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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07
BRYAN SPEAKS FOR
TOTAL ABSTINENCE
SECRETARY SAYS SCHOONER
THAT CROSSES BAR Is MOST
DEADLY WARSHIP.

NTW YORK, May Secretary
Bryan, urging total abstinence, de-
ciared in an address under auspices
of the National Abstainers' Union
here that the European war had
shown that patriotism was no match
for the appetite which alcohol cult
Yates in its victims.
"There has been a growing DISPOSE
ton in this country and throughout
the world to emphasize the evils OF
strong drink" he said, but even the
most enthusiastic advocates of tenn
perance have been surprised at the
CHASTITY light which the war in Eu
rope has tsrown on the subject. II
has been found that patriotism. that
compelling force which throughout
the ages has led men to offer theil
lives for their country, is no match
for the appetite which alcohol cult
Yates in its victims. Loyalty to BAG
chus. Gambrinus and Barleycorn il
greater than loyalty to king or kaiser
or car.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07
ULT|MATUM WILL Be
SENT BY JAPAN 10
CHINA SAYS PAPER
CLAIMED THAT LATTER'S AN
SWER TO TOXIC HAS NOT
BEEN SATISFACTORY,
SIX HOUR SESSION BY CABINET
News Agency Says Emperor May h
sue an Important Order Within ,
Few Days-Intense interest Ava
ed in Result Of Conferences.

Toxic, May 4.-The Jill ShimpOO /
Japanese newspaper of good stand
ing, issued an extra edition this after
noon in which it made the statement
that Japan would send a nultimatua
to China, the Chinese reply to b,
latest Japanese communication NJ
garding the demands of the Tokn
government being considered unsats
factory.
The japanese cabinet was in SEQ
sion for six hours today. A Telegram
was dispatched to M. Hioki, the jap
anese minister to Picking.
The Ihara news agency this afte,
noon said the emperor might issue l
important order in a few days
The situation has aroused intense
interest here. Some newspapers re
itera tie the assertion of the Jill Shin
pc that the government is dissatis
hed with China's reply and add thai
it is obliged to prepare for the fIa
step. These newspapers say that u
pursuance with a previously eStas
lished policy they expect the govern
ment to announce its decision in
few days unless China changes her at
titude.
War department chiefs were in
lengthy conference today
The Japanese version of article !
group 5 of the Japanese demands
Which China rejected, is that Japal
requested, in case of the neceSsltl
arising from China to employ adyls
ers that China would appoint some
Japanese advisers. This clause, a
amended, according to Picking, pro
Vided for many Japanese advisers
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07
PRISON CONTRACTS
RENEWED BY BOARD
UNDER NEW LAW LEASES MAY
BE REVOKED AFTER TWO
YEARS.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May Am.
nouncement is made by the state
board of control of the renewal Of
the leases to the manufacturing in.
dustries within the prison walls.
These leases are limited this year by
the restrictions under the new law
which provides that the board may re-
woke the leases after two years. It
is the opinion Of officials in authori.
ty that the leases may not continue
longer than that period.
The Gray & Dudley Hardware Co.,
Monarch Manufacturing Co., Tennes.
see Harness Co. and the Hartford
Hosiery Mills, had their leases re-
newed. The May Hosiery Mills we're
outbid by the Hartford people and
lost their lease. The state gains sew.
eral thousand dollars per annum as a
result of the change.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07

SEAPORTS URGED
ASSISTANT SuRGEON.GENERAL
SPEAKS AT TEXAS MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION MEETING.

FORT WORTH, Texas, May A.
Half-hearted interest of public health
officials in the United States as well
as in other countries was roundly
scored by DR.. w. C. Rucker, assist
ant surgeon-general of the United
States public health service, in an
address here tonight before the
Texas medical association
Dr. Fuckers address was devoted
chiefly to the bubonic plague menace
and emphasized the Importance Of
"rat-proofing" especially at the sea
ports.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07
ALLIES FOIL USE
CHOKING SMOKE
A REPORT SAYS PROTECTION
AGAINST GERMAN DEVICE
HAS BEEN FOUND.

