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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
BLAME WHOLE
COMMUNITY FOR
HORRIBLE FIRE
LARGE CIVIC INDIGNATION MEET.
ING HELD SUNDAY IN
METROPOLIS.
LAWS we're NOT ENFORCED
Governor Dix Promises To Give Co.
operation In Investig gation-Miss
Morgan Generous.

New York, April 3.-Protest against
conditions which made possible the
recent Washington Place fire disaster
assumed yesterday the proportions of
one of the largest civic Indignation
meetings ever held in New York A
throng which fifilled the Metropolitan
Opera House applauded epigrammatrc
structures upon laxity in civic duty,
and when it came to the point of reso-
lutions, the great gathering generously
put the blame upon the whole COM
munity."
The speakers included many we'll
known men. Jacob H. Schiff, treasur-
or of the Red Cross fund, announced
that he had received more than $4,000
to relieve the relatives of the 144 vic
tins of the fire. The contributions
were not prompted altogether by gen.
erosity, he asserted, but rather with a
stricken conscience over neglect that
permitted such conditions in factories
Urge City To Act.
Bishop David H. Greer, Prof. Selig
man, of Columbia University, and g
number of others spoke along similar
lines, less in blame of the city off
cials' work of fire inspection than o.
the community's failure to see thai
the laws were enforced.
The resolutions adopted call upor
the city to exercise Immediately al
the powers under the building code
'to require that all factories and lof
buildings be put into. safe condition
and to make an adequate increase il
the number of inspectors, invoking, Il
necessary, the peremptory power o.
the Board of Health" They also urge
that the mayor be asked to call a con
ference on fire prevention, extending
invitations to mayors, fire chiefs anG
fire experts throughout the country
Governor Dix, in letter which was
read, said:
''It is my purpose to ascertain if the
state departments are in any way neg
ligent of their full duty, and I assure
you that my cooperation will be en-
listed"
Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of ]
P. Morgan, raised fund to defray the
cost of renting the opera house fol
last nights meeting.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
AN ACT OF true
HEROISM HERE
The Self-Sacrifcing Spirit of a"Broth-
er in Black" to Save
His Friend.

An act of true heroism has just
come to light here, which should be
set down to the credit of the brother
in-black" About two months ago
Clyde Meyers, negro then employed
at the McInnis saw mill a few miles
south of Hattiesburg, while working
with Oscar Mccullough, another ne
gro, on the saw carriage, was thrown
against the saw and the flesh of his
legs badly lacerated.
Meyers was sent to the Hatties-
burg Hospital, where he has since
been under treatment. Recently the
surgeon decided that there was but
little hope for the wounded mans
complete recovery, without the pro
cess of skin grating. When Oscar
Mccullough was informed of this, he
volunteered to give up a part of his
own cuticle and the surgeon removed
strip of skin from Oscars leg and
transferred it to that of Clyde. The
wounded man seems to be doing well
since the operation, with every indi-
cation of its success.
Oscar Mccullough did not seem to
think he had done anything very won
derful. He said they tell me maybe
l was to blame for Clyde's accident
If that is so, l want to do all l can to
help him to get well.'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
FAIR MOVEMENT
ON IN EARNEST
Committee OF the Commercial Club
Will Meet Tuesday Afternoon
Great Benefits.

The movement started some time
ago to hold a fair in Hattiesburg this
fall, to be known as the South Missis-
sippi Fair, has been revived.
The committee of the Commercial
Club appointed to consider the adyisa-
bility of holding such fair will meet
in the Office OF the Commercial Club
Tuesday afternoon at p. m. The
committee is composed of the follow
ing gentlemen: NJ. L. Thompson, A.
Polk, NJ. G. Field, w. W. Crawford, R.
c. Hauenstein, H. A. Camp, B. NJ. Da-
venport, NJ. L. BiXler.
A South Mississippi fair held in
Hattiesburg, the logical point, during
the next few years would do much to
this section. It would be the means
of encouraging the farmers and have
the additional value of drawing at
tention to this section.
More farmers and better farmers
are greatly needed in South Missis-
sippi to till the soil and engage in
stock raising. More farmers would
naturally mean more business for the
merchants, and they can well afford
to encourage the movement.
A South Mississippi fair held in
Hattiesburg would doubtless develop
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
Negro Lynched BY Mob
at Union Springs, Ala.

