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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-20
STEVENS NAMED ON SUPREME BENCH
/ ELF CIR A PHI
B r E V | T ! E S
(By Associated Press.)
Bridge Guards Doubled

Niagara Falls. Ont. Feb. 20.-The
military guards at the international
bridges were doubled today. Officials
gave no reason for the increase.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-20
COTTON MARKET.
(By Associated Press.)

New Orleans. Feb. 29.-Cotton clos
ed two points down and steady. The
figures were: March. s.o2-o4; May
s.so-s1; and July. s.5o-51.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-20
ANOTHER 100 PER CENT GRADE

ANU TEN 1Vo F6H SGN' aHNC1'
Among the Hattiesburg public
school children making 100 per cent In
the arithmetic examination contests
held in the schools last Tuesday. was
Mary Meadows Walker. Of A grade
of the Eaton school. Her name was
enormously omitted from the list
printed yesterday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-20
Flew srItlsh Flag This time.

New York, Feb. 10.--The Lusitan1o
arrived In New York today, and III
passengers declared she did not ho1rE
the American nag on her return tF1D
from Liverpool. She didn't stop af<oe'
clearing the Mersey, and brousht HI.
pilot to this side. The captain Gx<
planned that the weather was ti1
rough to discharge the pilck.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-20
HE WEATHER

mississippi - Rain tonight and
sunday; warmer tonight.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
COPPER SITUATION
RAPIDLY IMPROVING

Reviewing the copper situation in
the United States at the recent close
of the fiscal year. the Geological Sur
vey shows general improvement
over conditions prevailing during the
early part of the year. ~ 81
At the beginning of the year 1915
according to the report, most of the
large copper producing companies Of
the United States had for nearly five
months, been operating on so to so
per cent basis and probably none were
producing at normal capacity. A con-
siderable proportion of the smaller
producers had shut down their plants,
where this could be done without
great loss. Developments and i'm
provements had been generally sus-
pended. Copper was selling below 10
cents a pound and had been consider
ably lower. Wages had been reduced
in most of the camps and many men
had been either laid off or were en-
ployed only part time.
Soon after the first of the year,
however, there was notable improve
ment in the demand for copper and
the price has rather steadily advanced
from below IS cents to about 20 cents
pound, the highest price reached
since 1907. With the increase in de-
mand and the advance in price there
has been corresponding steady in
crease in the production of the metal
and at the present time most of the
larger producers have brought their
output to normal, while many of the
smaller producers have resumed op
erations. The output Of copper also
has probably nearly or quite reached
the normal Wages have been raised
in the camps where reduction had
taken place and the industry in gen.
eral is in highly prosperous condi-
ton.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
NATIVES Take COLD
IN MODERN DRESS

LONDON, July 22.-The British at
tempt to civilize the natives of the
Gilbert and Ellice Islands, in the
Pacific Ocean, by teaching them to
dress in a modified European fashion,
has been detrimental from stand
point of health, and the Colonial Office
now announces that it is doing its best
to get the natives back into their for
mer habits. The old method of rub
bling the body, bare, save for kilt of
leaves, with cocoanut oil, was the best
protection against the chills, and the
cotton smock for women and cotton
trousers and shirt for men are there
fore condemned as responsible for an
increased tuberculosis rate.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
RIGHT OF WAY DENIED
TO RAILROAD COMPANY

The Juneau land Office has received
an order from the Commissioner cam
ceiling four applications made by the
Alaska Midland Railroad company for
a right of way from Haines to the
Interior by way of the Chilkoot val
ley. The ground for cancellation is
the failure of the company to file a
map of the definite location within the
time required by the statute.
John Rosene of Seattle is president
of the company. When the company
filed its application for these claims
the filing was made by the Alaska
Midland Railroad Company. This
same company, it seems has filed it's
articles of Incorporation under the
name of the Alaska Midland Railway
Company, but the law has not been
complied with under either caption.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
MUST
UNDE RG0 AN
EXAMINATION

