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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-05
THE HOUSE.

H. B. Il. BY Mr.. Haley. (Municipal
Organization ITO authorize the hold
ing of elections by municipal corpora
tions in the State of Alabama, for the
purpose of obtaining authority to issue
bonds for public purposes herein dern-
ed, and to provide for the holding OF
such elections, and declaring the result
thereof. and to authorize the issue of
such bonds when a majority OF the
voters participating In such election
vote in favor of the issue of such
bonds, and to regulate the Issue, execu-
tion. sale and security of such bonds.
ri b. 90. BY Mr.. Kirby. (Agricult-
ure. ITO amend an act entitled an act
10 amend an act to establish a State
Livestock Sanitary Board and the once
of State Veterinarian In order to FUR
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-05
COMPEL PAYMENTS
OF POLL TAXES


Today there will be reported favor
ably to the House, the Mitchell BILL
which provides that an amendment to
the State Constitution effectinR COM
pulsory payment Of poll taxes, be sub
mitted to the voters of Alabama.
The House Committee on Constitu-
ton and Constitutional Amendments
held its session yesterday afternoon
and voted for favorable report.
: The Mitchell bill provides. beyond the
compulsory payment of poll taxes. that
anyone who is in arrears as to poll tax
is enabled to vote upon the payment Of
the back poll tax from 1907 to the
present. Heretofore. under the pro-
visions of the old law. all arrearages
since 1901 must have been paid.
The House will act today upon the
question of submitting the question to
the voters for an election on an amend
meut.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-05
ARE READY
TO ADJOURN
Joint Resolution Is Pre-
pared.
EXPECTED DURING THE WEEK
Next Wednesday Is Date Set for
Last Legislation.
II Motion Does Net Carry, IT !. Stated
That There is No Chance Of
Adjournment for
Weeks.

In legislative halls. things are get.
| ting into a muddle. Bills by the
dozen and by the score have been in.
troduced, especially in the House, pill.
| ing high on committee desks, and over.
loading the calendar. Unless many
Of the bills. SO far introduced in the
House are pigeon-holed by the com.
mittees. never to be resurrected, u
tffal eenMce a Iong-wtnded .sophet
to forecast the date Of adjournment.
The Legislators themselves, In many
instances. say It..
Some OF the members who have In
troduced bills Of little Significance,
and aware of the great mass of legis-
lation pending. have stated that the
lesser measures will not be pushed. and
win probably never pass the commit
tees.
In the Senate. matters of legislation
are discussed with greater degree of
minuteness than In the House. The
Senate. more compact. and consequently
keener. and with a large proportion
OF Its personnel lawyers. delve into the
intricacies OF the bills before them
The course of the Senate, while thus
thorough, 10 slow. And with the mass
OF bills presented--more than $50 in
the House and ninety In the Senate
the only hope. they say. for q shortened
bcSshotit 10 LOT WnOtcba4S Siuo~tfaCk"
ing of the lesser measures. or a rail-
reading" through both houses.
But there Is another solution at
which some of the Legislators are ready
to grasp. Adjournment regardless
OF the packed condition of the calen-
dar. or whether or not the sixty-six
subjects of the Governors call have
been all threshed out.
It has been expected that. before the
end OF the present week, a joint
House-Senate resolution to adjourn
would be sprung. The forces back
of the movement are zealously engaged
in q count OF noses, not desiring to un-
dergo a reversal of their plan, as oc-
CURED to the resolution of Senator
King. in the Senate. last Thursday.
The resolution, fixing next Wednes-
day as the date OF adjournment, has
been drafted. and now lies in a desk
| In the Senate chamber. gathering dust,
pending the result of the. canvass. Prob
ably it, VIII be sprnhg this week.
probably a walt until the first OF next
week will be undertaken. At any
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-05
MAKES PISTOL rorxas PAY L1czNsz.
unmnu na
PRoHIBrrIoNIsTs WORK
ON THE DOUBTFUL ONES

