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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27
SPOR TS

Whats the matter with Mir. Peterson and his fox hounds? MT. Howard has put it up to him and readers of The Advertiser are waiting for the match.
 It's evident. that MT. iCorbett will not allow MeAsfs.. JeRries, Rnhlin, Hart, ct al., to get all of the notoriety, and the that" 1t Is cruelty to children for the American people to force a decrepit old man like Jeffries. into the ring with the negro Johnson.
 Ed Corrlgan has sold his Freeland stock farm up in Kentucky. so 1t is re- ported. and says that he intends to quit the turf. It seems to us that this players using the dodge. for all that they are worth every year. about this time MT. Corrigan. passed through Mo3tE0mery fs% nsrs days Ss agS en r9ste chamber confab with some of the track owners of the Crescent City. The Master of Hawthorne while not base kind of stunts that the ball tossers claim monopoly on.
 The fight market is decidedly bear fEht has Advanced to Sso.O00 now, and this looks like 1t goes. for the man that made the offer has wired the own CTS of the arena at Vernon. Cal. asking
 
 and what the seating capacity is. Looks like "Mr. Johnslng" will get his out In California after all.
 The Mississippi field trials that were to have started yesterday have been postponed one week.
 George ,Capron now admits that he Is three times winner. Pretty hard load for one man to stagger under when he sails under the names of KIpp, Robb and Capron In three, years, yet Mir. Capron says he Is it. Look $ ike The Advertisers story smoked somebody out.
 Gus Ruhlin has our most abject apol- ogfes. He looks like a 2-year-old derby entry compared to a "youngster" that has just exploded. one of those walking tours. The kid" is Edward Payson Weston-some name that-and his roth birthday will land on March Is. On that day he will start from the city hall, at New York and saunter out to the city hall in San Francisco He says that 1t will be a 1000 mile trip. for he Is going to let the people at the Seattle Exposition see him first and then he ex poets to make the trip in 100 days. At any rate the people of Montgomery have something to be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

Blobbs-So he broke oR the engage HaSyt, eff? Did he take 1t to heart ,? efopbS--Ne. to eourt-Philadelphia Record. ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

Abe Atteil and Eddie Kelly will meet in a Iten-round bout In New Orleans or the 4th of next, month for the feather weight championship.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

Geed 3H&8eu say OmP Cotton Seed Mixture ts khe ReaI ahHnw.
 .a. MARKS q GAYLE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

Johnny Hayes and Dorando Pietri VIII meet !n St. Paul. Minn., in nf- teen mile race on February 22. If the New York Marathon winner can hand one to the Italian 1t will be an appro- pfiate way to observe the birthday or the Father of Ills Country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

thankfuI for, even if prohibition has son Weston and his Rip Van Wrinkle face steers tn the direction of Seattle, this long suffering town won't have to stand for him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

MURRAY, HILL CLUB.
 ( awmxtSs e8.00g Q anaFts, eD.6eB ex. paid. .,f. v lGnExL TRADING co. q
 R.go. ,Bs2 s55.s ietffls Pensaeelas Fla.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

s LEWIS co RYE.
 { Qs1nrtns e5.0Ot quarts, eO.5Oj ex. pald. 4 GREIL TRADING co.
 P. 0. Box SS7. &tO Pensacola, Fla.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

With McGann, Brown and Flynn tho Milwaukee club is strong at first base.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

The annual meeting of the Southern Golf Association has been called fol February 20sto decide the location oi sthektittext tournament The meeting wfifNBe in Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

The Mississippi field trials that were to have started yesterday have been postponed one week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

Whats the matter with Mir. Peterson and his fox hounds? MT. Howard has put it lip to him and readers of The Advertiser are waiting for the match.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

Kid Busch seems to be in the class with Pug Bennett and George Capron
 The last heard of Heine, Chattanoo- ga paper had him signed with Dobbs Chronicle has him signed with Null ianey in Jacksonville. His Montgonl- cry friends would like to hear from the Kid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

M. Hereford and P. D. Haughton, of Boston won the championship at the. tournament of the Tennis and Racquet Club of Boston, a few days ago Ky winning four straight games from George R. Fearing. Jr., and H. D.. Scott, who held the title during the years 19O5-0e and 1908 The scores were 1S-17, 1855, l5-6 and 15-3.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

Jack Ryan, Lew McAllfster and Joe Knotts make a strong trio of backstops for the Buffalo Eastern League team.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-27

