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The Lower Coast Gazette VOL. VII. POINTE-A-LA-HACHE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 1914., i _ . _ -- I., ,, . .. , PARLIAMENT QUITS TILL THE NEW YEARI LLOYD-GEORGE AND CHURCHILL. REVIEW THE DEPARTMENTS. HAMPERED BY BAD DEBTS. FINANCES IN GOOD SI. PE Churchill Refuses to Explain Recent Naval Maneuvers on Ground That . Time Is Not Ripe Yet. Credit Good. London.-Both houses of parliament adjourned until the new year. The house of lords will reassemble Jan. 6, but the house of commons not until Feb. 2. thy ttle David Lloyd-George, chancellor of 1ittl the exchequer, and Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, reviewed respectively the status of the country's fiances and of the navy to the house PET of commons. Each presented a cheerful picture of the condition of the branches of gov- Russ ernment over which they preside. The to chancellods statement on the bubscrip 'tion to the largest war loan ever float ed, which had been eagerly awaited, said the loan had been oversubscribed. betw He said there were nearly 100,000 ap- vo plications for the bonds, a large propor- atco tion of them for small amounts, and pat added that the small subscribers hci would be given preference. Mr. Lloyd-George estimated that an e $20,000,000,000 worth of good foreign Gen securities were held in Great Britain aGen at the beginning of the war, while the t Ge aesets of the country were estimated hi at knother $65,000,000,000, and that the country's credit was nearly $90,000,000. M.9r. Churchill's most persistent crit _ i. d A.dmiral Lord Charles Beresford, re- Kenl titrer. wanted explanations of the re- sca o=at naval management, but Mr. e hurchill declined to give them on the est ' Iground that the time would not be ripe Dui until kSll the factors could be discussed. bur ful A: IS QUIET IN FLANDERS e Importance, According to PR "Report from Paris. Pl is:.-The -ollowing official com- Gel ui~ation was issued here: e.verything has been calm. There It nothing to report." , Earlier the following communication I wa issued: "The slackening of the artillery, fire me . " the enemy was noted all.along the in 'Ui . Two Infantry attacks directed me against the heads of bridges which we to lied thrown down on the right bank of I Tier, to the south of DMlmude, m ,me easily repulsed. tO "There was no other engagement on sm f'' '''ift of the front in Belgium, and .asrspu the Olse, nor was there any . aion O ,theAlame or in ChampBgne SNo0tbi he Us, Rheims was rather vio lutl b6atbded gdurimu the time that .a ti of journalists from neutrtl th were .making a visit to the thie Argone some infantry at- De b re4tsitedin f the loss sand thenth thet e asat ocertain trenches. The (ane elaget I this fighting never et. , d~lbattaion. The sitond lost ud~ ns atrtaken was never more than a ShaMt of the Meuse and a ~ g~oge there isnothing to re- l tie $TGAINSA BY ALLIES Opq t, sBelgimn haveseen r for A while, According to Oqf* man guns in Bel .heen silenced or the mo tn gas were made by the tie nanders-theatr. -oB were they to the new de ve movement being launched by ito destroy the invading army oidrive it 'from Bellumz lthat the 4 shuich war .sflceideemed it best in 4'rlt 4 1ia enOtaneuaent this aer b ton rwoi~thold thelbcaitt of their t~She official statement ' V :*ta that "In the north the diminashed In intensity ad tn fanstry attack was directed eU a lines, which made sliht t at certain points," T~ there has been tetrrile aght- * f In the er9th-flghtiu q sumch a that na defnite srault It iti tomr e dsy--Is indicated by , reports which hias reached I- ul prevlousotions of 4 tihstemncd stages of the corn ~ anns ef saow e repotoed IWus r "Pund, f torhe of trm - -pi~ 1 :Ii h Off ;, }l"~ } y x4{ . GRAND DUCHESS MARIE Marie Adelaide, grand d'uchess of Luxembourg, has the world's sympa* thy because of the way in which her little realm has been overrun by a mles. PETROGRAD SAYS VICTORY cate Th Russia Brings Up Additional Troops claim to Help Out in Poland-Germans on t Admit Check. Lowi Th London.