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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-12
CITIZENS MUCH
INTERESTED IN
PLANS FOR BEACH

The meeting Of the health commit
tee Cf the house Friday in the office
CT it's chairman, Mr.. j. II. ConPy. par
took somewhat CT the nature Of Il So
ciety Junction. there being several
representatives present from the va
r;GuS bodies especially interested in
the "City Beautiful
The matter to be considered was
the Improvement of Waikiki beach.
although the bill under discussion
covers much more ground than that.
Mr.. Forbes, the superintendent OF
public works, presented the points to
be gained by the passage Of the bill
in a convincing manner and others
spoke in it's favor. the only question
raised being the danger of losing the
sandy beach if the fresh water stream
was diverted.
AS the coral is only disintegrated
by the action of fresh water, MIR.
Forbes was confident this danger
could be avoided by some arrange.
ment like weir.
Chairman Coney seemed little
disappointed that there was no VOic-
ing Of opposition, the only man who Is
understood to oppose the bill being
conspicuous by his absence.
A little smile was introduced into
the meeting when the committeeman
from IIilO suggested that tourists I've
sent over there to battle, as the IiilO
beach had no ursightIy sewer.
Gentleman from the Promotion
Committee aud the Outrigger Clu1
related sad instances Of the UnfCrt-
innate impression made on tourists
by the unlovely state Of the water IN
the lagoon between the Outrigger
f1ub and the Moana hotel.
There were quite a number of Ia
dies from the Outdoor Circle present,
which was quite fitting, as they have
the beauty of the city very near at
heart.
As there were no objections raised
there is every reason to hope that
bill so. 2GS will soon become IA law
Contributed G. P.D
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-12
WAS MISERABLE
COULDN'T STAND
Testifies She Was Restored
to Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Lackawanna, n. Y. after my FIST
child was born | felt very miserable and
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-12
FINANCIAL Man
BELIEVES SUGAR
STOCKS TOOLOW

Charles Remington. financial editor
OF the San Francisco Chronicle, does
not think prices OF Hawaiian sugar
stocks are up to the mark that the
prices CT sugar should set. In the
Chronicle of April he says:
The present prices of Hawaiian
sugar stocks show very unequal gains
over a year ago, which seems rather
strange in view Of the fact that all
the gains may. be attributed solely to
the advance in the price of the COM
modify, an advance that affects all
plantations alike. Taking the clos
ing quotations Of the month of March,
1914, and March, 1918. Hawaiian Com
mercial and Sugar shows an advance
of Is points or 59.5 per cent; Hawaii
an Sugar, .141-2 points or 500 per
cent; Honokaa. 2 Is points or 105 per
cent; Hutchinson, 3 1-2 points or %
per cent; Onomea. 16 points or 100
per cent, and Paauhau, 12 points or
so per cent.
The closing quotations on March
A.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-12

Germany in November. from Hong
kong first, from other crown colonies
later. that all Germans had been taken
prisoners and locked mp in Chinese
jailS. X was reported that their firms
would be forcibly l:qmidated by Eng
fish receivers, most of them COMPETE
tors Of such firms, regardless of the
consequences.
a. The German men and women
in the German colonies Of West Afri-
ca, which had teen invaded by
French and British trOOns.. including
the missionaries, were taken prison
ers and subjected tC the r.d;cul2 Of
the negroes The men we're taken to
concentration camps, the women and
children, in charge of negroes, we're
shipped on freight steamers to Eng
land under conditions SO deplOr3 Bile
and unsanitary that this action alone
constitutes a direct and stunning blow
towards the very first principle of
civilization.
- Plantations and warehouses be-
longing to Germans were put under
forced sales, bringing from One-tenth
Only three months after. the ont,
break of the war the German govern
ment urged by public sentiment de-
Cided to hibernate natives from the al
lied countries in order to retaliate the
treatment accorded to the Germans in
England. France a.c Russia. On No
vember 9Th an order was issued to
arrest all citizens of hostile countries
between the ages of II and - and
place them in, concentration camps,
with the exception of these from Aus
tralia, Canada and New Zealand
where German subjects suffer less
abuse. These Englishmen may move
about to suit their convenience all
over Germany, with the only restrtc-
ton of having TO register at police
headquarters along similar lines as
Germans have in British colonies"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-12
A BIRD THAT DOES NOT SING.

