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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-27
FouR O'CLOCK rrA ON THE TRAIN


 1 John A. Sleicher in Leslie's.
 For two hours we enjoy matchless panorama of what might well be taken
 for the Swiss Alps We descend and run through a broad valley resting tranquilly
 between the foothills, covered with sage brush are showing few evidences of life. Tn the valley of the Columbia we find meagre settlement. A New Englander must have named it, for the sign on the station reads "Cohasset. Note the sweeping view up and down the river as the train crosses the long trestle over the wide valley at Beverly. 150 miles from Seattle. It is just o'clock and a waiter from the diner passes through the Pull man, bearing tray and teapot ana announces "A o'clock tea now served in the observation car," whereat all the ladies arise and proceed to the rear of the train, while the gentlemen continue to read newspapers or play cards, ex- cept a stately Englishman, who promptly throws down his paper and joins the ladies, exclaiming, 'Tea, by Jove! Pull lman Conductor w. F. Derr invited lady among the passengers to serve tea each afternoon. A little round table and cups ] and saucers were provided for her by the
 porter. After she had poured. he Woult
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-27

OT7HAT original slang is poetic is the contention of Max Eastman in the S New Republic and he goes on to say: Perhaps the best way to prove this to the professors will be to remind them that some of their own worthiest and most classic and respectable words are themselves, if we go back to their
 origin, just the same sangy vagabonds
 as these. Examine, for instance, the
 word inveigh. There is a staid and dig
 nified term, fit to be incorporated in
 Presidents inaugural: q will not at this time inveigh against the custom preva- lent among my contemporaries" You can imagine how it would sound. And yet-poetically-what does that word
 mean? In means into. Vehi means to sail T will not at this time sail into
 my contemporaries Here Is another
 Latin word-insult. In it's origin It
 means to jump on-exactly what IS said everywhere by the school children Of America when the appropriate situation
 arises.
 Diatribe is a pretentious term. It im- plies something more thorough than an
 insult, a more lasting denunciation. You
 not only jump on" somebody. but you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Selma Times: Muscle shoals will get the nitrate plant and Birmingham the armor plate plant. These two will start the south into the ,New Year with the right kind of pep.
 Talladega Home: Birmingham is the nations first choice for the location of the armor plant. Why not? And if those delegated to make the selection do their duty to the nation it will be located there. Alabama's famed metropolis is by many odds the most eligible site in the union for that great industry.
 Sheffield Standard: If the truth were known, the Runanians probably turned over their front to the Russians with a sigh of e-Herald. Likewise their rear, with grunt, to the Germans.
 Florence Times: Universal disarma- ment should be the watch-cry of the democracy of the world when the present war closes. There can be no doubt where President Wilson stands on this question.
 Choctaw Advocates: Lauderdale county is treasureless. The banks of that county failed or refused to bid on the job-that of keeping the countys money. Lauderdale is the only county in the state, so far, where the banks have re- fused to handle the public fund, since the abolition of the treasurer's office by the last legislature.
 Mobile Register: Sometimes the ."blind' musician who plays his violin on street corner just before Christmas, while snow and sleet pelt his thinly clad form, owns two or three apartment houses.-Birming- ham Age-Herald. What times? We'd like to meet him when he is rich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-27
A HURRIED MANNER

Now, this naturalist tells us that we never hear of a squirrel worrying him self to death."
 Perhaps not, but I've seen squirrels in revolving cages that seemed to have something on their mnds.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-27
WHY GIVE HER A SEAT?

q don't believe men are as chivalrous toward women as they used to be"
 Maybe not. There is growing im- pression among men nowadays that the woman who clamors for equal rights is rather proud of her ability to hang on a strap in a trolley car"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-27
A MARVEL

"who are these men gathered about the prisoner seeking an interview? understand they are not reporters"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-27

@ NLY one man ever refused a part (( J nership in J. F. Morgan x O.
 W The partnership was offered the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-27

President Wilson's appeal for peace in Europe has apparently not increased his popularity over there, but the President has been highly successful in living down unpoplarity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-27
IT ALL DEFENDS

What small boy would object to operat
 ing a big gun all day long on Christmas
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
Non.PartIsan Cabinet.

