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CONFECTIONERY G. FRUITS.

a nice line OF candles, fruits earned
goods. and the standard brands of
cigars and cigarettes. We manufac-
ture ice cream. Wholesale or retail or
ders. Michelini & Bertasso. Phone 619I..
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PAuLus CASH MEAT MARKET.

Choicest cuts Of fresh and salt meats.
Staple and fancy groceries, milk, but
ter and eggs. Special discounts for
cash. First class sausage of all kinds.
Thoz. PAUL Phone 126.
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American League,
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
National League.

Il. II T..
Chicago ......O OO1OOOOO-1 0
Brooklyn ......3 1 90 00--4 s /
Batteries-Brown. Toney and King;
Rucker and Bergen.
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Du POINT MOTOR CO.

Agent for the Ford automobile. a
thoroughly reliable car for all pur-
poses. Full line of bicycles and sport
ing goods, tires and auto equipment
Repairing of all kinds. Phone 32O-J.
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FASHIONABLE TAILOR.

For spring and summer year. the pre-
vailing styles will include browns. Eng
lish grays and blue serges in domestic
and imported fabrics. Repairing, clean
ing and pressing. +. X. Mech, Srd St
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CHICAGO DECORATING CO.

Artistic interior decorating In most
modern style Paper hanging, tlnting
hardwood finishing. Picture framing.
plate moulding. mIrrsrs resilvered, fur
niture rennished. r. Pentzold. Phone 3s7.
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EGGEN g. HoYEM.

A clean bakeshop, equipped with
modern machinery, is the basis of our
success. We specialize in wedding
cakes at this time of the year. Let Us
trim the brides cake, Phone 523.
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CENTRAL. HOTEL.

Located on Osceola street, near
Fourth, one block from the cars. Spe-
cial rates by the week or month. We
have steam heat. hot and cold water
and free baths. L.L.Dlstel Phone 267-J
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JOHNSON MlLllNER.
Heola street.
MAC Leop,s LIVERY STABLE.
NATIONAL eILLIARp HALL.

Six regulation billiard and pool Ia
bles that are kept I'm good condition.
with good lights and courteous atten-
ton. Leading brands cigars and cigar
cites. Agts for Marlham's box candles
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BAWDEN's STORE

Garry the best line OF goods at the
lowest prices. The best service guar
anteed. Come i'm and be convinced.
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T. 4:
American League.

Mathewson and Myers.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

months now he has been at the head
of that department. as well as a mem
Der of the imperial council.
Baron Rosen went to Washington in
1905 to succeed Count Cassini His
successor will be George Bakhmetieff.
who is well known in Washington.
where many years ago he was one OF
the secretaries of the then Russian le-
CATION He also was formerly ambas-
sador to Japan. and still earlier minis
ter at The Hague and Russian diplo-
matte agent in Bulgaria
NJ. Bakhmetieff married daughter
of the late General Edward f. Beale
and is brother-in-law of Truxtun
Beale and Mrs John r. Mclean. He
has made a brilliant record in the field
IF diplomacy. marked by frequent pro
motion
The car selected Nine. Bakhmetieff
10 distribute his gifts of money TO the
Macedonian refugees. For her benefi-
cent services in succoring the refugees
the car and Prince Ferdinand of Bull.
garia decorated her. and the sultan
honored her with the grand Gordon of
the Order of the Chefakat. She also
wears the badge of the Red Cross and
the Russian Order Of Palestine
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

won prize of $4,000 He negotiated
the 1877 miles in 2 hours and 81 min
utes. or an average speed of "a 40
miles an hour. The average speed of
the Twentieth Century limited for this
trip is 49.6 miles an hour
Hamilton few from New York to
Philadelphia and back on June Is,
1910, covering 172 miles in hours and
33 minutes. or an average of 80 lilo
miles an hour.
Hamilton is one Of the lightest avia-
tors He weighs only 10 pounds
Beachey's most sensational perform
ance was a fight over Niagara falls
in. June last. On Aug. s last he few
from New York to Philadelphia In
hours and % 2-5 seconds. At the re-
cent aviation meet in Chicago he es-
tablfshed new worlds altitude rec
ord of 1852 feet. worlds record fol
quick climbing for biplanes. 1000 feet
In 8 minutes and As seconds. and new
worlds record for gliding without pow
81, 11.642 feet. The previous worlds
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

