The Hattiesburg news., 1915-09-16
WOMAN'S PART IN
THE NEWS TODAY

New York, Sept. 16.-Miss Dora
Gruich, Serbian girl educated in the
United States. and Miss Elva Reed of
Oregon, her secretary, are travelling
to Servia, where they will establish a
home for children orphaned by the
war. The institute is the gift of John
w. rockingham, of New York and
his sister, Elizabeth w. rockingham,
of Tarrytown, N. Y. The institution
will be American in character and the
children will be taught English as
well as the Servian tongue.
Denver, Sept. 16.--Unless Mrs. May
Spencer Farrand, who disappeared
mysteriously fifteen years ago, is
found by the end of this month, she
will be declared legally dead, and the
fortune here awaiting her will go to
Mrs. Louise A. Ryder, of New York.
Mrs. Farrand was the second wife of
the late Capt. Charles E. Farrand, u.
s. A. A nationwide search has been
made by the war department and
secret service men, since she left Ar
vada, q Denver suburb, shortly after
her husbands death. Neither rela-
tives nor friends have heard from her
since. M
Philadelphia, Sept. 16.--"I am en-
gagged but am not going to be mar
ried until women have the vote in at
least one Of the three campaign
states," says Miss Jane Myer. The
fair suffragist's fiance is DR.. Charles
Reitzel, the successor of Prof. Scott
Nearing at the University of Pennsyl-
vania. Pennsylvania, New York and
New Jersey are the backgrounds of
'suffragette just now, and until one of
those states give the women the votei
the betrothed pair will postpone the
wedding day. But-Miss Myer does
not believe there will be any postpone
ment.
San Francisco Sept. 16.-How the
heart Of a queen is being torn by
strife, how her relatives and dearest
friends are fighting each other, how
she hopes day and night that her own
country may not be drawn into war
|all this is revealed by Queen Marie Of
Roumania in remarkable letter re
ceived here. The letter is remarkable
the more because Roumania is now il
the balance in the world war. Queer
Marie is an English princess, and hel
husband, Ferdinand, is a Hohenzol
lern. "How is 1t possible that our so
called civilization should break into
such monstrous reaction, for never
has war been so deadly, never have
ouNh DCCh COmhhttCh, hCtCl
has so much been destroyed. Those
unfortunate places where war has
been raging are but vast church yards
which no kindly hand can attend
Sometimes l wonder how such suffer
ing can be borne. tremble for m,
little country. What will its fate be
forget myself in the great desire tt
make others happy"
| New York, Sept. 16.-A gigantic
movement for the publication of thu
human race has been launched by Mrs
e. H. Hartman, widow of the rail
road king. A group of the most abl'
scientists in the United States will
undertake to ascertain "what is tht
matter with the human race" and Il
formulate the plan for the elimination
of detectives. The vast fortune o
Mrs. Hartman is at the disposal o
the movement, which contemplate
1
Ethe pushing of eugenic legislation il
many states Several states have al
ready made elaborate experiment.
with money furnished by Mrs. Harri
man. Experiments in Kansas devel
oped the fact that it is possible b,
medical and surgical treatment to pre-
vent reproduction Of detectives. Eu
genie societies will be built up in eacl
state, and the public will be tangh
the necessity of laws to wipe out Grim
inals and mental incompetents. Fo
years preliminary work has been quiet
lly conducted at Cold Springs Harbol
Long Island, under Mrs. Hartman
direction, and it has been found tina
the ten per cent Of the present Amer
cans who are defective can be elm
mated as reproducers of human life
Machinery has been developed by
i Nour un,.lr i,vantor that finds fh