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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
IS FELT IN ITALY
People Terror Stricken.
Little Damage Results.
Flames in Vesuvius

Rome. June 2S.-Extensive earthquake
shocks occurred in the southern part of
Italy this morning, with the result that
exaggerated reports were circulated de-
scribing the disturbances as a grave dis
aster, with a large number of victims
Official information received by the min
lister of the interior tonight that the earth
quake caused no damage in the entire
province OF Catanzaro. and was scarcely
felt at Messina Some houses were dam
aged and several people hurt. however,
in the villages of Paola, San Marco and
other small places near CosenZa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Washington. June 2S.--It's easy to
keen cool and not mind the heat IL
you know how. Here are some of
the official hints from DR.. w. c.
Rucker, assistant surgeon general of
the public health service:
''Reing cool is largely Il condition of
mind. Keep still, watch what you eat
and drink. avoid meat. ventilate your
clothes as well as your home, bathe free
ly and avoid extremes of heat and cold
in the water. Swat the fly and don't get
chilled at night.
III you are a blonde, avoid the brigh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
1912 COTTON CROP SECOND
LARGEST EVER PRODUCED
Crop Amounts 13015 Bales Of 500 Pound Gross Each
According to Census Bureau Report-Sight Increase
Over Pulmnary Statistics

bales; linters to 6o2.32l bales and seed
production was 61O4,OdO tons, of which A.
5I9,50s tons were taken by the oil mills,
leaving 1,524.492 tons for planting, export.
feeding and other purposes. The esti-
mated value OF the crop is placed at $780,
G30.00O or $50, 900 more than the record
crop of 1911, Notwithstanding that the
quantity of lint cotton was 1877 per cent
less. The estimated value of the cotton
crops for the five years 190e-12 Is 1926.
97o.tGO. the average price being about H.
cents . pound or nearly 80 per bale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Washington, June 2S.--The 1912 cotton
crop of the United states was the second
largest ever produced and amounted to
H.s1s.o15 bales of 500 pound gross each,
the census bureau announced today In
making public the final cotton production
stattsffes.
It shows slight increase over the
preliminary production statistics an
nounced March 20.
eea Island cotton amounted 70 5a.777
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
Flames in XesuYius

Naples, June S.for the first time since
1906 flames were observed today shoot
ing UP from Mount Vesuvius. Three
slight earthquakes occurred prior TO this
and the uppermost crater OF Vesuvius
emitted a dense column of smoke, which
frequently showed strong reflections of
flames lower down. with an occasional
eruption of fire.
Professor Mercalli, director of the OBJ
servatory, reports that the lava streams
recently observed are becoming contin-
uous. He expressed the opinion tonight
that the seismic movement of Mount Ne
suvius had no connection with the earth
quake in the Calabria district, and that
1t was due TO recent heavy rains filter
ing through cracks in the crater.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
VETERANS POUR
INTO GETTYSBURG
Scores Arrive From North and South
to Attend Celebration

Gettysburg, Pa, June 2S.--Comng from
as far west as the state of Washington
and from as far south as Texas and Okla
homa civil war veterans by the hun
dreds are pouring into gettysburg tonight
by regular and special trains which are
also bringing scores of friends and vis-
itors for the opening of the battle ami
versary celebration next week. The town
with it's population of 4500 up to this
time has afforded ample accommoda-
ton.
News received at the office of the Penn
sylvania commission told today of the
passage by the legislature of the $4,000
additional appropriation to provide for
the extra 10000 veterans expected and
later further advices were received that
a carload of tents, cots and other equip
ment would arrive from Philadelphia dur
ing the night. They will be distributed
quickly tomorrow and when the camp
opens at o'clock in the evening every
thing will be In readiness to receive the
veterans.
A telegram from Gen. J. Thompson
Brown today places at 5000 the present
enrolment of Virginians. old veterans
who intend coming to Gettysburg with
col stant additions.
Estimate Doubled
1t is probable that the original esti-
mate of 1900 from that state will be
doubled.
-Four troops of Pennsylvania state con-
stabulary are here patrolling the streets
of the town and establishing traffic reg
ulations. The squadron Of cavalry which
arrived Thursday from Fort Myer was
given similar duties on the battlefield
avenues with additional instructions to
protect all monuments and other govern
ment property.
Gen. Hunter Iiggett of Washington to
be commandant of the camp, will arrive
Monday. Final arrangements at the big
camp were completed today. The assign
Dlent of space for the correspondents was
made and newspaper men from all parts
OF the country will find accommodations
there.
Three hundred and fifty Philadelphia
boy scouts arrived tonight and were scat
tered about the camp at various stations.
Fourteen Red Cross stations were estab-
ljshed on the battlefield to serve as rest
stations and temporary hospitals for the
veterans. thousands cooks arrived for
duty at the camp and everything is COM
plete for the opening tomorrow evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
TumuIty's Statement

