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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-11-22
VICTIMS OF SHOTS
OF ALLEGED THIEF
NOW IN HOSPITAL.
Eioody Battle Between Vogel, His
Girl and Detectives-Three Now
Dead, Two More Injured-The
Crook Opened Fire When Officers
Entered His Room.

New York, Nov. 19.-The bodies OF
Henry Vogel, described by the police
as an international crook, and his
girl, Lottie," lay in the morgue today
John Allen, a city detective, is dead
while in uptown hospitals four men
and two detectives are lowering BE-
tween life and death as the result of
a raid on the rooms where they were
thought to be diamond thieves.
The accounts vary as to whether
Vogel shot his companion and COM
mitted suicide or whether the pair
fell before the officers fire.
The trailing of Vogel yesterday fol-
towed the confession of servant girl
IN the Tombs, who confessed to sew
-ai robberies and implicated Vogel
the fence" for dishonest servants
"ho made practice of getting posi-
tons for the sole purpose of robbery.
The Crime.
A man and woman stood in =
small room of Raines law hotel In
the Bronx last night and deliberately
shot down three detectives and two
other men who were trying to place
the pair under arrest. After nearly
emptying the eleven chambers of a
large automatic revolver, reinforced
10y shots from an ordinary revolver
IN the hands of his woman companion
ard probably fatally rwounding four
OF those shot down, the man is said
to have shot ard killed the woman
and then put bullet through his
own head, dying instantly.
The dead man was known by sew
era' names, having registered at the
hotel as Joseph Vogel The police
declare that he was Pole named
, Pheres Doragiesllis. The woman with
nm had registered as Lottie vogel.
Vogel was about i8 years old and the
woman about 25.
. Suspected of Robbery.
! The detectives were on the trail of
the pair, suspecting them of having.
been accompliccs in a diamond rob
berry for which Sophie Beckender II
domestic, had been held FOR the grano
jury today. The woman who had lost
the jewels traced the girl to Voge1's
house and told the detectives of her
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-11-22

discovery. After taxicab chase the
detectives learned that the VogeYs
had sought lodging at the Elsmere
Hotel, at Cortlandt avenue and One
Hundred and Sixty-first street, in the
Bronx. Martin F. Ray. central Office
detective, and John Allen and Louis
Gerade, private detectives, went to
the hotel in search of their quarry.
Louis Moendschien, the proprietor,
told of the couple having arrived in
taxicab early in the evening, and
ordered William Butler, a waiter, to
show the detectiveS to the vogel
foorn.
Vogel opened the door in response
to summons and as Allen forced his
way in, declaring that the couple
were under arrest, Vogel struck the
detective over the head with black
jack and then grasped a magazine
pistol which lay upon the bed. His
first bullet struck Allen in the heao
and he fell probably fatally hurt. Fay
and Gerade rushed into the room, fol-
lowed by Moendschien and Butler. It
is declared that they did not fire a
shot, but expected to seize Aliens as
sassin. They were not quick enough.
Vogel let go one shot after another,
nearly every one taking effect. Fay
and Moendschein both received prob.
ably fatal wounds in the abdomen.
Gerade was shot in the leg and back
and Butler received bad wound in
the hip. The woman, also armed,
had fired several shots, some of which
1T is believed hit the detectives.
Kills Woman and Self.
Vogel turned on his woman ana
shot. She was shot through the alb
domen and soon expired. Vogel
made quick work of himself by put
ting the last bullet from his gun into
his head. He fell dead. At the hos
tai to which all of the wounded
were taken it is said probably all ex-
cept Butler would die.
The two trunks and two suit cases
which the couple had taken to the
hotel were removed to a police sta
ton but the stolen jewelry was not
found.
The police say that in trailing the
Vogel pair the detectives were prob
ably running down completely or
ganized scheme for robbing resi-
dences throughout the upper West
Side.
The indictment on which the
Breckendorf girl was held, charges
her with numerous robberies of Jew
els, amounting to several thousand
dollars.
According to the police the girl
broke down and confessed that the
Vogels were with her. and it was to
them she had given the stolen arti-
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-11-22
Whiskers Cause Death.

