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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
TRANSFER COMPANIES
ARE TO Be HALTED
POLICE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS
ARE TO BREAK UP TRES
PAssERs AT STATIONS.

Representatives of transfer compa-
nies who solicit business on the plat
forms Of Hattiesburg railway stations,
are to pay the price when detected by
either the county or the city officials,
it was announced today.
The police and the county authori'
ties have been given instructions to
keep a close watch on these persons.
Complaints have been made by the
Northeastern, the Gulf 6 Ship Island,
and the Mississippi Central officials
that passengers are being interferec
with by the activities Of these trans
fer men.
Paul venitz was arrested yesterda,
on charge Of soliciting business OF
the platform Of the New Orleans 4
4 Northeastern station. He will b
given hearing tomorrow morning b.
Mayor Batson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
PURSUING
VILLA AND HIS BAND
GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS AFTER
OUTLAWS WHICH ATTACKED
CHIHUAHUA CITY.
(By Associated Press.)

Ell Paso, Tex, Sept 1S.--Two col
umns of government cavalry today are
pursuing into the rugged Santa Clara
canyon, Villa and his band which Sat
urday attacked Chihuahua City. To
days reports indicate that the Villa
force numbered approximately 1.50O
and was opposed, by garrison Of
about 1000.
From the number of dead and
wounded picked up by the pursuing
forces, it is now estimated that Vii
las casualties were about $50.
Villa, himself, directed the attack
but did not enter the town.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
AGENT LEAVES POST
AHEAD OF THE SHERIFF
G. & S. lis MAKE REPRESENTA-
TIVE DESERTS OFFICE WHEN
AEFIDAvlT's MADE.

With the disappearance from Make
ON Friday Of o. N. Lamar, for years
agent Of the Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad at that place, following the
making Of an affidavit against the man
on a Forrest county farmer, much
speculation as to the whereabouts Of
the railroader is being engaged in.
Lamar left Make suddenly, and for
several hours the railroad offices there
we're without keeper. A train drew
into the station Friday and the con
ductor entered the office to find it
vacant The Hattiesburg offices were
notified, and F. L. Yates, of D'Lo, was
| sent to Make to take charge OF ths
i office.
! An examination of Lamar's books
4 was made, and all the money was
accounted for.
The affidavit made against the agen
charges statutory offense against tn'
4 daughter of the farmer. Lamar ha'
asked for leave of absence but tn
Hattiesburg offices were unable to pr'
4 man in his place at the time. FIR
J day morning, Deputy Sheriff Fran
Williams, armed with the affidavit lei
for Make to arrest the man. He foun
the station closed and Lamar had val
lished.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
GRAVEL ALLEY AFTER
SEWER is COMPLETED
CITY HAVING WORK DONE; WILL
ASSESS HALF COST AGAINST
THE HOUSE OWNERS.

The work Of laying storm sewers
in the alley connecting Main and For
rest streets, was begun today, under
the supervision of the city authorities.
AS soon as this work is completed,
the alley will be graveled.
The thoroughfare in question is on
the block bounded by Main and For
rest. Front and West Pine streets. Il
is used continuously.
Arrangements were made by Mayor
Batson with the property owners to
have the city make the storm sewer
connections at cost, and gravel the al
lev, and assess half Of the damages
against them
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
New French Thrust.


London, Sept 1S.-The new French
thrust south of the River Somme, in
Northern France, where the important
railway town of Chaulnes is their OBJ
ieetiye, has resulted in the complete
enoircling of the vill5Ee Of Deniecourt,
the Paris war office officially an
nounces this afternoon. Deniecourt
forms tho center of the wedge which
the French are driving into the Ger
man lines north OF Chaulnes.
Heavy counter attacks by the Ger
mans on the new French positions
both north and south of the Somme.
have been repulsed, according to to-
days report which adds that the Ger
mans sustained enormous losses. The
French took 1900 prisoners and 10
machine guns.
The British are keeping up their
forward push north of the Somme,
and scoring their advance, however.
at isolated points, apparently in an
operation to straighten their lines.
On the Macedonian front, the En-
tente attack in the struma valley north
and east of Saloniki was repulsed by
the Bulgarians, according to Sofia dis
patches. The forces under Field Mar
shall Won Nfackensen are continuing to
progress in the campaign in the Ru-
manian province Of Dobrudia, sohs
also reports.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
Germany Has Army of 100000
Opposite Allies on the SOn1n1e

