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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH A, 1909.
TO ABANDON THE SUITS.

It is evident from the information which leaks out from official sources that the Taft administration will not follow the Roosevelt administration in its brazen efforts to browbeat the press. The libel suits against The New York World and The Indianapolis News, into which the government was forced by the former President. will be abandoned.
 No official statement to this effect has been issued. It Is hardly probable that one will be issued until the prosecu- tions are quietly and unostentatiously withdrawn. It is unfortunate that Roosevelt should have allowed his an- ger to lead him so far from the teach ings of good judgment and through his personal feelings allow a new charge of recklessness and injustice to be brought against his record.
 These prosecutions. for criticisms of a governments act, were brought un- der a disused and almost obsolete act. Under the law the accused newspaper editors and writers, for a number of others In addition to the responsible editors were involved in the prosecu- ton, did not have the right to be tried by a jury selected from the county or the State of their home. They had to submit to a trial in Washington. The entire proceedings was opposed to the spirit of justice of the American peo- ole. The affairs grieved some of the former Presidnts best friends and staunchest admirers. No poorer way could be found of putting into practice The Square Deal' of the Roosevelt ad- 1inistration, of which so much was preached and so little was practiced.
 The new President was perhaps the most level headed adviser that the for mer President had. It is said with au- :llority that his influence was without vail thrown against the unfortunate proceedings.
 President Taft, no doubt hesitates to -epudiate so quickly an act of his pre- decessor. to whom he has been SO close personally and politically. But the country may accept as reliable the re- port that the criminal libel suits will be abandoned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24
Send Delegates,

Mobile Item.
 Governor Braxton Bragg Conner. of Alabama has declined the invitation o1 Governor Sanders, of Louisiana, to send delegates to conference to be held in New Orleans in the interest ot child labor in Southern mills and fac the chief executive states that Ala bama has child labor laws.
 Granted there are laws in the code of Alabama dealing with this most serious problem, Is 1t not possible that these might be defective in some par ticular? Is 1t not possible that there might be some strong argument in the state which might be advanced at this conference and which could be added to the already existing laws?
 Laws for the protection of child -time again by the philanthropic citi- zens of Alabama and while a part of their hopes has been realized there Is yet much more to be done before all the defects are remeSed and the poor class of children. who through neces- sity are compelled to labor part of the time, are given full and ample protec- ton.
 The Governor of Alabama. who is largely interested in manufacturing in- dustries where children are employed. has said he would not send a delega- ton to the conference. So be 1t. The Item would suggest that the mayor or this and every other city in the state name representative citizens as dele gates and urge on these the impor- tance of the movement and make a personal appeal that they go to New Orleans and take part In the delibera- tIons of the conference. The Item makes this suggestion through a feel ing of sympathy for the Door children of this state. of whom there are many and around whom too many safe guards cannot he thrown.
 The women of Alabama have taken up the cry for representation. and The Item has assurance that the club women of the state will use every ef- fort in the matter to save the finger of shame from being pointed this way:
 What if there were thousand child labor laws on the statute books of Alabama? Is 1t not possible that an other could be added which would prove the keynote to the whole situa- ton?
 The Item hopes the mayor of Mobile will take the initiative in the move ment,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24
MT. CIeveland's PIace.

Newborn, Ala. March i9, 'o9. Editor The, Advertiser:
 Is 1t because President Harrison came between his first and his second terms that Grover Cleveland is count cd as two Presidents. the twenty-sec- ond and the twenty-fourth President of the United States? ..
 Washfngon, Jefferson, Madison, Mon roe, Jackson, Lincoln. Grant and Me- Kinley were twice elected. and twice inaugurated President. as. well as Cleveland. and yet he Is the only one who Is counted as two Presidents am such an admirer of MT. Cleveland that don't object to any exceptional honor or distinction paid to him: but I don't understand 1t. But this is not as important as that there was never less corn planted in Alabama during the month of March than this year, and that. too. when 1t was never more important that anA early and large crop be planted. Fortunately it is still time to plant . large crop.
 I forgot to say that I thought of The Advertiser while reading President Tafts eulogy of Mir. Cleveland.
 Yours truly, F. S. Morrisette.
 (While Mir. Cleveland was as great as half dozen of some Of the men who have been President, and while he was twice President. there is no req. son why he should be counted as two Presidents, as our correspondent points out.-Ed. Advertiser.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

Russo-Japanese war, all were features of the latest era of prosperity. So the opposing ideas are no more able to find common ground as to the causes of conditions during the operation of the Walker tariff than they are as. to tar If principles themselves. Historians generally agree that the country was highly prosperous during the opera ton of the Walker tarin, though some assert that certain industries did lan- guish during that period.
 Copyright, 1909. by Frederick J. Has
 kin.)
 Tomofrovvt American Tari6 Laws. XI-The Morrill, TariM.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