HAREE n. ATWOOD.
In the motorcycle and automobile He
is Eve feet ten inches In height and
weighs 1873 pounds.
Atwood few into the Hmelight on
June 80 when, with his mechanician
as a passenger. be made the flight
from Squantum field. outside Boston.
to New London, Conn, a distance of
1876 miles, establishing a new Ameri-
can record for fight with a passen-
ger. He closed that remarkable debut
by making sensational aerial dash
over the Yale and Harvard crews ia
their annual boat race.
He put that performance complete
" in the shade on the following day.
when he few from New London to
Governors island. in New York bay.
dashing directly over the heart of
Manhattan's financial district and
thrilling thousands by his daring. On
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

a daughter of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
that Miss Perkins met Larz Anderson.
then secretary of the American lega-
ton in Rome. and they were married
not long afterward.
In 1901, when she was presented to
King Edward of England and his
queen at a drawing room in Bucking-
ham palace, Mrs. Anderson wore gor-
geous dress said to have cost 100000.
The gown was sewed with pearls and
spangled with real diamonds for dew
drops Her diamond slippers cost
81 900 each.
LarZ Anderson was born in Paris in
1866 and is the son of the late General
Nicholas Anderson and nephew OF
General Robert Anderson of Fort
Sumter fame. He fitted for college
at Exeter. N. H., and was graduated
from Harvard in the class of 1888. He
was secretary of embassy at London
from 1891 until 1893 and first secre
tary and charge d'affaires at Rome
from 1893 until the outbreak of the
Spanish war. He is commander OF
the Italian Order of St Maurice and
st. Lazare and grand officer of the
Crown of Italy. He is a member OF
the Order of the Cincinnati and Of
many American and foreign clubs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

water and air. Already the metal Is
eaten through in some places. and an
examination from the interior of the
statue shows about fifty or seventyfve
holes in the gown of the goddess. These
holes vary in size from pin points to
openings as large as a quarter Of a
dollar. Some of these are round and
others irregular in size. All show rag
ged edges where the work Of corrosion
is still going on.
The statue is good for at least hum
sired years more, but the question
which now confronts the department
is how to repair the damage done 1t
Is believed that the perforated plates
can be removed separately and re-
placed by duplicates. Where water
has entered the holes and run down
into the interior of the statue it's course
Is marked by discoloration of the
bronze and tends to corrosion. AS the
statue is made of about 800 sheets of
metal cast in France and it is doubt
full if the molds are now in existence.
it would be necessary to remove the
damaged sheets and make molds from
them. Patching up would only afford
Temporary raIiof
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

population From New York he will
proceed to Canada. where he will be
entertained by the new governor gen.
eral, the Duke of Connaught. and by
the duchess at Ottawa
The crown prince is very tall. pow.
e;fully built man. forty-one years old
He holds tie rank of major general in
the Danish army and is married to one
Of the two sisters Of the late reigning
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg -Schwerin.
the other sister being the crown
princess of Germany He has two
sons. one twelve and the other eleven
years old, and his next brother.
Charles. now occupies the throne of
Norway under the title of King Eaa,
kon VII. The crown prince is also a
nephew of Queen Alexandra of Eng
land. of King George of Greece and
of the widowed empress of Russia.
He came quite prominently into the
public eye of America in connection
with the role he played in welcoming
DR.. Cook at Copenhagen as the dis
coverer of the north pole.
The crown prince is very rich and
win inherit still greater wealth on the
death of his mother. Queen Louise
who is six feet two and one-half inches
tan and is tie richest royal lady of
EuroDe.
q ~
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

GLENN q. CURT1Ss.
altitude record was held by Captain
Felix of the French army, who on Aug.
5 reached 11.150 feet at Etamps.
Curtiss' fight from Albany to New
York, although made only fifteen
months ago. was the first great cross
country aeroplane journey and served
to encourage fliers in all parts of the
world to attempt intercity trips.
Great fights by aviators other than
Curtiss, Beachey. Atwood and Hamil,
ton are:
Aug. III. 1slO-Alfred LIE Blanc. Paris
Amiens- Paris. 4se miles.
Sept 29- Water Brookins, Chicago
Springfield, 1872 miles
Oct. s-Arch Hoxsey. Springfield St
Louis 1Os miles
Dec, 1S-Tom Sopwith. Dover. England
Beaumont. Belgium. ia miles,
Jan. 80, 1911-J. A. D. McCurdy, Key
West-Havana tower water), 30 miles
March 5-Lieutenant Bregue Nice-Cor-
sica lover water. 1873 miles.
April 12-Pierre Prier, London-Paris INC
stop) 223 miles
May g-26f Pierre Vedrines. Paris Madrid
-four stopsj. s42 miles.
May 1871 = Andre Beaumont Paris
Rome. 80 miles
June 11-July 9-Herr KONG, German cir
cult race. 1856 miles.
June 1S-July 7-Andre Beaumont, Eure.
pean circuit 1073 milsa-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10
SHOWS PROGRESS !
N FIFTEEN MONTHS !
BeaChey, Hamilton, Brookins
and Aoxsey Other Amer
leans to Make Inter-
city Trips
ooO-......ss.. =:

