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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL
IS ORGANIZED
Petal Presbyterians Expect to Do E''
fectivs Work With Aid Of Hat
tesburg Citizens.

A Sunday School was organized
Sunday afternoon at the Petal Prespy-
terian church by Rev. +. }. Culrle
and the members Of the congregation
About thirty Hatriesburg people were
in attendance and the members OF the
church are most enthusiastic over tue
Sunday School, which they intend 10
make thoroughly systematic
There will be three departments
a Senior department, of which Mr. ~.
c. Hearon of this city was eiec'eu
leader; an intermediate, for Whl'"
Miss Allmon of the Petal church was
zen leader. and the primary depart
ment. which will be in charge OF MISS
Kate Mckenzie.
Mr.. A. H. McSwain OF the flrS'
Pres,,y rerian church here, was electeu
, general superintendent,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
The BLUEFIELDS
REPORTED FOUND
Wire From Havana Indicates That
Missing Steamer and Crew Are
All Safe.
(By Associated Press.)

New Orleans, La, Oct. 24.-Vaccaro
Brothers, owners of the steamer Blue
fields, received the following cable
gram from Havana this morning from
Supercargo Peter Culotta, of the Blue
fields: Safe, sail tomorrow for New
Orleans" Baccaro brothers interpret
the message to mean that the Blue
fields arrived at Havana this morning
with twenty-nine souls aboard. She
left Ceiba more than week ago.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
NOTED BANDIT
ADMITS MURDERS
Says He Expects To Be Hung
His Wife Tells OF Some of
His Crimes.
(BN Associated PreSS.l

East st. Louis, Oct. 24.-Lee Rhod-
us, arrested last night, who admits
being the noted Candy Bandit" said
today he expects to be hanged for two
murders he confessed. Mrs. Rhodus
talked freely of numerous robberies
Of her husband in different cities and
said in Chicago on August fifteenth
Rhodus came home with his clothes
blood-spattered and said he had shot
a doctor. Papers next day told of
the murder Of DR.. Michaelis, dentist.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24

the Methodist Sunday School of Petal,
and formerly Of this city, was present
and addressed the congregation, which
filled the little church, assuring the
Presbyterians of the hearty co-opera-
ton of his Sunday School with the
new one, and cordially welcoming the
new one.
Rev. e. J. Curie presided at the or
ganizing and encouraged the members
greatly, giving helpful ideas for the
conducting of the school.
Among those from this city who
drove out were Mrs. Grace Christian,
Mrs. w. w. Massengale, Mrs. Stokes
V. Robertson, Hr. and Mrs. M. E. Ad
ans, Miss Ida Clark, A. H. McSwain,
e. C. Hearon, G. c. Calhoun, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. S. Hall, Mrs. e. J. Currie, Miss
Jeanette Currie, Mrs. Mary Orr, Miss
Hattie McKinstry.
For over fifteen years Rev. E. j..
Currie has been visiting Petal on Sun
days at different times to preach, and
about two years ago the church was
erected. The church has had several
pastors, but about year ago, the Pres
bytery put the present one in charge.
Mr.. Currie goes out twice a month
on the first and fourth Sunday after
moons to preach. the Methodists occu-
pying the building on the other Sun
days. The church has grown and
prospered very much lately, and at a
series of meetings a few weeks ago,
received thirteen new members.
The Sunday School will be held at 3
o'clock, just before the preaching SER
vice on the first and fourth Sundays.
Miss Baggett, the faithful Srganist Of
the church, will play for thk Sunday
4
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
NAVAL BASE
IS NOT NEEDED
Not Probable That New Orleans Will
Get the Station, According to
Secretary Meyer.

New Orleans, oct 24.-Secretary OF
the Navy Meyer, who has been here
inspecting the naval station, will leave
tonight for Pensacola While he would
not discuss the report he will make to
congress, he expressed the view that
there is not any great need of a naval
base here. Ii war comes the entrance
Of Panama canal will be the point
needing notifications, and that it is
not likely the Mississippi Valley
will be threatened with invasion. 1t
is believed he favors Guantanamo,
Cuba, as the principal naval base for
the Gulf.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
CUPID DEVASTATES
AN ALABAMA HOME
(By Associated Press.)