-The battle in the region crow between the Vistula and Warta rivers, Crac in Poland, appears to have turned in ered favor of the Russians. A special dis- tribu patch from Petrograd to Paris says man' the Russian army already has won a Of decisive victory. While this may be circl an exaggeration, both the Russian and of tl German official reports suggest that Pola Gen. von Hindenburg's second thrust eral at Warsaw has been checked. give Grand Duke Nicholas, commander-in- "I chief of the Russian forces, for two victa days in succession has recorded par- Pet! tial successes, and now the German pres general staff says the arrival of Rus- en I sian re-enforcements has postponed a 000. decision. "4 Both sides have expressed the great- alob est confidence in the outcome. Grand spoi Duke Nicholas and Gen. von Hinden- plat burg heretofore have been so success- mal ful in their strategy that their adher- lery I ents look upon them as almost un- "] beatable. tall whi iiREPARE FOR FINAL DASH inge " Germans Bring Up Reserves and Big rot Guns in Hopes of Cutting Through vel Allies' Line. a d - out n 'London. -While undertaking im- ber mense tasks in the east, the Germans, pas according to all accounts, are prepar- sid ing to launch another offensive move- fici ment in the west. Just where this is re to be is known by the general staff alone. It is believed here they will make another effort, to get through to the French coast and perhaps at the Bu same time try, to force the line of French fortresses in the Arrgonne re 'sto. e. The Germans have been violently i0- bombarding Ypres in Flanders, Sois- I at sons on the Aisne and Rheims, while Bu they have been attacking in force In the e the Argonne region. The French claim thi the Argonne assaults have . been re- tw it pulsed, while' the Germans say that clh le they have been gaining ground stead- mi bep t. .of tit The 'ermang during the past three no it days are reported, in information from wi aI northof Flanders, to have brought up sh 80,000men and more than ±00 guns for d a finat effort to clt through'the :llies' th re line before winter shall have. set in,; w bringigh t4, an end. extensive ppera-, tb tions-dn this front. H m TURIUSH'ITROOPS AT CANAL ft Constantinople 8ay .That English c) Forces Have Been Defeated. . Battle Near Port Said. B London.- Reuter's 'Cdnstantinople 'i e correspondent in a dispatch sent by ci way of Berlin gives.thei following oftl. b dial Tprkish statement: - . . ' 'c "The Turkish troops have .reached a by the Sties Canal. In fighting near El= E KY Kantara the English suffered heavy b he losses.and took fight." - O Elkantara is a. port on the right s - bank bf the caal about 5 miles south Sof Port ~aid. oat Reutefs Amsterdam correspondent S the 1 says:, ty"An otfficial Constantinople telegram - ted says the Turkish'ocruiser Hamidish yes. a ght terday bombarded and destroyed the 5 Russian petroleumn depots and wireless ht. station at Taupse near Novorrossky S(on the'Black Sea). I "A heavy battle, lasting nine hours, by occurred along the ShatEI-Atab River I hed (this river empties into the PBrstan sof Gulf and forms part of the boundary I ac between the Persian and Turkish do- I Cm . dlare thinoieds), between the britiuh iand T-rkish troops. British losses ted were very heavy. Captured bitish I te soditSi deel firJe. wounded includded Sthe British commandear. Russia Mlmes Black tSe . .p .Et.ragt .-It . was oicially an mn epunced bIie the nRnslan littoral of iO places 41 uhile ost tm the me.coast. sur Shipa are absolutiaely foarba to sail Wt alht tn go put ao R ussl Ba rp~u I:. -'- '. -e) ,' -i ,~a¶ ~ baT~b~W berhtk**as the ~BI:n LECISIVE VICTORYUlll WON BY RUSSIANS IUNOFFICIAL REPORT TELLS OF ROUT OF GERMANS-PETRO GRAD'S ADVANTAGE. SAY RETREAT IN PROGRESS Berlin Says Battle Has Not Been De cided Yet-Report Says Two Ger man Army Corps Are Now Surrounded. London.-The Russian general staff still is withholding details of the vic f tory which all other dispatches from 1 Petrograd say the Russians have won r over German forces that penetrated Poland. The official report simply says the battle continues to develop to the advantage of the Russians and that the Germans are trying to extri cate themselves from an unfavorable position. * The Germans, on- the other hand, s claim they have inflicted heavy losses on the Russians between Lodz and The reported failure of the German n crown prince's army to advance on the s, Cracow-Czenstochowa front is consid in ered by these military critics as con s* tributing