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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
BRING AGITATION OUT INTO OPEN
 HE WRITES TO POU,
Considers President and Not Congress Charged With Conducting Foreign Affairs-Leaders to Con- fer This Morning

Washington. February 29.-Prcsi- dent Wilson decided today that he can not proceed with the German subma- rine negotiations while dissension in Congress weaIxens his position before the world. so he called for show down on the pending proposals to warn Americans off merchant ships of the European beIIigerents armed for de- fense.
 Making clear that he considers the President and not Congress, charged with the conduct of foreign relations of the United States. he wrote letter to Representative Pou, acting chairman of the House rules committee. asking him to provide parliamentary means for bringing tine agitation out into the open on the floor of the House for full 3 . Q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
CONFERENCE TODAY

Later he summoned Senator Stone and Representative Flood, chatrmen of the foreign affairs committees, and Senator Kern, majority leader in the Senate, for conference at the White House tomorrow morning. at which he will re- quest that one of the various pending resolutions be acted upon in both Houses.
 Administration leaders, working steadily for the last week strengthen ing their lines and counting on the sup port of the republicans. now are so sure of their position that they plan to end all agitation with a vote of confidence in the President
 The Presidents letter to Mir. Pou, the signal that the administration was ready to give Germany a demonstratioa Iof unity, follows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
{ ON ! ARM|NG VESSELS dmiralty Instructions to Merchant kippers Are
 Ea aimed

d dor Febru~ 29.--On the eve of
 aasa set by many for the begin E. of the new pbmarine campaign
 ,n.t armed n hant vessels Lord E,.rt cectl. minl of war trade, has iued a ststem giving the British M :, the statud such merchantmen. l,. statement, D is in answer tq ,Ieries whether n antmen have been atrncted to take offensive against ,abmarines says;
 s,rhs British vi has always been $at defensively ed merchantmen VI not fire on st rine or any other -.h.n except in $ efense The Ger iAns have twisted ssage m docu- NJ :. t.,ren from, nport which they
 ,sto meaning merchaht vesseli NJ instructions t1 e the offensive S(s ' not %. x. Xrs,- rassase in ion. which layn IN | maximum d as beyond which
 SN.nt ships are bed not to fire,
 eospt1.nss s' - nans) '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
Pie for Columbia

Washington, February as.-Repre- sentative Lever introduced in the House today bill appropriating sa35.- 900 for new federal building at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
LETTER TO POE

My Dear Mir. Pou: 1Dasmuch as 1 learn that MT. Henry. the chairman of tine committee on rules, is absent in Texas, take the liberty of call ing your attention, as ranking member of the committee. to a mat ter of grave concern to the country which c..n, I believe, be handled, under the rules of the House, only by that committee.
 The report that there are divided counsels in Congress in regard to the foreign policy of the govern ment is being made industrious use of in foreign capitals. I believe that report to be false, but so long as it is anywhere credited it cannot fail to do the greatest harm and expose the country to the most serious risks. therefore feel justi- fled in asking that your committee Will permit me to urge an early vote upon the resolutions with re- gard to travel on armed merchant men which have recently been so much talked about in order that there may be offered an immediate opportunity for full public discus sion and action upon them, and that all doubts and conjectures may be swept away and our foreign rela- tions once more cleared of damag- ing misunderstanding.
 1.-The matter is of so grave importanc lnd lies so clearly within the field Q initiative that venture [ rope that your committee will not thinl hat I am taking unwarranted liberty | making this suggestion as to the bushes # the House, and I very earnestly com nend it to their immediate constdera ion. Cordially and sincerely yours,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
NO CHANGE IN VERDUN BATTLE:
 FRENCH LINER-CRUISER IS SUNK
Artillery Fire Slackens in Intensity and There Have Been No Infantry At tacks Converted Cruiser La Provence Is Sunk

