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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15
WORK OF SMITHSONIAN lNSTl'
TUTE THRIVING.
Great Good Has Been Done Since Its
Organization 10 Years Ago.

Organization ~ Years Ago.
by Associated Press)
Washington, Dec. 14-Seventy years
of activities of the Smithsonian lnsti-
tuition was marked today by annual
meeting of the board of regents
headed by Chief Justice White.
Since James Smithson, an English
man in 1926 willed his fortune of a
half million dollars for the founda-
ton of an institution for the diffuang
of knowledge among men, the trust
has grown to more than a million.
The board Of regents consists OF
Chief Justice Edward D. White, Chan
cellor; Vice President Thomas R. Mar
shall; Senators Henry Cabot Lodge
of Massachusetts,; William j. Stone,
of Missouri and Henry F. Hollis, of
N. H.; Representatives Scott Fer
ris of Oklahoma, Eernest W. Roberts
of Massachusetts,, and James T. Lloyd
of Missouri; Messrs. Andrew White
of New York, Alexander Graham Bell
of Washington, D. c., George Gray of
Delaware, Charles F. Choate, Jr., Of
Massachusetts,, John B. Henderson,
Jr., of Washington, D. G., and Charles
". Fairbanks of Indiana.
Today, after seventy years, the op-
erations of the Institution are contin-
ued along these same general lines as
was formerly intended although other
features have been Incorporated. 1t is
international in its scope, and Govern
mental in its affiliations, now admin
istering several government support
ed bureaus, including the United
States. National Museum with its Nat
ional Gallery Of Art; the Bureau of
American Ethnology; the Astrophysi-
cal Observatory, the National Zoolo-
gical Park; the international Ex-
changeService, the official medium for
exchange of publications with foreign
governments, and a Bureau which pre-
pares and publishes an annual CLASH
fled index Of all the scientific publica-
tions of the world.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15
SHOE MEN PROFIT.

Brockton, Mass, Dc. 15-(By Union
Associated Press) A bonus amounting
to 10 per cent. Of their wages has
been granted to all employees of the
George E. Keith Company, shoe man.
u%facturers, for one year. The COM
pany has factories at Middleboro,
East Weymouth, Boston, North
Adams and this city and also controls
two other plants.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15
IRON MINERS O

Duluth, Mimi, Dec. 15-(By Union
associated Press) - Approximately
$4,000 miners employed by the indie
Nendent companies in the iron fields
It Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan
received a 10 per cent. raise in
,leir wages,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Hon. F. r. Birdsall fully maintained his repu-
tation as a live-wire newspaper editor and publish
err in the magnificent 2s-page Holiday Number is
sue of his Yazoo City Semi-Weekly Sentinel of
last Wednesday. 1t was a beauty, full Of juicy
advertising and interesting Christmas reading
matter.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Nicky L~ongworth lost fourteen hats on the
election, though he did not bet. Last July
he publicly said he would buy every Democrat Of
the Ways and Means Committee a new hat if the
next House were not Republican by one hundred.
He bought the hats and they are being worn.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Heavy as was the blow Lr,tain handed Ameri-
can ships in refusing to scIl them coal at it's
coaling stations, experts say it is within it's
rights. The only answer is to establish our own
coaling stations.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15
YOU AND YOUR LITTLE WORLD.

