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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
UNDERWOOD TARIFF
MEASURE NOW LAW
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
AFFIXES HIS SIGNATURE
TO THE BILL.
LEADERS WITNESS CEREMONY
Members of Cabinet and Men Promln-
ent in Democratic Councils Sur
round the Executive.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, d. C.-The Underwood
Simmons tariff bill, the first Demo
cratic tariff revis CD nj asUre framed
since 1894. is now law.
Surrounded by members of his cabi-
net. Democratic leaders Of the House
and the Senate and newspaper men.
President Woodrow Wilson affixed his
signature 10 the bill, after the Senate
and House had finally reached an
agreement, by which the cotton flu
lures tax amendment offered by Sena-
tor Clarke Of Arkansas, the last re-
naming stumbling block, was entirely
eliminated rom the bill.
After President Wilson had signed
the measure, he presented the pen
with which he had written Woodrow
to Representative Underwood, under
whose guidance the new tariff measure
was framed and passed through the
/ House. The pen with which he con-
/ pieted the signature the president
gave to Senator Simmons. chairman
| of the Senate Committee on Finance,
who had charge of the tariff bill in the
Senate
simultaneously with the signing OF
the measure, kilograms were sent to
customs collectors throughout the
country by the Treasury Department
putting the law into immediate opera
ton.
1t was an unusual spectacle which
attended the completion of a legisla
tive reform that had been nine
months in Congress and embraced &
tariff revision of a most far-reachin9
character. Happy and jubilant, the
invited guests came to the executive
office. They chatted and jested will
the president in an anteroom Will;
waiting for the full group TO appear
When the members of the Senate Fl
nance Committee anu House Way
and Means Committee finally arrived
Vice President Marshall was usheret
into the presidents Office, followed b,
Speaker Clark, Representative Under
wood and members of the cabinet ant
friends. No photographers were &C
nlitted, as the president thought tn
occasion too solemn to be disturbe
ty flashlignt apparatus.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
UNDERWOOD ENTERS
RACE FOR SENATE
HOUSE LEADER, WITH TARIFF
WORK FINISHED, SEEKS
HIGHER HONORS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington.-Repr Oscar
w. Underwood, majority leader in the
house has issued a formal statement
announcing his candidacy for the
United States Senate from Alabama.
with the enactment Of the tariff
bill, | have completed the work in the
house that has been my ambition to
accomplish" said Mr.. Underwood. BE
fore retiring from public life, should
like to have the honor Of representing
the people of the state of Alabama in
the Senate of the United States and
have, therefore,. concluded to an
nounce myself IA candidate for the
Senate in thf uemocrade primary
election.
Mr.. Underwood will enter the Dem
ocratic primaries in Alabama next
spring with several other well-known
Alabama Democrats. including Repre-
sentative Henry d. Clayton and Rich
mond Pearson Hobson. 1t is under
stood that Representative James
| Thomas Heflin may be a candidate.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Commission TO Probe Wrecks.

Baton Rouge.-The Louisiana Rail-
read Commission issued a summons
to the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
Railroad for a special investigation
into the wreck of the Frisco train at
Pecan Grove. The investigation will
be held at Baton Rouge October IA.
Both the Illinois Central and Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley were summon
ed to show cause why they should not
be fined for violating the commits
sion's tagging rule. 1t is claimed
that il the Yazoo and Mississippi Val
lev had complied with the commits
sion's tagging rule the wreck would
have been averted.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
CHINA ELECTS A PRESIDENT
Ceremony Followed by Recognition Of
Republic by the Powers.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Pekin.-Yuan Shi Kai was elected
president OF the Chinese republic for
a term of five years. He received the
necessary two-thirds vote of the two
houses of Parliament on the third bal
lot
Notes from the powers recognizing
the Chinese republic were dispatched
to the foreign office as soon as it had
notified the legations of the election
OF Yuan Shi Kai to the presidency.
The Chinese foreign office previous
ly had guaranteed that the new presi-
dent of the republic would undertake
to observe all the treaties and con-
tracts made by the Manchu govern
ment.
Yuan Shi Kai, first president of the
Chinese republic, is "a years old.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11