tinuous hail of trench bombs. The
Germans are trapped by mine explo'
sions or a barrier of artillery fire into
the communication trenches and die
or surrender. The surrenders are
growing, reports show.
AS knew the original British army,
feel privileged to make a compari'
son. This new army is now as profess
sional as the old one. The remaining
old battalions look like the new. There
is no distinction. 1t fights with the
same tenacity and has the advantage
over the old army in physical type.
Nc. Need to Use Home Troops.
Massed throughout Northern France,
they show how long England can fight.
At least 100000 men could be thrown
against the Germans at this one point
without touching the reserves at
home. 1t is impossible to use them
all at once in trench warfare, but
they are advancing continuously.
| At the present rate of losses Eng
land could fight straight through neX'
summer without new troops. BY thai
time, at the present rate of gain, Ger
many will not have much of France
left. II the Germans can stand an
other year like the last two months
ON the somme, the British and Frencl
surely can.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
BY ARNo DOS cH-FLEuRoT.

somme 1SIn
steady British
the Officers soldiers alike
with the strength and while figuring
back always
talking year. phrase byword
They and the
The Kaiser
contemplate little but the British
army There certainly
conempby the Somme reinforce
ment literally there to the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
(Bg Associated Press.)

Athens. Sept. 1s.- -Nikolas Kalagero
Pouloua- the new Greek premier,
made this declaration this afternoon:
"The new ministry will follow
benevolent neutrality toward the
Entente Allies. It will decide it's
attitude in other respects after
examining the situation and study
ing all the diplomatic documents"
The new premier Indignantly re-
pudiated any suggestion that he was
pro-German.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
(By Associated PreSs.)

Washington, Sept. 1s.-Generai
Funston was directed by the War
Department today to return one
national guard regiment to its
home station for each new reel-
ment of militiamen sent to the
border.
There are 10000 suardsmen
Estill in state camps. These Will
move as rapidly as necessary ar
ranqements can be made. 1t is
indicated at the War Department
that no general movement OF the
ouardsmen toward their homes
will be ordered until the decision
affecting the border situation mas
been reached by the American
Mexican commission at the meet
ina in New London.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
SISTER
BURIED IN CAROLINA
BURIAL SERVICE SIMPLE; coLuM-
BIA PEOPLE MADE NO
DEMONSTRATION.
fBn Asgociated press.l

Columbia, S. c., Sept. 1S.-President
Wilson came here todsg 10 pury his
only sister, Mrs. Annie Howe, who
died Saturday morning at New London,
Conn.
( Simplicity marked the funeral and
burial services.
The people of Columbia respected
the Presidents grief, and made no
demonstration.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
NOTPRO-GERMAN
GREEK PREMIER
.HOTLY DECLARES
Repudates Any Suggestion That
He Sympathizes With
Central Powers
SAYS GREECE WILL BE
"BENEVOLENTLY NEUTRAL

New Head Of Cabinet Says the Future
Attitude Of the Kingdom Depends
Upon the Results Of Further Exami-
nation Of the War Situation and the
Study Of All the Diplomatic pocu-
ments-For Time, No Change in
This win Take place.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE
OFF UNITE THURSDAY
NEW YoRk's MAYOR WILL MAKE
ANOTHER EFFORT TO ADJUST
GARMENTS DIFFERENCES.

New York, Sept. 1s.-After con-
ference with Mayor Mitchell and a
number of labor leaders, 1t was an.
nounced that there would be no
sympathetic strike to aid the strik-
ing street railway employees until
Thursday, at least.
In the meantime, the mayor will
make another effort to adjust the
differences between the traction
companies and the employees.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
MILITIA CHIEF DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
General Mills Sick With Pneumonia
only is Hours When End Comes.
tBu Associated Press. J

Washington, D. c., Sept. 1S-A4ajor
General Albert L. Mills, chief Of the
Division. of Militia Affairs, and former
president of the War College, died OF
pneumonia today. He contracted the
case exactly is hours before death
came.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
NOT BREMEN BUT U. S.
CRAFT WHICH rs SIGHTED
connecticut's Fit of Excitement at
Presence Of Boat Was False Alarm.
(Bg Associated Press. !

New London, Conn., Sept. 1S,-The
submarine reported approaching here
late last night, which was believed to
be the German merchant submarine
Bremen, was an American craft 70.
turning from maneuyers It developed
today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
THE COTTON MARKET.

