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WHO WILL ASSUME
UNDERWOOD’S PLACE
AS HOUSE LEADER?
Alabamian Will Either be in
Senate or Private Life
March 4, 1915
RANKING MEMBERS
IN PRESENT HOUSE
Ifenry, Palmer and Kitchen Seem nt
Present to Constitute the List
From Which Leader Will
He Chosen
Ily C. R. STEWART
Washington, October 1.-—(Spqpial.)—Who
i sgoing to be the leader of the House of
Representatives after Oscar Underwood
makes his linal how to that body and
for the last time will say: “Mr. Speaker,
I move the House do now adjourn sine
die.’’ which will happen at noon on the
fourth of March, 1915? On that date Os
car Underwood will either walk across
to the Senate side and be sworn In as the
junior senator from Alabama, or he will
retire from public life.
The fact, which lias at last been driven
home to his colleagues in the House, that
the democratic leader is going to become
a candidate for the United States Senate
in Alabama, and no matter what the re
sultof that campaign may be, will no
longer be a member' of the lower body
after March, 1915, has aroused much spec
ulation as to his probable successor.
Whoever that person is he will, if the
democrats stay in the majority in the
House become the chairman of the pow
erful ways and means committee; if the
republicans carry the next House he will
become the leader of the minority, and in
any event will# occupy a very important
place before the country, and a position
especially trying becuuse of the record
made by his predecessor.
How the Members Rank
Francis Burton Harrison of New York,
woh was the ranking democrat after Mr.
Underwood on the way sand means com
mittee would have been a strong factor .in
the race for leadership, but for his ap
pointment as governor general of the
Philippines. Next to him on the commit
tee comes Representative Claud Kitchen
of North Carolina, noted as one of the
most effective debaters in the House.
Personally, Mr. Kitchen is an attractive
and genial man. and has many finalities
for leadership. Henry T. Rainey of Illi
nois. a^i ardent Bryan man, is the next
ranking member. Mr. Rainey is not a
good ''mixer" and hasn’t as large a per
sonal following in the House as some of
the other possibilities. Nevertheless, he
has impressed himself upon the House
and is recognized as an able legislator.
Lincoln Dixon of Indiana, another rep
resentative from ihe middle west, comes
next on the committee. Mr. Dixon also
belongs to the Bryan school of policies;
MA Y NAME PANAMA CANAL
FORT AFTER J. T. MORGAN
Senator Bankhead Anxious That Such Tribute Be Paid Late
Alabama Senator, Who Played So Important a Part
in Making the Canal a Reality
—
Washington, October 1.—(Special.)*—Sen
ator Bankhead is making a light to have
one of the principal forts of the Panama
canal named Fort John T. Morgan, in
honor of Alabama’s late distinguished sen
ator, whose long and faithful fight for an
isthmus canal finally resulted in the
achievement at Panama about to be con
summated.
“It is fitting that the country should rec
ognize tlfo efforts of Senator Morgan in
advancing the isthmus canal idea by
naming one of the forts of the Panama
I canal after him," said Senator Bankhead.
“Senator Morgan was the strongest man
who ever sat In the Senate, and we should
delight to do him this honor.”
Senator Bankhead has made his appeal
direct to those in authority, and believes
that the request will be granted. He has
the support of the woman’s auxiliary of
the Southern Commercial congress, of
which Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is honorary
president-general.
The President nominated Sterling P.
Rainer today to be postmaster at Union
Springs, in place of Thomas U. Baskins,
removed.
is an affable and courteous gentleman
with many friends In Congress.
Cordell Hull of Tennessee, who wrote
teh income tax section of the tkrifT bill, is
also looming up as a possible candidate
for the leadership.
Winfield S. Hammond of Minnesota
comes next on the committee, and the
lowest man on teh list, but one sure to be
strongly backed for leader is A. Mitchel
Palmer of Pennsylvania.
Palmer Strong Man
Mr. Palmer was one of the most ac
tive supporters of President Wilson in
the pre-convention campaign, and was
offered the post of Secretary of War in
the Wilso ncablnet, but declined it be
cause of his Quaker affiliations. He ie
now chairman of the caucus, having suc
< eeded .Albert S. Burleson when the latter
became Postmaster General. Mr. Pal
mer has ambitions outside of the House
! and may contest for the democratic nom
S ination for governor of Pennsylvania.
