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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
YANKEES SAIL FOR HOME
London Situation Rights Itself and
Americans Leave for Home.
Ample Gold Received.

London.~-The situation SO far as
Americans In London are concerned
has about rightud itself. Six thousand
left here to board the steamers Vir,
ginia. Laconia. Nieuw Amsterdam and
Finland, the Virginian and Laconia
sailing from Liverpool, the Amsterdam
from Rotterdam and the Finland from
Antwerp.
Ample financial assistance has been
arranged for Americans remaining,
American Ambassador Page has re-
Ceived authority to pledge the credit
Of the United States government for
$500 600 out of the relief fund now
speeding toward England on the Ten
nessee.
The financial committee comprises
the naval and military attaches of the
United States embassy, Thomas P.
Skinner, the American consul general,
and Chandler Anderson Of the interna-
tional claims commission, who has
been appointed counsellor of the EN-
bassy temporarily.
Another committee appointed to
make arrangements to get stranded
Americans home from the continent Is
composed Of Ambassador Page, f. i.
Kent, Theodore Ilethler, W. G. Breed,
Chandler Anderson and Robert Defor-
est.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

northern slopes quite a large variety
of small trees and shrubs flourish.
From my lofty post IN the sea was
just visible far to tn east Distant
shouting informed us hat the drive
had commenced, and here and there
figures were visible on The sky line.
1t takes a lot to move the ibeI, vine
rely for their safety more en- conceal-
ment than flight. Not till large bout
ders have been hxrled down alnnost
on to the top Of them will they leave
their strongholds and make for . less
disturbed locality. As the shouting
and rattle Of falling boulders ap
preached, several herds OF goats begin
to appear and disappear. Some broke
back and others attempted to escape
on either flank, but the latter vers
generally turned in my direction y
men skillfully posted for that purpose
Quite n hundred and fifty ibex rnust
have passed me on this occasion Y
herds Of from fye to thirty, but tnefs
was not a single really big De-
among the lot. In spite OF the urseul
entreatfes Of my companions, oniy
shot one buck with horns Of 80 inches
Having become somewhat tired q
this lazy form Of hunting, which is ny
Of absorbing interest, and having snos
three out Of the four specimens v
lowed on the license, 1 paid Of ~
heaters and journeyed southwards Il
search Of q really big head. As lacA
would have 1t, the very iirst eyenins
on the new ground while camp ~.
being pitched, four bucks were spcttee
among the rocks above. SEEKING ms
rife and some cartridges, and vitnou.
any excftable native to worry me-
the stalk and was event.
ally successful In bagging the Des.
which carried q magnificent pail X
horns AN inches III length.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
AMERICANS HELD AS SPIES
Archer Huntington and Wife Subject.
ed to Indignities--Report Comes
From Paris.

Paris.-Archer M. Huntington, pres
ident of the American Geographical So
ciety, and his wife we're arrested at
Nuremberg, Bavaria, by German police
and are now held In prison as spies.
Mr.. Huntington's chauffeur, who es.
capped to Switzerland, telegraphed to
the American embassy here. saying
Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington had been NAL.
treated. Mr.. Huntington, he said, was
striped naked while the police were
searching him, and his wife was sub.
jected to insults and indignities.
Ambassador Herrick t%elegraphed to
Washington, and it is assumed here
that the state department is taking ac-
ton.
The suggestion was made by Henry
Wodehouse of the Aero club Of Amer
lea that 1t might be that aeronautical
maps In Mr.. ~Huntington's possession
let to his arrest.
Mr.. Huntington Is a member of the
Aero club of America, said Mr.. Wode-
house, and vice-chairman of the aero
nautical map committee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
HARVESTER CO. IS
TO Be DISSOLVED
v. s. COURT AT ST. PAUL ALLOWS
90 DAYS FOR FILING PLAN.
THREATEN REcEivERsHiP.
WAS HELD TO Be MONOPOLY
Judge Sanborn Dissents from Opinion
Of Other Two Judges-Aileoed
Original Corporation I'm
duly Restrained Trade.

