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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-24
Trains Are Stalled

Columbus. O., February 23.-Trains
stalled at numerous points throughout
the state, traffic Abandoned in some
Instances and train arrivals ranging
from three to seven hours late, and
street car and interurban traffic seri-
ously impeded where trolley traffic had
not been abandoned. were some of the
results tonight Of the most severe snow
storm that has swept this state this
winter.
The storm broke generally over the
state Sunday afternoon and has ragged
continuously since Eight inches of
snow has been added since Sunday aft
ernoon to the supply which already
covered the ground. making total at
many points of from IL to 90 inches.
Huge drifts today stalled two Toledo
and Ohio Central trains at Ridgeway.
Another Toledo and Ohio Central train
was similarly held late today near
Bellefontaine.
Traffic on the Pennsylvania line be-
tween Dayton and Richmond, Ind, was
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-24

Washington. February 3.-Whether
James NJ. Curley, mayor of Boston. and
on the rolls of Congress as a represent
tative from the Twelfth Massa chusetts
district shall be permitted 10 hold both
offices was put squarely up TO Con-
gress today by Republican Leader Mann.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Mann set
forth that "the offices of mayor and rep
resentative in Congress are incompatible
and It Is impossible' for one man TO per-
form the duties of both, and proposed
that Mr.. Curley's seat be declared va
can't
At the suggestion of Democratic Leader
Underwood. Representative Mann agreed
that the resolution should go to the
judiciary committee without debate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-24
Crosses ley Potomac in
Storm to Do Honor to the
First President
WEATHER SERIOUSLY
HANDICAPS PLANS
Pageant Forced TO Pass Through
Frigid Snowstorm-Army and
Navy Takes Important Part
in Celebration

Washington. February 23.-President
Wilson crossed the lee jammed Potomac
today In the naval yacht syiph, and
from glass enclosed stand reviewed
civic and military parade in Alexan-
dria, va, which marched through 4
frigid snowstorm in honor of the first
President of the United States
With the exception of brief exercises
in the Senate. the national capital
turned to Alexandria in the environ
ment where George Washington had
lived. for its official celebration of the
birthday. Vice President Marshall laid
wreath on the tomb OF Washington
at Mount Vernon and returning to
Alexandria, joined the President, menu
bers of the cabinet and Governor stuart
OF Virginia. in watching the parade.
Besides the fraternal organizations
of the city the fire companies of an
Client and modern equipment, and floats
showing scenes of colonial days, the
army and navy took a prominent part
in the pageant. Boy scouts trudged
through the snow with the same for
titude as the soldiers. while the hliz-
zard ragged. Little girls in a covered
float showed school room In washinY
toms time. ON a blackboard was
drawing of the White House which
amused tne presidential party very
much. Here and there in the parade WAS
a black faced minstrel. a wagonioad OF
equal suffrage advocates and some
children in grotesque Indian garb.
Weather Injuries Plans
Weather conditions interfered con
siderably with the plans for the pa
geant ana II was delayed In starting
by the failure Of the President to ar
rive on time, the Ice In the river maxi
ing a landing difficult
IL seemed a somewhat hazardous trip
for the President to make In View OF
his susceptibility TO colds. but he was
in excellent health today and arrange
netls wore saeh That exposure was re-
duced e. - mihimmn The presidcnl lei,
the White House in ono OF the big
government limousines and practically
stepped from il to the eangway of the
Sylph, He sat IN the yachts cozy cabin
chatting with Secretary Tumulty Rep
resentative Carlin and high military
and naval aides, while the little boar
steered its way through the ley rivnr
for seven miles to Alexandria. Ice was
iammed thicltiy around the wharf and
the boat had to swing about several
times and grind the jam away before
it could get alongside. The President
had 10 climb over the upper deck ct
The vessel to a gangway. but was al
most instantly In another limousine.
Several troops OF United states onvalry
escorted him to the reviewing stand
while a 21-gun salute was fired by the
nearby ships.
The return journey was made in The
same way though the Sylph expert
enced less difficulty with the ice. On
reaching the navy yard several inches
OF snow had fallen but the White
House motors easily plowed through
the heavy drifts and brought the Presi
dent back home In quick time. The
whole trip took less than four hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-24
Protection of Foreigners in
Mexico Problem of Inter-
national Importance
ENGLAND SENDS
CONSUL TO Ell PASO
Senate Will Discuss Situation Behind
Closed Doors-Rumored Japan
: and France May Land
Marines in Mexico
NO. NEUTRAL ZONE

