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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-13
DISPATCHES FROM FRANCE SUB.
JEcT TO DELAY OF AT LEAST
FORTY-EIGHT HOURS.
NO COMMUNICATION WITH
GERMANY OR AUSTRIA
Censored Dispatches Through London
Are Recensored Before transmits
sIon-Efforts to Communicate With
Germany by Wireless Not Success
full.
Special to The NeaoS.

Special to The NepS.
New York, Aug. 11.-Advices to the
Associated Press from London state
that an increasingly rigid censorship
is being imposed on all matters from
Brussels. This increases the delay on
such dispatches as are allowed to come
through. The French cable company,
which, except those with terminals in
the British Islands, is the only direct
line to Europe now in operation, has
given notice that the congestion on its
lines is such that all messages are
subject to minimum delay of forty
eight hours. In an effort to avoid
this delay, direct dispatches of the
Associated Press from Paris are being
routed through London, but the delay
there is also very great.
There is absolutely no direct com,
munication with Germany or Austria
by any routing. A few censored dis
patches are coming through via Lon
don and these are recensored for
transmission out of England.
The Associated Press has been max.
ing every effort to communicate with
Germany through the wireless COM
panies operated from New York. On
Sunday message was sent to the Ber-
lin bureau of the Associated Press and
the wireless company notified us that
it had been received in Germany, but
since then only fragmentary signals
have been exchanged over that sys-
TEN.
Inability to secure wireless commun-
ication with Germany since the cutting
of the direct German cable at the
outbreak of the war and the increas-
ing rigor Of the London censorship
still further obscured what has actual
ly transpired within the military zone.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-13
(By Associated %ress.,

LONDON Aug S-The European
uas ny he formal declaration Of
rance o1ncaiy declared
Inc strength OF the British
that france has the bulk nsur
ihs IL is beheved that the be ekeptop
Hea'y cannonadng was heard for hour
he British flag all directions North ea which
heavily ~ 80 ""''A -
As far as is known change in the land situation
III connection
from sources controlled by the censorshps make diff
ncut to estimate the value of the is received
Inc struggle the
reports military movements engagements Indicate the
possible beginning of a great battle Belgian SOIL
me buk OF the German forces
between ege and uxemburg the belief that the
ussianeman frontier guarded and that what ard
'hee is pooaoy OF reservists but
Inc reported xarsb;ns and
en Dardanees led have bee
heisan reports assert that German cavalry after
ehohg around Haeien have Iege The
Germans are said to have lost the
from various
o tne German troops with their Belgium and their left
xemburg Germany is gathered army corps
ong the frontier facing Belgium MANY of these tron o
are stationed at the fortresses Lorraine and along
the - 50 ~-e
FIRST REAL BIG BATTLE FOUGHT AT pEsT-cERMANs Lose n
nassei yesterday vicinity
Tue enuie pa the hrst the war D.
Nntinued On Page Four) # 3:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-13
WARE THE SOFT DRINK!
IT'S OFTEN POISONOUS
BOARD OF HEALTH TIN
TELLS OF sAPoNIN AND COAL
TAR IN THIRST oUENcHERs

Washington, Aug. 13-Having salts.
factorily disposed of the question,
What is ice cream?" the Department
OF Health has taken under considera-
ton the component elements of "cir-
Gus lemonade, ginger pop and other
soft drinks.
After describing at length how such
tempting, refreshing and healthful
beverages as soda water of various
fiavors, sarsaparilla, ginger ale, lemon
soda, carbonated water, mineral water,
Continued on Page Four.J
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-13
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-13
Inquiries Are Asked.

