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The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-14

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-President Roosevelt by the way of recreation took @ fast and furious horse back ride yesterday over the Virginia roads, followed by two personal at- tendants. The entire distance cov- cred was 9S miles and the ride took
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-14

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
HEAD-ON COLLISION
TEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AN SCORE BADLY HURT.
Two Passenger Carr on Knter-urham I.ine Come Together With Ter rife Speed On Elevmtea
 CF0natnw.

Gary. Ind. April 12.--Ten men were seriously injured and score badly hurt in q head-on collision on the Chi- sago. Lake shore and South Bend in- terurban line. two miles west Of Gary. at o'clock this afternoon.
 But one passenger on the eastbound car, which contained twenty people. who, boarded it at Hammond, escaped injudy of some kind. The crash canAe as the eastbound car was running down grade at high speed from the elevated crossing over the Joliet cutoff. The front ends Of the two ears were tele- scoped when they struck. Eight of the more seriously injured were hurried to the hospital here. where 1t was report ed that ali would recover. The follow ing are the seriously injured. |.
 D. F. Kinney. Michigan City, con ductor eastbound car, both legs broken: R. L. Brown, motorman. westbound car. head badly injured: c. D.. Corse. 57l Adams Street. Chicago, leg broken and back injured; Nick Micholich, Gary, leg broken; A. Hatman. Michigan City. arm broken: Biliach Barteno, Indian Harbor, both legs broken; Eugene Bre- sen, whiting. internal injuries; George Barbicil Indaln Harbor. leg broken; J. F. Mccall. 3s07 Indiana Avenue. Chicago, both legs broken; samuel Pay man. Hammond, leg broken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
RIoTlNG IN FRANCE
STRIKING HUTTON MARKERS CAUSE
 REIGN or TERROR.
seiaiexs Deal PsssentIy wfth the Mebs But ser1sms Treuble is Feared
 --SsDewn With the Re-
 puDItcv ts Heard.

Meru. France. April l2.--The striking button makers of Meru. whose de- mands for . continuance of the pre- vious waxA scale in the button. facto- ,ries have been followed by violence and disordef. have brought about . verit- able reign of terror here ard in the neigh boring towns of Crepin and Lor- mafaon.
 About. 1000 soldiers under the com rnand of General Nicolas. consisting of draEoons. hussars and cuirassiers. and 800 gendarmes under the leadership of the prefect of oise. are today patroli- ing the streets of all the towns and the surrounding country where further violence Is to be expected.
 The mob Is ugly and cries oq Down with tho Republic" are heard constant ly. The soldiers are bearing the in- siits of the people with great stoicism, and Although . number Of the troops nave hrnn ,tnjurea sevefaiy by stones no reprisals have been rnade.
 The cavalry used only the flats Q. their satraa in diPpsrsirs the demon strators.
 M voinin ana other representative of the gensfaI federation Of labor. have come here from Paris They promise their support and are urging the strilr- CTS to fl&ht to finish.
 The employers declare that to grant the wage scale demanded would mean the ruin of business and they, prefer to keep their factories closed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
BODY OF MIR. CRAWFORD
 LAID TO REST IN ITALY

Sorrento, April 12.-The funeral of F. Marion Crawford, the American novelist. who died April g. took place today.
 The ceremony was exceedingly sim- pie. The little town of sant AgneiIo was filled with we'll known persons from Rome, Naples. Capri. Sorrento and Florence. who had come to pay a last loving tribute to the memory of the author.
 The public buildings of Sorrento as well as many private houses. display ed flags at half mast.
 Mr. Crawford's body, enclosed in a double coffin bearing his name in gold en letters, was carried from the villa Crawford to the Capuchin church by sailors from his yacht, the Aida.
 beautiful marble figure represent ing Mercy has beens4 placed on the grave.
 The funeral eortegs left the villa at 10 o'clock. It numbered nearly 2,0Oo persons and included the relatives of the author. the Mayor of Sant' Angelic, representatives of all the communes of Sorrento. and large gathering of workmen.
 The procession. imposing in it's sim- plicity, passed directly to the ceme- tery. Crowds filed the streets to see 1t pass The cpfilh was preceded by several priesta The floral oRerinEs were numerous and beautiful.
 From the windows and balconies flowers were throwntpn the hearse and many persons wept as the cortege pass ed, The statue placed over the grave was by the dead authors father. who designed 1t in his youthful days. The author kept 1t always in his study and called it his guardian angel. Just be- fore he died. he expressed the wish to have 1t at his grave. =
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
IN A CONTROVERSY
ROOSEVELT PUTS FRENCHMAN IN
 ANANxAs CLUB.
Denies That He Hsave Journalist an In- ferview -and the Parisfan News paper Man Will Present
 Proof.

