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Evening star., 1915-05-13
District Government, Aided by
The Star, Inaugurates War
on Disease Breeders.
TRAPS BEING OPERATED
IN THE LOCAL MARKETS
Device for determination of the
Pests Manufactured at the
Gospel Mission.

| The District of Columbia government.
! with the aid of The Evening Star. to-
| day inaugurated new experiment in
| municipal government when it added
! fly catching to its official activities.
| Twenty-six giant fly traps. donated
! by The Star to the District, this morn
| municipal markets. as follows: Ten
traps in the fish market on Water
street at the foot of 11th street and
four traps each in the Eastern market.
ith street near Pennsylvania. avenue
southeast: Western market. 21st and
h streets northwest: Georgetown mar
ket. y and Potomac streets northwest
and Farmers Produce market. between
3. Little B. 10th and 18th streets north
west.
This is the first consignment of a
total of seventysiX traps to be turned
over to the municipality. The remain
ing fifty are being manufactured at
, the Gospel Mission. and will be ready
for delivery within few days. They
,, will be placed in operation at the city's
thrty-seven firehouses and thirteen
police stations.
Plans for Operating the Traps.
John H. Sherman, superintendent Of
weights. measures and markets. yester-
udS communicated with the Superln-
tendents of the various markets in re
gard to keeping the traps in operation.
Instructions were given the market
masters to how the devices should
be baited and the insects destroy ed
after being caught.
So far as local officials have been able
to ascertain, Washington is the first city
In the United States to go into fly catch
ing as business Until now the import
ant duty OF ridding a city of its pest pop
ulation has rested upon citizens as indi-
viduas
When The Star offered to place traps
at the District markets. firehouses and
police stations the Commissioners i'm
mediately accepted the offer. believing
that the capital could set a good ex-
ample for the entire country in the eff
cacy Of combating flies on compre-
hensive scale.
There is no doubt that the efforts of To-
cal citizens to abolish the city's fly
population has brought about a scarcity
of the insects. and it is believed that
with the government and its citizens now
fighting shoulder to shoulder for the elm
ination of the pest Washington eventually
will abolish its greatest health menace.
Mission Will Take Rxivate Orders.
Evening star., 1915-05-13
GROWTH OF SCHOOLS
TENOR Of ADDRESS
Supt. Thurston Talks to Con-
necticut Avenue Citizens
Association.
NEED OF ASSEMBLY HALL
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
Goes Minutely Into Details OF the
Methods and Demands of Districts
Educational System.

"Out Of our good schools are coming
better schools
Such was the optimistic prediction OF
Ernest l.. Thurstou. superintendent OF
schools made in the course OF an ao-
dress before the Connecticut Avenue
citizens Association at its May meet
ing last night Supt. Thurston spoke
,ipou some Tendencies al Present in
Evidence in Our Schools" going minutely
INTO details concerning the methods and
demands of The school system Of the
District of Columbia.
The superintendent's address pos
sessed added interest to the citizens
because Of the fact that DIR. Emory a
Brvant had previously introduced Two
resolutions bearing upon the school
situation as it exists in Chevy chase
The association went on record as m
dorsing the demand of the chevy lhase
Home and School Association for an
eiyht-room addition to the Chevy lhase
school the addition to contain an as
sembly hall. The other resoiu,ioH'
unanimously adopted. calls FOR the
Commissioners TO place speed warning
signs one block north and one piock
south of the Chevy Chase schooi
Indorses Associations Demands.
In commenting upon these resolutions
Stunt. Thurston indorsed the demand TOT
an assembly hall in the addition. shou'd
II be built, and also the demand Tor sign
warnings for motorists.
Mr.. Thurston said that with the schoois
coming more and more into thelr own
as community centers every schooi. m
Guiding grade schools. ought to have an
assembly hall
social centers will become centers for
neighborliness" he said, land VIII heip
the debating clubs come back.
Acquaintance with the citlzenry is
vital for a superintendent of schools. Tor
we have home and civic interests IN COM
mon" declared the speaker. HoidinS
back the good in order to keep the pest,
he said is what the school authorizes
are doing nowadays.
For l believe if | accepted all the
things which are offered me IN two
weeks in the way of suggestions, etc, !
could add another year to the school
course Just as the street car systems
grew from bobtail cars to their present
development. just so the school system
has been q natural development. and
development to meet public demands We
have no right TO expect that the schools
will turn over in a day"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
FORREST GOES AFTER
ROCKEFELLER SCHOOL
DELEGATION FROM THIS COUNTY
is IN JACsoN TO-DAY BEFORE
THE COMMITTEES.

