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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24
What 1t Means for the Farmers

These harvests in Oklahmoa, Iowa. Min
nesota and great agricultural country of
which Minneapolis is the market. should
bring the farmers of the United States
larger amount of money than they have
ever received from their harvests. The
farmers of Oklahoma will, it is esti-
mated, receive at least so per cent in the
aggregate, more for their wheat than
has come to them in any earlier year.
How great will be the activity created by
these harvests may be suggested by the
estimates of some of the railroad man
ayers of the number of cars which will
be needed for moving the grain from the
fields to the market. One of the railroad
company managers is confident that about
1000 cars will be required for the trans
portation of grain raised in that part
of the state which the railroad bisects.
There are now to be increases in pay roll
and of course, a large increase in the
employment of railroad hands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24

than the statements of Mr.. Hill appeared
to be.
The reports which come from Iowa, one
of the greatest of the agricultural states
OF the Union. are very favorable, and
railroad managers who are familiar with
conditions there look for very heavy
transportation remands as soon as the
crops begin to move from the fields to the
markets.
Within few days extraordinary inter-
estlng and gratifying reports have reach
ed this city from Oklahoma. Whatever
may be thought here of some of the polit-
zeal ideals which identify that new state.
II is certain that farmers of Oklahoma
are receiving from the financial center in
this city praise and compliments.
Unless untoward circumstances set in
and these must happen within short
time If there is to be age-Okla-
homa is to have the greatest wheat crop
py many million bushels that was ever
before harvested in that state.
In order to harvest this crop. it has
been necessary to tempt to the harvest
fields by the promise of good wages and
steady employment while harvesting is
in progress many thousand men. The
estimate, according to reports received
here, is that about thirty thousand har-
vest hands have gone into the state
from other parts to aid in harvesting
the wheat crop. The wages are reported
to be unusually high, fully equal to the
average wages received by skilled arti-
zans. Railway managers in this city
say that those who operate railways
which penetrate Oklahoma are busilv
occupied in securing all the cars posi-
BILE. So great is the number of the cars
already secured that the greater part
of the sidings in that state have now
become storehouses for these cars. thus
placed so that they may be Immediately
available when the harvests begin 10
move from the fields to the markets
One of the reports which have reach
| ed this city described these Oklahoma
wheat fields in terms of poetic imagery
The fields are said to resemble vast and
| so far as the eye can command view
enormous vistas of what seem to be
gently moving. golden-tipped fields oil
grain
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24
Skillful Cultivation

While the climatic influences have
been especially favorable-in fact,
through the entire winter wheat belt
ii is regarded here as certain that this
increased productivity and. as is be-
heved, the highest grade in quality of
the Oklaohma wheat are traceable to
greater skill in selecting seed, in Guilt
waiting the soil and DOING all that ap-
pertains to the raising of wheat by the
farmers of Oklahoma than they have
hitherto used.
There is only guess work as to the
average yield per acre. but it will not
astonish some of the experts of the pro-
duce exchange If the yield should be
found to be an average of 20 bushels
per acre.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
70 LINK RIVER AND LAKE
Governor Hall Considers Plan for Ex
tending Old Basin Canal.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
New Orleans.-The extension OF the
Old Basin canal from it's present ter
minus at Rampant street to the levee.
where IT would enter the Mississippi
river by means Of powerful lock ana
dam, is a project now in the MIND
Of the present state administration.
Governor Luther E. Hall held con-
ferences with local officials at wh'cn
this big project was CONSIDERED a.
length.
THE matter has been consldereo'
said Governor Hall. But OF COURSE
the state can do nothing until the cast
of the Carondolet canal gets out U
the courts. After that this proposl'lol
may be taken up seriously. am con
WINGED that it might be made a spieI'
did commercial advantage to the CIT
#n New Orleans"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
10 IMPROVE SABINE RIVER
government Engineers Have Approved
Plans, It Is Stated.

