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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
U-BOATS OPEN FIRE
ON SURVIVORS IN BOATS

PARIS. June 21.
Two instances where German submarines
deliberately fired on lfeboats carrying the
crew Of two vessels they had destroyed
were reported here today. The Brittany
patrol squadron on Saturday picked up
fifty survivors of a sunRen British steam
ship, who declared they had been fired on
by two German U-boats. on Friday they
saved thirty men. in boats which carried
eight who had been killed by gun fire from
German submarines, employing the same
tactics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
642 BRITISH, SHIPS SUNK
BY U-BOATS SINCE FEB. I
LONDON Lnnn 21.

LONDON, June 81
Since Germany began her ruthless sub
marine war on February l. 642 British
ships, with an aggregate tonnage of about
1900 900, have been sunk. according TO a
compilation from official figures here today.
This includes the thirty-two sent down dur
ing the week ending June 49, OF this
latest batch of U-boat victims, twenty-seven
we're over 1900 tons and five were under
that size. This was the same number OF
vessels sunk in the preceding week. but II
showed an increase over sinkings between
May and June T.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
BRUSSILOFF MAKING GOOD;
RUSSIAN FRONT ACTIVE
LONDON, June 81

delayed Russian official statement
the first in three days-gave weight today
TO General Brussioff's pledge that Russia
will fight as expressed in a message to
General Sir William Robertson, chief Of
the British Imperial staff The Petrograd
War Office reported ffusillades and aerial
activities on all fronts"
General Brussiloff's message was in re-
ply TO one from General Robertson con-
graduating him on his appointment as
commander-in-chief of Russas army. Brus-
sioff declared:
"In honor bound. free Russia's armies
will not fail TO do their duty"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
DIR. r. G.. Hayes Dead

BELLEFONTE. Pa, June 21.-Follov,r.
a lingering illness. DR.. r. @. Hayes an.
OF the most prominent physicians in c.,'
trail Pennsylvania, died here aged nftv.
seven years. He was a veteran Of the
Spanish american War, Vss a Mason 30
high SbHl ding and belonged to the st.ta
and American Medical Associations W
leaves a widow and four children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
BLAMES WARS LENGTH
ON RUSSIAN INACTION

Lord Sydenham, famous British expert
on military SCIENCE. in an interview de-
clared today that II Russia had opened a
great offensive In the spring In conjunction
with the drives on the western and Italian
fronts the war would have ended in the
autumn,
Lord Sydenham agrees with American
military opinion that the war will be de-
cided IA the air aud that a grand fleet OF
utroplanee, with plenty OF reserve machines
viii BE- needed before the Qerman4 are
driven back 20 their own borders
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
MILE OF FRENCH LINE
TAKEN, BERLIN REPORTS


Capture Of a French position at Vaux-
haiIlon over a width OF more than a mile by
a German storming attack was announced
in todays official statement.
''The enemy was completely surprised"
the War ONCE said Some OF our troops
penetrated as far as the reserves position.
The enemy losses were heavy"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
ADMITS PLOT TO BLOW
UP TROOP TRAINS IN US.
Man Arrested at Knoxville,
Tenn, Confesses Plan to Dyna-
mite Important Bridges
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June

w. S. Clark. claiming New York as his
home, today confessed 70 police his par
ticipaton in a plot to dynamite troop-bear-
Ing trains and bridges Of military import
ance.
Clark was arrested in connection with the
explosion May In the munitions plant OF
the Federal Dyestuff Corporation at Kings
port
Police say Clark tried to blow up the
Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore while
a patient there. They believe he is insane.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21

Cross officials who recently arrived here
with Major General Pershing today re-
ccived notable gift Of one Of the main
buildings on the Place de Ia Concorde
alongside the Ministry of Marine as the
American Commissions headquarters, rent
free.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
Daughter of Auditor General a Bride

POTTSVILLE. Pa, June 2l.-Miss Ruth
A. Snyder, daughter Of Auditor General c.
A. Snyder, Of this city, was married at noon
today at her parents residence, to Fred
Sapper, of Erie, by the Rev. L. II. Romig
Of Reading Mr.. Sapper is the secretary
OF the Western Bankers Association and Is
a salesman of bonds. Mr. and Mrs. Sapper
will reside in Erie.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
McAdoo Ill; Due to Loan Work

