Daily British Whig (1850), 21 Apr 1920, p. 1

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» Collier's Toggery Where the men The Daily British Whig Callers Toprey Where the men So YEAR 88: NO. 104 KINGSTON. ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 21, 1920 LAST EDITION GERMANY AGAIN BEES FAVORS Clauses of Peace Modified jo DESRES LARGER FORCES FOR MAINTENANCE OF ORDER IN THE INTERIOR. It Wants the Military Treaty A Note Sent to the Allies Says That the Army Will Not Accept An Or- der For Its Dissolution, Paris, April 21--Germany has ask- 'ed for the modification of the mili- tary clauses of the peace treaty so as to enable her to maintain larger arm- ed forces than permitted by that pact. The request was contained in a note handed to the French foreign office | | GOES TO NAPANEE { PICTON NEXT STOP { Poor Old Thomas David Once | More Falis Into | Police Nets. { Poor old Thomas David is in our i midst again. He belongs to Picton and has been sent back to Picton many times, but he still persists in | coming back. Vagrancy is the i charge that he comes under, i | him on MANITOBA'S: | | Tuesday, and he was in the prisoners' | dock at the Police Court on Wed- | The police had a call for | i nesday morning. { "You are charged with vagrancy," | said the magistrate { "Is that so," replied, David. | got money here with me." "1 | | "How much have you got?" asked | the Magistrate | "I've got a dollar," said the man | | from Picton. . | "Well, that a8 Napanee," said the Cadi. | "All aboard for Napanee; Picton {the next stop." { David. | NO WORD YET RECEIVED. will take you as far | Exit, poor Thomas | last night with the demand that it | Regarding Ontario Grant to Queen's | be sent to the supreme council at San Remo. - The note set forth that an increas- ed force was necessary for the main- tenance of order in the interior, and that furthermore, the army would not accept an order for its dissolu- tion. The note further requests that Germany be allowed to retain its en- | tire general staff and corps of offi- cers, which means the entire frame- work of the active army. It proposes that 'the forces she is permitted to retain be divided as follows: Twelve - divisions of infantry, with a comple- ment of artillery; three divisions of cavalry; five special bridgades, com- | University. | The authorities at Queen's Uni- | yarsity when asked if any word had been received from the Ontarip gov- | ernment as to the grant asked for the university, time. stated that nothing | had been heard up util) the present It is very important that a grant | | be received as the expenses at the | | university are very heavy. | Taylor stated that one of the reasons | for the cost being so heavy last sum- | mer was on account of the univer- | sity seeing fit to open its doors and {educate the returned soldiers {hold this special course meant a Principal | To | posed each of two regiments of 'in- fantry and two groups of artillery. The note also asks for one battalion of heavy artillery for each division of fnfantry 160; aeroplanes into eight groups, and four special companies of troops for railway work. deficit of $25,000. Queen's authoni- | ties do not.consider it a debt when |one considers that it was the only {university in the dominion which con- ducted a summer school. The re- turned men who attended were a fine body of men. { It is very likely that the members | MS, ACTIVITES PATRIOTIC 3:55 ehh EE the college had done for these men | HON. MACKENZIE KING MAKES. AN EXPLANATION. | om ie { Dr. M. J. Kennedy Has Resigned His Aided in the Production of War Ma- | Post at London, Ont, terials, He Declares--His Domestic | Bhi Kenuady, assistant medi- Are Set Forth, {cal officer for the London vocational hats re ML 21 Aroused by | district, and son of M. J. Kennedy, of awa, Ap ¢ Y | Portsmouth, has resigned. He is go- certain hostile comments upon his | ing to New York, where he will take conduct during the war, Hon, W. L. {a post graduate curse of from eight Ki in the Commons, |t0 ten months. e announcement of ng. made a personal explana. | 11S TesiERation came as 4 great sur- f, ¥ naj £ [prise to his many friends in London, asons 'which led to its adoption. [to show the doctor the The statements which moved him to hich 1s 18 held a a a, speak were uttered in Montreal at a |g tr : Ie ala $s satchel., Dr. Kennedy made meeting of the Progressive Club on |, wide circle of friends in London, April 5th'last by John McNaughton, (and the best wishes of all go with a barrister, and Dr. F. W. Gilday. [him to New York. Summarized, the allegations to which | the Opposiion Teade tock sbiecton | SENTENCES WERE NMFOSED. lon Canada fubing the war to work | ™ 4% of Youths Who fan OR to