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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-31

are several types and sizes, are eating
away the dirt from the mountain
slopes or digging deep down into the
earth with a regularity that suggests
the swing of a pendulum or the beat
of a pulse. Large buckets filled with
concrete are passing noiselessly over
head along the steel cables and depos-
iting their contents at the desired
spot. The whole scene is one well
calculated to inspire admiration for
the manner in which the work is be-
ing performed.
What applies to Gatun applies also
to the other various sections along
the canal, all tending to convince the
observer that the possibility of open
ing the canal before the date official
ly fixed is no empty boast.
What the sanitary department of
the Canal Commission has occom-
plished in cleansing the Canal Zone
of yellow fever and other disease is
well known. The progressive wonders
that have been attained in housing.
feeding and providing amusement
and instruction to the army of 10000
workmen is less well known. The
pestiferous jungle and swamp have
been transformed into clean, smart
looking, healthful towns and villages
to be seen throughout the Canal
Zone, all full of hustling activity and
ever-increasing number of American
and other tourists. This transforma-
ton has cost millions, but they have
been well spent and the uninterrupt-
ed and successful digging of the ca
nal ever since has been rendered pos
, sible thereby.
Throughout the whole length of the
canal clean comfortable houses have
been built for the married employees
and their families. Eighteen big no.
tells were also erected for the bachel-
| ors, besides numerous barracks.
messes and kitchens for the laborers
In these buildings there are under
the Commissions care not fewer than
$4,000 people.
The white canal and railroad en-
ployees are furnished with free house,
electric light, coal and water. and all
laborers and employees have commits
sary rights which enable them to pur-
chase in the Government stores ar
practically cost prices, clothes, food
| and other necessaries which permits
them to live well and inexpensively
and save a considerable part of their
scalaries.
The public schools OF the Zone are
very good. The teachers are Amer
! lished in many of them have been
such a success that the Panama Gov
eminent is adopting the same method
in it's provincial schools.
Under the management of the Y. M
G. A. there are club houses in the
principal Zone towns wherein EN-.
ployees, after ahard days toll, may go
in reading and billiard rooms, tennis
courts, bowling alleys or gymnasiums
The erection and maintenance OF
these clubs have added much to the
welfare of the men, and in the LONG
run has been an excellent investment
The regard for the social welfare
of the canal workers has had it's eff
feet on the work itself for the work
ers seem taking personal thirst il
fulfilling Colonel Goethal's prediction
that the great waterway will be fin
ished ahead of time.
What ultimate economic effect the
completion of the canal will have OF
the Republic of Panama is discussed
here from different standpoints, and il
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-31

vogue with inferior shows, have been
discarded by these up-to-date clowns.
The result is refreshing.
In addition to the fifty clowns there
are a number of burlesque trape2e
and horizontal bar acts that are
enough to make a horse laugh. III
terest in the coming of the circus 70
Hattiesburg on Wednesday. Nov. s.
has reached a high pitch. Its wonder
full new equipment, its million-duIlar
menagerie and its three-mile parade
have created no end OF praise i'm the
CITIES it has visited this year. Never
before has a circus spent such sums
of money as this show has devoted to
the building of its new organization.
1t will come here on four special
trains and it will cover ten acres of
the city's real estate when all its
tents are pitched 1t will bring with
it over 1000 people, 600 horses and
7S0 wild animals.
The first thing that will meet the
eyes of visitors when they enter the
main doors will be a long line Of ele-
ulants extending lengthwise through
the center aisle of the tent from one
end to the other. Nearly all the ele
plants in America are there. The
rest of the show is On this same gi
gantic scale-the most and the best
of everything. Among the thit!lers IS
double somersaulting automobile
act, presented by young French wo
man. 1t is the most sensational of al.
the thrillers of the past.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-31

is generally believed that greater
prosperity is in store for the Republic
II developments, along the line of
agriculture, mining and manufactures,
are seriously studied.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-31
lI5O WUODMEN
TO Be MATED
AT JACKSON
WoODMEN DAY AT THE STATE
FAIR TODAY WAS A MOST
NOTABLE OCCASION.
HAND ON YOUR POCKETBOOK

Pickpockets Are Relieving the Un-
wary of Surplus Wealth During the
Fair and The Police of jackson are
Kept Busy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-31

Secretary of War Stimson is one OF
the best shots in America Recently
he astonished army officers at San
Francisco by hitting two bobbing
targets at 200 yards.
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
SOLDIERS NEEDN'T
WRITE PROTESTS TO
WAR DEPART ThENT
Case of Private Dismissed
for Criticising Officer Is
Held Up as a Warning.