Paris, February 2s.-Thc artillery fire around verdun has slackened in in- tensity, says the French war office state ment tonight. No infantry attack was reported during the day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
CRUISER IS SUNK


 p. ,m9-The auxiliary French cruiser La Provence was sunk in the Mediterranean last Sunday, it was announced officially fxoday. At Malta 2s6 survivors have beer landed. The ministry of marine esti- |mates the number of survivors at S7o. Four hundred survivors were landed al Milo.
 La Provence sank in the middle Med iterranean.
 and finest of the French line vessels. Her gross tonnage was 1S, ,75s She was built at St. Nazaire in 1906, was COP feet long, 65 feet beam. and 3S feet deep She was requisitioned by the French , government at the outbreak of the war FIGHTING LESS SEVERE London. February 29.-With the les sening of the activity of the contend ing forces to the north of verdun, the French in the Woevre region east of verdun. are using their artillery to break up German preparations for fur ther advances toward the fortress. At various points the fire of the French guns has prevented the Germans from launching offensives.
 In the vosges there also has been great artillery activity by the French near Senones and Ban-De- Sapt while near Seppois the Germans have been driven out of trenches they had pre- viously taken. In the Champagne the Germans fortified works in the region of Hill 193 have been battered by the French guns and the crater of mine exploded by the Germans was occu- pied by the French.
 The Germans have added several ad- ditionaI points to their terrain in the fighting about verdun. having been enabled to construct trenches on the slopes north of the Cote -Du-Poivre and to capture an armored work northwest of Douaumont and have taken the towns of Manheu1les and Champion. 13 miles southeast of verdun.
 In this drive to the east of verdun the advance of the Germans has ex- tended over front virtually 12 miles, from Dieppe to Champion.
 HAVE TAKEN l6,00O MEN
 Berlin reports that thus far they have taken prisoner 2ss oHficers, 1s,- 675 men and large number Of guns machine guns and much war material
 There has been considerable artil- lery activity and fights in. tho air be- tween battalions of German and Brit ish aviators. along the British front ain France and Belgium
 In the Dvinsk region of Russia, the Russians have driven the Germans back and advanced their line and put down under heavy fire an attempt at q counter attack
 Tn 2 lengthy statement in reply to an official communication issued from Constantinople the Russian general staff describes the powerful defenses which guarded Rrserum and declares
 <csntiAue1 en sFsws Nfae)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
PROMPT ACTION DESIRED

This course was decided on after to- days cabinet meeting at which it was discussed, and after weeks quiet steady work at the capitol Prompt action is desired particularly in the House. where agitation has been most turbulent, and
 tContirued on Page Twelve)
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
HARD FIGHTING
ON ALL FRONTS
Neither Side Winning in Galicia and
Rumania-Fierce Battles are
Raging.
(By Associated Press. }

by Associated PreSS.)
Heavy fighting continues on the
battlefields of Galicia and along the
Rumarian frontier, without pronounce
ed gains for either side.
In Northern France the night was
quiet along the French front. Berlin
reports French and British attacks
yesterday in the Guevdecourt Les
beoufs and Courcelette sectors, north
of the Somme were repulsed.
Austro-G German forces have made
little progress in the campaign against
the Rvmanians. Berlin announces the
recapture of position southwest Of
Predeal but comedies the occupation
by the Rumanians of Rosea Heights.
Petrograd reports the advance Of
the Rumanians in jul Valley still con-
tinuing.
On the Russian front the Teutonic
armies have taken some additional
'rround from the Russians on the Ma
rayuvka River, southeast of Lemberg,
Berlin announces.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
By Associated Press.)

Birmingham, Nov. 4.-Sixty or
more men We're entombed in the Bessie
Mines of the Sloss Sheffield Steel and
Iron Co., today as a result of an ex-
plosion. More than half of the men
are said to be white.
Officials believe the blast was caused
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04

