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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
TO USE PROBE ROOSEVELT. May Turn Tables on
 President. INVESTIGATE APPOINTMENTS Row With Congress May Defeat
 HundIey. Lawssakers Resent Aspersions Cast at Them from Waite House and
 warm Developments are
 Expected.
BY ALFRED J. sTOFER.

 Washington, Jan. 9.--(Speeial.)-- )--Un- less there Is cooling down of tenn pers the coming week will bring forth some interesting developments.
 Most Senators and Republicans are beginning to think that the time has arrived for Congress to plainly assert It's rights and not let President Roose- vent take the entire Government upon his shoulders. Not alone the message he has already sent in to provoke the lawmakers, but rumors are cur rent that the occupant of the White House has his agents busily engaged Tn collecting fresh information for the springing of new sensations. The. Congressmen realize. from the conversations heard on all sides that if they do not resent vigorously the the Legislative body that Mir. Roose- welt will grow much bo1der as hls term draws to close.
 within a few days many SenatoRs, especially have remarked that they have been too willing to confirm the Roosevelt nominations without to much as questioning their records and fit- nesss
 May Investigate Roosevelt.
 The Star this afternon prints quite pointed article, which includes an interview with Senator Depew, In which the New Yorker charges that the President has made several nomina- tions for his State of great import ance, and the selections of the Presi- dent are so unsatisfactory that Sena- tors feel amply justified in holding them up.
 It is intimated in this article that in order to watch the White House the Senate may go Into the detective busi- ness itself to discover whether or not there are any flaws in the Roosevelt apppintees.
 senator Depew mentioned specifically. just arter leaving the Presidents oi- ice today. that the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees would in future more carefully investigate ev- eF nomination referred thersso with view tO asceftasnipg accurately the ftness and character of the men ap-
 's AbDSlkasaeAeA ek Ifhndley.
 It is significant in this connection that The Star published today the fol- lowing paragraph:
 the matter of judiciary appointments, the Senate Committee on Judiciary ex- pected to be careful in the future. He instanced the case of Judge Huhdley of Alabama, whose nomination has been pending in the committee for nearly two years.
 The Star is a rampant Republican newspaper. Mir. Depew Is Republi- can member of the Senate Judiciary Committed, and it is pretty well-known here that he has had serious obJec- tions all along to the HundIey noni- nation, although he acquiesced in order to report 1t to the Senate.
 Most of the Alabama lawyers who came on to oppose the Hundley coRr firmation have started for their homes again. They are all reasonably cer- tain that their work has been success fuI. They are understood to have practically received assurances from headquarters that no action will be taken this session.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
TENNESSEE AROUSED.
Delegations Going to Nashville AwaInma
 Prohibition.

Nashville. Tenn. Jan. s.--Indications point to the presence in Nashville Mon day of a large crowd of politicians and others from Chattanooga and Memphis as well as many from other portions of the State.
 The bill prohibiting the sale of liquol in Tennessee will be considered by the Senate Liquor Traffic Committee Mon- day night in the hall of the House of Representatives and. according to agreement the debate on the final con- sideration of the bill for passage will take place in the Senate Tuesday morn ing.
 Nashville. Chattanooga and Memphis will have strong delegations which win desire to be heard before the commit tee Monday. The local optionists will be here. 1t is stated. in great force, and 1t Is expected. too that there will be a large number of State widers on hand.
 Some predict that one of the largest crowds ever seen in Nashville will be here Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
FIGHT HAS BEGUN TO
 SAVE "DRY" THROATS

