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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03

The pensioners of Mississippi will
not receive their annual pay checks
from the state this year until the lat.
ter part of November or December,
and until the tax collectors OF the va
rious counties have gotten together
enough money for this purpose.
This applies to those of Forrest, as
we'll as other. counties In the state
The announcement was made this aft
ernoon by Chancery Clerk Herbert Gill
liz. who has just returned from a
1us.loss trip to Jackson. when he
conferred with the state auditor on
the question
The pension funds have been dis
tributed in October during recent
years. At the last session Of the leg.
islature, however, the time for paying
the teachers of the state was changed
by that body. In the past, one.third
OF the school funds was payable in
June, and the remaining two-thirds in
January. Under the new system, one
third is payable in October, and the
remaining two-thirds six months later.
: Teachers Get Money.
This means that the moneys former
ly paid to the pensioners has been
given to pay the expenses of conduct
ing the schools Of the state, and the
money to the credit Of the various
counties for their pensioners is ex-
hausted. There will be no more in
the treasury for that purpose until
the tax collector starts on his rounds.
This year, the work Of getting out
the tax receipts has been delayed by
1.-THE State Tax Commission which held
the rolls of Forrest county, and the
other counties Of the state until q
short time ago Consequently it will
be impossible for the sheriff's office
| to begin taking in money in large
amounts until much later in. the year
than formerly.
| In past years. many taxpayers met
their obligations to the county and
the state during October and Novem
Der. It is not expected that mucl
1 money will be collected this month.
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03
BRIDGES MADE NEWMAN
DEPUTY SALES manager
SUCCEEDS SAM EATON; E. p
LEMON PROMOTED TO ORDER
CLERK IN LOCAL OFFICES.

A number of changes and promo
!tions in the Office force of the j.. .
Newman Lumber Company, has re,
suited from the resignation of Sam
Eaton, assistant sales manager, who
left for New Orleans Wednesday to be
located permanently
Eugene Bridges, order clerk, has
been made assistant sales manager
succeeding Eaton, while E. B. Lemon
in charge Of sales analysis and the
books in that department, was made
order clerk, succeeding Bridges.
The changes are effective now.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03
$4,000 Each If
Girls Can Cook a.
Hrsf-CIass Dinner
IF THE GRANDCHILDREN CAN'T,
THEY FORFEIT THEIR
LEGACY.

New York, Nov. S.-Three grand.
daughters Of Mrs. Marie zinsser, who
died October. 26, will receive $4,000
each il they can cook dinner under
conditions specified by their grand.
mother in her will filed for probate
today. Otherwise the legacy is for.
feited.
The beneflciaries under this bequest
are Miss Peggy zinsser, student at
smith College,; Miss Helen zinsser,
of Bryn Mawr College, and Miss Mar
garet zinsser, who lives with her
father, Dr. Hans zinsser, of hits city,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03
Berlin Declares That Car
Forces Charged z Times.
But Were Defeated.
SUFFERED BIG LOSSES,
BUT MADE NO ADVANCES
Allies Ring Of Defensive Fortifica.
tons About verdun Have Been Re-
established With the Occupation Of
Fort vaux, Which Was Taken with
out Resistance Germans Admit
Loss Of Parts Of salIly-saIIlisei.
loss q Parts q saiIIy-saiIlIsel.

Fort yaux is again in French
hands, and with Fort Douamont al
ready regained, the Allies ring Of de-
fensive Notifications about verdun
has been re-estabIished.
Paris reports that the French, uu-
resisted, last night occupied Fort
Vaux, which the Germans evacuated
Wednesday night. Berlin admits that
the Germans Lost portions Of Sally
saillisel. but claims that the British
and the French were repulsed east Of
Guedecourt. and north of the ST.
Pierre-Vaast wood The Germans
claim further successes against the
Rumanians, and also report the Rus
slams were repulsed southeast Of
Lemberg
There has been but little change on
the Macedonian front, Sofia reports
that the Bulgarians repuised the Serb
ians along the Cerna.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03
M'NEES TRANSFERRED
TO VICKSBURG OFFICE
,listtiesburs Manager Of Western Union
4 To Leave For New Post "Wednesday.

