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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-18

It so you know the value and importance of keeping
your eyes open to these saeswere values are prom
inent and the very best things to be picked up
We viii again run
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-18

If you want to see this town
grow you should remember that
you are part of it and that its
growth depends as much on you as
on your neighbors. Don't get the
idea that its future prosperity rests
with a few, for it is the business
of the many. Above all, don't
criticise those who are building up
the community and do nothing
yourself. They at least have the
proper spirit and just as long as
you deny them your support. just
that much harder their work will
be-and yours, indirectly.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-18
new PLANS FOR BOARD
Business Men Decide Last Night to
Garry Out a Different Order From
Former Management.

The Brookhayen Board Of Trade
held a well attended meeting last
night at the City Hall. 1t was the
time set for an election of officers
and a general rousing up and max
ing a new start-a better start
than any previous ones, although
many good ones have been made
and a deal accomplished in the past
that would not have been done had
it not been for an organization
such as the board is.
The general sentiment expressed
by members who spoke was for
change in management for the en-
suing 365 days-a Democratic or
commission torn of gov ernment of
the board. This move was voiced
in the election by ballot of u. j..
Kees. Louis Cohn. Ferd v. Becker.
A. A. Cohn. w. Fl. Seavey and w.
D. Davis as an executive commit
tee who will have complete control
Of the workings of the body. 1t
has been left to these gentlemen to
say whether there will be a presi-
dent and other officers as is and has
been the usual custom. A meeting
of this committee will be held at
4:30 this afternoon.
The sentiment of the meeting
condensed from the talks made is
sensed in the following tabloid
form:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Wabash Valley Submerged 5

Evansville, Ind. March 30.-The break
ing of the Illinois Central embankment
on the Indiana side of the Wabash river
opposite GRANVILLE. ILL.,, at Saturday. mid,
night, let a wall of water into the lower
Wabash valley which swept farm houses
and buildings to destruction. flooded the
town of New Harmony and made res
cue parties work like heroes to save
lives In Black township, Posey county
a call for the state guard to take charge
of the situation is being made to Gov
error Ralston.
The breaking of the Illinois Central
embankment threw ar unexpected flood
against the Louisville a. Nashville em-
bankment on the Wabash at Maumee.
ILL.,, ripping out 1000 feet of track and
putting out of commission the last line
Evansville had to the north and west.
Tonight the only through railroad left
out of Evansville is the Louisville &
Nashville south
The Ohio river at Evansville at 10
nm. registered 49, feet and no doubt is
EXPRESSED that a record stage will come
bv Wednesday. Oakdale and other low
sections areA inundated, but no damage
has been done so far.
The levee at Shawneetown, H., is said
to be doomed as the combined Ohio
and wabash flood will strike 1t about
wednesday. The town is being deserted.
One life was lost at Mount Carmel, Ill.
Dean Adams was carried against the
Southern railway bridge in his launch.
which was overturned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
DR.. LOUIS A. BATES {
DIES IN NASHVILLE
End Comes Following At
tack of Uremic Poison.
Interment in Wetump-
ka, Ala.

Nashville Tenn, March 30-(SpeciaD-
DR.. Louis A Bates, who formerly op-
Grated a chain of drug stores in New
York city, died suddenly here tonight
from an acute attack of uremic poison,
from which he had been a sufferer for
some months.
DR.. Bates was s5 years Of age and
was worth in the neighborhood of $780,
Coz, which he Inherited from his uncle,
Paul Tulane, founder of Tulane univer-
sity at New Orleans and for whom the
Hotel Tulane, which Dr. Bates built at
Nashville was named.
He had large realty holdings In Nash
vile, Birmingham and New York. His
remains will be sent Monday to We
tumpka, Ala, his old home, for inter-
ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
DEMAREE DOWNS
FORMER TEAMMATES

Mobile, March So.-The Mobile Southern
league players faced their old pitching
star today and were defeated, 10 to l.
Al Demaree was in the box five innings
for the Giants Rube Marquard worked
the remaining four. Campbell whose arm
troubles him. gave up IL hits to the Giants
in the four innings pitched Berger, who
relieved him at the beginning of the
fifth, yielded four hits which were made
to count for three runs An error ON
the part Of jacobson, formerly with Mo-
bile, enabled SBaloney to come home on
a hit by clark off Marquard Herzog
fence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Aa.2 Feet at Louisville

