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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-12
SCHOOL AGE CHANGE
is BEING THASHED
OUT BY PHYSICIANS
ASSOCIATION UNDECIDED WHAT
REcoMMENDATIo WILL
BE MADE.
GREENvILLE IS MAKING
FIGHT FOR FOR NEXT MEET
States Most Prominent Medical Men,
In Session at Auditorium, This Az
ternoon are Discussing Better
Babies"-Meeting Is Open to Public
More Than 225 are Present.

Whether the laws of Mississippi reg
ulating the minimum school age are
to be changed, depends to large ex-
tent upon the decision reached by the
medical men of the State, as repre-
sented by the Mississippi State Medi-
cal Association, now in session in this
city.
This fact became known today when
supporters of the movement to have
the age raised from to 6 years old,
and the opponents of the proposition
ciashed at the morning session. To-
days combat was not unexpected.
While it was hoped that it would be
delayed as long as possible, the ques-
ton was again brought to the atten-
ton of the assembled physicians, de-
spite the fact that recommendation
introduced yesterday had been tabled.
Many of the physicians thought that
that course would dispose of the ques-
tion. ,srs q,.s re nd ~-asLi q ~ s
- 1t has been placed squarely up to the
medical men of Mississippi as to
whether the State legislature should
change the school age law. Miss
Jones, from the Mississippi Normal
College, in addressing the physicians
today, declared that the recommends
tions now in the hands of one of the
committees were made by small Sec
ton of the State eachers' Association
which met recently in Laurel. They
do not express the sentiment of all
the teachers of Mississippi" shte con-
tinued.
"We are perfectly willing to let you
physicians decide what the minimum
school age should be. You know chill
dren better than we do. 1t is up to
you to decide this for yourselves, and
make your recommendations to the
legislature accordingly"
There are more than 225 physicians
from every section of the State, and
from various parts of adjoining States
attending the meeting. More than so
visiting physicians called at headquar-
ters yesterday afternoon and regis
tered. There are something like 35
or 40 present who have not yet regis
tered.
One of the most interesting ses-
sions of the meeting is being conduct
ed this afternoon. The section on
pediatrics, of which DR.. R. N. Whit
field is chairman, is taking UP the
question of better babies. DR.. Mary
r. Jones, of this city. read the first
paper on Better Babies" and she
was followed bf DR.. J. w. Gray, who
gave discussion.
The rest of the. program for the al
ternoon and evening is as follows:
"A Better knowledge of Pediatrics
Diminishes Infant Mortality and In
creases Adult Mortality'-P. R.
Brown, West Point Discussion to
he opened by C. F. Carnes.
Pediatrics"-N. c. Womack, Jack
son. Discussion to be opened by c..
w. Patterson.
Infant Feeding. c. Feemster,
Tupelo. Discussion to be opened by
A. X. Barrier.
.The Need of Purer Milk and More
Scientific Milk Formulas For The In
Z fant"--J. @. Gardner, Columbia. Dis
QUESTION to be opened by E.yA. benson.
s. aContinned on Page. Two.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-12
Austria's Last PROPOSAL.

Rome, May 12.-What is considered
the last definite proposal of Austria
concerning the territorial concessions
demanded by Italy, has been received
by Italian government The cabinet
Immediately went into session to con-
slider it.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-12
Six More Found,

London, May 12.-Lloyds reported
this afternoon that a Lusitania life
boat with the bodies of four women
and two children has been picked up.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-12

London. May 12.-The Daily Mail
asserts that the body of Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt has been found
and is being taken into Queenstown.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-12
MARSHALL DEPARTS
AFTER DAYS STAY
AS GUEST OF CITY
LEAVES ON HAS TRAIN FOR ME-
RIDIAN AFTER PLEASANT
VISIT HERE.
WON'T DISCUSS PUBLICLY
THE LUSITANlA SITUATION
Delivers Address At The Main Street
Baptist Church on "Nationai Ten
dencies"-HoIds Reception at Hotel
Hattiesburs, When HuneTeds Attend
Visits the State Normal and Wo-
mans College seforeAsavIns.