Are you troubled? Go out in the autumn
night and look above. A thousand million stars
are there and more and each Of them a sun,
Around them revolve earths that number million
millions, but they are dark like ours and you can
not see any of them. So why should you worry?
Contemplating the greatness of the universe will
make you forget your petty grievances OF this
world.
1t is a good idea for you to think about the
magnitude of this universe OF which your world
of which your continent of which your country
Of which your state Of which your town OF which
you are part. How can you act little when you
realize you are an integer in this wonderful
whole?
Think of your sun, which gives the energy that
gave you life. 1t is only 100000 times as big as
your planet but it is so close-9O,O 900, 600 miles
that its light reaches you in eight minutes. Some
of the other suns are so far away-40,OOO 600, O0O-
600 miles-that a telescope does not enlarge it.
Others are SO distant that light travelling 100000
miles a second takes twelve to fifteen hundred
years to reach us here.
Stars are not the only things you see because
the planets near US reflect the light of our own
sun. Those around other suns, however, are WIS.,
ible. The moon is not as large as the earth but
it reflects considerable light. You have never
seen but one side Of your nearest neighbor. She
will not present her other half to your view.
Think of the comets which like suns, moons
and planets have fixed courses. The planets re-
volve about the suns, the moons about the plan
cts, the comets among them all and the whole
collection progresses through space. But Hal
ley's comet, which recently visited us, has a tail
$4,000, 900 miles long. 1t has appeared before US
only twenty-four times in the Christian Era.
After you have read this look at your starry
skies. Think how small your troubles are and
do not let them drag you down. How small you
are in comparison with these mighty bodies you
alone can know, but yet the same God who made
them made you. He has set you a little lower
than His angels and He will take care of you, but
you must help take care of yourself.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Speaking of campaign expenditures, wonder if
the ladies who contributed $$5,036 spent by the Ma
tional Woman's Party, think they got the worth of
their money?
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Lord Northcliffe, owner of a string Of pa
pers, is credited with being England's most pow
erlul man. There is little debt but that his pa
pers forced Asquith out Of the Cabinet.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Those seeking long jobs should not overlook
the National Commission that must be created to
pass on claims for property destroyed in Mexico.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Surprising a man has grossly insulted you,
would you wait until your family had taken a vote
on whether you should ignore it, or swat him?
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Oh, no, Of course there is no combination to
skin consumcrs-it just happens that merchants
who refuse to Jack up prices high enough cannot
get orders filled in some lines
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Don't know whether Bryan still favors govern
ment ownership of railroads, but he's out strong
against exclusive Federal control of them.'
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Official reports tend to clear New Workers. sus-
pected of financing a Felix Diaz revolution in
Mexico-he has only three hundred armed follow
ers.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Iwo-fisted manllness and ~sissiness may yet
have to come to grips to determine which shall
dominate the U. S. A.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

One little drawback to Bryan's demand for a
nationwide referendum before declaring war is
its lack Of push buttons.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Iowa must have no election bettors, as, not
outstanding its drastic sntl-gambling laws, Sem
ator Kenyon wants a Federal law imposing a fine
of $500 for every election bet.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Some how Senator Hoke Smiths announced
intention to try to force a vote on cloture doesn't
make a noise like speeding up the Senate.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

A man willing to get money by cornering nee
~essities is not likely to give grand juries evidence
that would help to convict him.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Tommy Marshall lost none of his nerve by be-
ing re-elected-he told the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress that "pork" should be cut out.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Wholesalers hooked up wi1sa grub gamblers do
not refuse to sell retailers --aoraly "regret that
your order cannot be filed ct TINS time" in tipped
off cases.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

The foxy Kaiser knows how to keep the Turks
loyal to him-he's ordered that booty captured in
Roumania be distributed in Turkey.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Have a notion there isn't much starch left in
Mr.. Starcher who was defeated for mayor Of
Umatilo, Ore, by his wife.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

When an Englishman now exclaims, "By
Georgei' he does not mean the King, but the
premier, David Lloyd George.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Residents of Athens can't see how they'd be
any worse off with Greece in the war, instead of
being a neutral.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

When it comes to making whirlwind To-day
campaigns, Field Marshal Won Mackensen is a
humdinger.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

If Congress had no better remedy for the high
cost of living than the investigation in the Dis
trict of Columbia, it had better drop the subject
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Federal investigation Of prices has popular
good will, but it must show something to get COM
mendation.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Probably the hecklers know nagging wives
who get what they want.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

England's wondering if the broom adage ap-
piled to premiers.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

Whoever started the war, bet an egg hes sorry
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-15

matter.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
WILSON'S CAMPAIGN
PROGRAM DISRUPTED
Illness of Presidents Sister Tnterferes
With Speaking Plans.
CBy the international News Service