London, Dec. g. Lloyd-G Georges
cabinet will be nonpartisan, and will
meet with the popular demand for q
business government. It win not be
coalition cabinet in the sense Of AS
quith's administration, because AS
Iuith had the cooperation of all par
ties.
The Liberals meeting yesterday de-
eided that the old Liberal leaders win
constitute the opposition party in the
House of Commons, and the opposi-
lion will be one of helpful criticism
instead Of hostility.
surprise was caused by Viscount
Grey's announcement that Arthur Bal
four would succeed him az foreign
secretary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
The Greek situation.


The Greek situation not only again
lis of decided political interest, but is
potentially of marked military impor
lance in connection with the supposed
purpose of the Central Powers to turr
important sections of Won Mackensens
army in Rumania upon the Entente
army at Saloniki
Correspondents ! in Greece report
persistently the hostile attitude of
King Constantine and the Greek Roy
alists toward the Entente. It is de-
clared that efforts have been made to
gather strong army in the Larissa
region to attack the Entente from TIL
rear simultaneously with the Teuton
attacks on the north
Latest reports indicate the confin-
Iued retirement OF the Russians and
Rumanians east Of Wallachia. the Teu.
tons taking many prisoners. The Rus.
sian intention is to hold the line on
the western Moldavian frontier. Thls
lis indicated by the Petrogfad report
that the Russian offensive IN the Pute
ma valley has been resumed
Artillery fire Is reported near Isill
904 on the verdun front. which il khs
anly incident which the mnteuie fe
PORTS from the f'ranco.iselgIan gsNAt.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
The German statement.

Berlin, Dec Sit is officially an
nounced that violent artillery fighting
occurred on the Somme front yester-
lay. The Germans repulsed the night
advances near Detransloy. The Rus
sians attacked the Teutons yesterday
n the Carpathians, and gained ground.
although at cost of heavy losses.
In Western Rumania, the Ruman-
ans are retreating rapidly.
Since December / the Rumanians
have lost more than 10000 men and
iS4 cannon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
LABOR AGENT PROBE
STARTED IN ORLEANS
lover NEGRO EXODUS
COMMISSIONER FILES AFFIDAVIT
AGAINST COUPLE OF MEN
IN THAT CITY.
LABORERS In DISTRESS
IN NORTHERN SECTIONS
Specinl to The Ne1ra.

Special to The Net0s.
New Orleans, Dec. 9.--Complaints
tiled with William McGilvray, commits.
sioner of labor and industrial stats
tics Of louisiana that large mum
bers of men were being shipped from
New Orleans under misrepresentation
led to an investigation on the part Of
the labor department, and Friday re.
suited in filing of affidavits against
James E. Griffith and E. Fl. McBroom
412 Godchaux Building, on behalf OF
5ohn Swanson, as. of 6S2 Carondelet
street, who charged that he had beer
sent to Crowley, La. to secure a po
sition in the Acme Cafe under false
pretenses. Affidavits in the Swanson
case have opened UP the whole sit
uation.
4 Commissioner McGilvray's office il
flooded with complaints of deportation
of labor from Louisiana, and he has
inaugurated statewide crusade and
cleanup against these deportations
Humber mills in various sections are
, writing of their trouble with labol
agents and agencies"
ohio's department OF labor, at Co
lumbus, has in hand the cases OF 2.
New Orleans car repairers now in dis
i tress in the Buckeye State which, i
is charged, were sent there under falls
representations.
Labor Cases Considered.
Hattiesburg, Miss, has complaine
that New Orleans labor agencies ar
q responsible Tor the big exodus Of nt
{ groes from Louisiana and South Mi
Z sissippi to northern cities. Hattiel
burg asserts that negroes in that se'
!. tion are deserting mills, factorie
farms and homes for the glitterin
!, promises held out by agencies
y other fields.
1t was asserted from Hattiesbul
that an average Of 100 negroes we
aeaving the two states through Ne
y Orleans agencies nightly
4 Il rropose Sitting this matter
~ the bottom and If il is possible to prs
y Continued on Page Four)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
A FITTING MEMORIAL TO.
CAPT. JONES
from the New orleans Fem.

