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The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
SHEFFIELD is FREED
OF RECKLESS DRIVING
MAN WHO RAN DOWN w. J. yohk
ON EAST PINE STREET YES
TERpAY DISCHARGED.

" A. Sheffield, driver for the Ap-.
ney Furniture Company, was dis
charged in Police Court this morning,
when he appeared to answer charEe
of reckless driving. 1t was Sheffields
car that ran into the peanut roasfer
of w. j. York, on East Pine street.
Yesterday, slightly injuring Mr. YORK.
Sheffield. who is from Pensacola,
Fla. wanted to plead guilty TO the
charge but Capt Farley, who was act
ing police Judge, insisted on hearins
the testimony Sheffield said It was
an accident, pure and simple, and MT.
sYork testified that he thought the
imam was not to blame
Mayor Batson. who arrested shef
field after the accident, was one Of ~
witnesses.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
For 40 Years an Engineer He Would
Non BE a South Mississippi Farmer

and of vegetables there, and | said
to my. family: I'm going down to
take peek at my farm in South Mis-
sissippi. And so I'm here
Mr.. Green, while railroader, knows
something about agriculture and farm
life.
Farm lands in Iowa and that Sec
ton are worth upwards of $500 an
acre" he said "True it is you can
raise big crops, but when one finishes
each winter, there is but little left, Il
takes so much money to buy fuel witt
which to keep heated, and it takes 81
J much grain and the like for the cat
, tie. yag
In the South itiis different. Cattl
, are fed but little, comparatively speai
ling and most of the year they can ru
: at large on the farm and subsist'"
q When Mr.. Green will come to h
r Sumrall farm he has not yet decide
ell II still have lot of years left
/ me for railroading," he continued, al
. I may stay on the job a while iong'
# Rnt this winter atmosphere and go
Al climate and rich lands. which, in
IN dentally, are the cheapest in t
world. certainly do appeal to me.
lie have farm here, and I'm going
w. hold on to it. One of these days
III hope II viii be my home when
Re, tire"
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
|W||l|AM RUTLEDGE
4 DIES AT SUMMIT
100 WEARS WAS ONE STATES
FADING BUSINESS AMP r.,
NANclAL MEN.

Nows of the death in Summit,
,. Of o'clock this morning, Oh
wi,,iam Rutledge, wen known
,hronpbout Mississippi, and for years
ano Of the states leading business
IA financial men, was received IN
uattiesburg today. The funeral wnl
10 neld from the Summit residences
mic afternoon at o'clock.
Mr.. Rutledge was brother-in-law
Of D.L. Basterling, of this city. N,
Tasterling, owing to the train scheu :
mes was unable to go to summit =
attend the funeral
Mr. Rutledge was born IN. ireian =,
about SO years ago, and came 70 u
United states in his youth. the cam m
70 south Mississippi before the ols
war and at the outbreak OF tna' s'ru
n,o enlisted in a mississippi ret
,ont ss and served throughout the co
aiot He lived in Covington couh
until 10 or 12 years ago, when ne
'o5ed to Summit. which place ?
rssn his home since that time
~ ue is survived by his wife' 4
dauehters and three sons.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21

For forty years an engineer on one
Of the great railway lines OF the Nor'n'
running through sleet and snow ram
and below-zero weather every wih'ei
- thot time. George Green, OF DaVeh-
~. Iowa is tiring of it all, and hopes
~, 70 he located in the balmy South-
,sna where warm sunshine is pereh'
n;al and where the coldest II ee's 'e'
aom would cause even front ~"
| chorus girl to shudder. 80,
| Mr.. Green is the owner OIL iols'
ocres Of South Mississippi cuto'e-
land purchased some months . Ss.
from the Cummings Company OF ~.
100 which organization is marke'in'
ne lands of the j. ]. Newman Lumoe
:. ,nanv from which the yellow pm
has been removed. :. IN
: .q'm getting pretty tired OF u aA'
~. creen said today. Il have been
y ra,,roader for forty-fye years. :,
J : forty years have sat at the 'nio., ~
le 20 the big engines of the Chicago ~
u YANKEE and St. Paul line ana na'
. exnerienced such cold as na'iVe
> n,x;e cannot imagine. For seNe'
= :. wears past have been engineer
! = the passenger service. -,
"a short time ago read the al.''
'as ..iaehure News about stra
=, nerries Il being in bloom on the =
~ coast; of watermelons being rips he
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21

