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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
PASTORS CONDEMN
MOVING PICTURES
OF The CREATION
SAY EXHIBITION is FOR THE PUR-
POSE OF UNDERMINING Or
GANlZED CHURCH..
WILL PREACH AGAINST
DISPLAY IN SERMONS
Movies Are For tho "Distinct Purpose
Of Teaching and Advancing Russell
ism," They charse-Broken Con-
denser Prevents Exhibition.

The moving pictures of Creation"
and other events in the biblical history
of the world are not produced to ad-
vance biblical knowledge but for the
purpose of propagating the doctrines OF
the Russellites, according to the Pas
tors Conference of Hattiesburg.
The protestant ministers of the city
yesterday adopted the following reso-
luton, and asked that it be published: {:
"The Pastors Conference of Hatties-
burg desires to inform the public that
the pictures now being shown in the
Auditorium are for the distinct purpose
of teaching and propagating the doc.
trines of the sect known as Russellites
We think the citizens should know
this.
(Signed) "G. H. Galloway,
Moderator
IN. M. Black, Clerk
"E. D. Solomon.
"The Pastors Conference" said Rev
Mr.. Solomon, "does not take the posi-
tion that these pictures should not be
shown, but we want the people of Hat
tiesburg to know what they are going
to see.
These pictures, we are informed
skillfully seek to destroy the founda-
tion of the church in this country
They hold up the orthodox teachings
of Christianity to ridicule. For in.
stance, they show picture of He'll
from Dante's Inferno, and say, in sub
stance "that is the He'll the church
teaches you to believe in"
"Of course" continued Rev. Mr.. Solo
mon, "they are acting on the assump-
tion that the churches believe in the
He'll that is taught in Dante's Inferno.
The primary object of the teachings
of Pastor Russell is that there is no
He'll, and this teaching, if accepted,
would undermine all organized Christi
anity."
Practically all the Hattiesburg pas
tors will speak of the motion pictures
in their Sunday sermons and will ad,
wise their fiocks not to attend.
The pictures in question, which were
booked to begin yesterday, were not
shown because of broken condenser
on the stereoptican. This did not in.
terfere with the moving picture part,
but as about one half the entertain
ment is devoted to motion pictures and
the other half to stereoptican views,
the entire performance ives called of.
A new condenser was ordered from
New Orleans and arrived this morn
ing. The entire performance will be
given this afternoon and tonight and
will be repeated each afternoon and
evening through Sunday.
The pastors of Meridian, where
these same pictures are being shown,
have also condemned them.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
WILSON REFUSES
COMPROMISE ON
LABOR MEASURE
WILL CARRY FIGHT AGAINST Ex-
TEMPTING UNIONS INTO FLOOR
OF HOUSE.
CHARGES OF TRICKtRY
Being FREELY MADE
President Accepts Gage Of Battle
Representatives of American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor Plead lin Vain For
Change Of His Position-Backed by
Cabinet.

Washington, May 29.-President Will
son will not compromise further with
organized labor.
Definitely, and without hesitation, he
has accepted the gage of battle. To
a subcommittee of the house judiciary
committee, which called at the White
House to lay before him a tentative
compromise amendment to the Clay.
ton bill regarding exemption for organ
lied labor from the operation of the
proposed law, the President declared
that he would accept no compromise
The fight is now on in earnest,
The labor representatives claim suf-
ficient votes in the House to force an
adoption of the changes in the legis.
, lation which they demand. Apparently
the President Is determined to let the
antitrust program fail, If need be,
rather than yield an inch further to the
demands of labor.
Charge Bad Faith.
Charges of bad faith are flying back
and forth. The administration forces
claim that by deliberate trickery, in
itiated by Congressman David J. Lewis
of Maryland, chairman of the House
Labor Committee, and engineered by
Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York,
counsel for the American Federation
of Labor, the Judiciary Committee was
persuaded to include in the trust bills
certain other concessions, with the
understanding that labor would sup
port the measure as finally drafted.
The whole fight revolves about the
conciliatory language of the Clayton
bill, which, in its present form, pro-
vides that nothing in the act shall be
construed as forbidding the existence
and operation of labor unions, farmers
cooperative associations, and other
kindred organizations formed for mu-
tual protection.
Bryan Joins President.
After these other concessions were
granted, the Presidents friends charge,
Lewis, inspired by Judge Parker, de-
clared section must be amended to
read that nothing in the act should be
construed cas- applying to" labor
unions-thus placing organized labor
beyond the pale Of the act.
Monday night, in an effort to effect
a compromise, the House leaders tenta-
lively agreed to add to section 7 the
following language:
"And no such organization, nor asso-
citation, nor members thereof, shall be
regarded as an illegal combination in
restraint of trade under the Sherman
act"
This amendment was submitted to
the President by the subcommittee con-
sisting of Congressman Webb, Carlin
and Floyd. The President was found
to be adamant.
On their way out of the White House
the members of the subcommittee
learned that Secretary of State Bryan
had joined the President.
Later, 1t is understood, the whole
matter was threshed out in Cabinet
meeting. without any change Of heart
on the part of the President.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
POLICE CHIEF.
DEAD; MAY Be
POISONED
HUMPHREYS DIED IN HOME OF
WOMEN WHO CONDUCTED
RED LIGHT RESORT. =
STATE chemist EXAMINING
CONTENTS OF STOMACH
Theory of Police is That Their Chief
Was Making Personal Investigation
OF Neishbors Complaints And Either
Poisoned or Had Heart Failure. -,

