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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-19
800 Houses Crushed

Galveston, August 1S.-(By courier to Houston and railway wire to Dallas.) storm swept and battered, with a loss of only 14 lives, Galveston, fortified ny its enormous sea wall, today emerged victorious from one of the most severe storms known in the his tory of the Gulf of Mexico. However about 500 houses have been crushed and the island Is covered with debris. Four of the dead are United States soldiers and 10 civilians
 The IA persons lost their lives in an attempt to reach the Fremont hotel during the height of the storm. Sev- eral thousand persons were quartered in that hotel
 One thousand feet of the sea wall Ina s been washed out, one breach of 25 feet being directly in front of the Galvez hotel. It was through this break that most of the residence section of the city was flooded
 Three fires ragged Monday night and the fire loss has been great.
 Three bathhouses and 400 residences on the bay front were crushed and the Nreckage is floating in the bay. The water made clean sweep along the boulevard.
 The storm reached its height at o'clock Tuesday morning, when its velocity was 92 miles.
 The greatest need here today is water
 Martial law has been declared The mayor today issued a statement that out side aid will not be needed.
 Five Drowned at Port Arthur 60
 Port Arthur, Tex, August 1S.-Port Arthur.s death list late today was in- creased to five by the drowning of an unk known negro So far as known to- night, only one person is missing. if having been reported that a white man named Murphy was unaccounted for.
 Two serious fires occurred here to- day. entalling a loss of about s25. GOO It was believed the fire originated in "a warehouse where a a large number of barrels of unslacked lime were stored.
 Property loss here is estimated at s5e0,000. Looting of homes vacated by owners as a result of high water has been common and martial law may be declared to check it.
 Three thousand loaves of bread were distributed here today
 One man was unaccOunted for at caplen, He remained in the hotel there and the building was destroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-19
STANDING OF CANDIDATES The Ase-Herald Motion Picture Campaign
 A. P. M WEDNESDAY

Names candidates in the of Herald after this hour will
 young cache distrcp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-19

Today only we offer the celebrated Clarendon Bed Spreads. which l never sell for less than i on ,1.50, special for leAO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-19
Galveston Weathers Hurricane

"Galveston, Tex. August 1S.-Galveston has successfully passed through a West Indian hurricane that blew continuously for IS hours The government weather gauge registered the maximum velocity of the wind at 90 miles an hour. The
Evening star., 1915-12-09
MORTALLY WOUNDED GIRL
TELLS OF SUICIDE PACT
Miss Sterling Waited Two Hours
While Reese Went for An
other Revolver.

CRISFIELD. Nd. December 9.-A note
left by Clifford Reese. the married
man who Tuesday shot Miss Hilda
Sterling and then killed himself, dis
closed that the couple had entered into
la suicide pact. This has been cor
Iroborated by Miss Sterling in remark
able statement she has made to the
authorities.
According to the girls story she and
Reese met by Encouragement Monday
evening and went to an isolated spot
in the woods near here, resolved to die
together. She told of their taking six
grains of morphine each, which failed
of the desired effect, and Reese's re-
turn to Crisfeld Tuesday morning Tor
another pistol after the one he brought
with him failed to explode its charges.
Upon his return they discussed their
troubles anew, she said. but without
changing their resolution to die.
The shooting occurred about O'CLOCK
Tuesday morning, Miss Holton added,
and when She ,regained consciousness
she saw Reese's lifeless body lying by
her side. After covering it with her
coat and scrapins leaves around it she
dragged herself 20 the place where she
was found late in the afternoon.
Little hope is entertained Tor the girl
recovery.
Evening star., 1915-12-09
"LITTLE NAVY" MANS SON
A "BIG NAVY" ADVOCATE
Walter Hensley, Jr., Applauds Presi-
dents Speech, Urging Sea
Preparedness.