Armed with facts and ngures, with
reasons why the model school to be
erected in some city in Mississippi
should be located in Forrest county,
and with logical arguments toward
this end, a representation of Forrest
county educators is in Jackson today,
appearing before the commission
which will designate the place.
The Rev. E. J. Currie, superintend-
ent of the Forrest schools: Prof J. c.
Gay, and Prof. J. l. Alphin, of the For
rest county Agricultural High School,
are among the local educators appear
ing before the commission.
While Forrest county has not appro-
priated the necessary $500 for its
part of the school, the delegation from
here has received assurance that the
money will be forthcoming when the
new board convenes in January. The
present board has given its hearty ap
proval of the plan, and has recon-
.nended to its successors that the ap-
preparation be made.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
$50 HATT|ESBURC
FOLKS DELINQUENT
THAT NUMBER HAS FAILED TO
PAY THEIR So STREET TAXES
TO DATE.

More than $50 Hattiesburg citizens
black and white, have their names en-
rolled on the list Of delinquent street
tax payers, now in the hands of Pc
liceman Tom Moore, having charge OF
these collections, and as rapidly /s he
can do so, affidavits are being sworn
out, and these delinquents are to ap
pear in the city court
Moore is taking the city by wards
Ward 4 has already been checked up
and the delinquents in that part of the
city are being arrested and brought
before Mayor Batson. This ward eX
tends from Main street toward the
Northeastern yards, and back to the
river.
The street tax of SO, already lone
over due, grows into S. when the de
linquents are brought into court.
Every person against whom aft
davit has been made, will not be per
mitted to escape by merely paying his
tax" the mayor said today. HE will
have to pay double that amount be
fore he is given an opportunity tc es
cape
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
Saucier Man Gets
5000 Pounds From
179 Pecan Trees
STORMS OF SUMMER DIDN'T
HURT HIS CROP OF PAPER
SHELL NUTS.

Hurricanes may come and go; the
weather get just as hot and dry as it
wants to; also let 'er freeze: E. T.
Saucier, proprietor and manager of
the Saucier Mercantile Company, of
Saucier. should worry.
Mr. Saucier has just fininshed a
census of the pecans which he has
raised in his grove, which is located
on the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad,
about so miles south of Hattiesburg,
and he has garnered something like
5000 pounds of the choisest pecans
one would care to see.
He had but 179 trees in his grove
he picked from this year. That means
that each tree bore slightly less than
45 pounds of choice pecans.
The nuts are of the paper shell va
riety. and this is considered an ex-
ceptionally good yield, especially
when it is considered that a majority
of the pecan growers of the South say
that they are experiencing shortage
in the crop, due to the storms this
year.
'The storm didn't injure my crop at
ALL" Mr.. Saucier says.
He has found a ready market for
his entire crop.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
Here Are the IL Men
Who Haze Leuereff' S
Life in Their Hands

The 2 men who will decide the fate
Of Tom Leverett, charged with mur-
dering Ed Bradley at Richton last Au-
gust, have been selected, and now are
hearing the testimony in the case at
the Forrest county court house. They
were selected only after a series Of
most rigid examinations. The jury is
believed to be a fair minded one, and
both the states representative and
those of LeVerett believe that a
square deal" will be given both sides.
The personnel of the jury is:
Oliver G. Weatherford, farmer.
unmarried, living at Harvey.
J. T. Chairman, farmer, married,
r. F. D. Hattiesburg.
J. L. eagle, farmer, married,
Petal.
r. G. McSwain, farmer, married,
Rogers School House.
w. B. Wright, farmer, married,
EatonVlle.
3. OuBose, farmer, married,
Rogers School House.
7, {. D. Jackson, farmer, married,
Rogers School House.
I. /. Jacobs, Gravel Pit en-
ploye, married, r. r. D., Hatties-
burg.
J. w. Brown, farmer, married,
Rogers School House.
J. {. johnson, farmer, married,
Eastabutchie.
e. T. Baker, farmer. married,
Harvey.
w. G. Jackson, farmer, married.
Lees Store.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13

