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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
HEFLN-CRAIG BILL
THEY SEEK TO GUARD AGAINST
 DISHONEST CLERKS.
Committee ConsoIidates Cotton Statis- ties Measures of the Two Alabama
 Congressmen, and Will Re-
 port Them Fnvorably. ~

Washington, May a.--tSpectal )--The special committee of the House Conn mittee on Agriculture. appointed to consider the bills relating to the giving out of reports on crop conditions. acre. age and ginning. by the Department of AgricuItare. and preventing the givfng out of false reports. or of divulgtng the reports. befope the time provided for by law. have agreed to consolidate the bills introduced by Mir. Hefiin and Mir. Craig and report them as one bill, to be known as the HefiinCraig bilI
 There werc th-ee bills introduced. the third one by MT Stanley of Kentucky The Hefiin and Stanley bills both dealt with the question of giving out in- formation before the proper time. and the Craig bill with the matter of com- piling or issuing false reports on crop conditions. The committee decided to adopt the Hefiin and Craig bills.
 The bill is likely to pass this Con- gress, and Congressman claim it will be a great protection to the farmer from the wrongful acts of any officer and employe in the department In connec- tIon with interruptions gamblers on Wall Street. if there should be any in the department with such ipclinations as Holmes and Hyde who were dis charged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL
 RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT

Dundee. May 9.--After a short sharp contest lasting exactly one week. Dun- dee today proved steadfast to the llb- eral faith which 1t has. held unshaken for a quarter of a century, returning Winston Spencer. Churchill, President of the Board of Trade. to the House of Commons at the head of the poll.
 Although the Unionists did not ex- poet to oust Mir. Churchill from that generally regarded safe seat. their most sanguine prediction being that Sir George Baxter, their candidate. had "a sporting chance" still they have the satisfaction of rising from fourth to second place in the poT1 as compared with 1908 and of reducing the Liberal majority from 5,4l1 to 2.709.
 The vote today stood: Winston Spen- cer Churchill. Liberal. 7.07s; Sir George Baxter, Unionists, 4.370; Mir. Stuart, Laborite, 4.o14; Mir. Scrymgeour. Pro hibitionist 655. Dundee Is one of the chief sufferers from the prevailing board of trade and tariff reform and laborites made the most of it. The former paraded with piacards declar- ing that the jute workers had lost their employment through the American tarlff and this was opportunity for them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
HEARING IS
 COMPLETED Charges Against District Attorney Jerome. THE TESTIMONY IS ALL IN Arguments Will Be Heard Later tn
 Month. The Examination of Assistant District Attorney Smith. Which Was
 Begun on Friday, was
 Continued Yesterday.
THE TESTIMONY IS ALL IN

New York. May 9.--The hearing of testimony on the charges preferred against District Attorney Jerome was completed today. Closing arguments will be made on May 2s.
 The examination of Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Smyth. begun yester- day. was continued today. Mir. Smyth said that he personally handled the cases of William H. Tiilinghast and the American Ice Company, both of which figured in the charges against the District Attorney. Mir. Smyth said that it was upon recommendation of Mir. Jerome that the first indictment against Julian the former investigator for the Metropolitan Street Railway, who has been the principal witness for the complainants in the present proceeding, was dismissed. He said he had many conferences with Julian while the Tillinghast case was under investigation.
 Tn reply to a question as to how lt was possible for TililnRhast to have served on twenty five juries in the City Court without his name being on the panel Smyth said Tillinghast told hIm the court clerks were always glad to have him serve as they could pocket his IHe8. he Qlu UOL Att0 t4lc tHC1s Tiilinghast said, because he was well paid for his services by Stanley BaKg.
 Replying to a question. MT. Smyth said he had heard that the court clerks some Jtimes indicated preferences as to how cases should gos not only where railroads were involved. but in the cases of other defendants. He said he had never heard from Stanley Bagg or anyone else that when surnmoned jury order came In at the frst or the middle of the month. word was paeNeQ around the Metropolitan ofnce tQ &e down and see whether any of the jury men were recognized.
 .'Did you see McAvery, the contrae- tor?" asked Mir. Pierce.
 "No. I didn't see how anything hs could tell me would bear on the maj
 "In the District Attorneys oftice. commented Mir. Pierce. 'it has come to such a pass that man has 70 aee crime committed, or two or three have fo sea if if the crime is 1 connection with the Metropolitan Railway Com pany before any one can be indicted.
 Taking up the investigation Of fhe Amerioan Ice Company, Mir, Smyth said he was instructed by MT. Jerome 70 see President Oler of the company and thoroughly familiarize himself with the busIness from what Mir. Oler told hilns He had the talk with Mir. Oler, but he did not Eo over the companysa books or the company's letter files. He found no conracts which tended to prove that the company has established a monopoly for the purpose or limiting the sale of ice. he said.
 T know there were some nfty com tracts that the Attorney General sib- mitted to .us." said he in reply to Mr. Pierce. but I do not accept your in- terprS2ation of the meaning of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
LITTLE GIRL IDENTIFIES
 MAN WHO ASSAULTED HER

