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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-08
BRITISH STEAMER SEIZED
The I.cstrlS Held Up by German Wnr-
ships Nenr English Channel and
Taken Prize.

BERLIN, July via London) Of
hclal announcement WAS made o-day
mat the British steamship I.estris was
he!d up by German warships near the
English coast and seized as a prize
IN. statement SAYS the Iestris was
heid NJ by portion Of the German
high sea forces"
The announcement follows:
The British steamship Lestris. from
LIVERPOOL. has been held up by n por
ton Of tho German high sea forces no,
FAR from the English coast and seized
as prize"
The wording Of the German state
ment Indicates that a part at ieas, of
the German hish sea Meet was neor
the English coast when the Les,ri.
was seized
The Lestris IS steamship OF 1884
TONS gross, owned in Cork. This is
me second exploit of the kind ON
June 10 the British steamship Brussels
was captured by German destroyers and
taken with her passengers into Zee
hrurgo
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-08
DELIVERS HEAVY STROKES
AGAINST KOvEL DEFENDER.

General kaledines Is continuing to
deliver heavy strokes against the Aus
trims and Germans who arc cndeavor-
ing to keep him from Kovcl
With these operations in full swing
the Kussians to the north have in
auGuratcG an offensive from Riga to
Baranovichi. Along the northern end
OF the line from Riga to Dvinsk,
great reinforcement has begun. while
from point east of Wilma to Barano-
WIGHT artillery preparation was fol-
the russians report they made many
prisoners, requesting German counter
attacks. Near Smorgon the Russians
and Germans also are engaged in
severe struggle.
Koumania. il is said here, is await
Ing some move by the entente forces
at Saloniki. The Near East Is inter
csted In the battles throughout the
Caucasus and Mesopotam!a. The Rus
sian army which was advancing to-
ward Basdad has fallen back some
eighty miles under pressure from great
Turkish forces which were brought
against II, but elsewhere from the
Black Sea to the Persian frontier the
Russians. according TO their own state
ments. are more than holding their
own.
No news has been received recently
from the British army In Mcsopotamia
but IL is believed inactivity was forced
by the great heat.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-08

The canal has been closed for seven
months. IL should have been rcopened
in February. Estimates are now that
II will not he opened until the fall"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-08
SECOND PHASE OF GREAT
BATTLE IN WEST BEGINS
Artillery Brought Up to New POSI-
tions and again Is Battering
German Defcnses.
FRESH ATTACKS TO BE MADE
Bombardment Extends as Far North
ward rs La Bassee and Armen.
ticres-Tcutons Are Compelled to
Withdraw Forces From Verdun.

LONDON. July THE second phase
OF the great battle on the western front
has now begun. The artillery has
been brought up to new positions. and
is again battering the German defenses
The bombardment extends as far
northward as La Bassee and Armen-
official adviccs is particularly intense
British lomS-ranGe guns are Smelling
the German positions and the roads
In their rear, and until the infantry
again leaves the trenches It will be
uncertain where the next attacks are
to be launched.
In addition to innicting losses on
the Germans in men. guns and terri
tory. the Anglo French offensive is re-
ported to have compelled them to
withdraw some of their forces from
the Verdun front. Consequently, il is
expected in London that the army
which for nearly five months with
stood the German attacks In that re-
Iion will have some relief from con-
tinual fighting.
ON the eastern front the Russians
who now apparently have even better
supply of guns and ammunition than
their advcrsaries. seem to pass from
one phase TO the next without inter
mission.
General Letchitzky's army. which
conquered Bukowina and cut the rail
way between Delatyn and Korosmezo
is advancing in an effort completely to
overcome the Austrian forces on that
front.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
HARRISON URGES
STATE HIGHWAY
BOARD CREATION
Predicts That Federal Govern
ment VIII Appropriate $685.
000,0C0 for Roads
MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
BE READY FOR SHARE

