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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
SENATE
TO USE W+iTEWASH,


Springfield H., Jan. 4.-5tate Sena-
tor Bailey of Peoria introduced a reso-
lution in the senate today calling for
an investigation by committee OF
the charges Of bribery and corruption
made against certain members Of the
senate fwho have been indicted for
or confessed to crime of bribery"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
MERCURY Drops
TO "A DEGREES
some SAY TO 10

old settlers and new ones alike,
awoke at early dawn this morning
under the belief that the bulb of the
thermometer had dropped out during
the night 1t was cold, very cold, and
those who were forced to stir early,
tell all sorts of experiences.
Just how cold it really was during
the early hours has been a matter of
dispute for the groups of makers,
who daily assemble 1T the down town
drug stores. Officially the govern
ment thermometer registered If de-
erees-but as it is placed IN a Shell
tered spot, even the local volunteer
observer refused to believe his ewes
when he read it.
Fell to ~ Degrees.
A score of thermometers about town
were reported during the breakfast
hour as showing ~ and even 10 de-
grees, and the public generally accept
ed the former as the low point of the
night.
Water Cut Of
Because hundreds Of citizens had
left the spigots of their water pipes
open last night to prevent the freezing
of pipes. the waterworks department
found this morning that the reserve
supply was falling steadily
At noon. by order of the commits
sioners the mains were cut off for a
few hours to enabls the pumps to gain
on the heavy drain which had been
going on for an entire day The wa
ter supply may stay off during tonight.
Ice Was Common.
Hundreds this morning awoke to
find thin crust of ice covering the
water in pitchers often in rooms where
q fire had been kept burning during
the night. 1t was so unusual that
ice" stories were the vogue all morn
ing.
Worst For Years.
While some contended that last
nights freeze-up was the hardest since
the memorable freeze of February,
1899, others say that Hattiesburg has
seen as cold weather several times.
In the 1899 freeze a heavy snow COW
cred the ground and young folks en-
ioyed the snow-balling.
Frozen pipes were so common this
morning that the local plumbers sim
ply Looked orders to be served in
rotation. The losses from this source
win reach many hundreds of dollars.
Vegetation Killed.
Reports from the country show that
all vegetation was killed down last
night in this section Reports from
points south of here show early truck
and fruit were severely injured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
YOUR GOOD NAME.

Whatever you lend. let il be your
money. not your name. Money you
may get again, and, if not, you may
contrive to do without it; name once
lost you cannot get again, and if
you contrive to do without it you
had better never been born
Bulwer Lyiton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
Portrait of a Gentleman"

The Professor-Can you define gen
tleman. Miss Cutting? The Suffragette
dcily)-Certainly A gentleman was
contemporaneous with the old masters,
who often painted his portrait.-Ex
change.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
THE MARKETS.
fBv Associated Press,

Chicago, Jan. 4,-Wheat closed
steady, shade to 3-S cents lower.
Provisions closed weak, unchanged to
! cents down.
New Orleans, Jan. 4.-Cotton closed
weak, II to IL points down. Futures
opened Jan. 1854; Mch. 1906; May
1929.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
A Tenant For Life,

Have you boarded long at this
houseT' inquired the new boarder of
the sour. detected man sitting next to
him.
"About ten years"
81 don't see how you can stand it.
why haven't you left long ago."
"No other place to CO." said the other
dismally. THE landlady's my wife"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
HEPBURN LAW STANDS.
(Bp Associated PreSS.l

Washington, Jan. 4.-By error it
was reported yesterday that the Car
mack amendment to the Hepburn rate
law had been killed by the Supreme
Court. The court declared the law
constitutional making the initial road
liable for freight losses on interstate
traffic.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

Nashville, Tenn, to open a branch
house in that city. Mr.. j. T. Graham,
well known to the people of Hatties-
burg, and an experienced man in the
toiloring business, has been appointed
local manager, vice for Mr. Foster
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

When your watch gets out of order
you have choice of two things to do:
throw it into the fire or take it to the
watch-tinker. The former is the quick
est.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
Ohio DEMOCRATS
To NAME SENATOR

Columbus, o., Jan. 1.-THE Demo.
Gratis will hold a joint caucus Thurs.
day afternoon to consider the naming
of a United States senator. TE- sen.
ate stands 10 to Is, and the house 10
to IS, in favor of the Democrat.
Governor Scores Tax Dodqers.
Governor Harmon's annual message
scores tax dodgers. He said:
when the government is coada., a.
by the people themselves every ,.tizep
ought to regard contributing 40 ifs
support as a patriotic duty the eAirl,.
ing of which involves disgrace. Vet
many evade their taxes. The resrIt
tHat those who do not and those who
from their condition or the nature M
thea property have not equal means
Of evasion, pay more than their share
OF the public expenditures, so that
discomfort mars the cordial relations
which should exist between the peo.
PIE and the government.
The people who support the gova,r.
ment have to economic. Why sbordl
their public servants not do tbo
same?"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
Warmer Tomorrow.
Lowest in Five Years.

