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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-26

The charge that college men are
"sodden soaks" and decadents with
criminal inclinations, made in book
just published by r. T. Crane, a Chi
cago millionaire, is not borne out by
inquiries at Sing Sing. At the present
time there are only two men in the
famous prison who had the advantage
or disadvantage, as Mr.. Crane al
leges-of higher education. Neither
of these are alumni of universities.
One, Capt. Peter c. Hams, was a. West
Point graduate, and the other, Albert
T. Patrick was a medical student.
Last year, of the 1,722 inmates of Sing
Sings grim walls, ten were college
men, and only thirty-four had acade-
mic or high school Quotations Other
statistics show that only 25S of the
convicts were habitual users of in
toxicants. and about one-quarters
were total abstainers. The religious
views of the convicts varied widely,
but none were agnostics or avowed
unbelievers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-26

Statistics compiled for purposes of
display at the International Municipal
Congress, now in session at Chicago,
afford some interesting facts about
the nations metropolis. Every four
minutes, on an average, the stork
alights somewhere within the limits
of the Greater City. Every seven
minutes life is snuffed out. Every
eleven minutes some happy pair is
united in the holy bonds of wedlock."
And every millionth part of a second
although this last statement is not
official-somebody takes a drink
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-26

Those who have a sweet tooth may
soon have to pay more to satisfy its
cravings. Owing to the advance in
the price of sugar, the candy manufac-
turers are contemplating general
raise, especially for the cheaper
grades of CONNECTIONS. The choco
lates and bon bons selling at retail
for from sixty cents per pound up
ward will remain the same.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
ASHLAND NEWS NOTES

Ashland. Va. December s.-The
Ashland Music Club met on Wednes.
day at tho home OF Miss Margare,
THY. The program was made up OF
selections from Beethoven Among
those taking part were Mesdames
Biasingame. Richard Chenery. Hand.
Misses Tiily. Goodwin. Papers on
beethovan were read by Mrs. John
FISHER and Miss Martha Hughes. The
next meeting will be on January q
with Miss Caroline Midyette.
Miss Mary Wright ls Waiting rela.
tiyes In Baltimore.
Mrs. l. c. Fisher left Thursday FOR
Washington. Later Mrs Fisher viii
go TO Amsterdam. N Y, to visit her
daughter. Mrs. Sackett DuelI,
Misses Sarah and Elise Cardwell arc
spehoinB the weekend with Miss
blanche Chenery. at Randolph Macon
"oman's College. Lynchburg.
the matinee Enchre Card Club was
aeishtfully entertained by Mrs. Geo
morris on Wednesday afternoon. The
guests prize was won by Mrs r. a.
taSior. and the club prize by Mrs.
anna Carr. Those playing were Mes
Games. James Chenery, j. A. Riddick.
~ a. Taylor. A L. Gray. Rutherford
Fleet, b. a Newman. Alien Maury.
Lasher. Robert Carlton, Hill Carter.
or" w. D, Cardwell, y. H. Addison
Frank Wright; Misses Anna Carr
Ethel Howard. Elise Cardweu and
Nellie Macg!ll. OF Pulaski. Va.
MISS Bessie Redd has returned Ia
nor home. "Hybla." after being tho
guest OF her sister, Mrs. Hill Carter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
FELL IN DEATH TRAP
Colorcl Women Ga Down Into Burnfr
Furnace In Each Othcr,s Arms - -

cOiored Women Go Down Into Burning
Furnace In Each Others Arms
while picking up rags and oth'. r-,us.
from the dump on the end of Tairtee1th
Street yesterday morning. Two coiored wo-
men were badly burned. one OF them prob
ably fatally Injured. while another !. was
seriously hurt when the Pile on which they
were working caved In beneath them
Lena Freeman, of a92 and Fannie Brown
OF al College Alley who were close to eneh
other. locked arms az they felt the pile OF
Barbase give way beneath their weight,
and went down together. They fell anons
a pile OF cinderh. They managed some
how-ihey could no, tell how-to .>iimh
out. But Fannie Brown fcll unconsciour
with her clothes ab,aze. Her companion
endeavorcd in vain 30 beat gu, the famex
Others, who had Witnessed the accident
same 70 the rescue. and the woman was
removed from danger. She was treuted by
DR.. Crowley. OF tho city ambulance corps,
and was later taken TO the City Hospital.
Leaa Freeman. who was less badly burned.
was treated and taken To her home. The
third woman, Hattie Johnson. OF 3Gs College
Alley. wan very little burned, and wac also
taken homo. =
cinders had been burning for several days
under the heap OF refuse. and the surface
gave way with the weight OF the three wo.
men. S1sF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
5000 MANCRUS
SLAIN BY CHINESE
Messenger Brings First Direct
News of Outbreak at
Sian-Fu.

