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Mechanic Jansen, of Midwest Nc.
1 Pump plant. had his hand crushed
and cooked with steam off of the
machine on which he was endeavor-
ing to force the piston by means of
a pry-bar when suddenly the piston
reciprocated, catching and crushing
his hand and the escaping steam
burned his hand SO badly that tho
flesh fell away. according to report.
Mark Davis of Casper. was in Salt
Creek Sunday in company with Co
ologist Gardner. en- route for Buffalo
and the Billy Creek dome where Mr..
Davis has considerable acreage.
This is a proved field. there being
one gasser with a reported produc-
ton OF ninety million cubic feet.
Other wells are drilling.
Carl Keefer of Midwest Home
camp. has been enjoying a visit by
his mother. here from Custer. Ohio.
Canadian Camp
William Welsh. pump foreman for
the Midwest OH company at Canad-
ian camp is back from a vacation
spent at Sheridan and Buffalo.
Joe Moss. driller for the Midwest
OIL company a Canadian. left yester-
day on a supposed deer" hunting
campaign in the Big Horn country.
expecting to be gone four or five
days.
Gas Plant.
Dan Henderson. former cattle man
in the Laramie Plains country with
a ranch above B~oxelder. and who
used to be in charge Of the Kimball
ranch east of Casper, is now en-
ployed at the Midwest Gas plant. liv-
ing with his wife at Little Chicago
camp.
Mrs. jackson and little Betty Mao.
of Casper. wife and daughter of
Lloyd jackson left last week to visit
relatives at Fremont, Nebraska Mr..
Jackson has three trucks on con
tract work at tho 10-inch welded
line near Teapot station, and with a
number of fellow workers in his new
Hudson car, was visiting in Lavoye
Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cunningham and
family of the Continental Oil and
Producing company's South Camp.
made a trip to Casper Sunday morn
ing.
Walter Freeman of Producers and
Refiners. met with a serious accident
late Saturday afternoon when in
some he got tangled UP be-
tween tho beam and frame of the
rig on which he is employed as drill
er. 1t resulted in two broken right
ribs. At last report he was resting
comfortably under DR.. Dale's care.
Lavoye.
Mike Murphy, employed at Clay
ton as boilermaker by tho Sinclair
people, was a visitor in avoyo Sat-
urday afternoon.
Work is progressing rapidly on
the building belonging to II. l.. Sea
men on the site occupied by the
building which burned down some
time age. The building 60x7o feet.
will provide about the same accom-
modations as before; restaurant, vul-
canizing and harness ship. rooming
house. etc.
Harry Carr and George B. Hill are
the new members of the Passing
Parade company at the Castle Creek
theater.
Miss Leona Wilde has resumed her
work at the Mosher Mercantile
company after two weeks sickness.
"Lavoyeland" Is nov under the
management of Ralph Harris.
Vaudeville and musical comedy fol.
lowed by dancing and motion pic.
lures is the program that has won
- --1 49, 49,
been packing the house.
Arthur Knudsen employed at the
Mosher Mercantile company this
, 1923-09-19
RESOURCES OF
BANK SOARING

The Wyoming National bank at
the call for statements September
IL. showed that It had achieved a
IS, 000. 900 business. This is a record
hat speaks well for the bank and
for all who do business with 1t.
The deposits amount to s4.o59, 22s.-
IL. The overwhelming business
done by the bank has been plainly
evident to anyone entering the es-
adjustment during the past three
months. or in fact before that time.
A busy institution and n that
Keeps up a high standard Of effic-
iency and service, tho bank looks
forward to further expansion during
the next e0-day period.
, 1923-09-19
DISTURBANCE ARREST
LEADS TO EVIDENCE OF
GAMBLING OPERATIONS

