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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-18
OMNIBUS CLAIMS
BILL BEFORE House

Washington, Feb. 1S.-When the
house met today to take up business
the ominous claims bill was resumed.
Those who opposed the bill took ad-
vantage of all preliminary means possi-
BILE to prevent the measure coming up
and the fight was lively for the first
few hours.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-18
TOW BOAT SANK;
THREE DROWNED
(By Associated Press.)

Clarksville, Tenn, Feb. 1S.-Three
negroes drowned when the tow boat
"Chauncey Lamb" crashed into the
railroad bridge across the Cumberland
river here this morning and sank in
twenty feet of water. The boat wai
valued at eight thousand dollars.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-18
AN EPIDEMIC OF
>GRIP IN new YORK

New York, Feb. 1S.-The health de-
partment records here show an in;
crease in the number of deaths caused
by la grippe and pneumonia over last
year. The epidemic of la grippe here
shows no signs of abatement, and the
records show the number of deaths
from the disease in january to be
1853.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-18
ALBANY AUTO SHOW.
(By Union Associated Press.)

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 1S.-The state
armory is today filled with all varie-
ties of motor vehicles, forming the
most complete automobile show ever
held in the Empire state capital. The
exhibition will continue through next
week.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-18
CURTIS ALIGHTED
AT Side OF CRUISER

San Diego, CAL, Feb. 1S.--Using
Hydro aeroplane. Curtis alikhted FRI
day in the water alongside the cruiser
Pennsylvania and was hoisted aboard
Later the machine dropped back into
the water and the aviator flew away
to Hangar, on North Island.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-18
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. THE WEATHER. I

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:. Rain tonight and probably Sun "
4: day; colder.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Smudge Pot Started Fire.

GREAT FALLS, July l6.-MosQuitoes
cost John Slayer, q ranchman of the
Sun river bench country, his home and
all his household goods except what
the family could grab in q hurried exit
from their burning home about 3
O'Clock this morning. The building
destroyed and 1t was by the narrowest
margin that Mr.. and Mrs. Slayer got
their sleeping children to safety.
They have been badly bothered by
mosquitoes and had q smudge pot in
the house last night to smoke the pests
away. When they went to bed they
put the smoking pot in the kitchen,
and later, when some of the family
who had been to Q neighbours party
came home the pot was moved. 1t is
the belief it was set too near some
clothing and later the dormant fire
blazed up and ignited the clothing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Woman Fatally Burned.

BUTTE, July 15.-Mrs. Margare,
Whiteford, aged p, her mind deranged
by continued illness and an impending
dashed kerosene over her
clothing Thursday evening and
touched u lighted match to her
garments. The pain brought the
young woman to o realiz alton OF her
deed, and she rushed into the apart
ments of her husband, j. H. White.
ford, where he lay sleeping and beg.
ged that he throw water upon her.
Her body was frightfully cooked
and the flesh peeled off her In chunks.
Last night she died as she begged her
husband and children to kiss her to
the last, and breathing q prayer that
she might live.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
A Big Ranch Deal.

GREAT FALLS, July 14.-The John
D. Thompson ranch, q 1000 acre tract
about 20 miles southwest of this city,
on the Little Muddy creek, together
with the water rights of the Crown
Butte canal has been sold to j. j.
Chinook OF Hiawatha, Kan, and P.
A. Hilderbrand Of Kansas City, Mo.
The land has been used only as a
ranch, but the new owners announce
their intention to send steam outfits
in and break the land for wheat and
alfalfa at once and later colonize il.
All of it can be irrig ated by the canal
already in use and it is said by old
residents to be one of the most valu.
able tracts in this country. The con.
sideration was $3.50, 900. The buyers
are bankers.
This makes II, 900 acres sold in this
county in ten days for colonization
a 10000 acre tr ACT wa. bought by sh.
German Catholic Coloniz alton society
of Milwaukee last week. 1t is in tn,
Boxelder valley and colonists will be
gin to arrive for tina tract Augsut 3
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
will erect a large grain elevator here

