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I The Lower Coast Gazette VO. VII. POINTE-A-LA-HAVCHE, ILOUISIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBEIR 21 1914., NO. 1. ... I .....,..... .1...... . . . .. . . ... . . - . - -. . . . . - ---** LORD ROBERTS DIES IN INDIANS' CMP ENGLAND'S FAMOUS SOLDIER SUC. CUMBS TO PNEUMONIA AS H E VISITS INDIAN TROOPS. HE WAS 82 YEARS OF AGE News of Lord Roberts' Death Comes as a Surprise to England--Was the Most Popular Military Fig ure in Great Britain. I-. London.--Field Marshal Earl Rob erts died in France from pneumonia. A telegram from Field Marshal Sir John Frendh, commander of the Brit- g ish expeditionary forces on the conti nent, apprised( ~ Kitchener, secre tary of state for war, of the death of England's great soldier. The telegram if read: "I deeply regret to tell, you that n Lord Roberts died at 8 o'clock this " evening," .` Field )arshal Roberts, who was col onel in Chief of the Indian troops, had K gone to France to greet them. Soon after his arrival he became seriously ill. He: :aid from a Severe chill and pneumonia rapidly developed. His great age, 82 years, militated against * his recovery, the crisis in the disease coming quickly. - The news of Lord Roberts' .death came as an entire surprise to England. b: The veteran's devotion to the inter ests of the army, his hard work in 5D this connection and his seeming good health k4 been the subject of com meat since the beginning of the war. n He wgs the most popular military fig at 't aln Bita and a Bational fi hero without rival in the affections of th6 people. Mr1 Bot tRS ARMIESp - e attle in PFIanderp Almost It a Stald. ti 5' tfabn d li o\ t44 06&r Rains and Wind. S da.-The ba " 4 Plndes,. a ttempt to advance to Dunkirk S.oanto northern coast of :i urco mence just four .weeks Si.g'lo d, despite terrific fightting and sacrifice of thousands of lives, the twO armies still hold virtually the . e positions as when the first shot ,was fired. After taking Antwerp nu' Ostend, ittle German forces proceeded with lit or no opposition as far as Nieuw 8, on the Yser canal. Here they F ..,ond against them the 'sre-enforced Belglan army, as well as an enfilading `fire from British monit~ts, and they Iwere unable to makiprogessL..Floods. then completed the disconptir" of the t ..vaders and they qomwmenced an ef- I tort to break through t1p allied line l eweenDismude sagYpress ., - -.The Oermans e ave'bd, 9tie or two ioi'o ifPeUmes oiky temporary-- a geoessu, sucmh as the crossing of the 1 mal sad the capture of Dlxmude, but 1 * *cordins to ottleal and, other l wihile they hold a part aof Di tley are back on the east side i the cna and again have slackenIled attacks. h i, c.h. TheI weather, which h(ta very prmV, with heavy rains, says the c eht 6t the German general army a y J.tarbed their oper- I * This may well be true, for who have arrivdd fromecross day a hgh wind has been I ranth a opeu- apaces, 1 the o and iilP t Iti pit b , i have been making Sboth claim to have met, The Germans again lpt of a anumber of pris tiat tirt they aave epuls aisa Ptech attacks.' sI EAST PRUSSIA mdea -h generan l statf of the :a iEveS- out an oflfcal t'usala we continue to WB have cqp ters near wit th . eacouter, stabh.eatai of. the en.* '~~:5 . twin .5 . 1.. GENERAL BARNARDISTON t Brigadier General Barnardiston is n in command of the British land forces that are co-operating with the Japa nese in the attack on the German pos sessions at Kiauchau, China. KAISER'S MEN TAKE DIXMUDE on Berlin Says Allies Have .Been Driven Out of Eloi--Progress Claimed fr at Lille. ob Berlin.