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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-30
FIRST OF HOBSON'S
MEASUREMENTS NAILED

IN MS speech IN GadSden, December ~,
Captain Hobson declared that no one
in this city had ever seen Oscar Under
wood in the seventh district endeavoring
to save the party from the serious at
taclSs of the republicans. Evidently he
was desiring to show that Mr.. Under
wood was without an abiding love for his
party. 1t so happened. however, that
there were people in the audience who
remembered that in the two preceding
campaigns in which the seat of Congress-
man Burnett was assailed, Mr.. Undet :
wood had appeared on the scene and de-
nvered several addresses.
There are those here today ex-
claimed the speaker, "who remember that
/ delivered q speech for the party i'm this
very courthouse and Capt w. p. Lay
knows that | drove through the country
from Gadsden to another city and FROM
that city to another. And, another thing,
the campaign manager of Mr.. Burnett
asked each member of the delegation tn
contribute $3.50 to the campaign of Mr..
Burnett. ] did so. I am informed by
that campaign manager that the letter
addressed to Captain Hobson was never
answered.
Gentlemen do you want to give your
commission to a man who misrepresents
the truth. who knowingly misrcpresenis
the truth or who so recklessly handles
facts that there is no dependence to be
placed in him?
Another feature of the address oc-
cured when Mr.. Underwood answered
Mr.. Hobsons charge to the effect that
he was a liquor man and that his sup
port of temperance measures had not
been sincere. He challenged his oppo-
nent and the followers of his opponent
to put on the stand DR.. Barker, su-
perintendent of the Anti Saloon League
of America, and Rev. Edward s. Din
widdie, the legislative leader of that
organization. sspsf54.
He agreed to abide by wha tever they
related. And furthermore, he presented
the letter of Congressman Webb, au-
thor of the Webb anti-shipping bill
proving that he Loyalty supported that
bill and disproving to the satisfaction
of the audience Hobsons charge that
he had supported it with the spirit of
a man who jumps on the band wagon.
And then Mr.. Underwood related
story which in revealing the attitude
of the AntiSaloon league before the
pitching of the Alabama fight and the
attitude following that pitching, proved
to the satisfaction of his hearers that
prohibition had been injected because
without the fictitious issue as an issue,
Captain Hobson would have nothing on
which to hang his campaign.
Immediately following the passage of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-30
MEXICAN FEDERALS
FLEE ACROSS BORDER
AS REbELSAPP
Troops at Ojinaga Scatter
Panic Stricken As Result
of Fierce Clash With
the COnstitutiOnalists

Preside, Tex, December 29.-Thc
northern division of the Mexican fed
erni army apparently was utterly de-
mOralized tonight.
With its dead and wounded stretched
over the hills and some of its soldiers
fleeing in a panic across the United
States border, only to be pushed back
again, the 1000 federals who had mad
a dramatic retreat from Chihuahua to
Ojinaga. the little Mexican village OPP
posite here, were scattered in all direc
tions as a result of their first battle
with the rebels. sv
Forty-two hundred rebels, sent by Ge.
eral Villa from Chihauhau, literally sent
terror throughout the federal ranks. The
panic was preceded by a three hours
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-30

Vioksburg, Miss, December 29.-Argu-
ment ia expected to consume all OF to-
morrowgin the trial of G. A Hobbs, state
senator. charged with soliciting and ac-
cepting bribes. Unless Judge Henry c.
Moungef fixes a limit the addresses of
the LARGE number of attorneys on both
sides may delay the retirement OF the
jury uitil Wednesday. the last day or
Judge Mounger's term as circuit Judge.
The attorneys consumed large por-
tion q today's proceedings In argument
about instructions to be included In the
courts charge to the jury. The differ
once # opinion appeared to hinge prin-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-30
House Leader Holds Gadsden Audience Spell
bound in Greatest Political Speech of
Career-A Series of Surprises
OPPONENTS MEASUREMENTS NAILED
TO WALL IN VIGOROUS ADDRESS
Paragraph After Paragraph of Hobson Speech Gadsder
Quoted and Record Read to Prove Misrepresentation
Crowds Surround the Leader and Pledge
Support to Candidacy
UNDERWOOD
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

Gadsden, December 29-(Special) Oscar W. Underwood
made the greatest political speech of his today and
den.
He the people series of surprises In the first place
he undeceved many who had idea that he orator
who believed that truth of statement and force driving truth
straight the mark could balance flights into the air and
rapt expression of imagination and delusion
In the second place. he surprised by the proof he offered
that his opponent had endeavored to msepesent him. and
without proof to malign his character.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-30

