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THE CONCORDIA SENTINEL
-L. BRO 4~ Proprietor OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE PARISH OF CONCORDIA, TOWN OF VIDALIA, SCHOOL BOARD AND FIFTH LOUISIANA LEVEE DISTRICT TWO
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TWO NEW ANGLES ON ehi
and
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critic
Art
CONTESTS ARE STARTED ON AP. convI
PORTIONMENT OF FUNDS fight
SELECTIVE PLAN.
toche
distri
Legit
PREPARE TAX SCHEDULE ofic
Thro
it w
Suffrage Cohorts To Resume Battle- able
Centeantion Over Registration of thro.
Voters To Go To Floor of Rasli
Convention. tl
at ti
but
Baton Rouge, La.-Ordinances re- lawr
lating to the educational system of was
the state and creating a public ser-.of s'
vice commission will be in the spot- the
light at the Constitutional Convention. ticel
Both are fixed as special orders, edu- a pi
* cation for Tuesday and the public tare
service commission for Wednesday. of c
Interest mainly centers in the edu- T
rational ordinance because two par- in (
liamentary contests have already wril
- been started. One of the fights is' hibi
over the apportionment of public port
school funds The educational comrn- foul
mittee brought in a provision to ap- irifl'
portion the funds on a basis of educa- of
ble children. Mr. Cazedessus of East 5sio
Baton Rouge will attack this with an tic
amendmcut requiring the funds to be A
distributed "on a basis of average at- in
tendance ih the public -hools. .io'
The other contest is over the man- sio
ner of selecting the members of the 1
State Board of Education. The com- ha)
maitte ordinanee provides for eleven at
members of the board, one to be elect- sel
mid from each congressional district, sel
£mdthre to be named by the gov- J
aser. gat
Mrq F F. F. riend of New Orleans tio
SDr. Roy O. Young of Lafayette up
to offer amendments making the
bes entire board appointive by tlke tat
Gvernor. ed
One ordinance is on the calendar to
or nal passage a measure Mr. ga
iCllntep of Tensas, empow png the cal
I AgisIature to pass enabling acts'
when constitutional amendments are Or
s. ubmsitted. .ne
* A subcommittee from the taxatirqp w
e t a will meet Monday at 2 I Ge
5- '- ! prepare the taxation and reve- B7
ag aedale. The full committee is' Fe
. ietto whip the schedule into be
SSt
Tls schedule committee met at I p.
aditi emsMar ordinances on suamis
4, te arrange for the prepara- de
o thf schedule that will go into, th
'i m eeunstitution. The committee sc
'-ll also have the job of drafting an
Ogodl Dng for the session of:
bs ijatbl tutre that is to follow the t
' t tomU ceaveartiei. n.
,i estr-a. soarmiteS will resume.
attle over reistrs ar .voters.T
mstte what the .i doiT
' aa t tohe . wits be carried in
he esovene Several dissatis
's e bpvs declared their InL
SSightas the isse aon tbe
e.ogminte me agriculture wiln
a report from a subcommittee u
l Messrs. Young, Pipes and e
m.S re, d tl a of the com- e
.ordinamtee creating t.e "--ate
0!; Agrilu lture and defining its e
ordinau e enooantered,
oppoetian. In the convention c
- tad -Il
Jielrty flkeettee's ordi- i
ry p#~ e md distrlbuted, t
wie e printed mmd
-nibht. It W-ill
Sstasge dyrtis the r
ss~ e. a -ger
p te d gbe se
-ertk ea ths Brt
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0-~i
ule article 191 of the constitution po l
,hibiting members of the Legislature UEI
and other public officials from ac
cepting free passes on railroads and Mi
inserting a provision requiring the
legislature to enact and anti-pass
laws, is meeting with considerable
criticism among delegates.
Article 191 was written into the TWO
convention of 1£98, as the result of a CO
fight led by Mr. Carver of Natchi
toches% Railroad passes had been
distributed among members of the
Legislature, judges and other public IS II
officials to such an extent that it had
become a scandal in the state.
Through the pernicious use of passes, Silesi
it was' charged, the railroads were To
- able to prevent the passage of bills
through the Legislature creating a
Railroad Commission.
