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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-15

The fate of Tom Leverett is now IN.
the hands. Of a jury. .-..-,---..ass4-
Within few hours the Louisiana
sawmill man, who has Just completed
a third trial for the murder in Richton
last August of Ed Bradley, erstwhile'
friend and bosom companion, will
know what third jury Of IL men
think should be done with him.
The case went to the jury shortly
after g o'clock this afternoon. Attor-
neys for both the state and the de-
tense maintain that it will require the
jury but a short time to reach YER
dict.
District Attorney Hall and John r,
Tally. for the state, believe that they
have made out even a stronger case
than during the other two trials. At
torneys James Cassidy, Dan Currie,
q. E. Rose and ]. e. Davis, on the
other hand, maintain that the defense
has been able to show to the ,Jur:',
beyond a doubt, that the killing was
justifiable.
When court convened this morning,
the work of reading to the jury the in
structions was taken up at once. Dis
trict Attorney Hall read those for the
state. and j. q. Davis for the defense
Then John R, Tally opened the argu
ment for the state. He was followed
nv Dan Currie and Mr.. Cassidy. Dis
trict Attorney Hall closed for The
state. The case was given to the jury
at about o'clock.
The court room was packed and
iammed all morning. Standing room
was at premium
The 10 men who will determine I'M
guilt or innocence Of Leyerett are y
follows;
w. r. cubley.
c. 3. stevenes.
M. l.. Hogan.
Donnie Lee.
j. C. Ladner.
A. 8. FullIngane.
A. A. Mccardle.
8. Hanna.
S. G. Harper
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-15

For Mississippi-PartIy cloudy to.
night and Tuesday; cooler tonight; il,
terror cooler Tuesday,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
BROWNE BERATEs s0L0NS.
Teachers re RsiOn BiN ROUses ReA
Estate Man.

Stewart Browne, president Of the
United Real Estate Owners Association
has sent a letter to each Senator and
Assemblyman protesting against the
teachers pension bill. He starts with
the caption: Are you sane or insane?
Your vote will tell"
This bill" he says. twas reported
out OF the Senate cities Committee on
Tuesday and YET NOT ONE SENATOR
COULD READ WHAT THAT BILL.
CONTAINED. except as he was told by
the city's representative or its paid ac-
,uaries, and remember. THERE BE &C
TCARIES AND ACTUARiES. The con-
sultinG ~actuaries are all right.
IF YOU ARE SANE and have he
true interest OF the city at heart. VOTE
AGAINST THE BILL.
IF YOU ARE INSANE or don't care
q damn for the true interest Of the city.
vote for this bill.
IT am heartily ashamed that my es-
teemcd friends Senator lockwood and
Assembiyman Ellenbogen should intro
duce such a misleading and deceptive
bill but I forgive them because they
knoweth not What they do: THEY
HAVE BEEN FOOLED"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
CHEMISTS SUBSTITUTE
FOR AUTO FUEL DOUBTED
Experts Want Enricht to Give Conclusive Proof of the
Efficiency of His Synthetic Gasoline, but
He Clings to Secret.

In tn opinion Of automobile fuel ex-
perts Of New York no greenish liquid
mixed with quantities Of water will run
a car satisfactorily for any considera-
Bile distance or at a reasonable cost.
no matter what Louis Enricht Of Farm
ingdaie. l.. L.. says. MIR. Enricht, a
chemist. declares that his combination
Of a few simple chemicals with plenty
Of water at a cost Of IA cents a gallon
has sounded the knell OF the ~gasolene
Industry.
While the experts are more or less in
the dark because Enrlcht conccals his
formula. they are united In one thing
All believe that there IL no economy In
using hydrogen gas to run a car. II Ii
by the release Of hydrogen from water
that Mr.. Enricht says he gets his com
bustion.
This point of view was best summed
up by Herbert Chase, the fuel expert
OF the Automobile Club of America.
A automobile engine can be run on
hydrogen. OF course" Mr.. Chase OBJ
served. but without having investigated
MIR. Enricht's preparation as yet am
distinctly Of the impression hat IL will
be found TO be a good deal like lifting
oneself by the boot straps.
W burn hydrogen to ge, water. TIC
reverse the process and separate hydro
gen from water o require almos,
as much energy as could be obtained
from the hydrogen set free. In other
words. you would be spending a Ger.
tain amount Of energy to set the same
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
UNION LEADER FEARS
WAR EFFECT ON LABOR
Urges Workers to Prepare for
Coming Period Of Eco
nOmic Strife.

