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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-27
Idea Was "Patriotic" One.

\ 'ksburg, Miss, Dec. 27.-Denying
that he had ever received one cent
from stephen Castleman and disclaim-
ing in positive terms that he had ever
confessed to Gov. Brewer, State Sena-
tor G. A. Hobbs, who has been on trial
here the past week for alleged bribery,
Friday went into details of the many
sided story which kept him ON direct
examination for two hours and after
cross-examination by District Attorney
Thames, court adjourned with the de-
fendant still on the stand.
Attorney ]. M. Cassidy conducted
the examination of Senator Hobbs for
the defense. The Senator took the
stand shortly after the noon recess,
following Rev. DR.. Eichelberger.
In answering questions, Senator
Hobbs admitted practically all that
has been brought out with regard to
the various meetings he is said to have
had with Stephen Castleman, but de-
MED that he had ever accepted one
cent of money from him at any time
He said he had been prompted to act
in the matter Of endeavoring to trap
Castleman as he had heard various
rumors at the last Legislature that
Castleman had been trying to use mon
ey to get the new county bill through.
The understanding had been had
with Swep ]. Taylor, mayor of Jack
son, Senator Bond, and others knew
of it, he testified and said that if any
money was offered it was to be taken
and turned over to Taylor, who was
to take charge of it.
In the course of his direct examina-
tion Senator Hobbs said that he had
never brought Bilbo into the deal as
had been stated Hobbs started in at
the beginning and narrated all of the
details leading up to the meetings with
Castleman. His idea, he said, had
been a patriotic one; to try and get
the $4,000 from Castleman, and he in
tended to turn this amount over to
Swept j. Taylor as had been agreed
upon.
District Attorney Thames, in max
ing the cross-examination asked the
witness If there had been any attempt
to bribe anybody at the last Legisla-
ture and if any money had been offered
by Castleman to Bilbo, Senator Bonds,
to Hobbs or to anybody else, and he
said that there had not been any offer
of money made as far as he knew, but
there were rumors and he had heard
it stated that Mrs. M. l.. Turnage had
made certain statements about money
being used. N
He had been urg\ by Gov. Brewer,
he said, to incriminate Lieut.-Governor
49,, W e. n. b |lI5.| E.sf flt.1 4 X IT
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-27

successfully eluded the efforts Of depu-
ty sheriff Martin to arrest them.
The wound which the surgeons be-
lieve will result in McCord's death is
that on his head which caused brain
concussion and Inconsistencies from
which he has not yet recovered.
When McCord was being conveyed
to the hospital last night the horses
fell in front of the Phoenix Laundry
broke out the tongue of the vehicle
and necessitated the calling of Ram
sey's ambulance to get the wounded
man to his destination.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-27
c. h. MOYER SAYS |
THREATENED With
= . 80 - y = = \ = y = = = 4
. MONTREAL FACES DANGER
= OF FIRE AND DISEASE Z
(By Associated Press.)

. Montreal Dec. 27.-Zero weth =
. er added to the suffering caused >
= by water famine here since a =
y administered to sick dressed in .
. furs. Many big buildings are with =
. out heat The city faces danger =
= of fire and disease because of .
. lack of sanitary facilsies. .
= = . . . . 80 so . y .
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-27
WILSON IS SHOWING
EFFECTS OF.
climate
PRESIDENT WAS IN FINE SPIRITS
WHEN HE STARTED FOR
LINKS TODAY.
VOTE OF THANKS Is PLANNED
GuIfport Would Show it's Appreciation
of Presidents Work in Saving The
Neville Home From Destruction by
Fire-Is Hero of the Gulf Coast.
VOTE OF THANKS IS PLANNED
(Bg Associated Press.)

Pass Christian, Miss, Dec. 27.-
President Wilson slept late and did
not start for the golf links until nine
o'clock. He began showing the effects
of the balmy climate, and seemed in
fine spirits. Citizens of Gulfport are
considering offering a formal vote of
thanks to the President for his work
in saving the Neville home from fire.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-27
NOTED ACTOR SAILS
FOR AMERICA.

