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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
THE CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Held This Morning-Synopsis
of the Proceedings

The Council held a meeting this
morning with Mayor Eastman and
Commissioners Atkins, Fullilove, Nc
Cu1lough and Rives.
Postmaster A. c. Lea, by resolution
of Commissioner Fullilove, has been
requested to arrange with the authority
of the supervising architect of the Unit
ed States, for a ceremonial at the time
of the laying of the corner stone of the
Federal building now in course of con-
struction 1t is proposed to invite Pres
ident Taft, Senators Foster and Thorn
ton and Congressman Watkins to deliv-
er addresses.
The supervising architect, resident
architect, the Mayor, the United States
district attorney and the postmaster are
to comprise the committee of arrange
ments
A committee of three, comprising
Commissioner Atkins, City Engineer
Wilson and City Attorney Jack, are au-
thorized to- draft an ordinance relative
to the filing and the adoption of pro-
files and maps, plats, etc, for public use.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
NUMBER II
THE BOIL WEEVIL
Arkansas Going into Farm Demonstra-
ton Under Most Approved Methods.

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 2o.-Arkansas
lis going into farming demonstration
work on its own account. One hundred
acres of choice land at the State farm
are to be cultivated under the most as-
proved methods for the purpose of en-
couraging more intelligent farming and
also to experiment against encroach-
ments of the boil weevil at the farm.
J. ]. Moore, demonstrator of farm
work for southern Arkansas, has been
in conference with Commissioner of
Agriculture Phillips relative to initial
plans. Moore has had extensive expe-
rience in fighting the weevil over nearly
the whole cotton district of the State.
Thirty acres are to be planted in cot
ton, 80 in corn, and the remainder in
alfalfa. Three varieties of corn and
three of cotton will be cultivated with
the object of ascertaining what varieties
are best adapted to the soil. An attempt
will be made to foil the weevil by ex-
perimenting with a variety that natures
early.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
HAREM SKIRT
Denounced in Eigland--Wearers Were
Hooted into Quick Flight.

New York. Feb. Io.-A cable to the
Times from London says: The question
of the harem skirt at present is acute in
the minds of English women. The at
tempt to introduce the latest whim of
Dame Fashion in England has provoked
an unprecedented outery. - 49,
Friday witnessed the first appearance
of the trouser skirt iii the streets of
London. During the busiest time of the
afternoon, passersby in the Strand were
startled at the sight of two women at
tired i'll dark purple velvet costumes,
with tight-htting coats, large hats and
skirts somewhat resembling the hobble,
of + which the the back back. and front hem were
strapped together between the feet.
Men laughed, women looked on in
blank astonishment, and bus drivers
cracked jokes till the wearers were
forced to make hasty retreat in taxi.
The Countess of Warwick, who en-
Joys the reputation of being one of the
best dressed women in England, took
the lead in making a public protest by
addressing a telegram to the Sunday
Express. She said: Il never have re-
garded the trouser skirt as serious
idea. No well-dressed woman adopted
the high waist and the hobble skirt OF
the last two years. Graceful lines are the
keynote of good dressing"
The countess example was followed
Immediately by the Marehioness oi
Tweeddale, who said: Il do not think
for moment that the horrible fashion
will be adopted. It is dress no decent
woman would wear
Flora Annie Steele, the novelist; Lady
Duff Gordon and a host of other wei
known women are among those wht
have' protested vigorously.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
CANAL, NOT FAIR, WILL BENE.
FIT NEW ORLEANS.

Times-Denocrat: Before leaving for
New York last evening Sydney NJ.
March, member of the firm of Laden
berg, Thal1nann & Co., bankers, of New
York, and who was formerly prominent
in financial circles of this city, accorded
the Times Democrat an interview in the
course of which he made some perth
nent remarks about affairs in this city.
THE people of this city" said Mr..
March, Should remember that it is the
canal and not the exposition that viii
benefit this city. Consequently, do not
rgerd the loss of the exposition by New
Orleans as a serious matter. On the
contrary, I believe that much greater
and more permanent benefit could be
achieved by the city if aggressive meth
DDS were adopted for developing Louis
lana. I am in favor of the Louisiana
Development League, of which Mr..
Pool of the Hibernia Bank is president,
and, no doubt, a great deal in the direc-
ton of developing and building up this
State could be accomplished if the right
class of people devoted themselves to
the proposition This matter should be
looked upon as business proposition
too. | understand the people taxed
themselves $6,ooo,ooo for the exposi-
ton; why not raise at least half mil
lion dollars for the proper advertise
ment and development of the resources
of this state?"
This was the view of the Caucasian
as expressed when San Francisco scored
lover New Orleans in the House of Rep
resentatiyes. The advantages of New
Orleans over San Francisco in the pos
sibilities of securing and drawing trade
from the South American States arr
greater and may be linitless in the pro.
portion to the effort which may be d.
/ rected toward that end.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
MEETING TONIGHT
In the Grand Opera House-Factory
Proposition to BE Finally Considered.

