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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03


 system. which does not do the-Inost to develop our resources, or to prosper and, safeguard our happiness. eve promise you a good time. but we prmise you more than that-real, genuine. tangible results for the great. ness and the glory of this country.
 T wish to say to you that the best men of the South, regardless of peli- tics, look forward to your administra- tion. because you, in our judgment are the fittest man In all our history who has not served in the executive office that you are the fittest man that was ever called to this high honor. I want to Say to you that you have the reverent and earnest prayers of our people for success in the administra- tion of your high office"
 Taft Has Political Plans.
 In replying. MT. Taft said:
 "Gentlemen:
 ..The first thought that comes to me after hearing what I am quite free to admit is very sweet music to me. is a sort of trembling fear that after four years, such meeting as this and such expressions of good will may be impossible-that I shall be like the man who went into office with a majority and went outswnh unanimity. I think the scripture says something about waiting 10 DOdSL uutii dAtSE yOb take the armor off rather than when you are putting 1t on.
 "Of course, I am deeply touched by the very eloquent words that have been addressed to me by General Rhodes, as an evidence of there being in the South today among the influen- tial. men. an earnest hope, not that the South is to take one political com- plexion or another. but that it is to be- come a place where politics are as they are in the rest of the country-a sub. feet of uncertainty: subject for dis cussion; subject for independence of action.
 "In reference to the visit to Bir- iningham, of course, I shall visit your city. If it be possible. shall go there on my return from Panama. This is very uncertain. however. be- cause It is uncertain how long I shall have to stay there. and I have certain fixed, engagements in the North and at my own home in Cincinnati which may prevent. If can stop on my way from Panama. I'll advissyou by cable from Panama
 But in any event, l am coming to the South early in my administration and coming. to the important cities of the South. Birmingham. in many re- spects. especially in. the respects that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
A PROMPT SETTLEMENT

The late and lamented Mir. John J. Farley. who was city clerk of Mont gomery at the time of his death. held a policy in the. Union Central Life In- surance Company of Cincinnati. Ohio. which was very promptly paid to his widow. the beneficiary under said pol icy, as will be seen from the corres- pondence below:
 Montgomery. Ala. Dec. 31. 1908. Messrs. Davidson, Holt & Strauss. District Managers.
 Union Central Life Insurance Co.,.
 Of Cincinnati. Ohio,
 Montsomery. Ala. Dear Sirs:
 I beg to acknowledge the receipt of check in full payment of policy on the life of my late husband. Mir. John J. Farley. insured in your company. I greatly appreciate the promptness with which your company handled this claim. having paid same within one week from the time that the proofs were forwarded from Mont gomery which shows that the claim was paid on the day that proofs reach ed the home office of the company Wishing your company continued success, and with grateful thanks. I remain.
 Yours very respectfully.
 Margaret F. Farley
 -Adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
ROOSEVELT ACTS.
President Has sent supply ships T. Relieve Distress.

E,lG8l0GmG tI18 SCMN BWRRhI 6mAR8 U Relieve Distress.
 Washington, January 2-President Roosevelt tonight announced that he has sent two supply ships with $so0.- 600 worth of supplies to Italy: that he will ask Congress for additional aid and that he has offered the use of the battieship fleet to Italy.
 The announcement is made in q te1e- gram made public at the White House which the President sent to Patrick F. McGowAn, chairman. of. the AAmert- can Italian General Relief Committee. New York City. - .-..-,ss
 The. telegram follows: As..is.5 2 ss 5
 1T earnestly. wish success to the American Italian General Relief Com mittee in dts great mass meeting at Madison. Square Garden. It Is. of course. not possible for me bo attend in person. am doing everything that ran be done to get aid to the suffer- ing and on account ofs the extreme urgency of tha case have sent two sup- ply ships. with sso0,o worth of food and provisions without waiting for the authority of Congress, being confident that Congress will approve of my action. shall also ask Congress for additional aid and throughout the com ing weelstwill keep in the closest touch with Congress and, through the state department, Wlbu 4t4ly SO SHot 0FSAS " thing possible to be done by the United States may be done.
 sFurthermore, have cabled the Italian government proffering the ser- vices of any or all of the battleship fleet if such can be used in this crisis.
 (Signed.5 Theodore Roosevelt3'
 President Roosevelt was engaged to- night in preparing t1es message which will be presented to Congress Monday.
 Much data on precedents and gem orally regardipg the aid that Is be-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
QUEEN HELENA HURT
tContinued from Page one.J