PARIS, France, May 3.-The use
of asphyxiating gases by the Ger
mans in the fighting in Belgium is
said to have been made after elabor-
ate preparation. The thick yellow
clouds of suffocating smoke issuing
from loopholes in the German trench.
es, and carried by a favorable wind
toward the French line, are thought
to have come from portable retorts
rather than bombs. German soldiers
advancing in the wake Of the smoke
are said to have worn protecting
masks.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07
MEMPHIS BUDGET
NEAR $2,O0O,OOO
CITY OFFICIALS EXPRESS OPIN.
ION THAT 1T REFLECTS THE
STRlcTEST ECONOMY.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 1.-Show.
ing an increase of but $66,412.2S, the
city budget as made up for the year
given out Friday allows total of ST.
S69, 362.63 for conducting the munic-
pal business of 1916. Although the
City faced a probable increase in the
tax rate, but put it off, thus making
no provision along that line for off
setting loss of revenues due to the
exodus of the saloons, city officials
express the opinion that under the
circumstances the budget this year
reflects the strictest economy in all
departmental expense estimates.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07
MASONIC TEMPLE
INJURED BY WIND
SEVERAL SQUARES OF ROOF
ARE BLOWN OFF AND WIN
DOW BROKEN.

Considerable damage was done by
the wind this morning to the Mason
ic building on West Seventh street.
Six or seven squares of the roof
were blown off and a considerable
part of the coping along the front
Of the building was also demolish-
ed. One of the large windows in the
third story was broken by the force
of the wind. The loss was fully COW
cred by cyclone insurance.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07
MAN ASLEEP SHOT
THROUGH WINDOW
LINCOLN MERRITT MAY DIE ~
RESULT OF ATTACK BY UN
KNOWN PERSON.

WOODBURY., Tenn, May LIZ
coin Merritt, a prominent farmer "
ing two miles east of here, was Sd"
and perhaps fatally wounded by a.
unknown person last night. who nl''
into the open window of the MeFf'
home, the entire contents Of the g~
striking Mr.. Merritt, who was asesF
in the face, arms and body.
Mrs. Merritt had not retired ana :
light was burning in the room al W
time the gun was fired. Mr. NeH"
was asleep in front of the open W.
dow and had his arms crosseu =
front of his face. This praba5jy J"
ed his life, as only five shots tooA
feet in his body and the greater 20
of his face was protected
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07
A CORRECTION.

In the contributed article in Mon
days Herald on the Episcopal church
in the United States it was stated
that the virtual founders of the re-
public" we're Episcopalians. What
the writer said was that many Of
the" etc, the qualifying word many"
being inadvertently omitted.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07

Familiarity the thousands Of
the reputation of being
member
blend with the
harmony girls afecionaey
representations lend
the Each this presents
Now and which
This booked for the second
Of
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07
VICE PRESIDENT ON
WAYTO NEW ORLEAN 5

PHOENIX, Ariz., May R-Vice
President and Mrs. Marshall, accom-
panied by Mrs. Marshalls parents
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Kimsey, left to
day for New Orleans, where Mr.. Mar
shall will be the guest of various or
CARNATIONS before he proceeds to
Mississippi to deliver lecture Sc
ries. The party expects to arrive in
New Orleans Wednesday.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-07
Columbia, Tenn, May 10 to rs, 1915
RAILROAD Time TABLE
.kE!!Itlg
arrival and departure Of trains from
Columbia.l


columbla.l
Main Llne-North Bound.
No. 4, limited, arrives at lisa .. N.
departs 1877 a. m.
No. 8, Eastern express, arrives 81
$50 a. M. departs 5:26 q. N.
No. 6. Decatur accommodation, ar
sives 500 a. M; departs S:25 g. m.
No. 10. Columbia accommodates.
departs 1900 a. m.
No. IL. Columbia accommodation
feparts sos p. m.
No. 2, fast line, arrives $40 p, m.
departs 6:25 p. m.
Main llne-South Bound.
No |, limited, arrives S:57 .. m
departs 400 g. m.
No. 9, Columbia accommodation
arrives 9:l5 q. m.
No 3, fast line, arrives 9:35 a. m;
departs 9:4O a. m.
No. IL. Columbia accommodation,
arrives 4:30 p. m.
No. 5. Decatur accommodation, ar
eives 5:35 D. M; departs $40 p. m.
No. Z, eastern express. arrives
aO:27 p. M; departs 1892 p. m.
a., r. G. s. DvisIon-North Bound
No. 40, Shetfield accommodation
arrives 500 a. m.
No. AZ, Sheffield accommodation
arrives 4:55 p. m,
d., r. & S. Dlvision-South Bound
No. Al. Sheffield accommodation
heparts $40 a. IN.
No. 43, Shefiield accommodation
departs 6:25 p. m.
Trains Nos. 10, II, 40 and 43 do no
snn on Sundays.
NJ, C. 4 st. L. Ry.
North Bound.
No. 267 arrives $50 q. N,
No. 141 arrives 4:56 p. m.
South Bound.
No. 142 departs 955 a. m.
No. 144 departs 535 p, m,
j. 0 Fry, Ticket Agent, Colun
-, Tenn.
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
DISCOVER DEPOSIT
OF POTASH IN UTAH

