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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
GERMAN SEIZURE

torpedo at the British ship Theseus
yesterday, but missed.
Guns in Tree Tops.
Paris, Oct. 16.-While interest has
been centered today in the fighting in
northwestern France, the allies have
been hammering at the German left
until they are now reported to be
within cannon range of Metz.
Tie German crown prince is REPORT
ed to be doggedly resisting in the des-
perate fighting in this section during
the past week One feature of the
fighting has been the telling effect OF
the allies gattling guns. placed in tree
tops in the Argonne forrest.
Allies Capture tfennescamps.
Washington, Oct. 15.-The capture
of Hennescamps, Southwest of Arras,
by the allies, and the advance of the
Germans from Audenarde to Courtrai
are announced in an official dispatch
given out by the French embassy here
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16

The Lomo presents today on its
special program, the fifth of the Alice
joyce Series" this instalment being
entitled THE Vampires Trail" In
which Alice Joyce plays the part of
the wife whose husband gets into the
clutches of the Vampire" the Pathe
Daily News, showing the Montenegrin
and Servian armies and other war
scenes; Slippery Slim Mustang Pete
and Sophie in Slippery Slim and the
Fortune Teller" Biograph comedy,
Murphy and the Mermaid" the Or
chestra will render specially select.
ed program. Warfare in the Skies"
a Vitagraph feature, also another car.
toon picture tomorrow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
COUNTY ADDS $40


work in Illinois and similar amounts
In the other states. This amount will
increase, year by year, provided equal
amounts are appropriated by the
states, until in 1923 the national appro-
priation for Illinois alone will be $780,
900, with an equal amount to- come
from the state treasury. Some of the
railroads are making direct contribu-
tons amounting to SIS for each mile
of road in the county, and each county
Is now authorized to appropriate $4,000
q year towards the county agent work.
What seems to be more needed than
anything else at present is some cen
trail heaquarters through which all the
suggestions for farm improvements
can pass and which can also keep
check on the large amounts of money
which are being spent. Otherwise the
present duplication of machinery and
of expense seems likely to continue and
increase.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
DIES IN ELECTRIC &C.,.
CHAIR HE BUILT
Electricians Helper in Prison Later
Committed Murder.

Michigan City, Ind, Oct. 16.-Robert
Collier, a negro convicted at Ellisville
of the murder of John Cain, a police
men of that city, was electrocuted at
the state penitentiary here today. An
interesting feature of the case was the
fact that Collier helped to build the
chair in which he was put to death.
When the chair was built some three
years ago Collier was serving a term
in the prison for assault and battery
with intent to kill. He was a helper
of the electricians at the prison and in
that capacity assisted in building the
chair and installing the electrical ap-
paratus.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
MISSISSIPPI SHOTS
WIN RIFLE TOURNAMENT
NATIONAL cuARDsMEN AT you.
koN FLA, HAVE 30 POINTS
TO SPARE.

jackson, Miss. Oct. 16.-yolunteer
soldiers of the Mississippi National
Guard are jubilant today over the vic
tory OF the Mississippi National Guard
team at 'youkon. Fla, yesterday. when
u won out by margin of thirty points
IN the National Tournament over rife
teams from Georgia, Alabama. Ken.
lucky, Tennessee, Florida and North
Carolina.
Ihe matches yesterday were con.
nned 10 teams of enlisted men from the
ninth and tenth military divisions. and
We're next in Importance to matches
TO be held next week.
Mississippi sent 80 men of the Ma
1ional Guard to the big shoot now in
progress on the Florida state rifle
range. near Jacksonville The men
were chosen from competitive matches
held at Camp Williamson. near vicks.
burg. those making the highest score
being appointed members of the team
to take the trip to Florida.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
COLORADO NO LONGER
LEADS MINERAL OUTPUT
SECOND TO CALIFORNIA IN GOLD
OUTPUT IN THE UNITED
STATES.

