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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28
England Modified Squadron.

London, July 2S.-Preparations for
war today proceeded all over Europe.
Even England S battle squadrons
were modified for eventualities and
the publication of official news of the
fleet movements has ceased.
All European stock markets are per-
sistent in a downward trend.
Germany's definite decision not to
enter the conference suggested by
England is regarded here as tanta-
mount to declarations of Germanys
determination that Austria is to have
a free hand in chastising Servia.
Apparently authentic reports are to
the effect that Russia has given its
assurance that Austria does not intend
to annex Servia. This report, if true,
it is believed would help to localize
the conflict.
From Berlin comes the report that
the police will suppress further DEM
onstrations. Until now they have
gone ON unhampered.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28
EXPERTS WARN AGAINST
ANT|-FAT "CURE" FAKES
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.
TURE FINDS MANY OF THEM
WORTHLESS.

Washington, July 2S.-Numerous in
quiries received recently by the United
States Department of Agriculture in
dicate that promoters of so-called obes-
ity remedies and fat-reducing cures
are using an old trick dressed in new
clothes to deceive fat people into
spending money for worthless or dang
erous preparations. The advertise
ments appeal to the vanity of people
who wish to regain graceful figures
and also to the business necessities
of those who become so fat that they
can no longer do their work efficiently.
In order to be able to give a def
mite reply to many people inquiring
about specific remedies, the drug spe-
cialists of the Bureau of Chemistry
recently conducted a series of tests
with a number of nostrums of this
character on employees in the depart
ment who wished to lose surplus flesh
without injuring their health. One of
the most widely advertised so-called
prescriptions for reducing flesh was
tried for a period of six months. The
result was that two of the subjects
under experimentation were obliged
to stop after taking the medicine for
two or three weeks because of it's in
furious effect. The third subject gain
ed IL pounds instead of losing flesh
Another of the so-called remedies Of
a German Obesity Specialist" was
tried. The subject scrupulously fol
lowed the diet list which accompanied
this remedy and faithfully carried out
the system of exercises recommended
After six months treatment there was
a reduction of IS pounds of flesh but
this the experimenters attribute to the
fact that the subject ate no bread, but
ter, starchy food, pastry, sugar o.
candy while under observation. Tht
first month after disseminating tn,
treatment the subject gained II
pounds, and in three months was bacl
to the original recorded at the begin
ming of the treatment.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28
ENGLAND'S BATTLE SQUADRON
MoBILIzED FOR EvENTuAuITlEs
All Europe Continues Preparations
For War-cotton Market Breaks
$1.5o a eale-Germany's Reply to
England Indicates She Will Stand
by Austria.
(By Associated Press.)

Vienna, July 2S.-Official notifica-
tion of declaration Of war was sent to
Servia today by Austria Hungary.
The newspapers here report active
movements of both the Servian and
Montenegran troops near the frontier
of Bosnia.
A dispatch from Nish, Servia, says
that two Servian steamers were seized
on the Danube by Austrians, the Ser
Wan colors were hauled down and tho
Austrian nag hoisted. The passengers
were detained.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28
FIVE RATS INFECTED
WITH BUBONIC PLAGUE
(By Associated Press.)

New Orleans, July 2S.-Five rats in
fected with bubonic plague have been
officially reported. All were caught
July % in the downtown section of the
city. Two were from the Toulouse
street wharf.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28
RIDDLES BROTHER
WITH BUCKSHOT,
THEN KILLS SELF.
JACKSON UNDERTAKEN COMMITS
DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT.
FOUR SHOTS TOOK EFFECT
IN TOM TAYL0R'S CHEST
Brothers Were Rival Undertakers, and
Killing Ends Family Feud Of Long
Standing - Travelling Man Gives
Graphic Description Of Tragedy.