Take warning, all you soldiers in the
United States army. and don't write to
the War Department of imaginary
grievances against your superior Off
GERS. The court-martial that hears the
evidence and gets at the real facts
looks frowningly on this breach of mil
itary discipline, and the board of re-
view, which is the final court of appeal.
will approve a severe sentence on a
| soldier found guilty of such a charge.
Last February Private Harry E. Meth
erton, Thirty-sixth Company, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, stationed at Fort Mott,
n. j., sent a letter to the War De-
, partment in which he yccited many sup
posed grievances against Captain Barry.
First, the captain refused to let him
go to the bedside of his dying mother,
he claimed, but he want anyway. This
little trip cost Private Netherton SO in
real cash and ten days hard labor
when he got back to the fort.
The Trolley Cars Stopped.
Not profiting by his first experience
Private Netherton visited Delaware City
and neglected to allow sufficient time to
get back to duty promptly. On the way
! to the boat TO go back to the fort, he
! explained to the War Department, the
| trolley line went out of commission,
and when he finally reached quarters
the captain imposed a fine of SIS for
being absent without leave.
Naturally all this made Private Meth
erton a little sore" So he decided to
tell the War Department his troubles.
IN beginning his letter he wrote:
ITO whomever receives this letter.
would be pleased for it TO go TO the
highest authority in the United States
army, as have some complaint to
make in regard to myself and hope
YOU will read It over carefully and look
into the matter
Needless to say the department "look-
ed into the matter" It was found that
Private Netherton, instead of making
some complaint in regard to himself,
had a whole lot of complaint to make
about Captain Barry. AS soon as the
department got the letter Private Meth
erton was ordered arrested on a charge
Of conduct to the prejudice of good or
der and military discipline. in violation
of the sixty-second article OF war" The
court-marual found that Private Meth
erton was guilty Of making false and
misleading statements. made with in
tent to deceive the War Department"
Dishonorably Discharged.
The sentence, which has just been
approved, was Ito be dishonorably dis
charged from the service of the United
States, forfeiing all pay and allow
ances due him. ard to be confined at
hard labor at such place as the re-
viewing board may direct for six
months"
So Harry E. Netherton. erstwhile pri-
vate in the army. is now performing
hard labor at Fort du Pont. Del, and
when the six months is up he will never
again have an opportunity to be "ab-
sent without leave" or write letters TO
the War Department about his COM
manding officer.
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
Merger Question Is to
Come Up This Afternoon

The question of merger with the
Chamber of Commerce is to come up for
discussion from two sources at the
monthly meeting OF the directors of the
Board of Trade this afternoon at AIS
o'clock. The volunteer committee which
polled the memberships of the two
organizations on the question has for
warded to the directors the result of the
poll, showing that out of 724 votes cast
90 per cent are favorable to the merger
The committee asks that the matter be
made the subject of special considera-
ton at the next meeting of the board.
The proposed consolidation will come
before the directors again in the form
of an adverse report from the member
ship committee, which states that the
merger talk is interfering with efforts
to obtain members, and, therefore, the
committee advises against considering
consolidation at this time.
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
Blames Summer Resorts
For the Divorce Evil

PHILADELPHIA. May IA new crop
Of Divorces spring up each summer in
summer resorts, according to the Rev.
Frank Dewitt Talmage, in a sermon
Yesterday at the Chambers Wylie
Church. He said nine-tenths of all di-
vorces originate at summer resorts
separations lay temptations, awful
temptations. at the feet of men who
are compelled to stay at home," said
the Rev. Talmage, las well as at the
feet of women who are spending their
time in the summer hotels"
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
Funeral Tomorrow for
Mrs. Mary India Cowling

