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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-29
Items Gathered in
From Far and Near


From the New York Vocabulary
Whitneys first messages, instead of
clearing up the Peary-Cook controver.
sy, leave it more hopelessly confused
than before. Intrusted in confidence
with DR.. Cooks claim at Annootok,
Whitney kept the secret faithfully un-
til, on his arrival at Battle Harbor,
Cook released him from his pledge.
In his brief, modest dispatches from
that point Whitney states that Dr.
Cook told him that he had been at the
north pole and showed him maps, and
that he has no reason to doubt Cooks
assertion. But the most remarkable
statement by Whitney is contained in
a special dispatch to Peary's chief
journalistic champion, the New York
Times:
Il know not the extent of the con-
tents Of the box left in my charge by
DR.. Cook to be brought back. No
vessel having arrived, for me at Etah
before the Roosevelt returned from
the north. I started home on her.
Commander Peary would not allow
anything belonging to DR.. Cook to
come on board his chip. left the box
in cache at Etah."
And SO the instruments which DR..
Cook planned to submit to the univer-
sity authorities In Denmark. and the
original or duplicate records which he
intrusted to Whitney for greater safe
ty, are still within the arctic circle
at the mercy of any inquisitive or &C.
quisitive person who may happen up
on them! And they are there because
Peary violated the unwritten law of
all waste and wild places, which is
that civilized men who meet there
shall render mutual services when
possible. More than ever is it Pearys
instant task to prove his charges
against Cook. II 1t Is not too difficult,
he might at the same time strive to
soften the impression that he has act
ed in foolish as we'll as churlish
manner toward his rival.
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apart Miss Dewolfe decorated the
interior of the Colony club in New
York, the Vanderbilts home and the
magnificent new house of the Ogden
Armours in Chicago.
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AD0LPH IS NOT Ill
american News Service,

VsALHSrICHu NEWS NervlC01
Los Angeles. Sept og.-Denial of re-
cent reports that Adolphus Busch. the
millionaire brewer. is in broken health
and on the verge of death, has been
received by DR.. s. ]. Mattison, of Pasa
dene. from his brother. DIR. F. C. E.
Mattison. who is touring Europe and
was for some time the guest OF Mr..
Busch.
The stories sent out by European
correspondents that Mr.. Busch's death
was to be expected atsany moment are
erroneous DR.. Msttison writes to his
brother. from the Busch estate.
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THE RECALL AND THE PRESENT
i SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.

No q important or harder to
and dishonest oicia "
the chief causes OF ncon
potency the undisputed fact that II Is
feeling immunity to weak and crafty
directness simplicity the Des Mnes plan IS no peter
regarded as
otherwise unoeraoe OFFICIALS
the voters Al
that the recall owes us CHI
preventive that really works Is simple IN
Is que
the hands OF the people eecon
findings committee o.
o. proving 0 dishonesty
effective desirable because Is TACT 'na
of graft the offender may De the
tracks completely nls mas
letting them escape on ecnnf
mas oc
CURED
Impeachment is invo
depends where has sometimes happened na
council the acts that 1t must pass upon
will now the pres
commission OF gov
ernmen is
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Only "rube" in a great big town,
Only mark to be done brown.
He likes to look at the buildings high
And gaze at the horse cars floating by.
He speaks in a manner i'll at ease:
He doesn't say dem" or dose" or
desc
Nor ''goil' and coil for girl and
curl
'Tis plain he is strange to the merry
whirl.
He's awed by the waiter, whose tips
each day
Are more than his weekly wage. they
say.
It's fun to see how he'll gasp and stare
In the dim. dense heat of the subway
air,
Or struggle to lift his voice in vain
Ger the joyous din of the passing
train.
It's most amusing to see his feet
Clogged with the CRIME Of the oil
soaked street
pay
For a ballroom cot and two meals a
day.
Pass him along. He is young and
strong.
II he kicks, just tell him he got in
wrong
And he oughtn't to harbor thoughts OF
strife
When he's having the time of his sim.
pie life.
Let him complain and fret and frown.
He's only a rube in a great, big town:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-29

Russia's consumption of beer has in
creased 40 per cent. in the last fifteen
years; the output 81 per cent
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Malicious.
Jack sent ne n handsome mirror
for my birthday"
''Oh, that accounts for it,
Accounts for what?"
Yesterday be asked me if>a woman
ever got too old to be pleased with q
looking glass. Boston Transcript.
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MASONIC CALENDAR.