MICHEL UNOPPOSED
FOR COMMISSIONER
ONLY CANDIDATE TO QUALIFY
FOR POSITION ON RAIL
ROAD BOARD.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New OrlpanS.-JOhn I. Michel, form
or secretary of state and candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
governor. Is "A candidate for railroad
commissioner from the First Railroad
District and he will have no Opposl-
ton. as he was the only one TO quality
as a candidate within the required
time
Alfred II. Clement attempted to
qualify as a CAL iiG.<.s for the position
but failed because he did not file his
application with the secretary OF state
as required
Mr.. Michel was secretary of state
for fifteen years until he resigned to
become a candidate for governor in
the last state primary election. Not
receiving a plurality vote in the first
primary he withdrew rather than &C
into a second primary and Governor
Hall was nominated without further
opposition.
Adolph II. Hanemann has been
agreed upon as a candidate for as
SCISSOR of the Sixth District to sue
ceed Michel, ii is stated.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
BELIEVE REBELS CRUSHED
Mexican Officials Think Victory Death
Blow to Revolution.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Mexico City.-Government officials
regard the Federal successes recently
al death blow to the organized
revolution in the north. Advices from
Gen. Samuel f. Mercado, military gov
ernor of the state of Chihuahua to the
Department of Interior describe the
result of the recent fighting as a
rout of the enemy. The victory
is of great importance because the
trains by which the enemy expected
to retreat south have been captured
as well as large quantities Of war
material" says the governor.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Will Reclaim Lands for Sugar.

Lockport- The Fayport Planting
Company and the Observation-Disclosures
Planting Company, whose holdings
comprise a large part of Subdrainage
District No. /, a part OF Drainage Dis
trict No. 13, will issue 100000 bonds
for the purpose of reclaiming their
low lands. DIR. |. d. Fay, the resident
manager OF the Fayport Planting Com
panv and the Lafourche-Michigan
Company, will begin the erection of a
syrup factory on the Fayport place
at once to handle part Of his crop.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Wants Cotton Speculation Stopped.