Picking. December S.-Tha first d.
rect and unconsored news received
from Sian-Fu since tho recent out
| break there was brought here to-day
by messenger. 1t consists of letters
to the British and American legations
and the director Of posts The letters
say that 5000 Manchus were slain by
Chinese and that there was much loot
Ing. Several mission houses In the
province vera destroyed and eight for
eigners, some of them children, wero
killed. -Four of the dead were Amerl-
cans.
we apparently are safe now" says
one Of the letters, dated November &c,
but the lawless are In the majority
We had hoped to escape down the Han
River, but the road is dangerous Tho
kan-Su missionaries have had hard
time. Twenty-Five of them, including
children, are Americans Money can
not be sent them. as all the mails have
been stopped and the banks here rob-
bed and burned"
The terms which the imperial dele
gates Will take to Shanghai or Kan
king in an endeavor to settle the ques-
tions in dispute between the govern
ment and the revoiutionists are be-
lieved to provide. first, that the En-
peror shall be retained, though he will
be entirely without power; second. that
president and cabinet shall be elect
ed by the nation, and the president
shall possess the same authority as the
president OF republic; and third, IL
the foregoing conditions are accepted,
the government Will grant provincial
autonomy.
These terms are considered largely
bluff. Yuan Shi Kai still controls
a substantial army, but Is unable to
pay the soldiers. and desiring to save
the nation. must accept the republican
demands.
Most of the legations are ready tn
harbor the Emperor In case of his abb
dtcation. but 1t is believed the court
will select either that of the United
States or Japan If such a step Is neces-
sary.
There was a fire late tonight near
tho Forbidden City, which is believed
to have been of lncendiary origin.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
Denics There wns Clash.

Indianapolis. Ind. December g.
There is not word Of truth in re-
ports of friction between Samuel Com
pers or other officials of the Amcrl-
can Federation of Labor and myself"
said Frank NJ. Ryan. president of the
International Association Of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers. who arr
rived in this city to-day from Wash
ingtcn.
Asked why he had not signed the
statement issued by the Federation Of
Labor officials In denunciution of tho
Mcnamara brothers after a conference
in Washington yesterday. MIR. Ryan
replied: IT took very little part in the
conference because OF the press OF
other business. ! will not add to my
first statement In regard to the out
come of the Mcnamara cases I have
nothing more to say"
VIII you call n meeting OF the
executive board to consider the atti-
tude of the association toward the Nc
Namaras?" he was asked.
Il do not know yet" was the an
swcr.
Did you. as president, know any
thing of the details of the expenditure
by John ]. Mcnamara, ms secretary. Of
fund of $1,000 a month appropriated
for organizing purposes and for which
no account was nader"
That is matter that will take care
OF Itself" Mr.. Ryan refused to COM
ment on the Federal authorities exam
nation of the books Of the associa-
tior now proceeding, in preparation
for the grand jury's session beginning
December II. When he was asked IL
he knew Federal inquiry was being
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
made that Tho vessel DO put into nort
and each time without avail. : 4. 49,

made that tho vessel DO put into nor,
and each time without avail. poAs :
Few Knew He Was Sought
So" whether or, not the refusal wa.
made because the United States mn.
thorities were looking for Mr' sand !
ford, do not know. Few, liz any.
on BOARD know that no was being
Then one day wo became insistont.
We We're not getting any nearer Green
la d, as far as we could figure, ana
we We're exhausting the two and a
nalf barrels OF crackers, which had
s peea a almost the only provision FOR
Mr.. SANFORD was indignant He
refused the request to put into port,
and prayed. 5t-yI
The situation got SO bad that mem-
pers K the crew. devotees OF the cult,
men who to-day. now that they are
ashore and have chance to get we'll
VIII not say word about their ex-
Tor possession of tho single biscuit
I. Il was their daily ration.
owe my life to the fact that 1
reached shore when did, and tho
Nres OF many moro of the crew were
sawed by the same fact"
mo headquarters OF the queer sect
OF tha Holy Ghost and Us are in a set
shlion Hin, near Durham. Me. Tho
growth OF tho society was due cpt,rejy
70 sanford. Formerly Baptist
ninlster. he took up the preaching ef
a new evangelical doctrine, claiming
through thu immediate aid OF the Hale
Ghost to heal the sick and even raiass
The dead. He recruited followers fron,
al parts OF tho country, and with the
none. collected fro mthem he erecteS
lse temple and other buIldIngs,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
REFUSE TO GIVE UP
Girls ResiAt Offer of Cash In Return
for Correct Ages