Eliseo Arrodondo is the Carranza
minister to the United States who has
buen working hard since nineteen
Americans were shot in Mexico, to
preserve peace. He received from
General Carranza promise to hunt
down the bandits and bring them to
punishment.
The photograph on the right is an
other picture of General Jose Rodri-
guez, whose troops are credited with
having shot the American mining men.
He was captured near the ranch OF
| William r. Hearst three days aiter
the murders, and it was believed he
would be shot.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
IRA Associated Press.)

Albany, Ca, Jan. 21.-Five negroes
were taken from jail at Sylvester last
night by a mob, and were hanged to
one tree limb on the roadside on the
outskirts of Starkville.
The bodies containing many buiiet
holes were found this morning.
The negroes had been held in con
nection with the murder of Sheriff
Moreland, of Lee county, who was kill
ed by negroes in Worth county, dur
ing the Christmas holidays.
The mob entered the jail by a ruse
telling the jailer that the negroes
we're threatened by lynchrs, and tina
they were there to protect the meF
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
ARTHUR Y. JOHNSON,
MOVIE STAR" DEAD
PIONEER MOTION PICTURE ACTOR
PASSES AWAY AS RESULT
OF A BREAKDOWN.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21.-Arthur "
Johnson, the Lubin star, pioneer mo-
ton picture actor, died at his nome
here yesterday as the result OF COM
ple,e breakdown last spring, which
necessitated his retiring from active
work.
News of the death of Mr.. Johnson
was received with gerat regret by
thousands of motion picture patrons
throughout the country. An associate
of Dorothy Bernard, Mary Pickford'
Marion Leonard, Wilfred Lucas, King
Baggot, Mack Sennet, Thomas lnce
and other pioneers in the photoplay'
lhe was one of the first pupils OF David
lW Griffith in the old Biograph ana
linn oomnanies. and was rated as the
lmost accomplished light comedian on
the screen.
: Johnson was alone in his apartment
; when lie died. Last April ne sur
: fered a severe nervous breakdown, the
result of working continuously on pic
lture productions after his physicians
! had advised him to rest for at ieas'
six months The germs of tuberculo
sis had found lodgment, and his conai
tion was grave, when he submitted
himself to his physicians care. III
was given six months to live, at hrs'
III but this expert opinion was revised
s. and he was told he would recover
u he would rest six months.
- He refused, however, to OBEY III
laoctors and kept at work until b
- collapsed in the studio and was
'e' moved to Atlantic City. The 81
M hreezes seemed to benefit him,
gained strength, and was able TO
a turn to Philadelphia in the SUNNI
" with a prospect of going back to wo
this winter. But the Improvement "
81 onIy temporary. for he grew weaf
10 Through the fall and winter
or, Johnson was Tue nist W P"SS - "
ION of the group of young men and won
cod who virtually started the photoplay
,,se dustry. For the past four or five ye
: he was with the Lubin Company,
old appeared in a number OF spec'a'
sion ductions. He was careful artisl
ran- directed many of his own fiims
k to johnson was thirty-nine years
rred age. and a native of Davenport II
Iings His father was the Rev. Dr. M
Johnson, a retired Episcopal mini
gain who now lives at Northampton'
ZEN When nineteen years old Arthur
were away from college and became
raise actor. He appeared in the comp
, ma of Sol Smith Russell. Robert M
t the and Marie wainwright, playing
,ority riety Of E joined the s'o'
compaa years ago.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
START ON CLUBHOUSE
CONSTRUCTION SOON
LOCAL CONTRACTING FIRM IS
READY TO TAKE UP vicks-
BURG JOB.