Mlddletown NJ Y, Nov. 2O-A
spark from the pipe of John E. Gil
son. farmer, who was smoking to-
day, ignited his long whiskers. The
names spread to his clothing and he
was burned to death.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-11-22

cles. The plan of operation was for
the girl to advertise for position as
domestic and as soon as she had OBJ
tanned it to rob her employers hou q.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-11-22

Mr.. Cliff Sigh of Columbia spent
Sunday in Union with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. B. Sigh.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
SUPERVISORS ARE
BUSILY ENGAGED
Number Of Bills Allowed Yesterday
Large Sum of School Money
To Be Loaned

The Board of Supervisors passed on
several more bills yesterday and al
lowed great many, but besides lot
of routine business that was transact
ed. nothing of very much Importance
transpired at the meeting. There
still remains an accumulation of these
small matters that will probably be
dispensed with today. One of the
most important matters that faces the
members at this session is the loaning
of $4,000, consisting of the money re-
Gently realized by the sale of timber
rights in Section 16. There has al
ready been received applications for
$17,500 and the loans will probably be
recommended at today's session. The
money to be loaned is the principal,
the interest to go towards the improve
ment of the schools of the county.
The county road commissioner busi-
ness will also be brought up just as
soon as it can be reached.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
EARLY MORNING BLAZE
DESTROYS DUGGAN HOME.

The fire department was called out
twice today. An alarm from 9Th
street was turned in at o'clock this
morning A small store building
caught fire from a defective flue, but
the blaze was extinguished before
much damage was done. The home
of Henry Duggan on Dabb street, be-
yond the tracks of the N. o. & M. c.,
was totally destroyed, including all
the contents. The fire originated in
the kitchen and owing to the long
distance that the department was
compelled to lay hose, the fire gained
such headway that it was impossible
to save the house. All the hose on
Nos, / and was laid and a good deal
belonging to No. 8, before the blaze
could be reached
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07

money from the treasury of the peo.
pie of the United States" to expend
in commemorating the virtues of the
enemy of the country.
Senator Williams answered in an
aggrieved tone:
why, Mr.. President, if the senator
knew me better he would know would
not tread on anything. would go out
of my way to avoid treading on an ant.
! would not even tread on the public
record of the senator from Idaho"
The galleries broke into applause,
and were sternly reminded of the SEN
ate rule against applause. Mr.. Will
liams said he had no bi er memories
growing out of the civil war; that dur.
ing the struggle he belonged to the
infantry in arms, and he presumed
Senator Hepburn did also.
AS to inherited principles, about
which the senator from Idaho speaks,
when a man inherits more than his
father feels, more than the old fight
ing generation felt, he is inheriting
too much"
A burst of laughter greeted this sal
ly. More rapping by the vice-presi
dent
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
this COUNTY
DOES NOT FAVOR
Division Plan
THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD
LEAVE FORREST COUNTY IN
AWKWARD SHAPE.
STONE COUNTY WANTS MUCH
Senator Donald Requested To See That
Forrest County Gets Square Deal
Protests voIcins Objections For
warded Yesterday.

Some strong opposition has develo-
oped among the citizens and land
owners of Forrest county to the plan
on which it is proposed to divide the
lower end of the county in the crea-
tion of the new county of Stone. No
objection has been offered to the Gre
alton of the new county and the peo-
pie of Forrest are really glad to know
that the population in that section has
increased sufficiently to warrant a
new county, but as some of the land
embraced in Stone county is to be
taken from the two southern town.
ships of this county, the citizens of
Forrest naturally feel that they. and
especially those living in that terri
tory, should have a say-so as to how
the division shall be made. An in
vestigation reveals the fact that the
bill creating the new county carries
division of this county not at all sat
isfactory to its citizens, for the reason
that the change in the geographical
lines as proposed would leave the
county of Forrest in very awkward
shape. The Stone county people are
entitled to maximum from this coun-
ty of one and a half townships or 81
square miles, and to leave Forrest in
good shape the people who have in
terested themselves in the matter sug-
gest that the line be run east and
west through the two southern town
ships, taking the same amount of ter
ritory from the two, instead of Stone
anexing the whole of township one,
south range IL, and the half of town
ship one, south range 10.
A letter of protest was gotten up
yesterday and forwarded to Senator
Donald, voicing the objections of For
rest county to the plan of division.
This letter was signed by the members
of the board of supervisors and coun-
Continued on page four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
RATE QUESTION
Being HEARD
Railroad Commission Requested To
Resume "Cle Miss" Class
ification.