st. Paul, Minimize international
Harvester company was declared to
be a monopoly in restraint of inter.
state and foreign trade and al or.
dered dissolved by a majority deci.
sion filed here by Judges Smith and
Hook in the United States Court.
Judge Walter Fl. Sanborn dissented.
Unless the corporation submits a
plan for dissolution within 80 days the
court will entertain an application
for a receiver.
The majority opinion held the In
ternational Harvester company was
from its organization in 1902, In viola
ton of the Sherman law. The orig
inal corporation, formed OF five con-
Germs, violated the first section Of the
Sherman act by restraining competi-
ton among themselves. The com
bined organization also tended to
monopolize trade in c~ontravention Of
the second section Of this law.
The decision declares that while
the International Harvester company
and Its selling organization, the Inter
national Harvester Company of Amer
lea, control from so to IS per cent
of the trade in agricultural nipple
ments manufactured by them, their
treatment OF smaller competitors in
general has been fair and just.
The court finds fault with the ac-
ton of the corporation, aside from
the technical violation of the Sherman
law, for only two actions. The opin-
ion declares that there was no excuse
for the advertising of the products of
D. M. Osborne and Company as indie
pendent for two years after it had
virtually entered the International
Harvester company. This advertising
was to induce purchasers, the court
finds, from those who were opposed to
buying from the combination.
The other act censured by the deci-
sion was the manner in which the
five original concerns were turned
yer to the International company by
William C. Lane, a New York banker,
who contended that he had purchased
the properties.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
FUNERAL SERVICES SIMPLE


Washington. -~ Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States, made
the saddest journey of his life in a
special train bearing the body of Mrs,
Wilson to its final resting place be-
side the graves Of her father and
mother, at Rome, Ga.
The last simple ceremony of the
funeral took place in the quiet, wood
Ell cemetery of the Georgia town.
Then the president turned again to
the burdens of his office and the lone,
Illness of the White House.
While flags were draped at half
mast throughout the capital and thou,
sands gathered in the wide avenue be.
fore the White House, the first serv-
ice was held over Mrs. Wilson'S body
in the east room. The flags, the
crowds, the closing of the govern.
ment departments in the afternoon
and the masses of flowers which over
flowed the east room were the ma,
tons only way OF expressing its
sympathy.
In accordance with Mrs. Wilson,
wish the service was of the simplest.
There was no music; only the reading
of a few verses from the Bible, a
prayer by the Rev. Sylvester Beach
Of the church which the Wilson fam
lily attended during their years in
Princeton and a benediction by the
Rev. ], H. Taylor, at whose church
the president has worshipped since
he came to Washington.
Chairs were placed before the cas-
ket for the president and the family
behind them sat the senators; In the
third row the representatives, and be-
hind them the White House employees.
When the b~enediction was said all
the company rose while the president
and family withdrew from the east
room. The services had taken about
a half hour,
The members Of the cabinet, all Of
"hShh "NlC u1NOAuphhANo " iHCIt
wives, with the exception Of Secretary
Houston, left first. Mrs. Houston was
Ill and unable to attend. The cab
met officers did not 30 to the rail-
way station and neither did the com
mittee of congress. who filed out in
twos and dishanded outside the
White House grounds.
Less than 200 were present. Be.
sides the family there were a few
intimate friends. the members Of the
cabinet and their wives. the commit
tees from the Senate and the House,
headed by the vice president and the
speaker, and the employees Of the
White House.
The ,casket was borne from the
White House by six members Of the
city police force, who have guarded
the home OF the presidents for years.
There were no honorary pail bearers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

WOULD AMEND BANK LAWS
Mcclellan Proposes to Advance Money
IN Secured Products-Pia1ters
Endorse Plan.

Washington.-"That section 10 OF
an act providing for the establish
ment of federal reserve banks, and
for other purposes, approved Dec. %,
1913, be amended by inserting after
the word board in line II on page Is
of said act the following:
provided further, that in case an
emergency shall arise which In the
judgment of the federal reserve board
will warrant such action, that notes,
drafts and bills Of exchange, secured
by staple agricultural products, shall
be eligible and subject to discount by
member banks without imitation as
to the amount of such discounts, or
the person, company, firm or corpora.
ton who may secure any such dis
count, or for whom the same may be
made, or having a maturity note ex-
ceeding nine months, subject to such
restrictions, limitations and regula-
tons as may be imposed by the fed
eral reserve board"
The foregoing amendment was pre-
pared and will be introduced by Con-
gresham Mcclellan of the Tenth Ten
nessee District. It was drawn with a
view of enabling the banks of the
south to free themselves from cestain
legislative restrictions in order that
they may facilitate the immediate
marketing of this years cotton crop.
At a conference Of southern cotton
producers, buyers, bankers and ex-
change representatives the Mcclellan
amendment was discussed and its
general outline Endorsed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
ARMY MARCHES ON CAPITAL
Report Villa as Marching South to
H3oin carranxa-Expect no Resist
ance--7o,0oo Rebels.

