The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-06
FREIGHT WRECK ON ON
|. N. BLOCKS ROAD
Freight Trains in Headon
Collision in Cut Near
Linton

! A southbound freight train and north
bound freight train met in a head-on
collision yesterday afternoon al go
o'clock, a few miles out of Linton, near
Warrior. The crash happened in a deep
cut and the debris of the demolished
freight cars completely tied up traffic at
that point for eight hours. There We're
no fatalities in the wreck and the most
| seriously hurt was Cy Gray negro fire
man on the northbound freight who suf-
fered broken leg. Engineer White OF
the northbound freight suffered a number
of bruises and several negro brakemen
were bruised.
According to Assistant Superintendent
| Morrison of the Louisville and Nashville
| railroad the causes of the head-on col
lision will be determined later after
thorough investigation of the wreck. Mr.
Morrison stated last night that the wreck
was not serious, but happened in very
difficult place to get at with a wreeker
The Louisville and Nashville railroad
| said Mr. Morrison. did all in its power
ITO clear the track at Linton as soon as
possible and the southbound passenger
trains were moved with all possible dis
fpatch."
The version of the freight wreck given
by passengers on No. from Cincinnati,
which arrived at the scene of the wreck
| just a few minutes after the crash, was
that the northbound freight in charge of
| Conductor Burke and Engineer White
and southbound freight in charge of
Conductor Bailey and Engineer Chase
came together two miles out of Linton,
or about % miles from Birmingham in
lhead-on collision. The wreck at a place
| where there is a sharp curve and this in
part accounts for the fact that the engi-
neers on both freghts were unable to
stop their engines in time to avoid a col
lision.
The fact that the southbound passenger
train from Cincinnati was several hours
late caused many rumors and quite
crowd gathered at the Louisville and
Nashville depot last night to- await the
coming of the delayed passenger trains.
The first to come in was No. and its
passengers Immediately scattered to their
homes and hotels.
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the next occasion unless we are carried
lin"
Drew the printer. apologized for print
ing a single issue of the Suffragette and
gave sureties in $1,000 not to repeat the
offense.
The struggle for woman suffrage began
again in the house of commons when the
second reading was moved of Willoughby
Dickinson's bill which proposes to en-
franchise 6000,000 women
Sections of Bill
Vital sections of the brief bill are as
fellows:
l. Every woman who (a) il she were a
man would be entitled TO be registered as
a parliamentary elector in respect of a
household qualification within the mean
ing of the representation act of 1884, or
Oh is the wife of a man entitled TO be
registered in respect of household quail
lifcation and has resided in the qualifying
premises during the period required by
law to enable a person to be os registered,
shall be entitled to be registered and
when registered to vote as a parliament
tary elector in the constituency wherein
the qualifying premises are situated
g A woman shall not be entitled to be
registered unless she has attained the
years of 20.
3. A woman shall not be disqualified by
reason of marriage from registering and
voting.
The bill is backed by two unionist and
two labor members While it meets the
wishes of most of the men supporters OF
woman suffrage, 1t does not go far enough
for others.
The parties are so hopelessly divided
; and even the members of the cabinet are
so widely set asunder on the question
that forecast of the outcome of the
debate is most difficult.
Members when they arrived at the
) house today had to run the gauntlet
of women carrying placards directed al
the cabinet ministers, such as Traitor
lAsouith." "Deport Reginald McKenna
and Chancellor Hobhouse.'
Unjust. Says Dickinson
Wnloughby Dickinson, in moving tbs
second reading of the bill argued that
to refuse women parliamentary SUI
frage rights to punish few criminals
! such as the members or the Women
Social and Political union. would bs
unjust.
Arthur Cecil Beck, another liberia
, member in speaking for the rejection
of the bill, said the fact that all the
outrages and crimes had been com
mitted by women of education and higf
character showed the inclusion of sucf
women among the voters would be {
destructive blow at parliamentary ane
constitutional government
II Abstention of speakers of prominence
from the debate caused interest to las
, to such an extent that at one time there
4 was less than a quorum present
" was noticeable that both those sup
, porting and opposing the bill were II
accord In their denunciatien OF mill
a fancy.
= Viscount Wolmer, speaking In behal
: of the bill, evoked cheers by his con
demnation of those irresponsible luna
i tics who are carrying on the miiitan
: movement"
The Right Hon. Charles D. Stuart
!. Wortley, supporter of the bill. said, w
:. sane man can approve of the crimina