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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
Mr.. BRYAN WON'T
enter MINISTRY
Says He Intends to Devote His Life
to Study and Discussion Of
Public Questions.

Salem, H., Aug. 14.-William j..
Bryan, who visited Salem, his birth
place, yesterday, was shown dispatch
es reporting he intended entering the
ministry.
at provokes me very much to have
such story circulated" said Mr.
Bryan. Il do not know whether tt
attribute it to over-zeal on the part
of my friends or to the malice oi
enemies"
II have never said or done anythins
to furnish a foundation for sucl
story, and l hope it will not b'
necessary for me to deny it again.
/ q speak on religious subjects, as
( do on educational subjects, as well a
on economic and political questions
and ! have not had any thought G
abandoning politics for the ministr
or any other calling.
81 expect to make the study and di'
cussion of public questions my chic
business while l live; other thing
are incidental"
In the afternoon Mr.. Bryan went
the cemetery and there, at the grave
of his father and mother, passed Sc
eral minutes in silent solemn medit
tion.
At the Methodist church he deli
; cred an address on "The Old Religion
in the presence of a large audience
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
TWO NEGROES BURNED
BY NOBS IN The NORTH
road, thirty miles west of Philadel-
phia.

Durant, Okla, August 14.-A mob
of 800 whites yesterday captured and
shot to death an unidentified negro,
who yesterday attacked and shot Mrs.
Redden Campbell near here, and af-
terward burned the negro's body.
The negro was killed after rum
ming fight lasting more than an hour,
in which he exhausted his ammunit-
ion, returning the fire of his pursuers.
When he fell, volley after volley of
bullets were poured into his body by
the advancing mob. 1t was then
taken to the home of his victim.
Nearly dead from her injuries, Mrs.
Campbell identified it as that of her
assailant. The mob then burned the
corpse
Every effort is being made to ap
! prehend the leaders of the mol
which cremated the negro. The
blacks have been warned to leave
Durant Many left this morning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
NAVAL MARKSMEN TO
SHOOT At AlRSAlPS

Boston. Aug. 14.-Aeroplane prac-
tica is to he the feature of the naval
maneuvers off Provincetown today
and tomorrow. A score of big box
kites constructed by order of the de-
partment are to be fired at first with
rifles and later with three-inch guns.
The kites simulate airships in size
and shape.
To make the craftsmanship more
difficult, targets will be suspended
from the kites, and the marks will be
shot at by sharpshooters of the bat
tleships while the latter are under
steam and at anchor. All divisions
of the fleet will take part in the prac'
| tice.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
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Richmond, Va, Aug. 14.-ln the OLD |
Chesterfield court house, five miles
from Richmond, a grand jury met to-
day to take up the case of Henry Clay
Beattie. Jr., the twenty-six year OLD
son of a Manchester banker, who is
charged with the cold-blooded muir
der of his beautiful young wife, VINO
was shot to death while riding with
her husband in his automobile on
the Midlothian turnpike the night OF
July 1S. The victim Of the terrible
deed had only recently given birth
to a child and was taking her first
outing following her confinement.
Painters and paper-hangers had put
in their best efforts on the old court
house and it presented a spick and
span appearance today when the grand
Jurors assembled to begin their IN
ouiry into the most sensational crime
that has startled Virginians in gen
Grafton. The indictment, which has
been passed on by some of the best
attorneys of the Old Dominion and
declared to be flawless, is ready fol
the signatures of the grand jurors.
Seventeen-year-old Beulah Binford
. the pretty but wild little girl who's
, intimacy with Beattie is believed t.
! had led to the tragedy, and Paul Z
Beattie. a cousin of the accused, VIII
. says that he bought for Henry Cla
Beattie, Jr, the shotgun with whic
= the shooting was done, are the pril
4 cipal witnesses, and have been hel
. in Jail in order that their testimon
10 may be certainly available when nee'
ed
- Beattie continues to insist that
~ was a highwayman, with a shotgun
y who held him up and who shot Mr.
." Beattie This account of u crime
gave out when he drove S autom
., bile into Richmond on the night
=. tn crime holding the blood-stainf
~ body of his dead wife in his arms.
pathetic phase of the case is that Il
III aged father of Beattie and the p
!" rents of the wife he is alleged to ha'
-, killed continue on friendly terms. N
~ owen. father of the victim, simp
DC declares LET justice be done"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
ADJOURNMENT LIKELY TO OC-
CUR THIS WEEk-SOLONS
WANT TO GO HOME.
REVOLUTIONISTS MAY YIELD
All the Power of the Democrats in
The House and of pemocratic-ln-
surgent Coalition In the Senate is
Evidently centered on Quick Action

