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The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
WILMA ARMY SAFE, SAY RUSS.
Attempt to Flank Retreatins Forces
Frustrated by Cavalry.

Petrograd. Sept. 2S.-Renewing their
furious attack upon Dvinsk. the Ger
mans have been repulsed everywhere
and the Russian positions remain un-
altered All the trenches demolished
by the, German artillery fire were re-
erected during the night with st6hg
barbed wire projections. Against
these the Germans have heaped up
a wall of bodies.
On other parts OF the front the Ger
mans meet the same stubborn re-
sistance. German cavalry. which un-
der Gen. SChmethof endeavored 10
enveiop the wilma army. were at
tackled and dispersed by Russian cav
airy of Bolganovo. northeast of Vi
leika. Gen. Schmethof now is in .
most critical position.
Experts on the general staff say
there are twenty three enemy corps
operating on the front from Riga TO
the Upper Niemen.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
COMMERCE COMMISSION
HIT FOR RATE DECISION
Western Roads Charge Interstate
Body With Revolutionary Tactics
in Asking That Case Be Reheard.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
is charged with having abandoned all its
prler rules and standards in deciding the
Western rate case in a petition for a
rehearing and reargument OF the case
iiled today by committee of attorneys
representing the Western roads. The ac-
ton of the commission in refusing to
make finding upon the question of the
adequacy OF the carriers revenues was
termed revolutionary.
The denial of interstate rate increases
on certain commodities because State
rates on those commodities We're lower.
was held to be a new doctrine. the effect
of which will be to delegate powers held
by the Federal government TO the States
and impair the prestige Of the commits
sion.
The petition asks that the case be open
ed for further argument and considera-
ton and that the order of June 80 be
modified so as to permit the carriers to
make effective the rates cancelled by that
order: The petition is signed by Attor-
neys c. c. Wright. r J. Norton. w. F.
Dickinson. g s. Burg. \. P. HumbuFs
and r. E. Scott.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
SERBS REPULSE TEUTONs.
Nish Reports Failure of Foe tt
Cross Drtna.

Nish via London). Sept. 2S-Repulse of
two efforts by Austro- German forces to
cross the Drina River for an invasion of
Serbia was announced by the war Office
today. The following statement was is
sued:
ION the Drina front the enemy made a
violent attack in the direction of Rateha
customs station. He attempted to cross
In boats. but was repulsed. Another at
tempt to cross the Drina in the direction
of Vishegrad was also repulsed"
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
RUSS FLEET SILENCES
BATTERIES OF KAISER
Land Fortihcations in Gulf of Riga
Damaged shell Lands On
Warship.

Perosrad. Sept. 2S.-The Russian fleet
mas attacked and silenced German LAND
batteries on the Gulf of Riga, accordi1; !;
to an official announcement issued by the
admiralty today. Two Russian oificer5.
Commander Viazemsky ard Capt
Svientne. and five other r1ca were killed
when German shell fell on one of the
Russian warships.
The admiralty's statement follows:
During bombardment of enemy land
positions on the Gulf OF Riga SATURDAY,
a stray enemy Lrojectile fell on one OF
our ships, killing Commander Viazemsky
and Capt. SViC1ine. At 10 a. m. our YES.
sells concluded their Commandment, silenc.
ing all the Jatteries
Our additional losses totaled five
killed aId eight wounded
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
DAUGHTERS OF G. A. R.
CONVENE AT WILLARD
Delegates Assemble Again This After.
noon After Viewing Parade of
Xeterans-Reports Adopted.

The eighth annual meeting of the Ma
tional Daughters of the Grand Army OF
the Republic convened Yesterday after
noon at the New willard.
Reports of the committee on credentials
Mrs. Bell Beagle. of Detroit, chairman
and of the committee on resolutions, Mrs
Julia Ellis, of Chicago. chairman. were
adopted.
After witnessing the Parade today. the
delegates will again get down to business,
a meeting being called for O'Clock at
the New Willard.
The objects of the daughters are u
keep alive the memory of the men who
saved the Union: to care for destitute
members of the G. A. r.. and their fam
lilies: to stimulate patriotism among men,
bers of the order and to teach the rising
generation patriotism.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
BORDER TROOPS EXPECT
ATTACK BY MEXICANS
Five Hundred Marauders Assemble
Near Progreso Ferry-All Well
Equipped for Fighting.

