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DAILY PROGRESS. Eitabliahed 1896
, Coniolldated
April 6. 1909
HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI, TUESDAY. AFTERNOCN. APRIL 11,1911.
Member ol Associated Press
ilLL PROTEST
AGAINST TARIFF
DUTY IMPOSED
NEWORLEANSCOTTON EXCHANGE
WANTS BAGGING AND TIES
ON FREE LIST.
THE WHOLE SOUTH INTERESTED
Asks The Senators And Representa
tives to Help Movement—Scores
Bagging And Tie Trusts.
New Orleans, April 11.—Urging Sen
ators and Representatives especially
those from Louisiana and other cotton
producing states, to use their efforts to
bring about the necessary legislation
at the present extra session of Con
gress the New Orleans Cotton Ex
change yesterday at a meeting of its
■ At,;;,id of directors, adopted resolutions
■"earnestly declaring that all bagging
and ties used in the baling of cotton
should be placed upon the free list.
The resolutions follow:
"Whereas, under the provisions of the
Payne-Aldrich law the producer of cot
ton is and has been paying as tribute
to a few manufacturers of bagging and
ties, a yearly sum amounting to ap
proximately $950,000; and
"Whereas, the bagging trust has re
cently secured from the Board of Gen
eral Appraisers in New York a techni
cal ruling which will increase the
amount of tribute paid by the cotton
producer to the said combination of
manufacturers to approximately the
sum of $2,800,000 annually; and
"'Whereas, the imposition of this
burden, or of any burden, upon the
large class of citizens who produce
one of the greatest trade assets of
the nation, for the purpose and with
the effect of enriching a few individ
uals who prey upon the industry, is
■ Onot only unjust and indefensible, but
American. Therefore, be it
v "Resolved That the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange earnestly declares
that all bagging and ties used in the
baling of cotton should be placed upon
the free list; and, be It further
' "Resolved, That Senators and Rep
resentatives from the State of Louisi
ana and those from all cotton-produc
ing states and from all the United
States, be earnestly urged to use their
efforts to bring about this just con
clusion by enactment of the necessary
legislation at the present extra session
of Congress."
Letter To Lawmakers.
The following letter »'ill be sent,
with a copy of the resolutions, to the
Senators and Representatives In Con
gress from Louisiana and all the other
states, by President Thompson:
Dear Sir: I beg to hand you copy
of preamble and resolutions adopted
. by the Board of Directors of the New
k> cleans Cotton Exchange at a special
jR^ting held on the 10th Instant,
in thtrust that I may be permitted to
feUd a few words by way of explanation
and of argument touching this impor
tant matter.
The cotton crop of the South yields
annually an average of about 12,000,
000 bales. Of this total, approximately
five-eights or 7,500,000 bales, represent
ing an average money value of over
$500,000000, are exported and ex
changed for foreign gold. The mere
statement of these facts attests the
importance of the cotton-producing in
dustry
which the country at large owes the
producer of this crop and treatment
at the hands of the general lawmaking
emphasizes the obligation
power.
Under the present tariff law the
duty on steel cotton ties amounts to
.027 cents per bale, or to $324,000 on a
crop of 12,000,000 bales. This tariff
X prohibitive as is shown bj- the fact
bat no steel ties are imported. There
fore, the government has no share in
thjs impost, which constitutes simply
and solely a tribute levied upon the
cotton farmer for the benefit of the
cotton tie trust.
The duty on jute bagging imposed
by the present tariff law amounts to
» .05 1-4 cents per bale, or to $630,000 on
crop of 12,000,000 bales. This tariff
to be a large extent prohibitive, inas
much as It yields only about $100,000
In revenues to the government. The
balance of about $530,000 constitutes
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YIELDS TO DEATH
He Was a Noted Man In Ohio Politics
And One of The Best Known
In Country.
(By Associated Press.)
Cleveland, O., April 11.—Tom L.
