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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
ROOSEVELT SAID HE
 WOULD NOT BE MAYOR

New York. Nov. 24--That Theodore Roosevelt. toward the latter part of his presidential term. flatly refused to consider running for mayor of Greater New York in the recent cleo ton was related today by Herbert Parsons. president of the Republican County Committee.
 "while Mir. Roosevelt was president and again shortly before he sailed away for Africa, I asked him if he would consent to become candidate for mayor, but he absolutely refused to have his name considered for the of- flee never asked him however, if he would consent to run for gover- nor," said MT. Parsons.
 T think he believed the mayors of flee required a great deal of hard work, a great deal of attention to de- tails. He had just finished seven years of arduous work and he did not feel that We had the right to draft him Into the public, service again"
 MT. Parsons said he was sure Colonel Roosevelt went away without any thought of ever becoming United States senator to succeed Chauncey M. Depew in 1911.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
FIGHT ON IN JEFFERSON
FINAL STAND TO BE MADE IN BTG
 COUNTY.
Amenders, Realizing Defeat in state, Hope to wrest Bfrmingham from the Defenders---
 Many Meetings
 Planned.

Birmingham, Nov. 24.--(Special.)-- The last and final stand in the prohi- bition amendment battle will be made in Jefferson County.
 Both sides are calling their principal speakers to Birmingham and the final few days will see practically all the big speakers and workers on both sides in the fight in Jefferson County.
 At defender headquarters 1t is as- serted positively that the amender leaders. realizing their defeat in the State. are centering all their forces in Jefferson. They have their principal speakers here. including every noted eyangsifet Of the S9uth who have been fmporfed to Alabama Tor thiA hght.
 The afnenders nave leased the Hfp- podrome for every night in the week at a cost of sl0o q night and each night some noted speaker on their side delivers an address there. They are. moreover. holding nightly meetings in ali the suburban towns and sending speakers throughout the country beats.
 It is claimed by the defenders that the amenders in this campaign are spending more money in Jefferson County than has been spent since the Higdon- Stiles contest.
 The defenders are equally resource full. They have already scheduled for ty meetings between now and Sunday. Thy will send out Jesse Stallings and several other speakers in a flying trip in automobiles to the suburban and country beats. They will have two enormous meetings in Birmingham Sunday, one of which will be presided over by Senator John H. Bankhead.
 Practically all of the big speakers on their side in the State will address one of these meetings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
DR. COOKS RECORDS ARE
 READY FOR INSPECTION

New York, Nov. 24.-The records which pr. F. A. Cook will submit to the University of Copenhagen in proof of his claim that he reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908, are today in completed form.
 Walter LonsdaIe. secretary to pr. Cook, will sail tomorrow on the steamer United States for Copenhagen, taking the records with him. 4 Mir. Lonsdale said today that 1t took several weeks to arrange the original records and compile the report upon them. The report contains between 25.OO0 and 30.0O0 words.
 T don't think that the general public understands the work that we have been doing" continued MT. Lons- dale. Tt has been said that we were preparing the records Such a state ment is inaccurate. The original rec ords go to the University just as they were made by pr. Cook In the Arc tic regions. What we have been pre- pairing is the report to accompany them"
 MT. Lonsdale said he expected to reach Copenhagen December '.
 What precautions had been or would be taken to guard the. records en route he did not care to reveal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
ATTACK ANTITRUST LAW
ROCKEFELLER AND ASSOCIATES
 TELL DETERRENT STORY.
Cosnnenting On Standard Oil Declsion, vtce-President Expresses HOs- tslfty To Sherman Corpora
 tfOu Measure.

New York. Nov. 24.A-william Rocke- feller, a vice. president and director of. as well as one of the largest share- holders in the Standard Oil Company, gave . different color today to the appeal which Mortimer F. Elliott, the company's solicitor has already an- nounced is to be taken from the de- cree of the United States circuit court.
 The legal affairs of the company, Mir. Rockefeller said. would continue to remain in the hands of its legal department. but as iayman, he wish ed to indicate that his own attitude and that of his asspciates. though vitaily concerned for purely selfish reasons. had also It's share of altru- ism
 Tt seems to me desirable" he said. mot only for my own interests and those of my associates. but for the public at large and for all other great business ventures. that the sherman act should finally be set beyond con- court of the United States. Undoubt- edly our case will le appealed. and for this reason,
 T am not a lawyer and cannot dis cuss the decree of the circuit court. but Mir. Elliott said that an appeal will be taken and the matter is en- tirely in the hands of counsel of the company.
 sIn this connection, I desire to say as a large stockholder, that, however the case eventuates there will be no unwillingness to comply fully, not only with the letter, but the spirit of the law, as it shall be settled by the supreme court"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
TELEPHONE MERGER
MEN OF NATIONAL PROMINENCE
 MAY BE CALLED.
Proposed Scheme to Consolidate Lines of Four states Being Delayed By HIiaority Stock,
 holderH.

