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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Past Record. Present St.

New Orleans May 11A full day of sunshine and sarlit coudes sky tonight give hope the army of evee protectors and with the exception of Baton Rouge where the fight to hold the embannent along the front still is considered most critical federal and expressed confidence in the continued resisting power of the artificial barriers which hold the record flood waters of the Mississippi river in check
 In contrast with the alarm that prevailed during last nights and windstorm little given conditions the front by the general public Many up that reported pancky feelings during the height of the storms fury had their fears relieved by the beautiful day which the heels of such threatening night.
 In New Orleans the excessive rainfall taxed the drain system beyond its capacity and tonight 200 blocks upper residential section still flooded with the ranwaer
 depth of to 20 inches In the territory bounded by Peters avenue Third street Franklin street. back the basin the this morning foodeded depth ranging from six inches to twoa and half feet
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Juarez. Mexico. May 11.-Gen. Pascual Orozco tonight holds the balance of power in the Mexican revolution. Though Oro2- eo, with TOGO men, is facing a federal army that is pressing him back toward the border, and the outcome of the bat tie is uncertain, the developments of the day, chiefly the abdication of Emilio Vas quez Gomez of the provisional presidency winch he assumed a week ago, indicate that the money interests behind Mexico $ present disturbances must continue to court Orozco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Frisco Men Walk Out

San Francisco, May 1.-The pressmen Of the Examiner. Hearst newspaper, walked out tonight in sympathy with the striking pressmcn of other Hearst news papers shortly before the first edition of the Sunday paper was due to go to press.
 The management said 1t expected 'to get out some sort of paper tomorrow but admitted that 1t would be badly crip- pied
 There was no disorder and the business office said no demands had been made that the walkout was purely a ''sympa- thetic demonstration
 Other morning newspapers ran off their first editions for country circulation but did not know whether they would be able to print later editions. It was un- derstood the pressmen's union has the case under advisement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Fighting Is Resumed

Fscalon. Chihuahua. Mexico. May 11.- Fighting was resumed yesterday after room by the federais and the rebels south of here The rebels are without much food. are losing many horses and are said to be in such a predicament that they must either win or lose with in few hours,
 The federals are smaller in number. hut have plenty of provisions. The rebels are said 10 have about exhausted the supplies in the country south Of here. so that unless a victory gives them pro- ,fsien= they probably will have to break up into small bands in order to find sustenance.
 The endorsements the rebels expected ->---------~ --7--->--- --~-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Rooseyelt Has Majority

St. Paul. Minn. May 1i.-Colonel Roose- welt carried all but eight of the J33 pre- cincts in this city in the preferential pri- maries tonight over President Taft by majorities of about four to one.
 According to present returns Taft will have nine county delegations in the state convention at Minneapolis next Thursday, LaFolette five and Roosevelt the other 67.
 County conventions on Monday will set- tie the doubt in any county where the contest Is close.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Expect 200 Contests

Chicago, May 11-Members of the repub- lican national committee expect they will be called upon to decide nearly 2o9 con- tests between June and the opening of the convention June 1s Up to today for nal notice of only seven contests have been filed They concern four delegates at large and those from the First, Second, Fifth Sixth and Eighth districts of Mis- sissippi and the First South Carolina dis triet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
LITTLE MORE
 DYNAMITE NEEDED

Washington. May 11.--An in- dication of the approaching com pietion of excavation work on the Panama canal is found in the comparatively small amount of dynamite to be used during the next fiscal year. The canal engineers estimate that 3.9ss, 500 pounds of the explosive will be sufficient rnd bids for supplying this amount have been asked for During the present year S..
 b33.000 pounds were purchased
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Split in Arkansas

Eureka Springs, Ark, May 1i.-Twenty- two delegates quietly left the Third Ar kansas congressional district republican convention here today, organized a second convention in a room in the same build ing, named Thomas Williams and John McAilister delegates to the republican national convention and instructed them for Roosevelt. The remaining 100 dele gates chose ]. F. Mayes and R. s. Grang- CT to represent the district al Chicago and instructed them for Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Taft Gets County

