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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-21

tenn can be put on a thoroughly satis-
factory basis, the laws for the proper
administration of the forest service, the.
laws for the admission OF Oklahoma anss
the development of Alaska, the great al
preparations for the development of agJ :
culture. the legal prohibition of campsS @
contributions from corporations-all + -
represent but a portion of what hasr. )
done by Congress, and form rec o.
substantial legislative achevemf g - 4
harmony with the best and mo j
gressiVe thought of our people.
1T is urgently necessary, from the
standpoint of the public interest, to elect
Mr.. Taft. and a republican Congress
which will support him; and they seek
election on platform which specifically
pledges the party, alike in its executive
and legislative branches, to continue and
develop the policies which have been not
merely protest but acted upon during
these seven years. These policies can be
successfully carried through only by the
hearty cooperation of the President and
the Congress in both Its branches. and it
is, therefore, peculiarly important that
there should obtain such harmony be-
tween them. To fail TO elect Mr.. Taft
would be a calamity to the country, and
It would be folly, while electing him,
yet at the same time to elect a Congress
hostile to him, a Congress which under
the influence of partisan leadership would
be certain to thwart and BATTLE him on
every possible occasion. To elect Mr..
Taft and at the same time to elect a
Congress pledged to support him, is the
only way in which to perpetuate the pol
icy of the government as now carried
on. l feel that all the aid that can be
given to this policy by every good cit
izen should be given; for this is far more
than a merely partisan matter.
Both your committee. and the national
committee of which Mr.. Hitchcock is
chairman, are endeavoring to secure the
active cooperation on the stump of sem
ators and congressman, party leaders and
independent citizens generally l most
heartily join In urging the importance of
such cooperation. | hope that every dis
interested private citizen. whose sole con-
Germ in politics is to have the right kind
of man carry out the right kind of pol
icy, will join in backing up your COM
mittee as well as the national committee
In this movement. No service is as ef-
fective, as valuable. as the disinterested
service given in such manner by men
whose one concern is for the triumph of
the principles in which they believe; and
appeal with all the strength there Is in
me to such men to give such support.
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"Hon. William B. Mckinley, Chairman
Republican Congressional Committee, St.
James Building, New York, N. Y"
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Washington, September 2o.-For the
next three weeks the national capital
will be the scene of such crusade
perhaps as never before has been wit
messed against humanity's worst common
foe-the white plague" 1t will be an
educational campaign, worldwide in its
scope, the ultimate object of which is to
eradicate if possible from the ends of
the earth a disease which, statistical ex-
perts declare cuts short the lives of one
tenth to one-eighth of the civilized pop
ulation. Such distinguished foreigners as
Dr. Robert Koch Of Berlin, Prof B. Bang
of Copenhagen, A. Culmette of Lille,
France: n. Theodore Tendeloo of Ley
den, R. w. Philips of Edinburgh, c. Won
Pirquet of Vienna, G. Sims Woodhead of
Cambridge, Lydia Pabinowitsch of Ber-
lin ,Camilo Calleja of Valladolid, Spain;
T. Ishimgami of Osaka, Japan; and noted
American physicians and scientists and
others who have devoted their lives in
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stirred the younger democrats to enthu-
siasm and in addition has brought into
line the element which has always fol-
lowed Judge Gray in the days when
Delaware could be depended upon to cast
it's electoral vote for the democratic tick.
ct. Gray is expected to make a very
strong race and will likely lead the ticket
owing to revolt which has been started
in republican ranks against their candi-
date, Frank H. Davis.
The friends of Governor Lea are dis
satisfied at his turning down by the re-
publican organization and the scant men,
tion of his administration by the state
republican platform. The Delaware dem
ocrats believe the outlook very rosy for
success. w. 8.
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Drouth In New England.

Boston, September 2O.-Anxiety is fill
ing the heart of the New England farmer.
for a drouth which is pronounced to be
the severest in many years has spread
itself over the New England states.
causing suffering to peoSle, cattle and
crops throughout the country districts.
1t was on August 26 that the last gem
eral rainfall came to New England. In
many places the wells are running dry,
and a serious state of affairs confronts
the farmers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-21
KERN IN MARYLAND.
Bryan's Running Mate Is On Business
Trip.

