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The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
CITY BREVITIES.
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The Lomo presents today "Zudora
in The $2O,OO0,0OO Mystery" episode
No. II, GA Message From the
Hearth; Vitagraph comedy-drama, "A
Strand of Blonde Hair" Edison fea-
ture in two parts, "The Young Mrs.
Winthrop" "A Mountain Goat
farce comedy. Tomorrow is special
stamp day for the ladies, also an all
feature picture program as follows;
"Iifes Cross Roads" Special in
three parts, Biograph drama, Play
things of Faye" "Noisy Neighbors,' y
farce comedy; Lubin feature, when
Honor Wakes" Camille as She New
er Was" a burlesque comedy; THE
Gypsy's Warning" drama. Wednes-
nesday, Alice Joyce in THE Price OF
Silence"
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
LIVES WITH CRUSHED SKULL.

Natchez, Miss, Feb. 15.-Nearly one
third of the skull of John Reilly ne
gro, was removed by DR.. J. w. d.
Dicks and assistants at the Natchez
Hospital Monday. Reilly suffering
from one of the worst fractures of the
skull ever seen, is still alive at the
hospital. Two pieces of bone, each
about two or three inches, were re
moved. The skull had been fractured
five times. Reilly was hit with an axe,
and his skull broken like an egg shell.
He was brought to the hospital Mon
day on the steamer Percy Swain and
was taken to the hospital. He was
able to talk only for short while
and could not give a coherent account
of the happening. He was employed
at the Hodges plantation.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
FIELDER NOW IN PRISON.

Jackson, Miss, Feb 15.-Bud Field
er, member of prominent Amite
county family, whose life term for
the murder of his brother, Bee Eel
der, was recently affirmed by the
Supreme Court, was brought to Jack
son Saturday by travelling sergeant
of the penitentiary and transferred to
the Rankin convict farm.
Just prior to the departure of the
prisoner from the Amite county Jail
the authorities frustrated a plot that
had been concocted for Felder's es-
cape. An express package addressed
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
NEW DEPUTY FOR GEN. BLISS.

Washington, Feb. 15.-Brigadier-Gen
eral Tasker II. Bliss has been relieved
of the Department of the South, and
today becomes a member of the gen.
eral staff corps. The famous fighter
is now in his 63rd year and will soon
be retired.
Brigadier-GeneralE Enoch H. Crowder
today completed four years as Judge
Advocate General of the army, and has
been reappointed by President Wilson
for another four years.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
OPEN STATE HOSPITAL.

Lima, O., Feb. 15.-The Lima State
Hospital was officially opened today.
Provision is made for 600 patients
and this will extended to care for
1000. The hospital is under DR.. Char.
les H. Clark, superintendent, and the
annual state appropriation will be
some $250,000. Many state officials
attended the opening exercises today,
and the hospital was inspected by the
visitors.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
Non=ArriUal OF
Books Causes a
Delay to Scouts
BOYS ORGANIZATION WAITING
ON RECEIPT OF CRAFT
LITERATURE.

Becase of the delay in receiving the
handbooks and other literature, prog
ress in the formation of the Hatties-
bug Boy Scouts Organization has
been halted for the time being.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee was held in the rooms of the Com
mercial Club yesterday afternoon.
Routine matters were disposed of, but
because of the absence OF literature,
it was impossible to enter upon new
work.
The various scoutmasters will meet
each Sunday afternoon with the mem.
bers of the executive committee in
the future.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Registered at the Hotel Hattiesburg
today were: James Montgomery, H.
H. Irwin, ]. C. McCudy and wife, j. r.
Morton and l. r.. Eisenberg, of New
Orleans: Noble S. Bruce, Memphis;
Jacob Savage, PETERSBURG, Va; |. La
creme Tigert, Jackson; VIM. Hakesley,
Baltimore; r. a. Bobbitt Richmond,
Va; Geo. Reaves, Clarksville, Tenn;
Miss Bessie Murphy A. e M. College;
w. C. Salmon and wife, Boonton, N. j.;
T. p Hill, Cincinnati; R. E. l.. Nee
han, Ike Keller, Gadsden; Jno. Weille,
Vicksburg; l.. T. Hinton, Mcneil; j.
M. Chamblee, Jacksonville, Fla; |. G.
Wilson, Lyman, Miss; T. J. Sowell,
Magee; Leon Tyrone and daughter,
Prentiss E. II. Beckner, Poplarville; !;
R. p Washington, Jackson; A. j.
Brown, Atlanta; T. ]. Fay, Chicago;
M. R. Jones, st. Louis; o. j. Vowel,
Meridian; j. c. Morgan, Brookhaven
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
|EE JUSTICE
FOR THE POOR
0EMARkABLE SUCCESS OF THE
NEW COURT TRIED OUT
IN KANSAS.

