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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-06
RIVER RUUTE FOR
BROOKLYN ROAD
Stands
AFTER WARM DISCUSSION THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STICK
TO FIRST CHOICE.

At 1870 p. m. Monday, the Board of
Supervisors re-opened the matter of
the selection of route to be immedi-
ately developed as a highway to
Brooklyn, where is located the Forrest
County Agricultural High School. One
month ago when this matter was up
for consideration, several parties ap-
peared before the Board and urged
the adoption of the route known as
the River road At that time Capt.
J. P. Carter was the principal speaker,
and the Board by a vote of to 2 de-
oded to put the convicts on the River
route and get the road in good condi-
ton at once.
1t soon became evident that the peo-
pie on what Is known as the ridge
route were not willing that this matter
should be settled against them, with
out protest. When the hour arrived
to reconsider the matter there were
fully rs people from the ridge route
on hand, with ]. R. Tally to represent
them in urging the Board to select the
route. Mr.. Tally was accorded the
opening and closing argument, and he
and A. D. Draughn were very emphatic
in their claims that the ridge route
was the best and only proper route.
Capt Carter, as before, urged the
selection of the river road, claiming,
as on the previous occasion, that it is
three miles shorter. that its grades
are better, that 1t parallels the rail-
road, and that as a route from Mem
phis to Gulfport is to be built in the
near future, this route would insure
that highway, instead of allowing it to
go by way of Columbia He also
claimed it would serve more people,
and is much nearer the center of the
county than the other route.
Mr.. Draughn said that it was folly
to urge the river route as high school
promoting proposition, as no boy or
girl, living more than five miles from
Brooklyn, would think of using any
sort of road to get there, daily. All
such would simply go to the school
and board. What the building of this
road or any other road in this county
ought to be for, is the getting of peo
| pie to Hattiesburg- county town
an ftsoI tr1pr II 1atI H.
shortest route was what is desired
irrespective of other reasons, the old
Enon route, straight line to Brook
lyn, built over 100 years ago, should
be selected, though he offered severa
reasons why this route is not desirable
Mr.. Tally spoke in favor of the ridg,
route, using many illustrations to en-
force his argument. He was applaud
ed a number of times by the large de-
egation present. His claim was tina
the ridge route is the best, the easies
kept up, the one most travelled, an
will bring more trade to Hattiesbur
not only from Forrest county but fror
Lamar as we'll.
These people had with them severs
; petitions, having an aggregate of 1S
names favoring the ridge route. The
; also made figures which showed ths
1913 people live on their route, Will
only As are to be found on the other.
There was much interest NANTES
} throughout and after the members .
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-06
Marines ORDERED
TO NICARAGUA
cts Now Guarding Ameri-
can Property.
(By Associated PreSS.)

Washington, Aug. 6-Marines from
Panama have been ordered to Nlcar.
aqua to supplement the force of Blue
Jackets now in Managua, guarding
Americans and their property. The
collier Justin was today ordered to
Panama to embark three hundred and
fifty marines for Corinto. The send
ing of marines is really further com
pliance with the request of the Nicar
aguan Government and the American
minister that the United States under
take to protect foreigners and their
interests In Nicaragua.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-06
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs AT DENVER

Denver, Colo, Aug. 6-The supreme
lodge of the Knights of Pythlas began
its session here today. The delegates
will be extensively entertained during
their stay. The meeting will afford
the people of Colorado an opportunity
to witness the great parades of the
uniform rank and to form a better
impression from closer inspection OF
what their great society amounts to
The delegates represent lodges from
all parts of the country.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-06
COLORADO DEMOCRATS MEET

Peublo, Colo, Aug. 6-The State
Democratic Convention met here to-
day. A platform will be adopted
the national ticket will be endorced
and full State ticket put into the
field. The Democrats are planning a
vigoraus campaign against the third
party movement in Colorado as the
followers of Colonel Roosevelt have
made extensive plans for carrying the
State for their candidate.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-06

the Board had each given his reason
for voting as he did, vote was again
taken, on the motion to adopt the river
route, and it was adopted by Davis
and Poole favoring, Conn and Perkins
opposing, with President Pace break.
ing the tie by voting to leave the selec
tion as before.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-06
SYSTEM RAISES
FUND FOR
BECKER
INFORMATION IN HANDS OF Dis
TRIcT ATTORNEY THAT $5o,-
900 IS BEING eATHERER.
Big LAWYER REPORTED
RETAINED FOR DEFENSE
Present Counsel Not Satisfactory to
Collectors of Officers Friends
Crowd Gathers When Accused Police
man is Arraigned For Murder.