L. K. McNees, connected with the
Western Union Telegraph Company for
the last is years, and since June. 1915.
manager Of the Hattiesburg office o.
the company. has been promoted and
transferred to the viclzsburg branch
Jas manager He win leave for his
new position Wednesday morning. the
lnay Following the election.
| Mr.. McNees win succeed a teEus
porary manager, sent to viclzshurg by
! the superintendent's office In Merias
fan
4 Mrs. McNees viii accompany him -
lfar as Jackson Wednesday, aud with
lstop off there for a while visiting reIA.
liixes and sriends. i
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03
10 SEND DELEGATES
TO n. 0. STOCK SHOW
MAYOR HATsoN BECOMING INTER.
EsTEp IN EXHIBITION TO
BE GIVEN THERE.

Indications are that many South
Mississippi cattle breeders and grow
lers will attend the National Farm &
Live Stock Show to be held in New
Orleans, beginning Saturday, Novem-
sber IL. and continuing through NO
vember 19.
An invitation to all Hattiesburg and
Forrest county 10 attend the exhibition
was issued today by Mayor Behrman
through Mayor T e Batson Of this
city.
Monday, November IS will be sGul
States Day. 1t the fais.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03

Berlin, Nov. S.-Reverses of the
forces Of the czar in their attempt
to reach Lemberg, tho objective OF the
spectacular drive begun some days ago
when the Russians received increased
amounts Of ammunition, have occurred
during the last "a hours, according to
the official statement issued this af-
ternoon by the War Office.
The statement declares in part:
"The Russians charged seven
times yesterday in their attempt
to recapture the positions the Ger
mans took at Narayuvka, southeast
of Lemberg. The Cars forces suf-
fered exceptionally severe losses,
and gained no successes.
"Portions Of SaiIIy-SaiIliseI
which the Germans captured, were
rtakn by the French last night
and this morning. The Allies fall
ed to advance east Of Gueudecourt
and the northern part Of the ST.
! Pierre-Vaast wood.
aThe Austro-Germans have penc-
trated farther into Rumania, in the
! district southwest Of Predeal, and
southeast Of Rothenthurn."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03
RELEASE DELIVERY
BOY FOR SPEEDING
Books Of Department Store Show He
Was Not on Fourth Street Then.

Will Jones, negro chauffeur and de-
livery boy for 0'Ferrall's, was released
by Mayor Batson in Police Court to
day, on charge of speeding The
books Of the store did not show that
Jones made deliveries on Fourth
street, where he is said to have vic
Hated the speed regulations, on the
lday III question.
The case has been hanging fire il
lPolice Court for. sQp'e a'aelEy
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03
/ $50 MERCHANTMEN
SUNK IN 27 MONTHS
6eiliserent Nations Send Many Yes
sells to Bottom, Tables Show,

New York. Nov 81 Eighteen hun
dred and twenty merchantmen have
been sunk by helligerent nations dur
ing the n months OF the war ending
November /, according to figures COM
piled from cable and mail advices,
and published today by the Journal
Of Commerce.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03

a test involving hundreds OF thou
sands Of dollars, and the very exist
ence OF many banks in Mississippi, is
to be made of the law empowering the
newly-organized State Tax Commits
sion, which came into being as a re-
suit of action taken at the last ses-
sion of the legislature, to raise at its
own discretion, assessments made
against financial and other institutions
by the assessors Of the various coun.
ties.
Whether the three Hattiesburg
banks will join in making the fight
for themselves, or whether they will
cooperate with other financial institu.
tipns of the state in carrying a test
case to the Mississippi Supreme Court
is. not known.
So sudden was the announcement
OF the commission made a few days
ago, that all banks in the state must
be assessed dollar for dollar on their
book values, and of the decision OF the
State. Equalization Board, which has
just concluded series of hearings in
jackson, that the figures of the for
mer shall stand, that the Hattiesburg
bankers have not yet been given time
to outline campaign of attack.
TO Appeal Decision.
II is known, however, that they are
not going to submit to the increase
ordered by the s.ate board, until the
matter has been carried to the high
est courts.
Should The high courts rule that
Z the orders of the board shall be car
ried out, and that the banks must pay,
this year, taxes ON an amount equaling
the book value of their stock, it opens
the way for action of the state revenue
/, agent which, it is said, will be taken
up Immediately.
IF the ruling of the board that the
banks shall be assessed at 100 per cent
of their book value, this year, IS up
held. there is nothing 10 prevent the
state revenue agent from stepping II
and saying, If mat rate is legal now
Il should have feen so in the past
Therefore there is much back taxes
due.' Ana then there will be genera
swooping down on the treasures O
practically every bank in Mississi1 pi-'
This is the way that one financia
authority expressed it today Contlnu
ing, he said
Will Wreck Banks.
Many banks in Mississippi are iron
"a " 10 Years old. If back taxes AM
double back taxes are required q I'M
older institutions, it means that the'
l viii be bankrupted. Even the strong
est viii be given near-death piow;
n il understood that the Mississipl
pankers' Association Is considerin
ire proposition. There are TWO Q
fIree ways the banks may cause 2 q
lay in the collection, One Is Oy Ss secul
ine an injunction against the state an
county authorities, restraining thel
from collecting on the increased rate +
another is to carry the fight INTO %
circuit court, and from there e y
state supreme court; while the TIM
L to pay the sum exacted, and the
bring suit against the officials for !
recovery carrying this matter to u
mississippi Supreme Court
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03
STATE COMMISSION
WON'T MAKE CHANGE

