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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-16
OF LABOR
E|EBRATES BIRTHDAY
i Seven Years Ago Orga-
'',isn Was Founded, With
Cenpers at Head.

S,v 15.-Nearly all the del
1 - the twenty-eishtn ,sa., annaal con. a.
va che American Federation OF
,.%0y y made an excursion to the
w. rear Denver as guests OF local
" r,.ouen. reference was made IN
'.,,on among the exeursionis's So 10
& INA mat today was the twenty-sev-
p ',orssry OF the founding OF the
a,o now comprising l,5sS,SSS
~ which Samuel Gompers has
~ '.lSsnt twenty-sls years.
~ committees will be the order
=, three or four days in the con-
s,,h will resume its sessions
= H.d Hnd the discussion will prob
r.iop the future policy OF the or
~ on many important ques,lons.
'~hers OF the committee on pfesi-
.,0yi have unanimously agreed 70
y. snprovIng every utterancc OF
compcrs In his annual ADDRESS,
- rsad last Monday. and the
,s expected 10 concur In the
lgp v .ns . committee without discus
nnber of the committee made
s..,nn ~ 10 President Gompers' pro-
a, nnIon leaders refrain from rails
~ sor the employment OF counsel
'isssnse In Injunction cases and TO
M II need be. after personally de-
\ tssIr rights before the courts.
ueod Effect Anticipated.
|...,cn leaders declare that the
4" n this policy will prove more es-
I, bInping about reform In the
IL laws Of the country than any
4. rhat can be done by organized
~ al the expected controversies
sonyention has been overted by
.srpcement OF President Thomas L.
q tbs United Mine Workers of
q that he was not a candidate
/ 4 ,,cs.presidency In opposition to
1tsSeu. II is understood that Mr..
n sin rlln against Lewis for the
- OF the mine workers. from
4 k retired a year ago on account
"A bath.
I announced that a fight will be
. .raInst the re-election Of Daniel j.
sIsth yice-president and mem
4 iks executive council. Andrew
;-sslh, president OF the Seamen's
4 rs been put forward as the cam
! tnInst Keefe No opposition has
- 10 the reelection Of the other
- Of the council.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-16
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-13
THE MAGPE
By Alexander Troy

two men in a heated-I might say angry-conversation. when one said to the other, Suppose mo take a smile" they went around the corner and when they returned, were good friends. I never understood how a man could take smile. but that is what he said. You know my smile. now don't you, Fort.
 Fort--oh. yes. My Lieee.
 Governor--You would recognize if anywhere. wouldn't you, Fort?"
 Fort-oh, yes. My Liege; I could recognize 1t in the dark.
 Governor-Fort, as I have said. 1t took me years to acquire that capti- Vatfng smile of mine, and without which l could never have been the successful politician I am. You say Cassius scorn'd to smile at anything. On the contrary. I smile at everything and on all occasions.
 Fort-I presume My Liege you left It on when Milton H. Smith refused to put the reduced rates into effect. or. in other words. refused to "salam' to you.
 Governor-There you are mistaken Fort, as you sometimes are you Know. man has made but poor success in acquiring the habit of smiling if he cannot smile under the most adverse
 
 that General Moreau, the Hero of Hohenlinden" quietly smoked a cigar while both of his legs were amputafed Fort, with equal fortitude, I smiled when Milton H. Smith refused to '+sa- iam' to me.
 Fort-But My Liege, was 1t "one vast substantial smile" as Dickens would say?
 Governor-Not altogether, Fort have never been quite satisfied with my smile on that occasion I think i, was lacking in every element of mirth in fact, Fort. will tell you, in con hdence of course, that expect my smile at that time. If may use the metaphor. had rather the appearance of having had an attack of cholera morbus or was suffering from nervous prostration. Fort 1t was, if I may say, rather as Bret Harte would say "a sicxly smile"-however. let 1t go for it is not a very pleasant subject. But Fort. while I always smile, and rarely laugh, yet Fort, when I get to thinking of my Legislature, the smile will break over the dam of the lips and grow Into laugh. Hal ha! ha!
 Fort--What is so amusing, My Liege?
 Governor-Ohl hal ha, ha! Wait a minute, Fort, I have a stitch in my side and can't tell you right now. hal hal hal Fort. get to thinking every now and then of my LegislatureT ha. hal hal Oh! ha! ha! ha, and nearly die of laughter. Fort, oh Fort! Hal hal ha! when I looked over my Legislature. I understood for the first time what the poet meant when he wrote of the man who,
 Seemed washing his hands with invis-
 ible soap.
 Tn imperceptible water"
 Ha, ha! ha! Oh! ha! ha! Fort. some of them didn't know a cake of soap from a cake of beeswax. Ha! ha! hal
 Fort-My Liese. there were some
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-13
RUSH FROM EUROPE
ARMY or AMERICANS RETURNING
 CROWD OCEAN LINERS.
Have spent sIoo, ,ooo. 900 in Foreign Lands, Including s5,oeo,000 for Tips--Evcry Fourth New Yorker . Law
 Breaker.


