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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24
Expert Demonstrates Contention
of Explosion.
Pennsylvania Mine Is Wrecked by
Touching Off Badly PLACED Charge
of Ordinary Black Powder
Test Is Object Lesson.

Pittsburg, Pa-"No amount of
writing or talking could be so forcible
in the teaching of great lessons"
said DR.. Joseph A. Holmes, director
of the bureau of mines, when he re-
turned the other night from the dem
onstration at the government expert
mental mine at Bruceton, Pa. Gov
cred with mud and looking almost
like veritable miner. Or. Holmes
was most enthusiastic over the ex-
pertinent, Notwithstanding many de-
lays in the preparations.
1t was not until after dark that this
first "made-to-order" mine explosion
really tool. place
Standing alone in his laboratory,
back in the hills of Allegheny county,
a chemist twice touched an innocent
appearing button. The explosion
failed to materialize. Investigation
found the source of trouble, which
was readily remedied
The last shot was touched off by
Dr. Holmes Instantly there was a
dull rumble far down in the bowels
OF the earth. Flames burst from the
drift and spurted from the air shaft
The fanhouse went down with
crash. Dense volumes of black
smoke poured into the open and the
heavens were ablaze.
1t was terrifying to the laymen.
Fire bosses, mine foremen and SUI
perintendents who had heretofore es-
capped those things unexpected saw
what they believed they would some
day experience, but would never be
Cble to tell-a real mine explosion.
The government effort had ap-
parently been successful.
It was test of the explosive prop
critics of the deadly" coal dust So
enthusiastic was DR.. Holmes. the gov
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24
Successor of Famous Garden to Be
Mammoth Affair-To Be Known
as "Broadway Gardens"

New York-"Broadway Gardens" is
to take the place of Madison Square
Gardens, which has been sold, and
shortly will be RACED and replaced
with business structures Announce
ment has been made by the archt-
tects for the new arena that the COM
pany organized to built 1t will be in
corporated next week with 81 SOC, 900
capital.
The mammoth structure will &C.
cupy the entire block on Broadway
between Forty-seventh and Forty
eighth streets, and will extend back to
within 100 feet of Eighth avenue. In
every way it will be larger than Mad
ison Square Garden. The main en-
trance will be on Broadway. and the
rest of the Broadway frontage will be
occupied by store and office build
ing six stories in height. On the For
ty-seVenth street side will be a the
alter on the ground floor, with a seat
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24
H1AQ Zz PII1T
~ f zt3 Y 3R|!|l15'<~Ev.
Adding Two More Stars to the Flag

as they have great deal of leisure
time the sailors manage to do their
own official needlework when the
stars and the Encouragement Of the
field of stars.
The addition of one star to the flag
sometimes proves an easy task. The
amount of work involved depends
upon the position of the stars already
on the flag. If there is room at the
bottom of the last row of stars for
the addition of another then it is
merely a matter of adding that extra
star and this is a comparatively easy
job. But the field Of stars seldom
lends itself in that kind of manner
to the work of adding additional
stars. The symmetrical arrangement
of the stars is a matter of the utmost
Importance and this requires much
much thought and skill on the part
of the officials to whom is entrusted
the work of designing a field with
the extra stars added.
The first work when the design OF
the new flag has been sent out to the
arsenals, Is to rip off the stars that
have to be placed in different posi-
lions. This work is done by rows OF
women who are armed with sharp
pointed knives. They place the star
to be removed on padded base that
holds the cloth taut. Then they care
fully rip out the stitches until the
star is removed. This work goes on
for weeks and sometimes months, for
all the flags in the country must be
rearranged. AS the stars are ripped
off they are dropped in baskets and
not used again, new stars being sewn
on to replace the discarded ones. The
new stars are cut by means of die.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24

hand holding the dog inside the muff.
This Is frequently tried trick at sea-
sons when muffs can be worn with
out exciting suspicion
We catch about one a month" an
other customs officer said. "but for
every one we do spot twenty or
thirty must escape us.
IF a dog does not bark or wriggle
at the wrong moment and if it Is so
skillfully tucked away as not to i'm
pede movement. a woman who has
her pet hidden somewhere in her
dress is practically certain to pass
us scot free.
Women. it seems, rarely trust to the
smuggling powers of their men folks
where dogs are concerned. This at
first sight. may seem curious, for a
man could very often get a dog safe
ly through In one of his big pockets.
But perhaps the reason lies deeper
The following Shavian dictum is re-
garded as truism by the customs Of
ficers
"A man is generally more honest
than a woman; If you challenge him
and he has contraband. he USUALLY
owns up"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24
APT AS SMUGGLERS