ROCKVILLE, Md, May Mrs Mary
India Cowling. seventy-three years old,
widow of Thomas Cowling, of Washing
ton, died yesterday morning, at the
home of her son-in-law, Perry E. Gloyd.
in Gaithersburg. She had been suffering
for about week with bronchial pneu-
monia. Two daughters survive her, Mrs.
Gloyd and Mrs. Stoddard. both Of Gath
ersburg. The funeral services will be
held tomorrow afternoon at l:30 o'clock
from the chapel at Oak Hill Cemetery.
this city.
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
Attempt to Modernize
Commandments Opposed

BALTIMORE, May Opposition to
the plan proposed by one Episcopal
minister to modernize the Ten Com
Cardinal Gibbons. In sermon he de-
livered yesterday, he said: What a
horrible thing to undertake to lay
hands on Gods commandments We
must not dare to change one iota of
Gods word"
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
Million Is Found Hidden
In Woman Miser's Shanty

NEW YORK. May 1.--Agents Of the
lunacy commission searching the shan
" at 452 Prospect avenue. BROOKLYN,
where Miss Jane Perkins Williams lived
until her removal to the Long Islan1
State Hospital for the Insane, have
found stocks, bonds, and mortgages
amounting in total to a value CT about
81, ,000.0 .000
Since 1875 the worran has been a spec
ulator in Wall Street
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
Governor and Mrs. Foss
In Automobile Accident

BOSTON, May 1.-The police are to-
day investigating the automobile acci-
dent of yesterday afternoon, in which
Governor and Mrs. Foss and their two
daughters narrowly escaped death or
serious injury, when their machine
crashed into heavy touring car driven
by G. F. Beckwith. on South street.
Forest Hills. Governor Foss seized his
wife when the two cars crashed to-
gether and protected her from injury.
The occupants of both cars escaped
with slight bruises.
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
Off for Honeymoon
Ride in Big Airship

NEW YORK, May 1.-E. L. Sanders
and his bride, who was Miss Emma
Williamson, of South Bend. Ind, will
go to Germany on their honeymoon in
order to take ride in one of the
Zeppelin dirigible balloons.
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
Mrs. Triby Suffering
From Street Car Mishap

Mrs. Katherine Triby. of 1927 Four
teenth street, is at home today suffering
from slight injuries she received when
she fell from a Capital Traction car
yesterday on U street. near Fourteenth.
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
To Talk on the Fly.

= Prof. L. o. Howard. of the Depart
rnent of Agriculture, will lecture on
THE House Fly" in the parish hall of
the Church of the Advent. Second and
II streets northwest, tonight. The lee
ture is under the auspices of the North
washington Citizens Association.
The Washington times., 1911-05-01
To Hold Ladies Night" "

cradles. Night" will be celebrated un-
der the auspices of Beacon ard Excel
sior L odges in the north lodge room at
Odd FeIlews' Temple. in Seventh street
northwest, tonight. A special program
has been arranged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17

coral colored beads. The puffed
sleeve is a new feature and hints at
a coming style. The basque, or pep
lum falling below the bell line are also
indicative of a new period of fashion
"a revival of the time when empire
styles began to yield to restoration eff
fects.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pierce have
gone to Wyoming to spend the rest of
the summer.
Mr.. William Norris spent the week
end in Topeka
Mrs. w. I. Allen and her little son of
Kansas City are visiting Mrs. Aliens
| sister, Mrs. A. w. Lacey. and Mr..
Lacey. Mr. and Mrs. Lacey and Mrs.
Allen and her little boy will go to Colo
RADIO about the first of August and will
spend a month in the mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Rickert gave q
dinner Saturday night at the Throop
hotel. Covers were laid for Mr.. and
Mrs. G. G.. Moore, DR.. and Mrs. T. J..
Klmbrough, Mr.. Joseph Zanone of
Nashville, Tenn, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Rickert.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Price have re-
turned from Idaho Falls Idaho, where
they have been for the past month on
a business and pleasure trip.
Mr.. II. NJ. Hallock of Oklahoma City
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. F. Hallock, 1041 Garfield
avenue.
MIS-. j. M. wallace OF bl5 harrison
street left Sunday to spend few
months in Colorado.
Miss Clara Fulton and Miss Meta
Fulton left today for Los Angeles, Cal,
to spend a few weeks. They will go
to San Diego to attend the Panama
celebration.
Mrs. E. w. Poindexter and Mrs. c.
H. Poindexter and her children of
Kansas City are guests of Mrs. C. r.
Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Whitcomb of
200 Woodlawn avenue left Sunday tor
Los Angeles to spend the rest of the
summer.
Miss Ona Miller VIII return tonight
from Perry. Kansas. where she was
the guest of Mrs. R. F. Brown.
Miss Theo Jewell has gone to Joplin,
Mo, to be the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Addie Jewell Newton, two weeks. Mrs.
Newton will return to Topeka with
her.
Miss jeanette Gardner is spending a
few weeks in California.
Miss Alice Hershey of Lancaster,
Pa, is the guest Of her cousin, Mr.. J.
+. Eby.
Miss Flora Stratenayer has gone to
western Kansas to remain two weeks.
Miss Helen Grace of Cheney, Kan,
is the guest of Miss Kathleen Mid
daugh and Miss Florence Middaugh.
Mr. John Seaman of 819 Huntoon
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MUST UNION MEN swEAT2
Can Not Find Enough ssUnion'' Boats
on Lake Michigan.

