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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
EYES FOCUSED
ON UNDERWOOD. .

This was greeted with a savage demon
stration of whoops and cheers from the
galleries Many eyes were focused on
MI. Underwood as 1t was evident that
Hobson was trying to draw the demo-
cratic leader out. Mr.. Underwood arose.
II wish to say to the gentleman said
Mr. Underwood in a deliberate and COLI
versational tone, 81 regret that he, In
presenting the petition of this people to
this Congress in the splendid Grafton that
he is delivering, should have drawn into
this speech a partial statement Of mine
that misrepresents what | did say. At
some other time and place | shall prop
erly intepret my own remarks
Mr.. Underwood was greeted with a tre-
mendous demonstration of applause and
cheering. both when he arose and at the
end of this brief statement.
Hobson, however. could not bo satisfied
with this brief reference to Alabama
politics, but continued his attack, repeat
ing practically all the old charges he
has made against Mr.. Underwood Wall
street and the liquor interest
once or twice he was interrupted by
Mr. Underwood who expressed the hope
that Mr.. Hobson would be content that
they settle their political difference upon
the field in Alabama, and that on The
floor of the House we address ourselves
to the great questions of the day
That Hobson would bring in the sena-
torial campaign in Alabama IL he got the
opportunity to present the petition 10 the
House was freely predicted by almost
every one round the capitol today.
Washington, December 11-Shatter-
ing the rules of the House of Repre-
sentatives. champions of prohibition
who packed the galleries late today
broke into repeated outbursts of ap"
plause and shouted as Representative
Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama
pleaded for a resolution which would
submit a constitutional prohibition
amendment to the states
The extraordinary demonstration
continued unrestrained for many min
utes as Mr.. Hobson proceeded dramat-
fcally to discuss the prohibition ques-
tion and was not checked until Mr..
Hobson had drawn into controversy
his colleage, Representative Under
wood who is now engaged with him
in a race for the United States sena-
torship from Alabama. The injection OF
personal politics into the situation
brought the majority leader to his feet
with a reply to Mr.. Hobson and this
precipftated applause from the mem
bers of the floor.
Republican Leader Mann at this
demanded that the rules of the House
be observed and Representative Moon
of Tennessee, who was in the chair,
admonished the spectators. Quiet was
restored temporarily after voice from
the gallery shouted:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12

In a personal political conflict that he
will let it be fought out in the field of
politics and let us devote our time here
to discussion of public business without
injecting into 1t our personal differences -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

GENTLEMAN sick at room 201 Florence
hotel, wants male stenographer at s
O'Clock this morning to write few let
ters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12

girls from every state In the Soutn
teenth street and will continue through
Saturday. A large number of pretty hand
made articles will be on sale at this time
Dick Hundley has resigned his position
as check clerk and assistant timekeeper
for the Woodward Iron company. and has
accepted place with the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company. J. S. Ffncher
of Columbus. Ga, has taken Mr.. Humid
ley's place at Woodward.
The Womans Foreign Missionary So
ciety will serve dinner and supper Sat
urday In the vacant store on Third ave-
nue. The proceeds will go on the pledge
made for foreign missions.
The Sunday school of the Reeders Bap-
tist church will give a Rag Doll social
and a box supper tomorrow night at the
church for the benefit of the Christmas
tree fund.
The Young Peoples Missionary society
of the Jonesboro Methodist church VIII
give a social Saturday night at the home
of John Goodwin for the benefit of the
piano fund.
A box supper will be given Friday nigiN
at the home of Mrs. j. E. McAdory at
Jonesboro for the benefit of the Bessemer
Chapter. United Daughters of the Con-
federacy.
After a pleasant visit to her sister, Mrs.
Sam Erlick, Miss Ella Bayer will leave
Sunday for her home in Cleveland, o.
Mrs. William r. West is suffering from
pneumonia at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. G. w. Nixon.
Mrs. Florence Marbut is resting well
after an operation for appendicitis at the
Elizabeth Duncan Memorial hospital
Mrs ba ri Brio nf JpnpSbpro ha {
as her guest her sister, Mrs. Norman
Caldwell. of Virginia Mines.
Mrs. Floyd Williams and little son Will
leave in few days for st. Louis, where
they will join Mr.. Williams, who has ac-
cepted position there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
CALLS UNDERWOOD
A REACTIONARY