Paris, April 12.-PresIdent Roosevelt and correspondent of Ee Journal are engaged in a controversy regarding the veracIty of the correspondent.
 Le Journal sent it's representative to Naples to see Mir Roosevelt and sub- sequently the paper published a long interview with the former President of the United States which was widely copied.
 Upon arrival at Port Said last Fri day Mir. Roosevelt sent cablegram to a Paris paper saying he had given no such Interview. This was published together with the assertion of the cor respondent that he talked half an hour with Mr. Roosevelt, and that the text of the interview as given was strictly accurate,
 This denial. coming to the eye of Mir. Roosevelt at Suez. he again cabled Paris reiterating his denial and chafac- terizing the interview as "an impudent fabrication without particle of foun- dation." He also says that he never saw the correspondent of Le Journal.
 The c0rrespondent has replied with a new affirmation of the truth of the in- terview and declares that he is pre- pared to bring further proof of his veracity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
ILLINOIS sENAToRsHP.

Springfield. III. April i2.-A confer ences which may have decisive weight in the senatorial deadlock has been ar ranged for Wednesday in Springfield
 MT. West. former Senator Hopkins c. P. Hitch and former State Senator O. F. Berry. are to meet and discusa the situation.
 Last week Governor Deheen. Mfr West and Mir. Hitch conferred and the addition of MT. Hopkins and the form CT State leader to the conference. is ta- ken by some politicians to mean that there is a possibility that former State Senator Berry may be called on to aid In directing the efforts of the Hopkins forces in the Legislature.
 Those in touch with the situation Ia Springfield do not. look for any changes of moment in the Joint ballots this week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
SORSBY'S FATE NOW WITH JURY Noted Trial Comes to
 Close. FIGHT OVER INSANITY PLEA Scores in ASdience Shed Iears While Lawyers Plead. rAe Us.rt Hs--. w.. r.sk.a wisA Spectators Liks' saraa.ss |. .
 Bes--N. Murder verssst
 Expected.
FIGHT OVER INSANITY PLEA

Jackson, Mss. April i2.--No such crowds was ever before seen in any court house az was witnessed here to- day in the trial of William H. Sorsby for the killing of Pcstofzlce Inspector Fitxgerald.
 The house will seat about 500. bu, 1.500 or more. ladies predominatins, were packed within the four walls or eiung to the windows. sorsbv waz greatly excited, ana tremb1ed like An aspen leaf throughout the day. though his devoted young wife kept her arm about him constantly.
 F The fight has been over the insanity plea. The chief contention is over the testimony given by the experts to the effect that Sorsby was not crazy. that there ia no such thing as hereditary insanity. that the defendant had been sane np to the moment of the killing. his mind and fs not now crazy. Against this testimony, two or three physicians who attended the elder Sorsbys' last illness. declare they all died insane; that there is such thin& as heredi- tary insanity: that sorsby was insane at the time he nreq the fatal shot and is ineane now.
 So far 1t is not believed either side has any great advantage. but there Ia no uuupt poWSrtut beutffnoHg HhA oeSN built up for the wife of the prisoner in the community and 1t is freely predict ed that there will be no verdict of guilty of murder unless with . penifen- tiary recommendation for life.
 The night session found the court house packed with men and women like sardines In a box.
 R. N. Miller of Haxlehurst for the State. was the only speaker. Tn the midst of his argument a terrific storm of wind and rain came up. beating In the upper windows and drenching half the audience to the skin and there was ten minutes delay. The people were packed in so they could not move out of the way nor could they could get out of the building.
 Mfr Miller hurled invectives and bit- terest sarcasm at the defendant He spoke nearly three hours and closed with beautiful tribute to the memory of Charles Fitzgerald. scores in his audience beinEFin tears before he in fsii8d M tf
 shortly before ii o'clock the case was given Co the jury which retired court taking recess until morning. Nc verdict is expected, fDniEift
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
WONT CUT WAGES
No ACTION TOW Br COAL OFFER.
Ahthsa<sts Msa Hold Meetins In New yo4k nnA Give Out stste-
 neat on the situa-