When Mike zavoyas was thrown
out of Chris Angeles establishment
on West B street because he was
considered to be creating a disturb
ance. the seeds of enmity which
Angeles sowed at that time bore
fruit zavoyas promptly retaliated
by Informing the police department
that Angeles was the proprietor of
n gambling house. Angeles was ar
rested on this charge and with him
were taken Gus Adgis and Carl
Tfmblom. as well as a pint OF moon
shine. Angeles has been released
on q bond of 800, and the other
two on bonds of s25.
Evening star., 1923-08-05

for Chanute Field, Rantoul. Ill, to
receive instruction at the Parachute
School. These officers will make
parachute jumps while receiving
tutelage. Lieut.. Ramey, II Is said,
was one Of the first air service officers
to make a jump from a plane.
Flying a Fokker D-7, the type used
by the German air force during the
war. Lieut. Eric Nelson, a member of
the Alaskan air expedition, arrived
at the station from his post at Nc
Cook Field, Dayton. Ohio. Tuesday.
He was on an official cross-country
fight. The following day the Nc
Cook and Langley Field airway
planes arrived at the field and con-
tinued on their flights. They were
piloted by Lieuts. Jimmy" Doolittle
and Foster. respectively.
Lieut.. Talcott p Smith departed
Thursday for the Boiling Field sched-
uled airway flight. His trip will in
clude stops at Moundsville, w. Va,
Fairfield. Ohio; Detroit. Mich; Koko-
mo- Ind: Rantoul. H., and Dayton,
Ohio. Lieut.. Smith was to have left
Monday morning, but inclement
weather along the route delayed his
push or" 1t would have been pos
sible for the ship to leave and fly
through the mist and rain along the
route. but as there was no necessity
Evening star., 1923-08-05

for this step the pilot waited over for
fair weather.
Col. James e. Fechet, chief of the
training and war plans division Of the
air service, was flown to Langley
Field, Hampton, Va, last Thursday
by Lieut.. Maitland. The officers re-
turned the same day.
Maj. Garrison, who recently as
sumed command of the field, is in
Walter Reed Hospital undergoing
treatment During his absence, Capt.
r. l. Walsh Is the commanding
officer.
A rescue party. composed of one
plane, Capt. STREET. and a mechanic,
flew to Leesburg, Va, Thursday for
the purpose of repairing a damaged
plane which had crashed in a heavy
fog the day before. The plane was
piloted by Maj. Lanphier of Post
Field, Okla.
Naval Air Station.
Lieut.. George r. Pond. who has
spent most Of his three month detail
here flying over Washington or on
cross-country missions, left the sta
ton Thursday for Squantum. Mass,
where he will command the Naval
Aviation Reserve Unit. He took with
him Chief Machinists Mate Carlton
and the Wright amphibion plane with
Evening star., 1923-08-05

ing speed Of about thirty-five miles.
1t is powered with a 200 horsepower
cylinder Lawrence motor. The pilot
and passenger sit side by side, and,
while giving great deal of foot
room. both pilot and passenger are
still sufficiently close to the power
plant and fuel tanks to allow q CEN
tralization Of weights.
Lieut.. Ramey, with Mr.. Haquinius
OF the Geological Survey, flew to
Roanoke. Va, last Saturday for the
purpose of taking pictures OF the
surrounding country. which will be
used by the survey. This branch of
the government. 1t is understood, now
carries on a great deal of its surveys
from the air. 1t having been found
that making pictures on the ground
embraced several days of motor tour
ing around the country concerned
Aerial photographs are coming into
their own more and more as time ad-
vances. Commercial concerns, such
AS real estate, surveyors, mining en-
gineers, etc. can use aerial photog-
raphy to an advantage. And the time
element can be made very small, as
was demonstrated by Lieut. Arnold
recently when he took pictures of
Boiling Field and produced the prints
In eight minutes.
Lieut.. Ramey and Capt. Davies of
Langley Field left the field Friday
Evening star., 1923-08-05
AVIATION ACTIVITIES in WASHINGTON

put over the final punch by skimming
the heads of the spectators at an
altitude of 55 feet.
Capt. STREET. returned to the field
Wednesday from Ithaca, N. Y, where
he tested a Thomas Morse training
ship. known as the So. a side scatter
plane. In his report to the chief of
the air service, Capt. Street, stated
the plane has a great many very ad-
mirable qualities, the most, noticeable
of which was its exceedingly rapid
climb, it's ceiling of 10000 feet being
reached in APP seconds. The ship,
he said, maneuvered excellently from
any position. loops. half rolls. spins,
stall turns and half rolls out Of the
top loop being executed without any
difficulty and with noticeable ease of
control On one occasion, he said
a straight Zoom was made from an
altitude of about 200 feet with an
original speed of ninety-five miles per
hour and resulted in a gain of alti-
tude of approximately $50 feet with
out noticeable strain at peak Of climb.
The maximum speed of this plane is
124 miles per hour and 1t has a land
Evening star., 1923-08-05
BOILING FIELD.

