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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
HUSBAND DIED
 AT AUTO WHEEL

Paris. Dec. 11.-Mme. Maurice of Roanne has had the terrifying experi- ence of driving in motor car with a dead husband clutching the steering wheel and a 4-year-old baby in her lap. She had, gone for a drive with her husband as chauffeur. Noticing that the car was pursuing an cratic course, she spoke to her husband. urg- ing him to be more prudent. There was no response, for he was dead.
 In an instant. the woman realized the truth. She was ignorant of the mechanism, and could not stop the car. But with remarkable presence of mind. she did the next best thing Lifting her baby up. she leaned out of the auto, and dropped in on the road way. Them taking the steering wheel she headed the automobile for a ditch. into which 1t ran and eapsized.
 Mime. Maurice, who, with the corpse of her husband, was flung out, forum ately escaped with very slight injury The baby was found unharmed.
 The husbands death was due to heart faiure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
I. | 9. CLAIM EXTRA
 SESSION VOID uoble Lawyers Will Go
 Deep n Fight AFTER PROHIBITION LAWS Gene Before State Supreme Court
 Thursday. Movement is Appeal From Action of Jadge sennes is Issuins Man. aanus Against Judse AL
 ford of Inferior

Lawyers of Mobile will go desp in their effort to prove the Fuller Weakley and Carmichael prohibition bills unconstitutional. Before the Supreme Court next Thursday attor- neys from the Gulf City will attack the validity of last summers extra session of the legislature.
 Just what basis has been selected on which to make this attack on the validity of the session is not divulged.
 Besides the test of the extra session an attack upon the constitutionality of the two bills in themselves will be made.
 The cass comes to the Supreme Court on an appeal from the decision of Judge O. J. Semmes of the City Court of Mobile on the mandamus issued against Judge Afford vf the inferior court of Mobile. compelling him to try cases where violations of the two laws are mentioned. and to render final judgment.
 The effort of the Mobile attorneys is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
Comforts and
 Blankets
Special Values

One line of fine l2-4 Blankets. White and fancy plaids-are we'll worth $l0 but limited quantity will be put out this week at $7.o8.
 One line White and Plaid Blankets at $5.8o. You can't better this under $7.50. = lr-4 all wool Plaid Blankets and fine ll-4 White Blankets. Special for this week at $500 pair.
 Good l0-4 mixed wool Blankets g. 7o.
 Pretty wool filled Comforts $4.00 and $4.50.
 Eiderdown Comforts-satin and silk covered. Prices from $500 up.
 36 inch Eiderdowns. all colors. soc yard.
 New Dress Ginghams. Flannelettes and Outings. Prices l0c and l2 l-2c yard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
SUIT MANUFACTURERS
 ANNOUNCE THE STYLES

Toledo. O., Dec. n-Spring styles for 1910. as adopted by the National Cloak. Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Associa- ton. in convention at Mount Clemens today, were announced here tonight by President Schoenfeld. They are:
 For tailor-made suits. lengths vary ing from twenty-six to thirty-two inches. Jackets to be made with long roll and notched collar. semi-and-seyen- eighths fitting back. The novelty of the season Is the Russian blouse effect skirts to be made in various pleated effects.
 For separate coats, two varieties: The top coat varying from ti1irty-two to forty inches in length; and full length ffty-four to ,flfty-six inches, to be made semi and seyen-eighths fit- ting and loose shapes with some belted effects.
 For separate skirts: Various pleated and tunic effects.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
EVENING DRESS ORDERED.
All Casine Visitors Must Be s
 Clothed,


 Monte Carlo, Dec. 11.--Before the present season is at its height. the of- flcials will insist on all after-dinner visitors to the Casino appearing in evening dress. It is hoped by the re- vival of this sumptuary regulation to restore, to the cosmopolitan crowds that throng nightly round the famous green tables something of the briiliance Of the nightly assemblies of former years.
 For some seasons past little or no attention was been paid by tho authori- ties to the dress of those frequepting the gambling rooms. and their slack ness has led to the development of a general careiessness in attire among a section to whom the tables are the first and only attraction .,sssss
 Continental visitors to the Casino are the most frequent offenders in this respect. and 1t is against them that the sumptuary regulation will chiefly be directed. English and American visitors almost invariably appear in evening dress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
Suggestions and Bargains i in Christmas Goods
Kid Gloyes

