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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
NOTHING HEARDOF
 THE MAROWDNE

New Orleans, August 19.-Nothing had been heard tonight from the Amer ican steamship Marowijne. overdue here since Monday from Belize, Brit ish Honduras, and it was officially stated that the United Fruit company, owners and operators of the vessel. today appealed to the navy department for assistance in searching for the steamer The Marowijne left Belize at t6 o'clock Friday morning and should have arrived here at o'clock Mon day night. Thirty-five passengers and a crew variously estimated at from 25 to 40 were aboard the vessel when it left Belize. The passenger lists of the Incoming steamers of the line never are available until the vessels reach port, but it was announced tonight that the company had cabled it's agents at Belize to forward the Marowijne's list here. It was expected tonight 1t would be available tomorrow. Among the passengers known to have been on the Marowijne were Edward N Tobey, the scientist; the Rev. John c. Cooney, both of St. Louis and Arturo Belgrano a prominent member of the Argentine diplomatic corps.
 The British steamer Wyvisbrook, ar irving here tonight from Urogreso, reported that it picked up a wireless message Wednesday from an unknown vessel and at first 1t was believed that 1t might have been the Marowijne. Of ficials of the steamship 1ine however, declare that if the Marowijpe Is afloat with it's radio apparatus undamaged the vessel already would have re- ported.
 In marine circles here the belief is growing. that the steamer foundered in the hurricane which passed through cne Yucatan channel Saturday, the Marowijne at that time. according to ner schedule having been in the vi- entity. Others hold to the belief that the steamer was disabled and drifted toward the Mexican coast, while the theory Is also held that she might have been wrecked on the southern coast of Cuba.
 All vessels in the gulf have been re- quested by wireless to make an effort to get in touch with the missing steam CT while the United Fruit company steamships have been ordered to search the coast adjacent to the Yucatan channel. The companys powerful radio station at Cape San Antonio, Cuba, has not been heard from since Monday and efforts now are being made to reach the second relay sation at Swan Island, 275 miles south of Cape An tonic, in the hope that the steamer has been sighted there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20

It Is the reserve force of votes, you know, that will be big factor Sep tomber 20, the closing date, and candi- dates should certainly not poll all their votes as fast they receive them. for by so doing they only give their hand away If you do not hold some of your votes back your competitor can see just where you stand and at the finish will come in with just enough to beat you. If you hold good share of your votes III reserve no one can do this as they Will not know how many votes it takes to win and will not take chances on spending money for subscriptions for nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
YOU WILL FIND II EASY ID WIN CAMPAIGN PRIZE Leaders in Movie Contest Are Changing Each
 Day KEEP SOME VOTES
 UP YOUR SLEEVE If You Are Not In, Get In Before Rivals Have Big
 Lead

Who will be the fortunate winners of the parts in the Essanay motion pie ture? is a question that is being daily asked by many No one can determine this problem, there isn't one can didate who has anywhere near a "walk-over' victory for any one of the parts and every inch of the way will be determinedly contested in every dis trict.
 The campaign is fully under way now, but not enough time has elapsed for any one candidate to take a very great lead and especially when many of the candidates are putting away a rpSerya Vota
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
GERMAN WARSH|PS AGAIN MENAC|NG
 THE COAST OF RIGA

Petrograd, August 19-(via London. Au- gust 20. 1920 d. m)-German warships again are menacng Riga the big Russian Baltic port, an official communication is sued here tonight indicates. The com muncation says;
 Our warships protecting the entrance to the Gulf of Riga yesterday drew closer in, owing to the great superiority of the enemy's fleet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED
 BY HEAVY VOTING

Some candidates seem to believe that 1t will discourage others lower down on the list if they poll and publish all their votes. This, however, should not discourage anybody If one aspir- ant does get few thousand votes ahead in her district it must not be taken for granted that the race is won for the reserves are to be figured on and perhaps the very candidates who are reposing in quiet near the bot tom of the list will be the very ones To creep up unawares and carry off the parts on the motion picture and the two weeks trip. Such things have been done and many a race has been lost by overconfidence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
ELIHU ROOT HEADS
 BAR ASSOCIATION