Jaok Johnson is expected in Gal weston in April. The mother of MT. Johnsing' is indignant and says. that inc smoke does not use "dis" and "dere" and dat" The negroes out there are getting chesty and say that none of. the high-toned "cullud peo- pie" use that kind of language. Seems to us that we have heard language like the above from the negroes in Montgomery. t's
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11
5ORVlLLE WRIGHT
SAILS FOR GERMANY

New York. Aug. 1o.-orville Wright
sailed today for Germany, where he
will make a series OF flights in dem.
aonstration of the merits Of the Wright
saeroplane. He will make a brief stop
in England, but Mr.. Wright today
would not discuss the object of his visit
to that country.
The general purpose of the flights to
be made in Germany, he said, was 10.
comply with the arrangements made;
last winter with the company organized
for the manufactures of the Wright
Saeroplanes In that country.
Before sailing Orville Wright had
word or two to say about the present
capability of the Wright brothers aero
plane.
We have the official record of hay
ing flown at the speed of 424 miles an 4
hour AT Fort Meyer. 4 don't know Of
any foreigner having done over a;
marked course a speed to exceed % IS
miles an hour. at Fort Meyer at an z
unofficial test i went at the rate Of 80
miles an hour with the wind from the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11
TEMP ERANCE MEASURE
N PROVOICONVENH'I0nI.
Ordinance Adopted With fhe Recom-;
ncndation That City Councils
Pass Same by Oct. I.

st PROVO August 1t.--Tsle officials
of the county OF Utah and OF its in
corporated cities and towns met in
convention here yesterday morning.
TO consider the q tlesti5fi OF uniform
prohibition legislation by cities in this
county. f5
Mayor James r. Gardner of AmerI-
can Fork was elected chairman and j !.
NJ q Jensen secretary. 81 b
City Attorney A.. j Evans of Lehi
spoke on the Importance of obtains
ing all the legal light possible on the
prohibition question, and TN suggested
that David Evans be asked TO adj
strongly In favor of hibition and
Espoke$of# Its good results in California
towns. comparing drNsstowns with wet
towns there. He said the prohibition
movement was right and would pre-
vail finally. Speaking of the legal
question Involved IA e. was of the
opinion that Judge Howell was right
6inhis decision To the effect that couns
ties had no right to refuse a license
except for cause affecting the indivi-
dual applicant, but they could make
the regulations 50 stringent and the
license so high that but few would
care to go Into the business He
thought it rather, strange that the
Utah legislature had refused to enact
prohibition legislation.
y j ..3 VIII liam KING hit ia Yored q DING al
Il ossible under the present laws.
City Attorney Evans stated that the
count commissioners were willing TO
do all in their power He suggested
that Morgan county be ask ed to a p
zeal the case decided by Judge
Howell g IN order to secure q supreme ms
court ruling.
5 other speakers were j !. B. Keller
City Atty Thomas and others Mr..
Thomas presented a draft of an ordin-
Sance which he had pre- ared for cities.
The proposed ordinance prohibits the!
sale of liquor, except for medical and
scientific purposes by prescriptions. II
% An adjournment was taken till =
O'clock and the ordinance referred III,
the attorneys for nsideration. a
At the afternoon meeting the commit
tee appointed to revise the draft of an
ordinance presented by MIR. rhonlas re-,
ported draft for an ordinance. This
ordinances is very brief. 1t prohibits
the manufactures, sale and other disto-3
sition of LIQUOR. 1t onlits the gexcep-
lions of medical and scientific purposes
contained In the first draft of the or
dinance. The fine is not less than 900
nor more than 5000 and in add ton irrl-
prisonmerlt not exceeding six months.
8f35 The draft was unanimously adopted.
for presentation to the various cities,
and towns of the county with the rec
concentration thatHit be adopted. Com
&mittees We're appointed to wait Upon.
the various city councils and urge its
adoption. FL #
On motion Of Mr.. Jensen 1t was the
sense OF the convention that the city
councils be asked to pass the ordin-
ance before Oct. L 1909. The reason for
this, as expressed by some of the speak
gers, was that the councilmen should.
have an opportunity to vote on this
question before the fall election, in
order that the people may know how.
the collncllmen stand.
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SHOOTING gAFFRAY
IN BINGHAM SALE DON
:tspecial corresp ondence.