Governor Strong will shortly an.
nounce his appointment of the first
assistant superintendent of public in.
struction who is to hold Office until
the first day of March, 1919, and until
his successor is elected and qualified
unless he is sooner removed by the
governor for cause.
After this first term has been com.
pleted the Office will be filled at the
time of the regular election for Dele
gate to Congress, which is to be held
in 1918, the assistant superintendent
of public instruction will be elected
for a term of four years land receive
a salary of $4,000, payable in equal
monthly installments. A bond of ST.
900 will be required of the person
appointed to the Office for the first
term, and also by the persons elected
to the position in the future.
The assistant superintendent is t.
have supervision over all matters per
tanning to the public schools in
incorporated, and all schools outs.de
the limits of incorporated towns.Aand
will require annual reports from all
presidents, superintendent or princi
pals of educational institutions
throughout the territory.
Another duty of the assistant super.
intendent will be to issue certificates
which shall be known as First
Grade certificate, valid for five years;
Second Grade certificate, valid for
three years; and Third Grade certif
catae, valid for one year. These Ger
tificates will be renewable. The time
for examination incidental to the
granting of certificates has as yet not
been set, and is left to the discretion
of the Superintendent. A fee of five
dollars will be charged each appli
cant for a certificate.
Owing to the fact that the assist
ant superintendent duties will de
mand his visiting the various schools
throughout the territory he will be
allowed an amount not to exceed 81,
900 per year for travelling expenses
This amount is to be appropriated by
the Territorial Legislature.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
JUNE WAS AMERICAS
GREATEST COPPER MONTH

The month of June surpassed all
previous records in the matter of cop
per sales. 1t is estimated in the
trade that contracts involving over
20O,000,O00 pounds Of copper were
entered into during that month, a
very large proportion of which was
sold at or better than 20 cents.
One of the largest producers says
that stocks of copper at refinery
points are still very low and that pro
duction by no means is up to capacity
although, of course, the output is
increasing every month now that
smelter material is arriving in larger
quantities. The bulk of the heavy
copper business in June was for &C
count of American manufacturers
having war orders in hand.-Boston
News Bureau.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27

sufficient for the interior population
for perhaps six months. This is due
to the fact that the merchants in the
interior order larger quantities Of
staples than do the. city merchants
because of the lack Of transportation.
The report also brought out the infor-
nation that there are probably AGO.
900 head of cattle within the borders
of the country but that they would not
be Immediately available owing to the
difficulties of transportation to the
canal cities.
The investigation was made with
the view of ascertaining just how long
the available food supplies would last
in case of trouble between the United
States and some foreign power which
might be able to prevent the impor.
tation of food stuffs into the Panama
Republic and thus the Canal Zone.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27

hand of the Russians has decided to
incorporate municipal garden sec
ton in its plans for rebuilding.
Many of the destroyed towns are SO
completely ruined that it is going to
be necessary to raze what little is
left and construct the whole com.
munity anew. This makes it emf
nently feasible to apportion of a sec.
ton that can be devoted to the desir.
able city garden feature.
Many of the communities also are
planning for a series of municipality
constructed and owned houses for
workmen, single home structures with
two, three and four rooms, which can
ultimately be purchased by their accu
pants on the familiar easy-payment
plan.
Plans of this character are already
well advanced in Gerdauen, Tapiau
Ortelsburg, Lyck and other commune
ties, and additional municipalities are
preparing to follow suit
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
HOW GERMANY IS
SECURING | I s
FOODsTUFFs

LONDON, July %. - Enormous
quantities of foodstuffs are pouring
into Germany through Switzerland,
according to NJ. Jacques Dhur, a
French expert in international law.
1t seems that a convention ratified
between France and Switzerland on
July 26, 1914, provides that in case of
war. France shall supply the federal
government of Switzerland with $780,.
600 tons of cereals year. According
to NJ. Dhur, 100 trucks, each loaded
with between twelve and fifteen tons
of cereals, cross the French frontier
every day for the Cornavian station at
Geneva, while in ordinary times the
monthly exports did not exceed 1900
or 5000 tons. At the same time enorm-
Gus quantities of potatoes, beans, oil,
and other vegetable products are
passing into Switzerland via Pom.
tarlier.
To prevent commerce in contraband,
all merchandise is forwarded to a par.
ticular department or province of the
Swiss Confederation. NJ. Dunr, in his
investigations of this distribution,
found that a considerable proportion
of the supplies went to Angst, close
to the frontier point where the Ger
man and Swiss railway systems are
linked up.
After discussion of various alleged
methods of smuggling supplies through
to Germany, NJ. Duhr adds that Ger.
many has also been able to revictual
herself plentifully through Italy. Mer-
chandise was sent from an Italian
port to Switzerland, and on its way
to Chisso, between the Swiss and the
Italian customs, the word Transit
was added to it's label. In this way
hundreds of trains of rice and other
products have reached Germany. The
Gothard line, by it's charter, is bound
to give favored treatment to goods
passing between Germany ami Italy
and these foods were conveyed in con.
cealed trucks The line become Sc
'congested that the Federal Railways
had to make use of the Simplon sys.
tenn.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
WARMING. ISSUED
TO BRITISH FIRMS