was 100000 bales in excess of pro-
duction, which wiped out all Of the
surplus created by the big American
crop if 1914.
The increased consumption has been
logically the cause of the increased
supply. Production tends to expand in
proportion to expanding demand.
The increase in wealth and the re-
sulting advance in the standards Of
living have caused steady and rapid
increase in the demand for cotton. The
desire for clothes, and more and bet.
ter clothes, among men and women,
and particularly among women, has
grown from year to year and from
century to century since the Biblical
time when Eve first arrayed herself in
fig leaves, and, as yet, there appears
to be no reaction. New uses have been
found for cotton from year to year in
the various arts and industries.
The production of silk, wool, fax
and other fbres has not been suscep-
tible of the expansion that has been
possible in cotton production. As an
instance, in the case Of wool, the pro-
duction in the United States has de-
clined steadily from 328,000,0O0
pounds in 1909 to 2SS,000,000 pounds
in 1915.
While, for long time after the
Civil War, the increase in cotton pro-
duction in the South promised to keep
pace with the worlds consumption, in
recent years, the steady, persistent
spread of the boil weevil from Texas
to Georgia has presented serious
menace to the ability of the cotton
states to produce supply adequate
to the worlds needs.
If we 90 back twelve years to the
crop of 1903-19O4, we find that twas
13,420,000 bales and worlds consump-
tion was. 1851 900 bales, while this
years the estimate is for a crop Of
12,500,0O0 bales with q worlds con.
sumption Of 2O,000,O00 bales.
The main cause Of the decrease Il
the boil weevil. This year from Texas
to Georgia Il has laid heavy toll upon
cotton production.
With its increase in popnlgtiea "a
vast acreage suitsbl ssd s1hln Sv
tceasiaasA = ~ ".
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
SHIPS COLLIDE;
BOTH GO DOWN
One Survivor from Both Ships COL
lision in Irish ChannelE3o0
Lives Lost ss
(By Associated Press

London, Nov. 4.-The London and
Northwestern Railways steamship,
Connemara, with passengers, collided
with the steamship Retriever, in the
Irish Channel last night and both ves-
sells went down. So far a. is known
there is only one survivor from both
ships. Railway officials are unable to
state whether any Americans were on
board the vessels. They seldom carry
saloon passengers.
One dispatch says it is feared that
300 people have lost their lives.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04

ducing section during the next few
years.
While it may appear somewhat it,
logical in the premises, l shall first
call attention to the increase in con-
sumption, for the reason that the
greater relative increase in consump-
tion as compared with production is
the basis of the conclusions I shall
reach and involves the whole point of
my address.
Thitry-one years ago the total
worlds consumption of cotton was T.
444,00O bales, of which the entire Un-
tied States consumed 1,527O00 bales
and Southern mills 241, 900 bales.
Eleven years ago the worlds con-
sumption was 15,612,00O bales, that of
the United States 4,310,OO0 bales and
of Southern mills, 2,116,OO0 bales.
The past year, the second of the
great war, the figures are: Worlds
consumption, 19,57S,O0O bales; United
States, 7,111,O00 bales, and Southern
mills, 1871 900 bales.
These statistics are taken from the
"Financial Chronicle"
The striking fact of the figures pre-
sented is the great increase in con-
sumption in the United States and
particularly in the Southern States.
The consumption in the United
States the past year almost equaled
the worlds consumption thirty-one
years ago, while Southern consump-
tion exceeded Northern by 100000
bales, and nearly equaled the entire
consumption of the United States
eleven years ago.
Southern consumption this year will
exceed the entire production of Geor-
gia and the Carolinas combined, and
the United States will consume an
amount Of cotton equal to the esti-
mated production of the entire cotton
belt with the exception of Texas and
Oklahoma. In other words, there will
be left for foreign spinners an amount
equal only to the production of Texas
and Oklahoma plus whatever they may
have on hand or be able to obtain from
supplies left over from previous
crops.
TIA wcslda osaaunptlaa ,ast ysas
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04