The Burkes Construction Company
of this city, which was awarded the
contract fer erecting the $4,000 build
ing for the B'Nai Birth Literary AS
sociation at vicksburg, is preparing to
begin work on the building early next
week. 1t is not known how long "
win require to finish the work.
When completed, the building VIII
be one ne Of the handsomest and mos
complete in the South.
The plans had been drawn for ter
Ira Gotta walls, but it has been de
cided 70 use stone. Otherwise tn
original plans and specifications VII
be adhered to.
| Leon Weis, architect, OF New VI
LEANS. drew the plans. and he arrive
here yesterday to confer with Tn
building committee.
The club will have a fine ilorai
to start with; 5000 volumes; the'
iwill be ball room, stage, roof garde
!, swimming pool, etcetera.
Il The officers of the B. B. Club ar
: Joe Hirsch, president; R. We'll, fir
a vice president; l.. Baer, second vi
q lpresident; s.. Susman, treasurer; L
i. Hirsch, secretary; Henry N. Ley
n stage director; Jake Abraham, s
eeant at arms; Sam Brown, Jr, b
+ 8. Harry E. Rice, directors.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
SERGEANT UNANN0UNCED
CARRIES HIM TO JACKSON
Had Been in the Forrest County Jail
Tor Several Weeks for safekeepins.
HARRISON Believes That an Attempt
to Rescue Him Would Have Been
Made by His Pals in Course Of Time.
Many Suspicious Looking Mer
Around Jail Here.

Harry Lester, convicted train rob-
ber and bandit, who held up an L. C
N. passenger train near Bay st. Louis
several months ago and killed the bag
gage master, Peter Marcy, is now
in the Mississippi penitentiary, for
safe keeping.
Lester thinks he will be able to
break out Of the state prison, and for
that reason was strong for the idea
of being transferred there. The pris-
on guard. on the contrary, believe that
he never will be able to get away from
them unless he is pardoned, or is
freed, should he be given new trial
That is why they were anxious to
have the bandit in their charge.
Lester has been in the Forrest coun
ty jail for some time. He was brought
b~ e from Bay st. Louis severa
weeks ago, for safekeeping. The sher
iff there was afraid of the desperate
and asked Sheriff HARRISON to TAX
him in tow. This the Forrest count
sheriff promptly agreed to do. So on
morning while Lester was snorm
away behind the bars of the Bay 5
Louis cell which he was occupying
the sheriff and two Of his deputit
entered and awakened the man fro
his slumbers.
Without giving him any warnin
the officials brought him to Hattie
burg and he was locked up here.
spite. OF. the fact that their intentio
had been kept secret, the man W
able to secure, in some way, half
dozen fine steel saws, which we
found by Deputy Sheriff Frank "
liams and Jailer Bob McInnis VIII
they searched him.
WAS Closely Watched.
Lester was locked up in cell
himself, and close watch was X
on him.
For some days, however, suspici
persons have been seen ABOUT
CONTINUED on Page Ski
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
NO MORE PUBLIC
HANG|hGs HERE
HOUSE VOTES TO MAKE M'ss's-
s,ppI EXECUTIONS SECRET
IN THE FUTURE.

Special to The NeDs.
Jackson. Miss, Jan. 21.-There VIII
he no more public hangings in Missis-
sippi il the Senate looks upon the mat
ter in the same light as does the
House.
At O'Clock this afternoon, just pe-
fore the House adjourned, to meet
gain Monday at 10 o'clock, its mem
hers by a vote of 81 to 81, passed the
lGreen bill, providing that there snai
be no public hangings in the state II
the future.
| Both houses OF the, legislature go
down to real business this morning
| The House passed more than tweht
hills fayorably reported from the con
mittee on local and private Legislation
Mr.. Howerton, of Lee, introduce
a concurrent resolution in the Hous
nroyiding for the appointment OF
!, commission to sell the historic 0
can,tol In this city. The commissi'
s will be composed of senators ana re
|, resentatives, who will report back
: the session of 1918. This was referr
= to the committee on public buildin
r. land grounds.
n The question Of a tax levy ag'
i lbobbed up in the House today, whe'
be minority and a majority report W
Ilreceived upon the bill seeking to ra
"a the levy from 6 to mills. The
n iority report recommended that
re-. hill be not passed, while the mino'
tcontinued on fase sIx.)
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
Estes Loses in His
Bout With FliuUer;'
He Won't Discuss 1t
TRIES TO BOARD RUNNING AUTO
WHILE PURSUING PRISONER,
AND GETS HURT.