 New York. Sept. i2-tspectai) )--The homeward rush of Americans who have been spsding the summer in Europe is now on in full force and returning travellers are being brought into New York by the big ocean liners at the rate of 10000 a week.
 Both the crack record holders and the slower and more old-fashioned vessels are crowded to the absolute limit of their ca paeity and stories are brought from Lon don and Paris of enormous prices offered for berths by Americans anxious to return home but who are not foresighted enough to engage return accommodations in ad- vance and who probably will be compelled to continue their sojourn abroad until the middle or end of October. In spite of the business depressions this has been a good year for steamship travel.
 The various lines report that the close of the season will show that they have car ried fully as many first and second cabin passengers as in 1907 which was a record breaking year. In stecrage travel. how ever. there has been great falling off. less than half as many immigrants com ing into the United States as last year. It is estimated that the great army Of transatlantic travellers. amounting 10 be- tween 175.ooo and 100000. have enriched Europe during the past three months to the extent of not less than s1eo,ooo,ooo and that Americans have spent In tips alone not less than s5.ooe.ooo.
 Startling statistics which have just been compiled here indicate that every fourth New Yorker Is law breaker.
 This does not mean that New York Is a city of criminais. for experts who have been studying the situation attribute the large number of legal infractions to the fact that thsre arc almost twica as many laws which may be broken here as in any other city in the country.
 New Yor.k's list of arrests itself pres ents an imposing total. the police records showing that no less than 2o4.iis were made during the past year. The ten lead ing causes that bring reckless persons ii- to the clutches of the law rank as follows: Disorderiy conduct, 43,13s: intoxicatfon. 6,4ss: violations of corporation ordinan- ces, 22,13s; assault and battery. l1,o04; suspicious characters, s.2s7; grand larceny, 6134; petit larceny, e,Ss2; automobile speed violations. 4.221; felonious assault, 3,S23: burglary. 3.1i7.
 While there are many minor causes for arrest these ten indicate the proportion of criminal tendencies of New York citi- zens who do not walk within the limit of the law. The greatest chance of danger for the casual visitor in New York Is from trouble on the streets. this amounting to about twenty per cent. Felonious assault, inc other great cause of trouble to strang- CTS. amounts to only about two per cent of the total.
 Taking into account the violations of laws and ordinances for which no arrests are made the estimate that one person In every four puts himself in jeopardy of the law in one way or another during the year seems a reasonable one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-13