western Newspaper Onion News Service
Sp0rt.-PreSident George X.
Tlpps, of the Sabine River Improve.
ment Association, received telegram
from Leon Locke, at Lake Charles,
VINO was engaged by the association
70 present argument of the association
before the Board of Engineers at
washington for Sabine River to be
paced on the list of navigable streams,
that the Board of Engineers had &C.
cepted the argument and approved the
project, and that improvements on the
stream wound begin Immediately.
The telegram in part reads as fol-
lows:
"Advices from Washington received
this morning give the information
that the Sabine river matter received
the full Endorsement of the Board Of
Engineers, which means early improve
! ment Of the stream from the gulf vi
! to Logansport."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
FlRe SWEEPS OVER BLOCK
Five Mules Are cremated in Disas-
trous New Orleans Blaze.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-Nearly an eltlre
block of frame buildings, in the square
bounded by South Rampant, Saratoga,
Erato and Thalia, was destroyed oy
fire. and five mules, the property OF
Hollander Sons, were cremated in the
fierce blaze which had it's origin IN
the stables of the firm at No. 1907
South Rampant
How the fire originated is a mystery,
but 1t is not believed to have been
incendiarism. The stamping of trot'
ting horse gave the alarm. The neat
and smoke caused the animal uneasl'
ness and he plunged around his stall
until he aroused Miss Alice Mosley'
who keeps a rooming house adjoining
The roomers in the house were awak
ened and sought safety in flight, some
Of them not even taking time to dol
their clothes.
The fire was confined to the square
In which It originated, although some
dwellings on the opposite side OF Sara
toga, to which the fire penetrated
were scorched and damaged. 81
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
JUDGE CHAs. COFFIN DEAD
Candidate for United States Senator
ship suceumbs to illness.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Pine Bluff, Ark.-Judge Charles Col
fin, II years old, candidate for United
States senator, and mayor OF Bates
Vile, Ark, died at the Florence SAM.
tarium in this city after several weeks
illness of uraemia.
Judge Coffin's death, while sudden'
was not wholly unexpected. His con.
dition the last few days had created
alarm.
The death of Judge Coffin removes
from Arkansas one Of its most distln'
guished citizens. He was a gentle
man of the Southern type ant nlS
career was one of usefulness and non
or. Two brothers survive, James r
Coffin of Batesville and Hector Cof1ll
Of Knoxville, Tenn. His only sister
Mrs. 2. Orto, Of this city died in l9oV
He was never married.
Judge Coffin was born April q
1912, at Rogersville, Tenn. When bu
five years old he moved with his pa
ents to Knoxville.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
PHYSICIAN STAYS
WEALTHY PLANTER
ARTHUR e. HARREtL is KILLED
AT GiRARD BY DR.. JOHN n.
MINTOSH.
LAWSUIT CAUSE OF TRAGEDY
Victim Was stepson Of Police Jury
Head-SIayer Cousin Of District
Court Judge.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Rayville.-Arthur E. Harrell, veal
thy young planter, was shot and in
,tantly killed at Girard, six miles west
Of here, by DR.. John H. Mcintosh,
cousin of Judge Mcintosh, of the Sew
enth District Court.
Trouble had existed for some time
between the men over lawsuit. Re-
ports of the tragedy received by tele-
phone here state that Mr.. Harrell and
Or. Mcintosh met on the right-of-way
Of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pa
cific railroad, in the outskirts Of Gil
rard.
II is alleged that DR.. Mcintosh emp
tied the contents of double-barrelled
shotgun loaded with buckshot into
the breast of Mr.. Harrell. The body
rolled down the railroad embankment
and was not discovered for several
hours.
Mr.. Harrell was stepson Of Wiley
Roberts, president of the Police jury
of Richland parish. DR.. Mcintosh II
a practicing physician and interested
in plantation properties. Both ar
members of leading families OF tn
parish.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
NEW CHARGES BY BREWER
Mississippi Governor Says State Has
n..n pefrauded Of Great Sums.

Jackson, Miss Earl Brew
49, startled the legislature with a 5.ooo,
O. cord message reviewing the details
W. s,s crusade against methods OF man
ogement in the penitentiary'
as Tns governor wrote that he obtain
mo assistance of the State Depart
% . At washington in securing STA
..stics from Liverpool cotton snip
monts purchased from the states pen.
-, institutions and asserted that durlhs
~ mast five years the state mas ios,
more than 100000 .nloasa a a ~ssss
discrepancies IN weight mt, ana ,s.. s' thsr,
The governor also said :. 'nas .n .us,'
has been reckless waste . s IN araS'a q
III thousands of dollars have been los
NV careless management
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
CITY GETS new SHIP LINE
Hubbard. Zemurray Company Moves
From Mobile to New Orleans.

