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many of the big commercial cities such
as Hamburg, the German New York, the
Jews are the most powerful class. Inc
Austrian Jews are suffering severely
from the war, especially in the eastern
provinces, where actual operations are
being carried on, and good portion OF
the funds raised in America Will go 10
their relief. The German Jews. on me
other hand, are themselves IN posltlon
to contribute, and have donated larseiy
toward relief work in Palestine ana
Poland
On the other side of the trenches are
aligned the two nations where anu
Semitic prejudice is as near! non
existent as anywhere on earl ,ar .hnS+
land and Italy. There are only ABOUT
a quarter of million Jews in the BRIT
ish Isles, but they have held positions
ranging from prime minister down.
Lord Chief Justice a Jew.
The present lord chief justice of Eng
land is Jew. Hebrews may hold any
post in the British army. and the pro
portion of enlistments among their
number about equals that of the hatioi'
at large. There are comparatively rev
Jews in Italy, and they are in no way
d;scr;minated against. The British Jews
as class are prosperous. ana 'heii
fund for the relief of Russian 'e"s
headed by Leopold de Rothschild' mas
sent large sums to the continent
THE mercurial French temperament
seems to shift it's Hebrew attitude IN
most characteristic fashion: aFes OF
violent anti -Semitism are followed py
Deriods of great iiberality: Inc iasl
wave of race prejudice culmlhdteu ~.
the Drevfus case. and the present Is
a time of reaction. when Jews are mos'
fayorablv treated and regarded. sew
araI eeneraIs of the French army are
lows they are represented in the cab-
met and prominent in all the PROBES
sions In number, the Jews of France
are comparatively few, totalins only
about 10000 ,o
So far as these three countries are
concerned the allied powers are more
liberal in their attitude than are the
central empires But with RUSSIA as d
member of the quadruple entente the
case ia rather more than balanced. 1t
is for Russian Jews primarily that to-
DAYS relief campaign is being waSed-
The Russian Jews have probably SUI
fered more from the war than any
other people. even the Belgians. Inc
Jews in Russia constitute the great
problem of the Jewish race and the
great problem of the Russian empire.
They constitute one of the major
American questions of the future. for
around them centers the whole INN, :
alton controversy. There are 6,OO0,O00
Of them, per cent of the population
of the whole great empire. and half
of all the Jews in the world.
Hostility Is Deep Rooted.
The severity of the Russian attitude
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toward the Jews has been the subject
of endless attack throughout Europe
and America, but the cars government
continues blithely on its course. At the
beginning of the war Jews were given
the opportunity of rising to the rank
of commissioned officer in the Russian
army, but this privilege has since been
revoked. The semi official Novoye
Nremya of Petrograd has stated that
the Jews need expect no change in
their status as a result of the war.
The hostility of the Russian is rooted
far deeper than any racial or religious
prejudice. 1t is an economic hatred
primarily. an offshoot of the same need
for economic MISREPRESENTATION that in
the last analysis lies back of the whole
war. The Russians produce poets.
philosophers. statesmen and warriors.
nut they do not produce business men.
ne Russian genius is for anything but
commerce, where the ability OF the Jew
IS most striking. In plain English.
We're Russia to give the Jews free
hand. in few years they would own
the country. They have something like
Tree hand in odessa and they con-
trol more than 80 per cent of the bust
ness In Russia's principal port
economists say that eventually Rus
STA VIII have to let the Jew find his
natural level in the empire, whatever
lnat may be. and that after a some =
what disturbed period of reconstruc-
tlon the nation Will be the better
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100000 Jews in Austria.

One-quarter of the European Jews
and one sixth of the worlds Jews are
Austro- Hungarians. There are more
than 10000 of them, making about 4
per cent of the population of the dual
monarchy. The Austrian Jews, in spite
of some prejudice against them, always
have been treated with comparative lib
crafty. and this is increasing rapidly
with each decade. Atthe University of
Vienna four students in every ten and
30 per cent of the professors are Jews.
In the army they can rise to the rank
of commissioned officer, and frequently
do so. Hence. the Austrian Jew. is a
stanch patriot. and he is fighting with
whole hearted enthusiasm.
In Germany. anti-Semitic distinctions
still persist in the army, where no Jew
can hold a commission. but in private
life there are no restrictions on the
activities of the Hebrews. They con-
troll the finance of the empire. and in
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Have Kin on Both Sides.