New Orleans, Jan. 4.-The mercury
dropped to 20 above zero this morn
ing the coolest in five years. Over
the interior Gulf States, to IA de-
grees were reported and along the
coast is to %. Clear weather is pre-
dicted tonight with falling tempera-
lures over most of the Gulf territory.
Low temperatures will prevail in the
sugar and trucking areas of Texas
and Louisiana.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

MaNdamos proceedings viii be in
aututsd at once. at my request. by nv
mother | am advised that such pro.
ceedlnss take precedence over every
other sort of business in the courts,
ana think We may confidently eypect
an early determination Of the cues.
uon' Whatever the courts may saw
is my duty in the premises I shall
gladly do.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
Suited His Temperament.

"Grooge is very grouchy sort of
man, isn't hep
Yes. Won't even ride in anything
but y."-Baltimore American.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

The feature photo-play at the Lomo
today is entitled "The Revolt" drama
winning Back His Love-" (biograph
drama. Geo. E. Stanley is making a
big hit at the Lomo this week The
Lomo Orchestra plays today The
Revolt tells in realistic manner
the exciting story of the days of
Charles, the Dauphin, in France. Ell
ed by a band of woodsmen known as
the wolves and the peasants sweeps
the mobiles out of power for a time,
but through excessive violence loses
all that he has gained for the people
and is himself killed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

A girls idea of rousseau is to
have enough clothes to wear without
buying anything new for at least three
weeks. New York Times.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

Mrs. c. W. Dobbins, who has been
running the Dobbins House for many
years, has sold the business to Mrs.
L. F. Griffin. Mrs. Dobbins will make
her home with her daughter, Mrs. S.
r. Martin.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

He is friend who in dubious cir
cumstances aids in deeds when deeds
he necessary .-Plautus.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
Cold Elsewhere.

(Bs Assoeiafed Pr"SSN
Shreveport, La, "; Natchez, Miss,
20; Newton, Miss, 20; Brandon, Miss,
10; Little Rock, Ark. 1S; Houston
Tex III: San Antonio, Tex. Is. and
Dallas. Tex, 10 were reported. A
Mexican froze to death at San An
tonio.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
CITY sREvuriEs,
e@H>~H@%%%@%@~%s

Mr. P W. Foster, who opened the
Hattiesburg branch of the National
Wooden Mills, and has since been in
charge win leave In few days for
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
Hits The Oranges.

Bay Minnette, Ala, Jan 4.-Orange
trees and truck gardens were severely
damaged in this section by the cold
est weather in years. Twelve above
zero was recorded.
Warmer Tomorrow.
That it will be cold again tonight is
certain. But tomorrow will see rise
and with the sun shining brightly the
mercury will start it's upward journey
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
RAILROAD GOSSIP.
:, :; :, :. So !: s. s. s. 49, E: ::

Vice President Miller of the Great
Northern, on his special train, left for
Laurel over the Q. & c. about $50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The
party stopped at Laurel to look over
the Newman mill there.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

Denver, Jan. A rise of 81 de-
grees in ~ hours has broken the back
bone of the cold snap that has held
Colorado in way below zero" grip
several days. 1t was SS above this
morning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

Seek knowledge as If thou vert to be
here forever -Herder.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
Cold other places.