Is like a rosebush that does not bloom.
Neither the bird nor the bush is natur-
al. The reason for the bloomless rose
bush will probably be found in the
soil from which it is nourished. The
reason for the songless bird is the
same. 1t will be found in its food.
By a careful process OF elimination
and selection, the Philadelphia Bird
Food Company has produced perfect
food for canaries. hey have fitting
ly named this food
BIRD MAMMA.
1t is a food, a stimulant and med
icine. For the foundation of this won
derful food medicine the Philadelphia
Bird Food Company is indebted to the
canary breeders of the HarZ noun
tains in Germany. Bird Mamma re-
stores the color of the plumage, keeps
the bird in good health and as a nat
ural result it expresses its health and
happiness in the only way known to
it-by warbling tuneful melodies.
You can buy Bird Mamma of your
druggist, or a package will be mailed
to you for 15c in coin or stamps.
IuO ullduCLyIio WV WI
pany has for many years made a study
Of birds and their diseases and they
have written book about them. The
Bird Fanciers' Handbook is volume
of 120 pages, amply illustrated, which
will tell you how to feed your bird,
how to preserve its health and how to
make it a good warbler. This book
will be mailed you for 15c. The book
and package of Bird Mamma together
will be mailed for Csc.
Note-Like other good
NNslSL things, Bird Mamma has
been initiated, The gen
t4SASsU uine is put up ouiy IN
WZNVSyD white metal caps with a
red imprint of the trade
Mark, -P. B. r. Co" The Philadelphia
Bird Food Co. 400 North Third St,
Philadelphia, Pa.-Adv.
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Two interesting decisions were
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-12

Two Of the stocks show a gain of
100 per cent or more. three range be.
tween SO and 20 per cent. while one
gained only % per cent. Meantime,
the price CT the commodity has in
creased about IS per cent. but this
furnishes no basis for calculations
from the fact that it costs no more
to produce scent sugar than scent
sugar. Hence, the profits of the
business have increased during the
past year by several hundred per
cent
IL seems hardly possible that the
prices of these stocks have discount
ed the 1916 prospects, and this is par
tieularly true of Hutchinson, the mar
ket price of whose stock has not kept
pace with the improved outlook for
the industry" .-s.
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could not stand on
my feet. My sister
in law wished me to
try Lydia f. Pink
ham 8 Vegetable
Compound and my
nerves became firm,
appetite good, step
elastic, and | los t
that weak, tired
That was
six yEars ago and /
have had three fine
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-12

The schooner Louis Bossert, Capt
lie Blanc, from Savannah for New
York with a cargo of lumber, went
aground off Sandy Hook while being
towed into port by the ting George
TDrSYthe
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
COTTON CROP 69.2
PERCENT NORMAL
MISsiSsIPPPS OUTPUT, ON AUG.
25, WAS 50 PER CENT, RE-
PORTS SHOW.

Washington, Aug 30-The condition
of the growing cotton crop of the
United States on August %, was 69.2
per cent of normal, the United
States Department of Agriculture S
crop reporting board announced at
noon today in its fourth condition re-
port of the season. That condition
compares with 1873 per cent ON July
25 this year, rs per cent on August 25
last year, 6S.2 per cent in 1913, and
1913 per cent, the average condition
on August 25 during the last ten
years.
A crop slightly under 10000 bales
was foreeasted by the crop reporting
board from the July 25 condition. The
Bureau of Crop Estimates announces
that condition of 100 on August %
would be equivalent to a yield of 25S.9
Continued on Page Four.|
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
Does Advertising
Pdy!?--Ask Oscar
Estes If HHDOesn't /
HERE'S HOW MANY CHANCES
HE HAD TO INVEST THE $50
TOLD OF IN THE NEWS.

