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UNDERWOOD FACES
DEFEATBYHOBSON
Has Hard Fight on His Hands
for Primary Nomination
for Senate.
REFUSAL TO WAGE STUMP
CAMPAIGN HURTS CHANCES
Victory Generally Predicted Outside
Alabama. Bat Outlook in State
Is Different.
1a. r>,?patrh t? Tbc Star.
RIRMtNOHAM, Ala.. October 25.?Not
ven the rousing reception given Repre
sentative o. W. Underwood. ? .halrman of
'he and means committee of the
House, tendered by the citizens of Birm
ingham \? ith many others in the state
? >n hi.>- return Friday to his home town,
'ms discouraged the following of Capt.
'liehmond Pearson Hobson in his race
or the United States Senate in the
democratic primary next spring. Few
nen have been given so enthusiastic a
? eception as Mr. Underwood. He was
.?rlcoim d .by the representative element
>f Ibis section. What efTect this will
"lave on his senatorial campaign re
naitis to he seen.
Faces a Hard Fight.
Strange as it may seem. Underwood,
?vitli one of the most brilliant records
for constructive achievement which has
:>ecti "made in ,Congress for several de
.?ades. has a itard tight to win the sen
atorial prize. The situation presents a
remarkable aspect to people outside the
state. Recognizing Underwood's ability
and accomplishments, practically all the
newspapers of influence outside of Ala
bama express contidence of his success
lot senator, and do not regard Hobson's
aspirations in a serious light. Demo
crats outside of Alabama are almost a
unit for l'nderwood on itis merits.
Inside the state. however, whence come
the votes, it is admitted by many of the
best political observers that if Under
wood w ins it will be only after a vigor
ous light. While Hobson's recent at
tacks <?n L'nderwood. whom he charged
with being a dummy in the hands of
Wail street and the liquor interest*,
have weakened him with many business
men who think for themselves, these
tactics have made a strong appeal' in
man? rural districts of the state, where
prohibit Ion is set up as the issue in every
political campaign, and has gained a
w illing ear among many who follow that
propaganda blindly.
Hobson Strong in Country.
Hobson's strength lies largely in his
remarkable success as r campaigner. He
??an co\ er more ground, make more
speeches and arouse more enthusiasm
among ruralites than any man hi the
slate. I lis campaign was strongly organ
ised before l'nderwood announced his
candidaey. lie will pursue a persistent
whirlwind canvass, ami take every
ad' antage of I'nUerwood's absence.
Underwood has announced tnat he will
make few campaign speeches, bnt w ill
stav on the job at Washington, leaving
his claims In the hands of his friends,
fcbrcwed political obs> rvers admit that if
this program is adhered to the ways
and means chairman, despite his splendid
record in Congress. will have a hard
fight, and that It is doubtful if he can
overcome the force of his adversary's
personal canvass.
At this time the situation presents it
s'If as one of everybody outside the
state for l'nderwood. but a sharp di
vision between the business interests of
the state for Underwood and the rural
voters of stray prohibition views quite
largely for Hobson.
Underwood Will Not Stump.
It is predicted that if Underwood would
come home and make a vigorous speak
inn campaign he would strengthen him
self sufficiently to win in the primary.
Jle has refused to do this, and there lies
the element of uncertainty. His election
to the Senate under these circumstances,
while advocated with unanimity outside
the state and almost unanimously pre
dicted by the newspapers of the country,
is looked upon as doubtful by the most
asHite political observers of Alabama,
who realize the inw>ortatice attached to
l?ersotiul campaign methods. It would not
surprise many to see Underwood defeat
ed unless-he changes his mind and meets
his adversary on the stump at home.
Tin* "hurrah boys" are very strong in
Alabama, and they are already demand
ing to see the color of I'ndenvood's eyes.
16 Centuries of Official Christianity.
Fr>?ni lhe New York Tribune.
