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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
CHATTANOOGA WOMAN
 IN A DOMESTIC TANGLE


 New York, Dec. 29--A remarkable tangle of domestic troubles was re- vealed in New York today with the arrest and arraignment on charges of criminal libel and perjury of Mrs Jane Humes Parker. wife of John Alley Parker. Wall street banker and broker. Mrs. Parker was released in $2.o00 bail. and tho hearing was ad- journed.
 Mrs Edith Moses Ellis is the com plainant. The allegel libE and per jury was committed in affidavits made by Mrs. Parker to support a motion for proper counsel fees fin defending an action for divorce brought by her husband.
 Parker. in the divorce papers, charged his wife with statutory of lenses, with a dashing Austrian. whp 2 Mrs Parker was studying music in Vienna last year. Mrs. Parker im- mediately filed a counter suit for divorce. naming Mrs. Ellis as CO., respondent.
 As a side issue to the divorce case. Mrs. Ellis husband. Samuel Diliplane Ellis, who lives in Philadelphia, has sued Parker for $200.000. charging alienation of Mrs. Ellis affections, and Mrs Parker according to her counsel. is contemplating Q suit against Mrs. Ellis for the same amount on similar grounds.
 The Parkers were married in Chat tanoogA, Tenn. in 1892.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
BROKAW CASE NEAR END
TAKING OF THE TESTIMONY HAS
 BEEN CONCLUDED.
wife of New York Millionaire Denies F'1atly Ali Charges Made Against Her--Canrf Ad-
 Journs Until satur-

New York, Dec 29--The sensational and long drawn out Brokaw separa- tion suit came to close today, so far as the taking of testimony Is con cerned.
 Adjournment was taken till Satur- day when the case will be submitted to Justice Purnum for his decision after Gould Brokaw's attorneys have presented a statement of their clients financial position.
 The closing of the case today took everybody by surprise. It came soon after Mir. Brokaw's cross examination had been concluded and Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw had been recalled.
 The plaintiff. wearing a pretty light brown walking suit. set eff by white fox furs and brown turban was well fortified with denials oi charges made by her husband. She emphaticalIy denied that MT. BrolSaw had ever told her about threats made by her father. MT. Blair, at Atlantic City to kill the millionaire. Her eyes flashed as she repudiated charge after charge.
 She declared that she had never smoked cigarettes in her husbands s presence before their marriage. as Mir Brokaw had testified. She denied ever telling her maid that she expect ed soon to set up house of her own, and wanted the maid to work for her.
 Before Mrs. Brokaw was called, Messrs. Mcintyre and Bushe. for MT. Brokaw, told the court that their client had made statements on the witness stand regarding his financial condition that were foun l to be incor- rect As matter of fact. the law yers declared, MT. Brokaw at the present moment did not know what his actual financial position was. They asked for two days in which to prepare statement
 The court granted them until Satur- day, when a session of court will be held.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
-------------=--~--- GIRL WAS POISONED.
Mrs. Priest Asks for nm Inve~tiEatIo,

Mrs. Priest Asks for nm investigation
 Los Angeles. Dec. 29.-Belieying her 1S-year- old daughter, Jessie May Priest was poisoned. Mrs. Jennie Priest has asked the District Attorney to investi- gate the death of the young woman.
 It is alleged by the mother that Miss Priest was engaged to Harry Sayre, a Newark. N. J., millionaire's son. and that she had woman rival. Search is being made for the woman.
 It has been learned that Miss Priest was the guest of her supposed rival at a dinner In a restaurant and that she became violently i'll immediately there after. Tn her deliTium she constantly accused the woman with whom she had dtned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
Conxress Of Nicsrsgua.

Manarua. Dec. 29.--The Nicaraguan Congress in extraordinary session to- dav appointed a commission to consider the message of Minister General Baca, who has asked the Government to grant him power to exact war contributions after the manner and in the amount dictated by his discretion.
 President Madriz today issued de- cree appointing an Investigating com rnittee of five, which is charged with the responsibility of examining the ac- counts of the Zelayan administration. The Finance Minister is made the chairman of the committee. whose du- ties include the working out of new system of finance, the revision of the various concessions of the Government and the determination of the legality of the recent act of the President in revoking the grants of alcohol, tobacco and other monopolies.
 The governments of Honduras and Costa Rica today made formal acknowi- edgment of the presidency of Madrfz, his administration and renewed the pro- testations of friendship for the repub- lie of Nicaragua
 Zelaya, who since his arrival in Mex ico. has announced himself as still head of the Nicaraguan Government. is tech- nicaily correct He surrendered his of- flee for the remainder of his term but was permitted to retain the title of President in order that he might enjoy the immunity that the office provides. When this arrangement was made Ze- lava had in mind rumors that the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
An Ind,annroIis Man

