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The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
CLUB DECLINES
TO
|CLIFF WILLIAMS
Commercial Body Will Not
Ask Meridian Man to Deliver
Address Here.
FEARS POLITICAL
MOVE ON HIS PART

The Hattiesburg Commercial Club
is not to extend an invitation to Chn
Williams, permanent chairman OF the
Mississippi Progressive League, to
come here on February A and make
an address.
The Meridian man. who is touring
the state in the interest of the league
which has as its object, the remedy
ing of crtain laws now enforced III
! Mississippi. win be asked, however,
to tell Forrest county what he STANDS
for but by a number of individuals
! of the city.
| The matter was taken up at last
\ nights meeting of the club, and afte'
n much discussion, the question OF IN
yiting Mr.. Williams here was referre'
I to half dozen citizens OF Hatties
burg, who will act as individuals
, These men have been in communic'
l ton with Mr.. Williams already, cor
. Z geTnlnS HIS plOpOoSo 'iSt~ - ~-~ -
I'll President Hannah, when introou
5 ing the subject, stated that he wan
AAed to offer word of explanation.
A Il think Mr.. Williams is doing gre
work. he said, "and should be col
mended for it. But believe that tn
club, before formally inviting him
Hattiesburg, should be told oil G
N tain reports that are being circnia'
here and there 1t is stated In
=, ridian that Mr. Williams is layin
y his plays for the governors race +
wears hence, and this tour of the st
~ it is declared. is preliminary tow
- lthis end.
ue- III Mr., Williams comes here,
- win be our guest, that Is Il we IN
hptinhed on Page Four@
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
MAN LOSES LIFE IN
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT
A J. THORNTON MEETS DEATH IN
PECULIAR WAY NEAR HIS
HARVEY HOME.

The funeral OF A. ]. Thornton, aged
resident of Harvey. who was Killed III
a runaway accident while en- route 70
Hattiesburg late yesterday afternoon
will he held at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning The interment will be In the
cemeterv at Green's Creek. The Rev.
w N McMillin will have cahrge Oh
the services.
The death of Mr.. Thornton was OIL
a peculiar nature. He was seateo in
douhle.seated wagon, driving mule
and WAS on his way to Hattiesburg TO
meet one of his daughters, when the
animal Incoming frightened, suddenly
,eaned forward. Mr.. Thornton was
thrown backwards in the wagon NE
head striking the second seat wmci
was in the bottom of the wagon. TN
mule continued to run until II reache'
the farm of Green Neal. something iik
I, mile and a half from Mr.. thornton
! home. Here it was stopped by Mr'
!. Ben Taylor.
Il Mrs. Taylor saw the unconscio'
hody in the wagon. and in a few mn
utes DR.. Turner, who was answeri'
call in that section reacheo u
scene. He made an examination al
kfound life extinct.
! Sheriff HARRISON was notihed' al
/ bejng unable to locate Coroner Mche
a zie requested Justice of the fea
Greer to accompany him to the Ne
# farm Judge Greer served as coroh'
e and jury was impaneled. Dr. Turn
i. returned before the investiga''on' y
concluded, and gave his testimehs'
: verdict of accidental death was =
Il. dered.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
BENCH.
|APPO|NTEES ARE
FINALLY NAMED
Potter, Holden and Sykes Are
Given Temporary Places
By Governor
THEY WILL SERVE TILL
ELECTIONS NEXT SUMMER

,.ousor Miss. Jan. 26.-Clayten ID.
potter, of Jackson; Judge J. b. Hoiueh'
of McComb City, and E. O. Sykes OIL
Aberdeen. ,ast night we're appointeo
to MIA, ,.s- OF. the Mississippi supreme
Court by Governor Bilbo, to serve an
iii elections are held under the Terms
90 ,ba elective judiciary amendments
referring to the Supreme Court.
The appointments were made oy
lcoyernor Bilbo within an hour aite'
the senate adjourned its afternoon ses
J sion. at v,hich the upper body OF 'ns
l Mississippi legislature adopted tn'
uouse concurrent resolutions inser''n'
into the constitution the severa
amendments. voted on favoraply y
the people in 1914, which, briefly nas' '
,ba effect of making Supreme Co"i
Judges elective by the people lns'ea
Of appointive by the Governor mctea'
! ;no the number of Supreme oou'
Judges from three to six, and allo~'n
| the higher tribunal to sit in TWO =
yisions.
4 II had been predicted for some TN
| that the men named by Governor .
bo would be appointed, SO the q
nouncement caused no surprise
| The Governor did not wait uh
the legislature had passed a bill des
hating the dates of elections for me
hers Of the Supreme Court, and ne a.
made the appointments desplte
: contention of some attorneys mat
was without authority to do So IN
J much as the constitutional anne
ments did not specify tnat' any
! would be chosen by any me'nou
tContinued on Page Four
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
r5atieshnrg F,ov Loses Arm When Freight
A.P.West Taken To-
Infr1,ary; Is Still
In "A Serious State
UNCONSCIOUS FORM FOUND SIT
TING ~ NORTHEASTERN
TRACKS EARLY TODAY.