The recent death in Buffalo,
New York, of Capt. Jos. T. Jones,
removes probably the most prom
inent figure in the development of
Mississippi. To say that Capt.
Jones accession to our part of
the South was of great advantage
to all of us is to make an OBJ
vious statement. There is a cur
ious quality in human nature
which makes us all tend to grudge
credit to the living but to be-
stow it unqualifiedly on the dead.
Here was a man who had pass
ed his active life in another part
Of the United States and amassed
great fortune, who came in his
declining years to the staet of
Mississippi and invested his CAPT
tai freely and ungrudgingly in the
creation of a,seaport, the building
of railroads and trolley lines, and
the development of what was to
him a new part of the world. He
was an old Union soldier, man
who had wrested fortune from the
earth after the close Of the war.
He was broken in health when he
came to Mississippi, yet he worked
and strove and built almost to
the day of his death.
It seems to us that there is a
lesson impressed by the life and
work OF Capt. Jones, which all of
us in this part of the world need
to learn-that now, as in all times
past, individual effort, great tai
ents and abilities count for more
than anything else in the devel-
opment of a section.
We have not enough big men
in Louisiana and Mississippi, men
Of large talents and Of magma
ton, men in the exercise Of their
talents and abilities. May not the
reason that this section has no
more empire builders be the fact
that we do not create an atmos-
phere and condition which make
accomplishment of great work
possible among us.
There are big men interested
in Louisiana and big men interest
ed in Mississippi, men of strength,
ability ad imagination, but they
are not thinking Comparatively,
are not working comparatively.
This is pity
Picture to yourself the Gulf
Coast as it was when Capt. Jones
went there. Picture to yourself
the Gulf Coast asi it is today.
Subtract what this man has done
and try to imagine what the Gulf
Coast would be.
Florida with it's stupendous
streams of tourists, with its rail-
road and resort and its develop
ments has gone on since Flagler
died-it has the impetus to con-
tinue. Los Angeles and South
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09

ern California are growing and
developing al rate which is
truly marvellous.
Is there some man in Missis-
sippi who is big enough and strong
enough to take up the work where
Capt. Jones has left it, to lead in
the real development of South
ern Mississippi--probably one Of
the most ideal spots in the world.
If no man will do this; can the
state, counties and municipalities
do it? There are a half dozen
men whom we might name in Mis-
sissippi who could do this work.
But would they receive the cor
dial support of the state authorl-
ties and of all classes in Missis-
sippi in such a development?
Would the railroads cooperate?
Would the great timber interests
cooperate?
There is gentleman governing
the state of Mississippi who the
writer has never had the pleasure
of meeting personally. We wonder
If he has qualities of statesman
ship, the constructive ability, the
initiative to go and find such a
mana man of character, wealth
and Imagination and say to him:
q will stad by you if you will
udertake the work. | will use my
influence with the press and the
public of Mississippi to cooperate
with you in changing Southern
Mississippi from partial wilder
ness to the great winter play
ground of hundreds of thousands
of well-to-do and substantial
American people. We have sea-
port at Gulfport; we will develop
that. We will build hotels along
the coast; we will put in good
roads; we will encourage the in
vestment of capital, the develop
ment of fine homes. If you will
lead this work we will do what we
can to see that you and the people
associated with you are helped,
not hindered, and that the capital,
the time and the labor which you
invest will receive fair return"
Captain Jones is entitled to o
memorial. Al great statue should
be erected to him in Gulfport-
it should face the harbor which he
created; there should be inscribed
in enduring marble and brass a
tribute to the indomitable energy,
courage and pluck of this man.
But the real memorial which
should be built to him by the peo-
pie OF Mississippi is memorial
more lasting than marble and
brass-one which would indicate
that the men and women of this
generation in Mississippi are de-
termined to carry out the great
work Of development which he has
started.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
UNION P. I. A. WILL
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
WOMEN MEMBERS TO INTEREST
MEN OF HATTIEsBURc IN
ORGANIZATION.

With view Of interesting the men
of Hattiesburg in the work Of the Par
ent-Teachers' Associations Of che city,
a meeting Of the Union P 7 4. will
be held at the Main Street High School
next Friday night at Z o'clock.
Talks will be made by several local
educators and men interested in the
work of the associations. Matters Of
general interest to the schools Of the
city, and the needs of the schools
will be discussed.
There will be a musical program,
social hour, and refreshments.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
MANY TELEGRAMS ARE
SENT Jones' FAMILY
HATrlEsBuRo BUSINESS oReANl-
CATIONS SEND MESSAGES
OF COINCIDENCE.