After a stay Of something like Is
hours in Hattiesburg, during which
time they were the guests of the city,
Viee-President and Mrs. Thomas
Riley Marshall left at 11.45 o'clock
this morning for Meridian, where they
will spend part Of the day and night.
1t was the first visit of the Vice
President to Hattiesburg, and he was
more than gratified at the reception
given him. II can't say very much
for your weather" he said. "but in
every other respect our stay here has
been one of the most pleasant kind"
Mr.. Marshall said that the next
time he came to Hattiesburg in May
he would leave his straw hat behind,
and wear ear muffs. 58a
/ Informally, the Vice-President was
motored over the city during the morn
ing. He made trip to the Normal
College, where he delivered brief ad-
dress to the students there, and then
motored to the Woman's College.
Lack of time made it impossible for
him to alight and greet the hundreds
of girl students who lined the street
to greet him.
He was returned to the Hotel Hat
tiesburg just in time to make arrange
ments for catching the 11:45 o'clock
train for Meridian.
Accompanied by D. L. Easterling, F,
D. Lander, Prof. Joe Cook, Prof.
Stringer. N. R. Mccullough, Laddie
Moore and Chas. M, Willoughby,
the vice-President was driven to
the Normal College the first thing
this morning. The students of that
institution were in the auditorium
when the party arrived and the faculty
occupied positions on the stage. When
the Vice-President entered the audito-
rum, the student body arose and stood
while he was being escorted to the
stage. Then they gave their college
yells, three or four of them. "Ameri-
ca" and Dixie" were sung. and prayers
were said. The Vice-President then
went to the front of the stage, and
made brief talk on Your Mission
in Life"
MarshaIps Address.
In part he said.
"Your mission in life Is for the max
ing of men and women, not the making
of careers. You do not need this kind
of an institution in which to turn out
a career. Anyone can make a career
in America without the aid OF higher
educational institutions. In this coun'
try, anything may be obtained by pay
ing the price. You all can be million
aires by striving hard enough. You
can be happy by planning to be so.
'T regret that so much of the moral
training of the country is being re-
ouired of teachers. That is where you
have great responsibilities. The world
is changing, gradually. but completely
There is no such a thing today as
learned profession. The difference be-
tween profession and a trade de-
pends upon the amount of spirit one
puts in his work. n # So
Teachers are the worst paid and
best awarded persons In the world;
worst paid because If they put the.
same amount Of effort ssrequired IN
CONTINUED on Page F1ve.)
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-03
SMALL WONDER AUSTRIA IS SLOW TO GIVE
UP TO ITALY TRlEST, LEADING SEAPORT

element. that the opening OF the
Tauern railway in 1909 has accom-
plished much IN diverting a great part
OF the German Mediterranean trade
from Genoa 20 Triest-
Together with a surrounding area
% about SO square miles. the city OF
Trtest forms an Austrian crownland.
The municipal council OF the city con-
stitutes AZ the same time the diet OF
tho crowaiand. which Is little more
than q mountainous she'll around the
immensely wealthy. life-croWded port
The population numbers 2es.455. OF
whom about 10000 are of Italian de-
scent. 5000 SioveneE. and II 600 Ger
mans. Triest sends i've members 20
the Reichsrat. and Il So the home OF
the administrative Offices for the Aus
trian coast-iands' division. composed
% the crowniauds % Triest. Goerz.
Gradisea. and Istria.
Vienna s. 2sT miles northeast by
rail-. Connections with southeast
Germany and with Austrian and Hun
aarian csnfers have been much i'm
proved during recent wears. The old
town g a series % steps upon the hill
sides. while the new town lies on a
fat area that extends around the bay
IN crescent form. The new part of
the city has been built largely upon
land reclaimed from tho sea: its
streets and broad and straight and its
buildings are substantial and modern
tn architecture The old town. on the
other hand. consists OF narrow. irreE-
uiar. hiii-scalinE streets. and its
buildings preserve many quaint archi-
tecturai conceptions.
"TcrEcEts. Triest. the Roman colon
ization % this coastlant. was probably
established under the reign of Yes
pasian. After the decay ot Rome.
Tricst experienced a checkered course
for centuries. II was captured by
Venice IN 1903. Its people struggled
with the Venetian conauerors for the
next $50 years. and fnaily. IN 1882,
they placed themselves under the pro-
lection OF Leopold III OF Austria.
Since that time Triest has remained
Austrian. and. during the Hungarian
and Italian revoits. Triest remained
faithful. receiving the title from Wen
ma of 'Citia Fcdelissima.'
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-03
WHERE STRAWBERRIES COME FROM

