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The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Declares Verdun Key
To Heights Of Meuse
BY HENRI BERGENER.

Member of the French Senate.
Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, Feb. 2o.-Thc lesson
of Verdun is that VIC must
ccasclessly watch and work,
never imagining that neither
side will pierce the defense lines
nor that trench war is eternal.
The price the Germans arc
paying for the capture of Yer
dun is surpassed by the hero
ism and grandeur of Frances
soldiers.
But let us hear no more about
Nerdun being OF no military
importance, nor that if the
Germans should succeed, the
general line of our front would
not be much changed. Vcrdun
is the key to the heights OF
Mouse and the strategic key to
our eastern movements. At no
price must we lose it.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
D'Annunzio May Lose Eve.

Rome. Feb. 29.-The newspapers publish
unfavorable reports concerning the
health of Gabrielle d'Annunzio. 1t is
stated that he will lose his right eye as
the result of the wound which he re-
Gently received while making fight In
an aeroplane.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
BATTLE HIGH IN AIR
British Airman Brings Down Ger
man Acroplane.

London, Feb. 29.-The admiralty an
nounces that Flight Sub-Iieut Simmons
attacked and brought down a hostile
distance in front of the Belgian lines.
The combat and its result were in full
view OF the Belgian trenches.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
1000 More Vaccinated.

/. Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 2s.-When ply
sicians of the city health department vac
cinated an additional 1000 persons carly
today, the third smallpox quarantine in
three days was established in the neigh
borhood of Seventeenth and Federal
streets.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
CONTINUED ON FACE TWO
TITANIC SURVIVOR TO WED.
Miss Theodore Popes arrangement
Is Announced.

New York. Feb. 29.-The engagement of
Miss Theodore Pope, daughter of the late
Col. Albert A. Pope, a well-known archi-
tect. to John Wallace Riddle. former Uni
ted States Ambassador to Russia, was
announced today.
Miss Pope was one OF the survivors OF
the Titanic. She has made her home in
the city for a number of years.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Becomes Insane in Station.

New York. Feb. 2s.-Samuel Simpson,
p. clerk of Philadelphia. suddenly be-
came insane in the Pennsylvania Rail
road station today and was taken 10
Bellevue Hospital.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Status of Volunteers.

London. Feb. 29.-Minister of Munitions
David Lloyd-Georse announced in com
mons today that volunteers will be recOg-
nizcd as a military force for home de-
Tense only, but will have the military
rank and status Of the old volunteers.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Coast Guards Save Passengers.

Marshfleld, Ore, Feb. 2s.-The steamer
Fiheld, bound from San Francisco to
Bsndon, went ashore on Bandon Bar.
The position of the Fifeld was so danger
Gus that coast guards immediately began
taking off the passengers
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
U. S. WARSHIP sCoRCHED.
Nevada Threatened by Flames in
ShipbuiIdinE Yard.

Quincy, Mass, Feb. 29.-Fire which
started in an outbuilding at the dock of
the Fore River shipbuilding yard today
caught on to an oil tank and sent the
flames shooting in the direction of the
battleship Nevada, anchored close by.
The crew of the Nevada manned her
Nevada was scorched on the side and
much of the paint was burned of.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Carranzs Wants BANK seal,.

Mexico City tvis Galveston, Feb. n
Gen. EarranEa today ordered that seals
OF the private safes in the London and
Mexican National Bank and the Mort
gage Bank be brought to him. He plans
to investigate their contents.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Bulgaria Gets Back Up.

London. Feb. "a dispatch from Rome
issued by the wireless press states that
Bulgaria has notified Austria that the
restoration Of Prince William Of wIed to
TIE Albanian throne viii be considered an
act of hostility.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Quake Breaks Glassware

Quebec. Feb. 2S-Three earthquake
shocks were felt in this vicinity this
morning In the vicinity Of ST. Ssuvcsr
glassware was broken and chimneyt
cracked
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Italians seiz. 81 shins

London. Feb. 3.-Tbe Italian govern
ment has Tequisitioned thIrty-tour Of the
thirty-seven German steamers interned IN
Italian potts. This announcement was
maze in the house OF commons TODAY.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Fordites Seek Peace Farley.