Wednesday. Sept. % Called meeting
Webb Lodge No. -. r. 4 A. NJ. Work
In Master Mason degree.
Saturday. Oct loyal Chapter No.
40, O. =. s., stated meeting.
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Amono Explorers,

What did you see ahead of YOU
when you discovered the north pole
Trouble"
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CARD OF THANKS,

We wish to give our heartfelt
thanks to our many neighbors and
friends for the man. acts of kindness
and sympathy shown to US as a fam:
lily, through the sickness and death
of our beloved father, Cyrus A. Bald
win.
Signed:
Mrs. ]. D. Rathon;~
Mrs. NJ. C. Brooks,
Mrs. Nicholas Smith.
Mrs Merritt Nicholson.
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Diseoverers' hardships.

"Tis bad enough when you begin
Your work by being frozen in.
And it is even worse. no doubt.
When rivals seek to freeze you out,
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Reduced Value.

why do they say talk is cheap"
Probably because the most 10
quacious people usually get theil
ideas second hand"
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We Spoke
To You

about our business
some time ago
We have been
advertising for some
time in order to
acQuaint YOU
with our
business.
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6itlboards,

From the Los Angeles Times.-In
Pennsylvania billboards are to be tax
ed. In California We hope to see them
axed.
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Entered at Richmond. Indiana, post
office as second class mail matter.
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remoxa, Of citv officials:
. sp soss c 9r de
ha be heard by the council prescribed
Should charge sustained the s
subject the right of appeal hereinafter
order Of removal shall become effect
whom the
removal may be 0y petition filed Within 6 Gays een %
such located which appeal shall be granted on ming cost
pending said order or shall be s
appeal the city clerk and all mem
Of the council and the city clerk sa s n na
including the vote and order Of
appeal rehear the matter OF the charges
all In case said are sustained upon appeal
and effect
Here system
Des
incumbent The
shall be follows petition signed by
office Of the last preceding general municipal election demand
election of the sought shall
be filed with clerk which petition shall general
the petitions mot pape
administer oaths that the therein
as he believes and that each signature to the paper appended the
genuine signature Of the whose be- Within
petition
purpose;
Client may amended within ten days from the date of said cef
without
effect
shall submit the to the council without delay
be found to be sufficient the council shall order and fix
the said election
the of
The council shall
and all for holding
conducted returned and the result
are one city elections The successor of officer removed shall
hold office during the
At such
highest
moved the office
party who receives the highest
deemed the he
of
and additional to the methods heretofore
easily
Indiana system involved Ineffective
The recall depends only
impeachment
which always commits
sion OF the
its impeachment present of removal in
surd This makes the
ment But of simplicity effectiveness
the recall simply Ds
Moines plan
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
JUDGE MONCURE
Has Resigned from the School Board
of Caddo Parish

Judge J. c. Moncure has retired from
his long and active service as member
of the School Board of Caddo Parish.
This announcement was surprising tc
his many friends. About ten years age
he was appointed member of the
School Board During all these years
he has been indefatigable in the cause
of public education. He has filled &C,
ceptably the Offices of superintendent
and of secretary and of treasurer. Al
the meeting Of the board held yester-
day afternoon the appreciation of Judge
Moncure is expressed in the resolutions
reported by a committee and adopted
unanimously as follows:
To the Honorable School Board OF
Caddo Parish-Gentlemen: In compli'
ance with the resolution of the board al
its last meeting the committee on reso-
lutions appointed by the president de-
sires to make the following report:
Whereas, as the regular meeting OF
the School Board November 10, 1909
Judge J. C. Moncure rendered his re-
signation as assistant secretary of the
board
Therefore, Be it Resolved
/. That the board, in accepting the
resignation of Judge Moncure, does Sc
with genuine regret and sorrow.
2. That the board appreciates the val
liable services which he has rendered to
the cause of education during the ten
years in which he was member of the
board an superintendent of the parish
3. That during his long services as an
official of the schools all of his acts
were characterized by sound Judgment
honest courage and noble purposes
Regarding his Office as sacred trust
he discharged its duties without fear OF
favor and with the welfare of the
schools as his ruling motive.
a. That the board expresses the hope
that his last years may be spent in peace
and good health, surrounded by happy
youth and appreciative friends to whom
he will continue to be an exempIar OF
civic virtue and social grace.
S. That copy of these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of the board
Respectfully submitted,
ISAAC BARRON,
c. E. BYRD.
Committee.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
To the Public