Westminster, Nd, September 20-Johu
Worth Kern, the democratic vice presi-
Dental nominee, left here this morning
in John ]. Mahon's automobile, with Gen.
Murray Vandiver, chairman of the demo
cratic state central committee, and sew
eral others for Gettysburg. Arriving at
Gettysburg, the party took dinner at the
Eagle hotel. and afterward made 20
mile tour of the famous battlefield. Re-
turning, this city was reached at a little
after p. M, and after a stop of a few
minutes the party, except those who live
here, proceeded for Baltimore. Mr.. Kern
has no plans for tomorrow other than
those connActed with the business upon
which he came to Maryland.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-21
YES, ARCHBOLD
RECOLLECTS IT

New York. September 20.--John D. Arch
bold of the Standard Oil company said
today, when the statement of Senator
Foraker about the $4,000 draft was called
to his attention, THAT is exactly so; it
is the truth"
Il had forgotten about the incident"
said Mr.. Archbold, when it was re-
called to my mind by the publication
OF the story. AS l recall it now, Sem
ator Foraker thought he could consum-
mate the deal for the purchase Of The
Ohio State Journal and I sent him the
draft for s50,0o0 as a temporary loan un-
til he could finance the undertaking. The
negotiations fell through and the SEN
ator returned the $4,000 draft intact. That
is the whole truth in the matter, and
really all there is to it."
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ACTIVE CRUSADE BEGUN
UPON THE WHITE PLAGUE

an effort to solve this problem, will act
lively participate.
, The campaign will be carried on by
the coming international congress on
tuberculosis in sixth annual session,
which will meet in the United States for
the first time at the National Museum
in this city. This congress, which might
fittingly be called a real worlds CON-
gress on tuberculosis, will mark an epoch
in the anti-tuberculosis movement in this
country.
Such a distinguished gathering prob
ably will not meet again In this country
for many years, for the honor of en-
tertaining the congress is eagerly sought
for by foreign countries.
The initial step will be taken tomorrow
night when there will be jubilee open
ing of a tuberculosis exposition at the
New National Museum, in connection with
congress. 1t will be one of the largest,
the most important in every way, the
most comprehensive exhibits ever assem-
bed and it will be illustrative of what
is being done throughout the world in
the fight against tuberculosis.
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Analo.eerman Peace Meetina.

Berlin, September 20.-An imposing
Anglo-German worlSingmen's peace dem
onstration was held here today. Some
10000 German workingmen gathered 10
welcome a delegation representing the
was displayed on both sides. The dele
cation presented address asking the
cooperation of the Germans In an ef-
fort to secure the settlement of inter-
national disputes by arbitration. Later
a great open air meeting was held and
a resolution was passed pledgtng fb'
support of the German workers.
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FARMER SHOOTS
DEPUTY MARSHAL

GAINESVILLE, Ca, September 20.-Ben F.
Perdue, a farmer living near here. shot
Deputy Marshal Ben Porch early to-
day. infiicting wounds from which the
officer later died.
Porch earlier in the night locked up
Perdue for being drunk and disorderly.
Friends appeared for Perdues release and
Porch turned him out. Afterward Perdue
secured gun and waited on Market
street for Porch's regular round, when,
without warning, according OF the officers
dying words, he opened fire.
The shooting occurred near the center
of the city. Indignation is running high.
and efforts are being made to locate Per-
due. who thus far has made good his es-
cape.
from that date until the present showed
alarming increase, and 1t is the general
belief here that the health authorities are
holding their official reports down to
minimum.
At Moscow a quarantine has been es-
tablished at all railway depots, and pas
sengers are placed under the strictest sur
veillance. Up to the present Moscow has
been immune. A death has occurred at
Helsingfors from the disease, and 10 Rus
sian steamers have been denied entrance
to viborg harbor for evadIng quarantine
at Trangsund. roadstead eight miles
from that port.
Several suspicious cases have been re-
ported in the Finnish archipelago, where
the imperial family are cruising, and
measures have been taken to limit naviga-
ton, only vessels having a practicing
physician on board being permitted to sail
in Finnish waters.
Twenty-nine cases and six deaths were
reported from Odessa on Saturday.
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Suicide With Pocket Knife.