Union Springs, Ala, April 3.-Aber-
dine Johnson, a young negro, was
lynched on the outskirts of this place
early yesterday afternoon by a mob
of citizens from Goshen, Pike county,
this state. He was strung up to a
tree and his body literally riddled
with bullets.
The lynching followed the storming
of the county Jail here by citizens
OF Pike county and the sheriff of Bull
lock was handcuffed and tied in the
Jail after the mob departed with the
prisoner. Judge Singleton of the cir.
cult court pleaded with the mob be-
fore the Jail was stormed to let the
law take its course, but this was with.
out avail He was hooted down.
Heinous Crime.
The crime of which the negro was
charged was heinous one. On
March 3 last he appeared at the home
of Mrs. j. ]. Butts, near Goshen
while her husband was away, and al
the point of pistol compelled hel
and her two little children to accom-
pany him into the woods back of the
house. Here he assaulted the woman
and then told her he was going to xii
her and the children to prevent he
telling her husband or friends.
Appeals for Children.
She appealed to the negro for th'
lives of herself and her children, tell
ing him that if he would accompan.
her back to the house she would Civ
him two hundred dollars she had in
trunk there and would not tell anyon
of the crime. He consented to tn
plan, and leaving the children behind
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
annual Meeting of State
Medical Assn April I1-L3

jackson, Miss, April 3.-The pro-
gram has been issued for the annual
meeting of the Mississippi Medical
Association to be held at Pythian Cas-
tie Hall in this city on April IL, 70
and 13.
1t is expected that about three hun
dred members of the profession will
attend the convention, the meeting
being of exceptional interest this
year because of the fact that the body
is to recommend five members for the
state board of health, to be appoint
ed by the governor, and whose terms
will commence in 1912. A large num-
Der of probable aspirants have been
suggested.
The officers of the association are:
Dr. j. w. Young, Grenada, president; !;
Dr. G. G. Phillips, Lexington, 1st vice
president; DR.. D. ]. Rush, Philadel-
phia, End vice president; DR.. R. M.
Boyd, Houston, 3rd vice president;
DR.. E. F. Howard, vicksburg, secre-
tary; DR.. L. B. Sparkman, Cleveland
treasurer.
On the day prior to the convention
April 10th, the council and house OF
delegates, the inner executive body
of the association, will hold a meet
ing to receive committee reports
nominate officers for the ensuing
year, select place of meeting, and get
the new business in shape for pre-
sentation to the convention. This
body is composed of ten members, a.
follows: DR.. T. M. Dye, Clarksdale
DR.. ]. R. Bullitt, University; DR.. S. E
Eason, New Albany; DR.. F. J. Under
wood, Nettleton; DR.. C. NJ. Coker
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03

Eden; DR.. S. W. Johnston, Vicksburg;
DR.. H. F. Tatum, Meridian; DR.. D. w.
Williams, Ellisville; DR.. J. S. Ullman.
Natchez; DR.. P. A. Carter, Hatties-
burg.
The opening session of the conven-
tion will be held Tuesday morning at
8 o'clock. President Young will call
the body to order, and opening prayer
will be delivered by DR.. Alfred F.
Smith, pastor of the First Methodist
church, after which the reading of
papers will be commenced The gen.
eral subjects for the day will be
pediatrices, hygiene, bacteriology,
physiology and pathology.
The formal exercises of welcome
will take place Tuesday night at
eight o'clock. The visiting physi-
clans will be welcomed by Mayor A.
c. Crowder, on behalf of the city, and
Hon. w. H. Watkins on behalf of the
Kinds County Medical Society, to
which responses will be made by Dr.
H. M. Folkes, of Biloxi. President
Young will deliver his annual address
reviewing the work of the organiza
tion during the past year, and the ex
ercises of the evening will be conclud
ed with an grafton by DR.. G.. A. Hen
don, of Louisville.
Among the prominent physicians
from other states who will be present
and read papers or take part in gener
la discussions will be the following
DR.. w. A, Evans, Chicago; DR.. Gustav
Mann, New Orleans; DR.. M. F. Mount
Hot Springs; DR.. G. A. Hendon Louis
Vile; DR.. F. A. Jones, Memphis; DR.
H. D. Bruins, New Orleans; DR.. Willis
G. Campbell, Memphis.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
THREE HANDSOME NEW
CARS HAVE ARRIVED