Washington, d. G., Oct. 1S.-Produc-
ton for the first time in the United
States of commercial mineral potash,
for which in the past Americans have
spent millions of dollars abroad an
pually, was announced by Secretary
Lane, of the interior department. A
report had just reached the depart
ment from a special agent OF the,
geological survey telling how by a
simple process potash had been pro-
duced from a%lunite, found in a great
vein in Piute unit Utah.
AS alunite is known to exist in large
quantities in Utah, Colorado, Nevada.
California and Arizona, Mr.. Lane be-
lieves that the discovery assures the
country OF an adequate supply Of
potash for agricultural purposes and
for use in the manufacture of expIo-
sives. Statistics show that imports OF
potassium salts from Germany
amounted to $4,000, 900 in 1913, h last
year for which figures are available.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
OBJECT TO VERDICT
IN AIR RAID CASES
Father Of Victim Of Zeppelin
Bomb Protests Against La
comic Finding Of Jury.

London, Oct. 19.-An inquest on the
bodies of the three victims of the first
bomb dropped in the Zeppelin raid last
Wednesday night on the London area.
and of three others who We're killed or
who died as the result Of subsequent
airfbombs, all within the same area was
held today. The verdict in each case
was death as the result Of an air
raid"
The father Of one Of the victims pro-
tested against the laconic verdict
reached. He cried: My son was MUIR
dered by the order of the kaiser. I
summon the kaiser to meet me before
the Judgment of God, to answer for the
death Of my son and of these other
poor people,
OF those killed by the first bomb,
was a railroad employe. His wife, who
was by his side, escaped unhurt. The
second was a ma who was killed by
broken glass, which cut through his
neck. The third victim was a woman
close by.
The other dead were the victims Of
a bomb dropped in the middle of a wide
thoroughfare. The missile pierced a
gas main causing a. fire which lasted
several hours before the gas could be
cut off. A driver. a conductor and a
special constable We're killed in a motor
bus which the bomb struck.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
OUTLINES GROWTH OF
new HAVEN MONOPOLY
Governments Attorney Says
Defendants Absolutely Dom
mated New England.

New York. Oct. 19.-The Jurors
chosen to try William Rockefeller.
Lewis Cass Ledyard. Edward D. Rob-
bins. and eight other directors or form
er directors of the New York, New
Haven G. Hartford railroad, charged
with conspiracy to monopolize inter-
state under the Sherman law
took their seats in the federal court to-
day to hear the opening address Of r.
L. Bats, attorney for the government.
In his opening statement Mr.. Bats
said tina the jury would be asked to
consider the methods by which the al
legged unlawful acts of the New Haven
were done as we'll as the acts them
selves. He declared he wanted to make
it clear that there was no suggestion
intended by the government that the
component parts of the New Haven
should be returned to their original
status, as the combination of these
parts was not necessarily unlawful.
III government and the law did not
deprecate and undertake to punish
those natural growths and expansions,
which might be beneficial, he said, but
h New Haven was a combination
which could ave been brought togeth-
err and given good service without
bringing about a situation where the
people of this New England district
are at the mercy Of a powerful COM
bination.'
1.-The New Haven railroads. he con-
tinued, which once owned only 52S
miles Of track, succeeded in acquiring
all its competitors until it controlled
$500 miles of line and gained a posi-
ton where every person engaged in
business In New England. every en-
terprise was under it's power n con-
troll"
Steamship and trolley ines were
similarly acquired. he said. and a com
plete monopoly of all transportation
traffic attained. a monopoly that was
unlawful and designed to place an I'M
limited power into the lands OF these
conSpirators."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
QUESTIONS GOOD FAITH
OF SHIPPING COMPANY

Washington, Oct. 1S.-A letter writ
ten by Secretary Redfeld of the depart
ment of m to Secretary Nc
Adoo was made public today. in which
he discusses allegations that the Pacific
Mail Steamship company was COM
PEELED to sell some Of Its ships and
withdraw from business OF account of
the new seaman's law.
The secretary says the company took
it's action before the law went into
effect and without asking questions of
the department concerning the spirit
in which the law would be adminis-
tered.
He adds hat the company had a
chance to unload its ships, which were
old and which already had paid for
themselves, at q good profit and hints
that vas the real cause of its decision
to discontinue the shipping business.
company in its attack upon the new
Seaman's law.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
HILLsTROM TO DIE
FOR DOUBLE Crime
Sentenced to Be Shot for Muir
der of Two Men-Efforts
to Save Him Fail.