Augusta. Ga, May s.-Langley, S. C.. is quiet today following a night of great excitement. caused by criminal assault upon Lula May Leopard. D. year-old white girl, by white man yesterday.
 All night parties secured surround ing woods and a lynching was feared. Today Sheriff Raburn, of Aiken Coun- ty. arrested Henry Leopard on suspi cion. Leopard was taken to the Aiken jail for safe keeping. No attempt was made to take him from the officers.
 The child was lured to a secluded spot in the outskirts of the mill town of Langley and choked into insensibil- ity. The accused man Is distant rel ative of tho child.
 Jess Leopard answering minutely the description given by little Lulu May Leopard, as the man who assaulted her. was taken with half dozen oth- CT men, into the presence of the girl, who promptly and unmistakably iden- tihed him.
 Leopard was removed from the house by strategy and rushed to the South Carolina penitentiary in Columbia be- fore the crowd know Leopard had been identified.
 The similarity of names Is merely a coincidence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
.HUNDLEY
 WINS POINT Majority of Sub-Corl- mittee Favors Him. WILL GIVE HIM A REPORT
 e~-: Clarke of Arkansas Has Turned
 the Tide.
 ~@ Senator Knox Also Voted for the AIs- bama JudGe-The Confirmation Now Goes to Main Con-
WILL GIVE HIM A REPORT
BY ALFRED .. sTOrER.

Washington. D. C.. May s.--(spe- ciaI.)-It is reported that three of the five members of the Senate Judiciary sub Committee have decided to favor- ably report the Hundiey nominations to the full committee with the re- commendation that the judge of the Northern Alabama District shall be confirmed.
 The three voting this way are Sem ators Dillingham; and Knox fRepublis cans) and Clarke, of Arkansas, (Deni- ocrat). The latter has voted oftener with Republicans probably than any man in his party
 MT. Clarke, 1t is well known. am nounced many months ago and even before he had heard any of the charges against Hundley that he intended to confirm him, the reason being that Bill Martin, of Hot Springs. Ark, a cousin of Hundiey, was so anxious for his confirmation.
 Throughout the long hearings be- fore the subcommittee Mir. Clarke Is declared to have acted as a sort of prosecutor in Hundleys interest.
 Senator Knox's attitude is a surprise fin view of the fact that when he was Attorney General he declined to re- commend Hnniiey for district attor- ney, on the ground that he was unfit  welt also declined to appoint him but later sent in his nomination for judge.
 Hundiey and his friends have gained an important point. The sub-commit- tee will report to the full committee. Hundley's opponents state that they will continue the fight to the last ditch. They claim they are not yet defeated in their aims. Other re- sources are stfu at their command.
 If senators BaniShead and Johnston were not for Hundley he could never have had the slightest show of con- firnlation. Were Senators Morgan and Pettus alive Hundley would not have a ghost of q show. While they were living. senators Morgan and Pettas prevented action and held up the case
 Senators Kittredge CRepublican) and Bacon (Democrat) are the other mem bers of the Judiciary sub Committee. Both are opposed to Hundey but Kit tredge has q fight of his own in south Dakota for reelection and is absent
 On his way to New York this week Hundley stopped over here and is re- puted to have called on Senators Bank head, Johnston and others.
 Hundley's friends have been work ing hard for several weeks owing to the few days of the session remain ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
DassENsToNs IN LA FORTE.
Politics Becomes Involved In Guinness
 Murder Case.