satisfied that they had no contraband
with them.
AT Dover. however, when the party
was coming ashore, the infant whose
head was completely muffled in lace
and muslin, barked.
Here is another story, the would-be
smuggler in this instance being a
man:
"A travelling rug on his arm OK
cited suspicion. He was stopped and
the rug examined. and found to con-
tain three little pockets. in each Of
which was valuable tiny dog.
He was fined SIS and the dogs were
put in quarantine"
The sailor to whom | spoke once
happened to glance inside a cabin, &C.
cupied by two women passengers to
Dover, just before the customs men
entered 1t.
One woman was giving little dog
Whit of something out of bottle
probably chloroform; the other was
busy making up a parcel" of wraps,
etc. A cushion was thrown carelessly
over the insensible dog. and the off,
GERS did not trouble to look under
meath 1t.
When the women left the boat they
had the dog concealed in the parcel,
which had been passed"
And these by no means exhaust the
means which women employ to SNUG
gle their pets.
They suspend them in bags from
their necks. Women who do this al
ways wear we'll buttoned up coats or
else plenty of furs
They put them in big pockets of
loose "overcoats."
They carry them in their muffs, one
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24
Marriage Is No Handicap.

Ottawa. Kan.-To prove that being
married is no handicap to education
or social life in school, the married
students of Ottawa university have
perfected the organization of bene-
diets club, and, In violation of a re-
cent order to segregate the sexes at
chapel exercises, marched in with
their wives and took their seats in a
body. AS they came in they gave
their yell: Pink and white; pink
and white. oh, benedicts. they're all
right" There are ten couples in the
club and eleven children. The latter
are honorary members of the club.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24

THE so-called list of immortals" Of
i the United States biological sur
vega roster kept by that bureau of
all hunting fatalities in this country
already this year has had added to it
AZ names. From this information the
bureau hopes after a few years to
be able to deduce general principles
which will be of value in framing
'1ife-saving" federal and state game
laws.
Zone fact which we have learned
during the three years we have kept
this record" said DR.. T. S. Palmer,
chief of the bureau, lis that there are
practically 40 deer hunting accidents
in states watch prohibit the shooting
of does. This is because in those
states the hunter hesitates a moment
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24
Praises American Armx

Observation-Disclosures Becker of
the Royal Danish Life Guards, has re-
turned from visit to the United
States full of praise for the American
army. In company with Admiral To-
60 the lieutenant watched the army
maneuverS at West Point, and he was
delighted with the training of the
American forces.
At the Danish autumn maneuvers a
new military bridge invented by
Lieutenant Won der Maase will re-
ceive its first test. The bridge is de-
signed to enable infantry to cross
streams quickly and noiselessly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24

or otherwise mutilated. This disfig-
urement is sign to the examiners
that the paper was Intentionally
thrown into the baskets. Consequent
ly sharp lookout is maintained by
the two women examiners for I'M
marked envelopes and official looking
papers.
1t sometimes happens that a gust
of wind will carry bond or a check
from an officials desk and whisk it
into his scrap basket 1t is almost
as safe there as If it reposed under
lock and key, for the chances are a
hundred to one in favor of the ex.
aminers rescuing It
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24
PERIL OF COAL DUST

ernment's expert, that he made this
public statement:
The great value of this experiment
to the mining industry was in demon
strat1ng to more than 1,500 coal op-
orators and mine managers from
every coal mining district of the
United States the fact:
That ordinary bituminous or soft
coal dust will explode from charge
OF black powder badly placed in
mine;
That dust will explode with a vio-
lence sufficient to wreck the mine and
kill every person working in the mine.
and
That poisonous gases are given off
from such an explosion in sufficient
quantity to suffocate and poison any
persons in the mine who may have
escaped the violence of the explosion.
THE fact that the explosion did
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24
TO Guido MADISON SQUARE

ing capacity of LOO. Two theaters,
a winter garden and a covered gard en-
will occupy the roof.
The arena will seat about 10000
persons. 1t will be $50 feet In length
by 1856 feet in width. Underneath the
arena will be another one of the same
size, available for show purposes. The
sides will be constructed, as far as
feasible, of glass and steel.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24

| never drink. / cannot do 1t op
equal terms with others. 1t costs
them only one day, but it costs me
three; the first is SHINING. the second
is suffering, and the third is repent
ing-Sterne.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-24
DANGEROUS Prescription.