Special to The Netos,
jackson, Miss, May 2s.-The bodv
of Chief of Police Humphreys w,,
died in the Stevens home on North
West street at an early Aeur today
will be buried this afternoon, A.
His stomach was pumped out and
its contents taken to Starkville. where
It is to be analyzed by the state chem
ist today, and until the report comes
from him the coroners jury will return
no verdict.
The affair is a battling mystery, but
the police believe they have a chain
of evidence that may solve it.
1t developed today that Louella Ste
vens and her sister, Mrs. c. H. Nc
Gowan, up to two years ago had con-
Quoted a resort in the red light dis
trict, and that people in the neighbor.
hood of the present Stevens residence.
where they had lived for the past six
months, have been complaining to the
police about their presence in the
Heighborhood
The theory of the police is that Chief
Humphreys went there personally to
investigate the character of the place
and the basis for the neighbors' objec-
tions and that while there he was eth
er poisoned or dropped dead from heart
disease.
May Be Indigestion.
Relatives of Chief Humphries assert
the belief that the dead Chief was at
tackled by acute indigestion while look
ing for private detective with whom
ne had an engagement, and went to the
first house he came to, which hap
pened to be the Stevens home. They
vbelieved he crawled over the porch
to the open door, and died just as old
Mr. Stevens reached him.
At the coroner's inquest at IL o'clock
Louella Stevens was closely question
ed and said the front door had been
left open to admit her brother, who
was to come home late. She admitted
that she had received a caller earlier
in the night, D. B. Mckee, local mer.
chant. She declared he had left at
8 o'clock.
The girl stoutly denied that she
knew Humphreys was to come to her
home, and said she did not know why
he was there. Cigarette stubs were
found in her room by members of the
jury and She was questioned about
them. She asserted her belief that her
brother had left them there and denied
that any man had been in her apart
ment. The jury adjourned until 1o:so
o'clock tomorrow morning.
1t is not believed there win he any
developments until a report from the
state chemist arrives. which IL not ex.
pected before tonight Meanwhile Lou
ella Stevens ap1sser father are held in
jail as Witnessed There are no charges
against them. but they are not allow
ed to communicate with other members
OF the family, 80 far no suspicion on
anyone has definitely been placed.
Nothing found in the Stevens home m
dicates that poison had besn kepe
there. SO far no motive for The m,w-
der Of the chief has been e1vancs1 ~
detectives and police who are active
in trying to secure elues.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
(By Associated PreSS.)


Empress of Ireland
bearing condng
collier rning Farther
in the Gulf of ST. Lawrence.
All had been saved
were shattered shortly after today
list ranged between e7s to 11oo
sroRsrAo, BADLY DAMAGED, TO PORT.
The storstad badly damaged reported proceeding
survivors, while
mouski by the Government
The the
the
a conservative estimate of
The vessels struck
Ireland listed badly with gaping hoe in her side
made difficult not impossible life
BRIEF WIRELESS MESSAGE GREAT WORK.
The Father Point wireless
Then they ceased suddenly But the
Evelyn soon rushing to the aid of the injured
ship These ships
land was last and picked survivors
that would keep >-jn
PASSENGERS LOST BEFORE THEY KNEW WHAT HAPPENED
After the collier
the water poured rapidly that probable that
lost before they had time realize that anything had
OF of 14o Salvation
wREckAeE srREwN ALONG COAST FOR LONG DISTANCE.
quickly got away
N in night clothes.
No baggage wreckage
distance
brightly, the water is icy cold
O'Clock this morning
Pacific received passengers report
ed to be and
all the
STEAMER EVELYN WITH SURVIVORS.
Rmo Quebec May sThe Evelyn has landed
with SS9 survivors the collision Steamer Empress of
and the rStorstad
badly
getting piae All suffering
injuries the experience the boats thinl clad
to be
here that only sixty passengers saved.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
JUDGE ARNOLD ORDERS BODY TO
BE REcoNvENED MONDAY
TO TRY CASE.
REV. CRISLER VIGOROUSLY
DENOUNCES PISTOL TOTING
"The Man Who Puts a Gun in His
Pocket is Guilty of Murder at
cart" Declares Methodist Divine
At Funeral Services.