Special to The Ne,os.
Jackson, Miss, July 2S.-Bob Taylor,
an undertaken, aged about As years, at
10 o'clock this morning shot and killed
his older brother, Thomas E. Taylor,
also an undertaken, in front of the
formers undertaking establishment
in Pearl street across the thoroughfare
from the county Jail and courthouse,
and then committed suicide.
Taylor killed his brother with an
automatic shot gun, riddling his chest
and head with buck shot, four loads
taking effect.
Tom Taylor was riding by his broth
er's undertaking parlors in a light
buggy. Bob was sitting on the little
porch of his place of business talking
to travelling man, H. A. Moody. The
latter gives a graphic description OF
the affair
81 was talking to Bob Taylor at the
time" says Mr.. Moody. He suddenly
jumped up and went to his buggy al
the curbing. He stood beside the
buggy for few seconds.
Just then l saw Tom Taylor driv
ing up the street. Bob got an auto
matte shotgun from his buggy and be
gan shooting at his brother. The
horse Tom Taylor was driving began
to run away. The first shot took eff
feet and saw Tom fall in the buggy
Bob shot several times and then
went past me into his office, heard
shot from the back room and went
there to see Bob on the floor with q
bullet through his BRAIN"
Dies Instantly.
Tom Taylor died almost instantly
but Bob did not expire for fifteen min
utes. There were several witnesses
to the killing, and in few minutes
a large crowd gathered at the scene
The body of Tom lay in the street
where it fell from his buggy, for ter
minutes. In the small anti room o
Bob Taylor's establishment Bob was
rapidly dying.
So far as can be learned no conver
sation took place between the TIVE
brothers prior to the shooting. Mr.
Woody says he heard Bob say, damn
you, get out" and then quickly sho
several times.
An old feud of several years stand
ing is said to be the cause of the trae
edy. About three years ago the tw,
brothers, who had been partners II
the undertaking business, dissolved
Since then Bob has claimed that Ton
agreed not to go into the same lin
of business, as he had purchased hi
half. At any rate Tom Taylor opene
up an undertaking business, and bi
} ter enmity since has existed betwee
, the brothers. 1t resulted in numerou
, law suits, and litigation over severa
, matters between them was still pent
! ing in the courts.
\ Both brothers were married an
, leaves widows and children.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28
LUMBER
FIRST TO SHOW
BOOM IN MARKET
ENGLISH sHIPBUlLDERs CALL
FOR LARGE QUANTITIES AND
BOOST ACTIVITY.
Nine GULF COAST MILLS
AGAIN START OPERATIONS
Local Lumbermen Look For Car Short
age, But None Has Appeared so Far
DENY Reports Of ColIusion to Linz
it Production-Dreyfus Mill Nearly
Finished.


hit the export trade before it has
reached the interior trade. 1t is re-
ported in several of the lumber trade
journals that as a result of the greatly
improved condition OF the foreign mar
kets during the past month nine Gulf
Coast mills have begun operations
again or are about to begin. The
shipbuilders of the United Kingdom
are calling for large quantities of Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Florida lumber.
The interior trade is far from bad
as compared with the situation sew
eral months ago.
E. T. Batten. secretary of the Yel-
| low Pine Lumber Association, says
the local manufacturers will begin the
month of August with better pros
poets than any month so far this year.
There is a good demand, he says, for
car materials and there has been a
slight advance in the price during the
| past week OF ten udyS.
Expect Car Shortage.
| Local manufacturers are making
what preparations they can for a car
shortage by shipping all the lum-
ber possible now. The car short
age has not yet made itself felt
here but reports of the enormous
wheat crop in the west lead the manu-
facturers to think there will be car
shortage before September l. 1t is
reported that on one day last week
1900 carloads of wheat came
into Chicago, and that that was
only a little above the average. The
lumbermen know that the railroads
will be taxed to their limit to supply
the cars for the wheat crop and they
are anxious to facilitate the rapid
handling of cars as much as possible
A car shortage this year will not
cripple the industry as much as ii
has done in the past because the
stocks at the mills are low and badly
broken.
The reason for the low condition
of the stocks is evident. During the
dull state of the lumber market which
has prevailed since the first of the
year the mills have made no special
effort to increase the output Of the
mills because they knew that they
would be unable to sell it. Conse
quently the stock in the mill yards
and sheds have not accumulated
They have been allowed to run dowI
and become broken where there hal
been any unusual demand.
No Collusion, Say Millmen.
The mill owners are quick to re
, sent the charge that there has beel
any collusion on their part with on
another to limit the production cor
trary to the law. They say that tn
limit has been fixed for them by tn
, natural condition of the market an
their inability to sell what they mar
ufacture.
I Dreyfus Mill Nearly Finished.
The Dreyfus Mill. south of the cit,
is rapidly being pushed toward con
pletion and will no doubt be opera
ing shortly. The logs will be haule
: over the Gulf and Ship Island railroa
from Make.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28
A. E.. HARRISON Is Elected Sheriff