Mobile, Ala, Oct. 24.-Frank Hutch
ins, of Fruitdale, Ala, reported to
the police today the elopement of four
couples all under twenty years two
weeks ago, two of the participants be-
ing his daughters, aged fourteen and
sixteen, and his son aged eighteen,
among the others. He asked the aid
of police.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
HATTIESBURG BASE
BALL ASSOCIATION

The directors of the Hattiesburg
Baseball Association will meet tomof,
row evening at the Hattiesburg Bank
& Trust company offices to pass on
the bylaws and constitution and to
approve the new charter. The mat
ter of manager for the team next
season will also be taken up and dis
cussed but not finally acted on, as
this is the most vital question to be
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
NOTHING new in
The CLERKS STRIKE
(By Associated PreSS.)

New Orleans, Oct 24.-Deputy
Grand President Forester of the
Railway Clerks Union, announced
this afternoon that no developments
are expected today in the threatened
sympathetic strike of clerks on all
lines entering New orleans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
ACCIDENT TO DR..
MARTINS AUTO

An accident happened to DR.. Leo
H. Martins automobile this morning
early, as the boy was preparing to
clean it.
Preparing to bring the machine out
of the garagezthe boy cranked it, and
in so doing some Way short-circuited
it, and the gasoline exploded, the ma
chine Catching fire. An alarm was
turned in at once from fire box SO,
and prornpt reaopnse by the fire lad
dies saved the rn6chine from complete
destructiol was it was put en-
airely out mission. and the
a.ntna1 dan l,||( I ~. itaia A,..,1
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
IMMENSE LOSS result
FROM FOREST fires
by Associated PreSs.)

Washington, October 24.-Six bill
lion board feet of lumber, valued at
fifteen million dollars, was destroyed
in the recent forest fires on Montana
and northern Idaho national forests.
Area burned in this district estimated
million and quarter acres.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
coNNEcTlcUTs POPULATION
SHOWS NICE GAIN.

Washington, Oct. 24.-The popula-
tion of the state of Connecticut is l.
114,756. An increase of 206,336 over
1900.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24

New Orleans, Oct. 24.--New Or
leans Oct 24.-Cotton steady, twelve
to fifteen points under Saturdays
close.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if
it fails to cure. e. w. GROVES sig
nature on each box. 25c.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
LATE MARKETS.
(BV Associated Press. -,

Chicago, Oct. 24.-Wheat weak, one
eighth to seven-eights off. Provisions
firm, unchanged to ten cents up.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
DR.. CRIPPEN WILL
Hang NOVEMBER 8TH
(Bu Associated Press.A

London, Oct. 24.-Doctor Crippen.
convicted of numbering his wife, Belle
Elmore, will hang November Sth, the
sheriff having advanced the date one
week.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
JGULFPORT Man
INSTANTLY KILLED
Heard Noise in Chicken House and
Received Two Loads of
Shot.

Gulfport, Miss, Oct 24-When T. ].
Broadus, a hmberman living several
miles North of Gulfport, went out to
investigate noise in his chicken
house, Saturday night, he received two
loads of buckshot. causing his instant
death.
There is no ciew to the Identity of
the murderer,
strangers with comfortable quarters.
+ good weather prevails and press
ent indIeet'ons ere very fsyorab|s
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-24
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New-York tribune., 1910-07-14
SCHOOL GRAFT HEARING
Jersey Committee Takes UP
West New York Bond Issue.

The New Jersey Senate investigating
committee. of which Senator Joseph o
Frelinghuysen is the head. and Wficn IN
the last two weeks has unearthed a large
amount OF alleged graft and extraTagance
In the expenditure of school moneys, spent
almost the whole of yesterday looking into
school conditions in West New York, and
especially the now celebrated bond issue
of sfO5, 900.
John P Murray, of Jersey City, a MEM
Der of Coudert Brothers. OF New York. IS
the committees counsel. Besides Senator
Frelinghuysen there were present yesterday
Senators Bradley and st. John McCutcheon.
Judge Morrow and J. BrOquard Belts. Of
the State Board Of Education.
Henry Naehrlein, who was clerk of the
Board of Education at the time the bonds
were sold. was the principal witness OF
day After telling how the board had met
and authorized the bond issue, he refused
70 answer many of Mr.. Murray's questions
as to how the sale was made and where
and how much money was received.
OF the issue of s1o5OO0 the town received
S3S, 900. 1t is known where $4,000 of the
bonds were sold. but there can be found no
trace of the remainder OF the money, al
though the town has spent 5000 for cOun-
sci fees in trying to find it.
In the course of the testimony yesterday
Mr. Murray brought out that the town
government helped itself to more than
S7OO of school funds. which it never
turned. but used for the towns needs. No
strenuous efforts were made by the town
counsel to have this money placed back 20
the credit of the schools, where il legally
belonged.
Charles F. Jones, a principal, testified
that he had complained of exorbitant
prices charged for supplies, but his pro-
tests were unheeded. In several cases, he
said prices even higher than the cata-
Iogue Were charged and paid. Mr.. Jones
also testified that in May OF last year he
was asked to put up 800 to secure his re-
appointment.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-14
W|NGATE LEADS CONTEST
Board of Education Passes Vote
in Favor of His Nominee.
VEIT GETS WAITRESS PLACE
Long Debate Over Principal for
Evening High School-Drops
Barringer Charges.

