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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14
INSULT GIRLS ON BOARD SHIP Vivid Portrayal sf Reveldng
 Condiiioas. SPECIAL AcEETs MAKE REPORT Steerage Surrsundings of Liners
 Are Appalling. - Immisration Cenmissie. Bares Meth ods sy whieA rsrsis. women Bound for Americ.a shores Are Led Into Live. of shame.
SPECIAL ACElTS MAKE REPORT

Washington, Dec. 1s.--A report 6n steerage conditions. based on informa-
 tion compiled by special agents of the immigration commission. travelling as
 steerage passengers on different trans
 Atlantic steamers, was made public ate with recommendations for legfsla- ton to better conditions. Conditions found on many of these vessels are de-
 scribed as appalling.
 The general report of the commits
 sion contains the reports of individual
 agents giving their experiences on
 board steamers where they posed as
 steeerage passengers. A woman agent
 who was herself miserably insulted and compelled to withstand repuisive pri- vatfons. said:
 During these twelve days in the steerage lived In disorder and in surroundings that offended every sense. Only the fresh freeze from the sea over came the sickening odors.s The vile language of the men, the screams of the women defending themselves, the crying of the children, wretched be-
 cause of their surroundings. and prae- tically every subject that reached the ears irritated beyond endurance. There was no sight before which the eye did not prefer to close.
 Surroundings offensive. sEverything was dirty, sticky and disagreeable to the touch. Every im- pression was offensive. Worse than this was the general air of immortality.
 For fifteen hours each day I witnessed all around me this improper. indecent
 and forced mingling of men and wo-
 men, who were totakstrangers and of- ten did not understand one word of
 the same language. People cannot live in such surroundings and not be tnfiu- enced."
 The woman agent had told of the
 mingling of the crew with the women of the steerage and said that the same conditions were true of the association
 of the men steerage passengers with | the women.
 Agents of the immigration commits | sion say that on many of the steam ships men stewards and members of | the crew, as well as male ssteerage pas- sengers, crowd into the compartments set aside for the women and constantly pass through the passageways of such compartments, so that no woman in
 the steerage "had a moments privacy. |" Members of the crew." says one wo-
 man agent. never failed to deal wo-
 man passenger a blow when she. was | found standing on the framework of
 lower berth to get anything from an
 upper berth. If a woman were dress I Ing they always stopped to watch hei l and frequently hit and handled her. E l { Gives Rcvektfag Incident. {. ssJnen night sths chief steerase stew. ard entered our compartment, but noi noticing me approached a Polish girl l who was apparently the only occupant she spoke In Polish, saying, My head aches. please so on and let me alone
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14

CheRey's Expeetorsnt-s quick rallef for coughs. colds and grippe. All DEugslstS 2Sc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14
Anlusenents
YauaeyilIe at the nraiestlc,


 Seven acts comprise the vaudeville Dill at the Majestic this week. which offers a fair amount of entertainment for one evening. The bill was handi- capped to some extent Monday after noon and night. when by the over sight of a railroad baggage smasiier the property of one of the leading acts, that of Irene Lee and her Randy Kids was carried on to Mobile, and there was nothing left but for Miss Lee to apol- .ogize. Things will be fixed by Tues day night.
 The thirty-minutes comedy, The Slave" by Bernice Howard and conn pany, Is the most pretentious of the seven acts. It is an enjoyable little farce which is the story of a young bridegroom who buys a slave while on his honeymoon to protect her from bru- tality, and then fidns himself unable to get rid of her. Jack F. White plays the groom acceptably. while R. A. Gilbert is good as a voluble French waiter.
 l.. T. Johnson won applause Monday night as a ventriloquist of the best ability There has probably never been his equal to perform in Montgomery, and his number is one of the bright spots of the bill.
 La Deaux is billed as the Boneless Wonder. It's unnecessary 10 say that he's a contortionist and good one. The young men writhes himself into uncomfortable shapes.
 If William Howley and Allie Leslie, e team billed as singers and dancers. would eliminate the singing feature of their number. the act would be great Barring the attempt to vocalize, their dancing and Miss Leslie's interpretation of a bashful little girls behavior is a good show in itself.
 Bush and Peyser are acrobats. the usual teaTn with one member who is comedy specialist. and the other who does the hard work. They have q few new and difficult tricks on the horizon tai bar.
 The Musical Brandons is team. a man and woman, who display ability on the eccentric apparatus in their apparatus in their property.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14

