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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
WHO Is rsan l.rAns

The Advertiser has no disposition to bring over from the late campaign any of It's animosities, but one or two of these newspaper attacks were so bitter and vicious that we owe 1t to The Advertisers good name to show the answer to these attacks. as these answers were written in the election returns.
 The Anniston Star. which in the ex- citement of the campaign lost its head, published in its issue of November 1s. this paragraph.
 After reading the things published by The Age Herald and The Advertise ditions in Calhoun county. no inteili- gent and fair-minded citizen of the county, amendist or ant-amendist. will believe anything seen in these paign. As newspaper campaign liars The Advertiser and The Age-Herald are the limit.
 The violation of cardinal rule of newspaper decency in the last sen- tence is inexcusable. even in the fren- zy of political zeal.
 The article upon which The Star based it's vicious attack. stated that Calhoun county would go against the amendment and that by 200 majority. In Mondays election Calhoun county voted against the amendment and ap- proximately by the majority predict ed. 200. If any lying was done about Calhoun county neither The Adver- tiser nor The Age-Heraid did it. The Star in the campaign was either will fully blinded of conditions that exist ed under its very nose. or it wilfully misrepresented those conditions to deceive it's readers.
 Just one more instance of the news paper folly of the campaign and we are through with an unpleasant sub ject. Some days before the election. The Dothan Eagle permitted itself to be guilty of the following piece of folly:
 Then. you faint-hearted folks. don't forget the mainstay we have had on gomery Advertiser. After all. when its over with. and the victory is pro- nounced. the amendment people will have to thank that paper for it's mo- ble aid in the campaign more than any one agency.
 
 It would be interesting to know If The Eagle and It's political allies are still grateful to The Advertiser for it's aid after ''the victory is pronounced" It is not invidious to consider at this time The Advertiser, not as a paper of Statewide importance. but only as a local paper. In Montgomery county where The Advertiser is pub- iished and where it made an active and energetic fight against the majority of over 1.70O was rolled up against the amendment In Houston county where The Eagle Is published and where it made an ac- tive and vigorous fight in support of the amendment a majority of over 800 was piled up against the amendment.
 The verdict as fixing the value of The Advertisers aid has been return ed. The Eagle and its allies who con- sidered the opposition of The Adver7. tiser valuable to the cause they sup ported are welcome to all the com fort they find in the verdict.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03

s1t fs rsaussted that all communications up on official matters forwarded to the Depart
 nent of State should be addressed to fne Honorable. the Secretary of state" Brock ton men. being versed m etiquette as in all other matters, should not need such an ad-
 monition The rest of us, however, misnt De dfsposed to Inquire -'Wnyy The Consti- tution of tns Cniteu States gives to the sec rs tary of Stnte superior no other titie than that of the President. That would seem to De title enough, ana as the servant IS not usually supposed to be above his master. no reason .s apparent by cabinet officer should be alsy more overloaded with titles. |.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
The EqullIbrIum in Alabama,

AtIdnta COnStltutiOH.
 Following the enactment by legis- lature, elected upon a local option platform. of the most drastic prohtbi- tion law ever put upon any com munity. the people of Alabama have rejected by the startling majority of some 23.000. an amendment to the states constitution which sought to make prohibition, absolute part and parcel of the Fundamental law. It Is not necessary to search far for the moral of this important and interest ing action. A rubber ball thrown against a wall with sufficient force will bound back. not only to the point from which 1t Is thrown, but far be- yond. The old physical axiom finds It's counterpart in the laws governing business politics, religion, in fact In every sphere and atmosphere of life action is equivalent to reaction and in the opposite direction" In the triumphs of unreasoning fanaticism are the germs of It's own defeat and often, destruction. Extremists In Ala bama taking advantage of oppor- tunity which threw power in their way. cast conservatism to the winds. and. to put 1t mildly. went wiTd.
 The tremendous victory of the op- position to the prohibition amendment to the constitution Is significant of a public sentiment not opposed alto gether to a reasonable prohibition law, but to extreme radlcalism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03

Tall girls are all the go now" says The Charleston News and Courier, but we haven't noticed that the tall ones "go" any more than the short ones. And then. If 1t becomes the style for girls to be tall what is to be done with the short ones-try the Procras- tian method and stretch 'em?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
A BooIneFang.

Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
 The result in Aiabama's election Monday cannot be construed to mean that the majority of the people of that State are in favor of a return to the sale of liquor. neither can 1t be construed to mean that a majority op- poses prohibition In It's present form. It was not, a question of prohibition ana anti-prhbition thot the people de- cided. but merely question of wheth- CT or not they would make prohibi- tion, in It's most drastic form, part of their Constitution. They decided by their vote that they would not.
 While this was the real issue there is no doubt that the Fuller prohibi- tion law, which had been enacted by the Legislature. and which is one of the most drastic laws of the kind in any State In the Union, is. in large measure. responsible for the result. The prohibitionists had already secur- ed the enactment of this law, and the people as a whole did not see the ne- cessity of going to further extremes, and they refused to do so. The pro- posed amendment therefore acted as boomerang to the prohibitionists. They were not content to let well enough alone, and the majority of the people have. by a very decisive vote, told them that they must do so; that they will not submit to further re- striction and abridgement of their personal rights and privileges,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
Why Meat is Dear. .

NEW ahQT& 4NOTiQ- < Tss cs iistss i asn!'iss sIls sssE ssissE of bond issue of s30.000, ,000 on the dustry to be even more profitable than had popularly been supposed. The company by it's own showing made a gross profit of s10.5h2.000 for the year on 8 capital stock of $20.000,000 and earned a surplus of s7,127,sss or the equivalent of dividend of 35.6 per cent.
 Here is something more than the po- tentiality of wealth eeyond the dreams of avarice. It is Navarice itself in the manufacture and sale ofsa necessity of life. Armour & Go. by their own ad- mission have justified, the charges of extortion' brought against the Beef Trust.
 In the light of this enormous profit the explanation of the high price of meat recently made by the chairman of the packers committee requires modification. That explanation was in effect that the packer being obliged to pay a higher price for live sock, pass ed on the additional cost to the deal CT, who in turn shifted 1t to the con- sumer. This, however. is not the whole story of the rise of rAess beef from $S.S5 barrel in 1906 to S13.20 in 1908. For its full understanding there must be taken into account the millions in surplus profits reserved by the packers to convince Wall street Of the safe and lucrative nature of their business.
 It is the necessity the consumer is under of paying 35 ter cent. profit and guaranteeing bond Issues that makes meat dear. d
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03

"After the saloon--what?" asks a late writer. We'll as a general prop osltion we should judge that the man who wants drink is after the sa- loon."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03

There's a boarding house in St Louis kept by a woman named Mrs. Noah. and 1t Is hinted that some of the fowls she gives Ter boarders came out of the ark with her. That's go- ing back quite a long way for food.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03

Noting that pr. Cook has gone to Europe. Or Is going. causes contem- porary to express the wish that Peary would do likewise. Just so. but not together.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
Not q Good "ParnmOunt.o Iyo,.l- E.,anin,, pa4f

New YOrk EVeninR Fost.
 The defeat of the proposed prohibit ton amendment in Alabama, known as the Conner amendment. is impor- tnnt as the first serious setback sus- tained by the anti-saloon wave which has swept over the South in the past few years The maJorits against It Is decisive, being reported as more than 20, 600 in a total vote of about 100. 900. Conner, and the political future of Judge weakIey, whom he had fixed upon as his successor. were staked on tke issue, and the contest was in- tense. The result Is one more Illus tration of the fact that sudden changes in Fundamental matters are seldom so and that 1t is wise to allow time for the setting in of a reaction before con- ciudinG that the change is permanent, A special interest attaches to the out come in connection with the reported intention of Mir. Bryan to declare for prohibition as paramount" Issue, First rate paramounts are rare birds, and the Nebraska gentleman will have to wait e long time before. he can catch another as lively as the silver paramount was under the peculiar conditions of 1896.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
Putting on Airs.