fActs and II have heretofore ap- peared in The Advertiser)
 Act III.
 Scene l. The Governors office in the Capitol.
 Enter Governor and Fort.
 Governor--Know you not. my gen tile Fort, that have been to much trouble and some expense, to acquire the habit of smiling? A smile. my dear Fort, is in 'grhe Realm of Mirth." what the diamond is in the kingdom of minerals. A man who doesn't smile Is regarded by the public generally as cold and unsociable and one rather to be avoided.
 Fort--That is most true.s My Liege, and right now. recall that great writer makes a great man, Julius Caesar. 1 nspeaking to Antony about cassius. very austere and unenviable character. say:
 seldom he smiles, and smiles in such As If he mock'd himself. and scornd That could De mov'd to smile at any
 thing"
 If. exactly. It expresses my Idea with ciearness and precision, but where did you find those lines? I would like to know them for may wish snssuSs to use Ss. them Fort-My Liege, It Is a quotation from the Bard of Avon"
 Governor-The Bard of Avon? You not. Fort? I am. however. not SO sure; no. not so sure, about that, either. for I know most, if not all, the men who live there; but never heard before anyone of them called Bard" Fort-Oh, you mistake. My Liege; the greatest of all writers, William Shakespeare, is called the Bard of a nd 4F9R II x4fa a quoting.
 Governor-welI. I wish hereafter in your conversations with me. you would quote. if you will persist in quoting, from some author with whom I am more familiar. Now, while I remem- Der such beautiful and soul-stirring Ing Deck" and "Bingen on the Rhine" yet the rhymes I learned in my child hood have always been sweetest to me. l recall two now from my favorite author, Mother Goose:
 "Hickety pickety. my black hen,
 sne lays eggs Tor gentlemen" And
 little Miss Muffet,
 Sat on a tuffet.
 Eating of curds and whey" could never understand, except that children will want to eat everything which comes in their way.
 Fort-Yes, My Liege; they appeal to the youthful imaginationy but when we have grown to manhood, they make one smile.
 Governor-That's just it. Fort, they make one smile, and that is why I am still so fond of them. When I was a b0y--and you know was boy once, for you remember that in my inaugural address, I referred to the fact that I was one of six poor boys in Barbour County-well, as I was about to say. when you interrupt ed me. when I was boy, once heard
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-13

The legal value of affection during courtship and engagement Is soon to De determined here.
 The value of this feeling during it's third period, that is, marriage has long heen a matter of controversy. but in those stages which lead up to 1t no standard value has been adopted. unless preaen or nronnise suits be considered. But Tor per sons who dc not care to resort 10 tnis method of healing a broken heart and in- cidentally filling a depleted pocketoook' case which will soon come to trial nere is expected to place a regular price on ar fections.
 rrbe contention of the plaintiff in this ,,nIoue case is that during courtship the expenses of a lovely woman 1T sne incur any are simply a gamble. and that IT the co,Irtship leads nowhere she should De able to recover from her former wooer simpy the amount of her cash expenditures. l1 the courtshi2 leads to engaeeemenS nov ever. but stops there, it is argued that the v,onan fin addition to her actual money expenses should be able to recover for &he time which she trustingly spent with tne tickle man. This novel claim Is based on inc ineenious argument that her time IS or actual value. since 1t might nave been anent in getting e suitable husband
 case is shortly to be trieo In "hien this novel claim Is made
 An itemized bill for expenses during the period of courtship has been submitted by the fair plaintiff. including such items as s11.1s for liquors and $Ss.o2 for food indicating that the man reversed the resu- Ter custom and let his lady love foot some at least of the bills
 For the brief engagement of four weeks which ensued, suit is brought for such itens es.6T for trousseau and concluoes with A claim of l22 hours time at the rate of fifty cents an hour devoted entirely to the defendant to the exclusion of all other o1portunitiea"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-13

The Kastronomic feats which have been performed in New York during the past three months of hot weather. otherwise known as the silly season. while they have been worthy of the latter name seem almost incredible.
 Practically every record of the consump" ton of various kinds of food has been broken. Early in the summer "Beefsteak pAte'' A Bowcry character consumed seven- teen pounds Of the meat from which ne takes his ccEnomen at enc sitting. and five days later raised this figure to twenty-four pounds, thus making a total or iorty-one pounds of meat consumed in two days-
 A little later the champion Ple-ea.er o' Rrooklyn, who also claims the pie champ- fonship of the world. consumed sixty-one n,es in nirety-one minutes. record which no ons has yet disputed
 FollowinK this came in rapid order the tAat. of ''Iamby' Smith who consumed seventy-six lamh chops at one meal and tbe achievement of the watermelon champ ion of consuming seventeen juicy specl- roena of his favorite fruit in enc day.
 Another man has eaten fifty-three hard hoIled eggs fin an hour as c result of which ha subseouently died, while the champion rreen-corn eater has raised his record oV Consuming at one sitting such number oF eara of corn that the length of the cobs laid end to end aggregated t~enty-one feet and seven inches, The latest feat Tn this line was accomplished few days ago s,.hs. CT Attla Neck Silas' of Staten Island artar eating 500 clans a day fer three suc- caasive days choked on the b9sth clam on tbe fourth day, just failing to establish the record of 240o clans in four days which he was seeking.
 Tn view of these records New York may reasonably lay claim to having the big eest eaters in the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-13