(. Aubrey p. West, 20 years old, PEI.
ter known as Peanuts West, wen
known young man about town. anu
connected at intervals with the MIS-
sissippi Central Railroad Offices mere
Is in the south Mississippi lnfirmary
today in dangerous condition as
result Of fall from fast fiyiRg man
ifest freight train, near Lumper'oh, ,
sometime early today.
The right arm of the young man was
amputated an inch or two ,eiow 'he
shoulder and he is suffering from
fracture of the skull. and numerous
bruises. He has not yet regained con-
sciousness. It is not believed that MS
Injuries are Of a fatal nature.
/ How the accident occurred viii not
be known until Young West is able
to talk.
i II was before daylight this morning
that Engineer Dwyer, on Train NO.
: 80. Of the New Orleans & Northeast
fern. saw the sitting figure OF man
alongside the tracks a mile TINS side
of Lumberton. He brought his tram
to a standstill, and with his fireman
/, alighted. West was found with MS
! chin resting on his chest, and uncon
scious. lie was placed in the caooos'
Of the train, and the trip to Hatties
burg continued. At Purvis the In
Urinary was wired, and an ambuianc'
= met the freight which reached IN
;, city shortly after 4.oclock. The youn
: man was rushed to the lnfirmar!
where the crushed arm vas amp
tated
. That West was riding the freigl
% IL New Orleans. with view of eithe
" visiting a friend, or Of boarding ca
OF tleboat for Europe, is the belief OF
soc;ates here. Something like
Up month ago with two telegraph oper
as TORS. Austin and Stewart, West ie
he for New Orleans, saying that he W
going to Europe on mule snip I
oh some reason he did not make the Ut
IL and returned to Hattiesburg.
by Yesterday he worked for the MISS
sippi Central, and at 1925 o'cio
un- this morning, he passed down
ned railroad yards, threw his keys
Ical Night Baggageman Buchanan, a
ach told him to give them to Claude Fle
any agent of the M. c. here. Ten minu
later Train No. 81, a fast freight
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
MEMBER ATTACKS Bill.

Bristol, England, Jan. 2d.--The pro
ceedings at the conference Of the rep<
resentatives of more than 2.000, 90
English trade unionists, to decide -
boris attitude on compulsory SERVES
and the war, was opened with an =
tack on the service bin by the pree11
dent of the conference, William And4
son a member of Parliament IS
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
BUT FIVE MORE DAYS
| REMAIN BEFORE LIMIT
OF the $500 Voters in the County,
Less Than 900 Of Them Have Met
This obligation to the state-sher-
iffs office Is Preparing for Grand
Rush During the Closing Hours
Penalty on DeIinquents Fixed.

With but five days remaining In
this month, in which to pay poll taxes,
more than half of the voting popula-
tion of Forrest county stands chance
Of being disfranchised at the coming
primaries and elections next summer
and fall.
Ont of total Of 1900 voters in the
county less than 1000 of these had
paid their poll taxes by noon today
Should this obligation to the state be
neglected another five days, the delin
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
Wilson MayCome
to Hattiesburg

The presence in Hattiesburg
somo time during the coming spring
of President Wilson, who Is plan
ming speaking campaign in the
South in the interest of his national
defense program, today reached the
probable stage.
Whether the President will be
able to stop off at Hattiesburg for
any length of time, depends entire
" upon the schedule of his South
ern trip, now being considered by
Secretary Tumulty. 1t is confident
ly believed that the nations Chief
Executive will pass through Hat
| tiesburg, either going from Wash
ington or returning there after the
speaking tour. When it is defl-
nitely decided just when the trip
will be begun, and what Sec
tions it will traverse, Hattiesburg
will. as single man, go to work
to have the President stop of here
for few hours and outline his pre-
paredness plan.
II Mayor Batson today received the
following letter from Joseph P. Tu
multy, secretary to the President
Ill in resnonse TO the telegram sen
II on Saturday by the Mayor, inviting
II Mr.. Wilson to include Hattiespur'
HI! ON the list of Southern cities 7
I'll be visited:
MY Dear Mayor Batson:
sl "The President has receive
I'll your very kind telegram of Januar
ii 22. and has asked me to assure 70
that he genuinely appreciates IN
invitation which you extend to hir
II He will be glad to give it most car
q fnl consideration in case ne q
II cides to make a Southern trip.
Z Sincerely yours,
y "Joseph P. Tumulty."
in This letter is considered as esI
i'll cially encouraging, when 1t is
membered that the invitation
fe tended. by vicksburg to the Pre-
Of dent was declined, because II v
OF stated. Mr.. Wilson did not ih'e
e. visiting that section Of Mississil
US on his trip.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
lieves.