New Bedford Standard.
 Ryockton man has recently wrote to the state Department at Washington He addressed tho letter to The Secretary Of State. Washington. D. C." When he received his reply inclosed was a slip. which read:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
ALabama Election Was on
 EUenf Of National lnferest

alone. We hope t will serve as . lesson and warning to leaders of the prohibition forces fn Mississippi and that they .will make no further effort to agitate the question of constitu- uonal prohibition in this state.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03

Well. the fight Is over and we still have a safe and sane Constitution. for which let us return thanks,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
4 Dsstinct Rebuke.

Nashville American. , The proposed prohibition amend ment to the Constitution, passed at the extra session of the Alabama Leg isiature last summer and submitted 10 the people for approval or relection, has been emphatfcally repudiated Dy even a larger majority than the op- position leaders anticipated.
 1t was the first time in the history of the State that the prohibition -ques- ton has been submitted to the eiec- torate, the last Legislature. elected on a local option platform. having de- ceived the people by passing the FIJI Ter State- and other drastic anti- liquor bills. The result Is a distinct rebuke of the men who betrayed their constituents on this question.
 But the result also signifies that the people of Alabama have at ieast become tired of comerism. IL signi- fies a return of that safe and sane sen ti,nent which builds States and makes for progress and prosperity. IT IS ray of sunshine In the sky which has been clouded ever since Governor Co mer came into sofficial position as a member of the State Railroad Com mission. The defeat of Conner marks. undoubtedly, the declfsre' of Conner. and all 'tiyAt siementatof1 politicians who have been leaning upon him. tnclud- ing icAHdtd tdates, ,fpri Gog gernors Sen sress and lower offices @
 The result yesterday means the states redemption, not necessarily from prohibition, but from Comerism. and that Is Victory of no little sig nificance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
A Bad Minture.

NeW OfIean8 State.
 We think that two concfusions might be safely drawn from the re- suit of the Alabama election. One is. that personal politics and economic the other is. that the principle of iocal option furnishes the most suceessfui method which has yet been devised for dealing effectively with the liquor question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
Preduction of Radium. .xxl Il

Thirteen grains of radium chloride have been produced at the Imperial Austrain radium factory located at St Joachimsthai. It Is estimated that this mineral has value of $45.0o0 to she.000 a grain. or more than half a million dollars for the entire amount. Pure metallic radium is never sen, but Is always In combination. The brom- ide or chloride is extracted from pitch blende by repeated reduction. This ed out silver mine near St. Joachim sthal village in the Erzfiebirge. about twelve miles northwest of Carlsbad. Before the Thirty Years War the mine was operated by various owners but was abandoned when the vein perty cafe into the possession of the Australian Government and the pitch- blende has been mined during the last fifty years for the uranium. which Is Its principle mass. or about 50 to 90 per cent. or the whole. This Is used in the manufacture of decorated glass and porcelain. Its yellow oxides are employed by glass manufacturers to give a delicate greenish- yellow tint to glass, and the black oxides are ing. The coiors are exported exten- sIveiy and sell on the average for SIP pound.
 At present about 100 men are en- Sa8eu In making tne pitcnDlenue, which is found in small seams. They work In the mine eight hours a day. and the rest of the time cultivate small In the neighborhood. As the mine and radium factory have never paid the Government any dividends. they are operated largely for expert mental purposes and partially to give employment to these extremely poor people. The annual output of the mine is about 400 cwt. of pltchblende. equal to nearly 100 cwt, of uranium ore. It requires approximately ten tons of pitchblende 10 yield one gram of radium bromide. which is contain ed in the residue after the uranium is extracted. In the process 5000 kilos t11,0eo) pounds of chemicals and 10000 pounds of water are em- ployed.
 In order to obtain the radlum bro- mide more than thousand crystali- zations and reductions have been made at the factory. These require from a few hours to several days each. growing more difficuit the nearer the to the radium chloride.
 The general mine work is in charge of Joseph Step. and the factory. In which the huge smelter of the old silver mine is till standing, is under the direction of Engineer Marchek. The thirteen grams of radium chloride have been sent to Vienna. where ex- haustive experiments are being made to determine It's practical value.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03

Where Thanks Are Due. New Orleans Times-Democrat
 The prohibitionists have to thank their overzeal and the fanaticism of their leaders for the crushing defesf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
The sIlstaILe rhey Made.