Kid Gloves A full line of Perrin's Kid Gloves. a most acceptable and useful present. $ and $l l50 the pair.
 Luncheon Sets A beautiful line of scalloped Luncheon sets. B. lo and 25 pieces to the set. Few things better as Christmas present. Prices $5. $6. $6.50, $8 and $8.50 the set.
 Center Pieces z4 inch scalloped and embroidered Center Pieces in Ia nice quality of linen, worth $l 50 each, to close out at $ each. Doilies
 This is a broken lot of g inch doilies. hand embroidered. to close out at cost. soc quality for 35c each. 65c quality for 45c each.
 Table Covers lust received new Ene of Scars and Table Covers for the holiday trade. We put them out this week as a special at the cut profit price of 29c each.
 Table Linens Very few household articles better than nice table cloth for a Christmas gift We have special lne to offer at $l .O0 the yard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
NEWS OF TIE DAY
 IN SOCIETY WORLD
ece.t....s fre. r.s. .z.l

| - Miss Maud Harris. of savannah Ga, will Arrive Monday to be the guest of Miss Steiner.
 Miss Aithaire Mattingiy. who has been the guest of Miss Etts Jenkins has returned to her home in Lebanon. Ky.
 Miss Clara Ellen Forbes. is spending several days in Pensacola, Fla Miss Ruby Richardson. who Is att tending the Judson will return home for the Christmas holidays. Miss Eucaiah Brady. of Mt Carmel is gomery.
 Misses BeuIah Moritz and Jessamine Rice are visiting Mrs. Eugene Fies In Birmingham. Ndent at Sullins College. Bristol Va, has returned home to spend the holi- days.
 Miss Mabel Hoffiin ,oCfolumbus Ga. who has been the admired guest Of Miss Clair Hertz has gone to Atlanta to visit friends.
  Miss Margaret Coleman. who is at tending college at Sweetbriar, Va. will return home to spend the holidays. The friends of Mir. Milton Wood will be glad to learn that he Is recovering from illness occasioned by typhoid fever.
 Misses Ellen and Emily Sempie. ef New York will come to Montgomery to spend the holidays with their aunt Mrs. James Kirkman Jacksn., Miss Alma Hertz> has gone to Selma to spend a week with Miss Fiorrie Stern.
 Mrs. D. J. Heineberg. of Berlin and Mrs. R. Hetz. of Anniston. are visiting their sister Mrs. A. Sternfeldt on Ala bama Street.
 Miss Jett-Aileen Farley who IS at tending "The Castle Tarrytown-on- the-H Hudson will return home for the holidays.
 Mir. and Mrs. Bernard Steiner are in opeiika attending the Methodist Con- ference. |. MT. and Mrs. Frank c. Edge have come to Montgomery to make their home and are with Mrs. Harris Glnler 527 South McDonough Street
 
 Mir. Charles H. Calm who will lcc- ture this week while in the city will be the guest of Miss Margaret Booth.
 
 Mrs. William Preston Screws of New Orleans Is the guest of Mrs. L. W. Lahey.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. P. Flowers are In Opelika attending the Methodist Con- ference.
  MT. and Mrs. Alex Garland have gone to Tampa, Fla to spend a few weeks.
 
 Mrs. Ross Kinds is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. D. W. Allen, at Cedartown. Ga. where she will spend the holidays.
 
 Mrs. E. Mollett Harrison has re- turned from Birmingham, where she was visiting relatives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
For Tasty, Wonderful Gifts,
 Visit TressEar's.
sULTAN's OCCUPATION .
He is Engaged in Rearranging His
 Harem.

Fez, Dec. 11.-Despite ais trials ant responsibilities. the Sultan Muiai Hahc finds opportunity for distractions. Hi' chief amusement at the moment is tht rearrangment of his harem. Six fall Circassian slaves have recently arrived His Majesty has also divorced one o the four leGiefrnate wives allowed by Koranic law. and is about to espous' the daughter of late Vizier.
 It is rumored that two other roya divorces are pending, and that th' places of these discarded wives will b. taken by the daughters of loyal sub jects.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

is the most significant fnaneuvor yet of the warfare which was declared
 agAinst the biflp from the hrst of their existence. IL will ~comprfse the flrst real assault on the two important lava ssz sg 3t atsl slt11a ft t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
KILLED BY x-RAYS.
Flendish Crime Reported froI
 France

Flen0t8h Crlme nSROrue0 from
 France.
 Liege, Dec. 11.-A remarkable crime in engaging the attention Of the police and doctors here.
 An old man was found dead in his house and at first death was attributed to heart failure. The discolored ap- pearance of the skin and marks re- sembling burns, however, led to the belief that the man had not died na- tural death.
 A distant relation who lived with the old man had disappeared, and in his room were found traces of experiments with radium and x-rays. Other marks found on the body seem to show that the old man had been tied down in bed and subjected to long exposure to radium and X-rays. It Is assumed that the student either murdered his relative for his money or an experiment ended disastrously.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

A PERFECT FIT Was the evening suit made by Hur- ley BrOs., for James Douglas Hay good, and used in the Baby Opera.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
Enrineer Fell AaIeep.