New York April 12.--After a meet int of the coal operators in this city today. it was apnouncdd thatsno action had been tsksn looking toward rel auctt0n in the wages of the miners.
 4 committee of eleven men was ap- pointed to formulate policy of deai- jng with the miners and report at q meeting Of coal operators to be held on April a. The committee was com posed of the following: w. A. Lath- rop. Lehieh Coal and Transportation Go: w. J. Richards. Philadelphia and Reading Coal Go; s. D. warding. Le- high Valley Coal Co.,; R. A. Phillips Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Robert Quinn, Susquehanna Coal Co. c. c. Rose of the Delaware and Hud- son; W. A. May of the Pennsylvania Coal Co; and the following individual operators:
 ". |. connell. Frankfort. Ind; E. M Fighter and John R. Bryden.
 The following offieiai statement was issued when the meeting adjourned:
 A conference of anthracite coal op. orators was held In the offices of the trunk line association today to discuss the labor situatfon in the anthracite region. There was about fifty at tire meeting, including Messrs E. D. Thomas, e. F. Baer. W. IT. Truesdaie P F. Loree. F. D. Underwood, W. J Richards. W. I. Council. Alvin Marixie. Iathrop and E II Loomis. There was an unusually large attendance of iu. k kdfviduGi opefnfoE&
 The action of the opssators com. mittee nf seven In fhh .bofiference witt the mine wofkers fepresenfatfves was unaflimously adopted. It was not de. cided fo reduce the wages of the mine workers at the present time. A com mittee of eleven was appointd and In. structed to formulate policy to he followed by the operators. This com. mittee will reportaat another meeting on April ,22."
 This was followed by the names ot the members of the committee of eleven. previously given
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
A HEAVY DECREASE rASrc or lss7 COST RAILROADS
 BIG SUM. Advance Abstract ef Statistics ef Am<x1can Railways for Year En6fng June go, 1908, fs
 nln4e Rub1te.

Chicago. April l2.--An advance ,ab- stract of statistics of American rail- ways for the year ending June 30. le0es ss complied by the Bureau of Railway News and. Statistics. vas made public here today by Hiason Thcmpson. manager of the buFeeu- The report says:
 <s4941 in gross earnings as the result of 1s07-oS aa set forth in the prelimi- nafy income report of the Interstate Commercc Commission for the year ending June 90. 1908, the panic of 1907 resulted in a loss of over s33e e,000, ,000 This statement is based on a table giv- Ing the earnings for the twelve months ending November 90. 1908. when the full effect Of the business depression became evident. coJapared with the pre- ceding stNsiye, This avoids the erros q iaslHpsg ne q stest noHtf ', '. rsil. 2. Eean moukfs that g0ffowed ft.
 n the s&izaa way ths loss. in .s f.ss earnings .fs aiic . | Z x6 hays BAen }i8s.. S40s $50 Instead Of Sl1f,05 ,06S as1given tn the, C0mfnission's statement The , cent passsn&Ar fare legisIarfon caused . loss of e2s, 100000 in gross earnings, although more passengers were carried. This Is accounted for by reduction in average receipts per passenger mile on ss per cent of the mileage from 2.01z cents in 1907 to 1.93z in 1908.
 The heavy loss in net earnings is partly accounted for by the expendit- ures of approximately ts2,000, 900 ne- cessitated by arbitrary innovations in accounting methods and requirements in regard, to the hours and conditions of labor of certain classes of employees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
FOREST FIRES.
Great Dss...~ :: ]! osas ]. is.w mns. Ssrs,

VI A8&NDA&s Va.
 Roanoke, Va, Aprii f2.-LForest fires which have ragged on the mountains in Roanoke and Botetourt counties for tha past week. did great damage last night q few miles north of Roanoke, when several saw mills and many thousands of feet of cut timber were destroyed. number of small homes occupied by negroes were also burned. Tonight flames have nearly reached Carvin Creek. at the entrance to Caryin's Cove. and should embers be carried across the stream the cove may be swept
 The homes of relatives of John W, Kern. candidate for Vice. President on the Democratic ticket last year, are located in che cove.
 The territory being burned over has not been on fire for more than ten years and no rain has fallen on 1t for more than two weeks. Mill Mountain. on the edge of the Roanoke side, is on fire tonight and presents a beautiful spectacle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
w1lfrLAtKIDNArPTNe.
Ass.s..v. ss. - rrs,.ss.s T.

Atssrnsys srv Dssy Frepessng shs
 Case.
 Mercer. Pa. April i1.--Considerabie activity is h evidence today in con nectton with the legal proceedings of the Whikla kidnapping care.
 Attorneys for the prosecution and defsnss are busiiy ct work Ia arrsne- the for the case. and according to re- ports. q sensation ffs expected as fur as Mrs Boyle one of the aileged kid- pappers is concerneda W11l the wo. man given an opportunity 70 waK out of the Mercer county tall without hav- ing been held for court on the clArge of abductfon? that 10 the Qusst1on be- ing asked today. Mrs. Boyle ard her attorneys believe that is what will occur sf
 It is saia that the chsrss ssainss Mrs. Boyis ia ail probability will fan Hat. It b asserted che is guetty of no wrsng under the Pensyivania law. However, shouid the case take this turn the Ohio authorities will prose- cute her. on . charge Of blackmail for which she was indicted at Cleveland some time ago.
 , A strict watch is being kept over James H. Boyle by the Mercer jail of- fictals. For the last couple Of days the prisoner has been greatly dis heartened.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
BURIAL or PEraosISo.
Thoasanas Hsnsr Memory or HtaiinI
 Detective.