Nashville, Tenn. 1t was three above
zero at six o'clock this morning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

therefore violating the spirit if indeed
not the very letter OF the Constitution
of Mississippi. as Well as the Act of
the Legislature.
Have to SHOW" Him,
If the bonds have not been sold ac-
cording to law, us 1 verify believe is
true, then [ fail to understand why
they should be a legal and binding OBJ
legation Of the State But whether
my own individual views about the
matter are correct or not, cannot get
my consent to pay out $l0,H5.67 of
the peoples money unless am con-
WINGED beyond the peradventure Of
reasonable doubt that there is ample
authority in law for it, II ! were to
pay our rh.s uoeamed interest, there
is possibility that I night be called
Upon TO repay to the public treasury
'he money which I had ignorautly and
tHought'e sly paid out.
His Integrity at Stake.
Everything which my wife and baby
and lave Oh Gods green earth. as
Wen as my own personal integrity and
honor depends absolutely upon the
honest car ful and intelligent trans
action by me Of the duties of the office
OF STAG Treasurer It is for that
reason that am anxious to have the
matter passed upon by the highest
judicial tribunal of the land. whose
Official procurement of the law and
my dH.r ta 'H- people Of Mississippi
under it, alone can hedge about me
and my londmen with that superabun.
dance of protection which every hon
est public official deserves and which
every careful sensible nan ought to
demand
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

Atlanta, Ca. Jan. 4.--Eleven above,
was the coolest last night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

Train Master !. C. Mason OF the G.
& S. l., spent last night at home in
Lumberton, Mr. Mason is preparing
to make his residence in Hattiesburg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

Officials and clerks at the several
railroad offices wore a pleasant smH
this morning. They said aycrgtlr-
was running smoothly; no one was
complaining.
The evening world., 1911-11-11
B. R. 7. CHEATED
ITSELF OUT OF
SECOND FARE
Cut Out Express Trains and
Conductor Couldn't Get
Through Jam to Collect.

The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
to-day showed its utter disregard for
the travelling public by summariiy cut
ting out the express service on the
Brighton line. without giving notice.
The local service was therefore taxed
to such an extent that all tho trains
were damned and delayed. Every car
was taxed to such a degree that the
conductors were unable to get through
the press of humanity to collect the
second fare.
Until to-day all trains on tho Brighton
line In the early rush hours have beer
running as Fulton Ferry Expresses
They run as express only from Kings
Highway to Newkirk avenue, but az
they usually run fairly light they make
good time. The train due at Sleeps.
head Bay at 7:O usually lands passen-
gers at Park Row At $50 o'clock. In
cidentally. It might 30 added. that the
p. r. T. dispatchers are not always
particular about the schedule. Tor in.
stance, the train u at S~heepshead a,
7 $50 10 a. likely to arrive at 7:4s as a,
7:bS.
The 7:So train at Sheepshead to-day
arrived on time, but At Kings Highway
It failed to take the express track
The evening world., 1911-11-11
Il ARE INJURED
IN TRAIN CRASH
ON BROOKLYN az
Four Women Ticket Agents
Among Victims of Collision
OH Fifth Avenue.
FOG y THE CARS.
Policeman Gains Panic and
Guides Passengers Along
Trestle TO Station.
FOG HIDES THE CARS.

Four women ticket agents Of the u.
r. T.. were cut about the face and
hands when the FIN avenue train In
which they were passengers was bumped
Into by n West End train at the Twen-
ty-afth street station. at ] o'clock this
morning.
They were Anna Cronln. thirty years
old. of No. 2s9 Flfty-eighth street: Mary
A. Curtis. forty. OF No. 10 Thirty-sec-
ond street.; Helen Donohue, forty. OF
No. s2i Fifty-slxth street. Anna Reicht.
thirty-nve. of No. 259 iThlrty-clghth
street.. and Inez Hanson. twenty-five.
Of No. s35 Ninetoe. n street.
Six men, also railroad employees. were
hurt. one Of them. Alfred Gill, twenty
Ave years old. OF No. 1901 Lafayette
street. Manhattan. badly enough to be
taken to the Norwegian Hospital.
The collision was due to The heavy
fog which prevented Motorman George
Curran of the West End train from no.
t.cinE the Fifth avenue train slowing up
q the station. The railroad employees
we're all In the rear car Of the Fifth
avenue train.
The left side OF the rear car OF the
Fifth avenue train was ripped away and
hung above the sidewalk. The forward
trucks of the colliding car left the track
and scraped against the platform.
Police Sergeant Jepson. who was on
an incoming train. saw the collision and,
hearing the shrieks Of tho frightened
women, ran downtairs and sent In a
hurry call for ambulances from the Nor
wesian and Seney Hospitals. and the
reserves from two police stations.
Policeman James Mccarthy OF the
Fourth avenue station. Brooklyn. was
on the wrecked train. Though his
hands were badly cut by broken glass
he jumped to the platform Of the car
and ordered the guard to keep the doors
closed. Excited men and women were
surging to the door and he feared they
might be pushed on. When their nerves
had been quieted down he helped the
women get down on the edge Of the
tracks 10 they could walk back to the
station.
During trafic delay csused by the
accident all the platforms OF the line
became crowded. On the Forty-sixth
street station the congestion and excite
msnt brought IN attack OF heart disease
70 J. H.. DAILY. sixty-hve years old. OF
Nghty-fourth street M Twentieth ave.
nue.. and he dropped dead.
The crowding was finally relieved by
transferring passengers from the ele-
waited to the surface lines. Trains were
running with fair regularity an hour
and . half after the accident.
The evening world., 1911-11-11
BARNARD GIRLS MAKE
PLEA FOR NEW Theatre.