The announcement from Los Angeles hat Madame Helena Modjeska, the fa- nous Polish-American actress, is crit ica11y III with what is reported to be an incurable disease. will cause re- gret throughout Europe and America. For nearly half century she has been prominent figure on the stage, and although she has been in some measure supplanted by younger actresses and singers there are many who will re- gret to learn of her illness, She is siAty-fve years of age.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

The Legislature of Massachusetts has passed a bill making it unlawful for any man employed by the State. or by any county, city or town in the State. to work more than eight hours In any one day. It is a sop to the union organizations, of course, but all the same 1t Is a direct interference with individual liberty which ought to give every man the right to work as many hours in a day as he is willing to do and gets paid for. But this is an age when all things and all men must be regulated by law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24
4 ysyysvavsr.s Feat.
This h My S5th Birthday
CHESTER BUTTON.

Chester Dutton, who has the distinction of being the oldest living graduate of Yale University. was born in New York, March 24. 1sf4 Following the usual preparatory course he spent four years at Yale and after his graduation he taught school for three years. In 1S42 he abandoned pedagogy for moved to Riverside Homestead, not far from the town of Concordia. Kansas He took up homestead while the Indians were still in possession of that country and has lived there ever since. He Is the oldest of the three surviving Yale graduates of the class of 1898. and received his diploma just forty years before President Taft graduated from the same institution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24
This Date in History
MARCH 24.

1so3-Queen Elizabeth of England. died
 Born Sept. [, f533 1617-Celebration at Quebec of the first
 marriage in Canada lbSS-Rhode Island purchased from the In-
 dians for forty fathoms of beads ls63-Albemarie Colony. North Carolina.
 founded by emigrants from Virginia lII6-John Harrison. who made the first
 chronometer, died in London Born
 in Yorkshire in 1893. f7S3-spain recognized the independence of
 the United States. 1S54-Slavery abolished in Venezuela 1sS4-Twelve persons killed by cyclone in
 Kentucky. 1ss7-Dr. Theodore Baer who co-operated
 with John Ericsson in the construc-
 ton of the famous Monitor, died in
 Detroit. 1sO4-sir Edwin Arnold. English poet, died :.
 Born June 10. 1892. 1sOs-Duke of Devonshire. English states
 man, died. Born July B, 1888.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

Ready To Do The Right Thing. Andalusia News.
 That special session will be called. The News doesn't believe there is a necessity for 1t, but we will try to fur nish the soions our share of free ad- vice.
 Alabama Tobacco. Mobile Item
 Tobacco culture in Alabama has be- come an interesting subject in many past year by Mobilisns in the % northern ea part of this county has attracted state wide attention and the promoters are receiving inquiries for informant as to the method of procedure from many elections. .
 Knew His Business. Piedmont Journal
 That Arkansas editor who sent a subscription blank to the bridegroom before the wedding write-up was print ed. with the following.
 F. s.L"rhe paper containg your mar, riage will be issued next Saturday" knows how to take advantage
 Newspapers Feat.
 The edition of The Advertiser of Thursday was feat in the newspaper line. The damage done to the power lights anu with little power. When they at last got the lights they put out an edition of twelve pages in a few minutes more than four hours That Is a record that few papers in the South are capable of equaling and 1t was tiser's being In every way up-to-date with the best and latest in the news paper line. The force deserves much credit for it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

According to a statement in The Hartford Times, Connecticut's inheri- tance tax turned s27s,OOo into the State Treasury last year. This revenue properly belongs to Connecticut" says The Times, and should not be divert ed to the national treasury. as contem- plated by the Payne tariff bill" They are bound to find lots of things to ob- ject to In that bill before thaT are done with it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

According to the latest compiled re- ports the cotton crop of last year amounted to little more than thirteen and eone-half million bales. This was an enormous output, and as it was all of Southern growth it is easy to see what vast wealth it has brought to this section. It would be interesting, however, to know how much of 1t went North and West for corn, meat and other foodstuffs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24
A Farmers Views.