Washington, Aug. 14.-The whole
tariff revision legislation question will |
be settled this week, which in all |
probability will mark the closing of
congress. Almost all of the members
of both houses are anxious to get
home despite the vociferations of the
revisionists that they willingly would
remain in session until autumn If the
legislation they want could be en-
acted. All the power of the Demo
cratic party now controls the house
for the first time in many years and
of the effective Democratic-Pr Progress
sive coalition in the senate would be
centered on quick action in the trio
of pending tariff measures. This
means In the belief of leaders of both
parties an adjournment possibly by
the end of the week or at any rate
within a few days thereafter.
Out of the present tangled situa'
ton, with the three tariff bills, wool
free list and cotton in varying stages
; of legislation, the wool measure will
be the first to emerge A complete
agreement between the two houses
l has been reached on this bit of leg
islation which provides for a basi
< average duty of 29 per cent ad va
S loren on raw wool, with the WOO
e classification provisions identically a
J. framed by Democratic Leader Under
wood of the house, making a fla
tariff on all wools. 1t will be rushe
past its final stage in the house b
e adoption of the conference report o
d Monday and then hurled to the sci
n ate for adoption there if possible o
d Tuesday and then on to the eXpecte
IS presidential veto which awaits all tn
If tariff revision bills.
e Everything hinges on that veto an
f. the Immediately subsequent move
" the house. The Democratic leader
d, are sure of the passage of the bi
III over the presidents veto in the hous
but are not confident of the outcon
in the senate.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
REGISTRATION FOR
north DAKOTA LAND

Minot, n. D., Aug 14.-Registration
commenced today for the $4,000 acres
of land in the Fort Berthold Indian
Reservation in North Dakota, thrown
open to settlement by proclamation of
President Taft. Vast throngs of
home-seekers are already in line and
every train brings scores or hundreds
more, all eager to get a farm in this
rich section of North Dakota. Every
part of the Union is represented in
the cosmopolitan assemblage.
Any American citizen or alien who
has declared his intention of becom-
ing such. and who has not already
exercised his homestead right, or who
is not already the owner of more thar
160 acres Of land, is eligible to regis
ter. The big tract is located in Nc
Lean county and has good railroad
facilities. The larger part has sol
dark brown in color. the top being al
alluvial deposit excellent for growing
, all sorts Of cereals and vegetables
/ IT is undertake with clay sub-soi
l Most of the tract is free of stoone an
= capable of being easily worked.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
farmers union
LABOR PROBLEM
The Organization In Texas Forced to
Yield to Wishes of Organized
Labor.



Houston, Texas, Aug. IA diff
cult situation has arisen within the
ranks of the Farmers Union of Tex
as when they found organized labor
of th nation was against their plan
of securing convict-operated rope fac
tories in Texas to increase the CON
sumption of cotton.
This scheme has~long been cherish
ed by the Farmers Union to promote
the use of Texas cotton, which they
hoped would cause an increase in
price. It was proposed to place the
factory near Houston in place OF the
dismantled convict iron plant at
Rusk. The matter had gotten as fal
as the legislature when organized la
Dor stepped in and placed thumbs
down on the project
At a recent meeting at Fort Worth
w. H. Wisner, of New York, presi
dent of the United Garment Workers
of America, voiced the protest of OF
ganized labor against the proposed
venture, apprising the Farmers Unio1
of an ethical oversight. In conse
quence, if a rope factory be estat
lished near Houston it will be mann
ed by union labor and not by cor
( VictS
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
MINISTER'S FUNERAL.