-General headquarters make in the following report: ar "We made good progress on the ly branch of the Ypres Canal. We took Dixmude by storm. We captured over ar 500 prisoners and nine machine guns. ce "Further south on this line our he troops crossed the canal west Lange- nc marck. The young German regiments at threw thenfelves against the captured first line if the enemy's positions, sing- N iag in the attack, 'Deutschland uber al- al lies.' About 2,000 infantry were taken er prisoners and six machine guns cap tured. pi "South of Ypres we have driven the et enemy, out of Blot, Severe fighting pi took place in the neighborhood of La- pt BaUsee, extending over several days. ti We captured here about 1,000 prison- m era and six machine gund. hi hri s troops, the dominating heights pi to the north of Armentieres remain in R our hands. . E "Our attack has made :progress to the southwest of Lille. The French ti suffered heavy losses in attempting to S, recapture the commanding heights to the north of Vienne-le-Chateau. B - CARL LODY SHOT AS A SPY Y Found Guilty by Court-Martial-Main- n d tains SIlence--Was Not an Amer. I . ioan--Watched Fleet. S London.-It is officially announced F e that Carl Hans Lody, alias Charles A. E SInfgJ wh wwas found guilty by court S*martial of espionage Nov. 2, has been 04 shot as a spy. . o tien, arrested Lody claimed to be I an American{ but later confessed he Swas a Germhan. ie had lived in New s t York and Omaha. In the latter city r he married the daughter of Goetlieb V Stors, a brewer, who later divorced e him. d , Lpd met his death min the Tower of fjloderi, 'ter he was found guilty by 7 o*t.m'artial oh t charges of having e communicated with the enemy. The 7 statement concerning the execution is s r: brief, merely. saying:. r "Sentence was du~l confirmed." o a It is understood Lody refused to the g It tb40 'eveaf the nam4 of, the 1u n perior officer from whom he reteived B, his instructions to spy on the British t s first execution .in the sittl1 b hl e scene *ti wiar owep Bar-= . racks, not far from the spot where t Anne Boleyn and other persofis fa 1i mous in English history were but to iXKS MAKE DIRE THOEAT i A Will Exact Three Lives for ivery '1 Muesseman Slain During Sles. . SNotiyC uls. I e t command, -of I the f& t Beirut, in. at formal note addressed to t w Amer- I Sican consul-general and intend~g for I l the British a$ French governments, declares that for every Muas~sian i jlllO In tlA bombardment ofp any 1 b Ji be immediate exe- 1 Dhe Turkish commander state d'that 1 - for amy Turldsh property das ged, < compensation would be exact~l by lsOelsngrop9rtyof British and c'nch i ! n .The cog nun-' oerltls~ and ] vised of tl de Es From Attaoki aof 4ut.ea - a Ispatch to theu ... theI to thatl RUSSIANS DRIVE AUSTRIANS BACK "THE ENEMY HAS MARCHED INTO TARNAW, JOSLO AND KROSNO," SAYS VIENNA. VICTORY CLAIMED BY BOTH' On Western Front the Allies and Ger mans Make Claims of Success. Big Engagements Are in Progress in East. New York.-Russia has driven the Austrians out of the towns of Tarnow, .Jaslo and Krosno, in Galica, and the Austrians probably now are retreating toward the Carpathian Mountains. "The enemy has marched into Tar now, Jaslo and Krosno," is the cryptic cc style in which the Vienna officials an- 81 nounce this reverse to her arms. Pet- In rograd merely announces the taking Al of Krosno, with heavy losses to the Austrian rear guard. Nothing is said of the other .two towns in the Russian official report. On the western battle front the al n lies are said to have retaken Dixmude SL from the Germans. This report is un official, and has not been confirmed by either Paris or London. Fighting e in the vicinity of Dixmude and also of around Ypres continues to be extreme- wI .e ly violent. su k In the western zone both the allies of and the Germans make claims to suc- he ceps at various points. These claims, r however, do not carry with them an- th - nounceinents of decisive victories at pi :s any point. d The Germans say their marines at c g- Nieuport inflicted heavy losses on the Be 1- allies; that they captured 700 prison- al a ers. .e p That Dig engagements are already in to progre' s or are about to begin in the is in east, i1Al the way from the. northern ig part of East Prussia to the eastern a a- point of Galicia, seemsa evident from, s. the troops' dispositions of the Ger 1- mans and the Russians.. Some battles haveralready taken.place on the north- vi Y Jast,p ° the Germand are making E preparations to :contest' rigorbusly any In Russian attempt to gati1 a foothold .in Eastern Prussia. to The Austrians .say they