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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
LOCAL BOY PASSES
B. WEST POINT TEST )
Curtis Wesbore- To Be Ad"'''1' u
Miiitary Academy In June

reteprans were received in HatVieS'
burg this afternoon announcing 'nA'
Curtis Welborn, native OF TINS wy,
had successfully passed the physical
Examination conducted at jackson BAR.
,,cks. New Orleans, today. ana WIZ W.,
he admitted to West Point II wiz
s,;,ot DO necessary for him 70 pASe a
4 nenta, examination, his scholastic re.'
ards made previously being suino,en .a
fye will report to the United s' 1
Military Academy at West Po'h'' JUNG
"a to take up his studies
Young welborn is the second u.'
aissippi boy to be admitted 70 ,,'
Point under the new regulations, n"
appointment was received 'n'''e'
commemorative Harrison. :.
He is 81 years old. and was euu
Gated In the. schools OF Hao'iesous
Va also took two year course az ~
Z A. G. NJ.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
PAR Harrison to
Make Talk at the
Bro0klynExercises
FIELD DAY OF RURAL SCHOOLS
TO BE HELD THERE
FRIDAY.

Congressman B. Pat" Harrison, it
became known today, will make his
first public appearance since the ad-
journment OF the late session OF Con
gress, at brooklyn next Friday, when
the field day exercises for the Forrest
county rural schools will be conducted.
He will address the students and their
friends, who are expected there in
large numbers.
The exercises will draw residents
from every section of the county.
They will be held at the Agricultural
High school. Besides the athletic con-
tests, and literary competitions, there
will be basket dinner.
The Rev. z. J. Currie, superinten-
dent of education of the county, this
afternoon extended an invitation to
the entire county to be present
Come and bring a well-filled basket,
he slid. III You can't bring a basket
don't worry, some one else will. yot
will have something to eat"
The train which leaves Hattiesbur'
at 1925 o'clock Friday morning vii
reach Brooklyn in ample time to per
NIT the excursionists to witness all tn
exercises.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
REVIVAL RECIPE"
GIVEN BY MINISTER
THE REV. DR.. BRUNER TALKS TO
LARGE CROWD FIRST sAP.
TisT CHURCH.

The evangelistic services at the
First Baptist church yesterday, last
night and this morning. were well at
tended. and much interest was mani
tested.
Another packed house heard the
Rev, Weston Bruner last night talk
on "A Receipt for a Revival" He told
of his attendance at the great Welsh
revival at which thousands professed
religion. He also spoke of the mar
velous power manifested at the Billy
Sunday meetings In Philadelphia A
great revival wave which will sweep
the entire United States, was predict
ed by DR.. Bruner Already this year,
he declared. more than $4,000 addi-
tons have been made to the country's
churches.
This morning DR., Bruner talked on
Soul Winning" He said in part :
"The Lord has entrusted the business
of winning souls to his disciples The
disciples, in turn have committed this
task to the preachers. and the preach
ers, in turn are depending upon their
sermons. Hence, there are but few
personal workers"
| He illustrated by the beginning o,
the Salvation Army under Genera
Booth. Booth. he said. presented him
self to the Methodist conference to d.
work among the down and out" o
the world. They said they had n
such place for him. and he immed
ately organized on his own accoun
the Salvation Army.
At the close of the sermon, two boy
made profession under touching eli
cumstances. They were strande
here. and only recently lost the
mother. they said.
: DR.. Bruner will talk tonight on I'll
Lost Chord"
|, The meetings will continue eat
/ day at 10 a. m. and 1880 p. m 4
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
LUMBER MARKET Isl
SHOWING A BETTER
TONE, DEALERS SAY
PRICES ARE STRENGTHENING
AND DEMAND IS IN
cREAslNe.
LARGE EXPORT ORDERS ; 4
ARE NOW BEING FIJI LED
1 Reports From Every Section, of Missis-
sippi Bear Out the Statements OF
Hattiesburs Mili Men--Big Increase
| In Business Is Expected by April I
! Both In Prices and Volume.