CBy the International News service.) D
Asbury Park, n. J., Sept. 15.-President
Wilson's plan to enter actively into the
Democratic campaign by speaking in st.
Louis September 20 again has been dis
rupted. Reports from New London
Conn., late today. announced that Mrs.
Anne Howe, his sister, was likely to sue
cumb at any hour to the ailments from
which she is suffering
During the morning a bulletin received
at the executive Offices said Mrs. HoNo
was not likely to live through the day.
The President and Mrs wilson were al
the time on Spring Lake golf links. While
a messenger was on the way to inform
him Of the situation, Secretary Tumulty
arranged for a special train to carry the
White House couple to New London at
once.
The President returned to Shadow
Lawn and communicated with DR.. H. N.
Lee, Mrs. Howe's physician, by telephone.
Soon after this the tentative arrange
ments for the Presidents immediate de-
parture were cancelled 1t is understood
the physician repeated to the President
he could accomplish nothing by going to
New London now.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
FARMER FACES Charge
OF KILLING Child
R. E. Shipley. of Sunshine. Md. Held
After Infants Death.

Robert z. shipley. q farmer near Sun
shine. Nd. Is held in the Rockville, Nd,
jail pending the verdict OF a coroner's
jury as to the cause OF the death of
his year-old child.
The father, It is alleged. roughly
handled the child yesterday, irnicting in
turtes which caused the baby's death.
Mrs. Shtpley ran from the house
ostensibly to go to the spring for water
and telephoned to Deputy Sheriff Darby,
Of Gaithersburg. asking for her hus-
bands arrest. Darby telephoned Sheriff
Preston Hewitt, OF Gaithersburg for in
structions and was told to arrest Shipley.
When Darby reached the Shipley home,
Shipley had left in a borrowed buggy.
Later he was overtaken and arrested
An autopsy was held last night on the
child's body by DR.. C. H Mannar, Of
Bethesda, Nd. and DR.. Clinton n. De
Vilbiss, of Laytonsville, Md. Their find
ing was that the child had died from
a hemorrhage caused by an impact WITH
some soft body. DR.. Mannar said no
bones were fractured.
A preliminary hearing will be held this
morning at the Rockville Court House.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
BULGAR-GERMAN
LINES SMASHED
Allied Drive in Macedonia
Continues in Full Swing
CBy the international New. service)

CBy the International News Service.D
London, Sept. 1.-THE allied offensive
in Macedonia continues IN full swing
The Bulgar-German first line defenses
have been penetrated on the right by the
Serbs, in the center by the French. and
on the left by the Italo- British French.
The most notable success in the last
twenty-four hours was scored by the
reorganized Serbian army
After a three-day battle in which the
Serbian heir apparent, Prince Alexander.
gave the opening signal by personally
firing the first gun shot, the Serbs have
routed the conquerors Of their country
the town Of Florina, seventeen miles south
Of Monastir.
They carried the town Of Gornizevo in
an embittered dash at the point Of the
bayonet and gained firm foothold on the
crest Of Malkanidze mountain, northwest
Of Ostrovo Lake.
In their pursuit of the Bulgars they took
the village Of Eksisu, driving the defend
ers back twelve miles. Twenty-Five can
non and prisoners. as yet Uncounted, fell
into Serbian hands.
simultaneously the allied right wing
formed by the British on the struma
River, took by storm the town Of Maku-
kovo and two points to the north. i'm
mediately intrenching themselves. They
took 100 prisoners and ten machine guns.
Meanwhile the French. in the center,
between the Vardar and Lake Doirsn,
also pushed their lines forward. They
scored an advance half a mile deep on
a front OF about a mile.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
GIRL CLAIMS SHE saw
LAWYER Shot IN PARK
Wealthy Society Youth. Associate Of
Gunmen. Sought.
CBy the 1nten.t,ops, New, s,-,,,,

