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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-10-22
A Great Day
On October 20
Valuable Prizes Offered for
Farm Products

Wednesday October 29th. is to be
Red Letter Day in the movement for
better farming in Lawrence County
Opening promptly at 10 o'clock a. m.
and closing promptly at A p, m with
an hours intermission at noon, we will
have short snappY speeches on different
AGRICULTURAL and domestic subjects by
the best athorities along these lines in
the state. Every farmer, merchant
and their families should be on hand
Prizes to be given away bV the Aeri-
cultural Improvement Association;
/, best 10 acres Of corn $50 OO
| 2, best S acres corn disc harrow Is 90
| 3, best 10 ears pnre bred corn
pair Berkshire pigs 1000
4, best 10 ears Of corn not pure
bred, / VIM Oliver break plow IL 50
| S, best ear of pure bred corn
John Deere scratcher 90
! 6, best ear of corn not pure bred Z.5O
| Z, best S stalks Of corn John B
Stetson Hat 100
s, best S stalks Of cotton 500
pounds Queen Cotton Grower $50
9, best stalks OF soy beans
barrel flour 300
: 10, best display Of | qt each oil
oats, rye and wheat scratcher 3 .OC
II, best peck of sweet potatoes
rocker 5 0C
IL, best irish potato planted at
!. ter July is, SIX cotton seed meal l o.
Prizes given TO Boys Corn Clubs
T fst prize $12. 81
2nd prize I'o'
3rd prize / pr tailored trousers 90
4ih prize An Oliver pillow 5.oI
5th prize o.O
l. s, best 10 ears Of corn 2.o
7, Dad best 10 ears Of corn
fountain pen Is
!" 8. 3rd best 10 ears Of corn l u
IS Prizes given to Girls Tomato Club;
= 1st prize best essay on general
gardening set silver spoons
and dessert forks 81 U
n End prize 2nd best essay on
a general gardening set silver
e knives and forks Oh
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-10-22

Be a Booster ior your town,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14

REPUBLICANS MEET
IN CAPITAL TUESDAY

Washington. December 13.-The repub-
lican national committee, when it meets in
this city Tuesday to determine upon the
calling of convention for party reor-
ganization, will find itself confronted
with a well defined demand that the
proposed convention take up the whole
subject of framing a platform for the
congressional election fight of 1915
Reformation of the rules of the party
has been limited in the discussions of the
last few months to the proposals that the
representation of southern states in ma
tional conventions be deminished; that
primary election of delegates in different
states be sanctioned, and that the ma
tional committee shall retire Immediately
when new members are elected, instead
OF holding over through the presidential
campaign, as has been the custom
Party leaders of pronounced progressive
type are now demanding, however, that
the republican forces prepare for the
drafting of comparative platform to Se
adopted at the proposed national conven-
hon, and to form the ground work for
the republican fights of 1914 and 1916 II
the national committee decided Tuesday
to call the special party convention, it is
expected that the proposal for new plat
form will dominate party activity during
the ensuing weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
ASKS SENATE TO
COMPEL |. & N.
TO OPEN Up FILES
Commerce Commission De-
clares Counsel for Road
Refuses to Submit to
Full Investigation

Washington December 13-The inter
the Senate today for additional authority
to compel the Louisville and Nashville
railroad to open up all of its correspond
ence files to inspectors from the commits
sion Copies of kilograms that passed
between the commission and II. L. Stone,
general counsel of the railroad, were laid
before the Senate, showing that Mr.. Stone
had declined to let inspectors see corre-
spondence which he said related solely to
intrastate rate cases in Alabama
The investigation of the Louisville and
Nashville resulted from the passage by
the Senate November of a resolution
by Senator Luke Lea asking for an in
quiry into the relations between that road
and the Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis and other lines.
Senator Lea, in a statement tonight
said he would offer another resolution
in/the Senate Monday instructing the
Interstate commerce commission to take
whatever steps may be necessary and
within it's powers to force the Louisville
and Nashville railroad to open up to in
spection the correspondence now with
held.
The investigation was designed to show
whether the roads were preventing COM
petition In the southeastern states, or
whether any community of interest exist
ed among them. In his replies to the
demand of the interstate commerce com
mission for access to all his files Cen
eral Counsel Stone declared that certain
copies of correspondence relating to suits
against state rate laws and orders did
not come within the scope of govern
ment supervision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
CLAYTON REFERS
M'DERMOTT MATTER
TO SUBCOMMITTEE