The general condition of the lumber
market is better; prices are strength
ening, and better general demand
for the products Of the Forrest county
manufacturing plants is being shown.
This, in brief is the condition in the
local timber field today.
This, too, is borne out by reports
from all sections of Mississippi, and
by the weekly report of the Southern
Lumberman.
Several million feet of export hum
Der are being. prepared for shipment
by one Hattiesburg plant. while othel
mills are busily engaged In turning on
timber for domestic use.
| The J. ]. Newman Lumber Com
pany announced today that they haV
closed several large orders for expor
timber. The first of these, it is hoped
will leave the mills by the latter par
OF this month.
"There is a good demand for luu
Der at this time" said one OF the Of
fcials, land this Is gradually increas
ing daily True It Is that the price
are not as strong as we would Xix
them, but they are almost larg
enough to insure running expenses.
by the first OF the coming mont
Continued on Page Two.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
UNCLE OF DEAD TYPlST
INSISTS UPON EXPOSURE
Physician VIII Be Given Preliminary
Hearing Probably Tomorrow-0rand
Jury to Take Up Case Monday
Week-Public Opinion Demanding
: That Man Responsible For Girls
Condition BE Punished.

SpBCtGt 10 Inc. NCWS,
b. vicksburg, Miss, March 1.-the
police of Vicksburg today, in weaving
together evidence to be presented to
the grand jury on March 20 concern
ing the death here more than two
weeks ago Of Miss Blanche Pace, the
Winona stenographer, started out Oh
another angle of investigation, which
promises to cause sensation in GER
tain Mississippi families.
The IMAM in the, case is the person
the. police want While they are get
ting together what they allege to be
facts concerning the connection of DR..
e. II. Cook. with the girls death, they
also are trying to locate the man who
was directly responsible for the OPP
Grafton and the subsequent death of
the pretty Mississippi typist. That
they have a good idea as to who is
responsible, the officials do not deny.
Further than to say that their inves-
tigation promises to create a sensa-
tlon." every policeman and detective
at work on the case, is silent.
Public opinion here is demanding
that some one besides the physician
said to have been the cause of Miss
PAGES death, be required to pay pen
atty It developed today that the po
lice have been trying to locate form
er companion Of the typist- man VIII,
Ia said to be a member of one OF tn,
most prominent families in Mississip
pi. 1t .also became known that from
! the very beginning. efforts were mad
, to cause the police to lose sight of tn
man In the case" without avail.
Uncle Gives Facts.
% The UNCLE of Miss Pace, who pos
Il lively identified the body after 1t ha
y lain in local undertaking ESTABLISH
!" ment for ten days, Is said to hav
given much information to Chief c
Police Groome regarding former me
friends, of Miss Pace. He also, it
said. insisted that a thorough invest
" cation of the events leading up to he
death, be made.
~ Why Miss Pace, during her dyin
hours, persisted in repeating, over an
= over again "Hattiesburg," has not -
III beer explained. She registered fro
Hattlesburg al the Washington Hote
so and after being taken from that plat
to the Charity Hospital. repeated
Ia whispered the name of that city.
g. It is probable that Dr. Cook will
o. given a preliminary hearing here
morrow 1t is rumored that he ;
ready is planning to establish an ALL
Friends of the accused physician 81
that he will be able to prove concl
eh sively that the woman who visited b
wv office Saturday afternoon, February
IN was not Miss Pace, but woman
vicksburg whom he had been treati
1871 regularly for some months for soI
minor trouble.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
rhaM Motion Denied.

New York.. March 16.-Justice Page
today denied the motion made by Har-
ry X. Thaw that he be returned to
New Hampshire. Just before the de
cision was announced. counsel for
Thaw stated that they had obtained
from justice of the Supreme Court o
writ of habeas corpus which will keeI
Thaw in the Tombs until Friday, wher
lie win be produced In court. Th'
State already had made plans to re
turn Thaw to Matteawan.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
arss,uent Wont comment.

Washington, D. c.. March S.-Pres
ident Wilson to-day declined to discuss
with callers the British order in cosn-
ell which shuts OF all trade to and
from Germany. 1t was indicated I'M
officially. however. that the contents
OF the note are very discouraging to
the United States government. Die
cussion among other officials waa
taken as indication that protest will
be made.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
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HEAVY FROST COMING;
GET YOUR FLANNELS OUT 4

. II you have any fannels hang =
. ing around the house. don't put .
. them away in mothhalls for few =
. hours yet. For you are going to '
= need them this afternoon, tonight;
. and tomorrow morning. There's =
. chilly breeze headed this way. =
= and it's going to strike Missis- =
. sippi with vim. In It's wake =
. will be heavy coat Of frost; the :
. Weather Bureau says about the
. heaviest Of the season.
10 Heavy frosts will cover this 4
. section Of the country. as far !
| = south as the Gulf. In central and
. northern Florida. light frosts will I
. occur.
II 4 y \ = = A
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
HEAD IS CRUSHED AND
CONDITION CRITICAL
v a1eat Thrown From Train or Fell,
Is ALPHABETICALLY Leaves For Bed
side at Request of Laurel Hospital
Nurses-Was to Have Bought a
Jones County Farm Today.