to the checking of the Ger rs mans. a Official advices received in Russian ti oe circles in London declare that the rout s id of the German and Austrian forces in y at Poland has been complete. The gen- t est eral staff, however, is not yet able to a give any details of this fighting. In- "It is now clear that the Russian vo victory in Poland is decisive," 'says the " ir- Petrograd correspondent of the Ex Ba press. "The number of prisoners tak Is- en by the Russians is estimated at 50, a 000 C "The Germans have begun a retreat at- along the entire front," the corre nd spondent continues, "and in many an- places the fight is a disordered rout, a 8s- marked by the abandonment of artil er- lery, Maxims and transports. ' an- "Berlin meanwhile is beginning to e talk about repulsing Russian attacks, whic h a subtle method of announ H"ing tht the German troops are on the defensive." It is said in Petrograd. that one, if Big not two German corps are almost en h veloped, and that they are making a desperate effort to fight their way out to the north. Already a large num im- ber of prisoners are reported to have ms, passed through Warsaw. This is con par- sidered in London to confirip unof we- ficial reports M to: BATTLESHilP SUNK iN THAMES th -.pal no0 Bulwark Detsoroyed off Sheerness, 85 he Miles from London--Over 700 all .ivps Lost. ha London,-The British battleship go Bulwark was blown up and sunk in tol the estuary of Medway river, where Pa the latter flows into the Thames. Be tween 700 and 800 men were lost, in cluding Capt. Guy Bolater, her com- TI mander, and all her officers. Only 14 of the crew were saved. It is an nounced officially that the explosion was interior and originated in the ship's magazine. The disaster is the most appalling the British navyr has suffered.in the m , war. It is even more of a shock than R, the los -of the Aboukir, Cressy and m Hogue at the hands of a single sub marine in the North Sea, for the Bul- bi wark was destroyed from witlfin-de- fr stroydd utterly and instantly.' The .tr men aboard her had not a fighting tU i chance for their lives. . : SThe band was playing aboard the it Bulwark. Near her were 'anchored e several other ships. The morning was v y calm, and but for the presence of the w battleship swinging at her anchor .chains there was nothing to suggest b d anything but peace.. Alongside the r 1 Bulwark was a ligher. From it were tl y being loaded over the side of the 16,- t 000-ton battleship ,lresh ammunition I Lt stores for her 12-inch and 6-inch guns. t h SBadenly a terrific explosion oc curred in the bowels of the ship. A it great cloud of smoke arose, envelop ing the Bulwark and shutting her from m sight. A great white flash of fire I . -streaked through the black veil; the ie smoke cloud thickened and rolled out 3 ward and upward. c The great black curtain spread, and I as it spred it began to lt. Whenthe a s, spot which had been the Bulwark's I r berth finally was visible, a maelstrom, r of turbulent waters was all that mark- ( ry ed the anchorage. The debris littered . Lo- the surface of the stream. The Bull. sh wark.was gone with all on board ex es cept: the few mangled and struggling sh formsin the water. She sank in three ed minutes from the time .of 4the explo sion. ' Amerloan War Victim.. .- Losdon.-The first graduate of an f America' college to'be a victim of ny the war Is LieUt. GeOrge Williamson, St. who belpe s to the duke of Wellint all ton n regimnt. r. Williamson's lO uw .ae aed the e tt ualty list as A ebE those dying d o o tb e resulalts of 'er i '`it`s fln We emiliAt .f . y ýý} Z;. Yý. I p d i 10 'S id Lfl JEROME K. JEROME Jerome K. Jerome, the noted Eng. Ilsh author and playwright, now in this country, thinks.the war will last eighteen months or possibly three years. It will not end, he ays, until the British army marches into Berlin, and after that there will be peace for three centuries. PORTUGAL TO HELP ALLIES Congress Decides Step Will be Taken shor When Necessary,- Mobiliza-. Loui tion Order Given. awa London.-A dispatch from Lisbon the says that the Portuguese congress de- schc cided that Portugal should q-operate deni with the allies when it co fders the yen step necessary. The minister of war P will issue a decree for partial mobil ter ization. Mal Pahl.