Copenhagen. Feb. 29.-The Ford peace
conference has decided to request neutral
governments to issue invitations to a neu-
trail conference and also to ask belliger-
ent governments to permit such gentle
men to join as the conference may in
vile
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
British Casualties Given.

London. Feb. c9.-Britsh military
causalties in the SaIoniki zone tGreeceN,
up to Februsry 20. were 81 officers and
1883 men, it was announced in COM
mons today by URersecretary H J.
Tenant
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Street Cars and Barn Burn.

Merrimac. Mass. Feb. 2s.-Thc car barn,
eleven cars and two snowplows of the
Massachusetts and Northeastern Street
Railway Company were destroyed by fire
here today with q loss of 100000
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
U. S. FEELINGS Don't Count.

London Feb. 2s.-The British govern
ment is not taking any unusual measures
to prevent the publication of cartoons
~hieh naizht Rivs ofense to Americans.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Pope Saves Lives of Two.

Rome. Feb. 9.-Through the efforts Of
Pope Benedict Nv. two prisoners of war,
sentenced to death for espionage, have
hsca saved from execution.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
G. A. r. Commander Dies.

NOrristown, Pa, Feb. 2s.-william ].
Wells, "A years old. past grand COM
nander Of the Department of Pennsyl-
yanis. Grand Army of the Republic. died
here early today.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Swedish Steamer Mind

GothenburG. Feb. 2-The Swedish
steamer EnippIa- tsS tons. has been sunk
by mine, The crew OF nfteen and two
women passengers were saved
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
of the House, and l very earnestly com.
mend it to their immediate attention.
Cordially and sincerely yours.
WOODROW WILSON.
Reasons for Challenge


Reasons for Challenge.
In throwing down the challenge to Con-
gress President Wilson was actuated by
the following considerations:
l. Believing that a test of strength on
this issue was inevitable sooner or later
the President selected the present as the
most opportune time. He apparently felt
that the administration strength In
Congress on this issue would be greater
now than on the verge OF a possible
crisis.
?. Charged with the responsibility OF
the conduct of foreign affairs the Prcsi-
dent desired an immediate decision as ia
whether he was to be left with a free
hand in this matter or whether his et-
forts were to be handicapped by further
interference on the part of Congress.
,. The President decided that an imme-
diate challenge was the only way to end
the impression which the Berlin aathori-
ties have obtained that he lacks the sgIp-
port OF the country hi the conduct Of 81.
submarine negotiations. y
To say that President Wilson's letter
to Acting Chairman Pou, Of the House
Rules Committee. was a shock TO the
Congress leaders is putting it mildly.
Last night both those who are oppos-
ing and those who are supporting the
administration were in CONSERVATION, and
were unable to say what course would
be followed.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
Semicircle Of Steel About Great French
Fortress Almost Completed by Kaiser's
Enveloping Movement Over Big Front
BRANDENBURGERS ARE TRAPPED
Flower Of Teuton Troops Reported to Be Surrounded By
Enemy Infantry in Crumbling Ruins Of
Fortress Douaumont
Special Gable to The washIuEtou Herald.

London Feb 29The Germans today reported the capture of
five southeast of Nerdun They Depe Aboucou Banzce
Manhuelles and Champion.
The front twelve miles log represents
gain of from four miles in three DAYS
1t brings the German line the southeast point
within five miles of Verdm itself Strengthening line and
bringing eight miles of this front within miles of
defenses of the city.
SEMICIReLE ALMOST COMPLETED.
The marks the greatest stride yet recorded the
circling movement of the crown princes army.
1t completes about the beeaguered almost perfect semi
circle starting ChamPneuve the northwest swinging Fort
Douaunont the northeast and extending Champion
At point this OF bstng steel
one-fa miles from the heart of Eerdun
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01
TODAY'S 7-COLUMN
HERALD

Is temporary reduction made necessary
by, the fact that our regular eight
column presses arc in process Of re-
moVal to the new Herald Building.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-01

a S first announced January [.
4 \ 1916, The Herald guarantees
full moneys worth t15 the purchasers
of articles advertised in the display
columns of this paper by any Wash
ington merchant
(CiyeElar Furnished Upon ReqHesD.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
'M'ClESKEY RESIGNS
TO COME TO NORMAL
MEETING or TRUSTEES OF HAZEL
HURST SCHOOL CALLED FOR to
NIGHT TO TAKE UP MATTER.

