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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15

Cash Received SIT. Weekly Payments e1 Number: 12 Total paid by Zorro wer s2a.; Amount in Excess of cash receiv- ed e7.
 Cash Received sio.so: Weekly Pay ments s2. Number s: Total paid by Bor- rower SIS. Amount in Excess of cash received s5.Bo.
 While the Interest rates charged by these companies are unreasonably high. perhaps the most interruptions part of the business is the manner in which the borrower is bounded for payments and forced to lose his job if he does not settle promptly.
 Take an instance of a man down and out" for the time being and in need of an immediate loan. He Is at- tracted by the advertisement of the salary loan company or perhaps he re- eeives a letter from one of the .compa- nles. so worded that 1t makes a particu- lar appeal to his case, Money ob- tained quickly. confidentially and with out disclosure.' Come and get all the money you need" Money is yours for, the asking,"-read the attractive notices and the man who needs the money sees an easy way out of his difficulty. But before he gets the loan he makes an assignment of his wages and signs over the power of attorney. R1RNAo oAGACa Uf tAiG UOITOWCE are similar in the cases of the different companies.
 The application blank. bill of sale ot salary. and power of attorney are the three legal documents which are always signed unless the power of att Iorney Is so worded that the signature to the htii of sale is unnecessary. Tn few cases the loan company re- quires the borrower to sign a number of notes. one for each payment, also several blank papers which are to be filled out later. These blank papers when. filled out constitute an assign ment of wages and are served upon the employer in case the employe fails to meet his payments. In one. office Mir. Wassam saw four of these blank pa- pers which had been signed by an ap- pltcant. The manager explained that they would be used only In case the borrower refused to pay.
 1t would seem that a man with or- dinary intelligence would refuse to sign a blank paper giving the loan company the power to fill 1t out later; fuse to sign the power of attorney which in the maojrity of cases is most binding. As a rule, however, there is no objection on his part.
 Take an instance of loan made in New York through the office of H A. Courtright, a salary loan man located in Providence, R. L, and enclosed with the check is a memorandum stating that Courtright has bought Q certain number of notes, giving the amount of each and date when due. s@The notes have been signed by the attorney whom the borrower authorized to sign his name to any legal document by signing the power of attorney. The borrower does not see the notes signed by the attorney and therefore has no idea of what they contain. Each of these notes signed by the attorney contains the following clause: Inter est from and after date of maturity, per cent per month or fraction of month"; also This note Is one of a series dated this day and signed by me, and I agree that if this, or any one of said series, Is not paid by me, 1 on the date when due, that each and ] every one of said notes becomes forth with due and payable on said date of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
FOR HMPLEs. TOO

New Discovery Cures Eezema and
 Erndi,ates Minor skin Troubles
 OvernfKht
 A few months ago the dispensers of posiam, the new discovery for the cure of eczema, decided to allow the drug gists of the country to handle it. Pre- vious to that time. it. could only be obtained direct from the laboratories.
 Since this change In the method of distribution, poslam has met with the most phenomenal srccess of anything introduced to the druggists in the last thirty years. All leading drug gists including E. c. Fowler. Mont- gomery. are now carrying the special 50-cent size recently adopted. also the $2' jar.
 This great success Is not surprising when 1t Is remembered that. In ecze- ma cases. poslam scope the itching with first application. proceeds to heal im- mediately, and cures cha onlc cases m a few weeks. Tn minor skin troubles, such as pimples. biackheads. acne. herpes, blotches. rash. etc. results show aftnr an overnight application. Experimental samples of poslam are sent to anyone by mall free Of charge. bv the Emergency Laboratortes. Sz West twenty nth Street. New York City,. N1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
FISHING SMACK ASHORE.
The CynOsure Win Go to Pieces on Is-
 land. ~t

The CyMOAOEG WAAt UO h0 EkGcG@ 04 A1~
 land. rt Mobile, Nov. 1l-A Scranton, Miss, special says:
 The fshing smack Cynosure. owned in Gu1fport, Capt Levi P. Randall master. is ashore oAethe west bank. in Horn Island Pass She ig bllged and full of sand and water and will be total loss. The crew. of. Ave men. were taken of of berS by the light honee sengi- sneer's. boat Wolf. and landed in Scranr 1toh. Ths ,mastey. of the schooner was not on board of her at the time she went ashore She was bound, from sGnlsport to the snapper banks and had a crew of. Italians on board who did not Know iaAythiAg about the pass and made a mistake iEi- the buoys ana pul her ashore. .
 She lies in seven feet ef water, and there is a; high wind blowing, with heavy sea-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15

