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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
KILLS CHILDREN AND WIFE WHILE ASLEEP: THEN TAKES OWN LIFE

Oak Park, Ga, March 20.-K. A. Eu- banks, farmer, living near this place, early today killed his wife and two daughters as they slept, set fire to his home and several other farm buildings, and then fired bullet through his fore head.
 He died several hours later
 Mrs. Eubanks' head was almost com pletely cut from her body with an ax.
 The two children. one aged years and the other a baby of months, were stabbed to death.
 Mental derangement resulting from i'll health is believed responsible for the farmers act.
 When he had committed the three mur- ders and had fired his buildings. Flu banks awakened a neighbor and told him what he had done.
 He then shot himself. Eubanks' barn and several small tenant houses were destroyed in the fire he set. The resi- dence was only slightly damaged.
 Eubanks was 30 years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
Upset the Witness
From Tit-Bits.

fTOIn llt-DltS
 Sir John simon, one of the cleverest cross-examiners in the courts, always prepares his inquiries very carefully beforehand Soon after he was called to tho bar he had to defend a man whose only chance of getting off de- pended on there being insufficient evil dence of Identification.
 "Now," remarked Sir John, rising to cross examine the principal witness for the prosecution, you say you are sure this is the man?'' "Yes." said the witness
 Have you good memory for faees"'' was the next question.
 "Ycs."
 "Ah! Now I want to know if you can see anybody in this court who was in your shop last night talking to you?"
 The witness looked all round the court and at length admitted that he could not.
 "Good! said Sir John. "Now. have you ever seen me beforeg'
 Never" said the witness, positively.
 Then it may surprise you to learn, Sir John rapped out, "that l entered you shop last night and asked you for a packet of pinsv The witness collapsed and Sir John won his case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
EIGHT GOVERNORS OF ALABAMA
 J44-1901
Mo- 107-Two State Conventions of 1892
 Thomas C.. Jones, Governor

Governor Jones canvassed for renomi- nstion. Discord in many counties was so pronounced that he frequently found it expedient to announce that he would not countenauce party disruption; that his candidacy was subject to the action of the state conventioy. Captain Kolb canvassed for the same nomination by the same convention.
 The governor claimed the right to the customary honor of a second term upon a satisfactory record. Captain Kolb claimed the honor in 1892, which he al- legged had been snatched from him in 1890 by unfair methods. Kolb had canvassed for Jones' election, after the nomination shade in 1S90 as a party duty, but In all his speeches he had kept to the front allegation of those methods of the con- vention that had tricked him out of his own. He was not d man to relin- quish a right and all wfio heard him and all who read the newspapers. well under stood that he would seize the opportunity Of 1892 to redress his asserted wrong.
 Everywhere for two years Captain kolb proclaimed the tyranny of the party ma chinery and mastery of the party bosses, outside the machine. Tn the 1892 con vention he declared Chairman W. H. Denson had ruled two ways on the same issue presented, in order to defeat him. Numberless had been the tricks of the four days session to work his destruc- tion and at last he lost the nomination by 30-odd votes, the insignificant major- 1ty gained by robbng him.
 Two rules adopted by the convention of 1890 to continue his suppression were now the subjects of Kolb's complaint First delegates to the convention of 1892 were to be apportioned among the coun- ties on the basis of the vote cast for governor in 1890. This rule was arbi- trary and unequal Second, the state committee, composed of two-thirds Jones Jren, and one-third Kolb men, were re- sleired to meet at Montgomery four days before the date fixed for the assembling of the convention and hear all contests of delegates. The committee must, there lron, prepare brief in each case for the information of the convention in it's final hearing. This rule was inequitable as against the rights of the minority on inc floor. It was a preiudgment of the case at issue.
 The rule of apportionment was re- pudiated because of the alleged false counting of negro votes in 1S90 in the black belt, whereby those counties ac- quired under the rule far greater weight in the convention of 1892 than they were justly entitled to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