Mt Pleasant, Tex, September 2O.-After
cutting his throat with pocket knife in
the presence of his wife, late today, A.
5. Austin calmly closed the weapon, re
placed it4in his pocket and with a great
stream of blood rushing from his wound.
walked out of the Peterman hotel, of
which he was proprietor and, falling to
the sidewalk, died within a few minutes
in the presence of hundreds of Sunday
afternoon promenaders. The motive that
lmpelled Austin to take his life is not
known
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-21
DELAWARE DEMOCRATS
HOPEFUL OF. SUCCESS

Washington, September 20-(Special.)-
With the nomination of a strong state
ticket and united party Delaware democ-
racy is preparing for the 1iveliest polt-
ical campaign that the state has wit
messed for years. Judging by the inn
mense outpouring at the Bryan meetings
there is the utmost interest in the cam
paign. DIR. Rowland G. Paynter, the dem.
ocratic candidate for governor is being
received as a popular candidate. He is
a graduate of Yale and the University
of Pennsylvania and is showing himself
to be good candidate.
The nomination of Andrew c. Gray of
Wilmington, a son of Judge Gray, has
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-21

Sheriff Mooney with several deputies
today started to arrest Roberts. Mrs.
Roberts, from window, told the officers
to keep away, but the sheriff continued
to advance and both she and her hus-
band opened fire.
Mooney was shot by the woman, it is
said. His fall disconnected the deputies
for few minutes and Roberts and his
wife took advantage of this to barricade
the house. They defended the building
for hours under fire. When the firing
from within finally ceased the door was
broken down. Mrs. Roberts. suffering
from IA wounds, was dying and no at
tempt was made to, remove her to jail.
Roberts and the wounded officers were
taken to Mountain Home, Ark.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS

Page 1.
Haskell challenges Hearst to prove
charges
Cholera is raging in st. PETERSBURG
Foraker in the down and out club
Roosevelt writes another Taft letter.
Bryan Hill and Parker confer.
Big fire in Paris.
Woman shot to death in desperate fight.
delaware democrats are hopeful of sue
cess.
Crusade begun against tuberculosis.
Page 2.
Convict lease system is dead
Market leaders are in a panic
Enormous losses by forest fires
Page 3.
Fine grounds for new courthouse.
Improvements begun at Ensley steel
plant
Baptist revival starts in Bessemer next
Sunday
Page a.
Editorial comment.
Page S.
All public schools in city open today.
Boy has hand mangled by dynamite
caps.
To plan Shawnee reception tomorrow.
Numerous tigers raided yesterday
Italians celebrate anniversary at Ger
mania park
Greek Colefas still at large
Voters urged to go to polls today
Page 8.
Woodmen of World have new scheme.
Republicans are filled with doubt
Page 2.
Page 8.
Rube Waddell makes new record.
Football outlook at Vanderbilt.
Alabama and Auburn may meet.
Baseball pennant races are better thas
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News From "The Home.v

Mountain Greek Soldiers Home, Sep
tember 2O.--(Special).- Some days ago the
Rev. w. ]. nay, the state evangelist of
the Baptist denomination, began a meet
ing in the auditorium here. Unique in
his methods, winning in his personality
and forceful in his preaching he had
the attention of the people as they came
thronging to hear the gospel. 1t was
a great meeting. When 1t closed last
night the results were the organization
of a Baptist church with so members
the call of Rev. Robert Long as PASTOR
and a generous collection FOR the Rev.
Mr.. Ray. who has won the hearts of ALL
Several of the old men In the home
united with the church and are to be
baptized on September q.
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Negro Confesses TO Murder

Jacksonville, Fla, September 2O.-Wa1-
ter Ledbetter, a negro tramp, was ar
rested early today by Sheriff Bowden.
in the settlement of Marietta and con-
fessed to killing Mrs. Norman and her
daughter there Saturday AS soon as the
residents of the settlement learned that
the negro had been captured there were
threats of lynching but the negro was
safely lodged in the Duval county iail,
where he is under guard. speedy trial
is now being arranged for the negro.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-21
ORVILLE WRIGHT
IS MUCH BETTER