Mssoua, Mont. May 1.-The Taft forces carried seven of the eight pre- cincts in the republican primaries here today and split the remaining precinct with the Roosevelt forces. This insures a county convention controlled for Taft in Senator Dixons home county
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Elect Georgia Delegates

Atlanta May 11.-Reports received at the headquarters of the Roosevelt Pro- gressive club in this city, it was stated tonight indicate that Roosevelt republic an conventions were held in practically all Georgia counties today to name dele gates to state and district conventions to be held May II and is. respectively. Ac- cording to St. Julian Yates president of the club. a state organization, the Roose- welt wing of the republican party in this state will send q full contestng dele gntion to the national convention. The so-caiied regular. or Taft wing. held a state convention in. March and named a delegation of 24 to the Chicago eonven- ton. instructed for Taft, one district hav- ing named an uninstructed delegation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
S50O0 From Busch

St Louis, May 11.-Adolphus Busch announced today he had instructed Gov orhor Sanders of Louisiana to draft upon him as high as s5000. He said this was for the flood victims,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Collegian Goes to Athletics

Waco Texas, May 1i.-oscar M. liar rell. pitcher on the Baylor college team, has signed with the Philadelphia Amer ieang team and will report at St. Louis July '. ...-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Full Day Of Sunshine Revipes Dropping
 Spirits Tn Flood
 Region; New Hope
With Exception Of Baton Rouge, En- gineers Express Confidence In Abil-
 ity To Hold Back Flood Waters

Orleans May higher maximum predicted by the weather bureau special bulletin today account south of Natch the following table shows the record the and expected stages from Baton Rouge south:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Train Crew Tells Story

Anniston. May 11.-( Special )-News wRs received here late tonight that the entire city of Talladega was destroyed by a cyclone early during the night Details were received Tn Anniston through a train crew and passengers who spent two or three hours in the city while the tracks were being cleared for the passage of trains. Owing to the information the details are not complete as regarding the loss of life, but the property damage Is given at S75.0O0 or $10oO00. The wholesale and retal house of Goldbery & Lewis, a three- story structure, was completely wrecked and several clerks are report cd Co have been injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
ARE FIGHTING FOR NORTH CAROLINA Underwood Forces Are Con- fident of Success MIR. BANKHEAD TALKS Many Expressions of Confidence In and Best Wishes For MT. Under wood Are Being Received. Brown in Wasaington
 
MIR. BANKHEAD TALKS
py WALTER HARPER

Washington, May 1.-(Special 1.-The forces of the Underwood campaign com mittee are now centered in North Caro- lina., where the state primaries are to be held next Monday week. Good reports are coming from the state every day and those in charge of the campaign, both here and in North Carolina, are confident that Oscar Underwood win carry the state by a rousing good majority.
 The success of the Underwood ticket in Alabama. Florida. Georgia and Missis- sippi. in which states the only campaigns have been made for the full delegations. is having q good effect in North Caro5 lima. There is no longer any question of the availability of Mir. Underwood and that he is being seriously considered for tho presidency. This feeling has gone far heyond the bounds of the states that have acted favorably for him and will have good effects in the selection and instrue- tion of delegates in the future. There is a general impression in Washington that most of the delegates yet to be elected win be uninstructed
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by the Standard oil company. Large sums were also contributed by Tampa, Fla. and local citizens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
GENERAL OROzCO
 STILL IN POWER Vasquez Gomez Returns to
 United States BATTLE AT ESCALON Few Details Obtainable = Federals Claim They Are Driving Rebels Back-Rebels Without Food
 and in Serious Condition
BATTLE AT ESCALON

At the Rebel Front. Near Con ejos. May 11.--(10 D. m.)--Five thousand rebel troops advanced southward here tonight skir- mishing as they proceeded. They should encounter the main body of the federal forces at day break.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Gomez Leaves Mexico