El Paso. February 23.-No neu-
trail zone will be required at Tor
reon. e. S. Fletcher who went
there to ascertain the wishes of
foreigners on the subject and re-
turned here tonight found that
the remnant of foreigners remain
ing in Torreon were there specifi-
cally to guard property and they
did not care to leave even during
a battle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-24
NO TAMPERING WITH
THE TARIFF BILL YET,
SAYS UNDERWOOD

Washington, February 2s.---No
tampering with the tariff Will be
permitted by the democratic ma-
Jority until the Underwood Sim
mons act has been In effect long
enough to demonstrate whether II
needs perfecting amendments. This
was made plain today by Majority
Leader Underwood when Represen-
tative Moore of Pennsylvania asked
about the prospects for action on
his pending bill to repeal the col
lection at the Asource' feature of
the income tax law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-24
ORDERS CONSUL TO
ASSIST IN INQUIRY

The British embassy announced that
the British consul al Galveston, Tex, has
been ordered to El Paso 10 assist In
the inquiry concerning Benton but in TO
way to interfere with the american III
vestigation.
lntimations were received through semi
foffical channels that marines would 5o
landed by Japan and France 10 act as
hegation guards in Mexico City alohg
with those of Great Britain and Ger
many.
That the Huerta government is not
averse to the sending of foreign lega-
ton guards to Mexico City is known
here officially. but the United States,
for the present at least. VIII not follow
the course of the other nations.
The whole tenor of the Mexican sit
uation. while revealing no unusual actlv-
. ity, reflected the same anxiety and per-
picking tangles which often have char
.ecterized it during the days of extreme
!. tension
Attention was chiefly focused on the
Investigation as TO the manner in which
William $. Benton met death at Juarcz
but details of the affair still are lack
ing. The report which has been mailed
by American consular representatives,
had not reached here late today. IT
{ IS expected tomorrow. Its contents have
been anticipated by telegraphic dispatches
giving Villa S version of the affair, aod
additional details are being sought from
7 General Villa at Chihuahua by Ameri-
can Consul Letchef. The attempt to ex-
hume Benton's body, though unavailing
as vet is expected to bring further evil
dence
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time
II have laid before the people a plat
form consisting Of constructive princi-
pies of government programme look
ing to more advanced civilization the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-24
The Goyernor,s Statement