The European situation comes home
to every American Jew because it is
practically inevitable that he has close
relatives either in the war zone or
fighting in one Of the armies. 1t is a
particularly striking state of affairs to
the observer of any race or reli gion.
The war is as much a Jewish war as it
is a German or a French war. Three
quarters of all the Jews in the world
more than 100000 of them-are ma
tives of the belligerent countries.
Moreover. the Jews are particularly
unfortunate in being on both sides of
their own race and people. Whoever
may or may not have wanted war. 1t is
pretty certain that the Jews did not
want it. And to round off the list of
their mIsfortuneS. circumstances de-
creed that one of the most destructive
campaigns of all-that in East Prus-
STA. Poland and Galicia-should be
fought back and forth over the very
region where the Jews are most nu
merous and poorest.
There are about 100000 Jews actually
fighting in the ranks of the European
a rmes. Like the people themselves, these
soldiers are to be found under every
flag. The American Jew should logi-
cally be the most perfect neutral. for
in every engagement Jews are victori
Gus and Jews are defeated. Even the
significance of the ultimate outcome of
the struggle. whether the allies or the
central empires finally prevail: is
of puzzle from the Jews
point of view. The most liberal and the
most intolerant of nations are fighting
shoulder to shoulder.
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Russia in No Hurry for Change.

hussia' however, is in no hurry for
me chahse. She keeps about 90 per
cent OF her Jewish population in the
so-caiied Pale, restricted area on the
western border. including most of Rus
siah roland Although the empire is
rlch above all things in square miles,
the Pale is badly congested The peo-
PIE are barred from free competition
with the Russians. and as a result tho
Jews OF the Pale are among the poor
est people on earth.
over TINS area, thickly populated and
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Gerhardt often. siXtyfve, pleaded
guilty at Baltimore to the murder OF
his wife. Christina Often, whom he
shot and killed November l3 last. The
court reserved decision.
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both men and women, who are able to
give all or part of their time to the
work. are needed by the general relief
committee for Jewish war sufferers to
sell tags tomorrow, in the Tag day"
campaign.
Those who are willing to aid have
been asked to report for duty at the
Tag day headquarters. in the vestry
rooms OF the Hebrew Temple. Sth
street near H northwest, at o'clock
tomorrow morning. The tags VIII De
sold under the direction of a commit
tee headed by David Alpher.
women of the Hour" to Aid.
Jewish women are aiding largely in
the campai ign. Yesterday afternoon an
organization to he known as the Won
en- of the Hour" was organized at the
Eighth Street Temple by representa-
tives of eleven Jewish women's So
cieties The meeting was called to or
der by Mrs Abram Simon. wife OF Dr.
Abram Simon. rabbi of the temple.
Mrs. Louis Gutenberg of the Sister
hood of the Washington Hebrew Con-
greeation was elected chairman of thu.
committee in charge: Mrs. Emmanuel
Simon was chosen secretary. and mrs
Giles Hellprln. treasurer. Inc oFSaHi-
"a atoms represented were Deborah
Lodge, Rebecca Lodge, Friendship Cir
Gle, the Young Women's Hebrew Asso-
citation. the Young Willing Helpers, the
Zionist Society, the Sisterhood of the
Eighth Street Temple. Liberty Lodge,
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Sixth Street
Temple. Hebrew Home for the Aged and
the Washington Alliance of Jewish
Women.
Dollar a Month From Housewives.
With high expectations of raising
slo 900 during the year from Hebrew
housewives of Washington. the com
mittee plans to collect 81 a month
from each member of & woman's Jew
;sh society by having the heads of the
various organizations distribute en-
veIopes to their members. the totals
to be put in a larger envelope and sent
to the general treasurer each week.
This plan of collection will be laid
before the separate organizations at
their next meetings, and following its
approval Mrs. Gutenberg is TO call
meeting of the committee in charge,
and collections will begin.
The Washington branch of the Amer
lean Jewish Relief Society has raised
in excess of $4,000 toward relief in
Europe. and if the Women of the
Hour can raise a similar sum it Will
mean that Washington charities VIII
contribute more than $4,000 during
the year.
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speakers pictured the situation and
pitched their last nickels on the plat
form. Similar scenes marked the Bal
timore meeting, where people donated
watches and fur collars.
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Table of fine Muslin and Cam
brio Combinations. Drawers and
Corset Covers. in many rich trim
ming effects of lace and embroid-
cry; also the popular crepe
boomers.
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Rummage lot of high-grade
Lingerie Waists. with long and
three-quarter sleeves Trimmed
with rows of lace. combinations
OF lace and embroidery and with
embroidered panels; also percale
and madras tailored waists. All
sizes in the lot, but not in each
style.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
BRITISH ADVANCES
COVER GREAT AREA
ALLIES SAID TO HAVE REPuLsED
HuLeARIANs ON SERBIAN
FRONT IN BIG BATTLE.