in the future asphalt, brick, macadam,
and what-not, and l can see the chill
dren saying Woodrow Wilson institut-
ed that. l can see that they have the
Federal Reserve Bank system; get
ting away from fixed indebtedness
and contraction, adapting itself to
contracting business, and it now auto
matically expands to and automatical-
ly contracts with the depressions. You
haven't known you moved a cotton
crop this year or last. It is the first
time you have had it moved that you
did not notice a contraction Of the cur
rency. / can see the farmer boys put
up houses, barns, tile drainage on the
money they borrowed on forty years
time, with the amortization of inter-
est, so that.they could pay it up prin-
cipal and interest with half payments
that would not amount to interest
now.
l am not going to keep you here to
tell you the various things that Mr..
Wilson has done. might dwell on q
whole lot Of things along the lines Of
constructive legislation adopted to
modern Industrial relations, but, I pre-
fer to say just few words about the
man, and then sit down. It is not
what he has done and what he has
been after all that makes you love and
respect him. It is the man you re-
spect. first became acquainted with
him along yonder in ninety or ninety
two, not personally, but through . lit
tie book he had written. When he
was running for Governor of New
Jersey wrote to him and tod him, Of
course, he could not carry New Jersey,
and he wired me, "See the impossible
has happened" then suggested that
the Democrat who would carry New
Jersey for Governor would make q
good man for a Democratic candidate
for President But he is q bit too
puritanical for q man Of my temper
ament. (Applause.)
I'll is good TO be good, but still TO be !
too, good don't hurt you. Clean brow,
clear eye, heavy and Arm Jaw. ,diplo-
matte aims fair and in the end gets
what he wants. No one I know
that 70 use IN Old Latin phrase,
''suavie IN mora. vAiidus Ii Saetus, y \
(suAss h maaata. tQ1ae 81 w dssd),
Or In fact than Weed pdl1w Wilson does.
And Ne has ! kindly Sshss u kAumos,
lcsaainaad ~ ~ ySsl \
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
WEEVn DAMAGE
QUARTER BILLION
Estimate of President of National Gin.
ners' Association-TwO Million
Bales.
(By Associated Press. J

New York, Nov. 4.-Approximately
100000 bales of cotton valued at
about 5000, ,0o0, 900 have been destroy
ed by the boil weevil, according to
President Taylor of the National Gin
ners' Association today.
Seventy-nine per cent of the cotton
belt is infested by the insect this sea-
son, he said. Alabama, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas and
Oklahoma are the most seriously af.
fected.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04

10000 arclights in this city will flash
the result Of Tuesdays election to the
citizens of all sections. As sosn os
the result is definitely known, If Will
son is reelected the current will be
turned on and off five times in sue
cession. Four flashes signify Hughes
is the winner and if the result is in
doubt at midnight three flashes will
be sent.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
RICH PRIZES FOR HORSE SHOW,

New York, Nov. 4.-(By Union As
ISOLATED Press.)-At the National
Horse Show which opens at Madison
Square Garden today premiums will
b. offered amounting 70 $4,000, ac-
ccrdins 70 the announcement ot the
\ tpqalasa
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
MILWAUKEE, TO HOLD AUTO
PARADE.

Milwaukee, Nov. 4.-(By Union Ar
sociated Press.)-A monster automo.
bile parade will be held in this city to-
night in the interest Of Republican
presidential nominee Charles Evans
Hughes.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
EXPLOSION OF GAS IN ALABAMA
MINE ENTOMBS SIXTY WORKERS
Over Half of Men Buried Said to Be White Rel
atives Fight at Scene of Accident and Make
Relief Work Difficult.

by gas. The entire force Of state
mine rescuers are at work in efforts
to reach the men.
Following the explosion frantic
relatives of the entombed men gather
ed at the opening and the scene was
one mass Of excited men, women and
children who made it difficult for the
rescuers to perform their work.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
NO EFFECT ON WAR.
(By Associated Press }

Vienna, Nov. 4.-The Austro- Hun.
garian press, which a week ago paid
no attention to the American presiden.
tial campaign has discussed the sub.
ject in the last few days as thoroughly
as fragmentary reports reaching vi.
emma will permit. Generally the pa.
pers express the opinion that the re-
suit Of the election will have no influ-
ence upon the war.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04

COTTON, GRAIN
AND PROVISIONS
Small Increase in Values at New York
and New Orleans Spots Un-
changed.

A. small Increase was recorded in
the values Of cotton futures at New
York and New Orleans at the close
today. New York was up eight to II
points. New Orleans was up seven to
nine points. Spots were unchanged.
Sales 243 bales.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
FIGHT WITH SUBMARINE,
Bv Associated Press.)