for Recketeler, and (hat thors were | mime" tata, ths months tn and make a good grant. | IS GOING TO NEW YORN. with Troops Equipped With Heavy Ariticry VERY DIFFICULT POSITION NEW LE aisLaTIVE BUTLDING. ER a i a DON'T REQUIRE | US. ADVICE NOW { { For Uncle Sam Was Never at War With | Tike. jn } } ALLIES REPLY 10 WILSON | | WHOSE SUGGESTIONS ARE PRAC- | ! TICALLY ALL REJECTED. } Le { | The Principle of Equality of the | | Great Powers in Turkey to be) Settled. Paris, April 21. --The Allied reply | to President Wilson's note on Turkey | { will say the Allies cannot withdra» any of the decisions they have reach- | ed tegarding the Ottoman power, i special despatches from San Remo said. The reply, according to the de-| patches, while conciliatory in tone, | | will reject practically all Wilson's ! suggestions, including expulsion of | | | the Turk from Constantinople. | The Allies will point out that the | United States did not declare war on | Turkey and refused the responsibility | of steps necessitated by the peace | treaty, the despatches'said. FRENCH REACH i RELIEF WORKERS | ter Amtab, Asia Miner. | | i | FOR FRENCH FORCE WHICH IS | IN CILICIA. As the Turks Have Cut Several Rail | ways--The French Cut Off at! Merzina From Their Chief Sup- a ople, April a French troops, equipped with heavy ar-| tillery, entered Anitab, Asia Minor, | on April 14th, and have effectively | relieved the situation there, accord-| ing to a statement made, publig by | the French embassy here. Messages | sent from Anitab on April 12th, ask- | ing for immediate aid for relief work- ers there, were received in this city | The above photograph of the library and reading-room in Manitoba's new Parliament Buildings is typical of the whole. | Pertinax, in a despatch to the | Echo de Paris, said Premier Nitti of | italy planned to present economic re- | solutions to the premiers asking Bri- | tish help for Italy similar to the Lon- rh STOCK MARKETS. | | gaged in a machine-gun | long British machine must have | damaged, or land the aviator commenced to Se | Iscend. About 1,000 yards from the : . {earth the machine took fire, but the {ment has been advised by nearly all | man apparently kept it under | witness when he came across the ma- TRAGEDY OF THE WAR. of an Air Fight is Re- lated. i Winnipeg, Man, April 21.----~There is a stirring of the imagination in a letter that has come to Winnipeg from the battlefields of Belgium. Last Septemher, C. H. Wilson, of this city, inserted an advertisement in the local paper of Roulers, Belgium, ask- ing for information of the grave of | } : i | Tg oy Li M. Wil h tie 2 oe ¥ . t. C. M. Wilson, who me! his death while serving with the Bri- | That Restrictions Should Remain. tish Air Force, and whose grave was | { rn believed to be located in at dis- | NATIO i COND AS trict. Mr. Wilson has received a long A Thrilling Story letter from a Belgian citizen, giving details of the fightin which Lieut Wilson lost his life. An eye-witness supplied the information that Lieut Wilson had been killed in an air battle with the Germans on. Oct. 7th or 8th, 1918, just before the big Ger- man retreat. He was buried where his machine fell on a farm near the little town. of Rumbeke. ] | CHARGE MADE BY CHICAGO FIRM. THE Which Alleges That Canadian Re- finers are Using Sugar Control to Avoid Fulfilling Contracts. Ottawa, April, 21.--Representa- | tives of the sugar refining interests i in Canada have been here under sum- ° {mons from the government to 4 "| consult as to the advisability of re- mans were shot down, and the Bri- | tish continued battle against the | MOVing controf from sugar, the other two, the two other British ma- | export of which is still under gov- chines for some unknown reason | ernment regulation as: a war dropped out of the battle. Syujle the | measure. There is also involved a % ' been | Situation which may have to be dis- cussed internationally. It is understood that the govern- The ¢ye-witness, the letter states, saw the fight open betwen three Bri- tish and four German machines. One of the British machines was sur- rounded by four' Germans, yet he kept up the fight. Two of the Ger- the ayiator wounded, the refiners that they are not de- sirous that control should be con- Doron a | tinued, as it is the home market they chine, which was not badly damaged. | 5.0 mainly concerned with; but th a was still strapped |, ¥ 2 ere The dead airman Pp |is one of the refineries in Canada in his seat with his hands on the con- trol wheel. Apparently he had been understood to be anxious that con- trol should be maintained. shot, but lived long enough to bring con- trol. This was verified by the eye- KYL... Quotations Furnished by Bongard, | Ryerson & Co., 237 Bagot { Street. i New York Stocks. | Opening. Closing. | 81% 80 | 31% 30% | 118% 117% 703% 81% 951 22% 117% 35% 92 . 