Jackson, Miss, Nov. s.--Wednesday,
November /, was the last day under
the law providing for Mississippi
tax equalization system, for the hear
ing or filing Of protests BY interests =
fcontinued on Page Four)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03

The fuel shortage situation today
began to assume the proportions of
real menace.
Reports began reaching Hattiesburg
from many industrial centers Of the
inability to obtain normal coal sup
plies.
Prices here are going steadily up
ward, and unless the car situation is
relieved within the next 60 days, there
will be famine.
With cold weather in sight, there
is not enough domestic coal to last
South Mississippi two months, de-
clared ono dealer today.
The Hattiesburg Traction Company
has about Today supply for fuel
purposes on hand, and General Man
ager Wheeler is keeping the wires to
the mines hot today to know when he
may expect more. If the weather
turns cold suddenly, the reserve sup
ply of the Firm Lumber Company will
be cut into materially, in two weeks.
The price of coal is $3.50 and $3.50
ton today.
"We will not be able to purchase a
new supply and sell it at these figures,
for months yet, anyway said one
dealer today.
Industrial Activity.
With the greatest industrial activity
the country has ever known, keeping
factories and blast furnaces on "a
hour service, and the railroads facing
the greatest traffic in their history,
an unheard Of demand for coal has
arisen, according to authorities here.
Coupled with the immense demand
for coal, the railroads. with all avail
able facilities working at maximum,
are facing the worst car shortage they
have ever experienced.
In efforts to move shipments Of all
classes, awaiting cars in every indus
trial and agricultural shipping point
in the country, the roads have con-
verted to general use, large numbers
of specially designed cars including
thousands OF cars normally used only
| for coal.
The unprecedented activity on the
railroads has meant the greatest coal
consumption by the railroads them
selves ever experienced, railroad men
declare. Not only has all rolling stock
been showed into commission, but the
consumption per locomotive, with
heavily loaded freight trains. has been
increased.
| Domestic Consumption,
The domestic consumption, coal men
declare, will be greater than ever be
| fore. if the coal can be ontained
| AS an aggravation o. the situation
the coal mines have a tendency, ac
cording to coal experts of the United
| States Geological Survey, to limi
their production to the capacity of th'
carriers to haul the coal from th'
mines.
Z Practically no coal, it was asserted
!, lis stored at mines, to await transports
/ ton, Lack of cars to get their Goa
i away from the mines, viii, it is be
lllieved, result in general let-up /
} production until transportation eond
: tions return to normal
i Another factor that may figure, a.
cording to men in touch with the raj
d road situation, Is the preference on th
: part of carriers, where 1t is possibl
J. without obvious discrimination, K
/ Ilong-haul shipments, as more remun
rative With grain and industrial pro
}, lucts going through by the Thousand
o Of tons to the seaboard on long.hau
tContinued on Eage Two)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03
PENSION CHECKS
ARE HELD UP BY
LACK OF FUNDS
No Money Available Until An.
nual Tax Collecting Is
Under Way,
TEACHERS GET CASH ONCE
PAID TO THE VETERANS

New Law, Changing Time Of Paying
Educational Obligations, Cuts in or
Pension Fund, Which Will Not be
Sufficient to Meet Demands Until
After First of Coming Month-Force
Working Hard on Getting out the
Receipts.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03
COAL SHORTAGE
BECOMING ACUTE
IN HATT|tSBURG
Industrial Csntsrs Throughout
Country Report Inability
To Obtain Fuel
GREAT CAR SHORTAGE
DECLARED TO BLAME