Washington, December 13.-Recom-
mendations to be made TO the House
regarding Representative McDermott
of Illinois and others. as a result Of
the statements of facts and concld-
sions given IN the House lobby inquiry
committees report. Will rest with a
judiciary subcommittee of which Rep
resentatve Floyd of Arkansas is chair.
man. Representative Clayton, chairman
of the judiciary committee, referred
the whole matter today to the sub
committee, the other members of which
are Representatives Beall, Texas; Pc
terson Indiana; Carew New York: Dyer
Missouri, and Chandler, New York.
The subcommittee will have no hear
ings, resting whatever recommends
tions 1t may make upon the work of
the LOBBY inquiry committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14

London, December l3.-Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst the suffragette leader while
returning from Paris whore she had been
visiting her daughter. Miss Christabel
Pankhurst was rearrested this evening
by Scotland Yard detectives shortly after
the train left Dover. The action of the
police was so unexpected by the militants
that they had made no preparations to
safeguard their leader by detachment
from the recently organized suffragette
army.
1t was only last Sunday that General
Mrs. Flora Drummond at suffragette
meeting, exclaimed:
Here and now we swear that never
again will the government get Mrs. Pank-
hurst"
Before leaving Paris. Mrs Pankhurst
said she did not expect to be arrested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
MRS. PANKHURST ARRESTED
UPON RETURN TO LONDON
Mtants Taken Off Guard Offer No Resistance Capture
Leader-Charged With Leaving Country Without
Notice of Change of Address


before Monday. as the license under
which she had been released did not ex-
pire until then, and she announmed her
intention of addressing big meeting on
Monday in London The charge on which
she was arrested was having left this
country without giving the "a hours no.
tice of change of address required by
her license"
Many police were at Victoria station
to prevent any attempt at rescue. On
the arrival OF the train. and before any
of the militants present realized what had
happened, she was hurried into a motor
car and driven TO Holloway jail. Soon
after she was arrested and incarcerated
groups of suffragettes drove up in taxi
cabs and started concert outside the
jail.
Mrs. Dacre-Fox declared that the pre-
mature arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst was due
to fear of what her bodyguard would do
IL the police had attempted to arrest her
at Mondays meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

factions of Villa a violation of in
ternational law, is claim.
Rebels reported routed at Tampico
Wilson's condition not alarming.
Root makes severe attack on currency
bill.
2CReal estate crook held in Nashville.
3-Grave question raised by liquor prob
lem.
+Men are freed of Holloway charge.
5-Police situation begins to clarity
Morning medley of lays doings.
May build auditorium in park.
President Bullock makes impression
here.
6-Public ownership of wire lines almost
in sight
S-Bavarians must pay to have Ludwig
as ruler.
9-Campaign book in Underwood's llght
will draw blood
Hewitt gives out first ad-
dress to voters.
14-15-16-Sports.
17-Eight governors of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
PRACTICALLY ALL
FOREIGNERS ARE
OUT OF TAMP|CO
Tension Over Possible Inter-
national Complications
Relieved-Fighting
Continues

Mexico City. December IA heavy and
sustained bombardment by two gunboats
and the federals' field artillery. resulted
today in the complete route of the rebels
at Tampico according to a war office
report received from General Rabago to-
might
Hundreds of rebels, the report states,
We're killed within hours time and the
remainder of the rebel army Is reported
to be in full flight towards Victoria
General Rabagos report as made pub
lie by the war office, states that the gun
boats Bravo and Zaragoza started down
the river towards Arbol Grande and Dona
Cercilia which have been centers of the
rebel operations for the past three days
Back in the city, General Rabago says
it had been planned 10 give the gunboats
the cooperation of the land forces.
The impression given by the report is
that the rebels along the river bank ap-
peared to believe that the gunboats were
attempting to escape and were caught off
their guard when the shelling, which
swept their positions, began.
The report insists that 500 men were
killed before the rebels could get out of
range.
As soon as the flight began General
Rahago started his cavalry in pursuit
and at midnight his troopers were hang
ing on the rear of the fleeing rebels
whose going Is described in the report as
a rout. The action is said to have taken
place this afternoon.
Earlier reports, believed to be authentic
but not official sent from Tampico at 2
o clock in the afternoon said that the
positions on both sides had not been ma
terially altered from yesterday and the
firing on both sides continued, but was
not nearly as heavy as on the preceding
day.
Accurate information. unless it be that
received by the government, still is
meagre at the capital.
Business men with interests at Tampico
are eagerly running down all rumors but
their correspondents there have been able
to send but little news
One persistent rumor, which, however,
has been denied at the British legation.
was that 16o British marines and blue
jackets We're landed at Tampico yester-
day
The oil people and railroad men are the
most vitally interested in possible prop
erty loss at Tampico since there is stored
in the immediate vicinity of the COM
batants not less than 5000 900 barrels of
oil and other destructible property which,
1t is estimated, is valued at not less than
50,000.000 pesos. Wood is the material
commonly used in the buildings of Tam
pico, thus enhancing the chances of de-
structive fires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14