The presentation of the play, The
Road to Yesterday" by the Barnard
College Sophomores In B~rinckerhom
Hall. vas almost turned into . mass
meeting to call for a new college the
atre. Between the acts the 800 girls
who were crowded into a theatre bunt
for $40 sang with deafening eject:
we want a building;
We need Il very much.
Oh, won't some kind millionaire
passing by
Give US some none 10 hush up her
cry
And give US q building"
The play moved smoothly and the
work OF the girls who had masculine
roles was greatly ~appiauded. also their
appearance. There had been some aGi-
tation for the admission OF brothers."
but owing to the crowded conditions OF
the hall and for other reasons II was
generally conceded that they wer ~
we'll away.
The evening world., 1911-11-11
COOPER UNION
STUDENTC CHARGED
WITH BURGLARY
Detectives Arrest Lad in Read
ing-Room, With Photo
graph as Clue.

Among the men n women bending
over books in Cooper Union reading
room last night was . well dressed
youth Of eighteen. Detectives Andre W.
and Finn entered. looked carefully at
the men In the room and the studied
two photographs they carried.
This Is the one We want" said
the shoulder. You are John Golding
Of Philadelphia. I have q warrant for
your arrest. charging burglary"
I'm Golding." said the youth. land
I'm from Philadelphia. but I'll tip you
of now that you haven't anything on
me-"
On the way to the East Thirty-nfth
street police station the detectives asked
Goldlng where Harry Gordon was. They
also had q warrant for Gordon, charging
burglary. They had his picture to iden-
tify him. Gordon has lost the four
fingers Of his right hand. When Golding
refused to give information the dstec-
tives searched for q man with the four
fingers gone.
They had learned that Gordon wa
seen in the neighoorhood OF Thirty
fourth street and Third avenue. They
took their stand there and soon heard
some men talking about q man with the
fingers OF his right hand gone who was
a most excellent card player. They
learned that this man was then play
ing cards at No. "a East Thirty-fourth
street.
nArAAu uaa AAAn Tn = aasA ~An> 49,.
The evening world., 1911-11-11
WALL STREET.

Stocks were freely supplied at tho out
set OF trading to-day. causing Steel.
Union and Southern Pacific, Reading.
Wabash preferred and Copper to sink
about l point under their closing range
of yesterday. The entire list was frac-
t~ionally lower at the opening. and dur
ing the first hour the trend of prices
was distinctly downward. Selling pres
sure abated somewhat at the beginning
OF the second hour. but losses still
showed in all of the leading features.
Failures OF two bear houses In Is
many days, resulting In Liquidation of
speculative holdings, was a contribu-
tory reason for the weakness of stocks
to-day.
Increased heaviness prevailed in the
last half hour Closing sales We're
neal the lowest of the day. Steel and
Union Pacific. the two weakest issues.
lost about l 1-2 points at the finish.
Reading displayed a disposition to
break away from the general reaction
and closed unchanged.
Total sales of stocks for tho SEES
sion we're 447.600 shares.
The evening world., 1911-11-11

After reaching the station the motor.
man came out Of the box and yelled
back at the guard: Are they going 10
put on another carr" The guard didn'e
know, but hi went back to see. ana
after about I'VE minutes delay the
train moved along without any extra
car.
The train moved at q snairs pace.
There was pretty thick fog, but the
fog was not responsible for the slow
progress. The real delay was caused
by the inadequate service. Every ptat-
form along the line was crowded ana
the cars of the short train were soon
massed with humanity. Al every Sc
ton there was delay In opening D
gates and then more delay IN closing
them. 1t was almost impusofb9o to
close them because those left on the
platforms were fighting to squeeze in.
The bitter pill to the Il. II. T.. now
ever, came after Prospect avenue was
passed. The conductor was locked in
the jam and unable to 30 through b
cars to collect the second fare.
The train arrived at Park Row ter
minal just twenty-five minutes late.
The evening world., 1911-11-11
Ham and Ess. saved Her Life.

IONA. Mich, Nov. IA plate of
ham and eggs yesterday saved the life
Of Mrs. Mary Butler. an aged inmate
Of the Ionia poor farm. A week ago
she became Respondent and decided to
starve herself to death. Day after
day she steadfastly refused food and
drink. The officials tried different
plans without success. and then in
desperation experimental with the
ham and" method. The old woman
took a look at the tempting food and
decided to live a while longer.
The evening world., 1911-11-11
CHAPTER v.

Dhl uIu Say snS
e unused aloud. Let me
x see. I knocked Hargen.
A that's one thing sure.
- I knocked Holbrooke and
Company - knocked them hard. too.
that's another thing sure. I knocked
their stock, their methods-everything.
There's no getting away from II. I did.
I didn't leave a single button on their
vests. Darn the man. Hattie!
He got me going, and then he held me.
lie simply made me talk. ! don't know
how It was. but he did It. There was
something about him that Oh. we'll.
what's the use? It's my finish. all right.
He'll Just about 20 down n tell Har-
gen. and then-yep. I can hear them
making out my absence papers .
And what makes me mad Is. Hattie.
IL kind o. liked mimi" As she made
the humiliating confession, the crimson
flooded cheeks II brow. and her eyes
fell.
Hattie, however. WAS now inclined to
take a more optimistic view OF the sit
uation.
I'm thinking he ont tell" she
"'h ~
IL guess, from all I've heard. and from
what | seen Of him to-day. that he's =
genuine sport. So be he Is, he won't
squeal."
The luncheon hour was come. and the
two girls proceeded to make their re-
pasts from the contents of tho boxes
they had brought.
In spite of the excitement that stu
agitated her. Maggie contrived to make
an excellent meal. as demanded by her
youth and perfect health. While they
ate. the friends discussed Joseph from
every viewpoint, and much OF what
they said might have caused the ears
OF that gentlemen 10 tingle, could he
have overheard. On the other hand,
much that was not said would have
given him more than compensation. for
Maggie still felt deep down In her hear
the warmth born OF fsr meeting with
him. The knowledge of his identity
shocked and confused her. for q time
but the feeling provoked by his person.
ality remained unchanged-the stimuli.
to Q new outlook on life. Ere the sim
pie meal was ended, Hattie found her,
self wondering over the way in whici
Maggie sat dreamily silent, her eye
watching the cloud masses in the dis
tant biz OF sky. the rose tints in he
cheeks burning n deeper hue, her re.
lips bending gently toward a smile
Hattie shook her head IN token that IN,
meaning OF All this was beyond he
comprehension; but some delicate fem
mime instinct warned her well. and sh
refrained from questioning.
The evening world., 1911-11-11

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
Joseph HolbrSke. after a gay year In fAiis
grta At department store belueathed TO him by his
father. His faihers former partner. Mr.. Hagen
to whose daughter, Ethel. tho youne man !. en-
gasri, has been misinanaging the store and re-
sents Jo-eplis interference Maggie Pepper. as
sistant buyer Tot the firm. applies for the va
cant post II buyer. Hargru refuses her plea.
She returns, miserably unhappy. to the stock.
room. liolhrpoke sinlls ~ on his round OF the
store Maggie mistakes him fJ . lob applicant
aud falls into talk with him. The young man
finds himself strangely. attracted TO her; ne
ideas on how the store should be. run. After
ilolbrooke leaves the room Maggie finds out who
he 10. She Is Mortified at having talked ~
freely,
The evening world., 1911-11-11
Taft May See Army-Navy Game,

WASHINGTON, -,ov. 1l~.-President
Taft Is expected to accept the invita-
ton of the Secretary Of War n the
Secretary OF the Navy to attend the
Army and Navy football game at Phil
adelphia on Nov. 25. Many army and
navy officers will 80 over to see the
game. Gen. Wood, Chief Of STAR, will
accompany Secretary stimson and Rear
Admiral Nicholson. Chief OF the Bureau
Of Navigation. will accompany Sscrs-
tary Meyer.
The evening world., 1911-11-11
Rad Week for Ehrets,

MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. Nov. n.-Fire
destroyed the home Of Charles Bhrets
near Sacketts Lake, Sullivan County.
last night. Six hundred dollars in cur
rency was burned in a bureau which
Ehrets used as a bank. Ehrets was de-
feated in the election for Highway Com.
missioner by four votes.