was n grand total OF i4.55s.2 carloads
OF strawberries shipped commercially
In 1914. or these 2.3l2 came from
California. the states closest COM
petitOr being Tennessee with a total
OF 1918.
Another chart IN the bulletin shows
the duration OF the shipping sections.
Strawberries begin 20 leave central
Florida as early as December and the
movement continues until the end OF
March By the first OF March the first
strawberries from southern Texas
and southern California find their
way 20 the market About the middle
Of March the Louisiana crop begins
20 move. continuing about two months
or until the middle OF May. May Is.
indeed. the great month for carload
shipments. BY far the greatest part
ot the Tennessee and Virginia crop
Is shipped ~ that time. as well as
much OF the Delaware. southern IlIi-
nois and Maryland supply. BY the
end OF June southern California Is
almost the only area from which car
load shipments are being made. The
strawberries then on the marke. are
chiefly grown IN small quantities IN
areas close 60 the great consuming
sections.
In connection with this work the
department of agriculture f. conduct
tns teisEraphie market news service
OF the daily movement OF strawber-
ries 20 the various iars. markets dur
ing the current season. together with
the prices received. Reports OF these
movements and prices are teieEraphed
daily 20 producing areas and eonsum-
inx eenters in order 90 assis, in the
profitable distribution OF the crop.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-03
The Daily Story
A Soldiers Double-By M. Quad.

person. When he reached headquar
tiers was sent for. and as l stood be-
fore him and two or three headauar
tiers officers General Malone asked:
Captain Thorn. this man claims 10
belong to your company. Is he a mem.
Der or not?'
Yes, sir" was the prompt reply.
whats his name?'
John Wakefield, sir
when was he captured7"
-Four days ago along with several
other men,
That settled it There were about
forty men in Company d. They all
gathered around me as l appeared ana
gave me welcome. My orders we've
TO ascertain Lees strength on a line
about four miles long. How i was 20
accomplish this after entering the Con.
federate lines was left for me TO de-
eide. Wakefield told me that he had a
cousin IN the Seventh Virginia, young
soldier named John Winslow. I got
permission of my captain 10 visit him.
and in hunting up the Seventh Virginia
1 took care to miss it and cover the
whole front and have a look at guns
last, but his greeting was far from
cordial. The two had evidently quar-
relied about something on which / was
not posted. He was so sulky and un-
friendly that I was about TO cut nv
visit short when he gave me a search
ing look and exclaimed:
why, you are not John Wakefield
at air.
I laughed at him in a good natured
way, hoped I would find him in better
humor when called again and started
for my regiment, but l had not gone
a quarter of a mile when l was over
taken and put under arrest and an
hour later was once more in the pres
ence of General Malone ! was fol-
lowed to his tent by Winsiow, who
boldly proclaimed that was not John
Wakefield. Then all the officers and
half dozen men OF the company in
Guiding my terminate, were sent for,
and the general heartily entered upon
the work of trapping me.
had pumped John Wakefield so
thoroughly. and so plainly remembered
everything, that I believe passed the
examination fully as well as or better
than he could.
My two arraignments before General
Malone made me an object Of curiOs-
ity and gossip in my company. and
when I returned il was TO find all the
men anxious TO quiz me and two OF
three of them seemingly suspicious.
The captain called me into his tent
and questioned and cross questioned
me until he declared that nobody but
fool could have taken me for any
one else. I put the men of by pre-
tending to be angry. and three nights
later. as we held a breastwork at the
front, I slipped away in the darkness
and re-entered the Federal lines
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-03