Walter Hensiey, jr., the little son of
representative Hensley of Missouri, is
an ardent big navy" advocate, even if
his father does happen to be the Sc
iected leader of the small navy ad-
herents in the House. The only ap-
plause on the floor of the House Tues
day for the paragraphs in the Presi-
dents speech outlining the naval pro-
posais came from Walter Hensley. jr.
VINO was occupying a fine position on
his fathers lap. The child clapped his
hands vigorously at the conclusion of
the reading of the Catalogue of ships. y
Walters elder brother, who was a
page in the House for a week or two
last year, distinguished himself in the
prediction period by canvassine all
ms neighbors in his home town in an
eifort to get them to vote against his
father He pursued his campaign on
the ground that he would rather STAY
IN q country town than live in Wash
ington.
Representative Hensley has other
chlldren. but in view of the fact that
they all seem bent on joining the op-
position 1t is question whether or not
he VIII ask any OF them to sit with him
on the Hoor of the House again during
the discussion of any question in which
the elder Hensley is a partisan
Evening star., 1915-12-09
EIGHT NEW CUTTERS
PROVIDED FOR IN BILL
Representative Adamson's Measure
Would Increase Fleet of Coast
Guard Service.

| Two new cruising cutters, three har-
Dor cutters and three light draft river
cutters for the coast guard service are
provided for in a bill which has been
introduced in Congress by Representa-
House committee on interstate and for
eign commerce. The bill presents the
views of the coast guard officials.
The two new cruising cutters asked
for in the bill are desigrred for use on
the Pacific coast to replace the lost
cutters Perry and Tahoma, both sunk
on Alaskan reefs. One of the harbor
cutters is designed to replace the Man
haitian in New York harbor, tugboat
that is forty-two Years old. The other
is to replace the Marley in San Fran
cisco harbor, a fortyyear-old boat
which is in a Wornout condition. The
light draft cutters are designed for
use in saving life and property on in
land waters at food times.
The recommendation to Congress for
two new vessels annually has been
made many timess by Secretaries of the
Treasury. That it has not been done,
it is pointed out, has resulted in the
depletion of the fleet of cruising and
harbor cutters, and the impossibility
TO maintain the feet in fit condition.
In ten years the construction or pur-
chase of only eleven cutters has been
authorized by Congress. OF the fleet
ten vessels are more than twenty years
old. and three of these are more than
thirty five years old. 1t is also pointed
out. as a part Of preparedness, that the
coast guard is always part of the navy
in war time and that the usefulness
demonstrated in the present European
var. They have been found essential
in submarine mine planting and in
fighting of attacks of submarines.
Evening star., 1915-12-09
BACKS PHILIPPINES BILL.
Senator Hitchcock Would Provide
More Autonomous Government.

The so-called PHILIPPINES bill, giving
the islands more autonomous form
of government, has been introduced in
the Senate by Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska, chairman of the Philippines
committee in the last Congress and the
probable chairman of the committee in
the present Congress The bill as in
troduced by him was in the same
shape as when reported to the Senate
from the Philippines committee last
session.
Senator Hitchcock also reintroduced
his bill placing an embargo on the
shipment of arms and munitions of war
from the United States to the warning
nations abroad.
Evening star., 1915-12-09
U. S. EXPORTS ARE HUGE.
$90,541,45l Worth of Goods Sent
Out During Week Ending Dec. 4.

Exports of the United States for the
week ending last Saturday were the
largest in the past five weeks, accord
ing to statistics made public at the De-
partment Of Commerce.
The figures show s90,541.451 worth of
exports for the week ending December
T., with favorable trade balance for
the thirteen principal customs districts
of the country of s5A,926,495. The
hi chest export figures for the weeks
ending November 6, 13, 20 and 81 were
those for November 30, when the coun
try exported materials worth sS7,997,-
794.
Evening star., 1915-12-09
GET AMERICA READY
TO Be SEEN, IS PLEA
Enos Mills Would Improve and
Make All National Parks
More Accessible.
DESCRIBES BEAUTIES
TO BE FOUND IN u. S.
Would Place Development of Coun-
try's Natural Show Places
Under One Head.

Get America ready to be seen" is
the slogan which will go alongside
the familiar See America first" which
came into being with the European
conflict Getting America ready is to
be urged by people who have seen and
appreciate the wonderful scenery which
can be found in the national parks of
the country, scenery unsurpassed by
any that can be found in Europe, to
see which Americans spend millions q
year. or did before the war. The only
way to get America ready. and to get
it ready means treatment of about 20
per cent of the national park areas Of
the country so that it will be accessi-
BILE to the people, is to place the de-
velopment of the national scenic beauty
spots into one service, with director
at its head 50 that q definite policy Of
Improvement can be worked out, ac-
cording to Enos Mills of Longs Peak,
Estes Park Colo, chairman of the ma
tional parks committee of the Ameri-
can Civic Federation.
There is no better person than Mr.
Mills to tell of the scenic beauties of
the west for he has lived and Travelled
among them for years, and he can well
compare them with the scenery Of the
old world.
Evening star., 1915-12-09
Value of Improvement.

