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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-01

Or. @. B. HUNTER. Office at residence.
West Brattleboro. Hours: 20 a M: 10
2, and $50 TO p. m. Telephone. 3i5
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
Nights the Time to See New Orleans;
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Why Two Normal Excursionists Were Left

There are more different things in
New orleans, and places 20 go at night
which fellow never would see if he
confined his sightseeing TO single
daylight excursion day, than one might
imagine, according to D. o. Patton and
John Scruggs, both students at the
Normal College, who went
to the Crescent City on the annual
Normal excursion yesterday, and al
lowed the special train to depart with
out them.
Never saw SO many big white lights
in all my life,'' said Scruggs, sleepy
eyed and tired, as he emerged from an
early train at the Northeastern sta
tion today,
"And speaking of chickens" spoke
up Patton, "if my farm would produce
that variety, never would want to 50
into the teaching business, but would
be a regular poultry fancier. You Ger
tainly do see 'eni there, when the sun
goes down, and the lights begin te
I flare up! Right you are. Got to see
New orleans by night if you want L
see it at all"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20

Scruggs and Potion were two OF a
party of 22S that left Hattiesburg on a
special train yesterday morning, spent
the day sightseeing, and returned to
the Hub City ON the special last night.
There were many Hattiesburgians on
the special.
How the two students got left. they
didn't know. One of them suggested
that probably they were late because
they depended on a big clock outside
a jewelers. shop for the time. This
clock was big and round and had a
wooden face and hands which pointed
to 7:15 o'clock. He said that they
passed this clock several times and
noted that they still had As minutes
till train time.
After what proved to be a couple Of
hours, the students made closer in.
spection of the clock and saw that il
wasn't a sure-enough time piece, but
merely dummy for advertising pur
poses. Their train was half way tc
Hattiesburg when this discovery was
made.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
COURT TAKES RECESS
TILL MONDAY MORNING
JOHNSON SPEEDS UP WORK AND
SAVES DAY AND a HALF
TO THE COUNTY.

With the gear Of the Forrest County
Circuit Court thrown into high while
going down hill, the legal work Of this
term is being speeded along rapidly.
A full days work yesterday was com
Ipleted before Ii O'clock, and court was
adjourned till Monday morning. Judge
Johnson went out to his stock farm,
District Attorney Hall to his farm and
pecan grove, and County Attorney Cur
lrie, TO special work in his offices. This
afternoon, however, the District Attor
ney and other court officials are put
lting the finishing touches on the plans
for the Holland trial which will begir
Monday morning. It Is believed thai
but two days will be required to heal
all the testimony after a jury ha'
been selected. BY Monday night 1t i
lexpected that IL acceptable men viii
be in the jury box.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
POLLS WILL OPEN
Earlier IN future
IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, VOTES
MAY BE CAST Ar 8 AND in y
TOWNS AT 4 I'M MORNING.

Mississippi election days in the fu'
ture will be from to 2 hours longer
than in the past.
In the rural districts. the polls VIII
open at 8 o'clock in the morning ana
will remain open till 6 o'clock in the
afternoon. In towns Of 1000 or more
population. the polls will open at \
O'clock and remain open TIL 8.
This became known here today wltn
the arrival from Jackson Of q partial
set Of the laws exacted Or amended
at the recent session Of the Mississippi
legislature.
The new law Will be received WIZ
interest in manufacturing communities
where, in the past, half day oftel
has been lost by each voter, who ha'
been forced to wait until 8 O'Clock .
deposit his ballot.
Under the old system the pon'
opened at 8 o'clock in the morning an'
remained open till in the afternoon
The new hours will be effective 7
,he municipal elections to be held =
Igattiesburg and elsewhere in the stat
early next month.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20