The Legislature had the authority Pal
at that time to enact anti-pass laws, the t
I bt the influence of passes over the annol
,. lawmakers was so powerful that tt is in
,f was impossible to secure the passage $10,0
r.,of such acts. To meet this situation, is pa
t. the convention of 1898 adopted an ar- Lond
ticel that penalized the acceptance of Tb
. a pass by a member of the Legisla- Reic'
c tare or other official with a forfeiture and
of office.
u. The pass evil has been recognized Pa
r-. In other states, and articles were a so
y written into their c onstitutions pro- lenm
is' hibiting the acceptance of free trans- the
ic portation by public officials. This was bod.,
n.' found necessary because of railroad siun
p. Influence over Legislatures by the us" pro;
,a- of passes, Alabama vw rote a provi- terri
st sion into her constitution rmore drasi asin
in tic than that adopted in Louisiana. by
be An attempt will be m':de, to 4ico" the
it- in the constitution an anti-pa- 's provi- toir
sion with teeth in it before the ses- T
sion closses. Frei
lie The people of New Orleans will cool
m- have the opportunity of voting to levy mar
en a tax of one-fifth of a mill upon them- ceps
ct- selve srofteh zb cmf bw lin au an h.
ct, selves for the establishing of a zoo.J sup
ov- A caucus of the New Orleans dele- t
gates to the Constitutional Conven- tele
ins tion was held recently and this agreed ish
tte upon. The question had been before cite
rag the taxation committe and represen- cital
the tatives of the zoo association appear- con
ed before it. The committee decided iod
tar to leave it to the New Orleans dele- abl
hr. gates and required Charles Rosen to goy
the call a conference of them slu
cts Mr. Rosen presided and other New .
are Orleans delegaes present were Colo- soll
nel John P. Sullivan, Martin Behrman, onl
i-p W. wkummings, Esmonds Phelps, of 1
I George E. Williams, William H. ant
- Byrnes, Jr., Harold A. Molse. J. O. the
is' Fernandez, Judge Charles P. Clal- mi,
,to borne, Charles D. O'Connor, E. M. lic'
IStafford, Dr. V. I4 Irion and J. Henry gic
P- Blache. tai
cis-i Judge Claiborne and Phil Arras en- thi
tra deavored to have thy' recommenda
Into tion of the conference provide that a in
ttee zoo also should be established at City ris
an Pork. They withdrew any objection ha
w of when it was explained that the loca- co
the tion of the zoo would be left entirely qo
up to the city. A nucleus for a zoo re
Am already has been established at Au
i. dubon- Park through the activities of S1
Time Times-PleY3ne pr
The conference, after a cose vote,
L decided that the levying of the tax
eskould be decided at an election in
which only property owners may Vote.
will Mr. O'Connor shd Colonel Sullivan
ttee urged that it be left to a vote of the I
and entire electorate but yielded in defer
Seaes to the wishes of other delegates e
t*te who wanted the decision left to prop- s
g its erty owners only. i
ered The New Orleans Zoological Asso- n
ltcia ciation two years ago started the zoo 0'
.I at Audubon Park and already has a e
ordi- nice start through generous contribu- .
uted, tions of Orleanian The one-ith ofL i
Sis a mill- tax, if voted, will provide su
irl Ic lent mosey for the establishing and
r the maintenanace of a zoological srdena
Swhich ln a few yeurs will vie with any
-as tih the eountry, the boosters as
shed. sern
- Abbevile.-The coatlsuofs narth I
the crops depite requent showers.
sad~- lverst -Satio, ata Rous.
as (IY years age It was the practice
pa to d*lP mst ef the stawberrls from
wo thie flmiumd, lg., dirl to clt i
go. That was beorse every skhippe
_ kaew the daily distrlbutle of
l t 1 Abvallle---as la e th a e
keen e ds do baa...a
le 1 . fatch~es.-The Selad wek t the
he son urver o Nateitoehes parls
*. d msheh has tben Ia ostmas thru
ileat te past two wnter se#ans will som
hb- be eaepleted and the party art arvey
ad ers pg mrth dfoir work tbn during
rpa t ums. ll*me Ifty types ef soil
hap beesa lidnatlied and maped. The
Snepart ma e rsp covered the euLt of
a week wU Mh pa ih-bdEt pau
- mer - A msYD--4'he towoI a4spt gve*s
a ttOSl dats a M ii *ap @ weak be
gtaPha are p-of Ja s DeasN
, winae thet the btag
WM-L -- ~
9lardii
TWO .HUNDRED MILLION "ON AC- miuth
COUNT" IS HANDED TO THE and u
ALLIES IN BONDS. pri i!
in thi
IS IN THE SHAPE OF BONDS tion.