Will erect a large grain elev ator here
at once. The decision is' the result OF
the promise of the Cascade county
commissioners at Great Falls that a
ferry boat will be installed here. This
Is the center of a large grain country
and both sides of the river for several
miles a be served from an elevator
here.
GREAT FALLS, July 16.-James w.
Cornell, a saloon keeper of Cascade,
tonight shot and seriously injured a
m of the red.light district known
as Golden Graham, and then put a
bullet through his own brain and
dropped dead. The row occurred in
a house of which the girl was an in.
mate and followed a jealous outbreak
on the part of the man, apparently in
spired by whisky.
HELENA, July ia full regiment
of the national guard and a battalion
Ut regular iufuutry are eucAmpeu uu
the military reservation at Fort Will
liam Henry Harrison for the week,
and the grounds about the post have a
more than usual martial appearance.
The occasion is the annual
ment of the state and national troops,
the week at Fort Harrison taking
the place of the regular annual en-.
campment at American Lake, Wash
ington, which had to be dispensed
with this year owing to the fact that
the money appropriated for this pur.
pose was spent in the mobilization of
troops along the Mexican boarder.
M1ssOULA, July l6.-Another house
robbery took place here last night
when unknowns entered the home of
Charles Stephenson, in south Mis-
soula. After cutting away the screen
of a dining room window, they went
into the bedroom where Mr.. Stephen.
son and his wife were asleep and car
ried off Mr.. Stephenson's clothes. In
the pockets were S25 in money, a gold
watch, chain and fob of considerable
value. They tossed the coat and vest
back into the house after having
emptied the pockets, but the trousers
they kept.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
PLAYED A SHELL GAME.
A Parliamentary Joke by a New South
Wales Scion.

wales SCION.
Australia once had a great public
joke, which was played openly In the
New South Wales state parliament by
a member who afterward became at
torney general.
A bill had been introduced to pro-
tect native flowers from ruthless de-
struction. The honorable member up
rose and sympathized. He Informed
the introducer Of the bill-a somewhat
pompous gentleman-that he heartily
approved. But why these invidious
distinctions? The bill protected-and
he quoted all the botanical names in
the bill.
But why were other flowers equally
deserving neglected? Why were-and
here he reeled off a long list Of the
Latin names for cookies, mussels, oys.
tiers, etc.-why were these sweet flow
ers to be blighted In their bloom by
being plucked by any prowllng excur.
sionist who wanted something in his
buttonholc?
The introducer of the bill promptly
offered to extend the list to include
these. So half the shellfsh on the
coast, including the periwinkle, were
added to tho flowers worthy of protec.
ton.
The officials Of the house discovered
the hoax next day and set it right,
But the joke was too good to be kept
quiet, and all Australia chuckled al
the expense Of the pompous legislator
London Answers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
DON'T MIND BIG NOISES.
But Slight, RustIine Sounds Mako Gl-
RATES. Tremble With Fear,

RATES. Tremblo With Fear.
Among the curious characteristics of
the giraffe Is it's strange Indifference
to loud noises as %contrasted with Its
peculiar "scariness" with reference to
slight sounds. Noisy sounds, like that
Of a mar walking near in hobnailed
boots, the giraffe does not appear to
notice, but should 1t be approached by
a woman whose skirts give out but
the slightest rustic the sound thereof
causes the giraffe to start up with
pricked ears and eyes distended in
fear.
Officials Of a geological institution,
situated near a canal, tell Of a curious
instance Of this popularity Of CRATES.
After a terrible explosion Of gunpow-
der on a barge IN the canal the keep
ers were astonished to observe that
the CRATES took little notice Of the
tremendous blast. They jumped to
their feet. but almost at one lay
down again when they found that
nothing extraordinary had happened
In their Enclosure. But were a keeper
at night to creep along outside that
Enclosure in his stocking feet the queer
beasts would exhibit such terror that
n would imagine them about to dash
themselves in terror against the fences.
Girafses fear the lurking foe, and a
big bang scares them hardly at all. To
them the faint, rustling sound Is a to-
Ken Of the greatest danger. In that
respect they are like deer.-New York
Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Many Things Different In Holland.

