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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-13

Alexander Paulitis, a Greek. was ar
rested at Richmond. Va, on a charge or
criminally assaulting Jettie Tennis. or
Cosbulick, aged nine years, Of Hampton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-13

''The result is that in no other city in
the country-maybe in no other city in
the worlds real estate speculation so
rampant as it Is in Washington. Five
and six miles from the White House
residence property is sold in Washington
by the square foot-not by the front foot,
like In other cities, but by the square
foot-as property is sold only in the bust
ness districts of New York and Chicago
and other large cities.
considering the fact that the govern
ment has paid about six millions and a
quarter in hard dollars last year, and
corresponding sums since 1873. one would
think that rents would be nowhere lower
than in Washington. D. c. Yet the con-
trary is the caserents are nowhere
higher.
'All the benefits of government support
and government munificence 60 to
small crowd OF real estate dealers and
land owners. while the great mass of
people have only so much more to nav.
I have repeatedly also heard the claim
that q ring of real estate spectators,
bankers and corporation magnates abso-
lutely own this city-and have ruled it in
the past by being able to influence the
District committee Of both the House
and the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-13
Franchise as a Remedy.

Nov. do not know what should be
done in this respect other than to give
the people Of the District of Columbia
their own taxes.
Il know very we'll that all the wealthy
people will oppose this. They do not
care to vote as long as they get the coun-
try at large to pay their taxes for them
But I believe that sooner or later the peO-
pie of the United States will wake up to
the fact that they are being buncoed out
Of six or seven million dollars every year
II say bunkOed, because, excepting for q
few land owners and shoddy aristocrats
In Washington. nobody is getting any
benefit out OF 1t.
IAN the other ills of the District are
more or less based upon the graft part
nership with the United States govern
ment.
because as long as administering the
affairs Of the District simply means a
game Of graft it is natural that the rich
and powerful get the most of that graft.
Therefore. Washington is not only ex-
plotted by the public service corporations
about which ! will have Q good deal more
to say some time later-but 1t is also a
notorious fact that certain sections Of
the city where the working people live
are neglected. while the northwest side,
where the rich people are living. has most
enough laid out on the northwest side to
accommodate every millionaire in the
country.
''That section has even lamp-posts in the
woods. On country road fanked by
lamps have met no one excepting po-
liceman on horseback. and the nearest
approach to q live Washingtonian was a
scarecrow which saw in the distance In
the field. There are miles OF streets and
sidewalks made for the benefit of real
estate SPECTATORS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-13
Case Of State Capitals.

"Supposing that Albany should require
the state Of New York to pay half Of its
taxation because the capitol and all the
departments of the state government Of
New York are located there; or that
Springfield, Ill.,, should require the state
Of Illinois to pay one-half of all taxes
for the same reason; or that Boston
should require the state Of Massachusetts,
to pay one-half of its taxes because the
capitol and the state oficials are In Bos-
ton. That would be considered ridiculous,
yet that is the condition here.
"And this grotesque circumstance is
at the foundation of all the evils of the
District government.
LAS I said before. the residents Of the
District have no voice in the selection Of
the Commissioners. These Commission
ers are clean and honest men, and some
OF them are even very capable men, but
they are the victims Of the system.
THE fact that the government is pay
ing a dollar In taxes for every dollar in
taxes paid by the District has made the
tax rate Of Washington the lowest for
any city OF its size. It has also made it
possible for the owners of real estate to
hold on to their real estate indefinitely-to
hold it for the growth Of the 'unearned
increment'-as the residents call it-and
hold 1t for speculation in the future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-13
MIR. BERGER, CRITIC
Wisconsin House Member
Gives Views on Washington.
FOR Benefit OF THE RICH
Objects to Plan by Which Federal
Treasury Pays Halt.
BALLOT AS ONE REMEDY
Believes People Of District Should
FOR Benefit OF THE RICH
BALLOT AS ONE REMEDY
Believes People Of District Should
Have Voice in Management
Of Their Affairs.

