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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
WANTS INvEsT1GATToN.
Meat Inspector Quits Ills Place In Dlrs
 gust.


 St. Louis. June 1o---After eighteen months' service as a United States meat inspector in East St. Louis packing houses. J. F. Harms has resigned and has written a letter to Secretary of Ag- riculture James Wilson, dhmanding an investigation of the meat Inspection system at the National Stock Yards
 Harms, who has gone to his home in Fremont, Ohio, asserts that he has re- signed because he could not tolerate the conditions he saw and that inspec- tors in charge of the Bureau of Animal Industry are too lenient with the pack CTS.
 After asserting that the 'United States inspected and passed" as 1t ap- peared on products of all the packing houses, is meaningless because of the inadequacy of the inspection, Harms says in part In the letter:
 "The inspection at the National Yards, Illinois. is costing the people approximately s10o.000 a year. and 1t is not actually worth $1 to them. For when the word Is passed from the in- spector in charge on to the inspectors actually doing the work on tho floors, that they are getting too many con- demned animals. and to change the grading. what does that mean7 It means that the whole thing is rotten and a farce.
 "The packers are getting today from 70 to so per cent of what ought to be condemned and destroyed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
CoMER TO SEE TAFT
HE WILL ASK FOR PARDON OF w.
 s. HARLAN.
President Taft is Expected to Decide Within Few Days Whether or Not Courts Sentence shall
 stand.

Washington, D. C., June lO.-(spe. ciaL )-Governor Conner arrived here today to confer with President Taft regarding a pardon for w. S. Harlan. of Lockhart. Covington county. con- victed in the United States Court on a peonage charge.
 It will be remembered that the case was reviewed by Attorney Gen. eral Wickersham and was sent to the White House with the recom- mendation that the verdict should stand. The Alabama and Florida Sem ators, as well as other prominent men, have interested themselves in the mat ter.
 Those who have been working in behalf of Mir. Harlan claim that he is the victim of a peculiar chain of circumstances and they hope, they declare, to convince President Taft of that fact and secure executive elem ency.
 All that can be said about the mat ter just now is that it stands where 1t did ten days ago. President Taft Is expected within the course of a few days to decide whether or not the sentence of the court shall be car ried out The friends of Harlan are quite hopeful today, although the President has not stated positively what his action will be.
 Ex-Congressman Jesse StalIinga at- torney for Harlan, is also here again working hard on the case.
 Alfred J. .Stofer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
PAssENoERs RESCUED.
Steamer Antonio Lspex Gees Ashore
 On Fire TslnnG.


 On Fire Fsinnd.
 New York, June iO.--The Spanish steamer Antonio Lopez with s26 pas seneers and a crew of iss men ground ed on Fire Island last night and lay on the beach all night. pounded bx heavy seas.
 Rockets sent up for assistance warn- cd the summer life saving crew es Point O Woods life saving station. but they could do nothing until daylight. Early today wrecixing tugs reached the stranded steamer, c fife boat wan launched through the surf and the work of transferring the women and children passengers to the wrecirtna tugs was begun.
 The steamer appeared to be un. damaged and in no immediate danger. Most of the passengers were from Italian and Spanish ports and were bound for Vera Cruz. where the steam CT intended to proceed after touching
 Women and children were taken of first and the men followed. The rescue work proceeded rapidly.
 The Antonio Lopez iB steel gteanaer. 4sO feet long and of s,591 net tonnage She is ownedsby the Companfa Trans Atlantica, of Barce1ona-
 All the passengers were transferred from the Antonio Lopez 10 the tug Re- lief witheut serious accident The Re- lief Utarted for New York with the passengers early in the Afternoon.
 Although the bow Of the steamer was embedded several feet in the sand the wreckers will try to fioat hex at high tlda
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
A SUMPTUoUS BALL
STEAMERS MAvE A GAY TEME IN
 LOUISVILLE.
The Conventfon Coznen zp an End and the, visifaAw Mobiles Depart for Thesr Respective
 Manse8.