-The t}il6tang' dfiCial coMa munication was issued hee:a "It has been relatively quiet. hat "There has been intermittent can- Brt nonading on the front and a few at tacks in the Argonne, which have all Me been repulsed." . The official statement given out in Par Paris says that, generally speaking, 01y the situation showed no changes of DN importance. The text of the commun- fo Ication follows: "Along the greater part of the front Da the enemy manifested his, iactivity, La particularly by an .intermittent 'can- Av nonade. Nevertheless,. .there were here and there some infantry attacks, all of which were repulsed. As we . have come to expect, these attacks to were .particularly violent in the. Ar. no gonne, where we gained some terri- Te I tory, and in the rekion of Four-de to e Paris. to TURKS LOSE IN ARMENIA to Battle Rages More Fiercely in Cad.r Scasus Regiont-Turks Thrown Back in Direction of Erzerum. 'cl g Petrograd-The following announce- m e. ment from the general staff of the a Russian army in the Caucasus was Id made public here: b: "In the region of Erserum we throw dl- back the jrurks on the whole of the c e. front and forced them hurriedly to re .e treat.. Our troops are still pushing of ig them, energetically. ."There is no change in the situation' st e in the othbr regions." id "From Karakilissee to Alashgerd as valley some engagements took place, n 2e with results favorable to us. or "Ii .the .Persian ' province of A er st baljan the Turks were defeated insthe he region of Khanasur Pass. and also in re the passes leading from Dilman, in e ,. the direction of Kotur. In these en-*a on gagements the Russian troops cap. Is. tured some Turkish artillery." V PRISONERS TRY TO ESCAPE re England Says Prison Riot was not he Caused by Poor Food But De-' ut- sire to Eacape. London.-The Manchester Guard nd lan,' referring to the rioting in the.j he alien detention camp' on the Isle of k's Man, in- which five prisoners were om killed and twelve wounded, says this rk- outbreak was due not merely to dis red .content with the food and treatment lu- given, but was part of a desperate ex plan of the prisoners to escape from Inn the camp with the ultimate hope of roe seizing a" vessel in the harbor and plo- making their way to some neutral'i country. German Submarine Rammed. 8" London.-The secretary of the ad* of miralty 'announces that the German ion, submarine boat U-18, reported off LD' the miorth coast of Scotland was a's rammed by a British patrolling vessel Sand s mindereOdere oApter Sina EBatt PrQbable. -o 4ied ti nd German V i~Ssels are tin tpte bif the Ura oeas~''- coat a t is probable. i a.,l- nlti s tea-ni*IPO. tpa, boun~ Events in Lou lana PRAiCTIALLY FTREE TA OFMURDER CHARGE J. T. WATSON OF ARKANSAS BANK SHOT AND KILLED J. C. CHE- T'E VALLON AT MONROE. VA Western Newspaper Union News Service. Western Mdnroe, La.-J. T. Watson of Gur- New don, Ark., who shot and killed J. C. operat Chevallon of New Orleans, was prac- starte( tically freed on the charge of murder islatux when the coroner's jury at midnight at its reported a verdict of self-defense and them ordered his release on $5,000 'bond. 25 per The fact that the coroner's jury re- per ce ported self-defense and ordered a nation small bond for the slayer indicates a that 1 belief that conviction would be im- able 1 possible. to for According, to testimony at the coro- clear ner's inquest, Chevallon was intoxicat- A 'I ed and often had threatened the life ested of Watson. The shooting ocurred on will I the depot platform at 7. o'clock soon Wednesday night. In the afternoon, quest It was testified, Chevallon told a for to friend "He was going to get drunk ture, m and have a hot time." It was testi- in Ja t fied that Chevallon made a motion to as to s draw a pistol on Watson at the depot, He I1 but that Watson was too quick. He banki i fired five shots.' One bullet went keep f through Chevallon's head, entering was I the left temple. Another shot shat- sessi5 tered the left shoulder. Chevallon cent. lived about an hour and a half. He they Boys' Corn Club Winners. T Baton Rouge.