Max 8. Hayes, 4 national leader In the
Socialist party. the international Typo
graphical Union and the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor. issued yesterday an ap-
peal to workingmen. bidding them pre-
pare for economic strife after the q
"In the struggle for mastery between
the Central Powers and the Allies" he
said. "they intend to grind their laborins
classes to the utmost to secure the cheap
est possible production to capture the
worlds markets.
"ln order to meet this cutthroat com.
petition at home md abroad the Ameri.
can capitalists will naturally be com
PEELED to produce cheaper and will use
every means In their power to beat down
wages and lengthen the hours Of labor II
possible. And they can do these livery
things where the workers are morgan.
ized or poorly organised.
wages will be cut. hours AZ labor
increased, machinery speeded up and
other oppressive conditions imposed. and
there will be no appeal or redress unless
powerful unions exist to make q night Ia
maintain the American standards Of liv.
ing. This sandbagging Of labor will be
pm w NV y
trades. clothing and food producing in
dustries and other businesses that COM
into direct competition with the for.
eign ~products."
/ Mr.. Hayes In the next sentence az
mitted that so many foreigners in thi,
country would flock bac to do E;uropeis
rebuilding that wages here would a,
least remain at their present level AND
perhaps rise slightly. But he said thai
labor could take 10 chances. that th'
cost Of living would probably rise ant
that "if the workers do not have union,
TO boost wages al the same ratio the,
will be toiling under conditions equiv
alent to waSe reductions.
1T In positively stupid" he added
for ~non.unionists to imagine hat chanc,
or kind Providence will help them on
Of the hole in which they will find them
selves after the war"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
n. Y. FIGHTS TO SAVE
Big POWER FRANCHISE
Charter Declared UncOnstitu.
tional Gave Away Rights
Worth $500, 600, 1000.

ALBANY, April 1.-THE Anal skirfnish
In the long controversy between the
State Of New York and the Long SAUL
Development Company for control OF
the Long Sault Rapids. In the st. Law
renee River. which are capable Of pro-
ducing approximately 100000 0 horse
power. will take place Monday before
the United States Supreme Court. The
Long sault company. a subsidiary OF the
so-called aluminium trust, brought the
case to the highest court On an appeal
from the State Court Of Appeals, which
decided that the charter given this cor
poration by the Legislature Of 1907 for
the development Of water power on the
Long Sault Rapids was unconstitutional.
Acknowledgement Woodbury. IL resisting
the efforts Of the Long Sault company
to seize these rapids.
While the value Of the Long Sault
Rapids as a power producing agency has
been estimated at $500. 900. 900. conser-
walton experts say that their worth Ia
the State as the principal integral part
Of any Statewide system of conservation
could not be computed under a billion
dollars.
The validity Of the charter given the
Long Sault company in 1907 IL the pre-
else question before the Supreme Court,
This charter has been repealed by the
Legislature n declared unconstitutional
by the Court of Appeals.
Attorney-General Woodbury. has pointed
out that the Long Sauit project was "the
greatest water pOwer development ever
exploited under one charter" Deduct.
| ing the possibilities Of this development
there IL left undeveloped in the State
all told only 400. 900 horsepower GOO.
600 horsepower from undeveloped rivers
plus waters OF the c~anais). He also
| points out that the Long Saul compan
had within its grasp control ~ power
twice as large as the combined power
developments on both sides Of Niagara.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
BLAND CHINESE'S ROOM
PROVES OPIUM MINE
WOman's Whispered Tip to
Detective in Pell Street Re.
suits in Rich Haul.