DR.. w. w. Crawford, Messrs. F. w.
Foote and NJ. D. King came through
the country from Meridian yesterday
with their new Hudson cars, recently
purchased at Meridian. DR.. Craw-
ford's car is five-passenger Torpedo
body. Mr.. King bought runabout,
while Mr.. Foote bought touring car
with small tonneau. These cars are
all very handsome, the latest models
turned out by the Hudson Company,
and the new owners are receiving
the congratulations of their friends.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
0. S. FERREL GOES
With penn MUTUAL

Mr. o. S. Ferrell, for the past three
years superintendent of agencies for
South Mississippi for the Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Company, has
resigned his position with that COM
pany and accepted a similar position
with the Penn Mutual. The change
is in the nature of promotion, and
Mr.. Ferrells new contract will prove
more satisfactory from financial
standpoint. While writing a large
amount of insurance for the Mutual
Benefit during the past three years,
Mr.. Ferrell bears the distinction OF
never having had death loss. His
policies form real life insurance, for
it looks as If the holder of one never
dies.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03

they walked back to the house. When
Mrs. Butts opened the front door she
ran quickly in and slammed the
door in his face, locking it. She
quickly secured a pistol and fired
through the door The negro return
ed the fire, both receiving slight flesh
wounds. After emptying bis gun the
negro became frightened and fed.
Caught at Last.
For almost month he has been at
large with officers and posses scour-
ing the surrounding country for him.
He was captured this morning about
8 o'clock near Union Springs and
placed in the Bullock county Jail
News of the capture quickly spread
and a mob was formed early this
morning at Goshen. They took the
Central of Georgia train to Union
Springs, arriving there about 1G
o'clock. The mob was slow in form
ing their plans and the sheriff of Bul
lock county called up the governor al
Montgomery over long distance phone
asking for troops. The governor had
the riot call sounded in Montgomery
| Immediately, but while the soldier:
were gathering in their armorie:
there the mob had stormed the jai
and gotten the prisoner.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
TAKE OVER SALMON cANNERY.

Baltimore, Md. April 3.--A transfer
of property has been made which to-
day makes the Booth Fisheries Com
pany. of this city. the owner of the
Northwestern Fisheries Company, one
of the largest salmon packing enter
prises in Alaska. The price paid is
said to have been $1,50o.O0. The
property includes nine large canneries
in Alaska, besides six sailing ships
and several barges. tugs and tenders.
The Northwestern Fisheries Com
pany will retain its corporate name,
but will be subsidiary Of the Booth
interests, which are said to plan ex-
tensive additions and Improvements
to their newly acquired Alaska prop
critics. & <. :. I
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
COUNTY PROPERTY is
BEING SOLD FOR TAXES.

Lands in Forrest county on which
taxes have not been paid are being
sold at auction by the sheriff and tax
collector, J. C. aMgruder, today.
The sale is being conducted in front
of the county court house and is at
tended by quite a number Bids are
being freely made on the property
offered and good prices received for
such sale.
The sale started at IL o'clock and
will continue until 4 O'Clock this after.
noon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
NO BAN PLACED ON
"cUT RATE" MEDICINES

Washington, April 3.-The attempt
to put ban on "cut rates" in proprie-
tary medicines received the unquah-
fed disapproval Of the Supreme Court
today. That tribunal declined, in an
opinion by Justice Hughes, to give aid
to such an attempt on the ground that
it would afford the manufacturers Of
medicine an unlawful monopoly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
RICHEST BOY SAILS.

New York, April 3.-Mrs. John
Nicholas Brown, of New York and
Providence, accompanied by her
young son, who is called the richest
boy in the world, sailed today for Eu-
rope, where the youth multi-million-
aire will be educated
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03

into one of the greatest fairs in the
South.
1t would not only be self-sustaining
but would be productive of the 3 aat-
est good, and serve the purpose o. de
veloping the agricultural and live
stock interests and improve the entire
district.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
WlGGINS NEWS ITEMS.

