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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-07-22
SATURDAY. July ~, 1911
Cypress Island Canal.

Tho canal is still q matter Of
discussion aud many arc of tho
opinion that the canal is q failure.
1t is now claimed that tho water
that was coming to the Techs was
from lands adjacent to the canal
and that from tho Crawson bridge
and the entire Grand Marais sec.
ton the water was running to tho
Cypress Island basin. Some claim
that not drop Of Cypress Island
water passed through the canal to
the Tsohs. Mr.. Gutskunst, civil
engineer who inspected tho canal
tho morning of tho heavy rains
reported that tho water was COM
ing to tho Teche in o very salts
factory manner. With the heavy
rains, however, tho water in Cy-
press Island is variousIy reported
to DO from 4 to 8 feet lower than
tho high stages of the several years
whom tho section was completely
overlooked, and very little crop is
under watsr, according to reports
We have heard 30 many different
reports and 80 vast a difference of
opinions, that it 10 a hard matter
to arrive at any satisfactory con-
clusion. Some arc of the opinion
that in cases Of heavy rains in the
basin section and Grand Marsis
that Cypress Island will be over
flowed because the Grand Marais
water runs to the Island instead of
the canal. II this is really tho
case, there 10 something wrong
with tho surveys made before the
war, before the canal work was
commenced or with tho digging of
tho canal. We believe the matter
should be Investigated and a COR
rect report be made based upon
the real facts and not upon mac
curste reports and opinion of un-
dividuals, simply upon what they
believe will DO the result
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-07-22
HAPPIEST GIRL IN LINCOLN.

A Lincoln. Neb.. girl writes. Il had
been ailing for some time with chronic
constipation and stomach trouble. be-
gan taking Cnamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets and In three days was
able to be UP and got better right along.
l am the pr0udest girl In Lincoln TO find
such good medicine. For sale by all
druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-07-22

Right in your busiest season when you
have the least time to spare you are most
likely to take diarrhOea and lose several
days time. unless you have Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Re-
medy at hand and take does Oh the
first appearance of the disease. For sale
by all druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-07-22
FOR CLERK OF COURT.

l beg to announce to the Demo.
cratic Voters OF the Parish of st.
Martin, that l am a Candidate for
the office Of Clerk of Court, sub
jsct to tho action Of tho Democrs.
tic Primary.
l pledge myself il elected to per-
form tho duties of said Office in
IN efficient and painstaking man
nsr, and to have mons but compe.
tent and courteous deputies in my
employ.
Respectfully,
GEORGE S. EAsTIN.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-07-22

Bob Broussard will not say how
he stands on the present political
situation. Unless Bob comes up
openly against the ring the Good
Leagers OF the District should
support Pujo who has proclaimed
himself against the ring. Bob
should DO the choice OF this sec
ton. provided he comes up with
friends who are opposing the ring.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-07-22
A Peek Into His Pocket

would show the box Of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve that K. S. Lopez, carpenter. OF
N. Y. always carries" l have
never had a cut, wound, bruise. or sore
il would not soon heal" be writes
Greatest healer OF burns. boils. scalds
chapped hands and lips. fever sores
eczema, cOrns and piles
25c at all druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-07-22

Mr.. l. s. Lopez of Keystone
plantation, brought several stalks
OF cane to town this week having
ten red joints, which are said to
be cane that ought to yield about
forty tons to the acre. Mr.. Loper
has fourteen acres Of this cane.
which is cultivated in the marsh
land, near Spanish lake.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-07-22
What Makes The Difference,