A A Evans of Clayton. who was re-- gently appointed Associate Jusfice ok the Supreme Court of Alabama. yes Trials Club. Judge Evans responded in talk in which he voiced his career as q nimrod, ending by declaring that the dog was the noblest animal 9oo wrong with the man that does not love
 fressurer Joseph's report of the finahcial condition of the club shoWed growth of less than year that is marvellous. After all the expenses or the present meet are paid, there VIII pe cash balance larger than when tne club started last January Juags 0ss- of running the stakes next year pc changed with the all-age first insteao subscription stake third. in pi1Efs E of a,,. 2 age dogs : chance to freshen ug, for Tor the subscription stake. which VIII De on the order of free-for-ali
 It was decided to send representa- ary and have this club become 2 mem Der of the United Field Triai Asso-
 By q vote of the club. the entry Of Of stake was barred Tonapaush has been the winner of the Manitoba cham pionship, and while that was TOT pIni s : rte chickens, and tne 1h-nzS ol :, Southern Field Trials Club Tor Quaii. the club held that under the consutu- tion of the Southern Club. the dog IS
 Among others that were called upon were pr. Charles A; Thigpen Of Mont gomery, Secretary socweil of the In dependent Field Trial Club. pr. Bruette of the American Field and MT. Hock- walt of The Sportsman Review.
 Just as in the derby, the handlers have realized that they. have stifhsh work cut out for them in the ail-age stake. and all but the very classiest dogs that have been campaigned over following twenty-six dogs were drawn
 cords Lad of lingo. with Powhattan: Tony Mooring with Rena Whitestone; BIll Johnson with Mascot Lady; Cea- sar's Ghost with Irene Kettle; Milton with Pansys Jack; Ranson Tony with Prince Albert: Rodie's Lit with Black Eyed Susan Whitestone; Pride of Whitestone with SullPs Jack: Paul Yer dayne with Lanark Tony: Master Tom with Creder.s Tom, Kifs Vtoln with Pocahontas; Count Ceyx with Llewellen Man: Gilt Edge with Manitoba May.
 special Half-Prfce Palm Sale will he continued Tuesday at Exchange Drug Store.
 s. B. STERN q co, Florists.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14
WYNN BLAIR DEAD.

A Gilbert Suit Case or Bag makes Ian elegant Christmas gift.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14
JACKSON AT
 CLUBS HEAD President Soulhern Field
 Trials Club. ANNUAL MEETING IS HELD Organization h Best of Condliion
 n Every Way. sut Few Changes Made |. Personnel es omcer. and Direetor--J Justice A. A. Ev... of supreme
 Court Diree-

At the annual meeting of the South ern Field Trials Club. held in the par Tors of the Exchange Hotel last night. the reports of the different officers and cnairnien of committees showed the club to be in excellent condition.
 By the unanimous vote, President J K. Jackson was reelected. as was T. T. Ashford of Birmingham. First Vice. e-President. Leon T. Cheek of Nashville was elected Second Vice. President, to succeed H. R. Edwards of Cleveland, resigned, and Charles w. Abercrombie of Montgomery was elect ed Third Vice ce-PresidentLto to succeed c. W. Tway of Union Sprihgs. resigned.
 John H. Wallace, Jr., and E. B. Jo- seph, IT,, were unanimously reelected Secretary and Treasurer. respectively. With one exception. the Board of Di- rectors was reelected. as follows:
 Judge Zell Gaston of Birmingham, w. W. Titus of West Point, Miss. Per cy w. Harris of Spartanburg. s. C., Lawrence H. Lee of Montgomery, and D. P. Bean of Birmingham. Judge
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14

Special Half-Price Palm Sale will be continued Tuesday at Exchange Drug Store.
 s. B. STERN q CO, Florists.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14
V1u.h steel From EnsIey,

Birmingham, Dec. l3.-tSpeciaI, )--- A report which comes here through Pensacola states that ships will carry through the Pensacola port no less than 35,000 tons of steel rails from the Birm- ingham district bound for Buenos Ayres. The rail plant at Ensley Is. doing well and despite the holiday sea- son efforts are to be made to set out a full output this month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14
cvo,,nd funded Wheeis.