An attack on the system OF govern
ment Of the District Of Columbia, on the
public service corporations Of the Nation
al Capital. on the alleged real estate ring,
and on the general condition Of affairs here
was made by Representative Victor
Berger, the Wisconsin socialist. in an in
terview given out today. All the Ills Of
the District, Mr.. Berger declared, were
due to the grating partnership between
the federal government and the District.
"A residence Of six weeks in WASH
ington," said Mr.. Berger. would hardly
give me right to go into the details Of
District government and District affairs,
II 1t had not been for the fact that
had been appointed a member Of the Dis
trict committee. Moreover, l have made
1t my business. by reading over some Of
the territory and looking up streets, al
leys. pavements. schools and other pub
lie institutions, to learn as much as pos
sible about the general conditions of the
District Of Columbia.
II have also had many conversations
with residents Of the District, who did
not know that I am g. congressman, and
therefore were rather frank In their criti-
cism of conditions. Other residents
mainly members of advancement associa-
tions-have made 1t a point to look me
up In my Office and help me with their
suggestions and advice.
Conclusions Reached.
Now, the following are the conclu-
sions which have reached at this time:
THE form Of government Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia is absolutely undemo-
cratic and un-American. The District is
ruled by three Commissioners. who are
appointed by the President, but the resi-
dents of the District have no voice in
the selection of these three Commission
ers.
There exists a curious partnership be-
tween the government and the District
Of Columbia. AS q result of this part
nership the government pays half Of the
entire taxation.
"As a reason for this partnership the
argument is made that the government
owns one-haf of the property in the Dis
trict, and should therefore pay one-half
of the taxes. But the government does
not own one-half Of the property of the
District-although some persons count in
the streets and alleys as government
property In order to make 1t so appear.
Moreover, the city Of Washington de-
ponds entirely on the government depart
ments and government employees for its
very existence, while as a matter of fact
any other city would gladly pay a vast
bonus to secure the seat Of the national
government with its many departments,
public buildings and the thousands Of
employees.
''And now let US take the case Of other
capitals:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-13

For the District of Columbia, New Jer
sey and Delaware. fair tonight and Sun
day; cooler; moderate northeriy winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-13

The Hercules. Mohawk, Bailey and
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-21
Deafness Cannot be Cured

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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-21
FOR SHERIFF.

l hereby announce myself as q
candidate for Sheriff at the Dem.
ocratic primary to be held in jan
uary and solicit the support of the
Democratic voters of this parish,
promising them that if elected /
will fulfil tho duties of the Office
according to law and in a business
like manner. I solicit your sup
port.
WADE MARTIN.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-21
Paul COrmier Acquitted.

Paul Cornier alias Brascourts
believed to have been implicated
in the Robertson murder twenty
years ago, was tried Wednesday
by the following jury: Dumas
Bernard, Carlos Bienvenu, Geo.
Livingston. Drauzin Angelic. A.
G.. Broussard, Vincent Barras, Jos.
Angelic, A. Potter, s. Cormier,
Frank Babin, f. Kershehenter, A
Guidry.
The evidence was about the same
as was given in the case of Louis
Mitchell and Boy Chambers, Mi
chsll was hanged aud Chambers
served life time in the psniten-
tiary, his sentence having been
committed.
Paul Cormier was believed to
have been implicated in the MUIR
der, and he was acquitted simply
because their was some doubt in
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-21

the jury, as to his positive identi-
fication.
The negro Tailed very much to
the description of Cormier, ha-
wing all the scars be was known
to have, exceptionally short arms,
but no witness would swear posi-
lively he was Cormier, all be-
lieved, however, that be was the
guilty man.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-21

You are not experime nting on YOUR
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colds, and can always be depended upon.
1t is equally valuable for adults and
children and may be given to young
children with implicit confidence as 1t
contains no harmful drug. Sold by all
druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-21

warn you that as sure AZ l stand
before you, if you dare do an in
justice to tho good people of the
parish Of st. Martin, you will re-
main on the board only a. long as
it will take me to remove you
He assured the people of this
parish that they could remain ST.
cure, az his honor as Governor and
a. a man was pledged.
WHICH CAN BE BELIEVED?
"What then does the Governor
msan?" asked Mr.. Broussard,
when he goes before tho people
of st. Landry aud promises them
that as long as he is Governor the
Courtablean will not DO closed, and
that whom he is no longer the Gov
srnor he will. as long - he has
power and influence. use them to
prevent the closing of Bayou Cour
tableau? Gov. Sanders has deli
beratsly deceived either the poo
pie of St. Martin or the people Of
St. Landry. He has given his
word to you as the Governor and
a. a man that he would protect
you by building gradually on the
west side of the Atchafalaya le-
wees up to Grand Lake. He has
promised you on his word as a
man to close the Courtableau in
order to build these levsss. aud
yesterday, my friends, he solemn
ly promised the people Of st. Lam
dry mover to close the same stream,
and never to allow it to be closed
as long as he shall be the Cover
nor, aud even when he ceases to
DO tho Governor, he will yet use
his influence to prevent it's being
closed.
Where does the Governor stand
In view of these statements. what
10 he guilty Of? And if there be
a friend of tho Governor in this
audience, and l hope he has one,
l now challenge him to have the
Governor meet me face to face on
Q platform, at any place, from
Washington to Franklin, and !
now pledge myself to cancel any
speech at any place, at any time,
of whatever nature. to meet the
Governor and charge back to him
the untrue statement hs is now
making.
"Gov. Sanders has no right to
mislead the people Of the State
he has no right to bid you here in
st. Martin to rest secure in bis
promises, and to bstray yon in St
Landry.
II want to meet him, and no en-.
gagement Of mine can be 90 i'm.
portant as not to permit mo tc
meet him, at any time, hour OIL
place that he may desire, and ]
dare him now to discuss with M.
the issues regarding tho closing oil
Bayou Courtablsau."
naafnocc C,nnrt ka roI
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-21
WHERE STANDS SANDERS?