318 113 1023 Atchison .. B.&O. .. CPR... Reading .. ine es Southern Pac. .... .. So. Rallway vi Union Pacific .. Marine .. .. .. Marine Pfd. .. ... .. Gen. Motors ... Studebaker .. . Am. Loc. .. Am. Smelters .... Baldwin Loco. ... Anaconda .. .. .&k. Bethlehem- Steel "'B". Inti Nickle .. iiss. Inspiration. Copper 73 94% 20% Re lo... aya Midvale { Money. ... Montreal Stocks. Brazilian =... ..5." 4 Can. Cement .. Can. Steamship Cons. Smeiters Steel of Canada ... . N.Y. Funds Sterling . . | mandates 69 | a | 117% | don memorandum. Part of the Kurds, the Allied lead- | ers, have been advised, demand com- plete independence, while others to remain under Turkish rule. question probably will be settled by over the district being awarded to one or more powers. The principle of equality of | journs, Premier Venizelos said. ADVOCATES ENERGIZING FARMS BY ELECTRICITY | Can Transmit Electric Power From Main Lines To the Farms. ---- "Winnipeg, Man., April 21--Eleetri- {cal discoveries which he claims to be 4 |of great importance to the farmers | have been announced by Prof. J. W. | Dorsey, of the electrical engineering department, Manitoba University. The main discovery is a method of 3X - main transmission lines farms. The method is Inexpensive and practicable, he declared. It will be practical to serve all farms for 50 {mies on each side of a main power | line and the farm, he said, "should | be as convemient as any city home." | He advocates the energizing of farms | by electricity, which, he said, was a | well known scientific fact thal it | would increase the productivity at | least 25 per cent. By means of wires | the plane to earth. Mr. Dike, of the Mueller, Fox Com- Fhe | the { Great Powers in Turkey should be | disposed of before the conference ad- | * from that, he felt his consclence was indeed nag _ a service for his tountry' for which' his connection with the Standard Oil interests. Mr. King said he was im- pelled 'to take cognizance of these observations, because he felt that by .- allowing them to pass unchallenged he would be laying himself open to misunderstanding in a matter which would not only prejudice him per- gonally, but algo prejudice thosaiwho had placed him in the position now occupied. ; He denounced the statements made at the Montreal meeting as "false in fact and misleading in in- ference' as coustituting, as uttered, inal libel. 1éft Canhda, saying that he had lied and performed most of his throughout the war in Ottaway had accepted some months the war began an invitati the Rockefeller Foundation a study of industrial relations in the United States and to suggest means for improving them. He had been "no more an employee of Rockefeller or the Standard Oil Company than the lbrarian of a Carnegie library was an employee of the late Andrew Carnegie.' Mr. King spoke of the war work and the philanthropic ac-| tivities of the Rockefeller Founda- tion. He said the war had not been long in progress when it was real- ized that success to a large extent depended upon co-operation between capital and labor as well as upon the men at the front. For his own he had been engaged in work the Rockefeller Foundation iden- tical with the work done by mem- bers of the reconstruction commit- tee in England, the War Labor Board in the United States, and the Labor Sub-Committee in Canada. fter reference to his work in es- ta ing industrial councils to maintain peaceful relations between the Standard Oil Company, of Indi- ana and its employees, and reading letters of appreciation for his ef- forts, Hon. Mr. King concluded" by a nal referente, Jt had been sald that he was still young and a bachelor when the war broke out. He was then forty years of age, and within a few months his father was stricken with blindness, while a brother had to go to. Colorado, suf- fering trom tuberculosis. The sup- #t of the home fell practicaily in. entirety upon him, But apart clear, that he had performed he was best fitted and of much more value than he could have done in other directions. "1 feel that uch a world or- deal it was gi to me to share in the suffering of 'others and to help 2 nity. I am grate- ful that 1 was s measure to do my duty as God gave me to my duty at that time," he amid applause from all 'sides of the House. ; | Cecil Robinson, two weeks in jail. | Lorman Citchell, one week in jail. { Hugh Thompson, sentence sus- | pended. 