New Haven. Conn, Dec. 1l.-That Engineer Camp of the passenger ex- press which collided with freight on December 6. had fallen. asleep, and fall ed to observe the signals, is the sub stance of a statement issued today from the offices of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The company denies reports that Camp was required to work for fifty-eight con secutive hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

Mr. Chas. H. Caffin, B. A., of Oxford
 University, England, will lecture on Art at the auditorium of the Girls High School on the evening of Dee. I7th., and the afternoon and evening of Dec. 18th. under the auspices of the City Federation of Women's Clubs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

Sacrifice Cash sale of Palms, etc. Monday We will saerffice 200 palms and other decorative plants, worth @1 each, for soc. This is n rare chance to get your Xmas plants cheap.
 s. B. STERN AND co.
 Exchange Drug store.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

BIOctOn stands for the best Coal; means much heat, little ashes, low price. Peoples Electric and Ice Co.,, PhOne 325.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
BEAUTTFU

BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
 Our Homegrown cut flowers and blooming plants are ever in perfect taste as Christmas gifts, ana always reasonable In price.
 Rosemont Gardens. 116 Dexter Ave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
Newest Silk Jersey and
 Messaline Waists ' Worth S6.5O--Sz.5O Priced S3.75

special sale this week of the Silk Jersey and Messane Waists In the line black and navy Silk Jerseys also plain and braided Mesane and Satin Waists The actual cash values are s650 and $50 but for this week. your choice at only $375 each.
 Newest Linen Plain Tucked and Embr'd Waists
 special line of the Linen plain Tucked and Hand Elm broideed Was-hey pretty and very stylish and very reasonably priced at from $2 to $7.50 each. Furs Reasonably Priced for Christmas Presents
 set of Fus as Christmas present hard equal We making exceptionally low prices high grade Furs nclud ing best quality natural Mink and odd pieces Black Lynx. Black Fox Jap Mink and all grades of Isabella and Sable Fox
 Evening Dresses and Evening Wraps beautiful styles. tremeB low prices
 Novelties in Rubbersed Silk Rain Coats styles for both street and evening
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
36 In Taffeta Silks and Opera Satins
 SI.5O Value for .S1

The Dress Goods Department offers this week special line of 36 inch Tafeta Silks and Opera Sat great value giving price, These good regular $50 qualities but to boost the weeksseIng this department offer them $l the yard
 Fancy Silks for Scarfs and Fancy Work Now is the time buy and here the price make you buy All light coo fancy brocades and figures. regular l35 and $I.50 values this week for o8c the yard
 Christmas Sale of Wool Dress Goods This stock often little stagnant during Holiday trading To prevent that we offer nice assortment of wooens in solid cors pads and chec-sood values 65. 75 and 85c the yard for this week at only 46c the yard
 Christmas Umbrellas
 Styles for both Ladies and Gentlemen Every and pretty style handle select from all covered with good dependable silks. Priced to fit the purse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
Very Attractive Long Flannelette Kimonas

$Z.5O 10 SJ.5O VdiueS iOf Dl .OS
 A line of these long Flannelettc Kimonas in solid and fancy colors. that must be closed out with rush. They were formerly per fecty good values at $2.50, s and $3.50 each but now you may take your choice at $i.6o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
Ladies' and Misses Long Cravenette Goats GIl and EIH .5O KnIrlps kar .X2 50

No doubt about that being remarkable offer. The colors are gray. tan. brown, olive. navy and black. These are most useful gar- ments for anyone. Last season the prices ranged from $10 to $l650-your choice for cash Monday at $250 each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
Odd Lots Children's &
 Misses Short Coats

S5 and SZ.50 Values for SI.5O
 These last season Short Goats for Misses and Children are made of good all wool ma terials. both plain and fancy. and were form erly sold at from $ to $7.50 and were good values at that. Monday however. they go for cash at only $l.50 each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