have - en- e ,h tirely cleared their territory of the cl to Servian enemy. to A Turkish report -coming by way of Berlin says the Russians are retreat ing all along the entire battle front. y That huge' sums of moty will be necessary to prosecute the -war is in-' dicated by the British government'S notification that it will request Parlia ment to vote a credit of $1,125,000,000 61 for expenses -up to Marsh 31. The French supplementary credit for the month of November amounts to $182, , 154,504, or a daily average' of $6,000,- g 000. e e RUSSIANS CLAIM VJCTORY ' Staff Statement Covers Actin in East SPrussIa-Si~qe of Przemysi Has 'b 'teen' Resumed . . . " staff l*Utd'the following statement: of "InEast Prussia an action devel-; oped on the front of Stglluponen. Our d g troops occupied Johannisburg (a small o etown of East Prussia, 70 miles to the a souithwest of Gumblnnen) . , , "bey~na the Vistula battles of sec ondary 'importance occurred.in the re glon of Kalisz (Russian Poliid), and c Neschava, where advance guards, of d Sthe enemy sought to progress. . - "The : CarPgthian"' Austrian rear q he guards Paint4iI.el1 at the crossing on I e the upper n, the Regiog of Sanok, a were attadctei Myoir troops. a "Th'i 'diegb' of PrMemysl, which was g Ssuspended during'the-period in whih the Au~trb·Oerman triiles were on the t o offiensive, ,hekffeen re-established." ' Reports reaching the3uislan capital from tls. 'Turkish border attach in f creating importance to the. part the Armenians are playing in the Russian ry Turkish War. .In s~:ierat tovf& ocacupied by the Russthns fhd'Armenian stidents have shown tfheinslves ready to join the of invading army, and explained that - £they had prepared themselves for the e nsi approach by constant drill ian g tojhese Adylcep, the Armenian Speasats are receivlpg the Russian I itroops t If til enthusiasm and, giving :e them po'itsions freely..' An Armenian newspaper, reiferring at to this crisis fii the histry f'dArme ed, nia, publishes the dlidgI '" by "The long antiiipated day of deli, ich erance foI thbql'erurk: ed1Ip ~ is . at SiI; and the Armeni s are pre nd p d Wfor any s M rnpade de-lsa4Y ' heperiodiC, 0fthelr ibaK Engaind-;Wantl More Troops. i26,OOOO. was ~ Dh~ NS~tbttr rai b hr ridihih~l~hrnalji;iid i " ~ ~ ~ . 1Y :." k.1 . j ·-·:t :W::< ýf I :r.".. ·: / ~,/ / GENERAL KONQRATOVICH r- General Kondratovilh Is a Russian c commander who has Won the Ordqr of - St. George by his energy and ability t- In the fighting with the Germans and g Austrlans. WAtNY TO INVADE ENGLAND of the Submarines May Invade England--Ac. tivity Marked by Sinking of Tor pedo Boat Niger. in Deal, England.--By the destruction ap] of the British torpedo boat Niger, in which was torpedoed Vind sunk by a submarine in the Downs, the realities inj of war were brought home, to the in. fat habitants of Deal and Walmer. mi A loud explosion was heard from on the gunboat as she lay off the Deal ya pier and' great volumes of smoke en- all veloped the vessel. When the smoke ye cleared the Niger was' observed to be foi settling down forward. Men, women at and children rushed to the sea front, tri .exclaiming that the vessel had been p14 torpedoed or mined. They soon real- be ized that the Niger was doomed. The Deal and Kingsdown life boats, as well lai as boats from other parts of the beach th were launched in an effort to save the to 'sailors. te: Consternation and almost panic pre- as vailed.amogg the hundreds who stood be watching tab ghastly sight from the all beach. Fortunatsly the North Deal pr galley Hope, commanded by Capt. Jno. m Budd, lay at anchor near the spot wait- ha ing to land the pilot from a London Ti steamer which was going down the in channel. When the boatmen realized p1 .that the Niger had been hit by a sub* t. marine or mine; to:use their own. ex- to ,prespion, they rowed like .the very ti deviL st JAP 'SOLDIERS TO POLAND dl 0 60,000 Haye Been Dispatched to Euro- P e jean Firing Line-Big Guns Also ei e Are Shipped. Port Arthur.