Indianapolis, Dec. 29.-The man who shot Dora Chappell In the dining roo n of the Bears Hotel at Peru. Ind, today wes Roy Mckinney. of this city.
 McKinney's father and mother said that he and the Chappell girl became acquainted and felt in love with each other when she Was employed here. Her father separated them and Me- Kinney, they said, had declared he would kin her and himself.
 Mckinney was tonight identified as the man. who early yesterday morning held up the clerk of down town lunch room and robbed the cash regis ter of about $3Q.
 Mckinney was identified by photo graph taken by the police when he was arrested here few weeks ago on a statutory charge made by the father of the Chappell girl.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
KILLS SELF AND GIRL
TERRIBLE DEED or PATE SMITH
 NEAR CALEfIsA.
Young Man shoots Miss Alice Rhodes to Death and Then Turns the
 Weapon On Him.

Birmingham. Dec. 29.--Pate Smith, a young man 20 years old. this after noon shot and killed his sweetheart. Miss Alice Rhodes, aged Is, and turn ed the weapon on h.mself, blowing out his own brains at the iatter's home about three miles below Caiera.
 Both are of prominent families In the .commesity as,ts bad been swset-' hearts for about year. The cause of the deed is not known.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
H~rre-eII Ha- '. plan.

New York, Dec. 29.-Prof. Heinrich Hergezeil, who hopes some day to sail from Berlin to the North Pole in an aeroplane. arrived here today from the West Indies. Prof. HergeEell has been studying, by means of balloons. air currents above the Caribbean sea One of his captive balloons recorded a temperature of st degrees fahrenheit below zero. at ls.0o0 feet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
In Knoxville,

Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. 29.-Twelve above zero at ' o'clock this morning is the lowest temperature of the pres ent winter as officially reported by the local forecaster The temperature has risen slowly. until 1t reached IT de- grees at o'clock this afternoon. This is the coldest day of the season, so far. The lowest temperature of last winter was 10 degrees on January s1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
Records Broken ln West.

Kansas City. Dec. 29.-Bitter cold weather prevailed in the Missouri River valley today. It was zero at Kansas City. At Norfolk. Neb.. 1t was IS be- low and at Omahait 1t was below. Sioux City, Ia. reported 16 below, while at Des Moines 1t was IF below.
 Central and Northern Missouri ex- perienced the lowest temperature of the season with 2 below zero recorded at St. Joseph and below at Sedalia.
 Oklahoma did not share in the cold snap.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
SHAW TALKS OF PRIMARY.
Thinks LaFOIlette and Hearst Are
 Popular Men.

Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 29--'Tf di- rect primary laws are safe and can be operated wisely, then their scope can be extended" said Leslie M. shaw, ex- Secretary of the Treasury. In an ad- dress to the Indiana Teachers Asso- citation here today
 If the electors of a given party can wisely choose candidate for Govern or in great state under the direct primary system. then the electors of 8 given party with equal wisdom can select a Presidential candidate If Theodore Roosevelt. William H. Taft. and William J. Bryan were to die to- day and candidates for the Presidency were to be nominated under the direct primary system, Robert M. LaFollette would be the candidate of the major ity party. and William R. Hearst of the minority party.
 What their platform would contain, the most imaginative and radical, not to say revolutionary. would not dare to predict" |"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
MRS. NEwMAN CONVICTED.
Mssaxine writer Must Serve Term In
 Prison.