7 | After a lengthy hearing, ¥in the | Police Court on Wednesday morning, | Magistrate Farrell imposed the above | sentences in connection with | theft of an automobile from the gar- | age of George Labrash, Division street, early on Sunday morning. The boys were rounded up by Chief of Police Barrett, of Napanee. MILD VENDOR WAS FINED Because Milk Did Not Come Up To Requirements. C. Clark, a milk vendor, was fined ! $10 and costs, by Magistrate Farrell, {on Wednesday morning, because his milk 'did not come up to the require- ments, having less than 3.5 per cent. butter fat. The charge was laid by Dr. G. W. Bell, inspector, who made a test of the milk. Clark was peddl- ing around the city, and found that it did not come up to the require- ments. Clark stated that he secured is supply of milk from another party. Preparing to Pave, The Board of Works Department expects that in the eourse of a week concrete work will be commenced on the new pavement on Bagot street. The work on the street railroad tracks has been almost completed. On portions of the Bagot street road there will be very little digging to be done, as the road is so low. Retire From Chair. Mrs. John Evans, who has been a member of Queen Street Methodist choir for some years, is resigning on account of ill-health. ._ J. Hodge, bass soloist at Queen Street Methodist church, has resign- ed to accept a position in the choir of St. Andrew's church. (Canadian Press Despatch) Landon, April 22.--Andrew Bonar Law, replying to questions in the House of Commons, to-day, regard ing negotiations with the Russian trade delegation at Cope , said preliminary discussions had occurred Betwedn the delegation and sentagly of the supreme economic council, but that further progress could not be made conside- ration by the AlMed Governments of questions raised by the Russian dele- gates. ------------------ "Outlaw" Strike Collapsed. {Canadian Press Des \ patch) Montreal, April 21.--The "outlaw" | strike of the typographical staff of the Daily Star has collapsed. Last night the men decided to ask the management of the paper to take them back at the wage scale in force before the strike, but without dis- the | late last week. ¢ | The French position in Cilicia is viewed as extremely difficult. Rail- | road communications between Mer- zina, where French forces landed tast week, and Adana, "were inter. {rupted on April 11th, it is stated by {travellers arriving from the south- lern Asia Minor coast. The railway {traverses level country without im- | portant bridges, and the Turks re- moved the rails, thus cutting off the Frénch at Merzina from their chief supplies. Northward in the interior the Turks have cut the railroad by wrecking cars in an important tun- (nel between Adana and Ulukissla. {The railway from. Adana to Aleppo i has also. been cut by the Turks. | BRITAIN IS BUILDING MYSTERY VESSELS Gigantic Eight=-Engined Flying Boats of Steel.--Sub=- marines of 24 Knots. . London, April 21.--The greatest secrecy attends the constguetion by Britain of gigantic eight-®hgined fiying boats of steel and airpane, each of six thousand horse-power and able to light on land or sea. Colonel Alan H. Bufgoyne, M.P., editor of the Navy League Annual, has lust revealed the fact that these mystery vessels are building, but all details are naturally guarded by the raval authorities. Britain is engaged in strenuous efforts to speed thé improvement of her aerial armament, Mr. Burgoyne said to-day. "Britain's supremacy on the seas is to-day more complete: than ever before. The Hood'is the most powerful and fastest fighting -unit ever produced. We have a sub- marine of 28' knots speed and tem thousand horsepower. Others carry- ing 124nch guns, and still others fitted with armored protection, cap- ! Assistance From the Outside | at a moderate cost. It might, he de- SOME 166 PERSONS | stretched across the fields they could KILLED IN TORNADO | be energized at night when other power demands were negligible and | clared, be possible with electric ener- | gizing to grow two crops in one year. | | { i World is Likely to Be Sought. (Canadian Press Despatch) Birmingham, Ala., April' 21,--As- sistance from the outside world is! Party of Salvagers at Work on the urged for the relief of the tornado | Pacific Coast. sufferers in a dogen Mississippi, Ala- |. Vancouver, B.C, April 21.--To bama and Tennessee counties. With | delve into the unknown depths of a death list of 1686, already reported, | the sea off the west coast of Van- and property loss which will run into | couver l'and and wrest therefrom many millions, the tornado has taken | treasures hidden for many years, is: SEARCHING FOR TREASURE. | | pany Limited, of Chicago, American | SHAVE CRANIUMS TO sugar importers, is in Ottawa urging | LOOK LIKE GABRIELE | that control should be removed, and | {claiming that certain Canadian re- | Officers of "d'Annunzio's Little Buels are sheltering themselves be- ' uy | hind. it in refusing to carry out con- Army Eager to Show {tracts made for the supply of granu- Devotion. { lated sugar. This firm claims to have put up considerable money in order | to supply raw sugar to fill contracts { Which they had made in the United States. They eay the administra- | Fiume, April 20.