upon
tariff
Silesian Dispute Now Seems,On Way urally
To Settlement, France Being Dis- measl
posed to Accept the Com- items
promise. gener
to mt
Paris.-The first real payment on tion
the German reparations account was
announced from Berlin. The payment
is in the form of twenty bonds of about Table
1 $10,000,000 each, $80,000.000 of which
is payable in New York, $60,000,000 in
London and $60,000,000 in Paris. Coble
The bonds are indorsed by the ine
Reichsbank, the Disconto Gesellschaft l6 in
and the Dresdencr Bank. and
fount
i Paris.-The first official step toward the
e a solution of the Upper Silesian irolb- will
leni was taken at a special se-sion of - f tl
the council of ambassadors " hen that
s body ins:ruicted the ph, ,iscite colmuis- iig t
d sion at Opp, In to mak; unanimous 1,
Spropi5els for spliting the dispIilt .d t
1- territory into three portions, one to ti:
Sadc linistert d and :cc)pit'ed ill italrily
by Germany, another ly l'oiand and h
St!he third t: ie mad': iJutt a neutral t:
i- Lono und r an alli d eonuco scih,. rii:
s. The action of Paul l';lmbou, the "u,,l
French meml ,r of the a;ila-sad:(:rs `:I
i1 council, in agreeing to tile schemn, o a.
y marks the beginning of French ac
n. ceptance of a compromise plan, which
, wh. n presented by the briti-h and
supported by the Italians, they re- Won
jected.
e- The ambassadors met following a \
,d telegram from Col. Percival, the Brit- pita
d ash member of the inter-allied plebis- Ala
ci ite commission, and Gen. de Mari-' neg
- isiani, the Italian member. Gen. Le- con
r- rond, the French representative, add- wa"
ed a codicil explaining that he was not ed,
able to concur because the French wil'
to government had previously rejected a of I
similar offer. dise
'w The telegram announced that the coo
o. sole solution of the problem could not cat
in, only be reached through the creation wo'
s' of three zones, permitting the Gernap di
and Poles to occupy regions where rac
O. they had received majorities and per- sid
a:- mitting the allies to concentrate po- pit
.i' licing troops in the third disputed re- prc
ry glon in sufficient numbers to main- ica
tain order in the entire region until wa
en. the question was solved.
da- The fact that M. Cambon concurred
t a in the instructions sent to Opplen gives Pr
ity rise to a belief that Gen. Lenrod must
onI have indorsed his Italian and British
ca- colleague's proposals, though certain
ely quarters insist he would rather have 1to
Goo resigned than submit to such a course. 50
au- It is expected the status of Upper 50
of lilecia will be left thus until the su
preme council meets at Boulogne in re
te, an attempt to solve the problem. as
in ' CATCH A WOMAN TRAMP.
ote. of
*Beats" Her Way From Oklahoma
the , Town into Wisconsin.
fer- Oconto, Wis-The first woman tramp pt
rtes ever arrested in Northeastern Wiscon
rop- ~ih was taken from a train when it ti
pulled into the station here. The wo
So-' wfan, fairly well dressed and wearing
ooi overalls over her skirt and a cap pu!l
z a: e"l down on her ihick bobbed hair, I
ibu- gave her name as Helen Ardmore and o
bi! said she had beaten her, way from a y
f small Oklahoma town, the name of d
whic" rho refused to reveal. She said a
b she was 28 years old and a waitress. c
She was sentenced to ten days in the b
onaty jail t.
FEAR INDIAI UPRISING.
rth Utah Offleors Apprehensive and Or. 1
sag gania Poses. ,
r. Salt Lake City, Utah.-Fear of an
.- uprilsin of the Ute Indians, following I
tie the death ,in fight with a peace off I
M or d an Indian, was contained in al
ie- message received by United States 1
Marshal iebeker from George Adams, I
si former member of the Utah Legisla- 1
tare from San Juan county. The mes
Iage read:
S"One Indian was killed when County
aAttorney Kelter and Sheriff Hyde at
tempted to arrest Utes for, stealing I
cattle. Sheriff calls for help. Posse
fthe leaving from Monticello and Blanding.
iis lires cat between Bluff and Bland.
IM n tag."
ry Air Patrol in Forests.
*ID Paso Texas.r-The army air sere
Slece is contemplatint an airplane patrol
Sto ipotect the Arisons forests from ray.
Sof ages of fire. MaJ. Carl Spats, air offi
r cr of the Eighth corps area with head
quarter' at Fort Sam Houston, is in
ogive Ngales, Ari., wbee he will establish
hbe headquartets for the patroL
, Aetero Cffor Killed. .
sa Diego, Cal.--Lleut George T.