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 22.-The Suth-
erland bill creating an adult illiteracy
commission in Mississippi was passed
by the lower house of the legislature
at the afternoon session yesterday,
practically without opposition, but it
was so amended as to take the au
thority of appointments to the COM
mission from the governor, designat-
ing the state superintendent of edu-
cation to name members of the board.
The measure caused but little dis
cussion honename zo546 193456 12345
placing the appointment of the COM
mission in the hands of the state super
intendent of education, instead of the
chief executive, was adopted with few
dissenting votes.
The bill probably will pass the SEN
ate 1t specifies that the commission
shall be composed of both men and
women, that they shall serve without
compensation, that no expense of the
commission or it's work shall be paid
out of the state treasury, and that
the state superintendent of education
shall be a member of the commits
sion. The duties of the commission will
be to make researches, secure data
concerning adult iliiteracy, and formu-
late plans to remove it. Regular re-
ports shall be made to the governor.
The money for carrying on the work
must come from donations.
Chairman Sutherland, of the educa-
tional committee, held the floor during
the entire afternoon, and number
of bills favorably reported by the COM
mittee were passed. The bills passed
are as follows: wi 3at
House bill "a, making it unnecessary
| to hold an election against the tax
| levy for an agricultural high school
when an average of 40 boarding pupils
attend the institution.
| House bill 161, harmoniZing conflicts
| in existing laws relative to separate
consolidated school districts.
House Bill 237, declaring Thanksgiv
| ing a holiday with the Mississippi Pub
.ic schools.
| House bill 169, relating to separate
school districts.
House bill $50, providing for the
creation of a commission for the re
moval of adult illiteracy.
| When the house adjourned the bod,
4 (Continued on Page Four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
POLICE STILL SEARCH
FOR STORE BURGLARS
TRAIL TOO OLD WHEN BLOOD.
HOUNDS ARE CALLED, TO
TRACE THE ROBBERS.

The police, assisted by the county
officers, are continuing their search
today for the robbers who entered the
store Of n. Risk, on Oak street some
time Friday night, and made away
with quantity of goods.
Policemen Beverly, Buchanan, and
Cahal have been detailed on the case,
and working with F. l.. Mckenzie and
his bloodhounds, have investigated sew
eral clues. AS yet the identity of the
robbers has not been learned.
The robbery occurred shortly after
9 O'Clock Friday night. A negro wo-
man heard q commotiOn in the store,
but paid little attention to it. think
ing it was caused by the owner of
tho store.
On the next morning it was found
that the place had been entered. a
quantity of flour, sugar. dry salt meat.
tobacco, snuff, and two boxes of cigars
had been stolen. Chief Bennett be-
lleves that wagon was used in car
rying away the stolen property.
No report was made of the robbery
for several hours. When the police and
the bloodhounds arrived, the trail was
cold, and the police dogs were unable
to take up scent.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
DR.. BANCROFT PASSES
STATE MEDICAL EXAMS
FORESTS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
HEALTH MAY PRACTICE IN
27 STATES.

DR.. j. W. Bancroft, director of pub
lie health of Forrest county, who sue
ceeded Dr. r. N. Whitfield, who held
that position formore than year, but
who recently was transferred to the
Delta, has just been notified that he
has successfully passed the Pennsyl-
vania State Board of Health examina.
tion, conducted last month, and is
consequently entitled to practice medi-
cine in 81 states of the Union.
DR.. Bancroft IS a Pennsylvania.
and came to Hattiesburg to study the
rural sanitation question under DR..
Whitfield When the latter was trans
ferred by the Mississippi Board of
Health to the delta. where he will
study malarial conditions and causes
there, DIR. Bancroft was appointed his
successor. He took up the work where
DIR. Whitfield left off. and has beer
having excellent results. the investi
CATION of the board of supervisors ha:
shown.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
COMMERCIAL CLUB
SELECTS NEW HOME
WILL BE LOCATED ON FRONT
STREET, IN CITIZENS BANK
PROPERTY IN FUTURE.

The Hattiesburg Commercial Club,
which has been without a permanent
home for some several weeks, will be
located in the future in the building
formerly occupied by the millinery es-
tablishment of Mrs. E. B. George, on
front street, next door to The News
office.
The special committee appointed at
the last weeting Of the board of direc-
tors of the club, consisting of H. A
Camp, chairman; F. |. Ames, A. j.
Grove, c. E. Linneman and DIR. C. c..
Hightower, has inspected the available
locations in the city, and today select
de the Citizens Bank property.
A lease will be sigend with the
bank, probably tomorrow, and work
of renovating and cleaning up the
rooms will be begun at once.
The location is considered an ideal
one for headquarters for the club.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
:. ord Meets Finish
From Hands of the
AnsfrOcrafc Buick
HEAVY RAILROAD MOTOR CAR
KNOCKED FROM TRACKS BY
KID GLOVEC MEAL CAR.