Salt Lake City. Oct. 19.-Joseph Hill
strom. convicted of the murder of j. G..
Morrison. and Morrison's son here,
January 10. 1914. was brought before
Judge M. L. Richie. Of the district
court at 1920 o'clock today and re-
sentenced to be shot to death Friday,
November 10.
Hillstrom was brought to the court
room from the state prison in an auto
mobile. Few persons outside the Of
ficers knew he was to be sentenced to-
day and only a small audience was
present. Hillstrom declined to, say
anything before sentence was pro-
nounced. He undertook to say some
thing afterward. but was not permitted
to speak. He was taken back to the
prison Immediately.
Hillstrom was originally sentenced
to be executed. October 1. A respite
until last Saturday was granted by
Governor Spry at the request of Presi-
dent Wilson. whose action was on a
request of the Swedish minister to the
United States.
The respite was terminated and Hill
strom's application for communication of
sentence was denied by the board of
pardons, Saturday. as no new evidence
was presented.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
ALLEGED MOONSHINE
DISTILLERS ON TRIAL

Fort Smith. Ark. Oct. 1S,-Trials of
a number Of defendants in the socalled
.~moonshine'' whisky conspiracy case in
which more than 20 men, residents Of
various states. have been indicted,
were set for today in the United States
district court here. 1t was expected
thai upwards Of a dozen men would
appear for trial. Some Of the men in
dicted have not yet been arrested. A
The operations Of the alleged con-
spirators are said by the government
officials to have defrauded the govern.
ment of millions Of dollars. Specifically
it is charged hat h men illegally OPP
Grated a distillery in Fort Smith, and
Instead of sending the product to a
government warehouse, shipped it to
Kansas City. There. it is charged. the
containers Of the whisky were fradu-
lently stamped with old revenue stamps
thus allowing the distillers to evade
,nnu1nent of tax.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
CARRANzA GAINING
IN NORTH MEXICO
Villa Cause Apparently Doomed
Soldiers Leaving Army
Formal Recognition
Is Arranged.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-Carranza re-
City has been taken from Zapata
forces that nearly half the state of
chihuahua is completely controlled by
Carranza troops, that Jssrez is cut off
from the interior and that many towns
in the north are armlng against attack
by Villa forces.
1t was reported that before ~evacuat-
ing Parral, Villa troops sacked the city.
food supplies in. large quantities were
said to be arriving in Mexico City. One
dispatch reported the defeat of Rafael
Buelna, a Villa leader, on the west
coast. whose forces at Topic fled to the
mountains.
Reports that Zapata had threatened
Americans are discounted in todays
dispatches, which say no Americans are
known to be in his territory. General
.Carranza's war office has been moved
from Vera Cruz to Mexico City.
Galveston, Tex, Oct. 1S.-The Car
rama government has a cam
paign in the state of sonora with a
force of 5000 men according to lnfor-
nation reaching the Carranza CONSUL,
ate here today. The report also says
many Maya Indians in the Villa forces
near Mazatlan have lain down their
arms and have returned to their farms.
Washington. Oct, DIFFERENTIATION
of the form in which recognition Of
the Carranzaz government in Mexico
shall be extended was the object of a
conference here today of the pan
American delegates. The conference
had been called by Secretary Lansing
and meeting with him We're the diplo-
matte representatives of Brazil, Chile,
Argentina. Bolivia, Uruguay and Guat-
emala.
Recognition by countries having dip
lomatic representatives in Mexico, 1T
was believed. would take the form of
a renewal of relations in an official
way. The United States and other
countries now without representation
in Mexico City were to accord recogni-
ton by presenting a note to Gen. Car
ranzza through Eliseo Arredondo, his
renreSentatiYe here.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
ITALY TO FLOAT LOAN
I'M THE UNITED STATES

New York, Oct. 1S.-The Italian gov
has arranged to place an is
sue of $685. 00, 900 one-year notes in
the United States. This will be the
first direct loan negotiated here by
Italy since the beginning of the war,
terial and general supplies.
Lee. Higginson & Co., of New York
and Boston, have been appointed to
place the loan. The notes will have
convertible bond privileges and 1t is
thought they will bear about 6 per
cen interest. The notes will be Of
fered in denominations Of $100, $500
and $1,000. and the principal and in
terest will be payable in United States
gold.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
W. @. W.. CASHIER is
MURDERED BY BANDIT
Was Taking stenographer Home
When Attack Occurred
Girl Had Trying Ordeal.