Ignor tnce and Lack OF Machin-
sry-thess have kept Asia poor;
knowledge and Modern Tools
those have made America rich.
If Asia had Panama Canal to
dig, she would dig it with picks,
hoes, and spades and tho tote out
the earth in buckets. Nothing but
human bone and sinew would be
employed. and the men would be
paid little, without Tools and
knowledge they must always earn
little. But American puts brains,
science, steam, electricity, machi-
merry into the Big Ditch-Tools
and knowledge, in other words
and she pays good wages because
a man thus equipped docs the
work Of ten men whose only force
is the force OF muscles.
But Asia-deludsd, foolish Asia
has scornsd machinery. The
moro work machinery does, the
less there will be for human be-
ing to do. Mon will DO without
work, and men without work will
starve." With this folly on her
lips she has rejected tho agencies
that would have rescued her from
her nsvsr.snding struggle with
Starvation. Often. times, We know,
the same cry has been heard in
England-snd alas! even in Amor
lea; our labor unions even now
sometimes lend . willing ear to
such nonsense. There were riots
in England whom manufacturers
sought to introduce labor-saving
methods in cotton-spinning; and
whom railroads wore introduced
among US, there wero doubtless
thousands Of draymen, stsgo-dri-
vers, and boatmen who, il they
had dared. would have torn up tho
rails and thrown Thorn into the
rivers, as the Chinese did along
the Yangste-Kiang. With much
the Same feeling the oId-tims
hand-compositors looked upon the
coming of the typs-sstting ma
chine.
And yet with all our engines do
ing the work Of millions OF draw.
men and csbmsn, with all our fac
tory machines doing the work of
hundreds of thousands of weavers
and spinners; with all our tele-
graphs and telephones taking tho
place OF numberlsss messengers,
runners. and errand boys, and with
a population, too, vastly in excess
Of the population when old-fash-
Toned methods, prevailed, the fact
stands out that labor has never
been in grealsr demand and has
never commanded higher wages.
Clarence Poe, in Starkville Pro.
gressive Farmer.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-07-22
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that
hunting and trespassing on
our property is forbidden, and
all violators will be prosecu-
ted.
Ozenne & Duchamp.
July 8.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-07-22

Mrs Walter Malagsris of Brous
sard was on q visit hero this wesk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-18
ATTY. FALE0N Ex0NERATED OF
FOURTH CHARGE BUT OTHER
LAWYERS MAY BE INVOL we'd

That charges against other counsel
arising out Of the charges brought
against Attorney Fred B. Falion by
Charities Clerk Dennis O'Neil, are
soon TO be started was announced by
States Attorney Stiles Judson in the
Superior court this afternoon during
the Fallon hearing on the charges
brought by Walter n. and Ollie Quin-
by.
The States Attorney stated to the
court that In going over the evidence
before the Grievance committee in the
O'Neil hearing, he has become satis-
fled that the outcome will take an
other course. and that Attorney Fall
Ion Is entirely blameless in relation
to the case It is his belief that At
torney FalDn should be exonerated
from the charge. He stated that he
would have recommended that the
charge be dismissed by the court but
that because of the discriminating evil
dence against others he will bring the
matter before the court for it's deci-
sion He is certain that there is basis
for other proceedings in the evidence
presented
When the O'Neil case which grew
out of a land transaction in which
O'Neil claimed he was done out of
considerable property came before the
Grievance Committee Attorneys AL
bert E Merritt and Jesse E. Stewart
and Court Interpreter August Brill
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-18
Fresh Air Fiend and
Draught- Halter Have
. a Battle Over It
Both Are So Badly Used Up
In the Fight that the
Court Is Lenient

Tony Dafio and Frank Lascalla,
employees Of the japanning department
of the Singer Mfg. Co. came to blows
because they could not agree on the
much mooted problem of what causes
colds.
Dafio and Lascal1a were in the city
court today, Dafio with his left thumb
sewed and bandaged, where he saws
Lascalla bit it, and LascalIa with his
head covered with bruises. Dafio was
under arrest on Lascalla's complaint.
Lascalla works near window, Da-
flo 20 feet away from it, the latter
employed in tending the ovens where
the japan is baked. Dafio complains
ed about Lascalla's opening the win
dow repeatedly, and said he was
afraid of catching cold Lascalla told
him he was crazy that he couldn't
catch cold in draught and ought to
know better. Dafio assailed IascaIla,
beat him and it is alleged bit him so
severely that Lascalla had to have a
doctor sew up his thumb.
Both were badly used up in the
fight, and the court on imposing the
fine upon Dafio reprimanded LascaIla
and said if both had not been so bad
ly hurt, their penalties would be more
severe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-18