The governors statement follows
In speech al Bessemer last Satur-
day former Governor Conner aeeordisg
to the report contained I'm the Birming-
ham Ledger is quoted as saving: They
tell you that / spent the money while
/ was governor. Well, no one said tool.
the money. The money was not taken
around behind The caption and divided
up while ] was governor.
.frhe contemptible slanderous and COW
ardly innuendo attempted 10 be conveyed
i'm the second sentence of this statement
is very apparent. AS usual. Mr.. Conner
does not have the courage 10 make "A
slanderous statement upon his own rs
sponsibilty, but shelters himself behind
innuendo and alleged report.
Again no one can doubt that by the
last sentence of this statement Mr.. Conner
undertakes to assert that the money ein-
bezzled by Theo Lacy was carried behind
the capitol and divided. I ask him to
furnish the public with the names OF
the criminals who participated in that di-
vision. Having publicly declared that the
money embezzled by Theo Lacy was dl
viaed, behind the capitol Mr. Conner is
guilty of an ineXeusabe breach of duty as
citizen of Alabama in failing to fur
aish this important information to the
recent grand jury in Montgomery county
and in deliberately failing to aid the
states law-offcers In bringing the guilty
parties to justice IL had been generally
supposed that Lacy had declined to tell
any one the persons with whom he divid-
ed his loot but It now appears that Mr..
Conner alone, was taken into his conf
dence. There can be no other reasonable
construction of his settlement and there
fore as governor Of Alabama. demand
that he Immediately furnish to the people
of Alabama the names of the individuals
who aided Lacy In his theft OF the states
money or who participated In "A division
of the spoil His failure to comply with
this demand will stamp him i'm the eyes of
all good people q purveyor OF reck-
less ISLANDERS without basis in truth and
invoked only to aid a failing cause.
Again in his speech, Mr. Conner is
reported as saying that whenever during
the investigation the scent got hot, the
dogs were called off the trail. Mr. CO.
,ner well knows that during the course of
that investigation general invitation
was issued to anyone ~ Alabama who
possessed any KNOWLEDGE of any wrong
doing i'm the convict department to come
forward and give IL. He very well knows
that the employees of two newspapers in
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SIoWins lne progress, ine ueNtiophititA VI
the state and its wonderful resources. /
have lodged no issue have striven TO
conduct my campaign upon the highest
possible plane of honest, courageous, civ
ilized political warfare
Not Ready for Movement
Il realize that the people are not
ready 10 inaugurate the many forward
movements that | champion. but since
they are fundamentally right ! am con-
Gdent that in future campaign they
VIII triumph and eventuate In making
Alabama 4 greater, happier and a more
prosperous state.
II aasrs MOI durins Tly canvass fhopr
sunds Of people I never knew before,
have formed new friendships that I
win always cherish; have become known
to the people in a new way. They nave
heard me exploit my Views on state is
sues, and | believe that ] have ef-
fected alliances that will forever remain
steadfast
',Realizing, however that this is not my
time to he elected i'm justice to my sup
porters who will proceed Immediately to
form new algnments, ! announce my re-
tirement from the race for governor
ITO those who would have ilonored me
BIZ their confidence and their votes,
extend my profoundest gratitude, and as
sure them that shall continue to
strive for the principles and policies laid
down in my platform, with the confident
belief that. after thinking over them for
a few years. the people will wish to
see them become part of the statutes of
the state.
"V'hoever shall be nominated by the
great democracy OF Alabama viii nave
my active and vigorous support. and
wher. duly elected and installed as gov
ernor. so far as within me lies the power,
will labor to make his administration
a success and a real blessing TO all Ala
bamians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-24
NO PREDICTION AS TO
4 FINAL JUDGMENT

just what will be the final Judgmen,
Of the American officials IN the case
no one will predict, but it would not be
surprising to many in official circles If
Villas explanation went uncnallenged in
the absence of satisfactory proof with
which to impeach it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-24
Declares Statements in Bes-
semer Speech Concerning
Lacy Shortage Cowardly
MAKES HOT ATTACK
ON FORMER GOVERNOR
Calls Upon Conner to Furnish Names
of Individuals Who Aided
Lacy in Theft of the
States Money
Ey L.. :, BETTY