A pitched battle between United States
troops and band of Mexican marauders
800 strong. may be fought along the
Rio Grande River. near Progreso Ferry.
within the next day or two. The Amer
lean soldiers are strongly equipped with
artillery. and have orders to shoot 10
kill if fired upon.
Gen. Funston transmitted to the War
DepaI tment yesterday a long report from
Col. Blocksom, in command of the Third
Cavalry at Brownsville. in which he says
the bandits are now encamped at a point
near Progreso on the Mexican side of
the river. He reports them to be all
armed. fairly well equipped and ap-
parently organized and determined to
continue their operations against Amer
ican soldiers and civilians.
Col Blocksom says the CarranZa SOL
diers are keeping well back from the
river. but that Gen. Nafarrete in COM
mand of the Carranza troops at Mata-
moras. and his men appear either to fear
these bandits or are in sympathy with
them. Some of the marauders, the re-
port adds. are wearing the khaki uni
form of the Carranza soldiers.
Col Blocksom asked for A mountain
battery. the roads being almost impass-
able for field artillery, and il was sent
him. IF Carranza does not drive off
these bandits said Col. Blocksom, cit
may become necessary eventually to
cross over after them
Secretary Garrison said yesterday that
all orders far issued forbade Amer
ican troops crossing the Rio Grande
With artillery the American troops can
prevent these bandits from making raids
on our side of the border" said Score
tary Garrison. ''If thes. marauders
should fire upon American forces their
fire would be returned. Pres mabIy this
fire would be returned with artillery and
imagine it would have rather deter
rent effect upon the bandits and would
be raiders
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
VETERANS FROM NEW
HAMPSHIRE WELCOMED
Reception Held By Local State So
ciety in Barracks-Miss Abbott
Greets Aged Visitors.

The New Hampshire Society cf Wash
inston held reception in honor OF visit
ing veterans from New Hampshir" at
the barracks of the First Field Artillery.
District National Guard. First street and
Indiana avenue northwest. last night.
Miss Hattie +. Abbott. president of the
society. headed the receiving line.
Others who welcomed the visiting dele
cation were Judge and Mrs. Hazleton.
Dr and Mrs. c. II. BOwker, Mr.. and
Mrs G. Il. Lewis and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Buswcll.
The q. A. l.. delegation from New
Hampshire numbers about 20d veterans
and their wives and daughters. and has
its Headquarters al the National Hotel
Gen. Battle is in command
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
DYNAMITE NEAR LINER.
Eight sticks Found Beside Steam
rr Carrying Italian Reservists.

New York. Sept. 2>.-Echt sticks of
DYNAMITE. were found under the gang
plank of the steamer San Guglielomo
lust before she sailed for Naples with u
large number of Italian reservistS Mon
day night The sticks. which were
marked "du Pont, 40 strong. were not
attached to fuses. and were turned over
TO the bureau of combustibles by Leon
Pavone a dock clerk. who discovered
them.
representative of the agents of tho
San Gugiielomo declared II was his opn-
ion the dyna mite was placed near the
ship by the agents of foreign power.
who. frustrated in their attempt to board
the ship. placed ii under the gangplank.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
ATTEMPTS MURDER IN COURT.
Husband of slain Woman Tries to
Defeat Judges Ruling.

Chicago, Sept. 2S.-William Russell
Pethwick, slayer of Mrs. Ella Copper
smith and her baby son. Jack. was sem
fenced TO life Imprisonment by Judge
Barrell today A moment after the SEN
tence was passed the husband of the
slain woman lodged past the courtroom
bailiff and jumped at Pethwick with a
drawn knife The efforts of a dozen men
prevented him from taking the life that
the court had spared.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
Mexican Cattle Slayers Held.

Nogales, Ariz., Sept 3.-Two Mexicans
who said they were members Of Villas
army were caught killing cattle on the
American side of the international border
near here today. and after brief fight
were arrested by members of the Tenth
United States cavalry. Another Mexican
who was with them escaped.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
MAILMAN FouS "FIREBUG, ,

Poushkeepsie. n. Y, Sept. eS.-
Prompt action by the night watchman
in putting out the blaze prevented
the incendiary attempt to burn the
$4,000 home of Franklin d. Roose-
welt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
The watchman discovered the fire In
a pile of shavings which were sam
rated with Kerosene The blake had
started In a new cellar which was
being constructed,
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
Schooner Aground: Five Lost.