London, Aug. 19.-The British have
advanced their line on the Somme
front over a section two miles long
and from 200 to 500 yards deep, from
Highwood to the junction with the
French.
i Last night the French captured the
remainder Of the edge Of the ruins OF
Fleury, on the yerdun front, after a
terrific battle
The Germans have been repulsed
on the Somme front.
Salonild reports that the Allies have
repulsed the Bulgarians on the Ser
bian frontier on Thursday, with enor
nous losses.
The Italians have repnlsed the Aus
lltrians on the Carso Plateau. The Rus
slams have broken through the Austrc
]iGerman lines on the StolShod river
in volhynia and have advanced COZ
ssiderably.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
.HOCG LOSES SIGHT
AS Result OF FALL
MINISTER ALSO WILL BE DEAF IN
!: ONE EAR CAUSED BY TuMBLiNe
FROM TRAIN.

According to information received oy
his friends in Hattiesburg, the Kew.
w. B. Hogg, pastor Of the Laurel
Mathodist Church, who fell from the
rear platform Of car on the New
RorIeans & Northeastern some weeks
Eago while on his way to Hattiesburg'
suffered permanent injuries Of Sc
rious nature
II is understood that Mr.. Hogg has
Host the sight Of one eye and tnt
lfearing OF one ear as result 2
| the accident. He is now walkins
on crntches, It is thought thaF eh'
use Of the csutches is temporary, nov
ever. and that he will be able !
abandon them soon
Ho is now al Stafford SPRINGS
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
u, S. Mails Would
Continue In EUent.
.Of Railroad Strike
FULLER HEARS GOVERNMENT is
ASSURED THERE WILL BE
NO INTERFERENCE.

The United States mails will be
kept going in case Of the threatened
general strike.
This is the opinion of the PostoTice
Department, as received in Hatties-
burg by Postmaster Fuller No inter
ference with regular mail schedules
is anticipated.
Both the strikers and the railroads.
will see to it that the mails keep go
ing" Captain Fuller said. "That al
ways has been the case
The railroads, it was explained, have
their mail contracts to fill. while the
strikers usually wish to avoid arous-
ing public sentiment by refusing to
operate mail trains.
1t is expected, in case of strike,
that the strikers will furnish enough
men to man all mail trains. There
are penal statutes against interference
with the mails, but the Postoffice De
partment believes public sentiment
will serve the purpose without use O
the law.
One interesting question, however
that the Postoffice officials decline t
Idiscuss was the probable effect on tn,
parcels post. In case of a strike tn
tremendous volume of express bus
mess carried on by the railroads j
llikely to be shifted to the parcel
post
| Whether the strikers would TAX
IaSindly the proposition Of keeping tn
business alive in this manner, is NJ
known The only expression ohtai
able from the department was Il
. fcryptic remark;
Parcels post is United States mail
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
ERNEST BRYANT IS
HELD FOR FORGERY
YOUNG MAN BOUND OVER TO
AWAIT ACTION OF GRAND
JURY BY LAUREL JUSTICE.

Special to The Neaos.
Laurel, Miss, Aug. ia young man
giving the name Of Ernest Bryant.
and who says his home Is in Pasca-
goula. was bound over to await the
action of the coming grand jury un-
der a $500 bond today, on charge of
forgery. The preliminary hearing was
given by Justice Of the Peace Evans
Hall. The judge said that he heard
Bryant either was from Hattiesburs
Or had relatives here.
Bryant was charged with forgins
| the name Of Leo struppe, a foreman
at the Marathon mill, 70 an order O
j. w. Vance. d merchant. Vance sus
pected that something was wrong aa'
investigated, resulting in Bryant's 81
rest.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
CHANCES Of YOUNG
BENNETT GREATER
vo,sNe MAN WITH FRACTURED
SKULL GRADUALLY imPRov:
ING; MAY RECOVER.