Waskington.-On the heels of the
failure of Congress to legislate in the
tariff bill 10 prevent gambling in cot
ton futures, Representative Harrison,
of Mississippi. introduced resolution
providing for an international cam
paiSn against such speculation. The
resolution would request the president
to negotiate With Great Britain and
other nations with the aim OF formu
lating a plan to prevent cotton specu
lation.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
VETERANS UPHOLD
CASTLEMAN'S ACTS
ADOPT BY UNANIMOUS VOTE RE
PORT SUSTAINING FORMER
COMMANDER.
ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY
Resolutions Also Adopted Calling for
Retirement of j. w. Gaines and
Louis Guion From Posts.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Monroe.-At the annual reunion OF
the Louisiana division, United Con
federate Veterans, held here, the
special committee which had been an
pointed to investigate the charges pre-
ferred against General Castleman Icy
General Behan and others, presented
report completely generating General
Castleman and declaring that the di-
vision is responsible for any acts OF
General Castlcnian about which com
plant has been made.
The report was adopted without Il
dissenting vote.
The Investigation, which was asked
by General Castleman, is the climax
of several years of strife growing out
of the action OF the Army of Tennes-
see and Washington Artillery Camps
at New Orleans in Withdrawing from
the organization General Behan and
others charged General Castleman
with being responsible for all the
| trouble.
The veterans also adopted without
a dissenting vote a resolution protest
ing against ]. w. Gaines. CUSTODIAN
of Memorial Hall in New Orleans, and
Louis Guion, commissioner of the
Vicksburg National Park, longer hold
ing these POSITIONS. The resolution
declared that the present occupants
of these offices aided in inducing theil
camps TO secede from the Louisian1
division and that they no longer repre-
sent the Confederate sentiment of tbs
state.
Gen. Thomas J. Shaffer was re-elect
ed commander Of the division with0u
opposition. When the announcement
was made the auditorium was made I,
ring with the old-time rebel yell. La
fayette was unanimously chosen a
the next place of meeting, the date Z
be settled later.
Gen. Shaffer, following the usua
custom, in a circular letter will al
nounce the lanes Of the other officer
Of the Louisiana Division.
The Daughters of the Confederac
concluded their work when officer
were elected for the ensuing yea
Mrs Peter Youree, of Shrevepor
again heads the organization as pres
dent. Most of the other officers wer
reelected, as follows: Miss Dorisk
Cautreaux, of New Orleans, first vic
president: Mrs. A. II. Miller. of Bato
Rouge, second vice president; Mrs.
T. Simms, of Tangipahoa, third vic
, president: Mrs. w. ID. Haas, of Bunki
fourth vice president; Mrs. ID.
Vaught, of New Orleans. recording Sc
retary; Miss Matte B. McGrath, I
, Baton Rouge, corresponding secretary
, Mrs. Nj. VI. Rannerman, of Grand Can
: treasurer; Mrs. II. II. Russell, of Mo
!. roe, recorder Of crosses of honor; Mi:
4 Elise Allain, of New Orleans, cusi
dian: Mrs. d. c. Powell, of Lal
I Charles, state organizer: Miss J.
a Allison, of Benton, historian.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
STANDARD GRADES SUPPLIED
Any Parish Having Farm Demonstra-
ticn Agent Can Secure Them.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Baton Rouge.-A set of standard
cotton grades has been placed in the
rooms of the Baton Rouge Chamber
OF Commerce. Price quotations for
the various grades will be posted
daily
The set consists Of nine different
grades, and was loaned to the Cham
ber of Commerce by DR.. Cobb, OF the
cotton standardization work of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, at the instance Of Mason Snow
den, state agent of the farm demon
srration work in Louisiana.
Any parish where there is farm
demonstration agent can obtain from
DR.. Cobb a set of these standard cot
ton grades, said Mr.. Snowden.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
woman Convicted of Murder.

harrison, Mo.-Mrs. Ida May Keller.
sa'sed with killing her husband and
.earoid daughter, Margaret. was con.
A.ed OF murder in the first degree
ner punishment was fixed at life
p''sonment The jury took but one
's''ot The state placed on the stand
''efai witnesses who testified to the
s'0o reputation of the detective who
a'ned the alleged confession. which
~ oefendant had repudiated in her
testimony.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
NEWS FROM THE
STATE CAPITAL
CANDIDATES FOR CONSTITUTION
Al CONVENTION uNOPPOSEO
IN MANY PARISHES.
PRIMARIES NOT NECESSARY
Candidates With No Opponents Are
Declared the Nominees Without
Formally Of Election.

Western Newspaper Union News service
Baton ROuSe-ln large number or
parishes primaries for the selection or
candidates tor the constitutional con-
yention will not be necessary, as there
will be no contests. This is shown by
reports received by Secretary of State
Alvin f. Hebert.
out Of 2S parishes from which re-
ports of candidates were received by
the secretary of state in one day. 10
will have no contest. In these parishes
the unopposed candidates are declared
the nominees and the primary is
eliminated
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Nine Drowned in Floods.

Dallas, Tex.-Nine persons have
been drowned in the floods that have
devastated portions of southeast and
southwest Texas, according to reports
received here. Stories from outlying
sections show that there has been
much suffering and great property
loss.
Traffic has been demoralized and it
will be some time before the condi-
tions in the rice, cotton and lumber
sections are normal.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
TAX HITS 10000 PERSONS
Statistics Are Prepared to Show An
nuaI Incomes in Louisiana.

