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' lE CAUCASIAN
TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1913.
Entered as second class matter Feb
ruary 1, 1904, at the postoffice at
Shreveport, La., under Act of Con
gress of March 31, 1879.
Subscription price $2.00 per year.
Official Journal of Caddo Ibtrish.,
Published three times a week, Sun
day morning, Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoon, at 203 Milam street,
by The Caucasian Printing Co.
Ltd. V. Grosjean editor.
The Wilsons iiffer.
It has been repoyted from Wash
ington that P'resdent Woodrow
Wilson and Ambassador henry Lane
Wilson differ widely on their iro
posed Mexican policy. At the coti
ference held Monday between the
Wilsons and Secretary of State Bry
an there was considered the. report
of Ambassador Wilson, whose rec
ommendation is that the United
States should recognize as legitimate
and lawful the Huerta government
in Mexico. Fortunately President
Wilson is disinclined to acknowl
edge as authoritative a lot of pre
tenders and schemers, headed by
Huerta, whose hands are reeking
with the blood of their victims as
sassinated deliberately and cow
,ardly.
Besides, there is another reason
which plainly-stated is that the
•li:erta pretense is on its last legs
and may collapse when the least e:
peoted.
In opposition to Huerta are what
are styled the Constitutionalists,
denominated rebels, who are grad
ualy `gaining ground in: their revo
ltiton. As a ,fact there is no gov
etiint'::in Mexico which is stable;
n head which is in full control,
d therefore, a recognition of the
etta.dombinuation would give tone
id some degree of strength' to a
fitica clique which .has about
r ed its end.
tis evident, that frotd this dif
neren ofGviews on a policy towards
o Ambassador Wilson will not
hold his all-mimportant office.
S esigntion is now aceptable..
tsall r true that the United
Sfe sbeenb provoked to war
i, ani it may be equallyk
the trb o the Untited
overwhelm the Mexi
b resdent Wilson ii striv
rlish through a seem
t 'ipy wbat would
tUited States will se
_indiri duie to, the
e fp ilted States who
i - the 'hands of the
First istrht-Cour, Par
11 b ddotateof..~tursian
c~ton'of Tny Speeii
J3 i bex y givn tha S.
+admnstratr .his ths da
final: aecoun in aid 5th
an nes poito b
ý to ithi thetitn , pci.
;law he snne ill e . du .
PRISON PROBERS
SUBMIT REPORT
State of Texas Said to Lose a
Great Deal oflMoney.
NEVER HAS BEEN PROFIT
Declared That Every State in
dustry Has Been e Failure, the
Rusk Penitentiary Especially a
Great Drain.
That Rusk prison alone has cost the
state of Texas $2,328,305.54 above its
total earnings and that the indebted
ness of the penitentiary system at, the
end of last year amounted to $1,528,
458.01. with the cost of its operation
approximating $1,000,000 per year, are
statements contained in the report of
the legislative committee appointed at
the regular session of the Thirty tid
legislature to investigate the finan ail
condition of the penitentiaries and
submitted to Governor Colquitt at the
extra session.
The report declares that no mann
facturing enterprise undertaken by the
prison system has over resulted in
profit, and that the records kept by
the system are "iuaccurate and unre
liable."
"Tt appears that in the operations
of farms-or factories, items carried in
one account during one period or un
der one management were carried in
another account at another time or by
other ae~buntants." says the report.
and adds that such a system might.
bave shown an arbitrary profit when
careful bookkeeping-would have dis
closed the lass of earnings or a loss
Committee declares persons under
twenty-one years of age should not be
sent to the penitentiary, and that-the
criminal statutes should be revised so
as to provide. greater uniformity of
convictions in certain cases.
Foll6wing are some of the alleged
ctses of mismanagement:
Sale of the output bf the Rusk box
fta.or Ip Portto Ilco tfor 15 to 20 per
~ent less than it would have brought
in Texas.
Expenditure of more than 812,000 in
improsviug rented land, from which the
state derived no -benefit..
Pai.Ire togin a crop 'of cotton on
the Ramsey farm, entailing a loss of
$18, 000.
expendituire0oi $75,000' for repair of
the Clemens farm sugar mill,.which is
culled "an inexcusable a:nd unjustifi
able expenditure of state funds."
27, ai d lat year-~ wlen there was no
fireezh only Ia.81. i
Itwis stated the system has -ost in
two years 8820.327 in operating -state
fara $100.000 tdue to credit opera
tin and oitier lrgt annms in a varl
ety of other CtriasioKns~; it has also
spent 589, 874 in impro ements`
Appointnentyb a general superin
tendent paymeiof prison funds to
the tate treasury;, eistoo of system
ofesecounts and stricter ;regulation of
fraing, operations are, among {the
Suppnression df the lknor trafc in
Texaa and tni1fouldtion of the peni.