Mr. Hobson concluded his speech by
declaring he came with petition sane
toned by a majority of the American
people demanding a referendum on the
liquor question. The fight of the people
for this referendum was an earnest one.
he asserted, and men in public life had
better realize it. Referring to Mr. I'm
derwood as a reaetionary he added:
IF there Is a man on this floor who
is afraid of danger" he said. he'd bet
ter get to cover in the next few years"
When the Albanian had taken his seat
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri sug-
gested that Mr.. Hobson had packed the
galleries with a multitude of his adher-
ents and that he (BartholdD could bring
two million German-Americans to WASH
ington for intimidation, but he did not
think 1t was healthy thing to do any
thing of that sort" lie attacked Mr.
Hobsons arguments and said that so
briefly and temperance are not identical
with prohibition as Mr. Hobson had
said. but that prohibition lis an attempt
to make a man by law"
"The Creator, Himself, put temptation
in the Garden of Eden, and it's been
here ever since" concluded Mr.. Bartholdt.
after saying that the man he respected
was the one who could resist temptation
abolish temptation! Why you'd have to
abolish womenr'
This ended the incident and the pro-
hibition delegates left the galleries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
PERSONAL ISSUE
NATIONAL ONE

Applause from the floor followed Then
Mr.. Hobson declared that the personal
issue had become a national question
that the senatorial fight In Alabama was
such that "the liquor interests on one
side and the moral forces on the other
had made 1t a national question"
= Up TO this time no attempt had been
made by the chair to restrain the en-
thusiasm of the galleries, packed with
delegates to the convention of the Anti
Saloon league and the Women's Chris
tian Temperance union. The crowds ex-
tended into long lines in the corridors
outside and even those who could not see.
but who could hear Joined In a demon
stration as both Representative Mann
and Representative Underwood arose.
'The rules of this House." said Mr.
Mann emphatcally, always have been
that there should be no applause from
the galleries. Those in the galleries who
are making these demonstrations, as good
citizens should observe that rule
As Representative Moon pounded for
order Mr.. Hobson turned to the chair tc
ask why inasmuch as the members on
the floor had made "a partisan demon
stration, the rules cannot be extended to
the galleries Just this once?'
Quiet eventually was restored and Mr..
Underwood again spoke.
II cannot sit here in silence" he said
and allow my colleague to assert that
/ am the candidate of any interest with
out challenging his statement I am not,
never have been and do not intend to
be the candidate of the liquor interests.
never have received a dollar from the
liquor interests nor do 1 intend to re-
ceive such. I have asked the people of
my state to elect me on other issues. He
may assert 1t If he wishes, but | chaI-
lenge his statement that am the candi-
date of the LIQUOR INTERESTS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
FIGHTING AROUND
TAMPICO MAY HAVE
IMPORTANT EFFECT
ON HUERTA REGIME

CONTINUED From PAGE One)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12
Many Participate

Washington, December 11.-Boys ard
girls from every state in the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12

leenth street and will continue through
Saturday. A large number of pretty hand
made articles will be on sale at this time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-12

The bazar-t to be given by the Christian
he First Christian church
will opo- brow morning at the Lewis
drug store on Third avenue and Nine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-02
DAYTON DEATHS
FEWER THAN 1850
Work of Clearing City of Wreck
age Is Begun.
HUNGRY ARE BEING FED
Ninety Bodies Have Been Taken
From Ruins by State Troops and
Volunteer Force-SeVenteen
Looters Shot.
HUNGRY ARE BEING FED