"The Improvement of the national
parks and making them available for
all of the people would be an impor-
tant step in the scheme Of national
preparedness. Il would unity the peo-
pie. because it would bring the east
and west and north and south together
on even ground. The Development Of
the parks would bring better under
standing among the people. It would
eliminate the feeling now among the
eastern people that only h&rbarians
live in the west and that among the
westerners that the fasteners are
more or less eGete. There is nothing
like nature to bring that good feeling
of fellowship 10 the people q nation.
A trip through one or more Of the
national parks, meeting people from
all parts of the country would make
one feel that the other Tan Is a pretty
good fellow after ali. 1t would serve
to make more efficient people, because
il would stimulate interest in the out
doors.
There are fourteen parks now, but
there are a few other regions which
should he set aside as national park
There is the Grand Canyon Of Colo
RADIO 1t is not a national park, but is
owned by the government and was
not make il a rational park There
is Mount Whitney, Cal. adjoining the
Seauoia National Park. IL also is
owned by the government, ana should
be made a Tart of the Sequoia Park.
There is Mount Baker. wash, in the
northwesternmost part of the country.
with It's glaciers and forests and flower
meadows galore It should be ma
tional park.
Il can see every reason why the gov
ernrnent should make these areas na-
tional park reserves. but no reason why
they should not. 1t is an astounding
thing that il hasn't been done before.
Evening star., 1915-12-09
Canada Exploiting Parks.

"A few years ago, when II was sug-
gested that the national parks should
be put under one bureau and developed.
Canada took the tip and developed her
national parks. and has been exploit
ing them ever since TO the benefit of
all who have gone there. They are
taking American money. while the
parks OF the United States have been
created and seem to have been put
in the lumber room OF the government
and nothing done to develop them.
The American people have spent
from 5000, 900 900, to $500, 0,000,0 900 abroad
just on scenery. very much inferior to
that which can be found in the national
parks of the United States. Therefore
the parks Of the United States should
be developed. There must be roads
and trails, then the hotels will come
and lastly Will came the trade. because
the people are waiting to see them, for
there Is nothing richer in natural his
tory than the national parks"
Evening star., 1915-12-09
THOMPSON SETON GIVEN
NO CHANCE TO RESIGN
Held No Office in Boy Scouts, Says
National Council State
ment.

NEW YORK, December 9.-The ma
tional council of the Boy Scouts of
America. through an authorized COM
mittee. after special meeting held to
consider a statement issued by Ernest
Thompson Seton, in which he said that
he had resigned as chief scout, issued
this statement:
Mr.. Seton did not resign; he was de-
liberately dropped by the national
council of the Boy Scouts of America
on the question of Americanism. He is
not an American citizen
Objected to Handbook.
He not only resented suggestions
and requests made by many of his
friends in the scout movement that he
become an American citizen, but went
further and objected to the Boy Scout
handbook, including a chapter of pa
triotism. His term expired February,
1915. The national council, at it's an
nual meeting. did not re-elect him, be-
cause of the belief that in movement
for making men as citizens of America
there should be no doubt as to the
citizenship and patriotism of the lead
Evening star., 1915-12-09

the matter was finally closed last July
Mr.. Seton promised explicitly by letter
that he would quietly proceed with his
own work without raising any issue.
He has seen fit to violate his promise
without any notice to the executive
board or any of its officers at n time
and under conditions which make ne
cessary this statement of fact"
Evening star., 1915-12-09
Methods Suggested.