The condition Of Stanley Bennett,
the 17-year-old son Of Ponce onlei
Tohn + Bennett. who Is at the Hatties- !,
burg Hospital with a fractured skull
osnsed by being hit by board at the
Nm Of the j. J. Newman Lumber
&ompany a couple Of days ago, is mucn
S,nnroyed today, and the chances fol
sacovarv a Of the young man were great
" increased today
The surgeons at the hospltal psales'
that the crisis will pass today fnsrs
are no evidences Of other comphca
lions arising, It is stated.
The boy has been gradually improV
Ing since the hour following the opes p
ation. His skull was fractured Tor
distance Of five and half inches
He spent good night last night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19

The question of increasing the
school levy of the city of Hattiesburg
by half a mill, is not to be submitted
to the people for vote. In fact, the
election called by the Mayor and
Board of Commissioners for Monday,
September IS, has been ordered off
by the City Fathers, following a con-
ference with members of the board of
trustees of the city schools.
The property owners and voters Of
cHattiesburg do not want increased
taxation at this time, for schools. at
least, is the belief of at least a ma
jority of the trustees, as well as the
commissioners. For that reason, it is
not desired to so to the expense and
trouble of conducting an election when
the point at issue has such few fol
lowers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
No second Made.

Four of the trustees conferred with
Mayor Batson, Commissioner Farley
and Commissioner Caperton, at City
Hall. They discussed the proposed
election, and the need of more money
for the local school system. Besides
the City Fathers, there were present
Prof. F. B. Woodley, superintendent
of public schools, and John R. Tally,
DR.. ]. D. Donald and Herman Katz,
trustees.
DR.. Donald introduced a resolution
asking the commissioners to call an
election on the proposition. There
was no second The resolution imme
\,ateiy was tabled.
NMayor Batson said today that the
isAlled election has been cancelled, anc
That the matter will not be brought =
a vote.
"While it is not doubted that th'
schools are being hurt because OF iaci
of money" said one trustee, 1T seem
10 be the general opinion Of the quail
fed electors Of the city that this
not the proper time for increasing Tn
fax rate. For that reason, the Doar
was not anxious to force an election
when it was known that the propos
t,on had no chance to carry"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
WAITE MAKES BREAK
FOR FREEDOM AGAIN
MlLITlAMAN TRIES
TO LEAVE CAMP FOR THE
SECOND TIME.

Jackson, Miss, Aug. 10, Bennie
Waite, a private in Company G, Hat
tiesburg First Mississippi Regiment,
who has been sought for the past II
days, for being deserter, was taken
Yesterday afternoon in Laurel, and
sent to jackson by Chief OF Police
Brown, of that city.
waite became dissatisfied with the
routine Of camp, and decided he could
take French leave.
The recreant was Immediately sent
to camp upon his arrival in Jackson
and succeeded in escaping again TINS
morning at 6:15 o'clock. He gave q
lively chase to the military authori
lties who endeavored to recapture him
but he was finally taken from an emp
~ box car, and up to police headauar
tiers Chief Nunnery had Waite pu
into the police patrol, and sent bacl
to camp. A strict watch will be KEEP
on him from now on.
TWO soldiers visited police head
quarters to learn the particulars Q
4 the arrest, and each carried handouts
They were prepared to deal severel
| with the prisoner, had they sueeeede
I'm apprhending him, but the chic
with his customary promptness, ha
the man sent back TO the camp, WI
viii hardly be lenient with the q
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
VICTIM OF TRAIN
ACCIDENT is DEAD
Charles |. Saunders, Former President
M. T. A. to Be Buried Sunday.

jackson, Miss, Aug 49,. Charles J
Saunders, ss years old, former presl
dent Of the. Mississippi Travellers As
sociation. who received fatal injuries
in an automobile accident at the Gal
latin street crossing Tuesday night
when three Of his companions were
instantly killed. died in the Baptis'
| Hospital here this morning.
] The funeral will be held at \
O'clock tomorrow morning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
WALKS INTO TRAIN,
WOMAN Is INJURED
MRS. HATFIELD is STRUCK BY
@eRAH IRON" ON ONE OF
G. & s. i. COACHES.