Observation-Disclosures to the con-
st"itulionalist headquarters at Wash
ington say that the army which will
encamp before Mexico City, within a
few days, will number 10000 men.
A message from Gen. Villa is re-
ported as declaring that he is now
moving south to Join the combined ar
mics which are to enter the Mexican
capital. The authorities at the Car
rama headquarters say that this dis
patch disproves the stories of open
friction between Carranza and his
ablest general.
The generals who are expected to
meet Carranza a week outside Of Mex
leo City are Gems, Obregon, Villa. Con-
zales, Matters, Aguilar and zapata.
The constitutionalist Headquarters
here expresses the opinion that any
opposition by Carbajal will be futile
and is not now regarded rs probable.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

Manchuria, This fact was largely re
%Rponsible for the defeat of Russian
srms In the far East.
This change In the line of defense or
the west shortened the length of the
line.
At the time there was much com
ment to the effect that Poland had
thus been left exposed because OF the
failure of the Poles to show more en-
thusiasm for a united Russia, but this
was mere political gossip.
Reason Purely Tactical.
The reason for the change was pure
iy tactical; It conformed to the gen
aral plan then introduced, Of bringing
the cadres more toward the center OF
the empire, In order to expedite
mobilization when the reservlsts
should be called out.
Development Of railways had az
sured rapid concentration to the west
ern frontier. By the reorganization
tho western frontier In Poland against
Germany was. In fact, more effectively
protected,
The last reports leave the German
and Russian armies concentrating on
Ladz, a large manufacturing center
about so miles in from the frontier
and about onethird Of the way from
the frontier to Warsaw, though no,
on the direct line,
The western line of defense was no,
altered with regard to Austria, but q
larger force was concentrated at the
kiev center.
To the north and northeast OF Pc
land lie the Baltic provinces. Here
In the netghborhood Of the frontier sta.
ton. Eydtkuhnen, the Russians al
ready have taken the aggressive.
Shortest Line to Capital.
This Is the shortest line from Ger
man territory to the capital Of Russia
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
AUbAh |BEx HUIT
Animal Hard to Find in crae,
That Form Home.
Takes VAST Amount Of Effort to Mo,.
Thorn = They Rely for safety
More on concsalment Than
Flight.

London.-All those who have H..
neyed through the Red Sea can hars,.
have failed To notice the desolate ~
hills that seem TO rise almost directl,
from the water close to the southvas,
Of Suez. and will very likely haye !.
marked on the preference OF a IN,
drink and q deck chair to q scramhls
on their sun-scorched slopes. Tbess
same hills run In an unbroken cba,r
parallel to the coast. through Esyn,
and the Red Sea Province Of the II.
dan right down to Eritrea. The chI.t
Inhabitants Of this desolate region i.
the wild native tribes and the Nublan
ibex (Capra nubiana typical. II NJ
to obtain specimens OF the latter I'M
! journeyed out to Port Sudan in Feh.
ruary, 1918. writes J. H. Miller. Fam
days northwards by camel brought /.
to Q district known as Erba, where
ibex were said to be very plentifsl
The only method OF hunting known i
the shaggy headed locals Is DRIVING.
and 1t must be admitted that this n.
sk1llful form, so foreign to the heart
Of the true hunter, Ia in this case the
most likely to lead to success. TIM
reason OF this Ia that, unlike the iber
OF the Himalayas and Central Ash.
which can be easily found at any hour
Of the day. the Nubian ibex, to escaps
the heat, lies up during the whole ii
the day among the caves and holes III
the rock, and even when feeding. ox.
Ing to its small size (height at shoul.
der % to 30 inches) and protective
coloring, Is exceedingly difficult to hnd
among the turmoil Of wind-worn Gran
that form it, home. Having obtained
the services OF some 30 Of the local
tribesmen, the morning after nv ii.
rival l started before dawn to climb 10
a commanding position known to tho
two men who accompanied me. Look.
ing back we could see the beatefs
starting Oh, in small parties, to tale
up their positions for drive. Having
taken up q position that allowed Of /
clear field OF fire over a hillside
streaked with many goat tracks, was
at liberty to regain my breath and en-
joy the sunrise. All round us was d I
medley Of rugged red granite peaks
divided by deep cut wadis. There ID
no running water in this region, but
here and there In dark gorges, where
the sun eve reaches, are large pools
which are replenished by the yearly
rains. In these gullies and on the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
JAPAN WILL NOT MEDIATE
Obligations to British Might Prevent,
Says Japan-45,000 Jap
Troops Ready.