Kingston. Ontario. Sept. c.-Five per-
sons lost their lives when the schooner
Cheyboygan foundered Sunday near AM
herest Island in Lake Ontario. They
were Capt. Macdonald. his wife AND
three Canadian seamer
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
Pope to Ask Peaceful November 2

Munich Sept. 2S.-The Post today re-
ceived report from Switzerland that
Pope Benedict is preparing a circular let
ter to the belligerents asking for a gen.
eral truce on All Souls Day. November
.. which is to be dedicated to the men,
ory of dead soldiers
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
'Ex lividcnd.
Carriape Hits Veteran

James D. Coulter IS, civil war veteran
from Michigan. was struck by a carriage
driven by NJ. J. Sullivan. rs H street
northwest. yesterday. He refused to be
taken to a hospital.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
Furnished by W. b. Hibb. & Co.
SALES.

Washington Railway conn.,. at ss.
Washington Railway pfd-, l at Sl= at sii.
at s0t..
Washington Gas Light. at TX, at IN. Is OF
.lt
Mergenthalcr Linotype. at 17e. at $50. 10 at $50
10 at lso. 10 at Is0 10 at lsl. 10 at $50.
Ianston MonOtyre at 81, 8 at 81. at q.
American Graphophone CON-, at 81.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29
All British Officers Called Back.

London, Sept. 2S.-All officers of the
British army now on leave have been
recalled. Under Secretary of War Ten
nant stated in the house of commons
this afternoon that no further leaves of
absence would be granted.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-29

"A Want Advertisement IN the
LlVEST paper going Into the L1vEST
homes in this community Is = sound.
dividend-payins Investment Dan $ayies.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-08
PRESS CENSORSHIP
IS TOO RIGOROUS
BOTH ENGLAND AND FRAME
CARRY 1T TOO FAR, Of
FlCIAlS SAY.

London. May S.-The press censor
shin in both France and England is
still, far too rigorous for the good OF
the country's cause, in the opinion OF
M Henry Franklin-Bouillon, chairman
Of the Committee of Foreign Affairs
of the French Chamber of Deputies,
who has been here for a series OF war
conferences with Lord Kitchener,
Chancellor oyd-George, Sir Edward
Grey and other statesmen.
"Part of the work of the committee
which sent me on my present mis-
sion" he said, lis to urge that not
only in our own countries but in neu-
trial countries as well, true perspec-
tive of the course of events should be
held out.
"In England and France alike, the
main obstacle is the excessive rlgor
Of the censorship, and this subject
discussed with some of the leading
men in England l was glad to learn
that some concessions to the press are
now being considered.
"What we all feel on the foreign
committee is that our own eommunl-
ones are too bald and uninteresting a
recital to inspire out people with that
.l,;,er, ca neceSsary TO maintain
them steadily until victory is won
The English Eye-Witnesses, one with
the English army and one with the
French. are certainly doing fine work;
but to get at the great. masses OF peo-
ple. things must be dished up and pre-
scented in all sorts of different ways
by trained writer's, each with his own
point of view and literary style.
"From my committees standpoint it
is a supreme need that the doings OF
the French army should be brought
home to the Imagination of the Eng
lish people, and to that end a strong
recommendation has been officially
made that a few newspaper cores
pondents be attached to the head
ouarters staff. If that is done, it will
perhaps be the beginning of taking the
public in England and France more
into the confidence of our govern
ments than is the case at present"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-08
Never AWay From
Her Husband For
More Than I Day
MRS. MARSHALL HAS NOT BEEN
SEPARATED "a HOURS FROM
ViCE-PRESIDENT.

The vice-presidential trousers have
never known the ignominy of baggi-
ness. A vice-presidential crouch has
never been acquired through indis-
Greet 'wolfing" af fifteen-minute-stop
lunch counters This record stands in
spite of tank towns and coast to coast
campaign swings.
And Mrs. Thomas Marshall is the
anti-suffragists' strongest argument.
YES. that is the stock newspaper
story, but it is true. have never
been separated from my husband
twenty-four hours at time in the
twenty years of our married life.
Il am a good traveller. 1t began
with my honeymoon and has stopped
only at intervals since. When my hus
band was district attorney l accom-
panied him on all his business trips
over the state. Then there was a
stump tour before he became governor
of Indiana. Also the campaign in the
interests of his party all over the
country and in the last big trip be
fore he became vice-president of the
United States we swung from coast
to coast four times.
After we had been married five
years and had kept up the record we
had set for ourselves we were sure il
could always be done. Not being
blessed with children there was nc
reason why | should be left at home
and" she said it simply, "he needs
me-
NO, am not suffragist. | do MOI
care to discuss suffrage"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-08
MOON CAN'T AFFECT
GROWING OF CROPS
HAS AS LITTLE TO DO WITH
THEM AS BUILDING OF
FENCES.

