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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-25
HAND DOWN IMPORTANT DECIS-
ION.
Supreme Court Saves Government
Over Thirty Million Dollars.
CIV Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Washington, April 23-The Supreme
Court today affirmed the Oregon Fed
eral Courts decree enjoining the
Southern Pacific railroad from dispos-
ing Of timber and mineral lands re-
ceived by Congressional grant Land
worth thirty million dollars il effected
by the sams decision.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-25
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BETSY ROSS CLUBS ON NATION
WIDE PLAN.

Meridian, Miss, April 23-(By I'm
ion Associated Press)-Originators Of
the plan to organize the school chill
dren of the United States in nation
wide patriotic Betsy Ross societies are
being besieged with queries as to the
proper way of going about the plan.
1t is suggested that the organizations
take their name from the woman, who
at the suggestion of George Washing
ton, made the first American flag
adopted by Congress. The purposes
of the societies are to mobilize the
children of the country into a union
that would inculcate patriotism,
through the making Of American flags
for local, school or other uses, to fos-
ter participation in Flag Day celebra-
lions, make the children feel that they
have a part in the national events
now transporting and to counteract
alien tendencies, especially among chill
dren of foreign-born parents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-25
Come on Over, See
NV Corn Fall Off"
Il Put 2 Drops Of tGets-I' on Last
Nieht-NoW Watch"

"See-all you have to do is to use
your two fingers and lift the corn
right OF. That's the way tGets-It'
always works. You just put on
only shrivels. but loosens from the
toe, without affecting the surround
ing flesh in the least. Why. it's al
most e pleasure to have corus and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-25

To Cure q Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine. Il stops the
Cough Ind Headache and works Oh the Cold
Druggists refund money il - fails to cure
g W. GROVES signature on each box. Csc
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-25
CUT OVER LANDS RICH.

Those of Arkansas Will Raise as Much
Grain as High Priced Lands of
North.
(By Associated Press)
New Orleans, April 13-The cut ov-
er lands Of Arkansas are producing
food products of greater value per
acre than the high priced areas of the
richest northern corn belt states, as
cording to w. r. Lighton, of Fayette-
vile, Ark, in an address before the
cut-over-land conference today.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-25


fore County, composing a representa-
tive gathering from all sections of the
County, assembled at the Court House
this morning to meet with the Board
of Supervisors to discuss the road
question. The meeting vas called to
order at ten o'clock and at twelve
O'Clock no action had been taken and
the two hours had been spent in dis
cussion by numerous gentlemen of the
a~dvisability of building roads at this
time, of the use of gravel in building
them and of what kind of gravel to
De used.
Mr.. j. l.. Haley, President of the
Board was prevented from being pres
ent by illness and Mr.. j. L. Montgom-
cry acted as President. He stated that
it was not the intention of the Board to
spend the money raised by the is
suance of bonds on concrete roads.
A new feature was added to the
much mooted discussion of the road
question in this county and another
worry was added to the list for the
Board when the suggestion was Of
fered that the money not be spent on
good roads at this time. One hundred
thousand dollars worth of the issue
of $500, 900 in bonds has already been
sold and is now in a local bank. 1t
was urged by some that this amount
alone be spent and that the remaining
$500, 900 of bonds not be issued until
the war is over.
DR.. B. F. Mcneil of Swiftown, was
one of the most ardent speakers for
gravel and urged immediate action by
the Board in building the roads. He
said that the bonds had been issued
for hat purpose and that the advance
in price of everything generally should
not be allowed to effect the work. He
pointed out that the price of gravel
had not been raised and that freight
rates were still the same. He then
declared that the only additional ex-
pense to the contractors would be the
price of feed for their mules. He was
applauded by the crowd.
Mr.. w. NJ. Robbs, a member of the
Road Commission of Kinds County,
told the meeting of his experiences
with gravel in Kinds County and de-
clared it to be the best and cheapest
material on the market. He said stick
to the gravel proposition and biuld
the best road possible with the best
gravel to be obtained and build it wide
enough and take arr of it. "If a
road is worth building it is worth TAX
ing care Of" he said. He stated fur
Their that the roads in Kinds County
cost less than $4,000 a mile to build.
Mr.. McGrath, representing the As
phalt industry was next to address the
assembly and in the beginning said
he was not going to mention his line
of work or his class of road but was
going to tell the meeting about the
bond market. He urged the people
of Leflore County to build their roads
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-25