Therefore / would say get America
ready to- be seen. Provide easy means
of access to the parks, improve them
so that the people can get to them.
Under the present arran cement OF ad-
ministratfon of these national won
ders they have 20 be treated as sep
arate projects which is expensive IN
itself To get the best for the most,
a national park service should be pro-
vided with a director at its head, and
assisting him a corps OF persons quail
fed to deal with the national park de-
velopment cork.
"Thousaia iads of people visited these
parks last year. and every one came
back enthusiastic. They could not help
it, for they found wonders there
which could not be found anywhere
else But there are more wonders that
are inaccessible because the parks have
not been developed. IN addition to the
extension of the roads and trails, an I
the necessary hotels and other build :
ings to take care of the travellers, the
park employees should be trained in
their work II asked the kind Of a
tree in the park they should be able
to tell, instead of just saying. That IS
an evergreen" They should know the
birds ard animals which inhabit the
park, and be able to guide people in
telligent!y
Evening star., 1915-12-09

ers OF the movement. Any statement
that the dropping of Mr.. Seton or his
alleged resignation was due to any
thing else than this is not true
In fairness to Mr.. Seton. the office
was left vacant until he could be af-
forded a reasonable opportunity to de-
clare his intentions of becoming a
citizen of the United States. This he
refused to do.
Evening star., 1915-12-09

John l.. Beverley, young man of
Buckhannon. W Va, was convicted of
second-degree murder for killing Miss
Martha Harris. his sister-in-law. lie
killed his wife also. when he found
the women in house at Bridgeport
Evening star., 1915-12-09
Promised to Keep Quiet.

In response to Mr.. Setons attempt
to resign, he was informed that mas
much as he held no Office there was no
office from which he could resign, and
Evening star., 1915-12-09
Battle Began at Dawn.

The battle began at dawn. Villa
ordered Gen. Jose Heron Gonzalez,
chief of the Villa infantry. to charge
Campana mountain and take it before
sunset. Gonzales said his men were
tired and hungry and wanted to wait
until dark. Villa repeated the order
angrily. saying Gen. Manuel Medina
vietia and his 1000 cavalry were due to
arrive and would reinforce the infan-
try.
Gonzales charged. the reinforcements
did not arrive and Gonzales came back
with forty men. Three battalions lay
dead on the mounta n side. under Car
rama machine gun fire.
Gonzales then retreated to an orange
grove, where he was killed by a Car
rama volley
Evening star., 1915-12-09
D. c. Rifemen Meet Tomorrow.

The annual meeting of the District
of Columbia Rife Association is sched-
uled to be held at the National Guard
Evening star., 1915-12-09

Armory. Az l. street northwest. to-
morrow night. Officers for the ensuing
year will be elected.
Evening star., 1915-12-09
$500

All our Carpets are made, lined
and laid free-no charge for waste
IN cutting to match figures. This
means a saving of 15c to 25c a
yard.
Evening star., 1915-12-09
SAYS VILLA LOST 1000
IN CAMPAIGN IN SONORA
Rebel Leaders Subordinate Declares
That Number Fell in Attack
on Aqua Prieta.
Ordered Charge Despite Protest O.
Generals and Entire Brigade
Was Wiped Out.

Ell PASO. Tex, December "a de-
talled account of the campaign in So
nora of Gen. Francisco Villa in which
ne suffered serious reverses, was given
here today by an officer whose name is
withheld. but who was known to have
been with Gen. Villa until recently,
when he crossed into the United States:
The officer declared that Villa lost
1000 killed on the first day of the
battle at Aqua Prieta and at the battle
of Campana mountain, near Hermosilla,
his losses in killed were three battal-
ions
When we started from Juarez to-
ward Sonora the column was composed
OF 1000 men. with forty heavy guns
and several machine guns" the officer
said
Gen. Villa announced his intention of
attacking Aqua Prieta.
Advised Against Attack.
Gen. Alberto Carranza advised Villa
to pass Aqua Prieta, detach a small
cavalry force to draw Gen. Gales into
the open and to proceed to the vicinity
of Hermosillo. HermosilIo was defend
ed by only 5000 under Gen. Dieguez
Villa declared he was tired of being
taught by everybody and ordered the
attack on Aqua Prieta. The first day
of the attack the Villa infantry was re-
pulsed w.t.. 1000 killed and 1000
grenades exploded without greatly
damaging the Carranza forces.
Villa, with 5000 men, went to No
gales. from Nogales to Hermosillo, and
was joined by Urbalejo with 500 Yaqui
Indians.
"Dieguez. Carranza commander of
HermosIllo. had intrenched In the
heights surrounding the village of
Seris. in the southern part of Hermo-
sillo, just across the Sonora river, and
on the Campana mountain, command
ing the Hermosillo valley
villa approached from the north,
distributing his army about an unde-
Tending open place dominated from
Campana mountain on Urbaiejo's ad-
vance.
Evening star., 1915-12-09
Peter Grogan
& Sons Co.,
Sl7 to szS Seventh St.
All Prices in Plain Figures
Housekeepers!

