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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
STATE GUARDSMEN
MAY Be RETAINED
IN JACKSON CAMP
MlLITiAMEN LIKELY WILL BE
KEPT AT CAPITAL FOR
MANY MORE WEEKS.
QUARANTINE is RIGID;
ABSENTEES CHECKED UP

Jackson, Miss, July 15.-The Firs.
Regiment of the Mississippi National
Guard may never see service on the
Mexican zorder, according to intima-
tions made here tonight.
Unless conditions along the inrerna.
tional boundary again become strained,
it is probable that the 1000 or more
'men now in the mobilization camp
here, will remain here for an indefi,
mite period.
The militiamen more than likely will
stay at Camp Swep Taylor till August
lis, at least. The cancellations Of the
orders of yesterday, by which the In
fantry was to have entrained for some
point in the Southwest, bears out this
iintimation.
! Camp Swep Taylor may be made o
permanent mobilization camp. and the
lguardsmen likely will be retained here
and taught the principles of warfare
The quarantine established las
might, is being rigidly enforced NJ
tguardsman is given permission L
leave the camp, and under no circum
Istances will visitors be allowed unit
THE quarantine is lifted.
The rolls Of the various companie
were checked off tonight by Adiutan
General Scales and his staff, and
llist Of the men absent from. camp wa
made. Scores of militiamen wer
found to have been absent without pc
mission.
What will be done to them is ne
stated.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
Conversation, 1920
Feet of 1T, Stolen
BY Copper Thieves
HATTIEsRuRe POLICE ON LOOK
OUT FOR WIRE TAKEN
FROM euLFPoRT.

There's quarter Of mile of talk
running around loose in this section
of Mississippi, some place, while New
Orleans detectives and employees Of
the Cumberland Telephone Company
have their ears to the ground and are
listening with a view Of locating it.
In other words, is spans of the toll
line of the telephone company, be-
tween Claiborne and Ansley, on the L..
& N, have been stolen by copper
thieves, and as a result all messages
to New Orleans from Biloxi and Gulf
port have, been routed by way Of Hat
,tiesburg.
This has been a roundabout circuit,
but in comparatively fair weather, the
! lines have been used with but little
difficulty.
The thieves climbed the telephone
poles, according to reports received
here, and clipped the wire from the
glass insulators. 1t is supposed tha7
they kept the fourth Of mile of wire
intact.
/ Chief Bennett and his bluecoats arr
watching the Hattiesburg junk shop
for the stolen property.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16

Twenty-Five Ship
Railroad Company fuel the trains running through Hat
esburg the af and efforts
ment flames aiing
than
gradually spreading
the small heaped the yards
G. & S. mile south the city.
will
it, after it is loaded
After the blaze has
There between 500 and 600
Of
it. big tropical which
high wind the city,
raioaders could
they
would the
the blaze,
and the volume off greater
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
.ORPET ACQUITTED.
OF POISONING HIS.
{ ORMER F|ANCEE
UNIVERSITY STUDENT DECLARED
NOT GUILTY BY JURY AFTER
HOURS DELIBERATIoN.
MARION LAMBERT'S SLAYER
PROBABLY NOT T0 BE KNOWN
(Bu Assoeiatec Press.1

Waukegan, ILL.,, July William
H. Orpet, the university student who
was charged with numbering Marion
Lambert, a high school girl and his
former sweetheart, was found not
guilty tonight by jury after five
hours deliberation.
The case of Marion Lambert and
William H. Orpet in the course of its
development became one of the most
perplexing in the annals of criminal
history. Motive paralleled motive,
action paralleled action, opportunity
paralleled opportunity until the marks
of murder and of suicide became sub.
stantially as one.
In the end the guilt or innocence of
, the defendant, so far as the adduc-
tion of actual fact was concerned,
went to the jury on the mystifying
iniceties of chemical analysis and Or
pets own compromising conduct. The
mystery attracted unusual interest in
all parts of the United States and
Canada.
Trial of the case, including selec-
tion of jury, occupied the better
part of two months. There appeared
in evidence Az letters written by Or
, pet to Marion over a period Of year;
bottles and boxes containing samples
of cyanide of potassium from the Nc
, Cormick estate, from the Deerfield
j high school laboratory, from Kraft's
{ drug store at Lake Forest and white
. powder scraped from Marion's hant
and from spots on her cloak; the girl'i
a garments, magazine article dealing
n with the use of cyanide as fumiga
e tor in greenhouses. the chemistry tex
l. books used respectively by the hig
g school girl and the college student,
copy of the Wisconsin statute dealin
with the sale of poisons, and a bottl
Of molasses and water.
Five Chemists Called.
,e Five chemists, all of whom WEI
specialists in toxicology, one alienis
al two surveyors. druggists, street 9
" men, an undertaken school teacher
he police officers, reporters and frien
,u. of the Orpets and Lamberts we
ge among the long array Of witness
nf who testified.
rst Ralph w. Dady, states attorney
ell Lake county; David R. Joslyn, stat
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16

