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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24

A productive colony of bees may be
likened figuratively to machine which
consumes In friction 80 per cent of the
energy applied. This is not high de-
gree of efficiency when measured by
this standard. The colony in box
hive, then, is likened to such a machine
in bad repair and with no attention, in
which all the energy Is used simply to
drive the wheels. Such a machine Is
totally unproductive. The properly
housed colony which is badly manipu-
lated is then comparable to the ma
chine in good repair but In the hands
of poor mechanic. Such O machine
may do fair work for time. but the
mechanics fails to do the. necessary
work at the right time and the machine
is only occasionally productive. Final
ly, the productive colony is like a good
machine in the hands Of a good me-
chanic. While energy is consumed
simply to run the machine. the good
mechanic does the right work at the
right time and obtains the greatest pos
sible reward In the machines output.
Such figurative comparison must not
be carried too far, and is used here
only to point out the lamentable waste
In much present-day beekeepins.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
MEETS HORRIBLE DEATH
The MutiIated Body OF Printer and
Jltney Driver Of Washington, D.
c., Found by Police.

Washington.-The horribly mutilat.
ed body of John P. We're, Washington
printer and jitney driver, slain on the
Balston Pike May 3, has been found by
Washington police.
Robert Newman and Charles E. Gam.
bel. soldiers, charged with killing him,
led searching squads to the scene
where, so yards from the road one and
. quarter miles west of Alexandria,
We're met his death. Efforts were be
Ing made to summon coroner's jury
for an immediate inquest.
Mrs. Harry Burgess, 1S-year-old girl
witness to the tragedy, was held in the
Alexandria county Jail with Newman
and Gambel.
Marks on the body substantiated the
stories Of all three that We're had
been beaten to death with an iron bal
when he refused to carry the party far
ther on their night ride.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
BUILD 1s CONCRETE SHIPS
Fifty-Eieht Others Of Similar Type
Are Planned For Near Future.
Cost About $42, 2,25o,ooo.

Washington.-The shipping board
has decided to proceed Immediately
on large scale with the building Of
concrete ships and will increase the
program out of the appropriation of
two and one-quarter billion dollars
which has been asked for the next
fiscal year.
Eighteen concrete ships, aggregat-
ing 117,5O0 tons, have been contract
ed for. 1t was announced that IS 9TH
er concrete vessels at cost Of about
2,25O, 900, will be ordered as soon
as sites for the four new government
yards are chosen. A committee OF
experts now is on the Pacific coast
looking over available ground after a
long trip through the south on sim
liar mission. Their recommendations
are expected to be made soon.
Virtually all of the new ships will
be $500 tons and many Of them will
be tankers for the oil trade. Urgent
need for ships is felt nowhere more
severely at the present time than in
the lack of tank steamers for carrying
fuel oil to Atlantic coast ports fol
shipment to the interior. Most of the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24

space is open the remainder of the
load is In danger through inadequate
circulation of air to and from the ice.
Standard Ventilation.
Produce that can be shipped safely
under standard ventilation" Events
open, without ice) may be loaded near
the roof with less danger than produce
that requires Ice. But safe shipment
of such produce requires air spaces
above, between, and below the pack
ages. so that cool, fresh air entering
the open vents may reach all parts Of
the load, otherwise the latent heat Of
the produce. together with the heat
generated when closely packed. to.
gether. will cause rapid decay and
great losses.
Mixed carlot shipments .are some
times received with the produce, such
as potatoes and cucumbers, scattered
through the load because the contain
ers have broken open in transit. II
is well in mixed carlot shipments to
see that each type of produce is loaded
by itself, spaced and braced. so that II
will not shift about while travelling to
market.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
DON'T WASTE CAR SPACE

You know that, at this time,
food is precious and that none
of 1t can be allowed to go to
waste.
Do you know that, at this time,
freight car space Is equally
precious and that to waste it is
to invite disaster?
When shipments of produce
and other perishable food prod
ucts are not properly packed in
the car, they fare badly and
there is loss Of food.
When produce, vegetables and
the like are not properly packed
in the car, there Is loss of equal
ly valuable car space.
For your own protection from
money loss, and for the protec-
tion of the country from food
loss and shipping loss, exercise
scrupulous care to see that ship
ments are packed properly in
the car.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
RIVER CONVENTION CLOSES

st. Louis. The Mississippi Valley
Waterways association closed its first
annual cvonvention here, after elect
ing A. J.. Shapleigh. of st. Louis.
president. and resolving to send a
delegation OF 100 members of the as
ISOLATION to Washington May 23 to
urge the government to establish
barge lines on the Mississippi and
other inland rivers in cooperation
with the fuel administration. Shan
lsigh was elected president,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
PLANT or THE AETNA COMPANY
AT oAkoALE, PA, ENTIRELY
DESTROYED.
ESTIMATED LOSS 81 100000
This 10 the Eleventh Explosion or Fire
Occurring In This Plant Since the
War Broke Out in Europe-cen-
sus of Town Ordered.