Dull MI. L ar anu NOlGl COS lldu INtl-
ly of Pennsylvania offered resolutions
asking the Department of Commerce
to get busy. The increases in the
prices of foodstuffs is matter which
probably will engage the serious at
tention of Congress, for with the Eu-
ropean market gone, it is argued that
prices should be lower instead of high
er.
Belief that manipulators of the mar
kets are storing food to take care of
the surplus which is presumed to eX-
ist today and that these stored prod
ucts will be dumped upon the Ameri-
can consumer within a short time-in-
stead of giving the consumer the ben
eft of the surplusage today-may re-
vive the McKellar cold storage bill,
upon which hearings have been post
poned from time to time.
Congressman Kelley's resolution
reads:
4 "Resolved That the secretary of
fS,nmerce be, and he is hereby re-
\olested to furnish to the house of Rep
Resentatives information as to wheth-
sr the prices of articles of food nee
essary to the health and well being
OF the American people have been arbl-
trarilv advanced in the home markets
on the pretext that the high prices OF
such articles are the result of the Eu-
ropean war.
viii Seek Manipulation.
"Second-Wheathe the manipula-
ton of values by spectators on the
Chicago Board of Trade and elsewhere
is resulting in unjust and unwarranted
advances in the prices of foodstuns'
in spite of recordhreaking crops IN
this country. and the fact that there
has been little or no expectation OF
food supplies to the countries at war
in Europe"
Mr.. Farr's resolution is as follows:
"Resolved, That the Secretary OF
Commerce be directed Immediately TO
Investigate the cause or causes OF au'
yances in the price of foodstuffs' with
particular regard to the rapid III
creases in the price Of -four, and that
he be directed to report his findings
to Congress.
Commenting further upon his reso'
luton, Congressman Farr said;
'fFlour has advanced $l.5O "a parre'
\ Continued on Page Tw9''
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-13

San Francisco Aug 3-The at Victoria TODAY o +.
BRUSH sooP OF war sharater in cruiser
po" c'ears the naval situation this positive
~ e 0'Sa" cast up near the Golden Gate in the
Gays was Woodwork jesoned she
Tor action the belief that she going by two
German - -
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-13

washington Aug 13-President today issued an ap
peal for Red Cross
The immediate charter of six Europe Amer
cans was agreed Departmental officials today
sells will be able to rates will be
made reasonable possible
Morgan Co. have inquired would
oe 'he united States attitude concerning the floating
try OF French war loan Of several hundred millions
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-13

London, Aug ia the Central News
Bureau says the Germans Iqnev
on the FrancoGerman frontier.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-13

ST. Petersburg Russia, Aug 13.-It semioffciaIIy
nounced here today Austrian Ga
a by assault that inflicted heavy the Austrian
garrison
Semofhca dispatches also that the
Nasze Russian Poland
every tenth citizen case of another
resistance.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-13
ENGLAND AND FRANCE
FORMALLY DECLARE WAR.
ON AUS7R|A-HUNGARY'

FIGHTING RACED At oIEsT ALL
LY RouTEo-oNLY DEAD WOUNDED LEFT-kAisERs
LOSSES AT MUELHAUsEN ESTIMATED 1oooo-HEAvy
cANNoNADINe HEARD OFF DovER-HELeiANs At.
TEMPT TO GERMANS FOOD SUPPLY
BRITISH JAPANESE
STEAMER DisoeEYs
HARsoR REGULATIONS.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-13
MANIPULAT0RS OF MARKET
ARE STORING PRODUCTS
There Is No Excuse For a Rise in
Prices he says-"They Should Be
Lower Instead of gher."-Immedi-
-. =.
ate Investigation Asked of Secretary
of Commerce RedfeId.

Washington, Aug. 13.-Confronted
by rising prices of foodstuffs over the
United States, two members of the
House have introduced resolutions ask
ing the secretary of commerce to in
vestigate and report why prices are
rising, despite the fact that the Euro
pean war is holding down exports and
this country should have a surplus of
food on hand.
There is no excuse for a rise in
prices of food" said Congressman Farr
of Pennsylvania, unless the market
Is being manipulated. Prices should be
lower, instead of higher, and yet we
read daily of exorbitant increases in
the cost of the necessities of life. Hop
ing that the secretary of commerce
may be able to explain this, and that
his investigation will deter further in
.creases, / have introduced a resolu-
kion of inqsSry'
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
SPIES IN THE UNION.
Look Out For the Member Who Is Al
ways Fomentina Trouble.

