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CP Thornhill The Caldwell atchman YOL. Y;) (OLtMI I AII ., A)1 IISI.l\.1 , '11Ay,I .\1'iP, 14 , . 191.. RUSSIANS GAIN IN GREAT BATTLE HEIGHTS WHICH DOMINATE UZ SOK PASS THEIR OBJECTIONS -MANY PRISONERS TAKEN. TWO SMALL VESSELS SUNK German Submarine U-31 Reaps Toll Off West Coast of England-Eng land's King a Teetotaller. London.--The attention of the pub lic is being directed toward the great -truggle for the ('arpathian passes, where the Russians apparently are making steady progress, despite obsti- is nate resistance by the Austrian and oj German troops. ti The Russians are on the Hungarian side of both the l)ukla and Lupnow passes, and aided by re-enforcements, are gaining the heights which doml rate Uzsok Pass. Even the Austrian officials report admits that fighting Is takeing place in the La Boroza Valley, south of Lupkow Pass; while the Rus- T slans announce the capture of Cisma, an important station on the high mountains between Lupkow and Uz sok Passes, where they captured a great stock of war munitions and pro visions. The Russians also are advancing b from Dukla Pass on Bartfeld, at the head of the line of railway running south into Hungary, and fighting not a far from Mesolaborez, another import- p ant railroad head. On Saturday and a Sunday they captured in the Carpa thians upwards of 3,000 prisoners. They also claim another success in Bukowina and the capture of another I 1,000 prisoners, while the Austrians also assert that they repulsed a Rus sian force which attempted to cross the Dniester River. The German submarine U-31 has re placed the U-28 off the west coast oft England, and during the day reports were received of the sinking by this b underwater boat of the Russian bark Hermes and the steamer Olivine, both small vessels. The king of England has made a definite pledge to prohibit the use of alcoholic liquors in the royal house holds, a self-denying ordinance which many prominent men in the country already have placed on themselves. With this example before the people and probably shorter hours for the sale of liquors, it is believed that total prohibition will not be necessary. Oklahoma Statute Fought. Washington. - Constitutionality of the Oklahoma statute requiring ex press companies to deposit with the corporation commission sufficient money to cover possible refunds to pa trons should the commission's.new ex press rates be upheld by the courts, 14as challenged in a case filed in the supreme court. It is the first law of the kind to be brought to the court's attention. $418,350 For Arkansas Rivers. Washington.-Rlver and harbor im provement projects to share in the $30,000,000 authorized in a lump sum by Congress for these public works deemed most desirable in the interests 1 of commerce and navigation was an nounced by Secretary Garrison. Con- 4 gress left to the chief engineers of the War Department the cutting of the original estimates, which amounted to $53,000,000. Big Revenue Shown. Washington.--The total net revenue of all steam railroads of the United I States, with operating revenues ot more than $100,000 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914. was given at $845,216,654 in a report made public by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. Won't Bow to Nippon. San Francisco.-Each of the 800,000 Chinese in the United States soon will be asked to pay a $20 tax for the pur pose of raising a fund to resist Ja pan's demands upon China, according to leading members of San Francisco's Chinese colony. American Ship Held. London. - The American steamer Robert M. Thompson, from New York for Rotterdam, with a cargo of lard and other packing house products, is being detained at Deal pending in quiries regarding the consignees of the cargo. 15,000 Pray For Peace. Riverside, Cal.-More than 15,000 persons climbed Mount Roubidoux, and at the foot of a huge cross on its crest, knelt in prayer for pece. at. IVAN TRUFANOFF re Ivan Trufanoff, aged sixty-two years, i- is the oldest volunteer in the arnic id of the czar. He is a ('ossack and haI: taken part ir. three previous .wars. RUSSIANS WOULD RESUME Ofi[NSIV[ tiu Jus THEIR OPERATIONS ONLY SHOW ton ACTION IN WAR THEATERS MOVING ON RAWKA RIVER.. era arr London.