Washington, September 2O.-Orvills
Wright who was seriously injured Thurs
day in the aeroplane accident which
caused the death of Lieut.. Thomas Self
ridge, continues to improve. Mr. Wright
appeared more cheerful today than at
any time since the disaster DIR. Howard
II. Bailey, in charge of the hospital,
stated that the aeroplanist would be de-
MED visitors until the danger point--the
knitting together OF the bones of the
thigh and ribs-has been passed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-21
WOMAN SHOT TO DEATH IN
DESPERATE PISTOL DUEL

West Plains, Mo-, September 20.-John
Roberts and his wife today resisted
sheriff and several deputies in desper-
ate fight near Prestonia, one mile south
of the Arkansas line, when the officers
attempted to arrest Roberts for killing
ODE Kessinger, neighbor. last night
AS result the woman and Sheriff Moon
ey of Baxter county, Arkansas, are prob
ably mortally wounded, and Roberts and
two deputies are seriously hurt
Roberts went to Kessinger's home late
last night and called Kessinger to the
door. When Kessinger appeared Roberts
fired and killed him, it is said. The
cause of the deed has not been learned.
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TWO Unknown Men Killed.

Little Rock, September 20.-Two un-
known white men were killed in a wreck
of a freight train on the Kansas City
Southern railroad, two miles north OF
DeQueen. Ark. today.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-05-15
ITO be continued.
Looking rer lis,,.,

"Do you think higgins woG.i max
a good husbands" asked HE console
tious youth.
why do You ask" inquired the Si-
In surprise.
Because ii you think such n fool p.
Bliggins could manage il ! have =
good mind 10 take n chance myself
Washington Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-05-15
Insomnia.

did you try counting 1000 sheep, -
/ told YOU
"YeS, doe. But then ! got TO figurlr.
what | could get for 'em by the pouni
mt present prices, and after that ! iust
couldn't 80 TO slcep."-- Kansas City
Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-05-15
CHAPTER V.

f~IIIE next morning when Red
aWoGc arrows Of gold were
shooting through the holes tn
~ the old barn. and outside the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
BRYAN UNLIKE LINCOLN.
Candidate to Great Statesman q
Miserable Failure,

1.-The present canvass shows again
the folly Of the ass that put on a
lions skin. The managers Of Mr..
Bryan's press bureau are attempting
to conjure votes for him by the use
Of the sacred name of Lincoln. Aesop
declared that when the ass lifted up
his voice and brayed, every n knew
him and his owner came up and gave
him a sound cudgeling. The warning
falls on deaf ears. The partisan who
tries the same tricks invitesli shame
and punishment. The audacity of the
device may capture some of the un-
wary. Insofar az he has a party be-
hind him, Mr., Bryan Is the candidate
Of those who maligned and ridiculed
the first and greatest President the
Republican party has given to the ma
ton. Mr.. Bryan relies for support on
the forces which at every step opposed
Lincoln, which INSTRUCTED the meas
ures Of war and peace of that savior
Of the union, and pronounced the proc
lamation Of emancipation a monstrous
crime."-Vice Residential Candidate
Sherman at Rock Island, Ill.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
AS ROOSEVELT SEES BRYAN.

"You say that you have advo-
Gated more radical measures
against private monopolies than
either l or my party associates
have been willing to undertake.
You have, indeed. advocated
measures that sound more radi-
cal, but they have the prime de-
feet that in practice they would
not work. I should not in this
letter to you discuss your ,tti-
tude on this question If you old
not yourself bring it up, but as
you have brought it up, l ansv,er
you that in my Judgment the
measures you advocate would be
wholly ineffective in curing a
single evil, and 80 far as they
had any effect at all, would mere
~ throw the entire business Of
the country into hopeless aud ut
ter confusion. l put Nj. Taft's
deeds against your words. I ask
that you be judged both by the
words you wish remembered, and
by the words that seemingly you
and your party now desire to
have forgotten. l hold 1t
entirely natural for any great
law-defying corporation to wish
to zee you placed in the Presi-
dency rather than MI. Taft. Yo.l-
plans to put a stop to the abuses
of these corporations are wholly
chimerical. - Theodore Roose-
velt."
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"P1ISENT."
When Democrats Had Chance in
Congress to Vote for Bryan Bank