Jackson, Miss, Aug. 1.-THE re-
mains of Rev. ]. w. McLaurin arriv-
ed this afternoon from Monteagle'
Tenn. where his sudden death occurr-
ed. He will be buried from the First
Methodist church. Presiding Elder
Jones officiating, assisted by Rev. A.
F. Smith and Rev. J. M. Morse. Mr'
McLaurin was seventy years OF age,
was a cousin of the late Senator A
]. McLaurin and for many years mas
been on the superannuated roll OF
This conference. He owned consider
able property in this city and mac
hosts of friends wherever he was
known. During his active ministry
he has filled some of the ieaoihs
churches of Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
REAL ESTATE DEALS
IN CITY AND COUNTRY

Deeds have been fled showing the
following real estate transfers in Hat
tiesburg.
S12.O00-D J. Sutherland to Mrs. NJ
F. Sutherland, lots five and one in the
Crittendon survey; several lots in the
Brown and Fuller survey and the
Camp, Sutherland and Reeves addi-
ton.
S425-A. D. fairfield to T. w. Cox.
part of section seven, township two
range 70. south of Wallis creek. The
tract contains about 100 acres.
$475-Mrs. Eldora Hammond and
Lewis Hammond to V. B. Edmonson
land in section %, township 5, range
ia.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
DIAz CONTINUES TO
BE HONORED BY FRENCH
(By Associated PreSS.l

Paris, Aug. 14.-Former President
Diaz. of Mexico, who has returned to
France after a visit to Germany. con
tinues to receive honors from the
French Government. After being Of
ficially welcomed at the Museum of
the Invalides, Genera Diaz was re-
ceived by the City of Paris at the City
Hall.
General Diaz met at the Invalides
General Lanas and General Farny
both of whom fought with him In the
war at Mexico. The Mexican is
great admirer of Napoleon, and otter
during the visit he stopped to declare
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
FAST TRAIN DITCHED
With FATAL RESULT

that Napoleon's career was not only
a glory for France, but for all human
it, The party visited the Chapel, the
Mortuary Room, where is conserved
the mask of the Emperor, and finally
the crypt. General Diaz knelt before
the sarcophagus of Napoleon and
when in the reliquary General NioX
placed in his hand the sword of Aus
terliz, Diaz pressed his lips to the
historic weapon again and agin. The
former President had the honor also
of opening himself the door of the
crypt looking into the last resting
place of the great Emperor
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
GREAT HIGHWAY
IN TENNESSEE
voIuteers Begin Construction of Great
Memphis-to-Bristol Road
Today.

Memphis. Tenn, Aug. 14.-Thou-
sands of volunteers, laboring without
pay, today began the construction oil
the great highway across Tennessee
from Memphis to Bristol. Roads al
ready constructed will be improved
and about forty miles of road through
the mountains of eastern Tennessee
and nearly hundred miles in the
central and western portions of the
state will be built. When completed,
the highway will be among the best
of its kind in the world and will have
total length of more than 500 miles
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
FIND sroNE-AeE RELICS.

st. Petersburg, Aug. IA stone
coffin containing a skeleton, food ana
implements of the stone age, has been
discovered in cave in the Aland
Isles. The character of the weapons
and implements indicates they are OF
a period at least 5000 B. c., when the
Aland Isles were submerged, the cof-
fin and its contents having been low
cred in a depression in the seabed
which accounts for its wonderful
preservation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
REVOLVER fight
At POPLARVILLE
Railroad Agent And Groceryman Meet
And Resort to Weapons-Wounds
Not Serious.

Poplarville, Miss, Aug. 14.-A SEN |
sational revolver fight occurred on |
Mail street, just in front of the post |
office, at about o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The participants were r.
B. Boyett, railroad agent at this
place. and j. W. Bradshaw, a grocery
man. The trouble dates back to a
dispute between the two about week
ago, when Bayett caused Bradshaw to
be arrested. Last Friday night
notice was placed on the front door
of Bradshaw's store which read as fol-
lows:
bradshaw
Notice,
"You are disliked and if found here
after Wednesday, you will be severely
handled"
Just under these words, was rough
drawing of coffin, skull and cross
bones" and man with a disfigured
eve with the words, bad Eye" at his
head.
Mr.. Boyett, hearing that Bradshaw
had accused him Of placing the no
tice on his door and said that he
would kill him (Boyett), approached
him on the street and asked him If II
was true that he had been making
these statements. Bradshaw prompt
, " denied them, but while they were
talking, Bradshaw drew from his pock
ct a double barreled derringer, ant
before Boyett was aware Of his DANCE
began firing Mr.. Boyett struck Brad
shaw with a walking stick which h
carried, and after having been sho
twice he drew thirty-eight calibr
! Smith & Wesson and emptied 1t at nj
l. opponent who had started to dra'
e from another pocket Luger aut'
matte.
. Boyetts' wounds consist Of fies
wound in the right arm and in the le
l. hin. while Bradshaw only was struc
~ once, the bullet passing through h
!. left arm into his side, ranging to II
y front. where 1t lodged without eau
ing very serious wound.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
ATWOOD IS FLYING
TOWARDS new YORK
(Bu Associated PreSS.)

