Biloxi Daily Herald (Newspaper) - May 4, 1916, Biloxi, Mississippi DA AVERAGE CIRCULATION 2159 MAY 4,1916 CENTS PER 183 REPLY iti la of Opinion That Issue Must Be Decided in Washington on Submarine S. IS DETERMINED CLAIM of Peaceful Ships Must Cease Immediately and Can Be No Wavering from Original Demand Reply Coming + + + 4. * + 4. + 4. 4. + 4. * 4. 4* 4. GERMAN REPLY IN U. S. 4* 4 AMBASSADORS HANDS 4. 4 International News Service 4* 4* Washington, May 4. 4* Secretary Lansing announced 4* 4* this morning that he had been 4* 4* officially notified by 4* 4* dor Gerard at Berlin that the 4* 4* German answer to the 4* 4* can ultimatum would be ed him He added the no- 4* 4* contained no 4* 4* tion of the character of the 4* 4* man May 4. wireless to the Press via German reply to the American note on submarine warfare may be expected It now that Thursday may be the day on which it will be handed to the American the submission of tKe German reply the center of gravity in the it is considered will rest in * it must be decided whether the proposal which makes meets the conditions of the last paragraph of the American conference of high German authorities at headquarters has been and Dr. von the imperial it is will start this evening for Gerard visited Minister von Jagow yesterday but c absolutely uncommunicative on the The foreign office also declined to have anything to say on the STAND BY April 4. is known tu be unalterably determined to adhere to the by the United States in its demand that Germany immediately declare and effect an of its present methods of submarine proposal of any kind will be accepted by the American it is unless it includes a declaration of intention to stop sinking peaceful ships at Secretary Lansing and Col. E. M. House held a long conference at the White House last and it is understood the submarine question was Secretary Lansing said later that he had received absolutely no word from Berlin regarding the character of the which press dispatches said will be handed to Gerard president and his advisers are keeping their minds open while they wait for the German The long delay evidently has created a bad and it was authoritatively stated yesterday that the issue would have to be cleared up this week if diplomatic relations with Germany were to TO May 4. May 3.The German reply b the United States note will not decide whether a breach will come government and Germany according to the Volks This the newspaper will rest Entirely with President depending upon the answer he is expected to make German Zeitung asserts the basic principles of the German been decided upon that the question now is whether President Wilson will accept Germany's proposals as or whether he desires at any WITH May 4. The Spanish says a dispatch to the Temps from is disposed to support the policy of Continued on Foutu 10 BE HELD IN IN is Adopted to That Effect by Seashore Conference in Session at SCHOOL INSTITUTE HOLDS MEETING H. F. Tolle Presides at Session Organized for Sunday School Table by Various May 4. A Sunday School institute for the M. E. will be held at some in according to a resolution passed by the Seashore Conference of the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal at its conference yesterday district in the state will also have its Sunday school plans having been organized yesterday afternoon for that At the Wiggins which will for two or three some of the leading men in Sunday school work in the Methodist will Noted orators from different parts of the United States will also deliver addresses at the The Sunday School institutes promise to be one of the leading movements for the benefit of the M. E. that has been organized in some TOLLE The conference at its session yesterday afternoon was organized in to a Sunday school being in session for one and one-half Rev. H. F pastor of the M. E. at Addresses of interest were delivered at the Rev. J. L. of field secretary for the Sunday school held a round Those who delivered addresses George F. J. H. T. M. George L. E. L. Rev. W. L. At this session the resolution was adopted to hold a Sunday school institute at Wiggins in the exact date in that month not having been report of the Sunday School Committee was as our general Sunday School board aSks that each district in Southern Methodism be organized for more efficient we believe that the carrying out of this request will mean much in forwarding the work of God's Kingdom in our it that the following officers be el ated to hold office until their successors can bj chosen in the district meeting in Executive Rev. J. R. presiding Rev. H. F. Rev. B. E. Bay St. Rev. L. F. district J. C. elementary Mrs. A. F. teacher training superintendent George F. home department George L. Wesley Bible class J. A. Moss That we select Wiggins for our meeting place this that we as preachers and laymen of the district will do all we can to make the first district meeting a power for good and the beginning of a great forward movement in Sunday school SELBY Rev. J. B. manager of the Methodist orphanage home at was present at the session yesterday afternoon and was introduced to the Rev. Robert formerly pastor of the M. E. at was also Rev. Selby is commissioner for Mississippi at Emory university at and is in Biloxi in the interest of the law school established at Emory The law school has been named in honor of L. Q. C. of Rev. Selby expects to raise for the construction of a devoted to the law whose term will open in the Rev. Selby addressed the assembly this morning at 11 SELLS Rev. of preached at the Methodist church last His address was an interesting one and there were a large number to hear The number of delegates to the conference is estimated at sixty-five or seventy at the present on Seventh SAM HURRIES TRAINING OF NEW by American Press the call for more men for the