! Washington, Oct 1G.-1hough Colo.
( RADIO does not now lead in the produc
| ton Of any important mineral sub
stance, the United States Geological
Survey reports that it closely approx
mates California in the production of
gold, of which in former years it has
been the leading producer 1t ranks
eleventh among the mineral-producing
states, and fifth among the states west
of the Mississippi river. 1t is the lead
ing producer of tungsten ores and van
adlum minerals, and ranks second in
the production of zinc and fluorspar,
and fourth in lead. On account chief
ly Of the decreased production of coal
the total value of the mineral produc-
ton of Colorado, decreased from $685.
167999 in 1912 to $54,294,2St in 1913.
The product of chief value is gold,
the production of which in 1913 was
almost exactly one-third the total value
of the mineral products of the state.
The production decreased from S99 ,222
fine ounces, valued at $1S,5SS,562 in
1912, to S77,S57 fine ounces, valued at
S1S,146,916.
Second in importance among the
states mineral products is coal but on
account of labor troubles in the last
quarter of the year the production of
the state decreased from 1927, 1924
short tons, valued at $16,345,336, in
1912, to 9,232,510 tons, valued at S14,-
O35,O9O.
The production of zinc, which show
ed marked increase in 1912 over 1911.
suffered decrease In 1913, which was
particularly emphasized in the dimin-
ished value of the output. The recov-
'rable zinc content of the ores mined
In Colorado in 1913 was 59,673 short
tons. valued at s6.6S3, 400, against g.
III tons, valued at s9,123,374, in 1912.
The zone mining operations are third
In Importance among Colorado's indus
tries.
Colorado leads all of the western
states In the manufacture of pig iron,
but produces only small quantity of
iron ore. Silver ranks fourth in the
value of Colorado's mineral product,
and, unlike gold, showed an increase
of output in 1918: The production OF
silver in the state increased from g.
$4,000 fine ounces, valued at $5,o50,-
42S, in 1912. to 9,325.225 fine ounces
valued at $5,632.454. The recoverable
lead content of the ore in 1913 was 49,
949 short tons, valued at $3,S67 SOP.
The other mineral products which had
a total value in excess of 81, 900, 900 in
1918 were clay products and copper.
Other mineral products of the state
are cement fiuorspar, fuller's earth.
gems, graphite. gypsum. lime, mica.
mineral waters, natural gas, petroleum,
sand and gravel, sand-lime brick, sui
phuric acid from zinc smelling. tung-
stem concentrates and vanadium ores.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
Government Health Bulletin

phur by pouring on little grain alco-
sol. Then leave the basement, closing
the door. After four hours the door
may be opened and the fumes allowed
to escape Do not venture into the
basement for some time, or until a is
certain that the fumes have totallY es-
capped. Keep children away from The
operation, as their lungs are more
easily affected and it is liable to cause
a sore throat of persistent character.
This step will do away with all insect
life in the basement and prepare it
for the winters use as storerooni
and heating plant.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
HOW TO KILL ALTERNATING
MOSQUITOES.
Icy w. A. Evans, M. d.

! A trip to the basement some time
during the coming week will be per-
tinent and in keeping with the habits
| OF the mosquitoes that at this time find
Ravens for the winter in the warm
recesses about the furnace.
1t takes but very little power of
observation to detect the adults as
they fly before the approach, to settle
in darker place. When the weather
has grown a little colder and it is
again a pleasure to sit on the porch
without being bitten it is time for the
final act in the war on the mosquito.
This is the sign that the remaining
insects of the seasons harvest have
found their alternating place in the
Easements and barns.
The first thing is to procure enough
roll sulphur, using about two pounds
to every cubic feet to be fumigated. to
end the lives of the mosquitoes.
Then take tin tub and in it place
about an inch of water. In the center
of the tub place a couple Of bricks
or fiat stones upon which to rest the
smaller pan that is to contain the
burning sulphur, This apparatus is
safe and can be easily set up. The
water in the tub is sufficient to insure
safety from fire, and the sulphur will
smolder until there is none left.
Before beginning the operation make
certain that all windows, doors, air
shafts. and registers are securely
closed, as the fumes of the burning
sulphur are poisonous Light the sui
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
Trail of DesOldtiOn Left
in Wake OfCOsSack Horde
tBy Karl H. Won wiegand.)