Dayton, O., March 31.-Dayton has
begun the reconstruction of the city
following the flood distsater. The wa
tiers of the four streams which over
flowed the city have receded so far
that it is possible to penetrate on foot
all except few of the sections of the
city.
The work of rescue is practically
finished, the last of the refugees hav-
ing been taken to places of safety.
Most of the bodies in the limits of the
city itself have been found and search
for others is being made farther down
the river.
Ninety Bodies Recovered.
Ninety bodies have been recovered,
and it is estimated that the total num-
Der of deaths will not be more than
$50. With the recovery of the bodies
ended, removal of the wreckage Of the
flood was begun by the state troops,
the local authorities, and the volun-
teers.
Twenty-eight hundred bloated car
casses of horses and cattle have been
carried to a fertilizing works east of
the city.
Hungry Are Being Fed.
The relief measures are now so well
in hand that the hungry in all quar-
tiers are being fed, clothing and medi-
cal aid supplied, and all pressing
wants being met These conditions
are due to the generous response of
the nearby towns and cities as well
as distant points.
kilograms have been pouring into
police headquarters from people who
are making frantic efforts to learn the
fate Of relatives or friends here. These
kilograms cannot possibly be given
personal attention, the great bulk of
the department having been marooned
by the food in different quarters of
the city, and the rescue work being
too onerous. kilograms are only be-
Ing delivered by the telegraph offices
to persons who can be readily found
and are close to the central part of
the city.
Identified Dead Number Fifty.
The identified dead so far number
so, with 40 unidentified. The dead are
being removed to improvised morgues
in different quarters of the city. The
wonderful order that has prevailed in
the city and the prompt response of
the citizens to the military require
ments, is preferable to the martial law
conditions that require all persons to
b" off the streets from six in the eve
ming until five in the morning. When
the curfew bell rings at six in the eve
ming the old as we'll as the young are
at home or fastening there.
Seventeen Looters Shot.
Seventeen men have been shot and
killed in the streets of Dayton as
ghouls and looters since the declara-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-02
was twenty five.

was twenty five.
AS preventative measure officers
have been sent from here to Louis
vile, KY, and Evansville, Ind. One
large boat is being stocked with provi-
sions and an officer and aid will be
placed on it to go to Portsmouth,
Ohio, and from thence to Point Pleas
ant, KY, visiting the places on both
sides of the river and giving relief
where needed
Secretary Garrison concluded his re-
port with the announcement that he
would go to Columbus today to hold
a conference with Governor Cox, after
which he would go back to Cincinnati
and return to Washington Tuesday
G. L. Magee, secretary of the Ameri-
can Red Cross society said the fund
collected for the flood sufferers had
reached the sum of $362,S1O.64.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-02
LEVEES ARE WEAKENED
FLOOD SITUATION GROWS
ALARMING ALONG MISSISSIPPI.
People Are Fleeing to Highlands and
Rescue Work Going on in
Threatened Districts.

st. Louis, March 31.-Reports from
points on the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers indicate the near approach of
one of the worst foods the Mississip-
pi valSey has known in years.
The high waters of Ohio and Indi-
ana are sweeping down and must find
some outlet. Rescue work is going
on generally in the threatened district
and many persons are fleeing to the
highlands. Refugees are arriving
from the lowlands and seeking safety
in Cairo, Memphis, Louisville and 9TH
er points.
The people of southeast Missouri
are preparing for a flood of the mag
nttude of last year. 1t apepars to be
arriving on schedule time, and the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-02

earthen breaSwork is being strength
ened to receive it. The st. Francis
levee board is busy and have laborers
at work all along the line.
The Frisco railway has put a work
train and full crew on the job. Strings
of fiat cars loaded with sand bags are
arriving in the threatened sections.
These are being placed along the
levees. There are admitted weak
places, one place in particular being
threemiles north Of Charlottesville, Mo,
The caving bank is within a few
yards of the base of the levee there.
1t is the kind of place where sand
boils develop and danger turks in this
probability
The levee is strong, but if its foun-
dation is undermined by the treach-
erous seepage of an underground
stream it passes beyond the bounds
of human ingenuity. Headquarters for
relief work will be established in
Charlottesville soon. The st. Louis.
naval reserve will be stationed there
as well as several companies Of the
state guards. Company I of Caruth-
ersville, called out by the governor,
will go down the levee, doing guard
duty and rescue work
One man was drowned at Mount
Carmel, ILL.,, while doing rescue work.
Two hundred families were rem
dered homeless when the Wabash
river overlooked Maunie, nine miles
east of Carmi. Relief parties from
this city rescued citizens from house
tops and vantage points. The river
completely inundated the village.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-02
BAD NEGRO is ELECTROcUTED
and Wounded Three, Pays Pen
atty of Crime.

