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The Caucasian., 1910-02-01
PRELIMINARY PLEA
In the Case of John Perkins, Former
Sheriff.

The States Lake Charles special dat
ed January 81 says that former Sheriff
John Perkins case wass brought up in
the District Court at Lake Charles Mon
day and motion to quash the indict-
ment was filed by his attorneys, who
took the ground that several jurors were
disqualified. The court allowed the dis
trict attorney until Tuesday to file al
motion asking the defense to specify
the disqualified members of the Jury.
Sher iff Perkins, who is charged with
embezzlement, returned from Honduras
recently to stand trial The case win be
bitterly fought, and is likely to go to the
Supreme Court for final decision =
The Caucasian., 1910-02-01
ROBERT r. EMERY
AND REAL ESTATE.
First National Bank Building.
SHREVEPORT, LA.
REAL ESTATE MARKET.
Futnished By Caddo Abstraet Con-.

Furnished by Caddo Abstract Com
pany. Ltd, Office sf7 Marshall street.
E. S. Cayee ct alto ]. A. Thigpen, 4
acres in northeast quarter Of southeast
quarter sec. 10, 20, 1 5000
L. NJ. Dunn to The Dunn Gas and
Oil Co, southwest quarter of northeast
quarter and northwest quarter of south
east quarter sec. s. 10, 15i $1,000.
Henry Vaccaro @ Nick Jimes, la In
terest in lot rs block B, Oil City; 5000
Michel, Julius and Ernest Bernstein
TO William H. Werner, 1otf and part Of
lot block 2 Fairview $365o.
S. H. Florshein1, trustee, to a.. NJ
Thon1ason, acre 214 in west half section
II, 20, i; $50
James Iftner to w. T Caldwell, the
northeast quarter of southeast quarter
Of southeast quarter section rs, 2z, TO-;
$3.50.
James F. Fisher to Siron j. Lnnsford,
lot Cora E. Smith Subdivision; $1,000.
Julian E. Whitwefth to BENJAMIN B.
Smith, t3.g acres III north half Of north
east quarter of northwest qssdrter sec
ton rs, 1s, IA; $If1z.
H. H. Stephens to ]. M. Miller, the
northeast quarter of southeast quarter
section ~, to, Isl 5000.
J. A. Monkhotse to August Turk, lot
4 in section S, n, ~, 1867 acres; $3s5
Qneensborough Land Co. to A. j.
Frantz, lot 10 block As Queenoborough
addition; $15o.
The Caucasian., 1910-02-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.


Department Of the Interior, United
States Land Office at Natchitoches, La.
November 0, 1ooo--Notice is hereby
given that Charles J. Greene, Jrs OF
Mooringsport, La, who on June 20,
zoos. made Homestead Entry No.
1f.a4s. No. OHIO, for northwest fac
tional quarter and west half Of south
west quarter, section ~. township 20
north. range 16 west, Louisiana f11erid-
ian. has filed notice of intention to
make final communication proof, to estab-
lish claim to the land above described,
before Register and Receiver, at Nat
chitoches, Ia, on the 27th day Of De
ceiaber 1000. Claimant names as wit
nesses T. r. Elicit, r. 3. Noel, A. Mi
lam. w. A. Elicit, all of Mooringsport,
La. ]. EkNESl bNEllfa'
JAM 20, 1900. Register
Caucasian, Shreveport, La.
The Caucasian., 1910-02-01
cENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

The construction of the Central High
School has been awarded to Contractor
Werner. II sto cost about 10000 1t
will comprise all the latest improve
ments and conveniences. It will be an
ornament to Shreveport and credit to
the parish and the State.
The Caucasian., 1910-02-01
A SETTLEMENT WILL BE AP-
PRECIATED.

During the month Of January sub
scribers in arrears were mailed the
amount of their dues. Many have paid,
but others are still delinquent This is
a gentle reminder to settle. A dollar or
two is not much in an individual sense,
but when many are aggregated the
amount is considerable
The Caucasian., 1910-02-01
AGED WOMAN CHALLENGED TO
DJTET

Abbeville, La, Jan. GA novel case
before the court was that of Marie Len
ore Schexnadler, a woman 60 years old,
charged with challenging another wom
an to a duel with shotguns. The court
treated it as an assault, and admins
tered the usual fine for such cases.
The Caucasian., 1910-02-01
MRS. MARY a. f1.tARNE.