tertainment. declared today that some
of the films are absolutely unique and
that the pictures alone will sbe of suf-
ficient novelty and interest to make
the banquet a memorable affair.
President Forbes declared further
more that by the month Of May the
Aero Club of Connecticut will have
three machines of its own in the air,
and that az least one of them will
be operated by a Bridgeport man, one
of the best known in the city. 1t
will probably be some time in May
when the big aviation meet occurs in
Bridgeport under the auspices of the
club.
The Aero Club of Connecticut.
through it's affiliation with the Aero
Club of America. comes within the
scope of the International Aeronautic
Federation. and is amenable to the
rules Of the federation. AS practic-
ally all of the great aviators of the
world today are flying under the sane
ton and in accordance with the rules
of the International Federation, the
Aero Club of Connecticut is in a po-
sition to secure the services of the
best of them.- and Bridgeport is ex-
ceptionally fortunate in being select
ed as the place of the first great
meet.
While the place for-the event has
not yet been chosen definitely, it will
unuOuDteoly De nutmeg Park. Wh1cn
is now owned by Christopher ]. Lake,
one Of the prime movers in the Aero
Club of Connecticut. AS already an
nounced, Mr.. Lake Is planning to re-
model the buildings on the park and
make the field into an aviation ground
that will equal any of it's kind in the
country.
The banquet will mark the first
gathering of the entire membership Of
the Aero Club of Connecticut, al
though there have been several meet
ings of the board of governors to da te.
1t is a marked tribute to the char
acter of the membership and officers
Of the club that such men as the
Wright brothers. whose names are in
delibiy written as the very greatest
in the science OF aviation. will attend
the first banquet Of the organiza ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-18
Club Will Batten Down
the Lid Upon Westport

Westport is to be closed as tight as
drum on Sunday if the Civic club
has its way. Concerning the closing,
the club has issued the following
statement:
The regular monthly meeting of the
Westport Civic club was held on
Tuesday evening, 14th inst
After transacting the business at
hand, relating to transportation and
the securing of a playground for the
young people of the town, and the
hearing of various other reports, the
report of the committee on Sunday
closing was acted upon.
This committee had proceeded
along the lines of it's instructions re-
ceived at the last meeting and inter-
viewed the dealers who were keeping
open shop, requesting them to observe
the law. They were generally dis
posed to regard the propriety of clos
ing. and II seemed as if there would
be no hindrance to the realization of
the clubs purpose. But before the
date, set for doing so, an offer was
mad by them to close on Sundays
from 10 to 5. This the committee
could only temporarily assent to, and
it was such an a~reement as the club
itself might not officially grant
But, while some of the dealers held
to their proposal, others repudiated
it. The situation, therefore, compels
the club to take aggressive action.
The committee, consequently. now
recommends that on Sunday, February
26, the club shall proceed to enforce
the law according to the resolution of
January 10.
The Civic club feels the response
bility put upon it, and hopes that
the community at large will give it
moral support. There can be no ques-
ton that when Westport has had a
few months of law-abiding. such as
many other towns in the state have
always known, the people will not
wish to return to the old ways.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-18
CRIMINAL CASES
To COME BEFORE
SUPERIOR COURT
Many Bridgeport Cases
Scheduled Before Busy
Term Of Court Next Week

Following are the cases scheduled to
come up before the term of the Su-
perior court, criminal side, begin
ming on Tuesday:
Joseph Kraska, burglary, Westrort;
Joseph Patagonia, theft, Bridgeport;
Michael Sullivan, theft 3rd offense'
Bridgeport; Angelo Percy, burglary,
bridgeport: Henry Watson, burglary,
Stamford; Perre Hurtier, attempt to
murder. stamford; Honorine >Hurtler,
attemnt to murder, Stamford; James
Haddik attempt to kill, Bridgeport;
frederick Nichols, indecent assault,
Danhury: James Nelson, rape and as
sault. Bridgeport; Thomas Marchlno.
Vic sec. 1888, Bridgeport; Henry Stin-
ninger. arson, Stamford; Joseph Mul-
vihiIl indecent assault, Bridgeport;
Rradislaw Henkleman, vic. sec. l409,
bridgeport; Michael Kelly, theft, New
Canaan. Antonio Gerace, theft, New
Canaan: Richard Carroll, blackma1i,
Stamford: John Goodwin, burglary,
bridgeport; Phillip Reynolds, burglary
bridgeport: Granoillo Stewart, theft,
Rride zort: Richard Wakeman, horse
theft Westport; John Kennedy, pur-
glarv Norwalk; Edward Mcintyre,
burglary. Norwalk; James Murphy,
hungary. Norwalk; James Sullivan,
burglary. Norwalk; Henry B. Allen,
theft Trumbull; Clarence Mott, horse
theft Bridgeport; Bayard Constant
theft bridgeport; Morris Horowltz,
VIC sec. 1911 Bridgeport; Andrew
Stoffo. attempt to kill, Bridgeport;
Lawrence Leigh, theft, Norwalk; Pat
rick Maloney, burglary, Wilton; Gen.
ario Settille, adultery and vic. sec.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-18
BOARD OF RELIEF
DOESN'T GREATLY
CUT DOWN TAKES
Rum0rs of Immense Slices Not
Verified When Report is
Finally Made Out