1t is said by men who know, or who
are presumed to know, that ''the last eff
forts to land the factories will be made
tonight" and if they lots in number suf-
fcient are not sold that "the projectors
will fold their tents" and go elsewhere.
This would be p discredit to Shreve-
ports spirit of enterprise, and it is to
be hoped that the: rally will lead to the
taking of all the lots offered for sale.
In some communities the six hundred
lots offered for sale at the start would
have been taken with little delay, but it
would seem that in Shreveport few
men concerned in the public good must
keep everlastingly hammering on any
project suggested for development be-
fore it is placed within the bounds of
success.
There has BEEN canvass today for
purchasers of lots with ready responses,
but it may be noted that a number of
owners of property have declined to buy
single lot. The majority of citizens
who are listed as buyers of lots are
clerks and men of moderate means, who
are actuated by a spirit of progress
which is promotiye of substantial de-
veloprnent.
If the enterprise projected is carried
into execution, its benefits, directly and
indirectly, will be felt and experienced
by all classes of the people, but especial
ly the owners of real estate whose vafu
ations must be enhanced in keeping with
the increase in population.
Should Shreveport grow in the next
ten and twenty years as it has in the past
ten, its boundaries will be within
stones throw of the site on which these
proposed factories are to be located, and
its population will be from seventy-fve
to hundred thousand
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
McCURDY AND BEACHY
Are Arrested for Violating the Sun
day Law.

Tampa, Fla, Feb. 1o.--At the COM
pletion of the aviation exhibition here
this afternoon ]. A D. McCurdy and
Glenn Beachy, aviators, and Col. T. J. L.
Brown, chairman of the census celebra-
tion committee; Gen. u J. Stode of the
West Tampa race track, and Phil Col
Inns, treasurer fora the racing associa-
tion, were arrested on the charge of
violating the State laws relative to the
giving of exhibitions on Sunday to
which an admission is charged. Bonds
were immediately furnished.
The arrest Of the aviators and officials
of the race track was the result of a
concerted effort on the part of the min
listers of the city. Sermons had been
preached denouncing the giving of the
exhibition on Sunday. and the conse-
quent running of excursions into the
city. No move was made by the officials
until the entire programme had been
completed
Both Beachy and McCurdy used ma.
chimes which had their first try-out
They are of the Belmont type, and ar
rived from the Curtiss factory yester-
day. Both machines behaved perfectly
land the fights were witnessed by the
largest crowd that has ever assembled
| In Tampa on any occasion.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
AN ORDINANCE

Be it ordained BY the Police jury Of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in regular ses-
sion convened, that the certain roads or
servitudes hereinbelow described are
hereby declared to be public highways
of Caddo Parish, said roads being forty
feet in width, having been acquired by
the open and public possession and use
thereof for the space of more than ten
years, and which are described as fol-
lows
/. Beginning at the ferry landing on
south bank of Ferry lake in Moorings-
port in section So, township 20. range
rs, running southeast through sections
and parts Of section &, u 8, II, 2T, 27, go,
rs and So, township 10, range IS, and
through sections 81, 81 and 50, township
10, range IA, and through sections 4 and
!. and down sections line between sec
tions 10 and II to ]. S. NoeIs place and
known as the Tim Mooring place at
ward line.
1sAOkl1 4f4QGAiitS ~
Beginning at Mooringsport and running
southwest to State line on line between
IN. w. Elder and Van Cleve places, and
on line between w. P. Elder and +. F.
Jetcr and through ] M. Fly's place, all
in township 70, range IS, except one
half mile in township 20. range 10.
5. From Russell's School House te
Blanchard Beginning in section ~ on
the quarter section running south one
half (I-2l mile, thence east one-half
mile on quarter section line, thence
south to township line between I8 and
10, thence west on township line about
34o yards, thence south to Blanchard IN
section ), township IS, range IS.
i. Beginning at Blanchard, running
southeast through sections 5, II and !;
in township IS. range IS, and through
sections 1s, 10 and 2o, township .
range ID, to ward line at Cross lake.
5. Beginning at Blanchard and run
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
HON. WOODROW WILSON.

