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THE WEEK
EpitOmc OF Events Ending July
\. 1915.
MEXICAN CRISIS PASSES.

The moderate tone of the answer by
the Mexican government to the demand
of the United States for explanation
or its belliscrent action in attacking
Alted states troops at Carriaal. Mex.
resulted in acceptance by the United
states OF the offer for negotiation of
existing difficulties. to he conducted
by The Representatives of the princi
pals and not through me Iiation. Sug
gestions of loan 10 the Carranza
government We're mad. President
WILSON'S speech declaring the Ameri
can people do not want war and that
he is not the servant of interests who
would increase their Mexican prom
ertles made favora Die impre sion in
MEXICO CITY American troops in MeX
leo were brought closer to the border
Tor strategic purposes. Militia called
TO the colors was rapidly mobilZs d on
the border Militia men in many part :
of the country baked at taking the
oath which continues them as part Of
the federal reserve after the present
emergency is nass ID. Ameri ans and
other refugees from Me leo were
brought to various American ports.
Carranza forces inflicted defeat on
s4apatistas. Followers of Villa attack
ed Jiminez after defeating canstitu-
tionalists
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Sideways Come
Just in Time

was delayed. many accidents occurred
daily, conditions became uncomfortable
The completion of the systems brought
instantaneous relief. and subsequently
the completion of the East river tun-
mel. from New York to Brooklyn. in
1908, and various other tunnels about
that time brought conditions back to
normal. This fortunate condition did
not last long. however. and in 1913 the
public service commission Of New York
entered into contract with three rapid
transit companies to build an immense
costing $3.50. 900 600. OF this the city is
to pay $165 900, 900 and the rapid tran
sit companies $165 900 900. divided be-
Itweep them In proportion to their as
SETS
Tbs lines are to be leased TO the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-08

Thus the subway gradually grows
into finished structure, ranging from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-08

As early as 1877 New York consider
ed the question of elevated transporta-
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In Exchange for Your Cash.

From the Boston Transcript.
what is experience. anyway"
ITS what the other fellow leaves
Iyou."
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District Deficiencies.

The District of Columbia items III the
deficiency estimate are as follows:
Coroner's Office. $3.50; contingent and
miscellaneous expenses. s9,299.16; main
tenance of public order. SO: improve
ments and repairs. So; sewers, s11OO:
public schools. S1SO.34: public schools.
buildings and grounds. Birney school
six-room addition. S271.50: Columbia
Institution for the Deaf, $67213 in
struction of INDECENT blind. s262 so.
courts. $3.50; writs of lunacy, SOL %;
Washington Asylum and jail, S10,-
1880; support of prisoners, S5.iS311:
National Training School for Bows
$1,000; Columbia Hospital for Women,
$3.50: Emergency Hospital, S1I 455 ) ;
Eastern Dis2ensary. S2.136-55: Tuber-
cuiosis Hospital, $5,6s91O: board of
childrens guardians. $4,000: Indus
trial Home School for CoIored chill
dren. $4,000; Industrial Home School,
S1,2c0: support of INDECENT insane.
$500; wo-khouse fuel, s5591; reform
atory and workhoUse. s2526; militia,
sS5 for fuel bought from s. NJ Fra
zier
For sums required to pay judgments
against the District of Columbia $50
ofs-02. This includes costs The list
of judgments includes payment on sal
airy due TO Samuel T Kaibfus. for
merly member of the board of as
sistant assessors.
The deficiency items from the public
printer are s3.1so57 to enable tho
public Printer to comply with the law
granting leaves of absence to EN-
pioyes, and s710.27 to enable the
printer to comply with the holiday and
half holiday law affecting employees
of the printing Office.
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Statement by DR.. Rosenthal.

Dr.. Rosenthal, that American firms
wanted foreign trade and that since
the war they have gone TO great
lengths to acquire it, But they have
been victimized by the brokers and
commission men and the result is that
then are as dissatisfied as we are
with our trade with the United States.
BY availing themselves of the organ
ization Of the society all this viii be
eliminated and the trade between the
United states and France will be put
upon a permanent basis of mutual and
fair profits. The society will build a
line of steamships that will sail direct
from United States ports to those of
France
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In the State Department.