The INSURANCE BUSINESS
of Mr.. JULES DREYFUSS
will be carried on as previous to
his death, by his son, Leonard J.
Dreyfuss, and Mr.. Philip Lieber,
who hold the same powers-of-at-
torney to represent the same COM
panies that. were held by Mr..
Dreyfuss, and who will be able
to give the same prompt attention
to all matters pertaining to the
companies referred to above.
Any and all patronage will be
duly appreciated,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
HOME AGAIN
DR.. ]. Ashton Blanchard and His
Family.

1t is pleasing to note the return to
Shreveport of DIR. J., Ashton Blanchard,
with his wife and daughter, after an alb
sence of eighteen months. During his
stay in the capitals of Europe, he ac-
quired valuable information and espe-
cially in the sanitariums of London,
Paris and Berlin, where he gave close
attention to optical lectures and instruc-
tions. 1t was for the. purpose of per-
fecting himself in the study of this Or
gan that he absented himself from
Shreveport. His return home with his
family is being hailed with satisfaction
by his friends who are delighter to
shake his hand with hearty welcome.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
FIRST ANNUAL BALL
For the Benefit of the Police Relief
Association.

On Friday night, December 81, the
Police Relief Association will give their
first annual ball, in the auditorium of
the city hall.
Whatever funds are realized will be
set aside and applied to the relief of
such members as may be in need of
help.
This is a laudable mission which
should appeal to every citizen of
Shreveport.
There is no telling when some officer
may be in need of substantial help, and
through this fund he may be given
relief
The police of Shreveport should re-
ceive the most generous encouragement
and thos of the people who may not at
tend the ball can buy at least one ticket
Splendid music and an up-to-datt
programme is promised.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
STEALING TIMBER
Registrar of Land Office Grace Visited
North Louisiana.

Baton Rouge, Dec. I5.-Fred Grace,
Registrar of the State Land Office, re-
turned to this city yesterday morning
from Natchitoches, Minden and other
points in central and central west Louis
lana, where he has been in the interest
of his office, devoting his timely largely
to the fight which he undertook some
time ago of putting a stop to depreda-
tons of te timber on State lands.
Already as result of the work OF
Mr.. Grace several persons have beer
convicted and sentenced. On this last
trip evidence was gathered which will
result in the conviction of a few more
and will probably reduce to minimum
the stealing of State timber.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16

clerk.
Precinct Ten (JewelIa) w. T. Monk
house, D. H. Jones, R. E. Rogers, COM
missioners; ]. c Ross, clerk.
And We do hereby require and direct
that the polls be open from am. until
7 pm, on the day of said election, and
the commissioners are hereby instructed
to cornt the votes Immediately after the
closing of the polls and make due re-
turns to the undersigned supervisors of
election, according to law.
Thus done and signed at our office in
the City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, on this the 18th day of De-
cember 1909.
vvffILYH lad. gR
w. H. SCHEEN,
President of Board of Supervisors of
Elections for Caddo Parish, La.
w. c. AGURS,
MARMADUKE WARD,
Members of Board of Supervisors of
Elections for Caddo Parish, La.
December I6, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16

