Says That II Has Hurt
Stubs. Not Leland

]. w. Creech. David NALL and other
Dickinson county people are in Topeka
today on business deal. Mr.. Creech
is in better health than he has been
for years.
Mr.. NALL said: 1.-The Sheldon cir
cular on the temperance business has
hurt Stubs more than II has hurt
Leland. I know of a good many peo-
pie who are going to support Leland
simply because OF that circular.
81 think that the contest in these
primaries is going to be a pretty strict
line Up Of the square deal against the
antisquare deal, all along the Hne.
Personal preferences are not going to
enter into the case much. 1t looks to
me as though Leland would carry the
Sixth district"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-20
ROSSINGT0N MEMORIAL
Committee Is Appointed to Draft
One --

The Shawnee County Bar association
met at the district court room today
and named a committee. composed of
Judge A. w. Dana, Attorney Charles
Blood Smith. Judge J. G. Slonecker,
Judge 8. H. Allen and Judge T. F. Gar
yer, to draft suitable memorial resolu-
lions upon the death of Colonel w. H.
Rossington, the prominent Topeka at
torney, who died Sunday. The resolu-
ton. as drafted by this committee, will
be presented in district court on the
first day of the September term. The
Bar association further resolved to at
tend the funeral in a body.
In the absence of Judge S. H. Allen,
Judge z. T. Hazen presided as chair
man of the bar meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-20
SALVATION ARMY PICNIC.
Annual Event VIII Take Place at
Vincwood July 90.

The annual picnic given by the SAL
walton army for the poor of the city
Will be held at Vinewood park on the
29th of July. This event which is Civ
en- year after year by the Salvation
army is the one opportunity which
many of the children of poor families
have of getting a taste of country life.
The day will be spent at the park
and the children provided with din
ners and amusements and taken back
to their homes in the evening. The
expense of the affair is paid by the
Salvation army from donations receiv-
ed for the purpose. This year as in
the past the Street Railway company
will donate a-sufficient number of cars
to carry the party to and from Vine
wood park. The park management
will issue complimentary tickets to all
of the concessions and do everything
possible to make the day an enjoy
able one to the little folks who will be
the guests of the salvation army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-20
AUTO WENT INTO DITCH.
Turned Bottom Upward But Nobody
Was Hurt.

Colorado Springs, Col, July 20.-A big
touring automobile which was carrying
H. G. Bursum, chairman of the New
Mexico Republican state committee;
w. E. Martin. prominent Republica
OF New Mexico, and F. L. Weed, a
stenographer, who accompanied Secre-
tary Hitchcock, of national committee.
turned turtle in the Garden of the
Gods, at noon today and landed badly
damaged in a deep gully. None of the
occupants of the car was injured.
The car became unmanageable
through some defect in the steering
gear and went over ditch landing up
side down. All of the occupants ex-
cept the chauffeur jumped before the
crash came. The driver was pinned
under the wrecked machine, but was
unhurt. Several cars Immediately back
of the wrecked machine were in danger
of being dragged into the gully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-20
HIS CHECK WAS IN. G."
j. b. Moss of Usage City i'm Shawnee
County Jail.

3 J. B. Moss. young man whose home
is in Usage City, is repining in the
county Jail awaiting a chance to set
tie with DR.. l.. B. Bushong, Topeka
physician. One day last week Moss
dropped into the physicians office and
asked him to cash a check for $50. The
doctor. who knew Moss and his family.
complied with the request, and found
later, upon presenting the check that
it was worthless. DR.. Bushong took
his troubles to the county attorney.
AS a result Sheriff John Wilkerson left
hurriedly for Usage City Saturday af-
ternoon. Three hours later he re-
turned-on the next train-with the
young man who thought Usage City
was a long way from Topeka.
1t is possible that the mistake made
by Mr.. Moss may be settled out OF
court. The check was not forgery
but simply drawn on a bank where
failed to have a deposit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-20

worst of these accidents to employees.
Their frequency takes the edge Off
their significance.
During the year 1907, on a single
American railroad, 104 employees were
killed outright, and 1878 were in
jured. The cost of these accidents to
the railroad in question was something
like $2s5,000. With an employers
liability law in force ana operation. as
in countries abroad, the increase in
total paid to employees alone on this
road would have carried the aggre-
gate to half million dollars.
The magnitude and Importance of
the safety problem in relation to en-
ployes is still more evident when wa
consider that for the year ended June
80. 1907, the casualty list on American
railroads shows a total of all persons
killed, from all causes, of 5000. and
injured 72.2S6; the totals for employees
alone being 1883 kill-c and 62.6s7 in
jured.
The following figures in regard to
actual train accidents and the casual
ties resulting therefrom show a rather
discouraging state of affairs, from
the fact that the employees themselves
were in the main responsible for
them. In 1904 the killed and injured
employees in train accidents numbered
1884; in 1905, 1850: in 1906, 1852;
and in 1907, 1885. AS with all other
items, SO with accidents to employees.
the total of casualties has largely in
creased year by year.-Atlantic
vi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-20
LOCAL MENTION.
DR.. S. Temple Osteopath. 7ss Kan
ass ave. Ind. 1912. Res. 617A.Rell 1 SIS.


ass ave- Ind 16<2. Res. 6174.Bell 1885.
The Office of coroner was expensive
under some of the past administrations.
The coroner Is paid in fees, and has the
power to call an inquest in any case.
DR.. Keith. candidate for denomination.
says he can prove that he has saved
the county hundreds of dollars by re-
fusing to hold unnecessary inquests. He
says he loses, but the taxpayers gain
by his method
There Is no 10 cent cigar you can Sc.
cure that can equal in any way the
quality of Eagles new premier shaped
Silver Statue. All first-class cigar
stores and druggists sell It.
If you are a subscriber to the In
dependent Telephone company you
have access to 5000 telephones in To-
peka and Shawnee county, besides
thousands OF foreign connections.
Worth considering. don't you think.
Ask your dealer for the Big Tromp s
cent cigar.
The won1an's Home Missionary So
ciety of the First Methodist church.
will meet Wednesday afternoon at the
church parlors All members Of the
society are requested to attend
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-20

Some time ago it was claimed that
the Niotaze refinery was dumping its
refuse su1phuric acid into the stream.
and the water was so acidified that it
removed the hair from the legs of cat
tie that waded into the stream.
Now the claim is that having quit
dumping sulphuric acid in the stream,
the water is being polluted with re-
fuse oil. so that all the water which
the Caney people have to drink is
covered by a scum of crude OIL If
the charges of the Caney people are
found to be true. DR.. Crumbine will is
sue some more orders to the Niotaze
refinery.