Judge Pah, B. Johnson, of the Cir-
cuit Court. of this division, and one OF
the hest known attorneys' in South
Mississippi, will be candidate for
position on the Mississippi Supreme
Court bench, at the election to be heid
some time this summer.
This announcement was mace toaay'
and friends of Judge Johnson are CON
fdent that he will come out vlctori
GUS.
Judge Johnson was told by a repre-
sentative Of The News this mornint
os the three temporary appointments
made TO the supreme bench by GOV
ernor Bilbo yesterday. He was no
surprised.
81 did not expect the temporary al
nointment," he said. I'm fact wa
NOT in the field for it, and did not u
sire IL. ~
II have about reached the decisio
70 enter the race, and when DO
will be with view oftwinning' anu
a big majority, at that.
"True it is that there are ~ cou
,,es 10 be visited and to be campaisn'
IN put | enjoy that kind of polite
nor,, and will be able to visit ea
Of the counties and make just as ma
sneeches as the people demand.
Continued on Page Four'
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
nl1111bertoll
more Friction
WITH NEUIRAL
Question Of Making BlocE1
Thorough Being Discusssa
InHouse Of Commons
UNoFFlclALLY iNTlMATED
THAT BODY opPosfs !
Representatives Of English oover
N ment and 2,ooo, 900 Membsrs q Trol



way today. The attitude Of labor ~
ward compulsory military service w!l
be decided on at conference 1t Hrl1-
tol, when more than 1000, 900 men
bers of trade unions will be rerz1
sented.
The debate on the question Of Co.
plete blockade of Germany is beie1e
the House of Commons. Unofficial NJ
timations are that England will decloe
against formal blockade. because =:
might increase the friction witils neu-
trails
The Austrian drive down the eastern
coast of the Adriatic having pass
beyond the Montenegrin border. Is nov
said to have resulted in the captnre
of the Albanian seaport, Sangiovann1
Dimedua.
Rome reports that Austria is con-
cerned over the Austrian advances
southward. The Bulgarians are -
ported to have advanced into Ceutr1l
Albania, and 1t is reported that tne
Bulgarians we're defeated by Albanler
troops near Elbascan.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
PORTER JONES BACK
AS CHIEF OPERATOR

] Porter Jones. formerly . telegraph
onerator in the Hattiesharg OFFICES Of
the Western Union. and who nas pes''
stationed at Gulfportf for some Tune
has returned to this city and has been
made chief operator here. ne sae
eeeds w. H. whittsitt. who has pee
transferred to Meridian.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
THE COTTON MARKET.

(By Associated Prrss.)
New Orleans, Jan. 26.--4ne cotll
market at 1880 o'clock was y
points down. The opening fxS1
were: March, 1906; May. l2:s2
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
The War a Year Az

Russians make slight advances 4
in East Prussia.
Germany orders all grain g y
confiscated February /.
Big battle between Germaae
and British at La Bassee canal.
Germans penetrate Freac1
lines vast Of Craonne.
British armed merchantu<
yicknor struck mine and SIM
with all hands.
Austrians occupy kletce
Russian Po.>nd. s.. 4;
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
TIE WEATHER

ror Mississippl-cIoudy tonight and
nursoay' probably rain; somewhat
colder Thursday in north portion.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-26
Johnson IS OUT
FOR PLACE ON
SUPREME court.
Hattiesburg Jurist To Enter
Race For Seat On Tribunal
Bench,
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT
EXPECTED IN FEW DAYS

Judge to Canvass 2e Counties in This
District During the Coming Sum-
mer-Date of Election Has Not Yet
Been Fixed-Did Not Want Tempo
rary Appointment, As 1t Gives NO
Advantage to Candidate, He Be
lieves.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-19
CHURCH VS.. UNIoNlsM.- see