Virgins, Miss, April 3.-Miss Alice
Covington a popular young lady of
this city, was the successful contestant
in the piano contest put on by Ken
nedy & Co.
Judge w. j. Evans held court here
Saturday and convicted a negro named
Joe Marshall of retailing and assessed
fine of $100 and cost.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
JEWELRY ROBBERY
OCCURRED AT CANTON
(By Associated Press }

Jackson, Miss, April 3.-Burglars
entered the iewelry store of Rumbach
Brothers at Canton last night and
blew up the safe, rified the show cases
and got away with a lot of jewelry,
chiefly rings, which were valued at
from $4,000 to $4,000. There is no
clue to the guilty parties.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
CENTENARY OF POET.

Boston, April 3-Today is the cen
tennial of the birth of Robert H. Mes
singer, the poet, who was born in this
city in 1911 and died at Stanford,
Conn, 1874.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
PEACE PLANS
IN MEXICO ARE
TAKING SHAPE
MADERo IN Ell PAso PREsuMA-
BLY, TO ARRANGE FOR A
PEACE CONFERENCE.
EARLY.DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED
Salvador Madero In Jall-Arrest A
Matter of Precaution-uncIe of
insurrectos Leader.
(By Associated Press.)

Ell Paso, Tex, April 3.-Interest
here in the Mexican war situation cen.
ters in the presence of Francisco I.
Modero, senior, and Alfonso Madero.
who arrived last night, presumably on
a mission of peace.
While maintaining complete ST.
lence regarding the reason for their
presence here, the father and brother
of the insurrecto leader intimated de-
velopments might be expected within
few days
Couriers who left for Madero camp
few days ago, are believed to have
carried message from father to son
advising that peace negotiationsabe en-.
tered into.
Salvador Madero In Jail.
Laredo, Tex, April 9.-Salvador Ma
dero, son of Evaristo Madero, of Mon
terey, brother of Francisco |. Madero,
Sr., and uncle of Francisco |. Madero,
the insurrecto leader, who is at pres
ent operating in the state of Chihua-
hua, arrived in this city early today
en- route to Monterey fer the purpose
of seeing his sick father, who is said
to be suffering with a severe attack of
pneumonia. Salvador Madero left
here on local train and no sooner
had he reached Mexican soil than he
was apprehended by the Mexican au-
thorities in Nuevo Laredo and placed
in Jail incommunicado.
The Mexican officials are reticent
and will not state on what charge Ma
dero is held, but from a source well in
touch with the administration it is
learned that the arrest was made as
matter of precaution. According to
this we'll informed source it was
learned in Nuevo Laredo that Fran
cisco !. Madero, Sr., and his nephew,
Alfonso Madero, who for some DAYS
have been in San Antonio. had de-
parted, ostensibly for Ell Paso. Ever
since the receipt of the news of the
departure of the Maderos the officers
have been on the alert in order to
exercise a close surveillance over their
movements.
Madero Released.
Laredo, Tex. April Salvador Ma
dero, who was arrested Sunday upon
crossing the border here into Mexico,
was released today on orders from
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
: :: !: ! : : : :. : : = = : = :: .
: THE WEATHER.

: Washington, D. c., April g. :
: Rain tonight and Tuesday; cold i:
!: er in north portion. =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
Madero Released.

Laredo, Tex. April Salvador Ma
dero, who was arrested Sunday upon
crossing the border here into Mexico,
was released today on orders from
Mexico City. Madero was held be-
cause a revolver was found in his bag
gage. The weapon was confscated by
the Customs officers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-03
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24
OPPOSE SUNDAY BALL.
Petitions Circulated to Ascertain Sen
timent Regarding Blue Ordinances.

