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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
CONVlCTS AT LARGE
POLITICAL PRISONERS MAKE Es-
CAPE FROM SIBERIA.
Band OF Desperate Men Sack villages
and Cause Terror In Their Ef-
foFts to Reach
Alaska.

Seattle, July 10.-Information con-
corning the escape of the band Of po-
litical convicts In the interior OF ST.
IBERIA. who are making their way to-
ward East Cape on the extreme east
coast, in an effort to reach Alaska, was
brought to Seattle yesterday by John
w. Kelly. who has long been identified
with AFFAIRS in the Arctic. both in
Alaska and Siberia.
THE first word of the escape OF the
oonvicts reached Capt. N. e. Kallin-
koff, acting governor OF Nichniy, Kali
imsk. 1900 miles from East Cape,
March 49," said Mr.. Kelly. HE i'm
mediateiy sent a detachment OF his
engaged the exiles 100 miles from the
post. The Cossacxs were defeated and
seven OF them killed. Several OF the
exiies met the same fate.
Reduced in numbers by death from
exposure and many having been killed
in battles with natives. the band num-
bered twenty when last heard from.
They have looted villages and killed
natives, only In cases where their de-
mands for dogs, food and reindeer have
been refused.
Captain Kallinikoff dispatched q
band of messengers to East Cape. who
struggled for 1900 miles over the rough
wilderness of the peninsula, several
perishing on the way. with a warning
to the commander of the garrison at
East Cape.
The escaped convicts are not of
the low criminal class, but are politi-
cal prisoners. Upon receipt OF the LETT
ter from Captain Kallinikoff at East
Cape ON June 20. the day left, word
was Immediately sent to Vladivostols
for O gunboat to patrol the coast"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
FINANCES ARE
SATISFACTORY
State Fair IN Prosperous
Condition.
SYSTEMATIC CANVASS BEGINS
Montgomery Business Men Respond
Ing Gladly.
Racing Matters In Excellent shape--
Machinery Exhibit WIN De Bet
ter Than Before, says +
Secretary winters.
SYSTEMATIC CANVASS BEGINS

State Fair finances have assumed the
very roseate hue that betokens the
great optisism. for the association -
out Of the woods now.
The soliciting committee OF the Ala
bama Agricultural Association II very
much gratified with the manner ~
which the business men Of Montgom-
cry are responding to the call for SUBJ
scriptions. So far the COMMITTEES has
met with success far beyond Its expec-
tations, although as yet they have
made no systematic canvass.
Commencing Tuesday morning Of
this week. the soliciting COMMITTEES.
consisting Of three weli-known bust
ness men, will begin an active campaign
for the balance necessary to suocess-
fully conduct the Fair.
It 10 hoped that by Saturday night
of this week. all subscriptions VIII
have been collected.
The Committee OF Finance 10: yohn
w. Tullis. chairman; T. !. Reynolds
and q. J. Cassels.
Racing matters are occupying muck
OF the time OF the authorities. and in
quiries affecting the racing are re-
ceived daily from points shroughout
Alabama. For though the stake race
cards are complete. and all entries 10.
the class races win probably not hs
settled until during the hrst OF Au-
gust.
Congratulations are being offered %
the Association and racing commiftss
as to the excellence OF the cards. fo1
the stake races. already published =
The Advertiser.
Matters pertaining to the naachinsS
exhibit were divulged yesterday. the
representative of o. large machinery
arm having been here then, In CONSUL
tation with Secretary winters. II y
anticipated that the machinery exhibit
will be an attractive feature this year
more 80 than ever before.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
FULTON SHIP AFLOAT
REPLICA OF OLD CLERMONT
LEAVES WAYS.
Strange Craft VIII be Central Figure
In Celebration Next Fail OF
Fult0A's Great In
vemff0m