Prison.
 San Francisco. Cal, Dec. 2e.--Mrs Elizabeth Murray Newman. magazine writer. charged with defraudins an Automobile driver, was convicted today in the police court and sentenced to sixty days in jail and to pay a fine of seo.
 snce her trial began yesterday many people claiming to have been yictimis- ed by Mrs. Newman have applied Tor warrants. Mrs. Newman. whose husband can not be located by the authorities, is weli-known in literary and social cir- cIes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
NO HOPE FOR MORSE. Motion is Denied By New Yerk
 

l..
 New York, Dec. 2s.-Judge Hough of the United States Circuit Court this afternoon denied the motion for q new trial for Charles W. Morse, whe Is now in the Tombs under sentenct for having violated the national bank ing law. Motion for a new trial was made on the ground that some of Mfr Morse's jurors were not Tit to pass upon questions presented
 Mir Morse will now have to begin serving term of fifteen years Inn prisonment in the Federal peniten- tiary at Atlanta unless his counsel can find ground for further move to postpone execution of the sentence
 Martin w. Littleton. the convicted bankers attorney. could not be reach ed directly this afternoon but at his office 1t was stated that an appeal would probably be taken from to- days decision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
pearv Is Invited.

Washington, Dec. 2e.--An invitation to address the royal geographical so- ctety of Antwerp. Belgium. was re- ceived today by Commander Robert E. Peary The invitation Is to speak upon pearv,s discovery of the north pole, ana is signed by President E. Jansen and Secretary Maurice de Cocky, or the society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
Mixsis.ippi Frozen At st. Louis

St Louis. Mo, Dec 2g.--The aiissis- sIppi river is frozen over at the south ern outskirts of the city for the first time In four years and the jam Is ex- pected to reach the Eads bridge by morning. The thermometer records two degrees below zero.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
DOES NOT REMEMBEFs.
Man Identified By a Couple as
 HHm~A@wAF

Toledo, O.. Dec. 2s.-Identified at the hospital today by stephen Hunt and wife as the man who killed their daughter and shot them Monday night, Joseph Mackeley, a switchman, said:
 "Tf I did it don't remember any thing about it."
 Mackeley was captured last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
Cnunot Lorate snrre.

Newark, N J.. Dec. 2s.-Harry Sayre, the millionalre's son, referred to in the Los Angeles dispatch. could not be located today. It is not believed %hat the man referred to Is a resident of Newark
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
Hurhes Approves ExtradItIon

Albany, N. Y,. Dec. 2s.-Goverflor Hughes today auth Jrized the extradi- ton to New Jersey of Mrs. Caroline B. Martin and Mrs. Mary Snead, who are wanted in Newark on charges impli- eating them in thu murder of Mrs. ocey Snead in East orange. Both women are under arrest in New York
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
FINE HORSES PURN
 ON W E. D. STOKES FARM

Lexington. Ky. Dec. 29.-A barn on the Patchen Wilkes stock farm be- longing to ". E. D. Stokes. of New York. was destroyed by fire late to- night and twenty-nine valuable thor oughbreds. also the property of Mir. Stokes. burned. The loss will reach aAA mn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
Trnretly over Hogs.

Floyd. La. Dec. 29--Dave William son shot and instantly killed another farmer named Stevens at Pioneer. sev- eral miles north of here. last night. The dispute grew out of a claim far' hogs which Wnliamsam ha7
 Stevens. The coroner's jury returned Ia verdict of justihable homicide teasss .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
Wax ReIoyv Zero.

St. Paul, Dec. 29.-Extremely low temperatures prevailed today in Min nesota, North and South Dakota and portions of Manitoba, according to the local United States weather observer but reports received today from Mon- tana, Saskatchewan and Alberta indi- cate warmer temperatures to follow:
 It was Is below zero here today. Du- luth reported 16 below: Huron. S. D.. 20 below the coldest being Winnipeg, where 1t was 2s below.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
nelow zere In Indianap peIi..

Indianapolis. Inds Dec. so.--At l o'clock this morning the thermometer at the United States weather station here registered four degrees below zero. the eoldest weather experienced here this winter. The mercury is gradually falling. Terre Haute re- ports a tenperature Jf four below.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30

finger -Pinchot controversy. had con- ference with President Taft today. The resolutions will be put In next We'd nesday. January 5. and 1t Is believed they will be immediately passed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
annnn.t in r,o.An nIna

San Jose, Costa Rica. Dec. 29.-An official banquet for the delegates to the fourth International sanitary con vention of American republics was given here last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
T.ower In ,jIncInuatl :.

Cincinnati. Dec. 29.-With the ther- mometer close to the zero mark and colder weather predicted. 1t Is feared the Ohio river here will be frozen over
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
cnIh in- -NnnhviIle.

Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 2s.-The gov ernment thermometer here registered degrees above zero at o'clock this morning, the coldest of the year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
r,nnaernnne HNith Tnft

Washington. Dec. 29.--Senasor Jones and Representative Humphrey. both Of Washington. who will introduce reso- iutiona in the House and Senate to in vestigAte matters involved In the Bal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
OhIo River Frozen .

Paducah, Ky. Dec. 29.-The ther- mometer today registered above zero, the coldest of the winter. The Ohio is frozen over for the first time In fifteen years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
Colh in NflnanurI.

St. Louis, Dec. 2s.--The government thermometer here registered l degree below zero this morning.
 At Columbia. Mo, 1t was . below.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
THE WEATHER. .

Washington. Dec. SO.---FOrecast for AIabamal Fair, continued cold Thurs day, Friday fair, warmers iight north- east winds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
D...h o, VI M. NIxou.

New York. Dec. 2s.-winiam M Nixon. vice president of the Standard Motor Construction Company Of Jer- sev City, and brother of Lewis Nix on. the ship builder. died here today of heart failure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
celsler la chleag;,e

Chicago, Dec. 2s--The thermometer dropped to one degree above zero in Chicago today and the Weather Bu- reau predicts that 1t will be colder tomorrow.
 Throughout tho Northwest 1t was ing the lowest at Charles City. twelve degrees below zero. At St. Paul 1t was ten below zero; four at Madison, Wis; six below at Des Moines. la. and six below at Duluth. Minn.
 The prediction Is for zero weather in Chicago tomorrow and colder in Western and Northern Portions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
wi. N. MIlIer Dlen

Mobile. Dec 2s.--W. N. Miller. age g5. formerly of Memphis, Tenn, died at Collins. Miss. near here last night. liter a short Illness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30

the coldest since 1901. this time of the year.
 Mrs Caroline Schumacher of St. Louis was killed D, the explosion of water heater if. her home this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30

ident left the train was ct orizaba. when he took a short walk. foiioweo by small group of Mexicans.
 That zelaya is at liberty to returp to Nicaragua when he pleassr was tne information given out at the forelsn Ofics today. Sub-Secretary or TOT. eign Affairs Gamboa declared that u was only tacitiy agreed that zelaya was to remain out of Nicaragua, but that so far as Mexico was concerned no attempt would be made to control his movements.
 Mir. Gamboa said. however. that could not be imagined that zeiaya would wish to return to Nicaragua atl least for an indefinite length of tims&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30
Serious Asp.ct Al rittsbsrs.

.--.
 Pittsburg. Pa. Dec. 29--With zero weather scheduled before morning. the ice pack at the inception of the Ohio river at this point and down rivur. assumes a serious aspect tonight.
 Since 1875. river men say. there has never been such severe weather condi- tions at this time of the year and damage to water front property and shipping interests along the Ohio will total half q million dollars before a thaw sets In.
 East Liverpool, and steubenvilie. Ohio. Wheeling and New MartiRsville, W. Va. all report ice gorges of dam aging proportions, the pack at Wheel ing and points below being the worat occurring there in recent years.
 Navigation along the river any where between Pittsburg and cincin- natl has been abandoned for the past four days Pittsburs and Wheeling narpors contain packets and local fleets valued at over t2,ooo,o0 and extra precautions are being taken to safeguard these craft against damage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-30

tContinued on Page Fiye.)
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-29
GRANITE
Savings Bank and Trust Company
Barre, Vermont

"a to him in the states organized
boards OF trade commerce. The ell
cheney Of state board Of trade finds
illustration in the work done by that
Of New Hampshire in securing an order
from It's board 81 railroad commissioners
for a reduction Of express rates. The
fact that the express company has
taken an appeal to higher court does
not detraot from the worth Of the board
il was called upon 70 perform a certain
work and this It did 20 far as il WAS
possible for Il to do. Some fifteen
years ago New Hampshire set TO work
as q state 10 develop its summer home
business and since that time mp 10 the
preent season the assessed valuation Of
its summer home realty amount to the
Snug sum Of fifty MILLION dollars, and
this year the state # spending mil.
lion dollars on trunk highways II was
4 systemized state work that developed
her magnificent summer home business.
Vermont can discount New Hampshire
IN natural attractions for summer
soiourn but she keeps the secret TO her
self.-Nhite River Junction Landmark.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-29
IEARNINa FRoM Old ENaLAND.