Il BINGH.ANI,4,-Aug, To- About 8 o'clock
this morning Joseph Starkey was shot
In the Mcdonald saloon by the barten-s
der Frank Comeda. an Italian. The
bullet made an ugly wound In Starkey's
shoulder Deputy Sheriff G. p. Coates
placed Conedia under arrest and lodged
him In the Bingham jail. Starkey claims
that it was u cold blooded AFFAIR on the
part of the bartender, not having ex-
changed any words with him at ALL.
Starkey says he had some words with
an italian, when Conedia took up the.
quarrel, Selling ~ revolver from behind
the bar and deliberately firing the shot
Coneda tells the story In different
light He claims that Starkey,s who
had been drinking, had become quar-
5relstome and abusive. smashing and
hurting glasses with reckless abandon,
finally threatened to ktll h:,r. He says
he acted in self-defense. Sankey's
wound is q serious one. He was taken
to st, Marks hospital In Salt Lake this
morning.
Conedia was arraigned before Judge,
Frank II, Cellventra this morning on a
charge of assault with n deadly weapon
He entered Al plea of not guilty. He was
denied bail for n few days pending the
result of Starkey's wounG. starkey has
been a resident of Upper Bingham for
many years. and has IL family.
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POLICE SHOOTS An Bc,Y.

OGDE "a Is. ii - 20-year-old boy
named George Miller, who had been
stealing apples in an orchard OH north
4 ashington avenue, yesterday was
4 the means of calling out tho patrol
;ngon and a squad of the ..reseryes,a'
as the extra policemen son duty dur
ing the encannpnent week are called
Before the boy was captured one Off
Ger w. Goan, fired seven shots as the
lad sprinted5d down the streetand landed
final " in the arms of Officer w, 4 An
sderson, who came to the aid of his
sfhrnt her officer to effect tile Youths ar
rest. A 183
" The action of the police in treating
~ e boy, who was doing nothing more
than every other boy has done steal
ing apples-as II he We're a desperate,
and attempting to shoot him down, has
stirred up the Indignation of the people
d and their Just censure, According to
the facts obtalnable Miller was In a
tree in the orchard of Wells Chase on
1 Washington avenue trying to get ap-
pies for little girl standing on the
around The officer appeared and
shouted at The boy, who dropped to the
ground and ran. OFFICER Goan, seeing
that he could not overtake the lad,
Il drew his revolver and fired seven shotss
4 fhe boy must have known who the
narksman was. for he kept on going.
until he ran into some Of the reserves
and then he was placed under arrest.
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Are 4 That AIntung-Mukden Rail.
road be q Standard Gaze
And Negotiations Resumed
SITUATION ST Y Y MUCH lJ|c RELIEVED.
Japan Has Undertaken No sIilitarv
Operations in District Between
Korea and NIanchuria.

Pekin, Aug. 10. Japan has made h.,
reply to the last Chinese commpnica.
ton regarding the reconstruction Of tia
4 a Mukde railroad. in which pa
kin agrees that the line be OF standard.
gage and suggested the resumption or
negotiations on the other points at is.
sue. Toxic accepts these proposals
and expresses the desire that{the nego-
tiations be resumed at Mukden, whero,
they were broken off by China.
China is today taking a more favor.
able view OF the situation and the ten.
sion Of the last few days is notIceablvs
relaxed. 81
4 Il In view of the publication abroad ~
sensational statements that Japan has
undertaken extensive military opera.
tons in the Chientao district, between
Korea and Manchuria, Baron Iiuin the
Japanese minister has today denied
officially that there were any Japanese
troops In Chientao. M
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4 WANTS BOY \ RELEASED.


I OGDEN, Aug. 11.-The district court
is again being used BY a other to
secure the release OF her son from the
State Industrial school, where she al
leges he was unlawfuliy committed by
Jud ge CioWans Of Salt Lake City. The
first step In this case was the filing in
the district court an application for u
writ of habeas corpus directing The.
superintendent OF the State Industrial
school to show why he Is detained
Haskil1 Merrick at that institution
against his will and depriving him or
his liberty.
n Mrs. Matte. Merrick, the mother Of
the boy, Is the petitioner and alleges
that the boy was committed to the in
stitution Dec 80. 1905, without war;
rant or authority. That the boy was
arrested upon some minor charge with
out warrant of authority? (l'l a
out a warrant or complaint. She asks
that her son be released by the court.
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BOY DROWNED in
MALAD AT p RTAGE.

fspecial cor:respos,nllaence.