WASHINGTON, June 2l.-Worn out by
his exertions on behalf of the Liberty Loan,
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo is con-
fined to his bed today. Physicians say Mr..
and will be forced 10 remain in bed for
several days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
Patrol Fighting in Macedonia

SOFIA, June 21.-only patrol encounter,
and intermittent artillery duelling were re-.
ported on the Macedonian front by the R,,I-
Surian war office today. There were burst,
Of rife firing on the Rumanian front.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
Yankee Destroyer
Sinks Foes Submarine

killed by the explosion. one Of the Amer
lean ships landed the remainder. Among
the survivors was William Mcdonald, Of
Buffalo, N. Y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21

Toxic Diet Meets to Discuss Expansion
TOXIC, June 21.-The Diet convened to.
day. A program Of naval expansion ia To
be considered.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-11
CHANCERY COURT SUMMONS.

State of Mississippi.
To Alex Feldman, alias Zelig Field
man, of Minsk, Russia; Joseph
Feldman of New York City, N. Y;
Harry Feldman of Baltimore,
Maryland; Abraham Feldman, Of
Minsk, Russia; Sarah Dvorkin of
Minsk, Russia; Bessie Feldman,
alias Dvera Feldman, Of Minsk,
Russia; Rosa Henkin, alias Chaie
Henkin, of Minsk, Russia; and
Bertha Feldman, alias Bale Field
man, of New York City, N. Y.
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the County
of Lef1ore, in said State, on the second
Monday of July, A. D. 1917, in vaca-
ton, before Hon Joe May, Chancellor,
at his office in Sumner, Mississippi,
and show cause, if any you can, why
the final account of Robert Herman,
Administrator of the estate of Dave
Feldman, deceased, this day filed with
the Clerk of said Court, shall not be
allowed and approved.
This 30th day of April, 1917.
(Seal) A.. R. BEW, Clerk.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-11
T TO H PUBLIC.

There are a number of people in
Greenwood and vicinity who no doubt
will sooner or later contract for some
monumental work.
We want to get in communication
with you and cite you to the fact that
VIZ IRE the pest equipped dealers in
this section to- serve you, there is not
a dealer in one hundred miles Of us
that is equipped to give you the SER
vice and satisfaction that we have to
offer.
No matter how modest Or how elab-
crate you may. want the memorial we
Fan furnish the most distinctive, in
dividual designs which will in every
detail crafty the slightest wish.
GREENWOOD MARBLE WORKS,
1854 Carrollton Ave. r. D. Niven, Mgr.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-11
JUNE . IN HISTORY.

.1S74-First reunion Of the National
Anti Slavery League convened in Chi.
cago.
1885-Gladstone ministry resigns.
1S9S-War Revenue bill passed by
Congress.
19O2-House passed the anti-anar.
chy bill.
Burning of Chicago sanitarium wip.
ed out twelve lives.
1916-U. s. Customs Inspectors at
the international Bridge at Ell Paso
received instructions to permit nc
Americans to enter Mexico at that
point until further notice.
Provinces of Szechuen, Huan, Che
kiang and Shensi rescinded their dec
laration of independence and reassert.
ed their loyalty to the Peking Govern.
ment.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-11
WALTER D. FOX. O. D.

A. Weller 4 Co. wish to announce
to their friends and patrons, that they
have secured the services of Walter
E. Fox, o. D., lately Of Kansas City,
Mo. mr1a W
Dr.. Fox has had years Of exper-
fence in the testing eyes, and is fully
capable Of handling any case, where
glasses are needed to give relief to
your eye trouble. II your eyes pain
or the lids burn, your head aches, OF
your vision is poor, you can get
prompt relief at a reasonable expense.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
A. WELLER & co.
jewelers. ara Outometrist.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-11
N N n ~ ~ -
H CHINESE MIX.UP.