Though not a member of the ways and
means committee, Representative Rob
ert L. Henry of Texas will have strong
support for the House leadership. His
work as chairman of the rules committee
and in the money trust investigation
stamped him as a resourceful and game
fighter. The present prospects are tjiat
the race will be between Mr. Henry, Mr.
Palmer and Mr. Kitchen.
Should Mr. Palmer win the Pennsyl
vania governorship, Lincoln Dixon of In
diana, would loom up as the most formi
dable candidate against the twtr southern
representatives.
Leaders All From South
The history of the House shows that
the leaders have invariably been chosen
from the southern states. John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi, who is now in
the Senate, was the leader before Champ
Clark. Charles S. Crisp of Georgia was
leader and speaker of the House in his
day. James Richardson of Tennessee,
sometimes designated as “Slim Jim," was ;
the leader of the minority when Mr. Un
derwood first entered the House, and
coached the young Alabamian in his early
congressional career. Of course, one ex
planation of this honor going to a south
ern man is the fixed habit of the south
in erturning democratic representatives
for term after term. These men thus
advance to the front of committees while
their colleagues from the doubtful north
ern states go in and out on the waves
of political fortune.
Already the various candidates are
pluming themselv \s for this contest, and
when it is well under way it will become
one of absorbing interest to the country.
The leadership is of such vast impor
tance to the administration it is possible
that the President himself may at least
Indicate a preference, and if so, it will
have great weight in the final determina
l tlon of the question.
CHIEF IS VIGOROUS
AGAINSTSPEEDERS
Arrests Two Younfc Men,
Who, He Claims, Were
Especially Reckless
- I
Chief of Police George H. Bodeker per
sonally took a hand in arresting a “speed
er*’ and reckless automobile driver last
njght when he had placed In the city jail i
Claud Norris and James Woods and re- !
fused them bond. Chief Bodeker was j
highly indignant.
‘"It is time an example was made of
theBe speeders and reckless drivers,’’ said
Chief Bodeker, "and these young men*
were parties to an especially aggravated
case.
“Claud Norris was arrested at 9 o’clock !
by Detective Christian on the complaint j
of a gentleman who passing by the Hill
man hotel In company with a lady alleged
that Norris used bad language. In a
few minutes Woods, the friend of Norris,
had him out on bond and both young
men climbed on board their automobile.
"I was standing in the alley and I heard
Norris and Woods debating over who
should steer the automobile and w'arned ,
them that if they did not get out they
would be rearrested and placed in jail.
At this they started their machii.e at rac
ing speed with their muffler wide open
and shot north on Nineteenth street at
great speed. I immediately started after
them in the police department’s automo
bile and followed the young men to the
Terminal station where they were arrest
ed. There will be no bond allowed for
them and they can tell their story to
Judge Douglass In the morning.
“I can safely say that I never saw such
reckless driving as Norris and Woods
showed in their wild dash from the police
station. Their automobile veered from
side to side of the street, and even to the
sidewalk at times to the great danger !
of human life. It is in fact surprising
that no one was injured as they tore down
Fifth avenue to the Terminal station."
Many friends of Norris, who is a real
estate man, appeared at police headquar
ters to make bond, but Chief Bodeker
proved obdurate to all appeals.
NEGRO INTRUDER
FRIGHTENED AWAY
Mrs. Sparks Shoots at
Negro Who Is Later
Captured
Following an exciting "near” duel
between Mrs. George Sparks with a
pistol and Council Lyle, a negro with
a shotgun, yesterday afternoon at 12:30
o’clock, the negro was captured in the
woods beyond Boyles about 2 o’clock
by Officers Morrow and Strong and
placed in the city jail charged with
burglary and grand larceny and as
sault with intent to murder. The
shooting occurred In the Sparks resi
dence on Thirty-fifth avenue and Thir
ty-sixth street, North Birmingham.
According to the account of the af
fair given to the police by Mrs. George
Sparks, Lyle climbed on her front
porch yesterday at noon and seeing a
window open, vaulted Into the room.
Mrs. Sparks recited the incident graph
ically of how she heard the negro's
footsteps and how suddenly the negro
t:ame oh her in the living room.
Mrs. Sparks backed away from the
negro, according to her statement, and
felt for a pistol on the mantelpiece, i
The negro, seeing the action of Mrs.