Mir. and Mrs. E. P. Flowers are ir opelika attending the Methodist Con. ference.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

Mrs. William Preston Screws of New Orleans Is the guest of Mrs. L. w. Lahey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12
Mail Ordrs

We prepay express charges on cash Mail Orders amount ing to $500 or more. The same attention given your or. der by mail as if you came to the store in person.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

Mrs. E. Mollett Harrison has re- turned from Birmingham, where shs was visiting relatives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12


 Mrs. Ross Kinds Is visiting her sis- ter. Mrs. D. W. Allen. at Cedartown. Ga.. where she will spend the holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

Mir. Charles H. Cafin who will icc- ture this week while in the city will be the guest of Miss Margaret Booth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-26
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST
MANNER POSSIBLE.
At HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given in Few Lines.
SYNOPSIS OF TARIFF BILL.

The distinguishing features of the
new bill introduced in the house are:
Maximum and minimum tariff plan
designed to secure fair Play for United
States from other protectioGist coun-
tries.
Inheritance tax estimated 20 bring in
revenue of $20,OO0,000 yearly.
New provision as to goods manufac-
tured under foreign patents. designed
ticles in United States by American
workmen.
Coffee on free list; tea taxed eight
cents per pound, and nine cents when
brought from other than producing
country.
Iron ore on free list, duties on manu-
features of iron and steel materially
reduced. Tin plate and steel rails re-
dIced
Hides on free list and duties on man.
ufactured leather reduced; shoes re-
duced 40 per cent.
Lumber and timber duties cut in
half.
Reciprocal free trade with Philip
pines, with limitation on amount of
sugar and tobacco annually to be i'm
ported. Reciprocity with Cuba con-
tinueS.
Internal revenue tax on cigarettes
increased from SIS to $3.50 and from
s1 to $3.50 per thousand.
Beer and whisky not touched.
Nails, wire, hardware, tools, etc., re-
duced.
Change in pottery schedule not ma
terial; some sizes of window glass re-
duced and others increased
Sugar reduced five one-hundredths of
cent per pound.
Cheaper grades of wool ars reduced.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-26

secluded corner of the hotel and
talked to him in monosyllables. His
eyelids twitched nervously. He
rubbed his hands and silently prayed
for the quick return of his boy.
The woman at the candy store had
done her duty She communicated
with the captors of the boy and told
them that the father had made no at
tempt to trap them. The kidnapers
were satisfied. But Whitla, senior,
declines to name the woman in charge
of the confectionery store and almost
dares the police to locate her.
So the boy was brought from his
knows-to a car line in the east end
of the city which would bring him
into town quickly. The kidnaper, &C
cording to Willie, was cheerful
| enough. The mysterious one and the
youngster skipped in school boy fash
ion toward the trolley line, jesting in
the meantime.
A few rods from the car line the
man stopped the boy. Pulling a pair
of smoked glasses from his pocket he
adjusted them to the lads head with
the remark: You'll look better in
these" The sides of the black yarn
cap were pulled carefully over the
boys ears. A slip, which Willie was
to hand to the conductor, was put in
the boys pocket. 1t read: Send this
| hoy to the Hollenden hotel double
quick"
AS soon as he could push his way
| thru the crowd, Whitla senior Wen
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-26
GENERAL NEWS.

While working in the Carnegie solar
observatory in Pasadena, Cal, DR..
Headley Gordon Gale, University of
Chicago scientist, came in contact
with live wires and was hurled to the
floor and severely burned.
DR.. Marriott 'Hutchins, president of
the board of education of Lake coun-
ty, Michigan, was robbed in London
of $1,000 and diamond ring by con
fidence" men, who later were arrested.
The ring and $3.50 were recovered.
Reports from Africa say former
President Roosevelt will find all the
wild animals his heart may desire
when he reaches the jungles on his
faunal-naturalist hunting trip.
The jury in the Cooper Carmack
murder case found Col. Cooper and
his SON guilty and fixed the penalty
at 20 years in the penitentiary.
The secretary of the trans Missis.
sippi congress has called the TWEEN
tieth annual meeting for Denver. Au-
gust 16 to 81.
Charles Stintson of White county.
Indiana, was hanged by the heels by
hazers and died.
In a statement issued in Havana.
the government announces that the
revolution in Santa Clara province
amounts to but little and will be
crushed out promptly.
The government plans to teach the
Indians cleanliness to save them from
tuberculosis which is causing the
deaths of many red men.
James Ricalton, a naturalist. has
sailed for Africa to study the fly
which causes the fatal sleeping sick.
ness.
Fire started on Harris Island, New
York, and caused scare among 1900
convicts in prison there.
The mail carriers of Paris have
Joined the telegraph and telephone OBJ
orators in their strike and France is
practically cut off from the rest of the
world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-26
LOST BOY FOUND
BIG RANSOM PAID
WILLIE WHITLA SENT FROM OUT
SKIRTS OF CLEVELAND.
Lawyer Obeys kidnapper's Command,
Treats With Woman and Lad
Is Sent Him IN
harmed.