A set of laws, applicable to Forrest
County exclusively, governing the use
Of seines, nets, traps, and the like by
local fishermen is being worked out
by the individual members of the
Board of Supervisors, and it is proba-
BILE that at the June meeting this inn
portant matter viii come up for final
decision.
With the appointment Of Lamar
Robertson as Game Warden for For
rest, the question of affording better
protection for the fish and wild game
Of this section, again has arisen.
Thus far, Mr.. Robertson has only
familiarized himself with the State
laws on the subject. BY the time the
Board meets next month. however, he
will be in a position to offer the mem
bers valuable suggestions as to what
the proposed local laws should cover.
State Laws General
The State laws are more or less
general. Outside of the foct that they
prohibit the use of dynamite gun
powder and similar explosives, these
regulations protect the fish of Forrest
but little.
Five deputy wardens, one from eacf
beat in the county, are to be appointed
Iby Mr.. Robertson, acting on adTice'
from q. A. Brantley, State game ant
fish commissioner. Applications fo
these positions are being received b!
lMr. Robertson at this time. and eaci
lis being given careful consideration
lThe men that he will select as his as
|sistants, will receive their commits
sions from Mr. Brantley. Besides tn
live beat deputies, one deputy at larg
also will be designated.
| When the deputies from Forrest VII
be announced, Mr.. Robertson said tina
he did not know.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
Missionary Bride Makes Last Talk;
Married Here, Going To Philippines

come missionary, and that while she
had received much experience in the
home field the foreign missionary work
is new to her.
Miss Edwards and Mr.. Hooper were
married at the First Baptist Church,
in Hattiesburg, few moments before
the Mississippi Sunday School Conyen-
tion, in session in the Hub City, came
to a close. She had been located in
Meridian for some time, as State
missionary. The year before she had
met the Rev Mr. Hooper at Sunday
School Workers Convention. and the
friendship of the pair ripened into love.
They decided to wed at the Hatties-
burg meeting and did so, before a
church that was filled to the overflow
ing point with delegates to the conven
tion. They left at once for Texas fol
a honeymoon, and returned to Union
Mr.. Hooper's home a few days ago
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
BOSS" COX DIES IN
CINCINNATI HOME
POLITICIAN, THEATRICAL MAG
NATE, BASEBALL OWNER,
DIES OF PNEUMONIA.

Cincinnati, May 90. George Barns
dale Cox, politician, theatrical mag
nate and baseball owner, died at his
home here this morning of pneumonia.
He suffered stroke of paralysis last
February, from which he never fully
recovered.
Mr.. Cox was one OF the most widely
known professional politicians in Ohio.
a baseball magnate, a banker and part
owner of one of the largest theatrical
|syndicates in the country Born in
Cincinnati, April 20. 1868, he began bis
career as newsboy, and later became
a saloon-keeper at Dead Mans Cor
| lner" as the locality at Carlisle ant
Central avenues. Cincinnati, was
known, because of the numerous mur
ders in the neighborhood. Cincinnati
Twas wide OPEN in those days AM
lunbridled saloons and gambling flom
lished. Cox. however, kept his plac
lorderly and established reputatio
flor physical courage that he mali
ltained throughout his career.
| He Immediately became q leader
local politics and soon spread his i
lfiuence until he virtually controlle
!. 1.-THE Republican machine IN Hamiltc
I Continued 10 7aas Four)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
TO GRAFT SKIN
ON ARM OF BOY
EFFORTS To SAVE MEMBER OF
FORMER HATTlEsRuRelAN
is NOW UNDER WAY.

with a view Of trying to save the
arm Of Homer B. Gilmore, formerly
of Hattiesburg, who was seriously
hurt in planer at Ten-Mile, Miss,
some days ago. surgeons in the Pres
.byterian Hospital at New Orleans are
preparing to graft large amount of
skin on the injured member.
The boys arm was horribly crushed
|At first it was thought that an imme-
|diate amputation would be necessary
He was taken to New Orleans, how
lever, and reports from there toda,
]stated that within 10 days the grating
experiment will be performed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20

q will indemnify your organic
alton against any loss by person
ally purchasing for $4,000 the land
in question in case the paper mill
is not built as agreed. Am writ
ing you to this effect"
This is copy of telegram re-
ceived this afternoon by w. J. Hay
men, chairman OF the site commit
tee, in Fesponce to telegram
sent earlier in the day to George
n. Wright, president OF the Lou
isiana Fibre Board Company, whose
head office is in Chicago.
The telegram sent to Mr.. Wright
by Mr.. Haynen Isl:
eat mass meeting here last
night It was agreed to purchase
the Lignur products property,
about Az acres, the deeds to be
placed in escrow here in your name
until it Is absolutely assured that
your company builds. It is neces-
sary that you act quickly and COM
pIete the deal as the owners are
very impatient. Could close the
deaf for the property if you would
purchase the land by bonds to in
sure against any loss Of the pur-
chase price Of $1,000 in case the
paper mill is not built. Advise US
fully
While the committee on finance
designated by President T. 9. Hannal
Of the Hattiesburg Commercial Clu
to raise funds with which to purchas
a site for the proposed wood fibi
manufacturing plant has not yet star
ed on its work, one-sixth Of the tot
amount necessary already has bee
subscribed, and will be payable on q
mand.
At special meeting of the bushes
men Of the city. held in the rooms
the Commercial Club last night, plaI
(Continued on Page Four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
Special TO 1'he Neaos.

