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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
EXIT TAPE MEASURE
AT ATLANTIC CITY
AudaciousIy Costumed Maids No More
In Danger of MoIestatioh.

Atlantic City, Aug. q. - Atlantic
,City's official tape measure is out OF
commissiOn-perm
No more are pretty girls on the
beach to be subject to the danger of
being held up by some puritanically
inclined beach cop while he deter
mines with the tape whether the hem
of her natty bathing skirt comes with
in the required three inches of her
shapely knee.
Nor are audaciously costumed maids
to be photographed in the process of
being so measured before the click
ing glare of moving picture machines.
Nothing of that sort will occur here
after. Whatever measurements are
taken must be taken OFFICIALLY.
Because Mayor William Riddle is
exceedingly disturbed lest the wide
spread showing of q mock measuring
scene upon the beach conducted by a
picture syndicate may do Atlantic
City untold injury, William H. Bart
lett, director of public safety, has is
sued most explicit orders. Beach Of
ficials are sternly commanded to abol-
ish the official tape measure absolute
ly and grant no further permits to
movie syndicates. Meanwhile the
whole beach is laughing about it.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21

The stage is all set for Tuesday s
political drama to be produced
throughout Mississippi when a state
and county second primary will be
held, and regardless of whatever diff
'ticulties certain other counties of the
Magnolia state may be facing regard
ing sample election ballots and the
like, everything promises to go off
with ease and accuracy in Forrest
county.
The election ballots have been
printed, the ballot boxes gotten to-
gether, and today the last of them will
be sent to the several voting precincts
of Forrest. There are sixteen polling
places in Hattiesburg and the county,
and T. E. Batson, secretary of the
Democratic Executive Committee, to-
day announced that each election man
ager should have had in his posses
sion by noon, the official tickets and
the place in which to deposit them
next Tuesday.
The campaign practically ends to-
night. OF course there will be one
more electioneering day before the
second primary, but it is likely that
majority of the candidates will end
their campaigns tonight
The fever of excitement and inter
est that marked the closing of the
campaign leading up to the first pri.
mary three weeks ago is lacking to
day, not only in Forrest county, but
throughout the entire state While
interest is being manifested in the
probable outcome of Tuesdays voting,
yet it is of the subdued kind. The
several county office seekers are go
ing about their work quietly, but with
vim There are going to be number
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
STORMS OFF-SHOOT
STRIKES 3 STATES
ILLINOIS, ARKANSAS AND MIS-
SOURI, ARE FLOODED; Many
ARE MISSING.
(By Associated PreSS.)


St. Louis, Aug. 21.-An off-shOot of
the storm which swept Texas earlier
in the week yesterday did damage es-
timated at several millions of dollars
to crops and property, seriously i'm
paired transportation and wire facil-
tiles, and endangered thousands of
lives in Illinois, Arkansas and Mis-
souri,
Six persons are missing and thou
sands are homeless.
The towns of Woods River, Benlow
and East Alton were covered with
ten feet of water. but the entire popu-
lations received warnings and left be-
fore the water from the broken Ievee
Iat East Alton reached them.
Brooklets were turned into raging
torrents which tore away bridges
levees and dams, homes, and every
thing else in their paths. There was
seven inch rainfall in st. Louis
Men toiled all night to prevent the
| city waterworks from being under
mined.
Damage to st. Louis buildings prob
ably will reach a million dollars.
Nine persons are known to have per
ished in the flood here, and two are
missing Nine bodies, one that of j
white person. and eight negroes, were
found today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

Tupelo, Miss, Aug. 21.-During a
thunder storm here this afternoon the
residence of p. S. Weaver, at West
End, was struck by lightning. doing
considerable damage to the house, but
no one was seriously hurt. One of Mr.
"eaver's daughters was knocked un-
conscious and did not regain consci-
BUSINESS for an hour. The lightning
struck one of the chimneys and tore
it all to pieces and the house was 9TH
erwise damaged inside.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
CRACK TEAMS Of
CITY LEAGUE MEET
TRANSPORTATION AND BANKERS
To CLASH AT HAMPER PARK
AT 4 O'CLOCK.