Johnson, twice congressman from the
21st Ohio district, four times mayor
of Cleveland, champion of three-cent
railway fares and a prominent advo
cate of the single tax theories of the
late Henry George, died at
8:45
o'clock last night, after a long illness.
Death was
He was 57 years old.
caused by cirrhosis of the liver.
Johnson referred to himself as
"Stormy Petrel," and the metaphor
aptly described him, and indicated the
course of his career. From the time
he entered the offices of the Louis
ville Street Railway Company until
his defeat for fifth term as mayor of
Cleveland he was ever in the center
of the storm, political or financial.
He was born in Georgetown, Ky., July
18, 1854. As a youth, he secured back
ing and bought a controlling interest
in the Indianapolis Street Railway,
came tb Cleveland in the eighties, and
became interested in the street car
systems and assisted in their partial
consolidation,
steel manufacturing business at Johns
town, Pa., and Lorain, Ohio. In April
Hé also entered the
1901, he was elected mayor of Cleve
land.
After a hard fight with the
street car company in which he was
triumphant, the traction lines passed
into the hands of the Municipal Trac
tion Company. After six months of
trial operation of three-cents fare peo
ple voted out the franchise company
and it passed into the hands of a re
ceiver, and remained there until Feb
ruary, 1910.
Johnson made another attempt to se
cure the passage of three-cent grants,
but the proposals were rejected at
the election August, 1909.
defeat followed three months later,
and he surrendered the reins of office
to Mayor Baehr in January, 1910. T»'o
months later three-cent fare was es
tablished as a result of Johnson's ef
His own
forts.
Johnson »'as nominated by the dem
ocrats for governor in 1903, and was
defeated. Besides his wife, Johnson
is survived by a son and a daughter.
a tribute paid by the cotton farmer to
the bagging trust.
But the bagging trust is not satisfied
with its share of this impost. It de
sires to raise the duty to a figure
which will not only prevent the gov
ernment from receiving any revenues
therefrom, but will enable the trust to
take from the farmer four times as
much as it has been able to take here
tofore. This trust has recently made
a technical test case based upon a
question of c hemlcal analysis, and has
secured a ruling thereon from
Board of General Appraisers in New
York, which will change the duty of
imported bagging from the
rat e,
cents per bale, to an ad valorem duty
which W'ill amount to about 21 cents
per bale.
from $630,000 on the crop to practically
$2,500,000, all of which the trust will
collect from the farmer without any
division with the government.
Thus under the Payne-Aldrich law,
as heretofore interpreted, the cotton
producer has borne the burden of a
$950,000 yearly tax on bagging and
ties, and if the "chemical interpreta
tion" holds, he
mulcted in the yearly sum of $2,800,000
for his baling materials, all of which
will go into the treasuries of the bag
ging and tie trsuts.
Inequitable And Wrong.
From the reasons stated it »'ill in
contestably appear that not only the
proposed outrage but the present tax
on bagging and ties is inequitable and
wrong ; and because the Western farm
er lias now and has had for more than
fifteen years, his binder twine on the
free list, the tax upon the Southern
farmer stands condemned of the addi
to
in
the
present
which amounts to about .05 1-4
This means an increase
vlll hereafter he
to
a
in
to
on
tioual vice of discrimination.
It is respectfully submitted that the
law-making power rests under tho
compulsion of a two fold duty in the
premises. Bagging and ties should be
allowed to come in free, not only as an
act of justice to the cotton producer,
hut as a peanlizing rebuke to the
cupidity of the manufacturing combi
nations which have preyed upon him."
EIGHTY-FIVE
BODIES TAKEN
FROM THE MINE
NO OFFICIAL STATEMENT AS TO
CAUSE OF EXPLOSION IN
BANNER MINE.
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BODIES HORRIBLY MUTILATED
Five Whitp Men Taken Out—Number
Of Men In Mine Thought To
Have Been 128.
(By Associated Press.)