Western Newspaper Union News Service,
New Orleans.-Mobile has lost the
Hubbard.Zemurray Steamship Com
pany to New Orleans. This announce
ment was made by an official OF the
company at Mobile. Company Offices
and headquarters will be moved to
New Orleans, after which Mobile will
get a boat month to and from Puerto
Cortez, Honduras, instead Of; one
| week, as at present. Three Of the four
steamers now in trade. between that
port and the Honduran port will come
to New Orleans. ''
It is denied that the Hubbard-Ze-
murray Company has been absorbed
by the United Fruit Company. 1t Is
said that the move is made because
New Orleans and Louisiana. capital
control the company. The removal
| means, however, that Mobile loses
more than 100000 a year to New Or
leans.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
OVERCOME THE BOIL WEEvIl
Farmers Of Franklin Parish Have IN
creased Their Yield.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Baton Rouge.-That it Is possible 70
raise cotton profitably in Louisiana
DESPITE the boil weevil is shown by
reports just received from Franklin
Parish by Mason Snowden, state agent
Of the farm demonstration work OF
the United States Department OF Agri-
culture. The reports show that, with
almost 30 per cent Of the crop de-
stroyed by the damaging October and
September rains, S61 more bales have
been ginned in the parish for. 1913 than
for the same period in 1912. The mum
Der of bales ginned in the parish up t
Dec. %, 1912, was 1886. and up to TIM
same date this season, 10,747.
Franklin Parish is right in tn
heart of the worst infected district 0
the state. They have had the BOZ
weeyil since 1909. attribute thei
success with cotton largely to the US
of demonstration methods" said MI
Snowden.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
ANTITRUST LAWS
ARE FORMULATED
PROGRAM FOR LEGISLATION OUT.
LINED BY CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE.
WILSON TO PASS UPON IT
president Is Expected 10 Give APP
prevail to Several Drastic Meas
ures That Are Proposed.

western Newspaper Union News Service
Washlngton.-A general outline or
tentative draft of the antitrust legs-
!ation prepared by majority members
OF the house Committee on the Judi
clary for action by the full committee,
subject to conference with President
wilson, has become known.
While members of the committee
talked with the president some weeks
ago, the proposed bills so far as known
have not the administration stamp and
they will be discussed at a confer
ence between the president and the
committeeman. The bills drafted af-
ter conference between Chairman
Clayton. Carlin Of Virginia, Floyd of
Arkansas. Mccoy of New Jersey and
others, cover these three points:
l. 1nterlocking directories.
2. Trade relations and prices.
3. Injunction proceedings and dam.
age suits by individuals.
In every case President Wilson's
idea of providing penalties for indi-
viduals as well as for corporations in
case OF violations, has been followed.
An attempt to define combinations
and conspiracies in restraint of trade
as far as possible has been made in
the bills already prepared.
The effect of the individual corpo-
ration feature Of the interlocking d.
rectorate bill, the committeeman say,
would be Of the most sweeping charac.,
u,azsss
srungements anru 'enaosins asrsctofsh'ps
and control to pass to large army OF
new men instead of keeping the lnoi-
yidual control Of various lines OF actl'
v;ty in the hands of a few.
The bill designed to stop agree
ments for regulation of prices mas
drastic provisions. 1t is designed 10
stop the fixing by wholesalers U,
prices at which the manufactured
article shall be sold to the pubic ant
tn nreyent "big business" from enter
ing into contracts to control prices o
any commodity.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
CITY TO Buy State Land.

shreveport.-Cnief State Engineer
Frank M. Kerr, while here attending
a meeting of the Caddo Levee Board.
announced that his department had
lust completed and filed with Cover
nor Hall and State Land Register
Frank ]. Grace, the surveys and maps
n, the cross lake lands north OF
Shreveport after several months Of
labor in accordance with legislative
act authorizing the state to sell these
lands to the city Of Shreveport at a
dollar an acre for a municipal water
reservoir. The lands aggregated H..
S49.13 acres
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
FIRE CAUSES HEAVY LOSS
industrial Plant Worth Million4po'
lars Are Burned.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-A loss estimated az
81 ooo, 900 was caused by fire which
Or .9isti!lery and unitSd ss.a.s rnatlo9;
'4tsaunlaAas Gannass 60
the fire is not known, but It was nrat
seen by Alexander Reed, a private
Waterman. He say the flames first
shot up from the cooper shop, two
story frame building, covered with cor
rugated iron. ,-A-
From the cooper shop the fire spread
to the alcohol department. a structure
having one.story front and two-story
back. The flames spread to the one
story warehouse, then to the five-story
brick building, the main building OF the
plant and to the boiler shed, all OF
which were destroyed The buildings
were owned by the International Dis
tilling Company and the United States
Industrial Alcohol Company, consoll
dated companies. Wood alcohol was
the product of the establishment, al
though cologne and scented waters
were also manufactured. These estab
ishments combined. together with ma
chinery, stock and contents, wer
valued at about s1,1OO,OOO.
Several people were slightly injure'
by falling brands. Three box cars Q
me Public Belt railroad, cantalnln
empty barrels, were standing on tn
siding on Pine Street, near st. Fee
dinand, and were damaged abot
$4,000.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
FATHER AND CHILD KILLED