Cleveland, March 23.-Little Willie
Whitla, who has caused the police of
the entire country worry since he was
kidnapped from school in Sharon last
Thursday, was returned to his father
at the Hollenden hotel here last night
at $50 o'clock. In compliance with
an agreement entered into between
the kidnapped boys father and an
agent of the kidnapers here yesterday
the boy was placed on a street car
on the outskirts of the city and start
ed to the hotel shortly after o'clock.
Two boys, G. w. Ramsey and Ed
ward Mahoney, recognized the lad on
the car, and, taking him in charge,
conducted him to his father, who was
in waiting according to a prearranged
plan which he had followed at the die
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-26
news OF minnesota.
Mankato Murder Defendant Free.


Mankato.-The trial of Ambrose
Ref on the charge of murder in the
first degree in connection with the
death of an infant child alleged to
have been born to Mrs. Emma Tim
norman March 20 last came to a sud-
den end this afternoon when the court
directed a verdict for the defendant.
The state rested Saturday and the
defense moved to dismiss the case on
the ground that there was no evi.
dence that crime had been COM
mitted by any one. This motion was
today overruled by the court. The
defense put in no testimony but rested
and then moved for directed verdict
on the ground that the evidence was
not sufficient to justify the submission
of the case to the jury. Judge Pau,
in granting the motion, said that,
while there had been evidence pro-
duced tending to prove the birth and
death of child and that Rieff was it's
father, there seemed to be absolutely
no evidence tending to show that 1t
had come to it's death by violence, un-
less it was evidence tending to show
that Rieff had tried to conceal the
fact of the birth and death from the
| public, but this could be explained by
| his own fear of arrest on other and
| less serious charges.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-26
WILLIE WHITLA
MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE

tation of the kidnaperS. The boy
wandered about the hotel lobby un-
announced for several minutes, asking
bellboys for his father, before the lat
ter knew his son was in the big foyer.
An attempt had been made to dis
guise the lad. He wore a pair OF
smoked glasses and large tan cap
which was pulled down over his ears,
and the father said it would have
been difficult to have recognized the
boy in such a garb had he passed him
on the street.
Whitla senior refused to state
whether he had paid the ransom or
not He said that he received let
ter yesterday from the kidnapers at
called at confectionery store in the
east end of Cleveland he would be
told how to secure his boy unframed
and well fed"
Shortly after noon he left Sharon
for Cleveland. He was unaccompa-
MED His immediate family and the
private detectives he had in his en-
ploy he apprised of the proposed Sc
cret meeting, but insisted that he
make the trip alone. Every one of
them was warned that he must be al
lowed to go UNDECIDED and no attempt
at the capture of the kidnapers now
be made Whitla was certain that if
he spoiled the plans of his sons cap
tors last night he would never see the
lad again. His experience at Ash
tabula served as warning.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon
he went to a candy store in the East
End. With him he carried the $1O,-
OOO expecting that it would be de-
manded of him there. He met a
woman who dictated to him the terms
of the kidnapers With all the eager
ness of a distracted parent, Whitla
agreed to the terms Immediately. De-
tectives in his employ say that he
paid the money, but on this point the
father declines to commit himself.
Half an hour later he returned to the
Hollenden and awaited developments.
The agent of the kidnapers prom
ised that the boy should be started
toward the hotel shortly after night
fall. AS the hour for the appearance
of the child approached, Whitla be-
came nervous. He disregarded the
advice of the detectives who had told
him to keep out of sight of the news
paper men and the crowds of curious
people who had learned that he was
in the CITY. Emerging from his room,
he walked up and down the hall on
the second floor, with hands clasped
across his breast. Then, unable to
stand the suspense longer, he went
into the lobby and seated himself in
chair.
For more than an hour Whitla wait
ed in the lobby smoking black cigars
and muttering to himself. Detective
Perkins sat near him and pleaded with
him to have patience. A friend ap-
preached and Whitla walked into a