Broussard Puts Him on Eth
er Horn OF Dilemma.
Is One Thing in St. Martin,
Another in St. Landry.
CONGRESSMAN CHALLENGES COVER
NOR TO MEET HIN AND DISCUSS
CLOSING OF BAYOU CoURTBEAU.
After Bob Broussard had made
his speech hore last Friday he read
the famous speech of Gov. San
ders made in Washington the day
previous, concerning bis pledges to
the people Of hat town regarding
the closing of Bayou Courtsbleau,
which hs had promised the people
of st. Martin aud Iberia would b.
closed to permit the building of
the levees on the west side of the
Atchafslays river.
He said:
GOVERNORS PROMISES"
cousin Bob" needs no intro.
duction. stated the chairman, aud
to much applause Mr.. Broussard
arose to speak. The people of the
parish of st. Martin appreciate
tho service rendered Thorn by Mr..
Broussard. Tbey recognize the
good accomplished by him in his
long years of work at Washington,
but above all they love the man.
Before he had uttered ten words
q the audience felt that something
was coming. MIR. Broussard was
slow, deliberate. He held a copy
Of tho Picsyuns, and in clear and
distinct voice he read the follow
ing extract from a speech of Gov.
Sanders delivered at Washington,
La, on the 18th instant:
IL told you people of Washing
ton that the waters of the Atcha-
fslsys will never DO denied to you
as long as l am Governor. l am
still Governor, and you have the
waters yet, and tho Courtsbleau
will never be closed 40 long 90 /
am Governor. l cannot prophecy
tho future, but AZ long 80 l have
power aud influence. that power
and influence will oppose closing
Bayou Courtableau until the peo-
pie of Courtablesu come to me
and say they want the bayou clio:
sed."
Now" said Mr.. Broussard,
what does this mean? Gov. San.
dsrs shortly after his election. on
the complaint to him OF a vast
number of the cit zens OF this pa
rish aud of that of Iberia who told
him that the closing of Bayou
Alabama would spell ruin to these
two parishes, by causing a vast
amount of water, now escaping
through that stream, to be thrown
on them, called a meeting of the
Atohafalnl \ Levee Board aud OF
the State engineers at st. Martin
vile, and there, in the presence of
q large number of the most promi-
nsnt citizens of this parish, to our
bankers, lawyers, manufacturers
aud to our planters, Gov. Sanders
pledged bis word as Governor vf
this Commonwealth, a. we'll as bis
word as a man, that he would ne
YER allow Bayou Alabama to be
closed by tho Atchafalaya Levee
Board, and never would allow its
wsters thrown over the fair and
fertile lands of this parish. thera.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-21

FOR SALE One lot 200 front by 3
arpents deep, store, residence. good fence.
In town, on Main street, $1,000.
LaiZaire Bienvenu
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-21

Lame back lie one Of the most common
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-10-21
SANDERS PROMISES.

OhVUullU NVMlUuU'
The speech of Gov. Sanders in
Washington, La, last week proved
a great surprise to tho people OF
1T. Martinville, at least to those
who had yet faith in the great
promiser, because We must admit
that the majority of our people
had lost faith in his promises.
Here. in part, is what Sanders
said
Regarding his hyphenated opposition,
PujO. Broussard, and speaking of the Pu-
jo half, he said: "When came down to
Washington and saw your magnificent
river, with all kinds Of steamboats, and
gasoline boats plying its waters, some
unloading the produce Of all kinds into
your warehouses, l knew that the COur-
tableau Bayou had been opened. Ask
me how knew this. why, PujO has been
coming around here every two years for
the past eight or ten years promising to
open that bayou. and know PujO never
promises anything that he does not do.
He never goes back on his word He
said that he had asked PujO to take the
people in his confidence and tell them
how much the corporation were paying
him. and PujO had answered that it was
none, Of Sanders business. saying that
it might not be any business Of San
ders'. but it certainly Is the business of
the voters to know what PujO is receiv-
ing from corporations.
Speaking of the BrOussard half Of his
opponent he showed that Broussard had
voted with the Republicans in Congress.
had been promoted to weighty COM
mitteeship by the Republicans. and
when the Democrats got in power they
took BrOussard off the committee; that
BrOussard did not stand in with his par
| ty at Washington. and liz therefore could
not be OF much worth there. He said
that BrOussard was attempting to close
Bayou COurtableau, and had been at
tempting to close the same for the past
many years. aud that BrOussard had re-
marked that Sanders was telling the
people Of Washington one thing and the
people of st. Martin another thing re-
gardiDg the closing Of the COurtableau.
IL told you people Of Washington that
the waters Of the Atchafalaya will never
he denied to you as long as am COVER
nor. l am still governor, and you have
the waters vet, and the COurtableau will
never be closed as long as am governor
[ cannot prOphesy the future. but as
long as have power and influence, that
power aud influence will oppose closing
Bayou COurtableau until the people of
the Courtableau come to me and say
they want the bayou closed"
Now, every ono of the several
hundred persons who heard SAN
dera here in st. Martinville, at
Duchamp's Hall, when the meet
ing of tho Atchefalaya Leves
Board met here to discuss tic lie.
vee problem in which we were SC
much interested, promised to the
people of this section that we
would be protected, that Bayou
Alabama would had to be closed
and also Bayou Courtableau in
order to extend the lsvees along
the Atchsfalaya river, and further
added that when the COurtableau
would be closed that it would al
the same time solve the problem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-19
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SAL