OIIICtI6Iy yOUIS,
ALLEN M. SMITH,
County Home Demonstration Agent.
Agricultural College, Miss, April
20, 1917.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
GERMAN PARTY
GAINS SUPPORT
New National Body In Aus
tria Backed by Promi-
nent Men.
(By International News Service }

Amsterdam. Oct. 23.-Further details
reached here today regarding the for
nation of the new German national
party" in Austria. reported in these
dispatches yesterday. Among the
prime movers behind this new party.
created to offset the ever-growing
anti-German sentiment in the dual
monarchy. are leaders in the Reichs-
rat. including former President Sylves-
ter. Of the Austrian Parliament, and
Deputy Dobering. formerly president
Of the German League.
Another of the leaders in the new
party is Deputy Krast. who recently
demanded a modification Of the Aus
trian constitution which would make
the foreign minister responsible to the
Reichsrat, or II that is too far-reach-
ing, to give an account Of his policy
to the Parliament.
The new party aims at uniting with
1t all other German groups and parties
on the keynote that "the German ma
tional interests are in peril
The present lineup of the Austrian
Reichsrat is as follows: Socialists,
Christian Socialists. Agrarians, Radi-
cal. German National Party, Labor
Party and German Center.
Plans are reported to be under way
for the formation Of a separate party
Of Germans in Bohemia.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
Sim FEINERS
TAKEN IN RAID
ON n. Y. OFFICE
Government Agents Charge
Sedition Against Pris-
oners In New York.

New York. Oct 3.-Secret Service
agents arrested an alleged Sim
Fein revolutionist who was about to
leave the country and an enemy alien.
sand to u his friend. The -prisoners
are Leon Mehowes. who. the au-
fhorities allege, was activr in the
Easter uprising 10 ireland a 1915. and
Baron vop Reitehuysen. a rich Ger
man.
According 10 the Secret Service
men. Mellowes was trying to return
to ireland under false papers. making
IL appear he was an American sailor.
He is charged with 'conspiring 10
defraud the government Baron Won
Reitelhuysen is accused of being an
enemy alien.
The following statement on the ar
rests was made today by William H.
Flynn, chief of the United States
Secret Service.
'Meiiowes. prior TO the Easter Mon
day rebellion spent three months in
an English prison and claims he was
placed there charged with sedition.
Upon leaving the prison he went
directly from the Jail to Galway and
shortly afterward organized and
SCHtEdi. lIlsn NOlLul1
against the British forces
After the defeat of the revolution
lists Mellowes was forced to hide but
finally secured passage to America
He arrived in New York in December
B- Local news described the arrest
Of Mellowes in England and on the
day following his arrival here, printed
statements of prominent Irishmen that
Mellowes was in New York and free
man.
Papers found on Mellowes and il
his room revealed the full details OF
the 1916 Easter Monday rebellion. The
associate of Mellowes is Baron DR.
Max Won Reitelhuysen. He is men
toned as an envoy left here by Count
Bernstorff on the latter's departure
for Europe. He maintains two resi-
dences on the West Side and one or
the East Side, close by the Kings
bury Bridge and commanding a clea
view of Hell Gate and the East
River"
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
BAKER TAKES ACTION
To settle STRIKE
Orders Representative to Confer
With Labor Leaders.

Quick action was taken by Secre-
tsry of War Baker yesterday. 10
settle the labor difficulties at Water
town arsenal. where gun mountings
are made.
He ordered that a representative Of
the War Department so TO the scene
Immediately TO confer with the labor
leaders. while in response to a
telegram from union officials. he stated
that he would be at Boston today
and might see them there.
The main object OF the Secretary's
trip to New England is 10 inspect
Camp Derens. at Aver. Mass. and
the Harvard aviation camp. at Cam
bridge. He will also deliver liberty
loan addresses at Boston and Man
chester. n. II.
Mr.. Baker explained that the trouble
at Wstertown is probably due to a
Misunderstanding of the recent wage
adjustment. The Departments inteH-
tion was to place srsenals In the
vicinity Of navy yards on the same
scale as the nearby navy yards.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
BABY IS VICTIM
OF AUTO CRASH
Mrs. Louise Beddo Expect
ed to Die at George
town Hospital.