New York, Aug. GA police fund Of
$4,000 is being raised for the defense
of Charles Becker, the police lieuten-
ant charged with instigating the muir
der of Herman Rosenthal, according
to information In the hands of District
Attorney Whitman.
The money is being collected, 1t II
said, by the so-called system" which
aside from the murder case, is to be in
vestigated by the district attorney.
who believes there is a corrupt al
lance between the System" and the
gambling fraternity, founded on graft
and blackmail. Information of the
$50,000 fund came to the prosecutor
in connection with the arraignment OF
Becker to answer the Indictment
against him. In the legal proceedings,
which included the withdrawal by
Becker of his plea of mot guilty" to
offer motions to invalidate the ipdict-
ment, the prisoner was represented by
three lawyers, one of whom myster-
iously withdrew, while the other SEEM
ed doubtful Of their own staus when
the proceedings were over.
1t was said that the lawyers were not
satisfactory 10 collectors Of the defenso
fund who. the district attorney heard.
have practically engaged a prominent
|, criminal lawyer to defend the Iieuten-
, ant
John w. Hart, who conducted yes.
J terday's proceedings, after withdraw.
, ing his clients plea of mot guilty.
> made one motion to dismiss the indict
ment on the ground that 1t was ir
regular, and another to review the
. grand jury minutes and take evidenct
to show whether the ground for the
indictment was sufficient. Judge Mul
queen refused to hear the arguments
and sent the case over until wednes
day. Hart, in his application to in
spect the Jury minutes, held that tn,
evidence produced was not legal, II
that 1t was testimony of accomplice
in the alleged crimeA"Jack" Rose
Bridge" Weber and Harry vaIlon.
Becker ArraIgned.
u The fact that Becker was to appea
for arraignment attracted an immens
. crowd to the Criminal Courts buildin,
: Among them were many gamblers an
y characters Of the underworld. Tn
/ crowd became so dense that corridor
were cleared and only persons havin
business were admitted to the cour
I Becker, looking somewhat pale frol
= his week of prison life. walked fro1
= the Tombs across the Bridge {
: Signs" to the courtroom with a flr1
= step and maintained seif-possesse
y but grave demeanor during the pr
ceedings. -
% Although the district attorney SAY
. he has evidence that he could use
- pressing a charge of extortion again
~ the lieutenant in connection with b
- relations with gamblers as head of Il
- strong arm squad" the prosecut,
~ said tonight he proposed to press on
the murder charge at present, and tn
y he would not hasten the trial until b
u evidence was in shape.
-
10 REBUFF TO WIDOW OF
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-06
ITALIANS OCCUPY
ZURIA, TRIPOLI
tar Associatec Press.l

Rome, Aug 6-Italian naval and mil
itary forces today occupied the town Of
Zuria, Tripoli and the surrounding
oasis with few casualties. The Turks
with Arab allies retired to the desert.
zuria was practically the only remain
ing foothold of any Importance on the
Tripolitan coast
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-06
MRS. TAFTS FATHER
dies in CINCINNATI

Washington, Aug. president and
Mrs. Taft, and Charles. the younger
son of W. c. Heron. brother of Mrs.
Taft, left Washington last night for
Cincinnati to attend the funeral of
John w. Heron, Mrs. Taft's father.
The president win return to Washing.
ton Thursday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-06

: Aug. 5th, 1912: Highest 80,
: lowest 6S. Noon today 90,
: 7. c. Spence, Local Observer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-06
= & & & = q . . . = . . 90
THE WEATHER

Cloudy tonight and wednes- I
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-06
Hattiesburs Temperature.