In prescribing alcohol for the cure
of disease, you set up one thou
sand times more dangerous than the
one for which alcohol is prescribed"
DR.. G. j. Russell
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-02
WAYCROSS HEADQUARTER
OF ST. MARYS G. KINGSLAND

Waycross, Feb by unanimous
vote of the stockholders, the head
quarters of the St. Marys & Kings
land, short line of railrca that has
been operated between ST. Marys and
Kingsland, with Waycross as an ulti-
mate objective, have been changed
to Waycross. The stockholders have
further planned a stock increase from
$4,000 to 100000, and according to
present indications, will be running
trains from Atlanta to st. Marys and
Jacksonville within a very few years.
The resolution adopted by the stock
holders provides for an amendment
to the charter of the st. Marys &
Kingsland, by which the name of the
road is to be the Atlantic, Waycross
& Northern. Waycross is designated
as headquarters in this resolution.
An extension from Waycross in a
northwesterly direction is authoriZ-
ed. and surveyors are at work on the
route now. The extension will be
through the counties of Ware, Coffee
Ben Hill and Wilcox to Abbeville. The
: towns that will he connected direct
by this road are Waycross, Douglas
Abbeville, Unadila and Fort Valley
with Kingsland St Marys and Jack
sonville on the southeast link
That the road will be built is assur
ed. Douglas people have already sub
scri'ted S51 ,000 to the stock, and prac
tically $4,000 has been taken in Way
cross, Abbeville people are alive tc
the proposition, and have made in
ducements that will assist the road
to large extent The promoters OF
the road have been given much en-
coura9ement along the route, and pro
pose to rush construction as rapidly
as possible.
A western extension, touching the
Georgia Southern & Florida at some
point between Valdosta and Triton
has 1een authorized by a charter
amendment, and some of the road
built. This feature will be carried out
as originally planned, making quite
system of the new road, as well as
adding materially to the activity al
Waycross.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-02
Auto Thieves
!. Got Off Light

Raymond Miller and Robert Weber,
the two young men who were arrest
ed in this city several weeks ago
while making their way from Jack
sonville in handsome automobile
stolen from A. NJ Ives, of that city,
were tried in the criminal court at
Jacksonville yesterday ant. both the
youngsters got off rather light for
such grave offense
Their attorney made a long state
ment in behalf of the youthful crimin-
ais, announcing that it was not their
intention to steal the automobile, but
that they merely took it to make a
trip to Atlanta, and that it was their
intention to return it to the owner
upon arriving in Atlanta.
The judge took into consideration
the age and former reputation of the
two boys, who We're from Chicago,
and imposed a fine Of S100 upon each
Of them. The fine was paid by a
brother of Weber, who had t.'re from
Chicago in response to a telegram
from his brother. 4
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-02
LEFT REAR DOOR
To SALOON OPEN
OFFICER ENTERED AND FOUND
MANY PlNTs OF WHISKY UN.
DER COUNTER.
Simon Keen, Negro Near-5eer Deal sr,
Convicted in Municipal Court Yes
terday, and Fined $1oo-Must Also
Answer to State Court.