1t is idle to call the Chinese revolt "anti-demo-
cratic" It is merely a manifestation of the popu-
lar will, which happened to be against our cause.
Ii Yuan Hung, deposed president of China,
purposed to declare war against Germany. The
northern provinces did not want war and revolt
ed. That is the situation in a nutshell.
Sun Vat Sen, first president of China, who had
been exiled, grasped the situation and set himself
at the head of the revolving provinces. .
Consideration of the Chinese problem includes
consideration of the Japanese influence in China.
The Chinese do not like the Japanese. The latter
have been meddling with the Chinese government,
greatly to the irritation of the Chinese people;
and this probably had more to do with the defec-
ton Of revolving provinces than anything else.
The Japanese influenced the government to sever
relations with Germany and urged it to declare
war. The antipathy of the Chinese people to the
Japanese led them to resent and oppose anything
suggested by the Japanese, so that the revolt is
as much a movement Of disapproval against Jap
anese domination as against anything else.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-11
SPECIAL TERM CIRCUIT COURT
BEGINNING JUNE Is.

1t appearing that II will be to the
best interest Of the taxpayers Of Le-
fore county, Mississippi, that a spec.
ial' term Of the Circuit Court be called
for the trial Of criminal cases;
It Is therefore ordered by the judge
IN vacation that ESPECIAL term Of
Circuit Court Of Lefors county, Mis-
sissippi, be and the same Is hereby
called to convene 1t the court house
in said Lshore county, OF, Monday, the
25th day Of June, 1917, at 10 o'clock
A. M. for the regular dispatch Of Grim
inal cases.
This the Sid day Of June, 1917.
FRANK r. EVERETT,
Circuit Judge.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-11
CHINESE PACIFIsTs.

The unfortunate turn of affairs in China is not,
as is claimed, a victory of the militarists over
the government, but the victory of a pacifst ma
ton over a militaristic government.
The president of China, Ii Yuan Hung, was
for entering the great war against Germany. He
was urged to this course by Japan and by our own
government. 1t is legitimate for warning nations
to seek to align as many others as possible with
their cause; that's what they all have been doing,
including ourselves.
But the Chinese people were against fighting.
They of all peoples are the most peaceful. A
Chinaman does not care to mix in fight and will
60 out of his way to avoid one, even when being
wronged.
1t is doubly unfortunate that a republican
form of government was in power in China when
the attempt was made to swing the Chinese into
the war. The same results would have occurred
had it been an imperialistic Or autocratic govern
ment. No matter what President Ii Yuan Hung
and his cabinet and advisers thought about it, the
Chinese people were against a fight; and when
it seemed that the nation was to be brought into
the war against the will of the people, a large part
of them revolted.
Unpalatable as it is, that is the story. The
mistake was made in ever m~eddling with China.
Our allies knew that the democratic government
of China was not strong, and should have known
that forcing it to do something against the will
of the people would not strengthen it, and would
be a step toward destruction of a democratic gov
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-11

No theatre in all the country can
boast of better pictures than those
which are shown daily at the Green
wood Theatre. Just cast about you,
among the various picture houses you
may have visited-even in the large
cities, and see where Greenwood
stands in the list Of up-to-date amuse-
ment centers.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-11