1 Topeka, Kan, Feb. 15.-During the
first twenty months of the unique Kan
sas poor mans court, over 800 laboring
men and working women have foiled
the dead beats" The report just.
fled shows that day loborers, washer
women, clerks, seamstresses, messen-
gers, newsboys and farmhands have
been aided by this poor mans court
to collect honest dues.
4 The fight against the dead BEATS
begun in 1918 by Associate Justice
Dawson of the Kansas Supreme Court,
led to the enactment of law estab-
fishing small debtors courts. Two OF
these are in operation, one in Topeka
and the other in Leavenworth. The
court was an experiment, the first OF
its kind in the United States. And
therefore workmen all over the coup-
try were anxious to see it work out.
1t is believed that the Kansas
small debtors courts are the only en-
tirely free tribunals of justice in the
country. Besides doing away with the
many fees and expenses of ordinary
courts. the methods have been simpli-
fed. so that all high-sounding legal
technicalities are tobooed and just
plain talk that every workingman un-
derstands is used. The new court is
marvellous in its simplicity. The judge
is appointed by the mayor of the town
or the county commissioners, and his
fitness must be- according to the stat
ute, "some reputable citizen who is
sympathetically inclined to consider
the condition of the poor, friendless
and unfortunate"
In the poor mans court there is lit
tie formalty. Sessions are held most
anywhere, the Judge being available at
his home or office to settle disputes
night or day. Any person unable 10
pay ordinary court costs, who feels
himself unjustly deprived of sum not
exceeding 800, may call upon the judge
and state his case. The judge infor-
mally summons the efendant-usually
by telephone-and the case is tried
without lawyers and the minimum for
mality and friction. Often the mere
notification by the judge that col
lection has been placed in his hands
is sufficient to bring the defendant tC
time.
While defendants have the right oi
appeal, it has worked out that nearly
all just cases they are willing to settle
The majority of the cases are to re
cover payments for labor working mer
and women finding the new court g
great asset in thwarting dead beats.
1t is a notable fact that the same de
fendant has rarely appeared twice, ant
this indication that the new court is
having a healthy effect on honesty il
one of the important results achieved
Judge w. H. Kemper and Judge Ell
Nirdlinger of the Topeka and Leaven
worth courts respectively report SO'
claims settled satisfactorily to all par
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
DES MONIES SALOONS
CLOSE TONIGHT.

Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 15.-Des
Moines goes dry tonight. The SO. sa-
looms of the city will lock their doors,
and it is believed they will not reopen.
The closing of all the saloons of the
city comes as a result of the action
taken by the City Council last Decem-
ber. More than 1000 Des Moines vo-
ters petitioned the council not to renew
the saloon permits. These expired
Dec. 81, and the Council adopted the
radical action but later granted the
saloon keepers six weeks lease OF
life to close out their business. The
prohibition forces have had their case
in the courts for several years.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP NOSTRILS
Tells Tells How To Get Quick Relief
if0" Head-Colds. It's Splendid!

IN one minute your clogged nos,r,,.
VIII open the air passage of your head
VIII clear and you can breathe free,v
wv nnore hawking, snuffing, blowing
neauaone' dryness. No struggling for
plVa,H ,'' at night; your cold or catarrh|
will be gone.
yet small bottl. of Ely's Cree
palm from your druggist now Al
i.'le OF this fragrant, antisept|
nealng cream in your nostrils. II nar!
etrates through every air passapa l'
,ne head' soothes the infamed or swoi
'en mucous membrane and reliS
come instantly
its Just fine. Don't stay stuffed.
WIN a cold or nasty catarrh-Relj
comes SO quickly. $.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
"REMEMBER THE MAINE"

Washington, Feb. 15.-On the seven
teenth anniversary of the day when
the battleship Maine was blown up in
Havana Harbor, the annual memorial
services in honor of the men who lost
their lives are being held today in
Arlington national cemetery. The
dedication of the Maine memorial,
which has been built in the cemetery,
has been postponed to Memorial Day.
Today's exercises are under the aus
pices of the Army and Navy Union.
Senator Vardaman of Mississippi and
Congressman Kahn of California are
the principal speakers. The Spanish
War Veterans of Foreign Service and
a women's committee on floral decora-
tion are also taking part in the me-
mortal exercises.
The battleship Maine memorial has
been erected in conformity with the act
of Congress, and Is in the form of a
battleship turrent and mainmast. The
granite turrent is IA high and 26 feet
in diameter. In the panels of the tur-
rent the names of those who perished
have been engraved. The mast with
fighting top weighs over II tons. The
new memorial has cost about $55, 900,
and will be dedicated with appropriate
exercises in the Spring.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15

ties. This means not only that these
two free courts prevented this large
number of working people from being
swindled out of small sums they could
i'll afford to lose, but it means that
in those two cities there are 800 peo-
pie whose sense of justice has been
satisfied-who have beeen relieved OF
the retarding and often indicative be-
lief that all things work against the
poor.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
MARRIED ON IsTHMUs.