Ram ee of Boston, Mass., naval air serv
D eal , was lledk s a Chief Machinist's
Mate James P. Dudley tof Virginia was
ba o g euly zjed when the airplane in
ieh the w.Wfele ften 5eofet.
-nged As 6PI
)* , L-U taWo . Saehlr, a r
S gage ---aark l- wE ,tm rlh .
j1-U LgeL a~ qpl
- iCIJw bjk iiA rp
Clio;9anh·~ dS biaiA' ·
L7_·~t . ~ill~j: ·b9 r~Cd~~t~:*:a
6arries Provis;~i Dcs gned to Prevent
Tois Country.
Dumping of Foreign Crds in R E
irf iii was s'.nfl by 'resihent
lardin '. It will ;ffr,,t for a ,ix
ni,ths period Is f:r prolts 6UPP
:ind lat ri'd ai provision desi-Mat'l to Mi
t'prevnt the dluniing of foreigl goods
in this country. In event of passagze
by congress of the Longw(nous esolu
tion, under which new imp t dutils RELA
would become effective immaPliately
upon introduction of the permanent
tariff bill, house leaders said it nat
urally would supersede the emergency
measure which carries only a few Gi6
items compared with thosusands in the
general bill. House republicans plan
to meet to decide whether the resolu.
I tion shall be made a party issue. Meia
t ARMY WILL FEAST. rtil
roll. (n
Tables Will Be Spread Commemorat.- ton a
ing Anniversary Q. M. C. to th
W ashington-Tables will be set from the t
Coblenz to China and from :h,, Philip- .lr. 8
pines almost to the Artic Circlt J.Inn it
16 in observance of the one. hiutlreltll di
and forty-sixth anniversary of th exid S
founding of the quartrrmastor corps of i1
the army. Plans for dinn' rs, w hi i
- will be attended by officers ,and men
tff tie corps and business nm'u \ .,i
it ppllietd tho itaiiy with mu i.,. '
- ing t ',' - "\ar - were atI: loil.' 1 . I' '.
dt
'~ Would Cost $2,000,000, and Care Ex. l
clusivly f r Disabled SoldiersI. is t
1s- Ala., to care exclusively for disabled ' "
li' , negro former service men, is und r hav'
L'e. consideral tilon by the overn ,l it an
ch PROPOSE NEGRO HOSPITAL. ,;"'ir
nd late.
reld- Would Cost $2,000,000, and Care Exp- sat
clusi havely for isabled Soldiers it felt
diashingtonfficials explatructiouof as the- tpli
thepital costing $20of the fi o near Tuskedu- mel
not cla., to care excinstitlusively for disabled in of
ri d-negro former service men. is undtr hat p
er- consideration by the government, it ican
- was said at the treaur sury It as expect- (tt
in- ied officials said, that'the nse wortiutd tion and
Swill have 1,500 bpds. Estaolishm-nt fel
i a of te hospital near Tuskege is being shOld an
discussed, officials explained, as the plkefi
the cooperation of the famous negro edu- reis
not scational institutin thrlod is desired in of
ion workng out plans foreports to the reief of
Sreaud former kets. A year.n ago that price w
ererace. The new hospital is being con- Sul
Ssi7.50.ered in line with the easteral hole- wa
pitalization plans of the treasurynge is for ailto
declprovin adequ $ per barrte medical and prssure
ical facilities for veterans of the world"o tie
ntil war. pol
----~--me
red POTATO PRICES FALL. ene
ust Price of 30 Cents a Bushel on Old an(
aresh heStok Lowest This Season.
a potash lington.-ePotatoes reached the ke$
lowest price of the season when old is
ree. stock sold in carloads at Chicago for the
per 50 cents, per 100 pounds, or 30 cents a st
Sto $3 per bushel, according to reports to the bu- the
in reaut tively mucarets. A year ago the price tw
was $7.50. In most large. eastern whole- fe
sale markets the price range is from to
declined its, per barrel under prsure
a of increaing supplies from the Carl,
alins. Shipments of old and new stock
are heavy for this time of year.6esult eeof a
Stmp potatoes declined slightly, but at $2.50
con to $3 per bushel are actually and rela
Sitg datively much highyetr than white stock. Ri
oing of tWhen-T alliehugs Fallsupreme Outncil at dli
u!- Des MBoulognea, a.-James O'Keeferstood, al- th
hairams, lshged leader ff the Lemars, I., gang out
andl theof banditsage twho escaped from Fort g
m alng adeisiisoto prison last Chrstof practicas Day, acceptance.
sside aPcording to report s unreceived herestood, h;
ing. proposee' death wasgive the rquestiolt of a di
Blande vision of the distrnflictd n a flight ovto experts,
the dvisionupeme council not isto ma ke its
decision before receiving the report Popfr 1
Divion of Relcue DIstresn Distrt
patrol Norfolk, .is.--Conryf to expectations nout
Sdate f rom Cape Verde with 69 passengers, t
I and outlogne and, it ois understood, the rican
Iaeschooner Senator, bound fto ther homeBt
taalish about 30 miles east of Cape Hepointing out by
the coadvantage to be ained from not ing.