St Louis. Mo. Nov. 24.-A deter mined effort on the part of the minor ity stockholders of the United States Telephone Company and similar con cerns in Toledo, Indianapolis and Cleveland to prevent what they believe to be an attempt by tho American Telegraph and Telephone Company to gain control of these so-cailed ''fnde- pendent" lines was pressed by an an- nouncement made here today by Sam B. Jeffries. an attorney.
 According to MT. Jeffries, the Ameri- can Telegraph and Telephone Company probably has obtained control of 6 majority of the shares of the other corporations. But under voting trust agreement. he says. the independent companies are prohibited from merg- ing with any other corporation. unless 90 per cent of holders of trust certifi- cates vote in favor of such merger.
 These certificates are held by trust companies of St. Louis and Cleveland. and these latter concerns have been joined as defendants In injunction suits instituted by the minority stock holders in the two cities. The object of these suits is to prevent the disso- iution of the voting trust agreement.
 Men of national prominence may be summoned to court in these suits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
LOOKS FOR THE PLUMS
THOMPSON, WALKER AND STERN
 FIELD IN WASHINGTON.
Alabama Republicans are on the Trnil of Federal 0mces---Hope to Get
 to Ear of Taft

Washington, Nov. 24.--(Special.)-- Collector Joe Thompson of Birmingham arrived here this morning. and had not been long in the city before he called at the Postoffice Department to talk over coming appointments with the higher officials.
 B. E. Walker and Julius Sternfeld of Montg omery, arrived on the same train with Mir. Thompson. It is un- derstood that Mir. walker wants to be United States Marshal In his district. and that MT. Sternfeld would like to succeed Erastus J. Parson as District Attorney,
 The mere fact that they arrived in company with Collector Thompson does not signify that he will recommend them for the positions. and gossip has has it that Thompson Is going over the ground carefully with view of finding out just who should be in dorsed for the places to be filled in the future if he is permitted to be leading referee in Alabama for the Taft administration as he was for the Roosevelt after Referee Scott pulled out and aligned himself with another political crowd within the ranks Of the Republican party.
 While in Washington, Collector Thompson of course expects to have an audience with President Taft.
 The collectors friends still think he is pretty solid with Postmaster General Hitchcock. but doubt if he can have his way about the Birming- ham postmastership if he should insist upon the appointment of Joe Mont- gomery in the place of Postmaster Car ter. who has such solid backing among the business and professional men of his city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
ATTORNEY AS A WITNESS
STRANGE SPECTACLE IN TRIAL OF
 ELLIS
Defense Attempts to Show Accused Man Was Temporarily Insane as Result of Plea of
 COunaQI

Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 24.--The odd spectacle of an attorney addressing the jury from the witness stand developed in the trial of w. Y. Ellis, charged with the murder of N. P. Willis of In- dianapolis. in the Circuit Court here today. when Judge A. Muslin of Pine Bluff, called as the first witness for the defense, refearsed on the stand the speech he made in Judge Fulk's court as counsel for Ellis at the hearing which terminated fatally for Willis.
 The defense is pleading temporary insanity caused by breeding over the alleged prosecutions of Mrs. Ellis by Willis. her former husband, and, the speech which, in effect. outlined these troubles and alleged wrongs, was ad- mitted by the court on the ground that their recital before Ellis might have had an effect on his sanity.
 The opening statements of the State and defense were both completed this morning. Immediately after the noon recess the prosecution's case was taken up and by o'clock all of its testi- mony was in.
 The State made out e simple prlma facie case, showing that Willis was sh ot down by the defendant, apparently without provocation.
 Judge Guy Fulk and Deputy Circuit Clerk Lorendo J. Gibson, eye-witnesses to the tragedy, were the principal wit nesses for the state. They detailed the manner in which Williis was killed telling how as ap order was being made out by Judge Fulk giving VII lis temporary custody of Mary Frances Willis. the child in controversy. Ellis drew revolver. fired wild once. and then, breaking away from Gibson. who grappled with him, took deliberate aim and shot down the Indiana man. They
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
COLER LAUGHS AT CHARGE
ATTRIBUTES ACCUSATIONS TO
 PERSONAL SPITE.
President of Borough of Brooklyn Announces Intention To Retire From Office Duties And
 Stay sn South.

Greensboro. N. c, Nov. 24-Blrd S. Coler, president of the Borough of Brooklyn. arrived in Greensboro early today from Charlotte. When shown a New York dispatch to the effect that he had been charged with alleged neglect of duty, mismanagement. ex- travagance and political favoritism in selecting subordinates, Mir. Coler smiled and said:
 Things like that are always hap pening in New York political realms and this is merely one of the many instances of personal political griev- ances of the retallating kind instigat- ed by spite of disappointed and dis gruntled small men and amounts to nothing save cheap notoriety."
 After January" he said. when my term as president of the Borough of Brooklyn expires, shall take a rest from office confinement and spend most of my time In the South with Greensboro as headquarters."'
 Dlscussing his visit to the South, Mir Coler said;
 At present the public utilities of trolley, electric power and gas de- velopment at Greensboro and High Point, N. C., are commanding prac- tically all of my attention, but as soon as these plans are completed, the larger plans for interurban trolley and power development will be active ly pushed by myself and associates" !"
 Mir Coler declined to say that his syndicate was identical with the inter ests that are projecting 200 mile interurban trolley line from Anderson, S c. via Charlotte to Greensboro, which Is backed by the Dukes. but it Is said that the Greensboro and High Point electric service. at the head of which Is Mir. Coler. has just completed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
CLAIMS INSULT AVENGED
LoUrsvrI.Lh POLITICIAN IS FArAE.-
 Lx SHOT.
AssaiInnt Declares Repubiicaa Leader Had Made Improper Remark To Woman and He Prepared
 Fer Safisfacfaon.

Louisville. Ky. Nov. 24--william E. Proctor, Republican candidate for City Auditor in the recent election, was shot and probably fatally wound ed today by R. M. cuiley. Cuiley claims that Proctor insuited his wife.
 Culley,, at o'clock this morning. purchased two revolyers and 100 cartridges. He then went to barber shop where Proctor habitualiy stops every morning and not Ending his in- tended victim there, sat down on the curbstone to wait.
 When Proctor appeared, Culley sud- denly arose. a revolver in each hand l.. Proctor attempted to hide behind a telegraph pole. but Culley's aim was good and q bullet hit the politician in the jaw.
 Proctor then fled across the street. running up the steps of vacant house and tried desperately to break in the door. Unable to gain shelter. Proctor wheeled and begged for mercy, plead ing that he was unarmed.
 Culley. with an oath. fired again, and after missing with his first shot. put a bullet into Proctor's abdomen. -Proctor fell and Culley walked away. He was arrested and stated that his wife last night informed him that Proctor had made an improper and insulting remark to her while passing her on the street yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
AGREE ON COMPROMISE.
hrisseuri Paciac 0sieial and Governor
 sE Confer

Topeka, Kas, Nov. 24.--C. S. Clark, vfce-President of the Missouri Pacific Railway. arrived here today, for a conference with Governor Stubbs.
 Commenting on the demands he in- tended to make at the conference. Gov ernor Stubbs said.
 "what is expected of vice-President Clark and the attorney of the Missouri Pacific is that they shall put in writ ing an agreement as to the weight of the steel, the number of ties to the mile. the class of roadbeds and The grades and service they will give the Central branch. It almost must be stipulated when improvement work shall begin and the rapidity with which it Is to be carried on.
 Governor Stubbs and Vice-President Clarke, reached a compromise today. The Governor will not ask for rec ceiver if the company agrees to spend three-quarters of million dollars on the Central branch on the 1910 and lay 100 miles of new eighty-five pound rails and 14o miles Of rock ballast.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
B. s. CABLE TO BE
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Washington. Nov. 24--After an in- terview with President Taft this morning, Senator Cullom of Illinois announced that Benjamin s. Cable, an attorney of Chicago would be ap- pointed assistant secretary of com merce and labor to succeed ormsby AdcHarg, whose resignation has. been pending for more than two months.
 Mir. Cable is S7 years old and was for many years a member of the staff of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad His father was one of the organizers of that system and he is nephew of former National Com mitteeman Ben Cable. of the Demo- cratic party.
 Mir Cable is graduate of Yale and was q chum of Secretary Nageis brother-in-law at college. He Is un- married, was originally of Rock Is- land, H., but latterly has lived in Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
NEGRO BRUTE
 SLAIN BY MOB Citizens Quickly Punish
 Revolting Crime. KILLED BY SHOT, BODY BURNED Woman Victim is in Critical
 Conditien.
KILLED BY SHOT, BODY BURNED
whiIe Husband Goes for Help, Negro Drass Wife By Hair to Lonely / srot--rhree ChiIdrea Found Later, Exhausted By
 Cola

Anniston. Ala, Nov. 24--After re- peated criminal assaults on Mrs. w. C. Cheatwood. wife of farmer living near EdwardsvilIe. Ray Rolston. ne- gro. was hunted down by q posse of citizens yesterday and after being rid dled with shot the body was burned. Mrs. cheafwood is in critical condi- fion.
 According to reports of the crime re- ceived here today. the negro went to the cheatwood home and batterins down the door, seized Cheatwood say ing: rye got you now and we're so- ing to kill you" cheatwood escaped and fled through the window to arouse his neighbors.
 While he was absent Rolston attack ed Mrs Cheatwood. The brute then dragged his victim by her hair to the woods near by and there repeated the assault. after beating her over the head with sticks and rocks. Finger prints on her neck also showed where he tried to choke her into insenstbili- ty.
 The negro. according to the state- snents received. then laid down near
 
 his victim. and went to sleep. After recovering consciousness Mrs. Cheat wood crawled back to her home. where she notified her husband and friends who had gathered. The posse quickIs found the negfe, when they riadisd his body with bullets and burned It.
 cheatwood's three small children aisd from the house when the negro entered. It had been raining and was cold and they were in an exhausted condition when found several hours later.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
FOUR JURORS READY
 TO HEAR NIGHT RIDERS

Union City. Tenn. Nov. 24.--When court adjourned late today four jurors remained of the original seven tanta-' lively accepted to hear the cases of Arthur Cloar and Ferret Johnson. the alleged leaders of the night riders" band charged with the murder of Quentin Rankin.
 Today Jurors Hefiin and Johnson were excused from service because or statements they are credited with hav- ing made in connection with the case and when the trial Is resumed Friday. Tom Kennard, one of the four remain ing. must explain charges of incom~ potency because of alleged assertions. Before adjournment was taken until Friday a special venire of 900 men was ordered summoned.
 Six indictments were returned today against alleged members of the elan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
MOTHER TAKES CHILD
 FROM HUSBAND BY FORGE

Bristol. Tenn. Nov 24---Joe Harri- son was shot and painfully wounded tonight near Boring. Sullivan county. by his wife, from whom he Is separate ed.
 It Is said that Harrison went to the home of his wife's father. where she Is staying anu attempted to leave with one of his children. He had gone only short distance when Mrs Harrison, armed with a shot gun overlook him.
 Without a moments hesitation she fired, and leaving Harrison lying In the road wounded. returned to her fathers home with the child. He will recover
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
WILL MAKE IMPRovEMsNrs.
New York Centrai Announeesf IT Piar

New York, Nov. 24.--Improvements contemplated by the New York Central Railroad from the proceeds of the pro- posed sales of stock authorized yester- day by the Public Service Commission. Include, among other things. the foI- lowing:
 Electrifcation of lines, station im4 provements. etc. In New York city and vicinity. sis.s20,40o.
 New passenger stations at Roches- ter. $75o.00o.
 watertown, $25s.5oo.
 Site for passenger station. Buffaio ei0O.oo0
 EIectrihcation of West shore Raii. road from Utica to Syracuse. sii2.0o0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
LEAVES SUPREME BENCH
 TO BECOME GOVERNOR

washington, Nov. 24.-Chief Justice w. J. Mills of the New Mexico Su- preme Court has been appointed Gov ernor of the Territory to succeed George c. Curry, resigned.
 The tender of the office to Justice Mills was made today d.he promptly accepted. It followed conferences be- tween Postmaster General Hitchcock and National Committeeman Solomon Luna of New Mexico. with the Presi- dent and later with Secretary Ball. finger.
 For upwards of twenty years. Justice Mills has been a resident Of the Ter ritory of New Mexico, so that his ap- pointment Is said to be in the strictest sense a local one.
 The new Governors family came originally from New Haven. Conn, and the new appointee is a graduate of Yale University. of the class of TT. MT. Mills was appointed Chief Justice of the Territory in 1898 by President Mckinley and has continued continu- ously in that position since that time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
American. in Pri.op.

New Orleans. Nov. S24.-The Plea yune's cable from Panama says:
 Edgar c. Harris. of Columbus. O.. an American commercial traveller, who has been touring Central America in the interest of an American exporting firm arrived here yesterday from Corinto, Nicaragua.
 According to Harris's statement, a number of Americans are in jail at Managua and other places in Nicara- qua, having been arrested on orders from zeiaya. Every American in bus. mess in Nicaragua who refused to con- tribute to the war fund levied by ze- laya was promptly arrested and thrown into prison. A few of the Americans who were arrested bought their way out of jail by paying the price de- manded, but a number are still held in communicate. Harris says 1t is ura- safe for an American to appear in the section of Nicaragua controlled by Ze- laya. He was himAsif subjected to jibes and Insults at Corinto and left the place on the first available steam
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
Eenr Moh YioIenre

Frankfort. Ky. Nov. 24.--Pearl Mer- chant. the middle-aged Frankfort man. arrested in Cincinnati recently on a charge of detaining an S-year-old girl of this city, was removed to the jail at Lexigton. Ky, for safe keeping to- day. The Frankfort jail to which he was brought last night was guarded all night The trial will be held here Saturday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25

& C.. in 1s7o., He attended the public schools of Atlanta, Ga. and in 1889 was graduated from the University of Georgia. He was admitted to the bar in 1890, and moved to New Mexico, where he practiced law until 1901, when he was appointed Judge of the Court of First instance in the Philippine Islands.
 He returned to New Mexico, after year in the islands, and in 1908. Presi- dent Roosevelt appointed him Asso- ciate Justice of the New Mexico su- preme Court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
May Change Mining Laws.

Springffe1d, III-, NOV. ZF.-h uolO- gation of officers of the Illinois Fed eration of Labor and the Illinois Min CTS Union were before Governor Dem cen this afternoon to urge the placing in the call for the special session of the Legislature amendments 10 the State mining laws which shall pro- vide for fire extinguishing apparatus in each mine and the doing away of inflammable material for timbering in places which are exposed to fire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
Searching for ChiIaren 1.

Santa Cruz, Nov. 24.--NearIy 1000 men. including a division of the State naval militia, are searching forests and cliffs along the seaahore tonight for wears old. who disappeared yesterday. They are the children of an Italian merchant. It is generally believed that the little girls wandered away, but the theory Is advanced that they were Kidnapped
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
EAIfnr in IniI.

Mt. Vernon, Ill.,. Nov. 24-ora F. Haviil, editor of daily newspaper at Mount Carmel. Ill. will move his sanctum to the county Jail for sixty yenes in the sentence passed upon him today. Havill was found guilty of criminal libel and announced that he will edit his paper from his cell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
On Wnx to BrovsnavlIIe.

New Orleans. La, Nov. Hon their way to Brownsville. Tex. to inquire further Into the shooting up" of that town allegedly at the hands of negro soldiers. members of the new board of inquiry. created by act of Congress of March 2. 1909. spent several hours fin New Orleans today. General sam uel B. M. Young, president of the board. stated that the party will ar rive at Brownsville Friday. Tt will be several months probably before we shall be ready to report our findis Sa to the Secretary of War;" he said,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-25
Public Safety at Reunion.

Mobile. Nov. Special )-Chief of Police Giblin, as Chairman of the Com mittee on Public Safety for the Con- federate Veterans reunion, tonight named members of his committee, who are: Police Commissions E. V. O'Con- nor and Edward McGraw, Inspector OpConnor and Detectives Littleton and Mooney of New Orleans, and chiefs of police of Birmingham. Montgomery, Pensacola, Nashville and Memphis.