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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-26
Would Require Fifty Years to Put Navy on Par
 With British
EDUCATION SYSTEM
 < RADICALLY WRONG
Enter Service at From 14 to Is Years-TwO Years Ashore and Then Complete Educa-
 ton at Sea

Washington, February 25.-The United States navys whole system of govern ment and operation, from education of officers to questions of ship and gun construction, was sharply criticized be- fore the House naval committee today by Admiral Cameron McR. Winslow commander-in-ehief of the Pacific fleet, Without radical changes, the admiral de- clared, a fully efficient fighting force comparable to the British navy could not be produced in 50 years.
 Yesterday Admiral winslow told the committee the establishment of gen. eral staff composed of active line officers was a vital necessity Today he am- plified this view, declaring that the sys- tenn of education at the Annapolis Naval academy was wrong He urged restora- tion of the old grade of midshipmen in the fleet. Boys should enter the service at from II to 16 years of age, he said, spend two years in preliminary schooling ashore, then go to sea to acquire the "sea habit from actual contact with things of sea before completing their ed ucations ashore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-26
UTTERLY UNSUITED

The polytechnic education now given midshipment at the academy is utterly unsuited, the admiral declared, to the training of men to handle ships and combinations of ships at sea. He could see no value to be gained from making all navy officers experts in higher mathe- matics and thought constructors, engi- neers and ordnance experts should be trained as specialists and never be called upon to command ships.
 From the day boys entered the academy. he said, a system of selection should be applied to govern promotions, eliminating men united for the daring, nerve rack ing tasks that would be theirs in war. He added that fellow officers should de- termine taese qualifications and that a plan of shisS sort vas issing woried out by the navy department.
 With two opposing fleets sweeping to- ward each other over the sea for an ac- tion to be cs rrfed out at a speed of 20 knots or more, the admiral insisted, there would be no dime for hesitation by any ship commander He told of how he trained a squadron of four dreadnaughts he commanded two years ago until his orders were carried out within six sec onds of the time he gave them, 60 ma neuvers being carried out in a single forenoon. Even this, he declared, repre- sented 'only encouraging progress" on the road toward complete efficiency and application of such intensive methods to the fleet as whole could never be accomplished unless men were selected to command the ships because of fitness. not because of seniority
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-26
NOT ENOUGH EXPERIENCE


 Asked how many flag officers in the navy he thought were capable of develop ment to complete fitness for high com mand, the witness said:
 q do not think any of us in the upper grades have had sufficient experience to work up to our highest efficicency.' He added that something might be accom- plished if a number of captains or com manders were set aside and trained for flag officers, the men best fitted to be selected for actual commands.
 Representative Oliver said he had gained the impression from the admiraPs s remarks that he considered himself pos sessed in a high degree of efficiency other officers did not possess.
 T probably have had greater experience with ships and combinations of ships than any other officer of the navy" Admiral Winsow replied, but I don't for one moment want to say that am any better than other officers I have realized that in order to equip myself for what the country paid me for. it was necessary for me to go to sea with ships and to study the war college game biard. "
 The admiral indicated he believed that while American ships were steadily inn
 tContinued on Page Two)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
Z. r. Gets Local Conln,endati0ai

"The admirable on Tuesday
election coming in and
apparently forecast Hughes compimented in
telegram which has been
Oyster tonight copy telegram also
Will to
Composed by John Tally Hattesburg lawyer message
is follows:
Hon Theodore Roosevelt exPresiden
NJ VI All.of people
Republicans commencing you in
audabe decision not to- wise
Hughes administration you change
your Progressive
convention"
following dispatch
outo On election night:
Oyster Bay NJ Y. Ncv. = informed cf
Hughes President according
up tonight following
(
II doubls thankful American for election
Mr. Hughes. a vjpdieation honor
chages that wish
will circumstances
Mr. Hughes with appointments his
slatte policy
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
How the Associated
Press Covered 1t

The Associated Press was the
only news service in America that
never did concede Hughes cleo
tion.
The Associated Press is the only
news service in America that
never had to take back a word it
had flashed across the wires as to
the6result in any state, though, of
course, further counting sometimes
changed the color of various
states.
The Associated Press was sup
posed to have been "scooped" by
other news associations which
guessed the returns before they
really came in, but in reality it
was not scooped on a single Tact
Of amy bearing.
And finally The Associated
press put across the one big SCOOP
Of the entire election when u first
flashed across the continent the
4 fact that the chairman Of the Re
publican State Committee os Cali
fornia had conceded that Wilson
had carried that state.
or the scores Of reports that
were circulated about Hattiesbure
from other sources, every one OF
them which had not already been
reported by The Associated Press
proved to be incorrect.
The Associated Press agair
proved itself to be the only abso
htelS reliable news association
in America; and The News was
never more proud of holding mem
bership in this great association
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
SHIPPED TO ARKANSAS
ARRIVES I'M YAZOo CITY

Yazoo City, Miss, Nov 10. Another
new feature of the best way to dodge
the quart-at-a-time law has been dis
covered by the local police. George
Collins, a negro, was caught with
several hundreds pints Of Miller 81
1whiskey yesterday. The label read
IC. Collins, Helena, Ark.
The local authorities fully be
lieve that the whislSey was, shipped ouf
of vicksburg by boat, and that some
one on the boat was instructed t.
Eleaye the whiskey off here
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
VIII Son WINS PRESIDENCY:
REc0UNTS ARE Demanded
Election Bettors Are
VOldtOrS heLQtg;
Liable to a Fine
1T HAS BEEN RuMoRE0 THAT A
BET OR TWO, MAYBE THREE,
WERE PLACED HERE.

Any person In I1attiesburg who
placed bet on the running qualities
of President Wilson. or Candidate
Hughes, is violator OF an offense
against the public policy, and liable,
to a fine of $5 or more. or term in
jail.
The state code and The city regula-
tions say so, and these are supposed
to preach the gospel of righteousness
to the citizens of the city and the
county.
The law prohibiting election bets
reads something like this:
at shall be unlawful for any person
or association OF persons to bet, gam
Bile or make books or pools on The re-
suit of any trotting OF running race Il
horses, or boat race or race Of any
kind, or on an election, or any con-
test of any kind, or game OF base.
ball
"Any person or association of per-
sens violating the provisions OF this
section shall be fined SIS or more, or
be imprisoned not more than so days,
or both"
The grand jury is in session at this
time, too.
1t has been strongly intimated, and
rumored time or two, that some
body heard of some one else who knew
somebody that placed bet on the
outcome of the election.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
Special 10 The Ne1oS.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 1O.-official re,
turns from 55 OF the so counties of
Mississippi received UP to noon at
the office Of the secretary of state, in
dicate that nearly 100000 votes were
polled in the presidential election on
Tuesday This was the largest vote
in the history of the state
The complete vote for the Republi.
can candidates viii not exceed 5000
with 5000 probably divided between
the Progressive and the Socialist tick
cts.
| The Richardson fish and game law
submitted at the first referendum cleo
tion ever held in the state, has beer
defeated by a majority of more thai
I1S,OOO votes, on the returns thus fai
in hand.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
BOONE CALLED HOME
BY SICK MOTHER
Member Of Board Of Supervisors Is
Forced TO Leave for Brooklyn.

Called to the home Of his parents, a
few miles south Of Brooklyn, in this
county. by the serious Illness OF his
mother, George w. Boone member OF
the board of supervisors Of the county
was forced to leave Hattiesburg on
Wednesday night. and was unable to
be present at the meetings aof the
board yesterday
Mrs. IT. A. Boone. his Asi, be
came suddenly i'll, it is stated.
The question Of a big bond issue foi
the Improvement and extension o.
roads in Forrest county, which was
before the board al the time, was held
lin abeyance during his absence
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
COURT PAYS PRISONER
< A HIGH COMPLIMENT
Blind Tigers and agents for Tigers
Are. Given Jail Sentences and Heavy
Fines--Johnson Says He Win Break
up Illicit Liquor sales in Hatties-
burs-Trio Promises to Quit Swear
ing if Released; Given Chance.
ing ii Released; Given a Chance.

Six years in the penitentiary-four
on one indiltment, and two on a sec
ond,--is the sentence imposed today by
Judge Paul B. Johnson in the Forrest
County Circuit Court, on Woody" b.
Rawls, former deputy chancery CLERK
and member Of the Mississippi Ma
tional Guard, who entered plea OF
guilty to forgery Of school warrants.
Rawls declined TO make any kind
OF a statement when asked for one
by the court.
Judge Johnson told the young man
that he considered him one OF the
brightest and most intelligent young
men he had ever seen in Office. 4
had predicted for you," he continued
.a bright future had told my
friends that you would have been the
next chancery clerk, had you stayed
in the straight and narrow path
At grieves me to sentence you to
the penitentiary. But it is the law
demands. You can go to Jackson give
the officials there no trouble, ana y
viii be a short time until you are
released 1t is merely suggestion
60 there and behave fourself, and
know YOU never will have to serve
the entire time"
Indicted IL Times.
Rawls was indicted on u charge
Of forgery, and uttering false schoo
warrants. The amounts involved e.
ceeded 1,1oO. 1t was while he wa
deputy chancery clerk that the pape
was issued. 1t was several montn
afterwards before the forgeries wer
discovered, and it was while Rawi
was at Camp swep Taylor, in Jackson
With the Mississippi National Guar'
He was called to Hattiesburg when N
investigation Of the alleged shortage =
had been completed, and arrested
When arraigned in court this wee
he entered a plea OF guilty on two \
dictments. The others were passe
to the files.
Charlie Vann, a negro VINO ples
guilty is acting as agent n n9u'
case, was given $1oO and 50 days
iail The man tried totell Judge 5oh
son that he had been persuaded 70
and get some whiskey for a seeo'
man, but the court declared tnat
yann knew it was violation ol
law to do that, he should be made
suffer,
Frances Focias, negro womi
was sentenced to pay a 5000 hne a
to 60 days in Jail, with 500 q the !
suspended, for retailing
Gertia Bennett, Jessie Bennett 9
savannah Bennett, all negro wom
told the court that>they never
~eusseds word in their lives WI
ss. CONTINUED on Page Four')
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
LOSER TO EAT REAL CROW.

Roseville, ILL.,, Nov. 1O.-Ernest
Musk, Democrat, and Charles Coming
ham, Republican. have made an cleo
ton bet, by the terms Of which the
loser will eat crow on the main street
of the village tonight
An advertisement has been placed
in local newspaper inviting the citt'
zens of the town and surrounding
country to witness the feast. Business
men have provided bottle of cham
payne.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
THE COTTON MARKET,

( New Orleans, Nov 1o.-The cotton
market closed at January, 1888 OPEN
ing at 1895; March, 1919. opening
at 1922; May. 1888. opening at 1912
December, 1916, opening at 1889.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
100000 ILLINOIS
| women CAST VOTES
oowN-sTATE VOTE GAVE HUGHES
SOS PER CENT; COOK couN-
TY, ss7 PER CENT.
(By Associated i.reSs,l

|, Chicago, Ill., Nov 10.-Illinois wom-
en- cast more than 100000 votes Tues
day. Of these down-state women's
vote, Hughes got 5e.S per cent, and
Wilson, 4s.2 per cent in the precincts
tabulated
| Cook County complete showed "a pei
centage Of 5s.7 per cent for Hughes
and 46.S per cent for Wilson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
BOOK CONTRACTS TO
BE LET In JANUARY
Supervisors Will Ask for Bids at the
December Meeting.

The contracts for supplying the
thousands Of dollars worth Of books,
stationery, and similar supplies to
Forrest county for 1917 and 1918, will
he advertised for at the December
meeting OF the board of supervisors,
and the contracts will be -let att the
January meetings.
This announcement was made today
by the board.
The present contracts expire o.
January /, next,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
CALIFORNIA SWINGS INTO DEMOCRATIC
COLUMN, GIVING HIM 269 ELECTORAL
VOTES; new MEXICO ALSO is FOR HIM

NEW HAMPSHIRE ALSO is PREPARING TO LINE UP
WITH THE DEMOCRATS, GIVING THE PRESb
DENT EXTRA ONEs-EVEN A SPLIT IN CALI
FORNIA WOULD INSURE WILSON VICTORY
NEWS is FLASHED BY WIRELESS TO PRESIDENT
ABOARD THE MAYFLOWER, ENROUTE. TO
RHINESTONE, N. REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
DECLINES TO ISSUE A STATEMENT
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10

"Booful Law Maude
Clarke
ed $4,000 but cruel made had
suffered failure
wealthy
would not have
averdict him
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
N ISSISSI SIPPTS
VOTE IS LARGEST.
IN ITS HISTORY
Indications Are That More Than
100000 Ballots Were
Cast on Tuesday.
FISH AND GAME Law is
BEHIND ABOUT 5000

Republican Ticket Gets Slightly More
Than 5000 in Entire State, While
Prosrcssives and Socialists viii 0i-
vide s,ooo--onIy 55 of the 30 coun-
ties Have Yet Sent in Their Returns
to the Office of Secretary of State.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10

San Francisco, Nov. 10-Thirty-one precincts
are missing, but the vote to $3.50 o'clock was
Hughes, 462-592; Wilson, 465,742, or lead of
$3.50.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10
(By Associated Press. }

Al y Santa Fe, Nov. 10.-New Mexico's returns to-
day continued to increase Wilson's lead Jones,
Democrat is leading for the senate.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10

For Misslsslppi--Partly coudy to.
nlshf and Saturday; cooler in south
portion tonight.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10


are missing, but the vote to $3.50 o'clock was
Hughes 462592; Wilson, 465,742, or a lead of
$3.50.
Ill
Concord, N. H., Nov. 10-New Hampshire
again slipped back into the Republican column after
remaining in the Democratic list for several hours to-
day With precincts missing Hughes has 2,723
and Wilson 42,616.
ST Paul. Nov. 1O.-With So Minnesota pre-
cincts missing, Hughes had plurality of 77O votes
Santa Fe, N. Mex Nov. 10.-With II New
Mexico precincts missing, Wilson had a plurality
of 2223.
Concord, N H., Nov. 10.-Certi6ed returns
from all but II New Hampshire precincts give Viii
plurality of 2S9.
Charleston, w. Va, Nov. lo.--Wah 80 West
Virginia precincts missing Hughes had plurality of
2,134.
New York, N Y, Nov. lO--Woodrow Wilson has car
led California and has been reelected
This l0-0ord sentence flashed over countless miles o
eegraph and telephone wires today and by wireless every
orner of the globe put an end to the suspense which
erzed the Sc hours following tuesday Presidential cam
oaign and which broke all preceding American records II
ength of time necessary learn the results of the baong
Wilson was reelected President Of the United State.
when the Golden Gate States this morning swung dentey
nto the Democratic column
The tension Of the most dramatic situation in Unitee
States political history broken late last night when the As
socated Press flashed the that Republican Chairman
Rowell had conceded California to Wilson
Frantic appeals to expedite the returns were sent by
tona leaders those of the state Telegraph and eephon
calls across the continent with consistent regularity
impatient political workers stood at edge Of the country
and begged thousands Of miles of electrified coppe
strands. the officials the her rim Of America hurr,
along the results
But not until stage coaches arrived from the Serl
settlements and the eastern slopes that the result
were known.
Sniar difficulties were expersnced in New Mexico al
Minnesota.
Three States III Do4bt
The only doubtful states th& a&ernoon are Minnesot
gcontinued n4a6 EQAn)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10

Concord, N. H., Nov. 1O.-New Hampshire
again slipped back into the Republican column after
remaining in the Democratic list for several hours to-
day. With precincts missing, Hughes has az, ,723
and Wilson 2,616.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-10

Concord, N. H., Nov Certified
from all but IL New Hampshire precincts gi
son plurality of 239.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-03
WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

whats going to happen after the
war in Europe"
This is the question former Cover
nor of Ohio and Ambassador to
France Myron 7. Herrick is most
called upon to answer in his cam
paign for election to the United
States senate. Voters believe that Mr..
Herrick, by reason of his ambassador
1al experiences, is best qualified to
answer this query
''The people are beginning to rea-
lie that we are now in the midst of
a purely artificial property" said
Mr.. Herrick Monday in commenting
upon the apparent interest of the
voters in the country's welfare fol-
lowing the war. ''They want to know
what is going to take the place of the
enormous war business and what
steps are to be taken to safeguard our
industries and insure prosperity"
Mr.. Herrick's invariable answer to
the question is that industrial depres-
sion is certain to follow the close of
the war unless a protection tariff is
enacted along scientific lines and
strong enough to overcome the compe-
tition of cheap European labor He
urges the election of the Republican
ticket to insure such tariff law.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-03
STATE CIVIL SERVICE

Candidates for POSITIONS in the
state service need not wait the re-
suits of the forthcoming election for
places now open in the service. More
than a score of good places in the
classified service are to be filled
through competitive examinations to
be held during the next three weeks,
and regardless of the result of the
election, the candidates with the high
est grades will get the places, all of
which will be permanent. The Novem-
ber issue of the official bulletin Of the
State Civil Service Commission at
Columbus, calling these examinations
is now ready for distribution and may
be had for the asking The list of va
cancies is unusually large at the pres
ent time, and all of them will be filled
through these competitive examina-
tions. Information from the Commits
sion at Columbus indicates that the
! list of candidates is unusually small
and it looks as though several of
these jobs would be easy for those
able to fill them. Prospective candi-
dates however have about two weeks
in which to file their applications.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-03
BREAD AND BUTTER QUESTION.

"It's just bread and butter ques-
tion fellows" Myron 7 Herrick Re-
publican candidate for United States
Senator told a group of railroad men
to whom he was speaking recently.
He referred to the Republican doctrine
of protection or the Democratic policy
of tariff for revenue only.
And it is a bread and butter ques-
ton, bread and butter question for
every citizen of this country. Re-
gardless of party politics, the manner
in which this country prepares for
the industrial reaction certain to fol
low the European war, is one of the
most important if not absolutely the
most vital question the American
people have been called upon to settle
in half a century.
The Underwood Tariff Law, the
fetish of the Democratic party fail.
ed Of it's purpose before the European
war stimulated American industries
to feverish prosperity If this Law
remains in force after the war, what
then?
Think it over, as Mr.. Herrick said
it's a bread and butter question.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-03
WHERE OUR BEEF IS GOING.

The New York Evening World "a
supporter Of Wilson, is under no de-
iuslon as to tne cause of the great
prosperity the country is now enjoy
ing-it knows it is because of the
hug eorder of the Allies not only for
war munitions but for supplies of all
kinds. 1t says:
''If those who control the American
meat supply are now sending out of
the country ten times as umch beef
as they sent before the war, and if
the supply of beef cattle in the Unit
ed States has fallen 80 1-3 per cent.
per capita of population during the
past decade, how long before meat
must become a once-a-week luxury
on the tables Of American families?
/ Fresh beef exported from the
/ United States in 1914 amounted to
/ 100000 pounds The 1916 figures,
according to the reckoning of the
Trade Department of the National
/ City Bank, reach 231, 100000 pounds.
In the last two years 20 times as
much fresh beef went abroad out of
reach of American consumers as was
exported during the two years pre-
ceding the outbreak of the war. In
the same period imports of beef have
fallen off Is per cent"
But after the war-WHAT?