ways Fomenting Trouble.
Never before in the history of organ
lied labor have its enemies been so
powerful and SO well organized and so
insistent as now Big corporations
and wealthy firms and individuals are
leagued in the crusade against the
workers, and nothing will satisfy their
greed for power and money but the
disruption of labor organizations and
the reduction of the workers TO a state
of peonage. To this end they have to
control through secret and corrupt
lobbies the national congress and state
legislatures. They have sought to CON
troll the churches. the press and the
universities colleges and schools OF
the country; have employed detective
agencies to furnish armed guards to
coerce workers on strike or those who
show signs of rebelling against low
wages or oppressive labor conditions
and to furnish spies to join local unions
and get into central bodies of states
and cities and international unions to
furnish information to employers as
sociations and other subsidiaries of
the National Association of Manufac-
turers. OF course this information is
of little value. as the proceedings of
most Of these bodies are conducted
publicly, desk room is furnished re-
porters and printed copies of the pro-
ceedings are published daily and dis
tributed to members and reporters
Where these spies get in their effec-
tive work is fomenting discord and
dissensions and in dividing the work
ers into quarreling factions by the in
lection of personal animosities and ex-
traneous matters.
The spies and agents are in every
large union and many small ones, are
in the conventions of the American
Federation of Labor and the state fed
erations and in central bodies of cit
les, and all true. loyal union men
should be on the lookout for them
When a member or delegate is per
petually starting quarrels and con
stantly assaulting the characters and
motives of officials, committeeman
and members watch him. If be is not
a hireling of a detective agency in the
employ of the National Association of
Manufacturers, then he is gratuitous
ly doing the dirty work those people
are glad to pay for.-Philadelphia
North American.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
PAWNSH0P RUNNERS.
A Curious Feminine Profession That
Exists Only In London.


A police court case has called atten-
tion to the existence in London of a
vocation which is not known to exist
anywhere else in the world. 1t is that
of pawner, a profession given over en-
tirely to women who. in the poorer dis
tricts of London. undertake for a
small compensation to carry the goods
Of their necessitous but sensitive neigh,
bors to the pawnshops. Most of this
work of pawning is done for women
who are ashamed to be seen entering a
pawnshop, but some Of it is done for
other women who are too busy to at
tend to the formality
In certain districts these pawners
are known as runners" and they live
on this work, charging from / to 2
cents for each journey, according to
the means of their clients. In one OF
the meanest streets of the east end
which has a pawnshop at either end.
two women ply busy trade as pawn
ers
One of these women is widow
known and trusted in this work and
she has built up a big connection in
the neighborhood She uses peram-
bulator and is frequently seen passing
along the street with a load of miscel
laneous articles destined for the hun
cry nav of the pawnshop Monday
morning is her busy day, as hundreds
OF i'll paid casual laborers living in the
district depend many times for their
weeks maintenance upon pawning
something that day.-London Cor Phil
adelphia Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
$1.Oo PER YEAR

The raDtes were now lowered. unerr
rollers reversed and the bloom sent
through between the middle and bot
tom rolls, as before, but this time 1t
was switched to one side. where the
rolls were a little larger in diameter,
and # was tighter squeeze getting
through them.
And so the bloom went back and
forth, being switched over to a tighter
pass each time until 1t was squeezed
down to about eight inches square and
over forty feet long. Then it was cut
In two, and each bloom went through
another set of rolls that gradually
worked it down to the size and shape
of a rail 1t was fascinating to watch
that snakelike bar over a hundred feet
long writing as if alive.
As it came back for its last sally
through the rolls whistle was blown
as a warning that the rolling was tin
ished, and the rail was now on its
way to the saws There were FIVE cir
cular saws that dropped down upon
the glowing metal and amid shower
Of sparks sawed 1t into four ten-yard
rails After that the rails were car
ried off on run out tables TO the hot
beds" to COOL st Nicholas.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
MAKING STEEL RAILS.
How the Glowing Insots Are Rolled
Into Shape and Cut.