Western Newspaper Union ,Iews Service.
Washington. d. C.-Collector Kemp
ner has sent to the treasury a report
of annual incomes in Louisiana in pre-
paration for ,the levy of the income
tax. According to the report there are
10000 persons in Louisiana with in
comes from $4,000 to $4,000. 5000
with incomes from $4,000 to $4,000,
five persons who have incomes be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 and only
one Louisianian with an income, of
S1OO, 900 or over.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
ROOSEVELT DEFlES G. 0. P.
Declares He Will Devote Efforts to
Up.BuiIding of Bull Moose Party.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York.-Theodore Roosevelt on
the eve of his departure on journey
to unexplored regions of South Ameri-
ca sought to put quietus on publish
ed reports that he intended to return
to the Republican party.
Il warn our opponents that the fight
has only just begun" he said, at a
dinner given in his honor by Progress
sive leaders. II will never abandon
the principles to which we Progress.
sives have pledged ourselves"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Found Dead In His Bed.

Baton Rouge.-Gaston Hearsey, n
well-known Baton Rouge citizen, was
found dead il his room al the Hearsev
home by his sister, Miss Carrie. The
coroner's verdict was that death came
from natural causes.
Mr.. Hearsey had been sick for some
years, and was in bed several weeks.
MIR. Hearsey was born in Baton
Rouge March 16, 1868, and had lived
here practically all of his life. He was
a nephew of the late Major Hearsey
IF New Orleans.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
MANY SEE "SlL0" SPECIAL
Crowds Hear Lectures of Experts
at Every Stop.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Bogalusa.-The forage, silo and
live stock special of the New Orleans
Great Northern Railroad drew large
crowds at every station where a stop
was made
A complete silo, with engine and cut
ting machinery, is carried and
operated at each stop after the lee.
lures. This demonstration never fails
to attract interest all along the line.
General live stock production and
farming is being preached by the crew
of lecturers, and the great number of
questions asked are evidence of deep
interest on the part OF the people.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Mexican Resident Of Arizona Executed.

Nogales, Sonora.-Gabriel F. Mendo-
"a, a Mexican citizen but a resident
OF Nogales, Ariz., who was arrested on
the Mexican side of the border, was
executed here. The Nogales authori'
ties said they had found letters prov
ing he had conspired against the Con
stitutionalists. The letters found IN
Mendoza's possession were said to re
late to a plot TO kill Governor Carran
"a. the Constitutionalist leader. Thf
assassination originally was planned
TO take place here october 4.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Oklahoma Men Indicted.

Philadelphia.-W William F. Gorsuch
and Victor Rousch were indicted on
five bills charging conspiracy and false
pretenses in making alleged fraudu-
lent representations concerning land
in McAlester, Okla. The defendants
were members of a party which did
business from a booster" car in va
rious cities. 1t is alleged they induced
persons to buv lots, which subsequent,
ly, it is declared, were found to have
been misrepresented.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Asks Advice of Farm Women.

Washington. - Declaring that the
farm woman is the most neglected
factor in the rural problem and that
the Department of Agriculture wishes
to render directly to the women OF
the United States the full aid and SER
vice which their important place in
agriculture production warrants Sec
retary Houston has addressed letter
to the farmers wives of the country,
asking their opinions as to how the
department can improve its service
for them.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
sosrdsmen Study Military Tactics.

.s.a s~a'cago.-A careful study OF the
nAry situation in the United States
!, made at the annual convention of
Nauonal Guard Association. held
Army tactics in vogue in this
sun'ry were compared with the army
acs put through the tests in the
Aans Three commissioned Off
we're in attendance. Among those
woke were Gen. Leonard Wood,
i OF staff and Henry Breckenridge,
sant secretary of war.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Greeks and Turks Warlike.

London.-Warlike feeling between
Turkey and Greece is growing in
Athens, but the porte is attempting TO
allay the feeling by announcing its de-
termination to hold the islands in the
Aegan sea subject to the decision
of the powers. 1t is claimed Turkey
is moving troops toward Kavala and
Salonica.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11

Baton Rouge-Nineteen registered
hogs will be the prizes to the boys
hog clubs at the State Fair at Shreve-
port according to w. II. Balls OF the
Agricultural Extension Department
The hogs are offered by the Fort
Worth Stockyards Company by C. c.
French, on behalf OF the company.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
straus Nominee for Congress.