Under the Department of State are
the following items:
For printing reports of the pam
American financial conference. S42 900.
Payment to Nicaragua. $4,000. o0e,
adornment of the peace palace al The
Hague. $4,000: expenses. peace palace
at The Hague. sl,045.25; relief OF ship
wrecked American seamen. $4,000 and
salaries of charges d'affaires. $4,000
The Nicarag qua item OF So 100000 is
made necessary because the Nicaraguan
treaty has now been ratified BY both
countries In exchange for this money
the United States gets the right to a
canal route through Nicaragua. from
ocean to ocean; also leases Great Corn
and Little Corn islands, in the Carib-
bean sea, for a period of ninety-nine
years: and has the right to establish
for the same period of years, q naval
base on NicaTaguan territory. border
ing on the Gulf of F'onseca. The treaty
was ratified by the Senate February IS
1916. and an exchange of notifications
was effected by the Secretary of State
and charge d'affaires OF Nicaragua
June %. 1916
The 10000 item for an adornment 10
The Hague peace palace is to carry
out the promise Of this country to send
a work OF art OF American character
istics 10 The Hague. The adornment
has not been selected.
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ton. Electric
jty was little
known in those
q a y s, nd it
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The first subways. begun in 1906
came just in time. The traffic problem
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
GERMAN SPY IS CAPTURED
Ianatius Lincoln, Former Member Of
Parliament, Is Again Taken BY
the New York Police.

f. New York.-Ignatius 7. T. Lincoln,
former member of the British parlia-
ment and self-confessed German spy,
who escaped on Jan. Is from the Gus
tody of United States deputy mar
shall after his arrest here on Aug. 4,
1915. at the instigation Of the British
government, has been rearrested here
again in front of a Broadway restau-
rant. He was taken to the offices OF
the department of justice, where he
was questioned behind closed doors
for more than two hours. Later he
was removed to the Raymond street
Jail in Brooklyn. where he had former
ly been prisoner.
Lincoln declared his capture was
due to the fact that the people of a
lodging house where he had engaged
quarters learned his identity and at
tempted to extort $3.50 from him in
return for the surrender of his bag
gage. He declined to make state
ment to newspaper men.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
COMMITTEE SEES FLOOD.
congressmen investigating the Missis-
sippi Makes Trip on Flood Tracks.

Vicksburg.-Theco congressional flood
committee were the guests of this city
after making the novel and most in
teresting trip from Greenville by rail,
covering 35 miles of water covered
country at the lower end of the delta.
The party was met here by a local
committee, headed by Mayor Hayes,
after being dined at the Park Hotel
and given a drive in the National
Park. The party left to visit the
Tensas crevasse aboard the snagboat
Wright and go on through to Natchez,
from there to Baton Rouge, where
Mayor Behrman and party from New
Orleans met the party and accompa-
MED them by boat to New Orleans on
Feb. 10. The trip back to Washing
ton was then begun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
159 WERE KILLED IN MEXICO
Senate Gets Report Of Conditions in
Southern Republic Before Con-
flrming Nomination.

Washington.-Pr Wilson has
sent to the Senate his response to the
Fall resolution adopted last month re-
questing him to report on facts lead
ing up to recognition by the United
States Of the de facto government Of
Mexico headed by Gen. Vensustiano
Carranza. It was In the form of long
letter from Secretary Lansing summa-
rizing the events which preceded rec
ognition and transmitting great vol
ume Of data, including a list of all
Americans killed in Mexico and along
the border during the past six years.
The president, through Mr.. Lansing
declined to comply with that part of
the resolution asking for diplomatic
and consular reports on political condi-
tions and events in Mexico. The Sem
ate was informed that it was not COM
patible with public interests to furnish
this correspondence inasmuch as it
was of a highly confidential nature and
submitted by consular officers of the
United States, by diplomatic or consul
lar officers of other governments which
have graciously consented that their
officers might supply this government
with information during the necessary
absence of American representatives"
AS to the stability of Carranza to full
fill his promises to protect foreign lives
and property, Mr.. Lansing said that
under all the circumstances the de
facto government, which at the time
of recognition controlled more than rs
per cent of Mexico's territory. was af-
fording reasonably adequate protec-
tion to the lives and property Of Amer
ican citizens"
The data disclosed that Americans
were killed in Mexico in the years
1918, 1914 and 1915, as compared with
AZ in the three years preceding. and
that civilian Americans and 160 SOL
diers were killed on American soil in
the last three years as result of Mex
lean troubles.
When the report was received Sena-
tor Stone, chairman Of the foreign re-
lations committee, moved that 1t lie OH
the table anc be printed as public
document. He made no comment on
its contents.
Senator Fall introduced his resolu-
tion when the nomination was sent in.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
HOLD DR.. REESE GUILTY.
Jury at Purvls convicts Slayer Of Edi-
tor-No Punishment Fixed.