the bill. The amendment provides that the words "on or after July 1, leos," should be eliminated. The section con- taining these words, "on or after July l, 1905" was not entered on the jour nal. declares the complainant, and hence the amendment means nothing. Several othr instances were drawn to Illustrate the total lack of compliance with the constitutional provision.
 Emphasizing the importance of Sec ton s4, the Speaker referred to the stitutlon of 1901 for Section s2 of the constitution of 1875, in which latter section. the words lat length" did not appear. This was taken to indicate that the constitution makers desired the provisions to be obeyed to the let- ter. v
 Mir. Well also made an attack on Section 12 of the act itself. which he claimed was passed by doubtfuIs pro- cedure. IT.. . tsP
 It was alleged that when this sec ton was passed, two provisions were recommended by the Committee of the House. leaving 1t to the wishes of that body as to which it would incorporate and that failing to make choice the bill was passed. including an aAterna- tive.
 The speaker also urged that Section 45 of the constitution was violated In that the provision requiring sections of the bill to be numbered was not complied with. It was also contendsd that the act is void because the amend ments thereto were never voted on sep- arately in the two Houses. as Is re- quired by the constitution.
 It was evident that the complainant relied more seriously on the attack on Section II of the act. MT. Well argued that this section rendered the whole act null and void because it attempted the impossible, which was to make the gen. eral prohibition law operative in, sec-i tions of the State where special acts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
REITERATEs HER CHARGES.
Miss Barnard Testlhes of Inhuman
 Treatment to COnVIcts.


 Treatment to COnVIctE.
 Leavenworth. Kan, Jan. 9-In the prison investigation at Lansing today, Miss Kate Barnard Oklahoma, Super Intendent of Prison Reforms was re- called and reiterated her charge of graft and inhuman treatment in the prison affairs.
 Senator Reed. who acted as attorney for Warden Haskell, asked Miss Bar nard where she had made out and au- thorized the publication of the statement in which she makes charges that coal from prison mines was appropriated by the prison officials, and that fresh meat intended for the prisoners. did not reach them.
 Miss Barnard told the commission that she could provide witnesses who have testified to her that coal has been misappropriated and that prison hogs had no hams.
 Miss Barnard was then dismissed from the stand. The investigation so far as the Kansas commission is con cerned. was ended this afternoon. when the Kansans left for Topeka.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
TO ERECT PLANT. National AntI-SalOOn League G0Eng Into Printing Business.

tionaI Headquarters Committee of the Saloon League of America. at R meeting in this city today. decided to erect a printing and publishing plant, involving an investment of approxl.. mately S1O0,00O near Columbus, O.. to be known as Lincoln Temperance" memo- rial as headquarters for the league oa "The American Issue"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
nler of HydrophohIa.

Birmingham. Jan. 9.-Ger.le Mar comb, the eleven year old daughter of MT. and Mrs W. M. Marcomb. of Pratt City. died tonight of what the physicians pronounce remarkable case of hydrophobia. The child died not Knowing how she became infected and attended school as usual Wednes- day. She died in terrible agony
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
BIG SUIT FILED.
The City of St. Louis saes Local Trel-
 ley Conspnnien.

St. Louis Jan 9.-Suit for nearly s1,00o,00o was filed against the local street car companies on behalf of the city of St Louis today. The claim is based on the non-payment of tax of 1-nlilI a passenger The united Railways Companies and St. Louis Transit Company are defendants in the suit for s147.e2I. A second suit for s775,63s Is directed against the former company only.
 The sum sued for is the aggregate of the tax ofe one mill for every paid passenger carried by the different lines since March 25, 1908, when the munici- pal Assembly approved the tax ordi- nance. The city claims 923.2ss.4 4e0 passengers have paid fares on the lines since thar time. The companies have steadfsstly declIned to pay the tax, and the case has already been before the Supreme Court of the United States on an injunction which the companies secured against the city. The high court dissolved this injunction which restrained the city from collecting rhs tax.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
wm Pnr.ue Secret Service.

Washington, Jan. 9-That the House of Representatives does not intend to stop with It's action of. yesterday In re- buking the President in connection with hls strictures regarding the secret service, was evidenced today when at the instance of Mir. Tawney, of Minne- sota, and without a dissenting vote, it adopted 8 sweeping resolution of in- quiry into the amount of moneys appro- priated for the present fiscal year for detecting frauds and the efforts made to bring to trial offenders against the law.
 The resolution called for the appoint ment of a committee of five members to conduct the investigation, and 1t was authorized to employ stenographers and clerks, to send for resolutions and pas pers and administer oaths. The sum
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
ON LONELY TRAMP.
Adventurous Young AuthOress Co Jour-
 ney Through Africa.