Hazelhurst, Miss. July 10-A meet
ing of the trustees of the Hazelhufst
High School has been called this even
ing at which time the resignation OF
Prof H. l.. McCleskey will be cOnsid-
pred, he having been rendered the char
of history and Latin in the MISSISSIPPI
Normal College at Hattiesburg, made
vacant by the appointment of PROT w.
r. Bond as state superintendent OF ed
mcation few days ago. Prof. McCles-
key has two more years to serve as
principal of the Hazelhurst public
schools, as at the last election of teacn-
Iers he was elected for three year
term. 1t is certain, however. that the
trustees will release Mr.. McCleskey
sfrom his contract. and that he VIII
move his family to. Hattiesburg some
time during the summer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
STORM NOW CENTERS
IN ALABAMA, GEORGIA
CROPS ARE BEING RUINED AND
RAILROAD AND TELEPHONE
PRlPERTY DESTROYED.
(Bg Associated FTeSS.1

Atlanta. July t0.-Rain continued to
fall over large section of Alabama
and Georgia, resulting in increased
damage to crops, railroad. telephone
and telegraph properties.
Many houses in the suburbs of Ma
!eon are surrounded by water and their
,inha bitants have moved out. Many an
imals have been lost and bridges and
highways, as well as crops. damaged.
The work of clearing the debris
from the streets of Mobile is going on.
The streams of central and southern
part of Alabama are reported as rising
fast The death list from the storm
tswept country today stands at 20.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
(By associated PTeSS.1

London. July 10.-British troops
have made new advances northwest
of ContalmaisOn, in the field of their
offensive north of Somme, according
to an official announcement here.
Three additional guns and 800 prison
ers were taken.
Paris reports that the French ad
vanced their lines mile and a half
south of Somme. They captured the
German third positions along the
length of three and half miles, and
are now within mile OF Peronne. The
French believe that the capture of
Peronne is but a question of hours.
Berlin announces the recapture OF
the TroneS wood, of Lamasonette
farm. and the village of Barleuse by
the Germans along the western front.
The Russian statement officially
announces the sinking of the hospital
ship Vperiode with the loss of seven
lives by an enemy submarine without
warning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
TRAIN SERVICE Isl
BEING RESTORED
AFTER BIG GALE
Cupid gets a Cold
Stare I'm Hospitals
Here, She Declares
PRESIDENT OF STATE BOARD
SAYS PATIENTS NOT Al
LOWED TO PROPOSE.

Male patients in hospitals don't
make practice of proposing to the
pretty girl nurses attending them un-
less they are offered some encourage
ment. And one of the rules of the
Hattiesburg school of nurses is that
no such encouragement will be per
mitted under any circumstances. This
RUE is adhered to rigidly, at all times.
This is the statement made today
by Miss Jennie NJ. Quin. superintend-
ent of the Hattiesburg Hospital. and
president of the Mississippi Board of
Examiners. in reply to the story ap-
pearing yesterday that five out of
every six unmarried patients fall in
love with their nurses.
"This is not true" Miss Quin said
today, land is a reflection not only on
the girls themselves, but on the school
which they are attending. The aver
age sick man may be sentimental. but
he is not proposing promiscuOusly.
The nurse must encourage him a bit,
anyway. Therefore, when you say
that five out of six of them propose,
it means that the girls are breaking
the rules, which require them to treat
all patients professionally, and under
no circumstances socially"
MISS GUN said Inat this rule is rig
idly enforced at the Hattiesburg Hos
pita1, and she thinks the same thing
applies at the South Mississippi In
firmary.
Il don't know what they do in Jack
son, Meridian or New Orleans" she
said, "but | do know that in Hatties-
burg this rule of attending patients
only professionally is enforced to
the letter"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
ABERDEEN TRAGEDY
TO Be HEARD TODAY
MEN HELD M CORRECTION WITH
MILLER GIRLS DEATH,
UP TODAY.