--Gabriele d"An- nunzio's bald head has, set the fash- {ion for the.officers of his little army, many of whom have shaved their tion of the export of sugar in Can craniums and are endeavoring to ada has been in the interests of the grow miniature Vandyke beards as| Canadian refiners, 8Xport restrictions copies of the poet's chin adornment. | being enforced so that Canadian re- The Fiume aviators have adopted | finers may make a profit by cancell- the craze with greater zeal than other | ing contracts which they entered into branches. and call themselves "iron | some months ago. In the meantime. heads." Youthful officers in" their |raws haye gone up from seven cents 'teens and early twenties have shav- | to eighteen and a haif cents, and in- ad their heads dnd are wearing little | stead of carrying out their contracts pointed beards inan effort to look as | for the granulated sugar, they are much like the, poet. as they 'gan, selling the raw sugar. There is a a ea norinon. clause in their contract with ths bide and Italian' grey-green abe worn. American interests making it subs by d'Annunzio's men with great | ject to the export control regilations - the. ' [} 8 tracts with a large number of sugar distributors in the United States, and while it claims it could make money | by not fulfilling the same, it is de- sirous of carrying them out. It has conducted investigations of the re- strictions, employing one of the largest detective agencies in the United States. It is stated that the American firm threatens to organize A publicity campaign in regard to the whole operation of sugar control and the attitude of the government as to the export of sugar, as Canadian re- finers have purchased sufficient raws %0 take care of the needs of the Cank- dian consumers and one hundred thousand tons in addition. Ir "the American firm cannot secure removal of control, it will ask the United States government to take the matter up-with Canada. 3 rank as oné of the most disastrous, as well as one of,the most widespread in the annals of the south. INCREASE COMPENSATION Important Changes - Proposed By Drury Government. Toronto, April 21.--Compensation to injured workmen of 75 per cent. | of the average wage With minimum of $12.50 per week. Pensions for widews of $40 per month,' with an additionai $10 per mopth for each child. Increased burial expenses. Provision for supplying artificial limbs and eyes to disabled workmen, The foregoing are some of the im- portant clianges to be covered in the amendments to the Workmen's Com- pensation Act, to be brought before the House within the next few days by. Hon. Walter Rollo, Minister of Labor. The bill, which was consider- ed by the Government members in caucus last evening, is practically ready for introduction. Would Divorce Evelyn Thaw. New York, April 21.---Attorneys for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, now Mrs. Jack Clifford, said today that she would file 'countersuit for divorce against her husband and former dancing partner, charging improper conduct. Clifford started divorce proceed- able of coping with the seas as long as the large surface fighting ships." ings here, naming an actor as cores- pondent. AID TO THE ARMENIANS work in saving the starving children money is needed to complete the work so splendidly begun. The sal- vation of children is the hope of the future. The world's population and advancement ig in their hands. Help it on by sending in donations. ? Previously acknowl edged ... ... ...5234298 The Armenian fund is doing wot | and adults, but millions more of | Dawson City, Y. T, through Miss [Eliza- beth P. MacCallum.. 104.25 Bell Rock: Sunday School 11.50 George A. Bateman .... 10.00 Sunbury Metho. 8. 8. 8.60 Ida Hill Friends 8 8. 8.10 Lilllan Peity, Camden : Bast... ... 0. Miss Lillie Perry ..... ANODYMOUS ... ... wi. CD, Wilton .......-- 5.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 {the object of 8. Maddison and his party of salvagers, who will begin | operations early in May, Last autumm | Mr. Maddison made submarine cruls- es among the crags which line the i coast of the island and located four {large wrecks besides a number of smaller ones. Two of the larger he | identified as the Pass-of-Meiford and the Valencia, and one of the others he thinks is the Jong lost H. M.S. Con- dor, which disappeared in 1903, and has never been heard of since. Some of the numerous boats which met carried cargoes which at theitime of sinking did not make it worth while salvaging, but under present-day con- ditions there is freight aboard those boats which must be worth almost its weight in gold. A Record Winter. Saskatoon, Sask., April 21.