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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

smoke pipes will be protected by
casing of steel. This armor arrange
ment is the same as adopted by the
Japanese naval authorities for the
dreadnoughts now building
The armament of the Argentine
dreadnoughts will consist of twelve
Pinch 50-caliber guns, mounted in six
turrets and arranged so that all
twelve can be fired as one broadside
on either side of the ship. In addi-
ton to this main battery of big guns
the ships will carry twelve 6-inch, so
caliber guns and twelve 4-inch 80
caliber guns, besides smaller field and
saluting guns.
The ships will be capable of carry
ing 1000 tons of coal and $50 tons of
fuel Oil The turbine engines will be
capable of developing $4,000 Indicated
horse power, giving the ships a speed
of % IL knots an hour. The electric
power will be generated by two main
stations in duplicate, each fitted with
turbo dynamos, capable of general
ing all the power required in action
and located within the armored case
ments. There will also be third in
stallation, operated by heavy oil mo
tors of sufficient power to illuminate
the ships and also handle some of the
turrets for practice.
The Argentine ships will cost ap
proximately $11,OOO,OOO each, and 81
will be among the most costly as wei
as the largest of the worlds battle
ships.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
New Race at People
Found in Frozen Moth

New York, Aug. ga race of peo-
pie who had never before beheld a
white man or an Indian has been dis
covered in the Arctic regions of Brit
ish Columbia by whitman Stefansson,
leader of the American Museum scien-
tific expedition, which left here in
April, 1908, according to a letter re-
ceived from him in Brooklyn today.
His letter, dated at the mouth of
the Deae river, October IS, 1870" is
the first intelligence received from the
party within a year. Stefansson says.
I'VE have discovered people in a
region supposed to be uninhabited and
have lived few months among people
who had never seen a white man nor
an Indian Though they had heard of
both.) We have discovered Eskimo
lin speech and habits) who are Scan
dinavians in appearance.
This find is the beginning of the
solution of one of two problems:
What became of some of Frank
Inns men? ?
What became of the. three thou
sand Scandinavians who disappeared
from Greenland in the fifteenth cen
tury?
"Or, if neither of these questions
is to be answered, then we have in
troduced a new problem Of scientific
interest:
why do some of the people of Vic
toria land differ markedly from the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
AT PORT LIMON-RESULT
OF CARELESSNESS
BODIES BLOWN 1000 FEET
Many Thousands of Dollars Damage
Was Done-Many Injured People,
One Crazed by the Great Horror.

Port Limon, Costa Rica, Aug. IA
Fifteen lives and many thousands of
dollars worth of property were sacri-
feed to the carelessness of a soldier,
one of the garrison in the powder
magazine at San Jose, who lighted a
fire with which to melt lead for cast
ing little images of the saints, which
he sold to exc out his scanty pay.
The magazine, which contained
ninety eight cases of dynamite, S,2SS
kilos of black powder, 1879 kilos of
smokeless powder and $4,000 caps,
was blown up on the morning Of Fri
day, Aug. II. Sub-lieutenant Sacarias
Guerrero, Sergeant Saenz Vargas,
three soldiers and ten civilians were
killed, and fragments of their bodies
picked up in a circle 1000 meters in
diameter. Seven houses were damag
ed, almost every pane of glass in the
city, a mile distant, was shattered
the Pacific Railway station suffered
considerable damage, while the Epis
copal Palace and cathedral and the
National Theatre were filled will
! splintered glass and fragments o
plaster Churches in San Pedro Mo
Jan, four miles away, in Alaiuelita
San Sebastian and Hatillo suffered il
the same manner.
Where the magazine stood, mas
sive circular brick structure surround
ed by moat, now is a gaping hol
Continued on Page Eighty
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
lNonster Argentine Battle
Ship Is Launched Today