Increased Demand Comes as Result Of
Countrywide Manufacturing Aetiv.
ity-Factories Are cramped--New
Orleans g. Northeastern sends out
Call to Business Men to Aid in Dis-
patch Of Cars ~ Prices Jumping
Everywhere. 4.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-11-03
SAY BANKSCAN'T I
,STAND INCREASE.
IN ASSESSMENTS
Finauciers Aver That Commits.
sion's Decision, Carried Out.
Would Ruin Them.
WOULD OPEN THE DOOR
FOR REVENUE AGENT

They Declare That if Assessments
Are Made at 100 Per Cent of the
M I
Book Value of Their Holdings, This
Year, the Agent Could Demand Back
Taxes for an Indefinite Period, at
the Same Rate-To Test Law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24
28 Years Ago Today


(from the Daily East Oregonian
Nov. "a, 1889
Soon there will not be a stone
crosswalk left. They are all being re-
placed by the more comfortable and
convenient planks.
Two SIS notes drawn in favor of
DR.. G. w. King were lost by that
gentleman on the streets today.
Mrs N. q. Despair and James How
ard left on this mornings train for
Walla Walla, the former to visit her
daughters Miss Bernice, who is at.
tending school at that place and the
latter to his parents who now reside
in that city.
II. F.. Ankeney and william Wells
returned this morning from their trip
to the Columbia on goose hunting
expedition
A young man at Heppner became
loud on the street yesterday and was
fined s2U
\ splendid looking deer, graced by
four JOint antlers was brought to
town last night by Sam Walter. who
caught the animal at Laka
8. A. saylor is still absent from his
place Of business. He is experiencing
quite case of sickness, which we
hope will soon be raised.
The Umbira on her last voyage
crossed the Atlantic from New York
to Queenstown in six days. two hours
and 22 minutes, the best time yet
made.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24
Rocks Absorb Water.

The amount of water held in the
rocks or other materials composing
the earth varies greatly. owing to
many causes. The amount absorbed
depends on the porosity of the mate
rial, the slope Of the surface and the
size and abundance Of joint cracks,
fissures and cavities. The amount of
water In drift or surface materials is
dependent to some extent on the ma
ture Of the underlying rock. and the
amount which finds its way into the
solid rocks is dependent on the thick
ness OF the everything surface deposits
The amount Of water contained in the
earth's crust Ito depth of 3 miles)
has been estimated by different writ
ers with widely different results. A
recent estimate Is given by Fuller Of
the United states Geological survey,
department Of the interior. who con-
cludes that the total amount Of free
water in the earths crust would be
equivalent to a uniform sheet over the
entire surface Of the earth having
depth Of about 100 feet This Is but
a small fraction Of the estimate made
by other writer's
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24
THE STRANDED SHIP

nnANY years ago Ralph
JC Dement, was a respect.
ed Portland lawyer Of
considerable wealth. But for
10 years he had lived at the
Multnomah county poor farm
and only the charity of friends
or relatives saved him from a
pauper's grave.
The drug habit was the cause
of this mans downfall and his
fate has awakened sympathy.
In a eulogy at his funeral c. P,
Church, an old family friend,
said:
Mortality is beset with so
many adverse predicaments in
which the good intent is frus-
trated or overthrown, and so
many are buffeted by every
wind that blows in this topsy-
turvy world of ours, that one is
very bold to criticise when he
views the stranded ship and
the wreckage."
Very good, but sentimental
ism can take a still more prac-
teal and helpful turn if di-
rected against the traffic in
drugs that drag such men down
to the gutter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24
THE RAILROAD PSYCHOLO-
CISTS

ia AVE the railroads acted
VI wisely in bringing, as
they have done all their
legal artillery to play upon the
Adamson eight hour law?
They. have taken such action
Just preceding a session Of con-
gress froa which the country
expects further beneficial anti
strike legislation. In other
words IL railroads. desiring
favorable action by congress,
start out by trying to undo
what congress has accomplish
ed thus far. If they succeed
they vii. knock out the one
thing that stood between them
selves and a nationwide strike
in September. VIII that place
them IN good position to OBJ
Tain the most favorable consid-
GRAFTON OF the hands of con-
gress-pa articularly when it is
remembered that the gentle
man who has Just congratulate
ed the president-elect upon his
victory Is the gentleman who
as q candidate went before the
country denOuncing the eight
hour Law and its presidential
sponsor.
The railroads are not giving
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24
STOP TILE First COLD.