(By the International News sery1cel
New York, Sept. 1.-two mysterious
witnesses in the Dflworth murder were
discovered today.
They are Miss z. @. Ballard and
Hyman Mendelsohn.
Miss Ballard has told the police that
she was one Of the passengers in a
touring car that was close TO that Of
Dwight Dilworth in Lovers Lane, Van
Cortlandt Park when the lawyer was
shot, in the presence Of his companion,
Miss Mary McNif.
1t was not willingly that she gave this
information. When first questioned on
the subject by the police. she refused
TO admit that she had been near the
place. Under pressure. however, she
went as far as to reveal the fact, II II
was q fact, that she had actually wit
messed the shooting.
Another mysterious person, the son OF
a wealthy and well-knovn family. may
be called as a witness. There are indi-
cations that he is believed to have been
leading a JekyIl and Hyde existence.
While his associates by day have been
above suspicion. he is said to have had
unexplainable relations by night with
lawless characters, commonly known as
gun men.
In fact there are many reasons for
believing that the Dilworth murder was
another crime traceable to hired gang
sters provided with an automobile. and
commissioned TO take a human life for
a price provided by others Of much high
er position in the social scale.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
BLACKLIST BACKED BY
LAW, CECIL DECLARES
British Soon TO Replyz- U. S. Protest.
Minister Avert.
By the, International New Service,

CBy the, International Ne~~s Service I,
London, Sept lb.-Lord Robert Cecil,
Minister Of blockade, announced this
afternoon that Great BritAin's reply q
the United States protest against IN,
blacklist will be ready in q day
two and will be delivered At once.
Lord Cecil, discussing the Ansve
with q correspondent OF the InternB
tional News Service, declared thA
Englands legal position in establish
ing the blacklist is unquestioned.
The blacklist, in it's operation. ma
be considered harsh" he said. 'rbu
Great Britain will be very glad
consider individual cases where Il
felt that an injustice is being done"
The Minister Of blockade declare
also that e misspprehension exists {
the United States regarding the Re
cent shipping restrictions as 70 Hol
land and the Scandinavian countries.
He said that the new British rulin
restricts only a rare few articles wit
which those countries are believed I
be plentifully supplied at this time, q
far as their own needs are concerned
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
NAVY SEEKS new
PROVING GROUND
Wrecking of Indian Head
House Hastens Decision.

Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, chief Of
ordnance Of the Navy Department, said
last night that the proving grounds for
the governments big guns soon will be
moved from Indian Head, Nd.
The change has been considered for
more than a year, but the decision to seek
a new testing field for big protectiles was
precipftated when a sixteen-inch shell.
travelling at almost incredible speed,
passed directly through the dwelling Of
Mrs. Mary Swami, several miles from the
grounds
The government will retain the Indian
Head location for the testing OF smaller
guns and projectiles, but the sixteen-inch
shells, capable Of penetrating the thick
est Of armor plate, will be tested at a
new site, where the danger OF accidents
viii be minimized.
I'VE have been considering this change
for over a year" said Admiral Strauss,
and while the new location has not been
selected, 1t will be chosen within short
time"
II Is probable that the new proving
grounds will be adjacent to the prospect
i've S11. 100000 government armor plate
plant. The general board OF the navy,
with Secretary Daniels, is now inspect
ing locations for this new Federal in
dustry, and when the selection is made,
the availability Of the site for the new
proving grounds win be among the things
considered.
The activities Of the Navy Department
gunners at Indian Head have resulted in
several minor accidents within the last
two years, and the difficulty Of policing
the property properly is another disad-
vantage that has brought about the de-
cision in favor Of a new location. 1t
would take more than 900 men properly to
guard the Indian Head property from
spies or persons disposed to blow It up.
Government officials are greatly pleased
with the result of the test OF the 16-Inch
projectile. thought 1t partially wrecked
the home Of the Swans.
II was the first 16-inch gun ever fred
IN the United States and the marksmen
underestimated its penetrating power
The engine OF death plowed through the
thickest Of armor plate, through a large
sand bank. and then continued on its
course through the upper part Of the
Swami house and fell in the yard after
spending its force. Mrs. Swami and her
children were in the kitchen and thus
escaped injury. Her husband, employed
at the proving grounds, was one Of the
crew that fired sic monster gun.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
APPROVAL GIVEN
GENERAL STRIKE
Central Federated Union, Of
N. Y. Favors WalkOut.
CBy the international News Service.