New York, July 1o.-sliding down the
ways as gracefully as any big modern
ocean liner ever. took the water. the
strange looking little craft which is
a replica OF Robert \Fulton's Hudson
River steamboat. the Clermont. was
launched today under the auspices Of
the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Com
mission at the Mariners Harbor yards
of the Staten Island Shipbunding
Company.
Next fail, during the Hudson-Fulton
celebration the Clermont replica will
be the central figure in q great TO
tilla OF warships OF all nations which
will accompany her over the same
course on the Hudson from New York
to Albany which Fulton took in the
original trip, on August II, 1907 amid
the derision OF the multitudes who
lined the shores and waggishly called
the inventors expedition "Fulton's fol-
ly."
The ceremonies today were Witness
cd by about 5000 persons. including
the majority Of the living lineal de-
scendants OF Robert Fulton and Chan
cellor Livingston. Gen. Stewart L.
Woodford. President OF the Hudson
Fulton Commission, presided. and Mrs.
Alice Crazy Sutciiffe. a great grand
daughter Of Fulton, christened "the
first steamboat" as It slid into the wa.
ter. Mrs. 6utcliffe broke on the bow
OF the replica q beautiful silver flligre
glass vase nlled with water from the
well on the Livingston place at Cler-
mont, on the Hudson, where Fulton
made the first stop on the maiden trip
Of the Clermont. As the vase broke
she said, IT name thee Clermont, aus
pfciously again proclaiming to the
American people Fultop's own senti-
ment in his essay to the friends of
mankind, Industry will give abundance
To the virtuous world and call man.
kind to one unbounded feast OF har-
mony and friendship.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11

While the sponsor spoke a dozen
carrier pigeons, released after the Jap
anese custom, from a wicker basket
started their flight north to their homes
on the Hudson. On a leg OF each
the words from Fulton's essay used
by Mrs. Sutcliffe.
The replica 10 as nearly the dupli-
cate of the original as the commission
could build from plans and dimensions
noted In some of Fulton's letters. She
is $50 feet long. eighteen feet wide
seven feet deep, and both ends are
wedge shaped. She will be equipped
with a replica of the old engine and
will make her trip up the Hudson to
Albany under her own steam.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
GOVERNORS TO Talk TAX.


Heads OF States To Attend nag Com
terence En kOuisvaal0.
Louisville. KY. July los--Of the for
ty-seven State Governors in the United
States invited to attend the Inter-
national Tax Conference 60 be held IN
Louisville September 81 to 20. TWEEN
ty-four have already said that they
will be present
Governor Augustus ID. Wilson, of
Kentucky. will act 90 host: an I'm
uaense headquarters for entertainment
WIN be provided by Louisville commit
tees and Kentuohy's numerous ex-dov-
ernors will try to be present. These
include such widely known men as
Proctor Knott. General Simon Bojiver
Buncker. ex-senator James 3. McErea-
~. J. G. w. Beclrham and Senator W.
D. Bradley.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
RECOMMENDS
DISPENSARY
Prohibitionist Writes a
Letter.
RREscRIBEs FOR MONTGOMERY
Robert G. Arlington Says Acondi-,
lions Are lntolerable."
A.etters to Mensers Of Legislature urge
EstasIisAnsnt of DisDeasary
In the Capital
PREscRIBEs FOR MONTGOMERY

Robert q. Arlington. q well known
prohibition worker OF Montgomery. has
written an open letter to the members
tof the Legislature asking them to work
70 secure the establishment OF dis
Pensary In Montgomery. to relieve the
rintoierable conditions that now exist"
Mr.. Arlington was Secretary OF the
Prohibition Campaign Committee,
(which was formed to work for prohib-
ttion at the time o local option elect
Jon was expected In Montgomery in
1907. He has acted with the prohibi-
tionists and has spoken at the meet
tngs of the Law and Order League. He
says that he believes now that all good
citizens are dissatisfied with condi-
lions al they exist In Montgomery. He
says Furthermore that the prohibition
lacks the support of public opinion in
Montgomery County and that the ON
GERS appear not to want to enforce tha
Jaw until they are sustained by public
opinion.
His letter to members OF the Legis-
Stature, follows:
Dear Sir.---
Should the Legislature OF Alabama.
at the extra session. show any disposi-
tion to recede from their position ON
the prohibition laws Of the state would
lyou favor q law providing for o dis.
lpensart for the City Of Montgomeryf
will not attempt to cali your. at
Itention TO the advantages Of q dispen-
sary, az Know you have given some
study to the proposition and know that
isuch law would be means OF pro-
kvfding an enormous revenue to our city
fand county.
/ The open saloon has been tried IN
Montgomery and found to be an utter
Failure. Prohibition has been tried.
kbut II lacks public opinion In Montgom-
Jerry. which the officers Of the law seem
70 demand before they will even at
Aempt to enforce 10.
Should the Legislature decide to take
n backward step 90 the whislkey Ques-
tffon. don't believe the State win put
khe sale OF Intoxicating liquors in the
thands OF men who have shown an ut
Der disregard, OF the laws OF our land
u realize that the publication and In.
Production 20 the Legislature of dis.
Epsnsary law would be useless without
L0uur support and endorsement, and that
Ns why address you this communlca-
Aion.
should you write me that you favor
lsuch q law. will pay for the necee.
,sary advertising that 10 required, ana
win render you any aid you might de-
6ire in drafting such o law.
believe all good citizens are dissat.
Esnsd with conditions &c they now ex.
tsk.
~ Yours.
Robert & Arrington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
LEAPS FROM PRIVATE
CAR WHILE IN SLEEP