The gross grand list ~of the city
will not be materially affected by the
report of the Board of Relief which
was completed today by Secretary T..
w. White. The total. reductions ag>
gregate $1S6,233. The total additions
are $18,490. The total decrease in the
grand list will be $167743 bringing the
341. Some of the statements given
out yesterday were to the effect that
the cut of the grand list would be
many thousands more, and that it
would materially affect the tax rate.
The Board Of Relief has worked
harder this year than any previous
board, holding more sessions in the
making it possible for all appellants
to be heard. The small deductions in
the Grand list reflect credit upon the
thoroughness of the work of the board
of Assessors who increased the gross
grand list from 1909 to 1910 just $4,-
100, ,565.
The biggest increase was upon the
property of the Noble estate on prop-
erty lying east Of the Stratford ave-
nue. bridge where s16,s4O was added.
The largest reductions were Fannie
Mcmahon $4,000 on Steeplechase Is
land property; Jennings Bros. on I'm
ion Square factory building $7O65;
Bridgeport Brass Co. $10,0OO Smith,
Murray & Co. $4,000; Erwin NJ Jen-
nings $5,763; F. H. Lyon $3.50; Alice
c. Watson $4,000; and N. E. Wordin
IS. 500.
The report shows that out of 354 ap-
peals that only 239 were able to con-
vince the board that their claims were
justified in part Or whole. The re-
port of the board follows:
Continued on Page 81
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-18
Extensive Plans for
Opening of New Elm"
Proprietor Pactor and Man
ager Lee Expect Hun
dreds Of Visitors.

Hundreds of invitations have been
issued by William ]. Packtor, proprie
+or and Joseph T. Lee, manager of
he New Elm cafe, 40 Elm street, for
he formal opening of the new restau-
ant and cafe on Monday afternoon
md evening.
The New Elm has been open but
eew days, but the thriving business
t has experienced during its brief
career is a guarantee of its being
permanent and successful addition to
he city'S growing number of first
class restaurants and cafes.
Extensive arrangements have been
n progress for the formal opening.
Decorations will be displayed through
,ut the grill room. the large dining
'oom and the private dining rooras. A
large orchestra will play throughout
he evening. Luncheon will be serv-
ID to all guests. and neat souvenir
pocket books will be distributed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-18

wilbur and Orville Wright. those
two famous pioneers who usheredN in
the era OF aviation. will be guests Of
honor at a big banquet in this city
on April 90 along with Glenn Curtiss,
Eugene Ely. Bud" Mars. Harry
Harkness. McCurdy. and many other
celebrated navigators of the sky.
The affair which will bring these
famous men to Bridgeport is being
arranged under the auspices of the
recently formed Aero Club of Connec-
ticut. whose president. A Holland
Forbes, a balloonist of international
fame, resides in Fairfield.
The banquet will be one Of State
wide Importance. and will mark the
first gathering Of the entire member
ship OF the Aero Club of Connecticut,
1e5. including men In the most prom
inent walks of life in all the big cit
les OF the State
The banquet will take place at the
Stratfeld and will be unique in many
ways 1t VIII be exclusively an avia-
ton affair. The presence of such dis
tinguished men in the field OF avia-
tion viii add exceptional interest. par
ticularly IN view of the fact that the
occasion viii be the forerunner of a
great aviation meet to be held at
Bridgeport under the auspices of the
Aero Club. at which occasion it is
limited that the principal performers
viii be aviators no less famous than
those who will sit down at the BAN
quet-
The decorations at the banquet will
be unique. On the tables will be
models Of the various styles of aero
planes and dirigible balloons. and 9TH
er decorations of a suitable character.
After the dinner the guests will be
entertained with a series of motion
picture views depicting the great races
a. the Belmont Park meet and other
famous aviation events.
President Forbes. who has personal
" attended to the selection Of suitable
moving pictures for the evenings en-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-18
NEW TRANSC0NTINENTAL
RAILROAD BETWEEN NEW
YORK AND GOLDEN GATE
This Plan Behind Fight For Control Of Mis-
souri, Pacific
It Has Been the Pet Ambo for Years of George Gould
to Have Such Route But He Must Now See His
Project Carried Out Un der New Management.