La Porte. Ind, May 9.-The dissen- sions which have been brewing among the officials of the city and county of La Porte Interested in the solving of the mysteries of the Guinness 1arul' broke out today.
 It is openly charged that the polit- icai affiliations of some of the men concerned had much to do with tneif attitude toward the labors of the sher- iY and the prosecuting attorney and factional fight in the party to whlch the latter belongs is blamed also.
 The widespread reports that evi- dence had been found tending to prove that the corpse supposed to be that Of Mrs Belle Guinness is in reality the body of another woman, are said to have had their origin in the camp of the LampheFe defense. the members of which are of opposite political faith to the sheriff and of the faction op- posing the prosecutor. These reports had their origin in a statement said to have been given out by pr. II. P Long, a, former coroner or the county, and one of the four physi- clans who performed autopsies upon the bodies found in the ruins of the Guinness home. Dr. Long said. how ever, today that he had not issued such A statement and had merely expressed A personal opinion that he was not satisfied as to the identity of the corpse in question.
 pr. J. L. Gray and Dr. F. T. Wilcox. two other members of the board. refused to be drawn into the controversy but Dr. J. P. William Never. the fourth member of the board. said that he had no doubt but that the corpse was that of Mrs Guin- ness, He too. however. declined to reveal the findings of the physicians.
 Ralph N. Smith, prosecuting attor- ney of the county, was bitter in his criticisms of the city police.
 Why are the La Porte police in- active in this investigation?" he was asked.
 That is very pertinent question" was the reply.
 q can scarcely blame Mayor Dar- row for his attitude regarding the accusations against Ray Lamphere, for Darrow's partner. H. W. Worden Is acting as attorney for the prisoner But I don't think it is fair for man to use his official position for the purpose of furthering his personal af-
 Mayor Darrow denied later that he had issued orders to the police to keep their hands off the investigation. The chief of the force said that the af- fair occurred a mile beyond the city limits and that it was not in his juris- diction. The attitude of the coroner as between the two factions, has not become manifest. At the prosecuting attorney's office however, 1t was as- serted that pr. Mack, the coroner, had changed the first report as to the identity of the Guinness body and an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
ASKS THEM TO QUIT
CALL FOR PRESCRIPTIONS OF SCHOOL
 OFFICIALS.
Patrons of the State InstitutiOn at Ev- ergreen File Petitions With Mir.
 CrumptOn and Pr0-
 lessor Hail.

Evergreen, May Especial. )--A pe- tition was circulated among the pat rons of the Southwest Alabama Agri. cultural School yesterday asking Hon w. c. Crumpton, who is a member oi the Board of Control of the school, tC resign.
 The petition was signed by qiute a number of the patrons and on its pre- sentation to Mir. Crumpton he refused to resign.
 committee called upon Prof. w. w. Hall today and requested him to resign his position as principal of the school.
 The signers of the petition sllege that there is not and has not been any discipline in the school and the patrons are very much dissatisfied.
 It is not known what action Pro- lessor Hall has taken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

inspection of the documents showed this to be the case. pr. Mack ex- plained 1t by saying that the paper had been made out hurriedly and real ly was of little value, because a new record will be made, based upon the report of the physicians who made the post mortem examination.
 All four doctors were unanimous as to the facts and conditions surrounding the bodies taken from the Guinness home.
 There was absolutely no difference among us." said one of the doctors. and this was confirmed by other members of the board.
 One of the alleged circumstances up- on which the theory that Mrs. Guin- mess killed her children. substituted a body for her own and escaped. is based on the fact that the body of the wo- man Is much smaller than Mrs. Guin- ness was. The intense heat to which the corpses were subjected. according to pr. Meyer would, however. fully ac- count for this circumstance. Still fur ther evidence that the body was that of Mrs. Guinness was found in the fact that the remains of a finger ring, which she Is known to have worn. were found in the ashes several days later. The buckle of a money belt such as the woman is known to have used, was also picked up and later still key which corresponds to the lock on her safety deposit box was discovered in the basement.
 One more refutation of the theory that the head of the woman had been cut off before the body was burned, was found In the fact that the upper end of the spine projected two inches or more above the charred flesh of the shoulders.
 For the first time since Sheriff Smut ger began work on the farm. he failed today to discover at least one addi- tional body.
 The search for bodies is to be aban- doned for few days at least. the sher- If announcing that he win endeavoI to secure additional evidence regard ing the identity of the corpses found In the basement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
AcTIoN Is ArPRovED.
Denial of Mails to Anarchistic Publica-
 tIona is Touched On.