Many Inln9S OiHerent IN 0ollano.
Holland Is to me n of the most in
teresting countries In Europe, writes
George r. Sims. Apart from the ex-
element Of having to do a bit Of
Blondin, with the edge of a canal for
your tight rope. at intervals Of a few
minutes all day long, the Dutch them
selves furnish you never ending study.
l love to see the little Dutch boy of
six smoking his clay pipe or his cigar
as he clings to his mammals skirt.
There is something at once novel and
startling in finding Dutch cheese and
a penny bun placed In front of every
guest at the breakfast table. In a
land where a public company Is a
Maatschappij and nearly every house
Of restauration that the
thirsty traveller can there obtain TAP
peril. Slltterij and Slemp," there Is al
ways something to amuse you.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
A Trick With an Euo,

Place two v shaped wineglasses of
the same size near the edge Of a
table. In the right hand n put an
egg, just fitting the rim Of the glass.
Hold the bases of the glasses firmly
down. the top rims touching each
other. Now. with a quick, sharp breath
blow upon the line where the egg and
the glass meet. The egg will jump to
the other glass. With a little practice
this can be done every time. Be care.
full to blow in a line with the left hand
glass, or the egg will jump in the
wrong direction and land on the table
with disastrous results.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Oath of the Turkish Doctor,

The oath which young doctors take
in Turkey when they come before the
medical examining board contains the
following pledge: THAT when l am
called at the same time by two differ
ent patients. the one rich and the other
poor, l will accept the call Of the poor
without taking into consideration the
money offered and will do my best for
his treatment. and that will never de-
cline to answer any call, day or night,
during the reign Of common diseases
or Of an epidemic Of contagious dis
ease"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Out Of Plaza.

Aunt Prisms-1 am shocked at you,
Maude. You permitted young Mr..
Jones to kiss you. Maude-He only
just touched me on the nose, auntie.
Aunt Prisms-It was quite out Of
place. my dear. Maude-He knew it
was. auntie. But you came in so sud-
denly, you see.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
MONTANA BR|EFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.

BUTTE, July 12.-Socialist Mayor
Duncan last night failed in his effort
to Dust Granville Stuart, the veteran
librarian of the Butte public library,
the council going against the mayor
by a vote of nine to five. Mr.. Duncan
sought to supplant Mr.. Stuart with
Miss Helen Price, for three years o
teacher in the local schools, and for
merly engaged in library work in
Chicago.
BUTTE, July l2.-Suit was institut-
ed by the city of Butte this afternoon
against the Silver Row National hank,
seeking the recovery OF $41, 9S6 which
It is alleged by City Attorney Maury,
was illegally paid out by the bank,
following a meeting of the city coun-
Gil, which it is commended Wa illegal
by reason of lacking the presence of a
two-thirds majority of the council
membership.
BUTTE, July 12.-Three men lost
their lives in the mines today. Paul
Tolonen and John Wilson were killed
In the Elm Grin, o Clark property, by
a prem ature blast. Both bodies we're
horribly mutilated. Edwin Jones, the
third man, vas wiping an engine in
the Mountain View mine when it start.
ed suddenly and his body was crushed
before assistance could be given.
HELENA, July l5.-Pleading guilty
to making fraudulent returns last year
while employed as enumer ators to take
the census in Billings, Samuel Reed,
L. w. Hawley and l.. M. McCrackin
were each sentenced by Judge Rasch
in the federal court this morning to
serve "a hours In Jail and to pay a fine
of 800. The fines were paid.
DEER LODGE, July l5.-As the result
of a Jail delivery at an early hour this
morning, Powell county is without
prisoners awaiting trial. 1t was evil
dent that the men had been at work on
the plans for escape for several days.
A bolt on one of the locks on the in
side Of the cage had been filed off.
Once outside the cage they had pried
through mortar until q hole had been
made in the wall. The wall is two
feet thick and it was evident that sew
eral days work had been spent on 1t
in order to loosen the necessary mum.
Der of stones.
HELENA, July 15.-To have the
voters of Montana pass on the militia
bill enacted by the last legislature,
petitions for q referendum vote we're
filed with Secretary of State Yoder
yesterday from the counties of Rsvalli,
Jefferson and Chouteau. Other petit
lions will be filed later from other
counties. To have q referendum cleo.
ton called it is necessary that petit
lions signed by at least five per CEN
Of the voters of each county be secured
from two ffths of the counties in Mon
tana.
LEw1sTowN, July 15.-Six years ir
the penitentiary was the sentence i'm
posed on Frank Laverdure by Judge
E. X. Cheadle yesterday, the prisoner
having been found guilty some day.
ago of manslaughter. Laverdure wa,
charged with the murder of his broth
er.in.law, Peter Wells, near Grass
Range q year and half ago, but the
killing occurred in drunken fight, ani
II was difficult to develop the rea
facts.
ULM, July 15.-Spokane capita
represented by the owners Of thu
David Churchill ranch at this place
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Keeping His Word.