} day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
NEW WITNESSES
TO BE CALLED
ortie McManieai is Still on the Wit.
ness Stand Telling About Dyna-
hitting Conspiracy.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. |
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 1S.-Sub,
poenas for new witnesses were is
sued heie today by the federal grand
jury in its investigation of the
alleged Gynamiting conspiracy
The identity of the persons called
for is Icing cal alefully guarded by the
government authorities 1t is report,
ed that the subpoenaes are connected
with the probe Of the conference OF
thirty labor leaders here on May
1911. plans for the raising of a de
fense fund for John j. and James B
Mcnamara in the dynamiting trials
were laid at that time.
Detective Vim, J. Burns openly as
sarts that he believes some of the
prominent labor leaders had knowl
edge of the dynamitings before the
confessions of the McNamaras. The
government plans to Investigate full.
all evidence bearing on this phase o
the alleged dynamiting conspiracy.
Ortie E, Mechanical, the confessed
dynamiter, was before the grand jur,
only a short time today. The fedora
officials announce that his examina
ticn probably will extend over severa
days yet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
PADDED BRICK
ON THE NOSE
Demonstration Of Window Breaking
at jewelers. Banquet Was
Thrilling.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO. Jan. 1S.-Guests at the
banquet of the Chicago jewelers. as
sociation today assert that they would
rather have had the real padded
brick artist as their guest of honor
than the "phony burglar" who filled
the role when it was learned that the
real goods man" had been attacked
With cold feet and refused to appear.
The "phony burglar" made a speech
and showed the banqueters how he
hurled his padded brick" through
shop windows and gathered his loot
The brick struck one of the guests on
the nose and he had to be carried out
of the hall, During the turmoil the
burglar disappeared. Later it was an.
nounced the role had been filled by
Charles Burras, an attorney.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
FOUR TO ONE
FOR A. STRIKE
Work March Unless
Satisfied.

United Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON, Jan. 1S.-A coal miners
strike in England will begin on
March unless the efforts to effect g
compromise are successful. Leaders
of the union miners today announced
that the, recent ballot showed 445,Sol
for and 115,921 against strike un-
less the operators consented to their
demands for minimum wage scale.
If the men go out an industrial
crisis will result. The navy will be
helpless and thousands of big indus
tries will be forced to close down.
There is now only enough coal on
hand to last month.
Sir George Askwith, the Industrial
commissioner, has taken steps to-
ward a compromise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
STRIKERS CARRY
AMERICAN FLAGS
Soldiers Did Not Hesitate to Bea,
Them and Drive Them From
the Street With Their
Colors.
A DYNAMITE RUMot
Mill Owners Charge That Their
Plants Are in Danger Of
Being Blown to
Pieces.
DYNAMITE RUMot

