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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
A NnwsrAPrR ACHIEVEMENT.

Despite overwhelming obstacles put in it's way by the weather and conse- auent impairment of mechanical facil- ities The Advertiser gent q complete newspaper to the homes of it's readers yesterday morning.
 No one but trained newspaper per sons may understand the real achieve ment of The Advertiser stan when it is said that this good newspaper of twelve pages. carrying all of the news of the day and night, was put together from beginning to ending in less than five hours.
 Owing to break at the power plant The Advertiser was without lights, and partially without power, until 11:10 o'clock Tuesday night. This meant that its large force of men were idle until that hour: that its machinery was dead and nothing could be done in the way of newspaper making. So desperate seemed the situation that an editorial of apology was prepared to offer it's readers.
 When the light broke at 11.10 o'clock the force of The Advertiser "got busy" as they say in the street. At 3:3O o'clock the last form went to the stereotyper and at 3:45 o'clock the big press was humming. The apology was never put into type.
 This achievement was made possible by the spirit of loyalty and devotion so often displayed by Advertiser men and our readers may we'll thank them for the service. Certainly they are due and shall ever have the good will of this management.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
This Is My 56th Birthday
Louis J. Forget.

Louis J. Forget. member of the Canadian Senate, and one of the fore most of Canada's financiers, was born at Terrebonne. Quebec. March Il. 1854. At an early age he left school to en- gage in business He joined the Mon treal Stock Exchange at the age of 2l. and in 1895 and for several years thereafter he served as president of the exchange. Senator Forget has been president of the Montreal Street Rail way since 1892. and president of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company since 1896. He was called to the Senate by the Earl of Aberdeen in 1896, and four years ago Was elected a director of the Canadian Pacific Rail- way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
IS PAYING BACK.

The Brooklyn Eagle evidently thinks there should be ethics and other good things in politics. Isaac Stephenson" it remarks. "has been elected to suc- ceed himself as United States Senator from wisconsin. without the aid of his appears from testimony given by ste- nographer, that MT. Stephenson not only helped to pay the expenses of the Wisconsin delegation to the Republi- can National Convention. but that he contributed $1,0o0 to the Presidential campaign of Senator La Toilette. Those turn deserves another. If La Toilette could not see his way clear to espouse the cause of his colleague, he thus be- came to that extent @ detriment to it.. In the circumstances. a graceful thing for him to do would be to return the 1000, presuming the testimony of the tion. Indeed. 1t would be more than graceful. The fitness of things dictates it'
 That sounds very nice-in the read ing-but when 1t comes to carrying it out in practice 1t is rather different. Of course it was nice in Stephenson to help La Toilette, but we guess that thousand has been put away for safe- keeping. and its contributor is not at all likely to get his paws on 1t again. or its equivalent. And why should La Toilette pay the money back any more than other campaign contributions should be returned? It was contrib uted for purpose, just as other cam paign funds are, and we judge that the new Senator will do some vigorous whistling before the money comes back to him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11

The Washington Post has some com ments on the appointment of MT, Loeb as Collector of Customs at New York, and. among other things, Days; . MT. Loeb has fairly earned an easy berth: it has been his part to play the shadow to the strenuous life for thu past seven years. and if there be any srestful groves upon the broad plain of politics, MT. Loeb is surely entitled to lie a while beneath their shade and let the plums fall.
 To lie in the sh hade and let the plums fall into ones mouth is all very nice for those who have the opportunity. and we've no doubt that MT. Loeb will enjoy 1t as well as the next man. As cording to Senator Bailey, however Mir. Loeb was able to lie" more than aonce when acting as private secretary Ito Roosevelt. Possibly the Senator was
 misinformed. and possibly if MT. Loeb did side-step the truth at times it was
 because of the environments. and may hap. because of the evil example con .stantly before him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
 INAUGURATION DAY.

The proposition to move forward Presidential inauguration day to April 30 or thereabouts seems to be meeting with wide favor and endorsement. and If it can be arranged and settled be- fore another President is to be inaugu- rated 1t will be well March is prov erbially an indictment and uncertain month, especially in the North and East, and the early days can hardly be counted on for sqOd weather The day before President Taft's inauguration the weather bureau predicted fine weather for that event but the capitol
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
This Date in History
 March II.