\ rsceut survey % the production
and marketing % strawberries IN the
United States. made by the department
% agriculture. indicates that the eight
most important commercial straw
berry districts are central California.
Teanssses. Maryland. Delaware. south
eru Louisiana. North and South Car
0ilna. Virginia. aad tho Ozarks. In
1915. SOS carloads 90 strawberries
we're shipped from central California
Lesser Quantities we're shipped from
the other districts which are named
IN the order % their imp0rtaaes.
From ths ozarks came 74s carloads
ias; year
The authors o; the survey. which
e pgbiisksd n bgiist!a iS7 OF the
Caitsa States department. % asrierl-
tgre. strawberry supply and Dis;ri-
bgtica "a fsit.- point out. however.
that the north plays a more Inpor-
taat part q the strawberry indus
trT than these figures might indicate.
Great Quantities OF berries are grown
IN ths n0rtk "a small patches and
shipp~a 90 raa=ks. By trolley. express
or n the producers o~n wsron- oniy
. vsry srrGu portioa % northern
grown berries are concentrated into
carload lots. tAs basis for the govern
neat survey. IN The south. however.
90 tks Pastse coast. where berries
are Skipped ioas distances - is eco
r0=sezi 60 arrange 20 have then
seat ~ carloads
Tie esiistin already rnsntionsd con-
tsias list % all shipping stations fn
ta~ Ccst~c States whsrc carload ship-
rss1ss originate. togrthsr With the
ngszes- % carloads seat cut - 1914.
Frc<z TIA ls: % appears TIA; ssess.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-03

<szs ~. Tie s1yssf % -0-sss isi0
ne ucrie's Es1sEzl work rza-ks oss
% tks creates: rsvoistio.s % oar
tlaze.
Social az iz6gssrfai seococ-ists
have phfiosophizs4 for ages 90 the sf-
feet nat ths Ersafssf possible bsss1f
% shs social aEf izt49striai order and
progress can cosas oziy % EsttiaE tse
greatest rossleie s1s4bsr regularly sr-s-
sl5FsG O. 1ssfzl Ecrk e . not rather
szzszisr tsas tHrozEs al tine .; has
rsrzaised f1r tss rrsssat ErEsrsfioe
% recoFrfzr tie gai1s q Woezca -
sas.asss arf beEia 90 aeeort 90 hsT.
tE11Eh s1usWasf ErzfEiaEly a1e
sieNiT. ksT Ezsf
N9s oriY ts .s tss riEst % wccz-1 %
work ukersger tksT can o. hsaliefsi
srpioTrasatss 20 is ~ rizht % soeisty
% have tEsz taus at work Cnsp@aS-
able rissrY has bee1 ecf1red ~ rsil-
Il5rs cf woezsa bsclgss % t1sir die
ness tnzeasgratls waste has been
srs-ered b. huEa1ity ~ reason q
fs@fr not working
Every r~u door ~ ghich woa,sa
are aeuutrt CD waTE in Eensrui In
f1strY 20 a. sew door a. Hh.eh idlsaess
sld poverty nay b. crowded olt %
.ae Wo-lt
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-03