As a continuation OF the exciting
time at Hamper Pork on Thursday
afternoon, when two of the teams OF
the City League went through the thir-
teenth inning without a score, the
Transportation and the Bankers teams
of the local league will meet at the
park this afternoon. An equally as
exciting a game is promised.
The game will start at 4 o'clock.
This hour was selected in order to
give every one an opportunity to wit
ness the contest. The admission price
will be 10 cents and Is cents.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21

London, Aug. 21--Russian gun
ners have brought down a Zeppelin
approaching Wilma, according to
Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd
Foreign minister Sonnino has re-
ported to the Italian cabinet on the
Turkish situation, declaring that Turk
ish provocations of Italy have become
intolerable
Bulgaria has concentrated 10000
troops on the Turkish frontier.
Petrograd announces that a strong
German fleet pentrated the Gulf of
riga, and is engaging the Russian
Naval forces there.
The Russian war office declares that
the Russians are making a successful
stand against the Germans northwest
of Brest-Litovsk.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21

The strange story of the loss Of
$6000,0O0 by a New York society
beauty came out in court the other
day when a judge fined her $3.50 for
contempt in failing to explain why
she could not pay debt of $3,O27
The alternative for the fine is inn
prisonment, for despite the general
belief to the contrary, they still i'm
prison for debt in New York City and
state.
1t developed that Mrs. Barcley had
filed a petition in bankruptcy, and
that practically all her great fortune
was gone.
Where the well known society lead
er's $6,000,000, represented by large
holdings, has vanished was explained
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
CHAMPION SWEARERs
GETS $3.50 FINE

Della Harris, champion swearer and
artistic oath-slinger, Recording to
Annie Horton, who ws.s in police
court yesterday charged with "cussin'
blue streak" up on Main street the
afternoon before, was given a $3.50
fine and costs in Mayor Batson's
court this morning. Annie produced
the second witness necessary for con-
viction, who said that Della was just
as good a cusser as if she had been
trained for that business.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
POLITICAL RALLY
FOR MONDAY NIGHT
CANDIDATES WILL BE GIVEN
LAST OPPORTUNITY TO TALK
TO VOTERS.

Plans Were Completed this aft
ernoon for a political rally to be
held at the court house Monday
night at o'clock, when all the
candidates in the second primary
will be given an opportunity to
speak a last word to the voters
of Forrest county.
While the time of each speaker
will be limited, each will be given
d chance to explain his platform.
1t is expected that big crowd
will be present. Practically all of
the candidates will be there.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21

by her lawyer, Norman w. Kerngood
He said Mrs. Barclay, like many 9th
er social leaders, had intrusted her
business affairs to agents and serv-
ants.
The result was that Mrs Barclay
agents borrowed money at usurious
rates, paid exorbitant bonuses for
loans and made unreasonable and un-
busineslike concessions to tenants
This mismanagement had brought heI
to a point where she had little more
than $4,000 worth of realty left.
Her first husband, Augustus Brown
ing Prentice, was left a vast fortune
by his father, he became afflicted with
nervous disorders and was finally
committed to Bellevue, where he died
in 1906.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
STEVENS GOES HOME
AFTER HIS VACATION
ASSOCIATE SUPREME COURT JUS.
TIcE RETURNS TO JACKSON
AFTER STAY HERE.

Judge j. Morgan Stevens, associate
justice of the Mississippi Supreme
Court, who has been spending a short
vacation in Forrest and Perry coun-
ties. has returned to Jackson.
This has been the first extended
visit Justice Stevens has made to his
old home here since his elevation to
the supreme court bench some months
ago
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21

Washingtn, d. c. 21The government be
to the bottom off the Irish Coast Thursday,
rule O zed
State tha Amba
be
the White
This indication probably give
by
is to
poruny
e for sinking o
warning by a subm
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
FIRST BALE AT lTTA BENA.

Itta Bena, Miss, Aug. 21.-The first
bale of cotton to be ginned at Itta
Bena was brought 70 town by w. II.
Baird. the Buckeye Gin performed the
service on Wednesday. He also has
another bale out.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
Germans Take BieIak.

Berlin, Aug. 21.-The Germans have
captured the Russian town of Bielak.
south of Bialystok, and have driven
the Russians over the Blala river SAYS
an official statement.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
Thief rs WERE DARING AND
ATTRACT MUCH ATTENTION
Chief of Police Bennett Believes That
the Last of the Band Which SWoop
ed Down on the Partly Destroyed
Building of the BIudwine BottIing
Works, Stripping 1t Of Its Valuable
Equipments, Will Be Caught Soon.

