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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
Besiege the Representatives
With Protest Against Fea-
ture of Tariff Revision
STUBBORN FIGHT
ON COTTON RATES
Southerners Propose Increase in Pro-
posed Rates on Finished Yarns.
Other Features Bring On
Vigorous Opposition
TILE DAY IN CONGRESS.

Received nominations
from the President, including that
of Walter H. Page as ambassador
TO Great Britain.
Republicans in caucus agreed IN
formally there should be- no gem
eral attack on President Wilson's
nominations
Senator Hitchcock introduced
resolution calling for all eorres-
pondenee between the United
States aud Colombia relating to
claims for partition of Panama.
Suffrage committee decided
to resume suffrage parade hearing
Wednesday.
Senator Kenyon introduced bill
to punish lobbying, and one to pro-
vide hours of rest for railroad em-
ployes.
Senator Cummins gave notice he
would on Friday ask amendment OF
rules so a separate vote could be
possible on any conference reports
on tariff schedules
Adopted resolution calling ON
Secretary of Treasury for report
whether railroads and express com
panies operating under land grants
had been paid for carrying govern
ment goods.
Adjourned at 1;4o p. NJ until
noon Thursday.
IIOUSE-Democrats in caucus
resumed consideration of tariff bill,
discussing agricultural schedule.
Rules committee Is considering
special rule for Immediate consid-
Grafton of sundry civil and Indian
appropriation bills.
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Amendments Defeated

Several proposed amendments were
defeated in quick order before Assem-
bIyman W. A. johnson proposed to put
back in the bill throughout the "alieis
not eligible to citizenship clause.
..Many young Englishman,' he said,
sscoming to America with money to in
vest has promised his parents that he
never would surrender his allegiance
to the mother country, but he made no
worse neighbor for that and his chill
dren have grown ,up as good citizens
as any of us
1T is a question greater than dollars
and cents" replied Assemblyman Blood
good. 1T amounts to another great
race problem. Ten miles from sacr9 :
mento / saw Japanese man and
white woman living together. There
was a baby What was that baby? II
was the beginning of a new. race PROB
lem. problem of the fusien OF races
unassimilable."
The amendment was defeated Sc
to 20
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
Pledge Exemptions

Representative Ashbrook of Ohio is
chairman of the free wool opponents
conference. Failure in the caucus may
result in requests for exemption from
the pledge so the fight may be continued
on the floor of the House.
Citrus fruits and cotton and wheat
were the chief targets of the opposition
in the caucus today the cotton schedule
still being under consideration upon adj
iurnment No changes were made in
the committees bill as a result of the
DAYS discussion, advocates of increased
duties on wheat as well as those favor
ing it's free listing being voted down
and members who urged increased
duties on citrus fruits, pineapples, cot
ton yarns and other articles meeting
like fate. Representative Underwood,
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee who was i'll Yesterday, was able
to resume control of the bill in the
caucus Representative Rainey of hit
nois had charge OF the agricultural
schedule for the ways and means com
mittee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
Fight on Cotton Rates

The most stubborn opposition of the
day came from southern members on
some of the cotton rates Representa-
tive Webb of North Carolina, proposed
to increase the proposed rates on
twisted mercerized and otherwise fin-
ished yarns The committees rates of
duty ranged from per cent to 25 per
cent. The Webb amendment would have
Increased these rates, beginning at 10
per cent on the lower grades and run
ming up to 80 per cent on the higher
grades The amendment was voted
down by a vote of 10 to 81 on the first
roll call of the day.
Representative Broussard of Louisi-
ana vigorously assailed the proposed
duties on chickory. chocolate and cocoa,
dandelion root, acorns and other sub
stitutes for coffee proposed in the COM
mittee bill moving to place them all on
the free list as boon to the break
fast table
He called attention to the recent
holding up by the government of Brazil
ian coffee and argued that the people
were entitled to coffee substitutes with
out any tariff. His amenment was voted
down. however, adherents of the COM
mittee explaining that the reciprocity
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-06
ARE
ENRACED
BY KILLING
VIII Push First Degree
Murder Charge Against
Girls Slayer