Peking.--The Japanese government,
in replying to the suggestions of
China, that China, the United States
and Japan should endeavor to medi-
ate In the European conflict, said its
obligations to Great Britain might pre-.
vent Japan from doing SO.
In consequence of this reply China
considers further efforts useless, al
though 1t was stated today that the
question Of mediation might be re-
opened with the United States in case
there were any prospects Of success.
A note to the foreign legations says
that China will establish a morato-
rum only for short term loans. 1t
was stated that the Germans had de-
cided to continue paying the indem-
mites and other obligations as long
a. possible.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
TO DISSOLVE NEW HAVEN
Government and Road Directors
Reach Aereement--EiIiott Named
President-HiIIard Resigns.

New York.-An agreement has been
reached between the government and
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad company for the peace.
full dissolution Of the New Haven sys-
tenn, according to an announcement
after a meeting here Of the roads
directors.
President Hustis resigned as a di-
rector of the New Haven, as he is to
become president of the Boston &
Maine. Chairman Howard Elliott was
elected president of the New Haven.
The resignation of John l.. Billiard was
accepted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

London.--A dispatch to the Daily
News from Rotterdam says hat the
Holland-American line has placed its
large premises on the Hook of Hol.
land at the disposal Of the Dutch Red
Cross with q special view to the need
in the event of a naval battle in the
North Sea.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

army corps, and Bavaria. three army
corps.
The strength Of the field army,
twenty-five army corps and independ.
ent cavalry, together with the reserve
troops, amounts to about 1850, 900
combatants. To this must be added
the mobile Landwehr. the total
strength Of which amounts to about
soo.o The total mobile force Of the
German empire ID therefore about
1850, 900. Behind this there are about
100000 men, wholly or partially
trained. to supply the waste Of waS
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

frosts, II has become the great port OF
export for all the central as well as
the western regions of Russia. 1t ia
one of the most important cities OF the
Baltic provinces and Is an Industrial
center Of considerable size.
Amy German advance on Russia's
capital must first pass through re
gions the population OF which Is non
Russian~-Poland, Finland and the Bal
tic provinces-where the population II
composed OF Lithuanians, Let's, Els
thonians, Jews and Germans.
The nationalist movement In Russia
has been directed against all these
l its motto wal something like Rus
ala for the Russians"--these last YEAR,
non-Russian elements OF the empire,
A short-sighted policy Of forcible Rus.
%sifcation has not tended TO arouss
much loyalty among these various M
tionalities.
Germans Large Landlords.
All OF them, with one exception.
have Joined the opposition to the gov.
eminent In internal politics. The Ger.
mans are the exception; they are the
large landlords OF the Baltic provinces
and have given many men to the hirh.
er official world, which for
the number OF German names one finds
In lists OF Russian ministers, ambassa
doris and other officials.
The Firms are very bitter against
Russia. Many Of the measures BY the
Russian government In Finland, which
have caused this bitterness, have been
taken in order to strengthen the de-.
Tense OF the capital from that quarter,
Perhaps the extent of the Finnish
protest corresponds to the extent and
effectiveness Of these measures. Fin,
nish protests have been heard all oyer
the western world. even over here In
America.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
SIX ARE " IN RIVER
Rivers Claim Boating and Bathing
victims-Six Persons Die In Della.
ware and SchuyikiIi.