limited Press Leased Wire service.1
LAWRENCE, Mass, Jan. 1s.-In an
effort to break the strike of the mill
hands the big textile corporations will
demand that two additional regiments
OF national guardsmen be sent here
and that martial law be proclaimed.
This action was bitterly resented by
the leaders of the 10000 strikers who
are standing fast to have the mill
owners restore the old wage scale.
The situation is admittedly serious.
The feeling between soldiers and the
strikers and their sympathizers is
greatly embittered by yesterdays
| fighting when despite the fact that
they we're carrying american flags,
the strikers were beaten and driven
from the streets by the soldiers. The
leaders openly assert that this was
to aid the mill owners In their at
tempt to have the governor order
more soldiers here, so that they can
/ place a Gordon about the mills and
then import strikebreakers.
1T is plot to discredit men and
women who are trying to force the
big corporations to give them part OF
a living wage declared Joseph Etter,
4 leader of tthe strikers today
4 Mayor Scanlon will join in the re-
lquest for more troops. Several mass
meetings were scheduled for this
afternoon and if the soldiers interfere
!, ltrouble ig4 almost certain.
! The mill owners made the charge
to-day that certain of the strike lead
ers were plotting to blow up the mills
with dynamite. They asserted that
dynamiters have been sent here to de-
stroy the mills. This charge was de-
!. nounced by the strike leaders as part
OF plot to make the situation here
seem serious enough to warrant the
!, sending in of more soldiers.
Strike Leader Etter in a statement
today declared that the average
weekly wage of the workers in the
mills was between 81 and IS for the
,, men and So to 81 for the women and
children. Consequently, he said, it
, was necessary for entire families to
work to earn living. He declared
that the profits were SO great thai
the stock of the Pacific Mill COM
l pany, of a par value of s100 was
q quoted in Boston at $3.50 share.
! Following mass meeting at noon
4 some 5000 strikers, most of them wo-
d mon and boys, started in procession
; toward the mill district. The leaders
a carried American flags and Etter en-.
a phasized to them that they must
d avoid any demonstration which woula
= furnish an excuse for an attack from
II the militia and police.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
MATCH BOXES
ARE NOT FULL
Inspector OF Weights and Measures
Has unearthed Another Great
Fraud.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Jan. 1S.--
Short count in matches is going to
cease in Indianapolis. Isidor Wulf.
Son, city inspector of weights and
measures, said SO. Hereafter, when
the consumer pays his nickle for a
box supposed to contain 500 matches,
ne is going to get 500-e even II 1sidor
has to count EN-.
And Isidor is counting them. That's
the way he discovered the alleged in.
iqultious scheme that Is grinding the
consumer. A box, supposed to con-
tain 500 matches, had only Ss4, as
serts Wulfson. Another box, reputed
TO give 200 lights, produced only 1i1
1T must stop, even II have t.
prosecute" says Isidor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
HANDWRITING
on THE WALL
lt Says Richeson Must 90 to the
Electric Chair and Need no
Longer Hope to be
Spared.
HE WILL NOT BE TOLD
Preacher VIII be Permitted to Be-
Icve He Will Receive Glenn
ency Until Last
Moment.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
BOSTON, Mass. Jan. 1S.-Death in
the electric chair will be the expia-
ton OF Rev. Clarence v. T. Richie
sons brutal murder of his girlish
sweetheart, Avis Linnell.
Hope OF executive clemency that
buoyed up the minister-murderer so
that he was able to stand calmly and
listen to Judge Sanderson's sentence
Of death, was abandoned today by his
counsel and his few remainins
friends. They read the handwriting
on the wall in the action of the gov
ernor, who, although absolutely
opposing the infliction of the death
penalty, failed to urge the executive
council to extend clemency to Siiab
N. Phelps who will be executed next
week for the murder of Sheriff Has
kins. Governor Foss failed to act
only after he had privately canvassed
the nine members Of the council and
found that seven believed in enforc.
ing the law as long as it remains Oh
the statute books.
The appeal to the governor to act
will be made by Attorneys Morse and
! Lee, Richeson's counsel, but they adj
nit today they have no hope. Public
sentiment against the minister is toe
4 strong. Thousands of letters have
been received by the governor ano
\ the council demanding that the pun
Eishment the law mas fitted 70 the
crime be meted out.
Richeson will not be told that there
i is no hope until after he is removed
/ to gloomy old Charleston jail ter
days before May 10, the date set fol
/ the execution. To do SO, would NEAR
another breakdown. 1t was fear q
the deadly chair that forced the con
/! fession. Waking and sleeping, Richie
son, from the very moment of his ar
rest, could see the little windowles!
4 room in which the death instrumen
4 is enthroned. Finally, in a pitiabls
condition from abject terror, he con
| fessed his guilt, and he said, so tha
III may spend the remaining years o
d my life behind prison walls"
! And the minister who had calnl.
! given the girl he had betrayed deadi.
cyanide after telling her it was medi
cine which would hide their sham
from the world, accepted the dealt
sentence believing that it would late
/ be commuted to life imprisonment
This hope still holds him up, and h
:. will be permitted to retain it unit
, the time comes wnen he must b
, told. and then, the officials believe
he will totally collapse.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
Morse Nav be Freed.