One of the most curious incidents of
the Balkan transformation is the promi
nence w hlch Servia is assuming in the
celebration of tiA* sixteen hundredth an
niversary of the edict of Milan, which
first gave tiie Christian religion official
recognition and protection throughout the
civilized world. The Serbs had nothing
to do with that edict, for at the time
they were an obscure tribe in Ualicia.
probably knowing and caring nothing
about Christianity, and it was not until
three centuries later tiiat they came
down and settled upon the borders of
Byzantium.
Their present interest in the anniver
sary arises from the fact that Constan
tine the Great, who issued the edict, was
born at N'ish. which is now a city of
?Servia. Of course. Nlsh. or Xaissus, was
not then Servian, and the emperor,
though of Illyrian parentage, was In no
sense a Serb. But his intimate connec
tion with what is now Servia causes the
people of that country to regard him as
in a measure, belonging to them, and has
inspired the impressive celebration of the
coming anniversary. There have al
readv bet-n some commemorations of
the anniversary in western Kuro:?e. but
it lias been reserved tor Servia to effect
it in the east, and the national festivities
and solemnities of that country, includ
.nx the laving of the corner.stone of a
??athedral in memory of the victims of
ihe late war and dedicated to Constan
tiiie and Helena, will be the most im
pressive of all.
Science and Divining Bod.
I'reai th* Baltimore Sun.
The old-fashioned well-diggers who de
pend' d on a rod to tlnd where they could
strik> water are entitled to a smile of
satisfaction when they learn that grave
scientists are holding an International
? ?onference on the subject. Over In Eu
rope the diviners claim they are not only
able to determine the presence of water
many feet under the ground, but can tell
where gold is located. So, with charac
teristic German patience, the scientists
are weighing the testimony and holding
elaborate tests, while the kaiser him
self look.- on with undisguised Interest.
When their report in ten or twelve vol
umes is completed, we may be able to tell
more about it. The divining rod w*ll!
either rise to the dignity of a scientific In
strument or be consigned to the class of
the lightning rod and the madstone.
Mice.
From Uypincott's.
In the course of the fable the Town
Mouse and the Country Mouse met.
casually, the Church Mouse.
"Ur?institutional church, 1 presume."
remarked the Town Mouse, wishing to
show off his acquaintance with the latest
fashions.
'No. destitution*!'" replied the Church
Mouse, grimly. ? * ? .
WILL TRY TO MAKE
USURY A FELONY
Effort in Virginia to Get Dras
tic Legislation on Loan
Shark Business.
REVENUE MEN BUSY
AFTER MOONSHINERS
Brakeman Secures $11,000 Verdict
for Loss of an Arm?State Aid
for Cripples?Tramps Appear.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
RICHMOND. Va.. October 1913.
J). H. Tolman. the king of the money
sharks, is wanted by the officers of t!ie
city of Richmond. He Is very much
wanted, but he refuses to come back
and answer to a court sentence against
him for a line of $2..100. Tolman has for
year3 been operating a loan office in this
city, mulcting the poor and ignorant of
large sums of money in the way of in
terest. Some live years ago the eit^*
Imposed a prohibitory tax on the loan
sharks, and Tolman fought the case to
the Supreme Court of the United States.
The ordinance of the city was sustained
in that tribunal, and when the time came
to serve the papers and processes on Tol
man or his agents the firm Had closed
up shop and disappeared. TolmaJi was
never in Virginia, resorting to the pro
gram of having women operate the es
tablishment in this city. The offense of
which he was convicted is only a mis
demeanor, not extraditable, and Tolman
is safe in New Jersey or New York.
There were a dozen or more of these
shops in this city, and war has been
made on them for some time, the number
being gradually reduced, so that at tliis
time, or up to a few months ago. there
were only two or three. Tolman did more
business that all of them put together,
and* he made as much as 200 per cent u
year on his loans. The man had the
nerve to go to court to seek to enfoi ce
the payment of his usurious charges, and
In every instance he succeeded in getting
the principal and legal interest. Several
times he was forced to refund the amount
In excess of the principal and interest, and
alter a few contests in the courts he
re! rained from going to the courts.