Secretary Tumuty gave out this state
ment for the President:
1.-THE President has felt constrained to
forego his chance for a few days of much
NEEDED rest in New Hampshire this week
because he feels 1t Is his duty to attend
the celebration at Gettrsburg on Friday
tho Fourth of July.
Between the efforts of the state and
the war department, 1t would seem, that
ample preparations have been made to
care for all that may need medical or
surgical treatment during the reunion.
BY a system of telephone signals. am
balances and hospitals can be summoned
and reached within iess than 10 min
utes when a. victim fen due to exhaustion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
Importance of Celebration

Mr., Palmer pointed out, however. the
Importance of the Gettysburg celebration.
its nation wide significance and particu-
larly the spirit of sectional sympathy that
would result from speech by a southern
born President at the reunion of the north
and south.
Tuesday for New Hampshire to spend a
few days with his family, but the trip
will necessitate a rearrangement of plans.
Mr.. Wilson probably will be at Gettys-
burg only few hours, and it has not yet
been decided whether he will go by motor
or by train. His plans probably Will be
announced on Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
People Terror Stricken

Cosenza. Calabria, Italy. June 2S.-The
disaster In Sicily and Calabria in 1908
was brought forcibly to mind today by
series of earth Shocks which appeared
graver than they really were, owing to
the panic they caused The people were
terror stricken at the first shock, aban-
doned everything and ran screaming for
mercy. They are now camping in tho
open fields or in underground grottoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
THE PRESIDENT WILL
ATTEND GETTYSBURG
REUNION ON FOURTH
Wilson Will Make Short
Address to Assembled
Veterans
WILL BE PRESENT
ONLY FEW HOURS
President Decides to Attend Celebra-
tiOn After Conference With Repre-
sentative Palmer - Tumulty
Gives Out Statement

Washington, June 2S.--President
Wilson tonight decided to attend the
nftietb anniversary celebration of the
battle OF Gettysburg on July 4. He tele-
grnphed Governor Tener that he had
recOnsidered his previous decltnafion
and would make brief speech TO the
veterans.
The Presidents decision followed con-
ference with Representative Mitchell A.
Palmer of Pennsylvania. The President
had taken the position previously in de-
clining to go that he would be breaking
his rule. established months ago, not
to leave Washington for any speech
making occasion while Congress was in
session
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
Avenue C Car Fired Upon
Last Night and Pistol
Battle With Officer
Bartlett Follows
FIRING CAME FROM
BUSHES ALONGSIDE
TRACK NEAR 32D
Country Club Car Followed Avenue
C Car Into City and Greatest
Indignation Was Expressed
Over the Most Recent
Strike Outrage