Omaha. Neb.. Oct. 1s.-William
Harry Smith, cashier for the woodmen
of the World. and living with his wife
and two children at 21S Fuller avenue
Council Bluffs, was murdered Satur-
day night at Thirtieth and Dodge
streets by a highway robber.
Smith was escorting Miss Grace
a ~22-year-old clerk for the Woodmen,
to her home when the robber halted
them.
ooh, you wouldn't rob me. rye only
got a few dollars" Smith laughed,
when the masked bandit showed a pis-
toll against him.
A bullet was the reply. AS the BAN
dit fired, Smith struck the gun down
with Miss Skaters parasol, which he
was carrying, and the ball entered his
right groin, severing an artery. Before
doctors could get to him, he died from
the loss of blood.
Immediately after firing the shot, the
bandit seized Miss Slater by the arm
and forced her to accompany him. He
kept her walking in front Of him. and
when pedestrians approached he re-
moved the mask he wore. After the
pedestrians passed he donned it again,
meanwhile keeping the girl from get
ting a look at his face. He forced Miss
Slater to remain in his for
nearly an hour.
AT Fortieth and Burt he took so
cents from the girl, and, after handling
her ou~trageously, threatened to as
sault her.
"Oh, you wouldn't 10 that" the
frightened girl sobbed. Think of your
mother. I'm a pur girl. You wouldn't
you couldn't treat a decent woman
So"
You're right" the bandit answered.
He gave her back a nickel. Now get
on that car and go home" he com
manded. The girl got on the car and
hurried home. from where she notinfied
tho no1ica
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
ENORMOUS MOVEMENT
OF CANADIAN WHEAT
Millions Of Bushels Of Grain Are
Being Shipped From New
York Port.

New York, Oct. 19.-What is said bv
grain men to be the largest movement
of Canadian wheat through the United
States ever recorded, is now going on
through this port. Records of the pro-.
duce exchange compiled to and includ-
ing Friday, october Is, show that A.
265.791 bushels have been brought here
from Canada since the early part of
August and reloaded on steamships
for shipment mainly to England.
France and Italy. This wheat, in order
to avoid the payment of a duty of 10
cents per bushel, comes through in
bond.
The Canadian wheat crop. estimated
by grain men for this season at APP
proXimately 332,0 o0, 900 bushels, is one
of the largest in the history of the
dominion and compares with 256,00O,-
900 bushels raised last year.
The total export wheat movement
through New York from August to
October Is is placed at 12.111,525 bush
els, of which 7,S45, 734 bushels are
grown in the United States.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
LONG ISLAND SOUND is
ATTACKED IN MIMIC WAR

New London. Conn, Oct. 1S.-An at
tack by a hostile" fleet on the forts
at the entrance to Long Island Sound,
which as a part Of the army and navy
maneuvers began late yesterday, was
expected to end today. Whether the
attacking fleet of destroyers and mine
planters succeeded in running forts
and landing troops or We're sunk by the
defending forts will not be known, how
ever, until the umpires make their
report.
Through the night while the great
~searchlights swept the positions of
the enemy the big guns at the forts
replied vigorously to the bombardment
of the attacking foe.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-10-21
GERMANS SAY SERBiANS
HOLD STRONG POSITIONS

Amsterdam, (via London), Oct. 49,
Telegraphing under date of October 15.
the correspondent with General Won
Gallwitz's army in Serbia, of the Co
logne Gazette, says:
The. Germans have to contend with
severe battles against a stubborn and
desperately lighting enemy"
After referring to the PROGRESS al
ready achieved by the Germans on
Serbian soil he continues.
THE difficult mountain country with
Its bizarre, rocky and steep clinker
formations, causes our troops enormous
difficulties, which also are augmented
by the fact that the Germans have 10
fight continually higher on rising
ground. The Serbians facing them are
In admirable defensive positions. which
enable them to hold for a long time the
defensive sectors when attacked. Des-
plte u~nfavorable mountain land and
the extremely bad condition of tho val-
ley roads, the German troops nav sue
ceeded in progressing"