IeisgfaE ~ United Press
Rcemer N Feb e-TAe s91e-
rg q ida BFae@aa ske1 ls a sr
meat striker 5g Fzie1tae sa1ter. 5
ctairg mangfaefufef hs aEoss1
ths iz1gaatisa q eTsy ia5ar uea
z tae citE
EgerF etor A 5ag se today
aa tile charge a. i.rgi dasEaa mlr-
1er sa1er vas 70 IT, saop nhea q
eg of strikers gatssrs1 outside.
shouting n strike bfeakera p eeme
ogt ssd sg.n ths sirike
ea1teF vas eaEasea ana raale8 10
wlnsoW vita h.s shotgua aa1 tlrz3
iato ~ eroHd killing tae Bfaemaa
gH instantly aaa weaalilg taFee
osaeFa
Ezlter employs soo1' forty machine
hands ana Tg9 atrlker went 10 his
aAep yesterday afternoon n at saft
= persuade tie operatives 70 Hslk
oas During gae denomination many
stones aeFe fhroHu
gasief fired from aa upstairs glH-
Cow cf the STOP Mlas Brasmsn died
aimoz. instantly from tie wound sas
received. The police arrested sautsr
and be q charged with murder ID The
first degree
More arrests win be made. tie ~
lice Eay. oH charges d rioting
James McHangs d the state bureau
u mediation and arbitration. who g
here 10 settle the strike. sent circular
letters 10 he strikers and manuiac
tsrerg suggesting a conference BE- ar
ranged Such a conference he be
4 lleyes, win result IN settling tne strike
II defining the issues 50 far The
strikers have made no formal presen.
tation Or demands
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-06
FOR GOVT
RAILROAD

Washington. FEB. Recommending
ihe gobsrnment construction of 155
miles of railroad opening the vast
Beniug and 1asanuska coal fields Of
Alaska II d cosf of ss5,ooo.oo0. Tait
ioday ID a special message % congress
transmlfted the report ol the Alaskan
railway commission
Private operation Of the govern.
meHt's proposed railroads under a
lease. the president said he believed
il aas q proper solution Of the diff.
cuiiiss presented in Alaska
Two independent railway systens,
one connecting the Yukon river and
Iaaana river with TideWater and the
other devoted 70 the development o.
Kuskokw.im and sasitana rivers are
recommended ID the message.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-06
DEAD MAN At
THROTTLE
s4e44se44~esv.@@es

= Springfield, 40, Feb ia ;
= Frisco train ran five miles With =
+ dead man at the throttle il +
= was learned here last night :
= the train left Fort Scott. Kan, =
+ for sapulpa, Okla with f. =
= Keith as engineer. :
= Seven miles out Of Fort Scott !
: Fireman J f. Smith glancing i
, up from the deck Of the en-. /
; CINE. noticed the engineer. his 4
= left hand clutchlng the emer-
= gencg brake huddled 30 On bis
= seat He was dead and 90 tight
= was Bic grasp on the air brake
+ the fireman could not remove 4
+ the hand 70 stop the engine !
= lie applied the brake by put
, ting hia own hand over that Of
+ the engineer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-06

Have your plumbing done by
practical Plumbers and in ac-
cordance with city plumbing or
dinance. Poor workmanship
cost more in the long run. Es-
Inmates cheerfully furnished.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Phone
your troubles to 34l.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-06

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-06
Roy English

Gas In the stomach or bowels IS
disagreeable symptom Of torpid liver.
10 get rid Of it quickly take Herbine
Il Is a marvellous liver stimulant aad
bowel purifier. Price soc. Sold BY
Owl lrug Store and Public Drug Co
Adv d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-06

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
CHAPTER TX.