HIS PLURALITY OVER
CANAL IS 100 WITH
THREE Eb0XESST|[L0UT
LEADS IN SECOND
MAeRuDeR THIRD MceILvRAY LAsr-HARssoN CARRIES
BOTH MAIoRrv-rAkEs
IMPORTANT COUNTRY soxEs-Losr ONLY A FEW SMALL
soxEs-cA4Al, CAMPAIGN, CAME IN STRONG AT
E HARRISON
Thomas Cah with small
Of telephone yet to be heard FROM
The according
follows:
Cahal
McGlvray .......3O1
Magruder ...........1S6
Total vote cast -. ...........1S64
enthusiastic friends
the fought his
which ganng him and made his the Wood
mems Hail. is
of friends
publication
that he glad
his
which not heard have small
they possibly
final question
The total
the neighborhood probably
heaviern if had raned
The city practically o
to Harbiosn in
he was run second in the country by Mr.. Cahal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28
Wheat ooes up.

Chicago, July 28.-Just before the
close Of the wheat pit it was reported
that England was mobilizing its war
ships and the market closed wildly
excited at nine cents higher than last
night and at the top price of the day.
Stocks Sell Fast.
New York, July 2S.-News of the
declaration Of war between Austria
Hungary and Servia was followed to-
day by the active selling Of stocks.
Large blocks were thrown over, an
parently for foreign holders.
Germany Rejects Conference.
Berlin, July 2S.-Germany today re-
turned an unfavorable reply to the
British proposal for q conference az
ambassadors of the European powers
in an endeavor to settle the servian,
Austro trouble.
Germany has ordered concenfrn,
tion of its feet in home waters.
1t is reported here that the trnn~
porting of eight or nine Austrlnz
army corps from Bohemia to the 81
Wan frontier began YESTERDAY. n
traffic is being borne in the BohcuuI>l
railroads but the troop trains.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28

Rawls' Springs.
HARRISON leading by big ma
jority. 4
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28
Cotton Market Breaks.

New Orleans, July 2S.-The cotton
market broke a dollar and a half a
bale today on war news and war
rumors.
After series of breaks and recov-
cries. the market broke on the news
of the declaration Of war, but went to
its lowest levels on the rumor that
Russia had declared war against Aus
tria. This has not been confirmed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28

The monthly meeting of the lirec-
tors II the Commercial Club will be
held in the club rooms toniSht It 5
o'clock. tA,,a 49,. EEfl
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-28

THE WEATHER.

Mississippi-Generally fair to- =
night and wednesday. =
, q q q q q q q q - q q q q q
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-30
COMMISSION SETS
DATES FOR HEARINGS

Hearings have been fixed by the
railroad commission for dates up to
and including the 10Th Of this mouth
as follows;
December ., l0;3O a, mo at Sale
Conference on apportionmcnt OF earn
ings and disbursements Of public utili,
ties IL general state and interstate.
December !, 10 q. M, at Wheeler
Application Of city Of Wheeler for a
gfade crossing over the trucks Of the
p, R. & n Railroad company,
December l. 10 9. m,, OF Portland
Application OF the Willamette Valley
& Southern railroad for approval of
crossing contract with the Portland,
Eugene 6 Eastern Railroad company.
December 5, 8 u. M. at Alvadort-
Application Of the county court Of
Lane county for a grcdo crossing )ycr
the r. 4 & 4. tracks at Alvudorc,
December 9, ] p, mo at Silvcrton-
Lorcusen We. Southern Pacific com.
paby, location OF station ut Paradise
Alley.
December 10, 1880 p, M, at Hood Ri.
ver-Sum & Campbell, ct. hl., Va. Hood
River Gas & Electric company AMI
Hood River Hydro. Electric company
application Of gas aud electric company
and hydro.electrie company fer author.
ity 20 increase rates
December II 10 q. NJ, at Hubbard.
Hubbard Creamery company vs., Mulpl.
Ia Electric company complaint against
service and rates.
December H. 10 q. NJ, ut Columbia
I'1ity--Colnn,bia City village W., South.
crn Pacific comranyi location of sta.
ton.
December 10, . p NO. at Gcarhart-
#. 5. Millerd VS.. Spokane Portland X
Seattle Railroad compOnyi for cross
ing at Genfhart.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-30