There will be no preliminary hear
ing in the case of Joseph Staiger
charged with the murder of A. P. Mil
Ter.
Judge Arnold today ordered the
grand jury to be reconvened Monday,
and County Attorney Hill said this
morning that the first hearing will be
before that body.
Under the law, the court has the
right to reconvene the grand jury at
any time during term of court that
a new case of sufficient importance
arises. and while it was not stated
in the call that the jurors are being
brought together for the definite pur-
pose of hearing the first evidence in
the Staiger case, it is certain that
that will be onea of the cases to come
before it; probably the first one.
S. e. Travis, who will be chief coun-
sci Sfor 'Staiger, told The News this
MORNING that he has not conferred with
his/ client since the latter was locked
up in the county jail, and for this
reason he had formulated no plan of
defense.
Condemns Pistol Toting.
The First Methodist Church was
we'll filled at 10 o'clock today when i'm
pressive funeral services were conduct
ed over the remains of A. P. Miller,
followed by interment at City Gene
terry.
The Rev. Charles w. Crisler, who
presided at the services, did not con-
fine bis remarks to sympathetic con-
dolence for the family of the dead man,
but had something to say about the
pistol toting habit.
"It is a shame and disgrace to the
state of Mississippi that there are more
homicides in this state in a given
length of time than there are in all of
the British Isles," he declared.
"ip this civilized age, it is disgrace
ful. That so many citizens go around
4 pistol in their pocket, ready to
= .eshuman life whenever they are
offended.
"When man puts gun in his pock-
ct he has committed murder in his
Aeart for he could not have put 1t
there with any other idea than that he
was going to hurt somebody"
= The minister called attention to the
scriptural commandments against the
taking of human life, and said the scrip
z ture provides the extreme penalty
whether the murder be committed acci-
dentally, in self defense or any other
y way.
Rev. o'Bryant Speaks.
! The Rev. A. L. O'Bryant also maze
= \, brief address. He was class mate
Fof the dead man at Mississippi College,
and spoke feelingly of his affection
, for Miller as man and as friend
4 "He was true friend" declared the
speaker, "and was inclined to peace"
: Miss, NUorinne venable and H. o,
Whit, kang Some Day" with grea'
y feeling.
A quartette composed of Miss Ven
4 able Mrs. victor Scanlan, A J Grove
and H @. White sang "Nearer' My COG
rTo Thee" near the beginning OF the
n,.seryices. and after Mr.. Crislers au
r dress the same quartette sang oomc
VI fBlessed Morn" l
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
HIS FATHERS DEATH
CANCELS BIRTHDAY
PARTY A.PMILLER, R.
All Arrangements Had Been Made To
Celebrate Day Yesterday.

All arrangements : had been made
and invitations sent out to party
Yesterday afternoon in honor of the
sixth birthday of A. P. Miller. Jr.
There was no party. Instead of
spending the afternoon romping with
his comrades on the lawn, the little
fellow was bathed in his mothers
tears. Today he attended the funeral
Of his father at Main Street Metho-
dist church.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
THE MARKETS

(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, May 30. - Cotton
steady three to six points down.
9.-Provisions slight
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
GETS $277 FROM
NEGRO SECRET ORDER

The grand jury has been ordered to
reconvene Monday morning by Judge
Arnold.
Judgment of $277 and costs of court
was awarded the plaintiff in Circuit
Court yesterday in the case Of Henry
Baskin VS.. Grand Court of Calantha Of
Mississippi, a negro secret order.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
TENNESSEE BANKERS
NOMINATED. w. FOOTE
Hattiesburg Banker Endorsed BY Men
In Other States.
Special to The Nesos.

Special to The Nesos.
Chattanooga, Tenn, May 29.-At a
meeting here yesterd, Y evening, F.
w. Foote, of HattiesbtS, Miss. was
nominated for director of the Atlanta
Regional Bank by the banks of group
two, class A, Tennessee Division OF
Regional Reserve District.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
LATEST BULLETIN.