Louisville. Ky., June 10.---Nobles of the Mystic Shrine rang the quick changes todd from commerce to war and tonight ended their thirty-fifth annual session fin the mazes Of a gor- geously appointed dance at the 1st
 Business was completed with the granting of charters. the election of officers and the choice of 1910 con- vention city at sundown yesterday, and the remaining day allotted to the Shriners was one of pleasure.
 In singles and pairs, the red fezzed fraternals began leaving the city to- day; a bulk of them will pull out in their special trains and cars for all over North America tomorrow morn ing, while Saturday will see the town devoid of the color and the merry sounds which have made it almost an Oriental capital this week.
 The early part of today used by many Of the Nobles in visiting the famous tobaco breaks of Louisville. where open house was kept and opportunity pro- vided the visitors to watch the clouds which finally yielded to pleasant summer sun, to which mimic attack at Fort Boonesboro, portraying the coming of Boone, to the aid of the be- set and half massacred garrison in the days when Kentucky was the dark and bloody ground. Tonight, in the great hall of the armory, metamorphosed into a desert scene as splendid and bizzarre as thousands of dollars spent in decorating could make 1t, the gaily frocked men and the women who were invited, danced until the mimic moon within the hall was the only one to be seen anywhere about Louisville.
 The fact that the Imperial Council had advanced the date for next years gathering and had shortened Che meet ing to two days, became known only this morning. The Council yesterday announced April IF as the day for the beginning of the yearly meeting in New orleans, but later 1t was given out that the Shriners would gather on April 2 and that they would shorten the convention to two days-April ! and 8.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
HERMAN FEST FREE OF GUILT Alabama Man Did Not
 Kill Woman. JURY RETURNS A VERDICT Investigation of Mrs. Mangrum's
 Death Ends. Mysterious Murder Has Not Been CIeared-Bay Minette Man Was
 Once Conaemnea
JURY RETURNS A VERDICT

Nashville, Tenn. June 10.--Dr. Her- man T. Feist, a prominent physician of this city, who was charged with the murder of Mrs. Rosa Mangrum. was today given a verdict of not guilty in the Criminal Court.
 Feist was convicted in the lower court of the murder of Mrs. Mangrum. whose body was found in the Ohio River at Cairo. H.. and sentenced to be hanged. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court, which body re- vefsed the finding of the lower court, deciding that the State had not es- tablished 8 corpus deiecti.
 Feist has been out on $25.000 bond and has resided at Bay Minete. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
Beloved In waahInrtop.

Washington, June 1o.-Dr. Hale had been chaplain of the United States Senate since 1898. His selection ~at that time to i'll a vacancy was gem orally regarded as 8 high tribute to his Accomplishments and intellectual ability.
 Since his appointment he has been a very consistent attendant upon ses- sions of the Senate and his invoca- tions at the opening of each days proceedings was so marked by elo- quence, a keen appreciation of the events of the day and a warm sym pathy with the sufferers of humanity at large that few of the Senators fail-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
PROSECUTION RESTS CASE.
Attorneys for Patrick Calhoun to No
 Have Inning.

Attorneys for Patrick Calhoun to Now
 Have Inning.
 San Francisco. June l0.--The prose- cution in the trial-of Patrick Calhoun, President of the United Railroads, which began Jan. 12. rested its case for the people this afternoon.
 The State made . reservation per- hitting the introduction of testimony for half an hour tomorrow if it de- cides this slight margin of evidence is essential. In every other respect. as announced by Assistant District Att torney Heney, the case of the State, which was opened on April 16. after three monthss work in selecting jury, is submitted and the attorneys for the defense will be called upon to decide whether or not the trial is to be pro- longed by the offer of testimony in Calhoun's behalf.
 Tfie attorneys refused to state to- night what course would be pursued.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
AhhillnnnI netnIIn.

New York, June 10.-Addittonal de- tails concerning the participation of American banking interests in the flotations of Chinese enterprises, were given out today. Contrary to the gen. eraI belief, the American banking syn dicate, will, at the outset, confine It's operations in China almost exclusively to advancing moneys to the imperial government.
 .- It Is not the purpose of the Amer ican bankers to develop or exploit the natural resources of the Chinese em- pire or to undertake the construction and operation of public utilities
 All that. a member of the syndicate explained today, is a matter for fur ther consideration.
 Willard Straight, United State consul general at Mukden. China, who is to be one of the representatives of the American banking interests in the orient, Is in the city in connection with the enterprise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
Veterans tn Gray Honor
 Son of General Grant

Cheers were continuous and hearty and the streets were thronged with one of the largest crowds Memphis has ever entertained.
 Tn the rear of each division was an ambulance attended by volunteer sur geons and trained nurses. At easy stages along the route of the parade there were fully equipped emergency hospitals where other surgeons and nurses were prepared to look after victims of heat or accident.
 There were number of prostrations among the veterans but the splendid hospital service prevented any of them from terminating fatally.
 As the remnants of Forests cavalry passed the reviewfAg stand. an incl ton occurred.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
L.na oyyner I.o.e TitIe..