is divided east and west.
Not only in preparedness before the
war, but in productivity since il began
have the Germans revealed their greater
efficiency.
But it is the inevitable conclusion
from Marshal French 5 report that the
Germans have not shown man-for.
man superiority to their enemies in the
field
Hitherto the world has believed that,
owing to Russian pressure ON his eastern
frontier the kaiser has been holding
fast to French and Belgian territory
by virtue of sheer military skill,
against numerically superior forces,
This, It now appears, has not been the
ease, It is the French, British and Bel
gians instead who have been clnging
desperately to their positions in spite
of the fact that they were greatly out.
numbered.
Blames Peace Party.
Whatever criticisms may he directed
against France and Great Britain ON
account Of their inability to outnum.
bcr the divided German armies after
four months Of fighting, Il must he
admitted that the blame should he laid
at the door, not Of the military leaders,
but az that Of the peace politicians who
failed to provide the necessary machin.
cry in advance.
Germany is not the allies superior
in military genius, This Is proven by
the belated acknowledgment that never
have the allies been able TO meet the
Germans ON an equality numerically,
and yet they have held ground against
the lattcr for weeks.
Marshal French expresses the opin.
ion that the present battle is at last
drawing to close, This may he his
way of intimating that the allies will
soon have more men on the firing line
than the Germans.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-30

100000 to pay for state census the
coming year.
About the only use to which the state
census returns are put, which is re-
quirA3 by the constitution is as basis
for dividing the state into legislative
districts and appoHioning legislative
representation among the several coun.
ties, and no effort whatever is made
to compile the agricultural population
or industrial statistics, as no provision
or funds whatever is made for their
compilation, and Secretary Of State Oh.
colt thinks that IL the old law were
abolished and the constitutional lcgis.
latiye Opportinmcnt provision changed
80 that the federal census could be used
as q basis for such apportionmcnt is,
would work n future saving 10 the tax.
payers Of at least 100000 every 10
years and he will so recommend TO
the next Legislature.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-30

Because the present law, requiring
tho taking Of state census every 10
years alternating with the federal cen.
sus and which has been on the statute
books Of Oregon since the early '60s,
has long ago outgrown its usefulness
and imposes q useless and unjust bur.
den upon the taxpayers without being
Of any benefit or service 60 them, See
fetary Of State 0lcOtt will probably
recommend to the next Legislature that
u bo abolished, and provision be made
Tor the apportionment OF legislative
representation In the state upon the
basis OF the federal census.
Since the taking of the state census
every five years is made mandatory by
the constitution u would bo necessary
for the people to take action upon any
legislation looking to the repeal or al.
teration Of the system and the next
legislature could only refer the matter
TO the people at the next election,
Data Mover Compiled
The law as u has stood on the stat.
uep ever since 1868 requires that 1t
shall be the "duty Of the assessors Of
tho several counties Of the state, at
the time Of assessing their respective
counties for the year 1865, and every
10 years thereafter, to take an emu.
mcration Of the inhabitants and prod.
ucts Of tho same II prescrbcs the
form Of blanks to be used in the taxi.
ing OF the census, which embraces pop.
ulatim, the varied products Of agricul.
ture and industry, etc., but no provis.
ion Ia made for the compilation of the
data 80 collected nor even for the bind.
ing Of the reports sent in to the sccrc.
tary OF state by the county assessors,
and the result Of every census taken by
the assessors, covering every lOycnr
period from 1865 TO 1905, the last cen.
sus taken under the old law, is now
stored away In the basement of the
state house and Of no use 10 ANYBODY.
Would Cost Marion $4,000,
Tho old law also requires the sccrc.
tary OF state to furnish blank forms
for the taking of the state census to
be paid for out of the printing fund,
but, as this fund has been discontinued
tho secretary Of state is without means
for furnishing the census blanks for
the year 1915 unless the next legisla
tpro makes special provision for H. Az.
tosuor West, for Marion cmnty, csti
mated TO Secretary OF State Olcott that
\ would cost Marion county at least
$1,000 20 take the census next year, and
using HIS as basis for the rest Of the
counties In The state, Secretary Olcott
figures that u would cost not less than
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-30
THE OLD GANG WILL
TAKE CHARGE AGAIN