w. E. Estes, cashier of the city
got mixed up in an argu-
ment with Ford yesterday afternoon.
and the Ford won.
Estes is carrying sprained ankle
around with him today, and is declin-
ing to tell publicly all of the harrow
ing details Of the argument.
What happened is something like
this:
Walter Cuevas was convicted in the
police court a few days ago of carry |
ling concealed weapons, and was fined
| $s5 and COSTS He spent some time
lin the city Jail and on the streets, and
Yesterday he received a money order
Through the NAH and, accompanied
lby guard, was taken to the city hail
lu was found that he still owed $S2.bo.
This he paid, and then asked for his
lpistol.
Assessor Ed Rawls hardy knew
Iwhat to do about the pistol, SO he tel
lephoned Chief Bennett. Hold the
Imam few minutes," the chief said
.J think the county wants him on the
same charge of carrying concealed
8 weapons"
It Rawls told Cuevas to be seated
@ that the chief would talk to him IN
q few minutes. The prisoner, who a
ready had changed his prison stripe
1t for his civilian clothes, suspecte
something.
n "Does the county wait me?' n
Fl asked. and before Rawls could CIV
IL an answer, Cuevas had bolte
IT. through the door, down the steps, an
was in West Pine street, rushing ma
,e, Ily toward the bridge. Rawls starte
es in pursuit, as did Estes. Estes fe
at caught at the top of the steps at Il
an. city hall, and he tumbled half WI
down before he could catch himse
Rawls also stumped his toe. and
fell all the way down. But IN failif
the two officers made better tin
;, than If they had retained their To-
n ing.
~ The Ford car of E. N. Pack pass
at that time.- Oscar Estes, CHIEF en-
/, neer of the fire department; W.
Estes, and Rawls all hailed it. os'
Estes grabbed at one"side OF
motor car and w. E. Estes the otn
The former retained his hold put
.1ot latter slipped, and one of the whe
tho passed over his ankle.
o,r The car did not stop, however
III with Rawls on foot, and Oscar Es
,saa in the car, Cuevas was caught as
was crossing the bridge on West
street. He is now locked up IN
county jail.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
FOREIGN POLICY OF
THE U. S. ATTACKED
Chairman Of National Committee Oe'
clares the Country Has None.
,Rv Associated Press,

washington, Jan 21.--7Attaeks on
The Administrations foreign poiicy
featured the address of the speakers
TODAY before the National Security
League.
Henry wise Wood, chairman OF the
committee on national defense, de
clared that the United States has nc
foreign policy now Ex-secretary Q
the Navy Won Meyer criticized the or
aanization and composition Of tn
! United States navy.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
GERMANS FIGHTING.

Berlin, Jan. 21-It is official
nounced that the Germans are en{
in minor operations along the
sian front. They repulsed Russi4
tachments between Pinsk and
torysk.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
VILLA NOT CAPTURED
OFFICIALS DECLARE
GENERAL DENIES BAN.
LEADER HAS BEEN
CAPTURED.
fRn Associated Press.l

FL Paso. Tex, Jan. 21.-Fersistent
reports that Francisco Villa, the out
lawed military Mexican chief. has been
cantured at San Geronimo by the Car
rama general, Cavazos, were denieo
this afternoon by General Perrea, az
chihuahua.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
THE COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans, Jan. 21.-The cotton
market at 2:30 o'clock, was ii to IL
noints up. The opening figures were
March, 1908; May, 1924.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
PLAN TO BLOW UP
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
POLICE SAY THEY THWARTEo
/ AIMS OF MAN CARRYING
| EXPLOSIVE BOMB.