Baby Catherine baltimore. aged
four-and-s-half months. is dead at
the Georgetown University Hospital.
and Mrs. Louise Beddo, aged 20 years.
of Westmoreland County, Va, is, ac-
cording to doctors at the hospital. eX-
pected TO die before many more hours
as the death toll of an automobile
overturninG on Conduit road in front
of house 4177 shortly after noon yes
terday.
All the occupants of the car were
residents at 1924 Maryland avenue
northeast, except Mrs. Beddo. The
others were: Mrs. E. s. Jahn. aged
g years, whose left ear is torn OF
and is injured badly about the head
and body; Mrs. Evelyn baltimore,
mother of the dead baby. who is .
years OF age and is suffering from a
broken leg and internal injuries; and
Harvey Beddo. son of the woman who
is expected to die, whose head was
badly lacerated and who sustained
bodily injuries.
Doctors stated early this morning
that an answer cannot be given as "a
whether these persons will recover.
The police say that the machine
was going east on the Conduit road
at high rate OF speed. and when
the brakes were applied. skidded and
overturned. All were pinned beneath
the car except the baby.
The baby was thrown clear of the
machine to the roadside. The dyins
infant was brought to the hospital in
private automobile. while the
others were removed in the machine
of the Seventh precinct.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
Districts Liberty Beacon
Blazes High, Despite Rain
President Down to School
Children Join Gigantic
Push to Swell Total to
$4,000, ,000,0 900 Mark
| for the Nation.
Toaay b L.RNtY nay.

rssm Tssay i ipSk Nv Wilson down
throush tho - children Of mo
land. there NSH6~a patriotic effort
Loan to the make am of saeoe. .ooc, ,o0o
set as the goal. 20 attain that enor-
nous figure the country must raise
about sS75.Ooo.0Oo a day from this
morning until the close of the cam
paign on Saturday.
The liberty loan officials were not
at all confident tonight that this max
iHum figure would be reached; but
their hopes were very strong that the
minimum Of S3.0oaees. 900 would be sub
scribed and possibly $1,000, 0O0. .00c, al
though the official figures as an
nounced at the close of business yes
terday showed that the eountry had
subscribed only 30 per cent OF the
maximum.
Average 800 Per Cent.
Unofficial figures indicate that the
average ~ nearer so per cent OF the
loan, csnstdering the delay in re-
porting Of the outlying sections OF
the country. An estimate of $500
o0o,c00 was given at the department
as a conservation figure to place on
the amount of the subscriptions TO
date.
Confident prediction was made last
night that the $500, 900, 600 figure will
be assured by tonight. after the big
day throughout the country. Bust
CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
100000 POUNDS
OF SUGAR DISCLOSED
Piled Ceiling High in Big Ware
house in Buffalo.

Buffolo. N. Y, Oct. 23.-Thousands
of bags and barrels Of sugar, esti-
mated at upward Of 100000 pounds.
were discovered today stored in the
Keystone warehouse.
The sugar was discovered by news
paper men who revealed their find
to Federal agent.
An investigation made by the agent
OF the Treasury Department reveal
ed warerooms piled ceiling-high with
sugar. He has reported the facts
to washington. and some action by
the government is expected.
r. M. Richardson, superintendent of
the keystone warehouse, declared the
sugar was consigned to the Hyers
Condensed Milk Company. No such
company is known here. but it is
considered possible some new organi-
zation bearing that name may be
making condensed milk for soldiers.
Sugar at retail reached "A cents in
some of the small groceries today.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
Mrs. McAdoo Starts Fire at
Monument and Marine
Band Assists in Cere-
mony-Thousands Take
Part in Demonstration.

3 =BsaeonS OF .Iiberfy, plannsd by the
SAtisaai Woman's liberty loan COM
mittee. flared the length and breadth
OF the country last night
At the base of the monument erect
ed TO the first President OF the Unit
ed States, the father Of his country,
Washington's bacon fiared high
against skies heavy with loweripg
clouds. symbolical of The spirit of
America in the greatest war u his
tory.
Fire Burns Despite Rain.
Whipped BY stitf wind, the beacon
blazed-a great mass Of name-de-
spite a downpour of rain.
"A slight rain was falling when the
concert of the Marine Band, which
preceded the firing OF the beacon, be.
gan. A rope stretching 1850 feet
around the stand and the pyramid
was lined solidly with people Mem
bers OF the National Woman's COM
fhttee and OF the District auxiliary
were in the stand.
At $50 O'Clock, C gun doomed. and
Mrs. McAdoo. wife OF the Secretary
Of the Treasury, and chairman of
the woman's loan committee, pressed
the button that fired the great pile.
A muffled explosion sounded, and
small tongues of fame crept out
from the base and. gaining in
strength. shot upward beyond the tip
of the beacon.
AS II the blaze was the signal, a
CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
CHICAGO JUDGE
Bans CABARETS
Escapade Of California Girl
Causes Edict Against
Pleasure Resorts.