Simon Keen, a negro who operates
a 4iear-beer saloon at the corner OF
Monk and Oglethorpe streets, was ar.
raigned yesterday morning On the
charge Of selling whisky He was
convicted and was fined $100 by May
or Butts, and he must now answer to
the state courts on the same charge,
as he has also been arrested on a war
rant from the Glynn superior court.
A few nights ago when Keen closed
his saloon he inadvertently left one
of the side doors open. In making
their usual rounds one of the police
officers discovered that the door was
open. He entered the saloon and in
making an inspection of the place dis
covered lot of whisky glasses On a
small table. Though a thorough
search was made the officer could not
locate any whisky. Finally he spied
a suspicious looking place under the
counter, and following it out, through
a peculiar route, he located the tiger.
Up under the counter, in a most Sc
creted place, was found ten or twelve
half-pint hotties.
The following day case was made
against the negro and he was con-
victed in the municipal court yes
terday and must await trial in the
higher court.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-02
SEA GULL is KILLED
ON AN INLAND LAKE

Gainesville. Ga, Feh lit sounds
tishy, but it is true, real sea gull
Was killed on Lake Demorest some
days ago. 1t is a beauty, with great
spreading, soft gray wings, blacl-tip
ped, with pure white breast and head
and a beautiful crest on t1e stately
head. The bird, stuffed and mounted
can he seen in the postollice window
in Demorest. Frank Flor was the for
tunate hunter who captured this anus
Uai prize on a mountain lake.
Mr.. Flor saw floating on the water
Of Lake Demorest what he h7ought
was white crane. He ran to his
nome, nearby, and got his gun When
he had shot the bird and rescued if
from the water it proved to be not
a crane but a real sea gull
How this salt water bird got mp to
the I.Srntains is not known. If it
was sIi1hnler time, when we have an
ingress of sea coast visitors il might
be said the gull caught the spirit of
mountain climbing from his neighbors
but to come up to spend the Christ
mas holidays was, to say the least,
unusual.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-02
WILL NAME NEW
CITY ENGINEER
JOHN L. zACHRY, DF ATLANTA,
TO BE ELECTED BY COUNCIL
MONDAY NIGHT.
He Has Been Connected With CITY
Engineers Office in Atlanta for
Some Time and Comes to Bruns-
wick Highly Recommended.

John l.. zachry, at present con-
nected with the office of the civil
engineer of Atlanta, will arrive in
the city Monday and on Monday night
he will be elected to the position of
city engineer and superintendent of
public works, to succeed ]. B. High.
who recently resigned and whose re-
signation became effective yesterday,
but who will continue to serve until
his successor is elected and qualities.
Mr.. Zachry was in Brunswick sever
al days ago and while 0ere he met
with various members of council ami
it was then agreed that he should be
elected to the place provided he
would accept. He returned to Allan
ia and later notified the commit tee
on public works that he was willing
to accept the place.
Mr.. Zachry, it is understood, has
been connected with the civil engin-
eer's office in Atlanta for some time
and he comes to this city wita the
very best recommendation.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-02
SCANDAL BREWS
AMONG CROOKS
COMMISSIONER BEGINS INVESTL
CATION REVEALING DISGUST
ING GRAFT DETAILS.

New York, Feb. 1.-Acting in con-
Second Deputy Police Commissioner
William Flynn has begun an investi-
cation which it is believed will lead
to the apprehension of the murderer
of Elsie Siegel, granddaughter of
Gen. Siegel, and the disclosure of the
secrets of an organized band of
Chinese smugglers whose operations
have teen of such magnitude as to
alarm the customs officials
Discoveries made by customs in
spectors in a recent raid on west
side opium selling den involve certain
police officials who are said to have
aided in the protection of Chinese in
this city who have done a large busi-
ness in running fellow countrymen
into the United States by way of
Canada.
Not only has the general scheme of
Chinese syndicate formed for the
purpose of defying the Chinese exclu-
sion laws been uncovered, but the
hdhiCo VI oSfS VI CuS llu5lSduCio .
are in the hands of the federal au-
thorities as we'll as a list of the po-
lice officials who are said to have been
working with them. When it was
learned by the custom house officials
and by Deputy Police Commissioner
Flynn that these facts had become
known they made concerted but in
effectual effort to prevent further
details from reaching the public.
United States District Attorney
Henry A. Wise at first refused to ad-
nit he knew anything about the mat
ter, but finally said the incriminat-
ing evidence was in his Office.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-02
RACE WILL Try
FOR THE RECORD
JACKSONVILLE AUTOiST TC
MAKE FAST RUN TO THIS
CITY SATURDAY.
He Will Endeavor to Lower Record
Recently Established BY S. X.
Brown, and Again Win the Cup of
Local Auto Club.