Jackson, Miss, Feb IA conclus-
ion in the matter of freight rate class
ification for the State of Mississippi
is far, far away as indicated by the
events and discussion at the meeting
before the Railroad Commission on
yesterday.
The subject occupied the entire day
and was handled on strictly formal
basis, the witnesses being sworn be-
fore testifying. It can truthfully be
described as a battle royal between
the shipping interests of the State and
the railroads, with the ever ultimate
public coming in as at least, worthy
of consideration. The hearing ad-
journed after five o'clock yesterday
and was resumed this morning at 9
O'clock
1t is all about the recent substitu-
tion by the former commissioners of
Southern Classification No. 3S for Mis-
sissippi Classification No. l. which had
prevailed before that time. The ship
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
GOVERNOR APPROVES
LUMBER CO. CHARTER.

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 7.-Governor
Brewer has approved the charter of
the Homo Chitto Lumber Company,
to be located at Brookhaven with a
capitalization of $5OO,O00.
The company appears to be organic
ed principally by Pennsylvania peo-
pie. The incorgorators are: Cyrus
D. Jones. Scranton, Pa; c. S. Wool
worth, Scranton; S. e. Moreton,
Brookhaven; F. L. Peck, Scranton; e.
S. Peck, Scranton, and F. M Kirby,
Wilkes-Barre.
This means the reopening of the
famous timber section in the Brook
haven vicinity. The company in the
employment of great number of
men, will be a great benefit.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
Officers Make Rad on
Peace Disturbing Vagronts

Following the determination of the
City Fathers to rid Hattiesburg of
that class Of undesirable citizens who
frequent low dives, bootleg whiskey
peddlers, street walkers and vagrants,
a raid was made last night on a re-
sort, near the Watkins Foundry, that
the police have received numerous
complaints about lately. It has been
the habit Of the shiftless element to
gather there nightly and carouse until
the early hours. making the whole
section rebound to the vulgar chorus
of negro songs and dances. Officers
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
UNioNIsTS HOLD MEETING.

Belfast. Ireland, Feb. 7.-Unionists
who oppose home rule for Ireland
have been granted the use of Ulser
Hall by the Belfast corporation and
will hold a great demonstration there
this afternoon and evening. The big
home rule meeting, Sat which Winston
Spencer Churchill, first lord of the
admiralty, and John e. Redmond,
leader of the Irish Nationalists, will
speak, is scheduled for tomorrow, and
a clash between the opponents and
advocates of home rule Is feared.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
MORE power TO
PRESIDENT TAFT
Legislation to That End Proposed
That Americans on Border Line
Will be Fully Protected.

Washington, Feb. Legislation to
give President Taft added power TO
fully protect Americans along Mexs.
can border in case Of another out
break Is to he introduced into the
house soon by the Foreign Affairs
Committee. Representative Smith has
urged the passage of his resolution
to instruct the State Department to
press claims of Americans at FL Paso
and Douglas, who suffered on Ameri-
can soil from stray bullets in the Bat
ties of Jauroz and Aqua Prieta.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
PAPER BY REV. [. E. HALL
ON THE ALCOHOL BILL