Gomez fled today across the Rio Grande to United States territory. Later he was located i'i a boarding house In Fl Paso. He declined to make any statement Jose Ccrdova, secretary of the state of chl- huahua. who bears Orozco's answer to the Gomez proposal of a provisional gov ernment, arrived tonight.
 Reliable information has it that tho men who once surrounded former Presi- dent Dlaz had been financing the Orozco movement through the agency of Golzalo C Enrile. now in. Chihuahua. but that other capitalists had sprung up who were seeking to oust the Enrilistas and con- trol Orozcos hand. In the underground contest between these factions Gomez ho could furnish only political ambi- tion. was lost.
 Few Details of Battle
 Of the fighting on the plains. 400 miles south. few details are at hand. Not con- tent with the rigid censorship exercised eyer dispatches coming from the front, General Orozco declired to allow corre- srondents to proceed further south than Escalon, the rebel base
 Below Escalon, somewhere between Con eIos and Peronal, 26 miles southward, the battle ragged. The rebels are many miles behind their position of few days ago. The federas claim they are pushing oItZcO SdHsudfd DdchWdTu ReDel Syin- pathizers say that jt Is but a riise to draw them from their fortifcations,
 While General Huerta. the federal com r ander. just north of Peronal. is strikS i;g constantly at the vanguard of tho retels at Conejos. Orozeo has sent to the westward a column under Gen. Luis Fer randez to flank the government troops and attack General Telez. bringing up the real of the federal army.
 Generals Villa and Rabago were de- tailed by General Hnerta to offset the flank attack of Fernandez on the west. East of the railroad some of the troops of General Salazar, next in command 10 Orczco have heen placed to intercept the advance of Gen. Trucey Atbert, who is e, ecuting flank movement westward to- ward Sierra Mojada and Escalon,
 Upon the outcome of the battle depends largely the success of the present revo- lution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Senator Bankhead Talks

Discussing the situation in North Caro- lima today Senator Bankhead, who is in charge of the Underwood campaign, said:
 "our campaign plans In North Carolina are in excellent shape. Our friends there who have studied the situation closely have. confidence that he will win great victory When that state falls into line we will have carried every state in which we have made direct appeals for the whole delegation
 with North Carolina in line MT. Un- derwood will have 108 votes in the con vention directly pledged to him. Where we have made direct fight we have 100 per cent of victory to our credit. This is as much as any candidate could desire
 Many expressions of confidence in and hest wishes for Oscar Underwood are being received from business ana |professional men of Washington Of all parties. Similar expressions are also coming in from all sections of the country.
 That the claims of Mir underwood' friends are being seriously considered since the action of the southeastern statee is more and more apparent ev-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Others Have Full Strength

There i$.a general impression in prashtngtorR that the other candidates in inc field have almost gathered their fun strength and from now on most of the delegations will be selected without specific instructions. Virginia districts arc electing uninstrueted del : epatious to tho state convention. The state convention will probably select ,1ninstructed delegates to the national convention. Underwood Is very popular in Virginia, and if is certain that he will get the vote If he looks good in the convention. The same may be said of south Carolina and other states.
 Wilson Brown of Birmingham was in Washington today and was jubilant over the prospects of Underwood's nom iuation. He said;
 F.Of course, I am interested in the Irader,<r,od movement. feel that he ts not only the best man for the dem ocrafs to nominate, but that he will bo the nominee. I am certain he car win against any man that the repub- lieans put up
 Iohn H. Bankhead, Jr., of Jasper is also in Washington and Is equally eE tl,usia stic in his opinion of MT. Under woods chances. MT. and Mrs Bankheai are here to attend the marriage of tho formers sister. Mrs. Louise Bankhead Terry, to MT Arthur c. Lund of Bos- tor. which will take place at the Ar Iington hotel tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Courthouse Destroyed