London. Jan. 9.-Mlss Charlotte Mansfield, an adventurous young au- thoress. sailed for Cape Town today with the intention of starting on a lonely tramp of 1000 miles toward Cairo.
 The first 2.000 miles of the Journey will be through the wilds of Central Africa. Miss Mansfield's only escort will be thirty native carriers. At Nairobi she expects to meet President Roosevelt.
 Miss Mansfield is an athletic young woman and although she has never been in Africa. the journey. she said, has no terrors for her. She has tramp ed alone in several of the out-of- -the- way districts of Europe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
Castro Out os Danwer.

Berlin. Jan. s.-Cipriano Castro. the former President of Venezuela, who was operated on January continues to make favorable progress towards recovery. Dr. Israel, the operating surgeon. regards Senor Castro as prac- tically beyond danger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
PANIC IN THEATRE.
Four Person. Seriously Injured and
 AEnnr, NInnnA

Coilinsville. Ill. Jan. 9.-FOur per sons were seriously injured and a number were. hurt in a panic which succeeded an explosion in a nickel ode- um here tonight.
 Many of the injuries were caused when Paul Kgiosky, operator of the moving picture machine, leaped from his coop ip the front of the building, alighting upon the heads of the fleeing patrons of the place and bearing say eral of them to the ground.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
WEATHER FORECAST.

Washington, Jan. 0,-FOr Alabama Partly cloudy sunday md MOndayJ warmer Sunday fresh .sOutb winds, becoming variable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10

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New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

blood-the best gilt the fairies make to anyone
You shall have more than paid service, | prom
ised YOU and the Princess If believe that you
are true to me
4 am true He held out his hand with look
that would have charmed a serpent, or dear old
Saint Patrick Believe me ~
4 believe youl" | declared with look OF faith
that might also have charmed a snake or a SAINT;
but III my heart did not believe for moment that
he had told me all
NEVER did believe that he had told me the whole
truth but during the next week found that he
had told me great deal Of 1t He put me IN the
wav Of verifying his statements from people who
were dsiuterested and beyond suspicion; and moi
,ientaIv they spoke highly OF Alexis Rustoh. He
arranged that | should be invited to several tunc
tons at which the Princess present, and that
should be introduced TO her by Of the ladies OF
her suite. She very gracious, and spoke to me
for quite three minutes SO ! had every opportun-
Ity OF studying her / found no difficulty IN imltat-
ing her manner | supposed myself a Princess, and
the manner came naturally decided AT once upon
the skin coloring and the style of doing my halr
Rustoif taught the few words OF Russian that she
sprinkcd in her English ! had learned my part III
a couple OF days. During the rest of the week
was not studying the Princess but the people round
her and especially Rustotf Finding no real grounds
for mistrusting them told him that was ready.
The next day received the ten thousand pounds
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR APRIL Is, 1909

in notes The bank declared them good, and l
agreed TO represent the Princess the next evening.
! gave Rustof a rehearsal He was delighted. and
declared that failure impossible, and that l was
the greatest actress of any time thought 50 too.
and was IN a state OF excited and amused satisfaction
all that evening.
The next morning the reaction came | woke
depressed and frightened, horribly frightened l
had never felt afraid before during my twenty-three
reckless years 1t struck me very forcIby that ten
thousand pounds was a large sum and must core
spond to a large risk, and IN my heart | mIstrusted
Rustotf had always mstrusted HIM wanted
advice and help very badly
7 REVIEWED all the people knew III town, but
Il the reliable people were not bold and clever
enough and the clever ones were either nervous or
quite unreliable | could not honOrably tell the
police, and besides | could not keep the money II !
did not carry out my part OF the bargain honestly
fidgeted and fused all the morning, till worried
the life nearly out Of my old Irish nurse who lived
with me and mothered She called me pet
names in the dear old Irish and Coaxed me to tell
her the trouble
Sure an 1t s man, she declared; an who IS
he, my pet lamb
trouble Bridget
She shook her head and smiled knowingly. Sure
an you're shy she said " Hide your face an
old Bridget will whisper Ivydale!
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