Jury at Purvis convicts Slayer Of Edi-
tor-No Punishment Fixed.
Purvis.-Holding the defendant to
be guilty as charged" the jury in the
case of the state VS.. DR.. Samuel Reese.
at this place, has returned their ver-
dict. DIR. Reese was indicted and
charged with the murder of Wiley "A.
Blackburn, editor Of the Progressive
Star at this place. While the Jury re-
turned their verdict of guilty they were
unable to fix the punishment, and in
the foreman's report to the trial Judge
the statement was made that they were
hoplessly divided on this question.
Only two ballots were taken to reach
the verdict. On the first ballot 10
were for conviction and two were for
acQuittal. On the second ballot the
two hold-outs agreed to the verdict.
The defense have entered a motion
for an appeal and so days have been
allowed to prepare this. Or. Reese
was remanded to jail without bond.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
HOUSE OF COMMONS PASSES BILL
TO PROVIDE MORE THAN
4oo,ooo,ooo POUNDS. ..
LOANS TO ALLIES GROW
Premier Asqulth Addresses ParIla-
nent and Tell of Financial As
pect-Totai Cost Has Reach
Enormous Figure.

London.-The house of commons
has passed new votes of credit to the
amount Of O.00O, 900 pounds. This is
expected to carry the war to the end
Of May. bringing the total sum appro-
priated by means of votes of credit
since the outbreak of the war to g.
082, 100000 pounds-a sum, according
to Premier Asquith, mot only beyond
precedent, but actually beyond the
imagination of any financler Of this
or any other country"
Premier Asquith spoke for so min
utes in presenting the governments
motion for the new war credits. The
chancellor of the exchequer, Reginald
McKenna, followed with a statement
regarding American exchange, which,
he declared, is now as high as the
British government wishes it to be.
The point emphasized by Premier
Asquith was not the enormous totals
necessary for the war, but the fact
that by careful economy and safe
guards the government had succeeded
in holding down the expenditure we'll
below 100000 pounds a day, which
which figure he thought unlikely to be
exceeded at any time.
Touching on the loans to England s
allies, Mr.. Asquith stated that the
amount had now grown to nearly 169,-
000. 900 pounds, to which must be add
ed loans to the allies made by the
Bank OF England at the request of the
British government. The amount of
this latter item was not made clear
by the premier, but he declared that
the provisions in the September bud
get, allotting 423,OOO.00O pounds for
loans to the allies, would not be ex-
caAdad
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
STATE TROOPS ENTER cLARks-
DALE COURTHOUSE AT MID.
NIGHT AND SECURE OFFICE.
BAUGH REFUSES TO vACATE
J. Il. Fisher Named BY Governor Is
Placed In charge--Baush the
Troops and Sets Up Sep
arate Office.

misunderstanding under the or
ders from Gov. Bilbo, company E of
the Fifth battalion, Mississippi militia,
entered the courthouse here on the
night Of Feb. IT, broke into the sher-
IFS office and placed ]. H. Fisher,
appointed sheriff to replace the in
cumbent, J. o. Baugh, by Gov. Bilbo, in
the office. The act followed declara-
ton of martial law when Sheriff
Baugh refused to leave office at the
request of MajorGeneral Scales and
Major Hogaboon, sent from Jackson by
the governor.
The militia, according to Capt. Bird
song, will remain in the sheriff's Of
flee until the affair has reached some
stage of settlement.
MajorGeneral Hogaboon led the
force entering the courthouse. AT the
time there was no one in the office,
Baugh having gone home about dinner
time. Fisher and his deputies were
Immediately put in charge.
Fisher was forcibly seated after
Gov. Bilbo's representatives arrived
from Jackson and consulted with
Baugh, who, armed with a supreme
court Injunction, refused to vacate Of
flee. The crisis in the seizure Of the
office itself came entirely unexpected
to the Baugh faction.
Gov. Bilbo removed Baugh for al
legged shortness in accounts four years
ago. This, Baugh and HIS friends deny,
claiming politics is behind it all. Fish
er was beaten by Baugh in the race
for sheriff last year.
Sheriff Baugh ignores the militia, and
has opened offices in both cities for
the conduct of regular county bust
ness. Baugh still has charge of the
jail here. The intense feeling is
growing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
HILL MEN GET VICTORY.
Big Convention at Memphis Selects
jefferson Davis Highway Route.