Oxford, Miss, Feb. 15.-Information
has just reached oxford that Miss
Enid iWardlaw and Ensign Heister
Hoogerwerff, of the Tacoma" U. S.
NJ, were married at Cristobal, Canal
Zone, on January 26. Miss Wardlaw
law, of oxford, and the groomis the
son of Capt. Hoogerwerf, supernten-
dent of the Naval Observatory at
Washington.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
A Nj u S E M E N T S
New York Metropolitan Company.
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New York Metropolitan Company,
A fairly good sized audience attend
ed the concert of the New York Metro
politan Company at the Auditorium
Saturday night, and while there were
many seats vacant during the perfor'
nance, the approval and enjoyment
by those in attendance was manifested
throughout the evening. The company
gave a good performance, each artist
being up to the occasion in rendering
the difficult and classic program.
Alice McClung, the pianist, who ac-
companied each number, showed her
self to be more than an accomplished
musician. Tender and sweet, gay and
vivacious, or solemn and sad, as the
occasion might demand, she touched
the keys with such deftness that in
every number, the accompanist was
never lost sight of. The effect of the
soloists and the violinist was brought
out by her playing at all times,
Decidedly the most finished artist
of the company was Marie Ellerbrook,
whose stature and deep toned contralto
voice makes her especially fitted for
operate singing. Her Aria" from
Samson and Delilah; her "Cry of Rach-
ell" and her Little Boy Blue gave
her an opportunity to display her
power as singer with well ranged
vioce.
Axel Skovgaard, the Danish violin
ist, showed himself to be an exquisite
musician. His Interpretation of the
"Nocturne," or "The Swanee River,
were equally as appealing. He receiv
ed much applause.
The company is en- route to Sar
Francisco where it will appear during
the exposition.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15

F. B. Kirkpatrick, of the Kirkpatrick
Lumber Company, of Cincinnati, who
has been in Hattiesburg on business
trip, is now in New Orleans attending
the Mardi Gras. He will return to
this city Wednesday. Mr.. kirkpatrick
will he the guest of Theo Schlitz.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15
PERSONAL MENTION

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. e. Garno of Boston,
are visiting their son, Ralph Garno,
manager of Kress' Five-and-Ten Cent
Store. They will remain in Hatties-
burg another week.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15

Because OF its tonic and laxative effect, LAxA-
1--we BROMo QUININR is better than ordinary
Qunine and does not cause n,ryousnass 81
I,inging in head Remember the full name and
look ior the signature Of Z. W. GROVE, 2sr,
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15

M. T. Rogers, Rope" Rogers, of
Shubuta, Miss, who formerly was en-
gagged in the lumber business here, is
visiting his brothers, J. w. and Joe
Rogers.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-15

not to be sent to prison to serve a.
term for charges which he supposed
had been mol pressed.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-09
STUDENTS TALK DOWN
RECALL OF JUDGES
Columbian Society Holds Debate
Haycraft Is Elected
President.

At the first meeting of the Column
bian Debating Society, of the George
Washington University, at the Law
School last night, l.. Haycraft was
elected president.
Other officers named were o. T.
Smith. vice president: B. NanMoss. sec
retary: Oscar Johanneson, treasurer;
VI. II. Francis. critic. and Max RrOades.
press representative. An executive
committee composed of Messrs. Pendell.
Macarthur. and Jacobson was also
chosen.
The question. Resolved. That the
people should have the right to recall
judges" was debated last night. The
affirmative was upheld by Messrs.
Francis and Haycraft. while the neg
ative was argued by Messrs. Morehouse
and Johanneson. The negative side
was declared the winner.
\ meeting of the society will be
held at the Law School next Friday
evening when the question. Resolved.
That a naval program designed to
furnish a navy for a strength second
TO but one foreign power is advisable"
will be debated.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-09