Sdeciding the Upper Silesin Montan a.uestion
immedt Helna, Mont.-A lighthe snowfall wasof
r n repormind in the two directly inseparated arested
ist's in Montana.ries, which might cause an earlyv
asw decistin the mountail o prascticalons, followed
le arem series of showerstit havunderstood
o pwoesptoread give thate uestate.ion of a d
Svision oGalv the dtonstrit over to experts, -
m the tuee me counci l not to make ofits
decistion bee sore receiving the reporict of
s the atehnical Loexaminatshorne' a
r o Cap e V erde with 69 passengers,
schooner Senator, bound foI her home
the coast gubrd Eutter Manning.
-,,rl t t ter ,,, na fainm' e- ,
,.'.. ....... ... uibc , C ! ":"bers
ra r r^ HRM O b X5,1
SOL U iississ,
OBHEIUN HANDED N
Bent
RECOGNITION TERMS l
asis'
SUPPRESSION OF RADICALS IN erunm
MEXICO DESIRED BY THE tnounce
UNITED STATES. include
grain e
transit
RELATIONS ARE CORDIAL and it
enable
bargo I
U. S. Charge D'Affaires, May Be unie of
Given An Answer This Week. loading
Conference In Mexico City going
Hurriedly Arranged. of this
will cc
Mexico City.--(Gorge T. Summerlin, board
the American charge d'affaires, who house
recently returned h, re from Washing- warehl
ton. caller' at the foreign office, but war d
ii wa, exIlaintd his visit was merely $.75.0(
to thank Foreign Secretary Pani for
the c.o.rtte'es extended incidental to RI'
U1r. Summerlin's return here.
hWith the nenel"randum of the Unit- New I
ed States regarditig rccognition of
M\txi o in his lands for consideration, liTo
re-i lent Obr gon. it is stated semii- bunke
l ii all', jiill com uni tlicat,, ith Mr. 1 1, tO
Ii:':t rlin rct rdin ti l)llll I docu t. izoi
Stic .,n, o. I s :,ials i 1S eclin dl to ie ,1 lo0t- 4
S l:,j i . (1 al* itl' t lh, . ter .,
,am. it t I. tv e ha f i s o . 'riri,~ ntn 1 i,xi
ai n e, : ct the l, rI esl i l'r. id nt ha- :tion
i iitl , C ) it and for 11r t -h anI 1 r ti
ci,"r d, I,:.r -d by ltllo. A teicaI ith .n d i
; es t- " . Mr. 'SuollI rltlt, arc- lant:
t4 .:t~lir ltr L 'y a fote..n ol ..-' I'po il U'- livid
4'tailt 4, tn.t the lres:414it in ('ha- tiO 1 i
i r-Itl; c C;,-tle and for te-r, than an porat
hi ;tr 67>:ti :s;ed the nieOlOlhalldiln with and I
hiir. The conference is said to have ness
x- b-ee:!n an (::er"ely cordial one and it
is stated Pr sident Obregon expressed
)s. the toesire for an amicable arrange
. met. Chica
ed .l1r. Summerlin is understood to
, r have told President Obregon that Mex- Ch
it ican affairs had occupied, the United aloul
ct- States ,tate department for some time "Fig
on and that e.pecial concern had been
-nt felt in Washington over rumored Bol- the
ng shi-viki activities in Mexico, as exem- taco
be plified by the recent tragedy in Mo- this
du- relia and the invasion of the chamber sign
in of deputies by radicals. ing
of Fresider. Obregon, according to re- 225
hat ports, is declaled to have assured Mr. his
on- Sumrntrlin that the radical movement spee
ss- was being watched closely and that lord
for ail safeguards were being taken to read
trg- prevent its rsauming menacing propor- cour
rid" tions. Mlr. Summerlin maintained his apac
policy of reserve and the only com- bont
ment he would make on his confer
ence with President Obregon was that
"the meeting was extremely pleasant sUPt
Old and the president most affable."
As indicative that the government is
the keeping a watchful eye on the radicals Put
old is a war office order issued directing
for the disarming of all civilians in the
is a state of Michoacan, which has been
bu- the scene of several serious clashes be- me
rice tween Catholics and socialists. The o
lole federal troops also have been orlered ern
rom to be prepared at all times to suppress ce
toes outbreaks ro
sure roe
aro" COSTA RICA Tio ADVANCE. by
rock Ay
fret Entrance Approved As Central Amei- far
2.50 can Republic. t
rela
k San Jose, C. R.-Advance of Costa 33
Rica to the Central American repub- tri
lics is approved in a report filed in
al- the fcreign office by a majority in the
gang foreign relations committee of con
Fort gress. The government has drafted a
Day, law embodying final approval of the bu
ital treaty establishing the federation and re
ere, has called for a meeting of the constit- kn
of. a uent national assembly to pass upon dii
ovea the entrance of Costa Rica to the fed- ur
eration. ea
SSEIZE SLACKER'S PROPERTY.
per Federal Authoritiee Grab All Money of
Goper rover Bergdoll.
Sno Philadelphia.-All of the property In
eet- this city of Grover Cleveland Berg
il at doll, convicted draft evader and army ll
the deserter, now in Germany, valued at e
Brit- about $850,000, was seized by Col. t
Sout Thomas W. Miller, alien property cus
a not todian of the United States. It con-h
stion sists in four local banking instltutions. ,
*eted BIG FIRMS ARE MERGED.
rce.r St, Louis.-Merger of the three lar
tod, gest wholesale grocery companies in p
a di St. Louis, with a capital of $2,000,000, ,
perts, was announced. The firms are Scud- ,
ke its ders-Gale, &mos-James and Haas- Lie c
ort of ber. The latter two companies were c
consolidated last year. The new com- D
cern wlil be known as the Amos
Jpmes.Lieber Company.
a out
ngers, Hungary Would Join.
erican Geneva.-Hungary has officially no-'
home tified the league of nations of her in
ed up tention to apply for admission to theI
,ry by league when the assembly meets in
• September.
Crazed Negro Kills One.
ll was Buffalo, N. y.-Edward A. Wilson,
areas 53, a-sergeant of the police reserves,
a hearv- was killed and four other persons were
;lowed shot by a negro who ran amuck with
B been a pistol in a house occupied by negroes
in Clinton street.
,ora, Divoroed At 84.
55 e- Oklhoma City, Okla.-Mrs. Matilda
lace of Pose, 84 years old, was granted a di
rict of vprce here from John Poss, 75 years
n's *5 old. Mrs. Peo allee tie j wehe mari
we"nti red in 1865 ad that Fo, "waold.'a
IwuL* i-.
$675,000 TO IMPRQVa PJRTS PIE
Mississippi Barge Line Will Share in
Benefits of the Improvements.
$275.000 From War Dept. Surely
Ne.w O('ir..n-.- A total of $(;75.000
will I i' t i portl Ii )Ir ei,)ni tSI>. ito
as is tih dt ,,'l ni' ent " f th' gov- W riter
ern nt barge li'. It was an- Writer
llt ellh d he're. Thc'a illpr'ovrlments venti
include an ext,.n ion cf the public H
grain elevator, loading facilitlis and a
transit warehouse for handling flour
and tobacco. The grain elevator ex- Thre
tension will w a marine lei that will world
enable the barges of the Mississippi While 1
barge line to unload an enormous vcl- the wo
ume of wheat without int'rrupting the kind to
loading facilities now neede.d for ocean well an
going vessels. Towards the biulding process
of this marine leg, the war department strange
will contribute $2501100. and the dock whom
board $150,000. The transit ware- anxiety
· house will consist of a wharf and a bling a
warehouse, for building of which the she wi
war department has made available ioan I
v $275.000, it is stated. strtl
s tartle)
o RICE GROWERS ORGANIZE. road ti
It can
New Association Elects Lake Charles, whihl
La., Man Chairman. o thut
, louston. Texas. -\V. S. Stric kland, other.
