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The Lower Coast Gazette VOL. VII. POINTE-A-LA-HACHE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 1914., NO. 13. HEAVY FIGHTING IS RESUMED IN WEST &MSTERDAM HEARS OSTEND HAS BEEN EVACUATED-BATTLE RENEWED NEAR MEUSE. ' ACTIVITY AROUND RHEIMS Germans Claim Advance-Berlin Says Attacks to South of Newport Suc coed-Seize Blockhouses in Argonne Forests. Amsterdam, via London.--Both the Ilandelsblad and the Telegraaf report that the Germans have evacuated Ostend. . Paris.-The following official com munication was issued here: ..,. "In Belgium, according to the latest ,dvices, there is nothing to report in .' 4be region of Nieuport or Dixmude,. *, Oar left wing the enemy has directed violent attacks against the tront of t'4 British troops and on the , two batl of the Labassee Canal 4 without obtaining any success. '1"T~~~er h been a recrudescence of s ctivity thr'eglon of Rheims and ozlbs heighlbt the Meuse at the eouth ot Fresneson-Woevre." . Brn, via London. - An official Li.telmsmt issued by the German army 'general headquarters says: "OCt attacks to the south of Nieu j'poft and to the east of Tpres are ~ eg e l co0ntinudd. Eight ld.lda and 00 British soldiers ¢ 61z961ben eaptured. :'.'"It tAMgo~ap e forest our troops Sbwe =OEtpled. several blockhouses pointe of support. Up the northwest of Verdun the attacked without success. In of the western wair ei stera arena the ed.. ', aý- 4*ýo ifo s soad eighty. ý ;. mona board the Russian teug were killed when the aMe men torpedoed and Saai harbor, r$ e usay e he'e heard that a French destroy. t'Wth the a r the ldian Ocean 4·ighe. :she sunk a scora sk. t nlt the iao lt ort, isat Ikn i! `i~~tbwi~1*jlea~ ,p · 4h.·~ 4eY~' S II COUNT VON BERNSTORFF Count von Bernatofff, German am bassador to Washington, Is untiring in his efforts to convince the Americans of the righteousness of Germany's oause in the war. SOUTH AFRICAN REBELLION Gene. De Wet and Byers Lead Second Revolt Against British Rule-Pro test Agaisdt England. New York.-All the nations engaged in the mighty struggle in Belgium and the north of France are silent as to actual happenings in that battle scarred zone. So far as known there has been little progress on either side, but from accounts filtering through from various sources this stern en gagement, which has been going on in cessantly for several days, may be characterized as the fiercest of the whole war. Thousands upon thousands of Ger man re-enforcements have been added to the great masses of troops endeavor ing to force their way to the northern ports of France. It is said this ceaseless pushing for ward of vast bodies of German soldiers is .br eireot -order of .the emperor, ,pye is fixed on England, against ,an early campaign is considered the .ssibillties, provided a S -b can be tnA upo Jwhich strongly re.enforded and among the new. troops at the front are the Brit ish Indians, who, according to all ac counts, have been bearing themselves well. BATTLE ON THE VISTULA Pighting in Russia Is at a Standstill. OppoLing Poroes Are in Contat Over a Wide ,Area. oi .-º wireless from Berlin t.ioiiy pestated tn Vienna that tete ,idtf war the Aus °'ar 10; with strong Oer ,are tbt*id in an almost mnbr in froit- eitondIns from the northbsr slopes of the eastern Carpa thia. across the Stary Samhbbr to the eiiastern region before the Prsemysl fortres and along the' lower San through Polish Welshaell and into the - r engaging the main forcd" of Russians, who have brought Into the field their Caucasian, Siberian OA, ` Resta.- troops. e Austro.lungar an coldmn ad-. v5dori . across the Carpathians have strong hostile ioorces. Mid dle 9iclIa. Both sides occupy strong Spositions and the battle IS k standitill, r ,g sroge. s ' to tl *, the Vbthii In the dis Ivangorod a.na Warsaw. FPOl D GUILTY OF TREA ON `~ .,t Sthre S ,lave C o .victed o. Mur, S+of lerancis l rdinand--Will S e i "en"tbe ein eit Week. do.-Adibpteh to the fR : t - ;Pf. r!ind from(r $5i the assassr w ansd v s, and 2 4s acomplices +'.4 5iI ·i~n BRITISH SEA LORD RESIGNS POSITION NEWSPAPER FIGHT WAS WAGED AGAINST LOUIS OF BATTEN BURG-BORN IN AUSTRIA. WAS A GREAT STIATEGIST Newspapers Have Dwelt Upon His Gorman Relations-In 1905 Prince Visited United States in Com mand of British Squadron. London.