PORTAGE. Boxelder Co., Aug. 59.--on8
Saturday. Aug. Z, William q. Gibbs,
the 14-year-old sonSef James H. and
Maria Green Gibbs, was drowned in the
Malad river He and -four COM
Ing, when he got beyond his depth.
\ No one was here to rescue him. His
companions rode to town about one
mile and gave the alarm, when every Il
body rushed to the river iii search of
the body, They also used a horse rake
to drag the river, Mr.. John F. Comfy
at last succeeded In diving and recov-
cred the body. 1t was in a hole about
Is feet deer. 40 has castSa gloom over
NIL In the settlement, as Willie was a
loNeable boy with a kind disposition,
He was born in Portage, Dec. 81, 1894. /
Farmers are busy heading and thresh-
ing their grain. Fai crops are being
harvested despite the; very dry sum
ner. sEa 8 l4S
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GFaY Hair Restored.
I''WALNuTA HAIR STAIN''

and while there purchased poison. He
returned home with his load and during
the remainderEof the day he attended
to his work as usual, but seemed TO
be lows spirited The Following morning
he arose and fed his horses, al tel. w hieh
he; sa down near he we'll. W here he took
the pcison. Then he Informed his wife
of what he had done The PHI sician
summoned did not arrive until after
Gardner.s deatl, which occurred 10
minutes after he had taken the poison
years nf a &c and was esteemed by all
He was for several Syt,rs one of the
trustees of the Salem schools and WIS
al ways kind and ready to assist the
poor and sick in times of trouble MRS.
sdrer are heartbroNen over the affair.
n The funeral was held Saturday and 1T
WIS one of the largest funerals ever
held here. IA
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alteration and one of the men in the
automobile jumped out and climbed
upon the fayracli. Intending to assault
the farmers Reed Knocked him off
With a pitchfork. He then drove on to
The home of Jesse A. Childs and turned
in there as'the men from the au tomobils
were pursuing him Childs met the
men from the automobile mt The gate
and told them that they must not ems
ter. They did enter, however, and one
of them struck Reed vicious blow
3intiie face It is thought that he had
brass knnckles, as the mans eye and
inose were badly cut and he bled freely
The automobile and It's occupants then
skipped out and the names of the men
We're not learned. They did get the
number OF the automobile, however,
which WAS i 30 7 he lister shows that
this machine belongs to Charles Nc
clure Of Tremonton, who is In Ogden
attending the Utah Idaho gun club
shoot. No arrests have been made. ~
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11

PoLlcE SHOOT AT YOUTH {.
Merely Stole Apples But Treated Like
a Desperate Grange Loses
Both legs-N News Briefs.

OGDEN, Aus. There was a com
nlete exodus Of people from Ogden toss
day for. the big g. Az n. parade In Salt
q Lake CITY, From the early hour. Of the
morning to late this afternoon al roads
led to Salt La Ike and there were many
travellers osersthe same All the stores
& and city and county offices were closed
today and stheseity looked like a desert
ed village B, Al
The Dix Logan post met at the city,
hall this morning at o'clock and
headed by q band, marched to tho
Union depot, where 1t boarded a spe-
#cial train u wa s 4acconlpan by sew
5elal hunded people, The regular and
extra trains We're heavily loaded with
Salt Lake bound passengers. 4 There will
'ibe no Celebration whatever in Ogden
This ] s evening 7. but the bands MI give
tomorrow evening.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11
RUN DOWN BY ENGINE.

BINGHAM..Aug To- Yesterday morn
ing, Peter Dolan an employe Of the
Utah Construction company at Bling
ham. was run down on the Rio Grande4
probably fatally injured. He was
walking on the trestle when an engine.
and empties were coming up. He was
knocked down, the engine passing over
his right leg at the ankle. He then
fell distance of about so feet to the
ground below, the force of the fall
fracturing his. skull and left leg near
the knee. He was attended to by Dr..
r. T. Strap and later taken to the ST.
Marks hospital in Salt Lake. Report
from there states that his condition is
very bad and he cannot recover.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11
4! sTRUcIl BY I. .,li q.

z tGIRCLEVIlLE, ,Piu,e Co. Aug s.
About $40 today lightning struck u tree:
In thesyard of the Fullmer hotel. bark
80 persons were in the house and yards
and some of them were near enough
that the bark flew into their faces All
were very much excited. but thankful
that no one was hurt. Quite a rain
fall followed the lightning. #
Z Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. JAS. II. De;
Long. a girl on the 3rd.
I The crops here this year are good and
very promising so far,
i Mrs. Dot Tebbs OF Panguitcf is here
on her way north to be operated on for.
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col. ALBERT POPE DEAD.
At One Time Largest Manufactures
OF Bicycles in Country. y,