the State of Louisiana, and at the fol
lowing precincts and under the super
vision of the following commissioner:
and clerks, to-wit:
Precinct One (Chatwin Brothers
Market and Travis streets): Sidney
Groner, H. R. Strube, J. C. Beasley
commissioners; Abe Goodman, clerk.
Precinct Two (Court Housed: Theo-
dore Voigt, D. H. Bains, Heidi Kendall
commissioners; R. H. Lindsay, clerk.
Precinct Three (Ferris Monsour
corner Lake and Louisiana streets)
Milo Booher, Adam Dick, w. w. Har-
beson, commissioners; Fred Wapp1er
clerk
Precinct Four (Bob Hughes store)
John T Eason, M. Dingle, R. l.
Hughes, commissioners; Paul D. Means
clerk. \
Precinct Five (Charles Steers store)
w. S. Dennis, M A Levy, Arthur Le-
Rosen, commissioners; Hoyle To,nkies
clerk.
Precinct Six (Snyder's Implement
House,: Dolph D. Frantz, T. H
Moore, A. J. Roquemore, commission
ers; w. B. Simpson, clerk.
Precinct Seven (Henry Zwal1y Photo
Gallery: Henry Basch, ]. T. Bateman
F. R. Galloway, commissioners J. A
Fazzina, clerk.
Precinct Eight (Alfred Bros STOREY
G. J. Lucar, J. F. Lambert, B. P,
Barker, commissioners; ]. c. Alfred
clerk.
Precinct Nine (Luchini Shop: W.
I. Lassiter, c, Luchini, ]. C. Mah1en,
commissioners; George L. Woodward
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
HE WAS CONVICTED.
SET FOR ARGUMENT SATURDAY

SET FOR ARGUMENT SATURDAY
On next Saturday viii be argued the
question involving the withdrawal of
the suit filed against the Shreveport
Traction Company by Looney & Scheen
on the authority of the Mayor.
The Council at recent session or
dered the withdrawal of this suit.
Should the court sustain the Council,
the suit may be withdrawn in so far as
it relates to the Council, but the Mayor
can still direct continuation of the
suit. Should the Mayor be denied this
right, some citizens can have the suit
revived and kept alive against the
Traction Company.
The suit has been fled for distinct
purpose. 1t is to secure from the Trac-
ton Company rights and privileges in
which the people are interested. The
city should be placed in the attitude oi
debating to the Traction Company in
stead of this corporation debating tc
the people
The franchises for which the Trae.
ton Company is contending viii make
their property twice as valuable as it j.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo,
Office of the Board of Supervisors of
Election in and for Caddo Parish,
Louisiana-In accordance with the cleo
ton laws of the State of Louisiana, and
pursuant to the proclamation of His
Excellency, Jared Y Sanders, notice is
hereby given, and we proclaim that an
election will be held at the various pre-
cincts as now established by law in the
Fourth Ward of the Parish of Caddo
State of Louisiana, on
TUESDAY, JAN. rs, 1910,
for the election of a Police Juror fol
said Ward Four, vice Jules Dreyfuss
deceased; said election is to be hell
held under the general election laws oi
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
METHUsELAfFs AGE

The most astonishing news is every
now and then cabled or sent by spe-
cial correspondents from Europe. Some
ancient -bit of speculation comes for
the first time to the notice of an am
bilious correspondent, and forthwith he
imparts his knowledge to the world,
The latest from London, as special to
Sunday newspaper, relates to an an
cient speculation that the great age OF
the antediluvian may be accounts for
by the discovery that the years spoken
of in Genesis were not solar years, but
lunar months. In this way the goo
years of Methuselah are reduced to 80
years and months. The enterprlslng
correspondent and the editor of the
Sunday newspaper applied the rule to
the great ages but MOTTO the less. For
instance, Methpselah was born when his
father Enoch was 65 Gears old; that IS
according to this reckoning years and
S months. His grandfather was also
years old, as was his great grand
father when his first child was born.
Adam was 10 years and 10 months old
when his third son Seth was born.
This is the kind of careless editing
that gives currency to stories about
signaling Mars, photographing thought.
and weighing the soul
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
DOSH MITCHELL
An Effort Is Being Directed for His
Communication.

