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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-29
SCOTTISH RITE MASOkS
Close Annual Spring Reunion at Meri.

Meridian The Scottish Rite Masous
closed their annual spring reunion
here May "a by work il the 81 and 32d
degrees. Hamasa Temple, Mobiles @:
Mystic Shrine, held a ceremonial les
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-29
Italian Ship Sunk.

London.-The Italian ship Orealla
has been sunk off Barcelona, according
to Lloyd's.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
GATHER FORCES TO
 MOVE INTO GREECE
ACTUAL OPENING OF AN OFTEN sIVE MOVEMENT BY TEUToNIc
 ALLIES APPEAR PREMATURE.

London.-While recent reports of movement by the Teutonic allies against Saloniki appear premature, the cables bringing accounts of va rious troop movements in military quarters to indicate that such an offen- sive IS probably imminent The Ath- ems dispatches tell of continued con centration of German. Austrian and Bulgarian forces on the Greek iron tier and transfer of heavy artillery southward from Nish.
 Advices from allied sources declar- ed friction between Rumania and the central powers has increased and that Rumania has collected forces close to the Austro-Hungarian frontier.
 There is paucity of news of active operations in any of the war fields, ments are in progress.
 The latest official bulletin from Con- stantinople reports improved condi- tons for the Turks who apparently have recently been under extremely severe pressure by the Russians. All though the Ottoman forces around Erzerum seemingly have not been sue cessful in undertaking an offensive, they have been able to repulse all the renewed Russian attacks, they de- clare.
 No change in the situation in Meso- potamia is indicated, the British relief army being still stalled on the Tigrls down the river from Kut-el-Amara.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
COUNT oKUMA ANNOUNCES VAL. LIABLE CONCESSIONS WILL
 BE OBTAINED.
DETAILS NOT MADE PUBLIC
Says Japan Will Adhere to London Peace Declaration By Which She Agreed Not to Make Sepa-
 rate Peace

Tokio.-Confirmati of reports that Germany has been unnecessarily trying to conclude a separate peace with Japan was made by Count Oku- ma, the premier, in an interview with a representative of the Kokumln Shimbun on January 5. The premier believed this indicated that Germany was showing certain signs of suffer ing, chiefly as a result of the weak ened condition of her finances.
 While no details of the peace nego- tiations were made public, the pre- mier said it was hardly necessary to announce that Japan would adhere 10 the London peace declaration by which she had agreed not to make a separate peace.
 Criticism in some quarters has arisen because Japana's adhesion to the London peace declaration was un- dertaken by the government without consultation with the privy council, but in defending the governments ac- tion Count Okuma declared it was a natural result of the declaration of war by Japan upon Germany.
 "The fact" he said, that the anti Japanese sentiment in Canada, the United States, Australia and other countries has gradually subsided and is being replaced with favorable sentiment towards Japan is due to our acts by loyalty to pledges"
 At the same time the premier made the important announcement that Ja- pan is about to obtain from Russla certain concessions in forestry, min ing and other industries in the north ern half of Saghalien Island, which IS owned by Russia. The southern half of this island was acquired by Japan at the conclusion of the Russo-Japa- nese war.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
APPAM CASE PRACTICALLY ENDS DETAILS NOT ARRANGED
 U. s. DEMANDS ARE HELD.
NO CONCESSIONS WERE MADE
Now That Questions Involved concern Form and Final Wording of the Agreement, Every Change Must
 Be Submitted to Berlin.

