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Wheeler County Eagle
VOLUME I.
TARIFF REVISION
ft! EXTRA SESSION
NO OTHER LEGISLATION UNTIL
DEMOCRATIC REVISION MEAS-
URES HAVE GONE THROUGH.
THE PLANS ARE OUTLINED
Wilson's Date for the Extra Session,
April 7, Pleases the Demo
cratic Leaders.
Washington.—The extra session of
congress, called by President Wilson
.to assemble April 7, will begin with
nothing but the tariff revision bills
before it. This fact was made clear
in a statement by Representative Un
derwood, chairman of the house com
mittee on ways and means. Until
tariff legislation is well under way
in the house, no general committes
will be named and no other legislative
subjects will be taken up.
The president specified no subject
for the extra session in his proclama
tion; but it is fully understood that
his message to congress at its open
ing will dwell upon the need of tariff
revision. It currency, Philippine in
dependence, Alaskan affairs, woman
suffrage or other pressing questions
are finally forced upon the attention
of congress, it will be only after the
Democratic leaders of the two houses
and the president are convinced that
the success of tariff revision is as
sured.
The date fixed for the tariff session
was accepted by congressional -lead
ers with satisfaction. Senate commit
tees are organized for work and will
take up the preliminary stages of
much genet al legislation early in April
and a general agreement exists to
keep general subjects out of active
discussion —hile tariff legislation is
under way.
House leaders will be ready to go
ahead with tariff revision as soon as
the session convenes.
"The date fixed by President Wilson
is satisfactory to us," said Represen
tative Underwood. “The tariff legis
lation will be ready for presentation
to the house by that time and > we
should be at work upon it in the
house within three or four days after
the hoOse convenes.”
M COMBS FOR AMBASSADOR
Will Go to Paris, But Retain Chair
manship of National Committee.
Washington—The nomination of
Chairman William F. McCombs of the
Democratic national committee to be
ambassador to France was prepared
at the white house, and as it was
about to be transmitted to the sen
ate it was withheld at Mr. McCombs'
request. Mr. McCombs has decided
to accept the post, and It is said the
delay does not mean a change in his
intentions.
It was said Mr. McCombs was mak
ing such rapid progress with the or
ganization of the Democratic national
committee that he probably would be
in a position to go abroad within a
month. It is not at al) im
probable that Mr. McCombs will re
tain chairmanship of the Democratic
national committee and he may return
before the next presidential campaign
to take up active political work.
Texas Leads in Crop Producing.
Washington.—lllinois again has
yielded to Texas the honor of being
premier crop-producing state of the
Union, lowa holds her position as
third, while Ohio has lost to Missouri
the honor of fourth place, the depart
ment of agricutlure announced. Dur
ing 1912, Texas produced sM7,l6o,ofiu
in the twelve crops reported quanti
tatively by the government — corn,
wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat, flax
seed, rice, potatoes, hay, tobacco and
lint cotton. The enormous cotton
crop easily gave Texas a big lead
over the second largest crop-producing
state. Illinois, whose aggregate produc
tion was valued at $289,326,10wa's
crop value aggiegated $284,39^.000 ;
Missouri's $196,968,000, and Ohio's
$190,718,000. In the second five the
stales ranked: Kansas, $182,363,000;
Pennsylvania, $176,250,000; Minneso
ta. $160,615,000; Georgia, $159.762,000,
and North Dakota, $155,110,000.
CHARLES F. MURPHY
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Mr. Murphy, leader of Tammany
hall, la said to have fallen out with
Governor Sulzer and war to the knife
Ie predicted
STORM W THE SOUTH
TOLL OF DEATH GROWS IN SEC-
TIONS STRICKEN BY DISAS
TROUS STORM.
Greatest Damage Is Reported From
Gordon County. Near Calhoun,
Georgia,
Atlanta. —Reports are that more
than ninety people were killed, scores
severely injured and great property
loss sustained In the disastrous elec
trical tornado which swept parts of
Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Louis
iana, Mississippi and Texas. Eighty
odd deaths have been reported and
the total loss of life probably will be
increased when- wire communication
is restored in remote sections devas
lated by the cyclone. The damage to
property cannot be estimated, but
probably will have to be computed in
millions.
Twenty-nine persons are reported
to have perished in Georgia and dam
age to property is jroughly estimated
at $1,000,000. Calhoun, Gordon coun
ty, Georgia, and vicinity bore the
brunt, of the storm in this state,
where eleven persons are reported to
have' been killed. The other fatali
ties in eGorgia were nine at Tucker,
four at Eaglesville, three at Clark
ston and two at Columbus.
Reports from Tennessee have in
creased the death toll In that state to
twenty-three persons. Six perished
in Middleton, four at South Berlin,
three at Huron, two each at Culleoka
and I^exlngton and one each at Lees
burg, Rally Hill and Bryant Station.
The loss of life in Alabama is esti
mated at thirteen, although several
persons are reported missing. Five
negroes were killed near New Deca
tur, three persons perished at Caller,
and two each at Hokes Bluff and
Gayesville and Duke. One death has
been reported in Texas.