20-Kills two Injuries another and takes
own life.
23-One killed and two injured in Mulga
mine.
26 and 30-Society.
2S-Ned Brace and editorial comment.
3l-Brigandage in Chinese republic one
of profession.
32-Royal honeymoons usually quiet.
33-Another Gould may we'd royalty.
34-A letter from a woman who sinned.
35-Russians getting rich pirating Ameri-
can books
3S-Automobile gossip
39-Wave of reform sweeping London.
40-The fraternal world.
41-Alabamas birthday.
42-Church news.
43-German papers distrustful OF United
States.
44-New York wealthy often away from
home.
45-Markets
47-60- Magazine section,
6l-64-Comic supplement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Arbitrarily Expels Spaniards
and Confiscdtes $5, ,OOO,-
900 in Property
u. S. CONSUL DENIED RIGHT
TO SEND CODE MESSAGE TO
THE STATE DEPARTMENT
CaTanza Urged Hurry to Scene to Prevent International
Complications Actions of Villa Provoke Serious Situa-
tons-Foreigners Appeal to Separate Gov
ernments- Refugees Reach Ell Paso

Ell Pao, Tex December 13Stores of wholesale loong by
Gen Francisco Villa rebel its entrance in Chihuahua
of the depong Of church treasures of the robbery Spanish
priests and of the conscaton of property and demands
for exorbtant of money! brought here today with
the arrival of 476 citizens of Spain who had been banshed
from Mexico by the rebels
Eighteen Catholic priests and of Spanish origin
among the refugees They joined with the other exed Span
ards sending the Spanish ambassador Washington and
the minister of foreign relations Madrid protest against
what they asserted was outrage of their rights
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
THE MAN WHO STOLE
MONA LISA SAYS He
HADNOACCOMPL
No One Knew of Plan Until
After ExecutiOn-AccOm-
plished a Good and
Holy Work"

FLORENCE, Italy, December l3.-Vencenzio
Perugia from whom Leonardo Da Vinci' s
masterpiece, Mona Lisa" was recovered
here yesterday declared absolutely to the
police today that he had no accomplIees.
either direct or Indirect, in the theft of
the painting from the Louvre in Paris.
Nobody knew of his plan before it's exeeu-
ton, nobody saw him when he distracted
the picture and nobody knew he had the
picture in his possession.
Il did not take the painting through a
desire for gain" he said. "but wished
to accomplish a good and holy work by
returning to my country one Of the many
treasures stolen from it"
While working in the Louvre, he contln-
ued he was overcome with shame on
hearing visitors indicate the best works as
Italian One day he took this OATH II
will be unworthy of Italy If | do not re-
turn to her one of these masterpieces"
Idea Ever Before Him
The idea obsessed him. and the Mona
Lisa" was ever before him. When he
could delay no longer he found he could
fcuty, as he was already known by those
theft he was interrogated by the police.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
MINE BOSS RESIGNS RATHER
THAN ENTER LOPEZ'S REFUGE
xes of Talking With Desperate in Mne-Halted Work of
Capturing Slayer of Six Men Resumed After
Day of Delay

drew its objections late today. Thereupon
Shift Boss Sam Rogers resigned, saying
he would not enter the stronghold of the
Mexican desperate.
Rogers told early today of having talked
with Lopez twice In one of the tunnels
of the Utah-Apex mino during the last
two days, and OF the desperado remark
ing they would meet again today. But
when the time came for the shift boss to
enter the tunnel he was well on his way
to Salt Lake City,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
CANNON AGAIN
ELECTED SPEAKER,