Some Of the lawmakers whose
stand upon the prohibition
question IL doubtful. were sum-
moned to the conference held at
the Exchange Hotel Monday
night. at which Governor Conner,
Brooks Lawrence. Speaker Car
michael and 8. d. Weakley. the
prohibition champions, were
present, so IL develops,
The prohibition leaders are
active during the session. az
much so as ever. and while
the commotion Is not on the
surface as marked as In the
1907 session, still there are
undercurrents-and undertows
of the strongest.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-05


One OF the Legislatures en-
actments IL already . law. It
was signed by the Governor
yesterday, and put into opera
ton immediately. And..~ Of
course. being the FIRST. II was
the most important. Sure; It
was the bill appropriating the
$4,000 to defray the expenses OF
the extra session.
It was the one bill Of them all
which was passed and signed
and set to working in . hurry.
First evidence OF its workings
was revealed when Speaker !.
Carmichael announced in the
House that the warrants FOR the
mileage Of the legislators were
ready to be paid upon appiica-
ton. The extra session had
borne its frst fruit.
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rate, the resolution is there, and as
soon as the count reveals O desire on
the part OF an avowed majority. 1t will
be introduced and put to vote.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-05

squiers Comes Home.
Panama, Aug. 4.--Herbert q. Squiers,
the American minister to Panama left
here yesterday for the United States
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Of the question win be submitted to
Ensley.
Probably. II the commission govern
| ment proposition carries for Birmins-
ham. Ensley will ask for admission.
q According to some of the Greater Bir-
nj dngham people. And II Ii likely that
thaS~ fight for the Commission Govern
men, will wax stronger. through the
very martial defeat OF the King bill.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-05

| He rises to Aifl his anathema upon
those who have made violate the ma
jesty of the Law. and the dignity OF
Alabama courts: chains and slavery Is
none too good fir them: thirty days
imprisonrnent. fescaxte~.rpt is the least
p,,rishmept .tting. B1i Senator Reese
has been singularly unfortunate In re-
gard to hts contempt punishment bills
thus far. For the Senate Is made up of
lawyers. and II IL recorded that the
lawyers. more than all others. are the
ones who are hailed UP for contempt.
90 for their own protection. the Senate
fought shy Of auy OF the weapons Of
this champion of judicial dignity.
You viii hear him on the prohibition
firht-but no. you needn't wait for
that; you Gan hear HIM at any time you
go within earshot OF the Senate. Holds
high score for bills introduced In the
Senate. with q scintiIlating record on
the particular Hill to define and regu-
late multifariousness In chancsry pro-
ceedings.
A Senate leader: Democrat. inter
rified--.the Gentleman from Dallsa."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
Horrid Conductor

She was what psychologists call
present minded" but what is
known among everyday, plain
spoken folk as absent-minded.
She stood at the corner of Max
we'll and Monroe waiting for a
street car. Her little 4 year old
girl stood beside her. But she
wasn't thinking of the child. Her
eyes were fixed in a faw away
thoughtful gaze as she ruminated
on the list of things she wanted to
buy downtown or studied over the
things she wanted to say at the
Mothers club or something equally
important and absorbing.
When the car stopped, still alb
sorbed in her thoughts, she climb
ed aboard, leaving the little girl
in the street.
When the car started the child
sent up a lusty yell. The conduc-
tor touched the woman on the
shoulder and asked:
beg pardon, ma'am, but didn't
you leave your little girl?"
The woman started and then
screamed.
Let me Off" she cried. Stop
the car and let me off at once"
Then she glared at the conductor
as IL il was all his fault and hur-
ried back to calm her weeping
clllu.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04

DAYTON, Aug. 4.--Glancing
from the window of her home yes
terday, Mrs. Frank Fletcher, living
on a ranch nine miles east of Day
ton, saw strange sight. Two lit
tie kittens, pets of the Fletcher
children, were playing with a huge
rattlesnake, scarcely ten feet from
the door.
For several moments the woman
watched the gambOling of these
queer playfellows. Languidly the
reptile would coil it's body about
one of the kittens while the other
purred against it's Shiny side or
scratched playfully at its bristling
tail.
When Mrs. Fletcher. armed with
a short stick, started into the yard
the sportive mood of the reptile
changed to resentment and coiling
quickly 1t struck both of it's tiny
playmates in their pink faces. Both
kittens died. The woman attacked
and killed the snake single handed
The RATHER was of unusual size
and carried ~ rattles.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
HILL s HAND
IS seen
Front Avenue Deals Said to
Mean a,Joint Terminal for
Hill Roads.