Under the reorganization scheme Of
the state fish and game commission,
which was put into effect by only two
cf the five members Of the commits.
sion ut an adjourned meeting in Port.
land the middle Of this month, this is
the last day Of the old regime whcn
state Game Warden c. II. Evans will
retire in favor Of w. l.. Finley, and
Master Fish Warden Theodore Opsund
will step back into his old office of
assistant fish warden in favor OF state
Hatchery Superintendent X. h. CiaI.
ton, who has been rcinstated to his tor
mer position Of master fish warden.
The new officers will assume the duties
Of their respective offices tomorrow
and state Game Warden Evans and his
stenogrOphcr, Miss Lcona Morris, who
will retire to private life, at least for
] the present.
/ Ihc action Of the two members OF
the commission-Me Kelly aud
Stonc--in taking advantage Of the at,
scnce of Chairman Bilyeu from the ad
jonrncd meeting, which placed Commits
aioner Duncan IN the chair and, ~ he
believed out Of commission insofar a,
active participation in the dcHbera.
iions OF the board was concerned. Ia
bring about the reorganization hos
caused no little comment and criticism,
and II is not likely that the matter
will be allowed to rest us Il stands b,
the opposing commissioners. Whether
cr not revolutionary action will be- "a.
Rem at the next meeting of the com.
mission to restore the present organic.
alton TO power or whether the matter
will be- carried before the next lcrisln.
ture Us u matter that is left open Ia
conjecture only, as nothing is being
suid on done iu the open by any Of the
parties cone crncd
II Is expected that State Game War.
den Finley, who takes charge Of the
game department tomorrow, win come
to salem to make arrangements for
lhc removal Of the office back to Port.
land or to decide upon Us future loen.
ton, Master Fish Warden Clanton
however, mpy not come TO salem, a. hr
has made arrangements with MIR. On.
sund, who will be his assistant. ns 6o
wes under the original organization ot
the department TO proceed with his
duties os In the past, and he viii issue
licenses, etc. from the present head
quarters OF the department in the Capi.
tol bIilding until other arrangements
are made by the commission. state
Game Warden Evans win remain In sa.
lem for the present and is finishing up
the work OF his administration before
retiring which will probably take him
oil doy tomorrow.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-30
LITTLE IS DOING
in MEXICO TODAY

III Poso, Texas, Nov. 30.-Dispatches
received here today announced the ap-
pointmcnt Of General Gertpdis san.
chez as commander of the state Of
Guerrero, Zaputa stronghold and also
that Of General Juan Bundcras, Zapn'
ta's principal lieutenant, as military
commander Of the state Of Sinnloa,
The appointments were believed herr
TO mark the beginning Of plan to
weaken Generpl zopnta g power by re-
moving his chief licutennnis from com
MINDS in territory he now controls AMI
sending them elsewhere. naming Wills.
tus to command Zupata territory,
General Angeles commanding ?JO0
Nillistus, has reached Tula audswill 90
ON to Mexico City to guard legations
there until General villa arrives. Thon
Angeles will attack Carrauzistus at
Ppchua.
A delegation from Mexico City went
10 Tplu sunday to escort General villa
to the capital, but he insisted upon dc.
laying his entry,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-30

Portland, Ore, Nov. 30.--One woman
and 10 men responded today to an ad-
vertiFemcnt in a local paper calling for
persons willing to give pint and a
half or so Of their blood as a means
d possibly saving the life of former
Judge Charles H. Botsford Portland at.
tomey, suffering from pcrnicious anac.
mia, Botsford underwent an operation
u week ago for the removal Of his
spleen
Those from whom blood Is taken will
he liberally rcmuncratcd. The opera.
tion probably wal he performed to.
night