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE
 Default having been made in the. terms of the mortgage, securing the indebted ness of Charles w. Frickhoeffer and Annie May Frickhoeffer to the Orange County Trust Company, executed October g. 1907. filed for record on the 17th day of october, 1907, and recorded in Volume 4s3. page 122, of Records of Mortgages. in the office of the judge of probate of Jefferson county, Alabama, which said ,uortRage and the debt secured thereby was heretofore transferred and assigned with all rights and powers. hereunder to Steiner Brothers, a corporation, and said Charles w. Frickhoeffer and Annie May Frickhoeffer falling to pay past due in- terest and taxes. and continuing in said defaults, the undersigned transferee of said mortgage, in strict accordance with the terms and provisions of said mort gaze, have elected to declare and de- clared the entire indebtedness due, and will under and by virtue of the powers contained in said mortgage. on Saturday, May G. 1911, within the legal hours Of sale. in front of the county courthouse door in Birmingham, Jefferson county. Ala bama, offer for sale and sell at public out cry to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real estate in the city of Birmingham, Jeffersons county. Ala bama, wis.,:
 The south, ninety (so) feet of lots five (5) and six (s), in block six hundred and nftv-four (e5l), according to the present plan of said city by the Elyton Land company, more particularly described as beginning at the point of intersection of the north line of Twelfth avenue. north. with the cast line of Thirty-frst street, and running thence easterly along said north line of Twelfth avenue 19O feet to a 0O-foot alley; thence northerly along the west line of said alley 90 feet; thence westerly parallel with said north line of Twelfth avenue 1So feet to said east line of Thirty first street; thence southerly along said east line of Thirty-hrst street @ feet to the point of beginning, being the prop erty described and conveyed in said mort gage.
 Said sale being made to collect the in. debte dness secured by said mortgage and pay and satisfy all the expenses incident to said sale, including a reaHonable at' torney.s fee, for the collection of said in debtedness. STEINER BROTHERS.
 Transferee.
 2. T. RuDuLPH. Attorney.
 l-12-3t-we(
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-19
NOTES AND PERSONALS

Mrs. Guiiiam of Evanston, Ill, Is ex- pected Thursday to be the guest of Mir and Mrs. Maben Hobson. Mrs. Guilliam who Is the wife of one of Chicago's prom inent attorneys. has spent the greater part of the winter in Biloxi and is now en route to her home.
 Mr. and Mrs. John Goldsmith of At lanta have recently come to Birmingham to make their home. They are living on Sixteenth avenue, south, near Twentieth street. Fg.
 Mir and Mrs Charles .Fairchild DeBar- deleben left yesterday for Tennessee to attend the marriage of Mir. Henry T.. De- Bardeleben of this city and Miss Donnie Drane.
 Mrs Truman Aldrich, Jr., will be one of the Birmingham folk in attendance at the opera in Atlanta. She will accom- pany her uncle, Mir. Reginald Bannister, and they will be in Atlanta throughout the entire series of operas. s
 MT. and Mrs. John Cowles Crouch, whose wedding was one of the events of the Lenten season, are still absent from the city on their wedding trip. They are at present in Santa Barbara, Cal.
 Miss Belle Wilkins Is expected to ar rive tomorrow from Selma to be, the guest of Miss Sadie Gillsspy until after the Roberts Gillespy wedding
 Miss Susie Robertson, who has been visiting her brother, ". V. M. Robertson, left yesterday for her home in Hunts vile.
 MT. and Mrs. William Ball of Montgom- cry are visiting their parents, MT. and Mrs. James Hayes. at Avondale.
 Miss Josephine Johnston of New Or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-19
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