DPWODOIIB IIIIIt6'
 some of our esteemed subscribers tell us that we make them feel awfully bad when we tell of different farmers who made enough corn last year to do them One said ''at the present price nf corn you make me feel like I'm no farmer, in view of the fact that I am compelled to buy my requirements of corn. I promise you that you may say next year. l made enough to do me- Now that Is the manly way for a far mer to talk. It shows that all reason and sense of understanding and the de- sire to take good advice has not left him. All honor to our farmers. the backbone and foundation of our pros- perity. yea. and our existence even.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

If Roosevelt were as ugly as some of the cartoonists picture him he would find 1t difficult to get within sh hooting distance of any wild animal If it saw him first We have the word Of a Hungarian baron. fresh from Ar rica. that 'the lions are plentiful but tinid." Is it possible that some of the Roosevelt pictures have been scattered -N saA tG-A 5sinzlAA7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

It Is pleasant to have the official as- surance of Georgia's Commissioner of Agriculture that the peach crop of that State is now safe and out of danger. amended or modified a number of times before peaches get ripe, but let us hope not. The assurance itself has a familiar sound. for we hear 1t every
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

We have it on the authority of London paper that Ian East wind and a dark day make towards of us au" Then. unless London has been mlsrep- over there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

"All music is Greek to us, and classi- cal music especially so." confesses The Raleigh Evening Times. Let the es- teemed contemporary remember those Shakspearian lines beginning, "He that hath no music in his soul," and be rebuk ed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

spring. and it may be case. where familiarity breeds contempt" but we intend to put faith in the promise. for we are fond of peaches and want to believe that we are going to sec them plentiful and cheap the coming sea son.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

To be informed that some of Bos- tons aldermen have been indicted for what has come to be known as graft is calculated to give other people a hard jolt Have beans and codfish lost their influence. or has the supply run short?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

The announcement that Boston doc- tor found two vermiform appendices in one patient is somewhat disquiet- ing. If this kind of microbe is learn. ing to breed 1t is time to watch out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

Why should the brethren continue to quarrel over the old question as to whether the angels in Heaven are fe- malef Those on earth are, and there are more of them than men appreciate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

The Washington Post wants to know what is an ideal voman?" Of course replies would vary. but to begin with. what would an ideal woman do on this earth with its men as they are?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

The statement that President Taft tried in vain to find a copy of the Federal Constitution in the room for merly occupied by Roosevelt should not surprise any one. Why should he keep a document for which he had no use or respect?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

MT. Bryan. who has just entered on the fftieth year of his age, declares that he feels that he is in the very prime of life, and The Richmond ri nes-Dispatch wants to know if there are "any inferences to be drawn from this declaration" The only inference We draw is that he feels as much like a race now as he ever did.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

Among the items of information con- veyed to us by the ever watchful news papermen Is the announcement that President Taft is full of hope" We are glad 1t isn't prunes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

Governor Hoke Smith says the Demo. cratic party needs a leader who can unite 1t. That has been evident for some years, but where's the man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24
sWORN CIRCULATION.

The figures for February priinueU p,inn ali fe- represent the actual net circui@'ioA'
 turns having been deducted. ,.ss its
 The Montgomery Advertiser .hs con advertisers land makes 1t part @ Q. .o,rcula- tract when requested) that it's dany vrrnrninx ' tion is larger than that of any .hat lis newspaper printed in Alabama-an11r n11rcnist tion Sunday edition hss the lafses. nrintsd in of any edition of any newspaper b Alabama without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

Isn't 1t about time for the song of the woodpecker to be heard in the land, in it's natural meIodious accents?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

A professor of Mathematics at Darm- stadt has instituted prize of $25.000 as an inducement to redlscover the famous theorum of Fermat. which has been lost for. over two centuries. Now here is a great opportunity for some of our Alabama pedagogues
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24

Net Daily Average February, 1909 iS, sss Net Sunday Average February. tsOa ..Ls''s' c l. Ffnigan. Circulation Manager Of Ine Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sWo1n' says: l..
 The foregoing statement of The A6ver- tisers circulation for the month of Fep- ruary, 1903, Is true and correct, and compn- cd after all returns from news boys. news agents, spoiled and left over copies have C, I. FINIGAN.
 Circulation Manager Sworn to and subscribed before me this RIGA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-30
S25OO0O BLAZE Destroys
BIG ROCHESTER BUILDING.
Occupants Barely Escape With
Their Lives and Diners Driven
FROM Restaurant.

ROCHESTER,, March 3O.-rre this
afternoon destroyed the Reynolds Az.
ade. in East Main street. in the centre
Of tie retail business district
The flames spread so rapidly that the
restaurant patrons were driven out b,
the smoke. and the occupants OF the
other places barely escaped. leaving
their belongings behind The Western
Union Offices were damaged and tele-
graphic communication for the, tIne wn /,
destroyed
Tire east wing W Tho Arcade was soon
, mass NJ H,m.s, wH!sH sho. up throur.
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s,trr &. Naty street ,idc OF the Ar.
..lc. l.l uc.. handicapped by falling
..Tt4s ,ar fireman WIs injured. The
lac .pru.l ip the Exchange Place
srf...- Dr Slut" street. which w.
damaged III" entire tire-IiEhting appa-
rntus was engaged. The loss vas
$50 cON
man was seen running across the
rnnf pc.nrc the flames started on the
,hl-d floor o. the building, which was
unoccupled Tie fire was quickly eXtin-
guished.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-30
LINER HELPLESS
IN RIVER GETS
AID BY WIRELESS
Hamilton, Of Old Dominion,
Breaks Rudder Chain After
Leaving Dock.