States Senator Elihu Root of New York was elected president of the American Bar association today on recommendation of the association's general counsel. Other officers elected were: George Whitclaw, Baltimore. secretary: Frederick E. Wad- hams. Albany, treasurer; Peter W. Mel drim. Savannah. William c. Niblick. Chi cago, Selden P. Spencer. St. Louis Will liam F. Bynum. Greensboro N. C., Chapin Brown. Washington D. C.. Charles N. Potter Cheyenne. wyo., John Lowell. Boston and C. B. Smith. Topeka. mcm- bers of the executive committee.
 A resolution on the Leo N. Frank lynch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
w. H. Mahan

News of the death of W. H. Mahan. aged .6 years, who died at Randolph last Monday, has been received in Bir- minghaln. Funeral services over tho remains of the deceased were held at that place Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist church. Interment followed m Randolph cemetery. Members of the Masonic lodge officiated. The deceased Is survived by his widow and two sons. John w. of Birmingham and J. D. ot Ashby: also three daughters. Mrs. S. M Cottingham and Miss Martha of Randolph and Mrs. J. w. Rutland of Cherokee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
Deaths and Funerals
Thomas Miller Camp

Thomas Miller Camp, aged months, infant son of MT. and Mrs O. L. Camp. died at the family residence, 5007 Third avenue, north, yesterday afternoon at 3;2o o'clock. Funeral services over the remains of the deceased will be held from the residence this afternoon at o'clock. Interment will follow in For est Hill cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
MORE THAN 5O,OOO
 VOTES POLLED YESTERDAY

or these Mildred Milner district No Z, received the largest amount, pollina over 5000 votes. Elizabeth Finder. dis trfct No. 2 second polling 46OO votes Evelyn Howell third. district No. 2. Polling 39o1 votes Alma Wood Perkins fourth district No. ?. polling 2S29 votes. Jean P. Lemert district No ! is well in tine lead of her district polling 24OO votes. Others are making a good showing, though yesterday they did not poll quite up to their average
 Many have changed positions on the list Many unknown friends are send . ing in votes for their favorite candi date Other friends of favored candi- dates are calling on the phone to the motion picture department, asking how they can send in subscription and give the votes to the candidate they wish to- It's easy; send in check or postoffice money order or express com I,any money order. made to The Age Herald, Birmingham. Ala, covering the period of such. paid in advance sub scription. telling us to which candi date to credit the votes, and we will do so
 While score or sturdy noun taineers~ stood by in mortified silence. fighting to break into the scene, and take part in the rescue. Richard Tray CTS. Essanay leading man. rescued five Essanay actresses from the treacher- ous current of q river near Look ont Mountain, Tenn. while taking a scene for the two-reel film. "!ish's Spy. B written by Mary Roberts Rinehart Tine lnountaineers thought it was a real rescue" and in trying to aid nearly spoiled the picture They were finally restrained by other players on the bank. The scene depicts the distress Of five girls who. camping. are knocked Into the stream while fishing. Tray. CTS. after hard fight with the cur rent. hauled them out.
 Write. phone or call on the manager of the motion picture department Age Herald. Birmingham, and he will bs very glad to give you full particulars and help you get started. Further par ticulars are given on another page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
Mrs. c. c. Hand

Mrs. c. C. Hand. aged. 21 years died al the family residence In East Thomas yesterday afternoon at 12:s0 o'clock. The remains of the deceased will be sent to -Oneonta this afternoon at o'clock by Lige Loy for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
DON'T LET RUMORS
 INFLUENCE YOU

fou should not let rumors influence you one way or the other. If is ofter the case that a candidate will hear that such and such one has secured a few two-year subscriptions and has many thousands of votes in reserve These rumors are usually false, as no one knows how many votes you may have other than those published in the pa per and the reports are therefore start ed with the hopes that other candi- dates in the same district will become disheartened and stop their efforts. Such rumors should only be the goal to greater things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
,, .Epworth League -Conference

