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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-18
ARE AFTER GAMBLERS.
(By Associated Press.l

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17.-Fifty
business and professional men of this
city met today and organized a
movement designed to eradicate race
track gambling in California. The
organization is to be known as the
Business Mems Anti-Racetrack Gam
bling league of southern California.
1t perfected a full list of officers and
elected as president Arthur Let's.
proprietor CT the Broadway Depart
ment store.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-18
COURT MARTIAL RULES
AGAINST MAJOR CLARKE

MANILA, Dec. 1.-THE court
martial appointed to try Major
Charles T. Clarke of the Twenty
sixth infantry on charges of drawing
checks on bank in which he had no
funds and other offenses. has over
ruled the defendants demurrer
against the jurisdiction of the court.
The trial OF the case will now pro-
coed.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-18
PROPOSAL TO AMEND
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK BILL

POSTAL SAVINGS BANK BILL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Senator
Carter, speaking in support of the
postal savings bank bill. proposed to
offer amendments reducing from
$1,000 to $500 the amount any person
may deposit in postal bank. with in
terest, and from 5000 to 500 the
amount that may be deposited in any
one month. and also to strike out the
provision allowing any person to de-
posit money as trustee.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-18
TRAIN WAS
! ROBBED NEAR
PORTLAND
(By Associated Press. }

(By Associated Press)
PORTLAND (Ore), Dec 17Oregon Railroad
up express dynamited
masked shortly after
booty The robbers didn't mos the
ordered
toward Portland. About mile
train held the
by nrogycerine Once inside
train did not the through safe
strong box. The strong
packages ransacked.
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FOUR ARE KILLED
BY FALL OF BRIDGE

MARTINsBURG (w. Val. Dec.
17.-Four men we're killed and four
injured by the collapse of pier and
span of the new bridge across the Po-
tomac river at williamsport today.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-18
$250,000 DIVIDEND BY
T0N0pAH MINING co.
Declared by Owners Of the Mine at the
Meeting Held Thursday.

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17At the regular Stockholders
the onoph Mining Company held today
d Is share of the stock declared which
January 21t 1909 The total the dividend
and with the dividends this
distributed the stockholders The
lat December 3lt and will open January
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-18
TO INCREASE
;. SALARIES OF
PRESIDENTS
(By Associated Press. }

Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17Selaor Bourne today
providing
salary
president from $4,000 to $25,O0O
beginning o administration
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
IMMENSE PROFITS
 OF STANDARD OIL

New York; December 7.-Figures show ing some of the profits of the Stan dard Oil company, being part of the court record of the federal suit to dis solve the Standard company, today when John D. Archbold resumed testimony ana for a brief examination and Henry TiJ ford, president of the Standard oil con pany of California, testified at son4e length aa d witness f,, the defense
 The government inquisitor on figures submitted showed that the Continental Oil company, q Standard subsidiary in the middle west, made profits of 115 per cent on it's capitalization of $300,OOO and that the Standard oil company of In- diana on a capitalization of s1, 100000 earned about $55, 000,0O0 between 1899 and 1906. Counsel for the latter company de- pany were greater than the capitaliza- tion as the company had turned back into the property large sums for earnings.
 Referring to oil trade rate cutting wares ford said that the Standard never cut prices to undersell its competitors but simply lowered rates to meet the reduc- tion of it's rivals.
 Mir. Tilford's examination will likely be concluded tomorrow and either William Rockefeller or Frank s. Moffet, presi- deAt of the Standard oil company of IndhSna, will be called to testify.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Japanese Treaty Questioned.

Washington, December 7.--The indica- tions are that the Japanese-American entente, designed to protect the terri torial integrity of China, will be the sub ject of great deal of debate in executive session of the Senate during the pres ent session. The fact that such an agree ment has been entered into through diplo- metic exchanges between Japan and the United States without the formality of a treaty Is not acceptable to democratic leaders.
 As a result they propose to institute an inquiry to determine the exact form of the understanding between the two countries with a view to showing if possible that the agreement in fact is a treaty.
 Soon after the entente was made pub lie Senator Bacon. the ranking demo- cratic member of the committee on for that the agreement whatever it's form must have the sanction of the Senate in order to be of binding force.
 Discussing this question today Senator Bacon said he still held to that view but that he did not propose taking any action until he was convinced that Pres tdent Roosevelt did not intend to trans init the agreement to the Senate for rati- fication. Senator Culberson, the minority leader, has requested several lawyers of the Senate to give the subject their at tention.
 If a controversy should be raised in the Senate over the question as to wheth- CT the President and the secretary of state were usurpng constitutional pow CTS of the Senate it is likely that dspo- sition of the question would be post poned until after the adjournment of the present session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
INDEX OF ToDAY'S NEWS