Aberdeen, Miss. July 10.--1he pre-
liminary hearing of DR.. F. E. Lee, Or,
H. Broomfield. (coIored). and Clyde IN
gram is set for Monday. Geo. T. Mitch
ell, of Tupelo, will defend Broomfeld,
and Judge c. l.. DObbs, of Philadelphia,
Miss, will defend Ingram. AS yet the
attorney who is to defend DR.. Lee has
mot been named
Drs. Lee and Broomfield are charged
with performing a criminal operation
.on Miss Mary Miller, a pretty and at
,tractive young school teacher of Platts
burg, Miss, which resulted in her
death at the home of DR. Lee in this
city. Clyde Ingram, Of Plattsburg, IS
held as an accessory to the crime.
County Attorney G. NJ. Holmes Is
positive that Clyde Ingram is the gull
ty person, and that there is no cousin
or anyone else that he has been acting
as agent for Only last summer, the
father of Miss Miller stopped his
daughter from going with Ingram, and
as soon as the father learned of his
daughters death. he suspected young
ingram as being the cause of her
trouble.
It is probable that the preliminary
trial will be waived by the defend
ants. It was thought by many that
Ia special term of court should be or
dered. and Judge Claude Clayton saio
THAT if the majority of the people want
I'D special term he would order II
sbut as yet.nothiug has been done along
this line. If the preliminary trial is
waived the case will come up at TIE
october term of court.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
Fair Weather viii
Succeed ShOWerS or.
the Last FeW Days.
TROPICAL STORM AND SHOWERS
!- CrNTCR1MG OVER ALA.
EAMA AID GEORGIA.

Unsettled weather whicn has obtain
ed in this section for the last several
Gays, is to be succeeded by generally
fair weather this week, according to
the forecast today of the United States
Weather Bureau.
+ The temperature will be moderate
early in the week. to be followed by
warmer weather. In the east Gull
States, the weather will be generally
fair and warmer.
The tropical storm over centra; ana
western Alabama has made little pro-
gress since Friday morning. Although
heavy rains continue in this section
and these extended today TO Western
Georgia. The rainfall was especially
heavy over Alabama and Eastern Mis-
sissippi. Many rivers have been flood
led.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
PILOT OF WRECKED
TRAIN IS BURIED AT
OME|NNEWT0N
OF BROTHERHOOD
I LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS GOES
WITH THoMPsoN'S BODY.
FIREMAN CARROLL Is
INFERRED AT JACKSON

Accompanied by a delegation from
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, by the widow and two children,
the body of Bob Thompson. engineer
of the northbound Gulf & Ship Island
passenger train which was wrecked
near Fruitland Park Friday, and who
died at Bond Friday night, was taken
to Newton, Miss, over the Alabama &
Vicksburg, from Jackson this morn
ing, where funeral services were con-
Quoted today.
The chair car of the northbound G..
Ia S. l. passenger train coming into
Hattiesburg last night was missing.
and inquiry developed that it had been
left in Jackson and placed at the dis
lposal of the family of the dead engi-
.neer. This car was used today on the
"trip to Newton.
In length of service Thompson was
the oldest engineer on the G. G. S. /,
system, having brought one of the first
trains into Hattiesburg when the line
was completed 16 years ago, and he
had served continuously on a passen-
ger run as pilot of "Old No. H." as
his engine was known on the system
During this long period he had never
met with an accident until Friday
morning. when his train ran into the
,washout one mile north of Bond.
/ The conductor in charge of the
Continued on Page Two.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10