Chicago July 17.-Whether to take ex-
curiens on Lake Michigan on boats not
manned by union men or to stay ashore
and endure the hot nights is a question
vexng the minds Of thousands of union
men in Chicago, following the report of
the amusement committee of the Chicago
Federation of Labor yesterday.
It has been the intention of hundreds of
local unions to treat their members to
moonlight rides along the lake shore dur
ing the hot summer nights. In order that
only union boats might be used the com
mittee investigated and found there are
but two boats running from the Chicago
docks, according to the report. which may
be termed even near union
On these two boats there are, It is said
about four or five union seamen. In one
instance the cook is a union man. and in
another there are two union musicians.
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LEGAL.
First published in The Topeka State
Journal July IA, 1911
NOTICE 70 BIDDERS.

Sealed bids will be received by the State
Board of Control at their office in the
Wednesday, August 2, 1911, for the fur
nishing of electric light globes to the
State Charitable Institutions for Kansas,
for period of one year from date of
Contract will be awarded upon basis
of 5000 lamps delivered as ordered by the
chief executive officer of the following
Topeka State Hospital Topeka, kansas.
Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie,
Kansas.
State Hospital for Epileptics, Parsons,
Kansas.
State Home for Predetermined, Winfield,
Kansas.
school for the Deaf, Olathe, Kansas.
School for the Blind, Kansas City, Kan
sas.
State Orphans Home. Atchison, kan
sas.
Boys Industrial School, Topeka, Kansas.
Girls Industrial School, Beloit, Kansas.
Incandescent lamps to be furnished I'M
der this contract shall be new lamps and
with the United States standard specifica-
tons, as set forth in circular No 10.
These lamps to be upon Edison basis, no
volt, and must be fully guaranteed as to
quality Prices to include freight, pack
ing and packages, delivered at the towns
at which the institutions are located.
A bill in detail must be sent to the in
stitution when the lamps are shipped.
Payment will be made the month follow
ing O0HNGFy OF SoOuS, PROVIDED the N0uGh-
ers in trtplicate are made OUT and receipt
ed in the form and forwarded to the re-
lspective institutions in time to reach
them before the 30th of the month in
which the goods are delivered
All proposals shall be in writing, scaled
and marked Proposals for furnishing
electric lamps and shall be addressed TO
| the Secretary of the Board of Control,
Topeka, Kansas. All proposals must be
accompanied by certified check on some
Irresponsible bank payable to the Board
o. Control equal in amount to five per
cent OF the amount of the proposal as a
guaranty for the faithful performance of
the contract awarded. In case no award
is made to the party, the check viii at
once be returned to him. and the check
deposited BY the successful bidder will
be returned to him when contract has
been duly signed and bond approved.
| Each proposal shall be accompanied by
a sample Of lamp proposed to be furnished
and original label must be left upon same.
Bidders must attach to each sample a
card or tag on which must be plainly
marked the name Of the sender, the grade
and the price Of the lamps, and all
Icharges on samples must be prepaid. The
Board will not be responsible for samples
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street is confined to his house, suffer
ing from an injury to one Of his feet.
Dr. and Mrs. MacIay Lyon and their
son, Maclay, jr., are spending a week
with DR.. Lyons parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
2. S. Lyon. Miss Beulah Tatman OF
Dallas. Texas, is the guest of her aunt.
Mrs. T. S. Lyon, and of her brother,
Mr.. E. W. Tatman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Truitt of Topeka
and Mr.. Truths brother. T. F. Truftt
of Chicago, are visiting at their old
home in Usage City. They will leave
in a day or two overland in an auto
for q trip through Colorado.
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university. is III at the home of Profess
sor Z. c. Wilm, 1920 College avenue.
Mr.. James Hayes has been i'll at MS
home with acute pleurisy. He is nov
able to be out again.
Gittering gowns are the craze this
year and small beads, rhinestones and
imitation jewels, sewed to the thin,
limp chiffons and marquisettes, make
lovely lines as well as brsiliancy. This
dinner gown for a young matron is
made of dun citron green chiffon en-
broidered with green, bronze and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
SERVICEABLE. SMART SUMMER
COAT.