(By Associated Press3
Rmousk Quebec May 49, 2:3o oclock-Unti the sorstad
DOCKS and ascertaned that
will great
land. reports
probably will
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
Collier Storstad
Crashes Into Big
Canadian Liner

Death Came Before Passengers Knew What Had Happened
1887 Persons AboardGreat Cash Cut in Side of Ship
Which Carries Hundreds to Icy Grave--Those Saved
Spend Night in Open Boat, Clad in Night Clothes
All Would Have Pershed But For Wireless.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-29
THE WEATHER.

= Mississippi-Partly cloudy to- 4
= night and Saturday with local Z
= showers; cooler north portion Sa- 4
. turday. Z
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-11

Office Of Board Of Supervisors Of Mari
eopa County, Phoenix, Arizona.
June 18th, 1914.
Sealed proposals will be received at
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-11

Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
of said Maricopa County.
These bonds are issued under the
authority of Title XI, Revised Stat
utes of Arizona, 1913.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check upon a National Bank
or upon a Bank in Arizona, for One
Thousand Dollars payable to the
Treasurer of Maricopa County, No
bid fo.' less than par value and &C
orued interest to date of delivery will
be received. The checks Of unsuc-
cessful bidders will be returnd upon
rejection of each bid. Bids at a
rate of interest less than six (61o)
per cent will be considered.
The Board expressly reserves the
right to reject any and all bids or to
waive any informality in any bid.
Bids will be opened by said Board
on Monday, July goth, 1914, at eleven
o'clock A. NJ and thereafter consid-
cred
Bids must be sealed and addressed:
James Miller. Jr., Clerk Board OF
Supervisors, Phoenix, Arizona, and
marked on the outside of envelope:
District Number Thirty-Three Bond
Proposal"
BY order Of Board Of Supervisors
Maricopa County,
James Miller. Jr.
Clerk.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-11

a petition signed by qualified electors
least ten per cent of the entire vote
cast for all candidates for mayor at
the last preceding general municipal
election at which a mayor was elect
ed in said City of Phoenix, protest
ing against the passage Of said or
dinance as a whole, was presented to
the Commission of the City of Phoe
nix; and,
WHEREAS, upon the ff,ng of said
petition said ordinance became, and
is now, suspended from going into
operation, and the Commission has
determined to reconsider and repeal
said ordinance: Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COM
MISSION OF THE CITY OF PHOE
NIX, as follows:
Sec. /. That that certain ordi
nance of the City Of Phoenix desig-
mated as Ordinance No. 6" and en-
titled IAN Ordinance to Provide for
the Licensing of Vacations. Trades,
Callings, Professions and Businesses
Carried on in the City of Phoenix"
approved May %, 1914. be, and the
same is hereby, reconsidered and re-
pealed as a whole.
Sec 2. WHEREAS, this ordinance
requires early operation in order to
preserve the public peace. health and
safety, an emergency is hereby de-
ciared to exist, and this ordinance
shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage by the Com
mission and approved by the Mayor.
and is hereby exempted from the OPP
Grafton of the referendum provision
of the City Charter.
PASSED by the Commission of
the City of Phoenix this 10Th day
| of June. 1914.
APPROVED this goth day of June,
1914.
GEO. U. YOUNG.
Attest: Mayor.
FRANK THOMAS,
City Clerk.
July 110t.
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ORDINANCE NO. IS.

AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
THE BURIAL OF THE BODIES OF
HUMAN BEINGS WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY
OF PHOENIX.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COM
MISSION OF THE CITY OF PHOE-
NIX. as follows:
Sec. l. 1t is hereby declared a
nuisance. and it shall be unlawful for
any person to bury the body of hu-
man being within the corporate linn
its of the City of Phoenix.
Sec. 2. Any person who shall vio-
late the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not to exceed three
hundred dollars. or shall be imp-is-
oned in the city Jail not to exceed
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-11