tate's holdings Of the Erie bonds As
the Morgan interests are entrenched
in Erie, it is believed that the bank
ing firm will be given a Ginger in the
pie''. thus adding to the Morgan mil
lions without any unnecessary exertton
by the head of the house.
In connection with the new road.
Wall Street hears that, to keep the
Interstate Commerce Commission from
''meddling" with it's consummation.
deal will be made whereby the Wa
bash lines between Chicago and De-
troit will be turned over to the Ca
nadi6n Pacific for proper compen-
sation" which might take the form OF
a "gentleman's trade agreement
Then the commission could not inter-
fere on the ground that the Erie and
Wabash tracks. under one manage
ment para1leled between the two cit
les. The Canadian Pacific now enters
Chicago from the northwest over tfe
Wisconsin Central and with control Of
that portion of the Wabash between
Chicago and Detroit. it would have an
inestimable value.
The transcontinental road would
then be routed from New YORK to
Huntington, Ind. via the Erie: from
Huntington to Kansas City. via the
Wabash; from Kansas City to Pueblo
Colo. via the Missouri Pacific; Pueblo
to Ogden. via the Denver & Rio
Grande. and from Ogden to San Fran
disco via the Western Pacific. With
the connections made possible by this
arrangement. the new road would
have an outlet into every really big
city in this country and the traffic
possibilities would be enormous
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-18
Especial from United Press.)

New York. Feb ts-A new trans
continental railroad with through full
train service between New York and
San Francisco and the entire middle
west. especially that section between
the Great Lakes and the Gulf Of Mex
leo, is impending.
This, Wall Street heard today, is
what has been. behind the fight for
control of Missouri Pacific that has
agitated the Street for many days.
The shifting of control Of the Gould
properties. it was asserted today. will
make possible the transcontinental
route which has been the pet ambi-
ton of George Gould's life and which
will be realized with the properties he
controlled but under other manage
ment
Whether the possession of a titled
son-in-law and promise of place
at court will recompense George Gould
for the disappointment in seeing 9TH
ers realize his lifelong desire, was dis
cussed in Wall Street today.
Through the acquisition Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway Company Kuhn,
Loeb & Company John D. Rockefeller.
Blair & Company and the Deutsche
Bank control will be able to dictate
the policies of the Denver & Rio
Grande. the Western Pacific and prob
ably also those of the Wabash and
Texas Pacific This leaves only the
Erie to complete the coast to coast
route, and Kuhn. Loeb & Company
already have a substantial line into
the Erie through the Hartman es-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-18
TRAIN ROBBERS
CRACK CAR SAFE
IN The HOLD-UP
In Hurry to Get Good Lead
on Posse Bandits Only
Captured 500
Owing to Mixup in Fuses
$4,000 in One Of the Safes
Remained Untouched.
Especial from limited Press.


Atlanta, Ca, Feb. 18.-Five train
bound Southern Railway passenger
train at 2 o'clock, this morning, at
Sulphur Springs, near GAINESVILLE, Ga.
They cracked the safe in the express
car and obtained 500 in cash. The
idesperadoes got a long lead on the
posse which attempted to trail them
A mixup in their fuses prevented
the. robbers from getting $4,000 in
cash which was in the larger of two
safes in the express car. The train
was tagged with a red lantern and
when it came to a stop the engineer
was covered" He was forced to
throw up his hands. The negro fire.
man jumped and took to the woods,
not having been seen since.
Conductor Mooney LETT the train to
see what the trouble was and was
greeted by the muzzles of two. big
up and kept the engineer covered
while the others entered the express
car. The robbers had explosives
ready and placed them under each
safe in the car. The fuse at the
smaller safe was lighted too soon and
it was exploded first. The conclusion
put out the other fuse.
The sight of the 500 revealed in
the cracked safe was sufficient for the
robbers. They seized it and did not
attempt to try again to blow up the
big safe. 1t was mere chance that
saved the $4,000.
The passengers were badly fright
ened but when they attempted to
leave the train the robbers quickly
forced them back. They hid their
valuables in cuspidors and Under
seats. The robbers are supposed to
comprise the same gang that killed
Policeman Gannells at Greenville. s.
c., yesterday, and robbed several
stores in Williamson. Early today,
the postoffice was robbed at Easley,
s. c., just over the state line.