Norfolk, Va, June l0.-In the suit of Hunter against Hicks and others of Norfolk. decided by the Court of Appeals today. a large number of prop erty owners lost title to the land upon which their property stands in Hunt a suburb of Norfolk. The court sustains the contention of the Hunter heirs that conveyRnces based upon an original deed between husband and wife are void
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
straIle Conles to CIose.

Charleston, W. Va, June l0.--Ihe Kanawha coal strike was formally brought to a close early today when the Paint Crock collieries company and the Standard Spiint Gas & Coal Company agreed to go back to the net ton, thus removing the friction caused by these operators having a separata agreement from the other Kanawha operators.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
: COL. wCLURE,s FUNERAL.
Services Held at His Late Home in
 WalIinRfOrd.

Philadelphia, June 10.-Funeral ser- vices for Col Alexander K. Mcclure, the veteran editor and prothonotary of the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania, were held today at his late home in Wallingford, Delaware County.
 Governor Stuart, all the judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania and many other men distinguished in various walks of life, attended the services. The Rev. Sam ueI Nicol of St. Louis. a former resi- dent of Chambersburg, Pa, officiated.
 The interment will take place tomor- row at North Laurel Hill Cemetery. only members of the family will at- tend.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11

cd to be in their seats when the gavel fell.
 7 Serious Inroads first appeared in his health about the beginning of the present calendar year. He was rath- CT feeble inauguration day, and hnal- ly in the first week in May he be- came SO i'll as to be obliged to cam eel his engagement to deliver the in- vocation upon occasion of the unveii- ing of the statue of Longfellow in this city He left Washington sew eraI days before that ceremony. never to return.
 News of the death of Dr. Hale reached the Senate early in the day and was received with general express sions of regret. No figure had been more familiar about the precincts of inc Senate than that of the venerable chaplain and no person was more re- spected or beloved. By his unassum- ing manner and genial disposition he had become general favorite with the Senators and employees. while his distinction in the world of letters and theology has caused him to be gen. orally sought out by strangers. Whether to friend or casual visitor. he was uniformly courteous. /
 On account of his advanced age he had in recent years become so feeble that he was unable to rise to greet visftors. but he never failed to ex- ause himself for what he seemed to regard a discourtesy.
 pr. Hale became chaplain of the Senate on the fourteenth of Decem- Der. 1903. He received his appoint ment through Senator Frye. IL was his habit as chaplain to repeat the Lords prayer and for many years af- ter he assumed his office he would ask the Senators to join with him in do- ing so. On account, however. of re- peated failures to obtain a response. he at last desisted in his practice but he never himself ceased the repetition of that prayer as a part of his own offering.
 President Taft. upon being inform ed of Drs-Haie's death, sent tele- gram of condolences to Mrs. Hale
 Tn his invocation at the opening of the House today, Chaplain Couden referred to the death of the Rev. Ed- ward Hale. saying in part:
 Our hearts are touched profound ly by the news of the death of the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the United States Senate. who for so long had been a conspicuous figure in the affairs of our nation, contribute ing in his sermons. in his writings. in his prayers. in his life to the upiift of mankind.
 God grant to be with the aged wife and children that they may be com forted in the thought of all that he has contributed and left to us"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
MICA MINERS KILLED.
Two Men Dead and others are
 founbed,

tombed.
 Knoxville. Tenn, June 10.--A special from Bakersville, N. C.. says that as result of an accident in the Baily Mica Mine near there, two men are dead and probably others are en- tombed.
 The body of John Moody, 24 years old. and William English, 26 years old, mica miners. were taken from the mine this morning. They were en- tombed some time Wednesday but 1t was not discovered until an early hour this morning when a search was fn- stituted for them. Both of the dead men leave families.
 This is the first accident of it's kind in the history of mica mining In this region
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
YOUNG GIRL DROWNED.
skin COntainlng Eleven Young People
 CaPsixes In River.

sizing of a skin in which eleven young people were taking an outing on Broad River Tuesday evening Miss Louise Lynch, 1T years old, a daughter of County Treasurer Charles M. Lynch was drowned and her sister Evelyn barely escaped the same fate, being resuscitated after being unconscious an hour
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
Ryan saeceeds RoEers.