Dig NonNentiou al Mempnie oetcct8
jefferson Davis Highway Route.
Memphis. from the hill coun-
try of Mississippi. at least 800 strong.
carried everything their own way at
the two sessions of the good roads
convention, held here, to discuss the
route for the proposed Jefferson Da-
Wis Highway" through Northern Mis-
sissippi.
The advocates of the hill route suc-
ceeded in having that route in a gen.
eral way designated as the official
route, although there are number of
minor points Of difference that still
remain to be settled.
The convention was big one Mem
phis looked like real Mississippi city
all day. as more than 1900 delegates
to the convention were present.
The hill mems victory may be only
temporary. for the delta route advo-
Gates declare they will have a road
started within three months and then
will appeal to the Jefferson Davis
Highway Commission to name their
road the Mississippi section Of the JET.
ferson Davis Highway.
The hill route advocates have made
preliminary arrangements for a meet
ing to be held at Grenada, Miss, with
In 80 days, to make definite plans for
starting work on the road, as provided
in a majority committee report, which
officially awarded the name Of JET.
ferson Davis Highway to the hill route.
The two hill routes, from which is
yet to be selected the official route for
the highway, are as follows:
No. From Memphis through Her
nando, Senatobia, Sardis. Batesville to
Grenada.
No. From Memphis to Olive
Branch, independence, Tyro, Oxford,
Water Valley, Coffeeviile to Grenada.
There is no quarrel among the hill
people over the route south from Gren-
ada, but they are not agreed as to
the route from Memphis to that city.
The so-called delta route would have
touched Clarksdale, Greenwood, Lex
ington, Canton, jackson and on south
to Beauvoir.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
HANS SCHMIDT PAYS PENALTY.
Former Priest Electrocuted For the
Murder of Anna AumuIler.

Ossining, N. Y.-Hans Schmidt, for
mer priest, was electrocuted at Sing
Sing prison Feb. 18. for the murder
Of Anna Aumuller, Sept. 2. 1918. He
went quietly to the death chamber,
accompanied by the principal keeper
and Father Cashin. prison chaplain.
Leaving the death house he said good
bye to those who remained.
When he entered the chamber the
guards attempted to direct him to-
ward the chair. but Schmidt gently
shook them off and insisted upon ad-
dressing the IT witnesses. With Fa-
ther Cashin standing at one side and
the keeper at the other, Schmidt seat
ed himself in the electric chair, and
the current was applied three times
Within minute he was dead.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
RATIFY NlCARAGUAN TREATY
United States viii Secure a ee-Year
Option On the Other Canal Route.
Naval Base ls Included.

Washington.-The senate, by vote
of 55 to Is, has ratified the long-pend-
ing and persistently opposed Nicara-
guam treaty whereby the United States
would acquire 99-year option on the
Nicaraguan canal route and a naval
base in the gulf Of Fonseca for s3,000,-
600.
Included in the ratification resolu-
tion was a provision declaring that the
United States In obtaining the naval
naval base does not intend to violate
any existing rights in the Fonseca gulf
Of Costa Rica, Honduras and Saliva
dor, which had protested against the
proposed requirement.
Five Democratic senators voted
against the treaty. They were Cham
bebrlain, MARITIME, Clarke of Arkansas,
Thomas and Vardaman. Republicans
who voted against ratification were
Borah, Clapp. Cummins, Gronna. Jones,
Kenyon, LaFollette, McCumber, Mel
son, Norris, Smith of Michigan, Smoot
and Warren. Fifteen Republican SEN
ators joined the administration forces
in support Of the treaty. They were
Brandegee, Colt, Dillingham;. Dupont.
Fall, Gallinger. Harding, Lppit. Lodge,
Mclean, Page, Poindexter, Sutherland.
Wadsworth and Weeks.
Immediately after the senate had
acted Senator Chammorro, the Mica
raguan minister, said he would at once
communicate with his government,
and that he expected ratification of
the convention by his government
would soon follow and exchanges made
to put the treaty in force.
During the long debate declarations
were made In the senate that Germany
had offered Nicaragua more than had
the United States for the canal route
option and is said to have been used
as an argument for ratification.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25

RUSSIAN PRESS TURKS HARD
Driven From Position To Position, the
suitan's Soldiers In Armenia May
Be Surrounded and Taken.