Boston, Aug. 26.-The biggest bat
tleship now building or under design
for any of the worlds navies was
launched today at the Fore River ship
building yards at Quincy. The mons
ter dreadnought which eclipses the
crack warships of England, Germany
and the United States, was christened
the Rivadavia and flies the flag of the
Argentine Republic. Her sister yes
sci, the Moreno, is building at Cam
den, n. j., and will follow the Rivada-
via into the water in a short time. The
possession of these two mighty ell
gines of destruction will take the Ar
getntine navy out of the comic opera
and make the South American repub-
lie a power to be reckoned with on the
NSeas.
The tonnage of the twin dread
lights will be 27,500. Eeach will be
, !. feet in length, ninety-eight feet in
, breadth, with normal draft of TWEEN
ty-seven feet, six inches. Externally
the Argentine vessels will appear
much like the Arkansas and the Wy
oming The ships will have two smoke
stacks, placed far apart, forward and
after and turrets. The main armol
belt, twelve inches in thickness, eX
tends four feet nine inches above the
normal water line and three feet foui
inches below. On top of this mail
belt of armor will be another bel
reaching to the upper deck. Abov'
this upper deck will be six-inch armo
to protect the six-inch guns, and tn
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

Superintendent of Education E. j.
Curre has notified the members OF
the Forrest County School Board to
meet at the county court house at II
a. m. next Tuesday, the 10Th for the
purpose of discussing the advisability
of establishing an Agricultural High
School in Forrest county.
This meeting promises to be an inr-
portant one and all citizens interested
in the establishment of the school are
invited to be present, and obtain
knowledge of the object of the Agri-
cultural High Schools and the splen-
did work they are doing where al
ready established and in operation in
other counties of the state.
Sentiment throughout the county
and especially among the farmers
seems to be strongly in favor of estab-
fishing the school and but little op-
position to the plan has developed.
When the good work these schools are
doing for the boys and girls of Mis-
sissippi, and the force they are for
upbuilding a community at small
additional cost to the taxpayers, is
to the establishment of the school will
realized, it is thought the opposition
to the establishment of he school will
be too small to manifest itself.
The act of the legislature authoriz'
ing the establishment of the Agricul
tural Schools by counties desiring
them is considered most important
piece of legislation and has been uni
versally approved by the citizens OF
the state. The law provides that wher
the schools are established the state
will contribute $1,500,00 per year tC
the support of the institution. When
the school board of a county decides
on the establishment and no strons
movement against the project devel
ops, the order becomes effective ant
communities anxious for securing the
school are invited to come forward
with whatever inducements they hav'
to offer for the location of the school
For the erection and maintenance o
the schools a tax levy is necessar,
! .ut the additional taxation will be s.
insignifcantly small, that the taxpay
ers in but few cases protest agains
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
Member Of Associated Press

rest of their race? Why are they SO
European in type?
I'VE have discovered the non-exis-
tence of stream which the maps
make the size of the Hudson river
When the river La Ranciere disap-
pears from the map shall have done
some house-cleaning
I'VE have found certain cape to be
II island and a certain island to be
cape we know the source of Roe
river. of which the mouth and lowest
ten miles were seen by DR.. Roe"
Stefansson left New York on the
present expedition in April, 1908. His
principal purpose was to study the
different tribes of Eskimo In the
Northwest and more especially an un-
known tribe living in Victoria land.
The explorer is about 33 years old
and a graduate of Harvard Universe
tv He has devoted many years to
anthropological research.
Stefansson was accompanied by DR..
R. NJ Anderson of Harvard. During
the long dreary journey to the land
of the midnight sun the party met
with many hardships, the explorer
writes. Once when the food supplies
ran out and no relief was in sight, he
says, they ate the skins from their fur
clothing. In midwinter in 1909 Dr.
Anderson fell i'll of pneumonia, and
lay for a month too i'll to be moved.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

Manchester, n. Y, August 26.-
Speeding east bound, behind time, Le-
high Valley passenger train No. ran
into a spread rail on a trestle near
here today when two coaches from the
rear section of the train plunged down
ward forty feet and at least 81 per-
sons tonight are believed ia have been
killed and more than sixty injured
Several OF the injured will proba.
cd. The passengers unhurt rushed
to the aid Of the victims.
The cars caught fire. Axes were
secured and body after body was re,
moved and carried by the rescuers
/ knee deep in the river bed, to the
bly, die.
The wreck was the worst in the
The train of fourteen cars was
crowded with excursionists and wal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
Confessed to Murder of
Mother Father and Brother

Boonville, Ind, Aug. 26.-After be-
ing pressed by continuous question
ing for almost thirty hours in jail,
William Lee, late yesterday made a
written confession saying he killed
his father, Richard Lee, in self-de-
fense, after his father had murdered
his wife and younger son, Clarence.
The bodies of Lees father, mother,
and brother were found in their burn
ing home Thursday and Lee is charg-
ed with their murder.
After Lees statement yesterday the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
Purity Ice Cream Company
Buys Out Other Plants