Asheville. N. C., August 19.-The Ep-' worth League conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opened today at Lake Junaluska. Speakers included Dr. Ed F. Cook of Nashville. Dr. S. H. Wainwright. missionary to Japan; the Rev. T. c. Chao of Soo Chow university, Japan: pr. O. E. Brown of Vanderbilt university, and others
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
Mrs. Catherine Powell

Powell aged 69 years. who died at the family residence at Boyles last night at o'clock, will be sent to Liberty by Johns tomorrow morning for inter ment The deceased is survived by two sons and several grandchildren.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
Over 100 Dead


 Houston, August 19.-More than 100 persons are known to have lost their lives in the hurricane which swept the southeastern Texas coast Monday and
 Tuesday and twice that number were reported as missing tonight. Outside of Galveston verified reports show 1O1 persons dead. The latest message from Galveston brought to Houston tonight by boat stated that the number of dead in that city had not been definitely es- tablished but it was not believed that it would exceed 20. No definite figures of the property damage, vaguely estimated in the mil lions, was available tonight. Texas City, across the bay from Gal weston, where the second division of the United States army was encamped, paid the heaviest human toll. In that city S2 persons were drowned The
 known dead at other points were: Surfeide. 19. Morgans Point, G. Wallaceville. 3. Lynchburg, 5. Port Arthur, 5. Anhuac, 5. Houston, A. Jennings Island. 8. San Leon, B. Seabrooke, Cedar Bayou, 2. Freeport. 1. Sour Lake, 1. Orange. 1. Alvin 1. San Jacinto battle-ground. | Dickinson, l. Scattered on beaches, 6. Total, 101. Missing Dredge Sam Houston. 56. Dredge San Jacinto, 50. Bolivar, said to be mostly on steam
 CT. sO Dredge San Barnardo, 27. Virginia Point. 20 Patton. 10. Hitchcock. '. Moss Bluff. 5. Dredge Houston. 50 Tug Helen Henderson, 9. Total 264 No reports have been received from a number of other small communities | in the path of the storm. | Relief for the stricken communities and plans for repairing the damage ] wrought by the hurricane were well 1 under way tonight. Drinking water.
 medical and sanitary supplies and tons | of food were being rushed to the Gal
 weston bay>districts as fast as the re- | nabilitated train service could handle | them, tugs and other relief craft were | searching for refugees or aiding
 stranded vessels and in Galveston. l Texas City. Houston and other towns l the task of clearing away debris was
 being. undertaken. l Governor Ferguson and other state officials arrived here today to direct
 relief measures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
Fleet Is Ready

Taranto. Italy, August 19.-(Vin Paris, August 20, 1910 a. m.)--A strong squadron of fast cruisers is being held in read- ness to steam from here at a moments notice. It is expected that the warships will be sent against Turkey if that coun- try declines to satisfy Italy's demands for the release of Italian subjects held in the Ottoman empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
Mrs. Alma c. Lewis

The remains of Mrs. Alma c. Lewis, aged SS years. who died at the family residence. 162 Davies street. Wood lawn, yesterday afternoon at 2:31 o'clock, will be sent to Atlanta this morning by Johns for interment. The deceased is survived by her husband and three small children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20

less spirit is curbed. larger mob will claim a hundred lives on some other pre- text This spirit must be crushed with relentless determination.
 Therefore we call upon the governor and all officers of the law to use tho power of the state to bring the guilty parties to justice.
 Resolved. further. That We call upon all true and brave Georgians to lift thei: voices in denunciation of this foul crime and its perpetrators. Let every man show that he is one the side of law and order giving no courtenance to trucking dem- agogues who pander to the mob. and let every man who Is man stand ready to support and actively aid the officers of the law in stamping out the mob spirit wherever it Is found.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
To Aid in Investigati ton

