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The Hattiesburg news., 1916-10-31

hour vlctrola music was enjoyed and
Mrs. 7. g, Russell, Mrs. Charles Ehlers
and Mrs. G. ]. Powell assisted iii sere.
iag dainty Halloween plate lun2hcon.
Mrs, Estes, Of Memphis, Mrs. J. Nj
Paggett, of Topeka Kan, and Mrs u.
iH. Hays, Of Qakyale, Miss, Mere
guests. The next meeting viii bp Il
the church.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-10-31

Louis e. Freeman and Mrs. Freeman
Of Picayune, motored TO Hattiesburg
Saturday night. and spent Sunday with
Mr. Freeman's father, A, L. Freeman,
al the home Of Mrs. II. N. stcadman,
Oh Columbia street.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-10-31

N1'fe City Federation of Women will
meet Friday afternoon at o'clock
at the Commercial Club. 1t is neces-
sary that there be large attendance,
Us business of importance will De trans
acted.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-10-31

Miss Bette 7, Freeman, teacher
in the Pearl River County schools,
came up Friday night and spent the
weekend with her father and brothers,
at the home Of Mrs. r. N. Steadn!a
en- Columbia street.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-10-31
Weonesday, I1oyember Elrat.

\ wednesday, November First a
AFTERNOON 230 o'clock: Bridge Ht,s
NJ DTeyMs on Court street
afternoon o'clock Nautilus Club hostess Mrs NJ T. Thomt
SON Jrs at her home Third a ome 4
afternoon $3.50 o'clock; Worth While Club hostess Mrs D. r.
currle at her home Hardy street M !
Thursday November Second .
Aornns, 10 o'clock: Morning a
ssc7ae' Mrs ~ " Moore Mrs G. Tomp1ins
on y lne nome OF Mrs Massengale West Pine
Afternoon o'clock: Galaxy Mrs James HAYS on
Third street =
Afternoon O'clock: Club Mrs w Hanna at the
. Ideal Tea =
Afternoon o'clock Thursday Crochet Club hostess
= Dawson on Southern Avenue a
Friday, November !
Afternoon o'clock The monthly meeting o. the City
Federation Of Women will be held Commercial Club
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-10-31

Mrs G. II. Hays and baby, Helen,
returned this morning to their home in
oakyale, Miss, after visit to Mrs.
Hays parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. A..
Miner on River Avenue.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-10-31

Miss Mary Anna Alien, who is spend.
ms w. winter in Seminary, Miss, IS
the,guest this week Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Robert I. Burkes on River Avenue.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-10-31

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
Drunken Man Said to "
Have Shot Sweetheart:
Victim Is In Hospital;
Scene Eighth St. No.

George Ell. Faber, it is alleged while drunk and
in fit of passion at 120 ocloc kthis afternoon fred
three shots from revolver at his sweetheart Mrs.
Covnack 81 Eighth street north One shot struck the
woman in the breast and glanced to her right side She
was taken to st. John IS hospital, where she is now
under the care of Dr. Nichols. %s |>~...
- Officers Mcdonald and Keefe rushed to the
scene and placed Faber under arrest. He had no re-
volver at the time of the arrest but gun was later
found In the stove at the Covnack hone where it is
said he had thrown it upon the arrival of the officers
Faber went to the home of Mrs. Covnack this
noon It is claimed he was in drunken condition. He
has been In the habit of calling on her for several
weeks past it is reported and today jealous for some
reason, drew his revolver and fired three times mis-
sing twice. ::#1a
sister of Mrs Covnack, snatching a loaded re-
volver from drawer aimed at Faber and shot twice,
but missed. The alarm was given and the officers
rushed to the shooting before Faber could make
his escape.
Just how seriously Mrs: Covynack is injured the
doctors this afternoon unable to state but it is
believed that she will recover from the wound.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
PRICE
TAKES
STAND
Minneapolis Man Charged
With Murder Calmly
Denies His Guilt.
DIDN'T STRIKE HER ON HEAD
Counsel Said Tt Would Be
Shown That Etchison
Was Murderer.
DIDN'T STRIKE HER ON HEAD

Minneapolis, Jan. 12.-Frederick T..
Price, charged with numbering his
wife took the witness stand in his own
behalf in the district court today.
He calmly denied the story told by
Charles d. Etchison, chief witness for
the state, that he pushed Mrs. Price
from the cliff and then struck her with
rock with a view to inheriting her
money.
In outlining the case of defense to
the jury. M. G. Brady, chief counsel
for Price, declared 1t would be shown
that if Mrs. Price was pushed over the
cliff, the act was not committed by the
defendant, but by Etchison himself.
He then spoke at length regarding
financial dealings between the defend
ant and Etchison.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
Austrians Strike
Blow at the Heart
# Montenegro--Entente
Allies Again Too Late

London JAM 12Brtish General To~nshend have
repulsed Turkish Office official
makes this
rounded.
Turks claim defeat with losses of British
relief force coming the Tgs 20 miles down the river from the
surrounded troops.
London Jan 12Announeemen of the occupation Mount
LoVeen Montenegro although confirmed entente
generally accepted here The uneasnss which
IS already freely expressed in Italy r@eeted ENGLISH and
French The loss Loeen from the point Of
Cattaro Bay Austrian naval base.
Before French had established
Der Of the had prepared empacments for
heavy which would have swept the bay
a Cettinge capital of
Montenegro which is six miles distant although sheltered by
mountains
advance considering the distance be
much slower than that made in the TeItenG conquest Of Serbia
famous character OF the country presents is conceded that the
The question is being anxusy raised to why the entente
euary Italy, which affected by this Austrian
invasion, had not taken preventive
The Austrans only miles from the capital of
said by military critics. Of soIatng the defending the
northeastern frontier. t--
Berlin Jan. 12An ammunition the southern of
blown official
to done. h. H.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
Washington Demands the
Capture and Punishment
of the Mexican Murderers
THE BANDITS VICTIMS.

Ell Paso. Tex, Jan. ia veri-
fed list of American mining men
In Chihuahua was prepared here
from records of Mexican passports
issued. This list contains IS names
and as Holmes message places
the number taken from the train
as II, 1t is presumed one remain
ed in Chihuahua. The list fol-
lows: q s...-.,.-
c.. r. Watson, manager and
large stockholder, El Paso.
w. j. Wallace, Ell Paso.
T. M. Evans, Ell Paso.
w. M. Romero, FL Paso.
G. A. Pringle, San Francisco.
Maurice Anderson, Ell Paso.
r. P. Mediation. Ell Paso.
A. Couch, Ell Paso.
Alexander Hall, Douglas, Ariz.
Charles Wadleigh of Arizona.
L. L. Robinson. Ell Paso.
G. w. Newman, Ell Paso.
Jack Hase of Arizona.
- Blomb, Ell Paso.
r. II. Simmons, J. Adams, J.
Jones, no address, and Thomas NJ.
Holm. Ell Paso.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
SUMNER
CAMPS FOR
H. 5. BOYS
Would Have Boys volun-
teer for Similar Train
ing to West Point.
ARMY OFFICERS IN CHARGE
Would Get Two Months
Thorough Training In
Military Tactics.
ARMY OFFICERS IN CHARGE
lCorrespondence OF The Forum )

I, ,sg, ASoIiSSpoiiuSliCe VI AHo oEuIIl.I ~
Washington, Jan. i2.-Since the op-
ening of congress when the admins
tration national defense program was
made public, Senator McCumber of
North Dakota, has been at work on a
plan which he is to offer as substi-
tute for the administration plan, and
which. instead of costing several hun
dred million dollars a year. will cost
only small part Of that sum.
Senator McCumber does not believe
that public sentiment is in favor Of a
large standing army of non-wealth
producing men, nor does he believe
the country is desirous Of adopting
compulsory military service and the
resulting militarism of the old world.
He believes that history has fully
demonstrated the wisdom Of the use
of volunteers in time Of war, and that
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
COLD WEATHER
INTERFERED
With MEETING

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 12.--At a meet
ing of the Progressive Republican
league, held here last night, the at
tendance was only normal, due to the
bitter weather. The object of the meet
ing was principally to try to raise funds
to pay the deficit of the 1914 campaign.
Nothing definite, or important was
done. Every possible candidate for
president had champion in the meet
ing
The thermometer is forty below with
a stiff breeze today. '
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
Progressives Adopt a
Platform Of Principles

Chicago, Jan. 12.-Chicago, June
was the place and time selected for
the national convention OF the Bull
Moose party. A declaration Of prin-
ciples was adopted by the national
committee.
The full text OF the declaration OF
principles follows:
aThe progressive party began It's ex-
istence as did the republican party as
a party Of moral conviction and ma
tionai purpose. The progressive plat
form OF 1912 was of necessity a COM
posite of national and state issues, for
the party was a new organization and
had to speak at once for both nation
and state. Since then state issues.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
GIRL SPEAKS FOR FIRST
TIME IN THREE YEARS.

Mandan, N. D.. Jan. 12.--Clara
Suverly, aged 8. daughter of a
farmer near Fort Rice can speak
for the first time in three years.
On complaint Of States Attorney
VIM. LANCER who alleged that the
parents did not give her proper
care, the child was brought here
and diseased tonsils and adenoids
removed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
FATAL
!. WRECK AT
BRANDON

Brandon, Man., Jan. 12.--16 men
were killed and 40 seriously injured in
a collision between a snow clearing
train and heavily laden stock train.
a mile east Of here. Most Of the victims
are trainmen or members of the snow
clearing gang. The stock train jammed
into the rear Of the snow clearing train
as the latter started to back.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
Belgians to Protest
Against New German
War Levy in That Land

1.-THE
Belgian with
4000000
purposes 7,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
WILLARD Will
MEET MORAN

New York, Jan. 12.-Jesss Willard,
worlds heavyweight champion, and
Frank Moran are reported to have been
virtually matched to meet in New York
for a purse Of $4,000, at a date to be
determined upon later.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12

such as the short ballot, initiative,
referendum and recall, have been taxi
en- UP In various state platforms.
THE national issues presented by
our platform OF 1912 and those for,
which we now stand represent the vital
needs OF our national life. They are
in substance:
"A broader nationalisnn, to make
possible an effective program OF social
and industrial justice at home and the,
protection of American citizens and
rights abroad.
rather than the destructive disruptions
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
Men Were Taken from
Train, Stripped Nude
and Shot to Death
HOLDS OIL COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE

Washington Jan. Ex-senator Thomas, of Colorado,
Democrat charged during the Mexican debate in the
senate that the Standard Oil Go. the one hand and
the Pearson Oil syndicate the other in rival efforts
to obtain monopoly of the oil industry in Mexico,
responsible for the revolutions in that country
and had "covered it with sea of blood"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
CONTINUED on Page A.
Cupid EDITOR
DIES A REcLuSE.

6tk~S ~ ElksS ~ ~
New York. Jan. 12.-Fritz Pod.
zius, widely known as Cupid"
Podzius, editor of the Matrimon-
ial News. who claimed to have
brought about the marriage of
10000 couples, died here. today.
Podzius also issued Berlin
copy of his newspaper called the
Heirats Zeitung. He was
bachelor and lived as q recluse,
subsisting mainly OH apples and
tea.
Podzius is supposed to have
made large sums of money out of
his matrimonial newspapers. Sew
eral bank books were found in his
bedroom. hidden in secret places,
and sums of money in various
hooks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
AMERICANS AMPLY WARNED.
MEN LINED UP AND SHOT.

E Paso Jan. 12Aeeordne brief received
bandits
taken
robbed lined
OF ne As
position,
his With
whistle
let's him the sound Of firing.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12

Washington Y Sherman IinoG
republican, the senate assembled introduced resou
the six with it Mexican
affairs, unless General complies with the demand to
teet foreign lives and property.
President Wilson, in communication with Secretaries Garrison
and Lansing issued instructions send the White House
all the facts RAPIDLY they received At the White h4uss
what the will take not been decided
state feels that possible prsGautUn to
ifs advice followed" ,.
perpetrators
dastardy crime apprehended and punished he said
Secretary Lansing teesraPhed General Carraza calling TOR the
ssnSs s"s Of S % SH % @ Ss %
Mexican ambassador arranged to bring the
bodies from CHIHUAHUA TO- uarsz aboard special train az
the Americans further
advee the first confirmation from Mexican sources
to gather ait available the and forward
Washington At the White House state
parten anxiety the situation and con
further attacks by the opposition upon the sa
policy and its recognition Of carranza
5a... .4-v- STORM BROKE IN HOUSE.
broke Representative Dyer OF
Missouri asking the president to inform con-
gress think time had arrived to abandon the
waiting" policy, submit the
house the fullest details regarding the dealings OF this govern
mont with Carranxa.
Defense Of administrators Mexican policy we'll at
taeks It promised.
AMERICANS AMPLY WARNED.
department fact that Americans
leave the Sonora and Chihuahua
garded Villa strongholds They said in spite the ofea
Guiding 200 Mormons at casas orandes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12

The temperature in this section
tonight will fall below 20 degrees
below zero, according to the report
issued today by Mrs. n. w. Grasse
Of the u. S. weather bureau i'm
Moorhead. The weather lady"
has looked up the records in the
local office for thirty years back
and If the predicted temperature is
est in twenty eight years.
The only other case where the
records show 20 degrees below
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12
COLD WAVE
IS COMING
TONIGHT
BULLETIN.