New York. June 10-John D. Ryan was today elected President of the Amalgamated Copper Company to sue ceed the late Henry H. Rogers. B. B. Thayed was elected President of the Aanaconda Copper Mining Company. succeeding John D. Ryan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
TAFT PLEASED OVER
CAzALAs'S IMPEACHMENT.

, Washington. June 10.--Governor ! Conner of Alabama was with ! President Taft today, discussing
 D Southern matters.
 , The President referred to recent
 , impeachment of an Alabama ! sheriff for not defending a negro . against a mob,- and the action of , the Alabama troops in defending a
 A negro against a mob. He told k the Governor he was pleased to
 , see Alabama and other Southern } States leading the way in break Aing up mob law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
nrnrir Tmain Girievsa.

Baltimore, June 10--Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) when informed of the death of Edward Everett Hale. said:
 T had the greatest esteem and re- spect for Edward Everett Hale and the greatest admiration for his work. am as grieved to hear of his death as can ever be to hear of the death Of any friend. though my grief is tempered with the satisfaction of knowing that for him the hard. bitter struggle of life is ended"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
ReIeaaea on Bonds.

Columbus, Ohio, June 10.-With three members of the Italian Black Hand Society of Ohio, who are sought on Federal warrants, still at large, the postal officials here regret the release on bonds of Sam Lima, of Marion. and Sevaria Ventola, of Columbus, who are regarded as the craftiest of the or- ganized band.
 Lima was released at Toledo today and Ventola procured temporary free dom when arraiSned here.
 Lima's bond was fixed at &3.00O and Ventola's at $5,00o. Both bonds, the Federal inspectors believe, were too low. and they are disappointed that bond of $1O,O00 was not demanded in each case.
 Now that Lima, particularly, is out of prison, the inspectors believe that 1t will be difficult to locate his father, his brother and a third member of the society who fled from Marion when the first arrest was made. Lima re- turned to Marion today after his re- lease and Is reported to have sent word to his fugitive comrades by se- cret emissaries, informing them of the plans of the authorities to arrest them. = Collegero Viccario, who was arrested at Bellefontaine and hidden away all night from an attorney who sought his release on a writ of habeas corpus. was brought to Columbus by InGpec- tors Pate and Hosford late today and subjected to an examination which continued for nearly three hours
 Inspect6r oldfIeld, Postmaster Krummi and Secret Service agents vainly tried to obtain a confession from VIccario. The swarthy little Italian could not be moved. When shown letters believed to be In his own handwriting-lett containing the skull and crosabones and pictures of bleeding hearts pierced by daggers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
xEwsPAPER MAN DEAD.
David Dyer succuntbs to Operation f.
 Brain Trouble.

Norfolk. Va. June 10.-David P. Dyer. S9 years old. telegraph editor of The Daily Press at Newport NewS Va, died today at St. Francis Hospital that city. following an operation for brain trouble. His body will be sent to Danville, Va, for intermenG MT. Dyer was for a humber of years an Associated Press telegraph operator in many ofices of the Southern division of that organization.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
.nIaclt Hand Threats.

Clovis, N. M.. June 1o.-J. s. Fits- hugh, D. D. Oldham and B. B. Leepy. all of this city. have received Black Hand letters threatening them with death if they do not procure the re- lease by June IS of H. A. Irwin and his wife The Irwins were arrested recently in connection with an att tempted Black Hand hold up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
ELECTION FRACDA
This is Charge Against Nine Oklahoma
 CfafMema

MuskogSe, okla. June 10-Charging wholesale election frauds and illegal voting at a recent city election. war rants were issued today at the instRncs of County Attorney Crump for the ar- rest of nine prominent eitisens of 1as- kell, Okla. They are: Sam Turvey, n. c. Blankenship, c. F. Besrynili. win Sartin, Joe Howard, Fl. Moody Jake Beam, J. A. Cullop and willis Brown.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
CIGARETTES rABooED.
Must Not Have Them at All fn
 Washington.