the Aero Club of America and con-
graduated him on his success
1t was on Aug. 10 that Atwood first
announced his intention of flying from
st. Louis to the Atlantic coast via
Springfield, Chicago. Buffalo, Syracuse.
Albany and New York. Four. days
later, on Aug. IA. he began the trip.
Atwood is a graduate of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology.
Fsats of Other American Aviators.
Glenn 81. Curtiss, Lincoln Beachey
and Charles K. Hamilton are other
American aviators who have won es-
pecial distinction by their flying &C
complishments.
On May 90, 1910 Curtiss few from
Albany, N. Y, to New York city and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10
HENRY BACON.


In the Roger Wolcott memorial in Bos-
ton. the Oglethorpe in Savannah. the
Marshall Field in Chicago. the Samuel
Spencer at Atlanta; with Karl Bitter
in the Carl SchurZ memorial in New
York and with Charles Neihaus in the
Benjamin Harrison memorial at In
dianapolis. He designed the Hanna
mansoleum at Cleveland and that OF
Vice President Hobart at Paterson.
Mr.. Bacon was born at Watseka. ILL.,.
in November. 1866. of Massachusetts
parents. His father was a civil en-
gineer who in his last years was in the
employ of the government. Young Ba-
con entered the University OF Illinois.
but after a year there went TO Boston
and started to learn architecture IN
the firm Of Chamberlin & Whidden.
He went to New York in 1888 and was
employed in the office of Mckim, Mead
& White. In 1889 he won the Rotch
{Bostonl travelling scholarship and
passed two years in Europe. where he
spent most of his time studying the
ancient buildings and monuments. OF
Greece and Italy He returned to Nc
kim. Mead & White and In 1897 form
ed the firm of Britt & Bacon. which
was dissolved in 1908. Since then he
has worked by himself.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10
"MOna Lisa"
TheWOrld'S
Finest Picture

~HE mysterious disappearance
of Leonardo da Vinci's master
piece, the Mona Lisa" or, aS
it is popularity known, La
Giocondo," from it's place of honor iIa
the Salon Care of the Louvre. at
Paris, caused CONSERVATION in the art.
world The Mona Lisa" is one OF
Frances greatest art treasures, rang
ing with the sculptures Venus de
Milo and THE Victory of Samoth-
race and Murillo's painting. The I'M
maculate Conception" 1t is held price
less.
At one time 1t was reported that the
British government offered $4,000
for the work This offer was declined
1t is the most celebrated portrait of q
woman In the world. Da Vinci's mod
ell was the wife of Francesca del Clio
condo, Florentine of the fifteenth and
sixteenth centuries. When Da Vtncf
painted her she was about thirty years
old The subject is shown seated in g.
low chair, on the leftsarm of which she.
is leaning. The gown is simple and
Grapes the figure in easy folds. Dark
hair, hanging loosely, Grapes an oval
face with expressive eyes and aquiiine
nose. About the mouth is seen the
sweet smile which has been the chief
characteristic in making the painting
famous. 1t is said that Da Vinci, in
order to obtain this effect, had musf-
clans. singers and testers near his sub
ject to amuse her as he painted
The greater number Of the compare
lively few finished paintings left by
Leonardo da Vinci have been lost. Or
his masterpieces "The Last Supper
on wall of the refectory in the mon
astery of Santa Maria dele Grazfe~
Milan, nothing remains but few
crumbling patches of color. This left
the 'sMona Lisa" the finest surviving:
example of one of the great masters of
the high renaissance, and it is perhaps
more famous than any other portrait
in the world.
Leonardo is said to have worked on
the picture for four years Q500-f504l-
In July, 1910, it was reported on the
authority of the Cri de Paris that the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10


