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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
UNDERWOOD IS THE CHOICE 0F THE EAST Florida Real Estate Broker Finds Sentiment for
 Alabamian

Washington, February 24-fSpecial) ) Underwood seemed to be the choice for President in all political talk ]
 heard during my trip east.' said James
 B. Dodge, a prominent real estate deal
 CT of Jacksonville. Fla.
 Men of all classes are turning to MT. Underwood as thel conservative
 hope of the democratic party, and in my opinion he will be chosen as our standard bearer.
 "At the Baltimore meeting of the Southern Settlement and Development association, which attended, there was no political discussion, but of course all the candidates had friends among the delegates. The one thing that inn
 pressed me was the wonderfully unan- imity of Underwood sentiment He was regarded as the only southern man in
 the field. And yet more than one per son said to me that while a southernei he was the broadest and sanest Amer ican of them all.
 q ind a positive yearnins for po- llitical quiet. stability of thought and practice in political affairs. Always with such expressions comes the em- phatic observation that the FAlabsmiar ! is the party's hope. Never a word was said of his lack of-availability because | he Is southerner. That bugaboo we have ourselves needlessly evoked had much pleasure in saving that my hum ble judgment was that MT. Underwood would have a solid delegation from I Florida.
 | If our people only knew what s
 wonderful opportunity lay before then l. if Oscar Underwood were nominated
 for the presidency, there would be nc
 doubt at all of the verihcation of m, predictions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

Washington, February 2t.-(Special.) Although practically located for some days. formal announcement was not made until today by the Underwood
 campaign committee of the selection of l its quarters Rooms have been secured
 on the eighth floor of the New Wood :
 ward office building. corner of Eff l teenth and H streets. The suite ls a
 modest one, but neatly and tastefully furnished. The furniture consists of desks, tables. chairs, typewriters and other office fixtures and materials suit
 able for the conduct of the campaign. Underwood campaign headquarters have been chosen from very practical
 considerations.' said Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama. chairman of the committee having In charge the aspirations of the gifted Alabamian.
 With us headquarters means place for hard work of the most effective and far reaching character.
 Headquarters will be conducted In a strictly systematic and business like way, with as much regard for detail as is exercised by the most complex and minuteiy organized business con cern. Every moment of the day will be filled with zealous activities. car ried on by my enthusiastic and trained assistants.
 "The friends of MT. Underwood may rely with every assurance of conf dence upon the best efforts on the part of those directly in charge of the con- duct of his campaign. They may fur ther know that our campaign and all of our campaign plans will be con- ducted on high and honorable basis. q wish the people of the country to know that we expect to go in on the strength of our candidate, his high char acter. hH well tried leadership. his per feet sanity and boise, and his fidelity both to his friendships and also to the great and time honored principles of the democratic party. If we arc unable to win save through anonymous and un- signed attacks on other candidates, then we do not expect. or even care to win. Indeed under such circumstances we would not deserve to win. Tn all we do it will never be forgotten that there is a certain comity due between candidates of the same party, and that after the nomination we must be in position to fight common political enemy.
 'In order to set at rest any question in the public mind as to the actual can didacy of MT. Underwood. desire to say that all that we are doing in his behalf has his full and hearty concurrence. He Is a candidate. and is in the race not only to win the nomination, but also for cleo ton in November"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
IS NO SUBSTITUTE
 FOR FREE SUGAR

Washington. February Awe have discussed the entire revenue producing list from agate to zinc in an effort to find something to substitute for sugar as a revenue producer said Representative Underwood today. We have come to no 'decision." he concluded.
 Advocates of free sugar have suggested many things that might be increased in order tq produce the sso.OOo0Oo in revenues from sugar that would be lost should that commodity be placed on the free list Free sugar. it was stated. is the remotest of probabilities. as the committee Is mys- tified how to make up for revenue losses ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
LOVE FINDS A WAY