New York-Oscar S. Straus, W.
was the Progressive candidate for 60
ernor last year, has been design
by the Progressives as their cal
date for Congress for the Twent!s 1
district in the coming special election
to fill the vacanacy caused by th'
resignation Of Francis B. Harrison.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Rhodes "Exams- to Be Held Soon.

Baton Rouge. = ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Is
made by President Thomas ID. Boyd.
of the Louisiana State University,
that the examination of candidates
for Rhodes scholarship al the Univer-
sity of oxford, England, for 1914 will
take place in Baton Rouge October IA
and Is.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Rain Boosts Rice Prices.

Crowley.-The rains and high water
have advanced the price of rice be-
yond the most sanguine expectations
of the planters; in fact, the buyers are
anxious to get rice at almost any
price
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11
Want Bond Issue for Roads

Hammond.-The petition for an cleo
ton on $4,000 bond issue for hard
roads in the new district. of which this
city is the center, has been generally
signed and is before the Police Jury.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11

Monroe.-The parish executive com
mittee has arranged for the primary to
nominate a candidate for delegate to
the constitutional convention October
"a. T. z. Flournoy is the only candi-
date.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11

Biarritz.-Gen. Porfirio Diaz, former
president of Mexico, will probably re-
turn to Mexico toward the end Of the
month.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-11

of unveiled LOUISVILLE n.y.
OF the
general is seventytwo wears old
August
Conderates by President DAVIS 10
made prisoner and was
out
bgader the
declined
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-09

leaving that you would rather con-
slider l had just made a call and not
that 1 interviewed you, and l will
forget all you have said"
you think girls don't stick togeth-
er much, don't you? But what can
we do, l got to hold my job?"
NO." / corrected, 81 don't mean
it in the way you think. 1 mean that
the girls who do get up in the world
forget all about the girls who are
still climbing. There are some few
working women getting a living wage
who could do a great deal for the,
girls who are not, but they are al
ways afraid of losing their own posi-
TONS"
The girls mother entered.
Mamie, maybe you better clean
up the dishes, and I'll talk to the lady.
She's a little bashful, Miss, she's
afraid of losing her job, but she's
such a smart girl she could get an
other"
eff she should lose her position
through me-" 1 pledged, Il will give
you my guarantee that willIperson-
ally get her another, so don't let her
be afraid. But tell me-you are the
one l would like to talk to most how
do you manage to get along?c And do
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-09
Says Girl Should Not Be Forced to Work for So Little
That Her Folks Would Haze to Pay Half Her Keep.
BY JANE whitaker

humble little holding
while cleared off dishes with
{
Justify bumped
adding while
vanly the camor
paro Mamie said;
patching crawling little toddng
the with its pattern of vivid red
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-09

were the usual pictures that you find
in the homes of the poor, enlarge
ments of the photographs of all their
relatives. Mother when she was first
married wears such a different smile
from mother who is holding baby
and cleaning away the supper. And
father as groom had such pur-
poseful CLEAN in his eyes that now
has turned to tragic resignation.
The odor of cabbage permeated
even the parlor Don't sniff love
cabbage myself, and l know you do,
too, deep down in your hearts. And
after all, if cabbage cost what lob
ster does and lobster sold at the price
of cabbage, we would all boast about
that dish so common now.
The girl l had come to see was
timid.
"My mother told ME to write to
you to come see me, but l don't know
what you want me to say"
"You say you work in sweat
shop clothing. factory. Will you tell
me how much you are paid?"
She looked frightened. you aren't
going to give me away, you promise
you won't?',.
81 promise" / answered, land if
you do not trust me to protect you
absolutely, just tell me when l am
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