You'll find only reliable qualitie:
in our store. and were quoting
prices that mean bargains Take the
following items Tor examples OF oil
ferings throughout our entire stock.
Open Charge Accounts With
Small Weekly or Monthly
Payments
Evening star., 1915-11-21

1t isn't erery clerk who can
start at three dollars a
week and retire ,Uhen he is
Jorty.two ,cith an immense
private fortune. But this
is ,uhdt Alfred II. Cosden
did. He saued uhat he
could and borrowed what
he couldn't, and the end ,cas
that he malked into the
presidency of one of the
largest retail drug indus
tries in the Worid. Then
he decided that business
,cas too easy, and quit.
Evening star., 1915-11-21

This man had an irresisti-
Bile feeling that he could
sell paint. 1t took some
time and trouble before he
could make other people
feel the same may, but he
wds the sort of man Who
would rather sell paint than
be President, In the end
he got to be president too
of the Sher,Vin- Williams
Company, one of the big
gest in the field. He is
Walter Fl. Cunningham,
and he used to clerk in a
store in Montreal.
Evening star., 1915-11-21

he exhibited traits that
the ordinary clerk does
not show. He found the
goods on the shelves az
ranged in a very unhandy
way, and he set out to
rearrange them. He was
an extraordinarily care
full, competent, and
methodical man in every
thing, and these methods
brought such percepti-
BILE cash results to his
department that he was
advanced to larger re-
sponsibilities.
Marshall Field had a
habit of watching tabu-
lated reports from the
different departments,
and very soon he saw
that Mr.. Shedd's de-
partments We're show
ing up bigger than some
He found out who John
Evening star., 1915-11-21

being thus established,
the bank lent him the
money he needed. With
the stock as collateral,
it considered him a good
credit risk.
When he was thirty
years old his salary with
this same firm was still
only twenty-five dollars
a week. He had not
progressed very rapidly.
But presently he saw his
great opportunity, which
he might not have seen
except for his early ini-
tiative in buying some
of the stock. He now
bought the stock of a
retiring member for
S95, 200, the bank lend
ing him what money he
needed, and again the
stock was used as col
Evening star., 1915-11-21

lie WOuiu nave d WlueF scope LOT MS
activities.
To-day Mr.. Shedd is president of the
great house of Marshall Field q Company
because he got results. A thousand
little things that other men thought of no
Importance made him getter of cash
results.
He Wouldn't Stay in a Rut
r ATHER striking is the story of S.
Frederick Taylor, who was once
bookkeeper in Chicago, like many another
young man to-day. 1t is related of him
that he had s me ideas about salesman
ship, and was anxious to get out on the
road for the tea importing house for which
he worked. The house was loath to take
him off the books, however, because he
was doing that work so well.
This seems to be the snag on which
many men are caught. Because they do
some particular thing well, they stay in
rut unless the houses for which they work
are broad enough to develop under
studies and shove the good men ahead
This is the principle on which modern
business organization perpetuates itself
and retains the services of its valuable
men. But in Mr. Taylor's case he found
himself in rutland quit.
Through a series of events, he landed
in New York, in the office of the Borden
Company, milk Dealers and here his am
bition to be salesman found oppor-
tunity in singularly large way. Milk
salesmanship in those days was wholly
undeveloped. 1t was haphazard husi-
ness, without any system. Everything
was done by guess and by chance, and
few milkmen had any idea of cost-getting
methods.
MIR. Taylor began to work out his ideas,
and he became president of the company
one of the greatest food-product cor
Evening star., 1915-11-21

Do You belong to the er-
fremeiy honest class of people
knomn as bank clerks? If
so,'you may toll along for
years on S25 a ,ceeI. and then
rake up some morning to find
you belong to fue golf clubs,
and that it takes nearly a
column in Who's Wh0"
to name the corporations of
ichich you are a director.
This is what happened to
Albert H. Wiggin.