boston. December s.-Not even for
such ailurements as Christmas pros
ent OF cash and promise OF q pension
MI the young women employed by
the local telephone company reveal
their ages. Recently the directors Of
the company voted to give the girl
switchboard operators q cash present
ut Christmas, the amount varying ac-
cording to age. 1t was announced that
TINS Christmas gift would eventually
develop into q pension.
One OF the young men secretaries
was ven the task Of tabulating the
girls by ages. He began his work
among the $50 young women employed
In the main office. After few Hours
OF fruitless questioning he reported
TO the directors that the task was a
hopeless ono. as not one OF the oper-
ators would answer his questions as
to the date Of her birth. The scheme
has therefore been abandoned for the
present.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
yrssident Bompers.s statement that "if

yfehident Bompers's statement that "if
becomes necessary can. and will
swear { othe truth Of every assertion
IN that statement. II necessary, l Will
swear in IN affidavit that had no
knowledge OF the guilt of the McNa-
maras until their confession was made
public"
Mr. Gompers denied there had been
any clash" between himself and Frank
n, Ryan. head of the Structural Iron
Workers, He explained Mr.. Ryan's
absence from the committee meeting
was due to urgent business requiring
that he proceed at once to Indianapo-
lis, DIT. Gompers said, however. that
although Mr. Ryan was unable to Sign
the statement, not having been in town
Mt the time It was prepared, he is
confident Mr.. Ryan is In hearty ac-
cord with everything contained in 1t.
and would have affixed his signature
had he been here to do It.
Representative Frank Buchanan, of
Illinois. former president OF the Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers Union,
whose name was linked with the Nc
Namara case in an interview attribu-
ted to Detective William j. Burns, de-
clared to-day that he does not con-
slider the imputations against him seri-
GUS ones. Burns was quoted as say
ing that Buchanan could shed light"
on the dynamiting conspiracy charged
against union labor.
ceased to be president of the
union six years ago, long before these
dynamiting outrages occurred" said
he. and I have had personal differ
ences with the present administration
of the union since that time. I was
deceived by j. ]. Mcnamara, In whom
! had confidence when I was presi-
dent"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
OPPOSES CONTRACT LABOR
Virginia Federation Presents Convict systen
to Trades Council.

Virginia Federation Presents Convict Systcm
TO Trades Council.
The Central Trades and Labor Council Of
Richmond last night received from the Vir-
snia Federation Of Labor q bulletin urg-
Ing that unlonists Investigate the Virginia
prison convict-labor contract
The bulletin was received, and Il was d.
rected that II should be placed in conspic-
uous places for tho consideration of mem :.
bers OF organized labor.
The paper sets forth in big type that the
prisoners OF virginia are sold to private
prison contractors. and declares further
that they are used for the private gain of
the prison trusts"
The bad roads OF tho state the bulletin
attributes to the present form OF convict
port the State Federation and the Farmers
Unions to rectify what II forms an evil.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
PEDDLING CHARGE
Jeweler from Baltimore Placed Under Al

Jeweler from Baltimore Placed Under Ar
rest Here.
Lewia PEREZ, member OF a wholesale jew
elry frm Of Baltimore. was arrested yester-
day afternoon by observation-disclosures Wit
shire on "a charge oil doing business without
license. The detective alleges that he
caught Perel making sale on Seventeenth
Street lie was in time. however. TO pre-
vent tho transfer of money.
Perel'B grip, said to contain about 5000
worth OF 1ewery. was confscated as evil
dence. He had two trunks with him, each
OF the trunks. with it's contents. said TO DE
worth 5000 Perei denied that no was a
peddler. though the detective says he has
evidence that the jeweler went from hous.
TO house IN making his sales The detec-
tive swore out second warrant. charging
that like offenso had been committed Oc-
tobcr 81.
The young man. who Is only twenty three
years oil age. was baiied In the sum OF $500
n. Cohen. of West Broad Street. acting a.
his surety.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
COULD AVOID ISSUE
,nns Resolution intended to Allow Co,

oiills Resolution Intended to Allow Council
to Invoke Referendum.
Councilman Morgan r. Mills admitted
yesterday that the object OF the Joint reso-
lutloP. which he got through the Council
under suspension of the rules in the closing
minutes of the session on Thursday night
is in order to give the Council chance to
avoid voting on the issue presented by It's
committees by referring the whole plan OF
changed city government to vote of the
people at some future time. The resolution
LOOKS TO n. change In the city charter, CIV,
ing the City Council the power at any time
election. ssla = i5G9-.'' : =. N'
While there are advocates of the whole
pan OF referendum and recall as in vogue
IN SOME western States. II Is believed in
some quarters that the Council Is opposed
70 suth an ssue, and voted without knowl-
which had not been referred to a Commit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
Building Permits.

