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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15

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sase Ave. and Curtis ST.
Topeka, Kan, May Is.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-15
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02

unnecessary for any money to be lent out of the cotton pool, which accord ingly was dissolved. It was stated by the nanciers anG officials at Washing ton thatthe moral effect created by the knowledge among farmers that tangible shield stood between them and failure had the effect of stablllz- ing the market. Certainly it is that the price of cotton began to rise and since has been steady.
 This good fortune is appreciated by the South. it is stated, but at the same time the lesson of the narrow escape from complete failure to market the cotton crop has not been lost. When it was seen that the very bulk Of the Southern cotton crop was a factor tending to decrease it's price in the opo' en market, the department of agrl' culture last fall advised Soutner1 farmers to plant other crops, prlncl' pally food crops. Special reports were sent out advising farmers in the var ious sections what food staples were best adapted to their local conoitiohs of climate and rainfall.
 The result of this has been that reduced cotton acreage has been planted while the food product acre age has been increased materially and the next harvest season is ex' pected to prove one of the most proh'' able the South has ever seen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
FIGURES 0N COST
 0F WAR ASTOUND
First Year Will Reduce the Worlds Capital GO Bil-
 lions, Says Patten.

Philadelphia. Pa. May Speaking on "The Menace to America of Euro pean War Expenditures Prof. simon
 N. Patten, of the university of Penn sylvania. told the members of the American academy Of Political and Social Science here today he estimat , ed the first year of war would reduce the worlds capital by sixty billions of dollars. EF'
 "The cost of war for one year is about $15000.00o,' he said "lf we take into consideration the losses of private property in Belgium, Poland and other places actually within the war area. together with the distutb- ance of industry in other regions. q like destruction of ST. 5.oG0,006 has oc- cured Thus we have an actual de struction of property to the amount of s3O ,O00,0O0, and if the loss ill value is double the loss of product. we can
 assume that at the end of the year the value of the worlds capital has been reduced by $60.000.o00.
 "As the total wealth of the coun- tries involved foots up to something like S300,OOO, ,O00 ,000. the loss is tWen- ty per cent if the distribution of these losses were equal.
 "If the war continues more than a year these losses will be enormously increased and the difficulties of read iustment correspondingly great. do not, however. from this infer that the total value of the worlds wealth Will he permanently decreased. No mat fer low destructive the war is. none of the permanent resources of the world will be disturbed.
 "The liquidation of the losses Will take n)ace and the recreation of val ues will take place, giving higher total than before. Such. at least, has been the result that has followed all the financial crises in the past, ana it is likely to be true again. But all securities no matter how safe Will he affected by the industrial reorgan- ization that follows the closing or the war"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
WIDOW 0F VICTIM,
 PLEADS FOR SLAYER
Robert Lee Mcdaniel Receives Pardon Through Plea of Mrs. Eugene
 White and Others.

Little Rock May l-Thc widow of the man who was killed joined in the request for the pardon of Robert Lee Mcdaniel of DrnW county. He was convicted Feb. 24, 1911, of murder in the second degree, for the killing oi Eugene T. White, of Lacey. Oct. 3l, 1910, and sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary. The men had been neighbors. and became engaged in an altercation which resulted in the death of White. The pardon was re- commended by Mrs. P. c. White. the widow, Circuit Judge H. w. Wells and Prosecuting Attorney R. w. Will son, who stated that they believed the man had been punished sufficiently.
 The governor also pardoned Cato Platt, of Ouachita county, convicted April 20, 1913, of assault with deadly weapon and fined $50 and costs Pratt is negro boy IT years old who fired at another negro boy with a shot gun because the other boy had taken his baseball and bat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
INVESTIGATION
 NOW S0UTH'S HOPE Federal Bureau Agents Re- prt That Suthern Farmers
 Have Learned Lesson.
COTTON ACREAGE CUT
AS Result of Increased Attention and Acreage to Food Crops, Next Harvest Season Expected to Be SOuth's
 Most Profitable.
(By Sidney Espey.l