Lexington. Ky, February 2i.-R. r Me- I.ins offered reward for any one pre- venting his daughter from marrying < banker recently. The offer was circulated over several states and scores of offi- cers watched for love lorn couple. The male. a Mir. Nash, and his sweetheart eluded all pursuit, They were married in Cincinnati yesterday. McLins' daughter. Mayme. is IS years old. and Is an heiress 10 one of the largest estates in eastern Kentucky. It is averred the action wss taken partly to estop second daughter from emulating the first and request wau issued to all license clerks to ignore appli. eations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
An Exhibit Coming

New York. February e4--A collection of German art works that will include not only paintings and sculpture. but the various industrial arts. has been organized by the museum at Hagen tour of the principal cities of this country. The collection Is to be ex- hibited in Indianapolis, Pittsburg. St. Louis. Chicago and New York. Dates Ger the exhibition are not known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
MARRIED 7s YEARS

New York, February 24-Mathias shalek and his wife celebrated today the seventy ninth anniversary of their wedding. This is the mans ninety-ninth birthday also. His wife is 96 and both are in possession of good health. The pair say they ex- pect to live past the 1Co years mark.
 We have had our little tits and squab- bles. but I don't think we would have been a bit happier if we had not expeii- enced them" said he.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
FARMER MURDERED
 AND HOME BURNED

Gallipolis, Ohio. February 24--Yetsr serrier. well to do farmer living Isa this city. was murdered last night and his homo robbed and burned in an att tempt to cover the crime.
 Serrier's head was severed entirely from his body by his assailarts, whose sole intent was robbery. The head was found several feet from the body. which was lying on the bed in the farmers $ homo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Underwood in Race

Washington, February 24-(By Associ- ated Press Representative Oscar Under wood of Alabama, majority leader of the House today was formally entered in the race for the democratic nomtatfon for the presidency. Senator Bankhead, in making the announcement. also stated that Underwood headquarters in this city had been opened.
 Mir pankhead will act as chairman of the Underwood movement and as his manager.
 The statement follows:
 ''To set at rest any question iu the pulp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Many Frozen to Death

omsk, Russia. Fesyuary 24.-A lara number of persons were frozen to dea during Blizzard in this district If fday In Onlsk itself 31 fatalities haf been reported while in Koktopa tav 4
 khe death roll totsIs s2 and in Petrd'
 Avalosk 1t reached 105v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25

February lN s of
 y fall and then the Buster Brown especially for The Agee
 s ehu npr iden of the United Sates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Lombard Beirut

Beirut, Syria, February 24.-A flotilla oi Italian warshlps bombarded this place to- day. killing 60 persons and wounded q large number of others. The ships sank several small Turkish gunboats.
 Suddenly appearing off the port. the commanders of the Italian ships sent to the authorities peremptory demand for the surrender of the Turkish gunboats in the habor.
 Before the provincial governor could de- liver his reply the cruisers opened a devastating fire. In short time the Turkish gunboats in the harbor were in a sinking condition. The custom house was greatly damaged and other building sus- talned damage.
 A great number of persons who came within the area Of fire while passing along the stsets were killed.
 A panic set In and the people fled in squads toward Lebanon Hills. No dam age was done to the drainage canal or to the property of the American missions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Short Time Limit

Paris, February 24.-Itaian warships were seen cruising about outside Beirut last night, according to dispatch from the special correspondent of La Liberte. When the admiral in command sent his ultimatum to the governor demanding the surrender of the Turkish gunboat and destroyer anchored in the roadstead he gave a time limit of only three hours for the reply.
 As the Turkish authorities were not able to reply in that time the Italian ships opened fire on the port at q. m. The city itself appears to have suffered only slight damage.
 A large number of foreign vessels in the harbor as well as the foreign con sulates and business houses hoisted their national flags when the firing began.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Discuss Precautions