At the banquet at the Hotel Hat
ii sburg Saturday to the members of
the Mississippi Legislature the fol
lowing paper by Rev. l.. e. Hall, on the
coming of the honored visitors and
particularly on the Alchohol Bill now
pending before the legislature was
read by Mr. Frank Foote. This al
chohol measure is one in which Hat
tiesburg is deeply interested and Rev.
Mr.. Halls paper is published in full
at the request of the Hattiesburg Com
mercial Club.
Rev. L. {. Halls Views.
Members Of the Mississippi LegisIa
turc; Gentlemen:
1t affords us pleasure TO have you
with US on this occasion. Your visit
is q signal honor to Hattiesburg as
but few communities have had the
privilege to receive a visit from your
honorable body. We wish you could
tarry longer and remain with us to
our hearts desire. If you could,
your stay would not be so limited
You are aware that South Missis-
sippi is rapidly becoming of great
importance as factor in the indus
trial, social and political fife of our
great commonwealth We feel that
we shall be materially helped by your
presence with us. You will see our
progress, learn our wants, and be
better prepared for the consideration
of what will make for the best inter-
ests of South Mississippi We are
sure that you realize the fact that
what is for the interest of our own
section is also for the interest of the
entire state, and that every step for
ward by one section, advances the
common cause of all, and places Mis-
sissippi as whole just that much
farther in the line of progress.
We are glad that you have seen
the Mississippi Normal College You
can now appreciate more clearly what
a great Institution it will be. When
you established the Mississippi Nor
NAL College you did a great work for
the cause of education, and society
will be benefited thereby for all time
70 come. We will not try to impress up
on you your opportunity or duty in the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07

matter of appropriation for this work
The appropriations to give it life,
make it helpful and sustain it on a
high standard of efficiency and use
fulness. will follow
Saw Milling District of The South.
There is one special matter to which
we wish to call your attention, the
Importance of which we would es-
pecially impress upon your mind,
You are now in the center of the
saw milling district of the South
There is more yellow pine lumber
being manufactured within radius of
one hundred miles of where you are
now than in eny other part Of the
world. This industry has had its trials:
its years of famine and plenty. yet
by perseverance and continued eff
forts, it has maintained its place
overcome ell obstacles, and the saw
mill owner has made his business
one of the permanent institutions Of
the country. While this is true, he
has not succeeded in securing it
against possibilities that may arise
in the future. The value of yellow
pire products fluctuates with the turns
of industrial conditions nd this ap-
plies to international as well as to
the conditions of our own country,
because a large percentage of yellow
pine lumber is exported to foreign
shores. 1t is necessary that every
economy should be practised in order
to make the business profitable and
carry it through periods when the
prices received would not justify
operations. 1t is absolutely neces-
sary that every possible resource
should be- utilized in order to meet
exigencies that may arise.
To Utilize Waste.
In this connection we will call your
attention to the fact that for many
years, repeated attempts have been
made to utilize the waste and obtain
therefrom products that could be
marketed at price to justify the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
latest SCANDAL
STIRS WASHINGTON
Serious Charges Brought Against
Department Of Agriculture. In
veetigation to Follow.
(Bv Associated Press.)

Washington, Feb. 7.-Continued de-
velopments in the prospective con-
gressional investigation of the atti-
tude of the Department of Agricul.
ture officials toward explositation of
Florida Everglades lands are expect
ed today with the appearance of So
licitor McCabe before the House COM
mittee on expenditures In his depart
ment. The sensational charge by
Representative Frank Clark of Flori-
da that through the influence of Ever.
glade land agents, department Off
cials suppressed reports on the drain
age situation and that two officials,
Engineers Elliott and Morehouse.
were dismissed because they refused
to retract statements unfavorable to
the land promoters has stirred Wash
ington. Thousands of acres of Ever
glade lands have been sold by pro-
moters for millions of dollars to pur-
chasers from all sections. Depart
ment of Agriculture officials maintain
that Elliott and Morehouse were dis
missed on technical charge of tarns-
ference of public funds, and no charge
was made that they profited by the
transfer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07

Berry growers in the district of New
Albany, Ind, aid to express companies
$4,000 on a ruling of the interstate
commission that they had not been
charged enough for transporting their
shipments. They propose now 20 take
issue with the commissiond and de-
mand a refund of the amount on the
ground that their boxes and contents
did not weigh what the commission
understood they did
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
Another Car Seed Potatoes
Quickly Sold to Farmers

The car of seed potatoes arrived
this morning and are being eagerly
bought by large number of farmers
and truckers today. It is stated that
the agents selling the potatoes could
have easily disposed of two more cars
and 1t is probable that another car
Will be brought here Immediately.
Arnott Smith is here from Jackson
with the car and states two cars of
cabbage plants were unloaded at Wig
gins yesterday and that he is anxious
to see the truckers in this district
plant a large acreage of cabbage, say
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
ARTEsIAN WELL
GREAT PRODUCER.