Declaring I'm the beginning that an
untruthful was n dishonest statement,
the speaker presented proof which sat
isHed his audience that Captain Hobson
had purposeIy endenvored to deceive.
The leader based his entire address
on speech delivered In Gadsden by
Captain Hobson December 10. lie
quoted paragraph after paragraph from
a stenographic copy, and from excerpts
from the Congressional Record, proved
them erroneous. So convincing was MIR.
Underwood that his audience was
swept of its feet, and by its cheers
caused the walls of the spacious court
house repeatedly to reyerberate.
1t would be a difficult job to select ore
of the many features of the address and
declare it the feature. But there were at
least three points made by Mr.. Under
wood which will have weight in the cam
paign. Two of these threw new light on
the situation and the third tended to
reveal further the kind OF campaign
which Captain Hobson has been and is
still conducting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-30
BISHOP BANG DIES
IN CHRISTIANIA

Christiania, Norway, December 29.-The
Right Rev. Anton Christian Bang. Bishop
of Christiania and primate of the Nor
wegian church, died today. He was born
in 1S40
Bishop Bang was secretary of the late
King Oscar of Sweden when Norway and
Sweden were united under one flag. He
visited the United States in 1908, ard
brought to President Roosevelt personal
greetings from King Haakon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-30
Untangling Statements

Calumet. Mich., December 29.-Tn ef-
forts to solve the puzzlng circum-
stances attending the deportation of
Charles II. Meyer president of the
Western Federation of Miners, last Fri
day night. local interest today centered
in the untangling of statements bring
ing the name of James MacNaughton
general manager of the Calumet and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-30
COrOner's Inquest Into Calu-
met Disaster Is Under
Way
SCORE DECLARE THEY
SAW NO INSIGNIA
Established Fact That Alarm Came
From the Room, But Details
of the Disaster Are
Conflicting

Calumet, Mich, December 29.-Two out
of score or more or witnesses testified
before a coroner's jury today that the
man who caused the Christmas eve disas-
ter in Italian hall wore a white button
like the badge of the citizens alliance
Immediately after adjournment on the
hearing o. n. Hilton. the Western FEEDER
alton of Miners attorney, announced that
further development of this phase of the
inquiry would be attempted tomorrow.
The union lawyer did not comment on
the fact that the president and half a
dozen members of the women's auxiliary
of the federation swore that they saw no
insignia on the man and that union mem
bers who stood in the vestibule of Ital-
ian hall for an hour before the panic
started said the alarm came from within
the hall and no person wearing such
button had passed them.
In the opinion of Anthony Lucas, prose-
cutting attorney of Houghton county. who
conducted the examination of witnesses
facts fairly we'll established today were
that an excitabe member of the audience
raised the cry; that there was no actual
fire in the hall and that the doors were
open and the stairway clear when he
manic started
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-30
Hilton Seeking Facts

All we want Is finding based upon
facts developed at the inquest" said Mr..
Hilton. THE identity of the miscreant
who started the mad rush for the stairs
IL of paramount Importance and we intend
to do what we can to clear up this"
Testimony concerning the button was
given at the beginning and end of the
afternoon session Of inquest.
John Burcar who gave his age as Is,
and said he had lost sister in the discs
ter, excitedly told OF seeing man muf-
fled to his eyes in a fur eollared overcoat
enter the hall.
"He hollered fire and then ran out,
said the boy. Il ran out, too. He had an
alliance button on his coat"
Another witness, Mrs John H. Kosln
said she was 20 feet from the man, who
wore dark blue coat, on which was a
white button. 1T looked like am alliance
button she said, but / was too far
away to read it,"
One or two witnesses said there had
been some confusion in the han before the
panic started, but women in charge Of
the celebration denied this.
Almost all witnesses agreed that the
first alarm came from man, that it was
taken up at once in different parts of r1e
hall and that the rush for the exit was
Someone hollered and we all started
to run said one child
Moving pictures OF yesterdays big
funeral probably viii not be exhibited.
The operator reported that his room in
a local hotel had been broken into and
the films stolen The case was found
several blocks from the hotel in the
middle of a street, but beyond this the
police said they had no clue to the
details of the robbery.
AT federation headquarters blame for
the disappearance of the films was
placed on the same elements in the
community that sent President Meyer
out of the district. The theft was de-
nounced as an attempt to stifle pub
licity for the strikers.
Another employe of Atyomies, the
Finnish socialist paper published in
Hancock, was arrested today on a war
rant issued Saturday at the request of
Sheriff Cruise. None of the newspaper
men has obtained release on bail. the
Justice who issued the warrants saying
he could not consider applications un-
til all warrants had been served. Edi-
tors, printers and publishers ore
charged with circulating false state
ments calculated to incite riot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-30