WASHINGTON Jan. 1s-Friends
of Charles w. Morse, convict banker,
believe today that President Taft
either today or tomorrcw would com
mute his sentence to save Morse's
life. For several hours Attorney
General Wickersham aud Pardon At
torney James A. Finch conferred over
Surgeon General Terney's report on
Morse's condition, Finch then took a
bundle Of papers to the white house,
refusing to say what they were.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
QUIETs DOWN
LIKE LITTLE LAMB
Cuba Loses All Of Her Turbulence as
Result Of Note of
Warning.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
HAVANA, Jan. Is. Cuba has lost
her turbulence as a result of the note
of warning from Secretary of state
Knox and it is believed today that
the danger of immediate intervention
by the United States has passed.
A committee of the liberal mem
bers of congress was today named to
agree on presidential candidate that
all of the factions in the party can
support. There is much talk of Gar
cia Velez, former minister to Wash
ington, who is general favorite and
it was believed today that he would
eventually be selected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
DROWNED IN
FR|G|D w IS
During Tempest on Nortt "a One
Ship Goes to Pieces ssorty
Men Sink
Death.
ONLY FOUR RESCUED
It Is Feared That Many Small Craft
and Fishing Vessels Have Been
Lost in tho
Storm.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.] ]
LONDON, Jan. 1s.Forty members
of the crew were drowned today when
gigantic waves pounded the steamer
WINSTON to pieces on the rocks OF
Peter Head, Scotland. Four sailors
clung to bits of wreckage until res
cued by life savers.
The Winston was bound from Lily
erpool with commercial cargo and
carried no passengers. For more than
"a hours she battled with the temp
est which is raging in the North Sea
EARLY today the waves broke through
and flooded her bunkers and she was
dashed against the rocks.
| 1t is feared that many fishing YES
sells and other small craft have beer
lost in the storm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
HARPER's WEEKLY
SUPPORTS WILSON
But Wilson Does Not Like it Because
Morgan owns the
Magazine.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-Fear that he
would be branded broadcast as Wall
street candidate for the presidency
was declared at Wilson headquarters
to have been the direct cause Of Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson'S latest de-
mand upon Col. George Harvey that
Iiarper's Weekly, of which Harvey is
editor. cease booming Wilson for the
democratic nomination.
Governor Wilson has holy bor-
ror of being misrepresented, said
Wilson'S representative here today,
.'and when it was pointed out TO him
that western papers were represent
ing him as Wall streets candidate be-
cause he was doomed by Harpers
Weekly, he went to Harvey and insist
ed that the paper cease featuring his
candidacy
In the current issue of Harper's
Weekly appears the statement that
the name of Woodrow Wilson as our
candidate for president was taken
down from the head of these columns
II. response to statement made to us
directly by Governor Wilson to the
effect that our support was affecting
his candidacy iniuriously."
I Harper's Weekly, the Wilson boom
ers declare, is controlled by j. Pier
pont Morgan, while Harvey is said to
/ he :. close political friend of former
q, S. Senator James Smith, Jr., OF
4 New Jersey, whose defeat Wilson
caused when Smith was senatorial
/ candidate last year
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
SLIPPERY RAILS
TIE UP TRAFFIC
Transportation DemoraIized as a Re
suit Of Light Rain Which
Froze.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
g CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.-City and subur-
ban traffic was completely demoraliz-
ed early today as the result OF
light rain last night which turned to
ice and covered rails. pavements and
sidewalks with a thin slippery sur
face that defied all efforts of travel
The elevated system was two hours
late in starting it's early rush" ser
vice and the surface lines. also badly
delayed, we're inadequate to handle
the crowds. Normal traffic conditions
we're not resumed until nearly noon
Telegraphic and telephone com
munication were also seriously i'm
paired.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-18
QUEEN OF HOLLAND
SERIOUSLY I'LL,
Her Husband Has Been Recalled
From Hunting Trip to be at
Her Bedside.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
THE HAGUE, Jan. is. Queen VIII,
helmina is in such serious condition
today that her husband, Prince Henry
of Mecklenburg -schwerin, has been
recalled from his hunting trip. The
queen spent restless night and Ii
suffering much pain. The birth of ar
heir had been expected at the palace
but her majesty's condition has made
this ~Yent impossible. There is deer
gloom in court circles. Wilhelmina
has but one child, a daughter borr
April 80, 1909. and in the event of hel
death, the throne would pass to q
foreigner.