London, Nov. 13.-The British ad-
miralty announces the sinking of the
British sumarine EGO in the sea of
MarmOra. Nine members of the crew
were taken prisoners by the Turks.
C0nstantinople declares that the Turk
ish batteries on the Gallipoli peninsula
have driven of the ammunition ships
of the Allies and the other warshps
which attempted to lombard the
coast
simultaneously offensive movements
by the French and Serbians in South
ern Serbia have imperilled the entire
Bulgarian forces west Of Vardar. A
delayed dispatch from SalOniki reports
heavy losses said to have been inflicted
upon the Bulgarians by the Serbians
near Katchanik Pass.
Further progress by the Italians in
attacks on the Austrians' positions in
the Izonso regions, have been officially
announced
Vienna declares that all italian al
tacks have been repulsed with heavy
losses to the enemy
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
ELECTRIC MEN TO
S|GHT-SEE TODAY
HOLD J ROUSING BANQUET LAST
NIGHT, AT WHICH 775 WERE
PRESENT.

The Mississippi Electric Associa-
tion will conclude its two-days' ses-
sion here mis- afternoon, and tonight
the Regeneration OF the Sons cf
Jove,' will take place.
This morning several interesting ad.
dresses were made and papers read.
The election of officers will take place
this afternoon, after which the execu-
tive committee will meet and select
meeting place for next year.
The delegates are to be taken over
the city and adjoining country on a
sightseeing trip.
There were more than 75 electric
light men and guests at the annual
banquet of the association. given al
the Hotel Hattiesburg last night. It
was memorable occasion. and it was
far into the night before the last
speech had been made and the last
toast responded to, and the banquet
ers left to get little sleep.
E. d. Booth, of Vicksburg, was mas
ter of ceremonies, although the ban
quet was informal in the extreme A
few set speeches were made, but ma.
jority of them were extemporaneous.
Throughout the evening music was
furnished by the vocalists. led by the
(ContinUed on page swo.l
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
Pair of Braces Can
Beat Natural Seven
Just Any Old Dav
iNTRUOERS RAID A CRAP GAME
GET THE STAKES AND FADE
FOR FAIR.

About the only thing that will beat
natural seven in a Baptist Bottoms
dice game is a brace of revolyers.
This was the reason about a dozen
dusky inhabitants o. that section OF
Hattiesburg, lnsuccessfully pursued 4
pair of other colored brethren over
hill and dale yesterday afternoon and
far into the cleaning.
I The bones" mad been rolling with
considerable gusto somewheres down
in Baptist Bottoms, when the two 9TH
er negroes came up and horned in.
One laid down a quarter and allowed
he would just love to be faded"
''No outsiders is allowed, All think,
declared the leader in the game. 1--WE
don't want you two-bits It's lead,
anyhow"
''Um," observed the visiting colored
brethren Then out of somewhere
came two revolvers. Twelve frighten-
ed negro crop shooters automatically
lined up and reached for the zenith.
The pair picked up the stakes-about
s10-put them in capacious pockets
and faded for fair.
The other dozen put out IN pursuit,
but every time they got too close, the
pair drew their revolvers. A police
man happened along about that time,
and no one would tell what the trou-
BILE was. There wasn't a chance OF
that they had been "rollin' de bones
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
me Woman Takes Body
of Tramp: "He;SMyFiance"
(By associated FreSS.j

Chicago, Nov. 13. - The body
which Miss Julia CrumbIey, of
Atlanta, claimed here d few days
ago as being that of her fiance,
DR.. Alieyne Hensley, of Quebec.
was, in fact, that of tramp des-
tined for the potter's field.
This statement was made to-
day by the undertaking firm which
cared for the body.
Dispatches from Atlanta today
said that Miss Crumley arrived
there Wednesday with the body of
DR.. Hensley, to whom she had be-
come engaged, and who, she said,
had been killed in railroad
wreck near Chicago.
The funeral which was to have
taken place Wednesday was post
poned.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
BEING Cross Examined.