Washington May 1.-Reports from special crop correspondents in the oouthern states, received by the de- partment of agriculture, forecast a w'de dlversification of crops during 'he coming summer This is the direct result Of advice by the government authorities at Washington and indi- rectly Of the European war.
 when the cotton crop, the largest il Ill many years, was harvested last fall, ! was discovered by the Southern planters that they were without an im- neulate market for their staple. Great distress ensued and it proved necessary for the federal government eo rally to the assistance of the 1outhern planters and, cotton dealers. s q. IS well known that the bottom TS out of the cotton market in the sace Of the prospect of greatly reduc- Cd sales abroad.
 i'll order to check the rapidly de- Soenalng price of cotton, a tendency "nlch struck at the very foundation ol industrial and economic stability m tue southern states. group of piomlnent bankers, under the aus p.ces or the new federal reserve board "oo "a " vas Moaasshlngton, formed a pool of $135.- os0'Voo "s TOT loans on cotton. A system oa. m negotiating cotton warehouse r" hv,s hhvip.s was hastily built up also as a ta."afk t;aN against further demoraliza. fon uh or the market. The plan was +S M southern banks to borrow from tne ae cotton pool and then lend to cot .on platers and dealers who had cot. raao, M M warehouses. The warehouse .irsp irelpts were the collateral securits sven for the loans.
 ~ the plan worked out, 1t proved
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
PERUNA TIE SPRING
 AND SUMMER MEDICINE.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Transfers of real estate recOrdsd yesterday are reported by the G. W. Byington Abstract company, as fol lows:
 5B. w. Benton, ct al to Eureka Land company, NE ll of SW li of 367-9, $15.64.
 Henrietta J. Clemmons, ct al to Eureka Land company SE 14 of NE IA of 31-1-9, $loS0,
 J. 5. Enright 70 w. l.. Goodwin, lots : and & in block 1, Portis ad- dition to Pine Bluff, $10.
 Walter l.. Goodwin to M w. Ware, lots and s in block 1 in Porti's ad- dition to the city of Pine Bluff. $1o000.
 E. T. Tater. to w. l.. Huett, NE IA of NV 1-4 of 2s-5-11, Sl,000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
Johnson Files Appeal

Little Rock, May 1.-Kenneth Jonn- son of Cleveland county, has filed his transcript on appeal in the supreme conrt He was convicted Dec. II, or murder in the second degree. Tor the killing of Frank Armstrong, and sen fenced to twenty-one years lmprls- onment. The killing occurred near Kingsland. April 2S, 1914. Armstrone having been called from his house and stabbed to death. Johnson claims self-defense.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
Danger to Children.

Serious illness often result from lingering coughs and colds. The hack
 ing and disturbed sleep rack a child's body and the. poisons weaken the sys tenn, so that disease cannot be thrown off. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has eased coughs, colds and croup for three generations; safe to use and quick to act. There is no better medicine for croup, coughs and colds. Mann Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
''HoBo" GETS JOB

Green Brier, Tenn., Jan. 7' lSlo' Hobo Medicine Mfg. Co.,,
 Singer, La. Gentlemen:- I have used your HOBO KIDNEY AND BLADDER REMEDY for kidney disease from which I had suffered for a long time. I could not sleep at night. I found no cure until l De- gun to take Hobo Medicine. A1er taking one and one-half bottles or the medicine I am perfectly we'll, ana cheerfully recommend this remedy for Kidney and Bladder ailments.
 Yours truly, (Signed) JoE oooN' All druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
aS,owed ups at Middle Age.

The hard working kidneys seems to require aid sooner than other m: testinal organs. At middle age many men and women feel twings of rheu- matism have swollen or aching joints and are distressed with sleep disturb ing bladder ailments. Foley Kidney lPills are safe, prompt and can be de- nended on to give relief. Mann Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02

People who are forced to stand on their feet all. day know what sore, tender, sweaty burning feet mean. They use "TIZ," and "TIZ" cures their feet right up. It keeps feet in perfect condition. "T1Z' is the only remedy in the world that draws out all the poisonous exudations which puff up the feet and cause tender, sore, tired, aching feet. It instantly stops the pain in corns, callouses and bunions. It's simply glorious. An! how comfortable your feet feel after using "TIZ." You'll never limp or draw up your face in pain. Your shoes won't tighten and hurt your feet.
 Get 9 cent box of "TIZ" now from any druggist, department or general store. Just think! whole years foot comfort for only 9 cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02

Little Rock, May 1.-Superintendent Cook and others who attended the Conference for Education and Indus try at Chattanooga have returned. MT. Cook was a member of the nominat- ing committee and J. l.. Bond was elected a member of the executive committee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
Our "JITNEY- Offer-This and 5c

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out thls slip, enclose with five cents to Foley '& Co.,, Chicago, Ill.,. writing your name and address clearly. You will
 receive in return trial package containing Foieys Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cath artic Tablets. Mann Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
INDIANS TURN PROS.
Temperance Wave Seems About to
 SWeen Over India.

Calcutta, May liking Georges example in abolishing strong drink from his household for the duration of the war has been hailed with en- thusiastic delight by Indians of the upper class, whose younger generation was becoming alarmingly addicted to the drink habit. It is believed tenn perance wave is about to sweep India which will be of great moral and ma terial benefit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
Your Ally

IT. all these wsys, Goodyear is your ally. You do injustice to yourself when you fail to secure this advantage. Never in tire history was such value given as you get in Goodyear
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
Gamblers i'm Bad Way.

London, May 1.-From all the evil dence which can be gleaned i'll the best informed circles gambling hells" in London have fallen on evil days, owing to the dearth of business created by all the bloods about town having forsaken frivolity for the stern reality of war.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
PORTUGAL CROPS HURT.
Feared That TOrrential Rains Will
 Make This "Year of Hunger"

Lisbon, May 1.-Six months of con- |tinued bad weather frequently mark
 ed by torrential rains. have done so much damage in agricultural regions that it is freely predicted 1915 is to be a "year of hunger" for Portugal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02

wires to make the tire secure. It embodies hundreds of rubber rivets, formed to combat loose treads.
 Our All:Weather tread is still double-thick. It still has the sharp, tough. resistless grips.
 Those extras-all exclusive to Goodyear-are all retained. despite our price reductions. And we still spend $100,00O yearly to discover new ways to better them
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02

Anyone wishing Q ou.; or sell Jefferson County Script. call on Chss. Well Supply Go. 0
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
The Cooperative ri Tire

Goodyear has always built cooperative tires. Every sav- ine has gone to the user. The more men bought the better we built them, and the lower we sold them.
 That is why Goodyear has held top place, outselling any other tire.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02
3 Reductions

Note that in two years we made three big price reductions. The last-on February 1st-- brought the total to 45 per cent.
 Yet in costly ways these tires have been bettered. In not one iota were they ever skimped.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02

US S45O,OOO yearly.
 It still has our No-Rin- Cut feature. It has in each b a s e 26 braided piano
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-02

Our Fortified Tire is still "On-Air" cured to save blow outs. Yet that one extra costs
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-19
FRANKLIN CAPTURED
HIDING IN YORK, ALA.
NEGRO WHO SHOT HIS WIFE ON
|. GRAVEL LINE TO BE RETURN
ED TO HATTIESaURG.

VIII Franklin, the negro who shot
his wife, Bella Franklin. while engag-
ed in an argument over the ownership
of pair of stockings, at their home
on the Gravel Line a couple of nights
ago, has been arrested in York. Ala,
and will be brought back to Hatties-
burg to answer two charges.
Chief Bennett, who sent out a de-
scr1ptfon of the man yesterday, was
notified today of Franklin's arrest. A
constable was sent after the man this
afternoon. Whether he will demand
requisition papers is not known.
Franklin will answer charge in
the police court of discharging fire
arms, and charge of assault with In
tent to kill in the county court. His
wife was not seriously wounded, the
bullet having passed through the
fleshy part of the upper right arm.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-19
J)TNEY BUS HAT IS
TH[ LATEST AGONY
JAUNTY CREATION NEEDS NO
HATPINS AND HAS NO BRlM TO
CUT PASSENGERS NOSE.
Behold, the jitney hat.

Behold, the Jltney nat.
II had to come, and it will be here
in punches before very long, say those
who know. One was seen on Main
street this afternoon.
The life of the Hattiesbrg jitney
was short but sweet. Hardly before
the jitney had been given an opportun-
ity to learn the various streets of the
city, it died. But it isn't necessary
to own a jitney to wear a jitney hat
now is it? Many a girl with an auto
mobile veil, probably wouldn't know
how to get out or in Ford, even,
without a blueprint or guide.
The jitney is a jaunty, go as you
please, self-starting (for it needs no
hatpins), and highly abbreviated de-
vice. admirably suited to the limited
space of the new conveyances.
Inquiry among the milliners devel-
oped that the new headgear emanates
from New Orleans, which also lays
some claims for the pioneer jitneys
of the South. and, the story goes, it is
modelled after the hat worn by the
first woman jitney driver there.
AS nearly as a mere man can get
the jitney hat idea it is something
like this: cone shaped, gaudy in color,
generally two colors predominating,
one on each side, clown-hat style, and
it has no brim to cut the neighb0r
passengers nose, though coy tassel
that dangels over one side may tickle
his ear.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-19
(By r. NJ. Gates.)

Washington. D. c., Aug. 10. IT o
what extent the South's great staple
crop-cotton-will be affected by be-
ing declared contraband of war de-
pends almost entirely on what Great
Britain and her allies are willing to
do and what the United States will
agree to accept in the vital matter of
an arrangement to offset the loss that
will result from closing altogether the
markets of Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary.
The best expert opinion obtainable
in administration circles is that If
Great Britain and her allies will agree
to buy at a fair price the 100000 or
100000 bales that in ordinary cir
cumstances would be consumed by
Germany and Austria-Hungary, in adj
dition to their usual purchases the
staple can be marketed this fall to the
reasonable satisfaction of the pro-
ducer. Such an arrangement has been
considered for weeks past and indica-
tions now strongly favor its consum-
Confined on Page Six.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-19

Washington, D. c., Aug. 49,
Whether there were any Ameri-
cans aboard the Arabic when she
was attacked by a German sub
marine, and whether the COM
mander of the undersea craft gave
warning before the attack, is not
known here. A report is expecte-
ed momentarily from Consul
Frost at Queenstown.
The Washington administration
is awaiting with eager interest
further details of the attack.
Berlin, Aug. 19.-The German
admiralty announces that small
British cruiser and a British tor
pedoboat destroyer were sunk in
an engagement with German tor
pedoboat destroyers off JutIand
today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-19
Thousands of Mules
andHorses Shipped
Without One Death
RAILROADS OF SOUTH HAVE
MADE A RECORD IN GETTING
ANIMALS TO EUROPE.

Of the thousands upon thousands
of horses and mules, purchased
throughout the Central and Southern
States by representative of the bel
ligerent European nations, to be used
on the firing line and to feed Europe's
death hopper, not a one which has
passed through Hattiesburg to New
Orleans and other ports, has been
killed or seriously injured before be-
ing loaded on the transatlantic
steamers.
This is a record probably never be-
fore made by railroad system, either
in the United States or abroad
A stock train consisting OF % cars
passed thorugh Hattiesburg last night
for New Orleans. The train came
over the New Orleans & Northeastern
line, and was made up in the Central
states. The cars contained horses
and mules bought in the northern mar
kets by the foreign agents, and will
be transported from New Orleans to
European ports where they will be
used in the field by the Allies.
The train was in charge of a spe-
cial agent, whose duty it was to see
that the animals were fed and water
ed regularly. The agent gave an in
teresting account of the number of
horses and mules which have been
bought in this country by the Euro
pean nations since the beginning of
the present struggle. He stated that
the total will run into the thousands,
and of this great number not one an
imal has been injured or killed.
Every horse and mule which has
been purchased thus far has been sent
across the water" he stated. "And
the soldiers are still clamoring for
more horses and mules as the number
killed each day will number several
hundred"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-19

Dallas, Tex, Aug. 19-With infor-
nation from Galveston and other
points on the Texas and Southeast
Gulf Coast slowly drifting in, the ter
rife tropical storm of the early part
of the week has exacted a compare
lively small number of human lives.
and it is known that the toll of prop
erty loss in the city OF Galveston was
small as compared with the tidal wave
disaster of 1900
That Galveston did not suffer even
worse horror than the storm of that
year was due to the great sea wall.
Fourteen lives were lost in Calves.
ton, and the property damage will
amount to S3,000,000.
While no appeals for help have been
sent out, it is said that -four and other
foodstuffs and fresh water are needed
there in large quantities.
A large section of the storm dis
trict is yet to be heard from, but the
present number of deaths. based on
the best available information is:
Texas City, 30; Galveston, IA: Vir-
ginia Point, IA; Patton, 10; Morgan s
Continued on Page Six.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-19

determined. Like business ventures
they would not go into it without first
knowing every lay of the ground
and every detail so far as could be
1oreseen. The business of getting the
men was the first undertaking. This
was done only after a good deal of
sitting and wedding.
i have learned from my fathers
lips, and from those of my various kin
who served in the reconstruction days.
the modes and methods of the klu
kluX. But even that noble institu-
tion, for perfection of organization,
determination and daring, could not
equal this modern exploit, done in the
interest of a justice of which we had
been denied by the man we put into
office.
Grim Vindicaton Mission of Mob.
I'm the first place, the organization
of the body who lynched Frank was
more open than mysterious. 1t was
more on the order or a plain, open
and shut business proposition. The
purpose of the kluklux was more to
overawe and frighten than anything
else. The determination of the men
who brought retributiOn to the mem
ory of Mary Phagan was of grim vim
dication even if at extreme peril.
when the business of organization
was finished the next object was to
fully acquaint themselves with condi-
tions and contingencies in Milledge-
vile, the first seat of action. Advance
men were sent to the scene. They
went in automobiles that they might
familiarize themselves with the road
ways and draw maps of them.
"In Milledgeville they made thor
ough observations of the prison
grounds took into contemplation the
barbed wire entanglements, made
| themselves acquainted with the tele-
graph and telephone connections, and
made intimate inspection of all in
roads and outlets to the town.
"The plans were perfect when the
hour came to strike
Two Men Sent in Advance.
1.-TWO men were sent in advance OF
the main body. They were to recon
noiter and to sever telegraphic and
telephone communication with tho
outside world so that Milledgeville all.
thorities could not notify other town,
ships to intercept them as they car
ried Frank to the place selected as
the scene of his death.
| early Monday night the automo
| CONTINUED ON Page Fo,r.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-08-19

"The men who hanged Leo Frank.
the murderer of Many Phagan, did not
go about it with a spirit of lawless-
ness nor vindictiveness. They felt it
a duty-a duty to their state and com
monwealth, a duty to the memory of
Mary Phagan, whom all Cobb county
loved, and whose memory is cherish
ed in every household in the hills you
see over there to the vest
First Planned for Months Ago.
"They would have lynched him
more than a month ago if some one
hadn't got careless and permitted a
leak Governor Harris was appraised
of the plans and ordered the militia
to be in readiness. That was the day
when the county police were scouting
in the edge of Fulton and Cobb coun-
ties on the lookout for automobiles
from Marietta.
Governor Harris and the military
authorities no doubt received wide
spread censure for this apparently I'M
necessary action, but if the truth were
known it gave Leo Frank at least one
month of grace he would have not re-
ceived from the hands of the men who
were about to go to Milledgevile for
him.
Ever since the day Governor Sla-
ton commuted the sentence of Frank,
this elimination has been in process
of formation. Minute and definite
plans were drawn, and there was not
a missing thread from the fabric of
the perfected scheme when the TWEEN
ty-five men set out on their journey to
Milledgeville.
Prominent Man Chosen as Leader
Meetings were held in a spot SO
conspicuous that you would be aston
ished to hear its name called. A lead
er was chosen, man who bears as
| reputable name as you would ever
hear in lawful community. He was
man respected and honored Hun
dreds of men would obey him-the
twenty-five would have gone through
hell and high water with him.
| ''The chosen twenty-five (aithougf
this. wasn't the entire number avail
able) were men whose worth was
known, collectively and individually
doubt that you would lind anywhere
a body OF patriots more loyal, faith
/ full, obedient and determined. They
were resolved to bear whatever bur
dens arose as though itsfell upon indi
vidual shoulders. and TO go through
with their plans at anyfcost-
"They were business-gke as well al