Philadelphia. - Six persons were
drowned while boating and swimming
in the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers.
Joseph Gassekiecws and his daughter.
Lottie, lost their lives in the Schuyl-
kill when q motor boat overturned
Joseph Sheridan was drowned in the
same stream when his canoe capsized.
Knud Beck, IS, fell from q boat into
the Deeware river while fishing; an
unidentified man was drowned near
Camden, and Joseph Wosnjuch was
drowned in the Delaware near VII
mington.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
Eipht Persons Drowned.

New Haven, Conn.-Eight persons
lost their lives by drowning in Con-
necticut waters. In Stamford four
young men, lahorers, we're drowned to
gether when they stepped into q deep
hole In q lagoon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
WAR STRENGTH or GERMANY.

The kingdom Of Prussia, together
with Baden and Hesse. is divided into
sixteen military districts, each Of
which furnishes d complete army
corps, and two or three Landwehr di.
visions, as well as lite proportion OF
cavalry. garrison. artillery. etc, There
ID also the Prussian guard corps,
drawn from the whole kingdom.
Saxony furnishes two army corps.
Wurttemberg, q army corps; ReichS-
land and Alsace and Lorraine, twc
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
Release ~suffragettes.

London.--As a result Of the war
King George, through Reginald Nc
Kenna, home secretary, ordered the re-
lease OF all militant suffragettes in
prison for breaches Of the peace. Mr..
McKenna made this announcement In
the house Of commons.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
May Ship Coal.

London.--The admiralty announces
permission now may be obtained for
the shipment Of coal from England -
Norway and Italy. This is taken 70
Indicate there Is no danger from for
eign w~arsh.ps.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
HoLdup Nets $50. 600.

Nogales, Arix,--W. G. Loughlin, an
American. has been held up by Yaquain
Indians and robbed or more than $780,
600 In gold and silver bullion, Three
other Americans were In Loughlin's
party, with SO Mexican soldiers
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

Austin, Tex.--Goyernor Colquitt has
received favorable replies from the
governors OF all the southern states to
hts suggestion that they meet ID con
ference to devise some method Of a.
nancing the cotton crop.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

Paris.--The Creusot Steel Works has
presented to the French government 20
complete batteries OF 10h-millimeter
guns Of a new type, which had been
ordered by a foreign government just
before the wal broke out, at a cost OF
So, 900, 900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

Washington.--The European conflict
has given an enormous impetus to the
postal savings system, according to
reports to Postmaster-Genera Burle-
son, Scores of foreign born wage.
earners are taking their savings to the
postoffices.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

San Diego. Cal.-Strict secrecy re-
garding the movements Of British and
German warships or Lower California
was maintained by officers and crew
Of the U. 8. s. Glacier. which arrived
from Mazatlan.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

MISUNDERSTANDING McAdoo an
~nounced that commissions on renewal
premiums for insurance are income.
and II received between March ! and
Dec. 81 are taxable income for that
period.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

Aussr'ans and servisns Fight.
Glooe.-Twenty-nve persons were
injured here ~ ! fight between AN.
.rians and s~ervians. Twenty-one q
the rioters were arrested. FpytAs.
trouble d feared.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

Laredo.-ln the four days fighting
around Mazatian, Mexico, Mexican
federais lost 800 dead and wounded.
and Constitutionalists 40 dead N
goo wounded, according to information
reaching here.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
Servia Guards Eroht,er.

Sofia.--A state o. war has been
proclaimed throughout Bulgaria in or.
der to enable the government to pre-.
pare 70 guard the frontiers against
violation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

New fork.-The United German
American alliance. in resolutions, calls
upon the press Of the country to &C,
cord impartial and just treatment to
both sides" In the European conflict.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
ciose Port.

L~ondon.--The port OF Southampton
has been closed to merchant vessels.
The American liner st. Louis has been
erforsd TO Liverpool.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14

Newport, X. L~-Col. John Schuyler
Crosby, formerly governor of Montana,
and formerly first assistant postmas.
t%er.general of the United States, died
here from heart failure.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
Calico Rock Revival.

Calico Rock.--A big Baptist revival
meeting will start here and win hold
indefinitely, or until interest wanes.
The meeting will be conducted BY the
Rev. - o. vermillion q Mountain
visw.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-14
pope,s iRnees Denied.

Rome.--Reports that the pope was
~.ndisposed and suffering from . slight
attack or influenza, Published - the
Tribuna, were denied ri the vatican.
on the contrary. It was said the pope
was granting numerous audiences.