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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-17

Joe Williford, the 'Possum King Of
Woodford, was in the city yesterday
making arrangements for a large
shipment. He states that his herd is
in fine condition this season and the
demand is on the increase all the
time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-17

The county clerk has transferred
his office from the old register Of
deeds office to the former county
clerks room The sheriffs office
will be moved from the jail to the
register Of deeds Office in the court
house.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-17

Scott Ballew of Lone Grove was
in the city Saturday and made the
purchase of a complete and hand
some housekeeping outfit He was
married during the holiday season
and is preparing for housekeeping.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
NeUn1dn Mills TO Resume
Might Work Here Sept. I
LARGE EXPORT HATTIEsBURe
IzAToN-TIEs AND CROSSINGS BRITISH
WAYS, FURNIsHED-Go VERNMENT BOAT
eULFPoRT ARRoAD-MoNrHLY
THEREAFTER.

Mr.. Haynen says that every month
thereafter, it is expected, at least one
additional boat for export lumber will
be furnished his company
"The prices in the interior are still
weak" he continued I'VE will not
attempt to turn out additional lumber
for domestic consumption. All of the
material to be manufactured by the
night force will be for ties and cross
ings, or switch ties, as they are known
in this country. The English railroad
companies are in need of lumber of
this kind, and must have it. The rail
roads of the Empire are being taxed
greatly now with the transportation
of troops, food supplies, and ammuni-
ton. The railroad officials have asked
the government to assist in obtaining
boats with which to bring American
lumber into Great Britain. The gov
ernment has succeeded, it became
known today"
BY placing a night shift on, 1t means
that 200 additional men will be given
employment in Hattiesburg, not in
cluding the woods crews, which also
will be increased
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
interes: Shown.

Hattiesburg will take holiday next
Wednesday, when the Little Rock
team of the Southern League will
meet a picked team from the local
City League, at Hamper Park. .....
The Arkansans will stop off in Hat
tiesburg to give the local players a
little excitement If the weather is
good in New Orleans on tomorrow
and Monday, the Travellers will come
here Tuesday and will remain till
Wednesday night. If it should rain
in the Crescent City, however, max
ing it impossible for New Orleans and
Little Rock to play double headers
scheduled, then the visitors will spend
but one day in Hattiesburg, that be-
ing Wednesday.
Forrest county fans are studying
their weather maps and are asking the
goose bones the question: "HOw about
the weather for Sunday and Monday
For it means much to the baseball
lovers of this part of the state.
If there are two games with the
Travellers, Brooks, of the Mississippi
College team, who went the entire
season last year without losing &
game, and who has lost but two games
in three years, will pitch for the Hat
tiesburg team. Brooks has signed
with the Little Rock team, and vii
join the club on its arrival here. Man
ager Bob Allen wants to see him il
action.
If these is but one game to be play
ed however, Holmes, OF the Bankers
team of the City League will pitcl
that.
The business men of Hattiesbur:
have agreed to close their doors dur
ing the hours that the game at Kan
l.per Park is in progress. If the team
Continued on Page Two.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28

The Hattiesburg mills of the ]. ]
Newman Lumber Company will be
operated at night for an indefinite
period, beginning September l, ac-
cording to the announcement made to-
day by w. ]. Haynen, general mana
ger of the company.
Besides, this, the woods south of
Hattiesburg will be opened, and the
crews there increased.
The demand for export lumber of
various kinds has increased recently,
and provisions have been made for
transporting the material to Europe.
This is given as the reason for put
ting on the night shifts.
1t was explained by Mr.. Haynen
that the Increased output of the Hat
tiesburg mills would not affect the do
mestic market Every foot of lum-
Der turned out by the increased
forces" he said, will be shipped
abroad. The British government al
ready has assigned a big boat for our
use. This will anchor at Gulfport the
first of the month, and will be loaded
with supplies for the use Of the Eng
lish railways"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
Woman,s College Is
Selected BY Bib o
As Chld,s School
HIS DAUGHTER TO BE PLACED IN
HATTiESBURG INSTITUTION:
HAS MATRICULATED.