You can't afford to Iet~this OP- pOrtunity pass. See the windows. This season's vvOOlenss correct ~@ styles and the finest tailoring
 PRICKETT-GERS co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15

Mems, suits are, nov being made of all sorts of palesanG perishable shades of cloth, such as have hitherto oeeH aIrnost entirely associated with wo- mems wear.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15

Harness and Saddles repaired and made to order. ThOs. Connolly, 23o Lee st.
 su-tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15

Large-headed hairpins and barrette will almost cover the head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15

1uttons of all sizes are more em' ployed than for years and years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
HELD FOR GRAND JURY.
Alleged Piekpocket Given Prelimi
nary Hearing in Court.

At the conclusion of the preliminary
hearing in the case of Charles Roberts.
alias Frank Morris, today IN the Police
Court. the defendant was held In $1,000
bond for the action of the grand Jury in
one case. 4 second charge against him
was dismissed for lack of evidence. Rob-
erts entered a plea Of not guilty. and In
default of bond was remanded.
In the first case, that of Elmer III. Rob
erts of 1929 Park road, the mail clerk
whose pocketbook, containing $34. vas
stolen while he was on an nth street car
Friday afternoon, Mr.. Roberts was the
principal witness. He told of feeling his
pocketbook being removed from his
pocket. of the arrest OF the defendant and
of the effort to induce the policeman TO
release him.
In the second case George NJ. Hull.
sixty-one years old. of 1866 Newton street.
employed In the Indian bureau. testified
,iary % he and two of his daughters start
cd to board a street car at the intersec-
ton of 9th and r streets. In attempting
to get on the front platform he was sur
rounded by three men and jostled several
minutes. Mr.. Hull identified Roberts,
alias Morris, as one of the three men who
jostled him at the time. The witness
stated that the following morning he dis
covered that his pocketbook had been
taken from "A rear pocket of his trousers
The pocketbook was later found on the
street The witness was unable TO say
whether his property was taken al the
fine of the jostling and the court ruled
the evidence was not SUFFICIENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
BEECH HARGIS' TRIAL
DEFENSE TO BE PAID OUT OF
PRISONERS SHARE OF ESTATE.

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LEXINGTON. KY. February 1I.-1n
the defense of Beech Hargis for the muir
der Of his father. Judge James Hargis.
the expenses will be paid out Of the $4,000
which is the boys share of his father s
large estate. when Judge James P.
Adams convened the Breathitt county cir
cult court at Jackson today the Hargis
case was the most important matter
awaiting action.
It Is expected that Beech Harsis will
be promptly indicted. ard If this is done
at once begin.
The defense will be self-defense and his
counsel will claim that Hargis' father
choked the voting man and knocked out
several teeth before the son fired
Plead for Convicted Murderer.
LEXINGTON. KY, February lion
the plea that Edward Turner, condemned
wife murder. had been reared in a god
less community. seventy-flve citizens OF
Breathitt county. Ky. have sent letters
and petitions to Gov. Patterson of Ten
nessee. pleading for a Communication of
the death sentence OF Turner. who for
merly lived in Breathitt county. Turner
is sentenced to hang February -.
The plea of the petitioners is that
Turner. brought up In a goddess COM
munfty, never had an opportunity to
know right from wrong: that his parents
died when he was very young; that the
wickedness Of his wife unbalanced his
nina, and that he killed her. not be
cause he hated her, but because he loved
her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
50. 500 BAIL FOR EACH.
Former Bankers Life Officials Ar
raigned for Perjury.

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, February 17-Foster NJ.
VOORHEES,. former president of the Bank
ers' Life Insurance Company of 81 Nassau
street. and Frank G. Combes former
secretary of that company. who were
indicted for perjury last week by the
special grand jury. were arraigned before
Justice Bowling in the criminal branch
Of the supreme court today, and each
defendant furnished $500 bail The
pleading to the indictments was put over
for one week. The bail bonds were fur
nished by the Fidelity and Deposit Com
pany of Maryland through the company S
counsel. James r. Kingsley.
The indictments charge perjury in con-
nection with the rendering of an alleged
false annual report to the state insur-
ance commissioner in February. 1905. The
text OF the indictment alleges that they
swore that some s20OOn in dividends was
not due the stockholders. when in realit y
such an amount was due.
Mr.. Voorhees, was formerly governor
Of New Jersey. He lives in Elizabeth
Mr. Combcs gave his residence as Phila-
delpha-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
SMITH AND DUNBAR WIN.
Capture the Two-Man Bowling
Championship.