Precautionary measures by the Unit ed States in connection with the Mex ican situation were discussed by Pres idant Taft tonight at d conference at the White. House with Senators Lodge, Racon and Stone of the foreign rela- lions committee and Senators culberson and Bailey. of Texas.
 The President is believed to have talked with the senators about the or dering today of more American troops to the border with the understanding that they shall go into Mexico if .nec- essary to prevent firing into American territory from across the Rio Grande.
 The President is understood to have read to his visitors a message sent to Ambassador Wilson at Mexico City, In this Mir Wilson was advised to inform President Madero the United States did not desire to intervene In Mexico but firing across the border, endangering American lives and interests must cease even if it were necessary for Amer ican troops to help to preserve order in Mexico. sf
 None of the senators would discuss what took place at the conference. Sec retary Stimson of the war department tonight declared he did not expect any emergency to arise whereby it would be necessary to send troops across the line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Madero Confident


 Mexico City, February 24.-President Madero insisted today that Gen. Geron- imo Trevino and Pascual Orozco were loyal to his government and repeated the statement he has frequently made that Mexico soon would rid herself of all in- surrection.
 Claims made for the loyalty of Trevino were corroborated by the general him self, who sent to the Associated Press from Monterey the following message:
 q have not accepted and I will not accept any public office not rendered to me by the national government. l am an honorable soldier and loyalty always will be guide of my acts. shall de- fend the established government until peace is restored or shall go down with it in accord with my convictions Of my duty
 President Madero admits that a num- Der of small rebel bands are operating in the north, but denied that any large body of rebels were marching in any particular direction. The president said his observations were based on official advices received from army men, in- cluding Orozco. with whom he claimed to be in daily communication
 Manifesto Unauthorized
 There is little doubt here but that the manifesto issued at Ell Paso and whose author says was written at the instiga- ton of the Cientificox, lacked the author ization of Trevino and probably that of Orozeo.
 There are few men in the capital either of the old regime or of the new. who believe that a group of capitalists known as Cientifcos has anything to do with the plan announced by the former con sul. Gonzales C. Enrile. A few suggest that the motive may be found in the planning of over jealous friends of the administration. The doubting element in- dicate that the old capitalistic group set too much store by material progress to foster any more vehemence calculated to injure business or to reduce further the credit of their country. Their motto at any rate appears to be Peace and business are synonymous.
 Another Motive
 In searching for a motive those who doubt Enrile's word point to what might well be a logical result of his action, the creation of another strong faction in the revolutionary element with SO little in common with those already in the field that concerted action in cam reaign against the government would be a Utmost impossible. Naturally. they say. thie government would gain.
 .5resus Flores Magon. sub-secretary of iusfsice probably will be minister of the inter for, filling the vacancy created by the rf >signation of Abraham Gonzales. who vitbdr,-sw in order to resume the gover- norship of Chihuahua.
 Ms 'dero's Reply to Gomez
 President Madero tonight feplied by teleyraph 70 the appeal of Emilio Vas 1uez Come at San Antonio, Tex. that he return to the revolution the power which it "a ve him. charging the ex- abinet minis ter with responsSbility for he state in which the country hnds it. ,elf and decil ming to abandon the post --4 - - v --->-->~-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Two Vessels Sunk

t'onstantinoeie. February 2i Official re- ports received from the governor or Beti'ut say the Turkish corvette Avnillah and a torpedo boat destroyer lying at anchor were sunk during the Italian lombard ment today Government buildings were shelled Neither of the Turkish vessels was under steam at the time, and accord ing to the governors dispatch the Italian vessels opened fire without giving time for 4 reply to their demand Tor the sur- render of the Turkish vessels.
 Officials here believe the object or the Italians in bombardng Beirut was to provoke Moslem fanaticsm and thus bring about a massacre of the Christians in Beirut.
 The Turkish government today sent circular to the powers declaring its de- termination to close the Dardanelles and to expel all Italians of whatever class from Turkey. in consequences of the Italian naval activity in the Aegan, sea,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
All Troops Are Ready