Of all the colleges and seminaries
in Mississippi, studied and inspected
with view of selecting one in which
to place his daughter Theo. G. Bilbo,
governor-elect of the Magnolia State.
has chosen a Hattiesburg institution.
And the selection was made voun-
tarily, without solicitation or induce
'ments from the officials of the local
institution. In fact the president of
the cOllege-Prof, J. L. Johnson-did
not know that the governOr-elect had
planned sending his daughter, Miss
Jessie est Bilbo, to the MISSISSIPPI
pi Won ans College until the father
and daughter came to Hattiesburg
Thursday, and the daughter matricu-
lated.
Miss Blbo is - years old. That the
'Hattiesburg institution was selected
from among all the other institutions
of Mississippi is especially gratifying,
not only to Prof. Johnson and the
members of his faculty, but the For
rest county citizens in general.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
WASHRAG CRUSADE
IS NOW UNDER WAY
HEALTH OFFICER HUDSON HEARS
THAT FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
HAVE LAUNCHED FIGHT.

Now comes the crusade for the eX-
tinction of the common wash cloth.
Having swatted with a large meas
.ure of success the common towel, the
United States Public Health Service
has found new target in its eompan
ion piece, the wash rag,
In an official announcement today
received by Dr. l.. B. Hudson, county
health officer, the Public Health Ser
vice. modestly admitting a large sue
cess in it's campaign against the CON-
mon towel and the roller towel, says:
Now comes the news that the COM
mon washrag is an even greater men,
ace to health.
"The hotels and public hostelries
have recognized this for some time,
and have supplied their guests with
sterilized washcloths in individual
sealed packets. The damp, sour
SiAlcItlhS Ndohl dS sum OAiolo, lO"CFSi
in many private bathrooms. Imper-
fectly washed out after use, frequent
ly not wrung out at all, 1t is usten
hung over a rack Or radiator near an
open. window, there to collect dust
and dirt Frequently the same wash
rag is used by the entire family, thus
affording an easy means of transfer
renee of mouth secretions from person
to person. In many households each
individual has his own washcloth, and
his individual towel, but these hang
so close to one another that there is
ready interchange of bacteria. Each
| individual should have his own wash
cloth. 1t should be thoroughly washed
out with clean hot water after use. Ii
should be then wrung as nearly dry
as possible, and if possible hung in
the sun to dry 1t should not come in
contact with other wash cloths. In
the investigations the United States
Public Health Service is conducting in
regard to the prevalence of trachoma
it has been found that common towels
| probably acted as a medium of dis
tribution Of the germ of disease"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28

London, Aug. 2S-As the Russian
armies continue their retreat, the for
eign war ministers at Petrograd deny
that Russia is contemplating the max
ing OF separate peace. Reports Of a
disagreement among the Allied com
manders is denied
Four thousand more Welsh miners
quit work today. The government Is
considering taking control of the
coal mines.
The reopening of hostillties In the
Southern front between the Austrians
and Montenegrins is announced. The
Montenegrins claim they repulsed the
Austrians near the mouth of the Gulf
of Cattaro.
Rome reports that the campaign OF
Italy for Trent and Triest is progress
sing slowly.
Bobm and artillery fighting is re-
ported in France.
There Is but little change in the sit
uation on the Gallipoli peninsula.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
Fight In Mid Aid.

Paris, Aug. 2S.-Four German aero
planes attempted a raid on Paris this
morning. They were attacked by the
French Air Flotilla, and one German
machine was shot to pieces. The Ger
man machines crossed the French
lines at great height, headed toward
Paris. Just north of Paris they sight.
ed the French aeroplanes. Three of
the German airships wheeled around
and started for the German lines.
The fourth dropped bombs at Mont.
morency, Is miles from Paris. Two
of the machines escaped One, rid
died with bullets, fell into the Forrest
OF Halatte. The burned bodies of
two aviatOrs were found.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
Search Is Made for
Mother OfMuto NOW
Jailed in Chicago
WHO KNOWS WHERE Mfsss.. 4LLA
WALKER, MOTHER OF MARCUS
WALKER, CAN BE FOUND?
THE Won MoLTkE.