Seven pilots assisted in the cele-
bration Thursday in connection with
the ground breaking for the Anacos-
tia Park Lieut.. Leroy Wolfe, who
has returned to the field after a long
absence, entertained the spectators
with acrobatic stunts in a single-seat
pursuit plane, an SE-J. Scarcely
had he landed than Lieut.. Leslie Ar
mold, the Photographic officer, took
UP dummy with parachute attached
and released it in full view of those
on the ground. This event was fol-
lowed by a formation of DH4B's,
piloted by Capt. Sinclair Street, and
Lieuts. Lester J. Maitland, II. w.
Beaton, L. V. Beau. jr., and III. X.
Ramey. The five light bombers each
carrying twelve-cylinder Liberty
motor roared over the scene of the
ceremonies several times and then
Evening star., 1923-08-05
which he will instruct the students in
flying both land and sea planes.

Two famous pilots Of the Navy,
Lieut.. H. ]. Brow and Ensign AL
Williams, are now training on the
Anacostia and Potomac rivers for
the st. Louis races to be held in Oc-
tober. Lieut.. Brow's station IS on the
aircraft carrier Langley. which gave
exhibitions here during Shrine week,
and he was one of the several pilots
who thrilled thousands by flying off
and on the deck of the queer ship.
He and Ensign Williams, who is a
former pitcher on the New York
Giants, are using the TR and rs,
Navy combat planes, in practicing
turns at high speeds. which is the es-
sential point in the races to master.
These planes. however, will not be
used in the races. specially built ships
having not yet been turned out of
the factory. The ships are now being
fitted with duralumin pontoons known
as booster floats" which are de-
signed to lessen the resistance ordi-
narily created in pontoons on other
types of seaplanes
Lieut. II. Carlson has been appoint
ed executive officer of the station to
serve in the absence of Lieut.. Rut-
ledge Irvine, who is in New York
preparatory to sailing for England
Evening star., 1923-08-05
Fresh Air Euery
Tuo Hours A sked
By Paris Deputies
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 4.-The presiding
officers of the French chamber of
deputies have, put out a feeler in
favor of rule automatically sus-
pending the proceedings of the
chamber for twenty minutes every
two hours to enable the Legislators
to cool off physically and mentally
and to allow the chamber itself to
be ventilated so that the legis-
lators will not go to sleep. The
newspapers generally approve the
idea. They sarcastically observe
that the chamber certainly needs
fresh air and that the country
ought to benefit by even such
slight intervals of cessation from
OratOry
Evening star., 1923-08-05
BELIEVES U. S. FOOLED.
Critics Declare Count Witte Hood
winked With Democratic Pose.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. August 4.-German critics
who have reviewed Count Whites
Memoirs" which have just been
published in Germany. get the i'm
preston that the count hoodwinked
Americans into believing he was
democratic. They also find he was
greatly surprised and ftattered by the
case with which he was also to get
Americans to think his handshakes
were sincere and his expressions of
admiration for American ways and
customs genuine
The reviewers declare the MEM
oirs" show clearly that the count
staged his democratic bearing very
heavily while in the United States
attending the Portsmouth conference
Of 1905 and that he was really a
much greater actor than diplomat
Evening star., 1923-08-05

to participate in the Schneider cup
races September 2s. He and Lieut.
Stone of the bureau of aeronautics,
flew to Hamton roads yesterday in an
F-5-L boat seaplane.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03
Pupils of Miss Hyde Win Honors.

In the music contests at the Music
Teachers Association held at Jack
son last week several OF the pupils
from Miss Sophronia Hyde's class at
Hattiesburg won high honors. Not
an unusual thing by any means, as
some Of her pupils have won honors
at the meet almost every year.
In the Junior Piano contest Eliza
beth Thames, Of Collins, took first
place, and Lucy Curry Moore. Of
Petal, was accorded second place
Alma Gibson, Hattiesburg, won Sc
cond place in Intermediate Piano.
Miss Hyde is to be congratulated
upon the efficiency of her pupils,
and the patrons are to be feliciated
upon the excellent instructor they
have. -"--..'.'t --------.-'-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03
TRUSTEES ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given, that Sat.
Nav S, at 2 o'clock P. NJ. is the
time and date for the patrons OF al
Schools except Poplarville and PC
azure, in tie County both wnite
and cololed to meet at the respective
school houses and elect by baiioe
one trustee for three years. Report
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03
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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03
WOMEN VOTERS TO MEET.