United States army those who have enlisted aie put through an Here ere some ou NeW IRISH LEADERS Clark and Pay Extreme Penalty For signatories to the Republican proclamation of have been tried by court martial and found and were shot this They H. the president of James who was styled general of the Irish Republican Thomas J. Clark and Thomas Mac E. and Joseph the other signers of the were sentenced to three Asquith made an announcement of the executions in the House of Commons this secretary for has Birrell indicated his resignation from the cabinet by taking the corner seat behind the treasury bench when he entered the House of Commons H. Pearse was about 3.1 or 34 years old and was known in Ireland as an authority on Gaelic He began life as a but devoted most of his time to literature and educational For some time he was editor of the Gaelic Journal in Dublin and later founded St. which he conducted up to the time of the Sinn Fein had many friends in the United He lectured in this country on Irish ideals and Gaelic the proceeds of his lectures going to the support of his head of the Sinn Fein rebellion was the son an but was himself born and educated in He was Connolly lived for several years in New where he was active as a Socialist and labor He returned to Ireland about five years ago to aid in organizing Irish Connolly was about 50 years He was the author of a book entitled in Irish in and was editor of a labor paper in that city called Irish He was the father of eight all of whom survive him as well as his MacDonough was a close associate of Pearse's and a highly educated He was for some time assistant professor of English literature in the National of but resigned to become assistant to Pearse in St. J. was one of the leaders in the Fenian conspiracy of the early He was arrested and sentenced to life but was released after serving 14 After a short visit to America he returned to Dublin where he opened a tobacco Clark married the daughter of Mayor John of another of the Fenian He leaves a wife and four W. Mathias Had Been in Failing Health for Last Two and One-Half May 4. P. W. Mathias passed away peacefully at 1 o'clock Wednesday Since the death of her two and a half years Mrs. has been in failing and when the final stroke fell ruthlessly on Sunday she never rallied but gradually sank into the profound slumber which now the household on West Howard Mrs. Mathias has been a resident of for the past fifteen engaging in earnest work of the Ladies Aid Society and the Methodist church of which she has been a member since coming But for the few years past she had to give up her part in these Her has remained at home taking care of her since the death of the father in Besides Miss Capitola there are three children left to mourn her Dr. D. T. Mathias was called home 011 Monday because of the stroke of paralysis on Dr. Mathias is a graduate of and at present is an interne at the Another A. A. Mathias of Gulfport and Mrs. N. S. Hansen of are also here the Mathias was born in Go years coming to this country at the early age of three Interment will be made at either on Saturday or Sunday The funeral services will be conducted at the home at 9:30 this morning by Rev. Tolle of Biloxi and Dr. pastor of the First Presbyterian church of The remains were shipped to Audubon on the 10:53 a.m. train CA MEN Preach In Various Churches In the Morning and Hold Union Services In the THANKS May 2, via May 3. In an order of the day thanking the troops engaged in the suppression of the rebellion Lieut. Gen. Sir John the military says owing on Fourth May 4. W. state secretary for the Young Men's Christian H. P. secretary of the association at Meridian and L. D. secretary of the association at will be at Gulfport Sunday and will preach in various Protestant Mr. Godfrey having been assigned to the First Methodist Mr. Coor to the Presbyterian Church and Mr. Bond to the the afternoon at 3 Mr. Godfrey will speak at the North Gulfport Baptist Mr. Godfrey is not enly a favorite in but he is an excellent speaker and no doubt a large attendance will be on hand to hear the evening a big union meeting will be held at the Methodist Church at which all three of the secretaries named will The public is to secure some part 0$ each day for Apart from men we can look ourselves more honestly In the lift up our hearts to God and give our panting lives a Society of California Pledges Assistance to Make It a May 4, will be a proud day for Mississippi on the 10th day of 1917, the exposition celebrating the state's 100th anniversary is thrown open to the for more than one cf her sons who are now scattered throughout the union will be on hand to render love and reverence to the land of their that this will be The Daily Herald reproduces the following letter from the secretary of the Mississippi Society of California in which is given resolutions adopted by the society commending the Centennial Exposition and pledging assistance to its April 25. Editor The members of the i Mississippi Society of California were the guests of Winfield its April 22, at the Maryland the occasion being the first anniversary of its A Mrs. Annie E. and a great granddaughter of Gov. of Mississippi were a grandson H. S. Foote was unable to The society hopes that Mississippians throughout the United States will organize and say a good word in behalf of the Mississippi The Mississippi Society of California will give a noted ball and banquet on Admission Day and if possible use Mississippi food It is to be hoped that the people of Mississippi will rise equal to the other states do why not Mississippi enjoying the several of which were prepared like the way mother used to prepare an executive session was held and the following officers were elected for the ensuing Winfield Scott W. R. 1st Vice Mrs. George N. 2nd Vice Charles