Who knows where Mrs. Ella Walk
er, a mute, and the mother of Marcus
Walker, the youngster who was lock-
ed for two days in banana car which
carried him to Chicago this week, can
be located?
The United States Postoffice De-
partment, the Chicago police, former
teachers of the boy in Jackson, the
officials of Perry county, and the of
ficials of Forrest county and of Hat
tiesburg, all would like to know A
search for the woman is being made
today.
Acting on advices from the Post
master General, the Hattiesburg au-
thorities today are trying to locate the
woman. What interest the postoffice
department can have in the case, is
not explained.
Marcus Walker, also a mute, is we'll
known in Hattiesburg. AS told in
The News recently, the boy boarded
the banana special" which passed
through here Sunday night, and was
locked up in one of the fruit cars. He
could not get out until the train had
reached Chicago, when he was arrest
ed for vagrancy. For two days he
lived on bananas alone. The young
ster is still held by the Chicago police
on the vagrancy charge.
1t is believed that his mother lives
either in Hattiesburg or near here.
The Postoffice Department took the
matter up with the postmaster at
Beaumont. in Perry County yesterday.
He in turn communicated with the
Hattiesburg authorities, saying that
he believed that the woman is in this
part of the state.
Marcus formerly was student in
Jackson, and Edward Rouss, former
professor of his also is interested in
locating the mother of the boy
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
GULFPORTPOSTMASTER
DID NOT ROAST LYTLE
Did Criticise Certain Sections of Roads
Leading to Coast, However.

Postmaster n. d. Goodwin, of Gulf
port, is in Hattiesburg today, and
while here, took occasion to answer
certain articles appearing in the news.
papers of the State, which quoted him
as having criticised the Gulf Coast
and Mississippi Highway Association.
my only complaint was that the
bad places in the roads between Gulf
port and Hattiesburg were not desig.
mated on the maps and in the logs of
the roads," he said. THE association
is doing great work and | am for it.
But it hasn't gone far enough"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN
DIES AT SARATOGA
Funeral of Alfred D. McClendon To Be
Held in Hattiesburg Tomorrow.

The funeral of Alfred d. McClendon,
50 years old, who died at Saratoga
this morning, will be held from the
residence of his son, H. c. McClendon,
500 Williams Street, tomorrow morn
ing at 8 o'clock. The Rev. John T.
Christian, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, will have charge of the ser
vices. The interment will be in the
city cemetery.
Mr.. McClendon, who was well
known throughout Mississippi, where
for years he was breeder and trader
in blooded race horses, had been i'll
for some time.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
JUNGLE BILLY"
OPERATED ON
Reports From Jackson Hospital.
Friends In Hattiesburg Are Awaiting


Uncle" Billy Davis, one of Hatties'
burg's quaintest characters, who has
sent to the Mississippi State Charity
Hospital in Jackson this week, where
he, was operated on yesterday, is in
good shape according to the last
reports received from the Capitol.
How he underwent the operation, how
ever, is not known.
The operation. according to Super
intendent l.. S. Rogers, speaking be-
fore Uncle" Billy went to the operat-
ing room. was of a serious nature. II
was much more difficult than was at
| first thought.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28

mighty Goeben, which is believed to
have been sunk long since in the
Black Sea, and dozen or more Qruis
ers and torpedo boats.
They had four great barges of troops
about to land at PernOv when the
Russians. aided by British submarines
sighted them. The battle lasted for
several days, during which the Won
Moltke and two or three lighter cruis-
ers went down, and seven or eight
torpedo boats were sunk. 1t was the
purpose of the Germans, whose battle
line on the land reaches near Riga,
to land troops to join their forces
approaching Riga. They were caught,
and with the defeat they were pushed
back on land by the forces of the
czar, so they are now far from Riga.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
fBy Associated Press1


London, Aug. %. - The Frank
furter Zietung Tuesday announced
that cotton importation COM
pany, with capital OF one million
dollars, had been formed in Bre-
men to obtain buying orders from
German and Austrian spinners,
so as>to make offers to American
exporters. h, r
Berlin, Aug. 28.-The admiralty
today officially denied the British
Statement that a British aviator
sank a German submarine near
iOstend this week.
Berlin, Aug. 2s.-It wae official
ly announced today that the Teu.
tons had pierced the Russian lines
along the Zlotlopa river in East
-ern Gsiicia. and that the Germans
now are occupying the town OF
NareW.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
WILL PROTECT FISHERS
FROM THE STRIKERS
fRu Associnted Press.l