CHURCH vs.. UNIONlSM.-I see
by the papers that the recent Metho-
dist conference at Saratoga refused
to indorse union labor because the
union wouldn't allow a nonunion la
borer to work with them on a Job.
The unions are perfectly justified in
taking such action.
We notice that the man who will
not join is always willing to take the
wages that the unions have made it
possible for him to get outside of
the organization, and my contention
is that if he gets the benefits from
the union he should be willing to do
his share toward the upkeep. The
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-19

nOnunlOn man belongs in the same
category with the taxdOdger and
ought to be buried in the same
trench.
HOdcarriers, bricklayers and car
penters, from the fact that they are
organized, get from "a to Sc for eight
hours labor, and the only excuse a
man has for not joining is his scabby
instincts.
It would be interesting to know
why these moral and religious spec
ialists do not put the pan on the pro-
fessional unions: Doctors, lawyers,
druggists, bankers and a hundred
other silk-stocking organizations
who are a thousand times more OPP
pressive and detrimental to the CONF
mon good than all the labor unions
this side of Billy Sundays hell"
The fact of the matter is that the
churches are controlled by lot Of
would-be aristOcrats and wOrshipers
of mammon, instead of the carpenter
Christ and his teachings, and are
helping to draw a line of social re-
spectability between the OveraIls of
manual labor and-the claw-hammer
coat of the professions, and then they
roll their eyes to high heaven and
pray God to soften the hearts of the
common herd, so that they will
come to church and chip in when
they pass the ''sasseT."
When Christ was on earth he was
a despised carpenter and possibly be-
lOnged to a union whose headqUar-
tiers perhaps were over in the wilder
ness in the vicinity of Nazareth, and
I've got a bunch that He was attend
ing a labor convention when He was
doing that 4O-day stunt of fasting,
and for a side issue he could not have
done any better.
I believe if He was here in old Chi.
today he would belong to the big car
penters' union over in Nazareth near
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-19

Dublin proves that he possessed the
grit and determination to succeed de-
spite the fierce opposition of the cler-
ical force.
After our organization was born
we purchased a few fonts of type and
a handpress and turned out weekly
''The Irish Worker" After our days
work we would go up to our rooms in
Abbey st. and throw up a few sticks
of type for the weekly edition. Con-
molly was editor, printers devil and
'pi" sOrter all in one. He eventually
learned the case and helped out on
the presswOrk as well. When the late
Queen Victoria came on her recruit
ing mission in Ireland our plant was
wrecked and five Of us were arrest
ed and fined for daring to print an
article entitled 1.-The Famine Queen"
The paper has grown in circulation
and power, and from its humble be-
ginning it is what The Day Book will
be to Chicago when the worker be-
gins to see the light.
1 w uOJ care W u pass IOO MUCH
on your space, but l think that a fit
ting little memorial should be sent
from the toilers. of Chicago in sym
pathy with the Irish movement to
Mrs. Connolly and her little family of
eight on the loss Of her husband I'M
der such tragic circumstances. He
fell, as did many brave men before,
for the cause Of liberty, and from his
ashes will spring a greater republican
Ieland.-T. P. Mulvey, Chicago.
CHURCH vs.. UNloNlSM.-I see
l.. a. 1. -.u-,r-.- tInt n, -..-.--L nr.Lr--
Evening journal., 1916-05-30

Mrs. F. S. Whitten. Miss Lille Souder.
Team 29-Mrs. f. II. Edsall. cap
tain; Mrs. A. w. Armstrong, Miss
Anna Bird. Miss May Malone. Miss
Jennie Baxter. Miss Constance Moore,
Miss Mary Johnson. Mrs. Charles l..
Story, Miss Louise Johnson, Miss
Grace Taylor.
Team 30-Mrs. Walter ID. Bush, cap
tain; Miss Isabel Halket. Mrs. w. H..
Corey. Miss c. II. G. Baker. Miss Alice
Bradford. Miss Helen Hayes. Miss
Grace Mason. Miss NJ c. Tatnall. Miss
Eva b. Taylor. Miss Katherine Spear,
Miss Alice Bradford.
Team 31-Mrs. II. l.. Evans, cap
tain; Miss Elizabeth Pyle, Miss Sara
Evans. Mrs. ]. II. Lindsay. Miss Flor
ence Brackin. Miss Alice Johnson.
Miss Julia Johnson, Miss Augusta
Dure.
Team 32.-Mrs. ]. Ernest Smith
captain; Mrs Peter T. Wright. Mrs
owen Spear. Mrs. Benjamin Veasey
Mrs. Lewis Fritz. Mrs. F. II. Megaw
Mrs. NJ. I. Eby. Miss Edna Kindell
Mrs. William P. White, Miss Dells
Patterson.
Evening journal., 1916-05-30
masked MARVEL No
match FOR ZBYSZKO
Christensen Defeats Leun in
One OF Best Bouts Ever
Staged in Wilmington
BOTH MATCHES FAST
WHILE THEY LASTED