-The war is greatly re gretted by foreigners, as it has result- 2% ed in a flood of scurrilous Japanese cartoons and denunciations showing 2' the lowest respect for white men. The Japanese newspapers leave no doubt 21 in the minds of their readers that Ja pan is waging and winning, the war 2 against the. Teutons while Britain, Rus-' sia and France cringe thankfully in the 21 background. In Vladivostok there is great tur.- 21 moil, 6erothe dispatch of 60,000 sol r diers to the westward. Every German 1i Of.tthe, eatensive Teutonic colony there ti e already has been shipped west to the t, -prison camps. -. Long trains'of Japanese guns have ti e- gone to the front. One passenger train, C d consisting of half a mile of car, left 14 )f daily foir the west for over. a week, be- -t ing hauled at a snail pace by an snti '. quated locomotive, although the good n locopmotives in Siberia have been requi , sitioned for, service in Russian, Poland and an extraordinary collection of Bel s glan, German,' Russian and Aherican h locomotives is attempting to cope with ºl the traffic. . . . . SNIGHT ATTACKS 'REPULSED ie - . Critical Stage in Battle is Reached. 1 ,Paris jiys Germans Unbll to Ad- i e vanug -From Dixmude. I r London.--A cr'tical asttge in the bat. I ý tie In West Flanders ias been report- t et ed, and the near future should produce1 i 1e somethl decisive. " I .. The Geimansi, with all the forces at i . their dommand, have continued to t, ia . lac1'the ~lritish and Frepnch, wh hold'i the lianeibetween Dixmude and' Ypres; - Sbut except for the capture otf Dixmude, i which occurred Tuesday, and some lit tle progress around Ypres, they have tg nt aieideaterial advaides. . The French' officil .report says aIl tliatticeksa hive been repulsed. The Lr- UtifiLans no longer are utiuisng gares Striosop tuis 'gon, bat~rve brousht ,e the pick o. tf heier army, -including Se-Prua'i quar.ds, .Wlhoattempte4 - ,= offensive movement against the rit'h, butwltbout success. SJai RaisiRng . ruisr. i thallri oa at Tsltg-T o i e. of mas kuab3t5 one ditroyr aind five a transprsia. They are raising the snu*e 1.- eneDustr~ rusi~br ea ofY~.. floM~zigl-c Events in uisiana 3 VCHLD 1 - 'FRADR 11 BIG SAYING IN 01 LEVEE CONTRACTS TOTAL AMOUNT INVOLVED IN HE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS $315,425.10. Western Newspaper Union News Service. New Orleans.-Never in the history b of the levee contract system along Chi the Mississippi river have so many froi 3 contractors entered a levee compett- til tion as were present in the United der States engineers office in New Orleans the n Monday when bids for more than Jot $300,000 worth of government levee Lai work in the Fourth Mississippi Dis- Ne trict were opened. The most remark able feature of the bidding Monday, of j however, was the low price per cubic yard for which the various bidders mu offered to do the work. Compared witlh Av the prices paid by the government for levee work last year in this district, ing a total saving of $142,010.30 was made him in the tontracts for which bids were als n approved. The total amount involved vol in the contracts is $31.5,425.10. tin a A total of forty contractors, includ- the ,s ing many well-known firms of Louis- pre . lana, Mississippi and Tennessee, sub- it mitted bids. Except in the case of i one small contract, for 9,500 cubic ] pl yards, lower bids were submitted on lio a. all the work than were received last cr( e year. This particular bid, which was lai )e for the construction of a strip of levee the in at Lauderdale, in the Lafourche Dis- the it, trict was rejected by Major W. G. Ca- pei in pies, chief engineer of this district, as col I- being too high. pu le Major Caples was gratified at the :11 large number of bids submitted and. agi :h the low prices offered by the contrac- an ie tors. On account of the long fillibus ter made in the United States Senate OF e- against the original rivers and har Ad bors bill, the amount of money finally Am Ie allotted to this district for river im al provement -work was only' slightly o. more than- $1,000,000, or about one- u it half the amount expended last year. )n The remarkable saving of $142,010.30 of 2 in the contracts for which Major Ca- AI d ples approved