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WOMEN TEMPERANCE ADVOCATES STORM CONGRESS
DELEGATES MAKE
THEIR DEMANDS
They Want Constitutional Amend
ment Providing for Nation-
Wide Prohibition.
Did Tom Heflin Steal Thunder?
Pet Phrase, It Seems Js Woman's
Mrs. W. L. Shepherd, from whom Congressman Heflin bor
rowed his “anti’' speech, if the suffragettes’ suspicions are correct.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.—Carry
ing banners Inscribed “For God, For
Country and For Home,” l,0t)0 dele
gates of the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union and the
Anti-Saloon League stormed Con
gress to-day, demanding a constitu
tional amendment providing for na
tion-wide prohibition.
Among those who marched on Con
gress were Airs. L. M. N. Stevens, of
Portland, Maine, president of the W.
C. T. U.; Miss A. A. Gordon, of Ev
anston, Ill.; Mrs. F. P. Parks, of
Evanston, Ill.; Mrs. Elizabeth Hutch
inson, of Wichita, Kans.; Airs. Mary
H. Armor, of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs.
Ella Boole, of New York.
The women also demand legislation
prohibiting moving picture producers
from showing the interior of saloons,
“because of the decadent idea of sug
gesting intoxication to the minds of
the young.” A stricter censorship of
moving pictures is also urged.
The women posed on the steps of
the Capitol for moving pictures, after
which addresses on the need of pro
hibition were made.
Texan to Introduce Bill.
The delegates packed the w'ide mar
ble steps leading to the east entrance
of the Capitol and overflowed to the
plaza below. The women were massed
at the left and the men at the right
The thermometer was hovering
around the freezing point and many
of the more elderly delegates were
forced to retire to the interior of the
Capitol to keep warm.
President Baker, oL the Anti-
* Saloon League, introduced Senator
Sheppard, of Texas, who said:
“On behalf of Representative Hob
son and myself I accept the honor oil
introducing into both houses of Con
gress a bill for nation-wide prohibi
tion as a sacred trust. I am and al
ways have been a foe of the liquor
traffic.”
Representative Hobson did not
speak on account of a cold.
Declaring that the liquor traffic in
“prohibition States” is continuing
with almost the same intensity as be
fore the legislation against it, former
Governor Patterson of Tennessee de
manded national action against the
liquor evil.
Takes Up Fight.
* Airs. Armor, the last speaker, de
clared that the W. C, T. U. “intends
to keep up the fight against saloons
until every one in the country is
wiped out of existence.”
The 2,000 shivering men and worn
en then made u rush for the nearest
lunch rooms for hot coffee.
REAL BULLETS IN PLAY.
WEST POINT, Dec. 10.—Both the
“lovers” w r ere wounded and another
barely escaped a bullet in the head
when Jack Morgan, the “villain” in
“The Northern Light,” a “meller
drammer,” used a revolver loaded
with real bullets instead of blank
cartridges during a tent show by the
C. W. Parks Dramatic Company here
last night.
And the thousand spectators
thought it was part of the play when
Miss Nellie Wood and W. P. Alon-
crief, the ‘“lovers,” fell to the stage
floor as the shots rang out. the former
with a bullet in a leg and the latter
with one in a foot.
Miss Margaret Tucker, leading
woman, was saved from being shot
by her wealth of hair. A bullet burn
ed her scalp.
The Wounding of the actors did not
become generally known unil this
morning. None of the wounds is con
sidered serious, but it will be some
time before the actors can resume
their parts. .
The shooting, it is explained, was
due to a mistake of a stage hand in
handing the “Desperate Desmond’ the
wrong gun. The shooting was at the
end of the last act. The company
is playing a week’s stand■ here.
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hard court at Bushey Park. Each play
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DECLARES HID WIFE
Lee Says He Left Because He
Was Afraid He Would Be
Poisoned.
Suffragettes, in Glee, Point to Mrs. Shepherd’s
k as Congressman’s Possible Model.