CINCINNATI February 1T.-AIthough
they had appeared as substitutes for
fhe National Bowling Associa ton champ
ions. Smith and Dunbar of the Corin-
thians. Newark, y. j.. have won the inter
national two-man championship. They
had defeated the champions of the
Canadian. the American and the Western
Bowling associations. but their final vic
tory depended on the decision of pro-
test thst was filed against them on Satur-
day. The National Association champions
We're unabi" 10 compete and had desig-
mated Smith and Dunbar. who were their
teammates in five-man team contest
to take their place. Protest was filed
against the entrance of any except the
actual champions in the contest.
President Hermann, however. decided
today that protest against Smith and
Dunbar does not stand In his decision
Mr.. Hermann declared that any con
gress or bowling association had a right
10 be represented I'm this tournament and
could designate members of the organi-
cation to participate in the championship
events Of the tournament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
ROUNDING Up TERRORs
27O BLACK HAND SUSPECTS
CAUGHT IN RAIDS.

HARRISBURG. Pa. February H.
With go men captured in thirty-two
raids conducted by the state police de-
partment in it's war against Black Hand
bands that have been terrorizing 1.-THE for
eign population in various sections of the
commonwealth the authorities count on
crushing them out before the operations
can extend to Americans.
For months the state policemen have
been waging war on criminal gangs in
the anthracite regions. where bands have
been preying on credulous foreigners,
but lately there have been signs of the
terrorizing being extended to Northum-
berland county people of native birth.
Policemen have also been sent to Allie
gheny county. where threats were made
against several prominent men, and spe-
cial details will operate about Pittsburg
for some time to come.
BY the wholesale arrests a large num-
Der of law-abiding foreigners will be free
of extortion Of money for some time.
During the past year they received let
tiers signed BLACK Hand" threatening
them with murder or having their homes
burned unless they contributed money
to agents Of the outlaws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
PUT BLAME ON HUSTON
DEFENSE IN THE HARRISBURG
GRAFT CASES.

HARRISBURG, Pa, February 1.-THE
trial of the conspiracy suit Of Contractor
John H. Sanderson. former Auditor Gem
eral Snyder. former State Treasurer Matf-
ues and former Superintendent of Grounds
and Buildings Shumaker was resumed in
the Dauphin county court today.
Following the precedent of his associates
in their opening speeches to the jury for
the defense. counsel for Shumaker laid all
responsibility for alleged irregularities IN
connection with the furnishing Of the cap
ital upon Joseph NJ. Huston. the archi-
tect. Counsel declared that Shumaker
considered Huston both competent and
honest, and he relied upon him for the
correctness of all measurements and
weights Following the argument of
counsel the defense began calling experts
who had measured the furniture supplied
by Sanderson to refute the testimony of
the commonwealth that the measure
ments were falsified.
The method Of procedure as. agreed
upon by the defense is first to examine
the witnesses for Sanderson, then the wit
nesses for the former state officers in or
der. Former Gov. Pennypacker is to be
called as, soon as Sanderson's expert wit
nesses on measurements have been heard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17

versity OF American Q reaifty GDout eev4
Snteen yoara ago By N endowment OF
100000. Bishop 0paldipg Of Peoria waa
the administrators OF her fathers estate
Mary Gwendolyn and Elisabeth Mary
Caldwell. The estate left them by their
father amounted to &2.o0o 900.
Mary Gwendolyn Caldwell and her sisteS
an interest in the faith and the perpetulty
Of the church that led Miss Caldwell 20
endow the university. This action In said
to have been due. I'm no small measure to-
the influence of Bishop Spalding. Miss
Caldwell was married in 1896. to Marquis
Monsters de Merinville. a French noble
man. Following her marriage the mar
quise made her home abroad. She fell
into q decline.
In November. 1904. the Marquise de-
nounced the Catholic Church. declaring
that she had been led TO this purpose nv
a strong religious conviction. bred both
or her early belief In the Protestant faith
and by her observation Of the Cathode
Church abroad. Shortly after renouncing
the church the marquise sought to pro
cure the return of moneys she gave the
university. which was denied.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Caldwell married
Baron Won Zedtwitz, a German noblemau
in his country's diplomatic service. who
was at one time attached to the German
embassy in Washington. He was killed
on his yacht. the Isolde. I'm 1896. while
engaged In the Royal Albert regatta. The
baroness had also married out OF her
church, her husband being a communi-
cant OF the Lutheran denomination. and
she also left the Catholic fold.
These two women were the daughters
Of William s. Caldwell, and his wife was
Breckenridge OF Kentucky. Shortly be-
fore his death Caldwell became a convert
to the Catholic faith. and on his demise
the children were left to the care OF an
Irish Catholic family in New York. whom
his wife had met In church circles.
william s. Caldwell was first heard of
as a theatrical manager I'm England.
After coming to this country he settled In
Richmond. Va. He amassed q large for
tune. building gas plants in Chicago, ST.
Louis, Mobile and other cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
Press Report Confirmed.