streets. There were heartrending shrieks from the unfortunates who had fled to the streets. It was impossible to judge whether grief or terror was the strongest feeling.
 sCiimbing over broken beams. shat, tered walls. broken furniture, we finally reached the spot where the American consulate had stood. 'st Y
 "rhe consular building was about three stories high. It had entirely coll lapsed. We could hardly believe our eyes. Mir, Lupton climbed over the ruins. calling out: Cheney, Cheney He was confident the consul would an- swer him. He said to me: Daylight has not come yet and that Is why cannot see him. but he must be some where in the wreckage.'
 "our search became more and more feyerish but as time wore on and 1t was still unsuccessful we finally real ized It's hopelessness. We saw it would be impossible to reach even the bodies of the unfortunate cheneys. In addi- ton to the collapse of the consulate a neigh boring building had been pfecip- itated on the consular ruins. and the whole was q vast mass. of wreckage. After doing everything in our power with Mir. LuDton went ony board the steamer Chesapeake where we remain cd TOT EHG ECSt Ql NlOHU0ys C tA0Ao- ferred afterwards to the British ship Minorea.
 "To make assurance douhly sure as to Americans in Messina, we interro- gated everybody we met who would be at all likely to know of any Amer jeans. especially the managers and walters of the Hotel Trinacria. Thus we were able to ascertain that this ho- tel where Americans would be- most likely to stop, lost none of its guests with the exception of the Swedish con- sul and the Italian girl. These two unfortunates were killed at the first shock
 "As soon as communication with Ca- tanla was re-established we were able to ascertain that Taormina was safe and that no one, there had been in jured
 Before leaving Sicily. saw Mir. Lupton for the last time Thursday evening. He was perfectly well and therefore the report of his death prob ably Is incorrect.
 , "I may be mistaken" said Signor Seroa. "but it is my personal impress sion that with the exception of Mir. Cheney and his wife. no Americans were killed or injured by the earth quake in Sicily"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
LOUISIANA PLANTERS
 v IN MYSTERIOUS DUEL

New Orleans. Jan. 2-william w Varnadoe. a planter of Tanglpahoa parish. was brought to New Orleans tonight in. a critical condition and placed in local hospital.
 Dispatches from Tangipahoa state that Varnadoe was shot three times in midnight duel with Jeff Amacker another planter. who was killed.
 Varnadoe says he was attracted to Amacker's by a burning cabin and was fired upon and wounded by AmackerA He returned the fire and Amacker fell dead.
 Much mystery surrounds the shoot ing and an investigation is being con ducted by the parish authorities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
CONTEST IN ROANOKE.

Roanoke. Va, Jan. 2.--President and General Manager Louis A. scholz of the Virginia Brewing Company of this city, said tonight that the election of last Wednesday. at which Roanoke v6ted out the saloons by majority of eighty-six votes. will be contested. and that the saloon forces are ncw preparing their case.
 The fight will be made on the prop osition that theaward Law is contrary to the State Constitution. The Con- stitutionaIity of the Ward law Is soon to be settled by the State Supreme Court
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
CONGRESS- TO GIVE BIG SUM. Five Hundred Thousand
 for Sufferers. PROGRAM ALREADY PLANNED Supplies Already Forwardsd to.
 Scene of Earthquake. Tmanciai contrsbutions te ths suffer- CTS in southern Italy Have Come
 |. Generousiy From the
 United states.
PROGRAM ALREADY PLANNED