Toulon, Nov. 4.--The French liner
Doukkala reports that attack upon it
by a submarine which she beat off af-
teer a fight Of three-quarters Of an.
hour. at a range Of 5000 yards.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
MUCH INTEREST
IN THE ELECTION
Both Big Parties Confident of Victory
Close Speaking Campaign
Today.
(By Associated Press. \

New York, Nov. 4.-Charles Hughes
finishes his presidential campaign here
today in a whirlwind fashion. The
program calls for five speeches in ad-
dition to the rally tonight at Madison
Square Garden.
Republican campaign managers
made elaborate preparations for the
Madison Square Garden speech and
the meeting preceding it.
President Wilson, at Long Branch,
made his last speech Of the campaign
before an audience from his home
state. Every Democratic county or
ganization in New Jersey sent dele
gates.
]. Frank Hanly,. Prohibition candi-
date, will reach Indianapolis tonight
after day Of speech-making through
Indiana.
The Socialist candidate, Allan Ben
son, is today in Kansas City, Mo.
4
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Saturday.

Forecast for Saturday.
Mississippi and Alabama-Fair;
moderate temperatures.
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas
Generally fair.
Oklahoma Generally far, some.
what cooler.
Rest Of Southern States-Fair.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
BIG BATTLE RAGING.
(Rv Associatcd prasa

Petrograd, Nov. A stubborn hat
tie is raging near Michishou and PIP
nicadolno, Volhynia, the war office ~.
nounced today.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04

PARKER PREDICTS OUTCOME.
BY Associated Press.)
Long Branch, Nov. 4.-President
Wilson was assured today by John M.
Parker that evidence of a landslide
are appearing"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04

ARCHLIGHTS FLASH RESULTS.
(By Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Nov. 4.-More than
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
EARTH TREMOR AT BIRNlING
HAM, ALABAMA.
Distinct Shock Felt There This Morn.
ing Says Weather Bureau.
(Bv Associated Presa.)

Birmingham, Nov. A distinct
earth tremor was felt here at 6:15
o'clock this morning, the local wealth
er bureau announced today.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-04
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.

New York Spots unchanged.
New Orleans Spots 1925.
Sales 243.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-28
GIRL HURT WHEN WAGON
HITS PICNICKERS' BUS
Six-Year-Old West Philadelphia
Child Seriously Injured-100
Riddles in Panic

One little girl was seriously injured and
hundred other children thrown into
panic when an autobus, in which they were
being conveyed to Fairmount Park for the
annual outing of the Richardson Memorial
Church, Goth street and Baltimore avenue,
was struck by a coal wagon at 5Sth and
Market streets this morning.
The injured child is Lillian G. Allen.
years old, Of 104 South SD street She
Received fractured right arm and con-
tusions OF the body. when the shaft of the
coal wagon smashed through the body Of
the bus and jammed her against seat
She was taken to the Office of DR. William
2, Griggs, at 55s North 5sth street by
Sergeant McMullen, of the Glst and Thomp-
lon streets police station, and later sent to
the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hos
pital
Jacob Rappaport. of 94S North Marshall
street, driver Of the coal wagon, who was
placed under arrest. said he tried his best
% stop his team before they struck the
bus. He was driving west on Market street
and the bus one of three, crowded with
about 800 children, was going north on 5sth
Street Rappaport permitted two busses to
pass and then believing there were no more,
started his team.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-28
AGED SPTVSTER DIES;
FRIEND MAY FOLLOW
Ill Woman, Learning Of Others
Death, Hopes to Enter
Eternity

1nseparable through life two spinsters.
both past 20 years old, may enter eternity
almost together One, Miss Margaret Nc
1aughlIn. II years old, is dead; the other,
Miss Mary Allen. several months younger,
is said to be dying. Informed today that
her friend Of a lifetime had gone, Miss
Allen, in the Presbyterian Hospital, cried
out that death would now be most welcome
TO her.
The spInsters lived for years at 50th and
ogden streets. but two years ago they took
up their residence at the home of Mrs.
Alvin Culver, Of ISL North Preston street.
Last Thursday. Miss Allen suffered nervous
prostratIon. Miss Mclaughlin helped to re-
move her to the hospital and, to be near
her friend, went to live with relatives at
35th and Powelton avenue. She became III
Monday and was taken to the hospital her
room being near that OF Miss Allen She
died yesterday morning.
Today nurse broke the news to Miss
Allen,
Let me die now. too" she cried.
Miss Mclaughlin has a brother In the
Masonic Home, Broad and Tioga streets