t1lo SHdpE dhO W.T.
That rail mill was certainly won
derful sight. The enormous glowing
ingots were carried on transfer car
to a sort Of trough The floor of the
trough, or table as they call 1t, con-
sisted Of a series of rollers that were
turning rapidly Riding on them, the
bug. clumsy ingot sailed along until it
bumped against a pair of large steel
rolls. Immediately the rolls seized it
and hauled it through, like clothes
through a clothes wringer. we could
not see that it had been dattened down
very much. but we noticed that deep
corrugations had been cut into it's up
per surface.
As it moved on the rollers turned it
over on its side before it was caught
by the next pair or stand" of rolls. 1t
went through -four stands in success
sion, turning over between each stand
until it had made complete turn
Then it came to what is called three
high mill which has three rolls one
above the other First the bloom. as
it was now called, went between the
middle and bottom rolls. bur no sooner
bad it emerged than it was raised bod
lily, the supporting roller tables on
both sides Of the mill being raised up
simultaneously
The rollers Of the tables were then
reversed causing the bloom to start
back between the middle and top rolls
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17

Notice that milk contains more food
solids and units of energy than any
article in the list Milk also is more
nourishing than tea, coffee or the com
mon soups as ordinarily made
1t also has this advantage, that prac-
tically all of its solid matter is digest
ed 1t really contains no waste.
A quart of milk weighs about 81
pounds, which makes milk almost al
ways cost less than cents a pound.
the cheapest of all common foods ex-
cept flour and grain products, cheap
cuts Of meats and starchy vegetables
such as potatoes. All these products
require preparation and cooking, which
add to all their original cost and should
be considered in preparing foods.
The method for selecting the best
grade of milk from the kinds availa-
Bile is a question which the consumer
must help himself to answer. The best
general rule is to observe the keeping
quality of the milk If kept in a
clean place at a temperature Of 60 de-
grees F. or less, good milk will remain
sweet twenty-four hours after delivery
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
Very Different From the Ancient City
In Its Oriental Setting.

Probably no modern city is more dis
appointing to the eXpectant traveller
than Is Jerusalem We think of ii in
its ancient glory We picture to our i'm
aginat ton the magnificent temple with
It's golden roof and the other great
buildings of the hill of Zion. We read
of its being the rendezvous in passover
times of IA million pilgrims. and we
naturally think of it as an enormous
city, comparable to London or New
York Of the present day We think
of 1t In Its oriental setting of 1000
years ago, but as we approach in q
modern railway train and climb the
steep ascent which leads to the city
behind an American engine our illusion
disappears.
At last the guard calls out "Jerusa.
lemp and we disembark mile from
the city. get into rickety modern hack.
which has evidently done duty in some
more civilized community, and are
bounced over the rough roads and the
intolerable cobblestones within the
gates, until at last we are landed at
our modern hotel. so different from the
khan of ancient times.
And here our disillusion has only be
gun. The city of which we read as
accommodating 100000 guests on the
feast day could hardly today entertain
1000 strangers within its walls, and
knce multitude of pilgrims come
avery year from Russia and Italy and
France and Germany, these nations
have erected great hotels outside the
walls for the accommodation of pill
grims.
But these, fine and even magnificent
as they are, take us not back to the
Jerusalem of 1000 years ago, but tell
US only of the modern city. where half
a dozen great nations are building
these hotels and hospitals in order to
gain political and commercial advan-
tage and patiently awaiting the time
when they can oust from his posses
sion the Turk who has so long held
sway within the sacred city
Herald
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
FAVORS COMPENSATION.
Dean Lewis Asserts Act Would Not Be
Unjust to Small Employer.

William Draper Lewis, candidate for
the Washington party nomination for
governor of Pennsylvania, has answer
ed the argument advanced by the OPP
ponents of the workmen's compensa-
ton act as introduced in the last ses-
sion of the Pennsylvania legislature
that the measure would work an injus-
tice on or be harmful to the small en-
ployer.
Dean Lewis in his letter called the
argument absolutely fallacious" He
said that IL the small employers fnan-
cial position was precalious he might
be embarrassed by the payments re
quired under the act, but that he could
protect himself by insurance. He said
that this same man might easily be
ruined by any misfortune, such as fire,
storm or a heavy verdict against him
under the present law unless he was
amply insured.
Any probable difficulty of the small
employer obtaining insurance at small
rates. he said, would be overcome by
state insurance at cost. The industrial
accidents commission, he said, has pre-
pared such a bill
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
RIOT OF POSTAGE STAMPS
A Room and Its Furniture Literally
Covered With Them