Pittsburgh.-Five hundred workmen
In the explosives plant of the Aetna
Chemical Company. at Oakdale, six
cen miles west Of here, we're startled
t noon by report not much louder
than the crack of pistol 1t came
from the soda house but they knew it's
deadly import, and as one man they
rushed for the nearest exit Before
they could gain the open the very air
seemed to burst into flame, the earth
heayed and rocked, and with a roar
that was heard for miles, the long fac
tory buildings were hurled high into
the air, carrying with them ponderous
equipment and scores of men. A great
cloud Of dust and smoke settled over
the scene and through its deadly
fumes torn and mangled forms fell
to the earth, many dead but others
to meet their end in the flaming de-
bris.
The number of dead had not been
determined. State and county authori-
ties agreed 1t would reach 100 and it
was probable that it might be double
that number. Many of the injured,
some Of whom were found as far as
half a mile from the debris of the
factory, were brought to Pittsburg hos
pitfalls by special train and in ambu-
lances, all of them so badly hurt that
In only comparatively few instancea
were physicians able to hold out any
hope for their recovery. The property
loss was estimated at $500, 900.
Immediately after the second explo-
sion the mass Of broken beams and
twisted timbers broke out in a great
blaze, while the highly inflammable
chemicals used in the manufacture of
the factory's deadly products-T. N. T.
and T. N. Added ample fuel to the
flames. Blast after blast followed as
the. heat reached the tanks, each one
scattering embers and endangering
property In the entire community.
Noxious gases spread over the little
valley and surrounding hills, making
perilous the work of rescue.
Coroner Samuel c. Jamison ordered
census OF the town in an effort to
ascertain the number of persons killed.
The company opened an office and
through circulars distributed through
out the valley called upon all survivors
TO register without delay.
General officers of the company
from New York. 1t was stated, are ex
pected here.
A detail of mine rescuers from the
arsenal station of the United States
bureau Of mines arrived at Oakdale
and, equipped with oxygen helmets
were prepared to penetrate the dense
mass Of gas which still overhung the
site of the plant in search of bodies.
Telephone and telegraph wires were
wrecked by the explosion and the
tracks of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis (the Panhandle
Route) were blocked by falling build
lngs. An employe hastened to Carne
| gle, four miles away. where wreck ant
relief trains were hurried to Oakdale
while every hospital in Pfttsburg sen
ambulances with nurses and doctors
Company guards, under the direction
of a detail of the state constabulary
surrounded the burning ruins and wer'
later reinforced by deputy sheriff
and large party of deputy coroners
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
Carry Heavier Loads.

Reports from railroads and shippers
show that under the stress of car short
age freight cars have been carrying
heavier loads than In the past, and in
some cases maximum safe loading has
been worked out for certain crops.
The department of agriculture and the
railroads are endeavoring to educate
shippers to the necessity for proper
spacing, arrangement. and bracing of
loads In cars to prevent injury in tran
sit.
Shipments Of carefully graded pro-
duce, such as peaches, put up in good
hampers have been received at market
in such condition that they had to be
repacked before they could be sold,
many hampers being so broken that
the loss of fruit was great. All this
because the hampers were not prop
erly spaced and braced in the cars.
Even when loads are braced prop
erly and arrive intact, inattention to
requirements of refrigeration and ven
tilation often results In great losses
through mold and decay. Efficient
loading Of perishables prohibits put
ting SO much in car as to result In
such losses. The limit of safety must
be adhered to even though there is
danger through car shortage of not be-
ing able to ship the entire crop. If
cars are properly loaded with open
spaces between packages and an ample
air passage beneath floor racks. the
maximum weight of carloads may be
greatly increased, with less danger
from loss than with light loads put
In the cars indifferently. Very perish
able produce, such as cherries, peaches,
pears, and plums, being shipped under
refrigeration, need special attention In
{ this regard. since fruit loaded within
two feet Of the roof does not receive
proper refrigeration. and unless this
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
sunk 81 coIllsIon.