I.o,,isville. March 3O.-The crest OF tne
Ohio river flood tonight, between hune-
ington, W. Va. and MaysVirie, H. af.sr.
pected to reach Louisville Tuesday al.el- -
noon or night. with stage OF about 10
feet. ,,oo,- NJ.
1872 feet. rise of one-half foot m ahe
mast 70 hours. The rate OF rise tonisnss I
80 80 ,aa,f on inch an hour. A stage OF
4s7 @ is : predicted for Louisville by morn Z. !;
ing. m Adyices from Madison tonight ma, :
Gated that that point had a rise s.,,a,.'s oa
inches in the last y hours anu a. 80 ''oN
tonight the gauge showed el.1 feet.
From western kentucky points reports
are that the river is rising rapidly, nun
dating lowlands, driving their occupants
to higher ground and interruptins ran
road service. ,.x, can.
Al Owensboro the river 10 within iour
inches of the high mark Of the Jsnusr,'
flood and is rising an inch an hour. lns ~,
tracks Of the Louisville, Henderson sno
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
ROYALTY TO VISIT
FRANZ JOSEPH
Aged Monarch Saying Good
Bye to His Friends

Vienna, March SO.-(Special)- )-There is
thought here to be more than ordinary
significance in the coming royal and i'm
perial visits to his majesty. Emperor
Franz josef The Gar, the Emperor
William, King George and Queen Mary of
England and the King of Italy. have all
been specially invited to partake of the
hospitalties of Vienna
Il am saying goodbye TO all my
friends the Emperor told an influential
diplomat when the subject of these visits
was broached. 1t is generally accepted,
however, that the meeting of the mon
archs-talSing place, of course, necessar-
lily at different times-is planned with the
idea of protecting the Austrian success
sion should trouble arise after the idol
lied monarch of Austro-Hungary goes to
the last sleep of death.
Both within and without the empire the
situation is admitted to be exceedingly
critical, and it is questioned whether
Franz Ferdinand will be able to stifle
the archducal cabals and rule with tram
guilty or rule for any length of time at
all.
despite the rumblings and reverbera-
tions which again disturb the air of the
chancellories there is really very little
danger of an international upheaval being
encouraged by the l1mperor's adviser,
Count Won Buchtold. Austria Hungary
has her legs caught in the wire entangle-
'ments of the BaIkans,s and if the great
war came now would require help from
GermanX rather than be able to give her
aid But If the fight comes with Aus
tria- Hungary thus entausled. can any one
believe that Italy will run the appalling
risks involved by adhesion TO the triple
alliance? Germany, indeed may be said to
have publicly admitted her condition of
disadvantage, for is not she at this mo-
ment asking her taxpayers to make an
unheard of sacrifice in order that she may
remedy that condition, and out of her own
population create a new army which VIII
make up for the aid that Austria Hungary
would have given her before the teeth of
the dead Turkish dragon had grown its
crop of armed men in the Balkans?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Local Data
Weather Conditions

Birmingham, March 3o.-G p. MA
bank of high barometer pressure still
occupies the Atlantic slope and the gulf
states, although there has been steady
decrease in the barometric readings dur
ing the past "a hours.
Rain occurred in the eastern cotton
states during the past "a hours, all Ala
bama stations, except Birmingham re-
ceivng light amounts. While some cloud
mess was noted in the western cotton
states. the rainfall that started in Texas
Saturday morning suddenly ceased so
that the entire southern half of the
country, except in the southeastern cor
ner, experienced fair weather during the
last "a hours.
In the northern portion of the country
rains were general, extending from the
north Pacific region to the upper lakes,
and over eastern New York and New
England These rains have been pro-
duced by the low pressure area that has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
H. o. Scale