Henry S. Baker. president of the Excise
Board. was elected president of the West
Virginia Society of the District last night
at a meeting at Masonic Temple. He
succeeds ID. w. Gall. who organized the
society a year ago and was its first presi-
dent.
Other officers chosen were six vice pres
idents, Gen. W. W. Scott. c. II. Knott, +.
T. Morgan. Judge y. b. Wells. Capt.
Henry &. Duncan. and Oscar y. Price,
and w. f.. Rraithwaite. secretary: Mrs
Todd c. Sharp. financial $ Cretary; w. r.
George, corresponding secretary, j. Will
lam DeGrange. treasurer. and Mrs.
George W. Atkinson, historian.
rising vote of thanks was given the
retiring officers following the election.
Fourteen new members were admitted
as follows Mrs. Virginia Il. Sheetz.
Edward Bailey. Hayes Haymaker. Nora
L. Davis, Lucy LamOn. II. J. Barton.
Mr. and Mrs. r. L. Riddleburger, g. V.
Gates, f. Fl. McDermott, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. III. McGlnnis. Frank Murray. James
NJ. Maloney, and Miss Emma J. MalOney.
The annual report of the treasurer
showed that the society is in excellent
financial condition.
The committee recently appointed to
revise the bylaws submitted its report
and new constitution, which was
adopted
The Washington herald., 1915-10-09
Foe Could Crush u. S. Amy
In Three Weeks, Says T Harvey
Head of D. National Guard Addresses University Men at
Meeting Preparatory to Organizing Coast Artillery
Company as Part of Local Militia

company for practice in tracking and
plotting vessels on the Potomac, for gun
practice with blanks. and for practice
with the mechanical and electrical auuip-
ment Weekend trips will be taken by
the company to the fort and occasional
trips will be made to Fort Monroe and
Fort Henry, near Baltimore. where act
ual practice in the firing of big guns will
be received. An encampment of several
weeks will be arranged for the summer
Rear Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton,
L. S. N. retired. president of the univers-
itv. presided William Bruce King, mem
ber of the board of trustees and acting
chairman of the military committee in
the absence from the city of Gen. Max
well V. H. Woodruff, spoke of the part
students from Yale. Harvard and other
universities had tsken in all the pa ST
wars of this country. He said he hoped
the company would be the forerunner Of
similar military organizations at other
universities.
..rhis country has entered every war IN
its history in a state of hopeless unpre-
paredness." said Mai. J. c. Castner, U.
S. A., adjutant general of the District
militia. "This nation has lost millions
in dollars and men because Of lack of
ADEQUATE preparedness. The coast artil-
lerv of the United States is at low ebb.
and there would be great demand for
officers and men In this line of service
should war ever come"
The following recruiting committee Of
.tudents was appointed by Admiral
stockton: ]. L. Tunstall, chairman: d.
q nickerson. James A. Ryan f. F.. Col
lier and Spencer Gordon. Prof Richard
Cobb secretary of the university. was in
charge Of enrolment at the meeting.
Nearly nifty students already have sig
nif,ed their intention Of enlisting. En-
Iistments will be for term Of three
The Washington herald., 1915-10-09
FORCED TO serve BY
Influence OF U. S.
Former Member of Huerta Cabinet,
Under Death Sentence. Tells of
H. L. Wilson Farley.

Mexico City. Oct. S.-Alberto Garcia
Granados. former minister of the interior
in the cabinet of Gen. Huerta, has been
convicted of treason and sentenced to
death on the charge that he assisted in
the overthrow of Premier Madero and
the subsequent assassination of the
president.
A sensation developed at the trial of
Granados when he took the stand in his
own defense and swore that his place
in the Huerta cabinet had been forced
upon him at a conference in the Ameri-
can Embassy called by Henry Lane Will
son, then United States Ambassador to
Mexico, in which Huerta and Felix Diaz
and the Mondragon faction participated
Il accepted because 1 thought l could
render useful service to my country, ne
continued, but resigned when l learned
that President Madero and Vice Presi-
dent SuareZ had been assassinated
Huerta waited several months before ac-
cepting my resignation"
Despite Granados' plea he was found
guilty, the court holding that the evil
dence against him was conclusive and
fixing the penalty at death. though the
prosecutor said that imprisonment for
two years would be satisfactory. Gra-
nados, who is s. years old. tainted when
sentenced to death. An appeal for Glenn
ency will be made to Gen. Carranza.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-09