The net thrown out on Wednesday
following the raid on the wrecked
building of the BIudwine Bottling
Works by daylight brass thieves.
again was drawn in today. and two ad-
ditional boys, charged with compile
ity in the raid, were numbered in the
catch.
!. One of them, Jimmie Smith, plead
guilty, and was given a fine of $40
in police court by Mayor Batson. A
second Osborne Townsend, a knee
pants youngster, now living in Petal,
caught in the raid, but VINO denied
his guilt, was given a fine of $40.
Through his attorney, Duncan
Draughn, an appeal was noted, and
the boy was released on bond.
The story of a free-for-all fight
which took place in the city Jail last
night between three of the negro lads
found guilty of the daring thefts,
came out at the trial of the Townsend
boy.
Milton Amos. a youth who was
found guilty on Thursday and given
a $40 fine, told the court that he had
been attacked by Jimmie Smith and a
negro named "Slim," because of infor-
nation Amos is alleged to have given
the police about the thefts. The ne
groes created such a disturbance that
the police on duty at headquarters
hurried to the Jail, and quieted the
fighting youngsters.
Thefts Were Daring.
The brass thefts from the Bludwine
works have attracted much attention
in Hattiesburg. owing to their daring.
In broad daylight and on a street
filled with pedestrians at the time,
the band entered the partly burned
building and stripped it of its valu-
able brass fixtures. These were taken
by the band to the junk shop of Sam
Schemper and offered for sale.
Schemper became suspicious and sent
for an officer. The negroes broke and
ran. The police since then have been
securing the city, and have rounded
up nearly all of the culprits.
Smith. the negro who plead guilty
to the charge, was the principal wit
ness for the city. He said that with
Milton Amos and Osborn Townsend,
he went to the bottling works, got the
brass, carried 1t to the junk shop
where it was offered for sale. The
trio ran away, he said, when it was
learned that the police had been
called This happened on Thursday
he said.
The Townsend boy attempted to
prove an alibi, saying that he had not
been in Hattiesburg on Thursday, but
admitted having been here on Tues
day Amos denied that Townsend
was with the crowd that offered the
brass for sale.
Chief Bennett believes that the last
of the thieves will be apprehended
within a few hours.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
COTTON CONTRABAND NOTICE

NOi ION CON RABAND NOTICE.
Paris, Aug. 21.-The foreign
office announces that the Jour
male OfficiaIe tomorrow will con-
tam an announcement by the
French and British governments
declaring cotton contraband Of
war
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
THE COTTON MARKET,

(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans. Aug. 21.-The cotton
market closed Is to Is points down.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
EVERETT BARRON BACK.

Everett Barron has returned from q
vacation spent in North Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
EURE IN MERIDIAN.

C. O. Eure is in Meridian on busi-
ness
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
STAGE ALL SET.
F OR TUESDAYS
BIG PRIMARY
Candidates VIII Wind Up Their
Campaign Tonight; They're
Glad Of 1t, Too.
INTEREST BEING SHOWN
IN VARIOUS LOCAL RACES

Contest for Sheriff and Circuit Court
Clerk Attracting Most Attention
J. p. Pace, Candidate for Treasurer,
and Well Known Throughout Coun-
ty Is Making An Excellent Showing.
Results of Second Primary To Be
Known Tuesday Night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21

London, Aug. 21The amended passengers the VIII
the 16,
lost, places the number of dead a
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
GERARD TO INVITE BERLIN
ITO GIVE EXP[ANAT|ON.OF
WHITE STAR LINERS LOSS

GERMAN GOVERNMENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL
UTMOST DELBERATIoN TO THE ANSWER
AND ~ . EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO AVOID SEVERANCE
OF %rIc RELATIoNs-BRIrIsH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
REPORTS NOT BEING Conveyed
sUNK-AT LEAST TWO AMERICANS STILL uN.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-21
THE WEATHER