-Oiflcial reports contain ten little news. In the west there has; been nothing that approached the pro portions of a battle. In the east the armies stand about as they were. Fighting in Northern POland has been of a desultory char. acter, both sides apparently havingi given up any idea of an immediate ad vance. In Central Poland, however, su( the Russians are showing a certain the liveliness. c u German official reports for the last two days have noted Russian attempts a 1 to resume the offensive on the Rawka cal River, while Vienna reports a Russian ing attack near the Pilica River, which ert they claim to have repulsed. These movements doubtless have been undertaken to prevent the Aus- tio trians and the Germans from re-en forcing the armies trying to hold the Carpathian passes against the on- tut slaught of the Russians, who daily re- ant port the capture of a large number of the prisoners, but who apparently are vet making slow headway in the opera- sid tlions against Lupkow and Uzsok passes. The Russians also are slowly pushing the Turks back in the Cau casus. Operations in the Dardanelles are still in a state of abeyance. ha crt No Corner Found. be Washington. - Charles F. Cline, A, United States district attorney at Chi- cie e cago, who has been investigating the im cause of increases in the price of ra 4 wheat, conferred with Attorney Gen- ml eral Gregory and G. C. Todd, the as- cu k sistant in charge of anti-trust prosecu- to e tion. It was said that so far no evi- lei if dence had been discovered to indicate tu e the existence of any combination or ids corner arbitrarily to force up the price. n" A Neutral Mexico City? Le Washington.-With the hope of ob- th n taining permanent protectioon for the :s 25,000 foreigners in Mexico City, the' ts United States government has propos- at n- ed to the Villa-Zapata forces and to cl1 a- General Carranza that the Mexican in le capital be declared neutral and out me side of the fields .of operations here to after in Mexico's civil war. wI Food By Parcels Post. Chicago.-Shipments to Germany ra ie and Austria of parcel post packages d containing food have increased within )f the last two weeks from 115 packages ir daily to 1,200. The packages, which It contain all kinds of food except meats, ar is weigh nearly the maximum of 11 s. pounds. Washington Gets Official Details. Washington.-Officlal details of the )0 attack on the German cruiser Dresden Ill in Chilean waters by a British squad- re t. ron were received by the United a States government with the informa. g tion of the character of the representa ,* tions recently made by Chile to the n British government over the incident, rt Bryan For Senate. er Washington.-Coincident with the K announcement that Senator Hitchcock rd will return to Nebraska, a strong cur- a is rent of political gossip .has set into ,. the effect Secretary Bryan will become a senatorial candidate In the 1916 Ne braska primary. Little Wheat to Export. o Portland.-Wheat shipments this x, year from the Pacific Northwest to a date total 33,517,506 bushels, according tl to the Merchants' Exchange. o SOLO1S IN EXIfA 'n3 SESSION MAY I0, son ANNOUNCES DATE TO ALLOW lad LAWMAKERS TO ADJUST PRIVATE AFFAIRS. Ihal o00 cou MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES on me annd Says Constitutional Convention Should Be Called and Held This Wa' Year. In at Saton Rouge.---ant ln a statement issued to the press pla t(overnor Hall announced that hoe , ould, at a later date, call the Legis- liha lature to meet here in extra session his May 10i and thatl the question of hold- the ing a constitutional convention some- I time this year would be Included In unt the call. lia The governor has not yet decided int upon the length of the session. His object in announcing the date at this me time is to give the solons time to ad just their affairs before coming to Ba W ton Rouge. of The governor's statement follows: the "In order that members of the Gen eral Assembly may have ample time to sel arrange their affairs preparatory to at- Or tendance, I desire to state that the bu contemplated extraordinary session of to the General Assembly will, at a later date, be called to convene on Monday, rel the 10th day of May, proximo. rn "It is not necessary that a formal i call should be issued at this time, and it seems advisable to defer it, so that thi d- there may be opportunity to include such objects, not now in view, that in th in the meantime, may be deemed to re- tk qutre legislative consideration. E. "The question as to whether or not go ts a constitutional convention should be tit k called and held during this year hav ing been wisely discussed and consid ch ered by the press and people of the a state, and there having developed g "e much sentiment in favor of a conven. to L tion, and inasmuch as many changes SIn our organic law, which a be obiteced Ot erl't $tftfr n. tutional convention, appear desirable in i- and necessary, I desire to give notice U of that the matter of the calling of . con- Is re vention will be sumbitted for the con- W .,. sideration of the General Assembly." b( o: of lypi Lu- FOR HURRIED READERS. w .re The highest price ever known to have been realized from a sale of a p1 crate of Tangipahoa's famous straw- t. berries was placed on record by the i' 1e, Amite Farmers' and Truckers' Asso hi- ciation. The berries, magnificent spec- w he imens of the Klondyke variety, were o1 of raised on the farm of Wm. Dyson, two 'n- miles below Amite. The Italian who