OH" I laughed The nice. ugly mani And
the blood Of the Burzes IN him oh, Bridget
Don't deceive your old nurse. da-.-n, she
coaxed You might eat the Burke IN nm an
never break holy fast An yourself called him
real man Faith. an YOU did
80 Faith and meant It :" | erred y real man ne
IS saving the quarter Burke But I've only spoken
% hIm twice Bridgy dear
His cousin Lady Stanton. went IN for theatrical
people and had met him there He had talked %
me good deal for such grave and import mt young
man He was Under Secretary at the Foreign
Once So ne would know all about the c7mphca-
tions concerning the Princess
I've spoken to him only twice. repeated
slowly talking 10 myself rather than 60 Bridget.
All Go on wid We naughty child she cred
There was never Carew but fell IN love III sight.
an never a one but got her wav with a man. IN
never one prettleT than Your cv-~elr. DARN.
Well. III see II | can get my way with NY usF
man cried. CappIng my hands and 0.r Bridget
smiled and blInked and nodded
went to the Foreign Office after luu.l and saw
INN Il want Your advice my Lord. sart 10 once
Please do not mISludCe me for coming r1 YOU upon
such a short acquaintance / am my real name IS
Molly Carew from Carew Castle, twelve mics iroA
Your own place The Carews remain gem --e-oLN even
On the variety stage please God
'' / am sure of that. Miss taTe~. he I'D IL
deed never doubted 1t OF Miss Burse ie-ocsed
Ccs.es<- l-Es -
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
By James Montgomery Flagg
Drawings by the Author

to the criticisms now stepped forward and, intro
ducng himself the painter of these pictures gener-
ousIv gave five minutes OF his valuable time to show
ing the man that he who presumed to criticize
was not an artist, his opinion was worth about one
nutilated Canadian dime, and concluded with the
point that unless a person had temperament, special
talents. and an artistic education, combined with
the ability to produce works of art he had right
To express an opinion the subject The painter
granted him the right to hold views If SAID views
were kept to himself
The man passed his hand twice under his chm, and
even through his glove perceived that he needed
shave; so went to the barber
A 5 the barber tired to shave him at the
time he was rubbering at their new manicure
girl he ncked off two three pieces of the mans
face.
On being told that he a blank of a barber the
BARRIERS cSp prit dc corps ldtOSIe de meter
thing urged him to resent the remark And wrap
ping the hot towel about the man S face leaving
nothing visible but the nose he spoke substantially
as follows. He the man, not being a barber could
hold opinion on the art that any skilled Knight
of the Bay Rum would care to listen to.
While this was going on his boots were being pol
ished by the small but persistent Italian boy who
blacks boots and afterward tries to pull your coat
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

The chamber1naid independently as was her Gus
tom, resented his criticism and told hlm that ne
could know nothing whatever about bed making as
he had never done any and therefore was not III a
position nudge The man reasonably 1abbeT-
gasted and said, II MI
At breakfast he didn't cotton 20 the mullins little
bit and sent for the cook. He kindly explained TO
her when she appeared how rotten he considered her
cooking Like the Chambermaid she took umbTage
Whatever that is-and told him that as he had
never cooked studied the art he COuldn possibly
expect his opinion be taken other than lightly
on anything connected with the subject He was
speeChless with the exception OF the single remark,
"Hm!"
Taking a taxicab, he started to his tailors On
arriving there, he started to pay ms are, and was
astonshed that the meter registered one dollar
and forty cents He SAID to the chauffeur hat
meter is the fritz / have taken this trip many
times and always before 1t has been ninety cents
The gentemanly chauffeur smiled and SAID, Are
YOU a taxmeter?" At which the man hurr1edly
peeled off a twodOllar bill from his roll and showed
1t into the chauffeurs paw, muttermg II m! as
was his custom.
The man complained that the last suit the tailor
had made for him didn tlt and was really uncom-
Portable The tailor smiled CompaSsiOnately and
asked the if he had ever made SUIT OF clothes
No, of course the man had not Well, then, OF now
much value the mans criticism II he acknoWl-
edged his entire ignorance of the of clothes build
ing? The man himself could see how absurd 1t was.
The man smoothed the back of his neck three times,
looking wide eyed at the mosaic IN the floor lie
then walked away, saying, II M!
lie dropped into an art gallery the proprietor of
H which he knew, and looked at some paintings
that were being shown There one other man IN
the gallery besides the proprietor and himself
The IN the gulleessness OF his heart was
making a running fire OF comments on the pictures as
he moved about the room; most of his remarks IN
dicatng that if he had house room 1t would not be
at the disposal of these works
The other man, who had evidently been listening
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