Henry, you W me S.. You remem-
Der that bet you made me last week
that you wouldn't smoke any more for
a month. Well. I saw you walking
down the street last night smoking q
big cigar"
"Im not smoking any more; I'm
simply smoking the usual AMOUNT
Exchange.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
fishinu Luck.

Have any luck or your fishing
trip7"
Eyes. Counting those that got away
and those we threw back, we almost
got seven."-Detroit Free Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
Her Criticism,

~ wish Fritz would write his figures
palmer. can't possibly tell from his
letter whether it is 1000 or 10000
kisses that he sends me."-Tliegende
Batter.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
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is coming along fast and may develop
into a good mate for Wendell. Potter,
Wendell, Campbell and Reynolds look To
be the best backfield combination at Cam
bridge, but there is other promising ma
terial.
Harvard has the best of ends OF any
team and has the outlook of good pair
of tackles in Gardiner and Rogers. The
former is coming along in fine style. but
Rogers has gone to the hospital with ap-
pendicitis 1t will be hard to develop as
promising a man. JenckeS is now the
iikeliest candidate for the other tackle
berth. At left guard and center the play
ing has been anything but satisfactory
Harvard has had lot of trouble in &C
quiring team play, but was much less dis-
jointed in that department against WIZ
liams than in preceding games. Harvard S
tackling was excellent, fault of prom
inence was the mourning of penalties.
Illegal use of the hands and tripping
brought on three penalties Princeton
and Cornell are other teams this season
which in some one game have been ex-
tensive sufferers from penalties.
The Carlisle Indians still lead in total
points scored. They nearly always do at
this time Of the year. They go at slam
bang rate from first to last. They begin
70 take on big teams soon and then bet
ter idea will be had of their real scoring
ability. The Indians. together with
Princeton, Lafayette and Brown, have
made over 100 points. Among the teams
not scored on are Harvard, Yale, Dart
mouth, Brown, Penn State. Army and
Trinity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-16
TYRUS COBB AGAIN
Georgian Finishes II Points
Better Than Jackson.
SCHAEFER LEADS LOCALS
Jackson Consistent Hitter All
Year, But Never Able
to Catch Cobb.

Again "Ty' Cobb has finished the base
ball season with a batting average which
shows him to be still the premier slugger
In the American League. The Georgian
finished the season with a batting aver
age twelve points better than did his
nearest competitor His mark for the
season. All, shows just how great a
hitter he is.
Joe Jackson. the phenomenal youngster
of whom 1T was predicted that he was
mere flash in the pan, was the man who
gave Cobb the best race for the batting
supremacy of the American League.
Jackson was a consistent hitter all during
the year, but could never quite get up to
the standard set by Cobb.
Schaefer had the best mark Of any of
the local men, with Milan a close second.
Schaefer had an average of 1885, while
Milan had percentage of 1913.
The AVERAGES follow:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-16
GEORGETOWN TEAM
WILL Be SHIFTED
Big Shake.Up Booked for Hill.
toppers-Work of Regu-
lars Unsatisfactory.

