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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
PRATT BUTTONS ON SALE.
New Scheme of Philadelphia Street
Car Strikers to Get Money.

New Scheme of Philadelphia Street
Car Strikers to Get Money.
It was reported the other day at the
headquarters of the various labor
unions in New York city visited by the
committee of the striking motormen
and conductors in Philadelphia which
went to New York recently to raise
money for the strikers by hiring Ital-
ian organ grinders to furnish street
music that new device to raise
money had been put into effect. This
was the selling Of Pratt buttons, each
having a likeness of c. o. Pratt, the
strike leader. Thousands of these but.
tons have already been sold at nickel
each
Complaints were made that thrifty
Italians who were not engaged by the
committee were making extra money
by giving out that they were playing
for the Philadelphia strikers. They
had made several good hauls of quar-
tiers and half dollars before the plot
was discovered.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
LORDS REFORM PLAN.
Principle That . Peeraoe Gives No
Right to Seat.

Principle That Peeraee Gives No
Right to Seat.
When Lord Rosebery presented the
other day his plan for the reforma-
ton Of the house of lords he offered
three resolutions, embodyiug In gen.
eral terms the course which the peers
purpose to follow. Lord Rosebery had
been in consultation with a majority
OF the members Of the upper house,
and there is little question that the
resolutions represent the general views
Of the lords on the subject of reorgan-
iZation.
The first resolution affirms the neces-
sity for a strong and efficient second
chamber for the well being of the
state. The second sets forth that such
a chamber will be best obtainable by
the reform and reconstruction of the
house Of lords The third declares
that necessary preliminary to such
reform and reconstruction is the ac-
ceptance OF the principle that the pos
session Of a peerage in itself should
no longer afford the right to sit and
vote IN the house of lords.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
MISS G0ULD's WEDDING CAKE.
Georgian Court, at Lakewood, to BE
Reproduced In Icing.

Georgian Court, at Lakewood, to Be
Reproduced In Icing.
There was some excitement in the
School of Applied Design For Women,
at New York, when it was learned a
short while ago that one of the girls
there was designing the wedding cake
for Miss Marjorie Gould, who will
marry A. ]. Drexel, Jr., on April 10
in New York Probably Miss Gould
was as much surprised as the school
to learn this, for the commission was
originally given to caterer.
Miss Gould declared that she want
ed a reproduction of Georgian Court,
the Gould home at Lakewood, repre-
sented in the icing Apparently that
was somewhat beyond the caterer,
who Immediately sought the school,
and the commission was turned over
to one Of the young women there.
Two designs Of Georgian Court were
made and sent in. Soon that per-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22

sonage returned with the news that
Miss Gould had changed her mind and
wanted also model of Lyndhurst, the
home Of Miss Helen Gould, upon the
mammoth cake After further con-
sultation the caterer announced that
there were to be three cakes rather
than one The three We're to be one
on top of the other underneath an
arch. At the bottom was to be Lynd,
hurst, and above that. ON two shelves,
as 1t We're, Georgian Court, and then a
temple of love for the top
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
Rassla,s New Stamps.

Only few months ago new issue
Of postage stamps was put in circula-
ton In Russia Another new issue
was recently announced, and the
stamps viii commemorate the three
hundredth anniversary Of the Access
sion OF the Remanoffs TO the Russian
throne Ia 1913. Hitherto the ordinary
Russian postage stamps have been
rather small and of delicate workman
ship. The forthcoming eommemora-
tiye issue, however. viii be Of a larger
type, and they win bear the portraits
Of the house of Romanoff. male and
female.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
HOW TAFT HUGGED GORDON.
Former Senator Relates Incident Of
His Farewell Speech.