the Office of the Board Of Supervisors
Of Maricopa County, at Phoenix, Ari-
iona, until 1900 NJ, Monday. July IL,
1914, for furnishing all necessary ma
terials, equipment, tools, etc. and all
labor necessary for the construction OF
a reinforced concrete bridge across the
Salt River Valley Canal on the Phoe-
nix-Tempe Highway. having twenty
two (22) foot clear span; and also a
reinforced concrete bridge across the
Maricopa Canal ON the Phoenix Tempe
Highway having a twenty-five (20)
foot clear span.
State Of Arizona will furnish steel
reinforcement required F. o. B. Phoe-
nix;
State of Arizona will furnish the c.
ment required F. o. B. Phoenix.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check for at least five per cent
of the amount of the bid, drawn pay
able to the state treasurer.
All bids must be enclosed in a sealed
envelope plainly marked state High
way Contract" and addressed to the
Board of Supervisors of Maricopa
County, Phoenix, Arizona.
The successful bidder will be re-
quired to enter into a contract with
satisfactory sureties. within ten days
Of notification of award. He will be
required to begin work within ten days
Of date of contract and to complete the
bridges within two months.
Further information. detailed plans.
specifications, etc. can be obtained at
the Office of the State Engineer, Phoe-
nix, Arizona.
The Board Of Supervisors reserve
the right to reject any and all bids.
Published by order Of the Board Of
Supervisors.
JAMES MILLER, JR.
Clerk Board of Supervisors.
(SeaD
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-11
NOTICE TO BOND BUYERS
SALE OF DISTRICT NUMBER
THIRTY-THREE SCHOOL
BONDS.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office of
the Board of Supervisors of Mari
copa County. in the city of Phoenix,
Arizona, until eleven o'clock A. M.
MONDAY. JULY TWENTIETH
1914.
for the purchase of forty (4O Dis
trict Number Thirty thee School
Bonds. with accrued interest. Said
Bonds being in denomination of Five
Hundred Dollars each, amounting in
the aggregate to the sum of Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) and
bearing interest at the rate Of not
exceeding six per cent per annum.
payable semi annually. Said bonds
to be dated August first, 1914, and
payable twenty years from the date
thereof. Both principal and interest
payable in Gold Coin, Lawful Money
of the United States at the office of
the Treasurer of Maricopa County.
Bonds to be delivered to the pur-
chaser thereof in the city of Phoe-
nix, Arizona. at the office of the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-11
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE TO BOND BUYERS

NOTICE TO BOND BUYERS
SALE OF DISTRICT NUMBER
FIVE SCHOOL BONDS.
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office
Of the Board of Supervisors of Mar
icopa County, in the city of Phoenix,
Arizona, until eleven O'Clock a. m.
MONDAY, JULY TWENTIETH
1914
for the purchase of seven 90 Dis
trict Number Five School Bonds,
with accrued interest. Said Bonds
being in denomination of Five Hun
d-ed Dollars each, amounting in the
aggregate to the sum Of Thirty five
Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) and
bearing interest at the rate not ex-
ceeding six per cent per annum. pay
able semi-annually. Said Bonds to
be dated August first. 1914, and pay
able ten years from the date thereof.
Both principal and interest payable
in Gold Coin, Lawful Money of the
United States at the office of the
Treasurer of Maricopa County. Bonds
to be delivered to the purchaser
thereof in the city of Phoenix, Ari-
IONA, at the office of the Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors Of said
Maricopa County.
These Bonds are issued under. the
authority of Title XI, Revised Stat
utes of Arizona, 1913.
All bids must be accompanied by
a certified check upon a National
Bank or upon bank in Arizona, for
Treasurer of Maricopa County. No
bid for less than pa value and ac-
crued interest to date of delivery will
be received. The checks of unsuc-
cessful bidders will be returned up
on rejection of each bid. Bids at a
rate Of interest less than six (6To)
will be considered.
The Board expressly reserves the
right to reject any and all bids or to
waive any informality in any bid
Bids will De opened by said Board
on Monday, July goth, 1914. at eleven
o'clock a. m, and thereafter consid-
cred.
Bids must be sealed and addressed
James Miller. Jr., Clerk Board of Su-
pervisors. Phoenix, Arizona, and
marked on the outside Of envelope:
District Number Five Bond P-opos-
al"
By order Of Board of Supervisors
Maricopa County.
JAMES MILLER, Jr., Clerk
phoned for and he hustled out to the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-11
BETTER BOOKS FOR BOYS

If for no other reason than that
it has turned the thoughts and taste
of the boy of today from the flashy
and trashy nickel novels to cleaner
and better form of juvenile literature
the Boy Scout movement deserves the
utmost encouragement. There has
been a vast improvement in the char
acter of bows books since the scout
movement began. The average boy,
whether he belongs to a Boy Scout
company or not, is reading clean.
wholesome and natural stories of out
door life and adventure, from many
of which he gains information and
instruction that will be valuable to
him in later aife.-Springfield Union.