1s32-Twenty-one pioneers left Bos- ton for Oregon.
 1S36-Arkansas adopted constitu- IS4O-George Wolff Governor of Pennsylvania 1S29-35. died in Phila- delphia. Born August 12. 1777.
 1s62-General Halleck took command of the Department of the Mississippi.
 1865-GeneraI Sherman entered Fay ettevilIe, N. c.
 1s69-Hamilton Fish. of New York. appointed Secretary of State.
 lS72-Jay Gould busted from the management of the Erie Railroad.
 1S74-Charles Sumner. Massachusetts statesman. died. Born January 6, 1S1l
 1SS4-United States Senate ratified a commercial treaty with Mexico.
 l891-General John NJ. Palmer elect ed Senator from Illinois on the 154th ballot.
 1905-Cassie Chadwick convicted in Cleveland of conspiracy to defraud.
 190S-Wesley Brotherhood of St Paul agreed to merge under name of the Methodist Brotherhood
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
Honeyed Words of Southern
 Orators Are m Tah's Ears

will be in it always the picture of Gen. Rufus N Rhodes. rising from the vol, luminous wealth of his frock coat and his high hat. MT. Tafts Southern tour accomplished much. brought out many things, but above all, 1t estab- lished General Rhodes fame as 2 talker and as. a faithful follower of Democracy, Republicanism, and pa- triotism all at the same time.
 While the organ pealed and the preacher spoke this morning. 1t would have been strange indeed, if the Pres ident-elect had not heard the gracious resound of the. words of Rhodes While he talks this afternoon to the Senator from Illinois and the Repre- sentative from Indiana on affairs Of moment he may pause, look up en- tranced. and catch the sweet refrain of South revolutionized by Rhodes in single speech.
 The only trouble is that neither MT. Taft nor General Rhodes believes that the South can be revolutionized rapid ly. 1t will take time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
TAKING CARE
Of Two United States Senators Wbs
 Failed of Re-EIectiOn.

Of Two United States Senators Who Failed of Re-EIectiOn.
 Washington Special to New York The Special Commission created by the Senate to investigate all expen-
 iitures of funds for the prosecution of vsolators of the Federal laws. the ad- ministration of Hump funds" and the duplication of work in the Executive Departments. will begin it's work im- mediately. The Commission consists of former senators Hemenway and Hans brough. Mir. Hemenway, from his long service on the Appropriations Commit tee of the House, and his thorough grasp of the finances of the govern ment, is regarded as peculiarly well fitted to conduct this work. MT. Hans brough has been student of those problems which especially affect the West, having been Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands and Agri- culture, and his knowledge of land law is expected to prove especially
 The Commission will work under the immediate supervision of Senator Gallinger, the Chairman of the Sub committee on Appropriations. which was chosen by Senator Hale to investi- gate the Secret Service and kindred Subjects. The resolution under which | this subcommittee was chosen and the | Commission appointed Is so broad that | there Is almost no limit to the scope of its work and the Commission Is ex- pected to investigate every branch of the government In which 1t Is believed | that economy of administration can be effected.
 The first aim of the Commission will
 he to ascertain where Implications of work are suspected to exist. For in- i stance reports have reached the Sen ate that In departments where regular ly organized publication divisions ex- ] ist, subordinate bureaus enjoying the 1 expenditure of lump funds have ere i ated their own publication divisions in i order the better to promote their own ! popularity with the public. with the | result that there is great duplication
 of forces and expenditures 4-
 branches of the Bureau of Corpora
 tions and the Interstate Commerce | Commission are duplicating to some l extent at least. the work of the De- partment of Justice, and this subject
 will be investigated by the Commis'
 The advisability of transferring the
 Secret Service to the Department oi
 Justice and confldlng to 1t all work
 dealing with felonious violations ot
 the laws will be carefully considered.
 1t is not impossible that The Com
 mission will decide to investigate
 conditions on the Isthmus of Panama
 with a view to ascertaining the exac'
 reasons for the increased cost pei
 unit of work over the first estimat'
 of the engineers.
 The sub b-committee hopes that sufft-
 cient progress will have been mad'
 by autumn to permit of preliminary
 report which will point the way tC material saving in the annual appro- l priations through systematizing thG work and the elimination of lost motion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11