 In addition to sending a regiment of i1- fantry and three batteries of field artillery to the Mexican line, orders were issued to division commanders throughout the country to hold their commands ready to move at a moments notice. The acute situation in Mexico has had the effect of putting the army establishment in high state of preparedness and it is believed mobilization on the Rio Grande could be effected quickly if the occasion arose.
 The Mexican government, it is under stood, will be advised of the intervention of the United States to prevent, at all hazards, repetition of the casualties due to stray bullets coming across the line which marked the fighting during the Madero revolution at several towns along the border. neutral zone along the bor- der will be insisted upon in which fighting must cease. This zone the United States
 intends to have respected, AS evidenced by today's White House conference and re- suting orders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
United States Ready to Invade Mexico if
 Necessary
MADERO CLINICS TO
 FAITH IN OROZCO
Regiment of Infantry and Battalion of Artillery Ordered to Fl Paso. Agua Prieta Panic Stricken.
 Madero's Grim Orders

Washington, February 24-Determinet that no more American lives shall b' sacrificed as a result of fighting on th' Mexican border, United States troopi along the Rio Grande were ordered rein forced today and demands made tha firing into American territory must h. stopped, even though it be necessary t' cross the boundary line to enforce com pliance. The order. the most sweepint that has gone out from the war depart ment in the present situation, was issued after conference between President Taft Secretary of War Stimson and Actins Secretary of tate Huntington Wilson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
Mann Favors Resolution

Representative Hehin Of 3Iabama, Tn an attack upon republican Investigation of corporation affairs. dedared Secre- tary Cortelyou of the Apartment of commerce and labor, had/ gone to the corporations to investigatd them, With . badge on his coat married Republican Campaign Committee.
 He said: I came to Investigate you and they said. How much do you want?' '' said Representative Hefln
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-25
NJ, 'dero's Reply to Gomez

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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-06-15

Wisconsin ranks first as a butter pro-
Queer, with Iowa second and MinnesO ia
third, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Hi
nois, New York, Texas and Indiana trail
ing along in the order given One and a
half billion pounds of butter valued at
over four hundred million dollars is
going some along the butter route.
Mss Eli abeth G. Poplar, of Havre de
Grace, and Herbert j. Clark, of Will
mngton. announced their marriage, on
June s, which took place in Wilmington
last November.
The graduating class of the Havre de
Grace High School attended st. Patrick S
Catholic Church, last Sunday evening,
when special sermon was delivered by
Rev. James Fit gerald.
The commencement exercises Of the
Bel AR High School will be held Friday
evening, June Il. Ex-Governor Warfield
viii address the graduates.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-06-15

killed in various campaigns of 19l1-a
statement which seems impressive until
one considers the number of h!es which
IS aped the slaughter. In Washington,
d. C., alone, some 100000 flies were
killed by the swat, the trap, drowning,
81. p-ur fumes and even by electrocu-
ton. DR.. Howard, of the Bureau of En-
tomology, points out that in the con-
genial climate of that city seven genera
lions of f.es may be produced in sin
gle summer. One female fly will lay on
an average a batch of 100 eggs; and if
al these eggs from a batch laid in the
middle of April should hatch and repro
duce their kind in like manner, there
would be by autumn, from single female
fly, progeny of nearly six thousand bill
lion. And as each female may lay four
patches of eggs, the figures for their I'M
checked development through a summer
stagger the Imagination To swat the
fly by the billion, therefore, means lit
tie, says The Journal of the American
Medical Association, so long as those
that survive have unchecked opportunity
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-06-15
Drives Off A Terror

The chief eXc"utiOner of death in the
Ninter ana spr.ng months is pneumonia.
Its advance agents are colds and grip.
n any attack by one of these maladies
no tine should e LIST IN taking the best
medicine obtainable to drive it off
Countless thousands have found this to
be Or. Kings New Discovery. My hus-
band believes it has kept him from hay
ing pneumonia three or four times
writes Mrs George w. Place, Rawson-
vile, Vt and for coughs, colds and
Group we have never found it's equal"
Guaranteed for al bronchial affections.
Price 81 cts and 81. Trial bottle free at
all Druggists.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-06-15
Children cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q ASTo RI a