Building and repair permits We're issued
yesterday az follows:
Y. L. Perkins. 10 erect two twp-story
brick tenenseats. four dwellings, on the
north side of Main Street between Rowland
and Meadow Streets. to cost sl0eoo
Il. ]. Powers. TO erect q two story bricl,
tenement. two dwellings, on the east side
OF Gilmer Street between Clay aud Cathe.
rfne Streets. to cost $3.50.
II. S. Wallerstein, to erect a brick stnh,s
and shop, 2l0S East Grace Street, To cost
si26. $500 ~ So''
James River Furniture and Mattress Com.
pany. 10 repair. two-story brick factory
3l2 Hull Street, to cos, s5,05s
Imperial Tobacco Company (Itd1 m "a.
pair brick factory on the west aida -,
Sixth Street between Gary and Csnei
Streets. to cost $3.50 '
j. r Perdue. to repair a throe-storv brtc,,
store sol 1853 Hull Street. to cost $500 :
BAN Mullen, to repair two two-story bricl,
stores and dwellings. s5o-e32 Hickory street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
Award in Mental Anguish Suit.

Especial to The Times -Dispa tch.1
winston Salem, N. c.. December s.
Robert Il. Labberton was awarded $500
this afternoon In Forsyth Superior
Court In a $4,000 mental anguish suit
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company. The plaintiff alleged that a
telegram informing him of the seri-
GUS illness OF his mother was delayed
until after her death. He was stu
dent at the North Carolina University
and the message: was sent to the rail-
road station at Chapel HILL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
NO WATER FAMINE
Ionhy Plumbing only Cause for crounaless

Lnnly Plumbing Only Cause for Groundlesa
= Fears
Referring TO statements to the effect that
the residents o. Highland Park are threat
ened with water famine. Mayor E. ~
Mcclure, OF that town, said yesterday that
gard to water supply. he said Is thai tho
plumbing fixtures Installed In the houses
some time ngo we're not calculated to
stand the enormous pressure or the water
supply, and numerous leaks have been de.
yelopcd. which are being promptly rectined
There is, Mr. Mcclure states. no cause for
alarm.
The Town Council has authorized the COW
ering Of the wells with wire net work, set
on a concrete bnse.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
THE RH,IoND SATURDAY. DEoEnrBER 1917

.trict attorney at indianapolis. made i
flying visit to Washington to-day to
confer with officials of the Department
tensive dynamittng conspiracy now be-
Ing Investigated by the Indianapolis
grand jury. He discussed the matter
with Assistant Attorney General Harr.
Department officials declined to divulEe
the details Of the conferences. MIR. Mil
Ter left late in tho afternoon for In
dianapolis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
rroe scboo, Hook.

At meeting Of subcommittee Of the
committee on Ordinance, Charter and Re-
form yesterday afternoon, action on the
Fuller resolution In regard to free public
school text books was defe3ed until next
monday night and member. OF the City
School Board were requested to be present
at that time. when general conference on
the subject OF free textbooks viii be held.
into yesterday. n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
nnxid NoiIaAus.t.a

According to a telegram received yestar-
day afternoon by Captain Mcmahon, David
No!l has been arrested In Fairmont, W.
Va, for tho Richmond authorities who
no'd Tor him warrant charging him with
Curtin. OF II North Twenty-hrst Street
The warrant was sworn out on December
4, and kilograms were at once dispatched IN
all directions. The dispatch from Fair
mont was signed by F. v. Buckley chief
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
rmE IAx-rna WAY.

II you had . medicine that would
strengthen tho liver. tho .stomsoh. the kid
neys and the bowels. and at tho name time
make you strong with q systemic tonic,
don't you believe you would soon be woIif
+ That's "The Lax-FoB Way"
We ask you 20 buy the frat bottle on thu
druggist to sell sou tho second. 5f6
II .keoph your whole tnsidss right. :.
There 10 nothing elso made like Lax-FoA
Atsms !HSss tsl AAms-.ItAx.E .1A8s-.5-,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
MlnJs,er seekn Rsst

n upon the advice OF physicians. Rev w.
iaFner, pastor OF the Park Place Moth
S Sseas OF complete rest and recuperation M
'. ,nhao. Fla. The members OF his consre.
ION on nave granted him an indefinite lea
~ nuSehse on run salary. Mr. Parker re-
sn''y suffered severe nervous treakdown
III! Ihs mas teen somewhat slow In recova,w
D.. IN minister ,,.. WAS accompanied To Orlando
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
STARVATION OR CRIME
Alternative Fnced by Charles Harrison,
OF Baltimore.