Banner, Ala., April 11.—A total of
eighty-five bodies had been removed
from the Banner mines this morning.
Dr. J. A.. Holmes, chief of the Bureau |
of Mines, at Washington, remained in
the depths nearly all night. No official
statement as to the cause of Saturday's
explosion will be made at this time.
There was considerable delay in the
rescue work yesterday because of tbe
change In the air supply ordered by
Mine Inspector Hillhouse. He decided
to convert the fan from an outlet to
an intake, in otlier words, to push the
air in instead of pulling it out. This
work began at 10 o'clock and required
several hours and w'hen it was finished
the experts from the federal rescue
car went down for an inspection, so
that it was late before the workmen
could resume the removal of the bod
ies.
Powder Caused Explosion.
The belief still prevails that pow
der caused the explosion, the accident
possibly resulting from careless hand
ling by bringing it in contact with an
exposed lamp.
Mine officials still maintain that
there were 128 men in the mine, al
though there are rumors that ten or
fifteen in addition to this number
might be found. There has not been
the least difficulty in getting workmen
to aid in the removal of bodies. Miners
are here from Bessie, Flat Top, Sayre,
Palos, Porter, Mineral Springs, Jett,
Baby and other mining camps offering
their services.
Shifts Change Often.
Shifts of men working to bring the
bodies out have to be changed often,
owing to decomposition having set in
in the bodies of men and animals,
rendering the air in the mines very
foul.
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i ty thousand dollars will be paid for
the delivery in Mexico, at a point be
Claims for a few bodies have been
made by relatives in various parts of
the state, but it is probable that the
greater portion of them will have to
be burled in the big trench dug near
the mine.
The bodies of the following »'hite
convicts have been removed from the
mine: Ed. Carney, John Wright,
Prentice Johnson, John Howard, Sid
ney Dunn, Tom Powshow W. G.
Browner, F. Williams Charles Mc
Donald and Frank Ladra.
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NEW TRIAL BY COURT
(By Associated Press.)
Kansas City, Mo., April 11.—Dr. B.
Clark Hyde, who vas convicted after
a sensational trial for the murder of
Col. Thos. H. Swope, the millionaire
philanthropist, was granted a new
trial by the Missouri supreme court
at Jefferson City. Dr. Hyde has been
in the county jail at Kansas City for
nearly a year, following the sentence
to a life imprisonment.
An important point in the court's
decision granting Dr. Hyde a new trial
was the opinion that Trial Judge Lat
sha« 's action in ordering Hyde locked
up during the progress of the trial
«'as "improper and unjustifiable."
AM MUNITION FOR REBELS.
New Orleans, La., April 11.
-Twen
tween El Paso and Chihuahua, of a
consignment of $70,000 worth of am
munition for the Mexican revolution
ists. A prominent New Orleans busi
ness man today was appealed to by a
member of the revolutionary junta
to devise some way of guaranteeing
the delivery of the big shipment of
ammunition, which is said to he wait
ing on railroad sidetracks iu Pennsyl
vania.
ANOTHER RURAL
ROUTE JUNE I
Will Serve Population South of Town
—Richburg and Other Offices
May be Abolished.
Hattiesburg is to have another ru
ral free delivery route, making the
fourth going out from the city. This
information was received by Postmas
ter W. A. Collins from Washington
Monday. Service on the route will
be started June L, and It will traverse
a thickly populated and prosperous
section.
Starting at the postofliee here, the
route will proceed northwest to Co
lumbia street; thence west t
Horn residence; thence east to Mon
tague's corner; thence south and
southeast to Sexton's coiner; thence
east, southeast and northeast to the
postoffice. The total length of the
route is twenty-two and a half miles.
The establishment of the new route
will doubtless cause the postoffices
at Richburg and one or two other
points to be abolished.
The route »'ill be daily except Sun
day, and the salary paid will be $864,
including horse hire,
j Route No. 3, authorized some time
j ago. will be started May 1. This
route- will be south from the city by
way of Irene chapel.
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PINE ASS'N. IS
IN SESSION HERE
All Looking Forward To The Big Ban- !
quet Tonight—Many Hoo-Hoo
Men in City.
The Mississippi Pine Association
met this morning at 10 o'clock at the
Hotel Hattiesburg.
The attendance is not as large as
was expected, on account of the heavy
downpour of rain < al ly this morning,
which prevented a number of the lum
bermern in this section from reaching
the city.
The morning session was devoted
principally to routine business. Sev
eral are expected to make addresses
this afternoon and ne«f officers will be
elected.
A large number of the members of
the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo
are in the city and a meeting will be
held tonight, at which several will be
initiated. A banquet will folio«' at
the Hotel Hattiesburg, commencing at
11 o'clock,
being made for the banquet and it will
be an elaborate affair. Dancing »ill
follow the banquet.
Great preparations are
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Two White Men Suspicioned—Money
Was Taken From the Safe at
Noon Hour.
Thieves entered the store of Den
ham & Company about noon Monday
and stole $300 in ten and twenty dol
lar bills from (he safe.
There is no clue to the identity of
the robbers further than that two
suspicious looking »'hite men were
noticed hanging around the store
during the morning.
The money was being held in the
safe for a specific purpose and the
robbers no doubl saw it placed there.
It is thought the robbery was done
at noon, «hen all were at dinner ex
cept a clerk, who «as in a different
part of the store fiohi the safe.
The box containing the money v.as
found on the outside of the building j
empty. The police were notified of
the robbery and are endeavoring to
apprehend the thieves.
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BOAT TURNED
TURTLE; MANY
PERSONS DROWN
BOILERS BLEW UP AS THE
STEAMER WENT DOWN NEAR
VANCOUVER.
CASUALTY LIST IS QUITE LARGE
Men And Women Struggle For Their
Lives In the Sea Strewn With
Wreckage.
Vietoria, B. C.. April 11.—It is be
lieved that twenty lives were lost
when the little wooden steamer Iro
quois, plying beUveen Sidney,
couver Island and the islands of the [
Gulf of Georgia, capsized soon after
leaving Sidney yesterday.
The purser, who had a record of fares
collected, is among the dead, and it is
not likely the exact number who per
ished will ever be known. Four pas
sengers and seven members of the
crew were saved and four members of
the ere»- and probably sixteen pas
sengers were drowned.
I The disaster was in some respects
j similar to the loss of the steamer Se
! chelt, with twenty six lives, off Beaehy
I Head, Vancouver, March 21. The pas
j sengers saved yesterday drifted ashore
with life buoys and were almost in the
last stages of exhaustion.
When the Iroquois foundered part of
the upper works was left above water,
and persons ashore could see the sur
vivor clinging to the wreck. The
swirl of the waters soon torn off the
deck house and the sea was covered
with wreckage, among n-hich men and
women struggled for their lives. Of
the bodies which drifted ashore, many
were equipped with life belts. A num
ber of launches put off, but were un
able to get near the wreck.
The first survivors to be landt-d was
Capt. Sears, who, with the first mate
and two members of the crew (In
dians), was towed ashore. The Iro
quois foundered fifteen minutes after
leaving Sidney. Her cargo, shifting,
she swung over her port side, circled
around as if about to came back to
port, partly righted again, went on
her beam ends and, apparently filling
with water, foundered in comparative
ly shallow water. Her boilers blew up.
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HAVE RUN DISMISSED
Jackson. Miss.. April 11.—By over
ruling the suggestion o*
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph
Company's case from Prentiss
known as the Bonneville case, the
would have run up to several millions,
would have been
with every" local exchange under the
existing contract, making that cor j
poration liable for damages to the !
state and individuals aggregating j
existing contract.
the
rror
at y.
preme court has finally disposed of
all litigation of that character ag°inst
the Cumberland Company.