Wy MARI III. Won Wiegand)
konigsberg, Oct. 13.-(By telegraph
to Berlin and thence via Nauen by
wireless to the United Press through
Sayville, L. 1.-THE Cars Cossack
hordes left a bruise, a bleeding trail
OF des0lation and woe, across the fer.
tile fields of east Prussia as they swept
backward into their own land smartins
under defeat from German arms.
/ have reached this city after a 600
mile automobile trip through this area
OF desolation, following a path of blast.
ed lives, of tortured men, women. and
children, and of devastated homes al
most unbelievable carried a specia,
permit from the German general staff
The battlefields of Tannenberg and
Neldenburg were bad enough, with
their still present reminders of the
sacrifice of human life, but the country
side told stories of murder, rapine, and
inhuman cruelty almost beyond belief.
Around Neidenburg the Russian hordes
satisfied their lust by violating scores
of defenseless peasant women, some of
them sixty and seventy years of age.
Males Are Slaughtered.
The countryside around this place
near the Russian frontier, where the
Cars forces for time reformed to
fight against the overwhelming pres
sure of the German lines forcing them
back, was ravaged terribly. The Rus.
sian soldiery took full revenge, for
their defeat, on the women. Catholic
sisters and young girls bore crueIties
worse than torture of the battlefield,
and were left dying as the hordes
passed on.
The Russians killed every male they
encountered who was of military age
The countryside has been stripped OF
all of its men between fourteen and
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16

forty-five. Older men. who feebiv bro
tested, were ruthlessly slaughtered.
Nor was this horror confined to the
country near Neidenburg. The Rus
sian investment of Konigsberg was &C.
companied by the same riot of lust.
AT Abschwangen, a tiny village ten
miles from Konigsberg, fifty-seven
men and women were shot. including
eight boys between fourteen and nine
teen. heard the stories of some of
those who witnessed the inferno of
blood and slaughter and pillage.
The father of a fourteen-year-old
boy, his eyes bloodshot with DAYS of
weeping, told me how the Cossacks
shot down the little group, one by one.
They were not killed in one volley,'
ne said. THE Russians shot them
one by one. My wife and myself got
on our knees and prayed to God that
our boy might be spared. We saw him.
his hands outstretched to us in unavaiI-
ing appeal. that we aid him. They
bound my wife and myself together
and forced us to see our own baby
for he was only a mere child-faII
before their bullets, as he cried to us
to aid him."
Here at Abschwangen also. I went to
the sickbed, perhaps the deathbed. of
young widow. who raved in her de.
lrium Of the horrors she had witnessed
The Cossacks forced her to stand at a
window to witness the shooting down
in the garden of her husband of a
month, her seventy-three-year-old faith
err. and her sixty-two-year-old father.fn-
law by three Cossacks.
Motoring over the desolated region
OF Darkehmen, | personally counted
eighty-one farms laid waste by Rus
sian vandals. I verified the shooting
Of thirty-five civilians in this section. |
The villagers stories all agreed that |
heir murder was without provocation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
GRIP SpANN, NEGRO
BO0T[EGGER, CAUGHT
CITY IN DILEMMA WHAT TO DO
! WITH NEGRO UNABLE
TO WORK.

Grip Span, paralyzed negro, was
caught bootlegging last night by Off
Ger Tom Moore. In the city court this
morning he was found guilty and CIV
en- $50 fine. He is without money,
however, and the city is in dilemma
what to do with him because he is
unable TO work He says he has been
having hard time making living
and now he feels that he has struck
it soft because he does not have to
worry about where his meals are COM
Ing from.
VIII Harris, negro, was fined $3.50
for being drunk
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
The Book Said So.

The geography class was in session.
One small pupil astonished the class
~ stating that in certain section of
South America there were talking
@onkeys. When the teacher ques-
t1oned the statement the youngster
opened his geography and triumphant
~ read: This region is Inhabited by
= species of monkey; properly speak
ans. apes"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
BEGIN PROBE
ROCK ISLAND

Washington, Oct. 16.--With Commits.
sloner Clements presiding, the Inter
state Commerce Commission today be-
gan an investigation of the financial
operations Of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad Chief Counsel
Joseph W. Folk, who has been working
on the preliminary inquiry, is repre-
senting the commission at the hear
ings. 3 r.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
CITY BREVITIES.
News Items and Advertisements .
Picked up About Town. Q
. - . . . . Z Q o Q Q Q Q