Ravenna, Neb., July 10.-While walk
ing in her sleep: Miss Lois Campbell.
the 1s-year-oid daughter OF Vice-Pres-
ident Campbell. of the Frisco system.
leaped from the rear of her fathers
private car attached to a Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy flyer as the
train was speeding over the prairies
west Of Ravenna early yesterday.
Rendered unconscious by the fall. the
girl finally recovered and succeeded in
tagging a freight on which she rode to
the next station, where she was found
by a special which had been sent out
to search for her.
She IL practically uninjured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
BAD TOOTH CAUSES
DEATH OF PROFESSOR

London, July 10.-The inquest into
the death of Professor Lawrence Mar
shall Byers, OF Des Moines. Ia, who
died in London July during an op-
Grafton for an liberated tooth. was
held today and the coroner's verdict
was death by misadventure.
by q. L. Holmes of Charleston, S. c..
that Professor Byers had complained
about his teeth before landing at
Liverpool on June 20. The professor
saw a doctor in London and decided on
his advice to have a wisdom tooth
which was the cause Of an abscess. re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11

moved. The doctor testified that Pro-
lessor Byers took ether remarkably
well but that the dentist was unable
to take out the tooth.
The professor quickly recovered from
the effects OF the ether on this occa-
sion and on July decided to undergo
another operation. Ether was again
administer but the patient died
within q few minutes from asphyxia
due to a swollen throat and septic pois-
oning. as well as the anaesthetic.
At the request of Professor Byers'
father, Albert Swain, the American
Consul at Southampton has taken
charge of the body. which will be en-
balmed and embarked on the White
star Line steamer Majestic. sailing
from Southampton July II.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
Cons DRY ACCIDENTALLY.
IUhsea&o subaxb Unwittingiy Becomes
Sahara.

lchsea9o subarb Unvvittingiy Becomes
h sahara.
! Chicago, July io.-The village OF Ar
.aingtun Heights. suburb OF 1880 per-
sons. accidentally went dry last Tues
day.
II came about because three MEM
beers Of the board Of trustees resorted
leo strategy when they found them.
selves in q corner. There was sewer
ordinance that they wanted TO defeat
$50 they ''discoverad'' they had business
an chicago the night Of the board
meeting ana their absence broke a
quorum and beat the sewer ordinance.
But the three truetees had forgotten
that the license OF the flve saloons ex.
Ipired July 1, ana TIE bars'were closed
by default
] Now the saloon keepers are acting
as soda wa&er clerks under the watch
full eye OF the police force. which In q
dangerous. mood because his salary has
been tied up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
rAFr 10 PLY TRownL.


mortal Church.
washington, July lo.-0ood working
material was recognised In President
Taft when he was made q Mason eat
sight" some months ago. Since thea
he has shown efficiency with the trow-
eli, and tomorrow afternoon he IL TO
give still further proof of his ability to
handle the implement. He win then
offlciate at the laying Of the corner
stone of the new Ingram Memorial
Congregational Church
Unique In many RESPECTS. this church
promises to be an attractive place for
its membera II Will be equipped with
q swimming pool and shower baths. O.
H. Ingram. OF Eau Claire. WIS.,, who IL
founding the church az q memorial to
his son, the late Charles H. Ingram.
wanted these unusual features INSTALL
ed, II IL said, because Of q belief In
lthe declaration that Cleanliness 10 next
TO godliness."
/ A gymnasium ana bowling alley. club
lrooms for boys and girls. and grad
eed school from kindergarten to grad
iuate department, win also enter into
the churcs5;s equipment.
Senator LaFoiiette and Representa-.
tive Esch, OF Wisconsin, will particle
pate in the ceremonies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
noYs ARH .srRENUouss