London, Dec. 27.--Martin Harvey,
the well known actor. sailed on the
Empress Of Ireland today to begin
sixteen weeks tour of Canada and the
United States. After fillisg a weeks
engagement in Montreal he win make
transcontinenta tour of Canada AZ
far as Vancouver. In addition to The
Only Way" in which he has already
appeared before American audiences,
he viii be seen in THE Breed Of Tres
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-27
BIIBO SAYS HE knew OF
PLOT TO TRAP CASTLEMAN
. = = = = y = = q q . . . . . .
= VATICAN DENIES BODY =
. CARDINAL BE EXHUMED =
(By Associated PreSs.)

= Rome, Dec. 27.-Mesagero, a =
. popular newspaper says exhumina- =
= ton of the body of Cardinal Ram =
+ polla was ordered because of sus- =
. picions arising over his sudden y
= death and the disappearance of .
= his will. The Vatican issued an =
. official denial that the body was =
. to be exhumed. .
= . q . . . q = . = . = . . . q
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-27
FIGHT TO SAVE
BEACH PROPERTY
(By Associated Press.)

Los Angeles, Dec. a. Every effort
is being made to protect property
along southern Califarnia beaches
against high tide, driven by storm.
The damage yesterday is estimated as
high as $250,000.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-27
FRENCH AVIATOR UP 10000 FEET.


Sain Raphael, France, Dec. 27.-
Aviator Legagneux rose more than
10000 feet, breaking the worlds alti-
tude record
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-27
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Milwaukee,
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confined for|
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from his wo

Greenbay, Y
II. Meyer, pro
Federation of I
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through here d
Meyer was II
ton a Calume
aboard a train
was dragged
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Meyers cha
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-27
Committed

Committed
Calumet Micl
Meyer presided
Grafton of Mine
and sent out Of
trict last night
the direct resul
striken by the
here to accept !
the majority 0
longed to the G
ganization conn
strike Of the fer
1t was stated
that the feders
members to ac,
$4,000 raised ft
! victims. A SCI
thereupon wa
with Moyer.
The session.
cock, was wal
lance men to-
that his attitui
tates of humal
that he retraci
to him. saying
which started I
a member OF Il
| Meyer, it wa
retraction sati.
tee. A short
| Tanner, of Call
the federation
street car go
Houghton.
| Just across Il
two towns is I
range railroad.
that Meyer q
train bound II
accompanied b
ed to be guard
was no visible
or coercion.
Meyers dep
ers without a
men. In the {
C, e. Malone,
Federation. al
Terzich and Js
of the execut
the ground. ]
his return fro
conference in
actual control
weeks.
The other /.
Federation Ie,
fortnight ago.
THAT Moyel
e1red pas es
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
STORM OFF THE coast
Northeaster Sweeps Virginia
Capes and Hampton Roads.
Schooner Goes to Pieces.

NORFOLK, Va, September "a severe
northeast storm swept the Virginia. North
Carolina and Maryland coasts today, with
the wind reaching maximum velocity at
Cape Henry early this morning of forty
eight miles an hour from the east. The
four-masted coasting schooner Richard F.
C. Hartley, from New York to Charleston,
s. c., with salt, which went ashore yes
terday between Bodies island and Cape
Hatteras. with the loss of two members
Of her crew, broke up in the high seas OF
today. and much of the wreckage came
ashore along the coast.
Capt. Sprague Of Stockston Springs.
Me and the four surviving members of
the Hartleys crew were today being cared
for by the life savers of the Chicami-
cornico life-saving station, who effected
their rescue. The schooner Hartley was
twenty-five years old, having been built
at Bath. Me-, in 1888. She carried q crew
The storm ragged with great severity on
this coast today, and many sailing vessels
sought shelter in Hampton roads, The
Vessels of the Atlantic battle fleet, now in
Hampton roads, rode the storm in perfect
safety. but the blow even in Hampton
roads was the worst of the present sea-
aon. All incoming Washington and Balti-
more bay boats had rough experiences
during the night, and other bay boats
found it very severe today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
LIVES ARE LOST At SEA
BattIeship Sailors Victims.
Old Dominion Liner Re-
ported Sunk in Bay.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, September g.
Three petty officers and five men Of the
battleship Nebraska were drowned today,
when one Of the ships launches was
wrecked in the hurricane sweeping the
coast here.
The Old Dominion liner Mobjack is re-
ported sunk in the bay with crew of
eight and some passengers.
The report is unconfrmed and the line
has no information.
The Nebraska is at anchor off Fort
Monroe, but the shore wireless has been
put out of commission by the storm and
communication by small boats is tmpos-
sible. Their names are not known
ashore. The drowned men were attempt
ing to make shore when. men on the
wharves who had watched their perilous
passage say, Waterspout struck the
launch, overturned 1t and men and boat
disappeared in the waves and spume.
Hurricane Blowing All Day.
The hurricane, which has been blowing
since early morning is accompanied by
almost binding .downpours of rain,
but the battleships seemed to be riding
it out well despite tugging on their an
chors
The Mobjack is an old side wheeler
and was bound from Old, Point to
Mobjack Bay. She is reported to have
gone down near the mouth of the York
river. All wires to that point are
down.
No report of the drowning of the
men of the Nebraska had been re-
ceived at the Navy. Department late
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
CHNAMAN FATALLY BEATEN.
Restaurant Owner and His Wife At.
tackled in Their Home.