Hattiesburg News.
 It was a mistake the temperance people made in not letting well-enough
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
REGARDED AS REBUKE TO ALL
 RADICALISM.
Press Comments Show How C1osely Events fn Alabama Campaign Were watched and How the state as
 Held to Have Rehnb1litut-

New Orleans Times Democrat
 The lesson of Mondays baliotfng in
 Alabama Is toierably plain. The pro-
 hibitionists have to thank their own
 overxeai and the fanaticism of their
 leaders for the crushing defeat which
 closes succession of victories. The
 very extremes to which they sought
 to carry their program resulted in its
 shows that thousands who stood for
 prohibition not many months ago must
 have revolted against the drastic pro-
 visions which the extremists sought to
 force into the organic law. Time and
 gone to seed" when carried to excess. The tyranny of reformers who have cast restraint and moderation to the
 winds Is almost as obnoxious as the tyranny of the lawless permitted to follow their own bent. The Alabama prohibitionists undertook, in a word. to outherod Herod, to 'clinch" their program by enactments more drastic to place upon the liberty of the citi- zens restrictions denounced In many quarters as intolerabie. The reaction which followed this rush to extremes Is seen. therefore. to be the ,,1st naturai ,sa
 We shah see, little later. Shether the liquor forces In the state nave profited by their own bitter experi. tHEcb. tH6y ItlAhC tnC iihcN1hc VA attempting to ride the reaction to the oppose extreme. the present victory will very likely be changed to defeat The decisive majority against consti- tutional prohibition is not to be taken as triumph for saloon fawlessness It is rather the triumph of modera- tion. Thousands who voted against the prohibition extremists will as quickly vote against saloon extrem- fists. The dive keeper may not safely the result as q statewide desire for a return of the days of wide-open iawlessness. It was the defiance of law and of common de- ceney of proprietors of dives and low saloons that precipttated the pro- hibitlon issue over the South and has won the impressive prohibition vic- tories. Wherever the issue has been carried to success. that success has been won by the votes of citizens who chose prohibition rather as the lesser of two evils than as sound and ideaI iegislation. The public temper has been unmistakably shown not only in Alabama, but in the other Southern states. Any renewed attempt on the part of the dive keepers to brave 1t. or to outrage public feeling by further excesses will plunge them into new and graver perils. And this counsel may well be taken to heart by me liator element everywhere.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-30
CARTSENS co.
ExONERATeD

The Carstens Packing company
of Tacoma has been exonerated by
dismissal of the prosecution
brought against 1t for the alleged
killing and offering for sale of
diseased meat.
The facts, as brought out in the
case at North Yakima, seemed to
show that an employee named
Brest who was buying cattle for
the Carstens. had betrayed his
trust and bought two steers az
fiicted with lumpy jaw and paid
SIS each for them, shipping them
with lot of good cattle to la
coma. ~ -
When the case was called, the
Carstens company tried to get the
prosecution to arrest Brest but
this was delayed until he skipped
out of the state. The evidence
did not indicate the company had
knowingly committed any crime,
however, and the case was drop
ped.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-30
SON OF COsGR0v[
JOINS FUNERAL
PARTY

PORTLAND, Ore, March 30
Howard @. Cosgrove, son of the
late governor of Washin gton, left
Portland at 1880 o'clock this
morning for Grants Pass, Ore,
where he will join the funeral
party, which is accompanying the
body of Samuel G. Cosgrove from
Paso Robles, CAL, to Olympia,
WASH, where funeral services will
be held tomorrow.
Mr.. Cosgrove Is accompanied
by his sister, Mrs. r. J. Kinnear.
The funeral party will reach Port
land about 11:15 tonight and
thirty minutes later will leave in
special cars attached to the regu-
lar Northern Pacific train. II
there are no delays, Olympic will
be reached at 6 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-30
SPIKE
IN NEW
ROAD
Milwaukee Line to Coast
Complete No Cero-
mony Marks Closing
Of Gap.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
MISSOULA, Mont, March 30.--
The last spike in the 2,486 miles
o. new railway laid by the Mil
Wnukee railway to Tacoma from
Chicago, was driven yesterday a
mile and q quarter from this city,
ana the track laying was finished.
The road was completed before
The time expected, as the work
ing crews had been given until
April 3.
q All that Is necessary now to run
trains from Chicago to Tacoma
= to finish up a couple of bridges
along the way and get the track
bAl1asted. This work will be pros
ecuted with vigor. In so days the
track Is expected to be in good
shape and some trains may be run
Through by the operating depart
ment In that time.
There was no golden spike cere-
mony in the final spike driving
yesterday. The last spike was just
like every other one in the road
Ind was put there for business,
~ the hard blows OF stury
spike driven.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-30
CURES ECZEMA QUICKLY
New Drug, POslam, Now Obtaina.
BILE in Small Quantities.