The Board of Education At its meeting
Yesterday afternoon entered into long
debate when the matter OF rejecting or
sustaining the appointment OF Benjamin
Welt as principal of The East Side Even
ing High school for Men came up for dis
cussion. After about two hours OF talk 4
substitute resolution offered by General
Wingate, chairman OF the Public Schools
Athletic League. was accepted, and Feit
was appointed, defeating an effort 70 ao-
point John +. Waters 10 the place which
he had held for many years previously
The vote was regarded as uphoIdinz tho
principle Of honest athletics in the public
schools.
This matter was held over from the
last meeting OF the board because OF a tie
vote Waters is principal OF Public School
q, but the board of superintendents
failed TO recommend him for reappoint-
Inent for the prfncipa1ship Of the Evening
High School for the reason that he had
pleaded guilty to a charge that he used a
ringer in a school contest. for which he
was fined five DAYS pay and reprimaHded-
When the committee on special schools
reported TO the Board OF Education OF the
matter It offered a resolution rejecting TIE
nomination of yeit, without prejudice. and
it was understood that if this resolution
was passed by the board an effort would be
made to get the board OF superintendentS
to recommend Waters for the place
This plan fell through when General
Wingate offered the following resolution
as a substitute for the special schools COM
nittee's resolution:
Resolved. That the nomination OF Benjs-
min Veit as principal OF the East Side
Evening High School for Men be and IL
hereby confirmed
The vote was 10 III favor OF the resolU-
tion and Is opposed TO IL
The board voted that a COMMITTEES o.
three members be appointed TO examine
into and report on Mayor GayuoTs letter
in reference to the alleged conduct OF
James 2. Holland. a member OF the Board
OF Education He is accused of having de-
clareG, while discussing the charge that
public school janitOrs have TO pay for ap-
pointment and promotion, that "a sqgeale-
Is worse than the man who takes the
mcTev.'
The committee on elementary schools o.
fered Il reSolUt-or, which vas passed dis
missing the charges Of gross misconduct
and negiecc of duty preferred against
Theodore Z. Barringer, principal or Public
School 50. and Charles Kothe. a teacher in
the same school.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-14
ITALY WANTS CHARLTON
Formal Request for ExtradItior
on Way to Washington.
OFFICIALS NON-COMMITTAL
State Department Studying I'm,
portant Legal Questions In
Volved in Case.

Washington. July ia formal request for
the eNtradition Of Porter Charlton, charged
with killing his wife at Lake Como. Italy
has been forwarded 10y special messenger
from Rome TO London. whence il viii be
sent on TO Washington by the first fast
mail Word 10 this effect reached the State
Department to-day through the embassy in
Rome. State Department officials believed
that Monday next would be the earliest
date on which the receipt of the request
might be expected, and that the document
might not arrive here for seven or eight
days yet.
The question OF law has been gone over
very carefully by the solicitor for the State
Department who Viii submit his findings
10 Secretary Knox when the extradition
papers are received.
can an insane person Le extradited?
WAS = question the department considered
to-day. It was decided that person in an
Insane yluIu at the time the request Tor
,xtradition comes cannot be surrendered NO
definite steps lookin. TO the confinement oi
Charlton III an asylum, aside from the en-
5lloyrnent Of alienists and the talk resulting
1berefroEn have been taken, SO that the
situation in his case opens some interesting
questions. and il was pointed out to-day
officially that. in view of the treaty rela-
1iol5s with ItaIy. il would be indecent not
,r,lz- "a make ar,s- statement in advance. bGt
Tor This government to make UP its mlnd
,.endipr scouirement Of all the facts, the
law and the practice in the case. The ques-
-f,,, of whether Charlton is insane VIII not
L. ,.gr,e7dered- unless lie is adjudged insane
l,,- = cou~r of competent jurisdiction.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-14
RALLINGER I'M SEATTLE
Not the Resigning Kind, He Says
The Alaska Contest,