city rarely has a worse day. It was almost as bad as the weather describ- ed by the countryman. who said. First 1t blew. then it snew. then 1t thew and then 1t friz." If the weather did not perform all those stunts in Wash ington on the 4th 1t at least made things very uncomfortable.
 This not only shows how dimcult it is for even the best experts to predict the weather a day in advance, but also what unexpected changes may come during the latter days of winter in the climate of Washington. Of course if the bureau had predicted just such weather as they experienced on that day the inauguration could not have been postponed or abandoned, but the knowledge that the day was going to be an exceedingly indictment one would have saved much trouble and expense on the part of those proposing to wit ness the ceremonies. and perhaps saved some from risking their lives by turn ing out regardless of the weather con- ditions. -l.t-: :-.--.-.-
 As a matter of course those who are advocating the change do not claim that the 30th of April on each suc- ceeding four years will be bright and pleasant, but they can with much more reason look for good weather on that day than on the 4th of March. What ever may have been the original req son for selecting the day now observed, whether 1t was chance. convenience or sentiment. Is not material. and does not supply, so far as we are aware, any good argument for continuing 1t. It is hardly supposable that matters could be made worse by the change, while there is every reason to believe that 1t would be a great improvement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11

When 1t comes to drinking as a reg
 ular business We rather think the Lon
 don women and children can take the
 prize. According to an official state
 ment just issued. the authorities, as T , means of obtaining statistics, caused twenty-three London public houses tc be closely watched for four day., and during that time 39,54O women and 1o,- 471 children entered the houses. Tn round numbers there were fifty thous- and women and children who visited those twenty-three public houses in four days While it Is not certainly known that each woman and child drank something while in the house the assumption is that they had no 0sh CT object in entering. Just how the Londop naA- svsrage up is not stated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
A Mighty Fine Woman.

Charleston News and Courier.
 In this American democracy there is no reason for the wife of the Presi- than those which any modest gentle woman should have. utsthere Is a con- stantly increasing snobbishness in the land that would make -A her a public character Only a woman of tact and good sense in the White House can save herself from being continuously advertised. and it is easy to imagine has had no easy task in avoiding offs- cious persons who would have dragged her constantly before the public in one the background the wife of the Presi- dent has. succeeded to degree that betokens her possession of extraordin- ary refinement and common sense. The gaping crowds know little more about her now than 1t knew before her huE- band became President of the United StafaS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
The Corn Man.

The Selma Journal. 7.
 E. McIver Williamson. the South terday He is not speaker and that he said himself. and he proved to the people who came to hear him. He Is d man who has done much for the people of this state and his own state. He shows that he has studied his plan of corn making. He knows all corn and he learned 1t simply by ex perimenting on his own land in his own way. He is farmer and a sen sible one at that, because he has bushels of corn to the acre on land where. he formerly made ten. Will liamson has done much for the South his method of making corn. and go to making it as he does, then we will quit feeding the west and the great sold at prices that pay for the making with a fair pay for the labor expended.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
Public Oplnion of "Uncle Joe"

Springfield Repuphcan' .A
 Balloting among subscribers to the and doRs the great power now held by the spoakership over legislation Soo has no.s. so reelection of Mir. Cannon to his pres ing the Speaker power to determine the memb rship of the House commit tees. The vote is about the same in favor of having committees appointed by a special committee selected by tions of the country. This Is probably typical of general public opinion SO for as 1t is informed on the subject.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
skinny Boys and Chunky Girls.