{ Greenville, Miss. March 3o.--(special.l--
H.. O. Scale died at his home near Green
Vile Saturday morning. after a short i'll
ness. Mr.. Scale was about "A years of
age and was one of the veterans of the
civil war He was a member of the
Methodist church.
Henry Scale of Greenvile, Ben Scale OF
Montgomery, Ed Scale and John Scale of
Texas and Mrs. Brunson of Andalusia,
Mrs Brown Wlnton, MIS- Russell Clarke.
Mrs Henry Eedgood, Mrs. c. P.-Skinner
are his children who survive him. His
wife also survives him.
Funeral services were held Sunday aft
ernoon at his home and burial was made
at the Eiberty cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31

crossed the continent. and whose center
travelled along the Canadian border to
its present position in the Lake Superior
region.
The low pressure in the lakes has
ceased to AFFECT the weather in Alabama,
so a continuance of fair weather Is
looked for Monday.
Temperatures continued to rise in the
valley and eastern sections and only
when the Rocky mountains are reached
de we come to a cool change. Tempera-
lures are falling in the middle noun
tain and plateau states. owing to the
presence of an area of high pressure
now occupying the north Pacific states.
This cool change will hardly affect Ala
bama appreciably, but certainly not be-
fore Tuesday, IL at all.
Rather warm weather prevails in north
ern Texas Abilene reported a maximum
of 80 degrees today.
Summary of observations made at
United states weather bureau stations,
March 30, Z p. m:
Tempt ture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Weekly Naval Stores Review

Savannah, March 30.-Turpentine was
firm during the week, closing yesterday.
at 43lsc, as against 371hc to 3sc last Satur-
day, and 47c for the corresponding day Of
last year. Sales for the week were 611.
as against 500 last year. Receipts FOR
the week were 912, as against 352S last
year. Shipments for the week were f063
domestic, as against 1886 last year.. Stocks
are 1887. as against 1859 last year
stocks decreased 1871 during the week.
Rosin was firm for the week. prices on
ALI grade above I showing slight -ad-
yances Sales for the week were 1885,
as against 1853 last year. Shipments
were 7722. foreign 1900, domestic 6l22, as
against S23G last year Stocks are 10Sl5s,
al against 727,207 last year. Stocks de-
creased 5056 during the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Garrison Pleased With Situation

Cincinnati, O., March 30.--Secretary
Garrison of the war department was
tonight so we'll pleased with the hand
ling of the food situation by those in
charge in Dayton and Hamilton that
he decided to leave early tomorrow for
Columbus. If his present plans are not
changed he will return here tomorrow
.night and leave for Washington by
daylight Tuesday morning.
Besides congratulating Governor Cox
and the citizens of Ohio upon the man
ner in which with courage and re-
sourcefulness' they met an appalling
situation, the head of the war depart
ment, in long report to the President
tonight assured Mr.. Wilson he could
announce that Hamilton and Dayton,
as well as all other places seriously
affected by the flood had found them
selves and are rapidly tending toward
normal conditions.
General Wood. chief of staff of the
army, in notifying his assistant, Mai.
General Witherspoon, in Washington.
of the general improved situation In
Ohio, said the general policy will now
be the gradual withdrawal of the army
from towns north of here as we'll as
the collection of army supplies not
needed. for distribution further south
F1n furtherance of this plan Major Lo-
gan will be sent to Louisville and Major
/
before General Wood returns TO WASH
ington.
Statement to Wilson
Secretary Garrison made public the
substance of his report to President
Wilson, in a statement which was in
part as follows;
"The force of the water at Hamilton
was very great, the food area was
wide and the destruction to property
very large Forty-five bodies OF
drowned have been so far recovered.
The debris has not all been searched
as yet, but | think it safe to estimate
that. 20 to 80 will be the outside limit
of the number of the dead. The public
spirit displayed here is of the highest
and most commendable quality. And
| the citizens are enthusiastically co-on-
| Grating with the national guard Off
GERS in command of the situation. Our
officers are working in concert we
having medical officers. hospital corns
| men, noncommissioned officers of the
line and engineers officers here.
"There is an abundance of food
shelter. medical supplies, physicians
and clothing. Nothing needed for the
existing emergency is lacking. Col.
| Charles +. Hake, Jr, retired. of the
| Ohio national guard, came in at th,
beginning and took charge. doing ex-
| ceIlent. work. until Colonel Zimmerman.
| Ohio national guard was sent in to
lcon1mand. He at once established mar
4 tial law and was handling the whole
situation with skill, courage and re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
CHATTANOOGA WILL
AID SUFFERERS