New York. August 19.-Prominent Christians and Jews met here today to discuss plans for aiding Georgia tc apprehend the men who lynched Leo NJ Frank.
 Isadore M Levy. member of the board of educa tion who is interested In the movement, said temporary or ganization had been effected and with In a few days strong appeal prob ably would be made to Governor liar ris.
 Dr. Cyrus Adler. chairman of the American Jewish committed. said he declined to work with the committee ind did not believe his committee would aid in the matter. He said he thought the hunt for Franks slayers was matter for Georgia authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
PROVIDING FOR TEN
 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IS FAVORED BY THE COMMITTEE
Fourth District Will Include Montgomery Chambers coun ties and Either Congressman Dent or Heflin Would Be Eliminated if Bill Becomes Law-Jefferson
 County to Compose Seventh District
By l.. s. DEITY

Montgomery, August 1s.-(Special) Ten congressional districts for Ala Jama, with Jefferson county compos- ing the Seventh district, was today recommended to the legislature by the senate committee on privileges and elections by the introduction of the rsdistrcting bill.
 The bil1 proposes many changes in tine matter of grouping the various counties of the state into congressional districts. One of the most significant changes proposed Is in the Fourth dis trict. which includes the counties of Montgomery and Chambers.
 Should the bill become a law, as it now stands, Congressman S. Hugh Dent of Montgomery county and Congress- man J. Thomas Heflin of Chambers will have their residence in the same district, a circumstance which would prevent one of the two from being re- turned to Congress.
 In making this change in the Fourth district, Montgomery county was taken from the Second district and Chambers was withdrawn from the Fifth.
 The First district. under the pro- posed law, remains the same, and the only changes made in the Second dis trict consist in the withdrawal of Mont somery and Pike counties and in the addition of Lowndes county, which has heretofore been in the Fifth district.
 Few Changes in Third
 The Third district composes practi- cally all the counties it originally con tained. Lowndes and Pike. counties are added and Bullock is withdrawn and placed In the Fourth district. composed of Montgomery, Chambers, Lee, Macon and Bullock.
 The old Fourth district. however, is entirely changed by the proposed bill This district formerly consisted of Cal houn. Chiffon, Cleburne, Dallas, Shelby and Talladega counties. These coun- tles are entirely changed about In the bill
 Chiffon and Dallas are placed in the Fifth district, which includes, besides Autauga, Bibb. Greene, Hale and Per ry, Calhoun Cleburne and Talladega are placed in the Eighth district and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
Army Prepared

Brindisi. Italy, August 19.-(Via Paris. August 20, 20 a. m)-Five army corps concentrated al Apulia have been ordered to be prepared to leave for an unnamed destiration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20

ing, presented by Stephen s. Gregory of Illinois, was adopted unanimously. It pronounced the lynching "a wilful and deliberate murder by mob violence. con ceived and accomplished in spirit of savage and remorseless cruelty, unworthy of our age and time''
 It expressed the hope of the associa- tion that the authorities speedily would punish the guilty parties.
 The question of admitting wcmen to membership in the association went over to the 1916 convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
Stop Sale of Pictures

Chattanooga, August 19.-(Spccial.) 1.-Two well dressed young white men who re- fused to divuEe their identity were placed on an outgoing train by the police to- day after they had attempted to sell pie lures of the hanging of Leo Frank on the streets here. They stated that they lived in Atlanta. Sale and circulation of pie lures pertaining to the hanging have been summarily stopped here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
HARRIS TELLS HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR MOB TO LYNCH FRANK
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Heard of Attack

first month of Franks confinement had passed
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Shelby is removed to the Ninth dis trfct
 Only few changes are made in the sixth district Winston and Franklin counties being added and Greene and Hale being removed.
 The Seventh district is completely changed. Jefferson county alone com posing this district under the new bill
 The new bill also entirely changes the Eighth district. the new district consisting of eight counties, all of which have been removed from other districts.
 The Ninth and Tenth districts are made up largely of counties taken from the present Eighth and Ninth dis tricts.
 Proposed Changes
 Following is the proposed plan for redistricting the state:
 The First Congressional district shall consist of the counties of Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo. Mobile, Monroe and Washington.
 The Second congressional district shall consist of the counties of Bald win Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Gov ingto Escambia, Lowndes and Wilcox.
 The Third congressional district shall consist of the counties of Barbour,
  Pike and Russell.
 The Fourth congressional district shall consist of the counties of Bull lock. Chambers, Lee, Macon and Mont gomery.
 The Fifth congressional district shall consist of the counties of Autauga, Bibb, Chiffon. Dallas, Greene, Hale and Perry.
 The Sixth congressional district shall consist of the counties of Fayette, Franklin. Lamar. Marion, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Win ston
 The Seventh congressional district shall consist of the county of Jeffer- son.
 The Eighth congressional district shall consist of the counties of Cal houn. Clay. Cleburne, Coosa. Elmore Randolph, Tallapoosa and Talladega.
 The ninth congressional district shall consist of the counties of Blount Cherokee.l Cullman, DeKalb. Etowah, Marshall, Shelby and St Clair. The Tenth congressional district shall consist of the counties of Col bert, Jackson, Lawrence. Lauderdale Limestone, Madison and Morgan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20