Petrograd. Russians are press
ing on both flanks the advantage gain.
ed at Erzerum. On the right, along
the Black Sea coast. by the co-opera-
ton of the sea and land forces. they
are driving the Turks from one posi-
ton after another to the east of Ire
bizzond. and active operations against
that important seaport are expected
soon.
On the left flank, after the occupa-
ton of Koph, the Russians pushed on
to Mush and Achlat, the latter on the
north shore Of Lake Van. From Koph
to Mush, SO miles over mountain roads.
they fought several battles and occu.
pied Mush by storm.
The Turks fled southwark to Diar.
bakr. the next objective point of the
Russian army. Once in possession of
Diarbekr it is only days march to
the Bagdad Railway, the last remain.
Ing communication into Syria.
The rapid Russian offensive be-
yond Erzerum, 1t is believed, makes It
probable that the retreat Of the Turk
ish corps operating along the Black
Sea coast, and of those troops which
were active in the Mush district be-
fore the Russian occupation, will be
entirely cut off and that the main
Turkish armies win ne surrounded.
This fate already has overtaken the
Thirty-fourth division OF the Tenth
Corps, which was ordered from Olti
to Erzerum before the fall of the for
tress.
AS telephone communication be-
tween this group of the Turkish forces
and the garrison at Erzerum had been
entirely destroyed by the Russians,
the Thirty-fourth division marched
serenely on to Erzerum without sus-
picion that the fortress was then
about to surrender.
These troops reached Erzerum from
the northwest at the very moment
that the Deve-Bolna line of forts fell
inAo Russian hands and the army
which they had passed was instantly
occupied by Russian cavalry. end. ~
they were completely surrounded,
there was no alternative but to sur
render with guns. equipment and ar
tillery.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
SAY AVIATION CORPS BAD
Senate Committee Hears That Flying
Officers Kept Defects Secret-In-
vestigation Demanded.

Washington. Sensational charges
against the army aviation service, with
Q demand for immediate investigation
by congress. have been made before
the senate military committee by Sen
ator Robinson OF Arkansas. He de-
clared that the service was "contemp-
tibly inefficient" and that its head,
Lieut.. Col. Samuel Reber. not only was
making no effort to improve it, but
deliberately was preventing the facts
from reaching his superiors.
The senator appeared before the
committee with mass of data, in
cluding Photographic copies of letters
which he said had been exchanged
between Col. Reber and Capt. Arthur
s. Cowan, commanding the aviation
station at San Diego. At least part
Of this evidence was produced before
the court-martial at San Francisco,
which recently tried Lieut.. Col. Lewis
e. Goodler, judge advocate general of
the western department, accused OF
improperly altering certain charges
filed by other officers against Capt
Cowan.
The findings Of this court now are In
the, hands of special commission Of
army officers appointed by the acting
secretary of war to make a report to
President Wilson. The commission
is understood to be considering what
action should be taken as to the result
Of revelations during the trial con-
cerning Col/ Reber. Capt. Cowan and
the service generally, as well as the
courts decision as to Col. Goodier.
Senator Robinson read liberal ex-
cerps from his photographs of letters
and quoted Capt. Cowan as writing to
Col. Reber that II the service ever
came under investigation by any one
outside the signal corps 1t would be
impossible to explain the rotten way
in which the work has been handled"
Other letters were produced to show
that favoritism was practiced in the
= promotion Of men In the service.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25

Washington.-The Mississippi flood
situation has been made the subject
of discussion at cabinet meeting.
Secretary Redfield laid before Presi-
dent Wilson telegram from Walter
Parker. general manager of the New
Orleans Association Of Commerce, urg.
ing immediate action. Secretary Red.
field took the position that the gov.
ernment should await report of the
special flood control committee which
recently made tour of investigation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-02-25
Battle With BandIts.

Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico.-A battle
in which bandits captured the property
Of the Tlahuililo Agricultural Com
pany, in the Laguna district, and were
later driven off by REINFORCED troops
Of the de facto government, took place
recently, according to official an
nouncement here. The bandits scat
tered the Carranza garrison guarding
the properly, but were unable to hold
their gains against troops sent up un-
der Gen. Santos. They were led by
iCanuto Reyes.