To men well posted on downtown
real estate, who have followed the
recent purchases by the railroads
on Front avenue, 1t looks like the
whole stir in that direction is the
work of Hill capital, and that it
means central terminal station
for the Great Northern, the North
ern Pacific and the Spokane, Port
land & Seattle, with a terminal
building in keeping with the impor-
lance of the lines that will occupy
it.
They take this to mean the solu-
ton of the problem of grade sepa-
ration for the N. p, terminals for
the S., P. & S. and enlarged facili-
ties for handling business for the
combined lines.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
THAW'S LIBERTY A
MENACE---DR. BAKER
NV United Press.)

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Aug. A.
In the examination into Harry
Thaws sanity, Justice Mills ques-
toned DR.. Amos Baker regarding
Harry's actions while confined at
Matteawan asylum. After a num-
Der of questions, Baker declared
that Thaw was insane without a
doubt, and that Harry's liberty
would be a menace to the COM
munity.
Afterward, on cross examination,
Baker admitted that Thaw didn't
show any signs of paranoia during
the first three months in the asy-
lum. Thaw was recalled and ques-
toned by Jerome. During his ex-
animation Justice Mills said he was
convinced that the present hearing
was more drastic for the prisoner
than any expert examination could
have been.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04

MRS. ROSE SUTTON PARKER,
Sister of Lieutenant Sutton, who
has worked for two years to clear
his memory of the stigma of
suicide.
ii. Utley. The automobile was
stopped and there was fight.
Statements conflict as to who was
the aggressor. Sutton is supposed
to have run for some guns and to
have later shot Adams. Adams
had no serious wound to show for
it. One of the bullets is supposed
to have hit Lieutenant Edward P.
Rocker, who had been on a drunk
that night and happened to stun
BILE onto the fight. Rocker had
no wound, but it was declared that
the bullet penetrated his coat and
outer shirt, and then, for some I'M
known reason, stopped. Sutton was
at that time thrown to the ground.
Adams admits he threw. Sutton
down. Sutton was badly beaten.
Someone is supposed to have said,
My God, he's killed Roelker!"
And then Sutton, with three men
on top of him and his arms doubled
up under him, according to testi-
mony, is supposed to have pulled
out one arm and shot himself The
bullet entered the top of his head
Willing says he was standing
near and afterward took the pistol
from Sutton's hand. Sergeant De
Hart, who came wheu he heard the
fighting, says after the shot some
one-he claims not to know who
handed him revolver which he
threw away. Willing says De Hart
nQintad out this raNnlNot. To i'm,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
RAILROAD
TRAVEL A
NIGHTMARE
Depots and Trains Are Tor
ture Houses Because of
Niggardly Policy Of Com
panies. @