LONDON, July 22.-The British
government, through the Board of
Trade, has warned all British CONNER
ciai firms that they will be expected
to exercise the most scrupulous care
in the transaction of their business
abroad, during the period of the war,
so as to avoid any likelihood of max
ing themselves agents for the supply
of goods to hostile countries. st is
inadvisable," says the official circular,
that any new accounts should be
opened by any British trader in neu-
trail countries without the fullest in
quiries as to the character of the bust
ness proposed to him."
The circular explains that traders in
neutral countries are in many cases
engaged either directly or indirectly
in trade with the enemies of the
Entente allies. British firms, there
fore, must survey with great caution
every opening for business which Is
offered them by neutral importers or
exporters" 1t is added that "the
proclamations relating to trading with
the enemy cover indirect trading
through neutral agents, and careless
ness in transacting neutral business
may involve traders in the severe
penalties attaching to trading with
the enemy"
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
EXPRESS RATES
GAN NOW Be
RAISED

WASHINGTON, D. c., July "a
After prolonged hearings the Inter
state Commerce Commission has de-
cided that the revenues of the princi-
pal express companies in the United
States are inadequate. The Commits
sion accordingly has modified its for
mer orders concerning the rates the
companies could charge, and now al
lows them to secure additional in
come, in proportion to the cost of
operation. The three principal COM
panies affected are: the American,
Adams and Wells, Fargo Express
Companies.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
NEW LEAD UNCOVERED
At FAMOUS CLIFF Mine

A new lead, richer and bigger than
any before found on tCffiehl j
any before found on the Cliff claims
has been uncovered by Red Ellis on
the property. Jack Whalen, who
came up last night from the property
reports that the lead has been found
above the old workings and traced for
several hundred feet. The lead is %
inches wide and carries free gold OF
high value. The new lead was uncov
cred while building a trail up the
mountain side.
Miners working on the property
claim that the Cliff will soon be pro.
ducing more gold than at any time in
the history of the property. The big
mill, left by the former owners under
the terms of the contract with Red
Ellis and his associates, will be put in
operation at once and the rich ore
milled.
The prospects for mining develop
ment about Valdez has never been bet
ter. More men are prospecting in the
hills this year than ever and the for
mer discoveries are being opened
Valdez Prospector.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
NEW ROAD COMMISSION
OFFICER WAS AT NOME

Major Peter w. Davidson, who will
take the place of Lieutenant Kunzig,
on the Alaska Roaod Commission on
October / was formerly stationed
with his regiment at Eagle and
Nome, Alaska. He was later married
to Mrs. Hanks, formerly wife of Fred
Hanks. of Nome. Colonel Richardson
says he is splendid officer and al.
ways wished to get back to this ter
ritory. He graduated from West
Point in the early nineties.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
TWO STEAMERS LEAVE
SEATTLE ON SUNDAY

There will be two steamers sailing
from Seattle for Cordova on Sunday
next. The steamer Mariposa, which
struck an uncharted rock on its
southbound trip this side of Ketchi-
KAN. will leave at 10 o'clock in the
morning, via the regular ports north
bound, going as far as Seward only.
On her return southbound she will
sail direct from Cordova to Seattle,
via the outside passage. r
The Alameda will leave at 8 O'Clock
that evening from Seattle; going as
far as Anchorage, making the regular
ports north and southbound.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
..t ia
ATTEMPTS ESCAPE
IN GARBAGE CAN