more constructive legislation in F months than the republican party in control of every branch of the government passed in 16 years.
 '.,rhe tariff law that he has written is the second, general tariff law ever really written in the interest of the people. The Walker law was written by democrat and southerner, and it was q tariff for revenue only. According to popula- ton under it's provision more men Tad money in the banks and more men owned their homes and were prosperous anu happy than ever before or since in tue history of our country.
 'Under the republican Payne law the tariff tax was so high on the necessities of life that none of them came in from other countries. Then what happened! The government of the United States ceased to get any revenue on the pro- hibited goods, but the American con- sumer paid the additional price that the tax imposed this money did not go into the treasury of the United States, but it went into the pockets of tariff barons and trust magnates. The government had been perverted from the ends of It's institution and one class was taxed to enrich another. But under the Underwood law necessities of life in the main, are placed on the free list. Luxurtes are taxed, and through the income tax the mighty fortunes that have grown up un- der goverpmental favoritism are made to bear a portion of the burdens of govern ment. and these colossal fortunes. tn- creased and multiplied shielded and safe guarded by the hand of republican pro- lection, will now contribute nearly hun dred million dollars annually to the SUD- port of the government of United States.
 For Revenue Only
 "A tariff for revenue only has been re- stored. Competitive buying will fix the price of the necessities of life. Individual enterprise and effort have been un- shackled, and the average man is given a chance in the struggle for existence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
ANTITRUST BILLS
 GETTING IN SHAPE
Personal Guilt of Officials
 Retained in Measures
LABOR UNION ISSUE
Has Not Yet Been Decided Whether They Shall be Exempt From Operations of the
 Law
Rx c. E. STEWART

Washington. March 2O.-(Special.)- )-So far Congress has not made the progress on it's programme of. trust legislation that was expected earlier in the session. It can be said however, that the time has been well spent, and that the bills, or bill, for they all' may finally be reduced to one measure, will in the next few days be in shape, and ready to go sailing down the greased legislative ways. There have been, on the whole more different bills introduced on the trust question in Con gress than upon any other one subject Out of this great mass of matter that constituted the ideas of all the trust busters of all the political parties repre- sented in Congress, and out of the testi- nlony, taken before The various commit tees handling the trust legislation, has grown the concrete legislation that will finally become the law.
 The President, who has shown conelu- sively that he has the courage to change his mind, it is said is beginning to be- lieve that one bill is peter than four or five. At a recent conference at the White House with Representative Clayton and a number of the Judiciary committee members, four of the proposed bills were discussed at great length: these particu- lar bills covered interlocking directories. holding companies, trade relations, and definitions of restraint of trade, and it is expected that they will be ready in Ofna
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
GLOWING TRIBUTE IS PAID UNDERWOOD BY
 J. THOMAS HEFLIN
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 --~--~----~-~-->---~-~>- ~>-------~---------->--- cratic representatives from the east and west, the north and south. turned to Alabama and with unanimous voice pro- claimed the name of Oscar w. Under wood.
 With hear erect and the light Of con scious responsibility on his face this able Alabaman, and southerner, responded, and under his superb and masterful lead ership the once divided and discordant clements of the party in the House were thrown into an effective. harmonious fighting force that astounded the opposi- tion and challenged the admiration of democrats everywhere.
 He storined the citadel of class legisla- ton and governmental favoritism and with the battle axe of hs party's pledge, cut the way through the wilderness of privilege that the people might reach the promised land of equal rights and op- portunities.
 MT Toastmaster, the author of the present democratic tariff law, that south- ern born. loyal American. was not the agent or advocate of the privileged classes, he was the able and fearless champion of the American masses. Passed Constructive Legislation Under his masterful leadership the democratic party in the House passed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
Ray Rushton Speaks

Ray Rushton of Montgomery, candi- date for the United States Senate, to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Joseph F. Johnston, spoke tonight at the city hall to a good crowd. He was introduced by Thomas T. Huey
 MT. Rushton's speech was very similar to that delivered in Birmingham Thurs day night. The candidate opened by com plimenting his opponents, who, he said. were his personal friends and able men. He reiterated his statements that he was not asking election to the Senate as a compliment but because he had lofty ambitions and wanted to do something
 MT. Rushton touched on the tariff and currency laws, declaring that they were great measures and were being recog- nized as such by the people of the United States. He mentioned the power of Con gress to appropriate money to make every stream in the country navigable and pointed out that the harbor at Mobile greatly needed deepening, which, he said, would be of interest to the entire state in view of the approaching opening of the Panama canal.
 w. Barnes Morgan of Birmingham, a candidate for the legislature, was pres ent and spoke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
KILLED WHEN HE IS
 MISTAKEN FOR THIEF