Owing to the unsatisfactory showing of
the Georgetown University foot ball team
in the game with Carlisle last Saturday
there will be big shift in the lineup OF
the varsity team before the next game.
This change will undoubtedly be a big
surprise to the followers of the Hilltop
squad. for some of the veteran players
may be kept on the side lines at the start
of the Richmond game Saturday. Men
who have heretofore been on the scrubs
will hold regular berths. There are but
few on the varsity squad who are sure OF
their positions on the Blue and Gray first
team. as Coach Nielsen is bound to build
up a foot ball machine that will work
we'll together at all hazards. Although
the line played an excellent game both on
the defensive and offensive. it is very
probable that new men may be tried out
In the forward positions, while there is no
doubt that some radical changes will be
made in the back field positions.
Although the Georgetown team went
down to defeat in Saturdays game, it
was cheered as Blue and Gray team
was never cheered before. The student
body of the university is very enthu-
siastic in it's support, and throughout
Saturday evening hoyas for the team
Capt. Daley and individual players could
be heard from every corner of the campus
The members of the Hilltop institution
expect the Western warriors to do great
things later on in the season.
Charley Bergen. who has for quite a
while been looked upon as a conner by
the best authorities. demonstrated clearly
that he is of varsity material in his work
against the red men and may be seen in a
regular berth at one of the terminals.
Bergen is not a new man at the Hilltop,
as he was a member of last years varsity
squad, and has had four years Of prepare
tory school foot ball on the Waterbury
High School team, and was end on the
Ail-Connecticut scholastic team. He Is
not only a good man to slip through in.
terferance and nail the runner. but also
plays a clever offensive game. invariably
picking off his man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-16

Princeton, Cornell and Pennsylvania
have had the experience. which they may
be expected to turn to profit, of having
bumped into hard games already, Cor
nelrs bump being SO hard that 1t was a
defeat, and Princeton being fortunate
in getting off with no worse than tie
against Lehigh. Cornell was against a
first-class eleven and one which has a
legitimate right to win most any game
it plays. Penn will play this team on the
2Sth. and that game becomes additionally
important after what happened in Ithaca
last Saturday.
Much harder battling is due from time
to time from now OH for the gridiron
upper crust that they have been having
this fall. There comes sudden shift In
the nature of Yales schedule next Satur-
day The Ellis have not had a good test
at all as yet. but the foot ball they VIII
meet next Saturday, when they. play at
West Point, will be pronounced as well
as an abrupt change. a fact or which
they are we'll aware. The Army game
usually is one of the hardest obstacles
OF the season for the Ellis to surmount.
Princeton. like Yale. has hard task
cut out for next Saturday. when the
Nassau eleven plays the Navy. but has
the advantage over Yale in having been
in a game which necessitated the stiffest
sort Of resistance to avoid defeat. There
is a chance that neither the Tigers nor
Ellis may derive immediate joy from
next Saturdays results. but both will
learn things about strength and weak
ness in the eleven which will be of value
for future development Another real
battle scheduled for Saturday is between
Penn and Brown. Penn is used to hard
knocks by this time. but Brown has
been having things her own way, and.
like Yale, faces an abrupt change in the
caliber Of the opponent. Harvard has no
hard game booked until the 18th, when
Brown comes to Cambridge.
Last week was an eventful one for
Princeton II the Tigers evidenced that
they could make an unexpectedly weak
showing they also showed three days
later that they could convalesce and come
right back with an unexpectedly good
showing Colgate wasn't counted on as
beatabie to the extent of 81 to O. par
ticularly after the way Lehigh clawed
the Jersey beast. There was decided i'm
provement in the three days, regardless
OF the comparative strength Of Lehigh and
Colgate, improvement in the line. where
it was needed greatly.
Weak in Line.
Fundamentally weak line playing be-
yond the ordinary was disclosed by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-16
NOT GOOD FOOT BALL.
Mike Murphy Wants Forward Pass
Cut Out of Gridiron Game.

PHILADELPHIA, October 16.-Mike
Murphy. the veteran foot ball trainer. is
convinced that the forward pass is poor
foot ball
The point / make against the forward
pass" says Murphy, is that IL Is d
violation Of the elementary principles of
foot ball. II never was or will be any
thing but haphazard play, and it dis
organize any teams defense.
IT have always contended that what
foot ball spectators like to see is the ball
moved down the field by a series OF well
executed plays, cleverly designed and
operated. The basket ball feature In
which the ball Is thrown all over the
field and passes back and forth from one
team to another is certainly not good
foot ball.
II would like to see a return to some
of the principles of the old game"