Being Cross Examined.
Brown is being cross examined by
the counsel for the defense this after
loon, and is being rigidly questioned.
There was some delay during the
morning session. but Judge Johnson
believes that he viii De able to hurry
the case along, with fairness to both
sides.
Joe E. Johnson was the first witness
to be examined this morning. he
told of having seen Leyerett fire one
shot. and about how his view of the
scene was then obstructed in some
way He went down to where Brad
ley had fallen, and found a pistol be
side the body Il do not know wheth-
er the body had been touched before
| reached there or not" he said Il
cannot say whether the shirt had
been opened in front. Bradley's hands
were under his body. He was lying
on his face The pistol was about
two feet away"
Tom Johnson, with whom Bradley
boarded, swore tina, he never knew
that Bradley had gone armed at all
times.
He was the night sawyer at the
Richton Lumber Company" he said,
and generally returned to my home
between 6:15 and $50 o'clock each
morning.
81 saw the body lying where it had
fallen. | saw the wounds after it had
been brought to my home. A wound
was in the back 1t was small one,
and smooth around the edges. In the
chest over the heart was a large Jag
ged hole. Two similar holes were in
the arm. The wound in front was
Jagged, and the skin was inclined to
urotrude. In the one in the back, the
skin went inward.
"The mans clothing was burned by
my wife the day following the killing,
and consequently cannot be produced
He Finds Pistol.
81 picked up pistol near the body
/ carried it home and placed it in my
trunk. / later gave it to Marshall
Ezell. | do not know whether it was
Bradley's pistol or not. l didn't even
CONTINUED On Page Two.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
BRADLEY WAS SHOT WHILE
RUNNING FROM LEVERETT,
DECLARES EYE. WITNESS

DAN BROWN, STANDING 4 FEW YARDS AWAY FROM SCENE OF
TRAGEDY WHEN IT WAS ENACTED GIVES DESCRIPTION OF HOW
AWAY, AND SAW LEVERETT LEVEL HIS PISTOL
FIRE THREE TINES" DECLAREs-PERRY COUNTY
MURDER CASE NOW ON N Flu IL sWNG-NATURE OF WOUNDS
DEscRIBEo-srATE TRYING THESE THAT MAN
WAS SHOT
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
ate In Doubt.

Rome, Nov. 13-Ambassador Page
has received a report from the Italian
office in which it was stated that the
fate Of several natives or Americanized
Italians aboard the steamer Ancona,
sunk by an Austrian submarine, is
still in doubt
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13

story Company
companion ounty today
duced the
simple OF way, employed
years Company, disle
atou track
he
ed
Brown placed
everett Bradley day preceding
breahessy
Bradley
O
r. HERE'S BROWNS
Of n
,Acf the
track They
60, They walking inside the railroad
lacks by Bradley
arousec curiosity. paid no attention them.
q turned spike in a
quickly
point him
all At the third shot Bradley
followed falling
The then fired
to
shiIIe earth
tstoodth a
said "YOu Bradley the ditch
by this time ground only
radeys cry and the Ivere called him
he had
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
(Bs Associated PreGs.1

London, Nov. ia dispatch to
the Times from 3etrograo gives a
story by a German prisoner of the
meeting between Emperor William
and Field Marsha Won Hinden-
berg, at which the Emperor insist
ed that another attempt be made
to take Riga and OVins't. The field
marshal is reported to have de
manoed more reintorcemc
which the Emperor refused
cause the men could not be sE
from the other points. A mil
conference was helo a : which
Hindenberg announced his re a
ness + rscinr, should the Eml@&
or still insist on the capture of
Riga, the story continues.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
MILITIA EQUIPMENT
HAS REACHED CITY

The equipment for he Hattiesburg
militia company has arrived, and will
be distributed among the members at
a special meeting to be held at the
Armory Monday night.
Capt. Thomas E Cooper, command
ing the company, issued orders this
afternoon for each member to be pres
ent.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
AUTOMOBILE AND
WAGON IN MIx-UF

A wagon driven by J. w. Butler
backed into the moving automobile of
Thomas NJ. Ferguson, on Pine street
this morning, damaging the wheel of
the wagon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
Serbs Are Pursued.

Berlin, Nov. 13.-Continuing the pur-
suit of the Serbian army in the district
south of Kruse, ac, the German forces
have crossed the Jastrebac mountains.
1t is officially announced that more
than 1,100 Serbian prisoners were cap
tured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13

E6nGe tue tsSCfaIUnrtO lte'ln6 luDlN
in general with the commissioners re.
garding the regulations.
The regulations now being enforced
by a score or more cities and towns
not on Of Mississippi, but of the en-
tire country, have been studied by the
commissioners in their work Of per
fecting a set applicable to Hatties
burg. Washington, d. c., has sent the
traffic laws being enforced in the ma.
tiOnal capital; New Orleans. Meridian
and other cities have done likewise
With copies of these in their hands,
the commissioners have selected the
best ideas obtained from these, and
incorporated them in the list prepared
by the Hattiesburg motorists recently
and submitted to them for adoption.
1t will require some little time to
make a perfect set of rules. The COM
missiOners stated today that they
would give every one interested an
opportunity to express their views
before taking final action. Once the
rules are adopted, they are going to be
rigidly enforced.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
KAISER INSISTS
THAT RIGA Be
AGAIN
Won Hindenberg Declares Ii Can
not Be Done Unless Rein
ments Come.
BRITISH LOSE R SUB-SEA
BOAT IN THE DRRDANELLES