Monday afternoon at o'cl6ck,-Mrs.
Harry A. Hearne died at her home, No,
1547 Stephens avenue. in Shreveport,
aged II years. She was the widow Of
T. J. Hearne, who was worthy citizen
and had many friends in this city Md
throughout the parish. The deceased
was most estiniable lady and was en-
deared to tall who 5snew her The body
was conveyed to tBlancaard for burial.
The deceased is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. c. C. Bickham and Mrs Liz
zie Hearne of this city and five, chill
dren, Mrs. Salfie Barnes OF Marshall,
Texas Mrs. Lille McLain, Mrs Mat-
tie Brown of Blanchard, and Nathan
Hearne of Fort Worth, Texas.
The Caucasian., 1910-02-01

SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market closed nominal.
Receipts
Sales TO factors none.
The Caucasian., 1910-02-01

of Court of Appeals affirmed, defendant
to pay costs of proceeding in Supreme
Court.
The Caucasian., 1910-02-01
COTTON MARKET

Once Of The Caucasian.
Shreveport, La, Feb. /, 1910.
The Caucasian., 1910-02-01
FORESTRY AND GAME WORK.

Baton Rouge, La, Jan. 3l.-Consoii-
dating the forestry conservation work
and the game conservation work is now
proposed. AUD, according to a report
here, is favored eb9- Chairman Miller Of
the Game Commission. The two works,
it is argued, go hand in hand
The Caucasian., 1910-02-01

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24

the waters got over the banks, de- clared today that this great structure is in no danger. Alarming reports that the river was undermining the foundations of the tower were not giv- en credence by the engineers.
 It is impossible to estimate the num- Der of persons who are sufferers as direct cause of. the floods. Mar quis De Vogue, president of the Red Cross Society of France, today issued instructions to all the branches of the society in France to render medical attendance to the sufferers. A popu- lar subscription has been opened and money is pouring in for the relief of those who have lost everything.
 The Chamber of Deuuties met today in their usual hall, though the build ing is almost surrounded with water. The great hall was lighted with lamps, the electric lighting plant in the base ment having been put out of commis- sion.
 Bread went up in price a cent a pound today and an increase in the price of vegetables and meats is inn 4ninent. Transportation lines are so crippled that but little foodstuff is be- ing brought into the city and seri- ou's shortage is feared within a few days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24

today and it is still raining, causing a continuation of the alarming rise in the river Seine which is already at an unprecedented height, threat ening the city with incalculable losses. The Seine will likely flood the road way of the famous Place De La Con- corde within a few hours. The en- tire city is in dire danger of a water famine. Five arrondissements are al- ready without water, due to the break ing of their water mains and the contamination of the supply by sew age.
 The suburb of Ivry with 10000 inha- bitants is completely under water. The basement of the Louvre, the worlds greatest art palace, is flooded, putting the heating plant out of com mission. Owing to the continued dampness pictures and plaster casts in the Louvre are being damaged and the loss is expected to be irreparable Unless some way is found immediately for ventilating that part of the sub way that has not yet been flooded, the entire underground system will be put out of commission. The vilest odors permeate the subway, making travel in it almost impossible. Refuse from broken sewers has swept into the sub way. The authorities are taking ac- tive measures to prevent an epidemic of typhoid from following of which there is the greatest danger.
 While the situation in Paris is alarming it is no more serious than in eastern France where 100 O00 people are homeless and in destitute circum- stances. The loss in Paris is already placed at $6 100000 with every inch rise of the Seine adding thousands to the loss. In the country districts the situation amounts to a National dis aster.
 The famous Alma bridge was today closed for traffic. A number of the other bridges across the Seine are in grave danger and engineers. are sta toned at each to close them the mo- ment the peril becomes too great.
 The Alma bridge will probably have to be dynamited as drift wood is col Iecting and a dam is being formed The destruction of the bridge, one of the prettiest structures across the Seine, is believed necessary to save the entire city from inundation.
 The consulting engineers, who have been on duty at the Eiffel Tower since
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
BANKERS SON IS ROBBED
 OF $26,OOO
Two Gay Chicago Girls Pinch Young Van Norden
 In New York
Plead Guilty Before Magis- trate Today and Held In $30,OOO Each.