History was made 1T the Gulf &
Snip Island crossing on east Pine
street, shortly before 3 O'Clock this
morning.
Remember the date and place, chill
dren, for in after years you are sure
to have occasion to speak of it to
the coming generations,
An automobile of the genus Ford, far
famed for its ability to take punish
ment, irrespective of the method OF
administration, or its kind, and always
come out victor, met its Waterloo.
A blue stockinged, kid gloved, mem
Der of the 400, turned the trick; fur
nished the knockout blow that put the
Tin Lizzie of the famous peace en-
thusiast onto a cooling board for an
hou:.
The encounter occurred adjoining
the G. 6, S. |. station. The Ford motor
car of the railroad company, occupied
by c. E. Strahan, Peter Laird and
Reed Ball, was going north on the
railroad tracks at a 20-mile clip. The
Buick truck, loaded with meal, and
driven by H. T. Taylor, was coming
westward on Pine street The two auto
mobiles met at the G. & S. l. crossing
There was an awful crash, and the
crowds rushed over to peer through
the dust occasioned by the collision.
Good bye, Buick" "Give the meal
wagon decent burial" ooh, you fliv-
yer: they may kid you all they like.
but you still hold your own" Hero OF
a thousand battles, and stranger of de-
feat. let's see what you did to the
machine that had nerve enough to
butt into you" These and a few hun
dred other exclamations came from
the Ford rooters.
But the Buick said not a word. The
machine stood still for moment, and
| then ambled off the tracks to a place
| of safety, and the driver alighted to
go back and learn what had happened
to the railroad car. He found out. The
heavy Ford had been knocked from
the track, one of its lights Jared off,
and its left front wheel, a huge affair,
broken off.
/ They had TO take the Ford back to
the repair shop, while the Buick went
on its way delivering meal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
BANK Of W|CG|NS
ABOUT TO l|QUDATE
STATE BANK EXAMINER FILES A
PETITION WITH cHANCERY
JUDGE IH GULFPoRT.

James S. Love, of Hattiesburg,
bank examiner for the southern dis
trict of Mississippi, has filed a petit
ton in the Chancery Court to have the
Peoples Bank of Virgins liquidate. (.
N. C. and C. E. Hill, Hattiesburg
attorneys, have been designated by Mr..
Love to act as attorneys and counsel
lors in making the liquidation, and U.
B. Parker, a Virgins attorney, has
been appointed assistant liquidator.
The petition recites that the direc-
tors of the bank have asked that such
liquidation be made. The petition was
dated last Friday. but has not yet been
acted on by the court.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
Will Marry EN- Free
ond Donate a IS Bill

Not only will the Rev. E. z. Dud
ley, pastor of the Main Street Baptist
Church, marry, free of charge, the
couple that comes to Hattiesburg on
next Tuesday and is wed (the bride
of course, having done the proposing),
but he will give them his best wishes
for all the happiness in the world,
and long, long life and brand new,
crisp $5 bill
DR.. Dudley didn't whisper this in
the ear of friend of his and ask that
it be not repeated. Neither did he
tell it confidentially to a few friends.
But from his pulpit, to a packed
church, he made the announcement.
For several days | have been plan
ming to call on The News and make
my proposition to them," Dr. Dudley
said, "but have neglected doing it.
What | propose doing is this:
will go the justice of the peace and
the other minister who agreed to
perform the ceremony one better, by
doing the job free of charge, extend
ing best wishes, and hopes for a pros
porous married life. and in addition,
will give to the happy couple a new
$5 note"
j. S. Saik, the Main street shoe re-
pair man, is going to do everything
within his power to help the bridal
pair go through life easily.
He agrees to put pair of rubber
heels on the shoes of both the bride
and bridegroom, free of charge.
Let them drop around any time,
after it has been proven that the bride
did the proposing" Saik said today.
land well put the heels on for them
So it's beginning to look as if it
would be a paying proposition for
some girl imbued with certain
amount of nerve, to get busy during
the next few days.
But the best offer yet has not been
made public.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
SUES NJ. c. FOR
$4,000 DAMAGES
FLAGMAN DECLARES HE WAS IN
JURED IN LINE OF DUTY;
STEPPED FROM TRAIN.