Betty Flanagan Shores
The officer to whose keeping Dunwoodie had
committed the peddler transferred his charge
to the custody of the regular sergeant of the
guard. A rude shed extended the whole length
of the of the building, and from off one
its ends had been partitioned a small apart
ment that was intended a repository for
many of the lesser implements Of husbandry
The lawless times had, however oCcasioned its
being stripped of everything of value. and the
searching eyes of Betty Flanagan selected this
spot on her arrival, as the storehOuse for her
movables and sanctuary for her person. 1t
was without window outlet of any kind. ex-
cepting its door the considerable sergeant thought
this the most BETTING place i'm which to deposit
his prisoner until the moment of his execution.
Followed by Birch, the sergeant proceeded in
silence to the door of the intended prison, and,
throwing 1t open with one hand, he held a Ian
tern with the other to light the peddler to his
prison Seating himself on a Cask that CON
tanned some of Betty's favorite beverage the
sergeant motioned to Birch to occupy another
in the same manner. The lantern was placed on
the floor, when the dragoon after looking the
prisoner steadily in the face Observed
"If anything lies heavy on your mind now
is the best time to get rid of tiff YOU have
done any wrong to any one promise you, on
the word of an honest dragon, to lend you a
helping hand to see them righted."
There are a few who have not done So"
said the pedder, turning his vacant gaze once
more on his companion.
Harvey mad by this time thoroughly examined
the place in which he to pass the night
and saw no means of escape. But as hope is
ever the last feeling to desert the human breast
the peddler gave the dragon more of his at
tention, fixing on his sunburnt features such
searching looks that Sergeant HOllister lowered
his eyes before the wild expression which he
met in the gaze of his prisoner.
Birch buried his face in both his hands, and
his whole frame shook; the sergeant regarded
him closely, but good feelings soon got the bet
ter Of his antipathies, and he continued more
mildly
There are few who have not done so, for
Colonel Singleton has sent down the most posi-
tive orders to take your life whenever we met
you Nothing and no avail but little
now" said the sergeant, rising to go; LAY your
self on the blanket of Mrs. Flanagan and get
a little sleep; | will call you betimes in the
morning. and from the bottom of my soul
wish | could be of some service to you, for
dislike greatly to a hung up like a
dog"
"Then you might save me from this ignomin-
ious DEATH" said Birch, springing to his feet
and catching the dragon by the arm. and,
oh what will not give you in reward ~
"In what manner?" asked the sergeant look
ing at him in surprise.
guineas from his person; these are nothing to
what / will give you, if you will assist me to
escape"
Were you the man whose picture is on the
gold | would not listen to such a crime" said
the trooper, throwing the money on the floor
with contempt "Go-go poor wretch, and make
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will be sure to meet with the soldiers ven
geance; you die tomorrow"
"'Iis as God Wills"
"You have already been tried, Harvey Birch;
and the truth has proved you to be an enemy
too dangerous to the liberties of America to be
suffered to live"
"The truth" echoed the peddler, starting and
raising himself in a manner that disregarded
the weight of his pack.
aye! the truth; you were charged with loi-
tering near the Continental army, to gain in
telligence of its movements, and. by communi-
eating them to the enemy, to enable him to
Illustrate the intentions of Washington"
"Will Washington say so, think your"
Doubtless he would; even the justice Of
Washington condemns you"
NO no. no." cried the peddle', in a voice
and with a manner that startled Dunwoodie;
Washington can see beyond the hollow views
of pretended patriots. Has he not risked his
all on the cast of a die? If a galows is ready
for me, was there not one for him also? No
no, no, nO-Washngton would never say, Lead
him to a gallows.'"
"Have you anything, wretched man. to urge