The monthly meeting of the
League Of Women Voters will meet
May eth at $3.50 at the home Of
MIS-. z. 3. Ferris. Quite an in
teresting program will be given. All
members are urged to attend.
The hostess for the afternoon
will be Mesdames Ferris, Fleming,
McInnis, Street, Julius Moody, Jr.,
and Miss Josephine Newto..
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03
MOVED INTO NEW HOME.

Mr.. and Mrs. D. P. Kennedy have
taken possession of their new bun
galow residence at Orvisburg.
For some time after going there
they lived in one of the Company's
old houses, but moved into the new
one last week.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

I If YOU come to our store and don't
see what you want, please ask Tor
IL. 1--WE HAVE 1T, WILL GET ~.
or IRIS NOT MANUFACTURED"
Hyde's Drug Store.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

WE WANT EVERY PERSON IN
PEARL RIVER AND ADJOINING
COUNTIES TO VISIT OUR MOD
ERN AND UP-TO-DATE DRUG
STORE. WE GIVE 100 PER CENT
SERVICE-Hyde's Drug Store.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03
HARMON AT BAPTIST CHURCH.

Due to the fact that Rev. H. H.
Webb was too proud Of his new boy
to leave him Immediately, Rev. G.
S. Harmon, upon invitation of the
pastor preached at the Baptist
Church.
With Rev. j. E. Williams sick, and
Rev. II. w. Wallace out of Town the
Methodist and Presbyterian congre-
cations also worshipped there, and
the preacher had an unusually large
audience.
Mr.. Webb held his own services
At the evening hour and Mr.. Harmon
was at the Methodist Church.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03
PREACHING AT BETHEL.

Preaching will be held at Bethel
buck Branch) next Sunday morn
ing and evening. Dinner on the
ground.
Prof. Jacobs will speak at 2:30.
Everybody is invited to attend
Rev. CULPEPPER.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

WANTED-One Hundred Cross Tie
Makers. Fifteen to thirty cents
per tie paid weekly at stump. W.
T. Mitchell, Hammond, La.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

That very accommodating bird, the
Stork, visited the Baptist Pastorium
last Sunday forenoon and left love
ly baby boy in the care of Rev. and
Mrs. H. II. Webb.
The Junior Preacher" will bear
the name of Homer H. Jr.
Friends are showering the proud
parents with congratulations upon
this addition to the family circle,
and the increase Of their riches by
about ore million dollars, in all of
which The Free Press heartily joins.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03
Locals
TELEPHONE III

Rev. H. w. Wallace will preach at
the Presbyterian church next Sun
day morning at 1900 o'clock and at
Pas Sunday evening.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

The most complete line OF Stat
ionary to be found, at Hyde's Drug
Store.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

Messrs. P. G. Batson and Will =.
Byrd were business visitors in Hat
tiesburg Monday Of this week.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

OCCUPYING THEIR OWN HOME.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer D. Evans
have moved into their new home on
the East Side, recently erected on
q piece of property formerly belong
ing to D. j. Walganott.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

6s6 quickly relieves Constipations,
Biliousness. Headaches, Colds and
LaGrippe.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

Look over our large line of White
Ivory goods before you decide to
buy. Hyde's Drug Store.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

When in need of a doctor AMI
need him quick-Just call Tele-
phone no. l and we will help you
locate him. Hyde's Drug Store.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

Mesdames E. 3. Ferris, Maud s.
Smith, G. S. Harmon and D. C. Nc
Innis AID Miss Irene Harmon motor
ed up to Hattiesburg on Monday and
spent the day.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

You will always find ice cooled
Candies in cur place. We handle
Whitnlan's, Norris and Val Bla.z
Candies. Always Fresh" Hyde's
Drug Store.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

FOR SALE -One Overland g.,
at Bargain Price. See W Y
Anderson, at South Mississipni ~
pertinent Station.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

dependable Drugs" bringing to-
gether quality and service will be
found at Hyde's Drug Store.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