The coat that covers the frock from
neck to hem is always tie most satis-
factory sort for child. This dainty
coat of pin striped blue and white mo-
hair is cut on excellent lines and there
is just enough glare at the foot to
avoid stiffness and angularity. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
PART OF GREW ARE SAFE.
British Bark Filled With Water, Says
Wireless Dispatch.

Suva, Fiji Islands. July 1.-THE
steamer MariDosa from San Francisco
for Tahiti reports by wireless telegraph
that the British bark, Puritan, from
Newcastle, N. S. W., for San Fran
cisco, was abandoned, filing with water
on June 81 in latitude % south, Iongi-
tude 142 west Part of the crew has
been landed at Tahiti. The fate OF the
remainder is not stated.
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Legal.

submitted ,,,asrn .Unsuecessfui bidders can re-
~, The Board reserves the right to reject
Where both the bids ana the quality Of
the goods are the same nrefars-,r s III
pc given to resident dealers OF Kansas
by order OF the Board Of Control of
State Charitable Institutions. u
H c. BOWMAN. Chafrr,a,
CHAs. ~. GIBBS, Secretary.
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coat closes below the waist with large
fancy buttons and the deep shawl coll
lar is faced with light blue mohair
silk matching the blue stripe in the
coat. The hat is a smart model of
pleated blue taffeta with a rosette of
velvet at one side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17

10 w nom 1t May Concern:
me undersigned. the Board of rT,ra,.,,.-.
examiners of the State Of Kansas ba-eI.y
gives notice that on the End iav - 80 49, ~
proposals from the Incorporated bsrI ss. =
1IS business IN Kansas, both naffonaI 80
state, Tor the deposit of public funds -
tllls STATE viii be received in accor5a,,>s.
yin the provisions of chapter All or ffe
session Laws of 1905. Said proposals zbaIi
state the amount Of funds any bank de-
siFes ana the rate of interest il will ,es,,
on daily balances, and that said nj,
Viii qualify and faithfully perform az
auues required of it, provided the award
Is made to such bank said Fsoar,i -
A1edsuIy examiners reservfng the right
~ HIhit the amount of funds deposited
anu 70 reject any and all proposals FOR
such funds. -tS AoT
Each proposal shall be accompanfed hv
2 certified check in the sum Of two ~.
cred and fifty dollars, payable to fba
state treasurer, to be forfeited for tba
use OF the state IL any said bank fails -
IoInply with the terms of it's proposal If
me same shall be accepted by the BOARD
returned to the bank ~ 10
All proposals shall he saslsa 49, -
posted with the State Treasurer on or he
Tore the 2nd day of September. 1911 shsiI
nave written thereon 'sProuosaI for NJ
post or State Funds" and shall mt h.
opened until the meeting OF the Rosr5
on the date above stated.
Banks desiring to make bids NAV xzrita
tne state Treasurer for blanks.
lone at the capitol in Topeka, this srd
day OF July, 1911. (Signed5 LIS "a
w r. STUBS, Governor
S4aS- Il SESSIONS, Secretary Of State
". 70. DAVIS, Auditor Of State '
9IaLe Board of Treasury Exan1fnars
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EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE.

PRICES JUST RIGHT-Idght express
and baggage, East Side Express & Bag
gage Co Checks called for. Messengers
furnished. Phone 1918 Ind. 110s z. Fourth.
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MISCELLANEOUS

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