The failure of western railroads
to keep pace with the development
of freight traffic demands has been
completely demonstrated to the
loss and vexation of everybody de-
pending upon it to do business, and
the same roads are now giving a
similar demonstration of their fail
ure in the passenger department.
Inspection of the depots in this city
shows decentralization and dissatis-
faction unbounGHd. PEOPLE are
penned in sweltering and dusty
waiting rooms like cattle, and the
effort to board a train becomes A
mob rush.
This is merely Introductory to
the worse tortures of the train
service. In trying to pile up profit
by taking care of four or five times
the usual number of passengers
with the same number of trainmen
the company reduces the force to
i'll tempered dummies.
The same rule prevails in the de-
pots and ticket offices. The rail-
roads spend money bringing people
west in mobs for no other purpose
apparently than to get their
money. They make no extra pro-
vision for their comfort of conven-
fence beyond an inadequately in
creased number of cars and the
fewest possible men to man them.
The more people that can be
packed onto the regular trains the
more the company makes clear.
That the traveller has a nightmare
memory only of the trip is of no
consequence.
An experience of Spokane
woman going to the coast on athe
Northern Pacific evening train is a
fair sample of the service on all
these roads. With three small chill
dren she finally managed to get
berths made up for them at 9: 80
that night. The next morning she
waited for hours for a chance to
get them into the diner. When
they at last reached a table she
was informed that the rations were
exhausted The tram being late, it
was necessary to make a flying
change at Auburn instead of TIA
coma as intended. Tickets were re
tanned by the Spokane train con-
ductor and train cheeks given in
stead. The conductor on the train
from Seattle informed those who
changed that they would have to
wait in Tacoma until late that
afternoon in order that the Tacoma
officials could telegraph to Seattle
and verify each claim check given
by the other conductor. That
meant five or six hours for passen-
gers en- route to Portland and way
points.
Under present conditions travel
can be neither safe nor comfort
able. Don't go unles you have to,
| and don't take women or children
if you can help it.
Last night people waiting to
| catch the evening train moDbed the
gate keeper at the Northern Pa
cific depot. The officials couldn' t
possibly handle them. The COM
pany has the same narrow exit
from the depot that it always uses.
In the baggage room it is almost
impossible to get checks arranged
in time for trains or transfers.
Each man in Their ehas ABOUT four
mems work to do and the result is
that he cannot do the work of one.
The modern theory of railroading
is to make the people spend money
and KEEP the company from spend
ing any
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
MUST PROSECUTE
CASE TO FINISH

John Carter of the Pacific Parcel
delivery failed to appear In court
to prosecute the charge of larceny
against William Shaw, a former
bookkeeper in his employ, yester-
day, and the case was continued
till Friday. A subpoena has been
issued to appear at that time.
Shaw is charged with the lar
ceny of $40.> Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney Don Kizer objected to the
case being dismissed, expressing
his belief that Carter had failed to
appear because the money had
been repaid.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04

the next morning and they picked
it up. De Hart says he never saw
the pistol again, and that Utley
told him it had been found.
The first inquest made absolute
ly no effort to find out from what
revolver the shot that ended SUIT
tons life was fired. 1t is thought
Sutton's revolver was found on
the parade ground by Vikings, but
no one knows how many empty
shells there were in it.
And through it all a mother and
sister, loyal to the memory of
the dead boy, have listened to the
story. They have gained something
in having a second inquiry and in
having it public.
I'VE have not been working 81
months for nothing" said Mrs.
Rose Sutton Parker, the sister.
And it is now likely that if the
responsibility for Sutton's death is
not fixed by the naval court the
stenographic report of the pro-
ceedings will be placed before a
grand jury.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
DON JAIME BEGS TO BE
EXCUSED
lBy United Press.l

VIENNA, Aug. 4.-Denying that
he will lead an army of Carlists
against Alfonso, Don Jaime has
given an interview to this effect.
The pretender declared that the
only condition under which he
would enter Spain at the head of
an army would be in the event OF
the overthrow of Alfonso and q
leader is needed to restore order.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
CRIED ALOUD IN THE
NIGHT AND THEY PUT
POOR MAN IN JAIL
(By United Press.)

ROSEBURG, Ore, Aug, T.
Help! Help! I'm sick!" This
strange cry aroused many resi-
dents of this city in the early
hours of the morning, and as the
result a young man giving his
name as Otto s. Bourne is in the
county Jail, awaiting an inquest as
TO his sanity. ~.
Bourne went to one residence
and after gaining admission tele-
phoned for physician. When the
doctor arrived he refused to take
the medicine that was offered.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04

ments l am completely cured I
feel like new man. for my whole
system is renovated. | think the
Human Bake Oven is the greatest
blood purifier in the world, and |
urge everyone suffering from I'M
pure blood or poor circulation to
take the Human Bake Oven treat
ments. / will gladly reply to let
tiers addressed to me, care of tine
Washington Sanitorium. Yours
truly. l.. BROKER.
These wonderful Human Bake
Ovens, which are now located at
305-6-7-S-9 Rookery building, third
floor, will move to the new sani-
forum located at 401-5 Fifth av-
enue, corner Washington, where
the accommodations and capacity
will be doubled.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04