The quarantining of the single home
in Hattiesburg in which case of in
fantile paralysis has been discovered,
and any other residence where sus-
pected cases have been found, likely
is to be brought about today as a re-
suit of suggestions coming from the
Mississippi Board of Health.
This is precautionary step. Hat
tiesburg physicians who have exam
ined the Laurel avenue case, believe
that the 2-year-old boy is on the road
to recovery. But they are taking no
chances For days the child has been
isolated from other children. The
whole home likely will be quarantined
for the time being.
| Every effort will be made to check
any possible spread of the disease, not
only in Hattiesburg, but throughout
the entire state. AS told in The News
yesterday afternoon, there are 75
eases Of infantile paralysis in Missis
sippi. This large number, as checked
up by DR.. Willis Valley, state sani
tary inspector, came as surprise to
the medical fraternity of the state
las it was not believed that the mum
Der would be so large, although it was
lknown that there were isolated cases
there and there.
, According to the statements ISSUED
in Jackson last night by the Stat
Board of Health, every effort to checl
J the spread of the disease will be made
and the authorities urge a rigid qual
lantine of the homes where the di:
ease exists. Reports show that tn
malady has appeared in the followin
counties: Jasper, Marion, Chickasav
Harrison, Washington, Lee, Warner
jackson Noxubee, Yalobusha, Mad
lson, Lowndes, Rankin, Lincoln, Bol
! war, Clay, Covington, Jefferson Davi
4 Scott, Coahoma. Kinds, Holmes, LaN
IL renee. copiah, Simpson, Wayne al
le Forrest.
tdI But Few Deaths.
wi Only a few deaths. says the a
%. nouncement. have resulted so far
ne Mississippi from the disease.
Ie. After receiving reports from t
an county health officers for the month
"a Luna AZ Ia ahoxul that we now la
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
CASTRO is AGAIN
DENIED ADMISSION

New York, July 15.-Gen, ciprianoI
Casro, former president of Venezuela.
who was admitted to the U. S. in 1913.
after being detained by the immigra.
ton, authorities for six weeks at Eiizs
island, again was denied admission to
this country today when he arrived
from Port of Spain, Trinidad.
His detention was upon orders re
ceived from Washington.
Assistant Commissioner of Immlgra
ton Bryan Uhlk asserted that tn
charges against Gem Castro were tn
same as three years ago, involyin
moral turpitude. Geen Castro denie
that his visit was Of political nj
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
BRIDE SOUGHT FoR 81, 100.

Sacramento. Cal, July 15.-Rose Joe,
seventeen-year-old daughter Of Chin
Joe, Chinese restaurant keeper Of
Marysyille. Cal, and graduate of the
Marysville grammar school, was sold
by her father to Lee Dow. wealthy
San Francisco merchant, for $1.1oO,
and became the bride Of the man she
had never seen before. The bride
groom is twenty five years older than
? 4,a.,4od
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16

Fire Department CaHeu.
When the storm let up, the Fire De-
partment was called in, and the big
automobile pumper hurried to the rah
road yards. For hours, thousandg OF
gallons of water were played on the
mountains of coal. At times, the
smoke would die down, and the belief
that the fire had been eXtinguished,
would be held. In few minutes an
ether glare would show that the lad
sAies were mistaken.
For long time, the big pumpei
shot stream after stream on the burn
ing coal, but to no purpose. Efforts
TO smother the blaze also were fruit
less, owing to the large amount o.
fuel there.
1t then was decided that the only
way out was to remove the coal ant
that part of 1t which has been convert
Cd into coke by the blaze. Railroad
cars are being run up to the plles' am
with the huge shovels with whici
the locomotive engines are coaied, tn
material is being loaded on board, ant
the cars rushed down the track =
the point where the engines take O
water. Here the cars are literaii
drowned, every ounce of the coal DC
ing soaked with water.
The water-soaked material is the
carried 10 another point and unloat
ed.
Despite the fact that the compan
has been working constantly since a
tar the storm to suppress the blaz
4 was estimated last night that !
least i 900 tons have been burned, an
MANY more will go up in smoke pefol
the fire is checked.
There originally were about 20'o'
tons Of coal on the yard. AS 40 to-
constitute car load, IL means tn
,nore than SIS cars are in Jeopardy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
Special to The Nepos.

Special to The NelGS.
Jackson, Miss, July Mississippi,
as represented by its national guard in
the State mobilization camp here, has
not gone to war, because it is unpre-
pared for war and for the going.
The Mississippi militia has been
here for month, and to all appear
ances is no more ready for service on
on the Mexican border than it was
the day the first detachment of infan-
trymen rolled into Jackson and hiked
lit to the mobilization camp two miles
laway.
! This is the opinion of military men,
lconnected with the national guard at
this time, and men who have had ex-
perience with other national guard or
foundations and in the regular army.
II Ask them what's the matter, and
they give shrug of the shoulders,
and a toss of the head which means
Imuch or it means little. Ask them
if it isn't fact that there's too much
poliics being played, and they'll tell
you yes-some of them, at least. ASH
them for specific instances, and they
decline to give them.
Other States Ready.
A majority of the state organiza
tions which went into mobilization
camps the day that Mississippi tool
its first step toward going to war
already are on the border, and are see
: ling service. 1t looks tonight as If /
| will be another month, or even If then
: before the Mafinolia State civiliar-sol
, diers are whisked away to the south
, ern border.
: True it is that men coming to cam
J a month ago, in civilian clothes, tonigh
) are wearing khaki, and coarse shoes
But any military man will tell 20
THAT ii takes more than campaig
3 hat and knowledge of how to pt
K on your leggings t. make a soia;e
!, out of a civilian.
I For a month. about all that has bee
]. accomplished here is to get the me
e into uniforms, examine physically, Il
2 entire regiment, discharge 400 phys
4 cally unfit and talk about gettir
4. away.
/. Men Are Untitled
= o.
u So far as being prepares cor Sc
8 vice in the field is concerned, t
" months stay here has untitled 7
I'd men for active border service.
When the Mississippi Natior
Guard is transferred to Texas or N
n Mexico, or some other point along
in international boundary line, and re
lar army officers step in to take chal
he Of the men, lot Of them are 90
of to get into trouble. One Of the 4
va l4l,iooS fhav feach a recruit in all "
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
MISSISSIPPI militia may NEVER
Be SENT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER
His Life Ruined By Long Stay in Jail !;
+.+ 81 .F++
Mississippian FreedAfter IL Months, Broke

time he remained in the Harrison
county JAIL
Prior to his arrest he had a small
farm in the northwest part of the
county, where he made himself liv-
ing. 'They have taken all | had," he
said yesterday morning, Except my
house and ground and now am too
old and weak to work"
He is 6S years old and claims to
have been filled with rheumatism
while in Jail. He is now an inmate
of the Harrison county poor house
but says he would rather be in the
penitentiary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
tBy associated Press.)

London, July 49,. The British army
in France gained new and important
successes today and has held all the
ground gained in Fridays advance.
East of the Longueval, in the face
of desperate German resistance. the
English troops captured the whole OF
the woods, while north Of Belzetin-le-
Grand, they penetrated the German
third line near Bois.de-Faure.
Two thousand prisoners were cap
tured in the last advance, and at one
point the British are four miles be-
yond the German first line which they
crossed 1S days ago. In all, 10000
prisoners and quantities Of var ma
terials have fallen into Brush hasdA
All reports from correspondents and
wounded agree that the British plans
have been well worked out and there
are no reports of failure of the re-
serves to arrive which turned the hat
tile of Loos from victory into costly
defeat. nor Of strategic error or
shortage of supplies. which changed
1.-The Mesopotamian and Gallipoli cam
paigns into tragedies.
The cost of life of the British at
tacks cannot yet be estimated. The
Eofficers' casualty list issued tonight
name ia killed, 10 dead Of wounds, l56
wounded, Is missing alld A&liaSasl
ed. and 81 wounded and aaianiu9. XIIa
gfourths of the Officers llstHd az'ss
'ond lieutenants, and their averags sss
is %.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
Special to a'he Meas.

Special to The Neaos.
Gulfport, Miss, July 15.-When
Hugo wrote his masterpiece, Les
Miserables," he did not exaggerate
the suffering sometimes visited on
man in the name of the law.
A case in point is right here in
Gulfport in the person of Louis Mar
tin, an aged citizen who was arrested
more than year ago charged with
counterfeiting. Last February he
was given trial in the federal court
and was acquitted
Between his arrest and trial some
twelve months elapsed during which
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
$4,000 TONS OF COAL
! THREATENED BY FIRE
AT G. & S. l. SHOPS

BLAZE CAUSED BY SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION ON
JULY S, CONTINUES TO GROW, AND FIRE DE-
PARTMENT is POWERLESS TO CHECK TT-BE-
TWEEN 500 AND 600 CARS ARE IN DANGER, ], 900
OR MORE TONS ALREADY HAVING GONE UP I'm
SMOKE-COMPANY is LOADING THE BURNING
FUEL ON CARS AND Carrying 1T TO ITS WATER
ING TANKS, WHERE 1T is FLOODED.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
WILL QUARANTINE
CASES Of INFANT|LE
PARALYSIS IN STATE
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH SAYS
THERE'S NO NEED FOR BE-
COMING ALARMED.
ALL PRECAUTIONS SHOULD
be TAKEN TO CHECK 1T
(By Associated Press.)

jackson, Miss, July 15.-Dr.
VALLEY stated late tonight that
there had been less than 10 deaths
from infantile paralysis lin the
state, and of these, three we're ne
groes who had died in Marion
county. There is one case In
Kinds county, but Or. VALLEY re-
fused to say where It is located ex-
cept that 1t is outside of jackson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16

London, July 10, British forces
have reached the third line of the
German defenses north of Somme and
have advanced miles since the be-
ginning Of the present offensive on
July 1,
Berlin officially admits that Gen.
Haigs forces attained some ground
and that they have occupied the
Trones wood.
British repulses IN the attack are
described BY Berlin as being severe.
The Germans claimed the attack haa
been stopped
On the Russian front the most in
tense fighting is taking place. The
Estimation on the Stokhod River remains
unchanged, Three German attacks
have been repuised. Asarlin claims ths
irecapture Of part Of the position.
Ilost TO the Russians early in July.
IN Galicia. Vienna claims the repulsl
lof the Rnssians
Russian forces continue their at
vance west Of Erverum and now ar
q within 10 miles Of Beirut.
II Italian troops haxe taken stron
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
BRITISH ARMY
SWEEPS TEUTONS
in ITS PATH
Not Only is It Holding Ground
Gained. But is Making
Further Advances
10000 GERMANS HAVE
BEEN TAKEN TO DATE

Plans Of the English Thus Far Have
Been clexerly Worked out, and
There Has Been No Repetition Of
the failures At Loos. Mesopotamla,
and eallipoIi-cssualty List Of the
Allies is Particularly small-u-soats
are Active.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
GUARD NO MORE.
READY FOR DUTY
THAN NMONTHAGO
Mississippi Militia May be Last
Of State Organizations to
Go to Border.
STAY IN CAMP THUS
FAR is LOSS OF TIME

instead Of Preparing Men for Service,
Their Work at Mobilization Camp is
Destroying all Principles of Discip-
line They May Have Had-They
Have Drilled Five Times Since July
Signing Pay Rolls and Moving
Tents Chief Duties.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
.sierEEN ARE INJURED
in TRAIN WRECK
tBg Associated Press,

Grand Rapids, Mich, july 15.-Fif-
..on persons were injured tonight,
,nao an interurban car, bound from
,yo,,and for Grand Rapids, ran into
] p,erfe Marquette switch engine at
c.ondsk q, Is miles west Of here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-16
The Weather

~ M'ssissippi-Local thundershow-
efs Sunday and probably Monday,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01
GERMANY FEARS
BREAK MAY COME
OVER LUSTTANIA
Berlin Hears of New Crisis
and Takes Pessimistic
View of Situation
THOUGHT AFFAIR OV E r