 Washington, May 9.--Approyal or the recent action of President Roosevelt in denying the mails. to an alleged an- archistic publication of Patterson, N. J.. found an expression fin the post office appropriation bill, the considera- tion of which by the Senate Committee on Postoffice and Postroads was com pieted today. if an amendment sng- gested by that committee which pro- poses to amend the law on the subject of expressing immoral periodicals. The proposed addition reads as fol- lows:
 And the term Immoral within the intendment of this section shall include matter of a character tending to in- cite arson, murder. or assassination. and the Postmaster General is hereby auth orized to exclude from the second class mailing privileges any anarchis- lie publication which contains matter that suggests. advocates or approves the abolition, overthrow or destruction of any and all government or the com mission of arson, murder or assassina- ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

What do you say? Here I stand. I stand to challenge you that every dol lar that goes into campaign fund shall be published to the world the day after 1t Is received. so that the world may know the motive of the giver and the world may judge the means of cor ruption In the hands of the recipient"
 Mir. Williams exclaimed as he took his seat, What do you say for the fu- ture? Let the dead past 90"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
l.. B. Ard Passes

The Navy Department reports that among the applicants who have recently passed the required entrance examina- tion to the Naval Academy at Annapo- lis, is Ligon B. Ard of Dale County, Alabama He was appointed by Con- gressman Clayton. He stood a fine ex- animation and has been sworn in as midsh ipman. Alfred J. Stofer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
CHARLES PERRILLIAT SUICIDES,

When Shortage is Found.
 New Orleans. May 9.-Charles Par silliat. cashier of the Merchants Ma tiona1 Bank, shot and killed himself late today. After his death the officers of the bank gave out statement say Ing that the Finance Committee to- day learned that Mir. Perrilliat w s1.400 short in his cash account. Finance Committee counts the cass = irregular intervals and 1t was one { these counts which revealed the short age of Mir. Perriliiat. The officials an- nounced that the bank Is fully protect ed on the shortage by bond.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
FIGHT TO A FINISH.
Bryan Faction Sends Notification to
 Johnson Men,

Johnson Men,
 ct PauI. Minn.. May 9.--Two Demo- o-a+ic County Conventions were held in psmsev County est. PauD today. In tba oficial. or Johnson Convention. in Federation Hall, the 'cut and dried" program was carried out to the finish in the selection of Johnson delegates to the convention next Thursday.
 The Bryan convention was held in Hiawatha Hall and there was served on the Johnson Democrats notlce that tba 6pht will be to a finish. Bryan daIaqates to the State Convention were elected and Chairman F. A. Pike was directed to appoint a committee. made ,,r of one member from each ward of st Paul and from the county which shall rnnort at A subsequent meeting a plan of organization of the Ramsey County Dernocracy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
nuhonlc PIarue spreaaing.

willemstad. Curacoa. May s--Accord- ing to the latest news received here, there were twelve cases of bubonic plague in LaGuaira Hospital on May [, and two suspectd cases under observa- ton. Another schooner Is expected in here tomorrow from LaGuaira bringing refugees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
rw.premIer'H Brother Dies,

London, May 9-The death is an- nounced of the Right Hon. James Alex ander Campbell. brother of the late premier. Sir Henry Campbell Banner mann. He was born in 1852 and was a member of parliament from the uni versailles of Glasgow and Aberdeen from 1880 to 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
CONFIRMS REPORT.
I've Night Riders Killed and One
 Badly Wounded.

Badly Wounded.
 Lexington, Ky.. May 9.--A military officer here today confirmed the report of the killing of two negro might rid- CTS" and wounding of white man in Madison County. The killing took place ten days ago but has been sup- pressed to assist the officers in their efforts to capture the gang. Following threats, band of masked men visited the home of tobacco grower between Kirksviile and Rich mond late at night and scraped a to- bacco bed. When called out, he opened fire. Two negroes were killed and an arm shot of white man. The au- thorities decline to give the names of the parties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
William Beach Dead.