P'S4ss1sUon.--s y g q k11o0
smith, 80 years Of age. and his e-yshrL
old daughter, Bessie, were struck BY
q Southern Pacific engine. and hurled
so feet and killed instantly. Bergeron
had recently moved his family to a
house situated near the track and the
girl was walking down towards her
home when her father saw that she
did not hear an approaching train.
He dashed from his house after the
little one and caught her just in time
for both to be struck at once and sent
to an immediate death.
Mrs. Begeron was standing on her
gallery and saw her baby and husband
killed. She tainted and was not re-
viyed for many hours.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
1s.33s,o74 BALES GINNED
eenort Of Census Bureau Shows IN
crease Over Last Year.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington.-The eighth cotton GIN
ming report Of the Census Bureau Iot
the season, announced that 1S,SS35,o74
bales of cotton, counting round as half
bales, of the growth of 1913, had been
ginned prior to January 1, to when
date during the past seven years the
ginning averaged 93.4 per cent OF the
entire crop. Last year to January l.
there had been ginned 12,9O7,4O5 bales'
or s5.7 per cent of the entire crop;
1A317O02 bales or 92.1 per cent IN
1e11 and 12,465 1893 bales or 1913 pei
cent in 1908.
Ginnings prior to January IN ARK
ansas and Louisiana, with comparisons
for last year and other big crop years
and the percentage of the entire crol
pinned prior to that date in thos
wears, follow:
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
TWELVE MINERS ARE KILLED
Explosion Traps 200 Men but Most Of
Them Escape. .

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Birmingham, Ala.-The bodies OF the
y men, five whites and seven negroes,
who were killed in an explosion at the
Rock Castle mine of the Davis Creek
Coal Company, IS miles south of Biz
mingham, in Tuscaloosa county, have
been recovered. More than 200 men
were at work in the mine when the
explosion occurred. but all but u got
out before the after damp affected
any seriously.
The mine was little damaged by the
explosion. which is believed to have
been caused by gas, which, In turn
ignited the dust.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
Insurance Man in Prison.

shreveport.-W. G. Laning, former
nresident OF the Pelican Fire insur'
ance Company, of Shreveport, who
was convicted several months ago OF
embezzling from stockholders in that
company, has gone to Baton Rouge to
begin a seven-year term in the peni'
Tertiary. As a result Of Lanins's IT.
rop,,,arlties the insurance company
was forced into liquidation. Lanins
vas arrested at Boloxi, Miss.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
Astars Estate sss. 1926.

New York.-The gross value Of the
estate of the late Col, John Jacob
Aston is sS5,Sso,S26, according to re-
mort of re-appraisement. The reap
nraisement adds another $f,1os,S21 to
Mrs Madeline Force Astor's share Of
the estate.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
LABOR OFFICIALS
SENTENCES Stand
TWENTY.FOUR OF MEN CONVICT.
ED OF CONSPIRACY LOSE IN
HIGHER COURT.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

| Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Chicago.-Sentence of "a of the la
Dor union officials convicted in Indi.
| annapolis Of conspiracy to transport
dynamite, were confirmed by the Unit
ed States Ciruit Court of Appeals Of
the Seventh district. Six of the 30
who appealed were granted new trials.
They are: Olaf A. Tveitmore, San Fran.
cisco; William Mccain, Kansas Ctr
Mo E ffsffatS 5anfeS
E. Ray, Peoria, Ill; Richard Houihan'
Chicago, Ill.
Counsel for the "a winthin 80 days
will petition the court of appeals TOT
a. rehearing on new legal points. IL
that is denied they will take the case
to the federal supreme court. PEND.
ing final adjudication it is understood
that no attempt will be made by the
government to return to the LeaVen'
worth penitentiary those OF the con
victed men who are at liberty undei
[ bond.
Conspiracy Charge Upheld.
The appeal was heard by Circul
I Judges Kolsaat, Baker and Seaman
The decision declares consplrac
clearly was shown on the part OF IN
"a defendants, and that challenge Q
the conspiracy accounts of the indie
ments was erroneous.
n The decision stated succinctly tnf
Or McManigal and Clark, though COD
"a PENDANTS, were competent witness'
If for the state.
en- The final contention of the defen
CHI ants counsel that the United stat
he had not Jurisdiction in the charg
he alleged was disallowed.
l. Counsel for the labor officials hea
es' the decision with keen disappoil
p; ment. E. N. collins, Of the attorne
IN for the petitioners, however, stat
per that he already had prepared bril-
on three important points which b
TX been overlooked in the first appeal
ons Ryan to Serve Seven Years.
The sentence of seven years pc
rop servitude against Frank NJ. Ryan
'' Chicago, president Of the ASSOCIATE
was affirmed. There were 80 con
tions in the dynamite cases charg
a.. transporting dynamite. Two Of
90 oc'o convicted men did not appeal.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
Biography of Great Evangelist.

Winona Lake, Ind.-While Rev. Billy
Sunday, the noted evangelist, was resi-
Ing here recently, after strenuous
campaign in Johnstown, Pa. he re-
ceived word that the new biograpns
1.-THE Spectacular Career Of Rev. Blll!
Sunday" was off the press. 1t is tn'
work of T. T. Frankenberg and TN
evangelist says 1t is a truthful az
count OF his life.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
Thief Makes Rich Haul.

Alexandria, number Of houses
we're entered and robbed in the White
Street section of the city. The home
Of DR.. Graham Stafford was robbed OF
a gold watch, money and clothing, the
loss being about 5000. Four other
houses on the same street were en-
tered.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16
FEDERALS FLEE To-.
THE UNITED STATES!
MEXICAN ARMY ABANDoNs oJ'N'
AGA AND CROSSES BoRosn
LINE.
GENERALS LEAD The FLIGHT
Nearly 5000 Soldiers SURRENDER "
American Border Patro!-6I9
Victory for the Rebels

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Preside, Texas.-Twenty-elght nun
dred Mexican Federal soldiers, SIX
generals, 100000 rounds Of ammuhl'
ion, two cannon, four large field pieces
and 1900 civilian refugees are in the
custody of the United States army
border partol as the result Of the Fed
eral evacuation of Ojinaga, Mexico
and the occupation of the Mexican VII
lage by General Francisco Villas rebel
forces.
The distress of the refugees mas
been intense. They had scant FOOD
and no shelter. Men, women, children,
dogs, chickens and cattle were packed
together in a space covering several
acres. About them was scattered all
the goods and baggage brought in from
Ojinaga.
Federal Generals Mercado, Castro.
Ophinal, Romeo, Aduna and Landa are
in custody of the United States troops
awaiting disposition by the War De.
partment.
salazar Is Wounded.
General Pascual Orozco and General
Ynez Salazar, Federal volunteer com
nanders, escaped along the border to
some point remote from Preside
Salazar was wounded. They were &C
companied by General Carvoa and
General Rojas and 300 cayalrycc;
ss 49, ]; 80 j NJ a..i,
against orozco. salazar ane, )g!
General Mercado said thaaSseafa ls
abandoned their troops at the oes>a
ming of the battle and thus Weakene'
the Federal defense.
The defeat of the Federal army iol
lowed oplv a few hours fighting, Il
which the rebels, beginning at SUI
down started to close in on the pesles
cd Garrison with canon and rifle fir'
Flee to Escape Massaede.
General Castro and General Mercad
Of the Federals saw the assault was
be nothing less than massacre. IL
Federals had left but SO ROUNDS
ammunition for each man. The &c
erals therefore, gave the orders
evacuate.
Z All the Federal soldiers and ue
: officers who could scramble to
American side did so. -,
t Defeat of the Federal army al u
: point marks the most important rel
8 victory of the present revolution.
leaves the rebels in possession vlrtu
|. " Of all the north Of Mexico.
s Mercado, Castro and Landa were
q only remaining commanders OF
Federal regulars. The other gener
- commanded volunteers, and had D.
y. threatened by Villa with death sho
"a they be captured.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-16

Miss Mary Smith. together with her
sister, Miss Lucy Smith, was hostess
to the presidents daughter. Miss
Eleanor Wilson, during the latter's
visit to New Orleans. The Misses
Smith are old friends of the Wilson
family and were guests at the White
House recently.