Washington. - Vice Admiral Sims
has cabled the navy department that
the American steamer Neches, previ
ously reported torpedoed. had beer
sunk In the English channel by col
iision with smaller steamer. No liyel
were 1ust.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
Build Concrete TANK Steamers.

Wash1ngtOn.- --Immed1ate cOnstruc-
tion of IA concrete tank steamers for
tile fuel oil~trade, with total capac-
ity OF 100000 tons, and of four con-
crete cargo vessels. with total ca
pacity Of 1850 tons, was authorized
by the shipping board.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
Greater Care on Part Of Shippers
in Packing PerishabIe Pro-
A-~a@ duce Is Urged y. :. 4.
HEAVIER LOADS ARE CARRIED
Heavy Demands on Railroads Due to
War Conditions Have Increased
Difficulties In Handling Fruits
and Vegetables.

It Is not enough to select, grade, and
pack perishable produce carefully; 1t
must be properly loaded in the cars to
prevent food waste. Many thousands
of pounds of fruits and vegetables that
were not properly loaded In freight
cars arrive at large market centers in
such condition that they must be re-
packed and sold at low prices, while
some cargoes are practically ruined
from shifting and lack Of ventilation in
transit.
But the loss is not borne entirely by
the producer and shipper, for today.
with the nation at war, every freight
car must haul more cargo, and i'm
proper loading, which wastes food, also
wastes car space, because cars loaded
cerelessly do not serve the nations
needs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
Germany. Calls In Nickel.

Amsterdam Germany is calling in
her nickel coinage, the metal of which
is needed for projectiles. and Is sub
stituting zinc for mining coins of this
class:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24

Jackson.-The Mississippi State
Medical association has elected the
following officers and adjourned to
meet year hence in Hattiesburg:
DR.. w. S. Leathers. University, prest-
dent; DR.. Ira G. Scale, Holly Springs;
DR.. w. G. Gill, Newton, and DIR. w, D..
McCalip, Yazoo City, vice presidents;
DR.. T. NJ. Dye, Clarksdale, secretary;
DR.. J. M. Buchanan. Meridian, treas
urer: DR.. B. s. Guyton. Universitv:
DR.. J. C. McNair. Fayette; Dr. D. J
Williams. Gulfport, councillors.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
Get Five u-Boats In Week.

London.--The Evening Standard
says that in one week no less than
five German submarines are definite
ly known to- have been sunk. Thess
included two large U-Boats,
New-York tribune., 1918-04-17
German Alliance
Invests in Bonds

he German-Amcrican Alliance Of
Manhattan adopted at last nights
meeting at Macnnorchoir Hall. Fiftv.
sixth Street, near Third Avenue
" = resolution submitted by the board
of directors, to hold no more mectinc.
10Y the duration of the war
They. also indorscd the surpest;or
mat the affiliated societies hence
iorth devote their energy ch;of
~ to the sale of Liberty Loan
bonds and War Savings STAMPS Thn
funds Of the alliance Of Manhattan viii III
be invested in Liberty Loan bonds -
The Gcrman-Amerlcan Alliance of
Manhattan is not affected bv the nass'
age Of the Robinson bill providinr "r, for
the dissolution of the state ail;l
ancc. The local alliance had been rrant
ca charter by the New York Suprcmc
court IN 1908, six years before the state
alliance was organized '''@o
president Henry f. Haas said w..
nfiliatcd societies ought to contirmo ,"o
their activities as before: the loca, aii;
nncc would resume it's BUSINESS 49,, e.,
the restoration of peace. Whilo ~ =
business meetings Of the alliance hu"',
been suspended until further not;na .e
there may he social gatherings of ~ =
delegates during the war. ''''
New-York tribune., 1918-04-17
3 Passaic Mills
Taken Over by
Alien Custodian
Fourth Worsted Concern
Refuses to Give Control
to Palmer