New York, Jan. 24.-Warner Van Norden, banker, miner and son of Warner Van Norden, president of the Van Norden Trust Company, appear ed in police court today as complain ing witness against Bessie Roberts, alias Kitty Dowdell, from Chicago, and Annie Williams, beautiful young blonde, alias Chicago Margie, whom he charged with picking his pocket of $26,000 last Wednesday night. It was only when the women were ar- raigned today that the facts develop ed.
 According to young Van Norden he had been drinking with friends at the Waldorf-Astoria last Wednesday,. About night he went out at the 33rd street entrance to find his auto but it was not in sight. So he walked up 33rd street looking for it. Two splen- didly dressed women were walking just in front of him. One of them dropped her purse and Van Norden picked it up and offered 1t to her.
 You're a good fellow" she said, and slapped him on the back. Then she and her companion began thank ing him volubly for returning her reticule. Van Norden didn't like the familiarity so as quickly as possible he disengaged himself and resumed his search for his auto. When he found it he drove to his home. and when he arrived there he found that his wallet, which he carried in his hip pocket, had been taken out, the roll of $26,000 removed, and the wal let replaced. He reported to the po- lice.
 The police picked up the two wom- en and Van Norden identified them. In her examination by Inspector Me Cafferty, the Williams woman is said to have admitted she and the Rob- erts girl had been near Van Norden on the night in question but denied that they had robbed him. |.
 The two women pleaded guilty before the magistrate and were held in s3O- 900 each. They were unable to fur nish bond and were remanded to the TOrnbS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
MEAT PRICES HIGH
 BY NATURES LAW
J. OGDEN ARMOUR, HEAD OF BEEF TRUST, ASSERTS THAT MONOPOLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH INCREASED COST OF LIVING
Especial from United Press )


 Washington, Jan. 24.-sIt's the trusts, the miserable little combina- tions in every town and city in the United States that keep the prices of food so high,'' declared Secretary Will son, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, when he was asked by the district committee of the House today to put his finger on the men responsible for the prevailing high prices of foodstuffs.
 The Secretary declared that the re- tailers in every city are organized and that they take from IS to 60 per cent. as their profit after the meat com mittees through several hands from the farmer to them. Shreveport and manding 60 per cent, profit while many cities take only IS per cent.
 New York and Philadelphia mer- chants are satisfied, he declared, with twenty per cent, while the merchants of the national capitol take 42 per cent.
 Some of the statements relating to the committee by Secretary Wilson today were:
 'We have been conducting an ex- haustive investigation and are still working. We have found that the farmer does not get any more for his two year steer than he did twelve years ago.
 We haven't the facts at hand but we are gathering them, and I expect to show that the food products of the American farm are being sold cheaper in foreign countries than they are in the United States-I mean meat and bread.
 ''Fewer farmers are feeding their grain this winter than for years be- cause they got their fingers burned last year feeding 60 cent corn to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
NEW CAR IN TOWN
 AWAKENS CURIOSITY
ITS HANDSOME, ROOMY AND CLEAN AND BEGAN ITS SER |ICE TODAY ON THE EAST MAIN STREET DIVISION.

People who. patronize the local trol- -ey service alone the East Main street. line were pleasantly surprised this morning to find brand new car with all the up to date equipments await ing their nickels. The new convey ance ran as smooth as a ship sails in calm water and afforded a pleas ant relief to the passengers who were picked up by it. The puny little shawl strap affairs that have been mas ? querading on this division under the guise of cars ore said to be doomed ; perhaps they will be shipped to New Haven where according to press re- ports there exists widespread dissat- isfaction with the trolley service: it is under stood that an effort is to be made by the surviving members of Bridgeport's Old Home week commit tee to secure one and save it as a land mark for what once was and still is in this city, famed throughout the state for the delicious blend of the hot air of many of it's politicians who have the habit of kow towing to the puhlic service corporations.
 At any rate the car is here and we are apprised that it is only the first of 20 more just like it that will be installed on the installment plan,
 The understanding which is said to exist somewhere is that the first six of the incoming caravans will be placed on East Main street division which runs from the terminus of that line just beyond Lakeview cemetery to Main street to North avenue to the terminal near Island Brook avenue.
 Next in order for improvement if is eaid will be the equipment of the Oak street line where small undersized cars now operate. It has not been definitely determined just when the flat wheel derelicts that now pound their noisy way throughout the city will be removed but while there is life there is hope.
 However one new car is one new car and for this let us be thankful
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
Eas1g sa!