as- cultivated the fields brought the crate CU to town and sold them to E. J. Kopf vi- ler, a local merchant for $15, who in s turn sold them to O. C. Edwards, pres or ident of the Association for $21. A fine meeting at Opelousas closed i rnother successful week in'the "Pro:i bpercity ('ampatgn" being conducted by h the Southwest Louisiana Development lureau. The old Empire parish of St. Landry was the seventh to fall in line Safter a series of meetings which in celuded Port Barre, Arnaudville, Wash Sr ington, Sunset, Melville and Opelousas. The greater part of this canvass was made by automobile the weather and roads being fine. President Chappuix went up from Crowley in his big car and made Opelousas the center of ope y rations. bin The Louistana Railroad Commission ich Issued an order requiring the Louisi Lts, ana and Arkansas railroad to improve 1 its roadbed and passenger service in Catahoula parish. The commission found that the tracks of the road from Vldalia to Black River were in an un tesafe condition and trains were being e operated late in consequence. The ad railroad was given three months in ted which to make necessary repairs. Ita- April 1 was the limit for the en- 14 the rollment of boys and girls in tile va nt. rious clubs connected with agritultur al education. The governmeat re quires that the full list be seni in as c the soon after that time as pradicable. s ock The work has steadily grown in size ur-and scope. Last year poult, clubs g into ere added, and Baby Beef dubs are me now being introduced. Ne- - t "In line with the national ampalgn for the protection of bird Mayor ti Joseph of Melville has issu a procla this mation setting aside Frlda April 9, to as "Bird Day;" and reque that on lin that day everyone should ther buy S or build a bird house and ut it up, I and also plant a tree or ub. t PV. I". rllllsap., IIii'va teSlt cry-tar to uog(:.rlor Ilall, O .;1, aPPointd .Cer:re tary" of state at (lOa 0! ho-i 4I I in the eXecutive, o he A\pril 1. TheI governor': ;Il)ºlpponlnti t ('It "ne as IS a surprise to S,,1to! \Iil-aps, r h l though the secretary xlpe)(ctel his chin: to annouunc( tlhe alp int( ent ait solme time during the day, Gov. Ila!] )w had said nothing to him l onc('rnting UNLI v'lhonl tile applointe wouid he. Shortly atter : .'clock, (;overnor llall came out of his oflice1 and an nounced to Senator \Mill:.aps that lihe could niove his desk next door, in the ESotice of the se('(retar, of state. Ite- Il membering tha<t the day. was AprAil 1, and observing the broad smilhe on the uld governor's face, the secretary thought All for a mlomnent that an April fool jokel Ra was being played upon Ilint. Ilouhts in this direction, however, were placed at rest a noimient later, when a, con mission bearing tile state's official seal \V and the signature of "L. E. Hall," was neut es placed upon his desk. 1mp( s The governor stated later that he miati ionad delayed the appointment to allow I inter ld- his appointee to assume the office on Eite Dd- the tirst of the month. Neiw me It is stated that there has been an 8t Sulnderstanding between him and Gov. dent ded all that the office force is to remain was ded intact. tis Gov. Hall, in discussing the appoint- ed his ment W\ith the Times-Picayune corre- ceiv ad- spondent denied the rumor which was TI Ba- current to the effect that Leon Locke, swe of Lake Charles, was a contender for ing the position. her .en- "Mr. Locke never has an applicant," tuni e to sid the executive. "He was in New the at- Orleans at the same time I was there, hav but the story that he came to the city allii to see me is a mistake." N ter By the selection of his private sec- to r ay, retary, for secretary of state, Gov. cha Hall has set another guessing contest pos in motion. Who will succeed Mill- the and sps? is the query now being asked at thel that the capital. The governor is non-com- The ude mittal on that score. It is probable mig t in thallt he will indulge political specula- Eits re- tion for several days. The name of E. T SMeoise, assistant secretary to the pre t governor, is being prominently men- wir I be tieled for the position. the hay elid- ~ebers of the Presbyterian Men's bel the U1*nof New Orleans held a "Get-To- up p er ' dinner at the Grunewald Ho- a I yen- t Two hundred and forty men of ges l to the song "Onward Chris i ~ entered the dining room 1 able in do le formation. The flag of the tra itice Unite tates,and the flag of Louis. era con- lana w e the principal decorations, at con- with a lanner of the cross high above Bri .Y" both. ]usic was under the direction net of Malcolm Williamson, and during the the progress of the dinner several hymns off were sung. the vet to The old sugar factory on Clotilda a! a plantation, near Lockport, the proper raw- ty of Frank Barker and sister, was the destroyed by fire. The flames spread Vil Sto the plantation boarding