The legislature will at the coming ses
sion be called o:i to provide a statute
which will make usury a felony, and
future violations will be extraditable ;
when the loan sharks undertake to do j
business in tills state. The license to
do business in Virginia at this time for
such business is th* same as that for
bankers, but the city made the tax for
loan sharks so high that they declared j
they could not stand It. They are ? \- j
pected to retire from this field per
manentlv. In the meantime the ollicers
are watching for Tolman to appear in
Virginia, when he vill be nabbeu.
Reform School Indicted.
The Virginia Industrial Home and School
for Girls, located near Bon Air. has been
Indicted by the grand jury of Chesterfield
county as a general nuisance. The mat
ter is the outcome of the outbreaks
which created such a sensation some time
ago. when tire inmates of th?- home re
belled and did many strange things,
among them the ousting cf a wlute man
who was sent to the Institution as farm
manager and the installation of a negro,
who had been for some time the farm
manager. The negro bossed the givls
and made them saw wood, plow, till tlio
fields and cut ditches.
The inmates of the home sire 'feor
rigible girls, many of whom were picked
up from the gutters and worse places,
some of them not more than ten years
old when they were apprehended and com
mitted to the home. The case will be
called for trial in November. II Is ex
pected that the home will be removed
from itH present location to some point
where it will be far less accessible, and
where the Inmates will riot t>e able to
get Into communication with the persons
with whom they formerly associated.
Revenue officers in southwest \ irgiiiia
are causing all sorts of trouble to the
festive and pestiferous moonshiners. The
men have been in that section for more
than ten days, and they have so far made
two arrests and have captured several
distilleries. The reports show that since
so much of the state has gone "dry," and
with the "drought" In Tennessee mid
North Carolina, the makers of the ardent
are kept busy quenching tin; public thirst.
Tucker's Status in Doubt.
Just What the exact status of Join.
Randolph Tucker is at this time is hard
to determine. He was a member of toe
state senate and was named by Presi
dent Wilson as judge of the federal court
in Alaska. He sent his resignation to
Gov. Mann as a member of the senate
and then sent a telegram withdrawing
it.' It was then announced that he wouid
not be able to get to his post this year,
the last steamer having departed before
he could make his arrangements to go
to Maska. The question at this time is
whether he is a member of the senate
or a member of the federal judiciarj
Under the laws of the United states lit
is not a judge till he reaches the juris
diction over which he is to preside, and
until some letter is received .rom Sena
tor or Judge Tucker the senate ill be
up in the air. Until his resignation is
sent in and accepted there can be no
election of a successor, and so this year
the senate will probably consist of thirt>
nine members. Of course, if the resigna
tion is received in the course of the next
thirty days it will be possible for t.ov.
Mann to order an election of a successor
to Senator Tucker, but it may be that
he will come back and decide to remain
a member of the senate till such time as
he can g??t to Alaska. ,
In the United States district court here
Claude Proffit. a brakeman on the Chesa
peake and Ohio railway, was given a ver
dict of SU.OOO for the loss of an arm.
Proffit was engaged in coupling cars at
the time of the accident which cost lum
hie arm. and it was shown that the com
pany was at fault, and that the coup
lings did not work accurately, his arm
being taken off at the elbow. He brought
I suit for $20,000, and the jury reported in
favor of Proflit and gave him the sum
named.
Polk Miller's Death.
No man in private life in Virginia ac
quired the fame that belonged to the
late Polk Miller, who died here a few j
days ago. Mr. Miller for several years
toured the country, giving readings and
delineations of the negro of ante-Wellum
days. He visited every section of the
country, and in every instance he was
received by the notable men of the states
where he went. He is declared to have
been the best negro delineator that ap
peared In public. He was able to portray
the negroes because of the fact that he
studied them, was reared with them,
plaved with them and spent much of his
time In hunting and ilshing with them.