Auburn, N. Y, March 31.-"Bad
Bill Twiman, the Rochester negro
who killed his father and a deputy
sheriff and wounded three others who
attempted to capture him, will be ex-
ecuted here this morning. Twiman
is conceded to be the most unruly
prisoner ever confined in condemned
row." and has been a source of
trouble to the prison officials since he
arrived here.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-02

Springfield, III, March 31.-Word
has been received here that the stu
alton at Shawneetown is growing more
and more alarming. The struggle to
hold the levee is too great for the eiti-
zens. The troops have arrived. The.
residents of the town have practically
given up hope that Shawneetown can
be saved from destruction. No more
trains can get in or out of the town.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-02
Wilson Receives B'nai Birth,

Washington, March 31.-President
Wilson today received the members of
the Independent Order of B'nai Birth
who opened their convention yester-
day. The visitors are from Maryland.
Virginia, North and South Carolina
and the District of Columbia. Secre-
taries Bryan, Redfield and Wilson are
among the speakers for the banquet
this evening.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-02


between darkness Saturday night and
daylight Sunday morning. Nine were
negroes and the tenth a white man,
the only white man of the IL whose
crimes brought instant death as pun
ishment.
George F. Burba, secretary to Gov
ernor Cox, who represents the gov
ernor in relief work here, summed up
the situation in Dayton as follows:
Forty thousand persons must be fed
and cared for a week.
$4,000 Are Destitute.
Twenty thousand persons must be
fed and cared for for an indefinite
period.
Except for the clothes on their
backs they are absolutely destitute
They must eventually be financed so
they can resume housekeeping.
Fifteen thousand houses must be
cleaned and plastered
Two thousand are wrecked or must
be torn down and destroyed.
Untold thousands of tons of debris,
wreckage of all kinds, must be carted
away.
The bodies of 1900 horses and other
animals must be removed and incin-
Grated.
Wood to Guide Sanitation.
Washington, March 31.-It was an
nounced at the war department that
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood who drove
yellow fever out of Cuba and put an
~ IN
ippines, will give his personal atten-
ton to the sanitation of the flood dis
tricts in Ohio and Indiana
General Wood and Secretary of
War Garrison made an inspection
tour which included Hamilton, Ohio
Here is the substance of the report
made by Secretary Garrison to Presi-
dent Wilson:
"The force of the wMer here was
very great. The flood area was wide
and the destruction to property very
large. Forty-fve bodies of the
drowned have been so far recovered.
The debris has not all been searched
as yet, but l think it safe to estimate
that seventy to eighty will be the out
side limit of the number of the dead
Commends Public Spirit.
'The public spirit displayed here IS
of the highest and most commend
able quality, and the citizens are
enthusiastically cooperating with the
National Guard officer in command
of the situation. Our officers are
working in concert, we having med
ical officers, hospital corps men, nom
commissioned officers of the line. and
engineer officers here.
There is an abundance of food,
shelter, medical supplies, physicians
existing emergency is lacking. l
think it proper for you to announce
if you desire to do so, that Hamilton
as well as all other places seriously
affected by the flood have found
themselves and are tending toward
normal conditions rapidly.
"The pressure on the lines of tele-
graph and telephone communication
has prevented news from getting
through, which have been cheering ii
it could have been published.
Il saw Miss Boardman and her aide
this morning and they will take care
of the situation after the emergency
has passed and our men are with
drawn"
Death at ChilIicothe.
THE report from GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
is that matters are we'll in hand there
and such is also the case at Chilli
Gothic. At the latter the loss OF life
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-02

c. 7. Ottoway of Canton, ILL.,, Dies.
Mobile, Ala, March 31.-Charies
Thomas Ottoway, aged sixty-three
years, of Canton, ILL.,, died at his win
ter home at Chronicle after an ill
ness Of two months duration. His
body will be forwarded to Canton for
burial.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-02
REFUGE OF DAYTONS HOMELESS THOUSANDS,
HEAD OF RELIEF WORK, AND FLOOD SCENE.