-Prince Louis of Batten berg, about whom there has been much gossip because of his Austrian origin, has resigned his position as first sea lord of the admiralty. No open charges have been made against him, but a nespaper campaign against his holding such a high command is thought responsible for his withdrawal. Announcement of Prince Louis' res ignation was made in the court circu lar, which stated that the prince had been received in audience by the king on relinquishing his appointment. Although born in Austria, Prince Louis came to England as a boy and was naturalised in 1868, when he was only 14 years old. Twenty-three years later he was promoted to a captaincy and after another 13 years became a rear admiral. He was appointed first sea lord in 1912, a few years after his visit to America. Beside the fact that he was born in Austria, the chief argument his oppo nents made against him was that he is the brother-in-law of Prince Henry of Prussia, who holds a somewhat sim ilar command In the German navy. There were rumors some time ago that Prince Iouis had been confined in the Tower 91 London. These reports gained little' serious consideration, however, but the authorities deemed it expedient that he should appear more in public instead of confining himself to the admi~ty, where, since the out break of the °iar, he had been work ina night eaf day directing the 6trat egy. of the uivy. He was considered one of the 4iWst noted strategists of REAL WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA Botha Takes Field Against Rebels. Battle Front of . Miles-Rebel Positions Captured. London.-Official announcements by the South African government reveal the fact that Great Britain has a real war on her hands in that part of the world. The seriousness of the Boer rebellion is shown by the announce ment made by the official press bu reau of ther war office in London that Gen. B6tha himself has taken comrn mand of British troops in the field, and that he is pursauni the rebels under Gen'. e5rs; wh6 was formerly comr mandei of the pterenment forces. A dispatch from Capbtown reports a battle along a front extendlng three miles, lt which the Btlsh stormed the rebel defenses and with the aid of ar tillery captured their positions, but the rebel forces themselves escaped. The story of this fighting is pain. ftlly reminiscent of that which oc cured 15 ydrs ago; when the Boersi although greudy inferior in Iumbers, outmaneuvered the British at all.points and strained the resources of the em pire to snbdue' them. The account states tle advance was so rapid that a few of the enemy and several horses were captured. The main body of the rebels, however, got away; they bhaving removed their guns prsuii by q. BDptha of his former cosmead#.I ·it eas states that the Br* lso trppsm iassue Into toqchi *lth a rebel commain 9t at REuteinbut . In the pursut iti auiylthe whole day (Gen. sotha has a,-eteed SO ftlly armed rebels an; e's erl wbunded. The pur slut is tiu proceeting . It is' T41api-trePorted that C61. ime, wlosO treachery started the r Anriles de Wet Is in command of the Genrail forces. No ,ofglatl an i ivaun by the GI qms a ao the a Staguese oblono o Agoea but the Por tuguese aiste' hirp says that asuc a movement t.a+ o m be srfrmidsing. '"ot~Sr 5:5. makis:g every pp. station to 4 te oqlor* a.. Wa ust e .. rt. 'th?~~~~bi.tlp VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH Dr. Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach and his wife, who was bertha Krupp, are the proprietors of the famous Krupp gun and armor .foactory which supplies the kalser's anmy with arms and ammunition. It is said 46,000 men are constantly employid In the .ao. tory. FIGHT BATTLE OF BAYONETS "A Massacre, Not a Fight," Is the Way Correspondents Describe Battle in West Flanders. London.-The lurid glare of burning bushes, with shadowy- figures lined faintly against a background of smoke, working like demons in an inferno of their own creation; the spiteful rattle of machine guns; the roar of bursting shells; the impact of driven bayonet against human flesh and bone; the cries of wounded; shouts of triumph; shrieks of despair; rivers running red with blood, through heaped up piles of dead-this is the battle of Flanders, as London pictures it from the brief but hasty details telegraphed from the fighting front. "A massacre, not a fight; a butch. ery, a shambles," such are the.phrases used over and over by orrespondents endeavoring to give an inkling of the events of this bloodies tbattle of the war. "No quarter is agked and none is given. It is the battiof the bayo nets." A Belgian "gesmeantedidrt been deci mated to a third of their former light ing strength; British troops stand grim and dogged in the face of fearful loss; gallant Frenchmen shout with the lust of combat, and opposed to them in the sublime p!aqdeaur of death the solid ranks of Girzmas march unswerving ly against a wlfhierng fire and literally bestrew the landscape with their corpses. There is no chance to bury the dead or care for wounded: the ground they lie on is harrowed and furrgwed over and over by the spay ing ballets of mitralleuses and the .tearing ragments of bursting shrap neL And.out of the chaos there looms one fact from which England at home may extract some comfort. The Ger mans seem to be stopped. GERMAN RAIDS ARE CHECKED. Channel Ports Safe for a Time-Losses on Both Sides Arp Heavy, As Battle Rages. London.