Ono Of the bullets at last has found
a mark.
Frank Wilson, n negro, while pas
senger on nm Avenue car, was shot
through the neck last night He was
not fatally wounded.
The bullet came from the dark from
gun held In the hands of an un-
known man. This was MT Thirty-sec-
ond street and Avenue c.. 1t Is re-
ported that about Is shots were fired.
officer Bartlett, who was on duty
on the car, as soon the report from
the attacking gun or gums resound-
ed, lcaped from the platform into the
darkness, firing ms he advanced. He was
aiming only I'm the direction from
whici. the flashes came. He states that
the gums were turned on him, although
he escaped unscratched.
Fortunately the car was not laden
with passengers. Otherwise the vic
tim might not have suffered alone. The
car which followed the Avenue c car
was bearing party of men and wom-
en- who had attended the dance at tho
country club. Had the fusillade been
turned upon that car the list of casual
ties or deaths would probably have
been much longer.
Will Cause Renewed Activity
The attempted assassination of the
innocent passenger, in no wise con-
nected with or Interested in the strike
situation, has wrought up the citi-
zens to high state of Indignation.
1t is considered probable that the re-
ward offered yesterday for the capture
of murderous assailants will be doubled
today.
City authorities hold that no life is
safe as long as men bent on spilling
blood fire from cover upon those who
ride the cars. To protect the women
and children of the city, renewed ef-
forts will be made today. The strike
situation is growing more and more
tense.
Bullet Struck Negro in Neck
After passing almost the entire day
without a single alarm from strike
troubles, last nights attempted assas-
sination came When the car, No. 311,
was fred upon, Frank Wilson, a negro
passenger, was struck by bullet
which passed through the fieshy part
of his neck, inflicting a painful though
not serious wound. The negro was
removed to the St. Vincent's hospital
and the car taken back to the barn.
According to Officer Bartlett. who
was on guard on the car, the shooting
started without warning on top of
Springhill. little beyond Thirty Sec
ond street and Avenue c. close to the
Southern railway shops About Is shots
were fired. according to the officer, but
| only the negro Wilson was hit.
| When the shooting started, accord.
! ing to Mr.. Bartlett. Motorman l.
Mauldin stopped the car and LAY low
as did Conductor J. w. Sarver. An
other negro passenger jumped ou
through window and ran up the
! track. Deputy Sheriff Erwin steele
who arrived a few minutes following
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
Simmons Spurs Democrats
to Rapid Work in
Party Caucus
LITTLE FRICTION
AND NO CHANGES
Approve Wool Manufactures, Silk,
Paper and Flax, Hemp and
Jute Schedules Dur
ing the Day
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.

THE DAY IN CONGNESS.
SENATE:
Met at 2 y. m.
Caucus continues work ON tarfn
bill.
voted down NIL amendments to
free list wOOlen goods.
Transacted no business and nd
journed mt 2:O5 p. m. until We'd
nesday, July 2.
HOUSE.
Met mt noon.
Judiciary committee examined In
private all papers In Caminef1
caHe.
Leaders agreed on series OF
three days recesses for next FORT
night.
Adjourned mt 2,4S p. m. till noon
Wednesday, July 2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
MOTHER ADMITS
KILLING DAUGHTER
Body of Girl Found in Trunk
at Ogden-MOther Is
Arrested

Ogden, Utah. June 2S.--The naked body
of a 12-year-old girl was found In a trunk
at the Union station here this afternoon
and later Mrs. Augusta Ekman of Salt
Lake, the mother, confessed to having
killed her daughter, Frances She is un-
der arrest with c.. /. Anderson of Los
Angeles, her former husband
While Mrs. Ekman says she chloro-
formed the girl, physicians asserted the
child was choked to death. The woman
declares she committed the crime because
the girl was an incumbrance
The trunk had been checked from Salt
appeared today to have it rechecked to
Salt Lake, the railroad officials demand
ed that it be opened because Of the pc
culiar odor. Anderson and the woman
separated for a number of years. only
became reunited two days ago. They were
on their way to Michigan when arrested.
They were taken to Salt Lake today
Missing Since Thursday
Salt Lake City, June 23-Frances Will
liams or Ekman, the child whose body
was found in her mothers trunk at Og-
den today, was last seen by neighbors
had been sent to grocery and as she
reached her front gate her mother came
out. put an arm affectionately about the
little girl and went into the house. An
hour or so later an expressman came and
carried off the trunk containing the body
of the child
According to neighbors. Mrs. Ekman
has had three husbands, Frances being
the daughter of her first, George Williams
Anderson was her second husband.
That the child was first abused and
then murdered is the conclusion of the
Salt Lake police, who are working on the
case with Ogden officials.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Ekman here tonight, Frances was at
tackled by an Italian, who invaded the
Ekman home and she gave her chloro-
form to end her misery. Mrs. Ekman
narrated her story without emotion. Her
account confiicted with that given to the
Ogden police.
She said that after the murder Ander-
son appeared and they decided to go to
her former home in Ironwood, Mich. They
were compelled to get off at Ogden for
lack OF funds. Anderson says he did not
know the dead child was in the trunk
until he was arrested.
Mrs. Ekman is SO years old and was
born at Calumet, Mich. Anderson said to-
night he had been living recently at Le-
bee. Cal, and that he was construction
foreman for a pipe line being built from
Bakersfield to Los Angeles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

lCeatisusA On Pase resi-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-03
Costs Less Than a Two-cent
POSTAGE Stamp