washington. Jan. 2.--Congress will on. Monday next, appropriate s5oo,ooo for the relief. of the sufferers in Italy.
 immediately after convening at noon. both Houses will receive special mes- sage from the President. recommend- ing the granting of this sum and as soon as the message IsNsubmitted 1t wiilbe formally referred by each House to its Committee on Appropriations. There will be no delay in reporting the measure back and the two bodies will vie with each other in its speedy pas- sage.
 This program already has been ar ranged between the President on the one hand and Senator Hale, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropri- ations. and Speaker Cannon, of the House of Representatives on the other. The sum to be appropriated will cover the value of supplies already forward ed to the sufferers on the order of the President. The appropriation will be greater by far than ever has been made in the past for simtlar pur- pose, the largest grant heretcfore made being that of s2oo.ooo to Martinique
 The projected conference at the White House today between President Roosevelt and some of the Congress sfcnal leaders and officers of the State Department has been abandoned for the reason that through personal con versation by the President with these officials he secured most of the infpr- nation he wished as basis for the message. Today he received from As- sistant Secretary Bacon information collected by the State Department by its diplomatic and consular officers res garding the situation in Southern Italy.
 After all the naval officers will have much to say about the proposed relief measures. for they are to be the dis tributors of supplies and must render whatever assistance they can towards healing the wounded by supplying sur geons and medical stores.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
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 Danser or Loss os Time.

I have new Method that cures rupture and want you to use it at my expense. l am not trying to sell you a Truss, but offer you cure that stays cured and ends all truss-wearing and danger of stFangulation forever.
 No matter whether you have Q single, double or navel rupture or one following an operation, yonf age nor how hard your work, my Method will certainly cure you. I especially want to send it free to those apparently. hopeless cases tiona have failed. want to show everyone at my own expense, that my Method will end all rupture suffering and trlas-wearing for all time. ability and longer life. My free offer is too important to neglect . single day. Write now and begin your cure at once Send DO money. Simply mail coupon below. Do it to-day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03

hours. She told a narrowing story of having been beaten. thrown out of the house on, cold nights and of having been called vile pames by the husband on many occasions. Even some of the servants in. the house, she further si- legged, insufted her and she <was only laughed at by her husband.
 On cross examination the widow ad- mitted she had lived with Erb before she married him and in explaining why she did not leave him when he treated her SO brutaily, as she apeged. the widow. said that she was all the time trying to force him to marry her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
TOM LoNGBOAT WINS
 FROM DORAND0 AGAIN

Buffalo. N r.. Jan. 2--Tom Long, boat the Canadian Indian tonight for the second time toeS the measure of Dorando Pietri. tk isAiian who almost won the great Marathon at the Lon- don oiympiad.
 Dorando. as In his race with Long boat In New York failed to go the dis tance. Time and again the sprinted in an effort to get away from the Indian. but without success.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
BANK WILL SUSPEND.
Leuisisna Insfitutson to Pay All Cred
 ffor9

Leuisispa Insfitutson to Pay All Cred
 ttors. . Monroe. La, Jan. Alt was an- nounced tonight that the ouachita Val ley Bank would not open for business Monday.
 "A stattment given out by the Presi- dent, E. c. Drew. Is to the effect that the bank Is solvent, but that the busi- ness outlook does not justify the of ficials of the bank in continuing opel rations. Depositors. he said, will be paid in full and stockholders will not lose anything
 The bank was only started recently. It has capital of s50,oOo and deposits amounting to s9,000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
Taxpayern May Protest.

Anniston, Jan. 2.-tSpecial. l--The County Commissioners Court will like ly be called upon 10 get busy when 1t meets next Monday night at issuing orders to the tax collector to refund 70 per cent of the taxes paid for the year 1908 by taxpayers other than owners of bank stocks, who claim that they have been discriminated against by the Commissioners by an assess ment of their property for taxation at 100 per, cent. while banks have been assessed at only 50 per cent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
Perry Heath aIIs.HSE.

Muncie Ind. Jan. 2-Alarm Is felt for the safety of Perry s. Heath, former Assistant PostpasterGeneral,w who was travelling with his wife in Italy at the time of the earthquake, but the best information obtainable states that Mir. and Mrs. Heath were in Naples at the time of the disaster.
 The Schedule of Mr. and Mrs. Heath would have brought them to Naples last Monday. The only fear Is that they altered their schedule and might have been in the stricken district.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
IaIler Cnne niumIsned.

New Haven. Conn.,. Jan. 2--The case brought against sGovernor-elect George IA LiIley, under the corrupt practices act. by George L. Fox. of this city. be- fore two judges who were to constitute an elect court, was dismissed today. The act is declared to he uneonstitutional in that 1t contravenes the State Con- stitutfon -s t5.s-.l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
sigma Nu officers.