6te oes M ado by
e t~iiv Nunp1rey ofthe legis
- jhwatigMhid prnison
Sthen
"wiler0·
~~e~rtll, he o d
ret stte uehrq Sy s~ the.
ia~t p'cl ,th ýis~ atlt go shows
oao f Inthe`
moo dt O te thr and , ter
bis ~e iseoutiimaag en end:w
pt g wit deOiciiDp sr
ýh4~f º ls h~e
wetfs oefetth rlds, ae ot
NEGRO SHOOTS OFFICER.
Latter Has Close Call, Bullet
Grazing Side.
That there is a de.nerate negro in
Dallas was dpevploned a fow nights ago
when Police Offle^r .J. C, Roddy was
through the Icft arm. the same bullet
grazing his si.e and striking a rib.
The negro thnn tled through different
sortions of east anl ounntheast Dallas.
In his 'ii,ht h' fired three times at J.
IanP Ifrll Itnvior street. who tried
inrtreeptt him,. atting one bullet
through lasne's hat.
An hour after the shot.ing of the
oftieer a. nEgro hv the nsamIe of Charlie
Nash was shot, and hadlv wounded by
a detail of nflicers nl.spite the fact
that four bullets struck Mash attend
ing physiciann said he might recover.
The shootintr of Officer and the sub
sequent. chase aftetr assailant, through
a wide nPelion of east Dallas created
intenQeo oex!ltmnt,
Rnlldyv wont. to arrrest the negro, who
was arrnued of hitting a woman. As
the officer went to arrest the negro the
latter attacked him with a pistol.
Nashras mistaken by the other of
ficers f.ir R.dd v's antagonist. One
bullet went through the back part of
his head
UNFORTUNATE FAMILY.
Three Children Die of Snakebite
and Fourth Drowns.
Three children of John Cooper and
wife of near Townsend, Tenn., were
fatallv rattlesnake bitten and found
dead While the mother was looking
for the trio her infant, one and a half
years fell into a stream on the bank
of which she had left the child and
was drowned.
The three children had heen sent to
a barn for eggs, and the mother was
near the stream washing clothes. The
long absence of the little ones caused
motherly anxiety and she went to seek
them, leaving her infant near the bank
of the stream. Four tragedies were
soon recorded.
Valuable Jewelry Stolen.
Mrs. Edward F. Dunne, wife of the
governor of; Illinois, was robbed of
jewelry valued at 8700 in the rest room
of a Cbicago detartment store. A
handbag containing the valuables was
taken from her lap as she sat asleep
in a rocking chair. As soon as the
robbery Was reported the exits of the
store were guarded by detectives and
a search tpade of the building for auy
known thieves. but no arrests were
made. The jewelry consisted of gifts
from Gpvernor Dunhe and Mrs, Dunne
prized it highly.
Brother.t Slain.
Wilter and Jesse James, who lived
eight miles from Broken Bow, Okla.,
were shot and killed near that place.
They- were returning home from Brok
en Bow When they were fired on from
the side of the road. - The 'bodies were
f'iund several hours after the shoot
ing. 'Arrests were made.
William Reeves, one
LONE of the oldest build
SsTAR; ing contractors in
LINES. north Texas, fell off
,~ a two- story .building
at Cleburne, and after lingering two
days in an unconscious state expired.
He was sixty-one ydars old.
Four: hundred feet, of trestle near
Pecan bayou on the Santa Fe railway.
in Brown county wals destroyed by
firer
While- walking through the barn- of
the-Metzger' dairy, near Dallas, an
employe fell over,.the body of John
Howard, also en eimploye. a·ed aboit
forty-five years. In one hand was
lutiihed a poison vial. TO. all ap-
pearances the man had taken a` large
drauighLof the deadly fluid and waited
for the end .to comet Remains were
sent to Nelson, Mo., where a brother
`resides'` Eloyard swams foreman. of the
dairy tiearly iie ,years.
S.W 1Roberts, cearged withA killing
Ira Black, his son-in-law, after being
liven at pt'elminaiytral at Henriett a,
was remanded to jsil without bail.
Secretary .of Wa r Garrison, Major
General Leonard M Wood. Cief of
staft, and Maor General- J. B. Ale.
shire,: quartermaster ,ensra of the
army inspeCed ort BMLiss., near lt
Paso On revuest of the secretary no
salute was tired and t, was to re
view of troops Patrot csamps afonrg
the wordrer wert inspected.