An average OF less than a cent and
third a pair is paid for the use of all
our machines in making two-thirds Of
the shoes produced in the United
States assuming that all our ma
chimes are used. The most that can
be paid for the use OF all our ma
chimes in making the highest-priced
shoes is less than So cents a pair.
The average royalty on all kinds OF
shoes is less than % cents a pair.
From this we get our sole return for
the manufacture and use of the ma
chimes, for setting them up in facto-
ries and keeping them in order. You
pay two cents for a postage stamp or
a yeast-cake and five cents for car
fare and don't miss it. Where do you
get more for your money than IN buy
ing machine-made shoe?
Write US and we viii tell you all
about it. The United Shoe Machinery
Company, Boston. Mass.-Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-03
All Fools Day.

When freakish April lifts the latch
all wits and wags consider themselves
free to vent their nonsense upon the
victims whom they would fool by their
tricks The gay Partisan calls such
April fish, in bonnie Scotland on
this day they make merry hunting
the gowk," whilst III England and this
country a man keeps a sharp lookout
lest he be caught at a disadvantage by
the joker who glories In his smartness
If he only can make some one look
ridiculous. But it is just as well not
TO be too smart The boomerang has
wicked habit Of coming back. Silly
as All Fools day custom may seem to
the solemn, it has an ancient ancestry
It's origin is obscure, but somewhere
from the faT-off times when those old
Romans felt the Tilt OF the YernaI equi-
noX. and went on the spree accord
ingly, comes this rolIick which still
trills forth its merry ditty in our
streets Deeper still, the calm, con
tempIative Hindu, for some reason or
other, from time immemoriaI has gone
a-fooling on the first Of April 1t was
probably from France, whence all
things vivacious come, that Europe got
the unruly itch for turning this day
into a comedy of errors
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-03
Hairnlns and Other Pins.

Hairpins have been elaborated as a
means of decoration since the earliest
times. Particularly beautiful Is the
variety and delicacy OF their workman
ship. two of the finest specimens being
the gold pins which were found at
Salamis in Cyprus, and are now in the
British museum. Even more hand
some were the Saxon pins of a later
date, with their shank of brass, head
of gold, and establishment of garnets
and pearls. There we're, too, the larg-
er sort of pins so conspicuousIy and
frequently mentioned in the Bible The
instrument driven by Jael through the
temple Of Sisera was probably a tent
pin, while Delilah fastened the web
of SamsOn's hair with a pin or batten-
In the middle ages pins were a great
fashion = indeed, a great necessity -
in France, and we have 1t on record
that in 1347 $4,000 pins were removed
from the Royal wardrobe for one OF
the French princesses. The conven-
fence was probably a little later IN
reaching England, but in 1910 we hear
Of Queen Catherine (Howard) import
ing pins from France. In 1859 the
trade underwent considerable change,
brass superseding iron, while at the
same time the price was lowered.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-03
A BOY INTERPRETER
A Young Massachusetts swede in Can
ada Twenty Years Ago Wants
Co Return