Macon, March 20.-Mistaken for a burglar in his own home. Jesse Zorn, 2S years old, died in hospital here today as the result of wounds received when he was shot by two neighbors who did not know his identity
 G. W. and A. ]. Clark of Sycamore, Ga, where Zorn lived, were informed Tuesday night that man was acting strangely in the Zorn residence. They learned that MrsE Zorn was away and hurried to invsstigate. When zorn failed to reply to questions he was shot three times. His physicians be- lieve Zoin was frightened speeches. and that he could not reply to the questions addressed to him
 The two Clarks are under arrest at Ashburn, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
Dismembered Body Found

gruesome find was made this morn ing by Mrs. Charles w. Lewis, 1500 Clar- endon avenue, when she was superin- tending the cleaning out of a servant s house in the rear of her home The rummified body of a negro woman, cut in several pieces, was discovered in a barrel, the top being covered with a sack.
 The body was taken to an undertak- ing establishment and Deputy Coroner Arthur Jacobs notified, but it is believed he can do little as there is no means of identifying the body.
 MT. and Mrs. Lewis only recently moved here from Clarksville, Tenn. The people who formerly lived in the house moved to California about three years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
 WALLSOF REB|E HALL ARE STILL STANDING Records of Court, Although
 Damaged, Are Saved
 WILL USE CITY HALL City Court and Clerk Will Be Pro-
WILL USE CITY HALL
City Court and Clerk Will Be Pro- vided Quarters There-RushtOn Speaks-Dead Body Found
 in Servants House

Bessemer, March 20.-(Special 1.-The
 walls of Rebie hall were still standing tonight, although they had been expected
 momentarily to fall as a result of the fire early this morning which gutted the
 building and caused camage variously estimated from s100,000 to $15O,000
 Those who were burned out were busy today arranging for new stores but sev- eral were unable to find suitable loca- tions. The Lewis Drug Co, the heaviest
 loser in this mornings blaze has not made any definite arrangements for q new store yet. The city court will hold sessions in the recorders courtroom at the city hall and Rose Huey, clerk, will be provided with quarters in the municipal structure
 The majority of the court records were saved, owing to the fact that the fire originated in the opposite side of the building from MT. Huey's office, While they were badly damaged by smoke and water they can be deciphered and Clerk Huey was much pleased this morning to find that the damage was not as exten- sive as he had thought
 The big safe in which the more vau- able papers were kept was still in the offices on the second floor today but no attempt was made to open it as it was considered dangerous on account of the shaky condition of the walls A wide space around the building has been roped off and guards stationed to keep out the curious. Third avenue is blocked by the fire.
 Fire Chief Donahue, who fell from ladder during the fire, was not seriously injured and was able to be out today. The fire is the most disastr that has visited Bessemer for years. The building was owned by John P. Tilman of Birmingham and was valued at $25, GOO.
 The stock of the Lewis Drug Co.,, was valued at s40,Ooo, and losses by the Sulli- van Plumbing Co, and the Howell Jew elry Go. are in proportion.
 fact which was commented upon by many today was that a clock in the windows of the Howell Jewelry Co.,, was still running, although half the face had been burned away.
 The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but the most generally cred ited theory is that of defective wiring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

We will have prosperity-not the repdp- lican kind that produced industrial lords and money kings who lowered above the mass of people like peaks above the plain--but prosperity felt by the common man, heard in his cheerful voice and seen in his happy home; a prosperity that will permit every farmer to garner in his own barn and every citizen to en- joy at his own fireside the full and fair fruits of his labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
LEGLESS NEGRO IS
 GIVEN SIX MONTHS
 FOR SELLING DOPE"

Herbert Long. negro without legs. was sentenced to six months in the coun-. ty jail by Judge H. B. Abernethy yes terday on a charge of selling cocaine. means of locomoton, and. according to the testimony of the police officers who made the arrest, is an old offender in re- gard to selling dope" Judge Abernethy stated that only his crippled condition saved him from the full penalty of the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
Attitude Toward Labor Unions

None of the four bills as now framed provide for the exemption of labor unions from antitrust prosecutions. Senator Hughes of New Jersey, it is said will present an amendment to that purpose if the bills when they finally reach the Senate have no such exemption. Upon that there will probably develop a fight, because many of the lawyers of the House and Senate hold that such an exemption is not only violation of the constitution in spirit, but is certainly class legislation. Advocates for the labor unions, however, are plentiful and all declare that such exemption is justifiable and perfectly proper.
 The apparent lack of interest all over the country in trust legislation somewhat disturbed the most radical advocates of that legislation. The hundreds of bills introduced following the investigation Of the United States Steel corporation, in which were prescribed penalties all the way from life Imprisonment to being shot at sunrise, have apparently served their purpose as political thunder in Kentucky, Texas and other points, and given way to something which can be enacted into law, that will have the result the Presi- dent asked for freduce the debatable area in the sherman law"
 With good prospects of disposing of the trust legislation, and with excellent progress on appropriation bills so far, the prospects of an early adjournment of Congress becomes little brighter. Many members of Congress are away now engaged in hard fights in their dis tricts, slipping back to Washington only when they are urgently needed. Con gress and Washington, it. might be said have grown stale on the job. Constant attendance for the past four years almost makes a vacation this summer look good to them all, and even hot fight for re- election with the possibility of defeat does not take the pleasure of anticipation away from them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
SENATE WON'T TAKE
 UP TOLLS QUESTION
 UNTIL NEXT WEEK
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(COntfnued From Page Onc) sas, leader of the progressves in the House. in a statement issued today, an nounced that the progressives in Congress are substantially a unit against Presi- dent Wilson's plan of repeating the ex- emption of coastwse shipping from Pan anna canal tolls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