bids Monday is proof da Ib that he is doing everything possible of ' to make the government appropria- all r7 tion for this year bring forth good re- va suilts. This saving will make it pos- iv: sible for him to do further work in the is ýD different districts. The average price per cubic yard cr , paid last year and the net saving in th each district on the bids approved P. Monday are. as follows: 6, re. Lower Tensas-Average price 1913, lt- 22.45 cents; amount saved, $43,825. w: use Atchafalaya-Average price 1913, og 24.33 cents; net saving, $44,440.55. p1 he Lafourche-Average , price 1913, 91 1bt 22.89 cents; net saving, $20.865. Ia- Barataria-Average price 1913, P1 'ar 23.70 cents; net saving, $675. P: is- Ponchartrain-Average price 1913, he 20.8 cents; net saving; $20,442.60.. c Lake Borgne-Average price 1913, iv'. 20.35 cents; net saving, $11,762.15. 01 A total of 2,148,000 cubic yards of a levee work are embraced in the con re .tracts. All of the bids are subject he to approval by the chief of engineers in Washington, but it is assumed that ve the recommendations made by Major in, Caples will. be adopted. The Nairn eft levee, in the Baratar a district, and be- the Millaudon levee, in the Lake itt Borgne district, must be completed by C 0tI September 1, 1915; the other contracts n lf rovide for completion of the work by C UG ecember 1, 1915. an Militia Appointments Announced, a ith n Baton Rouge---AdJutant General McNeese, LoUisiana National Guard, hasi announced the foilowing appoint D ments and resignations in the Itate t National Guard: Appointments - ad, Battaion Sergeant Major Newton A. SSanders to be second lieutenant, Coir-. pany I; First Sergealft Paul O. Le ,at* blanc, Company 0, to be second Lien- C rt- tenant Company .G. Resignations - uce lrst Lieutenant Andrew T. Caldwell, -Company K;'Piflst Lieutenant Ransom at B. Jacobs, Company L: Second Lieu at. tenant Charles S. Reily, battalion old' quartermaster, Fiirst Infantry.. d, Issues Warning to Stockmen.. ave .Baton Rouge.-Because of the eplt demic of foot and mouth disease among cattle and live stock of the e North and West, Dr. W. H. Dalrymple, .] Sveterinarian of the state experiment gt station, has issued a warning to cattle ag dealers and dairymen of Louisiana to 4g delay purchases of cattle, sheep, th swine and stock from sections of the country contiguous to quarantined states, dis* Yellow Pine Men Dissolve. ie New 'Orleans.-The dissolving of the 3.ef all0* Pine Manufacturers' Assoia ive tion, thebiquidation of its affairs and t4 the formation of a newassociation to I * carry on uitdform grades and itspec tion only,with i'its- headquarters prob ably:located at iew rleanis, was lm animously dee14 .pn at i meeting re Tuesda by the 4~eeos of the prves,. ags eat asso~astioi l t ':t1id bheadquarters. Sshall be ~located nearer the center of l- productioQ ad it Is believed that the ciasss of New Orls as, 0R8. BARR DB LI I FROM M i,, ..; N HE WAS FOUND ' OF HAV ST ING CREATED ISM IN THE CHURCH. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Wesi y New Orleans.-Deposition from the A g Christian ministry, with suspension ber from the sacraments of the church un- wid t. til such a time as he shall give evi- in t d dence of a sincere repentance, was be 1 the sentence imposed upon Rev. Dr. reps n John C. Barr, pastor of the seceding per Lafayette Presbyterian Church, by the thel New Orleans Presbytery Monoay. to 1 It was the first time in the history plea of the church in Louisiana that the bee office of deposition and virtual excom- fea munication was performed, and Rev. citi Dr. U. D. Mooney, pastor of Napoleon tha' Avenue Presbyterian Church, the r moderator, as he read sentence depos- rail ing a brother minister and denying ot. e him the holy sacrament, was formal almost to the point of solemnity. His te voice was close to breaking with emo- is 4 tion several tilpes, and he prefaced ves .