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 14.-Aviator
Atwood, flying three hundred feet up
and speeding toward Chicago at the
rate of fifty miles an hour, passed
over this city at 10:3O o'clock this
morning. The time from St. Louis
here was ninety eight miles in 2:25
Atwood is flying to New York.
Atwood sailed north of the city
and landed. He will continue to Chi
cago at three o'clock.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
TOWN GETS EXCHANGE.

Jacksn. Miss, Aug. 1.-THE town
of RAYMOND will soon have a modern
telephone exchange The material IS
already on the ground at that place
for an exchange which will be erect
ed by the Cumberland Telephone co.
The town of McGee has just complet'
ed a new exchange.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
GONE FOR PRISONER.

Jackson, Miss, Aug. 14.-Chief OF
Police Allen left last night for Salem,
N. c., where he goes for E. K. WhiFe,
white man who is held there unuer
the charge of being fugitive from
Justice. It is alleged that White de-
frauded certain Jackson people out ot
goodly sum of money. Chief AlleN
holds requisition papers for his
turn to this city for trial.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
TWO KNOWN TO BE DEAD AND
THIRTY-THREE INJURED
OTHERS MAY DIE.
ENGINE SIDESWIPED ANOTHER
The Seriously Injured Were Seated =
In the Dining Car and Smoker
Track Torn UP For Two Hundred
Yards.
(By Associated Press.)

Fort Wayne, Ind, Aug. 14.-The re-
vised list of victims of the wreck OF
the Chicago-New York eighteen-hour
Pennsylvania Flyer" which jump
ed the track near here last night
shows two dead, two missing and
thirty three injured. 1t is practical
" certain that of the missing men,
the engineer and fireman are dead.
The known dead are the freight
engineer and baggageman.
The train jumped the track on the
western outskirts of Fort Wayne
while going at the rate of eighty miles
an hour. In leaving the rails the two
engines pulling the passenger train
side-swiped freight engine, and the
three piled up in mass of bent and
twisted iron. The baggage car, smok-
er, buffet and two sleepers turned
over in the ditch. Most of the injur-
ed were seated in the diner and smok-
er when the accident occurred. The
wreckage has not yet been cleared
and the list of dead may be more than
the number first reported. The in
iured are now in the hospitals and
hotels, and it is believed that at least
four or FIVE will die.
The probable dead are:
William E. Arrick, freight engi-
neer, buried under wreckage.
/ Peter Malone, Fort Wayne, engi-
neer on flyer.
w. Creigh, Fort Wayne, fireman on
Il flyer.
Unidentified passenger, at st. JOS
eph's Hospital
Among the seriously injured are:
i - Snyder, Crestline, Ohio, bag
l. gageman; fractured skull, internal in
IS juries, is in critical condition.
F. B. Probs, Chicago, steward din
l. ing car; right arm broken, scalp
j. wounds.
S Ed Cohn, New York City; left eye
+ injured.
ID E. J. Massager, Milwaukee; left
IN hand and legs crushed.
e. Thomas Thomas, East Palestine, o.
D. right hip bruised, cut on face and alb
IL domen bruised.
H. L. B. Havens, aviator, New Yorl
city hands and arms cut.
n. H. Crawford. Philadelphia Gu
on forehead.
R. B. Russell, Toronto; right ca
W torn off, face mashed, left collarbon
nS broken.
Sam Rosenthal, Grand Forks; \
as D.: left hip dislocated.
ne Victor Rowers, Mansfield, O., ma
S. clerk: back and foot injured.
James E. Sullivan, New York City
internal injuries.
The police department, the fire 4
partment and every ambulance in q
IN city were called to the scene of u
II accident, and the injured were sot
taken to the hospitals. At least fS
doctors were on the scene wit .
iot half an hour of the time o. the Wy
res occurred.
ian The main track and the tract
,wn which the freight train wal star
, of were torn up for a distar oe OF
of yards The two engines Of the
and were torn from their trucks
eds thrown down the embankment,
this the engine of the freight reart
yery the air over the trucks of the f11
in engines. A
Passengers in the seven rear g
who escaped with only cuts ana pruisess
COM G. c. Chattel OF Chicago esO'i
lGn-ntin,,nd on napn fNnT
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
PosTMAsTERs GO TO SCHOOL.