If the Cumberland had
err es. five in number, th
3St ti e :
penaM
the
■o'.-.ra
subjected to a penalty for connections
Being rid now of this dangerous and |
expensive litigation, the Cumberland
has announced that it will begin mak
ing improvements in Mississippi by
way of extending its service to all
parts of the state.
J. H. MILLER STILL IN JAIL.
Aberdeen, Miss., April 11.—Judge
Niles re-convened court yesterday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock and immediately
adjourned until 8:30 on account of
the Mobile & Ohio train being several
hours late. There were a great many
with the Steele
j people connected
Miller Co. case who expected to ar-]
rive in Aberdeen on this train.
Mr. J. H. Miller is still in jail, noth
ing having been done as to his giving
bail.
An automobile savings bank in
France makes regular rounds among
a large number of clients, who ace
I scattered over a wide spread of terr;
j tcry.
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STATE DOCTORS
ARE IN SESSION
The Attendance Large—An Interest
ing Program Carried Out Today !
—Lively Scramble Expected.
Jackson, Miss., April 11.—With
nearly 300 members in attendance,
and others due to arrive on afternoon
trains, the annual convention of the
Mississippi Medical Association was
called to order by President J. W.
Young, of Grenada, in Pythian Castle
Hall at nine o'clock this morning.
The opening prayer was delivered
by Dr. A. W. Smith, pastor of the
vhirh
First Methodist church, after
the medicos settled down to busines
with the reading and discussion o;
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Papers.
The day's program consists of pa
pers and pediatries, hygiene, bacteri
ology. physiology and pathology,
about twenty physicians presenting
their views in written form, each be
ing followed by a brief discussion.
Tonight at eight o'clock the formal
exercises of welcome will take place
and there will be a full attendance of
the members of the Hinds County
Medical Society, about fifty in num
ber. to extend greetings to the visit
ors. Mayor Crowder will welcome
the physicians on behalf of the city,
and Hon. W. H. Watkins will act as
spokesman of the Hinds County Medi
cal Society. The responsive ad
dress «ill be made by Dr. N. M.
Follies, of Biloxi, after which Presi
dent Young's address, reviewing the
progress of medicine und the work o;
the association during the past year
will be read.
There will be a lively scramble
during the convention for the five
places on the state board of health
to he recommended by the body. It
is expected that the names of about
twenty prominent physicians will be
presented. This matter. however,
will doubtless be disposed of in ex-1
ecutive session, as will also the elec
tion of officers for the ensuing year.
A large number of surgical instru
ment supply houses are making ex
hibits in the convention hall. No pro
of entertainment has been ar
grai
ranged for the visitors, it having been
the implied understanding for many
years that the doctors come to Jack
son strictly for business and exchange !
of professional ideas, and have no de
sire to attend receptions or banquets
in their honor.
Among the physicians taking part
in today's program were the follow
ing; Dr. S. R. McLean. Jackson,
secretary of the state board of
health: Dr. A. K. Barrier. Roiling
Fork; Dr. B. H. Booth. Drew; Dr. 3.
S. Caruthers, Duck Hill; Dr. Robert
Donald. Hattiesburg; Dr. I. \V. Coop
er. Newton: Dr. IV. B. Dickins.
Greenwood: Dr. L. Kohlheim. G in
town ; Dr. J. O. Gourney. Tupelo; Dr.
IV. A. Evans. Chicago,
read by those members of
fetFion were discussed freely, discus
sions covering intervals cf
pro-1
ten j
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Wednesday's sessions will be de
voted to the sections on matoria
medi a and therapeutics, diseases c r
end r roa f , c,b°tct
rlcs and gynecology and surgery, j
j Final adjournment will be reaeher
! Thursday afternoon. I
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The five young white boys arrested
a few days ago on the charge of
burglary, were given a hearing before
Justice J. W. Bolton Monday.