Birmingham, Dec. 13.-(Special. )-- J. W. Baker, a carpenter by profes- sion, was Struck by a switch engine in the Frisco Railroad yards here to- day and was almost instantly killed. The victims legs were badly crushed and he was internally hurt. He did not hear the engine bearing down on him and was struck before awarning could be given. He leaves relatives at Corona, Ala. He was unmarried
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14
EinaIInnnr In Bed Room.

3irmingham, Dec. l3.-(SpeciaI. )--- Chief Deputy Sheriff Lucien Brown and several deputy sheriffs went to the Stag Hotel, on Twenty-first Street to- day with warrants and made three arr rests on charges of violating the pro- hibiton laws, and confiscated a dozen or more cases of liquors and some beer. The liquor was found under a trap door in one of the bed rooms In the hotel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14
Clayton Army Onicer Dies at Hot
 Sprsnxu

Springs.
 Clayton, Dec. 13.-(SpeciaL)-A tele- gram has been received here announc- ing the death of Lieutenant winn Blair at Hot Springs. Ark. Lieutenant Blair was an officer in the regular service located at Ft. Riley, Kansas. Some time ago he broke hts leg. and 1t is understood that he died under an op- eratfons at Hot Springs.
 Lieutenant Blair is son of Mir. and Mrs. D. H. Blair and brother of Mrs. James c. Ventress, all of this place Possibly few young men have made as rapid climb toward fame in mili- tary life as Lieutenant Blair.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17


To great hearts the sorrows Of others are
never ANAL.
They who ere always ready to serve are
never servile,
Some folks measure their faith by their
fault finding.
Your faith is all folly II II does not lead
to fair dealing.
lie makes q poor business Of life who
lives for business alone.
You ann cheer the world with a smile
that starts al the teeth.
You can tell what a man really is by
what be brings out in you,
Understanding others is due to the OPP
posite error in regard to ourselves. ,
II viii take tears 80 we'll as talk about
happiness 10 mako earth heavenly.
The mark Of = heavenly blessing is that u
ignores all our earthly boundaries.
The best way 10 reinforce your troubles
Is 20 use them as q refuge from others
cares.
watch q man driving a borrowed horse
and you can tell whether he has any piety
OF his own.
Block the windows OF your heart with
dirt and II will not be strange " you deny
the divine light.
II often happens that the man who SCENE
to take most interest In heaven has the
least investment there,-Chicsso Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
LIMITATION OF NAVAL ARMAMENT.

In an address to the Reichstag
Chancellor o Buelow has made 1t
plain that Germany has never been
formally invited to participate in the
dreams OF universal disarmament. The
chancellor explains that Germany
shares the belief of other powers that
a reduction of armament is, of itself,
highly desirable, but at the same time
the German empire has no intention
OF taking the initiative in that direc-
ton. He declares that something ore
than a wish to reduce armament is
necessary to secure such result and
action is taken, for a general program
to be agreed upon among the lowers.
In this Germany is apparently In
the same position as England, France,
the United States and all the world
powers. Naval budgets are growing
with alarming proportions in all coun-
tries. Each government feels the
urgent necessity of a reduced outlay,
but each is forced, by the very nature
of things, to keep it's navy equipped to
the best standard OF its rivals. This
Is the real barrier to disarmament
plans. for 1t would be absurd to expect
England to Ak its naval strength as no
greater than that OF Germany or the
United States, just as 1t would be alb
sure to ask the United States, with its
vast coast line and It's varied interests
in two oceans, to limit It's navy to the
size of that of Austria, which has a
very limited coast line and practically
no outside interests.
As a further illustration of the fu-
tility OF disarmament plans Chancellor
Won Buelow frankly explains the Ger
man naval program. He says that it
is proposed, by the close of 1912, 10
have added to the German naval
strength fifteen battleships. nine ar
mored cruisers, eighteen small cruisers
and los d~estroyers. a fleet which In
itself would be about as potent as that
American fleet which Is now returning
from a trip around the world. Eng
land is going ahead with plans for
mor DreadnOughts. Japan and Russia
are floating loans for increases in their
navies and the house at Washington
has agreed to the construction of two
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
HOME TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.