j. +. Barrett, butcher and carpen
ter, who has lived in Hattiesburg at
irregular intervals for the last eight
or ten years, and who has several rel
atives in this part of Mississippi, was
found unconscious with hole In his
head, under trestle of the New Or
leans & Northeastern railroad, FIVE
miles south of Laurel, at $50 o'clock
this moving.
The VI .bnscious body was taken to
laurel, and rushed to a hospital there.
NJ condition is critical. Whether he
Wiz assaulted and thrown from the
Northeastern last night or received
his injuries after having alighted, Is
a mystery. .,.....
Mrs. Barrett, and the injured man
Two brothers left Hattiesburg on the
fl:55 Northeastern train this morning
for Laurel.
A nurse at the Laurel Hospital, over
the long distance telephone this morn
isg, notified Mrs Barrett of the condi-
ton of her husband. "You had better
come at once, If vol expect to see nun
.slive," she said. HE /, still uncon-
scions. but may regain consciousness
10 4 few hours. We believe h's II
iuries are Of fatal nature"
Mr. Barrett left Hsttiesburg on the
Northeastern hast night, for Laurel
He was to have seen the foreman O
the Warsaw Lumber Mills at tina
place regarding the purchase OF farm
from the latter He had but litti
money with him, Mrs. Barrett said tf
day. rust enough to take him to l'aure
and back. Why he should have bee
assaulted, she said, she could not VI
50 and. as robbery could not hav
M zen the motive.
.kAn early morning ere" ho'loeu ~ -,
UNCONSCIOUS form of Barrett unoef I'd
trestle today. and brought their trai
to a standstiil. They picked up In
almost iifeless body, placed 1t on IN
train. and under forced steam, ru"he
Il to Laurel. Here ar ameoiahoN we
W waiting. and the body was take
the hospital.
The head and face were terrlo
beaten, and only papers found III u
,ockets made it possible to idehtl
the man. D..
Barrett has two brothers in TINS cit
and a third, William Barrett, al soS
Miss. His father also lives thefe>'
aister. Mrs. Ell. Graham ives
Laurel.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16

Spcoio! TO The NetoS.
Phoenix, Aris., March l6.-Whether
Knox Laird, former Hattiesburg, Miss.
how now under sentence of death for
murder will be formally executed,
depends upon the result of, an appllca-
ton of A writ of habeas corpus on bis
behalf which mas been filed.
Governor Hunt tried to pardon the
Mississippian February rs. but Ward
ON Sims. of the state penitentiary,
citing the law passed last November
which takes from the Governor the
right to issue pardons refused to DO
~. Laird's suit followed.
Whether Arizona will witness the
execution of u condemned men IN
one day, aa the Governor has threat
ened to have done, also depends upon
the disposition made of the Hatues
burg boys case.
Laird was convicted of having muir
dered a man and robbed him. The
evidence showed that he struck bin
with A stone, and then proceeded II
20 through his pockets. Mississippi
friends helped him fight his case, bu
n did but little good. They are back
ing him in his application for wrl
of babeas corpus, also.
4 Upon this case rests the fate OF tn
man under sentence of death. Thei
onl, hope for life lies IN the possibi
| ity of being pardoned or having the
sentence committed. That Is faI
hone so far as the Board of Pardon
and Paroles is concerned, but 1t Is D
lieyed that Gov. Hunt, In view OF n
strong opposition to capital pnnis
, ment, will not allow one Of the men
] hang if he can maintain his form
l pardoning power
I. Sims is said to be strongly Oppose
! to capital punishment as Gov. HUI
and his action in recent case seer
a n hear this out. When the Governo'
ranrieye of one of the condemned m
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16