Three Killed in Louisiana Town.
New Orleans. —According to the
reports reaching here three persons
were killed in a cyclone which struck
Many, La. Several were reported in
jured. Thomas Goodman and his
baby were killed when their home was
blown away. One child of Bud Man
asco was killed and several members
of the family Injured when their home
was demolished. A high wind which
struck New Orleans about noon caus
ed much small property damage and a
boy was struck by falling glass. The
boy Injured was Paul Taranek. He
was crossing a street when a pane
of glass from the window of a ten
story building fell on him. Ue was
badiy- cut.
Carpenter Killed When Tower Falls
Ix>uisville. Ky.—Two carpenters J.
J. Walton and Everett Thomas, were
killed when a high wind blew down a
construction tower at the Louisville
railway company's shops here. The
men were at work on the structure,
when the crash came, and were buried
tinder the debris. 1
ALAMO, GEORGIA, IBIDAY, MARCH 21, 11)13.
RAIL VALUATION
A GIGANTIC TASK
NO GOVERNMENT HAS EVER ES-
SAYED A TASK OF GREAT
ER MAGNITUDE.
TREMENDOUS UNDERTAKING
Bill Requires Commerce Commission
to Ascertain Physical Value
of Every Railroad.
Washington.—The interstate com
merce commission is shortly to enter
upon the biggest piece of work it has
ever undertaken.
No governmental agency in this
or any other country has ever essayed
a task of greater magnitude. The
work of a trfrift commission is a
schoolboy’s problem b- comparison.
This stupendous task is nothing
more nor less than to make a com
piete valuation of all he public util
ity property of the limited States,
which comes under the jurisdiction of
the interstate commerce commission,
as provided for -in the bill of Repre
sentative Adamson of Georgia.
The Adamson bill passed the house
early in the last session it was sent
over to the senate, where a number
of experts of wide experience were
consulted as to the practical difficul
ties to be overcome in the work which
this measure outlined. After making
verbal changes suggested by their ex
perience in similar lines of work, Sen
ator LaFoliette repor cd the favora
ble action of the senai ■ committee to
the senate and the bill was passed.
The measure does :v —e Wfhf re
quire a physical valuation. It provides
for a complete financial history of ev
ery piece of property owned by a pub
lic utility corporation and used by it
in its business. After this mass of
material, which is expected to take
a large force of trained men three or
four years to dig up, is collected, it
must then be kept constantly up-to
date by the interstate commerce com
mission.
HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS
Conditions Pitiable in Alabama Towns.
Martial Law at Brewton.
Mobile, Ala. —Two hundred persons
are homeless in Brewton, unsheltered
from the cold wave which has Ala
bama in its grasp>_ The flood there,
which reached its crest has not abat
ed, One life is known to have been
lost, that of a negro woman. Many
are injured.
The town is in darkness, for the
rise of water put the'electric lighting
plant out, as well as others. Business
is paralyzed, and the struggle at pres
ent is for life.
Martial law has been declared by
the chief of police. Boats and rafts
are being used to rescue the stricken.
Houses are swept clean and household
goods float in the waters.
According to a traveling salesman
who made his way by boat from Cas
tlebury to Brewton, the former town
is in a condition as pitiable as that
of Brewton.
MAKE HAUL OF $350,000
Thieves Tunnel Into Gotham Pawn
shop and Secure Fortune.
New York.—An east side burglary,
perpetrated by clever cracksmen, net
ted the thieves the largest haul ob
tained in New York in many years.
Martin Simmons & Sons, pawnbrokers
in Hester street, were the victims, and
the property stolen Includes $250,000
worth of jewelry, diamonds and other
precious stones, and SIOO,OOO worth of
negotiable securities.
The thieves gained access to the
pawnbroker’s richly stored vaults by
means of a tunnel from an abutting
building on a neighboring street. They
made a clean getaway with their val
uable loot.
The police are of the opinion that
six cracksmen were employed on the
job and that the tunneling required
all of one night and the greater part
of a day. It is their belief that the
actual robbery took place while hun
dreds of persons were passing along
the street in front of Ihe pawnshop.
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This Is the latest photograph of
Mrs. Redfield, wife of the secretary of
commerce.
REVOLT SPREADS IN MEXICO
AT LEAST A DOZEN MEXICAN
STATES ARE NOW UP
IN ARMS.
Rebels Are Taking Towns on the
Border and Setting Up a
Government,
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Eagle Pass, Texas. —State officials
in Piedras Negras, the Mexican town
opposite Eagle Pass and known dur
ing tile iDaz regime as Ciudad Por
flro Diaz, claimed to have authorita
tive Information of the plight of gov
ernment forces at. three widely sepa
rated points in Mexico. They declar
ed that Durango, capital of the state
of the name, has been captured by
2,000 Constitutionalists under Juan
Garcia, former candidate for governor,
that General Trucy Aubert, and his
force is isolated in the vicinity of
Reata, eastern Coahuila, and that. Tor
reon, in western Coahuila, Is menaced
by 2,000 Constitutionalists under Colo
nel Triana.