''Mona Lisa" had been stolen from its
frame to be sold to an American mil
hOnaire and copy substituted Amer
lean art dealers were not incredulous
and spoke of similar thefts from the
Louvre in the past. The report was
Immediately followed by an official
denial.
Fears for the safety of the picture
were always rife, and in 1907. when q
young woman fanatic had slashed O
picture by Ingres in the Louvre, the.
authorities put the Mona Lisa be-
hind glass. There were instant pro-
tests from art lovers the world over.
and the glass was removed
Last winter controversy arose as to
whether the ''Mona Lisa" in the Lou
vre or copy in the Prado at Madrid
was the genuine picture Spanish crit
les writing to the newspapers held that
the genuine one was in the Prado.
Dr. Wilhelm Bode. director of the.
Royal Museum at Berlin, appeared in
print with lengthy refutation of this
claim.
The only parallel with this in the his
tory Of art thefts is the case of Gains
borough's famous Duchess of Devon
SHIRE" which was taken from it's
frame in the showroom of an art firm
In London some years ago. but later
returned to it's owners by the late Pat
rick f. Sheedy, a well known Ameri-
can gambler, who acted as intermedi-
airy between the thief and the art deal
ers
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

ENh1 DACON, New 1OTE
architect of wide reputation.
- III has been chosen to design the
memorial to Abraham Lincoln
which is to be erected at Washington
The form which the memorial will
take has not been determined. The
hne arts commission has recommended
placing memorial on the bank of the
Potomac, but objection is made to this
plan because the memorial would not
be within sight of the thousands of
people who would view it daily were it
placed in conspicuous location.
The memorial is to cost 100000.
The board of directors of the Wash
ington chamber of commerce favors
the construction Of a boulevard from
Washington to Richmond. the old
capital of the confederacy. Advocates
Of this plan declare that no more fit
ting memorial to the man who had
done so much to preserve the Union
could be constructed than magnifi-
cent highway between the capital Of
the nation and Richmond. which had
been the headquarters of the Con-
federacy and where the last incidents
of the civil war had been enacted.
Bacon's Career.
Most of Mr. Bacon's work has been
done in conjunction with scutptors-
that is. he has designed the architec-
tural part Of monuments for which
they have supplied the statuary and
scuiptural ornaments. He frequently
co-operated with the late Augustus
Saint Gaudens. Their joint work is to
be seen in the Mark Hanna monument
at Cleveland. the Melvin monument at
Concord. Mass; the ...stler at West
Point. the Flower memo rial at Water.
town, n Y, and the monument to
Charles Stewart Parnell which is be
ing raised in Sackville street. Dublin
He co-operated with Daniel C. French
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10
STATUE OF LIBERTY.

Goddess Gown Perforated by corro-
sion of Water and Air.
The war department is now confront
ed with the problem OF how TO pre-
serve the statue of Liberty in New
York harbor. A recent examination
made by an engineer has shown that
the bronze sheathing of the statue is
disintegrating through the action of
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10
ATWOOD ) FLIGHT
AA||[ N AVIATION
Glenn H. Curtiss Made the
First Great Cross Coun-
try Journey on May
20, 1910

wW AIRY N. ATWOOD'S aero
plane fight from st. Louis to
III III the Atlantic coast is perhaps
the most memorable accom-
plishment to date in the art of avia-
ton. in which such remarkable prog
ress has been made in America within
q period Of less than eight years, since
Wilbur Wright made his first success
full fight of $50 feet on Dec. II. 1903.
He few partially or completely over
Missouri. Illinois. Indiana. Ohio. Penn
sylvania and New York states. When
he passed Rhinecliff, N. T.. on the elev-
enth day Of his fight he had surpassed
by thirteen miles the record for cross
country flights of 1.164 miles.
Atwood's First Big Flight.
Atwood in point of experience IS the
youngest of the fiers. His first trip
aloft was made on May 80 last. He
is twenty seven years old, mechan-
ical engineer by profession and of
most modest bearing. He has gone in
heavily for outdoor sports all his life
and has been particularly interested
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

N e n t in Den
m ark against
t b e ir abandon
ment. From the
West Indies the
TO W n prince
and his squad
ron will come
north. stopping
at Annapolis and
W q S b i n g ton,
W b e r e he will
visit President
Taft and later
touching at New
York, W b e r e
there is a large
D a n i s b born
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10
NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR.
George Bakhmetieff, Whose Wife Is an

George Bakhmetieff, Whose Wife Is an
American. to Succeed Baron Rosen.
The state department at Washington
has been advised of an approaching
change in the Russian embassy. Fully
intending to return to his post in
Washington when he left for vaca-
ton in Russia. Baron Rosen found
himself drafted into the service of the
foreign Office soon after he reached st.
Petersburg as result of the break
down in health of M. SaZonoff, the
minister Of foreign affairs. For some
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10
MRS. LARz ANDERSON.
Nife of United States Minister to Bel
ciun Is Richest Woman Writer.