Chicago, Jan, 2---The Sigma Nu com yention adjourned today after electing officers as follows; Regent. tNade H. Ellis. Washington D. C.; Vice Re- gent, A. H. wilson. New York; Grand treasurer, Samuel s. Pegues. Chicago; Grand Recorder, Clarence E, Woods. Richmond Ky.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
Dies on Taip

Chicago. Jan. 2--Addison W. Wells. a salesman, became III while on an IL" train last night, and 1t is alleged by the police died without melical atten- tion few minutes after. because a guard refused to hold the train until a physician could be'calied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
Caraen,o King Makes Bond.

Boston. Mass. Jan. 2--cardenio F. King, the financial agent who was convicted Tuesday of larceny of $22.i 00O.00 from twenty-seven customers after spending almost the entire day in the detention pen at the court house was released tonight Bonds to the amount of s35,000 were furnished by Boston and Lynn men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
L. A. HeinsheIrner Dead.

New York. Jan. 2--L. A. Heinsheim- er. member of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb and Company died today after an operation for appendicitis. He entered the firm as a boy thirty-two years. ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
 
 Mk for q Dime

Why spend e dollar when 1Oe buys box of CASCARETS ct any drug store9 Use as directed-set the natural, easy result Saves many dollars ssasssd on medicines shas do not cure. Millioas regularly use CASCARRTS. Buy q box nOw-lOs weeks treatment-proOf in the nora ing. SS
 cAscARRTs Ioc e box for c weeks
 in the world. Million boxes c usonths
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
Mns. ERE TELLS STORY.
Widow of Mrdered Man Was S'rueII
 Treated,

Media. Pa, Jan. "A dramatic re- cital of wrongs alleged to have been inflicted upon her. Mrs. NJ, Florence Erb. who with her sister, Mrs Cath arine Beisel. is-r charged with the murder of Captain J. Clayton Erb. told a story of almost savage cruelty that created a sensation today
 Mrs. Erb was on the stand for seven
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
w. T. COOPER ARRESTED.

Mobile M@R A.~used of False Pre-
 Mobile, J@~ 2.-(Speeiai.)--w. TT Cooper, a whfte man. was today arrest- ed by the sheriff's department charged with obtaining money under false pre- lenses.
 It Is alleged in the warrant sworn to by J. A Vautrot, proprietor of The Unionist, a local union paper, that Cooper collected Sis.s0 from the Dure Decorating Company. of this city, ap. proprtating same to his own use.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
nnme fG.n.N Plnnt soId.

Rome. Ga, Jan.2.-The Jewel Betting Company of Hartford, Conn.,. today purchased the plant of the Rome Tan nery for s100.000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03

General Rhodes has referred to, is one of the most important cities in the South, because 1t represents the min- ing interests of this section. which are so numerous.
 q hope you will not think that l have misunderstood your coming; mat am misIed into supposing that this means an extreme movement on the one hand. or that 1t Is merely an ex- prsssion of hospitality on the other. hope you will not suppose that q think 1t indicates great revolution, or landslide Of. partisan charac- ter. What welcome is an agitation, which means Independence of action; and that is all."-
 May Break .seiId south.
 If 1t were to happen that the party represent succeeds in controlling two or three States in the South, 1t would by no means necessarily inure tQ the beneht of that party, for the reason that the solidity of the South has made number Of the states in the North solid It is no working for party purpose, therefore. to hope either on your party, or on my part. that the solid South shall be broken up. It only means the hope that there shall mot be politically South, or North, or an East or West. or any sectional political lines.
 T cannot express the pleasure have found in coming so far down Into Dixie and of receiving the heartfelt welcome that have receivedr-not a welcome with reference to General Rhodes, which fear at all. or am seek Ing to avoid, but what I may charae- terize as a very ,considerate welcome: welcome which takes into considera- tion my primary reason for being here ito get a rest before assuming thf oR AR rA ulu 1rb f0H- strues my coming into an indication of my interest in the South and my pleasure in meeting Southernefs of influence, who lead tho thought here, and of a desire to impress the South that,I don't feel that I am coming in- to an enemy's country"
 Atlanta Plans For Taft. Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 2--In addition tu 'possum and taters,' the banuuet to De, rendered Judge Taft by the Atlanta Chamber Of Commerce< will have other sparkling features.
 The banquet room, 1t Is was announc- ed tonight, will be laid out with tables forming an American flag, the colors done in flowers. roses. carnations and violets. This flower flag will apparent ly hang from the ceiling behind the speakers table. falling down to the UUOE anu CEOSSink tAp HPCS~&sPAS ble in making the field of stars, with the guests tables Cat right angles tc the speakers tabie), forming the stripes.
 when the toastmaster first rises to speak. what is seemingly solid bank of ferns behind the speakers table will abruptly rise to the ceiling. drawn by invisible wires. revealing the field of blue flowers and white stars and creat- Ing the flag effect. Electric lights will sparkle throughout this scented mass of color. The menu for the President-elect Will lie in a brass casket. It will be in, book let form the outer cover bearing a heavy gold plate with Mir. Taft's name engraved thereon The menu will be bound in leather and will bear. among other emblems. shield representing the sPfoenix of Atlanta.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03
WOULD BREAK
 INTO SOLID SOUTH