• Douglas, Ariz.—Agua Prieta fell to
the Constitutionalist sympathizers
who crossed the border from Douglas.
Not a shot was fired. General Ojeda,
commanding the Federal garrison
with about five hundred men, evacu
ated the town, leaving thirty rural
police to guard Federal interests.
After the surrender of the border
EXPERT LIVE STOCK MEN
Employed by the Southern Railway to
Aid Farmers Along Its Lines.
Atlanta, Ga.—To give practical aid
to live stock growers along its lines,
the Southern Railway company has se
cured the services of two experts in
animal husbandry: Dr. Walter Sor
rell, who will be stationed at Greens
boro, N. C„ and will work in Virginia,
North and South Carolina; atd Dr.
C. D. Lowe, who will be stationed at
Chattanooga, Tenn., and will work in
Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Ken
tucky. and Mississippi. They will be
known as assistant live stock agents,
and will report to Mr. E. L. Word,
live stock agent, Atlanta, Ga.
Both Doctor Sorrell and Doctor
Ix>we have had yeai« cf practical ex
perience in animal husbandry work.
Roth have been in the service of the
United States government and are
thoroughly conversant with conditions
throughout the Southeastern states.
The duties of these men will be to
advise farmers as to feeding, breeding
and earing for live stock under con
ditions that exist in the territory
along the Southern railway to assist
farmers in organizing live stock clubs
and associations, to give practical
demonstrations, and to be at the serv
ice of farmers without any cost to
them, glvltg any information, render
ing assistance and co-operating in
any manner that will tend to aid and
encourage the raising of more and
better live stock.
KING OF GREECE
IS ASSASSINATED
KING GEORGE WAS WALKING IN
STREETS OF SALONIKI WHEN
HE WAS SHOT.
CONSTANTINE TAKES THRONE
Crown Prince Constantine Has Been
Proclaimed King of
Greece.
Saloniki.—King George of Greece
was assassinated while -walking in
the streets of Saloniki. The assassin
was a Greek of low mental type, who
gave bis name as Aieke Sehinas. He
shot tlie king through the heart.
The king was accompanied only by
an aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Colonel
Francoudis. The assassin came sud
denly at the king and fired one shot
from a seven-chamber revolver. The
tragedy caused intense excitement.
Sehinas was seized immediately and
overpowered.
The wounded king was lifted into a
carriage and taken to the Papafion
hospital. Ue was still breathing when
placed in the carriage.
Prince Nicholas, the king’s third
son. and other officers, hurried to the
hospital. Arriving first, Prince Nich
olas summoned the officers. and,
speaking to them in a voice choked
with sobs, said:
•'lt is my deep grief to have to an
nounce to you the death of our be
loved king, and invite you to swear
fidelity to your new sovereign. King
L^pstantine.”
"Ae assassin of the king Is an evil
looking fellow, about forty years of
age. On being arrested he refused
to explain his motive for the crime.
He declared his name was Aieke Sehi
nas, and in reply to an officer who
asked him whether he had no pity
for his country, announced that he
was against governments.
Sehinas maintained a perfectly Im
passable demeanor, which was sug
gestive of lieing irresponsible for his
actions.
Notwithstanding the rapidity with
which the king received attention, he
was dead on arrival at the hospital.
Precautions at once were taken
throughout Ihe city and perfect or
der was maintained..
The king fell into the arms of his
aide when shot. Two soldiers ran up
on hearing the firing and helped to
support him. He was placed in a car
riage and efforts were made to stop
the bleeding, but he breathed his last
on the way to the hospital near by.
When Prince Nicholas bade the offi
cers swear fealty to Constantine they
shouted “J zing live the king!" Mourn
ing emblems were displayed every
where.
The Greek governor issued a proc
lamation announcing that the oath of
fealty to King Constantine had been
taken.
Georgian Named Clerk of Committee.
Washington.—Oscar W. Underwood,
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee, announced the appointment of
Colonel Neyle Colquitt of Savannah.
Ga., as clerk of the committee, suc
ceeding Hon. Daniel C. Roper, recent
ly appointed first assistant postmaster
general. While the appointment is
congressional, rather than presiden
tial, 1t is the first Georgian who has
been received under the new adminis
tration. Tn making the appointment.
Mr. Underwood said: “This is the
only appointment I have to make, and
I am particularly glad of an oppor
tunity to give it to Georgia.
114 Warrants Issued.
Chicago.—One hundred and Fourteen
warrants for thirty-one alleged mem
bers of the “arson ring" were issued
at the instance of State’s Attorney
Johnston. Twenty-eight of those nam
ed in the warrants are business men,
some of them wealthy. Their names
were not made public, pending arrests.
When arrests are made on the war
rants, the total number of persons
taken into custody will aggregate for
ty-four, alleged to., have been impli
cated in forty fires from which a to
agregate iorty-four, alleged to have
tai of SBOO,OOO was collected ia insur
ance.
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