Washington. - When Count yon Bernstorff called to confer with Sec. retary Lansing on the Lusitania no. gotiations he presented formal communication from his government contending that under the Prussian. American treaty the British liner An. pam, a German prize in Hampton Roads, should be permitted to remain in American waters indefinitely.
 At the conclusion of the confer. ence Count Von Bernstorff said:
 Everything is substantially all right, but it is not finished"
 Secretary Lansing, in reply to in. quirers, sent word from his office that the negotiations had not advanced much
 It was learned that some altera. tions which concern the form of the agreement and are regarded as minor ones are now to be made, and that the change involves sending the pro posed agreement to the Berlin foreign office.
 Although Count Von Bernstorff has been negotiating with the greatest latitude up to this point, now that the questions involved concern the form and final wording of the agree ment between the two countries. every change, no matter of how minor a nature, must be submitted to Der lin.
 In the opinion of German officials. those changes which now are to be made do not alter the effect or sub stance of the agreement, and they will be accepted by the Berlin foreign office.
 Meanwhile, no announcement will be made by the United States.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
 Oppose RansdetI Bill.

Washington.- Attorneys for lumber companies that have purchased the land grant area from the New Or leans Pacific Railroad Company in northern Louisiana appeared before the Senate Public Lands Committee in opposition to the Ransdell bill for the relief of settlers within the linn it's of the grant. They urged the claims of these settlers are now being litigated in the federal courts and eventually will reach the Supreme Court and any rights either party has in the lands will be established there.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Navy Secret Code Lost

San Francisco.-A book containing the secret code of the United States Navy has been lost from the torpedo boat destroyer Hull. According to ad- vices from Washington, the Navy De, partment has ordered the court-mar- tial at the Mare Island Navy Yard of Lieut.. Herbert A. Jones, commander of the reserve torpedo fiotilla, and of the Hull, and of Ensign Robert D. Fitzpatrick, executive officer, in whose joint possession the book was.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Big Oil Plant Burns.

Toledo, O.-An explosion followed by fire in the plant of the Craig Oil Company here resulted in an estimat- ed loss of $75,000 One fireman was injured. Six men, missing during the fire, were accounted for later Sixty tanks of benzine and gasoline were saved through the employment of trenches.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
onium shinments Held.

Los Angeles, Cal.-As the United States prohibits the importation of opium or it's derivatives from Mexico, it should be illegal for the United States to ship the product into that country, according to an opinion ex- pressed by consular agent at Ensena- da, Mex, or the Carranza de facto government in refusing to permit re- shipment of $35,O00 worth of the drug from San Diego to Ensenada
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
NAME COMMITTEE
 ON FLOOD CONTROL
SOUTHERN MEMBERS FARE WELL IN SELECTION OF
 HOUSE BODY.
resentatiYes

Washington. Representatives Humphreys of Mississippi, Garrett of Tennessee, Russell of Mis- souri, McLemore of Texas, Will son of Louisiana and Vinson of Georgia were selected by the ways and means committee Democrats for membership on the new House com mittee on flood control. MT. Humph- reys will be chairman. Three more Democrats are to be chosen. With six Republicans to be che sen by Leader Mann, the committee will have 15 members Representative Wingo of Arkansas was tentatively added to the Democratic list.
 MT. Humphreys announced that a scheme of action under which the Mississippi River flood troubles would be handled would be one of the first matters considered and he believed that it would work out a plan that would adequately present to the House a solution of the problem that has been before Congress so many years.
 "eto SoAioiuoi e1oAC OPpooieiOii before the ways and means committee to the dominance of Southern mem bers, northern representatives con tending that the Northern Democrats were not adequately represented. The tentative nature of MT. Wingo's selec- tion was due to this opposition, and it is possible that the three vacan- cies, including that tentatively filled by MT. Wingo, may be given to North ern members.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Cards stop Bullet.

Chicago.-A deck of cardc carried in an upper coat pocket kept a police mans bullet from piercing the heart of a safeblower. The man, who gave his name as Joseph Smith, Buffalo, N. Y, and a companion were trying to blow the safe of suburban railroad station when a policeman fired at them through window. Smith S companion escaped, but Smith was wounded slightly and was arrested.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Farm Prices Are Hiqher.

Washington.-Pric for the princi- pal American farm products on Jan uary were slightly more than two per cent higher than on the same date year ago, said Department of Az riculture bulletin issued January prices were nearly four per cent high CT than the average for the last eight years.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
To Buy Lower California.