MissIsslppi-Fair tonight and SUM-
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LeyggSf MY To pic

its actual attendance from so up to
moro than $50. With him Is associat-
ed q faculty OF American teachers.
Mrs. E e R>nks, Mrs. Roy Banks.
Miss Sarah Pratt, Mrs. r. Zarbuchea
and the undersigned are the English
teachers at present. All these teach
ers with their PRINCIPAL are endeavor.
ing to instill high moral ideals into
their students. Should any of our
students so far forget themselves as
TO do an ungentlemanly act. none
would be more grieved than DR.. Rhee
and his co-wCrkers. We have heard
of a student from one of the private
schools Of the city who came down to
the National Association building and
made inflaming speeches against DR..
Rhee and struck the new president OF
the National Association, for which OF.
tense he was arrested; but we have
heard of no such offense from any OF
our students. DR.. Rhee has been con.
stantly and jealously guarding his stu.
dents against any participation what
soever in this political strife. notwith.
standing the fact that his good name
had been attacked and the students
naturally felt indignant about 1t. In
this strong stand DR.. Rhee was backed
up by his faculty and DR.. Fry, the
Superintendent of the Mission.
No students we're armed with clubs
by Dr.. Rhee. Every lover of truth
will give no heed to such ISLANDERS.
Who is this former student? We
have had to expel few students on
account of their behaviour, some had
to leave for other reasons Since this
boy has not signed his name we can
not tell to which class he belongs,
but let him come out into the open,
let him sign his name to his state
ments that we can look up his past
record .~. .-.-.. ..:.=... =.
rr. Rhee travelled the islands not
to organize democratic party but in
the interest of his school, His only
sin was that he received some aid
from the Korean people for his noble
work. 49,. ::-
am informed by Miss Barrett. the
Superintendent of the Susannah Wes-
ley Home, that her girls are not in
politics, that she knows of no partisan
spirit there. 1t seems to me these
useful missionary institutions could be
left out of the present unhappy quar-,
rels. And DR.. Syngman Rhee for his
works sake deserves the support and
respect of every one who loves the
religious and educational uplift of the
downtrodden; he deserves the support
of the press, and he deserves the pro-
found reSnect and Symnathy of ey-
cry Korean on these islands for what
he has done for them. i ~.
,..-~. IT, -. ~: p ZURBUCHEE.
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Or. RHEE, THE MISSION SCHOOLS
AM. THE KOREAN TRou8LES.

Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Sir: There seems to be a persistent
effort on the part Of few Koreans to
drag the local Korean Mission work
into the ugly quarrel now going on
among the members Of the Korean
National Association. The latest
along this line was letter which ap-
peared in yesterdays evening paper
from so-called former student of
the Korean Central School. Through
him the public is informed that DIR.
Rhee arms his poor innocent stu
dents with cubs to protect his gang"
that he goes about the Islands to or
ganize democratic party and to
arouse hatred against Y. NJ PAX: that
even the fair inmates of the Susannan
Wesley Home are favoring the said
Y. NJ. PAX. all this would be too rid
iculous to demand anyone's attention,
were it not for the fact that an I'M
favorable impression is often made
through such statements upon those
who can not know all the facts in tho
case. The work among the Koreans
needs the cooperation and sympathy
of the entire community, and it there
fore becomes necessary for those who
know to correct wrong impressions
that may be made by such anonymous
letters. " " ., -. -.'
AS a teacher of the Korean Central
School for the past two years wish
most emphatically to deny any such
scandalous statements. Isknow DR..
Rhee we'll ! have been associated
with him In most intimate way for
some two OF three years. He Is a
man who has made good elsewhere.
He holds degrees from three leading
American universities. Among his
personal friends he counts such men
as President Wilson and Theodore
Roosevelt He has done two years Of
hard and unselfish work among his
fellow nationals of Hawaii. He has
published helpful, instructive maya.
zine for the Korean people which has
been sent to all parts OF the world.
He has published the Korean Chris.
tian Advocate for the Korean Chris.
tians of these islands. He has taken
hold of the Korean School and brought
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EDITOR

per D degrees, in all cases where the oil is sold
at temperature of more than 90 degrees The
municipalities bill for fuel oil is from $4,000
to $4,000 a year, and it has been purchased at
so much per barrel without reference to the
moisture if may contain or its temperature.
President Dean has already offered it is
stated, to make the fuelo tests. Doubtless the
facilities of the college will be just as readily
available for the asphalt tests. And not only
are the facilities available for the city, but for
the entire territory.
This is realizing in very tangible way upon
the territory's investment in its college.
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SAVING MONEY FOR THE CITY.