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 30.-Chatta-
nooga today raised s44S.sS for the flood
sufferers in Ohio and Indiana by means
of public entertainment. Aside from
this every church in the city gave its
entire morning collection to the cause.
and this Is said to have reached total
of nearly $500.
The municipal band, the local music
club, gave an entertainment in one of
the theatres and seven moving picture
shows were.open all afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Moran, Jr., Anxious

New York March 3d.. p. Nor
gan, Jr., discussing tonight the cable
advices from Rome concerning his
fathers condition. said:
II considered the cable this morning
somewhat reassuring, but the one this
afternoon is less favorable. We cam
not but feel anxious, as it is clear that
the doctors are. much concerned By
Mr.. Morgans increasing weakness and
ina bility to take nourishment."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Deaths and Funerals
/ T. McGee

j. T. McGee, aged As years. died sud
denly yesterday morning at 10 o'clock
at his late residence at Shorter of acute
Indigestion The body was brought to
Birmingham last night and will be held
at Lige Loys chapel pending funeral ar
rangements, which will be announced
later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Clark Tompkins

Huntsville, March 30.-(Special) -
Friends in Huntsville have been Informed
cf the death of Clark Tompkins, for q
long time a United States deputy mar
shall of the northern district of Alabama.
He died at his home at Belgreen, Frank
lin county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Willie Rich

Lyerly, Ca, March 30.-(S Especially viii
lie Rich. eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lon
Rich of Chelsea, this county, died this
week following aslngering illness. death
being due to tuberculosis, brought about
by an attack of measles IN the early part
of last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Miss Melissa Cochran

I.yesly, Ca. March Especially miss
Melissa Cochran. aged SO years, died at
her home near Pennville this week. Fu-
neral services were conducted at the
home of her nieice, Mrs. Clark, the Rev
j. s. J.. Sappington, pastor of the Sum
mervile Methodist church, officiating. In
terment was in the Pennville cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
DIR. L. A. Bates

DR.. l.. A. Bates, aged 70 years, died
last night at 7'o'cloclS in Nashville The
body will be brought to Birmingham for
nterment tomorrow. DR.. Bates is sur
vived by brother, George b. Bates, of
Birmingham, and a number of other rela-
tives who reside in this city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Weather Forecast

Washington, March 3.-Forecast for
Georgia, South Carolina, Florida ana
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, East
Texas: General fair Monday and tues
day.
Oklahoma: Fair Monday and Tuesday.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Cloudy Mon
day; Tuesday fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
EVENTS OF TODAY

Directors of Business Mems league meet
at luncheon at noon.
Meeting TO organize East Lake military
company at o'clock.
Potlatch button sale will be resumed.
s'liye. wires to meet at luncheon at the
Morris hotel.
At the Theatres
Jefferson-The Society circus, go and
Sis o'clock D. m.
Biiou-Thurston, the magician, SO
O'Clock p. m.
Majestic.-"Round The Clock 2:So. 7:so
and O'Clock p. m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Claude Green

Huntsville, March 30.-(Special) l)--Claude
Green, % years old, oied at Lowe yes
terday afternoon of tuberculosis after a
long illness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Mrs. Mary Huba O'DOnnell

Mrs. Mary Huba O'Donnell, aged 80
years, died last night at her late resi-
dence, 92o Ella street, Owenton. She
is survived by her husband. J. NJ ODon-
nell who Is q civil engineer. Funeral
arrangements will be announced later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
PERSONS FLEE FOR
LIVES FROM CAIRO

Cairo, Ill.N March 30.-Train
loads of persons left Cairo to-
day following g-receipt of news
that the Ohio river was expected
to reach a higher stage than
during the disastrous flood of
last spring r. r. Lindley, the
local .wea ther forecaster. issued
a statement saying:
with weather conditions be-
coming some what unsettled In
Z this river district and rapid
rises continuing in the Ohio and
Wabash rivers, 4 54-foot gauge
Is regarded as certain at Cairo
If the levees below hold. Fifty
six feet is regarded as strong
possibility here. As prudential
measure it Is advisable that wo-
men, children and the infirm
seek more secure refuge"
a r <rI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Sanitary Experts Expect
Hundreds of Cases of Ty-
phoid to Develop
HIGH WALL OF WATER
AT LAWRENC CEBURG
Thirty Eight Hundred Homeless in
L0ganspOrt and Pestilence Feared.
Cities Along the Ohio Prepar-
ing for the Worst