Special 10 The Nea0s.
Philadelphia, Miss, May 20.,-Mrs.
Rosa Lee Edwards Hooper, whose mar
riage to the Rev. Leon Hooper, pastor
of the Union Presbyterian Church, dur
ing the closing hours of the big Sun,
day School convention held in Hatties-
burg some weeks ago, furnished a
thrill to the meetings. has made her
last missionary talk in the United
States, for some time at least.
Within the next ten days, Mrs. Hoop
Ter, with her husband, will leave for
San Francisco, where they will take a
boat for Manila. They will remain m
the Philippines for an indefinite per,
iod, doing missionary work on the isl
Iands.
Last night Mrs. Hooper told large
laudience on Sunday School work oi
lplans for the future. She said that she
/ had spent much time in studying to be
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
Reaume FIanders FIaht.

London, May 20. With compara-
tive quiet prevailing at Verdun, the
Germans last night launched attacks
on the British lines in Flanders, at
tempting to cross the User canal north
Of Ypres. Paris reports that the at
tempt failed. The Germans picked q
natural point for the effort to break
through the British front and drive
toward Calais
In the Champagne the Germans
made an unsuccessful attack with
poisonous gas along the French front.
The Germans violently bombarded
the French positions between Avo-
court wood and Dead Mans Hill.
There was no infantry attack there.
Numerous German air raids have
taken place. Besides the three sea-
planes which raided the east coast OF
Britain, German aeroplane attacked
Dunkirk and Gergies killing six per
sons. including one woman, and in
juring IS others. Belgian aeroplanes
bombarded German aviation estab-
lishment at Chistelles Ii il reported
that the attack was successful
Today's official Turkish statement
reports little lighting between ths
Turks and Russians in the Caucasus
and Mesopotamia.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
SHIPPING BILL HAS
PASSED THE HOUSE
ONLY TWO DEMOCRATS CAST A.
VOTE AGAINST MEASURE
BACKED HY PRESIDENT.
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, D. G., May 2o.-rhe
ADMINISTRATIONS shipping bill de,
signed to upbuild the merchant ma,
rine Of the United States, passed the
House today. virtually in the form il
was introduced Among the Progress
sives voting for the bill, Of which
there were II. was Martin, Of Lou.
isiana,
Only two Democrats voted against
the bill.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
Hattiesburg Lad to Take Examinations;
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Frank Farley is Going to West Point

Frank Farley, young son of Capt.
Archie Farley, member of the board
Of city commissioners. and Mrs. Fair
ley, has received an appointment as
cadet to the United States Military
Academy, at West Point.
The young man received notice from
jackson today to that effect
He will go to New Orleans on June
9 to take the required examinations,
and he is going there with the conf
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
COLUMBIA SENIOR
HAS BEEN KISSED

New York, May 20. Arthur S. Crane.
Columbia University senior, wants
the whole world to know that he has
been kissed.
Discovering his name in a list Of
eunkissedn Columbia students printed
in a New York paper. Crane wrote q
letter. demanding correction. He
doesn't want the girls to think he il
inexperienced. he said.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20

Jackson, Miss, May 20,-Harry Les
ter, serving life term in the Missis-
sippi penitentiary for numbering Peter
Marcy, baggage man, while robbing
a Louisville & Nashville passenger
train near Bay St. Louis a year ago,
escaped from the Rankin state prison
farm last night.
There are no clues as to how he es-
capped.
The entire detective and guard sys-
tenn of the penitentiary, together with
numerous packs of bloodhounds and
police dogs have taken up the search.
Lester was brought from Hatties-
burg some weeks ago and placed in
a hospital here, where he underwent
a course of treatment. He had been
taken to Hattiesburg from Bay St,
Louis for safekeeping. After his con
viction at the latter place, and his
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20

dent expectation that he will pass
with flying colors.
He is one of the three young men
from Mississippi who will be given an
opportunity to take the entrance ex-
aminations.
A bill recently was passed in Con-
Igress providing that competitive ex-
aminations be held for three civilians
from each state in the Union to enter
West Point, without the formality OF
receiving the usual appointments hith
|erto required.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20