Chicago, Oct. 23.-"The cabarets
as conducted now condemn them
selves. They are cutting their own
throats and all for the almighty
dollar. If they cannot be made safe
to visit they must CO.
This was the edict handed down
today by Judge Uhlir here after a
conference with City Attorney
Miller.
The controversy between the au-
thorities, brewers, and social work
ers on the one side and the hotels
on the other was brought to a head
over a week ago when Dorothy
Crosby. a San Francisco girl. at
tempted to commit suicide by jump
ing from the fourth floor of the
Bismarck Hotel after an escapade
with a cabaret freouenter.
Today Judge Uhlir, who has been
trying the case, conferred with
Miller and the arrest of one OF the
Ethel brothers, owners Of the Bis
marck Hotel, was ordered. Then
Judge Uhlir issued his statement
that the cabaret must change or It
must go.
Mayor Thompson has issued a
statement that he will revoke any
license where such a change is rec
commended by Chief Of Police
Schuettle. The chief Of police Is
counted on the side of the reform
forces.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
British Standing Test,
Says Bonar Law

London, Oct. 2S.-In an address
delivered Al n meeting In the Al
bert Hall. Benar Law. chancellor
of the sxchequer. said the Britt
lsh armies were slowly but re-
morseIessly going forward In
Flanders, and the resnlt was a
mathematical certaipty. The trpe
battle front IN the war. he .daed,
VIVA I'm the SouJ ~, the nntfoT
.I-predietbfkATtvu win 90 a
very differeat people after this
war; Dsaar Law continued.
sYou are learning your lesson
2nd stane<pE your test"
Co1ciUdinE, the ehanceiIos
saidt II can see no road 90 peace,
but In victory. It will come
quickly when eur enemies rea-
Ilre that the longer the war lasts
the worse it will he for them
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
HARBOR STRIKE
NOW AvERTED;
N. Y.P0RT Open
Employesand Shipping In
terests to Abide by
Arbitration Rulings.

The strike OF longshoremen and har,
Dor employees at New York has boen
averted, and the port will not be
tied up, as threatened. on November
1. This was the announcement last
night of r B. Stevens. of the United
states Shipping Beard. who has been
workingn on the situation for some
weeks. Both employees and the ship
ping interests have agreed to abide
by the rulings of an arbitration COM
mittee on all questions concerning
wages and conditions of labor. Mr..
Stevens said.
This means that 1OO.coe men who
would otherwise have walked out
next week will continue at their
posts. and the port OF New York
will not be blocked.
Employees and shipping interests
agreed to a commission OF three men.
which has been chosen as follows:
Capt. W. B.. Baker. of the United
States army, stationed at Hoboken
for the Shipping Board.
George r. Putnam for the Depart
ment OF Commerce: and
Ethelbert Stewart. for the Depart
ment of Labor.
To Visit Delaware.
These three men will get In touch
with the contending parties at New
York Immediately and so over the
whole labor situation. Mr.. Stevens
said that inasmuch as he had obtain
ed the pledge of both sides to abide
by the committees rulings, he be-
lieved all danger of a tie-up of the
port of New York had been averted.
Although situations in other regions
are demanding urgent attention, the
first place the joint arbitration com
mittee will visit on its return East
will be the Delaware River section.
Conditions there are very bad, ac-
cording to Stevens.
The worst phase of the whole ship
building problem. as some members
of the board view it, is the fact that,
even when all the strike troubles are
smoothed over satisfactorily. the real
labor problem of the board will only
have been opened.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
THIS IS THE DAY!

You asked to LOAN money you have saved or
to the end that your government may cohe feed
and the boys who have made the sacrifice supreme
THEY HAVE LOANED THEIR BODIES AND LIFE BLOOD!
Washington early this morning awoke to day of
patriotic liberty loan activities excelng all previous efforts
with men. and children laborng enthusiastically to
make Washnstons Liberty Day long to be remembered
Reports from other sections of the country tell of millions of
dollars subscribed and hundreds of thousands of patriots
toilmg to make the day huge success
Before this mornings rising had ushered in this
LIBERTY DAY the subscription campaign had progressed
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
MURPHY SUES PAPER
FOR $500,000 LIBEL

New York, Oct. Z-Chsrles F. Muir
phy, leader of Tammany Hall. today
started a 10000 suit against the
Evening World for alleged libel
The basis for the suit was an edi-
torial printed last night. containing
Quotations attributed to William S.
Devery. former chief of police of
New York, which referred to Muir
ply.
Murphy declined TO make any COM
ment upon the lawsuit, but his attor-
neys declared he had informed them
there was no truth in the 'dero-
gatory statements contained in the
editorial.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
NTERNED HUN Ships
MAKE trial TRIPS
Create Spy Scare by Leaving Docks
in Brooklyn Yard.