ADVERTISING RATES o. REQUEST.
B%
Entered at Greenwood ~postoAhce as second-class matter.
GREENWOOD, MISS, JUNE IL, 1917.
To a Belgium, German and ruthless bandit are
synonyms.
Cotton may not be king, but it's bringing a
royal price.
The Russian bear is acting like he'd been fed
on loco weed.
Not safe to go where you cannot be quickly
identified these days.
Should McAdoo ever go broke, he could easily
make a living drumming.
n n n n
Hanging might be an improvement on holding
alien plotters caught with the goods on.
Mighty chesty guys-backyard gardeners who
have began to dig marble-sized potatoes.
Some bosses would like a recipe to make some
on their pay rolls do intensive work.
King George has knighted another poet, while
ours are lucky when they are not being 'cussed."
Billions in cash and millions in men are ready
to maintain American prestige as winners, and
will.
AAAAAAR
This being naturally a country of peace, it has
to make war machinery when needed, and it takes
times.
Quite a lot of us beat the wool and wooden
manufacturers to mems wearing clothes without
frils.
AAaAAAA
A comrnonsense resolution-that judgment,
not hysteria, shall govern the method Of your
living.
AAAAAAA
No wonder Germans are buying liberty bonds
they usually know a good investment when Of
fered.
AAAAAAAA
With $1,000 doctors pledged for military SER
vice, the sick and wounded should be well taken
care Of.
AAAAAAA
The dollar bill appears no longer to be our
standard Of value. The ffve-dollar bill has taken
it's place.
Unless br'er Hoover has the wrong dope, the
war is going to make candyless girls before
Christmas.
AAAAAAAAA
Those who said there would be a countrywide
revolt on registration day can now make another
fool-guess.
AAAAAAA
T1,sc no,,ntrxy oar ,yohh1o o1nrn yv;fhn,f nnu,I
sky-scrappers, but steel for war munitions it must
and will have.
No matter how many officials advisers Wilson
may have, the unofficial bunch will continue to-
work overtime.
AAAnAAA
Former ambassador and assistant secretary of
state, is no longer "Bob"-he is Major Robert
Bacon, u. S. A.
Though knowing it will be on the job all sum-
mer, Congress amuses itself by talking Of possible
early adjournment.
II everybody offering to help Hoover, really
does, he'll have horse power enough behind him
to make things hum.
nAAhAAA
This idea Of war-taxing autoists indicates that
the government is going to compete with the
Standard Oil Company.
AnnaAAA
Optimism is a requisite Of effective fighting.
The army that lacks confidence is a lf-beaten be-
fore the battle begins.
The farmer who holds back corn for 81 a BUSH
el also is entitled to the same kind Of iron cross
handed the food Spectator.
Two things Uncle Sam is bent on doing after
TIE war: Maintaining his financial supremacy and
having y merchant marine.
H%& EE1&aE ID
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-11
BONE DRY EFFECTIVE JULY /.

DR.. T.. J. Bailey, superintendent of the Missis-
sippi Anti-Saloon League, says there is utterly no
foundation for the report that the national bone
dry law has been deferred until the new year and
that on and after July l, Mississippi will be as
void Of liquor as a barren rock. DR.. Bailey says
that he is at a loss to understand how the report
gained credence unless it is explained by the fact
the Federal statute accompanies the operation Of
state statutes and in some states absolute prohib-
ition does not become effective by state law until
December 31st. The federal law does not con-
fict with state rights. If a state permits the
manufacture and sale of liquors the Federal law
allows their importation. If the state says booze
is barred the federal law merely does what the
state wants, or says it wants, and makes the i'm
~portation of whiskey impossible. Twenty-four
states will be bone dry after July LIST.
THE NEGRO CUP NORTH"
n a
Since the attack made upon negroes by a mob
in East st. Louis, merely because the negroes
came from the south in order to work in munitions
factories, the press of the nation has caught its
breath, so to speak, on the negro question, and is
looking at the question from several new angles.
" Heretofore it was assumed that the north was
the promised land" of the negro; that in the
north he could find work and prosper unmolested.
Since this riot, however, q paper as %constitu-
'tionally friendly to the negro as the Chicago Tri-
bune concludes that the negroes are best off in
the south.
In New York recently a small riot occurred,
and one negro killed, over the fact that the negro
wanted to buy a drink at a soda fountain. The
negro must work to live; and this at least is not
denied him in the south.
THE TORNADO SEASON.
It appears that tornadoes are the style this
year. "All previous records have been broken,
and the toll Of life and property has been immense.
Scarcely have the echoes died from the wreck
age Of one, when the wires tingle with the story
Of another.
Nearly all Of these unbridled manifestations Of
nature occur in the middle west, which has been
denuded Of its trees and is given over to farms and
Lack Of forests is one Of the fundamental rea-
sons for cyclones.
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There are sill people who shun publicity-forI
only q few officials know the name Of the
York woman who gave the statute Of Alex
ander Hamilton that isto be erected in front Of the
rrsssury building A. Washinston, snd Ahsts.asksd
ehoEn not "a tnut sss s4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-18
PLANS FOR SOLDIERS