-Scholarships to the clear short winter agricultural course of the E Louisiana State University have been tenti awarded to thirteen prize winners in bank 'n -the boys' corn clubs of the state. The all e- scholarships include all expenses inci dent to a two weeks' stay at the uni- s d ' versity for agricultural study. then r Following are prize winners: Wal- ciati ter Willis of Osborne, Rapides parish; tion Mallard .Beasley, Ainwell, Catshoula parish; Tullis Hatcher, East `Felici- B ana parish; William Wardlow, Cous hatta, Red River parish; Leonard Tral Brown, Haile, Union parish; Crafton al Meredith, Grayson, Caldwell parish; Guy garnette, Arizona, Claiborne N in parish; Leonard L. Dean, Montgom- 'gy ery, Grant parish; Freddie Marchand, way Dutchtown, Ascension parish; San- time n. ford Davis, Walnut Hill, Vernon par- for ish; Elmore Finley Walsh, 'jefferson fart mt Davis parish; Guy Golden, Goodpine, dee ty, La Salle parish; Harrison Pastor,. gag n- Avoyelles parish. are . _ por ks, Road Asks Dismissal of Suit. wel we Baton Rouge.-Claiming that. the in ks Louisiana Railroad' Commission has for Ar" no Jurisdiction in the. matter, the Be ri. .Texas and Pacific Railroad in answerel. de to the petition of fourteen Louisiana iottonseed oil mills, asking the com-- be fission to compel the road to refund big them $170,000 in overcharges on cot ton seed shipments, asked that the pie suits of the mills ýe dismisqed. The ho, railroad alleges that even it the com- pl1 ' mission has jirisliCtiop, that pre scription of one year from date of the pr 'claim, provided for suits against corm c- mon carriers in Act No. 175 -of 1914, he the - Tas hibodaux Street Work Finished. ca Thibodaux.-The street p.'idt beg th ow gun the latter part of Jrne hias beem ge the completed. About two-thirds. pf the ac re- streets have been graveled. The price 'g( ing of the work ha' been at the irate of tr 69 cents per square yard on: Ortain vi lon streets and 76 cents on other steets, r thus making the rate per mile in the as erd neighborhood of $12,000. Organize 8. A. W. C. Branch. pl ter Baton Rouge.-Co-edi And alumnae .th theof Louisiana State Upiversity'have ei i organized a local braheh of the South- a in ern Asociation of College Women ol n- and elected the following officers: al cp- Mrs. C. E. Coates, president; Miss N SIrene Norwdod, vice president; and fi Miss Ruth Bates, secretary-treasurer. fi IPE - Farmer Killed From Ambush. a Homer.-P. 'J. Sanders, farmer, liv- ft iot ng about four miles north of Homer, c was shot and instantly killed from a ambush while driving to town with a ard load of wood. He vas discovered ly- P thei ing dead in his wagon about two e of miles from here. this Short Course in Agriculture. dis- Monroe.-Secretary Smfith of the ment Chamber of Commerce. hlas received rate the pledges from a large numbef of m farmers in Ouachita parish to attend e of a short course of three or four days li in agriculture to be held .under the I Isupervision of Dr. W. R. Dodson, I dean and director at Baton Rouge. I Small Dairy Source of Revenue. SShreveport-One source of revenue rmn to the farmer which has but recently o come to be appreciated in Louisiana wais the small dairy. Corn being a gen essel eral rop grasses of all kinds plenti ifl and the by-products of cotton Sseed, sugaiccsne and rice available, it rman would seem that the opportunities Ur n- would have long ago been recognized bable. and developed espea~clally as the cit boun les of Little Rockl Memphis, New Or to .i leans, Nathes, Moared , Alexandria and Shrevelost are ithin easy reach. STATE BANKSW!ILL LOG ASK FOR RELIEF BANKING INSTITUTIONS CLAIM COMP TH'EY ARE PLACED AT DISAD- KAN VANTAGE BY STATE LAWS. Western Newspaper Union News Serviee. Wester New' Orleans.-Banks of the state, ShrE operating under state charters, have betwe' started a movement to induce the leg- return islature to change the banking laws sas at at t its next meeting, so as to permit tion, I them to reduce their reserves from in bo4 25 per cent, as now required, to 1S being per cent, the amount now required of Auton national banks. It is also probable aided that legislation may be asked to en- of col able the state chartered. institutions hands to form a ,clearing hqupe, which will Jr., a clear checks for the entire state. applit . A 'general conference of the inter- ThE e ested banks has been suggested, and map I will probably be held in .New Orleans Dalla k soon to discuss the situation, and re- being quest the governor to open the way shoWi for the extra session of the legisla- S~hxe k ture, which he is expected to convene' Th, i. in January to change existing laws 'so aboul :o as to give them relief. "Ti Heretofore the state and national way, [e banks have both been required to of sh It keep reserves of 25 per cent This streti g was reduced by Congress at its recent gurfa ,t. session for national banks to 18 per couni in cent.. i ' mp Heads of state institutions feel that the 1 they should be put on the same basis. 