Washington.-The president will be authorized to negotiate with the Car ranza government for the purchase or Lower California by a resolution by Representative Britton of Illinois He declared such a purchase would give the Carranza officials millions Of dol lars for rehabilitation of the govern ment and industries.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Navy Lacks Officers

Washington.-Rea Admiral Victor Blue, chief of the Bureau of Naviga- tion, told u house Naval Committee that while the American navy is bet ter off today than it was three years ago and better off today than it ever has heen," the most vital weakness is shortage of officers. He said Ameri- can ships carry more men, but fewer officers, than foreign vessels of the same type.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
For New Appeals Court.

Washington.-Cal are out for a meeting of the Judiciary Su.commlt- tee, of which Congressman Caraway, as ranking member, is acting chair man, to pass upon bill to create the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mir Caraway says he has talked with sev- evral members of his committee, and believes the bill will be favorably re ported to the committee
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
SnIdiers, Bodies Eonnd

Mercedes, Tex.-The bodies of three of the four soldiers who lost their lives in the Rio Grande, January 26, at Progreso, while returning from Mexico, where they had gone to res- cue companions, have been recovered. The fourth body has not been found.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Fear u-Roat in Atlantic

New York.-The British consul gen eral here notified British shipping to watch out for German submarines in American waters. Information receiy- ed at the consulate from private sources lead them to believe that a submarine had accompanied the Ap- pam across the Atlantic.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Steel Profits Large.

New York.-The annual report oi the Republic Iron and Steel Compan' for the year ending December q, 1915, made public, shows net prollts oa $3,3S5,723, an increase of $2,5lV,o4' over 1914
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
s15o.ooo.ooo Company.

Dover, Del.-The Pan-American Pe- troleum and Steamboat Company was chartered here with a capital Of s19o'- O00,00O. The company is to construct, operate and own steamboat and rali- road lines and acquire petroleum de- posits of all kinds.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Further Clues to Plots,

Washington.-Rec of the Riggs National Bank of Washington show ing some of the financial transactions of Captain Franz von Papen, have been sent to New York for the use of United States District Attorney H. Snowden Marshall in investigations by the federal Grand Jury of alleged plots to violate American neutrality.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Lamar Loses His Appeal.

Washington.-Dav Lamar the wolf of Wall street" convicted in federal court on charges of imperson, ating an officer of the United States with intent to defraud, lost his ap- peal in the Supreme Court. The New York District Court is free to enforce the penltentiary sentence.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Extend WeeviJ Fioht.

Washington-To strengthen the barriers against the pink boil weevil, the Department of Agriculture has ex- tended it's definition of cotton as ap- piled Tn import regulations to include all forms of cotton waste which is im- ported in large quantities for use in making mattresses, feltings and simi. lar products.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
pistiIler Is Pardoned

Washington Wilson has commuted, to expire at once, a six months sentence imposed at Fort Smith, Ark, on c. M. Hawkins, who pleaded guilty last October to operat. ing distillery without paying the government tax.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Hone For Understanding.

Berlin n.-Instructions have been sent by the German government to Ambas' sador yon Bernstorff of Washington of such a nature as to give reason able hope for positive understands ing" concerning the Lusitania affair, it. was announced
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Dry Petition Filed.

Characterization were filed Tn so Illinois townships for the submission of the liquor question at the spring election. Most of the petitions Wele filed by the anti-saloon advocates anu affect approximately 1000 saloons.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Tulsa Mayor cnnuictaa

Tulsa, Okla.-Mayor Frank M. Wooden was found guilty on two counts by jury in the District Court here of having received brlbes to give immunity to keepers of alleged gamp- ling houses and hquor-selling estab. lishments.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Hold 1.4oe. .171 Allies.

Berlin. total of 1,429,171 enemy soldiers to date are prisoners of war in Germany" the Overseas News Agency announced. This is not inclu- sive of prisoners in Austria Hungary
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Bit Too Illustrative.