The county courthouse, which is sit uated in the center of the square. was blown to pieces; q three-story brick building owned by 1. A, Bingham is q complete wreck; the Star Furniture company building and the posas .%taS next door is badly wrecked, the three story building just below the postof- ldce, known ns the Elks' theatre. ana | In which the Western Union has an office, is damaged. No communication
 Is to be had away from Talladega by telegraph Across the street the South ern hotel Brannan Printing Co., El- lon's theatre, Dixie theatre are victims of the cyclone An entire street of one and two stories Is completely razed to the ground This street being in the direct path of the cyclone. 1t running east and west and is known as Bat He street.
 large drilling outfit on this street was completely destroyed at a loss of 5000 Street hacks were blown across streets and other frealsish occurrences are reported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Private Residences Damaged

Private residences along East Battle and South streets are badly damaged. The entire city is in darkness and the citizens are much excited and being sep arated from the outside world are greatly at a disadvantage.
 D. V Gray. an employe of the United States government at the postoffice. is reported as fatally injured, and several clerks in the courthouse are reported as badly injured At the Alline Fire com pany, Lem Lay, white driver, is probably fatally injured by falling walls. Tho horse was killed and the dray destroyed. Talladega Show and Clothing company, Talladega National bank and Owl Drug company buildings end stock were de- stroyed. Animals drawing drays and which were stationed on streets were killed and blown for several hundreds yards
 Talladega Is the county seat of Tal- ladega county has population of about 1000 or more people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-12
Schools Suffer Heavily

SCHOOlS SuiitT ltdfny
 The state schools of Alabama. the Alabam School for Deal, the Alabama School. for Blind, Alabama Synodieal college Talladega college and two large cnlored schools are located at Talln- 1ega. and the Talladega college, hav- ing an enrolment of 400 students, were completely razed Six buildings are reported down This school Is located on Battle street, directly in the path company. flick Kyser Mercantile com pany and Hanks Mercantile company, located on this street, suffered heavy property damage The report of tho train crew end passengers arriving here late Saturday night was to the effect there are many persons injured by falling walls and flying particles |who will probably die. Trains from An .iston will likely leave within few hours for the stricken city.
 The city was thought to be immune from cyclones for the fact that 1t IS surrounded on all sides by mountains The business part of the town Is built around theeconrthouse fin the shape os a square, and two sides. the Battle street and East street sides are corp- pletely wrecked, while the other two ere not so badly wrecked
 The First Baptist church on East street is damaged approximately 5000
 
 and the Southern depots are also badly wrecked. Everything in the path of the cyclone was swept away or razed to lha ground The telegraph and tele- Iphcne systems are completely demor- aiized and the city Is in utmost con fusion.
 The entire system of long distance telephone service in the central and northern parts of Alabama wns put out of commission last night by the storm which visited Tuscaloosa and Talladega. All efforts to get into communication with Talladega, where the storm seemed to have reached it's height of fury. or any towns in Talladega county. were without success The local long distance sta ton could raise but two stations east of ] Birmingham These were Anniston and i Atlanta Northeast she could raise Gads- den and Chattanooga and no others. l Frantic efforts were made by The Age Herald to get into direct communication either by long distance of by telegraph with the stricken cities or towns In that neighborhood. The storm had wrecked I the wires and the territory semed ab- solutely cut off from the outside world.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-26
RAzERS ARRESTED
HELD FOR TRIAL

RALEIGH, n. c. Special Before
the executive Committee Of the North
Carolina University board of trustees.
called by Governor Kitchin to hear
President Nenable's statement con-
corning the hazin@ lsriday morning
mat resulted in the death OF Isaac
william Rand, Dr. Venable, 1T noon.
appeared and said that. IN addition
10 the expulsion of the students. the
TOUR young men-Hatch, Merrimon
Oldham and Styron-had been turned
over 60 the civil authorities and held
under $1,000 bonos.
Styron. who is an orphan and n
Ga ndidate for the ministry, gave bond
TINS morning and was released. The
other three We're already out on bail
The presidents statement differed
out little from published reports.
me Overturning OF the barrel. upon
which Rand was made TO stand and
dance and sing Home, Sweet Home. -
was made to appear accidental solely.
ne broken piece of bottle which cut
kand's throat was found.
Inc trustees of the school at
% CLOCK were i'm executive session. one
OF them says more stringent exDul
sion laws are to be advocated and a
resolution introduced making a Grim
mai ohense Of hazing in any form.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-26
harvester TRUST
SUIT Is BEGUN
Is Expected That Taking of Tes-
timony Will Last Many
Months.