Chicago, December 13-'Uncle joe"
Cannon was again elected speaker, but
this time of the Indiana society, which
held its annual frolc tonight. The for
mer speaker of the house of representa-
tives was given the gavel only after a
vigorous fight
''l saw his methods down at Washing
ton when We were there together" pro-
tested James Watson, former representa-
tive. Il don't want to see that power
dragged into this organiza ton. | warn
you that If he is made speaker he will
OWE us body and soul inside of a week. -
Then the "hoosers'' elected Uncle Joe"
unanimously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14

Bingham. Utah. December 13-Halted
by the objections of mine owners, the
sheriffs who seek Ralph Lopez. the slayer
OF six men. after n day of idleness. to-
night resumed searching the workings.
The process of searching a section and
then bulkheading SO as to eliminate that
part Is beginning to halt mining opera
tions, and this the owners opposed. After
: conference however the company with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
TAKES MONEY
FROM CATHEDRAL

Before the rebel army entered the city
we thought at least the children OF God
would be safe" Father Morales said
yet the rebels had not long been in
posse ssion when we at the cathedral were
visited BIZ an agent of the rebel leader
General Villa He informed us that a
general tribute was to be exacted for the
revolutionary cause, and each of the
priests would be expected to pay $4,000
He said II the money was not paid within
two days there would be serious conse-
quences. We told him we could not do it,:
that we did not have the money. At the
expiration of two days Villas agent re-
turned and we gave our worldly possess
slons. We were told we would have to
leave the cod try with the other Spani-
ards We asked to be allowed to take
with us all our sacred church vessels
hut were told this would be impossible
for the church property in the future
would belong to the rebels"
The representation was made that In
arbitrarily expelling Spaniards from Mex
leo and confiscating or shutting down
their property, valued at more than S5O00-
COO. villa had acted without sufficient ad-
vice, and that he had incurred the dis
pleasure of foreign interest in forcibly
entering the British vice consulate to ar
rest Luis Terrazas. Jr., who is being held
for S250.000 ransom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Johnson, May Run

San Francisco, December 1s.-Gov. Hi
ram W. Johnson, progressive vice presi-
Dental candidate last year, will be asked
by the executive committee of the pro-
gresslve state central COMMITTEES, 10 run
for the United States senatorship next
fall. The executive committee so decided
today and appointed a delegation to wait
upon the governor,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Fire in New York

New York, December 13.-The East river
water front in Harlem was the scene
OF spectacular fire late tonight, when
the plant of the Rock Plaster Manu-
featuring company burned, with a prop
erty loss estimated at 100000. About $50
persons are thrown out Of work as a.
result. River shipping was In danger Of
destruction and a number of vessels were
towed out of the fire zone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Booth Granted Parole

Montgomery, December 13.--(Speciall
Executive clemency has been extended to
Vernon Booth, white man of Tuscaloosa
county, who was sent up to serve two
years for assault to murder. Booth had
served one year of his sentence, and his
parole is conditioned on his future good
behavior.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
REBELS REPORTED
COMPL YROUTE:D
AT CITY O[: :S;;i aiCO
> :, w
Bombar. -ent by Gunboats
and Field Artillery Has
Telling Effect
ALL PRISONERS ARE
RUTHLESSLY KILLED
Fighting Continues With Little Inter-
mission-GeneraI Belief Is That
City Is Incapable of Defense
Much Longer

Vera Cruz, December 13.-Advices from
rived from the south with 5000 reinforce
ments. which 1t is believed will bring the
total rebel force under General villareal
up to about 5000 men. The federal garri-
son. defending Tampico, does not exceed
200O of whom many are raw recruits.
The fighting around Tampico continues
with little intermisson, the insurgent
tactics apparently aiming at wearing out
the defenders by long range firing and
inducing them to exhaust their ammuni-
ton in ineffective reply.
The rebel commander. it is thought,
will not hazard heavy losses by making a
direct assault, and, in part, may be in
nuenced by desire to avoid the destruc-
tion of property. which would inevitably
result from street fighting or lombard
ment.
Losses Trivial
The general belief is that the city Is in
capable of defense much longer. The
losses of the attacking forces and de-
tenders up to the present have been
trivial. but both are ruthlessly executing
the few prisoners captured. Yesterday
the federals began by hanging several
prisoners in full view of the insurgent
lines. The rebels Immediately retaliated
by hanging all the federal prisoners in
their hands.
Rear Admiral Fletcher. in command
of the American warships, protested
against such barbarities, declaring they
must cease and that the fighting must
be conducted according to the rules of
civilized warfare.
The f9derals place great reliance for
the defense of the city on the fire of the
gunboats Bravo Zaragoza, Vera Cruz and
Progresso, which now are in the river.
F0rbids Use of Gunboats
1t is reported here that Rear Admiral
Fletcher has forbidden the use of the
sunboat batteries unless it is certain that
no shells will fail in the town. No prop
erty has been damaged and no Ameri-
cans or other foreigners have been in
jured
The steamer MORO Castle sailed from
here at $50 o'clock this afternoon for
Tampco with orders to report to Admiral
Fletcher. She probably will take some
of the American refugees aboard.
Negotiations are pending for the dis
aptch of the Rena Maria Cristina from
here TO Tampico to take care of Spanish
refugees. Several hundred troops have
arrived from the interior They are in
tended for the reinforcement of the Tam
pico garrison, but no transport is avail
able
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14

= The priests said Villa and demanded
$4,000 from each of them, and after
they had given all they possessed
Villas army looted the cathedral and
churches and the convent of all the
gold and jeweled chalices and sacred
sestments. One priest said he paid
the rebels $95, which was all he had;
another said he gave $155, and the
nuns gave all but their personal be-
longings.
Among the priests who vouched for
the stories of church looting were
Father Superior Jose Morales of the
Community of the Holy Family,
Father Manuel De Francisco and the
mother superior and six sisters of the
Order of the Virgin Mary.
DEMANDS GOLD
AS A TRIBUTE
Other Spaniards reported that in
addition to threatening them with
death if they remained in Chihuahua
longer than 10 days, General Villa de-
manded from merchants 81 10000 in
gold as a tribute to the revolution,
and in exchange he would pay them
IN ao-called constitutionalist currency.
United States Consul Marion Letcher
Was appealed to in vain. the refugees said,
because he was denied the privilege OF
forwarding a code message to the Ameri-
6ean government
General Villas attitude toward Span-
lards was regarded as so grave that other
rebel leaders, after meeting in Juarez
today. telegraphed to General Carranza
now at Hermosillo. requesting him to go
at once to Chihuahua and advise with
General Villa
Thomas d. Edwards, United States con-
sui at Juarez. attempted To telegraph to
Chihuahua. but was told the wires We're
not working. Mr. Edwards finally ar
ranged TO send messenger by automo-
bile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Foreigners Safe

Washington. December l3.-With prac-
tically all foreigners out of Tampico and
given temporary places Of safety aboard
warships in the harbor. tension over pos
sible international complications during
Continued Page TenD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
UNITED STATES CONSUL
DENIED RIGHT TO CODE

Complaint also was made to the United
States government that Marion Letcher,
the American consul at Chihuahua, was
denied his usual right to send a code
message to the state department. when
he wished to report the plight of the ex-
PEELED Spaniards. The United States con-
sui. the British vice consul and the Span
iards therefore sent protests to their re-
cpective governments.
1t was represented 10 the foreign gov
ernments that Villa had ignored the
friendly inquiries of the consuls when
they sought Information to the prob
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Concerning the proposal that the gov
ernment should allow a body of appoin-
tive officers the power to bring about
this imitation. Senator Root said:
This provision exhibits the opinions of
very great leader of the democratic
party, for whom | have a strong regard.
respect and admiration, and in whose sin
cerity of purpose and good faith | be-
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-11-20
Worthy of Better PATRONAGE.

The concert given by the Citizens
band, under the direction of Prof.
G. G. Heinzemann, last evening was,
from a musical standpoint, a splen-
did success, but it is to be deplored
that it was not patronized to the
extent that it deserved. The Citi-
zens' band is a splendid musical
organization but the people of
Princeton do not appear to appre-
ciate this fact by encouraging the
boys when they give concert.
Vocal solos by Mrs. G. A. Galley and
violin solos by Donald Marshall were
features at last nights concert.
The dance which followed the con-
cert was not largely attended, but
those who INDUCED in the terpsi-
chorean diversion passed an enjoya-
bile evening to the strains of Potter's
orchestra.