During the session of the last legislature a
bill was introduced calling for an appropria-
ton Of $4,000, If memory serves correctly, to
establish an engineering test laboratory at the
College of Hawaii. The bill was never passed
1t didn t need to be passed for the conserva-
ton commission set asidethe necessary fund
The bill was based on the idea that the
college is in position to be of very practical
service to the territory in analyzing materials
used for public construction. The suggestion
came from President Dean and Professor Keller
Of the engineering department, and it was an
excellent suggestion, as the Star-Bulletin has
previously had occasion to remark.
Now the opportunity is offered for the col
lege to do Just the sort of work its president
and faculty member have suggested A letter
from the city purchasing agent was sent to the
supervisors recently pointed out that a saw
ing of at least $1,000 annually may be made for
the city through scientific testing of the NUM-
cipal purchases of fuel oil and asphalt with
deductions for certain sediments or other for
e;srn substances found In the course of the tests
II Is estimated that at least $1,000 annually may
be made If the fuel oil bought by the city is
tested and deductions secured under the agree
ment that allowances will be made for water
and non-petroleum sediment.
CITY Purchasing Agent Bolts says:
st is the practise among all large conslim-
ers of oil to deduct for all moisture and nom
petroleum sediment in excess OF TWO per cent,
and 70 deduct also at the rate OF one per cent
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KAMEHAMEHA.

kamehameha, King Of Old, .
The ruler Of Hawaii 4nei;
Today your form again we mold
In memories Of a greater day. .
But you were king Of isles Of peace,
OF isles that smiled in Gods own
light. -. -
We hope your name will never cease
To be the brightest Of the bright.
You welcomed to your lovely strands
Civilizations rapid stride "E
And men from many foreign lands
Worked one with one and side by
side.
Your name can never be forgot,
Napoleon Of the tropic sea!
Your prowess when you ruled or
fought T. H..
Is writ In flames eternity!
his EsTEEMER.
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new POLICIES
FOR EDUCATION
COURSE PLANNED

New educational policies are being
discussed by the members of the Y.
M. C.. A. committee on education, OF
which Emil A.. Berndt is chairman. A
meeting was called this afternoon to
decide upon the new arrangements oil
the department. Jay Urice, education
al secretary, reported progress for the
mCnth of May. The report shows an
increase in enrolment from 14S to
100. ~.......-- II. ..>..@... 49, H.
A new class in Beginning Spanish
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A SLAM FOR UNCLE JOE.

The fact is that Uncle Joe Cannon is a great
buncombe artist His political career has con-
sisted of an adroit use of an exterior which is
rough and democratic, and an interior which
is quite the contrary. Because he wears a
sloppy, sIoucll hat, smokes cigar at all out
rageous angle, likes to stick his feet up OH the
piano, and drinks ice water out Of the pitcher,
he can get by with more reaction in five minutes
than Mr.. Taft or Elihu Root could in five years.
Uncle Joe has been faithful servant of the
large business interests and somewhat poor
servant of the other ninety nine per cent of the
people Age cannot wither nor custom stale
that particular fact, and it is foolish to let per
sonal charm obscure it-San Francisco Bull
letin. ..-.
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my COUNTRY"

One of the manifestations Of splendid pa
triotism brought out by the grave situation
with regard to Germany is the declaration OF
leading German-Ameriean citizens and Ger
man American newspapers that they are
stanchly with tile president and the country in
any ultimate action. H. ....":.
They have in many cases declared the sink
ing Of the Lusitania entirely justified. Their
blood -sympathies are with the Teutons. But
they are not prepared to back Germany as
against the United States. Herman Ridder
publisher of the New Yorker Stats Zeitung
says frankly: &:f
Il speak for myself and. believe, for the great
majority Of German-Americans when l say that we
are with the president of the United States to the
finish In all matters affecting national honor or ma
tional prestige. =.
81 subscribe unqualifedy to the statement of Carl
Schurz: My country, right wrong; il right, to be
kept right; If wrong, to be set right
Such an utterance as this shows where Ger
man Americans may be found. Let there be nc
doubt about that. II ... Il: