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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Roumania Is Preparing.

Bucharest. Roumanian military
preparations are being hurried for.
ward. All those formerly exempted
from military service, as well as
those in foreign countries, have been
called to the colors. The war office
has requisitioned large quantities OF
copper and tin. Hopes of Germany
that Roumania would maintain a neu-
trail position have almost vanished.
The visit Of NJ. FYlipescu. leader of the
Unionists, to the Russian front has a
close connection with the future atti.
tude Of Roumania.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Use Liquid Fire.

Paris.-Another powerful German
attack, this time between Avocourt
and M%alancourt, west of the Mouse,
has resulted in heavy losses to the
Germans, according to the official COM
munication issued by the French war
office. A fresh division brought up
from a distant point vas used in this
operation. which was characterized by
the employment Of jets Of liquid flame.
At one point east Of the Malancourt
wood the Germans made some slight
progress.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
"a DIE IN

Fourteen Victims of Accident at Mon
terey, carranza Soldiers.
Laredo, Texas.-FOurteen Carranza
soldiers and 10 civilians were killed in
an explosion Of a carload of grenades
and artillery ammunition in the yards
of the National Railroad lines at Mon
terey, Mexico, recently, according to
passengers reaching here from Mon
terey.
The news was suppressed by the
Carranza authorities because Of the
tension existing between the United
States and Mexico.
All the dead and injured were Mex
leans. Immediately after the explosion
a mountainous cloud of smoke spread
over the city and the cry. 1.-THE Amer
leans have arrived" rang throughout
the poorer sections.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
zAPATA WHIPS cARRANZA.

Reported That carranzistas Are De-.
serting-Looting Is General.
Galveston, Tex.-Dispatches from
the lower border and Vera Cruz de-
clare Zapata has cleared the State Of
Durango Of Carranza troops by defeat
ing several squads and absorbing the
remnants. That the fighting has been
fierce is indicated by the number of
Carranza soldiers reported killed. Dis
patches say that during the past 10
days more than 500 followers Of the
Constituencies flag have fallen be-
fore the attacks Of the bandits. The
remainder of the Carranza troops sent
to drive Zapata from the state have
joined the bandits and are now prepar-
ing to march against Carranza garri-
sons located between Durango and
Mexico City.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Greece 10 Embarrassed

Athens.-The impression Wevails in
nigh political circles at Athens that
Roumaaia shortly will abandon hef
policy of neutrality in favor of the al
lies. Should Roumania enter the war.
Greek officials would be placed in an
embarrassing position, the force Of
which already is felt. Military repre-.
s~entatives of the allies do not disguise
the fact that at present they have no
need for Greece and do not desire to
assume responsibility for maintenance
and equipment Of the Greek army.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Discuss Extra Session.

A plan is on foot to force an adjourn
of the legislature on March %
without completing the business pend
ing, thus making it necessary for the
governor to call an extra. session.
1t is stated that 70 members of the
Jus have agreed to this plan, and
If an extra session is called the mem
bers will receive S. a day for their
services. Under the constitution they
now receive $500 for the regular ses-
sion, regardless OF it's length.
When asked if he believed the seq
ate would adopt the house resolution
to adjourn March %, Lieut.-Gov. Rus,
sell said:
II am confident that the resolution,
il presented to the senate, will be ra-
jected. The members are being paid
$500 each to perform the work of the
session, and they should stay here
until that work is finished, regardless
of the length of time that may be re-
CURED"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Inspecting State Guard.

The federal inspection of MISSISSIPPI
pi National Guard organizations, now
in progress, according to military au-
thorities, is satisfactory, demonstrat-
ing that all of the different troops
have made substantial progress over
1915. The inspection is being con-
Quoted by Lieut.. r.. r. Pickering, reg
ular army officer detailed to Missis-
sippi as inspectorinstructor OF the
guard.
Maj. w. R. Gray of the medical
corps of the guard is accompanying
Lieut.. Pickering and conducting the
physical examinations.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Worlds Greatest Air Battle.

Basel, Standardization % allied
aeroplanes raided Muelhausen, upper
Alsace, the greatest aerial battle OF
the war took place. Accounts reach.
ing here declare that more than so
machines were fighting at such close
quarters that the German aircraft guns
had to cease firing to avoid hitting
their W machines. One French air.
man rammed a German machine,
which fell in flames. Five German
~aeroplanes and three French fell, the
occupants of all being killed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Submarine Fired Torpedo.

Observation-Disclosures taken b.
Collector Malone at New. York from
the captain and crew of the French
liner Patrfa reached the state depart
ment, and all agree that an attempt
to torpedo the liner without warning
was made by an unknown submarine
as the ship was just out Of Palermo for
New York. The affidavits declare that
the wake of a torpedo and bubbles ris-
Ing to the surface plainly ere seen.
The department is considering what
action it will take.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Senate BaIks On Adjournment.

The senate will not fix date for final
adjournment until the lower house has
passed on pending appropriation bills.
A silent agreement to this effect, it is
claimed, has been reached among SEN
ate members. and his prompted the
action of that body in placing the ad-
journment resolution on the table SUBJ
ject to call. IN the meantime, the
house committee has under advise
lei the appropriation measures and
finance bills.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Finds Sweetheart Dead,

San Francisco.-After searching for
two years, Charles Howard Shaw OF
Los Angeles sped to San Francisco to
claim Mrs. Margaret Shelly as his
bride, only to find she had died ten
minutes before he arrived.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
MANUEL O u FIGHT.

Deposed King Offers His Services To
Portugal. i.
Madrid.-King Manuel, deposed king
of Portugal, has telegraphed to Lisbon
offering his services to Portugal. He
said in his dispatch:
"My only thoughts are for the vel.
fare of my country
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
BattIeship Kentucky saiis.

New Orleans.-The battleship Ken
lucky has sailed from here for Vera
Cruz, where she was ordered by the
navy department. Capt. D. E.. Dis
mukes said the warship carrier her full
complement Of o~fiicers. bluejackets
and marine9.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
FUNSTON ASKS FOR HELP
Word Is Sent to Washington That
More Troops Are Needed On the
Mexican Border.

San Antonio, Tex.-Maj. Gen. Fun
ston has asked the War Department
for additional troops to be used in the
campaign against Villa. He did not
state the number, but explained he
wanted an adequate force to protect
the line Of communication already
more than 10 miles long. He received
no further news from Gen. Pershing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
TAX
BILL IS PASSED
REVENUE RAISING MEASURE De.
FEATEp ONCE IS BROUGHT
UP AGAiN.
LAND OFFICE IN CHAOS
Joint Committee Recommends That
Office Of Land Commissioners Be
Abolished and Auditor Placed
In Charge.

After wrestling with both ways and
means and appropriation matters fop
two sessions the house has reconsid-
cred the ways N means COMMITTEES
privilege tax bill which was I'D last
week, n which at that time failed to
pass after considerable hammering by
way OF amendment The bill has now
finally been passed by a vote of 60 to
20. The bill includes provision for a
tax on punch boards, in face of the
emphatic declaration of members that
"to do SO would be to legalize, put a
premium on and derive profit from
gambling"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Prize Rooster 4 Tramp.

Fort Jervis,N n. Y.-Edwatd Monroe
is calikg hfs $3.50 prize rooster q darn
ed old tramp. The fowl escaped at =
show IN New York and walked home.
So miles, announcing himself by guar
reling with his long lost wivef
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Allies Will Confer.

Rome.-Premier Salandra, Baron
Sonnino and Gen. Cadorna have left
Rome for Paris to participate in a
conference with diplomatic and mill
tary representatives of the allied ma
TONS. a.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Land Office In Chaos.

Lana Crfice IN ChaoS.
The filing of a report on the con-
ditions found about the state land of
flee by a select subcommittee of the
senate n house, which has been at
work on an investigation of the de-
partment for several weeks, was the
occasion Of a mild sensation. The
gist of this report is that the commit
tee found such a badly mixed and con-
fused condition pertaining to records
and land sale transactions that it may
require months of hard work and the
expenditure Of considerable amounts
In order to straighten out the affairs.
A feature of the report Is the recon-
mendation that the office of and COM
missioner be abolished by statute and
that the affairs pertaining to the pub
lie lands be placed under the auditor
OF public accounts.
One paragraph on the report indi-
Gates that the committee does not
mean that the conditions as found are
chargeable TO the present land COM
missioner, but may be traceable back
20 years or more.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
saIoniki Is ImpreunabIe,

Athens-Gen. MoschopoMos, COM
manding the Greek forces in Mace
donna, has declared to King Constan-
tine that in his opinion Saloniki, which
he had just inspected. was absolutely
tmpregnable. =
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Touch Soldiers Home Money.

The house has cut the appropriation
bill passed by the senate to support
and maintain and provide additional
equipment and room for the Soldiers
Home at Beauvoir from $119,0 900 to
500 900. The economists seemed to
be afraid OF the executive veto, and
decided to cut the appropriation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Blast Injuries Five,

Kenvil, N. 1.-THE explosion of 1000
pounds Of -smokeless powder at the
Hercules Powder plant here injured
fire employees, three seriously.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Wilson Wears Shamrock.

Neutrality-suspicious. Wilson cele-
brated st. Patrick's day by wearing a
green necktie and a sprig of shamrock
sent him by John Redmond, Irish ma
tionalist leader in the British parlia-
ment.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
More Guard Companies.


That the National Guard of Missis-
sippi o o will be strengthened and
augmented by the addition of fur
Their organizations is generally belilev-
ed from the number Of requests sent to
the offices Of Adjutant General Erie
C. Scales from people who want to or
ganize companies in various parts OF
the state. The Acknowledgment is in
receipt OF requests to organize COM
panies from Gulfport, Jackson, Meri-
dian and Okolona. Permission has
been granted to these requests.
Kill OFFICES For Women.
The senate concurrent resolution
proposing to submit a constitutional
amendment to the voters of the state.
to confer ofhceholding eligibility on
women to a limited extent. has failed
on third reading to secure a two-thirds
vote necessary. The resolution had
passed two readings hitherto, but It
is claimed the pool Of young senators
against it was worked successfully.
Unless q motion to reconsider prevails
the resolution Is dead. Tor this session
at any rate.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24

portuguese army aviators sent to
san Diego from Lisbon by the Portu-
guese government must discontinue
flying at the government aviation
school,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24

At q local option election in Nor
gan county, Mo-, the "drys" carried
the county by $50 votes. The county
has been wet during the last foul
years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
Austria has declared war on Portu-
gal, according to the dispatches.

A reward of 10000 pesos for the
body of Francisco Villa has been post
ed for 60 days in Carranza consulates.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24

President Wilson Is considering the
appointment of Col. l.. d. Tyson of
Knoxville, Tenn, as assistant secre-
tary of war to succeed Henry Brock
inridge.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24
New counterfeit S. notes OF the fed
eral type. bearing the Lin.
coin head" have made their appear
ance on the Pacific coast.

An unpledged delegation to the Re-
publican national convention at Chi
caso was chosen at the first presi-
Dental primaries ever held In New
Hampshire.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24

About Is employees of the Illinois
hospital at Anna have been tempo
rarlly laid off in a campaign to keep
the appropriations within the esti-
mated amounts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24

Henry NJ. Hills of Seattle filed suit
for $50, 900 for alleged libel against
his uncle, DR.. Dwight Hills OF Ply
mouth church. Brooklyn, famous pas
tor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24

States navy by the Fore River Ship
building corporation, has been
launched.
The National Woman Suffrage asso-
citation has offered prizes aggregating
$500 to artists for the best 10 posters
for suffrage window display and bill
boards in a competition to end Oct. 1.
An Official investigation by the Ger
man navy has established the fact
that no German submarine was con-
cerned in the sinking of the Nor
wegian bark Silius.
Secretary Daniels has
that dreadnauzht No. 43, to be built in
the New York navy yard, would be
christened Tennessee.
Chester Warren, the. 3-year-old son
of the Rev. D.: c. Warren of Nevada,
Mo-, was killed by a motor car as he
was running across the street to meet
his father.
Theresa Grancio, Is years old, was
taken from a New York school to
Bellevue hospital, where she is a pris-
oner, accused Of numbering her baby.
Nikola Tesla, inventor, is bankrupt.
New York had a receiver appointed
for his property in an action for 1858
unpaid personal taxes.
The trial of William Lorimer.
charged with conspiracy in connection
with the failure of the La Sale Street
Trust and Savings bank, has been re-
sumed.
Seymour Eaton, author and journal
ist, who created the Teddy Bear toy.
is dead of apopiexy at his home in
L~andsdowne, Pa.
Suit for 2 .00o,o 900 was filed in the
circuit court by the city OF Memphis
against the Kansas City & Memphis
Railway company.
Henry NJ. Hills of Seattle filed suit
for $50. 900 for alleged libel against
his uncle, DR.. Dwight Hills OF Ply
mouth church. Brooklyn, famous pas
tor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-24

Negotiations are in progress for the
exchange Of all British prisoners In
the hands Of the Turks. American
doctors are in charge at Philippolis
OF all the British prisoners in Bull
garia.
The broad ax., 1916-09-16
The Restaurant Buffer,

~Of all the buffers one meets social
ly and In business. and their name Is
legion" remarked a minor cynic, none
amuses me more than the restaurant
buffer. This brand Is numerous.
met one today. and his embarrassment
was ludicrous.
This chap, you know, is a living lie.
He lodges In a rather high priced
house, but occupies a cheap little room
up under the roof, to which he is care
ful not TO invite any acquaintance.
He's an underclerk somewhere. but
talks Familiarity Of high finance. he
pretends to be on friendly terms with
influential men who wouldn't know
him from Adam.
Several evenings ago he was i'm
pressing me with the frequency with
which he lunches at one or two places
famous In the Wall street section.
When 1 met him today bending over
coffee and rolls in a place where his
check was 10 cents you should have
seen his face, it was study.
"Of course wasn't surprised, but he
was. I enjoyed the encounter. but he
didn't"-New York Globe.
The broad ax., 1916-09-16

tutions house the lesser types of mad
ness, styled the criminal. That argu-
mert is dissipated by the plain state
ment of fact that we have institutions
for the criminal insane.
There is general tendency, it seems,
to evade the facts that will not fail
to be facts nevertheless. For facts are
stubborn. Our system of civilization
seems to be based upon hypocrisy,
sham, evasion, duplieity, blarney and
buncombe. 1t is provocative of mental
disequilibrium. Take our eolorphobia
for instance and other phobiax. The
wish to know if you are White or
"Colored" for reasons that are obvious
ly unreasonable, if the rights of a eiti-
zen are not to be abridged on account of
race, color or previous condition of
servitude as per the constitution of the
try. 1t is paradoxieal in its mysterious
ness. unless you are American born or
have been Amerieanized by that mental
alteration called custom of the coun-
try, a psychology that forced Heine,
that wonderful German sage who was
shocked by our color monOmania that
would not permit a white minister to
marry a swarthy young lady, to ex-
claim: "Oh Freiheit, du boser
Traum" ooh freedom, thou wicked
dream). Honest thought is needed to
dispel all phobias. Small evils, good
to large proportions, so with dishonest
color and other prejudice. They lead
to mental disaster.
Another form of our mental loose
ness is that Christian Science nonsense.
1t was born in the United States and
bred in Boston. 1t can find Judgment
only in the minds of those who are
accustomed to trying to dodge eternal
facts that act as a boomerang, ulti-
mately. Eventually we must be fair
and honest and right, why not nowf
When we think honestly, we will act
that way and we will in part cease to
be mentally deranged. Then and not
until then will we have in greater part
that priceless heritage, mental health.
We must not forget that certain
pathological LESSONS, such as brain tu-
mors and syphilitie sequela cause some
of our insanities. The treatment is
that of the original disease as much as
that of the present manifestation of
original causes. But right thinking is
essential to avoid the American disease,
neurasthenia.
The broad ax., 1916-09-16
Spies In Revolutionary Days.

A curious and unfamiliar page In
American history shows that the treat
ment of the spy in Revolutionary days
was painfully prompt and rigorous.
Every American schoolboy knows the
fate of Major Andre. but few know
Of any others, with perhaps the ex-
ception of Nathan Hale, executed by
the British as a spy. In the second
year of our Revolutionary war Gener-
al Israel Putnam caught man lurking
about his post at Peekskill. on the
Hudson. A flag Of truce came from
Sir Henry Clinton. claiming the pris-
oner as Lieutenant Palmer Of the Brit
ish service The answer of the stout
old general was brief and to the point:
Headquarters, Aug. z, IN.
Edmund Palmer. an officer in the enc
my's service, was taken as spy lurking
within our lines. He has been tried as a
spy, condemned as spy and shall be ex-
ecuted as a spy. and the flag is ordered to
depart Immediately.
ISRAEL PUTNAM.
p. She has accordingly been executed.
indianapolis News.
The broad ax., 1916-09-16
Enormous Land Values.

There is an Amazing price set upon
the land of London. In the center of
the English metropolis tiny lots have
been sold for fortunes
An acre there is the dearest in the
world. Many transaction over ground
In the heart of the city has set the
figure of $l6.25O.O0O per acre. One
square mile of London is valued ut
S750.OO0.OOO The land beneath the
Bank of England ut low estimate is
worth S35.0OO.OO0. and there are only
three acres in that tract too.
There are places on Queen Victoria.
Upper Thames. st. Mary -at-IIill and
Cannon streets where one square inch
Is worth $l.25. In Lombard street and
King William street prices have ranged
from 500 and $3.50 to $3.50 per square
foot-National Real Estate Journal
The broad ax., 1916-09-16
MENTAL HEALTH.

Health is wealth; it is really the
most valuable asset in the whole range
of hfe's possibilities. Stop and think
of it and realize the truth of the asser-
ton. Think of the outlook for the fu-
ture without the aid of health; the
thought is productive of gloom. You
were doubtless thinking of the loss of
physical health, known also as bodily
health; but let your thought be of the
loss of mental health, The mind can
conceive of no greater misfortune than
the loss of mental equilibrium, the loss
of reason or the failure of eoordina-
tion of the mental processes. And
Notwithstanding the fact that the loss
of reason is the most unfortunate con-
dition possible. our civilization does
not attach as much Importance to the
care and treatment of the minds of the
people as it does to the therapeutics
of the body. There is a reason.
The horrors of a mind bereft of reas-
on must be unspeakably intolerable.
Each of US must shudder to think of
becoming a victim of extreme mental
alteration or insanity. 1t is not pleas
ant to bring before our readers the
dread spectre of madness but we must
face the facts and deal with the needs
of the commonwealth.
The recent killing of many people
by mental detectives shows that the
subject of mental health should be
given serious thought by all of US.
My purpose in introducing such sub
jeet is to provoke discussion that will
ultimately lead to betterment along the
lines of our mental existence.
We have many hospitals scattered
here and there for the physically dis
eased; they are not as numerous as
we would like to have them but they
outnumber by far those that take care
of the mentally diseased. 1t might
be stated that the churches and kim
dred institutions have the functions of
hospitals for the mentally sick; that
would be rather far fetched, it ap-
pears. Also let US think of the well
regulated custom of separating the
physically sick by sending certain
terrible affections to the hospitals for
contagious maladies. No such provi-
sion is made for the victims of mental
maladies, except we again make far
fetched argument that our penal insti-
The broad ax., 1916-09-16
Noisa and Hearing.

There are two distinct meanings to
the word ''sound"-one the sensation
produced in the brain, the other the
external vibration which produces the
sensation. The physical cause may ex-
ist where there is no ear; the sensation
cannot exist unless there is an ear to
hear 1t. Suppose two men-one totally
deaf, the other with a normal sense of
hearing-are in the same closed room
In which a third man beats upon a
piece of iron with hammer. Is there
no physical vibration because the deaf
man cannot hear it? The sensation
may be ear splitting to the one and to-
tally nonexistent to the other. The
same vibrations beat through the air.
The same sound exists in the room, but
the sensation exists for only one of the
men.-Philadelphia Press.
The broad ax., 1916-09-16
English as a World Language.

English Is well adapted to use as II
world language because OF its rich
vocabulary and its grammatical sim
plicity. 1t Is the literature of liberty
and social equality. The fundamental
hindrance To the spread OF the English
language as world language is Its IT.
rational spelling. 1t is difficult because
Of the supertluity OF letters and the
confusion of representations II these
objections were removed and the pro
pOrtiOnal rate of increase OF the nine
teenth century continues English will
be the language of the world."-De
Witt CrOiSSant NJ Chautauqua.
The broad ax., 1916-09-16
Confused.

wildly about in the corridors Of a large
railway station.
what are you looking for, mad
am?" questioned an officer.
IL am looking for the entrance to
the outsider responded the woman
nervously.-St- Louis Post-Dispatch.