Science has placed a bomb under
the old superstition that the moon
affects the growing Of farm crops.
It is now convinced that the moon
has no more influence on crops than
it has upon the temperature, or the
amount of rain, or the winds, or any
other weather element 1t asserts that
the growth of plants depends upon
the amount of food in the soil and in
the air that is available for them and
upon temperature, light, and moisture.
The moon obviously does not affect
the character of the soil in any way,
neither does it affect the composition
of the atmosphere The only remain
ing way in which it could influence
plant growth, therefore, is by its light.
Recent experiments show that full
daylight is about 100000 times bright
er than full moonlight, yet when a
plant gets one one-hundredth part of
normal daylight 1t thrlVes little better
than in absolute darkness. If one one
hundredth part of normal daylight is
thus too little to stimulate a plant, it
seems quite certain that a 6OO,O00th
part cannot have any effect at all. 1t
is. therefore, a mere waste of time to
think about the moon in connection
with the planting of crops.
The moon. say the scientists, has
nothing more to do with this than it
has to do with the building of fences,
the time for killing hogs, or any other
of the innumerable things over which
it was once supposed to exert strong
influence.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-08

a highway circuit extending 800 miles
across the state and back, passing
through 81 towns and cities, all to be
lined with trees, are under considera-
ton today at a conference of the
Mass. Forestry Association. A com
mittee will be appointed to make the,
surveys. Shorter circuits are planned
for the North Shore and South Shore,
north and south of Boston, through the
colonies of wealthy summer residents.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-08
Day N0W an
International HOidQu

Hattiesburg is preparing for the cell
ebration on tomorrow of Mothers
Day." the only "a hours Of the entire
year in which the matrons of the coun-
try-living and dead-are openly and
publicly honored.
If the mother is still living, red
flower should be worn; If dead, a
white one.
The Hattiesburg florists are pre-
pairing for a big sale of flowers of all
kinds.
Special sermons will be delivered In
many of the Hattiesburg churches.
Tomorrow will be Mothers Day.
The idea of the institution of this
festival, for such it has grown to be-
originated with Philadelphia woman
Miss Anna Jarvis.
There Is now a Mothers Day Inter
national Association which was or.
gained to promote and protect the
celebration of Mothers Day, and it
works in the United States and for.
eign countries. Any son or daughter
of any country is eligible to member
ship in the association. The object
of the day as officially announced is
can all nations and simultaneous OBJ
servance for the we'll being and honor
of the home. The slogan is: ''In hon
or of the best mother who ever lived
the mother of your heart" The time
of the observance is the second Sun
day in May by the churches of all
creeds. The day is observed by
schools on Friday preceding the sec
ond Sunday in May and Saturday pre-
ceding that Sunday.
The House of Representatives and
the Senate passed a resolution on May
10, 1913, commencing the observance
of Mothers Day by Congress, the Pres
ident and his cabinet and other heads
of government departments. Repre-
sentative Hef1in introduced in the
House, at the request of the founder
of Mothers Day, joint resolution that
the President Of the United States
should designate, through an annual
proclamation, the second Sunday in
May as Mothers Day and that he ere
quest the display of the American
flag on all government buildings,
homes and other suitable places"
President Wilson, on May Of last
year, issued the first national Mothers
Day proclamation, asking that the
next day, Sunday, May 10, be observed
as Mothers Day in accordance with
the joint resolution of Congress, and
it was given out in the news at the
time of that proclamation that the
United States was the first nation to
give such a national patriotic honor
and tribute to its homes as the foun-
tainhead of the state and to it's sons
and daughters "for their work for the
home, moral uplift and religion" for
the good of the government and hui
manity.
1t has been the custom of the gov
ernors Of most of the states for saw
eral years to issue Mothers Day
proclamation urging the churches,
schools, business organizations, homes
and citizens generally to enter into
the fine spirit of the day. In an Of
fetal announcement is to the proper
observance of the day, it has been
written that it should be comm emor'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-08
SOTHERN SOCiOLO-
GIST CONFERENCE