LONDON, July PAN attempt by
German prisoner to escape by con-
cealing himself in a can of garbage
was discovered at Leigh this week.
A farmer who buys all the food
refuse of the camp was carting away
number of cans. The unusual
weight of one of them aroused his
suspicious. He removed a quantity of
cabbage leaves and found a German
soldier beneath.
A German named Schmidt was shot
and killed at Leigh a week ago while
trying to escape.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
SMALL PERCENTAGE
STEAMERS ToRPEDOED

LONDON. July 22.-The Admiralty
report shows that from the time the
submarine blockade was declared on
February Is until June 20, the Ger
mans were able to sink 73 British mer
chant ships. In the last week re
ported, seven ships were torpedoed
The same week, 1,347 overseas steam
ers of all nationalities arrived at and
departed from British ports.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
STATE DEPT. RECOGNIZES
TWO NEW coNsULs IN U. S

The governors Office has been ad
vised of the recognition by the State
Department of Eric William Carleton
as vice consul of Sweden at Nome
Alaska, and of Hippolyte Chas. Julien
Neither as consul general of France
at San Francisco, for the. states Of
Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and
Utah, as we'll as the territories oil
Alaska and Hawaii.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
SHORTAGE F GOD
SUPPLIES | n
PANAMA

PANAMA, July 22.-An investiga-
ton ordered by Lieut. Col. Chester
Harding, U. S. A, acting governor of
the Panama Canal has developed the
information that no more than 80
days supplies of foodstuffs are avail
able in the Republic of Panama ana
the Canal Zone. The results of the
investigation have been compiled into
a lengthy tabulated report which has
been sent to the War Department at
SEashington.
Most of the available supplies are
stored in the two cities Of Panama
and Colon. The stores available in
the provincial districts are estimated
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
FAMOUS CATHEDRAL
IS NOW IN RUINS

BOULOGNE, July 22.-The recent
repeated bombardments of Rheims
have completed the destruction of the
cathedral, and practically nothing is
left of the building but the scilhouette.
The state has collected all tapestries,
fragments of statues and windows
broken by the Commandments and de-
posted them in a place of safety.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
Rough on Old-Timers

They say that roster of the en-
ployes of the railroad commission at
Anchorage reads like the roll call of
regiment of Serbian reserves. A re-
cent letter from the new town asserts
that plain American has to beg for
work enough to earn the the price to
get plate of beans.-Douglas News.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
DEATH Of FORMER
CORDOvAN IN
SEATTLE .

Our former townsman, John G.
Scurry, father of Mrs. w. w. Coun-
ell, Of ,Cordova, died in Seattle last
week, where he has been a resident
since 1871. Although Mr.. Scurry had
been i'll for nearly year, he herioc-
ally fought off the inevitable and had
only permitted himself to be confined
to his bed for a week.
Mr.. Scurry was born September 81,
1s45, in Lynchburg, Va, and was edu-
Gated at the University of Virginia
and the Johns Hopkins University. He
served four years in the Confederate
army, nj the Eleventh Virginia regi-
ment of Picketts division, Long
streets corps, from Bull Run to
Appomattox.
He made the original location of the
Southern Pacific Railway over the
Mojaye desert under General Dodge
and was one of the original group of
locating engineers of the first trans
continental railroad of the Union
Pacific. ..s
He located the Northern Pacific
through the State of Washington and
laid out the townsite of Tacoma for
ha to- ,rxi
neer of the old Seattle, Lake Shore G
Eastern Railway and located and laid
out the historic old Columbia &
Puget Sound Railroad.
Mr.. Scurry was cashier and manager
of the old Renton mine under Charles
H. Burnett, and also cashier anu man.
ager of the Northern Pacific under
construction west of Spokane in 1888.
He was city engineer of Seattle under
the administration of Robert Moran
as mayor, which included the stormy
days of the Seattle fire, and made the
original plans for the present Seattle
water system and under his admins
tration the work was inaugurated.
He located the Alaska Central Rail-
road (the present government line)
and was engaged on the reconnais-
sance work of the Copper River &c
Northwestern, the last Is years Of his
life having been largely spent in
Alaska. He also was associated with
the location and reconnaissance work
of the Western Pacific, the Grand
Trunk Pacific and of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST.: Paul Railway in the
Olympic Peninsula.
Mr.. Scurry was of an unassuming
and somewhat retiring nature, but he
was a man of sterling worth and high
character. He enjoyed the respect of
all the old-timers who knew him. He
could not countenance sham or pre-
tense and was himself a real man, de-
voted to his family and always a loyal
friend of Seattle and the Northwest.
Mr.. Scurry located in Seattle in
1871 and later married Miss Nellie NJ.
Terry, daughter of one of the early
pioneers. Mrs. Scurry survives him
and also the following children: Mat
thew E. Scurry of Seattle, Charles T.
Scurry of Aberdeen and Mrs. w. W.
Council of Cordova, and Mrs. A. Van
Vechten of Seattle.
.,.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
COAL LAND EXPERT
ARRIVES At kATALLA