New orleans, Sept. 1S.-The cotton
market at 1880 o'clock was; January
1872, opening at 1916; March, 1923
opening at 1855; October, 1874, open
ing at ab.o5; December, 1858 opening
at 1882.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
100000 TROOPS
IN FRANCE FOR
BRITAIN'S CALL

correspondent Finds That Gen. Haigs Men do Not Expect
Quick End of War; But Are Always Talking of "Next
YearCertain They Can Garry Conflict to German Soil
--New Army Professional Old and Better Physical
y-At Present Losses Can Fight Through Next Summer
Without Reinforcements--Ka Has 100000 Men
Opposite Allies on the Sommc.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
STATE MILITIA
. 10 CO TO BORDER
WITHIN z WEEKS
Cuardsmen in jackson Mobiliza.
lion Camp Expecting Moving
Orders Any Moment
LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND
FURLOUGHS DISCONTINUED

Mississippi Boys Are Given Sweaters
and Winter Clothing, and are Being
Made Ready for at Least Three
Months Campaign Along the Inter-
national eoundary-officers and Men
Have Been Given Instructions to Stay
Near Camp.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18

The Mississippi National Guara WIN
he encamped somewhere along Tue
Maxican border within two weeks \
the p,ans of the War Department al
ready agreed upon, and transmltteu 70
~ reoimental officers at the Jackson
mobilization camp, are not changeu III
the meantime.
rh;s Fact became known today wnen
additional orders were received ~
cant. R. R. pickering, regular army o..
1cer in charge of the camp directlne
him 10 return to the quartermaster >
donortment of the army, all OF the un
acessarv equipment now on hand. !,
lh,bon supplies were receivd in jack
2a4 sometime ago, enough were sent py
.ho war Department, to equip com
nle+e regiment. 1t had been the pa.
mise Of the Department to keep reoiu.s m
ina officers throughout Mississippi un
u, q full regiment had been recrulleu :,
Now since the officers have mau'
- ~, slow nrogress, and it has peer
soo on that IT will be impossible to hav'
sn,, organization, the department ma
osksd that the surplus supplies De :.
'~aod So and the men already in cam
~ token through the last preliminar
dr,us before breaking camp.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
PREMIER AsouiTH's SON
Is KILLED IN WAR

London, Sept. IS. Lieutenant Ray
mond Asquith, son Of Premier Asquith'
was killed in action on September Is.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18

Seeing these reinforcements visual
ICES for me what has happened to the
British army in two years since |
heard a German general cry out in
Binche Belgium I'VE have met the
English at Mons and are driving them
into the sea-"
The Germans, realizing the British
strength, are concentrating against
the British. Though the British hold
but 100 miles of the 36O-mile front in
France, it is estimated that a third Of
the German effectives are concentrat-
ed against them, mostly on the Somme.
AS Germany has 100000 troops in
France, there are 100000 against the
British. On the Somme, opposite the
French and British lines, Germany
has combined an army of 100000
men.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
sweaters Issued

a..o+ors have been issued, as have
.,a otbar winter clothing for tine men,
and @ everything points to qul'N 81 81,
"a THE Mississippi boys have peen
a"1s I,o,,son since July, and have peeh
a. ar,,,ing daily for several weeks ~, ra,,
,Onshs r and leaves Of absence nave Deen ! ~
lousns o.s,.inued, a and every officer ana
ois0o ~ heen given instructions 70
stay close to the camp. nrobab,y
T me mississippi militiamen prouap,s =
Ill, - remain on the border till January
first. ..norts from
oupp .', i the following Associates
press dispatch from Wasnlns'on
ceiyed yesterday; ,,,uot,on
IN I'm National Guard organlzation =,
. have been held at state mopiif
noints since they were mustere
~ l the federal service are schedule
!. w stsrt for the Mexican border sooi
= otflcials gei indicated today that IN sns
eronably would go within two weeks,
pm gyo1usiye Of the North Carolina 0
,rat,ons ordered to the border Z
sar sa,' there are $4,000 Guardsmen wp
10y, ,'ass been held in their state camp
. These 1r1I are scattered through AlaOam
cp,orado. l Mississippi, Florida, Georgi
virginia. wesg Virginia Wyomin
continued on Page FourJ
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-18
Feel Their Power Now.