steer that they could not get return out of
 "One of the reasons why meat is so high is because there are not enough people farming profitably in America; they are not making an getting enough out of days work"
 The Secretary went into the high prices of food exhaustively and indi- cated that his department shortly make public a sensational indictment of the very men who are responsible for the enormous increase in prices.
 ''We cannot tell now what we are doing because we do not believe in shutting the door in our faces," he said, "but you who have the power to remedy the situation and will get all our reports before anyone else gets them if you want to.
 '"The employees of all the departments here established a guild some time ago to buy food and thus save them selves money. They had to go out of business The wholesalers would not let them organize. I sent for the ocers of this organization and got some of the facts.'
 Chicago, Jan. 24.-"You can eliminate the meat packers entirely from the situation and the high prices will re- main. The prices are high by the laws of nature and natural laws can not be changed. The best we can do is comply with them. Increase pro- duction and prices will. fall"
 This is the defense made by J. Ogden Armour, head of Armour & Company, against the charges made by meat strikers that the packers are responsible for present high meat prices.
 ''The present market for live stock is not the sort the packers would choose,'' he said. we would prefer to buy cheaper and sell cheaper. With lower prices the amount of capital tied up in our business would be less than now. It is not the products of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
BALLOT BOX SHUTTING IS
 NEW CHARGE
ALLEGED BY LIBERALS IN CON - TEST JUST DECIDED WHICH SHOWED REDUCEED VOTE
 FOR LIBERAL LEADER.
Captains of 'Industry of the Union- ist Persuasion Facing Charges For Alleged Intimidation of Enployes How the Vote Stands to Date.
Special from United Press.)

Special from United Press.>
 London, Jan. 24.-Reports on the ear ly voting in the 2S constituencies hold ing elections today were so pro-L;b- eral in character that it is believed the steady Conservative gains have at last been checked or at least materially de- creased.
 Announcement of Saturdays vote brings the total of the various parties up to the following figures:
 Conservatives. 219; Liberals, POI {; Irish Nationalists. 6S; Laborites, g. This estimate includes Speaker Low ther among the Conservatives a1- though the Speaker is not entitled to a vote unless in case of tie. TO at- tain a majority of 31 the Liberal-La- borite combination must win 118 of the 150 remaining seats. This would make their final total 351 or g more than the combined Conservatives and Ma tionalistS.
 The Conservatives insist that the Liberals and Laborites will not win this number of seats but subsequent voting is all in Liberal territory and there seems good grounds for the Lib erals claims.
 As the Laborites already have S1 seats won and are likely to secure few more, 1t is apparent. that they will d als The labor vote is counted wholly dependable but 1t is taken for granted that the Liberals members will hold cut for al lot of radical legislation which the closenesS of the vote will make possible for them to force through
 Todays compilation of Saturdays vote shows that Chancellor of the Ex cheQuer Lloyd-George has been re- elected in Carnarvon. the vote being 3.1S2 for him and 2,105 for H. S. Vim cent, his Conservative opponent. Lloyd-George's majority of three years has been cut down 146.
 The Liberals are charging that the ballot boxes were tampered with by the Conservatives for the purpose of making it appear that the Chancellor's popularity is waning thereby influenc- ing subsequent voting. This is why the vote in Carnarvon was not an- nounced until today, the Liberals say.
 The charge of ballot box tampering has inflamed the district and police re- Inducements have been rushed to the scene to prevent an outbreak
 Several Conservative captains of industry are facing prosecution by the LAberal-Laborite leaders on charges that they prevented their employees from voting. The charges are based on the statements Of hundreds of em- ployes that they were threatened with dismissal if they went to the polls. The Liberals insist that they lost sev- eral constituencies through this form of intimidation. J. Austin Chamber lain, son of Joseph Chamberlain. was one of those who are up for election today. It is believed he will have no trouble in clearing East Worcestershire again.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
HIGHW HELD
 IN BAIL OF $l,OOO
FORMER COAL MINER CHARGED WITH ROBBING CHANGE
 ACQUAINTANCE.
Patrolman Walker Apprehends Fugi- tive as Victim Pursues Him Through East Side Streets.