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
FREE LUNCH, BEDS AND
W0ODPILE FOR TRAMPS

CHICAGO. Feb. 4-Free lunch and a
warm sleeping place for those who are
unable to find work, as we'll as a big
wood pile to frighten away professional
weary willies," were offered last night
to more than 60 men who gathered at
the Wabash Avenue Methodist church.
Rev. Albert A. Mooney, the pastor,
announced that the men who were wor-
thy were free to occupy the basement
of the church and nearly all of them
took advantage of the offer after they
had been well fed. The men promised
not to use tobacco or to swear while oc-
cupying the basement and then found
places to sleep on the carpets or I'M
cushioned pews Today they were eX-
pected to chop wood and clean house.
preparatory to another nights lodging.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN NEwsTUEsDAY FEBRUARY 1913
WITH HOUSE BURNING
SHE FINISHES TOILET
AND SOUNDS ALARM

DENVER, Feb. Aged Mrs. NJ, E.
Ferguson calmly finished her toilet,
walked down the front stairs while fire
burned in the rear of her home at 1914
East Seventh avenue, and turned in the
alarm. She was afterward overcome by
the nervous shock and was cared for by
a neighbor, but she soon recovered.
The fire started in the basement and
crept up to the first floor through the par
ttion between the kitchen and the bath
room. Mrs. Ferguson was in her room
on the second floor dressing for break
fast when she smelled the smoke,
Defective wiring is believed to have
caused the fire The total damage is es-
timated at 5000.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
Of INF ANT
CRUSHES BECKER
StoIid EX-Lieutenant of Police
Unmoved in Death House by
News From Home.

OSSININGi N. Y, Feb. 4.--Former
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker was
told of the death of the baby girl born
to Mrs. Becker Saturday in a New
York hospital. The sad news has
crushed Becker and his iron nerve has
given way today to despair.
Apparently this is the first time in
over three months stay in the death
house he has been upset. II thoughts
of the electric chair for the murder of
Gambler Rosenthal have worried him
he has not shown 1t.
Dismal prison life, however. has not
taxed his robust physique, wrinkles left
on his brow by the mental strain suf-
fered during his trial are disappearing
and he shows a slight gain in weight
His manner is cheerful and, in the
words of prison attendants, he still
has his nerve with him"
Whenever he discusses his predica-
ment with anybody it Is always with
an air of confidence. He has told
guards that he believes he will be
given another trial when the court of
appeals has had a chance to go over his
case.
Becker has been termed the "nerv-
lest of the condemned men. The other
sixteen unfortunates have tried in vain
to emulate his example. Some will say
that they have a chance of escaping
death, but none is SO confident as
Becker
Their downcast manner does not dis
turb him. In fact, he never mingles
with them during the half-hour each
day that all hands are allowed in the
little corridor to nimble their limbs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
urIDFOR SWEARING,
WIFI SAYS SHE WAS
.SHAMING' HUSBAND

$500 ror5elia McKittrick, who lives
-, ,sr husband in a downtown apart
VIZ, VIZ, today insisted to Recorder Broyles
n'. ,,s was merely hooking her hus-
'Da' , :, an effort to shame him" when
pAle - nrofanity to the disturbance of
..,.rs in the house.
o' ,o5.g,t+rick, she said, is partly deaf and
~ - IN talk loudly to make him I'M
s. .s nr7 Just what it was he had said.
Ge.s. .bls reason. she explained, neighbors
isonrbt she was "cussing OUT her hus-
paul. In5ye Broyles advised Mrs. McKittrick
I'D the Bible aloud to her husband
!" ,r NJ mimicking his profanity.
ME- sIf YOUR neighbors hear you reading the
,,,a I'm sure they'll make no objection
pgl you may be able to do a lot of
gog2S go then imposed a fine of $S.75.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
TOLD LIE IN COURT,
BUT DID NOT MEAN
TO; HURRIES BACK