New York, Jan. 21.-The police an
nounced today that they believe IN
tho arrest last night of Michaele Gra-
siano, carrying a suitcase containing
a bomb, they thwarted a plot to pio"
up the Brooklyn bridge or the ne"
municipal building.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
CAROLINA WANTS TO
HEAR WILSON sPEEcH

Columbia, S. c.. Jan. 2l. The South
Carolina legislature today passed q
resolution urging the President 70 aa-
dress the legislature on preparedness.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
The War a Year Ago

Germans retake positions lost
to the French in the st. Michael
region
French claim the German cam
paign is hraken. s.
Fighting resumed in ANAL ~
lies on Rass|1n j f10r
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21

Vienna estimates that Z
the Teutonic Allies durif
months of the war have real
ly s,OoO,OoO prisoners: 10000
10000 machine guns, while
square kilometers of hostile
have been occupied.
Switzerland is preparing to
fourth loan of 10O,ooo,oo0 fra
cover the cost of the continued
lization of her army.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
5 u[lR0ES ARE
LYNCAED BY A.
GEORGIA MOB
Bullet-Riddsn Bodies Are Found
Early Today By Country
folks
ONE LIMB OF TREE HELD
ALL THE LlFELESS FORMS

Members of Mob Gain Entrance to
Jail by telling JaiIer That an e.
fort Was To Be Made To Lynch tho
Prisoners, and That They Had Come
To Prevent it--Were Held for XIII
ine Lee County sheriff During Ho'l
days.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21

London, Jan. 21.-Disp1
Vienna, by way Of Swi no
Paris. report renews lons
by the Austrians aga Aonte-
neerins. One Aust is re-
ported to be marc the Aor1-
attic toward AZ Albania.
while other Austrian reported to
be within 15 miles ofVcutari, whefe
| it was recently stated. the otene;
ligrin seat Of goysr1ne ~
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-21
Campaign IS o
AGAIN AGA|NS
|MONTENEGR!|NS
y, ~
ing Tow vary
SERB PREMIER AND 200
SOLDIERS NOM At COZ
Vienna Estimates That the Teutenle
Allies, During the Last Y Merths
Of the War, HAYS Captured Ne1e
Than 100000 Soldiers; 1000
Guns, 10000 Machine Guns, and Ars
Occupying 100000 Square ki'oms.
ters Of New Land.
(By Associated Fress.)

Paris. Jan. 21.-Athens reports that
the Serbian premier and several |H
listers, with 200 Serbian officeI
soldiers, have arrived at Corf
Evening star., 1916-07-31
NATIONAL MILITARY TRAINING.

This will
negative the entir
of natio will place
the
vded in the Constitu
training before
the o
produce the force t OF
ne
of
nvigoans
that 1880 legis-
ed with OF
City ana state ''
Washing
D. -
Evening star., 1916-07-31
GOMPERS CAN'T COMBINE
SOCIALISTS, HE DECLARES
Secretary Of International Bureau
Doubts Americans Ability to
Bring Party Together.
Core spondence of the Associated Press.

Core spondence Of the Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, July 10.-"If the inter-
national socialist bureau has not as yet
succeeded in bringing the Austro Ger
man and aliiod socialists togother.
President Samuel Gompers OF the
American Federation of Labor GER
tainly could not accomplish tho task"
says Camille Huysmnns, sccretnry Of
the international socialist bureau, to
correspondent of the Associated
Press. in nnswor to n proposal OF Mr..
Gonpers to hold a world labor con-
ference during the progress OF the
peace conference following tho war.
Mr.. Huysmans pointed out that any
international conference without the
participation Of the British and French
socialists would be farce in that its
decisions would be entirely lacking in
influence.
He declared his belief that Mr..
Gompers' proposal at present is i'm
practicable, and he deprecated the idea
of the American or international trade
union organizations trespassing on the
political main of the socialist inter-
national bureau. He declared that
such a conference would have to be
held under the auspices of the latter
organization, and naturally he would
approve of such congress II the Brit
ish and French were willing to partici-
pate.
The socialists constitute the center
of gravity in the matter of infiuencin &
the war and when they are ready to
act" Mr.. Huysmans declared. "a con-
gress should be held even without
awaiting the peace conference" He
believes. however. that the war will
continue until next year, considering
the great obstacles to peace that are
apparent at present.
The Dutch socialist organ, Het Volk.
applauds Mr.. Gompers' idea, but doubts
the practicability of such a plan save
under the auspices of the socialist in
ternational bureau 1t asks whether
he is acting after consultation with
President Legien of German Inter
national Trade Union Alliance. who
might regard it as undesirabl to
| advocate the plan himself for compre-
hensible reasons"
Evening star., 1916-07-31
STRIPPING OFFERED OLD JOB.
Convict Ex-Police Chief Has Chance
to Resume Place at Danville, Va.