hbanker of Lake t(arli., La.. t.u t
. l(t itd chn irman iof i h- new-ly ii ofoan
t i/ed .ill, titan Ri -e (ro , t'r " Ass. ciat - l.1"
'r o11 ,i, a. d : rit thou i
:tIullo-, -5cr i)li l tl- i . -11.- h 1 a ,,
itn oration uniter the laws ,f )uisi:ln it ;ti
th and has ae'.d for a permit t;l, 'o ust- fln
-e ness in Texs ane a orkaLnasi. frighi
it of eg
ed WILL FIGHT LANDLORDS. ness
noisy
Chicago Man Not Beaten-Will Carry wag'
to Case to Supreme Cotrt. B Ru
ex- Chicag(i.-C. H. E. Ziegler, known Pro
ed along the north "gold coast" as the every
me "Fighting Doc." anounced he would ap- to th
en peal the adverse ruling which lost him foun
ol- the decision in one of the most spec- agali
h- tacular landlord-tenant battles here ago,'
this spring. Ziegler displayed a huge the
sign in front of his apartment object- tore)
ing to a rent increase from $135 tW and
re $225 and replaced one torn down in cont
tr. his absence. On Sundays he made they
ent speeches against "profiteering land- inar
hat lords" to crowds that assembled to dire
to read his sign. A jury in Judge Trude's voyt
io- court decides he must vacate his tout
Sapartment, but Ziegler filed a $5,000 he
fer- bond and anounced he would "fight or
haer- this thing through the United States ' agal
supreme court." over
_ant and
it is CUT ALABAMA RAIL RATES. oply
his oupre!
aals Red $, h
ang Public, Service Commission Reduces is o
passenger Fares. tim
Mobile, Ala-According to announce- bee
be- ment by President John T. Cochrane, cye
The of the Alabama, Tennessee and North- Z
ered em railroads, a reduction of 16 2-3 per her
ress cent in intrastate passenger rates will mal
be put into effect June over that on
road. sur
The decrease, which was authorized be
by the Alabama public service com- ant
mission, will be allowed on one-way
fares and round trip fares with a re- I
turn limit of 30 days. A decrease of
osta 33 1-3 ppr cent will be made on round I
,pub- trip rates with a return of five days. but
d in Ti
the FIND MORE PLAGUE CASES. va
con- col
led a Mexico City.-Four new cases of ab
the bubonic plague and three deaths were we
and recorded at Tampico. There are 40 ml
nstit- known cases of the plague there, but of
upon dispatches assert rigid sanitary meas- It
ied- ures to prevent the spread of the dis- a
ease are being inaugurated.
th
Y GUNS DROVE HIM INSANE. ac
"y of Jury Acquits War Veteran on a Novet h
Plea in Illinois.
ty i Clinton, Ill.-Because be was close
Berg- to big guns in the army, James Ham- Si
army tion Irvins of Chicago was saved from i
ed at conviction for murder. A jury found be
Col. that he had killed Daniel Young at p
T cus- Clinton on November 26, 1920, but that a
con- he was insane at the time. Two weeks' u
tions. continual firing of 150-centimeter guns a
caused Irvins' insanity, it was testified. e
lb
Juarel Is Popular.
te lar- El Paso, Texas.-After vising 23,000 *
es in passports and tourist permits to visit a
)0,000, Juarez, Mexico, in the past three I
Scud- months, the Mexican consulate has
=- Lie called a halt. The consulate has de
were clared that hereafter it will not vise
rcornm more than 50 passports or permits a
Amos~ day. -
Rathenau in Cabinet.
Berlin.-Dr. Walter Rathenau, presl.
Ily no- dent of the German General Electric
her in- company, according to the newspapers,
to the has accepted the post of minister cf re
ots in construction in the cabinet of Chan
cellor Wirth.
Send Envoys To Mexico.
Vilson, Washlington.-Czecho-Slovakia is ex
serves, pected to send to Moscow shortly a
Is were commercial mission with the probable
k with object of negotiating a trade agree
eegroes ment between the two governments,
acoording to advices in official circles.
Prison Sentences Seught
Matilda New York.-Coagreas will be asked
d a di to amend the federal laws to compel
m years imposition of prison asentenees on con
p-, mar victed members of building materials
ea oli.'l co-bl at",,,. Sau •l Ustmnyr ba
auesd. -
4 · i ·
PLEA FOR THE H
Surely Poor Biddy Is Entitled
Some Consideration.
Writer Points Out How Modern
ventions Have Made Her Work;
Harder to Perform-Latest
Is the Airplane.
There serems to bIt no rest in t
world for tihe lºv'y .anl useful h
While devoting aIl her spare time
the work of producing eggs for ma
kind to eat, she is obliged to put h
well and favorably kno\yn intsllectu
processes to the tusk of studying th
strange characterlstics of those fort'
whom the eggs are laid. Always with.
anxiety, and octen with fear land trem
bling and with accompanying cackling.
she watches the new devices ,which
man produces for her destruction.