MONTGOMERY, Dec. 13— Alaba
ma suffragists want to ask a ques
tion of Congressman J. Thomas Hef
lin, fearless firebrand of anti-suf
frage. They are wondering whether
his latest attack on the women whe
want to vote, delivered last week in
Washington, was not adapted, con
sciously or unconsciously, from an in
terview given out by a mere woman,
Mrs. W. L. Shepherd, of this city.
Congressman Heflin’s valiant
speech against woman suffragists
bristled with epigrams, the most oft-
repeated of which was:
“It is better that a woman control
a voter than a vote.”
The doughty gentleman from the
Fifth Alabama District so proclaim
ed, over and over again. Right proud
he was, it seemed, of his bon mot.
Now, it happened that, a day or
two before the Alabama Congress
man added to his fame by declaration
that the ballot belonged to men and
the home and kitchen and cradle to
women, Mrs. Shepherd, a young
woman popular in Alontgomer^ so
ciety, returned home after a trip to
the East, where she was the guest of
friends in Boston, New Haven and
New York. Airs. Shepherd is some
what of a thinker herself, and talked
to newspaper men both in the course
of her trip and at home. And this is
what she said:
“It is better that a woman control
a voter than a'vote.”
In spite of the fact that Mrs. Shep
herd is opposed to the cause, suffra
gists of these parts rather welcome
her declaration, because it gives them
an opportunity to entertain the sus
picion that the oratorical gentleman
from the Fifth District, with all his
vigorous talking against their work,
has drawn something of his fire from
the despised weaker sex.
Mrs. Shepherd, the young Mont
gomery woman of the incident, spoke
of her benef in the orthodox system
of government, much along the lines
of the Congressman’s speech.
“It is the concern of every woman,
particularly every married woman,
that she be able to influence and con
trol her voter, rather than her vote,”
she said. “There is a very marked
sphere of usefulness in the home.”
$1,501,547,150 Paper
Money Made in 1913
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Direct
or Ralph, of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, in his annual report to
day announced that the work deliv
ered by the bureau during the past
year comprised United States notes,
United States bonds and national
bank notes totaling in value $1,501,-
547,150.
HE WILL SPEAK.
TOPEKA, KANS., Dec. 10.—At the an
nual banquet of the State Democratic
Club on January 5 W. J. Bryan will be
the principal speaker. . -
In celebration of the coming of the
v^hraskan a grapejuice cocktail will be
Served to each of the 2,000 men and
women who are expected tojittend.
KILLS HIMSELF.
PASSAIC, N. J.. Dec. lO.-After ask
ing directions to the top of the Great
Nothic Mountain, explaining that h«
wanted to get as near heaven as pos
sible Joseph Richter went to the sum
mit and killed himself by shooting.
Elihu Root Awarded
Nobel Peace Prize
CHRISTIANIA. NORWAY. Dec. 10.
Two Nobel peace prizes for 1912 and
1913 were to-day awarded to United
States Senator Elihu Root, of New
York, and to Senator LaFontain, of
the Belgian Parliament.
As no Nobel peace prize had been
awarded last year, there were two for
disposition this year, each worth
$40,000.
BANKER IS SHOT.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Dec. 10.—
T. B. Dawson, a wealthy banker of
Lamours, S. Dak., was not expected
to live to-day, following an attack
late last night by highwaymen. The
banker was shot and left for dead Ln
a North Side vacant lot.
GOVERNOR IS GUEST.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—Mr. and Mrs.
Otto H. Kahn had as their guests at the
American premiere of the Rosen Kava-
lier last night at the Metropolitan
Opera House Governor and Mrs. John
vr Slaton, of Georgia, and Mr. and Mrs.
Clark Howell, of Atlanta.
Sensational testimony m rked the
hearing of the petition for temporary
alimony pending the suit for divorce
brought by Mrs. Cora L. Lee against
J. J. Lee, a railroad man, in Judge
Pendleton's court Wednesday.
Lee, on the witness stand, declared
that his wife on several occasions
had pointed a revolver at him, and,
placing her finger on tho trigger,
said:
"Now, you hound, you are going
to die.”