HOME TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Perhaps the best result thus far de-
veloped from the worldwide war
against the white plague is the atten-
ton directed to the possibilities Of
curing most of the cases at home. All
the physicians who have been making
a special study of the disease agree
that fresh air and an abundance Of nu-
tritious food are the best weapons with
which to fight the disease and much
valuable testimony il being offered Of
cures effected by this treatment, even
with the patients in an advanced stage
Of the disease. DR.. Rufus A. White,
the pastor of a prominent church In
Chicago, has just published his expert
ments with his own case, which COM
PEELED him to give up his work. but
after the home treatment" he has
been pronounced cured and will re-
sumo his pastoral duties. He says:
I took a large south room in my house,
removing the window castings so the win
dows could not be closed. put up awnings
as a protection against storms. and there
! have slept for six months. I go to bed
at 9 o'clock and rise at 8.
Then l fixed up a sun parlor on a south
porch. When the weather was pleasant I
put in three or four hours a day walking.
riding or playing golf. but any exercise
will do as well.
The main thing is plenty OF air, plenty
of rest and plenty OF food. I eat three big
meals a day, larger meals than an ordinary
~workingman would eat. / rest a half hour
before eating and an hour after. Then I
eat plenty of fresh eggs and drink milk
between meals. With plenty OF exercise
in the fresh air, this diet was not too
heavy. That Is about the gist OF my treat
ment. I have gained thirty-two pounds
/ now weigh leland I never felt better in
my life.
Air, rest, eggs and pure milk-these
embrace the whole treatment. Dr..
White explains that ever men COM
PEELED to work can lake up the cure.
They can sleep In open rooms, eat
hearty of nutritious food and take
plenty Of exercise. All over the coun-
try the home treatment" Is growing
in favor steadily. The simple treat
ment furnishes a world OF cheer to suf-
ferers from tuberculosis in its ~incipient
stages by proving to them that there
Is a treatment for the disease that
does not require the Punishment of the
patient from family and friends. With
enlightenment on the advantages OF
this open air treatment for tubercuIo-
sis will also come better breathing,
better housing conditions and better
modes OF living that will prove bull
warks against other less dangerous
diseases. The health OF the people,
the greatest asset of a nation, will be
improved when they have been taught
to live In a saner fashion and made to
realize the value of sunshine, air and
proper diet.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
'"'pOSSUM EN- TATERS'

One result OF Mr.. Taft's visit to
the south has been to give prominence
to the pleasing nction that "'possum
en- taters" is a staple article of diet
in the south and a delicacy such as is
rarely tasted by ordinary mortals.
Prairie chicken en- timbales, capon,
SQUAD, mallard and teal, terrapin and
all the other palate ticklers priced in
northern cities are supposed, accord
ing to the myth, to be fat, stale and
improbable compared with the a v
DRY 'possum, properly roasted in its
own fat and garnished with the sue
culent yam. A New York newspaper,
discussing the 'possum which has been
given by the south TO the president
elect, says:
Through untold cycles he has fought
aud thanked a multitude OF enemies, all
k~nowins well that he is toothsome. As
a last resort he feigns death in order to
gain time by exciting curiosity. a master
passion in the animal world. Though he
has little to defend himself with except
nimble legs, a great showing OF teeth and
clamberlng resources, the poseum goes so
far back into geology that the pundits
make him q starting point. No need TO
lecture the 'pOssums on their duty to So
ciety. 1t is a wise !possum that knows
all his own families and the generations
to which they belong,
All OF which sounds nne and may
start a watering of the mouths among
those who have never tasted 'possum.
As a matter of fact, all this talk about
the 'possum does not strike a re-
sponsive chord in the breast OF
stomach of anyone who knows the
'possum and its potent powers for in
digestion and nausea. Probably less
than one in n thousand, among the
whites of the south, tastes 'possum
once a year and eve these eat II only
under stress of hunger when nothing
less obnoxious is available. Cooked
In the highest style OF the art. the
| 'possum is nothing less than a greasy
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
THE IN1UGURAL RAIL.