Long ago, it seemls now. she waS
startled by that strance demon of the
road that ntan cnlled a bicycle. When
it came alg sitg (s could never tell
which side o.f the road was the safer.
so shie flujttered alinllcsly and ailmost
without hole from one side to the
other.
II the c.tire of time and with the
aid of experitene. frequently painful -
and nl m i t'i I fat:l, -he le :tirt i that
it w Jtf i. r ti sl:t y whirt slt ' '-h it"
:lit r to try i l,' th tli nl t, . ''hen
l, , ,, I,' " ; i'+ltll '' , to tll io'f re
1 .ih ' t r ' r a I to irtrrl' t tihetim
i l ' of the :llltI!di·i, t .lhil" nlltny
S toh I : rto!y tI .t It ir tr . fit the
il ltl ,lil },.ilt' h 11t 1 11"'"+1 1"" " 1 fl't0 111t'l t
a a i s iht ii t, ti ti counitry r-,tis that
th e htll < 'i railly imlie to regard
a it with a sleariutin ilcaur oflr ind l it'er
ence. Sihlle : lcu :ltieally cot -ee to he
frighteinedi ilay" ftin her stetady job
of egg-layin., and giot': about her husi
ness as usual, in spite of the smelling.
noisy, careless and uncertain devil
' wagons.
But now comes along another terror.
n Pro Bono Publico, ia famouis citizen of
1C every community, has written about it
- to the Daily News of St. John's, New
in foundland. "As one who protested
c- against the bicycle nuisance' 20 years
re ago," he writes. "I desire to joinl in
Se the present agitation to prevent mo
t- torears from using the public roads,'
to and he tells a moving tale of the die
in comforts they cause and the trouble
do they produce. But this is all prelim
d- inary to. his real complant. That is
to directed against the airplane ocean
's voyagers who have flocked to New
is foundland for the hop-off. Of these
00 he says:
ht "I also tish to voice a protest
es against airplanes being allowed to fly
over the city, frightening our poultry.
1and thereby interfering with the sup
ply of eggs, so important during the
present shortage of food. This nuisance
es is only just beginning, and now is the
time to stop it before the airplane
co- becomes as great a pest as the bi
ne, cycle and the motorcar."
th- The hen is doing her best to perform
per her duty to man and to keep up with
rill man's vagaries, but it is a severe strain
hat on her intellect. If man wants her to
supply his table with eggs, he should
zed be more considerate.-Hlartford Com'
Dm- ant.
aray
SI Rent Profiteering in Manila.
and I Landlords, owners of residences and
business buildings in Manila, says the
Times of that city.., are taking ad
vantage of the paucity of home and
commercial structures to raise rents
of abnormally. Workers for salaries or
ere wages, and firms and companies in
40 mercantile pursuits complain bitterly
but of the demands of the owners or
eas- lcssors of houses and stores, factories
dia- and bodegas.
Most of the victims have to yield to
the increased rents because they have
no recourse. One man who paid $140
• month for his small, uncomfortable
oot home, has been informed that he must
pay $50.
lose The Times has urged that the ity
lam- authorities establish a rental commi
Irom sion to which lessees and renters who
und believe they are being gouged can ap
g at peal for adjustment. We have cornm
that lissions for fAxing rates for travel for
eks' men, animals and freight How much
guns more necessary one to regulate the
ifed charges for one's hotne or place of
business. We refuse utility companies
the right to exact more than a certain
00 sum for certain service, and yet per
visit mit landlords to mulet the renter who
three must suffer the injury or move into tih
has open air.
a de- ________
ise War Sets New Standard for Wives.
its a Practically every able-bodied man il
the French colonies of North Africa
saw service in the war. The sojourn
presi. of so large a proportion of these Mose.
eetric lems in Europe in close contact not
pr e, only with European troops but with
cf re. the American "dough boys" is a fun
Chan. damental factor in the breaking up of
prejudice against Christionity. A
changed attitude toward women is
noticeable in the fighting men from
is eox- North Africa as another result of the
rtly a war's influence. A nultber of Moroc
obable cans and other tribrsmen married
agree French girls of the lower classes while
ments, in France. Although the lot of these
ircles. girls is indeed a hard one, because at
the primitive conditiots under which
they must live lto their dopted .eo*
assed try, they have opened tie eyes of the
ompel men to the fact i1 S·~ 4 Il
n con*. something mores
terials fSc r os ig
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