Suit for $4,000 on each of three
counts, has been filed in the Forrest
county circuit court by G. w. Mcbride
against the Mississippi Central Rail-
road Company, for damages alleged to
have been received when he stepped
from a moving passenger train OF the
company, at Brookhaven, in April 1914.
Mcbride was a flagman in the en-
ploy of the company at the time. He
declares that he received such injuries
as to physically unfit him for the dut-
les which he had been preparing him
self for for years.
The papers filed go into the details
of the accident, what led up to 1t,
and the after effects. He was q years
old at the time of the mishap.
In his declaration, Mcbride states
that as flagman for the Mississippi
Central, he was stationed on the rear
coach of a train that had made the
trip to Natchez and was returning to
Hattiesburg. and had reached Brook
haven. There, he declared, the M. &.
makes use of the Illinois Central depot,
and reaches it over a system of inter
changed tracks.
The train in question had taken on
passengers at Brookhaven and was
continuing its homeward journey, Nc
Bride continues, and had passed over
the interchange tracks and was on the
main line of the NJ. c. "It was my duty
to close the switch at this point" he
says, 'and stood on the lower step oil
the last coach, waiting for the train
to stop. The engineer showed no signs
of bringing the train to halt. mount
ed the steps and pulled the cord, sig
mailing the engineer to stop the train
sThis was disregarded. Realizing that
the switch must be closed, or else
5other trains of the Illinois Contra
would be let in on our tracks,
lstepped to the ground
Mcbride says his feet struck luml
of coal and he was thrown to tht
lground. He received numerous injur
lies. and operations were necessary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22

Washington, Feb 22.-Confdentia
advices from Berlin today indicate
that Germany will soon inform the
United States that her previous assure
ances that unresisting liners will not
be attacked without warning will hold
good for future submarine operations,
provided that the liners are unarmed.
1t is stated that Germany will contend
that what is now characterized as de-
fensive armament, really is offensive
armament so far as submarines are
concerned, and Germany will propose
the discussion with the United States
what defensive armament properly
may be.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
10 KILLED AND 10
INJURED IN WRECK
NEW HAVEN PASSENGER TRAIN
CRASHES INTO FREIGHT
CAR NEAR MILFORD.

New York, Feb. 22.-Ten persons
were killed and sixteen injured in a
wreck near Milford, Conn, today, when
the Empire Express of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford line crashed
into a freight car which had gotten
on the main line in some unexplained
way. Only meager accounts of the dis
aster were received at the offices OF
the New Haven road here.
Six of the dead were passengers,
and four were trainmen. Several OF
the injured are in critical condition.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS
VIOL.ATOR TILL CAUGHT
Franklin's Plea, However, Availed Him
Nothing in Police Court.

The plea of Will Franklin, a driver,
that he didn't know he was violating
a city ordinance by driving by stree-
car, the doors of which were open,
until he was caught at it, availed him
nothing in Police Court this morning.
The police testified that Franklin
had been warned before. but appar-
emily ignored the warning. He was
fined $3.50.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
WILL BE GUESTS OF
CLEARING HOUSE MEN
Two Sessions Will Be Held at Hotel
Hattiesburg-Vice President Her.
ring of Sixth Group Will Be Presid-
ing Offcer-Addresses and Talks
viii Be Made BY Various Mem
bers-Visitors to BE Taken on Tour
of the County.

The program of the meeting of
groups and of the Mississippi
Bankers Association, to be held in
this city next Friday, was complies, -
and made public today.
The committee, consisting of rep
resentatives from each of the Hatties-
burg financial institutions, which will
have charge of entertaining the visit
ing financiers, today is preparing an
additional program for this purpose.
1t is expected that between forty
and fifty Mississippi bankers of the
fifth and sixth districts will be here.
Arrangements for entertaining that
number are being made. In addition
to these, it is likely that a representa-
tive of the Federal Reserve Bank will
be present, and will confer with the
Magnolia State bankers.
The sessions will be held at the
Hotel Hattiesburg. The first meeting
will be held at IL o'clock Friday morn
ing. and will last an hour or an hour
and a half. H. c. Herring, vice presi-
dent of group six, will be the presid-
ing officer. Addresses will be made
by Fl. M. Cottrell, of the Business
Mems Club of Memphis, and by c. r.
Lloyd professor of the A. and M. Col
lege.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22