CHICAGO. September 3.-Charles Sing,
Chinaman, forty years old. owner of
restaurant on the south side, was
fatally beaten and stabbed at his home
today and died a few hours later in a
hospital. Mrs. Alice Sing. -four
years old, the white wife of the victim,
was found unconscious by his side. She
is suffering from a fractured skull and
may die.
Josephine Modelski, thirty-two years
old, a servant at the Sing home, was
taken in custody and will be questioned
by the police.
pressed the opinion that Sing and his
wife were attacked by white men liv-
ing in the vicinity because Of his mar
rage to an American woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03

should offer considerable compensation
for any total decrease accomplished by
Senate amendments to the tariff sched-
ules. In conference further regrad-
ing of the income tax, he suggests.
necessary.
He is hopeful that the Senate will come
to vote on the tariff bill before the
end of the week, at least by Monday or
Tuesday of next week. The bill will be
disposed Of quickly in conference, he is
certain, basing his confidence on the as
surances given by Representative Under
wood, chairman of the House ways and
means committee, and other members OF
the House
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
MAY AGAIN CONSIDER
STREET CAR SITUATION
District Commissioners Await
Reference of Crosser
Bill to Them.

Whether the District Commissioners
Will favor or oppose the bill introduced
yesterday by Representative Crosser of
Ohio. providing for municipal ownership
of local street railways, or will urge con-
solidation OF Washingtons traction lines
as did their predecessors in office, proba-
bly, will not be made known until they
transmit to Congress formal report on
the measure.
The Commissioners not only will give
careful consideration to the bill, in the
event 1t is referred to them by the House
District committee, but they will go ex-
haustively into the recommendations con-
tained in a report on the capitals street
railway needs which was transmitted to
the Senate by the former board of Com
missioners in March, 1912.
Points in Previous Report.
This report pointed out that at thai
time the two principal systems operating
In the District were the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company, operating an
equivalent Of 1O8.95 miles of single track
construction. and the Capital Traction
Company. with an equivalent of SO. "a
miles of single track.
II our two principal street railway
companies could agree upon the relative
value of their lines" stated the report
1t would seem that shares in a new COM
pany, without par value, could be dis
tributed equitably among the stockhold-
ers OF the two systems, and that thus
might be avoided all questions of over
capitalization or under-capitalization be-
tween the companies and the public. OF
course, an act of Congress would be re-
Quired to permit consolidation on this or
any other basis.
Plan to Arrive at Value.
'As to the determination of the rela.
tive values of the two systems, the Com.
missioners can only suggest that, in their
view, the fairest way would be for the
companies each to select a representa-
tive, these two to select a third, say, an
expert Of such knowledge and character
as to insure Justice between the contend
ing interests
The plan for local municipal ownership
OF street railways. as outlined in the
CrOsser bill, would direct the Commits
sioners to negotiate with the street rail-
way companies for the purchase of their
property. The purchase money would be
raised by the issue Of thirty-year bonds
at 3A per cent. 1t is provided that
should efforts to acquire the street rail-
way lines by purchase fail the property
then shall be obtained through condem-
nation proceedings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
German Aviator Dies Of Injuries.