BROCKTON, MASS, Feb. 4-During the
naturalization session of the local court
Brockton man took the stand to reply to
questions by Examiner Church
'Married?' asked Church, curt and in
cisive.
Yes, sir" beamed the applicant
Amy children?"
mo"
Three hours later the man returned,
much agitated. He accosted Mr.. Church
with this startling assertion:
please sir, I told lie this morning,
but I didn't mean to. There's a baby
down at the house and it was born ten
minutes before I took the stand"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
BOY FALLS INTO VAT
OF BOILING GREASE;
BURNS MAY BE FATAL

DENVER, Feb Gabriel Cimanski, 16
years old sausage maker, fell into a vat
of boiling grease in the plant Of the COT
fin Packing Company at Globevile and
received injuries which the doctors be-
lieve will prove fatal
His foot slipped while he was walking
through the lard refining room. His body
was submerged except for the top of his
head. He was pulled from the scalding
liquid by fellow workmen and the police
ambulance was summoned. He was deli
rious and screamed with pain while he
was on his way to Mercy hospital.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
Bookcases
Oak Sidebodrds

P SH this furniture and would like
special through office
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
COW RAISES LITTER
OF PIGS; THEY JUST
HELPED THEMSELVES

POTTSTOWN, PA. Feb. when one
of the fine herd of cows on his farm below
PottstoWn apparently failed to give any
more milk, several days ago, John Key
ser, a Norristown hotelkeeper, was so
much mystified that he came up today
personally to investigate.
Going to the yard near the barn Key
ser saw the most unusual sight he ever
witnessed. There was his cow, nursing
two little pigs, and when he made an
effort to drive them away the COW got OBJ
streperous and turned on him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
You Save 1895 to 400 Here on
Every Piece of Furniture
Rockers

SIS Mahogany Rocker ......$12.5o
$2250 Solid Mahogany Rocker.$22.5o
$19 Mahogany Arm Chair $1,000
$3.50 Solid Mahogany Rocker. $500
$3.50 Solid Mahogany Arm
Chair ................. $500
SIC Solid Mahogany Rockers $1,000
$3.50 Golden Oak, Leather
Seat Rocker ......... $500
$1,000 Golden Oak Rocker .... $500
SO Golden Oak Rocker $500
$40 Golden Oak, Leather Seat
Rocker ................. $I.5U
DreSSerS
$65 Solid Mahogany Dresser. $4,000
$40 I'm. Mahogany Dresser. $500
$98 Colonial Mahogany 5-ft.
Dresser ............... $o5.OO
$50 White Enamel Dresser .$42.50
$36 White Enamel Dresser. .$29.5o
$3.50 Golden Oak Dresser. .$21.0o
$3.50 Golden Oak Dresser. 5000
$45 Circassian Walnut
Dresser ............... $500
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
Mahogany Sideboards

eft. Solid Mahogany, 500. =, $6s.5o
5-ft. Solid Mahogany, $75... $500
SIT. Solid Mahogany, $65. e. ID. $4,000
Gift. Sheraton Mahogany, $3.50 $500
lift. Solid Mahogany, 5000. .$175.o0
61a-ft Solid Mahogany, $135 .$125.0o
61a-ft. Inlaid Mahogany -. $4,000
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
WASTEFUL COOKING
HELD AS CAUSE FOR
HIGHCOST OFLIVING

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Wasteful meth
DDS of housekeeping and not the middle
men is the cause of the high cost OF Iiv-
ing, according to J. B. Moreland, score
tary of the National Federation Of Retail
Merchants, who attended the convention
of the grocery and allied trades press in
this city.
The extravagant method of housekeep-
ing will furnish all the impetus needed to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
Outclearing of Hand Bags

Before leaving for the New York market, the buyer
rummaged the stock and put these newly low prices
many bags.
All Beaded Bags at I-3 off
All Novelty Leather Bags at I-3 off
Were S.. 90 to $25 90; now 1857 to $1667
G. 40 leather bags worth 50 and German silver
leather bodies MORE leather lined.
styles
German SilUer Mesh Bags
The mesh, guaranteed Fancy embossed
frames, long link chain, fringe trimmed.
5inch $2,48; 6-inch, 1898; finch, $4.98
(5ags-Main Floor-Center Aise)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04

We prepay freight on all orders of $25
or more, shipped within 100 miles of At
lanta
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04