MACON, Ga, July 31.-Thomas Edgar
Stripping, who for nearly four of the
fourteen years he was an escaped con-
vict from Georgia served as chief of
police at Danville, Va. under the name
of "R. E. Norris" passed through here
yesterday en- route to join his family
at Columbus, Ga; and announced that
news of his pardon Saturday by Gov.
Nat e. Harris. had been followed by
an offer from the president of the board
Of aldermen at Danville for him to re-
sumo his position as police chief there.
The former Danville chief said he
wanted to rest for a short time and
would decide later what he would do.
Evening star., 1916-07-31
order maintained, life and property
preserved.
Nations Growth Thirty Fold.

From Washington to Wilson there
have been many changes. From OK
carts to motor cars. a days journey
has increased nfty-fold. The nation
has grown thirty-fold. Wealth has
multiplied beyond computation. The
power of men for good or evil is un-
limited except only by the Ruler Of the
Universe.
1T is said that there will be no more
wars between nations, duello. Future
wars will be group against group Of
nations. The end justifies the means
is the code and standard Of many.
Our ship of state is in storm on
a sea Of blood. Every citizen Is in
of duty. If he does not know that
duty let him learn 1t quickly and to
that end pledge life and fortune and
sacred honor.
"As the men of Israel stood more
than three thousand years ago under
the colors and about the tabernacle. so
must stand the fighting hosts about
Evening star., 1916-07-31
LSF|GHT|NG MAN
HOPE OF THE nation
Henry H. Sheets Discusses
Preparedness Before Ma
tionaI Service Body.
ANCIENT RECORDS QUOTED
SHOWING ENFORCED UNITY
Finds From the Lessons of the Past
That the United States Must Set
Its Defenses in Trained Men.

From ancient times on the first day
Of the second month in the year the
people Of Israel numbered with their
armies every male from twenty years
old and upward able to go forth to
war;" says Henry H. Sheets, secretary,
discussing the general subject of Pre-
paredness" for the Association for Ma
tional Service.
six hundred thousand. three thou
sand f1ve hundred and fifty people. the
nation stood with their standards and
ensigns. As they encamp, so shall they
set forward, every man in his place by
their standards.
Under the standards Of Judah, Reu-
ben. Ephraim and Dan, Blue, Purple,
Scarlet and White, the nation moved
forward. bearing the Ark of the Cove
nant in its center, containing the Di-
vine Commands Of the Decalogue.
The central idea was union. The
purpose, national unity. The method of
enforcement was the readiness of every
male from twenty years old and up
ward to go forth to war, under his own
standard and under the ensign of his
fathers house.
Every man may judge the future by
the past. There is no other way. Men
become soldiers by training and fight
ing. There is no other way.
Evening star., 1916-07-31

the temple of human liberty, the tenn
pie of American liberty, or else be
swept away to make room for filter
people,"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-12
SAYS DUMMIES" ARE
A COMMON THING

It's a regular thing for business
men to have their stenographers and
secretaries hold titles to real estate
which they (the stenOgs. and secs.)
don't own, according to Miss Mar
guerite Hurter. She is named by
L. w. Gillet as a dummy" and
threatens he may regret having used
the term dummy"
ct is done every day." says Miss
Hurter. 81 hold title to 100000
worth of-property. Some Of it is
mine, but most of it belongs to o. C.
Hagen. I formerly was his secretary.
I get my commission in matter of
this sort just as in any regular BUSH
ness. transaction.