Washington.
 Seattle, Wash. June 10.-The new anti cigarette law went into effect last midnight It is the opinion ot the Attorney Generals ofice that any person who has them in his posses sion Is subject to fine and imprison- ment.
 The Alaska YulC on- Pacific Exposi- tion police will enforce the law strict Iy. No one will be permitted to smoke q cigarette on the grounds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
Memphis is Headquarters.

Memphis, Tenn. June 10.--At meet ing of the recently constituted Execu- tive Council of the Sons of Confederate Veterans today, Memphis was retained as the temporary headquarters of the Confederatibn. and Nathan Bedford Forrest was named as temporary Ad- jutant- General. Permanent headquar- ters will be selected at subsequent meeting of the Executive Council.
 Authority was also given the com manding officer to dir.st members of the Council to attend State reunions, and committee was appointed to pre- sent plan for the publishing of an ofhcial periodical.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11

 FOR TRIALS. Officers Busy in Black
 Hand Case. A GOING OVER THE Ey' .NcE Strong Web Woven Around the
 Men Under Arrest. Ne Absolute Proof Ha. Been ostained Connecting the Ohio Gang With the s1urder ef Pe- trosino.

Cincinnati, ohio, June 10.--Having rounded up and arrested nine of the eleven ring leaders of the Ohio divfs- ion of the Society of the Banana, com monly known as the "Black Hand" Inspector oldfeld and his half dozen associates working under the instruc- tions of Chief Postoff1ce Inspector Holmes of Cincinnatis are now busily engaged at Columbus Ohio, in going over the evidence and preparing for the preliminary hearing of the pris- oners the first part of next week at Toledo and Cleveland.
 The government will rely on the documentary evidence secured from the two mall pouches full of letters found in the house of Sam Lima when he was arrested at Marion. Ohio. and letters found in possession of other prisoners to prove conclusively that an elaborately planned organization exists In the Central WestF for the purpose of extorting money from Si- cilians, The specific eases which the government will rely upon for convic- tfon is one wherein the conspirators and blood money getters attempted ex- tortion upon John Amicon. the wealthy fruit dealer of Columbus. Ohio.
 The charge of using the malls to commit fraud and also the charge of 
 brought againstssthe prisoners under the United States statutes.
 Asked as to whether any absolute proof had been found connecting the ohio Black Hand with the, murder of Lieutenant Petrosino. in Italy Chief Inspector Holmes said to an Associated Press man today:
 T have no absolute proof that this gang actually had a hand in the New York Italian detective's murder. But we do know that Augustine Marfisi. who was arrested in Dennison. Ohio. was in Palermo at the time of Petros- ino's death, and that Marfisi returned to America shortly attsr that murder. r. Marfist's visit to Sicily at that time may have been a nasre coincidence. But we do know that the gang of which Marfist ie member Is organ ized exactly like the Gcelety ef the Banana in Sicily.S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
4svc sa.s Nst euilty.

2 (leyeland, Ohio, June fV--yoseph and skisatore Nnzna. the Cleveland fruit dsat6fa, who were arrested last night by the Federal officials on a charge of being implicated in the alleged Black Hand conspiracy, were arraigned be- fore United States Commissioner Sta rek today.
 Each pleaded not guilty to the charge of using the mails to defraud. Bond was fixed at $s.000 in each case The hearings will be held later.
 United States Attorney Day. who will have charge of the prosecution of the Italians. sent word to Postffice The spactors oldheld. Hutahens, Pape. Coch" ran and Owen, today, asking them te meet him here Saturday morning for q conference. At that time all of the evidence SO far as found will be can~ vassed and q campaign mapped out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
Great BritaIn'a Reply.

London, June l0.--The BrItish gov ernment has replied to the American dor Reid regarding American partici- patton in the triparte loan for the i- nancing of the Hankow-S -Sze- Chu uen Railroad in China.
 It is understood that in this com munication, the government takes the position that the arrangements con- cluded in 1904 were made separately between America and China and Great Britain and China and that American flnanciers have had an equal opportu- nity with British to obtain share of this loan. For some years past it has been generally assumed that America. not having shown any interest In the undertaking, was not disposed to par tIcipate in the loan.