The present military forces Of the
United States would not last three weeks
against any first-clasS foreign force land
ed on the American shores, according to
Brig Gen William z. Harvey, command
ing the District National Guard who last
night addressed a large assemblage OF
students of the George Washington Uni
versity at a meeting held in the Medical
Building preparatory to organizing a
coast artillery company. to be a part of
the local militia.
1.-The work you are undertaking is of
national Importance" he said. No one
today can afford to say he is not willing
to assist in preparing for the defense of
the country. Our country is woefully un-
prepared. We have only eight guns in
our army with a caliber in excess Of 80
inches. We have less than 400 field ar
tillery guns. We have not more than
eight regiments with horses ready to
move at a moments notice. 1t would be
foolish to put unframed men In uniforms
and turn them loose against skilled SOL
diers. Russia now is rcaping the result
of having a limitless supply of men of
the unframed type.
1T is fitting that the university named
for the President who urged us to pre-
pare for war in time Of peace should be
the first university In the land to organ
ize a coast artillery company"
Gen, Harvey explained that the COM
pany could be formally organized as soon
as sixty-five students had enrolled On
GERS will be selected from the student
body by competitive examination. Drills
and classes in instruction will be held
once a week under the general supervis-
ion Of a detailed army officer. The first
work to be undertaken will be infantry
drill and rifle practice.
It was announced that Gen. Weaver,
head Of the coast artillery Of the army,
wiz turn over Fort Washington ta the
The Washington herald., 1915-10-09
New York Cheers President
And His Fiancee on Visit
Crowds in heater and on Streets Give Ovation to white
House Couple Wedding to Be Held by
End of November

New York. Oct. S.-Thousands Of stroll
ers in Central Park this afternoon turned
to gaze at big olive green touring car
that SKINNED through the drives
thronged with the usual afternoon
stream of vehicles. In the rear seat sat
a beautiful woman, a bouquet OF flowers
pinned to her fur coat. Beside her was
a man of distinguished appearance, his
gray eyes and tanned skin sparkling
with health.
The man in the car was Woodrow Will
son, President of the United States.
The woman at his side was Mrs. Edith
Boiling Gait. his bride-to-be.
The President introduced his fianoee to
New York today. and New York ap-
proved.
1t was the first public appearance of
the President and the woman who will
be the first lady in the land. And from
the moment the Metropolis cheering
thousands caught their first glimpse of
Mrs. Gait they were captivated by her
beauty and her poise.
Theater Crowds Enthusiastic.
Only once was the open admiration
afforded an opportunity to become vocal.
This was at $50 o'clock tonight when
the President escorted his fiancee to a
fag-draped box at the Empire Theater.
Mrs. Gait was garbed in a wondrous
black silk evening gown trimmed In
green, topped by a rich red-and-black
brocade coat. A bouquet of American
Beauty roses was pinned to her corsase
The President, an Inverness cape
thrown oyer his evening dress. walked
at her side down the extreme south
aisle towards the boxes that had been
set aside for the party.
Some one in the rear Of tho orches-
ira caught sight of them first and
clapped his hands. Instantly the ap-
plause became storm Everyone
leaned to his feet Soon the enthu-
siasts broke out in cheers.
The President laughed boyishly. A
delicate flush overspread Mrs. Galts
face, but she bowed with perfect
The Washington herald., 1915-10-09
ALPHA BETA PHI HONORED.
G. w. 4. Chapter Will Become Menu
her of Sigma Nm.

Alpha Beta Phi Chapter Of George
Washington University will he formally
installed the latter part of this month
as a member of the Sigma Nh National
Fraternity. The cermonies will be held
in the chapter house in F street north
west between Twentieth and Tw' uty-
first streets. probably on tn" night Of
October 23 Officials of the Grand
Chapter and Of chapters in n"i-hh"ring
cities will attend.
The George Washington charter was
voted into the nationa! organization at
a convention held III Denver last August.
Sigma M was founded at Virginia
Military Institute in ls6a 1t has seventy
two chapters. located principally in the
South and West. The organization has
large and active alumni chapter here
and it was due to the influence of these
men that the George Washington
students We're voted into the fraternity.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-09
WILL IRWIN WILL TALK.
War Correspondent Plans Address
mt Press Club Tonight.

Will Irwin. one of the American news
poper correspondents who went looking
for the wa in taXicab in Belgium
and found twill speak at the National
Press Club tonight. Mr.. Irwin since the
time when temporarily he was held as
a prisoner by the German army. has
had numerous experiences, but mostly
with the Allies. story of the battle
of Ypres which he wrote. and when
first appeared in the London Daily Mail.
has since become a classic. Notwith-
standing the fact the account of the
battle was not given to the public
until three months after it happened
there has been such a demand for re-
prints of the story the world over that
already 100000 extra copies have been
disposed of.