Franz Hugo krebs, an American
lawyer who has just arrived from
Berlin, brought with him the accom-
panying picture Of Daniel Julian 5ey-
erley, in German serseant's uniform,
whose name, he says, is not Bailey, as
reports of the trial Of Sir Roger Case
ment give it, brt who is the man on
triei fct lieh tf-ason with Sir Roger
in London.
He was born in Dublin and educated
| in that city at ST. vincent's; was ser
geant scout instructor in the Seventy
third Chatham Fusileers (canadian) il
1918. In 1915 he was in the lrisf
Rifles. In all he served nine years, si'
years in foreign service and thre'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
MlsTRlAL IN HEART BALM SUIT

Special 10 Thc Neaos.
Gulfport, Miss, May 20. IN the suit
Of Lillian Saxon lorraine. against
Rene Couture, Of New Orleans, for
$4,000, for alleged breach OF promise,
the jury could not agree on verdict
here today and . mistrial was ordered
lby Judge James n. Neville.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
BRIDGE AT JACKSON
AUTHORIZED By LAW
Signs Measure to Make Ap-
preparation for Highway Measure.

Washington, SMay 2O,-President
Wilson today signed the bill to au.
thorize the Jackson Highway Bridge
Company to construct bridge across
Tombigbee river at Princes Lower
Landing, near Jackson, Ala, as con-
Meeting link in the proposed Jackson
Highway.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
HARRY LESTER, TRAIN
|ROBBER AND BANDIT, /,
ESCAPES FROM PRISON
(By Associated Press.7

sentence for life, he was transferred
to the Forrest county jail, probably
the strongest and safest structure Of
its kind in Mississippi.
On his arrival in Hattiesburg. in
charge of two guards, and handcutfed,
a search was made by Jailer Bob Nc
Innis and Deputy Frank Williams.
They found three tiny steel saws
broken in half, sewed into the lapels
and borders of his coat. The six
pieces were Of a high grade steel, and
with them the man could have sawed
fhis way to liberty within a few hours,
He was placed in a cell in Hatties
burg, and during his stay there was
| a model prisoner. While the guards
here kept close watch over him
they saw no suspicious actions at an,
time.
Lester is a particularly fierce class
of criminal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20

London, May 2o.-Tie hands on
all clocks Of all business establish
ments will be pushed ahead one
hour tonight. in sccordsnce with
the daylight saving act The pass
age today by the Norway legisia-
ture Of the daylight savings law
makes the new time system com
mon to all northern Europe, Ger
many, England, France, Holland
and the Scandinavian countries
which have adopted II.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
tBu Associated press.l

London, May 2o.--Three German
seapIanes raided the English east
coast last night, dropping 81
bombs and wounding one soldier
and two civilians. One seapiane
was brought down off the Belgian
coast.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
.L|GNUM PRODUCT
PLANT WILL BE
pulp MILL SITE.
Hattiesburg Agrees 10 Pay S.
600 for Location forS75O,OOO
Wood Fibre Mill.
FIRST $1,000 GIVEN
by NEWMAN COMPANY

Local Business Men Pledge Selves to
Purchase 4oAcre Tract Near the
River, Which is Acceptable to Pro-
moters-Finance Committee Appoint
ed and is Working Out Plan by
Which the Remaining $4,000 VIII be
Raised in City.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
5 DEPUTY GAME
WARDENS ARE.
I lobe NAMED.
One From Each Beat VIII Be
Recommended for Appoint
msnt by Robertson
WARDEN NOW BUSY
WITH APPLICATIONS

Commissioners to be sent from Jack
son by Fish and Game Commission
ers-Roard Of Supervisors to Con-
slider Regulations Offering Better
Protection to Fish Of Forrest, at the
Next. Meetins-Nets,. Traps .and
seines May be Barred.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20

years at home.
Beverley, Mr.. krcbs said, Is a land
scape artist and was called as re-.
servist at the beginning Of the war
He was in several battles, including
the battle of Mons, and was captured
at ST. Quientain.
A believer in action in ireland, and
not follower of Redmond, Beverley,
with Lieutenant Robert Montieth,
both of the Irish brigade stationed at
zossen, accompanied Sir Roger Case
ment when he left Berlin on April =.
| Easement did not want either man
to go with him, Krebs said, but theS
insisted, despite the danger Of facing
a moose or firing squad, as they were
unwilling for him to go alone.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20