George W. Evans, consulting engi-
neer for the government arrived at
Katalla this morning on the steamer
Watson, to conduct the survey of the
government coal land allotments in
the Bering river fields. Later he will
proceed to the Matanuska and other
fields and perform similar work.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
Japan INCREASES
STRENGTH Of
Ar MY

TOXIC, July 22.-Having received
authority from the Diet, the govern
ment is already making preparations
for the creation of two additional divi-
sions in the army. They will be To-
Gated in Korea, one at Seoul or
Pingyang and the other at Ranan.
This strengthening of the army, which
has been thorny political question
for several years, is great victory
for the army influences of which
Marshall Prince Yamagata is the
head. The announcement by Count
Okuma, the premier, and General Okla,
minister of war, that the increase was
but the beginning of plan to create
a military force of twenty-five diyi.
sions was really made ten years ago
and is supposed to have had the sane.
ton OF Emperor Mutsuhito. Just
when the plan was to be carried out
was not fixed but the recent announce.
ment of the ministers is interpreted
to mean that the work will go forward
The present Japanese army includes
eighteen regular divisions and one
division of household guards.
The pending increase has been justi.
fed by Count Okuma on the ground
that the actual conditions in the
world do not permit Japan to neglec,
her defense program. On the other
hand, the expansion of Japanese in
fluence in Southern Manchuria and in
Eastern-Inner Mongolia which was EN-,
phasized by the recent treaties with
China constitutes another justification,
from the Japanese standpoint, for
strengthening the land forces.
Everybody realizes that the in
crease means an extra burden upon
the people but no protest is heard. The
matter having been decided by the
Diet, is accepted by the people at
large as a necessary step in the de
velopment of their country and as an
assurance that Japan may be able to
hold her place as a victorious, first.
class power case of attack. More.
over the great war has aroused the
leaders of japanese thought to the
conviction that Japan must be strong
if she would maintain her place in
the world and that her future in the
Far East does not permit any back
ward step in military power or
prowess.
The creation of two army divisions
will require the expenditure of about
100000 yen (sS,0oo,0o0) from the
national treasury extended over seven
years and beginning with the expendi
ture of 477,000 yen in the current
year. The yearly outlay will increase
until it becomes 100000 yen in 1918
Then it falls until in 1921 it reaches
402, 900 yen.
IN addition, the sum of about
100000 yen will be required to main
tain the two divisions pending the
completion of their organization. The
amounts to be disbursed range from
241,0OO yen in 1915 to 100000 yen in
1921. After 1921 the amount required
for the maintenance of the divisions
is estimated at about 100000 yen a
year. rls ae -
GovernorGeneral Terauchi has al
ways considered the extra forces
necessary for the safety OF the coun.
try and it is largely through his per
severance that the present expansion
has been brought about.
The Chitina leader., 1915-07-27
REBUILD
DESTROYED TOWNS

KOENIGSBERG, uJly 12.-Every
town of importance in East Prussia
that has suffered at the devastating
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-06
MASONIC CHAPTERS
TO ASSEMBLE HERE

Several hundred members Of the
colored Masonic lodges will attend
the annual state convention which
will be held for one week, beginning
August 16, in Richmond. The pro-
gram, although arranged, has not
been completed by the printers, but
will be ready for announcement next
week.
Members of the lodge are expected
here from Ohio and Kentucky besides
those who represent various chapters
throughout Indiana. Besides the bus
mess session, speeches pertaining to
the good of the order and various en-
tertainments have been planned for
the visiting delegates.
Mayor Robbins will deliver the ad-
dress of welcome. Among the speak
ers will be Squire Frank T. Strayer,
justice of the peace, who will deliver
a thirty-minute speech on the opening
night.