Three of the four worsted mills of
Passaic. N. j., which had not rcor-
ganized SO as to place control in the
hands of A. Mitchell Palmer. alien
property custodian, did so yesterday
At a meeting at III Broadway The
fourth, the Garfield Worsted Mills. de-
clined to submit to reorganization or
represented were the New Jersey
Worsted Spinning Company. the Pas
sale Worsted Spinning Company and
the Gers Mills.
"The effect Of this action on the part
of these several companies,' said Mr..
Palmer, "is that the enemy interest in
all the Passaic mills, except the Gar
field Worsted Mills, has come under
the control and management of the
available loom OF all these mills. ex-
cept the Carried, will! be employed for
making goods for government use.
Except the Garfield Worsted Mills.
all of the Passaic companies, through
their executive managers. have shown
every disposition to cooperate with the
alien property custodian and the gov
ernment to the fullest extent posi-
ble."
HenrY NJ. Edrle, COunSet tor the d.
rectors of the Garfield Mills, declared
that they had declined to participate
in the conference because Mr.. Palmer
refused to permit them to have counsel
present at the meeting. The mills were
cooperating with the War Board, said
Mr.. Earle, and had it's full confidence;
but their directors had been unable to
get along amicably with Mr. Palmer,
who, he said, insisted upon regarding
them as enemies.
"The management Of this MILL" said
Mr.. Earle, "is made up entirely of
American citizens. They elected a rep
resentativc Of the custodian to their
board and have done everything pos
sible to pu1 him in possession of the
full facts.
tior seriously because the trade has
been very mucn prejudiced on account
Of these unfounded statements made
by Mr. Palmer, to which objection has
been made from the first.
"The statement by Mr.. Palmer TO
the effect shat he was going to take
action which would result in the di-
version Of the entire worsted mill in
dustry of New Jersey to government
purposes has no more application to
the Garfield Worsted Mills than any
other statement made by him, for the
simple reason that, long before Mr.
Palmer ever appeared in this situa-
ton, the Garfield mills were utilizing
35 per cent Of the equipment in fur
nishing the government with certain
products at cost"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-17
Literature of |. w. w.
Fireman ired'
Venireman at Trial in Chicago
Says He Believes in Strikes,
but Not in Murder

CHICAGO, April 1e.-While being
examined for jury service in the I. W.
w. trial in Judge Landis's court.
Charles F. Schonauer, locomotive
fireman, declared that, although he was
member of a labor organization and
believed in the right to strike, his
prejudice against the I. w. w. was SO
strong that he could not give the 1l3
defendants a fair trial.
"Dld you ever read any of the l. W.
W. literature ?" inquired Assistant
United States Attorney General Frank
X. Nebeker
eyes, and it made me tired" replied
the venireman
"Where did you get your impressions
Of the organization ?"
"By associating with few of the
members out West"
"Wcre you ever solicited to join ?"
"No; they knew better than to ask
me-"
GAS member of labor union, do
you believe in the right to strikc?"
"Ies; but l don't believe in murder
and Slaughter"
Schonauer is Of German parentage
and member Of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and Fircmen. He
ment's position in the war. He believed
in strict enforcement of the law and
protection of property rights under all
circumstances. He was temporarily
passed by counsel for the government.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-17
What Is Going On To-day
WHEATLESS DAY.

MHEATIESS DAY
THIRD LIBERTY BOND DRIVE.
Free admission to the American Museum of Nat
grai Ist2 Ne MnrqGoiisn M M Myeqm ys Of Art,
Park Museum. the American Museum Of Safety
=, AID the Aauartnm.
Me.ing. Of The Bot Nut and Rivct Institute, Wal
dmf Astoria a m.
York Waldorf Astoria, II a m
Address by Colonel Moses Greenwood ir. on .'rhc
ioian % 1eanc iiotci McAl."a as 'I p IN" ,n ok
Addgs, ., BY % Are" 8a J. Ely, n, ' i ne %ncson meet
poration. rooms Of tho board. 9O3 broadway.
Public lecture for tho blind by Winifred e Howe
on Paul Revere Metropolitan Museum of Art
Businoss meeting OF .hc Rainy Day Club Of New
Bencft of the Ns,y YORK League for Hard Of Hear.
conferenco Of iuIablican women Assembly ds,rlc,
lesh,s o w.. rJas rh q n,a"ns"n s County Committee
Meeting o. The .Koard Of bdlcation hail of the
boari. Pah Avenue and FMS ninth street, 4
Anoiyetsay dinner Of tbs Sutherland Association O,
Grove street Grammar schoool ,. Aldnc Club.
Meslns ., Tho Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers.
Public letprp, by Arthur X Kuhn on Treaties ss
sfHifc.s f International La. " Cornincrcc BtiG
ing. lexington Avenue and Thirty -tllrd Street 4
PUBLIC LKcri RS or THE BOARD or EIDE.
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'fou'h hmer,c4. Al"aide ". Alcrton Public
Sftpol. -. Nesf Houston aid Clsrkson street.
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'f,ni,marn~s." cisflcs L. harrington Public School
lDl, nm sre"t and j/suY,on Avenue
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feintol Jemlsi institne l25 Ea4, lAgitg inL
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tpstinpe. Elgih sree -u1 Frif,h AycuiIo '
"tFsar frack" Dsniel Gtcxmy Mapai Jimue,
tDliHgr Sitt1 eigllti k'frei and fs lnsb,n yc,,.
frntfance ~ sIsts eighth sirorJ
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So IAbfary. t05 Wet l25tl st,cni w
"FinYef rfrts as II PrTeotinij." Alfe-I A. Hart
sAd 'h1T1r9 l. Ji'te saamen's Church iDatitli,r
~ rputb Btroc'
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6. A. Wset l2;uh 1lrett.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-17
G. p. Scholls Held as Alien
Former Westinghouse Engi-
neer Arrested Pending INQUIRY