(Continued from Page One.)
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-21
HAPPY FAMILY IS INCREASED
Council Grants Two Liquor Licenses -Machin.
cry Well Oiled well, Gentlemen, Let's
Hurry Along" Mayor Presides

Patrick O'Neil granted liquor license.
Mehle & Mulch, granted liquor Ii
cense.
Will Chapman given permission to eN-
tend the city sewer.
Petition presented charging Charles
Poole with slanderiIg rooming houses.
Wholesale liquor license ordinance
bobs up again.
Continental Oil Company asks guar
anty that it will not be bothered in
new location.
C. NJ. Keck must file statement show
ing receipts and expenditures for the
recent road race.
BY far the tamest meeting yet held
by the city council was that of Mon
day evening of this week. Every
piece of the machinery had evidently
been well oiled and there was not slip
of cog during the whole affair.
The Continental Oil company. which
has been asked TO remove its tanks
from the present location. asked that
the city give guaranty that the com
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-21

pany would not be asked to move from
the Midland location in West Glenwood
for period of ten years. The matter
was left for Mayor Draeh to attend
TO and the oil tanks will soon be in
their new location.
Petitions had been filed with the
city clerk by Pat O'Neil and new
liquor firm styled Mehle & Mulch in
which both asked for licenses to sell
booze. On motion of Howard, second.
ed by Barlow, both were granted by
unanimous vote of the council. No,
there was not word said, but the
councilmen voted in short, low "ayes :"
and the affair was at an end The
members of the new firm are said to
havr come from Aspen.
VIII Chapman who expects to do
some building on his lots at the corner
of Eleventh and Pitkin, asked that the
city extend the sewer fifty feet to his
lot line The affair was discussed at
some length and it seemed to he the
general opinion that should his request
The Glenwood post., 1909-08-21

be granted, the council would BE- be
sieged by other people Of the town
who want sewer connections. 1t was
finally agreed that Mr.. Chapman should
continue the sewer to his lot line and
when the sewer was built clear through
the block, he would be reimbursed by
the city.
The following petition was then pro
sented and read
Glenwood Springs Colo
August l6, 1907
To The Honorable Mayor and Board
of Trustees of the Town of Glenwooi
Springs.
We, the undersigned. residents ana
taxpayers, hereby petition your honor
able body to grant MS such relief rs
may be possible from the actions of
one, Charles Poole. who by his repro
sentations to strangers visiting the
town. has greatly injured and SANDER
ed the town as well as ourselves anil
our proportT.r
THOMAS KENDRTCK & SON
w. h. LEE, Hotel Grand.
BARBARA WALTER
A. w. KENDRICK. Denver Room.
GABE w. COX, Shipley.
TERESA SCHUEssLER
d. w. SMART.
Following the reading of the above.
the councilmcn INDUCED in number
of remarks regarding Mr. Poole and his
billiard enc cane. Cross had the idea
that the billiard cue gave Poole the
appearance of an officer Just which
one of the present officers he thought
Mr.. Poole resemblcd, he did not state.
Councilman Barnes said Gle should hn
made to prove what he says about the
other places" Others voiced thoi-
opinion but no action was taken other
than to tell Clerk Keudricll TO prosecute
Poole and make him prove what he had
said.
During the past few years, the coun.
ell has always assisted in paying the
expense of the road race, which G. NJ.
Keck arrangcs. This year, he asked
for 800. but before the SUNNY i'll be aI
lowed, he will prepare a statement
showing the amount of money collect