Those former German liners that
went down New York Bay from
Brooklyn Navy Yard and then hurried
back to their docks. thereby creating
in certain quarters a spy scare. were
merely undergoing trials.
That was the view Of the incident
taken at the Navy Department yes
terday. At any rate. IL pro-German
workmen had left a few monkey
wrenches in the machinery to again
disable the ships, as reports had it,
the Navy Department hasn't heard
anything about II.
There is nothing in any of the
dispatches to indicate trouble with
the former German. vessels any
where" said Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt. IF there was any trouble
wo certainly would have heard about
IT."
The explanation was vouchsafed
that when the repairs to the ships
are completed they are sent out on
trial runs and then como back to
their docks. This, is was believed,
probably was the case in this in
stance.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
NORTH SEA BATTLE
DETAILS PROMISED

London. Oct. 23.-Public pressure
for full light on the naval action
in the North Sea last week. In which
nine merchantmen and two convoy
ing British destroyers were sunk. Is
bearing fruit. Sir Eric Geddes, First
Lord OF the Admiralty, in answer to
queries by member of the House Of
Commons today. told the parliament
that as soon as survivors of the
sunken destroyers, the Mary Rose
and Strongbow, were able to attend,
a court martial inquiry into the
whole affair would take place. He
added that supplementary state
ment would be Forthcoming shortly.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24

favoraby anticipated 1t was expected that sub
scrptions would touch the S. mark and that
the loan of $30O00O00OO would be taken up during the
FIRST half of the campaign Had these antcpaton been real
lied singing blow would have been given the Kaisers
military autocracy serious than batte6elds defeat
But 1t is not too late to do that now!
We can make this LIBERTY DAY forever famous in
the annals Of American history by DELIVERING THAT
BLOW TODAY!
Our President has set apart this day for this purpose
that each of us may help the war; even though we are
ayathomes and shoulder guns counys defense
The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
HOUSE ARRIVES
ON WAR VISIT
Colonel Sees President !;
Will Take Part in World
Peace Conference.

A visit Of Col E. NJ. House to the
White House yesterday, and the ar
rival of Ignace Paderevski, to head
the Polish national movement in
Washington, and to assist Col House
In gathering peace data, so it is
stated, revived talk of the size and
complexity of the information which
the President has commissioned Col.
House to gather.
1t has come to be generally recogni-
iced here that the council which
settles this war will have to remake
the map Of the world. The President
has insisted that the designation of
Col. House to gather data for this
conference augurs no immediate
prospect Of peaca Inasmuch as the
participant for the United States in
this council will have to be famf-
liar with situations which have never
before come within the ken of any
American diplomat. Washington
seems agreed that Colonel House has
been appointed none too soon.
Problems of Conference.
The major problems of the peace
council are OF course familiar 20
American statesmen. These will be
ne uASpOSdl Vi otl-lu1us
-aine, Servia and Poland. But a neu-
Tal diplomat pointed out yesterday
hat sitpations from the far east afl
through Asia and Europe. through
South America and back to the far
East again may have to be deter
mined at the end of tl..s war. Even
he possessions of the United States
have been thrown upon the table
through the suggestion OF the Rus
ian radicals for the International
sation of the Panama canal
The Italians are going to demand
he Irredenta. Finland will -undoubt-
.dly seek to be separated from Rus
sia- The Germans will claim the Rus
.ian Baltic provinces.
In South America II Is proba BILE that
he dispute among Paraguay. Uruguay
md Argentina over the territoriality
II the waters Of the Platte estuary
viii be submitted to the council
Japan will demand a free hand in
-hiha- The fighting along the south
coasts OF the Black Sea and In Asia
Minor will necessitate a new align
nent of boundaries there, and in
Africa there viii have to be a re-
distribution of German, Belgian and
English territory and spheres of in
iuence.
In connection with all of these re-
ADJUSTMENTS, 4 suggestion has reached
Washington that Germany and Aus
kia will concede much i'm allowing
Peparate sovereignties for the ter
itcries In which they are concerned.
n return for this, however, they win
iernand control OF the great new
modern source of power-the rail-
Dada