Atorney H. O. White appeared to
defend the boys and entered a plea of
guilty, asking the mercy of the court
for Leonard Smith, Ely Donald, Eu
gene McGregor and Ray Griffin.
Aller! George denied his guilt and
idence was presented to im
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as no
ar-] 1; )ieate him in the robbery, he was
dismissed.
On the pica of friends. Justice Bol
ton agreed to 1 t the other boys off on
$10 being paid fox the stolen goods. A
sentence of fifteen days on the county
farm was placed on each, but he sen
tence was suspended on the good be
havior of the boys.
.The fine was paid by friends, and
the boys were released.
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A SMALL TOWN
IS RAIDED BY
BOLD BANDITS
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JUDGE AND TEN OTHER RESI
DENTS KILLED—INSURRECTOS
ARE VERY ACTIVE.
FAILED TO CAPTURE THE TOWN
Insurrectos Entered Zacatecas And
Shot Up Town Indiscriminately
—Forty Killed.
(By Associated Press.)
E! Paso. Texas, April 11.—Advices
from Guadalajara, state that bandits
from Topee raided Palos Verdes, a
small town in the Mascota district of
Jalisco, killing Judge Jose Montes
Deoca and ten other residents. The
bandits secured money and supplies.
Gendarmes »ere sent in pursuit. A
special message from Merida, capitol
of Yucatan tells of insurrecto activity
in the states of Cumpech and Yucatan.
Plantations are being raided and the
aggiegate loss is heavy.
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Did Not Capture Town.
Zacatecas, Mexico April 11.—Louis
Moya's attempt to capture Zacatecas
yesterday failed.
Fleeing northward, he and his band
of more than 400 revolutionists are
being pursued by a small detachment
of Fédérais under the command of
Lieutenant Colonel Luis G. Pardillo.
Forty dead and wounded rebels were
left in the streets of the city.
Sunday afternoon desultory firing
was kept up both by the Fédérais sta
tioned iu the cathedral towers, on the
roofs of all the higher buildings and
from every point of vantage, and by
the rebels stationed on the hills, and
on another eminence,
yesterday the rebel chiefs. Moya and
Auala, gave the command to retreat.
They left over the Fresnillo Road, in
the direction of Vetna Grand.
At 2 o'clock
Learning of their retreat, Colonel
Pradillo and a small force, bearing two
machine guns, started in pursuit.
During the night 300 re-enforce
ments with artillery, arrived here, and
it is thought the rebels, learning of
! Gils, decided not to push their attack.
In making their attack yesterday 100
of Moya's men » ere sent rushing do»n
the sides of the hills into the city.
R, STSCKNFY PLFAI)
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GUILTY TO SARGE
Mr. Link Stickney appeared in
Mayor's court this morning and plead
cn»Bt v to the charge preferred against
him for violating thp SnndRv ohserv
s stated in The
News Mthe case grew out of
Mr. Stickre^ receiving the base hall
j news by wire Sunday at his place of
; business and charging an admission
fee to those present.
Mr. Stickney was fined $L\50 and
costs, which made $4.50. Mr. Stick
ney paid the fine at once, but friends
j raised several dollars for the purpose
and insisted on being allowed the
I privilege of reimbursing him.
I Stickney thanked his friends, hut de
olined their offer.
onpp lows
Mr.
BOUSE DESTROYER
BY LIGHTNING
(By Associated Press.)
liassfield. Miss., April 11 The resi
dence of Garrav.av Brothers of this
place, was struck with lightning this
morning about four-thirty o'clock, de
stroying the house »ith fire. The
father of the Gnrraway Brothers re
ceived a very painful wound on the
head when going through a glass door. •
Other parties are uninjured, and the
damage is estimated at t»'o thousand
dollars.
THE MARKETS.
April 11.—Cotton
Orleans,
Ne»'
c'.osed easy, six to fifteen points down.
Chicago, April 11.—No grain mar
ket on account of the primary elec
tions.