Page i. Taft makes notable address on the south. Congress begins active work. Panama canal purchase to be probed. Steps toward tariff revision. Heavy property loss at Pine Bluff. Hitch in trial of night riders. Haytian affairs look better.
 Page 2. School question up to conference.
 Page 3. School building to be dedicated at Jacksonville. Heavy rains fall along Coosa.
 Page 4. Editorial comment.
 Page 5. Building operations for Novemb CT make good showing for Birmingham. New Terminal station to be formally opened on first of year. Judge Jones opens federal court Blakemore sees flaws in plan to put fourth class postmasters under civil service. All quiet at city hall
 Page 2. Birmingham society. Feminine Fancies by Dolly Dalrym- pie. Page 8. Ensley and Pratt City postoffices to be consolidated January l.
 Page g. Stock market is unsettled and lower Cotton declines on bearish reports. Wheat breaks ? cents on bearish con- ditions.
 Page 10. Former Bessemer man killed while hunting in Florida. Baseball bolters make heavy demands. Engineer killed while at his post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
HER MAN BILLEK
 GETS RETRIEVE

Springfield. H., December 7.-After a brief hearing of the Herman Billek mur- der case today Acting Governor L. Y. sherman granted the condemned a new lease of life by giving him further re- spite until January 29, 1909, the sixth date that has been set for the execution of the defendant who has been in jail for more than two years
 Present at the private hearing were Governor sherman, E. A. Shively of the state board of pardons, and Francis E. Hinckley of Chicago. attorney for Bill lek, who filed brief petition defining the case. The evidence was reviewed briefly. Counsel set out in their petition that certain new and v,tal matters in the case had come to the attention of the peti- tioner since the presentation of his ap- plication to the governor last April. The petitioner further stated that Governor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
HAITIAN AFFAIRS LOOK
 BETTER FOR NEW REGIME

Port Au Prince, December 7.-General Simon, after proceeding around the city, accompanied by body of troops, took possession of the National palace. He was received at the entrance by General Alphonse commandant of the guard, amid the acclamations of the people and the soldiers.
 General Simon has not as yet appointed his cabinet, as he is awaiting the ar rival of several of the other revolutionary leaders, including Gen. Antenor Firmin, who will be permitted to land here. It is probable that General Simon will appoint General Fouchard minister of finance, and will ask General Firmin to accept the post of minister at Paris.
 The United States cruiser Tacoma left
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08

Pine Bluff, Ark, December 7.-The government dykes at the foot of Ten nessee street, upon which the residents of the eastern portion of this city de- pended for protection, gave way late today and tonight the waters of the Arkansas river are fast eating their way toward the mouth of Harding bayou. which crosses the city When the river snercAc f5s a short distance further f will st T. . With full force what Is known as the East End, that section destroyed by fire several years ago and but recently rebuilt, and be- cause of the nature of the soil, which is soft and sandy, the natural resist ance will be but slight. Where possi- ble houses are being rolled to places
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
OUR DIGNIFIED PRESIDENT
PROPERTY LOSS AT PINE
 BLUFF IS INCREASING

of safety and others are being demol- ished and the lumber and furnishings carted away.
 Today five dwelling houses and the warehouse of the Ark kansas Packet com pany, were swept away and the great CT portion of the Cady Hardwood mill was destroyed. Barracque street, for a distance of five blocks east of Georgia, has been completely destroyed and the building on. the south side of the street are being moved back as rapidly as possible with the water following closely in the wake of the workmen.
 The Cotton Belt shops were closed today to permit the employees to aid those whose homes are threatened, and old barges of rail and iron are being sunk in the hope that the force of the current may be expended before 1t strikes the crumbling sands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Panama Canal Bonds Sold.