Foreign travellers on steamers entering and leaving this port will shortly have 6 chance to observe the newest American flag, which in its make Is about as far from the stars and stripes as a flag well could be.
 The new piece of bunting is described as having a black fish on white back ground surrounded by a red border. It has just been officially authorized by the Secretary of the Navy, and so becomes the latest addition to the country's flags
 This strange banner will probably be more carefully watched for than any other by ship captains in this harbor. as some thing to steer clear of, for while 1t is not to be used as a piratical emblem 1t will indicate something almost as dangerous. that is, that a submarine boat is working in the vicinity
 As result the flag will be given wide berth by captains who are not anxious to have a hole punched in the bottom Of tner ships. or to be blown up unexpectedly.
 The new flag has really been adopted especially on account of New York, Ex- perirnents with submarines are soon to be carried on in the harbor Heretofore no submarines has dived in these waters and It's crowded shipping necessitates that the greatest care be taken. The new flag nat uraIly will not be flown from the subma- rine boat but from the regular vessel which always accompanies such craft and is technically known as the parent ship" or the mother ship"
 Longacre
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

years will be held in November at the general election. The winner will take his seat in Congress on March {. 1908.
 The winner for the short term will begin his service when Congress con- venes in December and keep 1t until the 4th of the following March
 The Governor will. in all probability, be in no haste to issue his call for the special election for the short term. He may issue IL whenever he chooses There Is an advisory section of the law which says that the Governor shall is- sue the proclamation for the special election whenever a session of Con. gress Is near or imminent
 When the call for the special election is issued, it is believed that some date in the fall will be selected.
 In the meanwhile. the party authori- ties will be governed largely by the call for the special election. The par ty authorities, which. in this case, is the Second District Executive Commit tee, will call q primary for the selec- tion of a candidate both for the short and the long term. Probably only one primary will be called.
 It is an interesting fact that contrary to general belief. the successor of Con- gressnnan Wiley will not draw salary from the time of his death. He will begin to draw salary from the date on which the special election Is held.
 This ruling was made by Congress when Congressman Richardson suc- ceeded the late Gen. Joseph Wheeler. who accepted an appointment from the President In the army and resigned his seat in the Congress. The point was made that Congressman Richardson was entitled to pay from the date of General Whe heeler's resignation. The Judiciary Committee of the House, however, decided that pay began on the day on which the special election was held.
 While the primary and the election may be some time in the future, the actual campaign for the vacancy will begin next week in earnest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
TALK OF FIGHT FOR VACANCY Thomas H. Clark Sug- gested for Short Term. GEN. OATES IS PROPOSED List of Candidates Has Been En-
 Iarged. The Special Election May Not Be Held Untn FaiI--Esut the Campaign
 wni Begin Next Week
 in Earsest.
GEN. OATES IS PROPOSED

Friends of Thomas II. Clark, former Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives, suggested that he be complim ented with the election to i'll out the unexpired term of the late Con- gressman A. A. Wiley. It was sug- sested that this compliment be paid Mir. Clark inasmuch as he would not be candidate for the lorg term and the fight for the long term could be fought out without any embarrass. ment from the short term"
 This was part of the political discus sion which foated about the streets of Montgomery yesterday. for there was a great deal of talk over the Con. grssional situation and the field full of candidates that are lining up for the race.
 Another Important contribution to the discussion was tn suggestion writ. ten to The Advertiser by leading citi. zen of Montgomery that Gen William c. Oates be elected to the vacancy. General Oates has not appeared as a candidate. but this suggestion came voluntarily from his friends. He has been Governor of Alabama and he served for eighteen years a member of Congress from the Third Alabama Dis trict-
 It was also suggested that Represen- tative J. Lee Long of Butler might possibly enter the already large field of candidates.
 It is to be understood that the can didaes already mentioned have not for mally announced. Several of them have. however, told their friends that at the proper time they would an- nounee for the vacancy. Others have been regarded by their friends, wh ether rightly or wrongly. as prospective candidates for the place. A list compiled of the various pro- spective candidates would read some thing like this:
 Montgomery County, R. T. Good wyn, s. H. Dent and Thomas J. Hall.
 Covington County--C1ive Reid, Henry Opp, Judge W. L. Parks.
 crenshaw County--Charles R. Brick en. H. Y. Brooke.
 Butler counry-Dempsey Powell, J. Lee Long.
 Conecuh county--John D. Burnett. Baldwin County--S. c. Jenkins
 Pike County--W. H Sanford
 Wilcox County--J. N. Miller.
 Of this list, 1t can be said not every man on it will make the race. but every man who will probably run Is on 1t.
 The election for the full term of two
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
ASSESSED AT FORMER RATES State Board of Assess ment's Order. RULING AFFECTS RAILROADS Many Companies in State Touched
 by Decree. Meeting on valuations Makes Effective Decisions on Cases of Big
 Trunk Hines of
 Alabama.