q 49, - g
q st. Paul, Jan. 12.--It q
q is indicated that the q
Fl worst storm in twenty q
Il years is coming to- q
q night, with possible Sc q
Il rious results. q
Il q
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1916-01-12

CONTINUED on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-25
New Foreign Agent Is
Alfred J. Ball Empire Head

Directors of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company yesterday confirmed the
appointment of Alfred j. Ball as for
eign agent of the lines east of Pitts
burgh and Erie, to succeed the late
Warner R. Howell. Frederick L.
Baker was appointed eastern superln-
tendent of the Empire Line, TO sue
ceed Mr.. Ball. Both offices become
effective June l.
Mr. Ball entered the railroad service
in December, 1900, as stenographer in
the office of the manager of the En-
pire Line in this city. In 1903 he pe-
came freight solicitor of the line, agent
in 1908 and last July was chosen for
the newly created office of eastern
superintendent. He is "a years old.
Mr.. Baker was brought to this city from
the Cleveland office of the Empire
Line. He entered the railroad service
in 1897 as chief clerk of the Cleveland
agency of this line. Advanced to the
position of a full agent, he was trans
ferred TO Milwaukee, Chicago and
Cleveland
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-25
A Real Flesh Builder
For Thin People

Thin men and women-that big
hearty, filing dinner you ate last night
What became of all the fat-producing
nourishment 1t contained2 You haven t
gained in weight one ounce. That food
passed from your body like .unburned
terial was there but your food doesn't I
work and stick, and the plain truth is
you hardly get enough nourishment
from your meals TO pay for the cost of
cooking. This is true of thin folks the
world over. Your nutritive organs
probably sadly out of gear and need re-
Instruction.
Cut out the foolish foods and funny
Eawdust diets. Cut out everything but
the meals You are eating and eat with
every one of those single Sargol tab
Let the scales be the judge. Five to
eight good solid pounds OF healthy,
stay there fat may be the net result
Sa-Rol aims to charge weak, stagnant
blood with millions of fresh new red
blood corpuscles-to give the blood the
or fat-making material in your food to
every part of your body. Sargol, too,
mixes with your food to prepare it
for the blood in an easily aSsimilated
form. Thin people tell how they have
gained all the way from 10 to 25
ana say that the new flesh stays put.
Sargol tablets are n careful combination
OF six of the best assimilatiVe clements
known to chemistry. They come 40
tablets to package. are pleasant,
harmless and inexpensive, and Geo. A.
this vicinity sell them subject to an
absolute guarantee of weight increas se
or money back as found in every large
package.-Advertisem
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-25
Pullman Company Adopts
Proft-Sharing System
Special 10 the Telegraph

Chicago, ILL.,, May 25.-Profit-shar-
ing with employees became a part of
the policy of the Pullman Company
yesterday.
By the terms of an announcement
issued by John S. Runnells, president
of the company. Pullman employees
will be permitted, subject to certain
restrictions, to buy shares in the COR
poration at less than the market quo
tation. Employees who take advantage
of the offer will receive dividends on
their stock from the start, though they
will not he compelled to pay for the
shares Immediately.
Five thousand shares are offered to
workers at a subscription price of sI55
a share. The stock was quoted on
tho market yesterday at $163.
The number of shares which will be
allotted to each employe is proper
toned to the salary. The stock Is to
be paid for at the rate of S4 a month
per share, and including dividends,
the final payment will be made thirty
four months from the date of pur-
chase.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-25
Automatic Tower Now in
Service Near Mt. Union

Mt Union, Pa, May %. - The &c
tower of the Pennsylvania Railroad
at this place went into service to-day.
This completes the Pennsy's automatic
signal system between New York and
Pittsburgh. The new tower is the
last to be placed in service and is a
large steel structure built with 125-
pound steel girders.
The installation of the automatic
signal system started two years ago
and the total costs is said to be s4,-
600. 900. The Middfe Division has is
towers. The structure which became
a part of the big system to-day is the
only town of it's kind. In the yards
at Enola and Lucknow, similar towers
are under way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-25
Standing of the Crews
HARRISBURG SIDE


Philadelphia Division = 12S crew to
go first after p. m: 113, ia, 1O2,
ll9, 1873, III, 1O1. 112. us, los, 104,
129. LOG, 124. 126.
Engineer for 113.
Firemen for 104, 120.
Conductors for 102. los.
Flagmen for 104, ia, 1875.
1Si.
Engineers up: Newcomer. simmons,
Howard. Gable, Mcclure. Dolby. Kautz.
erick. Albright, Binkley, Tenant.
Speas.
Elremen up; Arney. zoili Reeder.
PSfer PeeTs rs5eyy FisSer Raker
Walters, Eckman. Kugle, Hoyes.
Conductors up: Fink. Myers. Gala
CHER.
Flagmen up: Wenrick.
Brakemen up: Border. McNeal. Kill
gore, Smith, Fissell, Dowhower, Owens,
Miller. Hoover, Mummaw.
after. 1.2O p. m; 28, 16. 20, 20, So, 80,
100. 22. II.
Engineer for 35.
Fireman for 120.
Flagman for 100.
Brakemen for 120 %.
Engineers up: Ulsh. Grove, Doede,
Firemen up: stinler Hunter. Buick.
Sheaffer. Black, Hoffman, Forsythe,
Bruker, Reeder, Leamer. Colyer Burger.
Conductors up: Hilbish Corl. Leonard,
Coup.
Fiagman up: Boyer.
Brakemen up: Lenhart. Yohn, Sebe-
list, Himmelright, Howard, Henry,
Humphreys. Doyle. Jr.. Schmidt, Hum
mer. Miller NJ. NJ. Campbell, Rhine.
Messimer. Raisner. George Campbell.
YARD CREWS
Engineers up: 10y. McCartey. Leiby
Fulton. Fells. McMorris, Mcdonnell
Runkle, Wise. Watts. Sieber, Pelton.
Lands, Beck. Harter, Biever.
Firemen up: Desch. Graham, Fry.
Dougherty,. Eyde,, McKillips, Ewing
Reeder. Hitz Smell, Jr.. Fleisher, Blot
tenberger, Weigle, Burger, Alcorn. Mil
Ter, Riffert, McDermott Mccartney.
Engineers for 1st s, 16, so, 3 extras.
Firemen for 2, IS. 80. So. Sc, extras
ENOLA SIDE
Philadelphia Division - 216 crew to
go first after 3.45 p. M: 233, 252. 254.
204, 2S9, 227, 20l, 232, PSI, 219, 22O, 224
Engineers for 254, 1872.
Fireman for 216.
Conductors for 80, 81.
Brakemen for 81. so. S9-2. 81, 54.
Conductors up: Smedley, Thomas,
Sturgeon, Shirk, Soper, Murlatt,
Nicholas.
Flagman up: Meek.
Brakeman up: Gayman. Malseed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-25
DOUGHNUTS SHOULD
NOT BE EATEN

Doughnuts are hard to digest and
may cause appendicitis. Harrisburg
people should know that simple buck
thorn bark, glycerine, etc, as mixed
in Adler-i-ka, often relieves or pre-
vents appendicitis. This simple rem
edy acts on BOTH upper and lower
bowel removing such surprising foul
matter that ONE SPOONFUL relieves
almost ANY CASE constipation, sour
stomach or gas. A short treatment
helps chronic stomach trouble. The
INSTANT, easy action of Adler-i-ka
is astonishing. II. C. Kennedy. Drug
gist, 321 Market st.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-25
INDICT EASEMENT
ON HIGH TREASON
[Continued From First Page.1

Der 23 were selected to decide whether
indictments for high treason should
be returned against the two prisoners.
Their decision was reached promptly.
Six Charges
In explaining the law to the jury
the judge stated it was necessary that
treason had been proved by overt
acts. In the indictment against Case
ment as 1t stood, he SAID, six overt
acts were mentioned.
The court nominated Alexander
Sullivan, of Dublin, and Artenus
Jones, who appeared for the defense
at the preliminary hearing as counsel
for Easement. 1t is understood that
Professor ]. H. Morgan, who took
part in the defense at the preliminary
hearing, also will appear but under
the statute only two attorneys can be
nominated.
Holman Gregory and w. T. Smell
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-25

mission appointed to Investigate tha
Irish rebellion which recently held
several sittings in London, resumed
its inquiry in Dublin to-day. The Sim
Fein party. tried INTERESTINGLY, Neville
chamberlain said, to make a display
at the time of the CORONATION of Kiny
George. Then came the excitement
over Home Rule and the Ulster volnn-
teer movement suggested the establish.
ment of the Irish National Volunteers
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-25
Asquith Hopes Martial
Law Will Soon Disappear

London. May "a large eXpectant
crowd of members ana the general
public had assembled in the House of
Commons when shortly before 8
o'clock this afternoon Premier AS
quith rose to make his statement on
Irish affairs.
Although it was generally under
stood that the prime minister would
not go into the conversations which
were taking place between the men,
bers of the government and the Irish
leaders, as they had not advanced far
enough to be made public, he started
by expressing the hope that the dis
appearance of martial law would be
speedy and complete.