Washington, December 7.-secretary Cortelyou today announced that the Pan anna canal bonds had been sold at an average of 102.4s6S. The lowest accepted bid was at 102277S There were 15O ac- cepted bids. amounting to $S0ooo,0O0 Six hundred and seventy-two bids we're re- jected amounting to s72,sOs, 800. The total number of regular bids therefore, was S31, subscribing for $102, ,0SS,S00.
 
 ments, gave his reasons for thinking that the present duty of 45 per cent ad val prem on piano players monographs and similar instruments should be retained
 He said the greatest competition in the .'canned music trade is with Germany, where the cost of manufacture is less than in this country.
 Henry Alexander of New York gave much information on the manufacture of brushes, in which business he is engaged In order that American goods may com pete with foreign goods, he said bristles should be put on the free list. Adjourn ment was taken at Il o'clock until to- morrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08

today for San Marc and Gonaives, from ened trouble. Word received today from these places was of a more favorable na- ture, the people at both towns apparently observing order up to the present. Never theless troops have been sent to Gonaives under command of General Poidevin, who is highly thought of there, and it is be- lieved that he will have no difficulty in checking any revolutionary tendency that the residents of Gonaives may show. It was General Poidevin who took charge here after President Nord Alexis had been driven out and rioters pillage had broken lcose. He put himself at the head of the citizens and loyal troops and attacked the rioters, killing number of them.
 It is understood that at the foreign le gations all prisoners will be given their liberty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
GERMAN EMPEROR
 IS VERY SUBDUED

Pottsdam, December 7.-The Emperor, who has been living in seclusion since November IT, today resumed audiences with reference to official business. the finance minister, Baron Von Rheinbaben, and Herr Won Valentino, chief of the civil cabinet, being among those re- ceived.
 The Emperor has been suffering from a cold for the past fortnight and al- though he is able to take long walks and rides is described as being greatly depressed by recent events and not dis posed to talk even to members of his household, as he feels deeply his loss of prestige abroad and among his own people.
 The Emperor feels grieved that old loyal ministers, such as Baron Von Rhinebaben, Gen. Von Einen and Dr, Rethmann- Howeg, as we'll as Chancel- Tor Won Buelow, should desire to limit his freedom of speech in his after dinner conversations, even though with friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Congressman Underwood Is
 Pleased At Progress Made
JUDGE HUNDLEY CONFIDENT
Friends of the Aabamian Believe That He Will Be Confirmed-Hobson Will Try to Secure Funds
 for Good Roads.

Washington, December 7-(SpeciaL)- The democratic members of the ways and means committee think 1t no inconsid- erable victory to have had passed to- day the resolution compelling the at tendance of witnesses under oath. They believe it will bring out tariff injustices even more glaring than those already be- fore the committee. For instance, Rep resentative Underwood of Alabama said:
 "In many cases I have been unable nesses who am sure had the fnforma- tion and were unwilling to give 1t to the committee, but on the whole the hearings have been of great value to me. So far as I can see two classes of witnesses appear before us-those who have infor- nation and those who haven't. The first class Is usually inclined to one side of a question. and will diyulge only that evidence which will strengthen that side in the eyes of the committee; the other class Is willing to give accurate testi- mony, but, unfortunately, does not pos sess it. A general statement, either of denunciation or praise Is of absolutely no value to the committee. Facts and figures are necessary. The committee has been fortunate in securing a fair share of these, but there are still many sched- ules on which cost and other data have not been obtained''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08

Union City Tenn, December 7--Because of the illness of two members of the night rider grand jury, necessitating the ham, ing of others to replace them, all the tes- timony upon which the former indict- ments were based may have to be repeat ed before the new indictments are re- turned Attorney General Caldwell and the attorneys for the state were In con ference until late tonight considering whether it would be legal merely to read to the present grand jury the stenograph- ic notes of the testimony upon which the recent grand jury based its indictments. With the exception of two, the personnel of the juries is identical. The new indict-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
New Tariff Bill.

Washington, December 7.-The work of framing a new tariff bill will be actively begun by the House ways and means committee on Wednesday. The majority members of the committee will be desig- mated by the chairman as a sub-commit tee to draft the bill. A resolution offered in the House today by Chairman Payne of this committee, which was adopted, gives the committee power to subpoena witnesses for the tariff hearings An ex- ecutive meeting of the committee prob- ably will be held tomorrow to select the names of those whom it is desired to have appear before it.
 President Van Cleave of the National Association of Manufacturers, probably will be one of the first called before the committee.
 The duty on canned music was dis cusscd before the committee today at the hearing on the proposed revision of the tariff. George w. Pound of Buffalo, rep resenting several manufacturers of phon- ographs and mechanical musical instru-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
HITCH IN TRIAL OF THE
 REELFOOT NIGHT RIDERS

ments were decied upon because the at torneys for the alleged night riders ques- toned the validity of the old ones Should the entire testimony have to be repeated it will be several weeks before the indict- ments can be returned.
 The feeling in the community is ex- tremely bitte: and many of the citizens go about armed.
 Judge Jones delivered a strong charge to the grand jury today in which he ap- pealed to every law-abiding citizen in the state to live upon the side of right and help to stamp out the anarchistic ele- ment He demanded the death penalty under the state law for those guilty of a capital offense in connection with the re- cent night rider raids.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Army Officers Make Test Ride.