The official report to the Navy Depart
ment. of the trial of the. new armored
cruiser North Carolina of the Virginia
coast Saturday confirms the statement
in the press dispatches that She averaged
22.4S knots i'm her fonr-hour speed trial
1t says that the trial was a very success
fui one. although made in a heavy sea.
Admiral Glover. president Of the board
of inspection and survey. and the other
members OF the board which conducted
the trial have returned to Washington.
The admiral says that the speed made by
t he ship Is the best ever made by q vessel
Of the atmofed cruiser class in the United
States Navy, He attributes her good run
90 the. fact that picked coal was used.
that the bearings were carefully adjusted
and that more lead was given to the
steam valve Of the high pressure cylinder.
The acceptance OF the cruiser by the gov
eminent Is now guaranteed.
Although the speed made by the North
Carolina Is the record for an American
armored cruiser. English-buil vessels
of the same class have made much better
records, running up to "a knots an hour
and one OF them. the Duke of Edinburgh
1t was estimated would make 27.75 knots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
SHOT WHILE INSANE
THOMAS A. EDISoN'S SECkE.
TARY COMMITS SUICIDE.

WEST ORANGE. N. j., February H.
John F. Randolph. treasurer Of the Edison
Manufacturing Company. of which T. A.
Edison is president. committed suicide in
the cellar OF his residence on New Valley
way today by shooting himself In the
head. 1t is believed that MT. Randolph
was temporarily insane. as neither in his
business nor family affairs was there any
known cause for such an act. This belief
was given further credence by the knowl-
edge that a near relative became mentally
unbalanced a few years ago. Alpronse
westee. secretary of the Edison Manu-
featuring Company. said today that Mr..
straight. Mr.. Randolph was private sec
rotary TO Thomas A. Edison, and Mr..
Edison was one of the first to reach his
house after his death was known.
Wife Wanted to Die.
That Mrs. Randolph did not follow her
husband TO death was due TO the prompt
and determined action of Mr. Edison
When he reached the house Mrs Ran
dolph was hysterical. wringing her hands
and crying out that she would Kill herself
Mr.. Edison followed Mrs. Randolph to the
second floor and came upon her as she
was about to throw herself from a sec
ond-story window. He seized the, fren-
zied woman and after hard struggle
succeeded i'm pulling her back to place
of safety.
Took Carbolic Acid.
LIMA. Ohio, February 17.-H. A. Dun
lap. aged forty one years, wool buyer OF
New York. committed suicide in his room
at the Hotel Norval here during last
n.-ht by taking carboIic acid. He had
been brooding over business conditions.
though he had Just closed a $4,000 psir-
chase Of wool on Friday. Papers show he
leaves wife and three children In new
York city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
5HURT IN TRAIN CRASH
MICHIGAN CENTRAL ACCIDENT
MAY PROVE FATAL TO ONE.

BUFFALO, n. Y. February 17.-Five
persons were injured. one probably IA
tally, when Michigan Central passenger
train. running twenty-five miles an hour
crashed into and telescoped a New York
Central yard engine at Black Rock late
last night. The injured are:
James Barry, Buffalo. engineer of the
yard engine, fractured skull. internal in
iuries: will probably die
Levi Crutts. st. Thomas. Ont. engineer
Of the passenger train, knee badly crush
ed
Alfred ]. Meyers. Detroit. CONNIE rcial
traveller, badly wrenched back, right
wrist sprained.
Miss %. A: Riebenkam. Niagara Falls
N. Y, lips cut. face lacerated and bruises
and badly shaken up.
Mrs. Ida Wisebaum, Niagara Falls
n. Y. wrenched back. cuts on neck and
left side of face. badly bruised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
Vanderbilt Mansion Robbed.