George Phillips Scholls. former con-
sultine engineer of the Westinghouse
Lamp Company. was taken into GUS
tody. yesterday by agents of the Naval
lntelligence Service at his home. ESQ
Manhattan Avenue. He was ordered
TO the Essex County Jail pending an
Investigation of his activities by Will
lam Wallace. director of the New York
Port Enemy Alien Bureau. Scholls has
never been naturalized, and although
did not register as an enemy alien.
He explained to Mr.. Wallace that
since he was not an enemy of the
United States and had always consid-
cred himself citizen. there was. he
believed, no need for him to register.
Joseph Kcstler. an Austrian, was ar.
rested yesterday on the Hockcr.J ones
pier. Water and College streets, Long
Island City, by Captain Hull. of the
Enemy Alien Bureau. He had no zone
PASS He said he was looking for work
He was sent to Essex County Jail for
five days.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-17
Bill Penalizing
Sabotage Passed;
Goes to Wilson
Senate Accepts Conference
Report, With Strike
Clause Eliminated

WASHINGTON, April 16.-The sab
otage bill, carrying penalties of thirty
years imprisonment and fines of
$4,000 for injuring war, materials or
interfering with war industry, was
made ready for The Presidents sigma
turc late to-day, when the Senate ac-
ccpted conference report eliminating
provisions designed to punish strikers
cn war contracts.
The conference report was adopted
after lengthy debate, during which
Senators Sherman, of Illinois, and Nc
Cumbcr, of North Dakota, asserted that
the labor situation is getting beyond
the control of labor leaders and that
Congress should take action.
Senator Hollis, of New Hampshire
defended the loyalty of labor, dcclar-
ing that strikes in this country to-day
are "lnconslderable"
Concurs With Gompers
You cant make men work by pass
ing laws" Senator Hollis said. II con-
cur in the opinion of President Com.
pers of the American Federation of
Labor that if Congress passes a law
preventing peaceful strikes that law
cannot be enforced"
senator McCumbcr said that ncyer
nave there been as many strikes in
,he history of the country as there
nave peen since the United States en-
lercd inc war. although during that
period labor has been better treated 4
and received higher wages than ever
before. The North Dakota Senator de-
piored what he termed a lack of cour-
age by members of Congress to oppose
organized labor because of its political
influence, and said the anti-strike nro-
vision OF the bill should have been re-
tained
Senator Hardwick, of Georgia. said
congress ought to prohibit strikes of
workers engaged in the manufacture Of
war necessities and at the same time
insure falr treatment for labor.
Sherman Lauds Gompers
senator Sherman said he believed
Iresident Gompers and other officials
OF the American Federation of Labor
arc "sincere, loyal and patriotic" in
their efforts to control union labor. bnt
re added that Mr.. Gompers knows the
Whole coal bin in the Missouri Valley
is on the edge of q volcano" and that
strikes arc contemplated.
, me Illinois Senator said he wished
NJ Mr; "ompers would have printed in the
Tederatlon's magazine Field Marshal
,iaigs recent order of the day to tho
nfl.lsn army and the appeal of Pre-
nu'a, n''sr L'oya George for more men. He
added that he also would like to SOC ;n
,hc same issue the last word, of the
late Joseph II. Choatc: '"e
"For Gods sake. hurry un."