Columbus. Ga. May 9-(Special)- William Beach. aged 95 years. for forty two years a hardware dealer in Co., lurnbus and widely known through East Alabama and West Georgia. died this morning at Etowah. N. c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
JOHNSON MEN CONFIDENT.
Returns Give MinnesOta's GoveFne
 Good Lead Over Rryan

St. Paul, Mippy May s.--The supports CTS of Governor J. 4. Johnson for the Democratic Presidential nomination. feel confident that the State Conven- tion to be held In St. Paul next Thurs day will be absolutely in the control of the Johnson men. and that solid this State to the Denver Convention.
 Returns up to ii o'clock tonight give the Johnson men 495 delegates In the State convention. and the Bryan men 7s. ......
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
Lamphere ReIated to Woman.

Louisville, Ky, May 9.--The editor of a Louisville afternoon paper today re- ceived the following unsigned commu- nication in the malls:
 Louisville, May 8. Dear Mir. Editor--I do not like my name to be known. hence will not give it. but will tell you that the no- torious Mrs. Gunness (pronounced with the accent on the second syllable) is descended from the same man as was Kate Bender of Kansas notoriety. Rates father was a brother to Mrs. Gunnesss grandfather. know this through my own marriage ties.
 "In my opinion Ray Lamphere is akin to Mrs. Guinness"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
WOMAN STILL UNDER ARREST Police Are Up in the
 Air. IDENTITY IS NOT COMPLETE Mrs Heron Insists She is Not Mrs.
 Guinness. she is saIl in the Matron's Room at the Syracuse Police Headquar-
 ters--Refuses to Sign
 Papers.
IDENTITY IS NOT COMPLETE

Nav York. May 9.--Mrs. Cora Belle Herrcn. with her mother, Mrs. Lucy Burton, arrived tonight on the Empire state Express and were met at the sta fion by MT. and Mrs. Charles K. ROCK efeller and other members of the ram lily. Mrs. Heron said she was worn out and had nothing to say ressroihs her experience in-Syracuse.
 Syracuse. N. Y.. May s.--Mrs. Cora Relic Heron, widow of Frederick B. Heron, former vice president or tne gethness Chemical Company of Chi- caao. was arrested by Syracuse de- tecttves in a Pullman sleeper tnis morning on suspicion of being Mrs :; Belle Guinness, the La Fort aheseu murderess. Mrs. Heron was quickly able to prove her identity ana VIII so on to New York this afternoon. The vounr woman who answers the de- scrintion of Mrs. Guinness only in being considerably above the average heirht and weight, characterized her arrest as an outrage without the snad- ow of an excuse. She had come from Franklin. Penn, where she has a sum mer home, and was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Lucy Burton Sne said that she boarded the train at Cleveland, Ohio, and was on her way to New York to vist her sister Mrs. Charles B. Rockefeller, of No. sl1 West Fortieth street. She telegraphed Mrs. Rockefeller telling her of her detention and asked her to wire cor roboration of her story.
 Mrs. Heron is still in the matron room at police headquarters. An ef- fort is being made to have her sign paners releasing the city of Syracuse from liability for her arrest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
summer Park Destroyed.

Memphis. Tenn. May 9.-Fairland Park a summer amusement place, sit mated near Poplar and Mclean Ave- nues, together with several small ad- Joining buildings. was destroyed at an carly hour this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
A.l.. fnr Her Releaae !.

Chicago. May s.--Chief of Police shlppy early today sent telegram to the Authorities at Syracuse, saying that there was no reason for holding Mrs. Heron and asking that she be re- leased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
WEATHER FORECAST.

Washington. May 0.--FOr Alabama Fair and warmer SundayJ Monday partly cloudy, light variable winds, becoming sOuthenst.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
AInhanan poatuaafern,

Washington, D. c. May s.-(SpeciaD -Postmasters appointed. Boykin. Es- cambia county. John M DanIord. Pearce's Mills. Marion county. James E. Sullens.