The Purity Ice Cream Co has closed
a deal for the plant, good will and
business of both the Home Ice Cream
Co and the Hattiesburg Ice Cream Co.
and will move the two plants TO the
factory of the Purity company near
the Southern Lumber and Ice CO.
plant. All orders will be filled here
after from the Purity plant, and from
preparations under way this plant will
be the most modern and complete in
the south. The sanitary arrangements
will be as near perfect as it is posi-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

Vile and at clock tonight the num-
ber was twenty-three. Two others
died at Rochester from injuries.
The rescuers, in their haste to re-
move the clothing from the victims,
neglected to keep the various articles
near the bodies and many OF the dead
found are laid out at the morgue
where careless visitors mixed up the
garments and ether things Iden-
tification in many cases will be diff
cult. A number of persons had mirac-
ulous escapes. One woman was all
who remained Of a family OF four.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

veterans from the G. A. R. encamp-
ment at Rochester
Both cars went down filled with pas
sengers and in few minutes the cars
lay a mass of crumbled wood, metal
and glass, under which hundred men
women and children, many of whom
were killed instantly, were buried.
Indescribable pandemonium follow
history of the Lehigh Valley Line in
this state.
bank on the west side of the trestle
There the dead and injured were laiC
out and a field hospital established.
The dead were brought to Shorts
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

prisoner was taken to Evansville, the
sheriff fearing there would be at
tempts made to lynch him.
Lee said he set the house afire be-
cause, after what had happened he
didn't know what else to do.
The motive ascribed by the officials
in charging Lee with the murders is
that he wished to obtain money with
to have been in the Lee home We'd
nesday has not been found.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
Board of Supervisors
Gem nlete Their Lobon

The Board of Supervisors adjourned
yesterday afternoon, after having
been in session seventeen days. This
meeting of the Board was one of con-
tinual hard work and is a task that
comes before the Board but once every
two years. They revised both the
personal and land assessment rolls,
equalized assessments and heard COM
plants from taxpayers who had griev-
ances to make relative to their indi-
vidual assessments. The personal
role is revised every year and the
land role every two years and when
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
DAMAGING Evidence
IN BEATTIE TRIAL

Chesterfield, Va, Aug. 26.-There
was a stir among spectators at the
Beattie trial this afternoon when the
prosecution suddenly called to the
witness stand Mrs. Binford, mother
of Beulah Binford, the woman in the
case. She was attired in a white
flannel suit with white veil Before
she began her testimony, however, it
was decided to let the jury inspect
the Beattie automobile.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

Dr. J. f. Bayless of this city has
been appointed Chief County Health
Officer for Forerst county ana is III
recent of his appointment from Dr.
8 n. Mclean, secretary of the state
Board of Health. Dr. Bayless ap'
nointment is for the uneXpired term
of Fr. S. S. Hudson, resigned lhe
appointment was ratified by the Boaru
of Supervisors.
Or. Bayless is one of the youhs
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
DR.. !. Z. Bqyless Apomted
County Health Officer

physicians of Hattiesburg and al
though he has been a resident of the
city but about two years he has built
up a splendid practice, stands high
with his brother physicians and the
citizens in general. His appointment
is a cause for qualification among his
friends who are confident the duties
of the office will be discharged in a
highly satisfactory manner.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

Chesterfield, Aug. 26.-H. NJ. Smith,
Jr., chief counsel for Henry Clay Beat
tie, Jr., made a hurried inspection of
the scene of the murder of Louise
Owen Beattie last night with a view
to taking measurements to refute the
testimony of witnesses who yester-
day told of hearing woman S
screams, the starting of an automo-
bile and gun shot without having
heard a mans cries or the footing of
the automobile horn.
The defense contends that Mrs.
Beattie was shot by a mysterious high
wayman and that Beattie called foI
help with his horn. E. K. Moseley
eighteen, one of eight high schoo
boys, who claims to have passed an
automobile similar to that in whiet
Beattie and his wife were supposed
to have been, was the first witness
| today. According to their story the ma
chine was stopped In the road nea
the scene of the crime, about a hal
hour before the shot was fired. !
man was tinkering with the machin
and the woman was standing on tn
running board.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
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!: GRAND STAND FALLS, :
I. 1000 PEOPLE GO DOWN, :
!. ALL ESCAPED DEATH. :