Houston, Tex, May S.-A four-day
conference of the Southern Sociologi-
cal Congress opened here today THE
Conservation of Health" is the subject
of the discuss. ons, and many leaders
in the movement from sections OF
the south are on the p programme as
speakers. The prevention of disease
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-08


kindness, visit, letter, gift or tribute
showing remembrance of the mother
and father to whom grateful affection
Is due" and it has also been written
that Mothers Day is equally Fathers
Day and is designed to deepen and
perpetuate all family ties.
| The outward symbol of Mothers
day is a white carnation, though the
demand has been so great upon pre-
| vious Mothers Days that other carna-
lions have been worn in token of the
memories of the day.
Two years ago charter was grant
ed by the state of Delaware to Char
lotte K. Kirkbride, B. Carrie Stern
berg and others for the celebration
under the laws of that state of go
theirs Day. on the first Sunday in
June of each year, and Representative
J. Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania
| introduced in the House October 2,
, 1913, a bill which provided that the
| first Sunday in June should be desig-
mated as Fathers Day as an express
sion of sentiment corresponding to
that Of Mothers Day, and that the
rose, irrespective of color shall be re-
garded as the emblem"
Mother rhymes" run through the
literature of the English-speaking as
well as that of all other peoples of the
world. Mother rhymes" are much
more numerous that rhymes relating
to the father. When the poets twang
their Tyre in the name Of father they
most often become flippant.
Following are few famous mother
rhymes and mother lines:
I had not so much of man in me,
But all my mother came into mine
eyes
And gave me up to tears.
Shakespeare.
Absent many a year
For DER the sea, his sweetest dreams
were still
OF that dear voice that soothed his
infancy. -Southey.
There is none, in all this cold and
hollow world,
No fount of deep, strong, deathless
love, save that within
A mothers heart!
Mrs. Hemans.
A mother is a mother still,
The hottest thing alive,
-Coleridge.
What matters if the cheek show not
the rose,
Nor eyes divine are there, nor queenly
grace?
The mothers glory lights the homely
face. Sir Lewis Morris.
The loss of a mother is always felt.
Even though her health may incapaci-
tate her from taking any active part in
the care of her family still she is
sweet, rallying point around which af-
lection and obedience and thousand
tender endeavors to please concen-
trate; and dreary is the blank when
such a point is withdrawn
-Lamartine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-08

improvement and conditions III courts
and prisons, associated charity work,
child welfare and race relations are
included as topics. Former Governor
William Hodges Mann of Virginia. is
presiding at the congress.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-08

BAY STATE PLANS
800 MILES OF TREES.
Worcester, Mass, May S.-Plans for
New Britain herald., 1915-05-26
0pOYfOgYathy|
 BY aGRAvY."
BIRTHDAY OF JACK ROOT BEST BOHEMIAN BATTLER.
BY ''GRAVY.'

Boxing has never been popular in Francis Joseph's empire and the men of Austrian birth or descent who have achieved fame in the ring could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Of the Austrian Kaiser's variagated subjects, the Bohenians and the Poles make the best f1stic fighters. There have been number of boxers of Bohemian and Polish descent in the American ring. but only one native cf the Dual Monarchy has ever at tained prominence. and that was Jack Root.
 Root, Bohemian, was born in Aus tria thirty-nine years ago today, May 26, 1878. He came to America at an early age and started his fighting career in Chicago. He was five feet ten inches in height and fought as a welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight and was vnc of the claimants of the worlds heavyweight championship after Jeffries retired ten years ago.
 Roots first appearance in the Chicago ring was in 1897. His first four contests he won by knockouts, but his opponents were far from being top-notchers. Tn 1898 he twice whipped Jack Moffatt and defeated Australian Jim Ryan, both fairly good men. Tho next year he went to Davenport and took on Billy Stift, a famous Chicago fighter. from whom he won on a foul in the seventh. Later in the same year he met Stiff again in Chicago and defeated him in six rounds. He also twice defeated Frank Craig, the Harlem Coffee Cooler one of the best men of his