The State Board of Assessment. the Governor and all other members pres ent. met yesterday again in the office of State Auditor W. W. Brandon and with rush acted finally on the valua- tion of the property of no fewer than twenty-one lines of railroad entering or lying in Alabama In practically every instance the assessments were made the same as for last year.
 Those lines assessed were as fol- lows Louisville and Nashville. South ern Railway. Central of Georgia. West ern of Alabama. Mobile and Ohio, Ala barna and Mississippi, Alabama Vest ern- Canton. Aberdeen and Nashville, Woodstock and Blocton, Chattahoochie Valley. Alabama Northern. Manistee and Repton, Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic. Tombigbee, Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City. Alabama. Central. Tuskegee Railroad. Tallassee and Montgomery, Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay. Union Springs and Northern.
 The valuations agreed upon and put into effect are to apply for the tax year beginning October 1, 1903. The State Auditor and his force will be a busy set for the next few days prepar- ing the bases for taxation in the va- rious counties of the state. The decis- ions Of the Board were late tnis year and this will cause a. rush among the County Assessors in strengthening out their books.
 Although the valuations will be sub ,stantially the same as they were fixed last year some changes were made of a minor nature. The Akron branch of the Southern witnessed q slight reduc- ton in its sidetrack values. IL was decided in view of incomplete reports at the last meeting of the Board from the Alabama Western, to NTe-assess the property of that line. The main mile age was fixed at s5.0oo. while the sid ing mileage Is s2.500.
 The assessment of the Canton, Aber- deen and Nashville was fixed at S1O.> 900 for the main line mileage and sS.> 900 for the siding. The main line mile age of the Mobile. Jackson and Kan sas City was increased from S7.200 Co ss.000 and the siding mileage stands at s2,000.
 These were the only changes of rec ord yesterday.
 As this shows the fnal action of the Board on physical property valuations. the figures are to be used at once by the State Tax Commission In determ- hing the valuations for the intangt- b!a taxes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
THE PASSING 7HRoNC

Mir. John Lamar has returned from Cincinnati where he was a delegate from the First Baptist Church to at tend the twelfth annual convention of the Baracas.
 Mir. W. B. Leidy. leading attorney. was in the city yesterday. MT. Leedy appeared before the State Board of Equalization as representative of the Illinois Central Railroad
 Mir. Mark L. Black. a prominent cit. izen of Luverne. Is a visitor to the city.
 Mir. J. B. Gaston, Jay left on last Monday for Savannah, Ga, where he goes to accept position upon the con struction of railroad in the vicinity of that city. Mir. Gaston is q civil en- Eineer.
 Mir. R. D. Apperson of Lynchburs. Va. is in Montgomery attending the trial of the case of the Traction Com pany vs. the Montgomery Light and Power Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
Crap Game Raided.

RaidinR a "crap" game. Oficers Cur tis and Hammond, at 2:55 o'clock veg terday afternoon arrested and took t0 Headquarters four negroes, Joseph Ma chatte. Phillip Rogers. Sam Roh. ertson and George Walker. The quar- tette were tried yesterday afternoon in the Recorders Court on the charge of gaming and were fined s10 and costs each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
DEATH OF A CHILD

Little Daughter of MT. and Mrs. Boyd
 h Dead.
 Lucy Dallas. the infant daughter of MT. and Mrs. Charles E. Boyd. died at 8 o'clock last night at the residence of her parents, corner of Boyee and Pal metto Streets. after an Illness of sev- eral weeks.
 The funeral will be held from tho residence at o'clock this afternoon. Rev Mr. Clark officiating at the cere- mony. The interment will be made in Oakwood Cemetery.