Patrolman Jim Walker came in for congratulations at the hands of Su- perintendent Birmingham and others at police headquarters today when PasQuale D'Arienzo, a former mule teer in Pennsylvania coal mine, now a laborer in this city was held for trial in the Superior court in bail of $1,0O0 for highway robbery from Fran cesco Cardinale, a laborer of Kitcha- wan, N. Y. The prisoner protested his innocence when arraigned in the city court before Judge Foster.
 Walker was in the shadows at Ann street and Hough avenue at 1915 last evening when he heard a wild outcry and the sound of hurried foot falls He remained in the shadow until the steps drew so near that hewas sure of his intended captive, and rushed out and seized DArienzo, almost before the latter realized policeman was in sight. Up came Cardinale breathless and accusing the prisoner of robbing him. Cardinale picked up a pocket book from near the feet of the prison CT, and showing 1t to be empty, point ed an accusing finger at the prisoner and exclaimed in broken English that the prisoner had gone through him and fled.
 Walker recognized the two as a pair he had followed earlier in the even ing, suspecting them of being two panhandlers against whom there had been complaints lodged at the second precinct station Cardinale testified today that he had encountered the prisoner at a Water street restaurant and walked out with him in response to an invitation to see the sights. When they had walked about East Bridgeport fir a while, he insisted on going to the West End where he had relatives, and then engaged D'Arienzo apparently in a friendly scuffle to force him to remain with him, robbed him and ran.
 Walker testified that he found SIS thrown loosely in a purse belonging to the prisoner. At the second pre- cinct station the prisoner was asked how much money he had, and he said there was not more than $10. D'Arien- 20 lives at 751 Pembroke street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
WALL STREET TO-DAY.
Especial from United Press.)

T
 New York, Jan 24-The stock mar ket showed weakness in the early trad ing, declines being made from frac- tions to nearly one point in many ac- tive issues. At the end of 15 minutes a stronger tone was in evidence.
 Il a. m.-Price movements in the market throughout the first hour were under pressure and declines ranged from 1 toS points in nearly everything traded in. Reading, St. Paul. c. & O., and Southern Pacific were leaders in the declines.
 Government bonds unchanged: other bonds firm.
 Noon.-Some irregu1arity marked the trading in the late forenoon. Steel common sold down to S4 1-2, followed by other metal leader
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
CONGREGATION SAID "AMEN'
 WITH VEHEMENCE
Special from United Press.)


 Brockton, Mass, Jan. 24.-Rev. Alan Hudson, pastor of the First Con- gregational Church preached to over 2,OOO people who attend the church where he is minister. sent to Con- gressman c. l.. Lovering today a telegram asking MT. Lowering to ad- Vocate In the National Congress the appointment of a commission to act in the crusade against the prices of foodstuffs.
 There was no call for pledges to abstain from meat MT. Hudson be- heving that only. temporary relief could be brought about in this way but when the resolution was read asking the appointment of a National Commission the big church audience last night forgot the usual decorum of church services and arose and cheered to the echo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
CONCRETE WORK ON NEW BRIDGE
 NOW SUSPENDED
LABOR PRACTICALLY SUSPEND PENDED UNTIL SPRING AND "NO THOROUGHFARE'' BEFORE MAY.

All concrete work on the Congress street bridge has been stopped until Spring. At the office of the bridge commission today it was stated that the greater part of the concreting is done.
 It was stated that the structure will be completed much before May. The stopping of the concrete work will not mean that the operations as whole will cease until warm weather comes again. The electrical equip ment to operate the roller lift draws and the decking of the bridge is now being put on. This decking is creo- soted Southern pine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
PRATT TO BE
 POSTMASTER AT
 LITCHFIELD

Special from United Press) Washington, Jan. 24.-President Taft today sent to the Senate the name of Seth Pratt to be postmaster at Litch- field, Conn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
YIELD TO BOYCOTT.

Philadelphia, Jan. 24.-With food stuffs left to spoil on their hands by public that is determined to do with out meat, butter and eggs, until the present prohibitive prices have been lowered, dealers here have been fore ed to yield to the pressure of popular boycott and have begun to pull their prices down.
 Today, for the first time, wholesale dealers in meats tacitly confessed the strength of the boycott as weapon and reduced the price on all grades of pork two cents a pound.
 Eggs dropped a cent while butter is selling at a two cent reduction.