Indianapolis March s0-central In
diana is summoning its medical forces
to fight disease, which Is following in
the wake of the devastating flood which
swept that section last week Sanitary
phoid, dphtheria. pneumonia and mea-
sles to develop.
A member of the state board of health
asserted today that the foods toll of 6l
lives in this state probably will be ex-
ceeded. Scores of persons of all walks
,of life have been huddled in small halls
and buildings for days. They have been
forced to live like sheep and a pestl-
ence is feared
Thousands of people will continue TO
be homeless until their residences have
been cleaned of the filth left by the re-
cedIng waters and fumigated. A ma
jority of these refugees have no cloth
ing except what they wore when the
flood descended.
While the residents of the river towns
in the centre of the state are facing a
problem of sanitation the cities along
the Ohio river are preparing for the
worst flood of their existence. Already
thousands of persons have been driven
lIODl the DOtlOlll anu the plOptl lN
damage runs into the millions The
water still is rising and the crest of the
flood still is four days away Railroad
communication with these cities has
been cut off from the north.
Water Thirty Feet High
Lawrenceburg. where the levee broke
on Saturday, is under seven feet of
water. In the Dearborn National and
German American banks only the tops
of the safety deposit vaults are visible.
Water covers the first floors of the high
school and courthouse, where 1000 per-
sons are marooned
The whistle at the Lawrenceburg roll
ler mills warned the residents of the
town that the levee had broken. In a
few minutes a wall of water 80 feet
high swept through the town. Sixty
houses near the break were crushed and
carried away That no lives were lost
seems a miracle
There are $500 homeless at I.ogansport
and the military medical corps say that
the danger of a pestilence is greater
than at any other point in the state.
Forty-one Unaccounted For
OF the 62 persons reported missing this
morning 21 had been reported safe to-
night.
The property damage is $l,00O000 there
and call for more aid has been issued.
In response to an appeal from Mayor
Mcdowell of Vincennes, Governor Raj
ston today ordered 200 tents and sup
plies sent to that city. Several hundred
families living in the valley around
Mount Carmel, ILL.,. near where the
White and Wabash rivers meet. have
been forced to fee to higher ground,
where they are without shelter. Relief
will be sent Immediately.
Another dispatch to the governor stat
ed 100 families were homeless and
needed aid at Shoals, Ind. The river
there exceeds former high water marks
by four feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
AUSTRIA AIDS SUFFERERS

Washington, March 30.-A
cablegram to the Austrian en- !
bassy tonight announced that
the Austrian government had
cabled to its consul at Cleveland
$4,000 to be added TO the general
fund for the relief of flood suf-
ferers in Ohio and Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31

municipal and county officers from the
flooded sections TO frame n reconstruc-
tion policy which will be presented to
the general assembly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31

souri,. The Inhabitants nave mo.eo ~
high ground and no loss Oh iiie 40
ticipated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
Governor Requests Aid

Frankfort, KY, March 3O.-uoVeIIioI NJ
McCreary last night appealed TO the
United states supply station at Evans.
Vile. and to the national committee os
the American Red Cross in nenail "a
Ashland and Wickliffe. KY winch s s
tsnts and provisions for flood refugees
IN tho two cities Ashland requested
also al that Company i Of the state guard a,,,a
be be- ordered there to preserve order. me
governor has made arrangements 10
comply with the, request as regaras .sas sns
tents and the troops, but admitted that
the state was unable to send provisions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31

There was preaching at only two
churches in Greenvile today, the Episco-
pal and the ChuIvh of Christ. 'ff1e pas
tors of the Baptist aud Methodist
churches. DIR. l.. II Gwalteny, and Rev.
q. V Calhoun are attending Fifth Sun
day meetings at different churches in the
county. The Greenville churches as well
a the churches of other larger towns in
the county are accomplishing much good
throughout the county by these Firth
Sunday meetings. .--.--.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-31
PIERPONT MORGAN in
CRITICAL CONDITION
CONTINUED From Page one)

weak that his present condition must be
considered most critical. (Signed)
sc. BASTIANELLI
IN. ALLEN STARR,
&c. A. DIXON"
The only nourishment which the patient
has been able to receive for several days
has been through injections to which the
physicians had to resort and they rear
this is not sufficient to sustain him for
q ny lenoth Of time