STRASBURG, Germany, September g.
Another German military aviator. non-
commissioned officer named Kahl, died
today as the result of injuries received
in an aeroplane accident. He was max
ing a trial flight when his machine fell
from a height Of 100 feet The fuel tank
burst and he was fatally burned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate:


Met at II am.
Resumed consideration Of tariff
bill.
American Bankers ASSOCIATE ton
committee outlined before banking
committee views on currency legis-
iation.
Foreign relations committee re-
ported favorably nomination of
Henry Morganthau as ambassador
to Turkey.
Lobby committee temporarily
closed Its hearings.
West Virginia coal strike COM
mittee resumed its investigat ton,
with coal operators testfying.
House.
Met at noon.
Passed Hetch Hetchy reservoir
bill granting San Francisco use of
Hetch Hetchy basin.
NJ. NJ. Mulhall continued his tes-
timony before lobby committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
Bill to Erect Mausoleum.

Senator Catron of New Mexico has in
troduced bill appropriating $25O.OOO to
have erected a 1,OOO-crypt mausoleum at
Arlington national cemetery for the
burial of officers of the army and navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
Seven Killed, Five Injured.

DUBLIN, Ireland, September g.
Seven persons were killed and five Sc
riously injured by the collapse of two
old tenement houses in Church street
last night. The remainder of the fifty
three tenants of the houses have been
accounted for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
WEATHER.

Rain tonight and probably
Thursday; moderate temperature e;
increasing northeast winds.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE TWELVE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
Identified by Jewelry.

The body of Miss Marvin Of Louisville.
KY, on which was found much jewelry,
was identified during the night. A SON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
Calls for More Litigation.


tion and little less legislation" said
Chairman Adamson of the House COM
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
merce. I'VE have the statute books
cluttered up now with enough laws to
insure the life of every man, woman
and child who travels on any railroad,
but you cannot save lives by merely
passing laws. You have to get some one
to enforce them. This committee has
reported out bills providing for steel
cars and safety devices, and has In
structed the interstate commerce COM
mission to do certain things.
Also, once you have installed safety
devices you'll have to find the men to do
the right things. If the men were as
good and sure as the steel and the iron
and the wood. then the element of
human frailty-the greatest danger
point in the combination-would be
THE New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad seems to have been de-
moralized. 1t has started to put
on those safety devices, but to me IT
looks as IL the road had sowed the
wind and is reaping the whirlwind."
Sentiment in favor of legislation which
would compel railroads engaged in in
terstate traffic to adopt steel cars for
all their passenger service, as a safe
guard to life, was expressed by senators
today. A bill making such provision has
already been introduced in the House.
Senator Norris of Nebraska said that
he probably would favor such legdsla-
ton, but ne did not believe there would
be an opportunity for considering 1t in
the Senate until the next regular session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
Legislation Designed to Rem
edy Bad Traffic Conditions
May Be Rushed.
STEEL CARS DEMANDED
BY BILL IN HIGH FAVOR
Both Members of House and Senate
Urge Better Protection
of Lives.

Congressional action is quite likely
to take a swift and definite course fol-
lowing the disastrous New York, New
haven and Hartford wreck, as very little
investigating or legislating of any sort
roiolowed in the wake of the last wreck
on the road in June. At that time there
were introduced bills and resolutions
which might have had some remedial ef-
feet If anything had been done with the
measures. The interstate and foreign
commerce committee of the House has
bills and resolutions before it. and the
temper of the committee is such. fol-
lowing the news of the wreck of yes
terday, that something definite will
doubtless follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03
The Mexican Deficit.

Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-03

Continued on Fourth Page.)
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
BOOSTS AND SLAMS
ON CURRENT EVENTS
TAKING LANDS BACK.