reunions Circulated to Ascertain SEN
timent Regarding Blue Ordinances.
PlainvilIe, Kan. June ga little
hurry was aroused in the quiet cir
cles OF Plainville when word passed
around that the sporting element, with
the backing of some prominent citizens,
were to have a new ordinance passed by
the council authorizing Sunday base
pail, or other sports on Sunday.
Those of the counter ersuaSlon
thereupon got busy. and also appealed
to the churches to lend strong hand.
The council answered that every
one Of its members were willing to
abide by the will of the majority. A
petition is now being circulated and
generally signed, and 1t is confidently
expected that a respectable majodity of
the voters will give their voice against
Sunday games. Mayor Travis has Civ
en- 1t out plainly that he is not in favor
of any loose Interpretation of the laws.
or any movement looking to their
modification. Rev. John Williams is
chairman of the ministers association.
Misses Blanche Lambert and Ethel
Myers returned home last Saturday
night from Drake university, Des
Moines, Ia, where they have been at
school. Miss Lambert graduated, TAX
ing the A B. degree in her last college
year, winning high popularity; among
other things being the choice of the
large body of students to be the queen
of the May, in the gorgeous spring
festival. Miss Lambert will be q spe-
cialist in Latin in the Plainville high
school the coming year.
Mrs. William North died on We'd
nesday evening. She and her husband
are old residents, living on a farm a
mile east of town. They preserved
the old sod house which was their
original home, and kept it as a me-
mortal of pioneer times. They are
the parents of a large family, some Of
whom are dead. Her husband and
number of grown children survive her.
Harvest is now in full course. The
yield varies from nothing worth gath
ering to eight and ten bushels at the
most. Some land on Mr.. Chris. Fixes
farm, south of town, may go to that
amount, but the average will be under
that. There is one field belonging to
Mr.. Frank Henry, three miles west,
that will give 20 to 80 bushels, but it
was summer-fallowed last year. If
dry farming methods had been fol-
lowed, there is no doubt that the yield
would have been twice or thrice what
it is The farmers hare have been SO
| long accustomed to good crops, that
they have thought it unnecessary TO
| take special pains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-24
MAE GOES TO Pen
Utah's First Woman White
SLAYER Comes to Lansing.
Goes Into Mysteries When Sem
fenced to Kansas Prison.
SEX HELPS SAVE HER
Judge Cuts Term Below That of
Male Accomplish.
Pretty 16- Year-Old Cora FrOhm
Their Victim.
Elk HELPS SAVE HER

Salt Lake, June 24.-Mrs. Mae Brown,
woman of apparent refinement and
culture, is in jail here, waiting for the
United States marshal to take her to
the Kansas state prison at Lansing,
Kan, where she must serve five and a
half years on white slavery charges.
A crowd in the court room which was
plainly insistent upon a heavy sentence
for the woman showed pity when her
nerves gave way as the judge pro-
no1nced Aer sentence.
She is the first woman to be SEN
fenced at the local court. She had to
be carried from the room by a deputy
United States marshaI.
Story of the Crime.
Mrs Brown was convicted along
with Herbert Gould of Turing Cora
Frohm into a life of shame and then
making white slave of her. placing
her in a brothal in Pocatello Idaho.
Inc girl first met the Brown woman in
an auction store where the two we're
employed She Systematically lured
the Frohm girl, who was innocent and
OF just the right age to tempt. into a
1allen life at the hands of her accom-
pIlce' Herbert Gould The two of them
nlasted the efforts of the girls mother
TO save the girl and finally took her to
brothel. F'o - .
Her experiences in that den as re-
lated IN court were of the most deplor-
able nature. The Brown woman wrote
some letters which were of the most
VICIOUS character regarding the fact
that Mrs. F'rohm had ATTEMPTED to
rescue her daughter from the brothel.
Iney were both convicted, Gould Le-
ing sentenced yesterday to seven and n
half years in the federal prison at
LeaVenworth, Kan, and the sentence
or the Brown woman being deferred
until today, while a place for her in
| generation was being arranged.
Sentence Pronounced,
Judge Page Morris called her name
and she stood up and tried to hold
back her grief and tears.
How old are you?" asked Judge
Morris
''Thirty-two years." was the answer
and then she began to cry despite her
efforts to hold up.
Where did you come from?" asked
the judge.
7 came here from Denver" was the
reply
Your offense is not very much less
than that of Gould but I take into ac-
count the weakness of woman" said
the Judge 1.-THE sentence of this court
| is that you be confined in the state
prison of Kansas at Lansing. Kan. for
a period of five years and six months. -
Mrs. Brown fell back into her chair
at first apparently not able to com
prehend what had transpired. Then she
/ tore at her hair and screamed loudly
| St1mulants were given her which SUE
ceeded in quieting her nerves for oniy
q. few minutes She soon resum cd
screaming at the top of her voice and
continued until exhausted.