If you don't believe it pays to adver.
tise, just ask oscar Estes, chief en-
gineer of the Hattiesburg fire depart
ment.
The other day, Estes captured a
negro wanted at New Augusta for
stealing horse. There was a $50 re
ward offered for the negro's capture.
Estes got the $50. The News carried
the story of the arrest and the so
simoleOns. Since then Estes. by actu-
al count, has had 81 opportunities to
invest that same so bones.
Among the opportunities presented
were:
To purchase oil stock
To buy soft drinks for friends.
To purchase cigars for other friends
To take all the laddies at fire head
quarters out to dinner.
To buy more oil stock.
To buy still some more oil stock.
To invest in life insurance-fve
times.
To invest in health and accident in
surance-three times
To take friends in New Orleans for
the day.
To lend a SO bill to each of 90
persons.
"If any other newspaper ever tells
the world that | have been given $50
in one bunch,' Estes said today. "I'll
never speak to another reporter as
long as live"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30

New Orleans. Aug. 30-United
Fruit Company officials today awaited
a report from the steamer Surname,
concerning the results of the investi-
cation of statements made in an
anonymous letter written in which it
was stated that the captain, two mem
bers of the crew and two passengers
from the missing liner Marowijne had
been rescued and being held for ran
som on Cozumel island, off Yucatan.
The company is inclined to think the
letter a fake on account of number
of discrepancies, but vessels have
been sent to investigate.
The steamer Coppename wirelessed
the United Fruit Company this after
noon that a careful search had been
made of Cozumel island and that no
traces of the lost vessel or its crew
were revealed
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
Betty Takes a Day
off,; Small, Rogers;
Et Al Are on Job
ANSWER "SHOULD HAT BE RE
MOVED IN PRESENCE OF SPORT
SHlRTED GUY IN ELEVATOR.

Dear Betty Brown" reads a query
received by that young lady who has
charge of the questions and answers
department of The News. "Will you
please answer this question, taken I'M
answered from an exchange: 'Yester-
day was in the elevator of depart
ment store when guy stepped in with
one of those wide-collared-shirts on.
In a case of that kind, should a gen
tleman remove his hat?'"
This is Bettys DAY off, so outside
assistance had to be brought in
Said one Rube Small, well-known
terpsichOrean authority:
"The hat certainly should have been
removed, provided the gentleman was
not bald. In that event, the top-piece
should have remained on the head
and the gentleman should have start
ed a conversation with the elevator
conductor. leaving the impression that
uC li''N iiOI SCCh tLC DpOl / Sill ltu per
SON."
J. w. Rogers, also an authority on
elevator etiquette, had this to say:
by all means. gentleman should
remove his hat under those cOndi-
tions. Take the hat off with one hand.
and with the other guard the pocket
book"
T. c. Hannah made this observa-
tion
There is no law compelling a per
son to even recognize the existence of
a being that will come out on the
street with one of those shirts. There
fore, | would suggest that the gentle
man should have ignored the presence
of the guy in question"
Chimed in Roscoe Bonslagel:
.''Tf the guy had dropped his powder
puff or his nose rag, wouldn't the gen.
tleman have picked it up for him?
Then why shouldn't he remove his
hat?"
Continued on Page Four
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
MINE BUREAU HEAD IS
WELL KNOWN IN STATE
VANNEY n. MANNING, OF HOLLY
SPRINGS, IN SERVICE 20
YEARS.

With the appointment last week OF
Vanney H. Manning, of Holly Springs,
Miss, as director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Mines, the President elevated
a well known Mississippian, who has
labored long in the service of the gov
ernment Mr. Manning, who was as
sistant director of the bureau, and
who was promoted to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Dr.. ]. H.
Holmes, is wen EGown n IIattiesburg
and Forrest county.
Advices from Washington today say
that he will take The oath of office
this afternoon.
The new director has been in the
employ OF the Interior Department for
more than twenty years, during which
time he engaged in much technical
and scientific work, and saw service in
Continued on Page Four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
"Uncle" Billy Is
InaproUinG Reports
from Jackson State
AGED HATTIESBURG CHARACTER
SHOULD RECOVER FROM RE
CENT OPERATION.

Uncle" Billy Davis, the city's best
known character, who was operated on
at the Mississippi State Charity Hos
pital, at Jackson on Friday, is getting
along nicely, and there is no reason
that the aged man should not recover
This is the report issued today by
DR.. L. s. Rogers, superintendent OF
the hospital.
To The News, Dr. Rogers sent this
dispatch:
"Mr. Billy Davis is getting along all
right at this time"
How long the man so we'll known
here as the constant carrier of a palm
leaf fan and a Big Ben alarm clock
will have to remain in the hospital, is
not known.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30

One swallow doesn't make a sum-
mer, or something like that, was the
guiding star of Mayor BatsOn in Police
Court this morning when he dismissed
the charges against Jake Barnes, a
negro barber shop and restaurant pro-
prietor, who had been arrested
charged with conducting a pawn shop.
Pink Bolton testified that he bor-
roWed $5 from Barnes, with the under
standing that he was to pay him $6.25
within two weeks. Pink left his
watch as security.
Barnes denied lending money on the
watch, saying that it had been pur-
chased outright.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
INQUEST HELD OVER
2-MONTHS-OLD BABY
Child Died Under Peculiar Circum-
stances, Physician Reports.