Former Senator Relates Incident Of
His Farewell Speech.
After being wined and dined and
lionized during a visit to his relatives
In Memphis, Tenn, former United
States Senator James Gordon of Mis-
sissippi returned to the simple life the
other day. He again talked about his
experience In the senate.
He told how President Taft had &C
tually Rugged him, lauded Rockefel-
Ter and recalled times when whisky
was cheaper than coal oil.
81 can well remember" said he,
when coal oil sold at 40 cents gal
lon, while whisky was selling at 80
cents. 1t was good whisky, too" he
added.
Colonel Gordon told how he had got
into the United States senate, and he
paid glowing tribute to Governor
Noel Of Mississippi. He said that the
speech which had caused such wide
comment had been delivered with no
such intention.
II did not mean to do it." he said.
But when that large, portly gentle,
man, our beloved president, came up
and embraced me after it was over
knew that I must have done some
good In the senate after all.
''Even Senator Hepburn Of Idaho
came forward and shook my hand aft
er / had invited him to pay visit to
my Mississippi home.
Gentlemen, Hepburn is all right.
You must not think too hard Of him.
1t was his environment that warped
his view Of the south. He has been
sitting up there in Idaho on an ice
berg with nothing more than the au-
rora borealis to enlighten him about
the south That's the reason invited
him to come down and see for him.
self"
Colonel Gordon was loud In praise
Of the senate body, which he said was
made ND of as fine q set Of men as he
had ever known He said that they
were far different from the grafters
whom he had pictured from come Of
the things he had heard OF them.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22

proxy, and the majority of the votes
cast shall elect Any vacancy ia che
board of directors shall Be FLIED by the
remaining directors. Two directors shail
constitute q quorum.
ARTICLE v.
The capital stock Of this cooperation
is hereby fixed at seventy-kvc thousand
dollars, to be divided into seven han-
bred and fifty shares OF one hundred
dollars each. The corporation is authes-
lied TO begin business uhen seventy-
FIVE shares of the capital stock shaa
have been subscribed and paid For il
full TO the treasurer.
ARTICLE VI.
This charter may be anendad sc
changed as required by Law a. any saast-
ing of the stockholders. convened If
that purpose, after ten days notiee =
the stockholders. If che corporatiaa
should be dissolved, Its affairs shan be
liquidated by two commissioners seieet-
ed by the stockholders AZ a meseiag
called for that purpose
This done and signed at my oGse il
the Parish Of Cadde, in the presenes Of
the undersigned competent Witnesses,
on this the 10Th day Of February 1919.
A. AUBREY.
A. GOIDSTETN,
8. 1. HERQLD.
Attest:
F. FONvILLE.
z SARA w. PEARCE.
]. A. THIGPEN,
Notary Public.
State of Louisiana, Parish Of Caddo:
| hereby certify that l have examined
the foregoing charter, and, finding noth-
ing therein contained to be contrary to
law, hereby approve same this Febru.
airy 10, 1910. JIM. FOSTER,
District Attorney First judicial District
of Louisiana.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Febru-
airy Io, 1910 S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-ofheio Deputy Re
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish Of Caddo:
| hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true and correct copy Of the
original act, as the same now appears on
file and of record in my Office. Given
under my hand and seal of efscs this
10Th day of February 1910.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-OAoie Dssuty Re-
eerder
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
Wants Schools to Teach Baseball.

1870 ~~1t~SaS y y NsNEE ESNSUUaIIs
That baseball should be an impor-
tant part of the education of children
and that every schoolboy and perhaps
every schoolgirl should play the game
is the opinion Of William A. Stecher.
director of physical training in the
public schools of Philadelphia. He ex-
pressed it the other day in the con-
ference on hygiene of the National
Education association, held In Indian
apolis. Each school, he thinks, should
have a baseball club, and the clubs
should visit each others grounds In
the fashion of the professional leagues.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
A lay to the Hen.

/ sing the hen, that noble bird
With shiny yellow legs,
VINO when she feeleth so disposed
SuppiIeth as with eggs;
Whose gentle. soothing Gutter uuawss'
Cheers up our spirits some,
Since we're reminded by the sound
That gentle spring has come
sing the hen, the Plymouth Rock.
Rhode Island or Shanghai
Or any other brand men think
The only kind to buy.
Long may she scut-ca-dah-cutF
N the good old fashioned ways
And may this little lay to her
Inspire her 30 lay.
Somervllle Journal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
NEW TESTS FOR WARsHIPs.
To Determine It Depth Of Water At
fects Vessels Speed.

lo0ebSFmtHc IL gePSu OF " aSsr az
fects Vessels Speed.
Does the depth Of the water over
which a vessel is steaming AFFECT the
vessels speed7 To answer this query
the United States navy department
has ordered series OF tests over the
Rockland. Provincetown and Della
ware breakwater courses, it was
learned at Rockland, Me-, the other
day.
During the standardization trials OF
the battleship Michigan over these
courses records useful in solving this
Sproblsln viii be compiled. Similar
records win be made during the trials
sover the same courses Of the battle
ships South Dakota and Delaware.
Later the torpedo boat destroyers
Reid and Flusser win be put through
tests.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
ROOSEvELT'S
Great HEALTH
Ex-PresIdent and Son Escaped
Sickness During Trip.
NOISOME PLACES VISITED.

Kermit and His Father Only White
Members of the Expedition Who
Were Not lII-CoIonel Rooseveit's
Personal Interest In Care of His Men.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, former
president of the United States, and his
son Kermit, who recently arrived at
Khartum, Egypt, with their party, are
practically the only two members Of
the expedition, among the whites at
least, who escaped sickness. Slight at
tacks such as most of the party ex-
.perienced were only natural in view
Of the hardships endured, the heat
of the tropics, the noisome places
through which the expedition was
compelled to pass at times and the in
sects which at night make life a bur-
den unless one is well protected against
their assaults. The Sesse islands,
through which the steamer threaded
on the trip to Entebbe, are monu-
ment to the devastation wrought by
the tsetse fly, for, once well populated,
they are now devoid Of human life
through the sleeping sickness scourge.
Thoughtful Of His Party.
Throughout the many months Of
hunting Colonel Roosevelt displayed
the greatest concern in the care of
the party and the native attendants.
His personal interest was shown when
one Of the correspondents, who had
been within touch of the expedition
from its start, was forced to drop be-
hind on one of the long marches be-
tween points. He was finally brought
up by porters, who carried him many
miles in a hammock and after that
dragged him many more miles In a
jinrikisha. Colonel Roosevelt immedi-
ately insisted that DR.. Mearns take the
case In hand, and when the doctor de-
cided that an operation was necessary
the former president volunteered to
assist. This was not necessary, but
the colonel nevertheless stood by and
watched the surgeon work.
Nothing has pleased the ex-president
more than the native guards Of henor
which turned out at every place to
greet his coming. At one of the sta.
lions in Uganda a native contingent.
with two bands, one a fife and drum
and the other composed of brasses,
marched 40 private house where Mr..
Roosevelt was a guest at luncheon and
drew up for review Each of the
bands was conducted by mission IA
ther, and to Mr.. Roosevelt's surprise
and delight they enthusiastically rem
dered the American national anthem
with only a few false notes.
How Africans Learn TeIegraphy.
The manner in which the training OF
the natives is carried out interested
Colonel Roosevelt greatly. He saw I'M
educated natives taking and sending
messages by Morse code and soma
phore, with flags. by lamp and hello
graph. Although these signalmen do
not know what the message means,
yet they seldom make a mistake In
sending or receiving. Their method Of
checking is by counting the letters In
a group. The natives display a curious
instinct In following their instructions
to the letter.
The ex-president made the most OF
everything, enjoying the successes Of
the expedition as keenly as the others
and sharing as fully as the others its
burdens.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
A Pound That Grows Heavier.

From Washington it has been learn
ed that standards Of virtue are chang
ing-that the official brass troy pound
brought to the United States In 1927
and now In the bureau OF standards
has increased in weight through oxi-
aation exactly seven one theusandths
81 q grain.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. 13,36o-First District Court, Par
ish of Caddo, State of Louisiana:
Succession of E. Lonauipie.
Notice is hereby given that Aaatole
Hebert, executor, has this day fled his
flnal account in said succession, and un-
less opposition be made thereto within
the time specified by law, the. same will
be duly homologated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable T. 2. Bell.
Judge of said court, this 18th day of
February 1910. A. S. HARDIN.
march 8. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
An EAGLE offered to MAYOR caynor

j. H. Davis, a lawyer of New Au-
gusta, Miss, has gray eagle he
wishes to sell to Mayor Gaynor of
New York city. At least that is the
purport of letter received from him
BY the mayor the other day:
have a large gray eagle for sale.
measuring seven and a half feet In
spread of wing. He eats too much. and
want to sell him. What do you offer?
Yours truly, ]. H. DAVIS.
The mayor referred the matter to
Park Commissioners stoyer ana so
wrote, to Dir. Davis.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
cALHoUN's CHINESE GUARD.
Four orientsIs Will Stick by Minister
Till He Reaches Pekin.

When w. .. Calhoun. the new Unit
cd States minister to China, left Chi
cago the other night for the orient he
was attended by an escort of four
Chinese, assigned by the imperial gov
eminent at Pekin to look after his
safety and comfort until he sets foot
on Chinese soil
Il don't know when | am coming
back. / am going to stick to the post
until / have either decidedly succeed
ed or utterly failed" said Mr. Calhoun.
81 shall stay until my work Is I'm
ished.n
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
ARROGANT AND UNYIELDING.

ARROGANT AND UNYIELDING.
The New Orleans States of recent
date in an editorial review of the i'm
pending struggle for Statewide prohi-
bition INDUCES in wholesome advice to
the breweries and the trafickers in
liquor, and pleads earnestly against the
issue being precipitated in New Orleans.
It is also opposed to the limitation by
congressional districts and favors in
stead local option by parishes as being
the fairest method" of maintaining the
nress,lA.ss Ssh unit.hSsis:
1.-THE conclusion of he Anti Saloon
League to make no effort to force pro-
hibition upon New Orleans unless this
city shall assume an aggressive attitude
by entering into combinations TO exempt
cities in the prohibition territory from
parish control in local option elections
IS a matter to which the advocates of
license in New Orleans should give
careful consideration. New Orleans is
not prepared for prohibition, it is I'M
popular and would be uncomfortable
here, and If we shall be able to escape
the consequences of bitter State prohi-
bition fight by merely attending to our
own business and keeping our fingers
out Of other peoples affairs, prudence
would suggest the ready acceptance OF
such conditions. We ought to go even
further than that and put forward
measures to strengthen the Gay-Shat-
tuck law BY requiring responsibility of
character and q Iaw-abiding record as
an absolute prerequisite to the privilege
Of keeping barroon. A glance over
the records of the Juvenile Court will
show that practically all Of the offenses
against girls and minors occur in bar
rooms conducted by certain class of
foreigners who are not in sympathy
with our civil institutions, who are
hostile to our laws, and who care moth
ing for the principles which the honest
law-abiding American citizen prizes
most Of al things else.
Such things must be corrected, and
only those persons who have respect for
the law and who will heartily obey it,
shall be permitted 10 operate or control
barrooms. a Law which would regulate
the nHR1ber of barrooms upon the basis
Of population, and would conhne the
business within certain specified limits
IN cities IS necessary, both for the pro-
lection Of the citizens and to prevent
the stimulation Of the barroom in
dnstry By the keen competition among
the breweries. ia other States the ar
rogant and unyieIding attitude OF the
liquor interests has done more within
4 half dozen years to place prohibition
upon the statute books than could have
been accomplished BY ali the prohibition
forces in Fifty years
And here is forced the issue by the
arrogant and unyielding attitude of the
liquor interests in Louisiana who have
dehed the law and entertain supreme
contempt for prohibition and its advo-
Gates.
4 IS the arrogance Of the brewers,
the desan 81 IL. liquQr interests, that
Strengthened and broadened pro-
h;bition.
Is il possible to regulate the arrogant
and unyielding attitude Of the liquor
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
CHARTER
OF THE IDEAL LAUNDRY.

The State of Louisiana, Parish OF
Caddo: Before me, the undersigned au-
tlority, on this day came and appeared
the several persons whose names are
hereto subscribed, who declared that,
availing themselves of the provisions OF
law relative to the organization of cor
porations, they do by these presents bind
obligate themselves and constitute a
corporation and body polite in law, Tor
the objects and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations following,
to-wit:
ARTICLE I.
The objects and purposes for which
this corporation is organized are hereby
declared to be the carrying on in the
City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, or elsewhere in the discre-
ton of the board of directors, of a
steam laundry business and cleaning
business generally; and to this end the
corporation is hereby given the power
and authority to purchase, lease or 9TH
erwise acquire and to sell real estate and
personal property Of any description
whatever, with full power and authority
to issue notes or other evidence of
credit and secure the said notes by
mortgage or pledge on any property of
the corporation.
ARTICLE II.
The name and style Of this corpora
ton shall be IDEAL LAUNDRY, and
under its corporate name it shalt have
power and authority to have and enjoy
succession for full period of ninety
nine years; to contract, sue and be
sued; to make and use corporate seal;
to name and appoint such managers,
directors, officers and agents as the in
terests and convenience of said csrpor-
alton may require.
ARTICLE III.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be in the City of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, and all citation or
other legal process shall be served on
the president of the corporation, or in
his absence on the vice president; the
officers of the corporation shall be pres
ident, vice president and secretary
treasurer. The first officers of said cor
|poration are hereby declared to be At
gust Goldstein, president; S. [. Herold,
vice president, and Albert Aubrey, Sec
retary-treasurer, all of whom shall serve
until their successors are elected and
qualified; the first election of officers
shall take place on the first Monday in
January 1912, and annually thereafter.
ARTICLE w.
The corporate powers of this corpora
ton shall be vested in and exercised by
"a board of directors, composed of not
less than three nor more than FIVE stock
holders; said board of directors shall be
elected every year on the first Monday
in January, beginning with the year
1919. The first board Of directors shall
consist of A. Goldstein, S. L. Herold,
and A. Aubrey. The directors shall be
elected by the stockholders, each share
OF stock being catitled 70 ere vote, 10
BE east ~ the swasF thssssf Or byI
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
Mfnman.a lIinh clinh.

Miss Z. 8 Gibbs has scaled Mount
Kfnabalu. Ia Borneo. which Is 1890
feet high. This Is believed to be thu
first ascent Of the mountain By NO
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
TAKE NOTICE

| am seeking for a pardon before the
Pardon Board 7. p WRiGHT.
Marcia Is, IS4s.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22

Published three times week, on sun
day morning, and Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons, at s17 Edwards St,
By The Caucasian & Carney Printing
Company, Limited, propeietors.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-22
Official JOurnai Of Caddc parisl,

Subscription Price sa.OO a year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-11-29
ARTICLE NO. 2.
DUPLICATION OF LINES AND
POLES.

1t has been stated that the city al
ready own their own electric lines,
the inference being that with a mu-
nicipal plant no extra lines would be
necessary.
The city owns the circuits which
carry the arc lighting current, and
also one short line from Mcclellan
and Third Street to the East Hill
Pumping Station. The city do not own
any lines which can be used to light
the various public buildings. The al
ternating series current used on the
city lines for street arc lighting is
not suitable for public building light
ing nor for power.
Is would be necessary to build du-
plicating lines to supply these buildings
and plants. These buildings are well
distributed over the entire city and
are now supplied with current takeh
from the commercial lines of this
company. This would mean a future
heavy proportion of any underground
work and it means an economic loss
by duplicating the lines. The further
duplication of lines and poles over this
city is not desirable. We already
have too many poles and too many
different lines at the present time.
The cost of these extra lines would be
erous costs and considerations omitted
from the Mayors message. While
we have made actual measurements
and an estimate of the cost of the
lines necessary, which we will submit
to anyone interested, we will not
publish it at this time for we are not
publishing estimates, we are publish
ing facts.