The Third National Bank OF Chester
town has been designated as deposit
tory for the State of Maryland funds.
The l3G'h annual commencement eX-
ercises Of Washington College, Ches-
tertown, will be held from June 10 to
'une -.
THE PURE FOOD Law" is designed
from injurious ingredients in both foods
and drugs IT is beneficial both to the
public and to the conscientious manu-
facturer. Ely's Cream Balm, a success
ful remedy for cold in the head, nasal
catarrh, hay fever, etc, containing no
injurious drugs, meets fully the require
ments Of the new law, and that fact is
prominently stated on every package. 1t
contains none of the injurious drugs
Hhich are re luired by the law to be men
toned on tn label Hence you can use
it safely.
The forty fifth annual meeting of the
Maryland State Teachers Association
will convene June 252@ al Braddock
Heights. and the executive committee has
already announced the main features Of
the program and the speakers. Ad-
lrcsses viii be made by Judge Hammond
Irner; Mr. Earle b. Wood, of Mont
Iomery county, pres dent of the asso-
cation; Governor Goldsborougn, Supt.
Woodland {. Phillips. of Howard county;
llof W. Fl. Keister, fraternal delaga.e
from the Virginia State Teachers Asso-
cation; Er +. 7. ClaXon, L. s. Commits
s!oner of Education, and Dr.. w. NJ.
Davidson, superintendent of Schools at
Washington. The officers of the assoc
citation are-Prcs.dent, Earle B. Wood ::
vice president. Howard c. Hill; secre-
tary, Hugh W. Caldwell; treasurer, Dr..
K. bergman; executive committee. Earle
b. Wood Fl. Remsberg and Mss Ida
Lee Tall.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-06-15
News In Brief

On Friday last just as john Bennett
otherwise known as Two Sticks, from
the fact that he is lame and uses two
crutches, was boarding the 1.i9 passen-
ger train south. at Middletown, Officer
Armstrong arrested him on the charge of
breaking into and robbing a car in Kent
county and took him to Dover, where
he was given hearing before Squire
Wood, who held him TO bail in $1,000.
Miss Annie Shallcross died at the home
OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Shallcross, near Murphy's Mill, in this
county on June Isl, after a lingering i'll
ness The funeral was held the follow
ing Wednesday with interment in Old St.
Anne's Cemetery.
Never can tell when you'll mash fin
ger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn or
scald. Be prepared. Thousands rely on
DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil. Your drug
gist sells it. 25c and soc.
At IA meeting of the Town Board o:
Middlctown on Wednesday evening, the
tax rate for the year 1912 was fixed at 81
on the 500 assessment. The rate is the
same as last year, when it was reduced
from $l25.
Tie mystery of the disappearance Of
Ephraim smith, IA trusty on the Spesutia
Island farm, of Murray Vandiver, was
solved by the finding OF his body on the
Susquehanna Flats.
When baby suffers with &c ema or some
itching skin troubles, use Doan's Oint-
ment \ lit of ii goes ID long way, and
it is safe for children ste box at all
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-06-15

for breeding. There is even more weight,
therefore. in Stockbridge's statement that
during 1911 filthy breeding places were
cleaned up, which, il left alone, would
have given opportunity for the propaga-
ton OF incalculable billions. Better than
swatting' the fly is the prevention of
its hreeding by cleaning up the places
where 1t thrives the unsanitary privy,
the dead dog and horse allowed to lie
u15rr.ed until putrid, the dung-heap,
tie uncovered garbage can and the spit
tcon How this can be done, can be
learned from the health departments of
many states and municipalities, and
from civic leagues and like organizations.