In referring to thin boy. 1t is all right to cali him skinny" but you
 must Ss the sae shl. bst bsr soands Ssts Never call any one but boy "puny." A "puny" girl should be called fra gile" It sounds more like delicate compared to fine Dresden. A "chunlSy' boy is all right, but a girl has A finely rounded figure" A boy. ia ''gawky." but a girl displays "untu- tored grace
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
SWORN CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees its advertisers (and makes 1t part of the con tract when reQuested) that its daily circulA- tion is larger than that of any morning newspaper printed in Alabama-and that us sunday edition has the largest circulation n Of any edition of any newspaper printed III Alabama without exception.
 2 The figures for February printed oeioW represent the actual net ejaculation, all re- turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
Chattanooga Times:

Presidents. dear sir. come and go, the Presidency in all it's American simplic- ity. Democracy and purity. Is what we want perpetuated. We would hate to think the Presidency woulf die after MT. Taft.
 Well, the late incumbent tried as hard to end 1t as one man could; at least. he did his best to destroy the Presidency as it was intended to be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
Roosevelt VIII Take a GraphOphOne To
 Africa With Him. Winsted (COnn1 Dispatch to The New

York Times.
 To get the shouts of the half-civil- : iZed natives on the hunt for big game, the weird music and songs. the conver- sation among those who have only a dialect as a form of communication. as well as those who have a language: the roar of the wild beasts of the jun gle, the cries of the prey at bay, the shouts of the hunters. and similar sounds in Africa. eX-Presdent Roose- welt has had a graphophone of alum mum specially made for him by Il Bridgeport company.
 The machine will be delivered to him this week. It Is so light that 1t may be carried about bY a member of the party without inconvenience. and will be ready for use at all times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11

The artisan blows the lettering into the molten glass. So it is that these hours Of disappointment and silent suf- fering are ofttimesS the highest reach es in human character Do you know that bodies reflect the beauty of the soul--souls blown into human flesh like letters blown in the glass?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
FEBRUARY, 1909.

F c. I. Finigan, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. pays:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tisers circulation for the month of Feb ruary. 1909 is true and correct, and compil- ed after all returns from news boys. news agents spoiled and left over copies have been deducted. l
 c. I. FfNIGAN. Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of March. 1906. -
 % RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11

We suppose Mir. Taft danced at the inaugural ball. but we doubt if he tried to cut the pigeon wing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-10
Philadelphia Cricketers in Jamaica
REFLECT JUDGE HARLAN
President of Johns Hopkins Hos
pital4. 900 Patients Treated.

BALTIMORE. February 1O.-The annual
meeting of the board of trustees of the
Johns Hopkins Hospital was held yester-
day afternoon, and officers and members
of the board of trustees were elected for
the ensuing year. One resignation was
accepted. that of Mr.. Jesse HilIes, one
of the trustees, who gave old age as a
reason for stepping out.
Those elected were: President, Henry
d. Harlan; vice president, Richard NJ.
Venable; treasurer. John c. Thomas: sec
rotary, John NJ. Glenn; members of the
board, George Gator, John M. Glenn.
William H. Graff1in, Henry d. Harlan,
r. Brent keyser. William A. Marburg.
George X. McGaw. B. Randall, Richard
NJ. Venable. Robert h Warning and Rich
ard ]. White.
The annual report was read at the
meeting, and showed among other things,
that the admissions during the year were
the same as the number discharged.
amounting to total of 4,6g. The per-
centage of mortality for the year was
5.SJ per cent of the cases treated. as
against 5.51 per cent of the previous
year. In the surgical department 1,1O4
patients were admitted. as against 1855
for the previous year. In the medical de-
partment 1.4S> patients were admitted,
as against 1.H6 for the previous year.
The daily average of patients under
treatment has been $50. as against 2Si
in 1907. The largest number of cases in
the hospital on any one day was May
%, and the smallest number was on Au-
gust 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-10
CHAMPIONSHIP IN AIR.
Business and Props Cannot Agree on
Basket Ball Dates.