= Elgin, Ills, Aug. 26.-There ::
: were hundreds of miraculous es- {.
:. capes from death when twelve I:
= sections of the grand stand at !:
:. the Automobile race course col =
:. lapsed today with more than a :.
:. thousand persons shortly after :
1: the big race started. Several !:
:. were painfully injured. :.
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
SCENE OF AWFUL HORROR
Wreck Caused BY Broken Rail and
Many Were Hurled to Death With
out a Moments Warning.
Just one more please ....
(Bu ASSociatcA PreSs.l

Manchester, New York, Aug. 90
A carload of rough pine boxes were
delivered here today and were taken
to the temporary morgue where lay
twenty-five bodies of those killed yes
terday in the wreck of the Lehigh
Valley train on the trestle over Cana
daigua creek. The total dead is TWEEN
ty-five with sixty injured. 1t is now
established that the wreck was caus
ed by broken rail.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
London Man Wants One
of Our Telephone Directories

Manager Geo D. Stockman of the
Cumberland Telephone company in
this territory has received under date
of August the 11th, communication
from London. England. The writer
'o}{he letter is Max Kaiser, whose sta
4 tionery indicates he is a director OF
{ an international Exhibition. and he
Masks for telephone directory of Hat
tiesburg at the earliest possible
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

Mexico City, Aug. 26.-J. Wiley
Smith charged with the embezzlement
of 100000 worth of trust funds of
the state of Georgia, and whose ar
rest was requested through the Amer
lean embassy has been captured in
the state of Chihuahua. according to
information at the foreign office. He
will be held pending. proceedings for
eXtradtion
Left Atlanta Weeks Ago.
Atlanta, Ga, Aug 26.-J. Wiley
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
Disappeared With 100000;
Arrested in Mexico City

Smith, arrested in Mexico, disappeared
from here weeks ago, leaving the
affairs of the Commercial Loan and
Trust Company of which he was Sec
retary and treasurer, in a muddled
condition, after borrowing, it is al
legged. 100000 to 100000. The COM
pany went into the hands Of receiver
and a warrant was issue for Smith,
charging him with the misappropria-
tion of funds.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

moment
Just what the gentleman Of the old
country desires with the directory is
not stated but it is evidently urgent
business and of great Importance.
Anyway it shows that Hattiesburgs
fame or name has crossed the waters
and it is known beyond the borders
of this country that it is the coming
city of Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

BILE to get them. Modern machinery.
labor-saving devices and careful bust
ness management will enable the Puri-
ty company to give a higher grade of
cream at the same price than any Of
the companies have been able to give
them in the past, and the outlook Is
that the people of South Mississippi
are going to benefit largely in the way
70 a high grade cream made from the
purest and best materials, and abso-
lutely above suspicion from a sanitary
standpoint.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
Room BOYS TO HAVE
TRIAL ON MONDAY

Willie and John Boon the TWO
vonnp white men who are in jail mere
charged with the murder of oscar
carAer in Lamar county, will be taken
70 pr,yis Monday for preliminary
hearing. J. r, Tally of Hattiesours
and c. G. Mason of Lamar county
hava been retained as counsel by the
deendants.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

the two come together it gives the
county legislators something to do, the
thought of which makes defeat for
their jobs easier to bear.
1t will be sometime next week be-
fore the clerical force in the chancery
clerks office can complete the task
of recapitulating the figures and make
known the total assessment for the
county.
In addition to revising the assess
ment roles the supervisors allowed
such accounts as come before their
regular monthly meetings
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

# is believed to be almost certain
that in the early part of the coming
wear the Frisco will be able to get an
entrance into Jacksonville and two
other South Atlantic ports by buying
the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
BACHELORS REFLECTIONS.

It's not as easy for a man TO fool
a baby as a woman man.
Just as soon as man sets out not
to get married some woman seals ms
fate by setting out to marry him.
New York Press.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
THE MARKETS.