to the commander-in-chief why you should not
die?" said the major, recovering from the sur
prise created by the manner of the other.
Birch trembled. for violent emotions were
contending in his bosom. His face assumed the
CHASTITY paleness of death, and his hand drew
oox of tin from the folds of his shirt; he opened
it. showing by the act that it contained small
piece of paper on this document his eye was
for an instant fxed-he had already held it
toward Dunwoodie, when suddenly Withdrawing
his hand, he exclaimed
Not dies with me; know the conditions
of my service, and will not purchase life with
their forfeiture-it dies with me-"
Deliver that paper and you may possibly find
favor" cried DunwoOdie, expecting a discovery
of Importance to the cause.
at dies with me-" repeated Birch, a flush
passing over his pallid features, and lighting
them with extraordinary brilliancy.
Seize the traitor" cried the major, "and
wrest the secret from his hands"
The order was Immediately Obeyed; but the
movements of the peddler were too quick; in
an instant he swallowed the paper The Off
GERS paused in establishment, but the surgeon
cried eagerly
Hold him while ! administer an emetic"
"Forbear!" said Dunwoodie, reckoning him
back with his hand; 'if his crime is great, so
will his punishment be heavy"
LEAD on" cried the peddler, dropping his
pack from his shoulders and advancing toward
the door with a manner of incomprehensibe
. dignity.
"WhitherY asked DunwOodie, In amazement
ITO the gallows."
mo" said the major recoiling in horror at
his own Justice. MY duty requires that | or
der you to be executed, but surely not so has
tiy; take until 8 tomorrow to prepare for the
awful change"
Dunwoodie whispered his orders in the ear Of
a subaltern, and motioned to the peddler to
withdraw. The interruption caused by this
scene prevented further enjoyment around the
table, and the officers dispersed to their several
places of rest. In short time the only noise
to be heard was the heavy tread of the sentinel
as he paced the frozen ground in front of the
Hotel Flanagan.
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your peace with Cod for it is He only that can
be of service to you now"
The sergeant took up the lantern, and with
some indignation in his manner, he left the
peddler to sorrowful meditations on his ap-
preaching fate. Birch sunk, in momentary de-
spair, on the pallet Of Betty, while his guardian
proceeded to give the necessary instructions to
the sentnels for his safe-keeping
HOLSTER concluded his injunctions to the
man in the shed by saying, Your life will de-
pend on his not escaping. Let none enter or
quit the room till morning"
But" said the trooper, my orders are to
let the washerwoman pass in or out as she
pleases"
Well let her then; but be careful that this
willy peddler does not get out in the folds Of
her petdcoats." He then continued his walk,
giving similar orders to each of the sentinels
near the spot.
For some time after the departure of the SER
geant, silence prevailed within the solitary
prison of the pedder, until the dragon at his
door heard his loud breathings which soon rose
into the regular cadence of one in a deep
sleep. The man continued walking his post
musing on an Indifference to life which could
allow nature It's customary rest, even on the
threshold of the grave.
His meditations were, however soon inter-
rupted by the appearance of the washerwoman,
who came staggering through the door that
communicated with the kitchen, muttering exc
crations against the servants of the officers
who, by their waggery had disturbed her sum-
bers before the fire. The sentinel understood
enough of her maledictions to comprehend the
case; but all his efforts to enter into converse
ton with the enraged woman were useless, and
he suffered her to enter her room without ex-
planning that it contained another inmate. The
noise of her huge frame falling on the bed was
succeeded by a silence that was soon interrupt
ed by the renewed respiration of the peddler
and within few minutes Harvey continued to
breathe aloud, as if no interruption had oc-
CURED.
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CHAPTER VIII.
Harvey Birch, "Traitor."