4 = u r.. !
Boston, Aug. 1o.-Col. Albert Pope,
well known IN automobile and bicycle
circles throughout the United States
ard Canada, died at his summer home.
In ,Cohasset late today.
Col. Pope had been ilflill-health for.
months. due 70 the bre sas, Of his
snancial embarrassment of his bicycle
company, the largest concern of the
kind In the country. which had its
headquarters in Hartford. Conn.
Mr.. Pope started his business career
as a clerk In y local shoe store at 81
per week.
In 1876 the first imported bicycles be-
gan to. appear in this country and Col
Pope. seeing an opportunity, decided to
start manufacturing wheels. The VEN
ture proved a success from the start A
craze for bicycles. thai even the high
price of the early machinery could not
stem. swept over the country and in
the very first years business Pope
amassed fortune. The sudden drop in
the bicycle, a few years ago. however.
caused him financial embarrassment.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11
ANNA sCHUMAC HERS
MURDER .STIl-LSA MYSTERY

Rochester, N. Y !, Aug. 10.-The muir
der OF Anna Schumacher whose body
was found hidden In a secluded spot In
Holy Sepulchre cemetery partly coy7
cred with earth and leaves, was '' stu 2
mystery when the coroner's inquest be-
gan today. i
The autopsy completed last night
proved that criminal assault was the
motive for the crime and that the VIC
tim fought her assailant until she WV
strangled to death.
Mrs. Schumacher, mother of the girl
in a statement to the press expressed
her CONVICTION that Anna was slain BY
an employe OF Holy Sepulchre Gene.
terry. She bases her belief on the fact
thar recently several girls have been
followed by men who work in the
burial ground. ils 81
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The STARS AND BARS.
!, a. r. Post objectsito Their Use in
Decorating Spokane building. Z.

Spokane. Wash, Aug. 10.-Resolu-
tons Of protest against the use Of the
5colors of the old confederacy IN de-
icorattons on the Exchange bank buiI,l.
ing of this city have been adopted by
Keno post, G. A. r. The resolutions.
in substance, declares: 49, - =
The rebel fiag--ttie Stars and Bars
floating from numerous buildings
3.hroughont this city is; hnrnili sti:,sg
siSht TO those who fought for the
union throughout the Civil war. II is
token of disrespect to the stars and
StriEes and to those who helped . Ia
save the nation : -
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ORANGES INJURIES FATAL. J.

{ 4 OGDEN, Aug. i AT the ogden Cen
seral hospital yesterday. Drs. c. II. Qs-5
good and j. W. Pidcock removed the
left leg Of Raphael Grange, the young
man who had Is legs crushed beneath
"a street car Monday evening, The right
leg was removed Monday evening short
.Iy after the accident, and j was thought
that the left leg might be saved, but;
after a further examination yesterday
1T was found that the leg was 50 badly
crushed and bruised that 1t could not
be saved, and the operation followed
II Up to II o'clock last night Grange
was thought to be in fine condition for
IA speedy recovery, but at midnight he
had Ii relapse and Gied at 3 o'clock at
the hospital He was so years of age
and leaves a Wife and child. Funeral
announcement later. * "a
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ROAD HOGS MAKE TROUBLE.

u OGDEN, Aug. Has Mark Reed and
another farmer We're driving to their
home at Roy last night, about 9;sO
o'clock, on a hayrack. they were run
into by a road hog on an automobile
I at Riyerdale and We're later viciously
assaulted by him. The light OF the
auto frightened their horses and they
asked the driver of the automobile to
turn out and let them go around. IN
stead OF doing this, according to their
story. the auto was turned and driven
into their hayrack, This caused an
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11
SUICIDE OF LITE
GARDNER AT SALEM

SALEM, Utah County Aug. a.-The:
deliberate suicide of Lite Gardner last
week shocked the community as nothing
else has in many years.
He had farm in the suburbs and
lately decided TO build home in town,
and worry '-isi-75its expense is supposed
to have unbalanced his mind
On Tuesday last Mr.. Gardner was ate
Spanish Fork to obtain a load of lumber,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-11

CAN A MEDICINE BE A ..IsAIlE''
that has lived and grown in popularity
for thirty years, and demonstrated its
worth by actual cures of female illsfin
thousands and thousands of American
Sfamilies3
Any fair minded, intelligent person.
will enlphatically answer NO! Sucn
medicine is Lydia E. Pinkham's Nege-I
table Compound. made from roots and
herbs. and It's ever increasing POPULAR
sity is due to actual merit alone.