S. X. Brown, president of the
Brunswick Automobile club, yesterday
received a letter from Herbert 3.
Race, president of the Jacksonville
club, announcing that he was going
to again win that cup offered by the
local club for the quickest time made
in an auto between Jacksonville and
Brunswick. 1t will be remembered
that Mr.. Race was in possession of
the cup until a short time ago, when
his record was lowered by Mr.. Brown.
In his letter yesterday the Jackson
vile autoist announced that he would
leave Jacksonville Saturday morning
and he said, if he was not in Bruins
wick within four hours after his de-
parture, Mr.. Brown was requested to
come for him with an auto, as ne
would be found wrecked somewhere
along the road, indicating that he was
either going to lower the record or
smash his machine in the effort.
The record made by Mr.. Brown was
considered an unusually good one, and
in order to lower it Mr.. Race will
have to do some expert driving. He
is capable of that however and mis-
trip Saturday woll be awaited with
much interest.
While in the city Mr.. Race will
meet with members of the local auto
club and arrange for the hig barbe-
cue to be given at Owens Ferry lat
er this month
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-02
$500 FINE FOR
VIOLATING LAW
r
g. A. TRUE SOLD NEAR-BEER ON
ST. SIMON WITHOUT A
! LICENSE.
Entered Plea of Guilty in Superior
Court Yesterday-Numher of Other
Cases Were Disposed of BY Judge
I .Conyers.

That Judge Conyers intends to
deal severely with those who violate
the prohibition law, many of whom
have been indicted by the present
grand jury was evidenced yesterday
when the first of these cases was
called
G. A. True, of ST. Simon, who was
connected with resort on the island
47elrjng the past summer, was up on
the charge of selling near-beer with
out license. True pleaded guilty
to the charge, and his attorney, Judge
A. D. Gale, made a brief statement
in behalf of his client, explaining just
how the law had been violated. Judge
Conyers, in imposing sentence, said
that usually the penalty for violation
of this law was double the amount OF
the license, which is $500, but he
thought True was due little leniency
therefore he would impose sentence
of IL months or fine Of $500 to in
clude cost. 1t is understood that the
fine will be paid.
One or two other cases were also
!. tried during the day. Willie Daniel
hyas placed On trial on felony charge
but the jury had failed to arrive at
verdict when the court recessed foI
the day.
Gideon White entered a plea OF
guilty to a charge of carrying con
cealed weapons and was sentenced to
serve 12 months or pay fine of $3.50
and COSTS
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-02
To Pay Pensions
On February 10

Lacking some $25O,000 of having
enough money to pay the 1911 pen
sons With, the state treasury and the
state executive Office and the state
pension office maintain their relative
attitude toward one another un-
changed.
The pension commissioner has sub
mitted his ,cquisition for over a mil
lion dollars pension money to the gov
ernor But the governor has the re-
QUESTION on q corner Of his desk and
has not yet signed any warrant for
the amount. Why? Because the treas
urcr reports the same each morning
Not enough yet sir And until
the treasurer says the money is in
hand, there won't be any warran,
and consequently there won't be any
requisition honored and the veterans
won't get their money.
The situation is almost without pre-
cedent in the executive history of toe
state. The school teachers have been
made to wait year after year for the
money they had already earned. while
tie veterans were paid their pensions
in advance. But This year the PEN
sion commissioner was not ready
when the money was. so the state
school commissioner was let into the
vaults with the result t.at the teach
ers have almost all teen paid, while
the veterans are waiting
Assistant Treasurer B. f. Perry be-
lieyes that there cannot possibly be
enough money in hand before Feb.
10. lie points ont tlat the first Mon
day in February falls on tho Gth. And
it is not until after then that the
county tax collectors are required to
send heir monthly reports and remit
tances to the treasurer.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-02
Bryan Elected
To u. S. Senate

Jacksonville, Feb With only a
few counties showing a complete vote
and no definite figures as yet from
some, the indications are that Nathan
P. Bryan, of Jacksonville, has won
in the senatorial primary of yesterday
over w. A. Blount of Pensacola, with
a majority varying according to the
different tabulations Of the figures,
from 900 to 1000.
The vote was very much heavier in
the second primary deld yesterday
than in the first on JAN 10. Bryan
made heavy gains in the south Flori-
da counties and overcame the lead
with which Blount came from western
Florida.