Twenty years ago, a blond haired
young SWede, a boy of about 10 years
Of age, accompanied a party of his
feIIow-countrymen on the then long
trip to Western Canada as an inter
prefer. The party he accompanied 10
Gated at Wetaskiwin, Alberta, now one
Of the most thriving and best settled
districts in Western Canada For
three years he remained in the dis
trict. Homesickness took him back
to his home at FItchburg, Mass, and
he has remained there for II years.
He has heard frequently from his
friends in the West. He has followed
their movements and watched their
progress. He has heard how the town
he helped to establish has risen from
a shack to a growing, thriving, brisk
business center, with the surrounding
country peopled now by thousands
who are occupying the territory in
which he was one Of the first to help
plant the colony Of twenty or twenty
FIVE. In his letter to an official of the
Department OF the Interior, he says:
when I was up in Canada, Calgary
was a small town and so was Edmon-
ton, but understand they have grown
wonderfully SINCE
The young man when he went last
learned a machine trade, he has pat
ents and inventions but he wants 10
go to Canada again. And he likely
will, but when he does he will find
greater change than he may expect
Calgary and Edmonton are large
cities, showing marvellous and wonder
-
railway made a somewhat tortucus
and indefinite way across the plains
to it's mountain pass, there are three
lines of railway dividing the trade of
hundreds of thousands of farmers,
carrying freight to the hundreds
of towns and cities crossing and
criss-crossing the pTaiTies in all
directions, reaching out into new
settlements, and preceding districts to
be newIySopened for incoming settlers.
He will not be able to secure a home
stead unless at a considerable distance
from the town, the three dollar an
acre land is selling at from SIS to S35
an acre. He viii find now what was
but a theory then, that this land that
was then SO an acre is worth the $50
or $35 that may be asked for it, and
good deal more. But he will find that
he can secure a homestead just as
good as any that were taken in his
day, and today worth $35 an acre, but
at some distance from a line Of rail
way, yet with a certainty of railway
in the near future, and he will find too
that he can still get land at SIS to SIS
an acre that will in a year or two be
worth $50 or $35 an acre. Mr.. Nose
son is talking to his countrymen about
Canada Advertisement.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-03
Woman S Beauty is
Based on Health
To Have Health, Bowel
Movement rs Absolutely
NeceSSdTVHHOIV Best
TO Obtain it

If woman's beauty depended upon
cosmetics every woman would be a
Dieture of loneliness. But beauty lies
deeper than that It lies in health
In the majority Of cases the basis OF
health and the cause Of sickness, can
be traced to the action Of the bowels
The headaches, the lassitude, the
sallow skin and the lusterless eyes are
usually due to constipation So many
things that women do habitually con-
duce TO this trouble. They do not
eat carefully. they eat indigestible
foods because the foods are served
daintily and they do not exercise
enough. But whatever the particular
cause may be 1t is important that the
condition should be corrected
An ideal remedy for women, and one
especially suited to their delicate re-
Quirements, is DR.. Caldwells Syrup
Pepsin. which thousands of women en-
dorse highly Mrs. Jennie Snedeker,
1O41 West Monroe St. Chicago, testi
fies that she is cured of grave stom-
ach and bowel troubles by using Syrup
Pepsin and without the aid of a doc
tor or any other medicine" All the
family can use. Syrup Pepsin, for thou
sands Of mothers give it to babies and
children It is also admirably suited
to the requirements Of elderly peopleS
in fact to all who by reason Of age or
infirmity cannot stand harsh salts, ca
thaTtics, pills or purgatives- These
should always be avoided for at best
their effect is only for that day, while
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-03
Willow Switches Given Away.

The small boy whose father has
time to apply the switch should be
ware with little more than his usual
caution. The United States govern
ment is giving away willow switches
The department of agriculture has
an experiment farm at Arlington. Va,
and some parts of it were found to be
too wet for raising ordinary crops.
Therefore the experts set willows out
in the wet places, and there has been
so smart a growth that the govern
ment wants to get rid Of the willow
switches. 1t offers to give them away
under the guise of willow cuttings 70
make baskets or bottom chairs, but no
smart boy will ever be deceived by
that kind Of talk He may be safe on
ly in the assurance Of the government
that only one hundred of the cuttings
will be given to one persOn.-Worces-
ter Telegram.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-03
A LITTLE CAREFUL STUDY AT THIS TIME
IN SELECTING A DAIRY SIRE WILL PAY
Prof S. Neal the Extension Division of the State Agricultural
College, Offers Some Suggestions for Breeders Who
Wish to Build Up Their Honest
PAYS to Buy fine Best

male. We want the same long, deep,
heavy body, long, level rump, strong
straight back, short Kell-placed legs,
and soft yellow skin desired in the
dairy COW. One point upon which there
is some difference of opinion is the
Tudimentories, or teats. However,
most breeders agree that it is import
ant that these be placed wide apart
and of good size. In selecting the
bull, the type and characteristics of
the ancestry should be studied, as he
will probably transmit many of these
characteristics Avoid a bull whose
dam is of a wild, excitable disposition,
has a misshapen udder or any particu-
larly Objectionable features A little
careful study at this time viii be OF
great profit in the future 1t is said
that the sire is half the herd, but in
grading up he is more than half, and
great care should be used in his selec-
ton, remembering that it will pay 10
buy the best, even at a high price,
rather than take something inferior
in quality.
After having chosen a good bull,