New orleans, August 26-Cot'on
closed firm at a net advance OF '"o
10 nine points. .s,,
cbicaeo. Aug. 26.-Wheat steauy'
shade lower to three eights up rro'
visions strong, unchanged to "''
cents higher.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26

The dete when higher minimum
rates will become effective In Indiana
under an order of the State Railroad
Commission has been extended.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-26
THE WEATHER.

. Local showers tonight or Sun :.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05
Receptions

Mrs. j. Alves Dixon Of, 1913 East
Boulevard entertained Thursday after
noon from $3.50 to $50 o'clock with a
tea, in honor of Miss Margaret Dixon,
Of Henderson, Ky, who Is spending the
winter with her brother, j. Alves
Dixon
The house was tastefully decorated
In white and yellow ehrysanthemums
1 and in ferns. From the dining table.
upon which rested a large silver punch
bowl on an imported cream lace cen
terpiece, raspberry punch was served
by Miss Ann ThurmOnd. assisted by
Misses Frances Clark and Olive Davis.
In the receiving line were Mrs. Alves
Dixon, gowned In pink deWdrOp net
over pink silk, with crystal trimmings;
Miss Margaret Dixon, in white liberty
satin and trimmings of crystal; Mrs.
Joseph c. Dixon, black crepe de chene;
Mrs W. L. Follett, in pink lace over
pink silk.
Those assisting in entertaining the
guests were Mesdames III. A. Carpen-
ter w. W. FoIett. Wagner; Misses
Judyn Hague. Virginia Crop and Ysa-
bel Martin. The guests were received
at the door by little Miss Lucille Car
penter, the card tray being held by
Caroline, the little daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. Alves Dixon.
Those in attendance were: Mesdames
r. Ainsa, NJ. Ainsa, Claiborne Adams,
Eoline G. Adams, r. B. Alves, Walter
Arnold, VIII Barnes, o. r. Baum. i. Y.
Berrien, Martha Blacker. H. w. Broad
dus, w. /. Brown, ". r. Brown. J. A.
Buckler r. III. Brown. w. II. Burgess
J. w. Brady, Richard Burgess A. II. But
Ter, ". B. Bull, J. Calisher, H A. Car
penter. Otis Coles, A. P Coles. J. T.
Coles, Geo. N. CrOmbie. VIII CrOmbie
F. S. Cary, u. l. Cobb, Gertrude NJ. COT
fin, Richard Caples, NJ. B. Davis. Waters
Davis. Chas. DeCirOff. James A Dick.
j. b. DuBOse, Lamar Davis, i. J. Ed
wards, ISABEL Flato, p. II. Irwin, Henry
Essinger, ]. W. Eubank, A. B. FAN
Houston Fail, T. A. Falvey, Frank
Lynch. Aim. J. Fewel J. Fisher, Boone,
VIM. l. Toilette. Franklin. f. w. Gala
CHER. p. O. Gardner, J. 3. Gray J. H.
Grayson. Geo. Halle, B. F. Hammett
Geo. Harper, c. G.. HawSinson, G. A.
Hagberg, A 7. Hawley, w. T. HiXson,
W. D. Howe, w II. +. Judd, j. J. Kas-
ter, Z. ". Kavser G.. y. Kelly. w.
Kemp, q. T. White d. F. White. Ed
Kneezeu j. Krakauer, J. G.. Lakeland,
Geo. LeBaron, Chas. LOOMS, Ralph
LOOmis, z. +. J. Mccarthy, T. 3. Nc
CintOch. Mitchell, Josephine Morfittl
Leila It. Moore, Lula II. MOntmOTency,
George Morse, Max Move, James A.
Murdoch, Murphy, TT. c. Nyles, NJ. Ma
Searle II. p NOake,~Hetherby OchOa,
Wheeler. King, g. 3. oliver Lee Orn-
dOrff, w j. Harris, James Parker Nor
ris Parker, w. H. PeticOlas, w. Pettus,
Henry Pfaff, O.. s. PicIreu Chas. Pom
erOy, II. S. Potter, VIII Race, Ed p.
Rankin, r. l. Ramey, IT. .. Runkle,
Walter Scott Bruce Section, r. G. SEM
pie, i. A Shelton, +. 3. Simmons, j.. n.
Sims, II. ID. Slater, W. \. Small, r. O.
stain, Sukman. II. =. Stevenson. H B.
Stevens v r. stiles, Harry Swain. Jos.