Again, the mdn testified, Mrs. Lea
had spr ~ upon him and beat him
severely with her fists. Also that when
he caught her hands and held them
she bit him on the forearm. The w’.t-
ness displayed several deep lacera
tions in his arm to bear out his tes
timony.
“My wife continually nagged me for
money.” said Lee. “I gave her every
cent I made. She gave me 10 cents
every day for car fare, and when I
wanted > purchase clothes she would
give -me the exact amount necessary
a I no more
Forced to Clean House.
“With the money I gave her, Airs.
Lee rented and furnished a house at
No. 388 Peachtree street. The furni
ture cost ?1,800.
“Yet she never attempted to clean
it, and forced me to do so every Sun
day.
“Finally* under the constant strain
of her nagging, I broke down and was
forced to quit work. Then she be
came angry and one night came into
my room with a revolver in her hand.
“She pointed the weapon at me and
said. ‘Now. you have got to go to
work. I am tired of seeing you
around here.’
“I protested, and she then said,
‘You miserable beast, I might as well
shoot you, then.’
“I told her that T knew that when
the time came for me to die that I
couldn’t do anything to prevent it,
and for her therefore to go on and
shoot.
Hadn’t “Nerve” to Shoot.
“She said: ‘Well, I haven’t got the
nerve to shoot you, but there are
more ways than one to kill a cat.’
“At that I arose from my chair
and started to packing my suitcase.
I was going to leave. Then my wife
sprang at me like a mad woman and
sought to tear my eyes out.
“I caught her hands' and held them.
Then she bit me time and again on
my arms, until finally the pain forced
me to throw her off.
“I left my wife because 1 was
afraid that she would put poison In
my food.”
When Airs. Lee took the stand she
was almost hysteircal. She wept at
frequent intervals, and was extremely
nervous.
Mrs. Lee denied almost every state
ment her husband had made. She
declared that he had treated her
cruelly.
MEXICAN FEDERALS DESERT.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 10.—Scores of
Federal soldiers upon whom General
Huerta had relied to keep his capital
out of the hands of the Zapatistas
are deserting daily and joining the
rebels It became known to-day that
some of the most trusted men of the
Mexico City and Cuernavaca garri
sons had decamped with large quan
tities of ammunition. This was a
severe blow to the Government, whose
resources are steadily dwindling.
Desperate fighting is still going on
south of Cuernavaca. This is the
fourth day of the battle there. The
Federals under General Castro have
thus tar held their own, but have
been unable to gain any decided ad
vantage. A large rebel force led by
the bandit Neri is marching from
Puebla to aid Zapata, and if he ar
rives in time the Government army
will undoubtedly have to retire.
The action of Congress in declaring
the election of Huerta illegal is ex
pected to make no change in the sit
uation here, as he was directed to
hold office until after next year's
election in July, but intense interest
was displayed to-day by foreigners,
who anxiously inquired what action
the United States would take in view
of the latest developments.
REPRESENTATIVE BERRY DEAD.
DALTON, Dec. 10.—S. E. Berry,
Representative in the Georgia Legis
lature from Whitfield County, is dead
at his home here, following a two
weeks’ illness. His death came un
expectedly, for he appeared to bo
greatly improved. Valvular heart
trouble was the cause.
Mr. Berry was 60 years of age. Ha
is survived by his wife and six chil
dren—Mrs, M. E. Heggie, of Chatta
nooga; Mrs. Albert S. Kelly, of Bris
tol, Va.; Alarvin Berry, of Calhoun,
and Miss Alberta Berry and Gord >tt
1 and Sam E. Berry, Jr., of this city.
Funeral services will be conducted,
by the Rev W. R. Foote at the First
Methodist Church Thursday morning
at 10 o’clock.
MADE DEAF BY PIN.
IOLA, KANS., Dec. 10.—Wearing her
hair down over her ears in the pre
vailing fashion will result in Mis*
Maude Rodgers being permanently
deaf. She pierced her ear drum with
a hat pin.