1, 19: The movement to form a central shap e clearing house for all the banks of wort of the state is due to the announced in- rout( en tention of the new federal reserve tile In banks to act as a clearing house for of al he all its members. This will put the be a ci state institutions at a disadvantage, it s- is declared, and may either force p them'to join the federal reserve asso al- ciations or accept checks for collec- Stop ; tion at a loss.' ila ci- BELGIANS GOOD FARMERS w us- the rd Tract of Land Should Be Sold them ship tin Under "Gentlemen's Agreement" stal -- * La., me New Orleans.-B.. F. Yoakum, build- fact )m- 'ei f railroads, with New Orleans al- ters nd, ways the center of his plans and the an- time, is in the city. The conference per ar- for .the purpose, of bringing Belgiau IptE fon farmers to Louisiana aroused his til me, deepest interest, bit 'numerous en- bee tor, gagements' prevented his attendance. "I consider the idea of great im- RO portance," said Mr. Yoakum.. "All well posted agricultural'economists, the in discusing the best ways and means Tw has for co-operative farming, take the the Belgian co-operative system as a mod er el. The 'Belgians easly are the best 5 clas a'of farmers in the world. The me work inaffgurated in Louisiana is a Un mund big one, and deserves to be pushed as Sto success, both from, a humanitarian opi t viewpoint, taking care of worthy peeo re the pe who' have suffered the loss of cal The honmes and livelihood, as well as peo om- pling this .section with able farmers, po pre- who will become good citizens and tel the producers. p1e om' "The best method of getting them 914, here is i matter for the committee to evolve, but it the organization formed Id. can, in. systematic. manger, without by be the injection of speculative features, ce been get together 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 the acres of land that can. be sold under a rice 'gentleman's. agreelpenit,' under' a i of twenty years' contract, I think the P1 rtain victory can be won. The Belgians cr sets, are home owners, and prefer to build tl I the and own their homes rather than be- 35 come tenants:. ""The country west of 'the Mississip pi river as far as the Rio Grande is mnae .the best farming section of the Unit have ed States today, with the cheapest outh- and best lands for sale, and capable k menof greater production per acre than h ers: any soil. on the Western hemispher. za Miss New Orleans should give the subject v and fullest attention. The Gulf coast, a urer. from New Orleans to Brownsville, o can produce more hogs and ca.tle d Sand more grain, cngilage and other , liv- feed than any .other place ,In the omer, country. Hog. and cattle industries from are growing very 'rapidly. In less than rIth a two years fully 250,000 head will seek ed ly- packing houses each year. The Rio Grande Valley now is shipping live stock in train load lots, and the busi nes is increasing by leaps and a bounds. eived Louisiana Homes Association. er of New Orleans.-- The Louisiana ttend Homes Association was formed Satur days day at a state-wide meeting. It pro r the poses to provide homes in Louisiana odson, for desirable farmers, and to go after uge. Belgian war refugees as a starter. e T. R. Van Cleve is Dead. venue Shreveport.-T. R. Van Cleve, vice ,ently president of the Van Cleve Lumber iiana Company of St. Louis, who has been a gen- operating a mill at Gibsland, La., died plenti- Tuesday morning at the Schumpert otton sanitarium. unities Order of Everett True. gnized Shreveport.-A Shreveport branch he cit- of the International Order of Everett ow Or- True clubs has been formed and some la and of the best known citizens of Shreve ch Iport appear on its offilqial roster. LOG OF ROAD IS IN BOOK FORM COMPILED BY THE TEXAS, AR KANSAS AND LOUISIANA HIGH WAY ASSOCIATION. Western Newspaper Tnton News Service. Shreveport.