Toledo. O.. December S.-Facing the
alternative Of starving or returning
to life OF crime. Charles Harrison,
ffty-eight. of Baltimore. Md. gave
himself up to the police here to-day
with the statement that he was fugi-
tive from justice, and was wanted by
the Clinton. N. Y, penitentiary au-
thorities for violating his parole. He
says he was SAINT to the penitentIary
twenty-three years ago for killing his
wife, and was paroIed twenty years
ago
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
Negotiation. Not onlcial.

Shanghai, December s.-Wu Ting
Fang processes ignorance OF the de-
cision of the revoutionaries at WI
Chang to accept n constitutional mon
arch. with Yum Shi Kai or some otha:
satisfactory Chinese as ruler, under a
Constitution and Parliament. DR.. WU
declares that no negotiations conduoAed
at WI Chang can be regarded as oiti-
cfa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
DEATHS

JoNEs-Died. MRS. ROSIE VAN JONES,
wife of ]. r. Jones and daughter OF
Isabel and the late Henry p. Van.
Funeral will take place from Clay
Street NJ. q. Church SATURDAY,
$3.50 p. NJ ~
YONGE-Diad,. on December 8. at her
home In Norfolk, Va, WINIFRED
HILL, Oldest daughter OF Philip and
Antoinette H. Yonge and grand
daughter OF the late Rev. VIM. Nor
wood d. d.
MERELLo-Died, at William Rvra
Hospital. Wednesday at 4:25 P. NJ.
mains are at Miss C. II. Smiths. 701
State Street. -
Funeral will take place SUNDAY
AFTERNOON at 8 O'clock from sc.
Patrick's Church. Interment in MT.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09

made as to whether or not others, were
associated with the McNamaras in
illegal transportation of dynamite, he
replied: There is nothing I can say
on that matter
Information as to the whereabouts
OF Mr.. Ryan was denied at the Office
OF the association until he had con-
ferred with his counsel Leo NJ. Rap
paport.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
DIR. james III. Turner.


Especial TO The Timee-Dispatcb.1
front Royal, Va, December S.-Dr
James H. Turner. aged about eighty
.nfee years. one OF tho Oldest physt-
eians In this section OF Virginia. died
TINS afternoon. aftsr lingering Ill
ness. DIT. Turner had been in bad
health for several years. He ia arr
viyed by his wife, one daughter and
one son. w. H. Turner, Common
~ealth's attorney OF this place
Mrs. William II. RIleJ.
Especial to The Times Dispatch
winchester, Va. December s.-Mrs
Macy wiaow Of William r. Riley, for
aaahy years prominent banker and
nnancier OF Washington. died late last
night In tho Winchester Memorial Hoss
sstai: from general breakdown. aged
to- dan -, toiT w.s her remains were. taken
AeaYes four daughters and two sons.
siias POWELL.
tSpecial to The Times Dispateh.
Henderson, N. c., December S.-This
morning at 10 o'clock Silas Powell died
81 the Bass Sanatorium, aged about
eiHty,hve years, leaving a wife and
one daughter, Mrs. o. o. Young. and
one son, Ollio Powell. The funeral SER
vices will be held at the Methodist
Protestant Church tomorrow.
Funeral OF Emil Wenger.
Especial to The Times DispetchI
me funeral OF Emil Wenger took place
az II o'clock this morning from tho
Church of the Holy Paraclete. the SER
Grove. Mr.. Wenger was born In Al.
SAGE. France. May s, 1S47. He fought
In the French army during the Fran.
co-Prusslan War. After that war he
came TO America and was married in
New York. in 1880. to Miss Josephine
Liell. OF Berncastle. Germany and in
1889 settled In Virginia. He had made
his home in Albemarie county for years
and was one Of the oldest members
of the Charlottesville Lodge of odd
Fellows. He Is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Josephine Wenger: two daughters,
Mrs, Louise Jackson. OF this city, and
and one son, Frank Wenger
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09

Only ono eBROMo Of NINE"
That is LAXATIVE BRoMO QUININE. Look
for the signature of q, W. GROVE. Used the
World over to Cure Cold in qae Day. ESQ.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-09
Renn,.ts Ho,,ae Rohhed.

James Ascot. colored. OF 1910 Moore
Street, reported to the police laat night
that hisNhome had boon entered and thai
a quantity of clothing had been atolon.