C. Mrs. Julie S. following resolution was The legislature the State of Mississippi at its last session January 1916, appropriation funds for the celebration of its one hundredth anniversary of admission into the great The Mississippi Society of California having noted with much pleasure said and having its love for the Old State during the International Exposition in 1915, It That the Mississippi Society of California hereby promises to render whatever assistance possible consistent with its citizenship of the Great State of to make said Centennial a C. Springs Wool Brings Good May 3.With the wool market rising and the crop much larger than Jackson county stock farmers are facing a season of which brought 32 cents last will fetch nearer 40 cents this The yield is three and a half a larger average than is carloads of sheep were shipped from Ocean Springs last week to They brought from to per the entire bringing nearly Stock interests are growing in Jackson + 1 I IM I I 1 FORMER U. + + CONNECTED IRISH WAR News + May 4. + James M. former United States minister to San 4* 4" has been arrested in + Dublin in connection with Irish it was officially at the United States 4* embassy here He will be brought to London and probably 4* placed on trial SULLIVAN'S SENSATION 4. 4* 4* Washington, May 4. 4* The reported arrest of James 4* + M. Sulivan for complicity in the 4* 4} Irish uprising caused a 4* 4" found sensation here in official 4* 4* circles this Sullivan 4* 4* is an American and it is 4* 4* stated in official circles he will 4" 4* be afforded protection due 4* 4* American citizens awaiting the 4* 4* facts in the CONTEST TO CLOSE ON MAY 6; BILOXI WILL Any Any Bottles So Yon Could Notice CHILDREN PART IN Men Also Will Declare Tomorrow Willis Walley Asked to Make In. Next Afternoon Session Yesterday Made Appeal For Funds for Memorial May 4. afternoon session of the U. was given up to the hearing cf reports from special Mrs. A. as chairman for appealed for contributions to the memorial window to be placed in the building in D. as a memorial to the women of the A similar movement is being made in the north for a monument to the women of that Daughters of the Confederacy at their general convention decided to take up this work and Mrs. Kimbrough made a strong appeal to the Division for this splendid report was made by Missi Lampkin for the Shiloh Monument which will soon be unveiled at the old battlefield at a session this the convention boarded cars at the noon hours for Beauvoir where exercises and a luncheon will be held during the evening will be devoted to a historical FOR 9 on Gulf for visitors by Sam Davis Sons of at Great Southern Hotel in honor cf the officers and delegates of the Mississippi Division Icham Reeves Believes the County Would Have Saved By Buying Mules May 4. president of the board of speaks enthusiastically of the county's purchase of twenty new heads of mule and expresses the belief that the county made a mistake when it did not buy these mules four or five years profit made by the hired teams would have more than paid for he own mules it is easy to keep up with the work of present sixteen of the county's mules are at work between Gulfport and Pass Christian and the other sixteen are being used on the road along the Gulf and Ship Island reason of the added number of it is hoped to complete the grading on the west beach in less than half the time used on the east May 4. any any same old in the same old business tomorrow afternoon will be to clean proclamation setting aside tomorrow afternoon as an afternoon for cleaning up will be followed in every the schools closing at the business houses also putting up the while Biloxi's hosts will eiU gage in one of the most vigorous wars on filth ever noted in school children will not be formed into squads as was the custom last They will be sent to their homes by the teachers and will be asked to devote their time to cleaning ' nder their own vines and MEN TO business men will close heir doors promptly at noon tomorrow and all the afternoon the employers and their employes will devote their time to cleaning Glennan said this morning that Biloxi is cleaner now than it was this time last to get the prize he Glennan has written to Dr. Willis asking that Biloxi's contest next WALLEY Walley promised to come to Biloxi for the inspection on or near May 6. It is not believed that he will reach here but that he will be in the city for the inspection next Monday or Glennan has a number of big which are flies He has also turned an upstairs room in a manufactory and is making fly traps and selling them fifty cents cheaper than the original Daily Herald received a communication this which on account of the clean-up will prove as it deals with so-called relic of the days of long The article in question is as old junk man was passing in his little trap ringing his bell and calling for the wares that lay idly around our The removal of these cast off have seen a better Without a doubt for us the cleanest town contest of the state with a was passing the back premises of the old Nixon which runs from the East Beach then to Water street and was just laying hold of the broken pieces of iron from a I stopped his scavinger to gaze on an antique of It was the stove from on Eighth you havs decided that a thing ought to be and an doing it never avoid being mm doing though ths many shall form an unfavorable opinion if it is why are you afraid of those who shall find fault MEAT TREATS SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE USERS OF EXTRA QUALITY PREPARED Liver Liver lb Meat Loaf Boiled per Dried Sliced to Suit We Are Now Receiving This Extra Quality Line by Direct From The Home of Meat Order Now It Is All Only Cash Leading and Most in the City Phone 214 P. 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