The Old Dominion liner Hamilton.
with $50 frst-cabIn passengers aboard.
slowed down on the foot Of Cortlandt
street this afternoon. five minutes after
she had left her pier. No. &c, at the
foot Of Beach street, bound for Nor,
folk. From there she sent a &C q ~
for help.
The United Wireless Company picked
mp the message and reaved it by teie.
phone 10 the office ~ the Old Dominion
line. Inside Of five minutes two tugs
We're racing down North River to
where the steamer lag almost motion
less, Just below Cortland street.
The tugs hooked on to the Hamilton
and brought her back to TIE dock Then
1t was learned that she Tad broken a
cudder chain.
The injury was discovered almost as
soon as the boat swung out into mid.
stream and headed for the bay. 1t was
stated that there lad been no excitement
aboard.
Il was said that the passengers and
part OF the freight would stay aboard
until repairs we're completed. which Will
take abou: three hou.g.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-30

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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-30
FIRE PANIC
ON BIG LINER
IN M|D-0CEAN.
Storage Passengers Flee in
Fright; Sailor Stamps
Out Blaze.
THERE WAS 10 DANGER.
But Cigarette and WiSp Of
C,.o C. C.., Oi>
THERE WAS 10 DANGER.

The crete, Of the White Star HE,
which arrived to-day from Italian ports,
brought news OF a FIRE scare at sea that
threw the routine o. the ship out OF
keller Tor Z busy hal. hour or SO las,
FrIda"
About 10 o'clock In the morning some
sixty or seventy o. the 800 steerage
passengers scrambled up the gansway
IN a bunch, screechlng in all the patols
OF Southern Europe. piled over the rail-
saloon, Were they drorned on their
knees and began to pray for help. From
the ba0e! OF Tongues the word Fire"
could be made out, The alarm was
sounded through a ougle. and the crew
came to quarters.
1t didn't take very long 10 fnd the
blaze and not nearly so long TO eN-
tinEulsa. A cigarette butt dropped In a
handful. OF straw on the forward deck
had oIased UP and the tempera men;a
natures o. the Italians and Greeks ha1
done the rest. A sailor put out the con
Migration b. the simple expedient o.
stepping on It.
But 4 was a harder Job to quiet the
distracted alarmIs,s from the Storage
and get them back where they belonged.
One man was nabbed and hauled back
as lie poised himself OF raj. ready 10
go overheard He mad life pveserver
drapei abou; his neck. t!me-worn
vallse IN one hand and an extra pa.- Of
shoes in the other.
Some o. the refugees from the steer.
age forc!6ly objected to leaving their
Few o. ;hsm, the excited first cabineers
thought. were reaching for knives, but
hanged their minds after First officer
williams had grabbed one lusty chap,
bounced h!s head against the foor and
then passed him over TO a flying squad
Of stewards. who made football OF him
along the deck back to the Storage
The Cretic had twenty-seven first
caoin passengers, ?ls In the second
and every berth In the Storage full.
One immigrant named GIUSEPPE De-
s!err! was found 10 have ten long
bladed. bad looking pocket d!rks hidden
on him on nls arriva. here. The knives
were contIscated and Giuseppe went TO
Ellis Island to await inquiry into his
antecedents. His desire TO enrich the
Land o. the Free with so much un-
taxed siclllan hardware may mean his
deportation.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-30
KAUFMAN GOES
AFTER JOHNSON
WITH $4,000 BET
Delaney Posts $4,000 for
Match With the Negro
Champion.

PAv Delaney, manager OF Al Kaut-
man, today covered the $500 posted by
Jack Johnson, Delaney stated that he
had decided to let Kaufmann NEE. the
negro champion. providing johnson
would make a side be, Of $4,000
Tho $500 also goes for a match with
lte,chel," said DELANEY This will give
Ketchel and Kaufman chance TO see
which is best fitted TO fsh. for the
white supremacy"
Delaney, has repeatedly declined to lei;
Kaufman meet either Langtord or
johnson. He recently offered Jenres a
match, declaring Kaufman would bel,
$1,000 that he could defeat Je'rr.es.
Willis Britt has also posted 5000 to
meet Johnson. Britt recently declared
that Kctche! was ready TO meet Kaut
mann.