Green Bay, Wis, Aug. 14.-ln order
that they atten dthe postal school OF
instruction opened here today, every
postmaster of third and fourth class
offices in Wisconsin has been granted
five days leave of absence by the
department at Washington.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
CONVICT TRANSFERRED.

Jackson. Miss, Aug. 14.-Dan May
be. a convict at Rankin farm, serving
life sentence for the murder of a
young man by the name of Reber, has
been transferred to Oakley where the
state has some buildings in progress.
He is a fine carpenter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-14
\. c. BEATTIE
FOUND GUILTY
Indicted BY The Grand Jury For The
Murder Of His Young
Wife.
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:: Chesterfield, Va, Aug. 14.-An =
:. Indictment charging H. {. Beat =
:. tie, Jr., with the murder of his =
:. wife, was returned by the grand ::
: jury this afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01
HAMMOND GUEST OF HONOR
Entertained, with Mrs Hammond by
Society of American Women in London

London, June 30.-John Hays Hammond,
Special Ambassador 70 the Coronation, and
Mrs Hammond were the guests OF honor
to-day of the Society OF American Women
in London at a luncheon given at the Cecil
y ,tel II was attended by 200 women
and a score OF men In the receiving party
were Mrs W. l. Comings, president OF
the society; Mrs. Herbert Hoover the vice
PRESIDENT. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid Others
present were Major General A. w Greedy,
L. S. A, and Mrs. Greedy. Consul-General
John L. Griffiths and Mrs. Grifiiths, the sec
rotary Of the American Embassy Wllham
Phillips and Mrs. Phillips. Commander
Edward Simpson, naval attache OF the
American Embassy, and Mrs. Simpson
Lady Stanley, Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Self
ridge, Mrs. Linden Bates, Of New York;
Mrs. Clarence Graft, Mrs. Theodore Hoover
and Mrs. Lester Ralph.
The president introduced Mr. and Mrs.
Hammond. who were enthusiastically
cheered. In response, Mrs. Hammond spoke
on women's work in London. Mrs. Ham
nond was followed by Mrs. Herbert Hoo
YER. who proposed graceful toast 70 our
Guests" Appropriate responses were MADE
for the Daughters Of the British Empire
in America" by Mrs. J. Elliott Langstan'
president Of that organization, for The
Women of the Colonies" by Mrs. William
Pender-Reeves. Of New Zealand, and DR..
Elite Saver for The Women Of England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01
COURT TAKES GAMBLER CASE
Counsel to Submit Briefs In Suit fol
Separation Brought by Wife.

The fate Of the separation suit brought
by Mrs Edith Russell Gambler against
Edward V. Gambler. cashier Of the Mer-
chants Exchange National Bank. is now
in the hands of Justice Pendleton for de-
cision which he will prepare after counsel
In the case have submitted briefs in addi-
ton TO the oral testimony adduced during
the trial.
The annulment suit brought by Gambler
against his wife was sent by Justice PEN
dleton to the general calendar. and will
not come up before the fall term Of the
court. Former Justice Van Wyck, counsel
for Mrs. Gambler. asked for a jury trial.
on which motion Justice Pendleton did
not pass. although he intlmated that II
had been made too late.
Another motion for a jury trial may be
made later. Until the court decides the
separation suit Mrs Gambler will 20 on
drawing $50 month alimony.
The question came up az 10 the dspo-
sltion Of the letters written by Mrs Gam
bier 20 her husband which he used in the
trial IL was decided they should remain
in the custody OF the court and they may
be used in the annulment case. In one Of
these Mrs Gambler expressed her love for
her husband and in another written after
Gambler had left her. she wrote that she
was always ready TO fulf her marriage
contract Gambler based his suit for the
annument OF their marriage on her alleged
refusal to fulfl THE contract.