Monroe Independent. Democratic
presidential possibilities are rapidly
narrowing down to Woodrow Wilson.
Mr.. Wilson will be in Louisiana short
" to deliver an address before the Bar
Association at a meeting to be held in
Lake Charles He stands for the peo-
pie against the interests Mr. Harmon
IS claimed BY the interests. Champ
Clark well, Champ cant be taken Sc
riously
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
MARDI GRAS
Celebration in Auditorium of the City
Hail Saturday Evening and Night
February 25-The Programme.

On next Saturday afternoon and
night there will be a Mardi Gras cele-
bration in the auditorium of the city
hall.
The little folks will have their pro-
gramrne from 4 to 7 O'Clock in the at
ternoon, and their elders from 8 to II
o'clock.
A splendid programme has been pro-
vided as follows:
/. Chorus by maskers, Hail the Royal
Pair" Rex and his queen ascend the
throne.
2. Maskers entertain the royal party.
Humpty Dumpty chorus, fifteen boys.
Little Jack Horner.
Old Mother Hubbard and her Dog.
Three Black Crows, chorus by IS boys
Jack Spratt and His Wife.
When I was a Bachelor, etc, solo by
a masker with his whe1lbarrow wife.
Little Bo-Peep, chorus by 20 girls.
8. King and Queen, knights, maids and
attendants open the festival with the
royal lancers.
King, Tinsley Gilmer, elected by St.
Johns College. Queen, Sadie v. Hardy,
graduating class high school, Knights
and maids will be named later.
A large number of visitors are ex-
pected. One and all will be welcome.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
FIGHTING THE RING
The Best Men in Office and Economical
Administration of Public Affairs.

Crowley Signal: The Good Govern
ment League, branch of which has
been organized in Crowley, aims to pick
the best men for office-men who will
run the State government for the people
and not for the gang. 1t demands
economy in government, abolition of
sinecures and unnecessary Offices, the
banishment of the third house" at Bat
on Rouge, and it seeks to break the
power of the New Orleans ring. 1t
seeks to unite the country and the anti
ring element in New Orleans to purge
State politics.
The aims of the Good Government
League are commendable. VIE want the
best men in office and we want econom-
ical administration. We want the un-
necessary Offices abolished and we want
the lobbyists driven out of the State
House We want the people to rule and
not the ring. We want all these things,
and thus far We all agree with the Good
Government League.
But is this movement likely to sue
ceed Is the demand to turn the ras-
Gals out definite enough? Isn't it open
to the criticism that the turning of the
other hogs out simply means letting us
swine up to the swill trough? The pres
ent gang is rotten enough, but have we
any particular assurance that the gang
that follows will be any better?
Perhaps, however, it could not posi-
bly, be worse, and we run no particular
risk by having change. We might get
bunch that would be decent for a
time, and we would be at least that
much ahead
But the Good Government League
will get nowhere if they depend alone
on their merits in picking good men.
They will find tine boys are some pick
ers themselves. They will find hthat
when the gang gets scared-and it is
scared now-it will put the very best
men available to the front. They will
stand for no weak ones in the high
places. They will have as good men as
the Good Government League can pos
sibly muster. Therefore the cry "let us
pick the best men" will be ineffective as
battle cry, for it will not serve to dis
tinguish the ringster from the apostle oi
political sweetness and light.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
RUBBER STAMPS.

I am prepared to furnish rubber
stamps on short notice, duplicating old
plates and making stamps to order.
w. S. CARNEY,
New phone 1865. 1874 Jewell St.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21

ming west to Latex on and near town
ship line between township 1s and 70
for six miles, thence through sections
32 and So, township 70, range I6, to
Latex.
Mr.. Miller moved the adoption of the
above ordinance and that the roads
above designated be declared public
roads. Carried.
WILLIAM WINTER,
President Pro lem.
A. L DURINGER, Clerk.
February Ii 1917.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
ROLL OSBORN, UNDERTAKEN
TIA Texas Street
Day and Night Phones 1872
COTTON MARKET
Office of The Caucasian.
Shreveport, La. Feb. Fl, 1917.

SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market closed quiet and steady.
Receipts 100 bales.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-21
LOST.

LOST.
Commercial National Bank time GER
ti6cate of deposit No 41o8. The public
is warned not to trade for same, as I
am the lawful owner thereof This Feb
ruary 10, 1911. w. II. PHILLIPS.
1724 Creswell ST., Shreveport, La.
February r6. 1911.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-22
STOCK SALES

Honolulu Stock Exchange Sales
Between Boards-5O Mutt Tel CO. SIG.
so; $1,000 Olaa Cs.. $50 90. 80 Hutch
inson. SIG. so: $1,000 McBryde Cs., S9S-
%; 40 Haw. Pine Co., s3S so; 10 Haw.
Pine Co., S3S $50.
Session sales-1O Oahu sug. co.,
$31 rs; 10 Oahu suc. Co., 3t.75: -
Oahu sug. CO., $31.75 10 Oahu sug.
Co, S31 LIS; 8 oahu sug. Co., $31 10;
so Mutual Tel. Co, $1G.5O: 90 Nut.
Tel Coz $lG.5o; $4,000 Hno 1901 Gs.,
$500; Honokaa, SiZ. 90; 8 Honokaa,
S12 so; Honokaa, $lZ so
Notce-On Sept. 5. 1914, the Ono.
mea Sug Co., will pay a special d.
vidend Of soc. per share i'm addition to
the regular dividend Of SOC. per share.
Sugar Quotatons-SS Beets. IDS.
Sd.
SO deg Centrifupals, 4 9925c
Observation-Disclosures 20, 1911-Haw
Ag. Co, 90 share.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-22
CHAUFFEUR DAY IN POLICE COURT

1t was automobile day in court this
morning and the glad rags of the
dozen or more chauffeurs gathered to-
gether to answer to charges of speed
ing were in pleasing contrast to- the
somewhat monotonously colored XII
monos of the gambling Japanese and
the somber, unassuming garb of the
"paikau" axes.
Judge Monsarrat was surprised and
hattered when his eagle eye surveyed
the ranks of the offenders, and here
and there he bestowed a kindly nod
Of recognition.
The defendants took their medicine
like little men, the fine in each case
being IS and costs. Those who dug
up were:
NJ. Correa, Carl Burnstrom, T. H..
Petrie, H. Wilder, w. H Patten, A. II.
Dondero, Y. Kobayashi, C. r. Gayler,
F.. NJ. Friesell, Frank Stevenson, N.
Oss, F Coombs and Jonah Cummings.
Oss and Friesell are motorcycllsts.
Judge Monsarrat will "sweeten' the
sentence for the next offense.
Sentence was suspended for thir-
teen months in the case of J. Mattos,
similarly charged He was going for
a doctor when ,pinched.
The cases of Alan Corey and Carl
Waldeyer, alleged speeders, went over
for a week
Jacob Tayares, otherwise known as
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-22
SEALED TENDERS.

Sealed tenders will be received by
the Superintendent of Public Works,
Capitol Building, Honolulu, until ~
m. of Saturday, August 20, 1911, for
furnishing 5000 feet of 6-inch galvan-
lied Tipe; $4,000 feet. of 4-incb galvan-
lied pipe; three 4-inch reducing
valves; three2-inch reducing valves;
and twelve A-inch reducing valves;
six 4-inch screw gates. 1. b. B. NJ; six
6-inch screw gates, l. b. B. NJ; three
6-inch air valves, and four 4-inch air
valves.
Specifications and blank forms for
tenders are on file in the office OF
the Superintendent of Public Works.
Each tender to be accompanied by
a certified check for per cent Of the
amount of tender; said check to be
made payable to Marston Campbell,
Superintendent of Public Works.
Tenders will be received on the
whole or a part of the items.
The Superintendent of Public
Works reserves the right 10 reject
any or all tenders.
MARSTON CAMPBELL,
Superintendent of Public Works.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-22
WHARF RULES
UNACCEPTABLE

A chorus of disapproval met the
proposed rules and regulations to gov
ern the storage of freight on the
wharves, submitted by the harbor
commissioners, at the joint meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce and Mer-
chants Association held at the rooms
of the Chamber yesterday afternoon.
The code was printed in yesterdays
Star
T. H. Petrie, T. Give Davies, F. d.
Lowrey, f. w. Macfarlane, J. d. Dole,
E. D. Tenney and Richard Ivers, rep
resenting a wide range of mercantile
interests, all had something to say
against the provisions. The first
speaker moved an amendment that
carried, making the time limit for re-
moving freight seventy-two instead of
forty-eight hours. Remarks by the
others were so much opposed to the
regulations that the meeting resolved,
on motion of Mr.. Tenney, to refer the
whole matter to a joint committee to
report next week, the commissioners
meanwhile to suspend further action.
q addressed letter to Marston
Campbell stating that a joint commit
tee of the two bodies had been APP
pointed" Mr.. SraldinG said this after
noon, "and that it was impossible to
decide on a question of such wide
scope as the passage of rules and
regulations which would have the ef.
feet Of law.
81 have received a reply from the
superintendent of Public works, in
which he very considerably accedes
to the extension of time to August 80,
also that in case of it's being neces-
sary the committee could have more
time.
The matter is a complex one, and
while the draft of rules submitted to
us is considered too radical and dras-
tic, in view Of the conditions known
to exist on the wharves the necessity
Of the boards adopting rules to clear
the wharves is evident"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-22

Young Nelson" had sentence sus-
Tended for thirteen months, the
charge being assault and battery. 1t
was shown that he acted under eX-
tremc provocation and not through
mere lust of blood
Antonio Acosta, another assault and
Eatteryist, was fined $l5 and costs,
and Pila Kahaunaele drew a similar
fine for a similar offense.
Complaining witness in the case
said
"He come up and hit me in the eye
and l yell 'Hellup,' and a deaf man
come running to hellup me-"
Whereat everyone smiled, including
the court, and a man in the gallery
was so moved to mirth that Clerk
" eed tore a 81 Inter off the table with
his belaying-pin in bringing him to a
sense of his whereabouts.
Ben Andrade, a vagrant, was sent
to the reef for period of ninety days
He won't have to bother about max
ing social engagements for Thanksgiy
ing Day.
NJ Comes was fined s. and costs for
assault and battery, and Nakani and
A. Slattery had to pungle So and costs
each for stopping over in a public
place.
This morning Henry laea was ar
rested on a common nuisance charge
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-22
OAHU RAILWAY
ANNUAL REPORT

In addition to the financial sum-
mary of last years operations of the
Oahu Railway and Land Company, al
ready published by the Star, there are
many other facts of interest in the
company's annual report.
In the three years from June 30,
1908, to June 80, 1911, the annual
gross earnings increased by $77,965OS,
being for the last year indicated ST.
C29,373.36.
Exemption from taxes under the
company's franchise expired June 30,
1909, accounting for an addition to eX-
penses. Accrued taxes in the past
years account make an item of $780,
665.O1.
Total passenger earnings were $216,-
1899, being an increase of $23,5S0.92
ever 1910. Number of passengers car
ded one mile, 1901 ,442, or nearly a
million more than the year before
Average distance carried, 10. "a miles.
Average amount received from each
passenger, $O2S65. Average receipts
per passenger per mile, $0.0211. mo
passenger has been injured during the
year." the report says.
The railway carried 516,697 tons
of freight earning revenue, being a de-
crease of 1904 from the previous
year, which, it is explained, was an
abnormal year, owing to the hauling
of much freight in the early part
which had been delayed by plantation
labor strikes, but an increase of 1907
637 tons over the year ended June 30,
1909. Tons carried one mile, 11,19S,'
SIS. Average distance haul of one
ton, 21.67 miles. Average amount re.
oeived for each ton of freight, $1.1151S
Freight earnings per mile of road, So.
S47.S2.
Under the head of revenue other
than transportation, receipts of $751;
S41 80 from storage and $39,SOS 80
from wharf are noted.
Revenue of the land department was
S112,OO8.19 and expense $S93S.59, leav.
ing balance of $1O9,O69.54 to net rev
enue account.
The ranch department shows an in
crease of live stock value from $lO5,
900 to $129,OOO, receipts from sales OF
ranch produce of $71,779 .3S, and bail
ance to revenue account, $93,961.47.
The total mileage of main track anc
branches is 1888 miles; sidings, 11.2s
miles; grand total, 1876 miles. There
are 1O1 trestle bridges, of 1896 feet
aggregate length, and three truss
bridges aggregating GAO feet IL
length.
Equipment at the end of the veal
consisted of eighteen locomotives
thirty-four cars in passenger service
800 cars in freight service and eight
cars in company service, a total o.
492 cars, of which eighty were added
during the year.