-The log of the road between Dallas and Shreveport and return compiled by the Texas, Arkan sas and Louisiana Highway Associa tion, has been completed, and is out in booklet form. The road loge are being distributed by the Shreveport Automobile club, which organization aided in its preparation. A number of copies of .the log are now in the hands of Secretary Andrew Currie, Jr., and they will be distributed on application. The booklet is very attractive, a l map of the route from Shreveport to Dallas taking in intermediate points, being printbd on the cover. The log shows that Dallas is 214.2 miles from Shreveport by automobile road. The log has the following to say , about general road conditions: "This being a newly laid-out high 11 way, all of the road is not in the best o of shape. There are at present long s stretches of heavy sand, and some un ,t surfaced black dirt road in Kaufman r county. Bond issues will cover road improvements in all counties along Lt the route except Kaufman. By April s. 1, 1915, this route ought to be in good ti shape all the way, as construction )f work is progressing rapidly. This n. route traverses some of the most fet re tile land in Texas, and all varieties ir of agriculture and stock raising may te be seen." O PRIVILEGE IS RESTORED C- Stopping-in-Transit Right on Rough Logs Given to Alexandria, La. Wikºlngton.-The whdrawai 6o the stopping-in-transit privilege on em shipments of rough logs, staves and stave bolts shipped into Alexandria, La., and other points and there manu d- factured and :reshipped to various an al- terstate destinations, thus increasing '* ' nd the freight rates an average of 4efntt Lge per 10ib pounds, was stispended by the .aS Ipterstate Commerce Commhessin un-` his til March 90. An investigatton hau en- been,ordeted. ce. ROB MAILS AT SHREVEPORT its, - _ ins Two Unmasked Men Hold Up Clerfr the and Loot Registered Packets. Lest Shreveport, La.-Two unmasked the men held up the transfer clerk at the sa Union depot mail station here early bed Saturday morning, forcing . him to ian open the safe, while they riled the peo- registered mail, and made their es.. of cape. peo- The robbery was done while the ds pot police, baggage room edploye4s , and telegraph operator and other- e * ployes were on duty at the station. : eto Louisiana.Cotton Ginned. • ed Baton Rouge.--The report sent out e by William J. Harris, director of the res, census, Department of Agriculttlre, 0aWashington, D. C., of the number of er a bales of cotton ginned in the sevAtal the parishes of Louisiana of the 1914 ins crop up to November 9, 1914, buzowgs uld that on that date there had been 297r' be- 356 bals ginned in the state, not counting linters, as against 222,464 or saip the same date in 1913. .nit- Prominent Citizen a Suicide. spest Shreveport.-W. B. Roberts, a well able known citizen of Shreveport, shot than hinself through the heart at his Dal herz sell street..lome Tuesday, and sura bject vived his wvound but a few minutes. :oast, Mr.1Roberts was more than 65 years ville, old. A widow and a number of chil, :attle dren survive. other- -- - - - Sthe 'Plans a Great '.olding Company. itries New Orleans.-Plans for the forms, e tion of a holding company with a cap Rio ital of $250,000 to remove 2,000,000 i bales of cotton from the market, was blie discussed b~r the Southern Cotton.a&s and sociatipn, according to Harvie Jordan, president of the association. Vivian Votes Waterworks Bonds. a Vivian.-An election was held heier satur- on the proposed $25,000 waterworks tr- bond issue and the proposition cars t prs ried by'a vote of 71 to 13. The is sianf sessement voted for the proposition ater was $113,305, and against it $15,94U. Eludes Parents; Marries Girl. , vice Shreveport.-Although an attempt umber was made by the father of the bride Sbeen to prevent the ceremony, Rev. A. A. ., died Hammond, pastor of the Midway Bay impert tist Church, and Miss Grace Roarb, 20 years old, daughter of H. B. Rotcbh, a well known dairyman of the Mana - field road, were married, following d branch sensational automobile drive from Cverett Shreveport to Waskom, Tex., shortly I some before noon Monday. The knot wad ihreve- tied by Justice of the Peace 3. 3 roster. Bryson of Wascom.