Seattle July 13-Secretary Richard y.
Ballinger arrived here from Washington
last night to spend his summer vacation
The first thing he said upon his arrival was
that he had no intention of resignlng. MI
Ballinger declared he had no intention OIL
taking any active part in politics IN thls
state in the present campaign.
at has been frequently stated, SAID the
Secretary that / intend to resign ana
that l have moved my household furniture
away from Washington. There is apSolute-
Iy no foundation for any such statement |
7 am not made of the resignng material,
and do not propose TO crafty those persons
who want me to resign. That is not my
object in being in office. 1 expect to ad-
minister the Interior Department in legal
manner. which I believe will ultimately re-
ce;ye the appreciation of every one
II am greatly pleased at the legislation
enacted by Congress affecting the Interior
Denartnent. which has given legal au-
thoritv to withdraw public lands for ciaSsi-
fcatiou and has provided for the proper
disp0sition of the public domain
~ take great satisfaction not only III
tho results affecting the Interior Depart
ment. but the other departments as wen
I feel particularly glad that President lat'
has secured the fulfilment of substantially
all the party pledges.
When Attorney General Wlckersham ana
Secretary Nagel arrive in Alaska late TINS
month they will find in progress political
convention The contest is for the election
of delegate to Congress. The candidates
are Edward Orr, formerly Mayor of Ia
coma, regular Republican, and James
Wickersham, insurgent Republican the
present delegate.
James Wickersham, Orr and l. +.
Shackleford. national committeeman VINO
is an Orr partisan. left Dawson yesterday
by Yukon steamer for the big mining camps
in the Far North. Wickersham alleges
that Orr is subservient to the Guggenheim
interests. and Orrs chief campaign docn-
ment is a facsimile Of q telegram Wicker
sham sent to the manager of the Guggen-
helm syndicate two years ago, asking en-
ployment as counsel
New-York tribune., 1910-07-14
BOTH SIDES UNY|ELD|NG
Striking CIoakmakers Now IN
Finish Fight with Employers.
MANUFACTURERS TOGETHER
Several Union Workmen Fined or
Held in Police Courts for
Causing Disorder.

The DEVELOPMENTS of yesterday indicated
that il would now be war to the knife pc
tween the striking clqakmakers and the
two associations of manufacturers The
two employers associations held joint
meeting at which it was officially report
ed that they had amalgamated and would
fight the demands of the strikers to
finish.
The Womens Trade Union League.
which took an important part in the strike
OF the waistmakers, decided to cooperate
with the women strikers. representa-
tive of the league was at the headquarters
of the strike committee, in Beethoven
Hall, most of the day.
A meeting of the newly organized Asso-
ciated Manufacturers of Ladies and
Misses Garments of New York was held
al the Teutonia Assembly Rooms, No. 14f
East 18th street, which was guarded by
fifteen policemen. The meeting was 10
consider the question of amalgamating
with the older body. the Cloak. Suit and
Skirt Manufacturers Protective Associa-
ton Later all hands went to the Hoff-
man House where there was joint meet
ing OF the two associations state
ment was given out after this joint meet
ing, which said in part:
THE cloak suit and skirt manufacturers
of this city got together yesterday for the
first time since the strike of the cloak
makers began and organized to resist the
strike. The complete harmOnizing Of all
interests came when the members of the
Associated Manufacturers of Ladies' and
Misses Garments came from a meeting Of
their own association in Teutonia Hall to
the meeting of the Protective Association
N progress in the big ballroom of the Hoff-
man House, and there pledged their ale
glance to the older organization. Previous
ly the garment association meeting had
voted almost unanimously TO abandon their
organization and throw their lot with the
Protective Association
Isadore Epstein. on behalf Of the strikers,
said the union was in a position TO stand a
protracted fight and the employers would
make a mistake if they acted under the
impression that by waiting they could get
the strikers to desert their ranks. The
fight is not for the union alone, he said, and
tho life of the union IS not the issue The
issue is better conditions of work. better
wages, reasonable hours and reasonable
treatment of employees.
Representatives of the unions of cloak
makers in the large cities called on the
strike committee yesterday and reported
that their unions were ready to strike when
called on.
President Gompers of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor left the city for Washing
ton yesterday.
A number of the strikers were brought
up in the court yesterday on charges of
malicious mischief and causing disturb
ances. In the Tombs court four men were
charged with entering the clOakmaking shop
of Benjamin Bernstein and making dis
turbance. One was fined 3, and the others
were discharged. Philip ShOnosky was held
for trial in 81 600 bail in Essex Market court
on the charge of malicious mischief. Nor
ris Tryon was held III 500 bail on a similar
! charge.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-14
RETURNING FROM CANADA
Thousands of American Settlers
Glad to Get Back.