The negroes of his father's estate were
devoted to him and they trusted him
Implicitly at all times. They declared
he was "the best friend the negro hud in
the world, or\v of the old-time darkies
asserting that if there were "more Polk
Millers and fewer negro colleges the
negro would be better off Mr. Miller
was a Confedt-rate soldier, serving dur
ing the last years of the war. He came
to Richmond and entered the drug busi
ness and succeeded from the very start.
He was at the head of a big firm here,
but for the last few years he has paid
little attention to business, devoting his
time to visiting his old friends. Ashing
and hunting and giving h:s services for
the benefit of the thurches and old sol
diers He was a limn of liberal disposi
tion and fcave freely of his means for t!?.
relief of the poor und suffering.
Virginia will d<> something for tin re
lief.of the cripples of the state, the an
nouncvd plan being to provide a fund for
tbe benefit of the children, so that they
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will bo abie to provide for themselves,
instead of being dependent on charity
and the support of the members of their
families. The matter has been taken up
by a member of the senate and he has
made inquiries regarding the number of
children who are deformed and who are
susceptible of relief tlirough orthopedic
and kindred surgery. The plan will be
for the. .state to provide the treatment
free of all charge, the beneficiaries to
pay their board while in the hospitals,
this being placed at a minimum cost.
It is believed that thei>- are at least
S.O'H.t crippled children in Virginia.
Masher Gets a Shocx.
Last spring a young man named D. H.
Burchette was lined S30 and costs in the
police court on a charge iff having en
gaged in "mashing." M.- was indignant
at his arrest, but the case was so clear
that the police justice said that he would
do all he could to discourage the mashers.
When the fine was imposed Burchette at
once noted an appeal. The man faced a
jury in the hustings court. Represented
by an attorney, the evidence was re
viewed and then the jury sustained the
verdict of the police court, and evidenced
its disapproval of mashers by adding an
other S,".0 and costs.
Travel over the railroads through Rich
mond is very heavy. It is a bit early for
the tourists to ne.i-i to forsake the cold
climate for the '.and of flowers and sun
shine. True, the tourist trains are not
running, and passengers are not particu
lar as to the means of travel. They are
the advance guard?the tramps, the
fakers, the knights of the road, the
never-works. who hope to get to the
beaches of Florida ahead of the crowds
which will begin to arrive along ofte"
the first of the year. The detectives and
police here are rounding them up a-id
sending tiicm to the jails and to the
roads.
At a meeting of the Uui*l ?Md.) e.ty
council Thursday several petitions were
presented protesting against th?- r< moral
ut' the post oftice fi'oni the central part of
the town to the. neighborhood of the Bal
timore and Ohio station.
Revenue Cutter Service
With winter cruising time but a little
more than five weeks off. the vessels
of the revenue cutter service, like
mettled horses, are being groomed
and made ready for the strenuous work
before them. The cutters on their sta
tions are being overhauled by their
crews while in service, and several
other cutters are just completing re
pairs at the Arundel Cove depot, so
that when December 1 comes the ships
will all be ready to start on four
months of constant work, saving life
and property in distress al sea and
along our coasts.
Having received needed attention at
Arundel Cove, and been fitted with new
steain steering gear, the Aeushnet .foriii
the Woods Hole station, one of the
busi'-st on the coast, !j> at a Baltimore
shipyard to clean and paint bottom be
fore returning to Vineyard sound and
Nantucket shoals. The cutter Itasca has
completed minor repairs, taken aboard
he crew of the Mohawk and has gone
t.? the Norfolk navy yard to dock for
cleaning and pointing underwater part
of hull before going to New York to
do duty in place of t?he Mohawk. ?* hicn
will be at Arundel cove for several
weeks longer.