expired last month, Sims refused to
proceed with the execution. holding
that az the relative rights as to par
doning power of the Governor and the
Board Of Pardons and Paroles had not
been determined by the courts, the
prisoner had not full opportunity TO
petition for clemency.
Incident Of Fight.
The habeas corpus suit is an Incl
dent in the fight of the Governor to
retain the pardoning power. When
the question of abolishing capital pun
ishment was submitted to the people
last November in the form of a pro
posed constitutional amendment, Gov.
Hunt granted reprieves to the ~ con-
victs until after the date of the cleo
ton hoping that capital punishment
would be abolished But the people
not only voted to retain capital pun
ishment, but practically tied the hands
OF INC GOFofuOT W huOPthu6 oAi oAAohu
ment depriving him of the pardonine
power,
Gov. Hunt contends that the law
should be SO interpreted as to make
the power of the Board of Pardons ant
Paroles merely advisory and not t.
lodge In it the sole power of granting
pardons even to the exclusion OF tn
Governor. The attorneys for Lair
take thie position and have announce
their intention of carrying the fight t
the supreme court should the lowe
court refuse to grant the writ Q
= habeas corpus.
? On the other hand, Attorney Generi
Wiley Jones has announced that.
, the writ is granted, he is prepared
: carry the question to the supren
en- behalf of the state
al Angered by the vote Of the Peep
/. In favor OF capital punishment Go
4 Hunt declared that he would gi'
s them an object lesson by having q
n CONTINUED on Page Two)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
rhou.ands OF soksiers Buried.


London. March l6.-There are more
than 100000 soldiers buried in a trk
angle only a few miles in sise between
Warsaw and Skierniewi. according
to a. correspondent who has just cor
pleted trip over that territory At
a bridge marking the nearest aR
preach Of the Germans to Warsaw.
the bodies of 1900 Germans, and NO
body knows how many Russie." he.
Additional Pruseian casualty lista
bring up the total killed. wounded and
missing since the beginning Of the
war, to 10000. This b exclusive q
casualties in German States othe1
! than 10 Prussia,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
SAYS. INTERVENTION
MUST TAKE PLACE
SPANISH PREMIER SAYS ANAR.
cHlsric CONDITIONS THERE
DEMAND IT.
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, March 16.-Premier Dalo. OF
Spain, is credited with the statement
that anarchy in Mexico makes In
PREVENTION by the United States al
most inevitable" He says that Spain
would not maintain diplomatic rela
lions with Mexico unless the situation
is made normal.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
GO TO oURANT FOR
BAPTIST CONVENTION

Haftiesburg will be we'll represented
at the annual convention of the Pap
list Sunday Schools and the B. Y P.
L., associations of Mississippi, now in
session at IMrant From. the First
Baptist Church, w. L, Pack, Miss
Mayme Thompson, and f. G. Hightow-
err, will be delegates MIR. Pack will
leave for Durant tomorrow morning
Miss Thompson and Mr.. Hightowei
left this morning
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
FINAL DECISION REGARDING IN
MENTIONS SOON TO BE
REACHED.
ALL MAILS BETWEEN
AUSTRIA DISCONTINUED
Austro-LIunsarian Emperor confsrs
With His War Minister Regarding
Defense Of the Italian .Frontier-
More Turkish Forts Are sisenced.
london rsports-ouiet in the West
All Reports Say.
by Associated. Press.)

by Associated. Press.)
Geneva, March 16--A Tribune.
dispatch from Rome today sszsss
that large part Of the italian
Navy is being. concentrated At
Tsranto, a southeastern Italian
port nearest the Dardaneties.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
BUYS t,5ooAcRE FARM.

Hasleliurst, Miss, March lb.-Hugh
Burton OF Indiana has purchased 1900
acres of land from 7. II. Mulsaps in
district number and will convert II
into a live stock farm; Boyd Browdsr
Of Fulton, Ky, has purchased the T.
z. Hall property eight miles west and
viii devote to the raising Of live stock
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
LESS Ferment" Noticeable.

Washington, ID. C.. March l6.-Pres-
ident Wilson told callers today he re
aarded conditions In Mexico as much
less in ferment than they We're few
Nays ago, and that he felt there was
more security now for foreigners than
formerly. Official assurances that
Carranza has abandoned his plans to
blockade Progreso were received to
day.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
TIE COTTON MARKET.

(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, March t6-The cotton
market closed 4 to 7 points UP. The
opening figures were: May. 500;
July, 8.92, and October, 9.26.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16

Washington, D. g.. March N.-The
Minister from Netherlands today in
formally opened negotiations at the
State Department to determine what
action may be taken by the United
States and Netherlands to obtain an
amelioraticn of the restrictions laid
down In the British order IN council
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
presdeHs Survivors safe.