Detective Benjamin Baltic was stand
early yesterday when a woman wearing
a heavy veil brushed past him and said
In a low voice. go to room - on the
nth floor Of % Pell street. The de-
tective turned to question her. but she
stepped into one Of the many doorways
Of the quarter and was gone.
Baillc, however, went to the address
given and found a room numbered 40
on the NTH fDor. Expecting some
grewsome discovery he pushed open the
door. but all that met his gaze was an
innocent looking Chinese sitting in the
centre OF what was apparently a bed.
room.
Hello said the Chinese
"Hello." responded the detective. who
was about to depart when his atten-
ton was attracted by the uneven APP
pearsnce OF the bed. He lifted the
c~overlet and found three cans Of opium.
Then he looked under the mattress and
found two more cans.
As Battle prosecuted his seavch the
room fairly seemed to yield cans. Some
we're in two trunks, others were In the
back of shelves, still others were under
the furniture in the room. When he had
collected them all the detective found
that he had nine ans. eight metal
boxes. three regulation cigar boxes. one
shoe box and six Jars of opium. two
boxes containing more than a thousand
opium pills. "A set Of opium scales, three
opium bowls n a loaded .3S calibre
revolver.
! Then Bailie arrested the Chinese. To
Magistrate Ten Eyck in tine Tombs
court he gave the name of Chin Chong.
a. years old. Of 80 Pell street. He was
held in $1,000 hail for trial on charges
Of having narcotics In his possession and
Of violating the sullivan law.
The Federal customs authorities are
investigating the case. believing that
! the opium may he part of a shipment
recently smugglcd into the United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
Concert 10 Ala Cote. stands.

The thirtieth annual concert for the
benefit OF the 81. Andrew One Cent
Coffee Stands will he given In Carnegie
Hall Tomorrow evening.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
MILLIONS READY
FOR PALISADES PARK
Report Says John D., Jr.,. Will
Supply Part Of ~, 100000
II State Duplicates Sum.

ALBANY. April 15.-John d. Rockefel.
Ter. Jr.. 10 said to b the man Who 10 to
contribute most Of. the $500. 900 fund
for the Palisades Interstate Park Com.
mission. with the provision that the
State contribute an equal amount through
a bond issue.
In 1910, when the State issued IT. hrst
~ $500, 900 In bonds for the Palisades
Park. there was q private subscription Of
$4,000 0 The chief donor to this fund
was the late J. p. Morgan. Other prOmi-
n men Of New York and Westchester
gave smaller sums. ranging from $4,000
to 100000 I.
Attorney General woodbury. u said to
have passed on the constitutlonality Of
the proposed combination Of the Se.5oo.-
900 issue for the Palisades n the
81 SOC. 900 bond issue for charging the
Catskill and Adirondack forest preserves.
There 10 a clause Of the Constitution
/ which provides that a bond issue must
be for q single specified purpose, and
there was talk that the combination Of
the two would violate this provision.
1t is understood. however. that George
w. Perkins. erstwhile president Of the
Palisades Park Commission. took up the
question with the Attorney-General. who
with enlarGinG the State parks. and
therefore he did not see any constitu.
tionai reason against combining them.
As the bond issue will be submitted
to the people In the fall. provided II soes
through both houses. II will provide FOL
a bond issue Of SIC. 700. 900. The forest
preserve measure already has passed the
Assembly and the Palisades bond i0u<
liz up for a third reading In the Sentae
They will be combined ext week..
When the irst sentence Of the forego
ing despatch was read to George W
Perkins last night he said 'sThat Ia alb.
soluteiy untrue" He added that tn
offer Of $780, 900. conditional on tn,
states appropriating a like amount. Wal
made by ? group Of several persons. II,
would not say whether or not Mr.. Rookie
/ TELLER was one Of the group.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
EX-POLICEMAN FROM
l.. CHICAGO SURRENDERS
Will BE Taken Back to stand
Charges on Fifty-one
Indictments.

Guy y. Biddinger. formerly a sergeant
Of police In Chicago and now a private
detective In this city. surrendered him
self in the District Attorneys office yes
terday and gave q $4,000 surety COM
pany bond for his appearance in Chicago.
where he is said to be under hfty-one
indictments. Judge Grain in General
sistant District Attorney Dooling said he
thought the amount should be 100000.
The bond II to insure B~iddinger's APP
pearance when a warrant for his extra
dition TO Illinois IL signed by Gov. Whit
man.
When BiddinGer appeared he would
make no comment on the mass OF charges
against him other than to his
willingness to face them whenever they
are pressed.
Biddinger a assistant general man.
ager for W. J. Burns during the Nc
Namara and Frank cases and In now
associated with Val O'Farreii In this
city. According to dispatches from Chi
cago. Biddinger IL under ffty-one
charges. embracing bribery, extortion.
grand larceny and aiding a felon to es-
rape while a member OF the Chicago
police department. These charges have
come as a climax to a recent confession
by Barney Bertche that the underworld
worked with the connivance OF certain
police authorities. Half a dozen police
officials have been convicted In the cru
SADIE.
Application 20 Gov. whitman for the
return of Biddinger sets forth three OF
the ffty-one charges against him. They
allege larceny. bribery and unlawful es-
cape. Another charge alleges the de-
struction of a warrant Of arrest. which
is a felony under the Illinois laws
T~wenty-one u the complaints alless
felOnies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
TO BUILD CRIPPLEs' O M
Fight Fai1a 60 stop Construction
Work In BrookIyn.

The Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court In Brooklyn has unanimously af-
frmed the decision OF Justice Kelby in
refusing an injunction against the cree
ton Of a new 100000 House Of ST.
Giles the Cripple. a Protestant Episcopal
institution. at the southeast corner OF
President street m Brooklyn avenue.
II was commended by residents Of the
neighborhood that the home for crippled
children would be a nuisance and also
that the section was restricted to private
residences by a statute passed In 1868.
II was found. however. that a subse-
quent act released the territory in
volved.
The cornerstone Of the new building
was laid a month ago by Bishop Burgess
and work on II will now be resumed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
POULTRY FAMINE ON
WAY, SAY DEALERS
Ca rus Traced to 1907 Hard
Times Followed by Export
Demand for Beef Now.
FEWER FOWLS SHIPPED

Leading who'll sale poultry operators
mat this country is facing a poultry
famine and they do not know where the
hotels and out Of town resorts will
get their supplies the coming summer
The conditions responsible for the sit
uation, which. they say. is slowly, but
surely overtaking the market. had their
beginnings In 1907. when the country
suffered from an Industrial panic. At that
time fairly well to do persons were lib
eral consumers Of poultry. but with
their incomes swept away their appe-
tites for good things to eat drifted In
the same direction. causing more or less
e~tagnation in poultry. which became rel
actively cheaper than other kinds Of
meat foods. This attracted the working
classes more to poultry on account Of
its being cheaper han beef and other
meats, which vas more or less true up
TO a year Z r
The beginning Of The European war
resulted In n shortening OF the. beef
supply. owing to the heavy export de-
mand. INC scarcity of red meat in the
smaller towns Of the West and South
west doubled and trebled the amount
Of poultry consumed. Prosperity result
ing from remune rative employment en-
abled the working classes I'm those To-
calities to q as much for poultry at
the point OF production as II would bring
In the seaboard markets.
Years Rise Ia Prices.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
GEORGE PRIMROSE WEEDS AT SO.
Noted Minstrel Takes Bride Of II
and viii Dance Axaiu,

ROCHESTER,. April I5.-George Prim-
rose, old time minstrel and famous
dancer. pleading guilty to SO years. APP
piled at the City Clerks office thism morn
ing for a marriage license, and this
afternoon was married by the Rev. DIR.
&. Waldo Cherry to Miss Viola Kath-
crime Trueblood OF Jacksonville. H.. who
has been his secretary for some time.
She is 81 years old
The couple left FOR New York city to-
night. MIR. Primrose saying that he was
10 celebrate his nuptials by negotiating
al sls,00O contract with Marcus Loew.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

On eight items alone there Is an in
crease of 90 per cent, while two items In
the wholesale ~list-ducks and geese-are
not available in quantities sufficient to
make a fair comparison.
The advance in the retail prices is
higher I'm proportion to the Increase in
the wholesale value. as the storekeepers
are compelled to take a larger percentage
Of profit on their present small volume Of
business to meet their overhead ex-
.enses than on a larger volume. At pres
ent there is practically no competition
in retailing dressed poultry.
Following is a comparison Of the re-
tail prices:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

The comparison OF the retail prices
shows an average OF 4, per cent. in
crease paid by the housewife over the
figures Of a year ago. Some OF the So
called high class poultry dealers in
Washington Market realize "A much
higher percentage Of profit, and still
higher prices are charged in many mar
kets in the nigh class residential dis
tricts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

A comparison Of the Wholesale prices
with those a year ago shows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

RETAIL PRICES.

Following is a comparison Of the re-
tail prices:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

business for themselves In a little room
In Dover street. In 1s2s they moved
to Gin street and the Gin street place
Is still part Of the fourteen buildings
that make up the Harper plant.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
1t Was on a Summer Day.