Washington, D. c., July TO-
The British and French Embassies
today called attention of this gov
ernment to the arrival at Baltimore
of the submarine Deutschland, and
asked that this government assure
itself of the vessels character.
II has been announced that this
will be done.
The collector Of customs at Bal
timore reported that the Deutsch-
land did not carry guns, was man
ned by a merchant crew, carried
cargo. and was not a warship. Of
ficials indicated that the United
States would consider the new ship
as d merchant vessel.
Navy officers pointed out that
if a successful means of running
the blockade had been perfected,
one of the most potent measures
of warfare had become i thing OF
the past.
Long expected, ridiculeG, fabulous as
the sea serpent or the flying Dutch
man. she became reality to the watch
ers off Cape Henry at exactly ~
this morning. and is now making he
wav through a network of inqulsltlV'
ships and through the mazes of ref
tape of the quarantine and customs
officials, toward her dock at the PIE
of the Eastern Forwarding, Company
Locust Point. Baltimore, where she VII
arrive early tomorrow morning
She is the largest submarine afloat
The largest German war models ar
less than 300 feet long. But this sun
,marine of commerce is 315 feet lone
exactly one-third the length OF th
largest merchant vessels atloat-th
Naterland and the Imperator.
She carried no passengers. Her cal
go consists entirely of dyestuffs-
thousand tons of them. This keeps ne
very low in the water when rldin
on the surface. Her draft when sh
was sighted was II feet, and 1t wa
largely because of her depth that sh
did not try to come to land when SUI
merged.
She is commanded by Capt halrl
land has crew of 20 men. Both cal
tain and crew are drawn from III
German merchant fleet and not froi
the navy. The craft is unarmed an
lis being treated by the United state
officials like any other merchant shii
Her commander totd the p'io' 'n'
she left a German rort on june =
that he had 1000 tont OF cargo anu
quantity of mail aboatd and ofousne
message from .Emparor Wiiilani :
President Wilson.
The cargo is said consist OIL oy
CONTINUED on age Tour.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
INFANT DISEASE IS
UNCHECKED IN N. Y.
103 NEW PARALYSIS CASES
REPORTED IN "a HOURS.
(Bu Associated PrcSS.7

New York, July 10.-Cooier weather
today failed to check the epidemic of
infantile paralysis which already has
claimed 23S lives in New York City.
During the last "a hours ended at
10 o'clock this morning, IA deaths
and 103 new cases were reported.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
ARMY ENGINEERS
SENT TO ALABAMA
GOVERNMENT PROBABLY WILL
BE ASKED FOR TENTS AND SUP
PLIES FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS.
(By associated preSs.)

Washington, d. c., July 10-Secre-
tary of War Baker today sent an army
engineer to investigate conditions in
the Alabama flood district.
The government probably will be
asked for tents and army supplies for
flood sufferers, if an investigation
shows that aid is needed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
COMMERCIAL CLUB TO
MEET TOMORROW NIGHT
Membership Meeting of Organization
Called; viii Be important One.

An important meeting of the Hat
tiesburg Commercial Club will be held
Front street, at o'clock tomorrow
night. President T. C.. Hannah, in is
ber to be present. as a number of i'm
portant questions are to be taken up.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
ATLANTA UTILIZES
CITY SEWER GAS
Chemist Shows Way to Use 1t For
Heat, Power and Light.
CDeeinf to The y sICS.

Special to The Ne1os.
Atlanta, Ga. July 10.-Through the
ingenuity of Charles c. Hommon, the
'Citv of Atlanta is using sewer gas for
heat. power and light purposes.
Mr.. Hommon, who is chemist ana
hacteriologist for the city, has installed
machinery by which gas is drawn from
the sewers and is made to serve the
city in profitable way.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
GERMAN D-BOAT,
MERCHANT SHIP.
REACHES HERE
Supe rsubmarine Deutschland
Docks in Baltimore; She
Comes Unheralded
MOST REMARKABLE TRIP
EVER MADE BY A VESSEL

Vessel Slips Into Port and Her Master
Says That She is the First of a
Fleet to Ply Between Germany and
the United States-Says the New
Type OF Ship viii Break the British
Blockadc-hliies Embarrassed At
Her Voyage.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
iBy ASSuCqGted PresS.)

Baltimore, Md, July t0.-The
most remarkable transatlantic
ocean voyage ever made, was
ended here today when the Ger
man merchant submarine Deutch-
land ended her voyage across the
Atlantic and docked on the out
skirts OF Baltimore.
The announcement that the
Deutschland is the first Of a fleet
of such craft already built by the
German empire to ply regularly in
transatlantic trads, was made
here by the master of the super
submarine. sases...A
The captain of fTe Deutschland
issued a formal statement in which
he declared that the voyage had
broken EngIand's rule of the sea.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
THIRD POSITION
of GERMANS IS
TAKEN BY ALLIES
French Say the Capture Of Pc.
roone is But Question Of
Few Hours.
BRITISH MAKE MANY
NEW ADVANCES TODAY

Take Three Additional Guns and 300
Peronne and Are Smelling it-Rus-
sian Hospital Ship Is Torpedoed by
Enemy Submarine and Seven Lives
Lo5t--Petrograd Sa.'s No Warning
Was Issued.