New Orleans. Aug. 2S.-The Louisi
ana Conservation Commission today
ordered three patrol boats, each carry
ing a cannon to Lake Borgne and the
ouisiana marshes to protect the
shrimp fishermen from the strikers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
Await German Reply.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 2S.--Further
developments in the German situation
await Berlin's official reply on the
sinking of the Arabic, which the State
Department expects from Ambassador
Gerard as soon as the German admiral.
ty can obtain it, Negotiations cover
ing the submarine warfare will begin
when the United States is ready.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
RETURN FROM CAMPING TRIP.

j. T. Pittman. Will and Frank Ia
tum and William Ferguson have re-
turned from a weeks camping trip at
Lost Lake about 25 miles from Hat
tiesburg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
GIBSON LOCATED
IN LITTLE ROCK.

Friends and relatives of George Glib
son. who disappeared from his home
near Brooklyn some time ago, and
whom it was thought might have been
drowned, will be glad to know that he
is now in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
MOTOR FROM COLUMBIA.

B. A. and S. A. Summer, accom-
panied by Misses Susie and Emma
May Summer, drove over from Column
bia last night, to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
j. H. Weems of Second avenue.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
S44,0O0,OO0 IN
GOLD AND BONDS
fRU ASSorfdfrd FYesS.)

vanceboro, Me-, Aug. 28.-The
second large shipment of gold Sc
curities this month from London
for New York, reported to be
S1e,ooo,o0 in gold, and 25,0o0, 900
in bonds, passed through here to-
day. The funds were forwarded to
strengthen the British credit in
the United States.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
FATALLY .STABS
PAN|ON AND
[HENNURSESH|M
Members Of Section Grew Of
Gumber Company Near Clyde
: Have Falling Gut
JYlNG MAN DECLARES
ASSAILANT INNOCENT

He Did 1t In Self Defense" Joe
Teutch, Gasping For Life, Is Quoted
as Having Said-"UncIe' Billy Glea-
son, His Camp Associate, Surrend-
ers Himself and Expresses Regret
at the Act He Says He Was Forced
to Take-Burial Here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
Assists Man He Stabbed.

The next morning. when it was seen
that Teutch was in serious condition,
''Uncle Billy" began caring for him.
| He expressed regrets at his act.
That's all right, Billy" Teutch is
quoted as having said. "You had to do
| it. | was drunk, and was after you.'
Gle5son sent for a physician who
worked over the man all day. When
| it was seen that there was no hope
| for his recovery, Teutch told John
Ferguson, the third member of the
crew, that Gleason stabbed him in
self defense. Il am not angry at
Billy" he is said to have said. What
| he did was to save himself"
Teutch came from Lorraine, the
French province wrested by the Ger
mans during the Franco-Prussian war
He was between 40 and As years old
Whether he has any relatives in. TIM.
country, is not known. Gleason is a
native Irishman, about 50 or 60 years
old. He fought in the Union Army
during the civil war, and only recently
friends of his with the Lamar Lumber
Company succeeded in obtaining fol
him a pension, which brings him il
$25 per month.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28

Weather Conditions Permitting
Little Rock to be Here for
Two Days
HATTLESBURG PLAYERS
PRIMED FOR CONTEST
Leading Merchants of City Agree to

Leading Merchants of City Agree to
Close Their Doors While the Game
at Hamper Park Is In Progress-lf
1t Does Not Rain in New Orleans
Tomorrow or Monday, Travellers to
Come Here Tuesday for Two Days
lnteres: Shown.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
THE COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans. Aug. 2S.-The cotton
market closed % to "a points up.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
RUSSIA LAUGHS
At REPORTS OF
.SEPERATE PEACE
No Intention Of Quitting Till
Germany Is Conquered, Her
Ministers Say
TEUT0NS CONTINUE TO
pRlvE BACK THE SLAvS