The Perils of Pauline arrived on
time and will positively be shown at
the Greater Gem theatre tonight. This
production of THE Perils of Pauline"
Is the most sensational that Pearl
White" has ever appeared in. The fol-
lowing subjects will also be shown to-
night; The Upper Hand" vitagraph
drama; THE Winking Zulu" Kalem
comedy; THE Chief of Policies Love
Affair" Biograph comedy New music
by the Gem orchestra. Tomorrow spe-
cal plays in the afternoon for the
children.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
BY Stanley M. Reynolds.D

by Stanley M. Reyn0ldS.)
Washington, Oct. 16.-President Will
son will sent to Chairman Underwood
OF the House Ways and Means com
mittee. within the next day or two a
letter warmly commencing the Demo.
cratic members Of Congress. who.
through the longest Congressional
session on record, have assisted the
Administration in carrying out its leg
islative program.
In this letter, it is understood, the
President will definitely announce that
there will be no further legislation
regulating Big Business attempted by
the present Administration. With the
completion of the Clayton antitrust
bill, which the President expects to
sign late today, he feels, it is said,
that from now on the Democrats in
Congress can well devote their princi-
pal attention to constructive legisla-
ton designed to develop the natural
resources of the country.
The President is said to feel that
the passage OF the Clayton bill formed
the last link in one of the most com
prehensive programs of business legis-
latlon ever attempted, and that the
country at this time, and for the first
time, is provided with the means of
properly curling unfair practices in I
business while fostering legitimate en-
terprise in every way possible. i
In this chain of legislation he in.
Guides, first the Underwood-Simmo
tariff law, which, by reducing the
Payne-Aldrich tariff on all items ex- !
cepting Injuries, took from American
business all artificial props and gave
opportunity to the general public to
get square deal on its purchases; /
second, the Owen-Glass currency act.
designed to loosen the hold of Wall
Street on the national money bags.
and, by providing an elastic system
OF emergency currency, permit the
FUNDS of the country to be modified
in times of stress in those centers
where it will do the greatest good to
the greatest number of business enter
prlses; and third, the Covington in.
-erstate trade commission bill and the
Clayton antitrust bills, designed more
clearly to define the limits of legiti-
nate business UNDERTAKINGS and pro.
'lde for business the means of always
keeping in touch with what the Gov
eminent considers proper in the way
If comprehensive practices.
Secretary of the Interior Lane has
llready mapped out a comprehensive
program of legislation for the next
session and the next Congress, de.
signed to give American capital every
proper inducement to engage in the
development of the country's re-
sources. All the measures he has pro.
posed have been submitted to Con-
sress. One, the Alaskan railroad bill.
$4O,OOO,OOO for the build
ng of a Government road into the vast
coal regions of Alaska, has passed
HIS general leasing bill, his coal leas-
ng bill. his measure for the more ef
control of water power devel
'pment. and his irrigation measure,
ire all of constructive type, intended
o facilitate the opening up of new
'esources while preventing the repeti-
ion of such national scandals as the
frauds.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
Metal Railroad Ties.

The scarcity of wood for general
purposes and the increasing cost of
wooden railway ties in Europe has en-
couraged the manufacture and general
use Of metal ties in recent years in the
railways on the continent. About
seventy per cent of the ties in use on
the federal railroads of Switzerland
are metal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16

If we clean and press
your suit it will 10 k
like new.
JONES TAILORING co.
Phones: Cumb. 1875, Home 80.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
Be on the Safe Side.

Give de devil his DUE" said Uncle
Eben, but make your arrangements
as near as you kin so you won't owe
him muffin"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
she Was RIqht At That.

who can tell me what . cape is?"
Nueried the teacher Of the junior
class In geography. "A CAPE" replied
- bright little miss. lis . coat that
'Aasn't any sleeves
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16

Don't fail to see our special sale of
Oil Heaters at s2.49.-Hawkins Hard.
ware Co.. 16-17-21-23-c
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16

Don't fail to see our special sale of
Oil Heaters at $2.49.-Hawkins Hard
ware Co.. 16-17-21-23-c
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-16
OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
WILSON'S NEXT AIM
DEMOCRATS WILL DEVOTE AT.
rENrioN TO coNsTRUc.
TIVE WORK.
NO MORE BIG BUSINESS
LAWS BY ADMINISTRATION

Clayton Bill Last Link In Most Com
prehensive Program of Business Led
is'at'on Ever Attempted-Hope to
interest American Capital in Coun-
try's Resources, Including Water
Power, Coal and Alaskan Mines.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-13
FELT HE HAD BEEN DECEIVED
Why Old Nose Insisted He Had
Distinct Grievance Against
"Marse Tom :"

Economy has its pains as well as
its pleasures" says a Washington
preacher, "if the experience of an old
darby of my acquaintance in Virginia
counts for anything.
"One spring. for some reason, old
Nose was going around town with a
face Of dissatisfaction. When ques-
toned, he poured forth voluble tale
of woe in these terms:
Marse Tom he come to me last fall
an he say, Nose, dey's gwine to be g
hard winter, so yo' be keerful, an
save you wages fast an tight
"'An' believe Marse Tom, yassuh.
believe him, an save, an save, an
when de winter come it amt got no
hardship, an dere | was wild all dat
money jest thrown on my hands!'"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-13
Leprosy in London.