Two OF the best wrestling bouts
ever staged in Wilmington we're held
at The Playhouse last night when
Wladek Zbyszko won from Mort Hen
derson, better known as the Masked
Marvel" in the wind-up and Harold
Christensen. who claims the light
weight championship won from
George Lem. Frank Lem was
matched to meet Christensen. but
owing to a broken arm could not go
on and his brother was substituted.
The latter gave Christensen a great
battle and the fans we're more pleas
ed with this match than they were
with the wind-up.
The MASKED Marvel" attracted
much attention at first when he was
introduced with his mask on. On ac-
count OF the heat he soon removed
his mask and was then introduced as
Mort Henderson. Zbyszko. the pow
erful Pole carried the fight to the
Marvel from the start and proved too
strong and too clever for his oppo-
nent. He pulled the Marvel around
the mat almost at will and secured
his first fall in fifteen minutes with
UO0N NOlus ne AAIdAAe N'AA'A't'Ni
in the final fall which he secured in
four minutes that he is the Masked
Marvels master. At the conclusion
of his match Zbyszko announced that
he was ready TO meet any wrestler
for any side bet from one to ten thou
sand dollars.
The second bout from the fans
standpoint was much more interest
Ing. Christensen. who has won many
friends by his clever work was at MS
best and in fine condition. He had
a slight advantage over George Lem,
who substituted for his brother al
the last minute in this respect.
Both men showed skill and clever
ness in their work and on several oc-
casions it, looked as though Lem
would win a fall but Christensen al
WAYS managed to bridge and get out
OF the dangerous positions. The two
men worked hard and fast and Chris
tenson secured his first fall In fifteen
minutes. Lem came back strong IN
the second bout and was the ag-
gressor for a time having Christen-
son in some dangerous positions. The
latter. however, displayed his clever.
ness time after time and when he had
Lenn fairly we'll worked out again
threw him in sixteen minutes.
Lem announced that he would like
m have a return match with Chris
tenson.
Evening journal., 1916-05-30
EsTATE or JAMES MCCAIN, DE-
RANKRrPrCY SALE.


II ANKRUpTCY sALE-BY VIRTUE or
- an order Of Referee IN Bankuptcy. will
be exposed 20 public sale. nc the County
Court House, in the city Of Wilmington. New
Castle county. State of Delaware on Wed
neaday. June 2, 1916, at 10 o'clock A. H.
all the rcal and personal estate of UNITED
STATES COAL COMPANY. Bankrupt located
Al or near the town Of kemmerer Lincoln
county Wyoming. including certain tract or
parcel of land with the buildings thereon
erected and al the machinery connected
Herewith or attached 10 said buildings ana
property. situate In the county Of incoln
formerly county of Uintal IN the State %
wyoming as described in mortr- re made hv
said bankrupt and recorded In county Of
Lincoln aforesaid, In Mortgage Book Volume
80, page o3o, etc. together with an and sing.
ular, the tenemcnts. hercdtaments and AZ.
purtenances belonging to said property. and
the tevcrsions. remuindsrs. tolls incomes.
rent, issue and profits thereof including All
chatteis, fixtures, furniture. machinery. tools
ana every other esiatn right. title and ia.
ierest, property and appurtenance OF the said
United states Coal Company, Bankruft said
sale 10 be free and clear Of all liens. except
taxes.
Attendance will be given and terms made
known by Harry W. Davis. Trustee in Bank.
ruptcy. may27-f
Evening journal., 1916-05-30

takes place. the need of making the
entry early is apparent.
One OF tho largest single delegations
in the parade Is expected to be the
employees OF the Pennsylvania Railroad.
In the line will be both men and wo-
men and II is expected that there will
be as many. II not more. women in
this division than i'm any other.
What is said of the Pennsylvania
railroad applies 10 other industrial
establishments which are taking an
active interest During the past few
days two Of the largest industrial es-
tablishments I'm the city have demon
strated that they intend 10 make a
fine showing In the parade. One has
arranged TO purchase white shirt
waists. white skirts and caps for each
Of its many young women employees,
and has ordered National Red Cross
brassards for their arms. Both OF
these firms. at their own expense. Will
have excellent bands TO march at the
head Of their employees. What these
two firms are doing. many other COM
panies which have not announced
their plans as yet may do.
n is quite probable that the people
Of Wilmington will be surprised be-
yond measure by the showing of the
fraternal orders, school children over
i2 years Of age. hremen. those in the
military division and all the others.
It's going 10 be bang-up good
parade, that's certain.