Harvey Birch, "TrditOr."
A loud summons at the door of the building
created a dead halt in the uproar, and the
dragons instinctivey caught up their arms,
to be prepared for the worst. The door was
opened, and the SINNERS entered, dragging in
the peddler, bending beneath the load of his
pack.
which is Captain Lawton?" said the leader
of the gang, gazing around him in some little
establishment.
He waits your pleasure" said the trooper,
dryly.
"Then here l deliver to your hands a con-
demned traitor. This is Harvey Birch the
peddler spy"
Are you Harvey Brch?" said Dunwoodie,
advancing with an air of authority that in
stantly drove the Skinner to corner of the
room.
81 am" said Birch, proudly.
And a traitor to your country continued
the major with sternness. DO you know that
I should be justified in ordering your execution
this night?"
IT'S not the will of God to call soul so
hastily to his presence" said the pedder with
solemnity.
you speak truth" said Dunwoodie "and a
few brief hours shat be added to your life. But
as your offense is MIST odious to soldier, so it
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would any man in his senses keep gold under
a hearth?"
Peace, babbling fool" cried Harvey. Lift
the corner stone, and you will find that which
will make you rich and me a beggar"
And then you will be despisable" said the
housekeeper bitterly. "A pedder without
goods and without money is sure to be despis-
able"
There will be enough left to pay for his
halter cried the Skinner, who was not slow
to follow the instructions of Harvey soon light
ing upon a store of English guineas. The
money was quickly transferred to bag not
withstanding the declarations of the spinster.
that her dues were unsatisfied and that of
right ten guineas were her property.
Delighted with prize that greatly exceeded
their expectations, the band prepared to depart
intending to take the peddler with them in
order to give him up to the American troops
above, and to claim the reward offered for his
apprehension. Everything was ready, and
they were about to lift Birch in their arms
for he resolutely refused to move an inch
when form appeared in their midst which ap-
palled the stoutest heart among them The
father had arisen from his bed, and he tot
tered forth at the cries of his son. Around his
body was thrown the sheet of the bed and his
fixed eyes and haggard face gave him the ap-
pearance of a being from another world. Even
Katy and Caesar thought it was the spirit of
the elder Birch, and they fed the home fol-
lowed by the alarmed SINNERS in a body
The excitement which had given the sick
man strength, soon vanished, and the peddler
lifting him in his arms, reconveyed him to his
bed The reaction of the system which fol-
lowed fastened to close the scene.
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/, GIDOOR MANI" said the black, nesting still
further into the chimney corner 81
hope he lay quiet after he die"
"Twould be no punishment to me if he didn't,
for they say an unquiet life makes an uneasy
grave"
Johnny Birch a berry good man in he way.
All mankind can't be a minister, for if he do,
who would be a congregational"
'Ah. Caesar, he is good only who does good
can you tell me why honestly gotten gold
should be hidden in the bowels of the earth?"
"Grach I ting it must be to keep tie Skin
ner from findin' him; if he know where he be,
why don't he dig him up?"
There may be reasons not comprehensive to
you" said Katy, moving her chair so that her
clothes covered the charmed stone, underneath
which lay the secret treasure of the peddler,
unable to refrain speaking of that which she
would have been very unwilling to reveal; but
a rough outside often holds smooth inside"
Caesar stared around the building unable to
fathom the hidden meaning of his companion,
when his rowing eyes suddenly became fixed,
and his teeth chartered with alright. The
change in the countenance of the black was in
stantly perceived by Katy, and turning her face,
she saw the peddler himself standing within
the door of the room.
rs he alveY' asked Birch, TREMENDOUSLY, and
seemingly afraid to receive the answer
Surely" said Katy, rising hastily, and Off
ciously offering her chair "he must live till
day. or till the tide is down"
Dsregarding all but the fact that his father
still lived, the pedder stole gently into the room
of his dying parent. Approaching the bedside,
Harvey leaned his body forward, and in a voice
nearly chOked by his feelings, he whispered near
the ear Of the sick:
Father, do you know me?"
The parent slowly opened his eyes and a
smile of satisfaction passed over his paid fea-
lures, leaving behind it the impression of death,
more awful by the contrast The peddler gave
a restorative he had brought with him to the
parched lips of the sick man. and for a few
minutes new vigOr seemed impaired to his
frame. He spoke, but slowly and with difficulty.
Curiosity kept Katy silent; awe had the same
effect on Caesar, and Harvey seemed hardly to
breathe as he listened to the language of the
departing spirit.
"Aiy son. said the father in hollow voice.
"God is as merciful as He is just. If l threw
a cup of salvation from my lips when a youth,
He graciously offered it to me in mine age.
lie has chastSed to purify and | 90 to join
the spirits of our lost family. In little while,
my child you will be alone. / know you too
well not to foresee you will be pilgrim through
life The bruised reed may endure, but it will
never rise. You have that within you, Harvey,
that will guide you Alright: persevere as you
have begun for the duties of life are never to
be neglected, and"-A
a noise in the adjoining room interrupted
the dying man, and the impatient peddler has
tened to learn the cause, followed by Katy and
the black The first glance of his eye on the
figure in the doorway told the trader but too
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can not touch him at the
funeral, for that would
raise every old woman
and priest in America
against us. he'll wait to
look after the movables
and tomorrow night
shall wind up his con-
Germs"
With this threat
they withdrew to one of
their usual places of re-
sort, until darkness
should again give them
an opportunity of ma
raudiDg on the commu-
nifty without danger of
detection.
The position held by
the corps Of Dragons,
we have already said,
was a favOrite place of
meeting with their
commander. A cluster
of a half dozen small
and dilapidated build
ings formed what, from
the circumstance of two
roads intersecting each
other at right angles,
was called the village
of the Four Corners. As
usual, one of the most
imposing of these edi-
fees had been termed,
in the language of the
day, "a house of enter
tainment for man and
beast" On a rough
board suspended from
the gallows-looking post
that had supported the
ancient sign was, how
ever, written in red
chalk, Elizabeth Elan
agan, her hotel" an eb-
ullitiOn of the wit of
some of the idle wags of
the corps.
The matTon whose
name had thus been ex-
allied TO an office of such
dignity ordinarily dis
charged the duties of a
female sutler, washer
woman, and, to use the
language of Miss Katy
Haynes, petticoat doctor
to the troops. She was
the widow of a soldier
who had been killed in
the service, and who,
like herself, was a ma
tive of a distant island,
and had early tried