1t now looks as though the inter
scholastic basket ball championship will
not be settled this year. owing to diff
Guilty over dates which has arisen be-
tween Business High School and the
Georgetown Props. These two institutions
each have an equal claim on the title. SO
that the only satisfactory way of award
ing the honors is TO have game a
series of games between them. A series
was arranged for last week. but had to
be postponed on account of the action of
the Business faculty director.
Nothing more was done until yesterday.
when the Stenographers' manager called
up the Props leader and asked for a
game to be played in the Y. NJ. c. A. gym
Wednesday, February II. same to be for
the District schoolbOy championship 1t
was impossible for the embryo cOllesians
to accept this date. on account of the fact
that two of their best players are men,
bers of the relay team, which is to run
in the Federal games against Tech High
three nights later, and naturally they did
not wish to take chances of injuring
themselves They defended their position
by saying that they were ready to play
on the previous dates and are also willing
to play Wednesday. the oath.
But Business High is not willing to ac-
cept the oath. as they intend to disband
before then, and they rightly claim that
it was no fault of theirs because the
faculty cancelled the other games. So
thus the matter stands. Business wants a
date which the Props refuse to give, and
the Props want date which Business re-
fuses to give. AS both have an equal
right to select the day for playing. neither
team can be accused of backing down,
and hence. unless some compromise is
brought about. the interscholastic basket
ball championship of the District will not
be decided this year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-10
DRAWINGS FOR TENNIS.
Women's Indoor Championship Be
pins in New York Today.

NEW YORK. February 1O.-The draw
ings-for the women's national indoor lawn
tennis championship. held last night. in
clude a field of twenty-one aspirants.
Boston. New York. Philadelphia and its
immediate vicinity being represented. The
matches will begin in singles today. AS
the draw stands. Miss E. H. Moore win
ner of the national indoor honors in. 1907
is in the top half. while her young rival
Miss Marie Wagner. present holder of the
championship. holds her place in the
lower half.
In the top half Miss Moore meets Mrs
George F. Chapman. the famous aspirant
for New Jersey, Middle States and Hud-
son River titles, in her first competition
Just above them Miss Clara kuttroff OF
the West Side Club and Miss Alice Fish,
Hamilton Grange. meet for the second
round. Miss E. w. Smith, Longwood
Cricket Club. Boston, is also in the half.
AS the Boston girl has been playing a
fine game, she holds the position Of the
unknown factor in this section of the
tournament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-10
MALTBIE IN EASY STYLE.
Displayed Speed in Fourth Race a
Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. February 10
Maltbie. which ran a bad race in the
Burns handicap scored an easy victory
yesterday. Over a dead track he step
ped a mile and furlong in l.51 10.
He was heavily played by his owners.
The summaries:
First race. six and one-half furlongs Golly ding
100 tShillingl. Z to 10. won: Enfield. 1O2 ,ken
nedy,. q to 1, second: Joe Gaitens. 102 E itm
GAM to 1. third. Time. 1.19 rs. SNOWFALL
Second race. purse: two-year- olds: three fur
longs-Foie Levy. los 'Bntwelh. Il I" !. won;
Domithilda. los III. Dugan'. 8 to >: second: Ko
| berta. los Powers,. to ]. third. Time. O3' 10
| Lamb Lady Shaler, Dora Paine and Placide also
ran.
Third race. six furIonss-Billy Bodemer. lot
h I" a won G,n UrSs,""; ia ~ .shch"" %
Rose. Sink Springs. Sibari and Morrill, also ran.
Fourth race. mile and an eighth Maltbie. ~
to (. second: Miss Sain. 100 oGoidstein'. to
2 third. Time. oI 40 Only three starters
Fifth race. selling: seven furlongs-SpOhn I'm
Page to 2 won; King OF the NJ, MIST lc lTs
stem. Il to l. third. Time. %. Rnbinon La
Ionde. WOlfvilIe. Financier. Lord Of the Forest
Mont Clair. Orihame. Rey del Mundo. Summer
Cloud and Daruma also ran.
Sixth race, six and One-half furlongs: selling
Stringency. 100 tShillingI. 3 to ,. won: Hamper
107 Dugan). 4 to l. second: Shapiaf; 'oi
(Burns,, 40 to l. third. Time. 1:06l-5: French
Cook. Wildwood Bill. Guise. Gull Holland and
Allen Lee also ran.
Seventh race. selling: six furlongs-Friar Of
Egin. III Powers,. to l.. won Glenart. ":
lMordon,- 20 to second; Tender Crest est, III
Prince of CASTLE. Liberto. BardOlite. Bright Al
bert, Byron. Dengre and Vivant also ran.