CHICAGO, ILL., Special Be-
fore Special Examiner Robert =.
Taylor, hearing of evidence i'm the
Governments suit against the In
tcrnatiOnal Harvester Company
was begun here.
The suit, similar i'm many ways
To that against the Standard oil
Company. which resulted i'm VIC
tory for the Government. was flied
in 81. Paul i'm April. As i'm the
Standard Oil case the testimony i
to- DC taken by a special examiner
and submitted TO the court.
where the attorneys will argue
the case. 1t il expected that the
taking OF testimony will be mat
ter of many months.
Edwin II. GrOSvenOr, special as
Sistant to the Attorney General.
came to Chicago TO conduct the
Governments examination of wit
ncSScS.
Attorneys Edgar \. Bancroft
and John II. Wilson represented
the Harvester Company.
The suit il civil action under
the Sherman antitrust law.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-26
THE BLUE CRAB.

-.-'.
If it be true that blue crab is
anchOly news. We could better af-
iord 70 lose every politician in the
country than the humble crustacean
that mas given us aid and comfort
for centuries.
Swepson Earle. OF the MARYLAND
Shell Fish Commission. an authority
on oysters ana crabs, announces that
unless protective measures are adopt
ed and enforced the hard and soft
shell crabs, which have been so album
uant in the Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries, Will meet the fate of the
terrapin, if not OF the dodo or mas
todon.
According to Mr.. Earle. CrisfieId
IS the largest shipping point I'm the
world Tor crabs. In 1910, il is said,
2O,O0O,OOO soft crabs were shipped
from this point Therefore. the best
evidence OF the scarcity of crabs at
the present time is afforded by prices
at Crisfield. Prices for soft-sheII crabs
have been as high as $1.25 a dozen
during the season. A few years ago
soft-shell crabs sold at Crisfield as
low as . cents a dozen, and as for
hard crabs, in the waters OF Anne
Arundel county, a man could easily
catch four barrels a day. During the
last decade it has not been uncom-
mon TO see ten carloads of crabs
shipped from Crisfield in a single day
Apparently no such SuDDlX now
available or possible.
That the crab industry is in real
danger of being destroyed is indicated
by the fact that the demand now
equals the supply. With increased
demand, decreased supply, and use of
improved methods of catching and
the destruction OF the female crabs
in Maryland-the combination of cir
Cumstances certainly point toward
determination. 1t is true that the
General Assembly of Virginia passed
a law with a view to protecting crabs
and preventing their extinction. But
il Will be necessary for Maryland and
other States to cooperate with Vir-
giaia in order to make such protec-
ton of adequate value.
The blue crab is not an ocean crab.
and is, therefore, at the mercy of
rapacious man. He inhabits such
waters as the Chesapeake Bay, its
tributaries and sounds. We are in
formed that the female crab spawns
but once in the course Of her life.
She is capable Of producing 100000
young and the tiny young ones cling
TO the mother until they are capable
OF beginning life on their own ac-
count. when she rubs them off in the
sand, whence they scatter far and
wide. The mother crab at this stage
is known as the sponge bearer, and
it was to protect her at this stage
that the Virginia law was passed. But
uiVS anu iisiiSS uo not oDSerNS SldtS
lines, and a sponge bearer, safe in
Virginia, is prey in Maryland and
elsewhere.
Nature has arranged that all ami
mails widely preyed upon are widely
prolific. But the ingenuity of man is
capable OF discriminating creatures
that are as y Fhdant as the sands of
the sea. HeOcan, however, refrain
from discriminating the blue crab. if
he will. by giving it a chance to re-
cover from his depredations.-Vir-
ginian-Pilot.