-The German raid on the channel ports, as it is called here, seems to have been checked for the time being, or, at any rate, the Ger mans have made little, If any, prog res since they crossed the Yser canal. They,. however, are still pushing with all the forces fat their command, and are meeting with stubborn resistance from the French, British and Belgian tioops. Losses on both sides continue .pro portionate to the fierceness of the bat tie, which means that they are greater than those in any battle since war was declared, 'now nearly three mohths ago. Along the coast, where the allies are assisted by French and British war. ships,.they apparently have more thin held .thelr own, and after inflicting heavy losses, on the. Germans have compelled theni to try for an opeiing farther Inlend. Up until recently the allies bad been forced to give way at some .olts, but now, a.cordlag to the ep~aoh offlcial comena latIon, they hiave helAd their posltions at every point from the mouth of the Yaer to the Lens distrMt and agaytn have ad ranced betwen Ypres and Roulers Univerity Appeals. St. Louis.--4It. Louis University, uls iit-~atbeneSiary of the will of Jams ca-uti, th relwsy.womote, iled to of appeal againslt be action e lhgebate cofart in revokgl the title t the merasatie Trust Company as 'i appointinktidbn L. LeahydRmian tpatb pemdina Iltigation over the wil. ag r ly who eomesande the * w SALL OVER LOUISIANA iEOIAI DELEGATES FAVOR SPECIAL SESSION LOUISIANA BOARD OF SOUtHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION MEETS. estern Newspaper Union News Service. Alexandria.-Twenty-.five delegates representing nine parishes in Louis iana were here to attend the Louisi ana branch of the Southern Cotton Growers' convention held in the city hall. Hon. Paul M. Potts of Natchi toches, presided; Hon. W. L. Foster, of Caddo, was secretary. On motion each delegate was called on to state the sentiments of the farmers in his community relative to cotton planting for next year. and it was the unanimous expressiop of all of them that cotton planting be en tirely eliminated for 1915. A resolution was unanimously passed memorialising the governor to convene the legislature in special ses sion to pass laws looking to the elimi nation of cotton for 1915. The next meeting will be held in Monroe, La., three weeks hence. In the meantime, an effort will be made to organize in every parish. Delegates were here from Caddo, Bossier, Rapides, Grant, Jackson, Natchitoches, Sabine, Webster, West Carroll. FARMERS OPPOSE COTTON Adopt Resolutions Requesting Gov. Hall to Call a Special Session. Rayville, La-A% mass meeting of larmers and business men was held here to discuss ways and means to relieve the financial depression due to the low price of cotton. G. L. Cumpton acted as chairman. T. J. Coenen was elected secretary. Interesting talks were made by prominent farmers and bankers, and everyone was urged to hold his cotton for a better price. After discussion of the situation, it was moved and seconded that a pe tition be sent to Governor Hall, ,ask ing him to call a special session of the Legislature to take some action towar relieving the present diatreft. This petition was signed by about 100 men. The meeting went on record as fa voring rmising no cotton in 1916, but instructed our representative to be guided by other states when the ques tion came up before the legislature. OUVER WAS RECAPTURED Offered No Resistance and Asked For Food immediately. Western Newpaper Union News Service. Shreveport.--Albert E. Oliver, al leged railroad bandit, " who escaped from a Pullman car near Marthaville, was captured at the South Mansfield railroad station Tuesday night as he attempted to board a train. He was recognised by Ogden He bert, son of the South Mansfield mar ahal, from the description tfurnished'by the officers at Marthaville. When taken into custody Oliver did not offer any resistance. He had sac ceeded in breaking the shackles loose trem each other, but was unable to remove the tetters Irom his legs. They were fastened In a manner not to SI-, pede his walking. Oliver stated that he had sifered o ii effects from his Jump from the train Sunday night. He was very hunly and asked for food as soon as taken. The prisoner was placed in the Masfileld Jail for the night, ped iag removal tO New Orleans, where he is wanted to answer a charge of conspiracy to rob the Louisville & Nashville raSrad train, September 29, 1918. No Compuleory Vaolnation. EBaton Rouse.