-- ers, I think that this one is going to create a new record," said W. P. Bate, of the Public School Board. "The winter of 1907 was a long one, 'when the ice didn't go out until April 17. The year 1892 was another to 10th, deep, and then suddenly dropped into weather with the tem- perature down around 30 to 40 below gero. Cattle died by the hundreds. Call 'Workers. Lethbridge, Alta, April 21. -- "Labor throughout the three prairie provinces is about the scarcest thing imaginable," worth, superintendent of the local government labor bureau. 'There is not one place in Alberta where there is a surplus supply, and both Sas- katchewan and Manitoba are sending broadcast in an effort to influence workers to come. Women Smokers Bring Up Bill. London, April 21.--Growth in the habit of smoking on the part of wo- men has been among the causes for the unprecedented increase in the consumption of tobacco in Great Bri tain during the past financial year. This announcement was made to-day 'in the House of Commons by J. Aus- tén- Chamberjain, chancellor of the Exchequer, in latroducing the new budget. i -- i ala their fate on the perilous west coast |' "Talking about records for long wint- bad one. Snow fell on November 5th | said Thomas Long- ; | NEWS IN SULLEVN, The Supreme Council at San Remo he Hope SHOLOM ASCH ho ka have decided that Turkey shall be~ recently returned o » Brobt, pd tain Constantinople as the capital. he witnessed the ferrible sulfering of a. the war refugees. The controversy over the policy to be pursued towards Germany Is the cause of dissension and may pre- cipitate a crisis between Britain and France. ' BY SHEER PLUCK. {| Plucky Port Hope Boy Saves To- P ronto's Lad's Life. | -- oe ort Hope, April 21---By sheer | |i now looks 'as though the Me- pluck and perseverance young Wal- | Creary bill, asking for s reterandum ter Stewart, of this town, saved the | on the liquor question, will have sn. lite of Harry Vanderheart, of Toron- h vot to, who is visiting his grandparents | dag ----y to carry in the legisla- here. The two boys had been fishing ! -- 3 the end of the east plier when ji ng Vanderheart lost his balance i The death list at Birmingham. Ala., and fell into the water. Stewart seiz- | from the tornado stand at 157 ed a board, and clinging to the cracks | with millions in property losses. {between the planks of the pier, he | ' --- pulled Vanderheart to safety. Three! Detective Dalton was shot and mor- {times the Vanderheart boy lost his | tally wounded in the heart of Dub Re (hold, but Stewart held on pluckily, | on T | and the fourth time he managed to | Hn esdny atiernoon; ot is Bntaftunate thum to safety. ter Stewart is only fen years of wy 3 age, and his plucky action, it is un- | RAID KA b JAIL | : derstood, will be brought to the at- | HANG A NEGRO suuon ot the Humane Society, as | -------- x the ple of Port Hope feel that he | Mob Wait While Victim Comes is worthy of recognition. ¥ of recos and identifies the Eats Polson. . Accu sed. Welland, April 21.--As the resuit.| : of eating rat poison, which he féund | ttsburg, Kansas, April 21. --AfL in somie rubbish at the back of the ter he had been identified by his vie yard, little Louis Bell, the six-year- | tim to-day, & mob raided the cous old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mar- | jail at' Mulberry, near here, tin Bell, Chippewa. street, is dead | away from the sheriff a young negro here. No person saw the boy eat- and hanged him, . : ing the-deadly poison, which has been | The girl was found with her throat discovered to have been of a well- (slashed, tied to a tree, near hb known patent brand. Shortly after- home early to-day. Boon afterwa wards he was takes violently il], and {the young negro and a white a physician was summoned. It was i were arrested and taken to jail. i too Tate, however, to save the child's | Thén the mob gathered, but life. Death was due to phosphorous | sheriff asked that action be defe { poisoning. Under the circumstances until the girl had identified one an inquest was deemed unnecéssary. { both men. She was carried to t pe a a jail, where she polstesa Out Bightée persons are known to | Begro. v i have been killed and great property | . The sheriff attempted to resist t loss by a tornado which started in mob, but was ovérpowered and hi south-eastern Mississippi about moon j prisoner taken away. Ten #aler he was hanged. i

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