SPOKANE, Wash, July 2, 1909.
Spokane, Wash.
Dear Sirs: l take great pleasure
in telling you, and all concerned,
that the Human Bake Oven has
completely cured me of blood dis
ease. l came to Spokane literally
covered with boils, from which |
had suffered for over year.. Med
icine did me no good, and | had the
boils lanced repeatedly; but they
only came back as bad as before,
or worse. l could get no rest, and
suffered agony, and was almost
Stunned by people, as was so
offensive.
/ decided to try the Human Bake
Oven as a last resort, but was
skeptical /. as to result; but / am
thankful to say that after IL treat
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
MADE RIA TTLESNAKE MAD SO
HE KILLED HER LITTLE KITTENS

When ordered to leave the house
he continued through the resi-
Dental section, waking up people
and crying for help
When it was found that he re-
fused aid when it was offered, he
was arrested. He said that his
home was in ST Paul, and that he
had a brother in Buell., Idaho.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
HEAVY RANSOM
ASKED
(Hy United Press,)

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4.-Following
the KIDNAPPING of Grace and Al
fonse Viviano, second cousins, age
three and fivce, respectively, and
demand for $4,000 ransom, de-
tectives have arrested Joseph Po-
cano, suspected of being an ac-
complete of Samuel Turisti, who is
believed to have taken the chill
dren from home. No trace of Tur-
isti and no word Of the children
has been received since the arrival
of a special delivery letter de-
manding a ransom.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
DEATH OF AN OFFICER

Officer Edward Charleston, one
of the members of the Spokane
Merchants police force, is dead as
the result of an operation for an
abcess of the head. His death &C.
Cured last night at the Sacred
Heart hospital, terminating an i'll
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04

ness of several weeks.
Mr.. Carleston was an efficient
officer and had been in the en-
ploy of the Merchants police for
considerable time. He is survived
by sister in Spokane, mother in
Palouse, and brother in Preston,
Wash. His mother will take the
body to Palouse for burial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04

The Spokane post of the Salvation Army, under com
mand of Adjuant Dean is arranging outing August 26
for 1000 of the poorest children of the city and their
mothers.
1t is planned strictly for the benefit of the children and
women who otherwise would be denied the pleasure of
day outdoors. The army wants them to have golden
hours of fresh air. green grass and sunshine
Anyone who feels able to aid the army this enterprise
can do so by phoning Main 1861.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
DR.. COYNE. DENTIST,

Has moved to suites PA and 215
Empire State building. Phone,
Main 1912 Waiting room with DR..
r. w. Hilscher. oculist.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-04
LEAVES STENoGRAPHER $500.

BOWLING GREEN, Aug. Am
the will of the late James 0. Troup,
bequest of $500 was made to
Miss Florence Rudolph, who for
several years was his stenographer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-11-24
Released From Waterbury Asylum

Lydia Ann Allen, the woman whose
husband applied in her behalf for a writ
of habeas corpus, the granting of which
knocked out the old way of committing
inmates, and established the fact that
practically all of the inmates in the insane
asylu N had been committed illegally. has
been released as directed by the Supreme
court. A mandate was issued at the
October term that if steps were not taken
to recommit Mrs. Allen properly and
legally within thirty days She should be
released by the superintendent As she
was committed originally from the town
of Johnson the authorities were notified
by the superintendent. They were in
formed that in the opinion of the officials
of the insane asylum she was not a prop
er person to be at large, and that she was
likely to do damage to herself or Others
Der husband took the grounds that he
was capable of taking care of her, provid-
ing her proper place in which to live
and sufficient treatment, and under such
a claim the attorney general could offer
no objections to her release from the in
stitution, and she was taken by her hus-
band to Lowell where is now residing
1t is said at Waterbury that until Mr..
Allen was asked to pay portion of his
wife's expenses in the institution. since he
has some means and there is some proper-
ty in her own name, the question other
mental responsibility and liberty was
not raised.