SEED US YOUR "PREsCRIP-
TIONS." TWO REGISTERED
PHARMACIST ALWAYS ON THE
JOB. Day phone /, night phone 81.
Hyde's Drug Store.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

When you need Fancy Cakes to
go with your Ice Cream think of
Loose Wiles Fancy Cakes. Good
ness Knows They're Good" Hyde's
Drug Store.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03

result q such election to Conn.,.
Superintendent by the folls'l
Sat. May IL.
G. E. BASS, supt. of Educ,t,..
No. 81.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-05-03
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Mr.. and Mrs. D. P. Kennedy and
their little daughter, Cragin, and
Miss Evelyn spotswood, of Owls
burg, were among the Hattiesburg
visitors last Monday.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-30

we must select with great care, for it will be my last It is is successful shall elave you. Afterward you two had better bury your savings in the ground and abandon the game, for it needs brains to be made success full. and you two have not the brains of rabbit betwen you"
 They knew that I was right. and they held their peace. It was a month later. indeed, before we made our last coup and it ended in a very different fashion from what I had anticipated. From my lookout place on a stretch of the road above the wagons, I saw a gray touring car, preaching from the direction of Cannes. There was a girl in front seated by the driver and an elderly gentleman behind. I called down to the others.
 Comrades, this is our chance" announced Move the wagons on around the corner, and be prepared for what may happen"
 What did happen was not in the leasN what I had expected. From where. I lay, crouching amongst the scrub, could see that something was wrong with the car. The chauffeur was rocking in his seat and the car was swaying from side to side.
 But it was the girls face from which, could not remove my eyes. She must have fully realized the dan ger she was in. but she showed not the slightest signs of fear. She
New Britain herald., 1923-03-30
WEAF

(American Tel. and Tel. Co.,, N. Y.)
 7:S0 p. m.-Baritone solos by Oscar Taylor.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-30
BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

good So we growled an oath in the strangt tidialect of those parts, and ] gripped their gnarled and knotted hands, which reminded me always oi the roots of the trees we felled.
 Our next adventure. engineered in similar fashion to the last, brought us matter of couple of thousand francs. Thi stime however, there was trouble for the drivers neck was broken as he pitched head foremost from the seat of the car; and his wife, who was only slightly injured. gave vigorous evidence as to the position of cur wagon and the disappearance of her husbands pocketbook after we had dragged his body up from a ledge of the precipice. A gcndarme from the neighboring village visited us that same night and made careful search through our belongings. There was nothing to be found, however, and by preserving a stolid silence and leaving all speech to me, my companions escaped suspicion just as l did Af- terward, however. spoke to them SC riously.
 Comrades" pointed out, this game is too good to last. For time we must go warily. Afterward we will seek one more adventure, which
New Britain herald., 1923-03-30

leaned over and tried to put on the foot-brake, succeeding so far, in fact as momentarily to check the progress of the car, The chauffeur. suddenly seizing his opportunity. jumped from his seat and rolled over in the dust. The girls foot apparently slipped from the brake. and the car once more gathered speed.
 saw her eyes, as the car came pumping down the hill, heard the wild shouting and exelamations of the old gentleman behind ,and there came to me one of those extraordinary mos ments which l make no attempt to explain.
 half slid half scrambled, down the slope into the road. drew in my breath, poised myself for a great effort, and at the psychological mo- men tleaped for the front splashboard. l found myself sprawling across the seat, but my left hand was upon the wheel. We were within two inches of the precipice after my jump, and we just touched the farther side of the road with my grab at the wheel, righted the car without much diff culty applied the brake, gently but with increasing force, took the corner with only moderate skid and a few feet of the wagon. When the girl saw 1t, the first look of fear crept into her face.
 Continued in Our Next Issue)
New Britain herald., 1923-03-30

al Westinghouse Electric companys station at Rio reported the fact which was accomplished by 500 watt. trans- mission.
 An unusual feature of the Rio sta ton, 1t was stated, was that the an- tenna consisted of n six wire cage strung between the tops of Urea and Babylonia two peaks near the famous Sugar Loaf mountain.
 Brazilians as result of the trans- missions of the new stations have be- come enthusiastic radio fans Col. Slaughter reported.