- the stern formality with a sincere ex- fro S- pression of regret that, as moderator, h- it was his heavy duty to depose his se f " rother in Christ." ic Dr. Barr was held guilty of rebel- sa n lion and insubordination, the sin of 1 st creating a schism in the church was sta is laid upon him, and the members of liv ,e the presbytery seemed unanimous in by sa the conclusion that only the severest 2 a- penalty that the ecclesiastical court cili is could impose would serve as fitting in punishment for the offense. ma ie The same sentence was passed 3 Id" against W. H. Leith, Dr. Barr's assist- pal .c- ant, at the night session. ish La- ' t OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS for ly Andre M. Martin Defeated by, Progres. y plve for State Equalization Board. Western Newspaper Union News Service. tr. Baton Rouge.-The official returns ani 30 of .the secretary of state show that no' 'a- Andre, M. Martin, Democratic, candi of date ,for member of the State Board ab le of Equalization of' the Third District, La- although he: led his ticket by 818 tei re- votes, was defeated by J. Maurice Ol- st4 )s- ivier, Piogressive. Olivier's majority he is exactly '700. cre The returns give Gueydan, Demo- p11 Ord cratic candidate for Congress from in the Third District, 4,604; to Whitmel br e1i P. Martin, the Progressive candidate, the 6,030, a majority of 1,426 for Martin. 13, The results in the other districts ce where there were contests follow: lic 13, First District-For Congress, Esto pinal, Democrat, 9,657; Burns, Pro- co 13, gressive, 907. m Second District-For Congress, Du- p. 13, pre, Democrat, 8,641; LeBotirgeois, m Progressiv e, 1,989. at 13, Seventh District-Lazaro, Demo- .e crat, 3,792; Deitz, Socialist, 615. 1, Eighth District-Aswell, Democrat, th - ; Jones, Socialist, 729. st of The returns on the constitutional aon- mendments are not complete, the re- al ect turns from Bossier, Washington, a, e Union, West Carroll and Lincoln be hat ing still cut. it Jor Sued By a Music Teacher. sI and New York.--louis 8. Berg, presi- tl ake dent of the New Orleans, Mobile and , by Chicago Railroad Company was t named as defendant in a Supreme tl by court action for the recovery of about s $900 by Mme.\Maya Mercedes Ransen- . berg, vocal' teacher. Mmine. Ranzenberg g alleges this money is due for two i months' services and her expenses in g al teaching vocal music to Miss Frances , * Berg, daughter of the defendant. Miss , Berg came into public notice sometl tate time ago, when her father sued C. De , Macchi,.a grand opera teacher, for the I A. recovery of $7,200. He alleged De 4 ofMacchl was engaged to make a grand t e- opera singer of his daughter. d To investigate Malaria. I rell, o Washlngton.-lin order to conduct t e- investigations with respect to the c lion prevalence of malaria in New Orleans, a several experts hate been ordered 4 from the Marine Hospital in Mobile t to New Orleans. Sanitary Engineer ,c ;l. A. A. Le Prince and Technical As-' OP! sistants M. B. Mltamain, H. A. Taylor ease and D. M. Molloy have been relieved the at Mobile. and ordered to proceed to ple, . Nw Orleans. lent Lttle Baton Rouge Tick Eradication. St Baton Rouge;-Tick eradication will eep, be begun in earnest in East Baton the Rouge parish as a result of the police Ined jury's action in assuring $2,000 for the carrying on of the work. Embarks in Hog Raising. the Donaldsonville. - Frank McKee, Ci* member of the Bfirm of McKee Bros., and of Versailles, Ky., who are among the a to largest and most successful breeders ipec. of DurocJersey, hogs in the Unitied. rob- tates, spent several days with Evan I - McCall, whd has embarked in the ting raising of this variety of swine on an ers* extensive sctle, and has converted a :ters- part of the Evan' Hall plantation, In ' of this parih, into' one of the best equnep ; te ped a most modem hog farms In 1roir.r LIVESTOCK MEETING FOR ALEXANDRIA F. STATE WIDE CONVENTION HAS BEEN CALLED TO MEET DE CEMBER'9, 10 AND 11. Western~Newspaper Union News Service. e Alexandria.