PY A DECISION Of the United
- States circuit court of Oregon,
lands aggregating $S0,o0o,00o in val
ue will be restored to the public do
main from the Southern Pacific land
grant If the higher courts shall at
firm the findings Of the trial court.
The lands in question involve only
fraction Of the vast territory granted
by congress to the Southern Pacific.
If all Of the lands granted to rail-
way promoters were to be returned to
the public domain, a territory larger
than the original 10 colonies would
be involved: The value would mount
up In the billions.
The government loaned its credit
to the promoters, it granted them an
empire from the public domain, and
squandered the heritage of future
generations without any compunc-
lions Or consideration for, the public
welfare that looked beyond the then
immediate present.
There was graft. Blaine was
smirched with Credit Mobiler. But
the dissipation of the public domain
was due in large part to the lack Of
vision by the people themselves and
to the then prevailing individualism
that made governors Of grafters in re-
ward for their industry. and ap-
plauded success whether Jay Gould
or Jesse James initiated the enter
prise.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
The HOUSE and The RATS
BY HAROLD 6. KEss1NGER.

The nation enjoyed a new birth of
freedom. It's sins were washed away
with blood. A great republic stood
before the world chastened, purified.
having successfully emerged from it's
greatest crisis; with the word free
dom meaning more than ever before,
with slavery destroyed root. and
branch through a proclamation issued
by the hand Of the man. who said he
would save the, union and preserve
slavery, or save the union and abol-
ish slavery, but first of all he would
save the union.
But the interesting, vital fact is
that slavery was abolished, and not
by any one man, not alone by Phillips
the fiery-tongued .agitator, not alone
by Lincoln, the great-hearted emanci-,
pator, but by forces set in motion by
countless numbers Of men, aided and
guided by unseen powers and unex-.
rlainable conditions-forces of hui
manfty, which some call providential.
And out of chaos, out Of the wrang-
hngs and quarrellings of men. out of
a hundred different ideas Of slavery
and remedies proposed for the solu-
ton of the problem, out of warfare
and bloodshed, progress came, not
ideal conditions, but better conditions
for mankind in its world-old march
up the spiral pathway Of civilization.
Today we have problems more i'm
portant and devils more menacing than
the black slave traffic. Some men
are advocating principles that event
ually destroy this government. These
men would destroy the government to
get rid Of a few evils; they would
burn down the house to get rid Of
the rats.
Our extreme radicals are no more
dangerous than our extreme conser-
VatiVes. The conservatives are
blinded by wealth and see nothing
but power and profit. The radicals
are blinded by class hatred. and UNI
restrained. fanaticism, ready to follow
any denagogue, who had rather talk
than work for a living. ~
Right-thinking, clear-visioned men
hope that today, as in the day Of
Lincoln, we will drive out the evils
without destroying the government,
that we can accomplish in peace what
he accomplished in war, that the same
power which guided him will guide
us, and that out Of the strife, b1ck-
ering, and darkness of today will
come a time when We will have a
more equitable distribution Of wealth,
and a more just system Of taxation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
COLORADO S0L0NS %aEe7s =:
- !. FINALLY REPEAL, + =
ANTI-BOYCTT LAW

DENVER, May 15.-The assembly
yesterday repealed the anti-boycott
law that has been SO obnoxious to
the labor movement of the state.
There probably was no law on the
statute books that was so ubiquitous
as was the anti-boycott law, and the
action of the Legislature repeating it
was an act worthy of commentator.
The governor has not yet signed the
law, but 1t is believed that he will not
run against the prevailing sentiment
in this state. s
The passage of the law through the
legislature was largely attributable to
the efforts of the union men who are
members of the general assembly.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-05-17
JUSTICE HOLMES D1ssENrs.

JUSTICE Oliver Wendell Holmes, Of
- the Supreme Court of the United
States. recently made an address a.
q private dinner in New York in which
he gave his Views in regard to current
criticisms Of the courts, That adj
dress has been published as a senate
public document 1t is rather a COM
plant Of criticism than an examina-
ton Of the facts upon which critt-
cisn is based. i ....5$..;s.,i 2ys..
: Justice Holmes says that the at
tacks upon the courts are merely
an expression of the unrest that seems
to wonder vaguely whether law and
order pay" and that an important
truth to be found in the popular IN
rest IL the one that Judges, particu-
larly In state courts, have read their
conscious or unconscious sympathies
orematurely into the law. But does
not that account for the unrest; and
is not that sufficient to- justify the
increasing belief that what IL called
law and order, does not pay? H6
There are very few who believe that
law founded upon Justice, and close.
~ Is lowing the linz g Justice. does
not pay There sare cry few
have my acompla int of u s' ord