out from under your overcoat by the roots i.T |l'
you curse him and give him a nickel WheH me - -
found that the boy using poltsh llStS'-d Q II i
shine, he became angry and told the b'E & -
things about his character that may or may noV -
been news to him. The boy Srn1llngiy Sali -NN %
boss. polish better anyhow Me boOthltlN' YOU 'O
boOtblaCki
THE man paid visit 10 his dentist, an apI pom,
Tnent he had nearly forgotten At one >lesS -
the game he pushed the dentist of his chest anu -
out a waTwhoOp of fine blend Of selected rage o.
agony at the time biting the dentist cIo"u~r cIor
IN two Said the dentist For the love OF fId'ii--l
what's the matter, -. 60.
Said the man. wiping flock OF tears from MS '~''
Natter You nearly killed me then! . .-
The dentist feller laughed pItymGly- NV % u1
man said he you know not of what YOU SleaN
1t could not have hurt you, because the nerve Wa
dead -,
the chair, and grabbed his hat and stick. sdlINs'
Don't say II l know just what you are anoul =
Iemark,-yOu are gong to tell me that kno" LII no.5
ing about dentistry, and that any idea hapPeI-ei
to have about teeth wouldn't be worth darn @nr %
that you being a skilled practitioner, ought 70 No
whether tooth could hurt noti' -
Precisely said the dentist. and IuI'H''
more -
But the man was up the elevated steps by 'nlS
time and on MS way home
THAT evening before dinner he told his h.1t Il,
daughter, aged seven. that she Shouldh n
candy Just before her dinner. She asked why -,
said, Because It doesn't agree with httle si~
stOmaChS IN,
She smiled angelically up at him and SAID Ilo% no.
do you know, papa: You aren't little gIri ~ i;
ach Then the went over 70 the steam -~
ator and butted his head against It.
Moral. The Lord Knows.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

CE there was a man
who was intelligent,
cultivated, college
bred. and a Travelled
man OF the world
He woke up one
morning, as was his
custom, and found
that the coverings
of his bed had re-
solved themselves
into a muffler for
his neck, reports
from the other out
lying districts indi-
eating frost. He
dressed hurriedly
and commanded his
wife to summon the
chambermaid. This
accomplished, hebe-
rated the bedmaker,
saying that his bed
had not been made
prODerlV.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-03
State Board of Health Upheld.

The long litigation over the water
question in st. Johnsbury has, appar-
emily, come to an end, the supreme
court having handed down a decision
upholding the State BoaN of Health in
forbidding the use of a polluted water
supply. A decision against the board
would have meant that the powers
given it by the state legislature would
not hold in a court of law
Vergennes is also affected by the de-
cision, as the state board has condemned
the water supply of the ancient city,
which is taken from the natural sewer
commonly known as Otter Creek, whose
waters are foul and infested with the
deadly typhoid and other disease germs.
In fact Vergennes is much harder hit
than St. Johnsbury. In the latter vii
lage there are two distinct water sys-
tens, one of which is owned by a pri-
vate corporation, which can be utilized
in place of the village system and wa
ter furnished to its patrons at little or
no expense to the village. In the case
of Vergennes, however, it is different.
There is no adequate water supply
within reasonable distance, and even
| if there was the cost of bringing it to
Vergennes would be large and would
fall heavily on community already
burdened with large debt Vergennes
can i'll afford to spend such large
amount. 1t is hard proposition fol
them but the safety of the public de-
mands change.
Meanwhile Middlebury is happy in the
thought that she has an abundant sup
ply of the purest water.