Mrs. j. G. fairfield is confined to her
home in West Fourth street today as
a result of slight injuries and shock
received last night when she walked
into moving passenger train at the
Gulf & Ship Island station.
The northbound train was puffing
out of the station, shortly after 7;4V
o'clock, when Mrs. Hartfield, with her
husband, started to walk away. she
went too near the moving coaches, and
the "grab iron" on one of the cars
struck her left shoulder. She dropped
to the sidewalk. Mr.. Hartfield obtain,
ed an automobile and carried her
home. Her condition is not serious,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
Hare in the Butter
Causes Sudden End
of Local Mans Pet.
HE HAS LAUREL WOMAN ARREST.
ED CHARGED WITH aMA.
Liclous KILLING"

The question Of wnas should be done
with a hare in the butter especially
if the ownership of the hare is es-
'tablished beyond a reasonable doubt
is one that is perplexing the Off
icials of Laurel these days, and Hat
.tiesburg will be interested in the out
come of it, For the hare was from
,the pen of a Hattiesburg man, who IS
NOW residing in the Jones county lum-
ber town.
What happened is this
Mrs. M. L. Dalton lives near Q. u.
Ates in laurel Ates is a local boy,
employed with an ice cream company
in Laurel. Ates had to have some
thing to amuse himself with while not
employed there, so he began breeding
Belgian hares.
Mrs. Dalton gets her supply of butter
from the country. Each morning, q
,dairyman leaves a pound print on
liner front door step. 1t seems thai
one of Ates' rabbits climbed into the
Dalton yard recently, when Mrs. Dal
lton came out on her front porch
found the hare nibbling at her buttel
print. In the hundredth part Of
Esecond up went her broom, and ther'
Twas a dead rabbit to show for wha
happened.
/ Ates charged the woman with ma
Iliciously killing his hare, and the cas-
will come up before Justice OF tn
shPeace Boutwell, next week.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
Laundry Folks in
MOurni,1 Ouef the
Loss of Old /" Blue"
FOR IS YEARS, GRAY HORSE HAD
DRAWN WAGONS OVER THE
STREETS OF CITY.

In theory, whether in reality or not,
the scores of persons connected with
the Phoenix Laundry, from G, Z.
smith, the proprietor, to the newest
driver, are in mourning today
t.Blue,' the big gray horse which
has drawn the laundry wagons about
Hattiesburg for the last i6 years, -
dead 1t became necessary to kill the
horse, which, in some way, broke its
left foreleg.
The horse was kicked some days
ago. and lamed. Mr.. Smith decided
10 give "Blue" a vacation, and 50 ne
turned him loose in the pasture on
Bay street. Today they took Blue
from the pasture and started to the
laundry with him. AS the animal
stepped over theN curb, he suddenly
turned. and it was found that he had
broken his leg.
! some one called police headquar
ters and asked that a man be seni
There to kill the horse. PaeFolmaf
Tom Moore, the crack shot Of th'
force. responded. Moore asked tn
laundry folks why didn't they kill thu
morse themselves. eve would as sool
| shoot one Of our family as that horse,
was the reply
| A single shot was all that was re
, quired to put the animal out q i
: troubles,
Il blue was "a years old.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19

Upper photo, railway managers rep
resentine 225 systems. From left to
right. G. Walker, secretary Of the
eastern conference Of managers; W..
L.. seddon vice-president, S. a. L;
ii. w. McMaster, general manager,
Wheeling & Lake Erie (top row); p.
-E. Crowley, assistant vice president,
NJ. ". c. (middc row); S. e. cotter,
general manager, Wabash; n. 2 Ma
her, vice-president; N. 6 W.; P. s. AL
bright, Atlantic Coast line (niddle
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
ITALIAN STEAMER, new
YORK BOUND, is SUNK
(Bg Associated Press.)

London, Aug l9.-The Italian passenger liner Stamp
sunk
The vessel apparently wa sunk her return voyage
from Genoa
The Stampaia had accom- modatons for ,I00 passen
gers and carried crew of " 0 men.
Ii is believed that only comparatively small number
Of passengers were aboard 1t is known whether per-
ished
The Stampalia carried defense guns.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
RICHTON WILL HOLD
PERRY COUNTY FAIR
IN spite Of Storm Damage, They viii
Celebrate.

5 Richton, Miss, Aug. 1s.-At a spe-
cial meeting Of the local fair associa-
,tion held wednesday evening it was
decided to so ahead with arrangernents
Nor the fair despite tbs recent storm
damage, The spirit Of ceropeFation Is
and Indications are thai
Ia splendid showing viii be made.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
MoroR TRANSPORTS DELAYED.

Columbus N M, Aug 49, Reports
from the south tell Of heavy rains in
he territory occupied by the AmeTi-
san punitive expedition, causing great
discomfort in the camps and delaying
motor transports.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-08-19
TIE COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans, Aus. 10. The cotton
market closed today at: January,
l4.S4, opening al 1885 March. 1851,
opening at l4s4 October, lao7, open
Ing at l4o7 December. l4s4 opening
|at 1926.