Mrs. Larz Anderson, wife OF the
newly appointed United States minis
ter to Belgium. is Americas richest
woman writer. Her fairy tales for
children have attracted favorable at
tention, and her royalties from he'
books are large. She writes under the
name of Isabel Anderson
Mrs Anderson's maiden name was
Isabelle Perkins, and her grandfather
was Stephen Weld of Boston, who left
her fortune of $17,0O0,000. To her
mother he left an equal sum.
It was while travelling through Eu-
rope, chaperoned by Mrs. Maud Elliott
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10
CROWN PRINCE CHRISTIAN.

Future King of Denmark Will Visit
the United States.
Crown Prince Christian Of Denmark
is to visit the United States in Octo-
Der. He will sail from Copenhagen
on board Danish man-of-war. escort
ed by cruiser and gunboat. to visit
those Danish possessions in the West
Indies the sale of which to this coun-
try was at one time the subject of ne
gotiations. which came to nothing ow-
ing 10 an overwhelming popular senti-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

CHARLES K. HAMILTON.
July he made a brilliant fight
around the statue of Liberty with a
passenger.
On July he few to Atlantic City
on his way to Washington and com
pleted the trip on July 3D.
Atwood expects to try for the $780,
600 prize offered for a fight from New
York to San Francisco
July Il was a red letter day for At
wood On that day he scared over the
tall elms on the White House lawn and
landed almost at President Taft's feet
The chief executive then presented
him with a gold medal on behalf OF
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

man class of the
University of Ne
yada as q student.
Mr. Bartlett, who
is the senior men,
Der of one of the
III o s t prominent
law firms of the
state. a leader of
t b g Democratic
party Of Nevada
ana 4 p 0 s 5 i b le
candidate for gov
crnoI in 1914. de-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

Ex-Consressman Enters College.
George Bartlett, former congressman
from Nevada. has entered the fresh
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

proficient in chemistry. mineralogy,
geology and mining and viii spenG
four hours each day IN University hall
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10
Architect
OF Memorial
To Lincoln

- ENRY BACON. New York
architect Of wide reputation.
- ~ has been chosen to design the
r,nnr,norinl a L,.o h.-. L
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10

"H HE mysterious disappearance
of Leonardo da Vinci's master
piece, the Mona Lisa or, aS
-, ri,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-11-17
STATE HAPPENINGS
RECORDED IN BRIEF
NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER
INDIANA.
REVOKE CHILD HOME LICENSE
Board Of Charities Take Drastic &C
ton on Report of Deplorable Con-
dltions Existing In Hendricks
County Institution.

Indianapolls. Nov. THE board OF
state charities has revoked the IL
cense OF the Children's Home associ-
ton TO conduct the Hadley Home Tor
Children in Hendricks county. Inc
association has its headquarters In
this city and is statewide organiza-
ton with children in its home rom
many counties. John L. Peetz. for
mer state statistician is the superin-
tendent.
Agents OF the state board visited
the home last Saturday and found de-
plorable conditions. and il was on
this report that the board revoked the
license. The place, the agents SAID
was found badly over-crowded. with
the facilities for caring for the chill
dren extremely poor and the manage
ment bad Twenty-three little girls
we're bathed with only three changes
OF water Many of the little girls had
infectious skin diseases described as
the itch" OF ten or twelve boys ex-
amined. all were infected. Bed bugs
were also reported about the place.
The home is lighted with kerosene
lamps, and one was reported TO have
overturned and the oil had run
through the floor to The ceiling below.
Boys and girls hands were reported
chapped and some as bleeding. The
children were said 10 be without am
pie clothing. The woman in charge
thought" there was enough under
wear on hand for change all around,
but she was mot sure" she said.
Some OF the children wore shoes
that did not mate. On the day the
visit was made the children had
sweet and Irish potatoes and light
bread for dinner; these constituted
the meal Nothing was given them
TO drink Those in charge said the
water made too much muss and was
not good for the children. The ca
pacity OF the house is fifty and there
were seventy-one children present.
The equipment was not adequate and
the condition OF the building was bad;
the childrens hair was not properly
cared for and food was not suffi Gent
and not well prepared, according to
the reports.