Since its discovery one year ago
the new drug, poslam, has success
fully cured thousands of chronic
cases of eczema and other dis
tressing skin affections. Hereto
fore poslam has been dispensed
solely for the benefit of eczema
patients in large jars sufficient for
la months treatment. This was
found to be an inconvenience to
many thousands who use 1t for
minor skin troubles, such as pim-
pies, blackheads, herpes, acne,
scaly scalp, complexion, blemishes,
itching feet, piles, etc., which re-
quire but small quantity to cure.
To overcome this, and in response
to urgent appeals, the dispensers
of poslam have been Obliged to
adopt, in addition to the regular
two-dollar package, a special fifty
cent size, which in future may be
found on sale at Victor H. NAL
strom and Ryner F. Malstrom
and other leading drug stores in
Tacoma, or may be ordered direct
from the Emergency Laboratories.
No. 80, West 25th street, New
York city. In all eczema cases
poslam stops itching with first ap-
plication, and proceeds to heal i'm
mediately; chronic cases being
cured In two weeks. In less seri-
Gus skin troubles, resultsare seen
after an overnight application.
Samples for experimental pur-
poses may still be had. free of
charge, by writing to the labora-
tories for them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-30
QUAKE E $II$E? ;I RIEFN|G'

SAN FRANCISCO. March 3d.
After experiencing q heavy sub
marine earthquake on March IA,
the Pacific Mail liner Manchuria
Is In port today no worse for the
tremblor beneath the waves.
The shock occurred during the
night when the vessel was 172
miles eastward Of Yokohama.
Those who were awake at the time
experienced shining sensation
and then teh ship hit the encom-
ing waves with a heavy crash
many of the passen gers
from their berths.
There was small panic follow
ing the shock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-30
CHURCH HAS ia
new MEMBERS

The First Christian church re-
vival still continues and, with
last nights accessions, 1874 new
members have been added to the
church rolls. !
Evangelist Grim will deliver
one of his strongest addresses to-
night on "The Day of Visitation
and Jerusaleums DOOM" The
music, under the direction of Prof.
jSaxton, will receive special atten-
ton tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-30
ALLEGED 'B00rlEaaER''
ESCtPES;lS ARRESTED

After being re-arrested and held
at the city jail to face a charge
of "bootlegging." w. A. Bell made
a dash for liberty from the jail
yesterday afternoon and was last
seen departing on an Interurban
train for Seattle. He forfeited
$50 bail. Later he was re-arrest-
ed, so that his evidence could be
used In suit against the drug
dealer, who is alleged to have
furnished him the liquor he was
selling when arrested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-30
COMMANDERS Of
NTEERS
here

Col. Walter Duncan and wife,
of San Francisco, commanders on
the Pacific coast of the Volun1
teers of America, will be In Taco
ma today and tomorrow. oversee
ing the work being accomplished
by the local organization. Col.
Duncan will deliver an address al
Is o'clock this evening at the First
Congregational church, Division
av. and sts., and tomorrow even
ing he will make talk in the Vol
|unteer hall, 1901 Pacific av. II
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-30
new CIRCULAR TO
ADVERTISE
TACOMA

you'll like Tacoma for you'll
get square deal there" Is the
inscription that impresses the
reader in a new advertising cir
cular issued by Lachlen Macleay
for the county commissioners in
the A.-Y.-P. campaign. The cir
cular has a neat typographical
view of Puget Sound and vicinity,
showing Tacoma looming large in
the foreground with Seattle and
exposition ground all shown.