British Coal Situation Becomes More
Alarming When 1000 Additional
Welshmen Go On strike-Austrlans
and Montenegrins Now At Each
Others Throats-ltalian Campaign
Progressing Slowly Artillery Fight.
ing in France.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28

y Self defense will be the plea OF
SIIncle' Billy Gleason, a member OF
be section gang of the Lamar Lum-
er Company, who stabbed and fatal
injured Joe Teutch, a fellow work
Jan, on the spur line of the company,
miles from Clyde, night before last.
.utch died of his injuries yesterday
ternoon. The body will be brought
Hattiesburg this afternoon and will
buried from Ramsey's undertaking
Establishment at $50 p. m. The
kterment will be in the City Gene
ery.
! The killing is said to have been the
esult of a drunken row, in the sec
ion camp of the company, south Of
[lyde, toward Purvis. Immediately
fer Il WIS seen that Teutch, a native
gelcn Lorraine. was fatally iaipr-
81 ~ made arrangements Ito
lrrendor himself to the officers, and
hst night when special train was
Ben after the body OF the dead man,
iUncle" Billy was there waiting for
be deputy sheriff. He gave himself
p, and said that he was willing to
ace the consequences of his act.
81 had to kill joe" he is quoted as
aving said. at was either his life
br mine. He had an axe, and was
making toward me. l cut him in self
kfense."
Because of the isolation of the spot
where the workmen were quartered,
news of the stabbing did not reach
Clyde or Hattiesburg until last night.
The men-three of them-were To-
Gated on a spur line of the lumber
lumber line, in the woods
II miles from Clyde. They had charge
of grading the road bed for the extern
sion. According to "Uncle" Billy, and
to statements said to have been made
by Teutch before his death, the pair
who occupied Jointly one of the camp
cars of the company, had been drink
ing. An argument arose and Teutch
grabbed an axe and started for Gle;f-
son. He struck at his would-be as
sailant with a knife, stabbing him
deep
Assists Man He Stabbed.
The next morning, when it was seen
4hot Toutob 1roc in q SeriouS condition
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-28
THE WEATHER

Mississippi-PartIy cloudy tonight
land Sunday; probably showers south
portion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-29
Petrograd Admits Retreat as
Germany Claims Capture Of
Halcz and Crossing Dniester
Experts Infer Grand Duke Nicholas Has TAX
en- Opportunity to Reform His Lines Without
Interference San Probable Site of
Next Stand
NEW RUSSIAN CABINET GENERALLY
APPROVED ITALIANS NEARING RIVA

London June 2s-1o3O P M-Berlin reports the fall Of
the Gacan town Halcz and that the
have Dnester river which that the five
days desperate guard action by the Russians has ended
in their retirement the stubborn this
flank of the Grand luke Nicholas commander
chief armies, has undoubtedly enabled him to
reform lines along the Bug virtually without inter-
ference.
The river San now the place of the Dnieser
scene sangunary battle in the Russian effort to prevent
of Warsaw Perograd admits the retirement
of the Russians Gnla Lpa which 80 miles
from the and falls into the Dnieer at Hacz but
military experts expect heavy fighting along that
They opinion that the battle probably
along the Zota Lpa river which parallel
the Gna pa further eastward where the Russians would
benefit by the railroad with which the Tarnopo line connects
These operations and plans according military confirm
the theory that Dnester forces merely covering for
the northern army.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-29

WINDSOR, Vt, June 2s.-President
Wilson broke in on his vacation today
by giving several hours to the con-
sideration Of the Mexican, the Euro
pean and the Haitien situations. He
was in communication with Secretary
Lansing and other Washington OFF,
Gals. There was no indication tonight
that any Of the business brought be-
fore him was of such a pressing ma
ture as to take him hurriedly back
to Washington. but he is keeping him.
self ready to leave Windsor at any
time. The President refused to make
any comment when shown reports that
state department advices from Berlin
indicated that Germany's reply to the
last American note on submarine war
fare would be favorable, but it is
known that Mr.. Wilson has been in
communication with Washington re-
garding the situation.
After attending to pressing business the
President. with Mrs. Francis B. Sayre,
his daughter, and Miss Helen Woodrow
Wilson, hts cousin, went for . long auto
mobile ride which tok them 10 miles over
the Green mountains to Rutland, Vt
He was away from his h9me hers six
u