An experimental test was made yes
terday of the new artesian wen re-
Gently completed by Layne & Bowler
for the city. Parties making the test
state that the we'll ie now prcduclnr
only half its capacity That is IL,
pumps were put to work the wen
would produce three million gallons d
water per day. or enough to supply
the entire city for years from this well
alone, go far as the ac ual conveying.
ton Of water for ordinary need Is con
cerned. The test yesterday shows TIE
well Is now pulling only 81 feet below
the water bead with two o9mprsssors.
MT Layne, the head of tn firm, WIZ
be here today and an Official test viii
be made before turning the wen over
to the city
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
JOHN SHARP
FLAYS HEPBURN
Singing Rebuke Administered In Tilt
With Idaho south-Hater on Corr
federate Monument Bill.

louisville. kg, Feb. Tn the
mann. d.. God, MIR. President are we
no. .aeu south a part Of the people
of r1. United States: l feel some
ames az j .an last surviving man who
U5m. .o render treason odious' had
naau .o. to tHe senate from Idaho
i. singing asciamations COM
.a- ....a s.us.oa John Sharp Williams
o., ...tt..p IN d debate yesterday
with ua.or Hepburn Of Idaho, over
the erection Of a Confederate shaft at
the yicbsburg National Military Park.
are moted in the Courier-Journal's
Washington dispatches this morning.
The tilt began when Senator Will
uams sought to obtain a vote on his
meqsure appropriating money for a
lcomDaujoD shaft to the monument
orected to northern naval forces at
vicksburg. and providing that 1t
ehonld be unveiled before the semi
centennial celebration in 1913.
Senator Hepburn refused to with
draw his objection
When Senator Hepburn objected to
+be consideration of the measure and
before the chair ruled that it must go
over under the custom of the Senate
senator Williams made this appeal:
Tf the senator from Idaho VIII
,oroe TO let this bill come to vote
,r,i rromise that no senator from the
contb. so far as I am able to influence
tbair action, will vote on the meas
ure." eono4or
This pledge did not swerve senator
uevborn, who insisted it would not De
nronar or constitutional He saio
pob ,,ob measures amounted to "treading
',nor " tbe sacred memories of the peo-
Dle of the North" ;. ..,o
- 10 said it was proposed TO 'ake
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07

ing however, that he felt more sure
OF the potatoes than anything else the
farmer could plant at this season Of
the year. The potatoes are of the
Irish Cobbler variety, said to thrive
better here than any other variety.
]. A. Quick was one of those who
bought potatoes yesterday and he
states that he will devote a considera-
Bile acreage to the crop this year. He
has been very successful with the
raising of Poland China hogs and
brought nice one in this morning
that he had sold to Mr.. Thompson of
Cummings & Co.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07

swooped down on this den last night
and gathered in a large number of
these negroes. The court room this
morning was well filed, and while
some of the negroes received small
fines. great many of them were re-
leased on the payment of costs and a
promise Of good behaviour. Those re-
leased were Grace Waugh, Louise Guy
ers, Elmo Clay. Allen Grey, Lucille
Matlock and Lewis Keyes. A case of
embezzlement was up before the Re
corder and was continued until Feb
ruary 18th.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-07
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. PRESIDENT HOLDS UP .
8 HOOKS NOMINATION.. .
fBu Associated Press.l

= Washington, Feb. 7.-Follow- :.
: ing an hours session of the four :.
: lawyers in Taft's cabinet today {.
> it became known that the pro- :.
:: posed nomination of Judge VIII :.
:: liam C. Hook, of Kansas, to the :
: Supreme court had been held 8.
: up and probably would not be :.
+ sent to the senate this afternoon, !:
= as the president had intended. !: