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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
FIELD OF FUTURE
WARFARE IN AIR.
Army Officer Discusses Posi-
biIitieS Of Aeroplane.
COULD DESTROY A NATION.

BY Dropping lncendaTy Mixture Fly
inc Machine Could Duplicate San
Francisco Fire After CircIins Two or
Three Times Above a City.
Believing tirmIy that the field of fu
ture war operations will be at least
partly in The air, the heads Of the
United States army are looking into
the matter of trying out the aeroplane
as an offensive weapon. According to
Major George o. Squier, president of
the army aeronautical board, the aero
plane at the present rate of construc-
ton and art of manipulation will be
capable of flying at the rate of 100
miles an hour within two years. Lieu
vile Wright in his five mile straight
away dash from Fort Myer to Alex
andria, Va, and return, says that at
one time the aeroplane was 500 feet
i'll the air.
Since that fight OrviIle Wright has
attained a height of 1900 feet in Ger
many. Foulois declares that Wright
could have flown four times as high as
he did at Fort Myer if he had cared
to do so.
Dropping Explosives From the Air.
1t was suggested to Major Squier
that with the improved capacity of the
Wright machine to soar III the air,
practically at the will of the aviator.
the aeroplanes may be made to carry
explosives for offensive purposes, to
be dropped on cities or Warships.
1T will hardly be explosives" said
Major Squier. that will constitute the
really dangerous weapon of the aero
plane. 1t will use what we term in
ceudiary mixtures -compositions con
tanning phosphorus and other chemic-
ais which ignite readily on contact
with the air. Destruction by fire rath-
er than by explosion will be the real
war work of the flying machines.
really believe that in two years or per-
haps little longer we will have aero
planes that can fly at the rate of 100
miles per hour, and the dirigibles will
probably be making seventy or seven
ty-fve.
An aeroplane armed with hundred
bounds of the strongest of these Nm
cendiary mixtures could duplicate the
San Francisco fire by circling two or
three times around city. The de-
structioG which they could wreak at a
total expense of $4,000, including the
aeroplane. would surpaSs that of a
bombardment by the biggest battle
ship feet that ever was got together
firing $10000,000 worth of shot and
shell into the doomed town.
Terrible to Contemplate.
Army officers have not talked of
this aspect of the possibilities in pub
lie. The talk is rather 'scary but
there is no eXaggeration in saying that
the value of the aeroplane as tight
ing force to be reckoned with III the
wars of the future is something ter
rible to contemplate
What may be done with the dirigi-
BILE is another problem. The dirigible
is neither as convenient nor as mobile
an affair as the aeroplaue. 1t is Il bet
ter bad weather craft. and it is capa-
BILE of carrying far heavier loads of de-
structiye agents. At the same time.
as l have said before. All aeroplane
can carry enough to do damage that
would 'stagger humanity.' and if the
1iTirihIn ran do moro damaon If also
figures in the newer war problem"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
MAN WHO TAUGHT W7IGHTs.

Wilbur Gives Credit For Interest In
Flying Machine to Octave Chanute.
Speaking in New York of his first at
tempts to fly. Wilbur Wright declared
that his interest i'll aeropianes and
that of his brother was first. aroused
by Octave Chanute's book on aerial
navigation.
when my brother Orville and be-
gan working on aeroplanes we simply
wanted to get something that would
stay in the air. We started with con-
trivances like box kites 'Gliders' we
called them. We glided with them,
and then we installed engines. and
they actually stayed in The air. After
that the machines which are called
Wright aeroplanes were finished.
My brother and | were in the bicy-
Gle business in Dayton when we be-
mented with them. Then we got hold
of Octave Chanute's book ON aerial
navigation. We read it with great in
terest. After more studying we built
gliding machines. During all of this
time we were in the bicycle business.
We did not have much money. but all
we had was put into our aerial exper-
iments.
eve knew great deal about mo-
tors, and with this knowledge we were
able to install into cur gliders motors
that were able to keep US in the air.
TIL. l.
aeroplanes. | have never studied di-
rigible balloons. don't suppose 1
know the first thing about them
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
BETRorHAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

BETROTETAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Monroe News-Star: Mr.. and Mrs.
Jonas Meyer announce the betrothat of
their daughter, Blanche Alice, to Mr..
Edgar Norman Florsheim of Shreve-
port, the wedding to occur in the early
spring.
Miss Meyer is one of Monroe's most
beautiful young ladies, of cultured &C
complishments and charming personal
ity, that has won for her many admirers
in the social circle, and endeared her to
many friends.
Mr. Florsheim is one of the leading
young men of Shreveport, being promi-
nent III both the social and business cir
cles of that city, and is connected with
his father in the large wholesale dry
&C eds business of Florsheim Bros.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
SUCCESSION SALE.

No. I2,357-In the First Judicial Dis
Srict Gourt of Caddo Parish, La:
Succession of Jerome B. Rhodes.
By virtue of commission to sell, to
me issued from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, in the above numbered
and entitled succession, l will offer for
sale at public auction, for cash, accord
ing to law, during the legal hours for
sales, at the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, La, on
SATURDAY, OCT. I6, 1909, B.
Lot 5 of the Egan Subdivision of the
City of Shreveport, La. The above
property be sold for cash according to
law. J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, Sept. ID, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. Ia265-In First District Court of
Louisiana: Succession of Mrs. Mat
tie Aline Rudy.
State Of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
Notice IS hereby given that F. A. Leon
ard, clerk of District Court of Caddo
FARSI louisiana, has this day applied
fcbe appointed administrator of said
snseession, said succession consisting of
lot i'd, block B, Highland Park subdi-
vision of the City of Shreveport, valued
at $4,000, and unless opposition be
made thereto within the time specified
BY law, he will be appointed as prayed
for.
Witness the honorable judges of said
court this 9TH day of October A. D. 1909.
S. o. WILLIAMS.
Oct. VI Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
CONSTABLE SALE.

No. I23-Joe K. Herold VS. John Logan.
Under writ of Fl ia and numbered
in the above suit l have seized and will
sell at public auction to the last and
highest bidder on
SATURDAY, OCT. 10, 1909,
At Belcher, during the legal hours for
sales, the following described property,
to-wit: Two hundred bushels of corn
more or less in field, to satisfy the sum
of $500 with cost and interest
N. TYSON, Constable.
September 80.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
St. Louisan Has a Hot Air ship

L. S. Plateau. st. Louisan. has
built model of an aluminium hulled
airship. which, he believes. will solve
most of the difficulties which the air.
ships so far built have been unable to
overcome. Mr.. FIateau's idea is to fill
the aluminium shell with hot air and
keep the air always at 200 degrees F.
with four powerful Bunsen burners.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
RECEIVERSHIP NOTICE.

No. I2,832-First District Court, Par
h of Caddo, State of Louisiana ::
R. E. Bell VS.. Caddo Lake Oh and
Pipe Line Company.
Notice is hereby given that W. B.
Mccormick, receiver, has this day filed
his final account in said receivership,
and unless opposition be made thereto
within the time specified by law the
same will be duly homologated as
prayed for.
Witness the Honorables Judges of
said court this the Goth day of Au-
gust 1909. F. A. LEONARD,
Sept 20, 1909. Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
LONGER Trip Than President Taft,s.

Mrs. Philip \. Moore. president of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs. is one of the busiest women in
the country. She is on tour which
will last longer and carry her over
more territoty than the present trip of
President Taft For several weeks she
has been attending state conventions
Of womeus clubs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
Married n ti1a Moraue.

Even the most hardened of the at
taches of the plorgue in San Francisco
were surprised when Rudolph Sweizer
and I.ouiSc Haeber insisted that they
lie ufaWied in the last resting place of
the unidentified dead. The ceremony
was performed by Justice of the Peace
ssre:ltfweii. wilH left an inquest just
ssss8g enough for the ceremony.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12

APPRECIATED REMEMBRANCE.
With the compliments of Prof. O. c.
Mauthe the Caucasian has received a
copy of the views of Menomonie schools
of Menomonie, Wis Connected with
these schools is the Stout Institute, of
eight buildings. 1t is there that Prof.
Mauthe is located as physical director.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
AGRICULTURAL MEETING.

The meeting Of agrieulturists held to-
day in the court house was attended by
few. Perhaps the greater number at
tended the circus or remained at home
picking
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
DR F G. ALLEN

Office in the Cooper building. DR..
Allen is a graduate of both schools and
carries full line of homeopathic RENE
dies Special attention given chronic
diseases.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
INSURANCE.

When you want money, fire Insurance.
bonds, life insuraace, real estate, acct
dent insurance or building and loan
stock, see w. C. Agurs, in the Cooper
building.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12

above mentioned This corporation shall
enjoy corporate existence for the term
of fifty years, unless sooner dissolved
as hereinabove provided.
ARTICLE VIII.
Nc stockholder OF this corporation
shall Se held liable or responsible for
the contracts or faults of this corpora
ton in any further sum than the unpaid
balance due on shares of stock sub
scribed for by him, nor shall any mere
informally in the organization of this
corporation have the effect of rendering
this charter NULL nor making any stock
holder liable beyond the unpaid balance
due on his stock
Done and signed at my office in the
Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana, on
the day, month and year first above
written, in the presence of Lillian Din
gle and R. Andreola, competent wit
nesses.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
Attea:
attest:
LILLIAN DINGLE.
R. ANDREOLA.

FtteSE:
LILLIAN DINGLE.
R. ANDREOLA.
7. F. BELL JR,
Notary Public.
Having examined the above and fore
going charter, and finding nothing
,therein contrary to law, l hereby ap-
Iprove the same 2his 4th day of Sep
'tembes 1900. J. M. FOSTER,
District Attorney.
GEndorsed) Filea and recorded Sep
TENDER 6, 1909. A. S. HARDIN,
deputy Eyerk ans ex-Oficio Deputy Re-
eorder
& erue copy. A. S. HARDIN,
o7S Deputy Recorder.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12
ARTICLE VII.

The officers of this corporation shall
be as follows: w. F. Buckelew, presi-
dent; w. c. Buckelew, vice president;
W. L. Andreola, secretary; and A. C.
Ruckelew, treasurer. The said parties
shall also constitute the first board of
directors, and shall serve until the an
nual election provided for above. The
officers shall be elected at the general
stockholders meeting at the same time
the board Of directors is elected, and all
officers must be directors At any meet
lug of the board of directors, the num-
Der of directors may be increased to FIVE
members possessing the qualifications
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-10-12

w. F. BUCKELEW.
w. L. ANDREOLA.
w. C. BUCKELEW.
4. C. BUCKELEW.
Emmons County record., 1909-06-03
Neselas 10 North Dakota.

Deputy Game Warden George
Boyd. says the Grand Forks Herald.
has returned from trip to Rock
Lake. Bisbee. Church's Ferry, Dew.
lis Lake and other points, where he
Investigated the game conditions.
He found everything satisfactory.
It was evident that the game is not
being molested by spring shooters.
Ducks and other fowl are nesting
in localities where they have not
been seen for years. Sportsmen
generally realize that the anti-spring
shooting law is q good thing. and
that they will have better shooting
in the fall. determination of the
birds will then be impossible. Mr..
Boyd did not find it necessary to
make any arrests on his trip. II
there is any shooting going on. it is
Of quiet order. and it is quite diff
ent from the slaughter of years
past.
Emmons County record., 1909-06-03
A New version.

It appears that the latest aspirant
for poetical honors is the Hon.
Father after awhile Matthew
johnson. editor Of the Omemee Her
aid. While Matt is an enthusiastic
admirer Of the fair sex as shown
by his devotion to at least one of
them 1t Bismarck last winter he
perpetrates the following in re-
cent issue Of his paper: Mary had q
little lamb twas Persian on her
coat. She also had a mink or two
about her dainty throat. A bird Of
paradise. q tern and ermine made
the hat. that perched at jaun-
tv angles on her coiffure largely
rat" Her tiny boots we're sable
topped. Her gloves we're muskrat.
too. Her muff had heads and tails
Of half the critters" in the zoo;
and when she walked abroad. | ween.
she feared no wintly wind. At
keeping warm twas plain to see she
had al, nature skinned"
Emmons County record., 1909-06-03
ftaax o. to Yosr Land.

Hang on to your North Dakota
soil. says q state exchange. There
is no better soil in the world. all
things considered. and North Dako-
t. is one of the best states in the
union. 1t gets pretty cold here
sometimes in the winter; but our
people have money with which to
buy fuel. and they need not be scant
in its use. 1t may be too hot for
comfort sometimes in the summer.
but our ice crop never fails. and the
nights are always cool. Our soil
produces the stuff that brings the
money and keeps the stomach sup
piled with food. Hang on to your
North Dakota land. II you think
that you must leave the state. you
had better keep enough of its soil to
insure you against want. The
chances are that you will come back.
Emmons County record., 1909-06-03
rlss Deraslss Fire.

The Tekoa (Wash.) Blade has the
following paragraph in relation to
the fire which destroyed the proper
ty Of the Dornsife sisters, formerly
OF Linton, referred to in the Record
last week: Fire broke ont in the
kitchen Of the Dornsife lodging
house and millinery store. Wednes-
day afternon. which caused a loss Of
at least $3. 500. The fire started
from an oil-stove. and almost in q
moment the entire kitchen was
ablaze. The flames spread rapidly
to the adjoining rooms, and when
the firemen arrived with the hose It
looked as though the building was
doomed to destruction. BY quick
~ getting hose attached to two hy-
drants the flames were confined to
the upper and lower rooms in the
rear. A lodger was sleeping in a
room above the kitchen. and was
almost suffocated before he could
get out. The fire was gotten under
control very quickly; but almost all
OF the contents Of the building. in
cluding furniture and millinery
stock. were either ruined or badly
damaged. The loss falls quite
heavily on the Misses Dornsife. as
they carried only small insurance
on the building and none on the
contents"
Emmons County record., 1909-06-03
tricts in the state.

tricts in the state.
Which one Of US living on these
rolling prairies cannot appreciate
the lines written by one who had
learned to love such scenes as meet
US every day
Il love my prairies; they are mine
From zenith to horizon line.
Clipping world of sky or sod,
Like the bended arm and wrist Of
God.
Il love my prairies; they are mine
From high sun to horizon line.
The mountains and the cold gray sea
Are not for me, are naught to me.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-25
CIRCUIT JUDGES CERTIFY
CASE TO HIGHER TRIBUNAL
Terminal Railroad Association Suit
Will Be Heard by the Supreme
Court

ST. LOUIS, May 24.-Disagreeing,
two against two on the government 5
suit to dissolve the Terminal Railroad
association of st. Louis. the judges Oh
the United States circuit court nave
certified the case direct to the United
States supreme court. Judges Sanborn,
Vandewater, Hook and Adams SAT on
the case. The suit was brought IN NO
vember, 1906 The complaint alleged
that the association was consollda-
+ion of parallel and competing roads
and ferry and bridge companies en-
aged in interstate commerce ana act
ing in violation of the federal statutes.
Judge Adams, one of the three VINO
signed the order certifying the case 10
the United Sttaes supreme court, salu
today: 4.4
"The order as signed by the court
was to the effect that two of the judges
found that the combination was in re-
straint of trade and that the assocla-
tion should be dissolved. The other
two Judges were of opinion that these
bridges or approaches were not rall-
road bridges, but were merely terminal
facilities giving all railroads approach
to the city and affording the people
ample opportunity to go or come from
all parts of the city. Finding the court
so evenly divided, we merely certl-
fled all the papers in the case directly
TO the supreme court by an act au-
thorizing the court to do so.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-25

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much have such faith in the uniform purity and
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by helping keep the smallest blood vessels clearer of
oss deposits sides that the free flow OF blood to
every part body The deposits from smoke in pipe will il
ustrate this theory part.
I'm Noah time people pure grape wine, used simple
diet and lived to be very old.
eve are nemperance favor of such laws
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others by such drinks Whenshe do not need them
for medical
ny of honest reputation Duffy should supply
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-25
MAY FIX STANDARD OF
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Mayor Will Ask Ordinance as Result
of Complaint Filed by
Woman

The mayor will probably send a mes
sage to the council today asking that
an ordinance be passed fixing standard
weights and measures for wood and
coal and for pints and quarts.
This ordinance. if passed, will be the
outgrowth of the mayors complaint
department. Mrs. L. c. Musser awaited
herself of the complaint department
to call attention of the mayor to the
fact that the tons of coal and cords OF
wood and pints and quarts of milk
are much smaller in Los Angeles than
in other cities.
The mayor referred the matter to
S. w. Greene, city seaIer of weights
and measures, and he yesterday re-
piled that the complaint was well
founded.
In the matter of cords of wood he
said the standard in Los Angeles had
been for many years SO cubic feet to
the cord, while the government STAN
dard is 1928 cubic feet, He said the
dealers acknowledged , this discrep-
ancy, but declared they charged on the
percentage of a smaller cord. He said
it was impossible to prosecute fuel
dealers for short measure, as there is
no ordinance fixing a standard cord
He recommended that such an ordi-
nance be passed and the mayor will
present his recommendation to the
council today.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-25
BRINGS BACK LARGE SUM
FOR WORK ON AQUEDUCT
City Treasurer Returns from New
York with $2,e56,ooo in Certifi-
Gates of Exchange

Captain C. H Hance, city treasurer.
returned from New York yesterday
with millions of money about his per-
son. Last week he delivered $2,S56, 600
worth of Owens river bonds to Kountze
Bros. and A. B. Leach & Co., the New
York syndicate which has an option on
all the owens river bonds, and this
was the money he brought home with
him yesterday.
The money was not in coin of the
realm, but in certificates of exchange.
When the money was delivered to Cap
tain Hance he deposited it in New
York banks and took certificates that
enabled him to draw the amount as
soon as he reached Los Angeles and
relieved him of the responsibility of
carrying the cash.
1t is necessary for the city treasurer
to make trips east when an issue of
bonds is to be delivered, as the con-
the treasurer in the presence of repre-
sentatives of the bond buyers. While
the bond buyers could send their repre-
sentatives to Los Angeles, a commits
sion would have to be paid on each
bond and the commission that would
have been paid on the issue just de-
livered under such circumstance would
have amounted to more than 5000.
This money will be Immediately
available for work on the aqueduct
and the board of public works will go
more deeply into machinery contracts
and hire more labor to prosecute the
work as rapidly as possible.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-25
Municipal Affairs
WANT BORE THROUGH
SECOND STREET HILL
PROPERTY OWNERS PETITION
FOR TUNNEL
Board of Public Works Discusses Mat
ter of Drilling Hole Parallel with
Los AngeIes-Pacifie
Improvement

A petition signed by a large number
of property owners was filed with the
city clerk yesterday asking the coun-
ell to construct a tunnel through Sec
ond street hill from the east line of
Figueroa to the most advantageous
point on the east, either on a level
with Hill street or some point between
Hill and Broadway.
This petition is the elimination of
agitation for this tunnel that has been
going on for a number of years, but II
it is ever built it will probably have
to be constructed by an assessment
district and not from general taxation,
as was the Third street tunnel sew
eral years ago.
The matter of constructing a tunnel
through Second street came up infor-
mally about three years ago when
practically the same interested prop
erty owners brought the matter before
the board of public works. The board
looked over the ground and suggested
that instead of constructing tunnel
directly in the street, land be secured
to one side, preferably the north side,
and the bore run through this private
land. This suggestion did not take
well, chiefly because Of the high price
of lana and the expenses incident to
condemnation for The purpose. The
matter has been partially forgotten
since. but in the past few weeks the
agitation mas been reopened.
sort of tunnel fever seems 10 nave
become prevalent. While the Second
street property owners were filing their
petition with the city clerk yesterday
Lawrence Holmes and other property
owners in the northern part of the
business district were discussing the
Hill street tunnel with the board of
public works. These property owners
are anxious something shall be done in
the matter of this tunnel, which is to
extend from First to Temple streets.
This tunnel is to parallel the tunnel
built by the Los Angeles-Pacific rail
way and the property owners interested
are the ones who will pay the cost.
These property owners are to pay half
the cost of the party wall built by the
railway on the east side of the tun-
mel
This tunnel will probably be con-
structed as soon as an agreement can
be reached on the assessment district
and it was this matter that was before
the board yesterday. No definite ac-
ton was taken,