London, May 2o.--The Aueri-
can embassy was officially In
formed this morning that the sen.
tence Of Jeremiah Lynch, the
American convicted of completely
in the Irish rebellion. would be
announced during the day.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-05-20
GERMANS LOSE
IN A second
DRIVE ON CALAIS
Teutons Attempt to Cross User
Canal in Flanders and
Are Defeated


Suffers Great Losses When Infantry,
Following Up an Attack With yo's-
onous Gas, Is Halted by Allied
cuns--German seaplsne Raids East
Coast Of gnsIand-one Is Brought
Down while Passing over tho Coast
Of Belgium.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-24
HARRISBURG SAY
APROUDGOOD-BY "A
TO MEN IN KHAKI

and there in the crowd mothers and
daughters and wives and ''the one girl"
sobbed.
Nor did the Eighth march away
without kindly memory for it's one
time colonel-Joseph B. Hutchison,
now the proud bearer of the single sill
yer star of the brigadier-ge
The Last Salute
The Cham bersburg company, under
Captain Harmon E. Andrews, remem-
bered the days of "Auld Lang Syne"
In pretty way just before entraining
for Harrisburg. 1t marched around to
the house in which General Hutchison
is so seriously ill-and let loose a
long cheer for its "old colonel and the
new general" And as 1t presented
arm very. very sick man upstairs
involuntarily raised his hand in salute.
The story of the march away from
the armory, of the appearance of the
Governors Troop-the other boys"
who are due to go to-morrow-is a
tale that could require columns to tell
The story would doubtless lack an end
anyway; the finish may yet be written
in the sands and among the chapparal
across the Rio Grande.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-24
$4,000 CHEER CITY'S
DEPARTING GUARDSMEN

CONTINUED From First Page1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-24
THIAUMONT CAPTURED
AFTER HARD FIGHTING

[Continued From First Pagel
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-24

lCOntinueu FFOm FlrSJ INscI
the French drove back the Germans
over the ground which they won yes
terday. The battle was particularly
violent in the vicinity OF Fleury. The
French did not succeed in regaining
possession of Thiaumont work. More
than six German divisions participated
in the offensive actions east of the
Meuse yesterday.
Capture of the armored fortress of
Thiaumont, north or Verdun, and the
fort and village OF Fleury, further
south, was announced by the German
War Office. Ground also was gained
south of Vaux. The Germans made
1900 prisoners.
German troops yesterday repulsed
attempts of the Russians to advance
south of Illoukst and north of Wildly,
in the Dvinsk sector according to the
official statement issued to-day at
German army headquarters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-24
IT THE BANDS AS CITYS GUARDSMEN MARCH GALLANT
TELEGRAPH WILL FOLLOW THEM

Grateful letters of appreciation have
been received at this office from the
commanders of the local companies
in response to an offer of the Tele-
graph management to send to each
headquarters of the three commands
and the regimental headquarters a
number of copies of the Telegraph
daily during their service in Mexico.
This arrangement takes effect after
they leave the mobilization camp at
Mount Gretna and will provide the
best sort of letters from the old home
Cwn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-24
BIBLES FOR MEN

Harrisburg lodge, Loyal Order Of
Moose, presented each man of the
departing companies with a Bible.
Ine presentation was made this morn
ing by J. A. Searfaus. chairman OF
the entertainment Committee. and a
Spanish American war veteran.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-24

parade that was not without their
tluttered and many an arm graspingly
was extended from the crowd to touch
friend or loved one, perhaps for the
last time.
Just one of these heartrending in
stances was when First Sergeant Char
esles w. Thomas, of Co. /, who only
this morning laid aside his duties in
the Telegraph's composing room to en-
list, swung around the square on the
left of his Company. There had been
lull in the applause. II was broken
by shrill cry, a woman broke through
the crowd, clutched his arm and sob
bed fearful goodbye.
Then there were those who wanted
to, but couldn't go. One of these was
Corporal Frank Ney Of Co. D. Long
ingly he watched his comrades entrain
at Union Station.
whats the matter, Corporal ?" in
quired civilian friend, "Why don't
you climb aboard? 2"
Jaw Shucks!" he exclaimed, Look
at these" as he pointed to a squad of
Rockies, must stay behind and
drill them"
That was never my luck" he NUT
tered as the last troop train faded
from view round the curve enroute to
Mount Gretna.