ThoueanAs Hensx Memory 0f Italian
 Wefecslve.
 New York. April 1.-The funeral cf Lieutenant Joseph Petroslno of the New York Police department, who was assassinated while engaged in special service in Palermo. ~iciiy. wxx made the occasion today for remarh- able tribute.
 The police department. including A number of ita oflicials, met New York Italian socistieR and prominsnt cifi- gems of that nationality interested in expressing the gratitude of New York City for Petrosino's self sacrifice in untimcIy ending of his career at the moment when he was believed to bs engaged in his most important @ervice to this city and country.
 Although the hour set for the fun- eral services In the old st. rafrick's z Cathedral in Mott stree was II a. m i, many Italians gathered early in IA- Fayette street near the home oi the detective. where the body was lyin& in state beneath q iAnk of flowers. & TwentysAxe policemen were sta- toned In front of the Petrosine horne ana fifty detecfiyeS were on duty in the yards and on roots Of that and ad5oinfnR hAiidings. -Four hundred -sna fifty policemen. including many dressed in plain clothes, were assigned 70 guard the funeral procAssisn on Its way from L.aFayette street to tha ca thedrai andefrom the cathedral fo Let- vary Cemetery on Long IssanH
 Ten thousand persons were congfe- gated in the streets leading from kae Petrosino home when the kody was removed to the old cathedral.
 Mayor Mcclellan and. Police C0fnis- sloner .Binghana were among the a.soo persons who attended the services.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
REFERRING
 IS ASKED FOR Railroads File an Ap plication. PRESENTED TO TIE COURT voluminous Document in the Rase
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E New Orleans. La. Aprii I2.--Appli- cation for . rehearing in rhe so-cAlled Alabama rate cases was nled with the clerk of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals here today.
 S The application was filed by attor- Fneys representing the vsrians railroadg concerned in the recent decision of tho court which dissolved the in5unct:o1 issued by Judge Thomas c. Jones In the United States court at Montgom~ cry. Ala. restraining the State kaif- road Commission from putting Into eff feet certain rates provided for in laws passed by the Alabama Legislators. z
 The United States Circuit Court of Appeals is not now in session. but the application will be taken up In corpe~ spondence among the various justices comprising the court
 Attorney R. E. Steiner, of Nfout- gamery. and Law Clerk Fieids. of tho LouYsvilie and Nashville. filod tho ap- piieation. The application takes tweIs ty-ive type.written pages.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
PUBL LISHERS $
 DISCHARGED
 - RoekefelIer Ioses Suit Against Nevsp spers. |aABzAs coRrus $ ur1IlD
 - x. 0fficefs of Cor sca allok Rey sponsibIe ley 4lloy Aets s-ss -. A s.c--..'As' s'-s- s.ss m s.4 psv~ea cssiE
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'-- Nsw york. AnriI 12--The writ of ,babeas corpus secured Ia behalf of s, 6.s carvalho. Era 1ford Merrill and Edwsrd H ciark, N6lcsrs of the Star compauy. pnb1ishers of the New York >Hmerican and Evening Journal in the action bro0<ht agninat them for crim- tnei 1beh on complaint of John D, Rockefsller, IT,, was upheld by Justice tGersfd fn the, Supreme Court today
 1fr. Hockefeller had scomplained of the publication in the New York Amsrs fcan of Decemher IT, 1908. of an article wrongly accusing him of having ori- ginated a pacnage system 10 which the employees Of . certain broGkfast food company in Illinois were. alleged to have been subjected.
 The article. which was pfoInptly Hiss avowed the next day when . full re- traction of all the objectionable aiIe- sstions was printed recitsd that part of the system for which Mr. Roci<e- feller was held responsible. consisted in the keeping of wofkmen in stock ade, guarded by armed sentries and en closed by hiGh fence along which charged electric wires were run.
 In his opinion. Justice Gerard char acterized the article as a gross and vicious libel. the writers and publishers <or which should be brought to trail but finds that no evidence exists to show that Messrs Carvalho, Merrill and Clark had anything whatever to do with its writing or publication. The decision affirms the principle that the nfacerr of a corporation. which pub fishes newspaper are>x not liable to criminal prosecution for lfbsIs printed In the newspaper simply because of the fact that they are such officers arls without any further proof to connect them with the management of inc newspaper.
 When corporation has published n libel" says Justice Gerard in his decision "every person who at the time of the publication is in any way engaged in the actual managemenf of the corporation, Is subject to prosecu- ton. But. some proof Of actusf n,ans ! cement must be made to hold anr nor. aon for trials'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13