Writing % Tricst. said 90 be Ithiy's
price demanded from Austria for her
continued neutrality. tho National
Geographic society. tn IT'S daily state
meat on the geography % The Euro
peaa war. says;
~rF!sst O. the only great seaport %
Austria. q powerful commercial rival
% Vcuies and Genoa. the pride o.
A1stria's AdFiatie possessions. aud a
city as important % Austrian develop
mert as Ga New York in the develop
meat % the Uaited States. IL has been
an Austrian possession for more than
600 years. and during this long assp-
ciati6u 60 has earned the title from che
cratrat imperial government OF the
most faithful city
Situated az the northeast angle %
the ttriatie sea. on the eastern shore
% thr deeply infeutcd Calf % TFiest.
THE port has been growing steadily Ia
isGp6FrsreF as an outlet fer the over
seE trade ~ central and southeastern
Eas1pF. As q trade center. % has long
ee1ipsFI Geo. ancient rival Venice. and
O. row practically nonopoiizss the
bussness % this mediterranean coast.
at9a liatH US AAHa Ha = HsaaAAEAA aAaaa oAEs
the geographical location % the city
ls 20 favorable ard its cntcrpriEc has
been 90 fruitful that q has developed
lat8 one of the aFsg poFts upon all che
iatauf sea
~TFiFss is q tremendously success
f1t town. and. therefore. largely a
modern one. It's haTboT facilities are
the best that modern technique can
devise. and many millions % dollars
have been expended IN carrying their
undertaking 90 conclusion In 1910.
nearly 1900 vessels. representing a
total % about s.z00. 900 tonnage. en-
tered and cleared az the Trscst hnT-
b1s. The vaige % the Imports which
these ships brought was about siiT.-
900 900. while they carried exports
amounting iu value 90 about 100000
600 The chief imports are coffee.
ricr. cotton. spices. ore. coal. olive oil
nnf Levantins fruits. Chief among the
exports are SUGAR. beer. wool. timber
auf many varieties of manufactured
Goods. IL e. worth while considering.
in view % the present international
crisis into which TricSt enters a. an
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-03
.HEAEIHELIALKSeNa
- William Brady.N.D z&}ic<:..-:.3
IN Pneumonia, The House Disease. (Vf tX|
By reason OF the win

cold Eerrnl. By reason OF the win
ter's eoddiing.
Catching eold.' and exposure" :"
ln the ordinary sense OF those
phrases. have no more 20 do with
pneumonia and the other respiratory
diseases than they have with hang
nail or senilIty.
one In every Eve persons, healthy
OF III. harbors virulent pneumococci
in his mouth. nose or throat. and Is
therefore a potential distributor OF
infection.
II must be clearly understood that
the pneumococcus. which in one case
causes pneumonia. may express itself
In another case as coryza ('simple
head cold"). and vice versa Also
sore throat. tonsilitis. bronchitis and
middle ear infection running ear or
acute gathering IN the ear) must be
looked upon as interchangeable ex-
presslons of pneumococcus injection
in the majority OF cases Hence YOU
never can tell what yours viii be
when you pick up the much too
common cold germ.
Contact Is the means OF Infection
personal contact Kissing. swap
ping gum. pencils. personal articles OF
any kind recently contaminated with
saliva. especially among children
open face sneezing or coughing.
Licking the fingers 10 facilitate hand
ling papers or pages, then touching
other hands with the contaminated
fingers. And last. and least, we be-
lieye. expectorating in public places
We think this latter much over
drawn evil. though common decency
demands that expectoration In public
shall be prohibited.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-03