CBy the International News service.)
New York, Sept 15.-Recommenda-
tion for a sympathetic strike of $4,000
trades unionists in behalf of the car
men was made tonight by the Central
Federated Union at a special meeting
held in the Labor Temple.
Sanction of such strike by the par
ent organization is tantamount to an
order for the men to quit work.
Ernest Boehm, secretary of the
Temple Federated Union. said the
strike would begin some time between
tomorrow and Monday.
After adopting unanimously the
resolution of the committee of hve,
which last Sunday recommended a
general sympathetic strike of all
trades, the Central Federated Union
passed the following motion:
I'VE recommend. as a preliminary
to the general strike, that the Tide
water Boatmens Union, Longshore-
men, International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, engineers, firemen, plum
bers and such other trades whose la
Dor is keeping the traction cars run
ming, stop work, and we guarantee to
support them fully to the end
we also have decided upon a gen
eral boycott Of all railroads in New
York against which a strike has been
declared" said Secretary Hoehm. THE
committee of five will arrange at once
for picketing the various lines. All
secretaries of the unions afiliated with
the Central Federation have been in
structed to keep in constant touch
with the parent organization"
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
BRITISH CRUSH
FAMOUS TEUTON
SALIENT LINE
Thiepval = Combles Defense;
Torn Open, Menacing Ba-
paume and Peronne.

(by the international News serv1es)
London. Sept 1.-THE now famous Ger.
man salient line. ThiepvsI-combles. is pc
longer.
The British tore Il vide open todav
In a twelve-hour battle. on the eight.
mile front from ThiepvG to Gsnchy. ir
the face Of twelve hundred OF the
Kaisers most powerful Euns-lSo to
mile-they stormed, pierced. shsttsre6
ana then occupied that stretch Of the
German front north Of the Somrns urbfcb
hitherto had acted as a defiant blocE -
their advance on Combles and Bapaurne
The barrier broken down. Sir Douglas
Haig's troops pushed considerably beyond
II TO the northeast, carrying the menace
OF the Somme drive almost as ominouslv
( close TO Bapaume as It is 10 Combles
and Peronne
sThe end OF the fighting tonight saw
the Br1tsh In possession OF practically all
the high ground between CombIes ana
the Albert -Pozieres-Bspsume hIghwsvs
Three villa sges-Flere, Martinpuich ana
Courcelette-and High Wood, were com
pletely captured. as was the greater Part
Of BoUleux Wood.
The powerful German redoubt. called
"Wunder Work CWonder Work. be
cause OF Its supposed impregnablity vas
taken by storm In the turning OF the
salient tip near Thiepvsl More than
300 prisoners were taken. including
siXty-fve officers.
The day was the most successful for tSs
British since the initial phase OF the
Somme battle. For three days their in
fsntry had enjoyed comparative rest
while the artillery paved the way for to-
days new onrush
The French, though not launching an
attack on a large front. worked hand in
hand with the British in drawing the
ring around Combles still closed
The French war orrice announced TO-
night that Gen. Fochs troops took a
system OF German trenches SO metres
deep north OF Le Priez farm. which fell
into their hands yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-16
mot ONE PLAGUE CASE
REPORTED IN WEET
District Health Departments Paralysi.
Record Blank.

For the first time since early June. the
District Health Department has gone an
entire week without receiving a report
Of a case OF infsntile paralysis.
When the department closed last night
II marked q seven-day period since the
last infantile sufferer vas listed. Dr.
Fowler feels confident that cases OF the
disease in the District henoefoTth will be
rare.
In New York. Massachusetts and other
States the spread OF the scourEe is stiu
serious. but the malsdy has not been cpl
demic here, and when the annual ststis-
tics are compiled they will show only a
slight increase over the normal figures.
The last case reported disclosed upon
investigation that the disease had been
contracted in Connecticut
There have been four deaths from the
disease, and about fifty sufferers IN the
District The majority Of those stricken
are well on the way TO recovery.