1918, under sentence of five years or less. This bill is simple duplicate of the Carmichael substitute which passed the house this morning and may be of service, MT. Davis thinks, in the event the Carmichael substitute meets troubled waters or actual destruction.
 HIS fourth bill would of itself break up the lease system. It would prevent the working in tho mines of any con- Vlct who has not had an experience in the mines of three years. MT Davis holds that the majority of mine dlsas- ters result from the carelessness of miners who know not how to protect themselves or others working with them under ground. If this bill should become law, the lease system would be broken up, it is pointed out, because thereafter no convict save a practical miner who had committed crime and been sentenced, could be permitted 10 enter the doors of a mine.
 It is anticipated that these bills will precipitate violent controversy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20

a special trip to buy. The most popular model of the summer, a Linen Pump with white soles and white Louis Cuban heel, small tongue effect is included in this sale. A fairly good size assort- nonnt tshoes, Main Floor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
Uree Thoroueh Inyestieation

Atlanta, August 19.-The board of direc-
 tors of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
 today unanimously adopted resolutions
 urging the governor and other state off,
 and convict the men who lynched Leo
 M. Frank. The resolutions. which refer to the mob a s g secret oath-bound or ganza ton" follow:
 Whereas. on Monday night August Is, an armed mob, after overpowering the
 warden, superintendent and guards. took from the state penitentiary at Milledge- ! vile. Leo M. Frank. prisoner serving life sentence. and hanged him to a tree ir Cobb county. near Marietta, and left him there dead, therefore be it
 Resolved. by the directors of the At lanta Chamber of Commerce, That by this crime and it's fragrant defiance of officers of the law, the state has been disgraced
 it's sovereignty insulted and grievous reproach cast upon our civilization. It is no longer a question of the guilt or inno
 cence of the prisoner, of the right or wrong of the executive clemency, or of the life of one man. The question now is shall we have state government in fact,
 as well in name. or shall we be ruled by an organized mob which scorns state authority. overpowers it's officers and ex- ecutes with bloody hands the decree of death agreed upon in midnight meetings , of secret oath bound organization 'The lava biding people of Georgia, who l constitute the great mass of it's citizen i, ship, will not be silent or indifferent wheh | confronted by an issue like this. What we are dealing with is anarchy In it's most l dangerous form. ' 'sIf 1t continues no mans life will be
 safe. Today the mob claims one Victim
 for one cause; tomorrow. unless tle law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20

rain after their houses had become un- safe. A young son of Henry Heilman, near Alvin, died from this exposure Freight cars lie on their sides along rail- road rights of way in these flats and many miles of telegraph poles lean at nearly 45 degrees, showing the force of the wind
 Harris county, in which Houston is sit uated, has provided large quantities oe disinfectants to use about bodies of do nestle animals which perished by tho hundreds along the edges of the mainland and the bays.
 Between Galveston and Houston many people were out in small boats today searching for bodies of relatives believed drowned along the shore west of Calves ton bay and the ship channel. Two such parties including women. were seen near Morsan's Point today It is reported that five persons were lost at that point
 Gen. J. Franklin Bell of the Second division at Texas City has asked contri- button of clothing for soldiers of his command and particularly for their faml. lies. At meeting of Houston business men today resolutions were adopted to offer a camp site for the Second division at some point near Houston.