The Pamlico, which looks after ves
sels on the North Carolina sounds, bia
inland seas, on which the sight of land
is lost, has been fitted with a new
radio outfit at Arui.del cove and h:is
received necessary repairs, and is now
c ti her way to Newberr. N. C.. for sta
tion. The Onondaga has recently com
pleted r? pairs at the Norfolk navy yard
that put her in trim for hard work in
the winter season The Yamacraw hss
a?So recently completed overhauling at
a south Atlantic shipyard and is now
in service, reai y for duty v. nan called
upon to aid v?->in trouble from
southern liurm b rs.
Reports have buen received at the de
partment from rapt. C&rden, command
ing "the' etitter Semihole, and Lieut. Co-'
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veil, its executive officer, regarding the
bringing into port of the four-masted
schooner John Twohy, which had been
abandoned at sea. Lieut. Coveli tells of
the difficulty experienced in towing in the
waterlogged hulk and Capt. harden nar
rates the work done to float her from a
shoal at the mouth of the Cape Fear
river, where she drifted after breaking
away from the Seminole. A letter of
thanks from John Andreasson. underwrit
ers' agent, to Capt. Carden for saving
the vessel is attached to the report The
Twohy is now at Southport. in charge of
the insurance underwriters who carried
the risk on the vessel.
But fcr the timely assistance given by
the cutter Apache to the bay schooner
Elia & Carrie of Crisfleld. Md., after slu
I sank in the Little t'hoptank river. :Ue
! ?."es.-e! would hav<: been a total loss. She
. was raised by the Apache and iaken to
| Baltimore, where she now is undergoing
; repairs. The Apache after delivering the
I schooner at Baltimore went to Bretons
i bay. in the lower Potomac, to aid a
small vessel in trouble there.
Responding to a call for assistance, the
cutter Miami, at Key West, went to the
aid of the steamship Montanan. ashore
! on the Florida coast. Her assistance wa ?
j not i.ceded, as the vessel was floated by
I wrecking tu?s before the cutter could
I reach her. The Seminole has been dis
! patched to locate and destroy :<. menace
| navigation in the shape o\" a ror'' ? '
\ log* passed by toe steamship itadiant
i about 100 i/;ill ; i.;r the Scotl- ' a.o: na
co'-ist. The raft is n large 'i;.-- aw. s de
? <-c. ib'd as bt'.ns a dangerous derelict.
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i While the cuite-' '~nr.l~a was a" a snip
i yard at Seattle. Wash . undergoing re
i ; r.i: s a fire occurred '.n the yard and her
| crew proved T'iemre1ve? good fire flght
l ers by aiding th Sessltle department to
| subdue the flames, which, from reports,
; for a time threatened much dcsiru- tion.
[ Two of the Unalga crew were slightly in
jured by fal's while carrying line3 of
hose into burning buildings.
It has been determined practically to re
build the cutter McCulloch. o;i the San
Francisco station, and to look alter her
duties the Unalga wil\ be kept "" the
California coast until \he McCulloch Is
ready for service again, Instead of at
once going to her station in Alaska for
the winter, as was planned. The Unalga
lias reported at San Francisco and it will
be early spring before she staris north
for Juneau. Aiaska. her station.
To make the men of the service good
marksmeii. should they be called upon to
use the guns on the cutters in war time,
target practice is now being held. Th?j
cutter Onondaga is using her guns in
Lynn Haven bay.on floating targets while
the cutter Yamacraw is at Port Royal,
S. C.. f'?r small arm target practice at
the government rangas there.
To aid the American schooner Oliver
Aimes, ashore "ii th>> New Br ;nswiek
coast a short distance from iia:;tpoit.
Me., the cutter Woodbury has -corse to
the scene of the stranding. Hei crew
will us^ all ?he;r appliances to float the
vessel and it is thought shfj can he saved. |
The Abnes is the largest two masted j
schooner afloat and has been in port her?: j
numbers of times.
Senior Capt. William E. Reynolds, com
manding t'ne Bering sea patrol, has re- i
turned :o Port Townsej'd on the Man-j
ning, v.hich left Juneau October If. The j
Bear is now the only vt-ss?l of the rev- I
enue cutter service in Alaskan waters
and she is about due to start touth.