Guthrie, Okla. July 1o.-Anxious 20
emulate the strenuous life and carry
out their fathers instructions %
atoughen up" Temple and Louis Van
Abernathy. aged nve and eight re-
spectiveiy. sons Of United States Mar
shall John Alternately. expect 70 leave
late today for i.s0o-miie horseback trip.
They will travel alone through Okla
homa. Texas and New Mexico to Hos-
we'll. N. n.
ssam," the now famous COW pony
mount for Roosevelt during his Okla
homa wolf hunting trip. win carry
Louis Temple will ride "Geronimo.~
Both ponies are trained In '.catchlne
wolves alive" expeditions. ! The boys
have ben limited by their father 70
thirty fve miles dag.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
WIDOW snElks EscAPrp.
Attempted Suicide Because % Polite.
Eeud,

st. Louis. Mo-. July 10.-Mrs. Fred
Mohrle, widow OF q political feudfst.
Is recovering at the city hospital from
a bullet wound Aired last night with
suicidal intent. Today she said she att
tempted to forestall the political gang
which caused her husbands Death In
killing her by taking her own life.
Mohrle was shot and killed while un-
der arrest on the charge Of killing Sam
Young. Thomas King. Mohrie's slayer
is in Jail. William Wright was ac-
quilted last week OF shooting Young
and that same night he shot his friend,
Alfred loser. Mrs. Mohrle says the
gang had been trying to kill her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11

Boston, July l0.-News that the
Turkish government proposed trans
fer of the American College for Girl
fom Sctari, upon the Asiatic side of the
Bosphorus to a new site above Constan-
tinople upon the European side. was
received by the American Board OF
Commissioners for Foreign Missions, by
cable today. The information was sent
by w. w. Peet, the boards treasurer
at Constantinople. The decision has
been pending for more than two years
and has been the cause OF much diplo-
matio correspondence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11

New OrIeanB, July IV.-A Bp1ciAI
from Wick sburg. Miss. says:
NJ r. oarbish. q ievee contractor. has
accepted service 70 appear before the
United States Court at New Orleans
next Thursday when he win make .
formal plea 70 an indictment returned
last week against him for violating the
eIght-hour law In the construction OF
ieVess along the Mississippi river. This
~ the frat case Of the kind arising 81
this section.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11

Naples. July 1o.-The cruisers North
Carolina and Montana arrived here to-
day from Turkish waters The cruis.
ers named above are returning to the
Atlantic station from a cruise In Turk :
fish waters where they were SAINT under
rush orders from Guantanamo last
April for the protection Of the lives of
Americans in Asia Minor following the
outbreak Of lighting between the Mos
Jena and Armeniana.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
GnoRerAxs GET DRUNK.
Despite Prohibition Law, Police Ara
Rxaay.

Atlanta. June Observation-Disclosures
that in the state OF Georgia ''neax
beer Is the nearest approach to the
exhilarating beverages that citizens Of
non prohibition states are sometimes
wont to partake Of. the records OF tha
Atlanta, police department discIoaa
that fir the ffst six months Of 1903
there were 1.s76 arrests In this city
for drunkenness. Z This record 10 in
excess Of that OF the Hrst half OF last
year, 1.123 and almost equals the REC
ords for the frst six months OF 1897
before prohibition was IN force.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
PAY TRIBUTE TO HARTMAN.
Tablet Unveiled 60 Former King o
Island.

Tablet UmVeIIed 90 FOFNleR ANHK OF
Island.
Honolulu. July 2. via San Francisco,
July l0.-A tablet carved in the rock
has Just been unveiled at the Pali by
the Daughters of Hawaii. in memory
of King Kane Hameahas the f1rat. who
brought all OF the islands under one
dominion.
An Inscription on the tablet calls
attention to his victory In the battle
of Nuanu, a hundred years ago, in
which he defeated the last opposing
army on this island, and made himself
master of the group. The battle ended
at the precipice, known as the Pail,
Kamehamehas enemies being annihi-
lated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11

washington. July 1o.--An extension
until August is was today granted BY
the war department to A. M. Herr
ring. OF New York. In which 70 coma
ply with the terms Of his contract 10
furnish the army with q flying ma
chine. Herring's contract expired
july r
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
steel Comnany starta.

Reading, Pa. July 1o.-The LUX ems
Steel Company at coatesvilie. near here
will start up full handed on Monday.
Every department will be put In full
operation for the frst time since the
fall Of 1901.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-11
VETERAN MUST PAY.


Atlanta, July io.-confsderate vet
Grams may not longer continue the sale
of near beer without paying the reg.
uiation license fee Of 5000 II bill
which today received favorabie re-
port by the committee on temperance
of the house becomes q law.
Under existing laws Confederate VET
Grams are exempt from practically all
license fees except for the sale of sew
ing machines and lightning rods.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17
VIGILANTES IN PARIS.