Halifax, N. S.-One officer and three soldiers were seriously injured and five soldiers received minor burns and cuts when an explosion occurred while a military class in bomb manu- featuring was listening to lecture.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Tents for confederates-

Washington resolution to au- thorize the War Department to loan Confederate Veterans encampment at Birmingham next May was passed by the house. The resolution already has passed the Senate.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
May Avert Mine Strike.

New York-The threatened strike of 147,000 anthracite miners will prop ably be averted through a willingness to make concessions by both parties.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Naxaios Take Warpath.

Phoenix, Ariz.-Angered by the ki'', ing of one of their number by Willee policeman, Indians of the NavaJo nc, servation in northeasterr Arizona af0' threatening an uprising.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Flau to New OrIe,,c

Boston.-Ihe City Council has yot ed to return to New Orleans a Con. federste flag removed by Gen. Ben ButleY during the Civil war.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
To Discuss Preparedness.

New York.-Telegrams were se's, from Mayor Mitchell's office cali.s upon the chief executive of soc cltzz to appoint delegates te the naakszz= F a@97 =5 conference on national defense e Louis March and 4 and to
 themselves if possible. x a'; sS1 1='| E. E | <
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Mexican Censor Quits.

New York Messages to all pai's of Mexico are no longer subject v censorship, it was announced py sne Western Union Telegraph Company'
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
Another Rritisher Down.

London.-The British steamship
 Balgownie, 1.061 tons gross, has been sunk The crew, with the exception lof the second officer. was saved.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11

Robert H. Perry, 103 years old, said to be the oldest Arkansan, is dead at his home at Conway. He was too old for service in the civil war
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11

Three men were drowned at the wa terworks lake at Forum, Ok, when they were trying to rescue Miss Stella Anderson, who went through the ice.
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11
NEWS IF THE WEEK
 FROM OVER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND OTHER COUNTRIES
 BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
Weeks News condensations Re- viewed Without comment--Ali Nations Find Something to
 Edify and Instruct.

George Burch of Bonham, Tex, just coughed himself out of an illness of I2 years duration Physicians said his coughing spells were due to tuber- culosis. But he coughed up collar button swallowed when a boy and is getting we'll
The Pulaskian., 1916-02-11


 Rioting occurred in Lisbon, Portu- gal, in demonstration against the in- creased cost of living. Attacks were made on many bakeries and provision shops in different parts of the city.
 Gov. Martin G. Brumbaugh of Penn sylvania was married to Miss Gloria Belle aPrks, his distant cousin, ward and housekeeper.
 Mrs. Daniel Weingart, Miss Emma Harbaugh and Mrs. John Myers of Chambersburg, Pa, were killed when milk train struck their automobile.
 An increase of from 1912 to g cents an hour for common labor was an nounced at the general offices of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company.
 Oscar Bruhn, the Adams Express wagon driver charged with having stolen S2200, is under arrest in Salt Lake City and has made confession.
 The conscription law recently passed by parliament will become eff fective March 2, the Evening Star has announced.
 
 Miss Jane Addams of Hull House left Chicago for California, where she will spend two months at, Coronado Beach and San Diego. Miss Addams is taking vacation to recuperate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20