Havana. December 7.-The officers of the army of pacification above the grade of captain, numbering 40 have completed the prescribed test of riding 90 miles in three days under the leadership of Maj. Thomas H. Barry Col. o. J. Sweet of the Twenty eighth infantry was obliged to stop after the first day. Lieut.. Col. Francis H. Hardie, Fifteenth cavalry; Col. R. T. Yeatman, Eleventh infantry, and Mai. W. o. Clark. Fifth infantry. were prohibited by the surgeon from under taking the ride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Short Session In the House.

Washington, December 7.-After being in session an hour and one half of which time was consumed by roll call the House of Representatives which met at noon today for the second session of the Sixtieth Congress adjourned out of re- spect to the memory of several of it's own members and of Senator Allison, all of whom died during the recent session. For
 an hour or more preceding the formal calling of the body to order the galler- ies were packed to their fullest capacity. Many hundreds were in line while long lines patiently waited outside the gall lery doors hoping to find an opportun- ity to get inside.
 On the floor the members gathered in groups and regardless of party affil- iation mingled with each other and ex- tended hearty greetings
 The most important action of the House was the passage by unanimous consent of resolution authorizing the commit tee on ways and means in it's tariff hear ings to subpoena witnesses and to call for books and papers,
 number of bills of public interest were introduced.
 The roll call disclosed the presence of 33l members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
jialvador Under MatriaI Law.

San Salvador, Republic of Salvador, De- cember 1.-The reports published abroad that the revolutionary movement has been gaining ground are declared to be ab- surd by the government officials. There are no disturbances at the present time in the republic. The country still is under martial law, however, although prac- tically normal conditions prevail. Large operations in coffee have been effected re- gently, a good price generally being paid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Occasion Is Saddened By the Absence of Late Senator
 Mn, B. Allison
BRILLIANT ASSEMBLAGE
 GATHERS AT OPENING
After Short Session Adjournment Is Taken In Senate Out of Respect to Dead Senator-House Pro-
 ceedngs Are Short.

Washington, December 7.-There was pall of sadness over the United States Senate today when it convened for the second session of the sixtieth Congress, which was due to the absence of the late Senator William B. Allison of Iowa, who died last August after service of over 35 years in that body
 The assemblage was a brilliant one, s2 of the members being present, while the galleries were filled with representa- tives of the official and social life of the capital Besides the wives and daughters of senators who formed a large company in the private gallery, James Bryce, the British ambassador; Tang Shao Vi, special envoy of. the Chinese empire; Prince Tsai, and others of his suite, occupied seats in the reservation set aside for the diplomatic corps.
 The procedure in the opening of the new session was simple and dignified, following long established precedent Vice President Fairbanks called the Senate to order and Senator Edward Everett Hale opened the session with prayer.
 Senators Aldrich, Gallinger and Teller were appointed in pursuance of a resolu- ton offered by Senator Hale, to wait upon the President and inform him that Congress was ready to receive his an- nual message. Senator Dillingham; pre- sented the credentials of his colleague, Senator-elect Carroll R. Page of Vermont, and the oath of office was administered to him by the Vice President.
 Senator Deliver announced the death
 
 resolutions expressing the profound sor- row of the Senate over this bereavement were adopted. As further mark of respect to his meomry the Senate, after a session lasting but 15 minutes, ad- journed for the day.
 Senator-elect Cummins of Iowa will take the oath of office tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08

Deneen, through an investigation of the merits of the case, asked that a further reprieve be granted until such time as the governor who Is now in Washing ton, can conveniently hear further pro- ceedings.
 dence found will vindicate and free the defendant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
Posse Searching for Negro.

West Point, Ga, December 7-Bartow Jackson, the negro charged with murder Dixon, well known young planters near White Mills, Ala, has not been captured. The sheriffs posse continued to search for the negro into the night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-08
ments, gave his reasons for thinking that
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Estimates of Appropriations.

Washington, December 7.--The Secre- tary of the Treasury today transmitted to Congress the book of estimates of appropria tions required for the service for the fiscal year ending June 30 1910, and the appropriations for the fiscal year 1909 the latter including the deficiency, miscellaneous and permanent annual ap- propriations, as follows.