Citizens Determined to Protect
Themselves from the Apaches.
Parisians are taking the law into
their own hands to suppress the hood
lums known as Apaches, who have
been waxing more audacious and inso-
lent of late, letter to the New York
Sun says. Posters signed by we'll
known lawyers and medical men are
placarded all about the city and it's
suburbs calling upon the people to Join
the League of Social Protection.
This league will form. an armed DO
lice body to protect members and their
property. The manifesto runs:
Fire brigades have been formed to
fight fire and society exists for the
protection of animals. The time has
now come when honest people must
unite and take action against the ruf-
fans who terrorize the suburban dis
tricts.
Organized and disciplined troops of
honest citizens are to be formed in ev-
cry district where Apaches endanger
life and property. Reprisals will he
exercised by the Social Protection
League, whose armed members will
seek out the Apaches and strike hard
taking the law into their own hands !"
1t is proposed that the league shall
start operations In time for the com.
ing winter, when the dark days and
longer nights give the Paris tough ia.
vorable chances for carrying on his
work without being easily detected by
the police.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17
LoNDoNER CRITIcIsEs US.
Our Roads Are Bad and Our Farm
Ing Unsystematic, He Says.

Our Roads Are Bad and Our Farm
ing Unsystematic, He Says.
No country have visited has such
bad roads as the United States" re-
marked Robert H. Jackson of Woburn
Lodge, London, England, at the Shore
ham, according to the Washington
Post.
This is surprising to me, for if
there is any improvement a nation
can make that pays for itself 1t is the
building of first-class highways. l
spent several weeks In Indiana-at
Terre Haute-and as | am interested
largely in farming, / made frequent
trips through the surrounding coun-
try Some of the roads were six inches
deep In dust, and in the winter time.
1 doubt not, this dust becomes sludge.
How the farmers can get to market
with their crops is beyond me. Your
roads, wherever | have been, are gen
orally very bad. In England we have
excellent roads, as in other countries
of Europe.
Road building and road improve
ment are done through the township
unit system. Nearly every township
mas one or more steam rollers, and the
cost of improving the roads or build
Ing new ones is borne by the property
owners In proportion to the value Of
their holdings. Most of the modern
roads of England have a foundation
OF brick-not the ordinary brick. but
brick of large size. Upon this foun-
datlon Is placed several inches of
soil, and on top of this soil blue
stone, which is ground into the soil
by means of the steam rollers. This
makes first-class, durable road that
Will keep in good condition during all
seasons of the year. Over here most
OF the roads are made by simply turn
ing the turf an0grading; at least that
is how they impressed me.
Farming, too, is not done In the
best manner in the United States"
continued Mr.. Jackson. "You let the
weeds grow too much. l wonder what
the people of this country would do
If they had the limited area that we
have In England and had to depend
upon the soil for their prosperity"
Mr.. Jackson Is an exporter of pota-
toes and other products of the earth.
and Is visiting the United States for
the first time
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17

A prominent business man, accord
ing to Orlson SWEET Marden, in Sue
cess Magazine, says that the careless
ness. inaccuracy, and laundering of
employees cost Chicago one million dol
lars day. The manager of large
Chicago house says that he has to
station pickets here and there through
the establishment in order to neutral
ize the evils of inaccuracies and the
laundering habit, Blunders and mac
curacies cost a New York concern
twenty-five thousand dollars year.
Many an employe who would be
shocked at the thought of telling his
employer lie with his lips is lying
every day in the quality of his work,
in his dishonest service, in the rotten
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17

hours he Is slipping into it, In shirk-
ing IN his indifference to his employers 8
interests. it's just as dishonest to ex-
press deception in poor work, in shirk-
ing as to express 1t with the lips, yet
nave known office boys, who could
not DC induced to tell their employer a
oirect lie, to steal his time when ON
an errand, to hide away during work.
ing hours to smoke cigarette or take
a nap not realizing, perhaps, that lies
can De acted as well as told. and that
acting lie may be even worse than
telling one. A
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-12-17

whom merciful theories don't reach.
We refer to wife-beaters and the con-
tempdble wretches who desert their
little children. Lock up either of these
sorts, and the chances are ten to one
that the innocent wives and children
suffer the most, mentally and physi-
caily. II anything at all can be got
out OF the deserter Of family, get 1t
all. Certain 1t is that the convict who
deserves to be turned loose to a diet
OF uncut grass is the fellow who has
run away and left his own little chill
dren to starve, for all he cares.