Washington. July 13.-The tide OF emigra-
ton OF honeseekers to Canada, which mas
been the subject of great concern 10 tue
administrators of the public domain ior thf
last few years. has turned, in the opinion
Of officials of the Reclamation service
Thousands have returned. and q great
many more are expected back soon.
Clarence J. Blanchard. statistictan OF the
Reclamation Service. who is in the field in
specting irrigation projects, reports TO the
headquarters of the service here that he
has talked with a great number Of settlers
in Montana who tried the Canadian eX-
pertinent, but were glad enough to return
home They said that practically every
American farmer in the neighborhocd or
Alberta where the Canadian government
maintains an irrigation project, was anX-
ious TO get back if he could sell his hold
ingS in the Dominion.
In the last nine months, 1t was said al
the Reclamation Service offices to-day, fif-
teen thousand settlers have returned from
Canada, and the prospect for general
backward movement was bright,
New-York tribune., 1910-07-14
MAYOR FACES PRISON
Chief Magistrate of Lawrence
Convicted of Conspiracy.
OTHERS FOUND GUILTY
Scandals in Massachusetts City
Culminate-Can Mayor Rule
from Prison?

Salem. Mass. July 13-With the convic-
tion and sentencing of Mayor William P.
White of Lawrence and several other resi-
dents of that city on conspiracy charges In
the Sunerior Court here to-day, the political
scandals which have stirred the city OF
Lawrence for some time reached a sensa-
tionaI stage.
Found guilty OF conspiring TO secure the
confirmation by the Board of Aldermen or
Mayor Whites appointment of James A.
Hamilton as chief of the Lawrence FIRE
Department, and Of conspiring later to Sc
cure Hamilton's removal from that place,
the Mayor was sentenced to serve three
years in the Essex County House of Cor
rection and to pay a fine of $1,000 Samuel
Kress was sentenced to two and half
years imprisonment, Matthew Burns TO
two years and George ID. Smart to year
and Il half Ernest DUDE, also convicted,
was not sentenced. his case being placed on
file because he had given evidence for the
prosecution.
Whether Mayor White can continue to
hold his office while serving his sentence
has not been definitely determined
The case has been on trial for about two
weeks The jury rendered its verdict after
being out a little more than four hours
Thomas Keegan also indicted in the same
case, was found not guilty.
Mayor White made an impassioned ad-
dress to the court, declaring that he had
been innocent of any wrong intention.
Burns spoke in a similar vein, while the
other convicted men made no statement
NJ. l. Sullivan, counsel for Mayor White,
argued for new trial, but the motion was
denied by Judge Schofeld, who then pro
nounced sentence.
Kress one of the men convicted, has pre-
viously been found guilty of attempted
bribery in connection with the same case,
but has not been sentenced Hamilton Is
now under indictment for alleged bribery IN
securing the%confirmation of his appoint
ment. 1t is expected that he will be placed
on trial in September. He still holds his
fro Of
New-York tribune., 1910-07-14
INDICTED TRIO STILL FREE
Counsel for G.. M. Sexton Prom
ises His Surrender TODAY.

None of the three men indicted for COM
pIicity in the alleged larceny OF bonds of
the Titusville Northern Railway Company,
regarding which Charles Z. WeIlborn com
planned to District Attorney Whitman last
week. surrendered himself yesterday
Gilbert D. Lamb, OF counsel for G. W.
Chapman, reported to Acting District At
torney Mott during the day that his client
was trying to secure bail before surrender
ing. Detectives were Immediately assigned
to find Chapman and bring him in on the
bench warrant issued when the indictment
was reported by the grand jury. 1t is ex-
pected that he will be in custody to-day
In the case of c. NJ Sexton. Mr. Mott ac-
cepted the promise of former District At
torney Jerome Sexton's counsel, that he
would surrender to-day,
George II. Proctor. the third one of the in
dicted trio had not been heard from UP TO
the time the District Attorneys Office
closed last night.