Within easy walking distance of the
old cathedral town Of Chichester Eng
land is the Rising sun, in North
Bersted, a house of interest to all who
collect stamps; for the little inn CON
tains room that is covered, every
inch Of 1t, with postage stampsl
Ceiling, walls, doors, chairs, tables,
picture frames-all parts of the room
except the f1oor-are thlckly covered,
while from the ceiling hang long fes-
toons and ropes made of bundles of
stamps for which there was no other
room. There are fully 100000 stamps
pasted up and 100000 more in these
festoons, while great bundles. one of
which holds G0000 stamps, hang among
the heavy loops.
But it is not only the amazing mum
Der of stamps that attracts the visi-
tors attention. There is evidence on
all sides of great ingenuity The pic
lures inside the stamp covered frames
are of stamps themselves. The ceiling
is ornamented with a great star The
arms of the neighboring town of Bog
nor are over the fireplace and the
tablecloth shows the Eiffel towerl
Queen Victoria is surprisingly lifelike
in carefully chosen stamps of different
colors The Prince of Wales feathers
and the crown are also represented
Most of the stamps are penny English
stamps, but there are others from all
over the world. One door is a bright
yellow, covered entirely with the Swan
River stamps Of Western Australia.
It is all the work OF the landlord,
who, already stamp collector, thought
of this as an amusing way of disposing
of duplicates. He finished the room in
celebration of the queens jubilee
Youths Companion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
Emit Prison Mada Goods.

At the convention OF the National
Association OF Garment Manufactur-
ers held recently at Detroit cam
paign to eliminate the prison contrac-
tor and the tenement system was in
augurated To further the movement
the association will give active sup
port to the Booher-Hughes bin passed
by the. United States house of repre-
sentatives and now in the senate.
This bill will allow states to bar pris-
on made goods; also will compel the
branding Of all goods manufactured
by convicts. The contract labor sys-
tam whereby the entire family is EN-.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
Music of the Spheres.

The ancients We're of the opinion that
the planets in their movement through
space produced seyerally the seven
notes of the gamut This music, it was
contended, was imperceptibe to human
ears on account Of the fact that it was
too powerful for our hearing. Others
held that men did not hear it simply
because they were SO used to it, just as
we do not notice the roar of the city
from our constant familiarity with It,
The real music of the spheres is
purely intellectual, lying in the great
and splendid fact of the universe of
law and order.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
The Toiler's CRY.

oh, for some respite from daily grind
A brief release from the hourly strain,
Relief to muscle and heart and mind
The wear and tear on the hand and
brain
Oh, for the freedom that rich folks know
From wondering whence shall come daily
bread.
An hour, a day, on old earth below
With naught Of labor-just rest instead!
Worn is the body. the tired nerves tagged.
Weak from the grind of the ceaseless
mill
Oh TO be free from the burden dragged
Free To be master OF self at will
-.Lurana Sheldon in New York Times.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
He Simply Asked.

First Clubman- Well. how are your
Second Clubman Er-so so, perhaps.
Last week thought was in for rheu-
matte fever. but just managed to stave
II off. and today twinge In my left
shoulder suggests well. it may be neu-
ritis or First Clubman-My dear
chap, didn't mean 1t literally.-Lon-
don Punch
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
Dance Madness Nothinn New.

The polka was comparatively new
when Trollope wrote some of his nov
els In "The Three Clerks q young
heiress speaks Of a certain Frenchman
as ''the most delicious polkist you ever
met He has got a new back step that
will amaze YOU" There was said to
be in practice every variation of the
waltz and polka that the ingenuity of
the dancing professors of the age has
been able to produce."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
Modern Finance.

I'VE boys wish to raise some money
for our club"
well, you want to get out and run
errands, clean up yards, collect old
iron, sift ashes and earn the money"
"Oh, no. Those methods are archaic.
We propose to have a tag day."-Kan-
sas City Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-07-17
Wants to Get Even.

Some day, when our bank account
gets even lower than it is now, we are
going to try to arrange to take years
leave of absence and spend 1t with our
wife's relatives, staying about half as
long with each of them as each of
them usually stays with us.--Ohio
State Journal