Nine Members OF The Crew of E.20
Fall Into Hands of the Turks-Ital-
ian Steamer is Torpedoed, Six
Passengers Missing-Franco-Serb
Forces Seem to be Endangering the
Armies of the Bulgarians in the Bal
kan Fighting.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13

Rome, Nov. 13.-The Italian
steamer Firenze has been sunk by
a submarine. Six passengers and
5 members of the crew are miss
ing. 1t has not yet been announced
whether she was sunk in the Medi-
terranea...
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13

John C. Norton, supreme deputy Of
the Catholic nights of America, is in
Hattiesburg to organize a branch Of
the organization in this city.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
Hand Fiuhtinu On.

Paris. Nov. 13.-RepOrts of spirited
fighting with hand grenades at several
points along the French front, were re-
ceived.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13

Atlanta, Nov. 13.-"Dr. Alleyne
HensIey," announced in the for
NAL wedding invitations as the
fiance of Miss Julia CrumIey, ex-
isted only in the imagination of
the woman, it became known to-
day.
Statements made by Miss Crun1-
ley after she had arrived with the
body LED friends to call d physi-
clan to observe her. 1t was said
that she stated to the physician
that CDR. Hensley' was creature
of her mind, and that the identity
Of the body was unknown to her.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13
THE COTTON MARKET.
Hattiesburg spots. 101A.

Special to The NctCs.
New Orleans, Nov. 13-The cotton
market closed II 10 13 points up.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13

F. D. Lander returned last night
from a business trip to New Orleans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13

Miss Crumbley is the daughter
of former Methodist minister Of
Atlanta.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13

The ones Enforced in Washington,
New Orleans, Metsasan and Other
Municipalities Were 4-.Refore
Tentative Laws Were rrsWn up-
The Public in General vii vii Be Given
a Chance to Express Its Views-To
Be Rigidly Enfo,a(
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-13

The citizens of Hattiest
ing to have an OPT a1s
city commissioners
think should be Il
traffic rules and IS
ing compiled by tai
are going to be gig
press their views CO
Gus paragraphs of 4
already prepared, aI
lie.
At the regular mee
on Thursday, the que
the rules again came
sion. 1t was the ul.a
of the three memDcrS
step should be taken i
of the persons affec ID
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-28
r ADOM COUNTRY IS
RATHER DIFFICULT
TO MARCH THROUGH

a primer of war geography just IS
sued by the National Geographic So
ciety.
Radon is a triangular province
with its base toward Galicia and It's
apex pointed directly at Warsaw.
The government contains 4,16S
SQUARE miles, much of which is as
rich as any land in Europe. More
than fifty per cent of the total area
of this government was under cul-
tivation in 1906.
THE government is bounded on
the west and north by the river Pill
ca. and upon the north, east and
south by the river Vistula. In COM
mon with all Russian Poland, 1t has
suffered dampening of its Industrial
and comm ercial development but TO
a lack Of facilities for communtca-
ton. The vistula river forms one OF
its main avenues of trade, while one
railway crosses through the govern
ment from Ivangorod to Kielce. and
a branch line projects south into the
central part from Tomasow. Radon
is bounded by the government of
Piotrkow on the west, Warsaw ana
Sied1ce on the north, dublin on. the
east. and Austrian Galicia and the
Polish government OF Kfeloe on the
south
Irregular HdAS.
1.-The military difficulty OF the
country increases toward the south
and toward the west; for irregular
hills build its southern area and
marshes and swamps border the
sides of the unhealthy Pilica. The
southern lands of the government are
taken up with heavily forested San.
domir Heights, broad series OF
ranges OF deeply cleft hills. their
ridges varying from 500 to 1000 feet
in height and here and there pierced
by valleys secured and worn in great
cuts. that are bottomed by the
richest of agricultural land anc
drained by tributaries of the Vistu
Toward the central region. the
country becomes long. rolling swell
broken ever and again by stray hill
formations, and in places densely for
iested The cleared land here is also