An inquest is being held at the
Gates House on Second street this af-
ternoon. over the body of the two
months-old baby of Mrs. Cora Mobiles,
which died this morning at 5 o'clock.
DR.. Donald reported that the child had
been given some kind of a medicine
and suggested that the coroner make
an investigation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
GAMBLING QUARTETTE
WEREN'T GAMBLING

Julia Coleman, Julia Weavy, George
Martin, and Peter Myers, all charged
with gambling in a house on New Or
leans street Saturday, were dismissed
in Police Court this morning. The
'quartette was turned up" by Mack
Davis. The four, after they heard
what Mack had to tell the court, made
"a cOuntercharge against him of sell
ing liquor. None of the charges were
sustained
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
Not QPdtUnbrOker Because
YouLend Money Just Once
MAYOR RULES THAT BARBER RESTAURANT ANY
ELSE HAVING A PROFESSION, NY LEND MONEY ON JEwELRY
AND NOT VIOLATE THE LAWS REGARDING PRIVILEGE TAX
CASE AGAINST NEGRO

Barnes was represented by J. f.
Davis. Mr.. Davis stated that even if
the watch had been pawned, Barnes
could not be held for conducting a
pawnshop, as he is not a pawnbroker,
but a barber by profession.
"Ycur contention is right" the May
or said. According to my interpreta-
tion of the laws, a man who lends
money now and then on jewelry or
other personal property, but only as
as a side issue, and not as a profess
sion, does not have to secure a privi-
lege tax
Barnes was dismissed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30

Berlin, Aug. 30.-The Germans bava
made further advance on the Russian
fortress of Grodno the only fortified
position near the German border the
russians still hold. 1t was officially
announced that the Teutons have
taken Lipsk, 20 miles west of Crodno
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
Concessions Are Made.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 80. - The
British ambassador today announced
that concessions in the enforcement
against the United States commerce
OF the British Order in Council, would
be made.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
PARKER I'M JACKSON.

Madison Parker, well-known travel
ing salesman for a "keen spittin .
company, whose headquarters are in
Hattiesburg, was in Jackson with his
little Ford on Saturday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
Says.
Special to The NelCS.

Special to The NelCS.
New Augusta, Miss, Aug. 36.-"AslI
the people of Mississippi to suspend
judgment until the charge of murder
made against me, and upon which
am being held, has been Investigated
Ask my friends, my acquaintances
and the public at large. not to con
denim me for an act about which they
know bur little or nothing. Ask them
to wait nntil the preliminary hearing
is over before they decide whether
am the villain which some OF the pa
pers of Mississippi and Louisiana have
painted me. I call upon the fair-mind-
ed citizens of the Magnolia State to
5, give me at least one chance to clear
my name of the charges
From behind prison bars, in New
Augusta, Perry county, today Tom
Leverett, self-confessed slayer of Ed.
Bradley, sawyer for the Richton Lum-
Der Company, appealed, through the
Hattiesburg News, to give him a
square deaf
Don't condemn me upon the state
ments that have been floating about
since the killing" he said. Even a
dog should be given a chance. When
the trial comes up, I'll be able to JUS
tify my acts
t.ayerett is charged with having
--Shes aud killed Bradley in Richton,
last Taar n,arHane. "He ruined
my hoa.e b tied as having
said '8f hot him.
In aFeaaa sment. exclusive
ly for Tas H urg News today,
Leverett said.
Don't you think that l should be
given a chance to correct some of the
reports that have been circulated in
Richton, Miss, and elsewhere, that my
old friend Bradley was the third man
that / had killed?
Sad to Kill Man.
''It is very sad thing to be COM
PEELED to shoot q man that I always
have looked upon as a brother. And
truly hope and believe that the people
of Perry county, as well as the rest
of the country, will not condemn me
before my trial
"Will you ask them to withhold
their Judgment until they hear the
facts just as they are?
"As to the other man had to shoot,
I will explain that he was desperate
negro who had gone after pistol with
which to kill me, and guess he would
have done it, but in pulling the weap-
on from his pocket it hung, and l fired
on him. shooting HIM through the
hand and making him drop it. But
he was game. and started to pick up
the pistol. He looked up and saw that
| had him covered, and asked me not
to shoot again, that he would sur
rendsrj i told him TO drop his gun
Whlcn ne dld. L arrested him and
placed him in Jail, and while I was at
dinner, he broke away, and is still at
large.
"A second report is being circulated
that prepared for burial man whom
! had killed. This | brand as a false
hood of a lie. The man that I pre-
pared for burial was killed in my pres
ence but not by me. l was with five
other deputies when this man was kill
ed, and George Stewart, of Foshee,
Ala, was tried and acquitted of the
To, those who are curious to know,
and will investigate, it will be found
.lContinued on Page Four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
ALLEGED TiGRESSES
DISMISSED BY MAYOR.