AS the allied armies continue max
ing headway against this million men
and all the artillery that goes with
them, they are feeling their strength
as never before. The fight, however,
from the victorious side does not have
much apparent action, as the rushes
are short and impossible to see.
The German wire entanglements
are cut by sheilfire, and to prevent
repair before the rush there is CON
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-30
LOOK 1 MAN WHO
1MBALMED PECK'S BODY.
Waite Claims He Gave Him $1s,4o0 to
Swear He Used Arsenic,

New York, March 29.-District At
torney Edward Swami centered his ef-
forts tonight on finding EugeEe Oliver
Kane, who enobalmed the body of John
E. Peck, wealthy Grand Rapids drug
gist, for whose murder his n-in-law,
DR.. Arthur Warren Waite, is under ar
rest here. Kane's arrest has been or
dered on the charge of conspiracy to
commit a crime.
Waite is said by Mr.. Swami to have
declared that Kane accepted $4,000 in
cash and a check for $9,400 as part
payment of $4,000 he was to be paid
for swearing that he used arsenic in
embalming Peck's body. This arrange
ment, Waite said, according to the
district attorney, was made after an
autopsy on Peck's body disclosed the
presence of a large quantity of arsenic.
Waite, in statements made to the dis
riot attorney and others, is said to
have confessed not only to poisoning
Peck, but placing germs of virulent
diseases in the food of Mrs Peck, who
died at Waite's apartment six weeks
before her husband.
John S. Potter, the undertaken whG
lad charge of Peck's funeral and who
employed Kane as embalmer, was ex-
amined this afternoon and tonight at
the district attorneys Office. Potter
reiterated denials that he had any
part in the alleged negotiations be-
tween Kane and Waite, except to send
Kane to the dentists apartment when
Waite desired to know the formula
If the embalming fluid used on Peck s
body. He did admit however, that he
received letter from Waite asking
him and Kane not to telephone him
as Waite believed his telephone wire
had been tapped" and also telling
him he need not worry about his
check.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-30
Tension Caused
by Submarines
cIRcUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE I'M
PLIcATEs GERMANY's BOATS
IN SINKING OF SHIPS
Every Agency Open to the State De-
partment is Actively Engaged in
Gathering Facts About Recent Sink
ing of Ships in English Channel.

Washington, March 29.-The accu-
mutation of circumstantial evidence
indicating that Germany has engaged
upon a ca1Rpaign of submarine war
fare which has no regards for the
rights of American ciC>ns travelling
on merchant ships of beIIigerent ma
tionality, the administration considers,
has created one of the most serious
situations which has confronted the
United States since the beginning of
the war in Europe.
Gathering Facts.
Every agency open to the state de-
partment tonight was being employed
in an effort to gather an unimpeach-
able array of facts regarding the eN-
plosion which damaged the British
channel steamer Sussex; the sinking
of the British ships Manchester En-
gineer, Englishman and Eagle Point
and the alleged firing of a torpedo at
a French passenger ship Patrio.
Ships Carried Americans.
All these ships carried American cit
izens and all apparently were attacked
in violation of Germany's recently re-
newed assurances to the United States.
The next step of the United States is
said authoritatively to have been de-
termined upon. Unless Germany in
reply to the inquiries made by the
United States through Ambassador
cause the state department to change
its present intentions, it is understood
that all the recent aggravating Incl
dents will be combined into one gen.
eral formidable indictment which will
bring the entire subject to a clear-cut
issue.
Must Punish Submarine Commander
Should Germany admit responsible
ity for any of the attacks and attempt
to satisfy the United States by say
! ing that mistake had been made and
| by offering to make reparation and tc
! punish the submarine commander, the
| issue would not by any means be dis
posed of. 1t is regarded as certain
| that the United States would not ac-
cept such an explanation as satisfac-
| tory, at least until time had showr
what punishment actually was meteC
out to the offending submarine com.
mander and whether any value Longer
could be attached to Germany's prom.
| ises.
Action Framed, but Not Disclosed.
In the event of Germany disclaim,
| ing responsibility for the disasters, the
! United States viii proceed with it's in.
| vestigations to determine to it's salts
| faction to determine whether the evi
| dence which strongly indicates tina
| the Sussex and other ships wede tor,
pedoed without warning, can be re
! garded as conclusive proof. With sucl
! proof before it, the government prob
| ably would act promptly. Officials re
| frain from discussing what the nAtur,
| of the action would be.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-30