London, Feb. ga PetrOgrad dis
patch today says that the Turks, in
the fighting resulting in the capture
of Erzerum, lost 10000 killed. wound
pursuing the Turks westward from
Erzerum, also to the north and the
south, as the Turks divided along the
front from the Black Sea TO the Meuse.
The Russians are threatening Tere-
brizend.
No extensive developments are re-
ported on the eastern or western
fronts, and all is quiet in the Balkans
CONTINUED on Page Four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
The War a Year Ago

Jnited States suggests to Germany
modified form of putting war
zone" decree into effect. United
States informs Great Britain that
entrance of foodstuffs into Ger
many would be followed by Ger
many's modification of war zone"
decree. General Botha occupies
Garub, in conquest of German
Southwest Africa Zeppelins kill
five persons at Calais, French
port ON the English channel
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
REBELS REPULsED AND
LEADERS ARE EXECUTED

Peking, Feb. 22.-Rebels yesterday
attacked the governors mansion at
Shanghai. the capital of the Human
province, and were repulsed. The
leaders were captured and executed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
Talk on Taxation.

The afternoon session will be be-
gun at 1 80 o'clock, Immediately after
lunch. Mr.. Forester, of the Missis-
sippi Cotton Oil Mills, will make the
first address, and T. H. Dickson will
talk on bank taxation. After this,
there will be a general discussion.
There will be short talks from M. G..
McNair, of Lauderdale; S. j. High, of
Tupelo; ]. A. Bandi, of Gulfport;
Walker Broach, of Meridian; George
Bacon, of Laurel, and J. O. Rea, of
the Bank of Hattiesburg, of this city.
The question box discussions will
be led by T. H. Dickson.
A luncheon will be served the visit
ing bankers at the Hotel Hattiesburg
Immediately after the morning ses-
sion, when the Hattiesburg Clearing
House Association will be the hosts.
After the adjournment in the after
noon, the bankers will be taken on
an automobile tour in the adjoining
country.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
MONCENTHAU RETURNS
FROM CONSTANTINOPLE

New York, Feb. 22.-Henry Morgen-
thau. United States ambassador to
Turkey, arrived today on the steamer
Frederick VIII.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22

Paris, Feb. 22.-The entire crew
of % of the Zeppelin, brought
down by French guns near Bra
want lie Roi yesterday, perished, ac-
cording to Bar lie Due dispatch.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22

London, Feb. 22.-The sinking
of the British steamer Dingle has
been reported to lloyd's. 1t is
stated that there i1 probably but
one survivor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22

The smallest January collections
in years were those just reported on
by Sheriff A. E. HARRISON, and audited
by Chancery Clerk Gillis, according
to the announcement made today.
While the January collections this
year were unusually small, those OF
the preceding month were larger by
far than the December collections for
many preceding years.
This state of affairs is due to the
fact that the greater part of the big
corporations paid their taxes during
December. Many of the larger tax pay
ers which, in the past, have paid their
shekels into the county Golfers either
in December or January. During TINS
period however, but few paid their
taxes during January, FOR some reason
not given, having postponed this till
next month.
Where They Got Ii.
Sheriff Harbison's office took in eX-
actly s53, ,507.91 during January. o.
this amount, $1,59021 will be retained
as the tax collectors commission. a
balance of $51,917.7O will go into the
hands of the treasurer.
The amounts collected are for the
following funds:
General county, $20,33799; bond, in
terest and sinking. $S,13520; Agricul-
tural High School, $S.135.20; special
school $5,95616; polls, county school,
$1,16S: districts / and 8, bond, inter
est and sinking, $4,S12.52; beats 2, 4
and 5. general road and bridge, $685.
%: school house improvement, dog
tax, 1881; computation, road and
bridge, $1,207; Helena school district,
maintenance, $9S2.5S; Helena school
district, building and equipment, $245.-
Ga; Eureka School District, S597.57;
Forrest school district, s167.S2; Nc
Laurin, $41022; Rock Hill, s97.S3;
Rawls Springs, s63.96.
The state revenue agent collected
$436S in back taxes, for which he
received 1878 in commission.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
|UNARMED SHIPS
WILL Be SPARED
If UNRES|ST|NG
Germany, 1t Is Believed. viii
Not Attack Liners Without
Warning Them
TURKS LOSE 10000 MEN
WHEN ERZERUM WAS TAKEN

Forces of the Gar Continue to Sweep
the SuItan's Armies, Led by German
Generals, Before Them--From the
Black Sea to the Meuse, the Russ
Army Is Observation-Disclosures Con-
tinue Their Air Raids on Italy
Wars Conduct Discussed.