es high and which has a trunk as
thick a forty-year- maple.
There are several specimens of hem
lock which look to be kin to those
Joshua Peirce. the nurseryman, and
the Klingles, a place and family which
the Rambler wrote Of last Sunday.
Towering far above these trees are
several ma gnificent specimens OF long
leaf pine. Though all these trees are
old and have long done pious duty,
they have been treated shamelessly by
vandals. and the storms that have
swept over that hilltop have not been
kind to them.
The holly tree has been SO nearly
stripped of it's foliage that only few
stubby branches, to which a few leaves
cling, stand out from the green trunk
The arbor vitae have been pilfered
of SO many of the fat masses of their
incense-laden leaves that they look
forlorn. The boughs of the patri-
archal pines have been broken by the
winds until those poor but majestic
gloomy than is the wont of pines. At
the base of these trees are brambles
thick enough to make quite tangle.
Among the brambles are gravestones.
One must have known from the char
acter of the trees on this spot. far re-
moved from any dwelling or from the
site of any previous dwelling, that it
was q family burying ground. The
aSneS OF tne miller VINO eStdDllsnen
PIERCE mill. and built the little gray
stone springhouse by the side of Tilden
street are there. Mixed with the soil
which nourishes the holly tree, the
blessed palm and the giant long-leaf
pines. and the bluets, the buttercups.
the violets and the periwinkle that soon
will bloom, are the ashes of that Betsy,
wife of Isaac PIERCE, whose initial is
cut in the stone in the wall of the old
springhouse. In that little plot are
the ashes of children and grandchil-
dren of the miller and his wife. and
mingled there. too, are the ashes of
members of various allied families.
Only two gravestones have inscrip-
lions which may be read. These are
no longer upright. but lean against the
fallen trunk of a monster pine tree
which has been for so long lifeless that
its dust may soon mix with the grave
yard mold. The two stones are close
together, and the inscription which the
Rambler read first follows:
Sacred to the Memory Of Elizabeth Jane PIERCE
Ould daughter Of Henry and Elizabeth Cloud
Ould. Born April II, 1922; Died November 20.
1875. Aged years. Z months and IA days.
Hark; they whisper. Angels say,
Sister spirit come to me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20

south of the mill, and which was in
herited in 1869, on the death of Joshua.
by Joshua Peirce klingle, d nephew of
Mrs. Joshua Peirce.
The last of the children born to Isaac
PIERCE and Betsy Cloud PIERCE was
Abigail. She was born in 1897. She
became the wife of David Shoemaker,
who had settled in this part of the
country before the creation of the Dis
trict of Columbia Their first child was
named Abner PIERCE Shoemaker. He
was well known in the District of Co
lumbia for many years, generally as
Peirce Shoemaker. The second child
was Caroline, who died in her youth.
Abner Cloud PIERCE Shoemaker. or
simply PIERCE Shoemaker. married
Martha Carbery, member of the old
southern Maryland and District family
of that name. The children of this mar
riage were Louis Peirce Shoemaker. still
an active Washingtonian; Mary Caro-
line Cloud Shoemaker. Francis Shoe
maker, Clara ArtemeSa Shoemaker.
Catherine Abigail Shoemaker. Julius
Speakman Shoemaker and Abner Cloud
Shoemaker. Louis PIERCE Shoemaker
first married Catherine Gallagher. and
later took as his wife Miss Hattie
Simms of Washington. He has one son.
Abner PIERCE Shoemaker, who is as
sociated with him in business. Mary
Caroline Cloud Shoemaker married w.
j. Keller and removed from Washing
ton to California. She is dead. Clara
Artemesa shoemaker married l.. A.
Newman, and they live in Petworth.
They have several children. Catherine
Abigail Shoemaker married Charles r.
Newman tnot of the same family as +.
A. Newman). and they live in Mount
Pleasant. Julius Speakman and Abner
Cloud Shoemaker are dead. Martha
Carbery, wife of PIERCE Shoemaker.
died June II. 1866.
In 1900 Isaac PIERCE bought $50
acres, being a tract called Gift" He
built the mill. a house, a sawmill. the
springhouse and various stone barns.
He was a man of affairs and did a
prosperous business. He gradually en-
larged his holdings until he was the
owner of 1000 acres, all in one tract
abutting on Rock creek. He bequeath-
ed the mill property to his son Abner.
The mill property and large acreage
was inherited by Peirce Shoemaker,
whose holdings comprised about 1000
acres In 1890. at the time of the
creation of Rock Creek Park. the gov
eminent condemned $50 acres of PIERCE
Shoemaker's land for inclusion in the
park. the price paid for this land
being s35O.000.
Southwest of the mill. its grounds
fronting on Tilden street. is modern