-The Alexandria Cham, a her of Commerce has called a state i- wide Livestock Convention to be held i- in this city December 9-11. There will ,s be invited many stocknien of national r. reputation. State and university ex g perts, local stock experts, and, in fact, e there will be. no stone left unturned to make this, convention the most Y pleasant and profitable that has ever e been held in the State. The social " feature will not be left out, and the r" citizens of Alexandria will see to it n that every person attendiing will spend e a pleasant time and learn nm,'re about a raising stock than they had any idea gof. Every person in the state that is in is terested in stock raising of any kind is cordially invited to attend this con vention. Alexandria can be reached from any point within the state in is seven hours. The object of the proposed organt z1- ation are: i 1. Organization throughout the L state to secure or purchase and to sell )f live stock, with information furnished n by the secretary. at 2. Secure better transportation fae t cilities and car service and co-operate tg in purchases and shipment to best market, feed, fertilizers, etc. id 3. To organize and agitate a cam. t- paign for tick eradication in each par. ish. 4. To organize clubs in each parish S for dog eradication and propose laws for same. 5. Agitate better veterinary service generally. 6, hdgcat* farmers to fiale them.' selves medical and surgical appliances ns and medicines where veterinaries are at not available. i-. 7. Intelligent understanding of id abortion and its eradication. At, 8. Encourage and establish new 1s testing societies, and better undeth )1. standing of balanced rations, etc. ty 9. Encourage the organiration of creameries and condensed milk lo- plants. mn 10. Encourage the purchase of pure iel bred animals, especially males, and te, their registration. in. 11. Encourage a law permitting :ts certain standards for pure bred stal. lions. Lto- 12. Let association endorse ant ro- co-operate with agricultural depart' ment, of the State University, its elt )u- perimental station and the expert. pis, mental station now being established at the Hope Farm by the U. S. .Gotv no- ernment. 13. ' Secure the active services 1t at, this connection of a capable traveling supervisor for different farms. 14. Only a partial fulfillment of the re- above suggestions will insure more on, and a better class of immigration. S The Chamber of Commerce says Is its call: "louisiana is admirably adapted to stock raising of ell kinds and now esi- the opportunity was never better to and engage in it In oirder to assist is was getting those Interested started Is me this business the need of a state live out stock association, such as other en- states have, is great at this time, erg Such an association should be orgam. two ired strictly on a business basis I in should maintain headquarters at some ceo central point in the state, with a palt liss secretary, whose.duty sla to gather all me the information possible for the stoct Sraisers of the state: This man should the Ihave on hand information as to.what Skind of stock can best be raised IS and the state; what kin! is adopted to thb different sections; where such stock can be obtained; price of same, ete. He should also be.constantly looldkingl luct up good markets, transportation li the ilities, etc., for the benefit of the as an,, sociation. Such an organizatlon can 3red do more in less time towards building bile up the stock raising Industry than any ,eer ,other one ththg." ylor Alexandria Poultry Exhibit. Alexandria.-Sam Broida, one of the Sto proprietors of the "Snow White Poul, try Farm," has tendered the use of the Adler Garage to the Poultry Au. sociation for the exhibit in December, will aton rlice - Shreveport.-The ninth Louisiana . State-PFair came to a close after eight suocessful i4ys here Wednesday. SOld.Tlme Editor Is Dead Kee, Shreveport, La.--After a lotng i, ro., ness, J. H. Cosgrove, known through* the out the stateof Louisiana as "Genera ,. Jin " diCd at a local sanitarum Mon. "ited. d Ulorilng.o The 1qalns wer vrn takqp to Natchitoches Monday after, the noon for interment. "Geneal. Jim" San Cosgrove was seventy~to years ol ed a ind had been actively engaged in the , in newspaper business In LoMuaIl a sine the close ot the Civil wa-r up 'aill : la cent yearus when his healthi becmu suh ae to enase hisl t11imn)t,