Lou l3ann blackmithb of. Little:
RivFer Bll county was run over and
Itantly kslea bya anta Fe railway
leTs and criushing bs skull, He leaves
l'DAmisaed by plaiutifr. the defend;
ant is dead; the ;venue was changed
by Lthe- stpreme judge of. the uni
serse ". ack was the order made at
Dallas bl Judge Muse or the Forty
f -istrict couit in the case of
Sts, ie ds.divorcae
an*ito 1 nce baefore tom:
#eutk, s hat he daend~nt ws di
L iyth-rodsd tg
MRS. THOMAS R. MARSHALL
Wife of Vice President as She
Looks From Late Photograph.
4 .
WOMAN RESCUED
FROM CREMATION
Saved by a Neighbor, Who Is
Quickly on Scene.
TWO ARRESTS ARE MADE
Dallas Iceman Finds Jennie Lord
Lying on a Bed Surrounded by
Flames and Unconscious and He
Takes Her Out of House.
Quick work on the part of a Dallas
iceman, Fay Parker, undoubtedly was
the means of saving the life of Jennie
Lord, whom he took unconscious out
of a house at 2634 Floyd street, that
city. On being notified that the house
in which the Lord woman was staying
was on fire, Parker, who lives near
by, after turning in an alarm, rushed
through flames and smoke ond the
woman dragged to safety.
Following an investigation by Fire
Marshal Fisher and two detectives
charges of arson were filed against
Frank Lord and W B. Wigley. Jen
nie Lord was placed under charge of
Captain Parley, police matron, as was
also Lillie T'Iaylor, whom, it is said.
was at the house during the tire.
Jennie Lord, accrding to reports
to the police, may l ave been loosely
tied to the bed. Steets were found
around the woman's head and arms
and strung around the bed rails The
woman was in a state of stupefaction
when carried out and says she remem
bers nothing of the events which took
place before her rescue.
Both protest their innocence.
The T ' or woman made a volnti
tary statement to the county attorney
and assistants.
SHOT THROUGH HEART.
Party Doing Shooting Claims He
Had to Do So.
Henry Wray, aged twenty six years,
was shot through the heart and in
stantly killed at the Star brick plaut
in Ferris, Ellis county, Tex., where
he was employed. Claiming he acted'
in self-defense. Hugh Henry. also an
employe of the plant, surrendered.
It is said the trouble arose over a
house which Wray rented from Henry,
and which, it is alleged, he had been
ordered to vacate. According to'.by
standers. when' the men iwent to work:
Saturday morning Wray 'bit Henry.
Gatter ran, but after he was caught
and knocked dowr he drew a revolver
and shot Wray.
eBrths Exceed Oeetits.
Births exceeded deaths in Texas in
June by 1,463. -according to lu'llethio
issuted by R. P Babcoek, state regis
trat of-vital statistics There were
3259 hirths' recorded and 2 066 deaths ,
fieading causes of death proved to be'
ldiarrhoea and- enteritis in children,
undor two years of age, with tuberec
losis coming next In order ndi senilil
ty nex ' Thert- were 226 :ronttie ieirst
causts, 20i from- tuberculOsls' a:id .14
were claimed -trom pneumonia." There°
were 42 deaths from ty phoid fever and
35 from' pelfagrm Deaths numbering
485 were under year classification -Of
the children born only 284 were ,'ie
'groes There were 1,674, white 'imalesj
boair and 1, 489 white females. Thsrty
three sets of twins were recorded. The
oldest. death 'recorded of .a white per.
on reeorded was, that of', a womann .in
Bexar county, w.ho was 107 yeares. 8
monthes and I day old. The death of
a negro woman in Bastrop county> 110
years old was reported.
AM 14b iuset ttg,0 os" tt
SherliP's Sale,
No. 17,150-In Ihe First,Judicial Dis.
IriCt Court of Caddo Parish, La.
Shreveport Mutual Building As
sociation vs. Heir. of H. P
ThlOllmas.
By virtue of a writ of fleri facia.
o nme directed from the Honorabli
i'First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, La., in the above num
berjed anti entitled suit, I have seizes
and will offer 'for sale at public auc
tion for cash and without the bene
lit of al)lpraiseinent at the principa
front door of the court house or
SATUR'.!DlAY, AUGUST 9, 1913,
Lot. eight of the Barron Subdivisior
of the City of Shreveport, La., a:
per map filed and recorded in con
veyance book 28, page 29, of the re
corder's office of said parish, to
getllher with the buildings and im
'\provemn'nl Ihereon. Said propertb
seized as belonging to the abovw
nar.ed defindants and to be sold It
I,ay and satisfy the debt as specifloc
in said writ say in the sum of $757.3(
with eighlt per cent per annum in
terest, thereon from August 3, 1912
unlil paid, and 5 per cent attorney':
fees on said sum and interest, an(
Ihc furlther sum of $12 with 5 pme
ilI inlerest from judicial demnan
mnlil paid, and five per cent inter
'sl on said sum and interest and al
'osis of this suit.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer
Caucasian, July 6, 1913.