The refusal of the house committee
to recommend that congress authorize
the use OF the pension building for
the inaugural ball on March 6 is by
no means conclusive, but 1t has caused
woe among the Washingtonians, who
profess to fear that II may be neces-
sary TO abandon that part Of the In
augural festivities this year. Chances
are that the congress will relent in
due time and grant the request Of the
citisens in charge of the arrange
ments,
This is the program repeated with
some variations every four years,
Congress always grants the use Of the
pension building for the ball. swear
ing solemnly that II will never,
do so again. The Washingtonians go
ahead, however, making their ar
r~angements. nle their request for use
OF the building and after laboriously
debating 1t for a week or more con-
gress surrenders. The thousands Of
employees of the pension ONCE are
given a vacation for several weeks
at no inconsiderable cost to the gov
ernment-and the big b~Tiok-paved
court of the building is turned into a
ball room, in which there IL new any
dancing.
1t would be no irreparsble loss II
the ball we're not held at all. It is
a laborious sham Of brilliant gayety at
best. The tickets are sold at IS per
to purchasers in numbers suficient to
tax the capacity OF the hall several
times over Admission Is gained only
after a real fight. Standing Don Is
out of the question and the reward
is the appearance OF the president
elect and the members of the high
oficial life in Washington for a few
minutes parade around a roped and
strongly-guarded arena. Then the
guests-resisting the temptation to
say "mob"-tear up the decorations,
even to the frame supports and posts
and carry them away as souvenirs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
WARNING TO THE CHURCH.
Decrease in Number Of Clergy IL
Without a Parallel.
New York Timea

New York Times.
A decrease In the number of the clergy in
the Protestant Episcopal church is reported
in this years Issue of the Living, a church
encyclopedia and almanac, which has Just
been published simultaneously in New York
and Milwaukee by Thomas Whitaker and
the Young Churchman company. The edi-
torial says:
''when we come to take a statistical view
OF the church the most glaring fact is hat
the church clergy list shows a decrease OF
thirteen names as compared with that of
last year. and that there is a decrease Of
seventeen candidates for orders, though an
Increase of thirty-one in the number of pos
~tulants. That the clergy rave not even
held their own in number is an occurrence
without parallel. at least for q long term
Of years.
The first thought is that the scarcity OF
candidates for ordination has been accentu-
ated even beyond its hitherto unfortunate
degree. Further investigation, however does
not bear out this fear. The number OF
names on the death roll OF the clergy this
year is greater by thirty than 1t was last
year. and there have been fifteen more
dispositions than last year, while appar-
emily the number of accessions to the
clergy list by removal from England and
Canada is less than usual.
But. though these considerations some
what explain the decrease in the clergy
list, they only throw into still greater prom
inence the glazing fact that at least the
supply of new candidates is not sufficient
to make good any extraordinary depletion
such as that Of the year past. Moreover.
it is more and more difficult to find proper
clergymen to place in charge of new work.
THE Increase in parishes and missions
this year Is only forty-four. as compared
with an increase of 19 in the year pre-
vious. II 10 obvious, indeed, that there can
be no material increase in the number OF
stations n unless a larger number
OF candidates offer for the work Of the
ministry"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17

indigestlble varmint that causes a re-
volt in the average digestive ma
chinery. It tastes a good deal like fat
pork, lavishly soused with molasses,
with a little rancid butter added for
havoring. It is oleaginous and flling.
but few southerners ever admit that
1t is toothsome. Shiftless whites and
blacks eat the 'possum, because the
animal grows luxurisntly and abund-
antly and the hunting OF It is good
sport. A stranger may enjoy the dish
an a novelty and because Of the myth
surrounding 1t, but there Is little dan
ger that Mr.. Taft or any other sane
citizen will acquire a chronic taste for
" 'possum en- taters."