Maud Muller on a summey day
with her fellow ran away, in a ben
zine touring car, scooting to a preach
er far Maud's father saw the fleeing
pair-smelled the benzine scented
air; caught mule whose name was
Jane, and galloped down the dusty
lane; the mobile very swiftly ran
but burned the oil all out OF the can.
The motor stopped upon a hill, but
Jane ran on just fit to kill. Alas for
maid, alas, for man, alas for empty
benzine can. Maud's daddy on the
old gray mule, came and took her off
to school. The mule nigh wrecked
the benzine cart; the Teller Sed OF
q broken heart. The moral Of this
tale so sad; Don't steal the girl; go
ask her dad"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
THE SMALL ADVERTISEMENT
If 1t is Newsy 1t Will Soon Attract
Attention.

One Of the objections encountered
by the advertising solicitor is from
the man who wants either to make
a big spread, or else not advertise at
all. There are some merchants who
talk about like this: 81 do not want
to advertise unless | can take a big
liberal space, comparing favorably
with any other merchant in the
town" This is about as sensible as
If they gave up business because they
could not afford the most costly rem
tai in the town.
Take the case of a marketman
with very limited capital. Suppose
for an extreme illustration that he
feels he can afford only a one or two
inch advertisement. Yet if that ad
is placed regularly in each issue, and
If it is newsy, it will soon command
attention.
Looking over our exchanges, this
illustration is found. A marketmau
advertises just one thing every day
in his inch space. Here is a speci-
men:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
They Charged 500 Apiece.

A wealthy man was about to pass
to his reward and the attending ply
stefan informed the dying man that
he had better send for a lawyer to
draw up his will, which was done.
When informed that he could sur
vive only few hours, he turned to
the physician asking how much his
bill was, and he replied 500; he
then turned to the lawyer who had
spent about two minutes in drawing
up his will and asked him what his
bill was. The lawyer replied that
500 would be about right. Then,
said the dying man, want one of you
gentlemen TO kneel on one side of
the bed and the other man on the
other side. This request was COM
piled with. And now, said the sick
man | can die as my Savior died
between two thieves, and he calmly
crossed the dark river.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
Rattlesnakes Are Grateful.

"Rattlesnakes are grateful if you
gain their affection" says a cores
pendent of the Corsicana, Texas,
News. "My brother Jim found a six
foot rattlesnake near town, caught
him under a boulder, and instead of
suing his advantage, he sympathetic
ally released the snake, which there
upon became pet and followed I'm
about and guarded him as faithfully
as dog. One night he was awaken
ed and missing the snake in it's US
ual place at the foot of the bed, he
knew that something was wrong. He
got up and lighted a match to inves-
tigate and found burglar in the
room in the coils of the snake, which
had its tail out the window rafting
for the police"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
CALLING A MINISTER.
Experiences of a Man Who Served on
Committee to Select
Minister.

A man who recently served on a
committee for selecting a minister
for certain church, was telling his
Experiences the other day. He had
recently been waylaid by prosper
Gus business man a large contributor
to the society, who said it was abso-
lutely necessary that the new minis
ter should use tobacco. This would
help him get next to the men aid
draw them into the social rooms. The
committee member had no special
| feeling against tobacco. But he was
surprised to learn that use of it was
now considered an essential qualil-
cation for minister.
The next day his wife was told by
a spirituelle Sunday school teacher,
that the next pastor must have a
more devotional spirit or she would
feel like going to another church.
She was tired of philosophical specu-
lation and reviews of new theological
books.
Shortly after the church treasurer
told them that what they needed was
a kind of efficiency expert. An execu-
tive head was needed, who would
keep card catalogs, supervise organ
izations, keep them actively working,
and mobolize the financial and social
forces of the society
A few days later while attending
a funeral, he was told by one of the
mourners that their recent pastor
had not called on her mother during
her entire illness. She too felt like
attending another church, unless
they had a clergyman who was faith
full in pastoral work.
The woods are full of candidates,
confident that they fill the need in
these and many other lines. But the
minister for this church has not yet
been chosen. Everyone considered so
far falls down somewhere The sal
AIRY paid does not exceed what the
mechanics are earning in the war mu-
milton plants or a plumbers shop.
Seven years costly education are re-
CURED The committee member clos
ed his story by remarking that the
trouble seemed to him not so much
with the ministers, as the fact that
the modern parish takes Let George
do it," as its motto.