-There will be no more compulsory vacciation of chIl dren attdading public schools of Lutie liana in the manner that it has bedn enforced in the past. An opfalon from Attorney General I. 0. Ples mat advises that there Is no. law a* thorisig the general vnaocination of school children. Superintendent of Schools Harris hai asked the opinion sat he is now, notifyin members of the parish school boards, parish super tintendents nahd teachers of the ruling by Mr. Pleasat. Mr. Pleasant held thai chldten can in forcibly vaccf mated only when mallpox prevals. Fl Reunion After 16 Yeara, the irst time in t...id Ms. 10. I, Howe of Mo. M 4 7 a resident o ; Soauo a hma xof GENERELLY qAYS REPRESENTATIV l ' ' UE I WITH THE VI:JI/S 0 U BY ATTORNF'. .; -, Western Newspaper Unlon New` re New Orleans.-ilt; w.ere t seph E. Generelly, . ,,., Orrl, ber of the state nrovbe coma .a, takes issue with .'atJr' .y Generat Ruffin 0. Pleasant, ;,iat the road is now clear for the commission to go ahead and act, pointing out that the devolutive appeal still pending before the Supreme Court will call for a de cision on the constitutional questions involved, whereas the suspensive mandamus was only aimed to stop ope rations. "Personally, I doubt the advisabil ity of attempting to resume opera tions until this devolutive appeal has been passed upon and finally settled by the supreme court," said Mr. Gen erelly. "Suppose we should go ahead and, after doing a large amount of work and spending a large portion of the $20,000 appropriation, the 6u preme Court should declare the act unconstitutional? I am simply suppos ing, but this is my personal view." EIGHTEEN PARISHES TO BRING EXHIBITS DISPLAY AT ,STATE FAIR THIS YEAR LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE. Weetera Newspaper Union News Service. Shreveport. - Eighteen parishes have completed all details and are on the way to the ninth annual State Fair at Shreve port, which opens November 4 ant continues until the 11th, inclusive. These parishes are entered in compe tition for the $1,000 award offered-by tnhe fair association for the ten best exhibits representing each addtional parish, with the exception of one par ish, Caddo, which, although having an excellent and praiseworthy display is debarred from cpPpetition by the management. The parishes to be represented and whose displays will be installed in thd agricultural building, according to the revis6d and final list submitted by Secretary Brueggerhoff at the State Fair offices, is as follows: Caddo, whose exhibit was installed and arranged by A. J. Scott of Green wood; Baton Rouge, arranged by the Baton Rouge Livestock Agricultural Fair association, Baton Rouge, La.; Bossier, Bossier parish fair, \Plain Dealing, La.; Claiborne, through the Claiborne Parish Fair association, Homer, La.; De.Soto, De Soto Palish Fair association, Mansfield, La.; Liv ingston, Livingston parish fair, Walk er, La.; Morehouse, Morehouse parish fair, Bastrop, La.; Calhoun, North Louisiana camp meeting fair, Calhoun, La.; Richland, Richland parish fair, Rayville, La.; Sabine, Sabine parish I fair, Many, La.; Donaldsonville, South Louisiana Fair association, Donald sonville, La., Tangipahos, Tangipahoa parish fair, Hammond; Terrebonne, Terrebonne parish tair, Houma, La.; Union, Union parlsh fair, larmerville, La.; Vernon, Vernon parish fair, Lees illle, 14.; Webster, Webster parish ifir, Minden, La.; Point Coupee, Point Coupee parish fair, New Boads,aLa.; Lncolan, Lincoln parish fair, Ruston, La. Caldwell parish, whose fair is held t Columbia, La., whose officers have previously expressed the intention of particifpating in the State Fair, has not completed the final arrangements for their. exhibit, yet it is hoped they will be heard from within a day or two and that their exhibit is being, prepared for installation. Expect Very Short Crop. Lockport.-The unfavorable weather of the past few weeks has not been conduclve to the ifull development of the stalks of the cane crop, which is also badly afected by the borers, and it now looks as if the crop would be much shorter thau was expected. Grindinlg Season Starts. St. James, l .