house, so, which was also destroyed. Five head int were of horses, a lot of plantation imple- to two ments and 1,200 barrels of corn were B. who included in the loss. The origin of the Za rate fire is unknown. of Wop hen he the oi When the extra session meets at mi res- Baton Rouge in May, the board of su pervisors of Louisiana State Univer sity will ask it for special appropria tions amounting to $104,000, for tile sh S enlargement and improvement of the piE d b college of agriculture and a $15,00 be dent increase in the appropriation for the vii t general maintenance of the university m S in 1916. dr a Cotton acreage in Louisiana this 1vi as year will be reduced 50 per cent be- ca was low the normal production, according ans to advices received by E. O. Brune:, apin Commissioner of Agriculture and Im Smigration, from I. N. McCollister, ea l president of the State Farmers' AI- I w llance. Mr. McColllster is touring te North Louisians at the present time. de ..-- .Sc ison J. Shelby Sanders, member of the be Isi- board of control of the state peniten- is rove tfarY, appeared before the state probe WI : in commission and answered the charges id ison of drunkenness and mismanagement In from aice preferred against him by Dr. E. I Ufl M. Landry, of New Iberia. ieing The A cargo of 332,000 bushels of wheat, to Sin the largest shipload of grain ever sent as from any Gulf port, exceeding the pro- a vious record by 4,000 bushels, will Ri en- leave New Orleans for Naples, Italy. hi iltur- Representative Leon Locke of Lake to re- Charles is regarded in administration n as circles as a strong candidate for the able. secretary of state appointment. W. IP. size Mlsaps, however, secretary to the at lubs governor, Is still mentioned. tare The Louisiana Training Institute, to the state reformatory school, was 3( sgn opened at Monroe April 1, according ayor to word received by the executive of ocla- fice. i 9, t on From all indications the Spring buy Show at Donaldsonville April 3-4 will : up, luIve a larger attendance than did any , two days of the annual fair. § INFORMATIONAS TO EITEL WITHHELD g UNITED STATES TAKE PRECAU TIONS TO PRESERVE NEU TRALITY. WILSON IS KEPT IMFORMED [,i he lit All Messages Relating to German kc Raider Communicated to President its as Soon as Received. ed rn al Washington.-Obligations of strict as neutrality caused the United States to impose absolute secrecy on all infor he nation relating to the movements or >)W intentions of the German raider Prinz on Eitel Friedrich, tied up at Newport News for repairs. an Secretary l)aniels informed Presi. W. dent Wilson that the Prinz Eitel still fore very in was at Newport News. All messages relating to the ship were communicat li- ed to the president as soon as re re- ceived. M as The fact that a blinding snow storm ke, swept over the Virginia capes, form for ing a gray curtain which naval officers here thought provided an ideal oppor t," tunity for the Eitel to escape, spread ew the impression that the ship might re, have slipped out to run the cordon of ity allied cruisers. Naval and treasury officials declined ec- to reveal whether any belligerent mer ov. chant vessel had departed, making inm est possible, under neutrality regulations, sun] [ill- the departure of the warship hostile bor at thereto until 24 hours had elapsed. a )m- That it waa thought in some quarters beir ble might have blocked the escape of the R ila- Eitel had she been ready for a dash. Ico E. The Navy Department took added ly I the precautions to prevent and domestic be yen- wireless from recording the time of by I the Eitel's departure or sending any ally information concerning her, for fear left m's belligerent cruisers at sea might pick aliv To- up such messages and afford Germany Ho- a ground for complaint of violation fee non of neutrality. beri rlis- rai TV Watch Entire Harbor. pon Boston.--On acdbtmt of a proposed the tranfer of three of the German steaml- fir uls- ers at this port to anchorage grounds tor lsi, at the harbor entrance, the cruiser an( love Brooklyn, which has been enforcing she Lion neutrality regulations for a station in the the inner harbor, will move to a point Thy ns off Quarantine, so that every vessel in her the harbor can be under constant sur- lift veillance. stil ilda cat per- McManus Indemnity Paid. fat] was Washington.-The payment by the 'ead Villa-Zapata government of 160,000 pe use, sos, or $20,000 in gold at the prevail lead ing rate of exchange in Mexico City, Ile- to Mrs. Ruth McManus, widow of John cer vere B. McManus, the American killed by rer theZapata troopers on their reoccupationi R of the city, was reported officially to COt the State Department by the Brazilian d at minister in the Mexican capital. me __u__ an ver- Mr. Marshall Earns a $1. an ria- LIos Angeles.-Vice President Mar- e the shall got on the pay roll of a motion ers the picture company. With several mem- on ,O00 bers of his party, the vice president the visited a picture camp, where the stty movie men were filming an Egyptian drama. Just as the "veiled princess" am ertered, the director called upon the bei this vice president to turn the crank of the mi be- camera. sli ding - hlis ne:, Americans Are Protected. pel Im- Washington.-Prealdent Wilson told she ster, callers he believed the administration fi Al- was doing everything possible to pro ring tect Americans along the Mexican bor me. der. A suggestion that Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army, might plc the be sent to Brownsville to stop the up iten- !ghting near the border at Matamoros, the robe was met with a statement by the pres- Sti rges ident that there was no plan for that. Br it in Br r. E. $20,000 to Raise Submarine. Washington.-Expendlture of $20, 000 to bring the sunken submarine P-4 ieat, to the surface in Honolulu harbor was thi sent authorized by Secretary Danlels after ho pro a message had been received from ca will Rear Admiral Moore saying that the wa sly. hawser attached to the boat had part- wi ed and that present equipment was go Lake too liglt to raise her. wi ition the Tariff Boosted By Russia. . Washington.-Tariff rates on most the articles imported into Russia have fo been raised 10 per cent. while the th rates on certain cotton fabrics and cot- W. tute, ton yarns have been increased from oi was 30 to 50 per cent. t 'e of- Villa at Torreon. El Paso.-Threatening of Torreon by troops of the Gutierrez faction has ring (.aused the hasty return there from to will Monterey of Gen. Villa, according to cc aY lier.sons arrlvhI g .rom the Smith. aw n t. rt CLAUDE GRAHAM-WHITE - ('laude Grahan-\VWhite, one of tCi, foremost of Engli.sh airmen, has been very active as a member of Great Britain's aviation corps. .t. MAY NEVER RAISE SUBMARINE F-4 EFFORTS TEMPORARILY SUS PENDED IN HONOLULU HARBOR. ýr n Washington.-Efforts to raise the sunken submarine F-4 in Honolulu har le bor were temporarily suspended after d. a hawser with which the boat was rs being dragged toward shore snapped. 1e Rear Admiral Moore reported from Honolulu that the submarine evident ?d ly was waterlogged and too heavy to ic be raised by the equipment employed of by the searching fleet. This destroyed any faint hope that might have been ar left of finding any of the crew of 21 k alive. The vessel lies in 45 fathoms (270 on feet) ot water, and hgr position iv being held while preparations for raising her by pontoons are made. Admiral Mloor's report follows: "Lent. C. E. Smith, commanding the first submarine division of the Pacific ds torpedo flotilla, has located the F-4 ter and moved her a slight distance in ng shore. The lifting hawser parted. The i submarine is evidently waterlogged. it The equipment is too light to raise in her. We are making arrangements to urlift her by the pontoon method. Wo still have a line on the submarine and can hold her location. Depth, 24 fathoms. he (Signed) "MOORE." pe e. Industrial War Favored. ty Philadelphia.-Immediate and con hn certed action by American manufactu by rers to obtain a modification of Great ion Britain's rules governing overseas to commerce was urged as a remedy for an industrial ills by Herman A. Metz, member of Congress from New York and a widely known manufacturer, in an address at a conference of dye men ar- here. Mr. Metz declared manufactur oners should declare an industrial war on England. ant .he Sling Shots For Soldiers. an San Antonio.-A message from Mat as" amoros says that sling shots have the been introduced in the Mexican ar tho mies as a new weapon. Unlike the sling shot used by David against Go liath, the ammunition is not smooth pebbles, but dynamite enclosed In old short pieces of gas pipe and ignited by Ion fuses. pro or- Alien Law Under Fire. L. Washington.--California's alien em ght ployment legislation and its effect the upon English women teachers was os, the subject of a conference at the -es. State Department between Secretary lat. Bryan and Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador. 20,- Flag Insult is Forgiven. F-4 Washington.-As the desecration of vas the American flag flying above the 'ter home of John B. McManus, an Ameri om can citizen murdered in Mexico City, the was the act of lawless persons art- without authority, the Uni was government decided that will be made for an apolo g Keep Watch on Animal Disease. ost Washington.-Whlle contident that ave foot and mouth disease, epidemic for the the past six months, virtually has been cot- wiped out, Department of Agriculture om ojilcials declared they would not relax their efforts to prevent a further re currence of the scourge. eon Chas. 8. Zane Dead. has Salt Lake City.-Charles S. Zsne. rom former law partner of Abraham Lin Sto coin and the first chief justice of Utah, was found dead in his bedroom.