Dosh Mitchell, a negro, has been sen
fenced to hang He was convicted o.
murder. His victim was Reuben Doug
las, a negro, with whom he had quar-
relied during a game of pit-a-pat, played
on the morning of August 20. In hgh
which followed neither of the men re
ceived serious injury. They parted. II
the afternoon of the same day Dosf
Mitchell shot and killed Douglas with,
out warning He poked the gun through
the crack of fence and fired deliber-
ately. His presence was not known tc
Douglas, who was shot in his tracks.
This was deliberate murder.
The plea for the Communication is that
being negro, without means and unfit
ence, he was convicted of murder
which entails the penalty of death
while others, tried at the same session
of the court, being white men, and one
of these having committed deliberate
murder, has received a sentence of only
seven years in the pen.
This plea may be considered, but ii
is connected with the racial distinction
of the criminals which is unnecessary.
While every effort to secure com
mutation of the sentence from the
death penalty to a life servitude
in the pen may be encouraged
we could not subscribe to the policy OF
drawing what may. be styled the color
line, for reasons which being obvious,
need not be discussed.
1t is nonsense to say or to intimate
that a negro will not receive justice in
the courts of Caddo parish. 1t is true
that white men escape, but negroes are
also liberated when proven innocent.
As an instance may be cited the case
of John Nattin, negro, tried for the
murder of Lennie Fox, colored Nattin
was acquitted by jury of twelve men.
And yet John Nattin is man of bad
repute, who has served several terms
in jail and in the pen for killing wom-
an several years since.
It may be conceded that there is some
differences of irregularity in sentence
of death and one involving penalty Of
seven years for what was equally muir
der, but in this case there were some
mitigating circumstances which were
wanting in the murder committed by
Dosh Mitchell.
In his defense Dosh Mitchell had At
torney Wise for counsel, but, although
he did his best, he could not secure a
verdict relieved of the death penalty
He has applied for a new trial which
has been denied He could appeal to
the Supreme Court, but after delay
there would be, perhaps, little relief for
Mitchell. Therefore Mr.. Wise is pur'
suing the course which promises to Sc
cure the Communication of Mitchells SEN
tence to life servitude in the pen. In
this effort Mr. Wise is obtaining the co
operation of many good citizens.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
HOW LONG IS A DAY?

If we should meet a man and he
should casually remark that he ate 3I5
meals yesterday, we would doubtless
be somewhat astonished at his appe-
tite. Likewise we would feel sorry
for the man that said that, having
foolishly eaten three eggs with bacon
for breakfast he had no appetite for his
Christmas dinner. But maybe the first
man was from Spitzbergen, where they
have day three and one-half months
in length; whereas the poor chap who
missed the Christmas feast lived in Fin
land, at Torena, where Christmas Day
is something less than three hours long.
On the whole, it would be rather
wise if one should undertake to do
certain work, to receive so much per
day in payment, to understand just
where the work is to be done, else one
might have to labor eighteen and half
hours at Stockholm, if it happened to
be the longest day of the year, or all
the time, from May Fl to July 22, if
at Wardbury, in Norway.
In ST. Petersburg the longest day is
nineteen hours and the shortest is five
hours. At Torena, Finland, there is a
twenty-four hour day At London and
Bremen the longest day is sixteen and
half hours, while at Hamburg and
Dantzig there are seventeen hours in
the longest day In Washington the
longest day is about fifteen hours.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
MARsHAL'S SALE.
No a461-In the City Court of Shreve-
port, Louisiana: Miss Susie L COOK
VS.. lack Black.


By virtue of a writ Of hsri facias'
issued in the above entitled and mum
bered suit, BY the Honorable S. G. Full
lilove, Judge Of the City Court, Shreye-
port, Louisiana, and to me directed, |
have seized and will sell at public auc-
ton, at the Texas street front door OF
the court house of Caddo Parish, La,
between the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, DEC. 18, 1902
One lot Of household goods. The above
property seized as belonging to defend
ant, and to be sold to satisfy the debt
specified in said writ, say in the sum OF
6fty-four and 1o-Ioo dollars ($54.Io)
and all cost.
Terms Of sale cash with benefit Of aP-
praisement. G. F. GERRAi-D,
Caucasian. Dee. ,. City Marshal.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-16
RRYAN IN sHREvEPoRT.

Hon. w. J. Bryan was at the Union
Depot today two hours The train
missed connection. He was conveyed
on special train to Ruston, where he
viii lecture this evening. He was met
at the depot by many citizens of Shreve-
port who greeted him with hearty hand
shakes.