Many kilograms Of coincidence were
sent to Mrs. ]. 7. Jones and Miss
Grace Jones by Hattiesburg friends Of
Captain Jones yesterday.
The funeral Of the Gulfport financier
was held in Buffalo yesterday after
noon. Among the many persons IN
attendance was Frank W. Foote, d
the First.National Bank Of Commerce
Of this city.
Telegrams were sent by Mayor Bat
son, on behalf Of the city; Presiden
Hannah, on behalf Of the Commercial
/ Club, and by all the banks Of the city
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09

Hopes of Forrest county business
men, farmers and good roads enthu-
,iasts in general, of receiving from the
Jlisted States government i'll the near
future part Of the $4,000 appropriat-
ID by the federal government for good
-oads extension and construction, have
been dampened, for the time being, by
the voters of Beats 2 and 5.
Registering their protests against
md issues for good roads in those
stritts, the property holders have
lied with the Board of Supervisors
petitions opposing such a step. TAe
result IS. there will be no extensive
road work done in Beats 2 and s, for
some months, anyway.
Some weeks ago, petitions bearing
! number Of signatures were fled with
the board from Beat 5, asking Tor a
s5o.5g0 issue. Soon after this, many
voters in Beat 2 filed petitions for an
issue. presumably FOR 100000. 1t was
found that the latter petitions did not
have a sufficient number of names,
and the men who had been circulating
them we're told to obtain additional
ones.
Counter Petitions Filed.
It had been scheduled to again take
nm the issue at the December meet
ing of the board. When the sessions
began counter petitions were filed by
residents opposing the issue. II
Beat S, there were more names OF
the counter petition than on the origi
nal one.
| No additional names had been addef
| 10 the original petitions from Beat z
which was incomplete, and the boar'
| consequently was unable to act favor
ably on it.
What new plan for raising none!
for the beats in question, worked ou
| by the board will be remains t
be seen. The members are all goo
roads, men, and are doing everytnln
possible to make Forrest county tn
first county in the state in the matte
of highways.
The money appropriated by tn
United States government for maxim
roads is now available. The feder;
J government will spend dollar for do
! lar with the various counties. Thu
far Forrest has been unable to obtai
I,any Of the federal money
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09

Going up"
Several persons entered an elevator
in The Ross building, among them
three old time colored women.
The elevator shot up to the third
floor.
FThree out" called the conductor.
Two passengers in the rear of the
car pushed forward and left the ele-
vator. The elevator man continued to
hold the door open and called again,
"Three out"
''Deed, boss" said one Of old color.
led mammies, use sure there don't
none Of us ladies wants to get out
here"
well" the elevator conductor an
twered, "you don't have to-"
Thanks. boss" said the woman
apparently immensely relieved. I"
Thought when you said three out an'
only two got out, one Of us woul'
lhaye to walk"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
MANY TICKETS SOLD
TO ANNUAL DINNER
COMMITTEE PUTTING FINISHING
TOUCHES ON PROGRAM FOR
TUESDAY NIGHT.

Nearly 200 persons will attend the
annual dinner of the Hattiesburg Com
mercial Club, to be given at the Hotel
Hattiesburg Tuesday night at S:SO
o'clock.
The arrangements committee has
about completed its work. Almost
that number Of tickets has been SOLO
thus far. The sale has closed, and nt
more will be put out.
There Will be a business meetinl
81 the club held at 8 o'clock.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09

w. G. Strahan, manager Of the In
ternational Automobile Company here,
has returned from trip to Toledo
and Detroit, where he was the guest
Of the Wiliys-O Overland Company.
I'm going through the Overland
factory" strahan said today, 4 asked
many Of the employees what wages
they received.
".We are very well satisfied will
our wages, each man replied, and thai
was as definite an answer as anybod.
was able to get.
I'm the Ford factories in Detroit
however, every man boasted OF hi
wages, giving the dollars and cent
lreceived for each days work"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
ASSESSMENTS ON
TEIEATER REDUCED
Supervisors Cut Gems Figures from
5000 to st,soc-

Acting on the protests Of Edgar n,
rIirsch that the personal assessment
AGAINST the Gem Theater. located IN
the Woodmen Of the World building
Is exorbitant. the Board Of Superyis-
ors in session here this week, voted
to cut the figures in half
The theater was assessed at $4,000.
14lrsch declared that 1t was assessed
at twice its value The board reduced
the amount to s1,500.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
ORDER FORECLOSURE
ON SUNRISE LAND
Supervisors say Sixteenth Section
Notes Past Due.