When Democrats Had Chance in
Congress to Vote for Bryan Bank
Deposit Plan They Dodged.
In a recent interview Judge Walter
I. Smith, Member Of Congress, said:
AT the last session of Congress a
currency bill was introduced by Mr..
Jno. s. williams Of Mississippi, leader
Of the Democratic side Of the House
and Democratic Se%nator-elect from Mis-
sissippi.
This bill not only provided for the
cure of all the Ills of our currency sys-
tenn, but contained provision for the
much lauded national guarantee Of
bank deposits. On the 9th day Of last
March Mr.. Williams arose in the House
and stated that he had been furnished
with advance sheets Of IN editorial to
appear in Mr.. Bryan's Commoner, COM
menting upon this bill and asked that
these advance sheets might be printed
in the Record, and leave being granted
they were SO printed.
AIN the editorial slight criticism was
made upon trifling details of the bill,
but upon the whole it was declared to
be an ideal measure that ought to re-
ceiye the support Of every Democrat.
1t was also stated that the bill had been
prepared after a conference of the lead
ing Democrats Of the Senate and House
ut which Mr.. Bryan was present.
when the Republican currency
measure was brought UP in the House
it was provided by the rule that it
should be In order to move to substitute
this bill of Mr.. Williams, which, it
should not be forgotten, contained a
provision for the national guarantee of
bank deposits.
LAS the time drew a for the close
Of the debate and for some reason no
Democrat offered the bill, Mr.. Kahn OF
California moved to substitute the
Williams bill for the Republican bill.
Immediately there was great confusion
on the Democratic side Of the chamber
and a hasty consultation as to what
should be done. Finally six Democrats
voted to substitute the Williams bill for
the Republican measure, 20 Democrats
voted against 1t and 90 Democrats vot-
ed present without being paired.
"The question was not on the adop-
ton Of the Democratic bill, but was
whether the Democratic bill, containing
the national guarantee Of bank deposits
was preferable to the Republican meas
ure, and on that question only six Dem
ocrats voted Yes 20 Democrats voted
No and 90 Democrats without being
paired voted present. In other words,
about three-fourths of all the Demo-
Gratis had no opinion whatever one way
or the other as to whether their bill
with the blessed guarantee of bank de-
posits in it, was better or worse than
ours"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
COUNTRY NEEDS A REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS.
President Roosevelt Points Out I'm
portance of Electing Legislators
to Support Taft.

President Roosevelt Points Out I'm
portance Of Electing Legislators
to Support Taft.
President Roosevelt. in a letter to
William B. Mckinley, chairman OF the
Republican Congressional Committee,
appeals to disinterested citizens to join
with the National Republican Commit
tee and the Congressional Committee in
a movement to elect William H. Taft
as President and a Republican Congress
to support him, saying, in part:
1T is urgently necessary, from the
standpoint of the public interest, to
elect Mr.. Taft, and a Republican Con
gress which will support him and they
seek election on a platform which spe-
officially pledges the party, alike In Its
executive and legislative branches, to
continue and develop the policies which
have been not merely introduced, but
acted upon during these seven years.
These policies can be successfully car
ried through only by the hearty cooper
alton Of the President and the Congress
In both its branches, and 1t Is therefore
peculiarly important that there should
obtain such harmony between them. To
fail to elect Mr.. Taft would be a calam-
ity to the country and 1t would be
folly, while electing him, yet at the
same time to elect a Congress hostile
to him, a Congress which under the in
iuence Of partisan leadership would be
certain to thwart and battle him on
every possible occasion. To elect Mr..
Taft, and at the same time to elect a
Congress pledged to support him, is; the
only way in which to perpetuate the
policy Of the government as now car
ried on. l feel that all the aid that car
be given to this policy by every good
citizen should be given /; for this il far
more than a merely partisan matter"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-16
For Taft and the Big Stick.

To the. Editor Of The World:
Because of the present condition of
our government we must have a man
with the ability of Mr.. Taft to keep
the wheels of progress turning, SO that
respect shall be shown on the
part of Europe.
Our government has been progress
ing ever since it's birth. The Monroe
Doctrine will be in great danger. In
stead Of Japan being our friendly
~neighbor 1t will become our foe. There
fore all parties should unite in electinl
Mr.. Taft by 4 big majority, and with
the big Stick" he should carry out
President Roosevelt's policies.
LOUIS SHAPIRO.