About thirty days before Grant broke
through Lees lines at Petersburg and
the beginning of the end came a por-
ton OF my regiment captured seven
Confederates and brought them into
camp. My own company was part
OF the Federal force. but as l was on
detached duty that week l was not
with them. The first l knew OF the
capture was when l heard the story
that l had deserted 10 the Confederates
and been recaptured and would be
shot. l visited company headquarters
to ascertain what the talk meant and
there met with a strange reception. l
was there, wearing blue uniform, and
yet l was in the guardhouse half a
mile away wearing the butternut. 1
had been on duty at division head
quarters, and yet had been captured
on the advance lines. l was at once
placed under arrest, and IL was an
hour or more before the mystery was
solved. Then it was found that one of
the Confederate prisoners was my
double and that his name was Wake
field
I had not yet recovered from my
surprise when the suggestion was
made that 1 so into the Confederate
camp as a spy on the strength of the
wonderful semblance. I was given
three days IN which to pump Wake
field. he was a ready talker and had
a good memory. When 1 was quite
ready I took his suit of clothes COM
,,ras. aDd y,a 1ras erivan epnFhar Than
I was taken down to the front and
made a bolt for it. In other words, one
of the Confederate prisoners escaped
and dashed across the space which
separated the opposing lines. Not half
dozen men were let into the secret.
and as I ran was fred upon by half
a regiment.
ran at full speed straight for the
Confederate lines, and on dashing over
a breastwOrk l found myself in the
midst Of q Louisiana brigade of infan-
try. \ colonel questioned me as to my
name. regiment, when captured, etc,
and answered so promptly that sup
posed everything all right. 1t wasn't,
however. Federal spies had played
the game before, and Confederate wit
had become sharpened. / was sent TO
the headquarters OF General Malone.
who was subsequently celebrated in
Virginia and national politics. He
asked me the same questions which
the colonel had put TO me and many
others in addition. I saw that he was
suspicious, and, Drawing all at one
stroke. I requested that my captain be
sent for. The Alabama regiment TO
which I was supposed TO belong was
stationed two miles away. and it was
about o O'Clock before the captain ar
rived. Previous TO his appearance 1
had been asked his name, which 1 gave
correctly. and had also described his
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-03

TAsrs - ~ far q greater preva-
isaes % pasgmoaiA. per thousand
population IN the southern part of
fhs Unifs9 States than IN the north
s-n part o: Canada Pnsuraonia Is
60. a disease % cold climates OF cold
weather. a. people commonly mag
ines 70 is most frequent ta temperate
or Varra climates and IN the warmer
part 0f the ycar when people stil!
rely too much upon closed doors and
windows aad stoves 20 -prOtset"
them from exposure.
"A alarming epidemic % pueumo-
MA on the Canal Zone among labor
ers on th- Panama Canal was thor
oEshiy Investigated BY Dr. Gorsas.
ths famous sanitary head % our med
icai corps there. GorEas found that
men Who slept In damp clothes. in
drafty burks. Wsre no more suscep-
ubIs % pne1monla than those who
SLEPT IN dry clothes and sidestepped
the drAfgy places lie found that
weather conditions had nothing 20 do
Eith the disease a. all. The actual
cause. a. he demonstrated In very
practical manner. was simply too
close eroWdinE IN the barracks SO
s0oa as the men were housed IN
snail. detached shaeks the epidemic
ceased DR.. GorEaE noted the same
result when he vas summoned 20 The
Rand 10 South Africa By the British
government % stamp out an epidemic
In that tropical district
Pneumonia reaches its high water
marx IN March IN America. that
being the month when people are
most susceptible 20 Infection with
the pasumococcus pneumonia and
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-03
NEW WORK yoR WOMEN.

tt ts being esuaoassratsG BY expert
snse tsat weuea are quite az capable
ss rssu fn op@rastaz elevators teGseGs
sne rsaasEsr sf a etE eetce buii1isz
wns hss asss ne esssxs. says thas
~suHen ara ~ fsr tes rsors eapasiss
rsfisbts sse safe We rrsticts tsss
wttnsn tsn yesrs it Wftt sisaosf saivsr-
sally be the elevator Efrt Instead of
sns sfevsteF Boy
WY ness See rafxh. seem q ittsfs
sesSaa~ ss erst. bgt e vas eriy a fsw
yssrs sxs tnss tns cree Eist seecsss
sersass We seSu xst sssd 20 tss1Es
sn.S pnrsfsslsrfy have Ne learned rsatt-
NJ 90 ssSfzse sorsstves Co tae ssfvsne %
women taee places tor=a~rfy fiise ~
@soL
q nssse es s6a-fttsf that q every
- ef vers she nss catered worssa
= 0nnnn9 Gses& soc has aiszest rser-
sosoBn1 ssvsrxf seed occursssecss
semo1v Ds<sass ef esr ssesrser esEsssL
nv - 0nnu eGn~rs sne VIII es
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