Budget for 1913.
Mr. Winter presented the amend
ed budget for 1913:
Resources
3 mills school on assess
ment of $29,636,382, less
commissions ---------$__ 87,130.9(
5 mills permanent roads__ 145,218.21
4% mills general fund..___ 130,696.44
Licenses -- ..------------- 2,000.0(
Vehicle and per capita___ 6,000.0(
Total ---.--------------$371,045.6
Disbursements
Schools 3 mills less com
missions __ _ ________ $87,130,9(
Permanent roads, 5 mills
less commissions ...-- 145,218.21
Good roads --------------25,000.0(
Bridges ------------------ 7,500.0(
Ferries ------------3,000.0(
Elections.- - 2,000.0(
Parish Farm, maintenance 7,500.0(
Parish Farm,- house, etc.,
for juveniles. ---- 1,500.04
Parish Farm, sewerage
and water system------- 3,000.0(
Salaries _. 10,000.0(
DistriCt attorney --------- 6,000.0(
Assessor ...--- ------------ 7,500.0(
Criminal---------------- 15,000.0(
Jurors and witnesses---. 10,000.0[
Repairs --------------4,000.0(
Health and sanitation ... 3;000.0(
District clerk -------t--- 1,000.0(
Louisiana State Fair, Cad
do exhibits ----------- 1,250.0(
Louisiana State Fair,
general exhibits ---- 1,250.0(
Louisiana State Fai r,
horse and cow bafns __ 8,000.0(
Cedar Grove road -----' 6,000.0(
Incidentals _ .. 1. 6,196.4A
Total --- ------------$371,045.68
Carried by following vote:
Ayes: Hollis, Huckabay, Gulledge
Winter, Thurber, Thoman, Phillips
Sebastian, Nagle, hiutchinson, Craw
ford.
Nays:, None.
W. T. CRAWFORD, Pres.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
i Caucasian, July 10, 1913.
Sheriff's Sale.
No. 17,141-In the. First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.:
Felix Weiller -vs. , W. S. Logan,
Curator, et al..
By virtue ,of the commission to
sell to me directed from the Honor
able -First :Judicial District Court of
Caddo Parishf :La.; in, the above
:numbered- and entitled cause, I will
.offer for sale- at public auction for
cash and according to law, at the
principal -frOnt ddoor of the court
house of Caddo rParish, Louisiana,
;.;ing the legal hours of sales, on
?SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1913,
Northeast quarter of the northeast
quarter of sectiofn twenty-six, town
ship sevprnteen, range fourteen west,
Caddo Parish, La., containing forty
acres, Said ;property;. e-be sold as
belonging to the parties litigant for
cash and according.to law to effect a
partition.. J.P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, July .6, 1913.
Tax Sale Notice.
To l'Mrs., Nona MoDade:, You are
hereby niotified thai at tax sale for
unpaid Stateo antd parish taxes for
the year 1912, I purchased the fol
lowing property. assessed in the
name of Mrs. Nona McDade:
Lot 23, block "O," Gladstone.
'Which tax deed is dated June 21,
1913, .and filed -for record July 3,
1913, aid recorded in conveyance
book 88, page 7. -
-'The am'ount of taxes, penalty and
cost being `$1i 29.,
W.- H. MATTHEWS,
22f6 Stoner Avenue, Shreveport, La.
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Sheriff's Sale.
No. 17,286-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.:
Mrs. Louis Jelsch vs. V. L. Mc
Carty, et al.
By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale to me directed from the Honr
able .First Judicial District Court of
Caddo Parish, La., in the above'
numbered and entitled suit, I have
seized and will offer for sale at pub
lic auction for cash and without the
benefit of appraisement, at the prin.
cipal front door of the court house
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during
the legal hours of sales, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9; 1913,
Lots one and two of block "E" of
the Gladstone subdivision of the
City ` of Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
Lousana,as per map in book 50.
ag 43, of the recorder' oilee o
~E~tikr
Cadrdo Parish, La., with the build
inrgs and improvements thereon.
Said property seized as belonging to
the above named defendants and to
be sold to pay and satisfy the debt
as specified in said writ, say in the
sum of two hundred and eighty
and 75-100 dollars, with eight per
cent per annumn interest thereon
from May 10, 1911, less a credit of
$50.00 paid on June 27, 1912, and less
a credit of $10.00 paid Decembier 12,
1912, and all costs of said suit, as
well as ten per cent on said princi
pal and interest as attorney's fees.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Offlcio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, July 3, 1913.
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