The Germans to the northwest of
Eerdun in an attack launched with
huge electives, have gained additional
ground against the French north OF
Malancourt and have even penetrated
the northwest corner of the village
The attempts of the Teutons TO car
ny their advance forward, however,
were stopped by the French fire as
also were three counter attacks
against the positions in the Avocourt
wood, south of Malancourt, which had
been previously been taken from them
by a French infantry attack. The
German official communication says
that the advance of the Germans,
north of Malancourt, was over front
of more than a mile.
During the German offensive on Ma
lancourt, the French heavy guns from
the Argonne We're directing their fire
on the Malancourt and Avocourt
woods
Aside from the infantry attacks and
counter-attacks in this region heavy
bombardment has been in progress
from Avocourt northeastward to Beth
incourt a distance of five miles. There
also has been a continuation of the
sporadic outburst of artillery fire north
and east of Verdun; while in the Vos-
ges Mountains the French batteries
have been keeping up their usual bonn
bardment of German organizations.
In mining operations in the Arspnne
the French have blown up German po-
sftions and between the Disc and the
Aisne have dispersed German conveys
with their guns. The Germans claim
that in a hand grenade encounter they
recaptured from the British a mine
crater at St. Eloi. The British de-
clare they have consolidated all the
ground gained on March 81
Although a thaw has set in on the
Russian front and the rivers are food
ed and the lowlands turned into mo-
rasses, hard fighting between the Car
mans and Russians continues from the
Dvinsk region southwark. Near Lake
Narocz the Germans have been driven
out of a wooded sector and their coun-
ter-attacks repulsed by the Russian
force. German trenches have been
taken by the Russians in the Oginski
Canal region.
The Russians have been on the Of
fensive along the Stripa River region
and on the Bessarabian front. In the
latter region the Russian artillery is
very active. The repulse Of vicious
Italian attacks on the northern slope
Of San Michael and near San MaItinc
on the Austro-Italian line is chroni-
cled by Vienna. Austrian airmen have
bombarded italian railway lines in We
netia-
The Turks turned to the offensive
against the Russians in the coasta
sector of the Caucasus before the Rus
slams beat them off with heavy cas-
ualties and forced them to retreat.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-30
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY
TO INVADE CANADA,
Said to Have Been Halted BY Failure
of Lawyer to Appear.

New York, March "a military
expedition to invade Canada was
halted by the fa'Pre of a Buffalo, N.
Y, lawyer to appear at time agreed
on with an organized firing squad'
1t was asserted tonight, was part of
an alleged conspiracy to violate the
neutrality Of the United States on
which agents of the department Of
justice are secretely working in con-
nection with the return here yester-
day from England Of Horst Won der
Goltz.
Won der Goltz. who, It is said, claims
to have been a trusted agent of Cap
tain Won Paper, former German mil
1tary attache in this country. was
questioned at length today by United
States District Attorney II. Snow
den Marshall and his assistant, Roger
B. Wood.
Won der Goftz, according to Captain
William Mofflyy. chief of the local bu-
reau of the department of justice, and
Assistant United States Attorney
Wood, told an impressive tale of plot
and counter-plot
Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-30
ARMY INCREASE BILL
UP IN THE SENATE.
Both Parties Hoping for Quick Dis
posaI of 1t.

Washington, March 29.-CCnsidera-
ton of the army increase bill, the first
IF the big national defense measures,
t'egan in the senate today with repub-
leans joining the democrats in ex-
pressing the hope that it might be dis
posed of as quickly as possible
Senator Chamberlain, chairman of
the military committee, introduced the
measure, which is a substitute for the
Hay bill passed by the house, and
plade a lengthy address explaining its
provisions.
So far there has been no evidence of
any serious opposition to the bill as
a whole, though changes in certain
features will be advocated. Senator
Rorah gave notice that he would fight
the national guard provisions. He does
not believe the national guard should
be used as a basis for a reserve force.
and favors instead the provision for
the creation and the training of vol
unteer force under supervision OF fed
eral army officers.
The chief aim of the senate substi-
tute is to increase the peace strength OF
ne regular standing army to $4,000
men. 1t also provides for 4 federal
volunteer force of 261,00 men and the
national guard of 2S0,00O, which would
be placed under federal control and
participate in federal appropriations