A foreclosure on the property Of
w. L. Clark and Mrs. Mollie Clark
in the Sunrise district. has been or
sdered by the Board Of Supervisors Of
TForrest County, In November 1912,
the Clarks borrowed $500 from the
Sixteenth Section funds of the county
The notes matured November l, 1915.
Since that time the CIarks are said
10 have left for the West
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
cost OF LIVING
|INVEST|GA
BEGINS MONDAY
Attorney General Directs Grand
iories TO Start Work In New
York and Detroit
SIMILAR 0UIzzES PLANNED
FOR MANY OTHER CITIES

Determined to Ascertain
Cause Of High Prices and Who Is
Responsible--Further Hearings on
Transportation Problems Postponed
by Joint House and senate Commit.
tees Till Congress Adlourns, to AS
sist President.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09

Turin, Dec. 8 tpeIayed In trans
mlssion) AN explosion in the
Alexandria explosives plant is be-
lieved to have killed more than
so persons. The cause Of the ac-
cident has not yet been aseer-
tanned.
Many women were among the
dead and injured. An Investiaa-
ton has been started.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
Them in DetaII.

i
Newman Lumber Companys Sumrail
and Hattiesburg plants, now out on a
strike in all probability will receive
their rs per cent increase in wages
which they are insisting upon.
Whether the skilled laborers, who
are asking 10 per cent increase,
will receive it, depends upon the turn
of affairs to be taken during the next
two or three days.
The officials OF the Newman COM
pany are firm in their declaration that
they cannot and will not pay the
skilled laborers more money at this
time.
The men. on the other hand, are
equally as positive in their declara-
tions that not wheel shall turn in
the three mills here and at Sumrall
until their requests are met.
The big Hattiesburg mill, which has
been operated only in a few depart
ments since the walkout a couple OF
days ago, today is closed completely
With the exception of crew of re-
pair men, and firemen in the boiler
rooms, not stroke of work is being
done. 1t is necessary for the company
to maintain 20 pounds of steam at all
times.
In Sumrall, not man is in the
mills, reports from there this after
noon stated. A committee represent
ing the strikers makes regular inspec-
tion trips through the mills, to see
that no one is at work, and to see that
the company's property is not damaged
in any way.
TWO Conferences Held.
Two conferences have been held by
Nthe strikers committee and General
NJ Manager Haynen. Yesterday a COM
mirtee Of five men, representing So
employees in all departments OF the
Newman Company, called on Mr. Hay
Aaen and submitted set Of written
statement. This committee consisted
81 Charles Smith, Mack Burch, Clauo
McNair, wiley Hill and A. F. James
chairman.
MIR. Haynen read the petitions, ano
told the men that it would be impos
sible for the company to meet them.
This morning at 10 o'clock, the com
mittee again conferred with Mr.. Hay
nan Neither the strikers nor Mr
t4avnen would discuss the results 0
tbe last conference. Both stated tina
atnings are progressing nicely" Ful
ther than this, nothing could pc or
tanned from either the lumber com
N pany or the employees.
n Is known, however. that Mr., HAY
,,en stated that for some months n
Ma been considering the propositio
d giving the unskilled laborers an y =
SFease on January 1. He said that \
realized that. the unskilled men coui
BOT exist on their present wages. In
condition in the lumber trade toda'
brought about by the car situation
he is quoted as having said has cri
pied not only the Newman compan
bnt all the other mills in the yello
4pine region.
VII Wages Compared.
M. Haynen is said to have told u
Strikers. however, that the Newm'
wage scale applying TO the skilled
borers is as high as it can co.
also is said to have told them that
comparison OF the Newman scale w
that Of other mills will show that
former is as high as many Of the
Ter, and much higher than some.
He also is quoted as having said t
company could not and would
Continued on Page Four)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-12-09
/ IF
In the Hub City

Your dog bit policeman. What
have you got to say asked Mayor
Batson, frowning upon the urchin,
mister, my dog didn't know it was
policeman" replied the small boy,
opologetically.