Montgomery. February 2b-- Specially
"Hnvlug publicly declared that the
money embexzied by Theodore Lacy was
divided behind the capitol, Nr. Conner
WIS guilty of an ineScusabic breach
of duty citizen of Alabama In
having failed 10 furnish this important
Information to the recent grand jury In
Montgomery county and In deliberately
failing to aid the states law Officers
In bringing the guilty parties 40 jus
tirc."
The above sentence is taken from "a
statement issued this afternoon by the
governor of Alabama. in replying to a
recent utterance of former GOV. b. b.
Conner at Bessemer, in which the latter
is quoted as having said, IN reference
to the Lacy defaleation The money was
not take naround hehind the capitol aud
not taken around behind the capitol and
The governor characterzes Mr.. Comer's
statement as contemplate. slanderous
and cowardly innuendo." declaring that
the former governor has not the "couf-
age to make a slanderous statement upon
his own responsibility"
The chief executive calls upon Mr.. Co.
mer to furnish the names of the indl-
viduals who aided Lacy in the theft Of
the states money, or who participated i'll
a division of the spoil, otherwise -
he stamped "in the eyes or all good
people as puveyor of reckless SLAM
ders without basis In truth and invoked
only to aid a failing cause
The governor continues by declaring
that Mr. Conner had his legislature so
change the laws as to aiiow quarterly
settlements with the state OF convict
department funds; that the bill allowing
for the bonding of the president of the
convict bureau was allowed to sleep ua-
disturbed In the committee room, and
that during his administration Mr.. Gomez
surrendered to foreign monopoly ono
Of the most valuable Of the states as-
sets. its water power rights.
He declares thai he will take the stump
against the fadpler governor asld essp 50
MS record. rkvealiAg him % the pei
pie OF Alabama in his true light and m
his true coiors stripped naked of hs
demagogry. false pretenses and hypoc-
ricy."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-24

Paris Makes No Comment
Paris. February 23-The French foreign
office has no comment to make on the
Benton affair in Mexico, nor does the
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-03-10

where at last in the circle of other
immortal things you do stand. It may
Cypress you to find yourself at the
bottom Of that celestial wheel. There
assuredly you are, and the ladder by
which you mount is not that of Sun
day commerce.
The man that cannot dream cannot
work, he may toll, he may drudge, but
to put the soul into his work that
makes art, that makes it in the high
est and noblest sense work, is for
him impossible since he ha never seen
in the white light of reflection, the
beauties of that art. Dream yourself
into men, men that can go forth Mon
day, noble true, full of honest consid-
GRAFTON for their work and their fell
lows. So will you grow big on the
gold path of dreams.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-03-10
LUCAN HAPPENINGS

MIR. and Mrs. Peter George were
Marshall callers Wednesday.
MIR. Earl jefferson and family
arrived from Sleepy Eye Monday, and
will reside on Fred. .Jefferson's farm.
Bill Andre purchased the pool
hall from Mr.. McKague last week,
which Mr.. Andre will also use for
barber shop.
Arthur Christensen was a Min
neapolis visitor several days last
week.
Miss Doulon, the primary teach
er has been on the sick list the past
week.
The Misses Belle and Kramer
were guests at the Anton Kramer
home, Saturday and Sunday.
-Messrs. Guy johnson and Bill
Andre spent Sunday at the L. Ander-
son home.
Frank Boushek and Miss Kramer
spent Sunday at the j. w. Cornish
home.
Prank Norcutt called at the Fred.
Wagner home Sunday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-03-10
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The house Of representatives is a
popular assembly which is never SO
popular as when it adjourns sine die.
It springs direct from the people, but
they don't brag much about it among
themselves.
The life Of a congressman is very
hard. He is obliged to get up before
noon and hang around the cloakroom
until the steering committee decides
how he ought to vote, and then he has
to go out and entertain some visiting
politicians who want the postoffice and
all there is on the bill of fare. The
congressman is a reflector of public
opinion, but he does most of his re-
flecting after somebody has beat him
to it in q primary election.
The house always revises the tariff
and sends few trust magnates to Jail
every session, but it doesn't get very
gay about it unless the senate air
brakes are in good working order.
The senate looks down upon the house
and bosses it around good deal. The
house never gets a Turkish bath or
any patronage higher than fourth
class postoffice until the senate push
es back from the table, and this
doesn't happen often enough to make
anybody giddy.
1t is the chief ambition of every con-
gresham to break into the senate and
engage in bossing the free baths, as
there is no surplus of either in the
house.
The senate is very cruel body, and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-03-10

once in while it passes some bill
which the house has sent up in spirit
of mere playfulncss. When this hap
pens the house goes into executive
session, dismisse the chaplain and ex-
poses the latest design in deckle-ed-
ged profanity. The house is composed
chiefly of lawyers with fourishing
practise in the justice court, whose
chief occupation is to construe the con-
stitution and write "great applause"
into their speeches-two very. pleas
ing and harmless practises. The house
is most responsive to the will of the
people Immediately before election
Howard Ram.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-03-10