the delegates representing Captain Kolb and many citizens of the state in sympa- thy with them, reassembled at the Blob street opera house, a handsome. new building. Capt. A. J. Goodwin of El- more, gentleman of distinction in SO cial and public life. was made chairman.
 JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBOSE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

Candidate for Solicitor Jefferson County
 The Solicitor of Jefferson County is af this time one of the most important offices in Alabama.
 The record of the TIE per cent con- yfctfous is the lowest in the State. MurderB, robberies and lawlessness xonerally have increased and become Go common that even good citizens are only temporarily shocked at their bold ness or depravity.
 DO you propose to continue this con ditfon of crime by voting for the mex Derlenced. Incompetent. or one who lays down on his job?
 Hy record shows that criminals can 7,a convicted in Jefferson, even when SS6Snded by our best criminal lawyers. o,,A I know our juries can and will oonvict If carefully selected and facts on1 law properly presented On this %oSroeentation ask your vote and in- 0Sence for this office. and If do not 1sferlally improve our countys dis
 rsceful criminal record in one year Sv rsafgnatipn will be on the gover- 5S.,.Td~Sar z T. RUDuL1PH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
Personal Guilt Prescribed

One Of the questions not fully agreed upon until recently because of the con filcting opinions upon the subject, and how to apply it, was that of the personal guilt of offending officials, directors and members of concerns convicted of violat- ing the antitrust laws. Personal guilt of individuals will be prescribed in every bill. This has been agreed upon and was at the suggestion of the President.
 The bill which probably has attracted more attention and comment than any other is the bill creating the interstate trade commission. According to Repre- sentative Covington of Maryland, chair man of the subcommittee having in charge this measure, the trade commission will have powers of independent initiative. Some senators have criticized the bill on the ground that it does not sufficiently preserve the right of the proposed new body to initiate Investigations
 MT. Covington declares that this criti- cism is groundless. He also made it clear that another objection to the bill for the punishment of persons unlawfully making public information of the commission is not intended in any manner to curb the power of newspapers to disclose in any way they please information coming into their hands, as has been indicated. That section" he said, lis simply to punish officials or employees of the commission who may without authority betray infor- nation which happens to be a proper trade secret or the disclosure of which would
 impede the government in trust proseeu- tiOnS,p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
Hopeless MisanthrOpe

From the Washington Star.
 Why don't you learn to dancer
 Whats the use?" rejoined Mir Crouch CT. 'I can get tired without going to all that trouble"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-11

who contributed for the street
| understand that il is to be assum-
ed that the government does not wish
10 proceed and acquire the entire bloc,l
here which has been condemned, an
that now the question is whether it
shall adhere to the portion of the
block already purchased or obtain
some other ste.
think the people Ct Honolulu have
been a good deal divided as to wheth-
er this is the best site or not.
The Chairman-What are the di-
mensicns of the site now owned by
the government?
Mr. Frear-One hundred and sew
enty-four feet by two hundred and
thirty feet in general, the other sides
being little different in length.
Eut after this property was con-
demned and the buildings cleared off
a great many felt that it was a shame
to put that building in what seemed
to be a back yard, you might say, and
the question was raised again, and
has been raised a number of times,
and it does not seem to down. have
the impression that the treasury de-
partmPnt sent an emissary out there
to look into the matter, and he con-
cluded that the lot was not a suitable
lot for the purpose; and then | remem-
her myself when a visitation Of % or
80 congressman took place some years
ago. including some of the members
Of this committee. the then chairman.
I believe, and one or two other MEM
bers. They were yerv much impress
ed with that fact, and It was Gil their
return that thew authorized an in
crease of $35O.O0O for the acquisition
CT the remainder of the block
Now. it seems to manv Of us in Ha-
vail that the site should be suitable
for such a building which is to he a
building Of some size AMI dignity. and
ought to be. in order to hn in koeDing
with the dignity Of the United States.
for this is to he at the entrance. YOU
night sa".. the western mortal Of the
Tinted States from the. Orient It is
the first port of the United States
1T which ueoDle land coming from the
Orient-Drinces ambassadors AMI
governors from Tanan. China. tho Phil