A skin disease specialist writes to
the London Standard: There are
known to be about hundred lepers in
London but / am afraid there are
many others who are unconscious suf-
fers. Only last January woman
came to me with what she described
as an acute attack of eczema She
was actually suffering from leprosy.
How many more cases are thus hidden
| cannot say-there must be others.
Whether or not leprosy is contagious
or infectious or neither is disputed. 1t
is generally understood that the dis
ease is spread by eating food that
leprous hands have touched. Leprosy,
of course, originates from eating fish !"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-13
tcoDyrighs. lal4. b. s-aa1 a Munsey.)

! Here called Bud, coming to an In
slant conclusion, give i'm his sand
wich; I'll pay for it,"
"All right" anwered the waiter, who
was no other than Sunny Jim, the pro-
prietor, and, whisking up sandwich
from the sideboard, he set it before
the old man. who glanced at him In
silence. For fraction of a second he
regarded the sandwich alphabetically;
then, with the aid of his coffee, he
made away with it and slipped down
Off his stool.
Say" observed the proprietor. as
Bud was paying his bill, do you know
who that old-timer was?"
What old-timer?" inquired Bud,
who had forgotten his brusk benefac-
ton.
Why, that old Teller that you treat
ed to the sandwich"
"Oh-him! Some old drunk around
town." hazarded Bud.
Well, he's that, too" conceded
Sunny Jim, with smile. "But lemme
tell you, pardner, if you had half the
rocks that old boys got you wouldn't
need to punch any more cows. That's
Henry Kruger, the man that just sold
the Cross-Cut mine for fifty thousand
cash, and he's got more besides"
HUH" grunted Bud, che sure don't
look it! Say, why didn't you put me
wise? Now I've got to hunt him up
and apologize"
"Oh, that's all right assured the
proprietor; "he won't take any offense.
That's just like old Henry-he's kinder
queer that way"
We'll, I'll go and see him, anyway"
said Bud. HE might think l was
butting in"
And then, going about his duty with
philosophical calm, he ambled off, stiff
legged down the street
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-13
CHAPTER II.

1t was not difficult to find Henry
Kruger in Gadsden. The .barkeepers,
those efficient purveyors tof informa-
tion and drinks, knew him as they
knew their thumbs, and a casual round
OF the saloons soon located him in the
back room of the Waldorf.
Say" began Bud, walking blufly
up to him, the proprietor Of that res
taurant back there tells me / made a
mistake when insisted on paying for
your meal. jest wanted to let you
know"
"Oh, that's all right, young man, "
returned Old Henry, looking up with
a humorous smile; I'VE all of us make
our mistakes. | knowed you didn't
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-13

mean no oGense and so never took
none. Fact is, l liked you all the bet.
ter for 1t. This country is getting set
tied up with class of people that
never give nickel to nobody. You
paid for that meal like 1t was nothing
and never so much as looked at me
Sit down, sit down. want to talk to
you."
They sat down by the stove and fell
into friendly conversation in which
nothing more was said of the late ia.
advertence. but when Bud rose to go
the old man beckoned him back.
Hold on" he protested; don't &c
off mad I want to have talk with
you on business. You seem to be a
pretty good young fellow-maybe we
can make some decker. What are you
looking for in these parts?"
Well" responded Bud. some kind
of leasing proposition, reckon. Me
and my pardner jest come in from
Mexico, over near the Chihuahua line
and we don't hardly know what we
do want yet
Yes, I've noticed that pardner Of
yours" remarked Henry Kruger dryly
He's a great talker. was listerius
to you boys out on the street there
having nothing else to do much, end
being kinder on the lookout for mnn
anyway, and 1t struck me liked yduz
line of talk best"
You're easy satisfied, then" OBJ
served Bud, with grin. 4 never said
word hardly