We have just few of these handsome Mission Hall
Clocks which giving away FREE with every pur-
chase of $25 or more
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
Wooden Crashes That
Shed the Dust

are highly desirable for spring suits. They do
not easily wrinkle drape delightfully."- and tai
lor beautifully. In the softest of pastel
shades, "a inches, $500
Ratines-have new member In the family.
Til Til. Handsomer and frmer than ratne, better
adapted for suits and skirts. Solid coors, plain
with raised stripe Leading colors. 81 inches $3.50
and $500.
DRESS Goods Anne
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04

push prices higher" he said today.
THE middleman is a necessary evil.
The whole truth is that we are not, de-
spite the glowing reports of bumper crops.
making enough to supply the normal de-
mand"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
Blankets at
HaIf-Price

very fine wool
blanket we own, and
every down quilt and
fine comfort as well, is
now offered at just one
half the original price.
Housekeep ers who
like to see their dollars
do double duty will
profit.
(Left Aisje--Main Floor
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-29
INAUGURATION FEATURE
OF YESTERDAYS SESSION
Continued From Page ~
Slaton and listen to his address.

Slaton and listen to his address.
Governor Slaton has given notice of
his intention of keeping in close toucn
with the assembly during its deliber-
atoms, and of offering every proper
aid in the work of revising the states
financial system
Among the important new measures
introduced yesterday were the child
labor bill of Senator Randolph Ander-
son, and the general labor measure,
including child labor, by Senator Kea.
The Anderson bill is said to have
met with the approval of the textile
manufacturers. The Kea measure is
modelled along the lines of recommen
dations made by Labor Commissioner
Stanley.
The first measure actually passed by
the house was the bill providing TO-.
the ratification of the election of Sena-
tor Bacon, and setting July 18th for
the formal election by the people.
The reins of government were ac-
tually turned over to Governor John
M. Slaton at noon today, when the oath
of Office was administered by Chief
Justice W. H. Fish, in the presence Of
both branches of the assembly, meet
ing Jointly in the hall of representa-
tives.
Child labor, compulsory education
and the payment of teachers salaries
are three specific things that will be
the subject of much argument early
in the session.
Senator Anderson's bill provides that
the child labor law shall be put into
operation gradually. 1t provides that
after 1918 no child of under ~ years
shall be employed in a factory; after
1914 no child under thirteen years;
and after 1915 no child under IA years
A bill carrying similar age proyis-
ions has been introduced by Senator
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-29
Sheppard in the house.

Sheppard in the house,
Senator Keas bill is directed not
only against child labor, but proposes
to reform factory conditions generally
and take better care of women work.
ers.
The only compulsory education bill
that has thus far been introduced IS
that of Representative Fullbright, Of
burke county. 1t requires all children
under IA years of age to attend school
at least sixty days in the year. 1t is
about as mild form of compulsory
education as could be devised.
Various measures relating to the
paying of public school teachers have
been put before the assembly. The
one thing on which there seems to be
universal agreement is that some
means or other must be adopted by
which the teachers will receive their
pay when it is due and thus be saved
from the necessity of appealing to loan
sharks and assigning their salaries a:
usurious rates of interest.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-29

do you think the great fortune you
have amassed makes the world bet
teri"
"a man can speak only from person
al knowledge" replied Mr.. Dustin
Stax. 81 must say that since amass-
ed fortune the world seems very
much better to me than it did before
Washington Star
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-29

You are as strong as your blood is
rich; Dike'S Sarsaparilla Compound
makes rich blood; sold and guaranteed
by EIdridge Drug Co. advt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-29

Miss Clara Barrow, of Athens, is the
guest of her cousin, Miss Sarah Cobb,
for some time at her home on Lee
street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-29

Mrs Henry Lanier returned Satur-
day from a visit of two weeks in AL
hany, the guest of her mother, Mrs. w.
H. Gilbert.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-29
Those Who Come and Go

Casserole Sale S1.5O each. Thos. l..
Bell, the JeWeler. =,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-29

Mrs. L. G. Council and little daugh-
tiers, Ruth and Elizabeth, have return
ed from visit at the home of her par
Ell is, Mr.. and Mrs. C. N. Hildreth, IN
l i've Oak, Fla.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-29
Wells Chapter.

WeIIs Chapter.
Call convocation of Wells Chapter,
No. AZ, R. A. M, Monday night, p. m.
Mark work five candidates. All Royal
Arch Masons urged to attend.
LANSING BURROWS. H. P.
F. G. OLIVER, Sec'y.