cold does not get well Of itself.
The process Of wearing out a cold
wears you out. and your cough be-
comes serious II neglected. Hacking
coughs drain the energy and sap the
vitality. For ~ years the happy
combination OF soothing antiseptir
balsams in Dr. Kings New Discovery
has healed coughs and relieved con-
gestion. Young and old can testify
to the effectiveness OF DR.. Kings New
Discovery for coughs and colds Buy
q hottie today at your druggist, SOC.
-Ady.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24
enough heed to political psy-
chology and psychology is al
ways an important subject.
THEY WOULD MAKE MAT
TERS WORSE

~ HE honorable Salem
" Statesman Joins with thC
lawyers in thinking thai
the initiative should be ham.
strung in some way. Petition
forging is the reason advocated
by the Salem paper for its at
titude and it points to the case
occurring some years ago
when forgery was charged in
connection with a University OF
Oregon referendum petition.
Granting that forgery may
be practiced at times in con-
nection with initiative petiti-
ons. is that a sufficient reason
for crippling the initiative be-
yond usefulness? Bank checks
also are forged now and then,
but no one ever recommends
abolishing checks or banks.
The forgerS are sought out and
punished and no one blames
the banking business for the
trouble. Yet it would be just
as logical to do so as to blame
the initiative law because there
are men who have forged
names to initiative petitions.
The East Oregonian is no
blind worshiper of any legisla-
tive system. If the initiative
could be improved this paper
would be glad to see the reform
occur, but it fails absolutely to
see merit in the various
proposed from time to
time. There is not one of them
but carries in itself worse
abuses than it would eliminate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24
A WONDERFUL TORPEDO

~ URING the last few weeks
80 carefully guarded tests
of a new aerial torpedo,
which is rumored to be of tre-
mendous military Importance,
have been conducted at an avi-
alton field near Mincola, N. Y,
before officials of the war de-
partment. The December Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine de-
scribes the weapon, which is
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24

Prior to the beginning of the
session all legislators are re-
spectacle men and get their
pictures published.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24

= necRed in gladness, robed in
. light,
y Life has sent us forth to fight.
y How shall We come back 70
q her
; How shall we acquit us
. here,
= Lake brave men who smile and
= sing,
= or like coward hosts of
. fear?
= Decked in gladness. armed with
y truth.
. Life has sent as forth like youth
y Sent us forth like youth to
y stand
. Every inch of ground we
= can,
. Brothers struggling hand in
. hand
. And forever man to man.
. Dccked in giadness. crowned
y with love.
y Life has sent us forth TO prove.
. Sent us forth to prove our win
, And assert our destined grace,
, 'Gainst the evil and the ill.,
Man to maa and face to
D face.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24

The Pendleton spirit is Pen
dleton First; factiOnal fighters
eat at the second table.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24

If the railroads would de-
vote more time to box car max
ing they might stop the car
shortage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24

Having demonstrated that
he has muscle Jack Frost has
kindly relaxed his grip on
eastern Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24

War is supposed to be bru-
tai; it is useless to complain of
its brutalities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24

Speaking Of street lights
why not have one at the inter
section of Garden and Alta,
now the postoffice is located
there?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24

It is noticeable that Presi-
dent Wilson did not wait for
any official returns" before
thanking his opponent for his
oongratulatory message.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24

designed to be launched from
ian aeroplane. 1t differs from
other Instruments of its kind
particularly in that it is auto
matically timed to explode Just
before striking the earth. this
permitting the force of its ex-
plosion to spread over a broad
area instead of being largely
spent against the ground. When
i'm use it is attached to the un-
der side of a craft in such a
way that an observer can re-
lease it, by means of a lever,
when flying over enemy terri
tory Before being launched,
the torpedo is understood to
be nonexploSive, but upon fall
ing 800 it., the timing device
sets itself. The detonation, it
is said, occurs at a certain
height above the ground ire
spective of from what altitude
the missile is dropped. Several
pictures accompanying the ar
ticle give one a good idea of
the appearance of the torpedo,
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-11-24

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