Emma Clay and Jennie Hines, in
Police Court on the charge of retail
ing, were dismissed by Mayor Batson
today because of lack of evidence At
torney "Zan" Anderson represented
the pair.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
LEVERETT, TO
THE NEWS, ASKS
THAT JUDGMENT.
Be SUSPENDED.
Slayer Of Ed Bradley at Richlon
Says He's Willing to Stand
on Record.
DON'T CONDEMN me-
TILL FACTS ARE KNOWN

in An Exclusive Statement to The
Hattiesburg News, Well Known Saw
Mill Man Declares That False Rum
ors Are Being Circulated Against
Hm-"Give Me a Chance to State
the Facts, and All Will Be Well" he
Says.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
OLD M|SS|SS|Pp|AN
DIES IN ST. LOUIS
(By Associated PresS.1

tDB dSoUtfuttu FTtSS.I
St. Louis, Aug. 30.-James Hen
ry Allen, pioneer cotton broker
and brother of Private John Allen.
former Congressman from Missls.
sIppi, died here last night after an
illness of several months.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
TELEGRAPH BREWTIES
RAISING "a.

Honolulu, Aug. 30-Work prelimi-
nary to drydocking the submarine F-4,
lost in the harbor of Honolulu with %
men on March 26. and raised, is un-
der way today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
Exchange Rates Unaffected

New York, Aug 30.-England's s45.-
o0O'OOO gold shipment which arrived
yesterday produced no effect today
on the foreign exchange rates. Pounds
sterling dropped to 4614.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
FRENCH BRING
BIC GUNS INTO
PLAY AGAINST
MASSEDTEUTONS
Serious Damage Is Inflicted on
the German Trenches in
the Vosges.
EFFORT MADE TO DRIVE
RUSSIANS FROM GALICIA

NO indications That Infantry Attacks
Rave Been Resumed in the Western
Hone-Heavy Artillery Being Used
From the North Sea to the Vosqes.
FarIs Officially Reports - Heavy
Fighting Continues In tine Dards.
neIIes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
BRAND AS FALSE
.ANDS[ANDEROUS
.PRESS'SCHARGES
Citizens Of Starkville Issue a
Statement TO the Public
Regarding Hanging.
EXECUTION NOT MADE
A HOLIDAY OCCASION

Copy of Letter Sent to the Literary
Digest for Publication is Sent To
The News-oo Per Cent of Details
of the Double Hanging Are Untrue,
Statement Declares - County and
State Are Placed in Wrong Light
as Result
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30
Another Steamer Sunk

London, Aug. 30 The British
steamer Sir William Stephenson has
been sunk by a German submarine
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-30

London, Aug. 30.-Reports from tbe
eastern front today indicate that tho
Austro-German armies are trying to
clear the last corner of Galicia. still
heid by the Russians. The Teutons
nave pierced the Russian lines on the
upper Bug and Zlotalipa Rivers. but il
IS not known how great a resistance
the russians are offering to the last
ehVeloping movement from the South
Having lost Brest-Litovsk, Grand
Duke Nicholas cannot afford to hold
the river positions in the south in the
race OF this important movement.
The Allies during the last few davs
nave been using artillery from the
North Sea to the Vosges regions
Ihere have been no indications Of in.
Iantry attacks, however.
Reports are awarded from the Dar
danelles, where, according TO Constan.
tlnople, heavy fighting continues.