NEW YORK. February 17.-That the
mansion of William X. Vanderbilt on SIT
avenue was looted by burglars last Thurs
day night became publicly known today
through the arrangement Of james An
,ferson,- negro. in police court THE
negro said he came to. New York from
Boston two years ago.
Anderson. who the police declare i:
resII. Elijah G. Hovey, was arrested in
9th avenue pawnshop last Saturday
while trying to dispose of some silver
SPOONS on which were inscribed the ini-
tails Nv. H. W
After he was taken to police headuuar r
ters. the police declare, he was positivei,
identified as Hovey. who in 1890 was sent
TO prison for stealing a large quantity OF
silverware from the residences Of J. P
Morgan and the late Charles T. Yerkes
About 500 worth Of silver was taker
from the Vanderbilt house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
CALLA0AWAITS EVANS
PREPARES TO WELCOME THE
BATTLEsHIPS.

LIMA. Peru, February 17.-Great prep
arations are being concluded here and at
Callao for the reception of the American
battleship fleet. which is due to arrive
at Callao probably Wednesday. unless
Rear Admiral Evans forces the speed of
the warships and. makes up part Of the
time lost at Punta Arenas. and before the
fleet reached that port. in which event 1t
is possible the battleships may reach Cal
lao Tuesday. the date originally fixed
for their arrival The government has
issued orders that Rear Admiral Evans
be paid the honors due vice admiral, a
courtesy which was extended to him at
Rio de Janeiro and Punta Arenas.
Will Visit President Paro.
The program for this entertainment Of
the officers includes a reception by Mr..
Tanning, head of the firm og Grace & Co..
Mr.. Charming of the Cerro de Tasco
Mining Company and julius East. There
will also be q number of boat races in
the bay. in which it is expected that crews
from the warships will take part.
Friday Admiral Evans and the members
of his staff will come to Lima and visit
President Pardo. Saturday President
Pardo will give banquet in the EXPOSE
ingtons birthday. The guests will in
clude Admiral Evans and $50 officers Of
the fleet, the high government officials
and a number of Peruvian military and
naval officers.
Will See a Bullfght.
Monday bullfight will be given, to
which 5000 of the American sailors and
600 officers will be invited. Tuesday
there will be an excursion to Mount Meigs
the party travelling by special trains.
Wednesday the American minister. Leslie
Combs. will give a reception at the lega-
ton. Thursday Gen. Pedro Muniz recep-
ton at the Exposition building, to which
coo Of the American officers will be in
yited. Friday night a ball will be given
at the Naval Club. the guests at which
will include 300 American officers.
Saturday Admiral Evans will give a re-
ception on board his flagship. the Con-
necticut, and invitations for this function
will be in great demand. 1t is expected
that some of the American warships. will
be thrown open for the inspection of the
public Everybody is on the qui vive for
the coming of the fleet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-17
PRESIDENTIAL NoM1NAT1oNs.
Selections Sent to the Senate TO
Consideration.

The following nominations were sent
to the Senate today by the President:
To be placed on the retired list-Maj.
Thomas Swobe, auartermaster, With rank
Of lieutenant colonel: Capt. George l..
Goodale, quartermaster, with the rank Of
ma jor.
Colonel, to be brigadier general-Dan-
iel H. Brush. 24th Infantry.
Corps of Engineers-Lieutenant colonel,
to be colonel. william II. Bixby; aJor,
to be lieutenant colonel, Edward Burr;
captain, to be mai or, James B. Cava-
Clarence c. Sheriff.; second lieutenant to
be first lieutenant, Thomas H. Emerson
To be first assistant postmaster general
Charles P. Grand1eld of Missouri.
To be United States attorney for the
northern district Of Ohi0-Wiliam L. Day
To be agent for the Indians Of the Low
er Brule Agency-Lawrence r. Michael Of
Gettysburg. 8. d.
Post of11ce-to be postmaster at New
Market. Va, William NJ. Clemenson.
Day City Solicitor of Canton.
CLEVELAND. Ohio February 17.-W.L.
Day is the son Of Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States VIM.
r. Day. He has Just begun his second
term as city solicitor of Canton, Ohio
j. J. Sullivan. whom Day has been nomi-
mated to succeed as United States district
attorney for the northern district Of Ohio,
was in charge OF the federal prosecution
against Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick.