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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20
COTTON SHORT
BY ; MILLION
BALES TO DATE.
Census Bureau Reports Show
l0.302.253 Bales Cinned to
December l3.
MISSISSIPPI OUTPUT
IS But s63;6s2 BALES

Washington, Dec 2O.-The seventh
cotton ginning report of the season..
compiled from reports of Census Du-
reau , correspondents and agents
throughout the cotton belt and issued
at 10 a. M, today, announced that TO-,
800 .235 bales of cotton counting round
as half bales, of the growth of 1915,
had been ginned prior to December 13.-
That compares with 13,972.229 bales,
of SIS per cent of the entire crop gin
ned prior to December 13 last year:
12,0SS,412 bales, or 92.5 per cent in
1919, and 11,S54,541. bales, or 9Z.2 per
cent in 1912. The average quantity
of cotton ginned prior toDecember
Is in the lasl Ten years was 11,476,1S9
bales or S9.5 per cent of the crop,
Included in the ginnings were 100,-
$40 round bales compared with 42,7e6
last year. 1856 in 1913 and 75.772 in
1912.
Sea Island cotton included number
ed s2.sfD bales compared with 71.4o1
last year, 69.5ao in 1913 and so,445 in
1912.
Ginnings prior to December 13 by
states, with comparisons for the last
fh~oa x-aor fo1lru.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20

London, Dec. Significance of
the withdrawal of British forces III
Sulva and the Anzac district of CALI
poll and the transfer to some other
sphere of operation, is not brought
out by the official announcement. Ii
may herald the abandonment of the
Gallipoli expedition. No mention is
made concerning the British stationed
at the tip of the peninsular, or of the
French cooperating in the campaign.
Athens reports that Greece's pro-
test against the Bulgarians entering
Greece has caused the Germans TO
halt their allies at the border. The
Germans and Austrians were concen
trating at the border preliminary 10
advancing against Saloniki.
The British and French reports In
dicate the beginning of a German OF.
fensive in Flanders 1t is reported
that the Germans have attacked the
British trenches northeast of Ypres
under a cloud of gas, but were repuls-
ed Later the Germans bombarded
the British and French near Ypres.
Artillery duels are continuing along
the remainder of the Western front.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20

Two more highway meetings are
planned by the Jackson Military High
way Association officials soon after
Christmas. it became known in Hat
tiesburg today,
The impetus given the movement
toward completing the several links
in the proposed highway in Mississip-
pi, at the meeting held in Hattiesburg
last week, is growing. and officials of
forts to have the Mississippi part OF
the roadway completed by June /,
will be successful
One of the meetings will be held in
Laurel shortly after Christmas. and
the other at Quitman the first Monday
in January. ~ns
Three mass meetings in the inter
est Of the road already have been held.
The first was at Columbus, the sec
ond at Meridian and the third in Hat
tiesburg last week.
At the meeting in Columbus three
Alabama counties and. Lowndes and
Noxubee pledged their roads TO be
built Immediately All the Meridian
meeting Kemper, Lauderdale. Clarke,
Jasper counties pledged themselves to
do their part and, at Hattiesburg Fri
day. Jones. Forrest, Lamar, Pearl Riv-
er and Hancock counties declared they
would have the road ready by June J.,
1915 four months before the path find
ing committee makes the final inspec-
ton for the selection of the highway.
Hattiesburg road enthusiasts are
elated over the outlook for the COM
-pletion of the highway. They point
out that practically all of the nine
counties in Mississippi have part of
the road complete and there is only
a comparatively small portion to build
to complete the finishing lap Of the
Jackson Highway through this state.
Mobile. Ala, Dec 20.-Every gap
on the Alabama route for the Jackson
Continued on Page Fosr.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20
ALIEN MASTER.
PLOTTER NEAR.
CAUGHT.
Man Connected With New York
Consulate Among Big Fish
Already Melted.
THE GUlpING GENIUS
SOON TO BE ARRESTED
(By associated Press.)

New York, Dec. 2O.-Frederick
Metzied, held in connection with
alleged plots to hinder the manu-.
raefure OF and to destroy muni-
tIons for the Allies, made a state
nent to the federal authorities TO-
Gay concerning the alleged activi.
ties of Paul koenig, of the Ham,
ourg-American line. He said that
koenig had 25 agents in New
york alone, and reported the re.
suits OF his Investigations to Cap.
tain Won Papen, the dismissed Ger
man military attache.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20
(By associated PrcSS.)

Washington, d. c., Dec. 20.-Secre-
tary Lansing announced this after
to Austria from the United States on
the sinking of the Ancona, will be
given out for publication Wednesday
afternoon 1t is understood that the
note re-iterates the original demands
CT the United States, with the impli-
cation that it is the last word on the
subject
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20
Takes a Hand.

Paris, Dec. 20.-A news dis
patch from Brindisi, Italy, reports
fighting in Epirua province be-
tween small detachments of Bull
aarians and Greeks. Several Of
ficers and soldiers We're kilisG
Greece is rushing reinforcesnsnts.
Berlin, Dec. 20.-It is officially
announced that the Ailssaf rross
itors on Sunday shelIeo lsac Ger
mans at West Ende, Be sqlassis bat
were driven off. Germai syIasars
attacked Poperinghe.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20

At preliminary hearing before
Justice of the Peace n. c. Greer
this afternoon, Mrs. Hattie Green
Clinton waived examination, and
was held under $4oO bond to
await the action of the Forrest
county grand jury. Her father,
w. j. Green, Of near Clyde, was in
court ready to make the neces-
sary bond. Mrs. Clinton was i'm
mediately released.
The necessary legal formaiity
consumed but few minutes. The
woman spoke but few words
while in court.
She did not ask to see the baby
before she left Hattiesburg for
s.sf home Il, Lamar county The
child will remain at the homo Of
a weil-known Hattiesburg family
until Chancellor Denny acts upon
their application to sdopt the
child.
The little waif, found by Gulf &,
Ship Island brakeman during the
heavy. cold downpour of rain on Fri
day night. under platform in dark,
deserted place to the rear of~the Hat.
tiesburg Grocery Company's building,
where it had been hidden by it's moth
er. and which, for time, promised
to have no other name except Little
Mister X today has one of the incest
homes in Hattiesburg.
Whether the home will be a per
manent one, depends entirely upon
the courts. 1t will be necessary for
Chancery Judge Denny to, act upon
the question before the smiling, COO
ing infant will legally pass into the
possession of the family now caring
for il.
And while tender hands are bring,
ing every want which its little heart
can desire to it, the mother, Mrs. Hat
tie Green Clinton, in the Forrest coun-
ty Jail charged with abandoning it, is
making preparations TO appear before
Justice OF the Peace Greer. who will
give her preliminary hearing.
The hearing will be given this after
noon.
1t is understood that the woman
will waive examination, and will
await the action of the grand jury
Her father. who lives on a farm near
Epiey, came to Hattiesburg last night
to confer with Mrs. Clinton, and tC
see what arrangements can be made
for having her released on bond. But
ne did not succeed in furnishing bail
The mother now wants the child
returned to her. Since early yester
day morning, she has repeatedly call
ed for it. and the reply of the jail Of
ficials that such will be impossible ha:
served tos make her desires all the
greater. The mother love which, fo1
a time seemed lacking. has returned
1t also is understood that mem
bers OF Mrs. clinton's family vii
make fight against permitting th'
boy to be adopted by an outside per
son.
A wellknown Hattitesburg family
which is schildIess. took the boy iron
the home sof Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar W
Estes yesterday, and will care for
until the court acts upon it's reques
for adoption.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20
is FINED 81. 50 FOR
ASSAULT AND BA TTERY
Zeb Lewis Is Convicted of Attacking
William Mckenzie Last Night.

Found guilty of assault and battery
on William Mckenzie, Zeb Lewis was
fined $2.50 in Mayor Batson's court
this morning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20
ALLIES ARE
'REM0V
FROM
GALL|POL| |
Indications Are That Fighting in
That Section VIII be-
Discontinued.
BUlGAR!ANS WILL NOT
ENTER GREEK TERRITORY

No Mention Is Made in the Official Dis
patches Concerning the British Sta
toned at the Tip of the Pcninsuiar,
or of the French Who Are Cooper
ating-Buigarians Will Not Invade
Greece; Germany Steps in and
Takes Hand.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20
MORE MEETINGS
TO Be HELD IN
|R0AD INTEREST
Mass Meetings, Similar TO One
Here Last Week, Called
For Two More Towns.
ENTHUSIASTS TO GATHER
AT LAUREL AND QUITMAN

Good Roads Advocates Of Forrest are
That Mississippi Will Have Com
pleted Its Part of the Work Before
June 1-AIabama Reports That 1t
Will Have Its Roads in Order by
October l.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20
the COTTON MARKET.
(Bv Associated Prcss.)

New Orleans. Dec. 20-The cotton
market at 80 o'clock was to s
points up.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20

Mississippi-sFir tonight and Tues
day, freezing temperature in north
and frost in south portion tonight.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-20

Mobile. Ala, Dec. 20.-Every gap
on the Alabama route for the Jackson
CONTINUED on Page FoiT.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-26

Washington, Jan 25-Gsrmany has FRO
tested to the state department today
through her ambassador, Count Bern
storf, against shipments of American
hydroplanes to the European belligerents
on the ground that such air craft are
war vessels.
statement issued by the embassy to-
day says:
1.-The Curtiss works at Hammondsport,
n. T., have sold and sent 10 England the
well known hydro-aeroplane America
and FIVE hydro-aeroplanes Of the same
type. Thirty-six hydro-Reroplanes of a
different type have been ordered by Eng
land and are under construction by the
same firm Also, Russia has ordered a
number of these vessels from Curliss
for use in her navy.
There is no donbt that 1t does not need
any explanation that. from the stand
point OF international law, hydro-aero-
planes are to be considered as war YES
sells and that therefore by Article VIII
OF the agreement concluded at The
Hague on Oct IS. 1857. neutral countries
are prohibited to supply be.ligerent
countries with such vessels. The selling
Of hydro-aeroplanes by the Curtiss works
therefore, constitutes a breach OF neu.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-26
WOMAN Who WAS
SHOT A MEMBER OF
SANFORD COLONY

Portland, Me-, Jan. 25-It was learn
ed here this morning that Mrs. Edna
E. Marshal. the youthful bride of Ed
ward C. Marshal of Is Bickerstaf
street, Back Bay. Boston, who is now
in Boston City hospital with bullet
hole in her side, and whose young hus-
band is in the Charles street jail
charged with attempting to murder
her, is the daughter of Mrs. Almon a.
Whitaker Of this city. Mrs. Marshal's
father is an elder of the Holy Ghost
and Us society at Shiloh.
1t will be recalled that Mrs. Whit
taker. along with Edna and two other
inence in 1911 when they brought an
action against Rev. Frank w. Sand
ford. in which they alleged that ne
held them prisoners aboard the Cor J.
net for about four months.
Mrs. Marshal married, last October.
Edward C. Marshal Of Boston. the
wedding was secretly performed, al
though it was known to her mother
here in Portland. Her last visit TO
Portland was at Thanksgiving.
Although the shooting took place
Saturday night, Mrs. Whitaker knew
nothing of it until informed by a
newspaper reporter this morning Shs
was overcome with the news, but de-
clined to make any statement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-26
WASHINGTON

EAST-MTs. Blanche Johnston and
Mrs. Clara overlook went to East
Palermo Thursday evening where they
assisted Jesse Overlook in installing
the officers Of Sheepscot Lake Grange
Mrs. Earle Grinnell. who has been
very sick. IS slowly improving.
Mrs. Clara overlook returned Thurs
GAY from Ralph Lights at Liberty,
where she has been for q few days.
Allan Ripley purchased a horse last
week Of Chas. Smith Of Appleton.
Q. ". Poland was in Rockland re-
Gently or matters of business.
Ernest Light, who has been in
Rockiand serving on the jury, has re-
turned home.
sirs. Sadie Suheforth Of Globe, who
has been caring for Mrs. Erie Grin
nell. has returned home
Harry and Barnard Turner have
been visiting in Palermo during the
past week.
Mrs. Milly Bradstreet Of East Paler-
mo was a visitor at Charlie Over
locks one day last week.
A. E. Johnston was in Waldoboro
last Thursday on a business trip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-26
PORTLAND WANTS TO
ANNEX CHEbEAGUE

Portland. Ne, Jan. 25-From pres
ent indication a bill requesting the an
nexation of Chebeague Island to Port
land will be introduced in the Maine
Legislature. Petitions are being cir
culated by those favoring annexation
while posters have been placed in the
stores and public buildings urging the
residents Of the island TO support the
campaign However there is some
opposition 70 the annexation plan as
seVeral-of the property owners are op
posed TO the move, fearing increased
taxes.
Chebeague is now part Of the town
OF Cumberland and the island is rep
resented by one selectman, Alfred E
hamilton, on a board of three. Che
beague is the second largest island
in Casco Bay, is IL miles fror.
Portland and has about 500 inhabi-
tants throughout the year while the
population during the summer season
is about loo The island contains
ABOUT 1000 acres and has always been
regarded as one of the most prosper
Gus in Casco Bay, having a numbe-
OF excellent stores and about a dozen
excellent summer hotels
Those in favor of annexation b;eey7
that they will receive greater benz
MS IN the event that the island be-
comes part Of the City Of Portland
and the general store orators" have
been working overtime in their eff
forts to overcome the opposition.
Many Of the islands in Casco Bay
are now part of Portland and the
number includes: Peaks Island the
Diamond Islands. Cushings Island.
Cliff Island. Long Island and Mackev's
Island. AT the present time the great
er part Of Little Chebeague Island is
part Of the City OF Portland. bur a
few acres a the northeast end of the
Island is a part of the town Of Cum
oefiand and would probably be in
Guided in the annexation bill. The
PORTLAND City line crosses Little Che
league
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-26

Boston, Jan. 25-Lieutenant Cover
nor Grafton Gushing today announced
his intention Of entering the contest
for the Republican nomination for
governor at the primaries next fall.
Cushins's Statement
Following is the statement given
out this afternoon by Lieutenant Gov
ernor Grafton D. Cushing:
Since Mr. McCalrs defeat last No
vember, a large number of the rams
and file of the Republican party, and
especially the younger and more ac-
tive workers, have urged me to become
a candidate for the nomination for gov
ernor in 1915. They said they wanted
to win that / had received the largest
vote of any candidate in 1914 and the
largest that any Republican nominee
for state office has received for sew
eral years: that the Progressives
would come back more readily to the
Republicans under my leadership; and
that l was, therefore, the stronges:
candidate the party could nominate.
Il refused to make any statement
az so early a date. But Mr.. McCalIs
announcement of his willingness to ac
cept the Republican nomination OBJ
liges me in fairness to all persons in
terested to make an immediate state
ment or to seem to concur by my
silence in Mr.. McCalIs nomination.
have. however, gradually become con-
WINGED that sooner or later l should
be obliged to yield to the wishes OF
this constantly increasing number o.
Republicans and, in order that the de-
termination of the question may be
laid fairly before the members Of the
party. / now announce that / am {.
candidate for Republican nomination
for governor. shall be an active
candidate and. hope. a perfectly fair
one. If defeated, / shall cheerfully
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-26
HAM CANDIDATE FOR
LIEUT.. GOVERNOR
AT FALL PRIMARIES

Boston, Jan. 25.-Guy A. Ham Of
Boston, member Of the Governors
Council announced tonight that he
would be candidate for the Republi-
can nomination for lieutenant COVER
nor. In his statement, Mr.. Ham said:
Il have been informed that Mr..
Gushing has announced that he will
be a candidate for governor at the
Republican primaries this fall. If
such is the case / shall be a candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for lieutenant governor.
"One Of the chief complaints made
against the Republican party in the
past few years has been the fact that
it has not been sufficiently liberal in
the selection Of its candidates, and
has denied the younger members of
the party an opportunity for advance
nlent. AS one Of those who have par
ticipated actively in the campaigns Of
the past j. years. / offer myself as
candidate, to demonstrate in part thaA
there is an opportunity for a young
man to succeed in the Republican par
w"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-26
PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION GETS
SAC0 COMPLAINT

The Public Utilities Commission has
received a complaint against the Cumber
land County Light & Power Co, it being
alleged that the company is charging
rates and tolls for the carriage of passon-
gers which are unreasonable and unjust
~ discriminatory
The petition is signed by William F,
Peaslee and others Of Saco and is as
follows:
Whereas the schedule of prices as laid
out by the Cumberland County Power &
Light Co. is SO framed that the five
cent limit is about two and one-half
miles from Pepperell square. Saco, and
the fare from Flag Pond road OF Saco
a distance Of three and one-haf miles
is 10 cents, while a five-cent fare with
the use of a transfer will carry a pas
senger about seven miles from Thornton
Heights on the other end of the line.
Whereas there are many workers in
Saco and Biddeford who ride TO and from
their work from Flag Pond road and
beyond which takes 20 cents per day
out of their wages.
Whereas under the prevailing prices
the taxpayers of Saco are forced TO pay
four fares per day for the carrying Of
each child beyond this two and one-half
mile limit to and from school. The petit
TONERS ask that the schedule of fare
limits of the Cumberland County Power
& Light Co. be revised in such manner
as TO place the fve-cent limit from Saco
to the Scarboro line"
The company has until Feb. TO an
swer to the complaint
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-26
Figures on New Gun

Berlin, Via London, Jan. Is. 11.ao A.
Remarkable figures regarding .. new
German naval gun are given by Ger
man ARTILLERY expert, writing in the
Artilleristsche Monats Hefte.
IN discussing and assertion by the
London Times that the German navy
possesses a gun which carries three
miles further than the best British weap-
on, the writer admits that the krupps
are manufacturing a gun whose pro-
iectile weighs 220 kilograms about q
toa) and which develops muzzle yeloc-
ity of $40 metre about 500 feet) in a
second. The expert reckons from these
figures that the gun has IS per cent more
muZzle force than the British navy's
best weapon and has a ranges of about
40 kilometres tabout . niles while the
channel al Dover IS only SO Kilometres
(about 90 miles, wide. He says the 6g
ures given, If correct. will permit the
Germans eventually to command the
English coast from Calais for a distance
of nine kilometres tabCut 6 miles, in
land with the new gun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-26

Decker, George W. Heselton, c. A.
knight, E. L. Russell. Executive COM
mittee, c. H. Gray, Chester II. Became.
George S. Williams, Fred E. Strout, J.
w, Rafter. Samuel D. Soule, Will c.
Atkins, G. D. Lbbey, F. A. Danforth.
Edwin 8. Lincoln, D. S. NcHaughton, J.
F. Hodgkins. Finance committee, +. Z.
hcCausland Charles H Gray, n. c.
Barston- Public improvements, John W.
Berry, S. q. Soule, A. r. Hayes. Rail
roads and steamboats,, ]. H Wight, C.
F. Walker, ". l. Tozier. Lecture and
entertainments, A ]. Burns, Rev. John
Evans, y. H. Trafton. Insurance and
taxes, F. NJ Noyes, A. Bailey and V. B.
Grant. Auditor. ]. ". Robinson.
On motion of r. P. Hazard it was vot.
ed that the annual banquet be held Feb
. 10 at the Coliseum. Attendance at this
I banquet is to be confined to members OF
the board and their ladies' A banquet
| committee is to be appointed later b.
President Ellis.
THE questions OF purchasing the Mil
pond and filling it in for park and o.
! holding a circus in July were discussed
The mill pond property can be obtained
for SVe The place which seemed L
meet the approval OF all for the noijini
of the circus was Gray's and Freeman
muster wharf. The president vas en-
powered to appoint committees on thes,
| two projects. which ne announced ~,
would do later After the Adjournment
| the executive board went into session.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-26
GARDINER LOCAL MATTERS

Berini, Carleton Theodore Hughes,
Peter Joseph Cerro. Ralph BENJAMIN
Downs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Kenney and
family went Friday to Prospect
Prof. II. Everett Hall of Bangor. the
supervisor of music in Hallowell and
Winthrop made Bis weekly visit on
Monday to the Granite Hill 1neermedi-
ate schools.
Mrs. Charles Mulliken, who is ILL.,
is reported to be somewhat improved
in health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Cloutier Of Au-
gusta were guests Sunday Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Sellar.
Mrs. Maude Abbott Of Augusta pass
ed the weekend at Hillcrest Farm
the guest Of Mrs. Llewellyn Cakes
Ames and Mrs. Percy E. Leighton.
Mrs. Fred Meader has been passing
a few days in Gardiner.
The Intermediate school has an en-:
rollment Of II pupils. Notwithstand-
ing the inclemency of the weather On
Monday an all-day session was held
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-26
rear ADMIRAL KNIGHT DECL ARES
NAVY DEP RTME ORGANIZATION
WOULD BREAK WITH WAR Strain

not a word about the duty Of keeping
the navy in readiness for war or pre-
pairing plans for war. or conducting
war after it begins.
This is the last and great defect in
the efficiency of the navy. It could be
remedied by the creation of a division
of strategy and operations.
There is much about the navy that
is splendidly efficient. But as a whole
it is far less efficient than it ought
to be- We are lacking in that harmo-
NOUS composition of the fleet which
is needed from other elements. We
are lacking in absolutely essential IA
cilities for the care and preservation
Of our ships and in an efficient or
ganization Of the personnel.
Il ask you to picture the effect Of a
condition where young officer grad
uating from the Naval academy. full
Of spirit and enthusiasm, finds him.
self confronted with the prospect OF
promotion to the grade Of lieutenant
at the age Of 50 years."