--e grinding sea son was iLagurated here Monday. The sugar factory on the Weham plantation of Keller & Poche is now in afull blastu Postal Deposits Show a Gain. Baton Roauge.-Postal savings de posits received by the Baton Rouge poet omee sineoo January 1 increased 86 per cent over the same period of last yer, acording to the report of Postmuaster Sam Y. Watson. i. and N. to Bulid Cars, New Orleans.-The Louisville and Nuahville, It was announced Wednes. 1ad,b!b prchased 1,000 undertrames, to uqtd for ears to be bullt in the OANGIE DAY TO BE GREAT EVENT PLANS BEING MADE TO ADVER TISE LOUISIANA'S CITRUS FRUIT RESOURCES. Western Newspaper Union News Service. New Orleans.-Plans for the exhi* .-Jtion of every variety of citrus fruits grown in this state on Louist ana Orange Day, November 17, were discussed Wednesday afternoon at a meeting of the exhibition committes, which was named at a recent confer once of the land and immigration bu reau of the Association of Commerce and the Orange Growers' Association. This committee is comprised of L. C. Spencer, chairman; Dr. C. C. Buck and W. T. Ritter, E. L. Gladney, chair man of the land and immigration bu reau, is at the head of the executive committee in charge of all details of the program for Louisiana Orange Day. At the meeting it was decided to dis tribute Louisiana oranges among all of the delegates to the convention of the National Brewers' Association, which will be assembled in New Or leans at that time, and to prepare at tractive displays for the railroad sta tions, hotel lobbies and shop windows. Every effort will be made to have a predominating color scheme of orange and green throughout the city, so that the visitors will be impressed with the fact that oranges are really grown in Louisiana. A feature of the day will be the dis tribution of hundreds of boxes of oranges by a score or more of young women. They, as well as the oranges, will be specially selected for beauty, so that the distribution will make an attractive scene that will serve to 44 vertise the day throughout the coo try. The girls will be stationed at some central point, and the announce ment that oranges are to be given away is expected to draw a large crowd. Such a scene will appeal' to the moving picture men, who will be asked to furnish the exchanges with films that will be shown in other cities. Governor Hall has been asked to officially designate November 17 as Louisiana Orange Day, and the pro gram committee is working out a pro gram that will be in keeping with the exhibition. SITE HAS BEEN SELECTED Louisiana Commission Preparing PeF Representation at Exposition. Western Newspaper Uton News Senrie. New Orleans.-Justin I. Denechan , head of theLoulsiana Exposition Com mission, returned to New Orleans Wednesday from San Francisco, where he selected and dedicated last Thursday the site for the Louisiana building in the pavilion section of the great Panama-Pacific International Exposition grounds. The state flag was raised on the building site by lit tle Lucy Anderson, a native of this state and daughter of Thomas H. An I derson, president of the Louishana Society of California. The ceremonies followed a luncheon by the exposition directorate to Mr. Denechand and 4 review of the troops at the Presidio ia his honor. As the representative oft Loulsiaa Mr Denechaud was paid the highest honors by the exi)osition muanagement. He was met at Oakland by a commit tee. The harbor of San Franciseo was illuminated in his honor and he was escorted from the train to his hotel by a long automobile procession. That night he was entertained at a banquet given by the Louisiana Society of Call tornia. The following morning Mr. Denechaud oficidally called on the ex position officers and was their guest at luncheon. Following the luncheos two regiments of troops were review ed in his honor. Asks Cut in Railway Tax. %Baton Rouge.--Claiming thait it s losing money and that it has haied to declare a dividend in twent years, the Pontchartrailn Railroad @1 New Orleans Bled suit in the District Court to compel the State Board et AtPpraisers to lower its assessmest from $175,000 to 123,000. The petition says the railroad is paysia out aill makes to improve its roadbed awl equipment. Another Delay in Probe Case. Baton RBouge.--An appeal from the decision of Judge Erunot in the But ton suit against the Sitate Probe Com mission was granted by' the Distriel FCdrt upon applicastion of Walter Eder, attorney for Sutton. The 1e. turn date for the appeal was set tor November 18. Judge Brunot last week dismissed the suit, after the case had been ub mitted on the ortginal sseas. Atteo ney Elder and Judge Gilbert L. Di #rled sa~UpI 5Ma tt5!7p $ . s i