1t is noticeable that, near the close
of each gubernatorial candidates an
nouncement or platform, he express
ses his belief in the rightfulness OF
woman's rights and puts himself as
being decidedly for equal suffrage. 90
course we are speaking now only OF
Republican seekers for Office. We are
not quite sure whether Mr.. LAWYER
has stated his opinion on this mat
ter, or not.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-03-10

The Clearbrook Journal says that
"County editors have usually made
good in public positions John A.
Johnson, Julius A. Schmahl, Robert
G. Dunn, Henry Rines, Sam Gordon
and Frank Day are names the state
is proud of and they were all coun-
try editors" We are wondering now
if these men are noteworthy because
they were country editors or in spite
of it. Sort of have bunch they'd
have gotten along about the same If
fate had made them bankers or min
listers or farmers. They'd all have
developed into first class politicians
ANYWAY
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-03-10
THE GOLD PATH OF DREAMS

~ UNDAY! And have you laid the
cares of the week behind you?
Have you risen into the beauty
and contentment of peace? Have you
closed your ears and your mind to
the rush of work, the hurry of strife,
the confusion of contest? If not little
wonder your hair turns gray; little
wonder the sunshine hurts and the
birds notes jar. If not this is no Sun
day to you.
Out of all the week today you have
an opportunity to dream. The gold
path Of dreams leads into the realm
where men live, not play at living,
not work at living; where the You
that is struggling for expression, for
recognition will find its level; where
the man or woman that is in you, that
no one has ever seen, that you have
never more than half analysed to
yourself, will move in perfectness of
being, the ideal become suddenly the
real in the midst of vast ideality.
There is no memory in the Sunday
afternoon land of dreams; all is new,
fresh, strangely attractive, enchant-
ingly peaceful. Once initiated into the
wonders of this realm We return to it
with avidity and linger with delight.
The roar of the world has died away
and one is alone in the vast silence of
reflection, the universe of creative
thought.
Go to the church of your faith and
listen to the sermon of your pastor,
hear it in your soul, match it to the
immortal stirring within you, or if it
does not match, listen to that man no
more; he has nothing for you. Sit at
the feet of him who will lead you
over the gold path, through the shad-
ows, into the sparkling brightness il
Illuminated with the radiance of the in
finite. If your business, the work of
the week, obtrudes upon you, go forth,
from what may be eloquence to 9TH
ers but which has fallen into mean
= ingless drone for you.
Go forth into the sunshine, under the
temple of the heavens and hear the
sublime melody of the birds. If the
sunlight and the harmony of the uni
verse cannot drown the clatter of the
wheels of trade, in heavens name, turn
the searchlight of contemplation upon
the deeps of your soul to ascertain
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-03-10

n OF LONG ago we printed mil
nj ler's figures on the cost of get
ting bushel of wheat from the
country elevator to the consumers
kitchen in the form of -four. The De-
partment of Labor has been investi-
eating the same subject, and in a
general way it's more authoritative
conclusions agree pretty well with the
miller's figures.
The country elevator gets about
three cents bushel. The commits
sion man or jobber who sells to the
miller gets about cent bushel. The
miller takes the by-products for his
profit, often selling the -four itself
for less than he paid for the wheat
out of which it was made. The re-
taller makes in the neighborhood of
fifteen cents on a bushel of wheat
when he sells -four in quarter-barrel
sacks.
1t does not appear from this gov
eminent report that anybody makes
an unreasonable profit. That profits
are not unreasonable is fairly .dedu-
chile from the fact-made clear by
the report-that there is keen COM
petition all along the line. And the
report shows that because of keen
competition there are two or three
country elevators where one would be
sufficient to handle the grain, and
two -four mills where one would be
sufficient to grind the wheat.
In short, keen competition prevents