BERLIN, Feb /.
News Of unexpected DEVELOPMENTS In the
Lusitania negotiations that threaten their
failure reached the Berlin public today
for the first time. II had been generally
supposed that all danger Of crisis he.
tween America and Germany had been
avcrtcd by the Berlin Governments prof
fer Of reparation FOR the loss of American
lives when it became known that the diplO-
matte tension had again become acute.
Germany will yield but little more"
was the emphatic assertion made by
prominent German official today There
is a limit beyond which Germany cannot
GO"
This is the German view of the LUST
tana situation, obtained from an official
source.
First. Germany granted the demand of
the United States for reparation for the
American lives lost when the liner was
destroyed
Second Germany has accepted the
American idea of submarine warfare and
is following it in practice as well as in
theory
Third, While Germany granted the de-
mand for reparation for American lives
it is astonished by the demand of the
United States that the destruction of the
liner be disavowed.
Fourth. Germany hopes that the Unit
ed states will not press the demand for
disavowal.
President Wilson'S declaration that
the United states must hc prepared for
war tomorrow, not the day after tomor-
row, but tomorrow is taken here to have
a bearing on the I.usitnnia situation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01
THIEVES BREAK WINDOW
STEAL GEMS; FIRE SHOTS
Hurl Brick at South Street
Store Front and Then Es-
cape With Jewelry

Two thieves hurled a brick through
the window of a jewelry store on South
street, hurriedy stuffed their pockets
with diamonds and watches, and as they
fled fired two shots at their pursuers. The
robbery occurred carly this afternoon
when the street was crowded. The store
is al 6i2 South street, and is owned by
Jacob Beifeld. Neither he nor his wife
was in the store at the time. \ sales
boy was in the rear of the store and a
servant girl was upstairs.
one of the men, witnesses say, displayed
a revolver to passersby as the other threw
a brick covered with newspaper through
the plate glass. The thieves are described
as young and well dressed, The crowds in
the street ran after them as soon as they
had recovered from their surprise. one of
the robbers is said 10 have fired two shots
No one was hurt and the men escaped.
Mrs. Beifeld tainted when she returned
and found most of the jewelry of the little
store gone. The value of the stolen Jew
elry is not known Much of it was found
scattered in the streets. dropped by the
robbers in their flight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01
Motorcar Makers Announce
That They Will Give
Preference to Native
Born and Naturalized
Citizens as Employees
"Hyphenated Are Pulling
Apart, According to Am
bitions of Lands That
Gave Them Birth" Says
an Officer Of the Concern
BY ALVA N. MacAULEY

Vic" President or the Packard Motor Car co.
DETROIT, Feb. No nation in the
history of the world has ever tried to
work out its dostnics with 50 hctcrogc-
n"ous a population as the United States
Tho great war of Europe forces us to
acknowledge how far we are from having
melted down our population to a common
basis Of thought and ideals. That war has
shown us thHt we have a great national
weakness our hyphcnat"d citizens Of all
natOualitics arc pulling apart according
to the thoughts and ambitions of the land
that gave them birth.
How to better this condition is ono of
the grave problems that Coutronts us as
n people. It cannot he accomplished by
any single movement, but it can he done
in the course of time, If all Americans
interested in our national future will do
each what he can to set the entity and
greatness of the American people as a
whole ahead of any racial ambitions.
We have taken one step in this direC-
ton and we hope others may see tit to
follow along similar lines. We are Amer
leans first ana believe our employees even
those foreign born, will be. if they realize
that divided or alien loyalty will
hamper their material progress. We be-
lieve, too, our employees viii be better and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01
THIEVES TAKE JEWELRY.
CASH AND THREE AUTOS
One Doctors Home Is Robbed and
Others Lose Machines

"Be careful" said DR. |. \. Fischer
to his wife yesterday. "There have been
so many robberies in this vicinity lately
that II would be best to put our valuables
In safe place"
:. His wife put the valuables-Si00 in
cash and $3.50 in jewelry-in what she
thought was the safest place in their
home at S27 North 9Th street. Burglars
broke in early this morning through the
back yard, jimmed their way through to
the dining room, took the dentists safe
from his office and, dragging it out in the
rear shed, laid the thing on its back very
tenderly and opened the door The after
math of the affair proved that telepathy
had as much 10 do with opening the safe
as actual work did The jewelry con-
sisted of some diamond rings and
brooches, the property of Mrs Fischer
other robberes reported to the police
today included the theft of three auto
mobiles. Two of the cars belonging to
Doctor Bogat, of 5H6 Market street, and
Dr. George T, Carson, OF 934 South 5Sth
street, respectively, were taken last night
within square of SD and Market streets.
The other car is that of Harvey Il. Cor
man. of 2226 North 6th street He left
his machine standing outside of "A church
at Broad and Master streets TO attend
services and it was gone on his return.