and ball sssrinSk an1 they ere ma1s sue3sct te the sety of ls per cent q
 Ssdactisns hsvs san na1s Ia the rates on anvffs. b1a>eksp3lthe hammef1 and siedGes. boikA castihGs of maIlea- ble Iron. sWorda and 6tde arma cal na1s. cut spikss, nuts and washsfs and The DisEiSy rates on vonsn's and chiidrsn's glover. which were material ly inereas6d by fhs Houss lave been d with duty that Is q 50 lower than the oriGtnai ratss in the Payne bill.
 While practically no chenge hal been made tn tho hi6s or leather scheA' u1ees coEncodn6 rafeo are provided foi p4tent loAfhor anA chamoia skins arl 'speelncelly msntiened with . dutv ci 14 pr &51At a va1or91&.
 1hs sspfevise Of tho TAyne Ril1 per. mitttng the free entky q agf1enitura' imD1en ents' s.der eee9in conditions ssni1s snssr 'sss s(Vlc-isursi sehsd.
 ss ssass. ssnmsstss -us.sas pat' en 4s ebengss tn ths weef scheduie' f0t> >W1Deh<t tf wes reopsnslb1e at the tfme the U1n6ley bllI wee undsf oonctdern- tlon 1u cchgrees. M Mtreutoxss the pro- vietons of chat law. strtking out ail the ehsnGse n3ade by the House Ways snd Mesps Committee. These Include the rednctionf of the rates 0h low pffoe1 wool of the third cless nnd ths incrsass of the rates on tbe higher grads wool for the third class. or car pct wool N s s7sss
 It rsstcrss the Dineley rsfss tt trs wa9te and ehoddy. which wnro r61ce< s cents perepound by the H<uosl n strikes out the sDsolaI t1ovfalQn fcz tops. leaving them sub5eet 10 the tuf5 provided for manufAc<urefs ox wool mol specially provided for.
 In the chemical schedules there ara numerous important changes. Tis< Pa$n& rates have been restored to vsfnishes and on coal tar dyes and
 Duty en Daryses.
 The Southern States will be interest cd in the reelection of the duty on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE.
Matters Affecting Interest of Orxa
 ised Labor to Be ninrunnet.

Matters Affecting Interest of Organ
 ised Labor to Be Discussed.
 Va shington, April 12.--Presidemt Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. has arranged for an Import ant labor conference at the White House next Friday afternoon, when matters affecting the interests of or- ganized labor will be discussed be- tween President Taft and the msm- bers of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor which today began its sessione here.
 Tn the absence of Vice. Presidents Duncan. Alpine. Morris. Hayes and Bal. lentine. who are expected tomorrow. the consideration of the report of President Gompers and Secretary Mor- rison was deferred by the Council un- til that time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
BLACK HAND MURDER
CHICAGO GROCER SHOT DOWN ON
 sKDEWALIx.
He Was Locking Up His Store for the Night, and Had Baby fn
 Ills Arms--Murderer CAuwbA

Chicago. April 12.--Another murder of q peculiarly desperate character, at tributed by the police to the "Biack Hand" Society, occurred here tonight.
 Joseph Fillipolli. a grocer was shot in front of his store by an Italian who was caught and iasnttfied later as hav- ing left a letter demanding $l,0O0 of a saloon keeper in the neighborhood about week ago.
 Ffllipolli was locking his store for the night and had his baby in his arms and his wife by his side when he was attacked. The child-- was thro to the ground and shot was fired into the grocer's abdomen. Ne died few hours later In hospital FilIIpoIlrs who owns a part in- terest in the grocery. received a Iet- ter demanding money a few months ago. He failed to pay the money and was shot at from ambush.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-13
Tampa Mystery Not c1earea

Tampa. Fla. April 12.--The author ities have secured no clew to the iden- tity of the men who assassinated e. Ficaretta. wholesale grocer here Saturday evening. Two empty shot guns. left by the murderers are in the hands of the officers but unidentified. When shot Ficaretta was accompanied by two little children. who miracu- lously escaped the storm of buckshot which tore their fathers body nearly to pieces.