J. B. Darlington, president of the Anniston Chamber of Commerce, mas appointed series of committees to meet the emergencies that will arise when the soldiers begin to come here to begin training at Camp Mcclellan and at the artillery camp, which has just been completed and is now In readiness for occupation.
 As a consequence of the anticipated growth of the town and the demands that will be made on the city by the soldiers, it is felt that new and larger quarters will be needed by the civIc association. which will broaden it's scope of work Hence a campaign for new members will be waged, and defi- nite plans to this end will be out lined at a meeting to be held Wednes- day afternoon.
 The committees named by MT. Car rington are as follows:
 Committee on clubs W. A. Davis,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

sThe Wednesday Music club will have called meeting at the high school Wednes- day afternoon at 4 o'clock. Important business will be transacted and all mem bers are urged to be present
 A charming event was the garden party given last evening by Mrs. Annie Glenn Grove, complimenting Ter guest, Mrs. George Pierce. The lawn and porches were gay with Japanese lanterns and wicker baskets of white and gold daisies, sunfiowers and hanging ferns. The guests were served iced melons on the lawn, later enjoying dance in doors.
 Mrs. H. F. Reynolds. Miss Mary Rev. holds and Miss Lila Mae Moorer have returned from trip to Washington and New York.
 l Mrs. John Egan and little son have gone to Pensacola, where they are tfe guests of relatives. Miss Rosebud McWilliams has gone to lTuscumbia, where she will spend several
 weeks with relatives. 1 Miss Lila Mae Moorer will leave to- morrow for Selma where she will spend several days with relatives. ] pr. E. R. Smith is visiting relatives and friends at points in Mississippi. | Miss Tarris Lesser Mass of Meridian | is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Monroe
 Lesser on Fourth avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-18

the property owners a motion was made that action in this matter De deferred, which was adopted.
 The resignation of T. E. Primer as assistant license and tax collector, ef- fective August 1. was read and ae- cepted.
 A resolution was made that the pruning knife be used on the police force and two patrolmen be dropped. An amendment was offered that only one man be dropped and on roll call the resolution lost
 BOND ISSUE
 An ordinance was introduced that the city float bonds in the amount of $50, 900 to pay the floating indebt- edness of the city This matter was referred to the miscellaneous commit tee An ordinance was also introduced calling an election for the purpose of voting on the issuing of bonds in the amount of sS0000. This was referred to the miscellaneous committee to re- port back Mayor Jones stated that the city could purchase the half block on Fifth avenue adjoining the Rob erts school for $650O from Mrs. J. r, Robertson and Rose Huey. The matter was referred to the finance and school committee.
 Dr. F. E. Harrington, county health officer was present and wanted to know what stand the city was going to take in regard to accepting him as the city health officer. The matter was referred to the sanitary committee. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-18

Malone himself would neither deny nor affirm.
 When the collector departed from the executive offices his face and manner showed evidence of great emotion and he walked rapidly, leaving a taxicab which had brought him from his hotel standing at the gate
 Today's sentences were the first of more than three days duration iui- posed on any of the suffragists since the police began interfering with their White House picketing. Addressing the defendants, Judge Mullowny declared his duty was exceptionally difficult as they were women of position, refine ment and intelligence. He said their acquittal on the other hand, would be a dangerous precedent of judicial sanction to infractions of the law. Dur- ing the trial the court repeatedly had promised suspension of judgment II the women would promise to discon- tinue the White House picketing.
 TURBULENT TRIAL
 The progress of the trial was tur~ bulent and the judge frequently was COmpelIeu to threaten SpecldtoiS WA.iA election for applauding. After one de- fendant declared the proceedings were a farce the bailiffs were called to cs- tablish order The women frequently reiterated however, that they were ar- rested at the instance of someone Ill the administration" and the judge finally gave voice to his impatience and Shid any further declarations of that Kind would be considered con tempt of court
 The women on their conviction were taken to the jail and then were put aboard a train for the ride to Deco quan, about 25 miles distant. Their names follow:
 Miss Julia Hurlbut of Morristown, N. J., Miss Minnie Abbott of Atlantic City, Mrs. Beatrice Kinkead of Mount View, Cal, Mrs. Paul Reyneau of De- troit, Miss Anne Martin of Reno. New, Mrs Florence Bayard Hilles of Will mington, Del. Mrs. Robert Walker of Baltimore Miss Janet Buckingham of Buffalo, Mrs Gilson Gardner of Wash ington, D. C.. Miss Doris Stevens of Omaha, Miss Mary H. Ingham of Phil adelphia, Mrs. John Rogers of New York, Miss Eleanor Calnan of Methyen, Mass, Mrs. Louise P. Mayo of Tram ingham, Mass and Mrs. John Winters Grammar of New York.