Valparaiso, March tS.-The British
cruiser Drama arrived here today with
the survivors of the crew of the Ger
man cruiser Dresden, which was sunk
Sunday off the Juan Fsrnandes 10
lands by British warships. Nineteen
Of the crew are missing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16
On Hattiesbury Boys
Fate Rests II Lives

HE'S SENTENCED HANGED ARIZONA, THE GOVERNOR
HAS PARpoMep HIM. BUT THE WARDEN WON'T RELEAeE
nAeEAs CORPUS WRIT HANGS, ELEVEN OTHER
CONVICTED AND SENTENCED HIM THE
EXECUTIVE DECLARES
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-16

mississippi - Fair tonight with
"e'Vy frost; colder southeast nor
ton; Wednesday fair.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-05-03
WEEKLY REVIEW OF
N. Y. METAL MARK EFT

COPPER.-This market advanced
sharply from day to day, the bulk of
the business continuing to be for mill
tary purposes, but there is note
worthy increase in buying for domes-
tic peaceful purposes. Copper ex-
ports, for week ending April 10th, as
reported by the department of conf
merce, show 1872 tons to France, l.
OPS to Great Britain, 279 to Italy and
224 tons to Sweden.
LEAD-While no great volume of
business was done, the market was
stronger in tone, sellers obtaining a
premium on large lots contracted for
delivery ahead.
SPELTER-A large business was
done in brass grades but sales Of
common spelter were light. The trans
actions, however, indicated an increas-
ed willingness to enter into contracts
for delivery further ahead than here
tofore. Smelters are becoming more
nsistent upon selling in that way as
the only means of extricating them
selves from a. difficult position.
Prompt spelter is available only in
trifling quantities. The situation is,
in all respects, much confused, and
it is extremely difficult to arrive at
the precise status of the market, as
a whole. Quotations represent the
average as near as can be determined.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-05-03
THE SOUTH IN THE SADDLE.

These half century anniversary OBJ
servances Of those historic closing
days of the great civil war stimulate
lines of reflection. The
New York Times calls attention to
the manner in which the southern
states, rebellious, but later subdued
and compelled to remain in the union,
have fifty years after the surrender
of Lee at Appomattox, now come into
the most commanding place in the
counsels of the nation and in the di-
rection of its affairs which they have
known since the war. For example
it is pointed out that the president
of the United States is native of
Virginia; that five of the ten cabinet
ministers were born in the south; that
the chief justice of the supreme court
and two of the associate justices are
southern men; that the controller of
the currency is Virginian; that the
ambassador to the court of st. James
is a native of North Carolina; that
the ambassador to Italy is a Virgin
ian; that the ambassador to Spain is
a Virginian; that the ambassador to
Russia is of Virginia stock, and that
the minister to Switzerland is a
Georgian; that in the senate of the
United States the states of Virginia,
Tennessee. Florida, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi, Georgia, North Carolina, and
Alabama have each chairman OF an
important committee, and four of
these states have two chairmen each
while in the house of representatives
Georgia and Arkansas have each a
committee chairman, Virginia has five
chairmen, North Carolina three, Ala
bama two, Texas two, Tennessee four
and Florida three.
No better evidences are needed of
the completeness with which the
wounds of the civil war have healed
over and of the cohesive spirit Of un-
ion which holds together the whole
United States.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-05-03
MOVING DAY DELIGHTS.

NEW YORK, May This Is NOV I.
ing day in New York and elsewhere
and wherever one gazed there were
lines Of vans crammed with house
hold belongings. A score of absent
minded bubbles returned from busi-
ness late in the afternoon only to find
their former habitat as devoid of fur
niture and other civilized comforts
as San Francisco's Barbary Coast of
excitement since the reform wave.
Boston is following moving day by
inaugurating a general city cleanup
to last throughout the coming week
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-05-03

sible Durango people are more en-
thusiastic than ever before about her.
Harrish Ingraham was revcla-
tion, and probably never has been
equaled by any actor who has visited
Durango in their professional capac-
ity. From his first appearance he
carried the house by storm. In every
role he did excellent work. In sense
and nonsense where he was so ably
supported by Mrs. w. G. White, who
is always a great favorite with Du-
range people, he did his best work.
The specialties which were in part
second were all good and highly APP
preciated.
The program was of two hours and
a half duration, closing with Tip
perary by the entire company, sung
with much gaiety an animation.
Much was expected of the entertain
ment, and no one was disappointed.