Several thousand the flood
of the National Cash Register
committee charge of the relief
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-01-22
Another Killing In Winchester.

Dudley Dee, a workman EN-
ployed by Geol ge Bros, railroad
contractors at Winchester, was
shot to death Saturday night.
Walter Williams is accused by
officers of doing the shooting. A
hunt for Williams is in progress.
The ball penetrated Dee's heart
and his death was instantaneous.
He is said to have been under the
influence of liquor and to have
provoked the assault. Both Dee
and Williams are nergoes. Dee
was accused of killing a man in
jackson a year or two ago, but
was acquitted.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-01-22
and
LINGERIE BARRED
They Are Soon to Be Discarded
By Women of fashion.

A has underwear, petticoats,
belts, stocks and dress Innings.
Enter the union suit, the corset
and draped hobble front as the
sole apparel of the 1913 woman of
fashion, Empress Josephine of
1918 come to life again.
This is a startling innovation
coming after so many STARTERS,
but Max Aron, secretary of the
Dressmakers' Union of America,
and otherwise high in authority
on women's dress, declares it is
here.
The woman of the future will
find three garments sufficient"
said Aron. Exclusive of shoes
and stockings. she will wear a
union suit, the lower part in the
form OF tights, a small corset of
comparatively few bones, and she
will wear a close-fttng, one-piece
dress, with very slight or even no
lining. Some women today are
wearing only these three garments
Mr.. Aron went calmly on: Il
believe that the underwear indus,
try has fallen off Is per cent. in
the last three years. Lacy, ruffied
lingerie is now drug on the mar
ket. Underwear is dead.
1.-The change didn't come all at
once. 1t began ten years ago.
The flannel petticoat went first.
The shirtwaist then struck the
knell of dress lining. Then it was
discovered that unlined skirts could
be built. Seven years ago the
one-piece dress suddenly came to
the front. Then went belts and
collars. When the hobble skirt
came in three years ago the under
skirt went out. Women soon
stopped wearing three petticoats,
then decided two was too many,
and finally took to wearing tights.
Everything is toward simplicity.
Four dresses and hat can now be
bought for what one complete out
fit once cost. Even the hats are
untrimmed.
Last summer Partisan women
with slight figures left off their
corsets."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-01-22
LOOSE LEAF
MARKET.
StrOng-MOnddy'S Prices
At Least ; Cents
Higher
Nearly 100000 Pounds Sold Here
During the Past Week.

The tobacco market during the
past week continued strong. The
prices Friday we're little off ow-
ing to the tobacco being too wet.
Monday the prices on all grades
were at least three cents stronger
and the farmers were we'll satisfied
with the prices received. The
Farmers house handled about one
half million pounds during the
past week, while the Burley house
handled close to 100000 pounds.
The streets and roads leading to
Mt. Sterling have been literally
lined with wagons during the past
week and both houses have been
selling capacity floors at every
sale. The Farmers house report
the following sales Monday: E.
r. Little, 11,070 lbs, at $16.98;
Tandy Chenault, 295 lbs. at $16.-
SO; Chas. Dale, $500 lbs. at SIT;
Thos. Crouch, 1855 lbs, at $16.-
SO; d. H. Webster, 3,O13 lbs, at
$l8.36; Chas. Philips, 1920 lbs. y,
at $1S.76; d. B. Ratliff. 1895 lbs. ,
at $3.50. The floor average was
1887 with two new buyers pres
ent and the bidding was spirited.
There we're 165, 200 pounds on the
floor.
The Burley house reports the
following sales as among some of
it's best during the past week:
Jeffries g. Denton, 1856 lbs, at
SIS; Howell & Scott, 1850 lbs.,
at SIG; Walter Griggs, 1000 lbs,
at 154c; Bittinger & Howell, L.
900 lbs, at SIS; E. r. Little, g.
OPS lbs, at $13; j. HI. Blount, 81
S95 lbs, at $21.6O; Smelling &
Stewart averaged Sl3; Clip Denton
averaged SIT; John Gatcwood
averaged SIS; j. W. Barnes aver
aged $14.50; Asa Crouch averaged
SIC. Both houses report the mar
ket much stronger this week than
last.