LEARNING FROM OLD ENGLAND.
Tho announcement that the Vermont
public service commission has ordered
subway approach from the street IN
White River Junction 70 the building
now used as union railroad station
viii be welcome news to people who have
lodged freight trains at the peril Of their
lives and been held up BY others, only
to See their own trains departing. The
approach to The station has long been
disgrace to the community and a source
Of very great danger The only means
Of getting 10 the platform Is % cross
a series 81 tracks OF make a wide detour
and then place oneself IN a still moro
hazardous position by walking along the
tracks instead Of crossing them a sub.
way win DO away with the danger and
the inconvenience Of the situation and
will be a comparatively easy solution Of
the trouble. This method has been tried
ont in ENGLAND and the results have
proven SO satisfactory that every little
statioi where track-crossine is necessary
has Is subway, and trespass on the
tracks is absolutely forbidden. The re-
salt Is that there are very few accidents
which can be attributed 10 unsafe facil
ties Of this sort a. provided by the rail.
roads themselves; the casualties have
been reduced to a minimum or entirely
eliminated We rarely hear Of persons
being killed on English railroad tracks.
This subway at White River junction
win do away with condition which
would not have been tolerated for long
in England, and the Vermont public ser
vice commission viii be justified IN
adopting like course Of action in other
places. such Anticipated arrangements
as have been allowed 70 continue atI
White River Junction ought to lave no
place in progressive country like tae
United States Nevertheless we are
looking to old-fashioned England for the
safest methods Of railroading IN many
ways England is far ahead Of the United |
States in handling the railroads, and the /
safety Of the public il one Of them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-29
SHALL CATCH MURDERER.
Chief Of New Yory Detective Bureau
Expresses His Confidence.

New York. June 3d. Inspector Me-
CaTerty, chief Of the New York detec-
tive bureau. gave out last night the
first authentic statement on the murder
Of Elsie sigel that has been made BY
the police since the discovery Of the
girls body on June TO- wedged in an oval
topped trunk in the bedroom of Leon
Ling. an Americanized Chinaman. above
an Eighth avenue chop suey restaurant.
Inspector McIaiierty said in sub
stance.
we shall catch the murderer Delay
does not alter that, although it chafes
MS. The whole country is one vast rat
trap. with every exit guarded
THE girl was killed between ten
o'clock in the morning and noon Of June
0, aud we believe Leon Ling IS the man
who did it. With Chung Sing, his inh-
mate. as possible aeeomplice. We have
Chung Sing. From his room IN Eighth
avenue Leon Ling went straight to
Washington and there sent the Don't
worry telegram signed Elsie, received
on the night Of the murder by the Sigel
family. From Washington he returned
10 New York and somewhere about mid
night Of June took the body IN a trunk
to Newark, arriving there about 2 al nj.
on June 10 We don't know how he took
it, Unable to dispose Of his trunk, Leon
returned to New York with the body
on the morning Of the 10th and left it
in his room From that moment we lost
all trace Of him. So far as We know,
IL had no other possible aceompliee than
Chung Sing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-29

There will be realignment In the
numerical rating Of Vermont towns and
cities when the next census IS taken.
Burlington, which had q population of
1880 IN 1900. wih easily hold first
place ia 1910, but Rutland is hkely 70
be deplaeed by Barre as the second city
ia size in the state. Barre is growing
rapidly and at the present time has
$50 taxable polls, OF "a more than
Rutland. Barre has d population Of ap
$4,000, and this figure viii
b increased largely "a another year
ranked below Bennington
and ST. Johnshurv nine years ago, but
this town has made a handsome increase
III population and win make a bid for
fourth place, with something ike 1000
people Rockingham has also made
good strides, and it likely to better its
position.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-29
WOMAN sLAsHED THROAT.
Her Life Saved But She Says She viii
XII Herself Yet.

Newport. June 2oe-Nirs. Darrah, sis.
ter Of Mrs. J. II. Clapper, i now recov,
ering from an attempt to commit suicide
last Friday with razor Mrs. Darrah
is about IS years Of age and since early
spring has resided at the Clappers in
the West End The cause Is attributed
To i'll health. Mrs. Darrah left the din
nar table and went to her room and a
member Of the family, thinking some
thing wrong, followed her short time
after and found her standing in front
Of the mirror with her throat cut IN
several places. They immediately called
& PHI stefan and her life was saved, al
though at FIRST it was thought the jugu.
lar vein was cut During the dressing
of the wounds the patient attempted to
tear the bandages away. She expressed