Orders for the week are as follows: I
< apt. W. K. W. Hall, preparatory or- l
ders to Andraeco'/rsin.
First Lieutenant o! Engineers H. F-j
Schoenborn, granted ten days' leaves of
absence.
Capt. J. L. Sill, jerranted twelve days'
leave of absence upon reli-jf.
Second Lieut. P. H. Harrison, granted
twelve days' leave of absence upon re
turn of First Lieut. C. F. Howell.
Capt. H. B. West, granted ten days'
leave of absence.
First Lieut. J. H. Crozier. granted
fourteen days' leave of absence.
Constructor J. Q. WaLon. ordered to
depot, South Baltimore. Md.
Second Lieut. M. S. Hay, detached
Onondaga to Woodbury.
Second Lieut. Leroy Rdnburg, do- j
tached Woodbury upon relief to Onun- ;
dagu.
Second Lieut. C. H. Jones, preparatory
orders to Oresham.
First Lieutenant of Engineers 11. U.
Butler, preparatory orders ? to Pam
&
lir-o. about November 15.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers F. E.
Hugger, preparatory orders to Winona,
about November 15.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers IT. B.
Robinson, preparatory orders to Algon
quin. about December 1.
Second Lieut. K. L. Jack, detached
Areata to Itasca November 1.
Second Lieut. J. S. ^aylis. preparatory
orders to Acushnet.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers A. F.
I I'attersoii. preparatory orders to Itasca.
I Second Lieutenant of Engineers C. E.
| Sugden. preparatory orders to Yania
; craw!
First Lieutenant of Engineers J. B.
I I'oylp, preparatory orders to Mackinac.
I 0bi>ut November 15.
I Second Lieutenant of Engineers C. J.
, <':irtiss. preparatory orders to Gresham.
I about November 15
Second Lieut. J. T. Carr. preparatory
j orders to Yamacraw. about November
15.
Second Lieut. II. E. Hideout, detached
from the Gresham and ordered to the
! Areata.
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help wanted.
The Manager?What kind of work
can you do around an "J." road?
i!f ' bere? a,? open
ing I ,1 like a job as interpreter tor
the guard* that call out the stations.
W2IX COMMAND 013 SHIP.
Hear Admiral C. ?. Clark to Lead
Fleet Through Canal.
Rear Admiral. Charles E. Clark, re
tired, commander of the battleship
Oregon when she made her famous
trip around < ape Horn at the opening of
the Spanish war, yesterday accepted the
invitation of Secretary Daniels to b?
on the bridge of his old ship to lead
the international (leet through the
Panama canal early in 1 i* 15. The ad
miral, at Secretary Daniel's request,
called at the Navy Department yester
day.
When the Oregon made her voyage
around the Horn in 1MW she covered
13,800 miles and joined the fleet in
time to take part In the destruction
of Cervera's fleet. Had the canal been
in operation at the time she could have
reached her destination by steaming
only 4.600 miles.
Predestination and Election.
From LIpplncott'H.
Two myiisters. Presbyterian and
Methodist, were taking a walk along a
railroad track one day, discussing good
naturedly the points of difference ef
th? ir r< spe&tlve creeds. Presently, com
ins to the yawning mouth of one of those
long tunnel* for which this road is fa
mous the Methodist suggested that they
go in. Thes- had gone but a short dis
tance when the Presbyterian brother ex
claimed with sudden determination:
?'I'm going to get out of here. What If
a train should come along?"
"Oh. well." responded the other, with
a twinkle. *hicji his companion could
not see, *? 'what is to be will be," you
know." "
"Yes," was the retort; "but I don't
want It to be in here?"
Miss Esther Elizabeth Dean aifd Ralph
T. Bound*. both of Vienna, Md., w?r%
marri.-d Thursday at the borne of thm
bride's parents. ? - -