Sparks, moved to a corner where rest
ed a shotgun. When Mrs. Sparks found
the pistol the negro hurriedly icached
for the shotgun and pulled the trigger,
rhere was no report as the gun missed
fire. Before the negro could fire with
the other barrel Mrs. Sparks began
firing the pistol at the negro who es
caped from the room and the house
without any of the bullet strikng
him.
The police were Immediately notified
md on their arrival found Mrs. Sparks
perfectly cool and collected. She ml- !
riutely described the negro and the i
general direction he had taken. After
i pursuit of about two miles the ne
gro was located and captured. At police
headquarters Council Lyle, as he gave
his name, confessed to entering the
home of Mrs. Sparks.
The record of Council Lyle Is being
looked into by the dectectives, who
say that Lyle resembles very much
the description the police have of a
negro wanted in Decatur for murder.
C. J. GREGSON IS HELD
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
American Subscription Affency of
Atlanta Claims He Kept Advance
Fees Paid Here
Word was received from the offices
of the American Subscription agency
in Atlanta that C. J. Gregson. arrested
by Detectives Gray and Nation .Tues
day night on charges of embezzlement,
was a fraudulent subscription agent.
This telegram verified the suspicions
of the detectives.
According to Detective Nation, C. J.
Gregson came to Birmingham and,
placing an advertisement in the news
papers. secured several young women
to solicit subscriptions for magazines.
It seems that Gregson was a recog
nized agent of the American Subscrip
tion agency of Atlanta, but that office
charges that since his arrival in Bir
mingham Gregson has kept all the
advance fees he received and Grcgson's
arrest was ordered. The young women
T WROTE and placed and paid for an announce
A ment which appeared in this newspaper yesterday,
advertising a new book called
“Crowds”
BY GERALD STANLEY LEE
/
I did not sign my name to that announcement, because I wished to make it very
clear that self-advertisement was not a part of my plan.
Now it appears that the public (which crowded the bookstores, by the way)
showed a tendency to question the sincerity of my announcement, because it was mere
ly “A Business Man,” and not with the name of the writer. They bought the book
but they found it hard to believe that any man would spend his money advertising a book
simply because he believed in the book and wanted other men to read it—and for no other
reason. And they thought, some of them, that it was merely a publisher’s clever dodge to
advertise a new book.
I tried to avoid personal publicity—but 1 am willing to take it, in any form, if it
will convince men of my sincerity in advertising this book, which i8 being done entire
ly on my own initiative, at my own expense and without the knowledge of the author or
the publishers. s
If you find this hard to believe,
Read the Book!
and possibly you will understand it.
I am signing my name to this advertisement and to all others that will follow it.
I want other business men—every live man—to read this book, and I don’t much
care how 1 get the job done, so far as my own feelings are concerned.
You will understand why when you read the book.
You can get “Crowds” at any bookstore.
JAMES HOWARD KEHLER.
(Reproduced from the, Chicago Tribune through the courtesy of
Mr. Kehler.)
“Crowds” for sale in our Book Depart
ment, $1.35} Postage 15c
Holiday Today—Store Closed All Day
Lovemaa Joseph £ Loeb
who worked for Gregson and secured
in all a total of GOO subscriptions also
wanted Gregson arrested as they have
not been paid their wages.
The arrest of Gregson marks the
second ojie within a few weeks of sub
scription agents.
W1LSONAPPROVES
PROTECTION OF BIRDS
Washington, October 1.—• President Wil
son today approved the new federal reg
ulations for the protection of migratory
game and insectivorous birds, promul
gated by the department of agriculture
in conformity with $he act of .Congress
passed March 4 last. The regulations,
which became effective immediately, di
vide the United States into two zones,
north and south of 40 degrees and ihe
Ohio river.
The seasons have been considerably
modified for most of the southern states
and on the Pacific coast they have been
made uniform for the states of Califor
nia. Arizona, Oregon and Washington,
Protection is to be extended to insectiv
orous birds throughout the year.
ARION CLUB REHEARSAL
Kionzie Thomas Bogins Work Tonight
as Club's New Dh-ector
The Aion club, composed of a largo
number of male voices, will hold its first
meeting of the season at the Cable hall
on Second avenue tonight at 8 o’clock.
Secretary J. D. McGill says that thin
is going to be the best season the Arhm
has ever had The new home of the cl./b
with the Cable company is oxcsptlonuUy
well equipped. The recitai hul is one
of the most beautiful in the souih.
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