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The Washington times., 1911-08-09
KINGS Sc ECRETARY IS
ACCUSED BY TORIES
OF LOBBY TACTICS
Declare Lord Knollys Is
Using Unfair Methods To
Aid Veto Bill.

LONDON, Aug. Skiing George and
his secretary, Lord Knollys, have been
suddenly placed in the center of the
bitter veto bill fight, the hercest po-
litical controversy in the recent history
of England. Lord Knollys was charged
with acting as the Kings lobbyist for
the purpose of securing the passage Of
the bill by the lards.
Lord Knollys' efforts are due to the
Kings dislike OF creating new peers,
who. he fears will render the English
aristocracY ridiculous.
Lord KRollys today denied that he
had interfered in the veto bill dispute.
The Tories accuse the Kings secre-
tary OF making the palace a branch Of
the Liberals headquarters.
King George is said to be very anx-
ious over the vote by the lords today or
tomorrow A defeat of the measure
would be considered a tremendous blow
to his prestige. Latest estimates give
eighty lords for The bill. and seventy
against 1t, but the conservatives claim
that they have gained several additional
supporters.
The Washington times., 1911-08-09
MUZzL|NG LAW To
Be kept IN FORCE
FOR ONE MORE YEAR
Presence Of Rabies Leads
Commissioners To Extend
Regulation.

In order to control and prevent rabies,
which they are persuaded, has been in
continual existence in the District for
the last twelve months. the Commits
sioners, on recommendation Of Health
Officer Woodward, today decided to ex-
tend the nluzzling regulation another
year.
The regulation expires August II.
Health Officer Woodward today SUBJ
mitted to the Commissioners a series of
tables showing the prevalence Of rabies
from July 1, 1910, to July 81, 1911.
Fffty-two persons were bitten by AMI
mails known to be rabid, as shown by
the findings OF the Bureau Of Animal
Industry. One hundred and thirteen
persons received the Pasteur treatment
at the hygienic laboratory.
The decision Of the Commissioners un-
doubtedly will arouse antagonism on the
part of dog owners. Last year more
than 300 protesting letters were received.
A dog Is liable to seizure unless muz-
zled or restrained by a leash, or con-
fined on the premises by its owner. A
dog on the parking space Of private
building, whether the space Is fenced or
unfenced is held to be running at large
and is subject to seizure.
The Washington times., 1911-08-09
Egan Will Be Rearrested
AS He Leaves Prison

Central Office Detective Vermillion
will be waiting with a warrant at the
entrance of the Dannemora prison near
Albany, n. Y, tomorrow morning when
John J. Egan, wanted in this city on
the charge of stealing tewelry valued at
$500 from the Madrid apartments, Is re-
leased at the expiration of his term Ia
that institution. Egan will be arrested
and then brought to this city for
trial. The theft with which he Is
charged was committed September
q. 1851. The jewelry, which was the
property of Mrs. L. G. Foster, has been
recovered by the police.
The Washington times., 1911-08-09
Heirs Say Woman Took
Estate That Is Theirs

CHARGED with the larceny Of an en-
tire estate. Mary Proctor, colored, was
brought into the United States Police
Court today. Continuance to Friday
was granted and she was released
under bond Of $500 The woman was
arrested at 1928 South Nineteenth street
Philadelphia. Yesterday by Detectives
Hewlett and Pratt and was brought
hack to answer TO the grand larceny
charge.
1t is alleged that the defendant is
responsible for the disappearance Of
sevcral rings and other articles Of
jcwelry. household and personal effects
and certain valuable papers left on the
death of Louisa Parker, colored. Heirs
of the dead woman claim that the Troc-
tor woman took charge of Mrs. Park
er's body Immediately after death and
made away with all her possessions
before the soil. who is principal heir,
could reach the house.
The Washington times., 1911-08-09
PENNY RESTAURANT
WILL Be RE:OPENED
SEPTEMBER FIRST
Gospel Mission Gets Old
District Buildings, And
Will Feed Hundreds.

The largest penny" mission restau-
rant in the United States. which is the
outgrowth of a smaller one established
in Washington several months ago, Is
to be opened in the old District build
ing. 214-2l6 John Marshall place, Sep
tember l.
The original cafe, where coffee, soup,
baked potatoes, and plates of beans
could be bought for 1 cent, located al
Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue
northwest, and which has been closed
during the summer months, will not be
reopened.
The Gospel Mission, which will man
age the lunch room, has announced
that preparations for feeding hundreds
of persons each day during the coming
winter are being made.
Besides a lunch room, the mission
will have a department for those men
who do not even possess the required
one cent for a bowl Of soup or
cup of coffee. Rooms adjacent to the
lunch room will be fitted up for the
use of the temporary guests, where
they may bathe and brush their clothes.
H. w. Kline, superintendent of the
Gospel Mission, said this morning that
the new lunch room will be unequalled
by any in this country. If Washington
will give the mission its support The
old building recently was purchased by
the mission for $220 An additional
50, 900 has been expended In repairs. Mr.
Kline said that another $1,000 will be
necessary to furnish the penny lunch
room, and to transfer the Industrial
department from its old station
When the lunch room is eSta h1fShed
he said, the following prices Will lpre.
vail: Hot coffee, per cup. l cent; plate
of soup, l cent; baked potato, 1 cent
plate of beans, l cent; beef stew, :
cents; pies; per cut, 3 cents; a good
10-cent lunch, cents.
The Washington times., 1911-08-09
Two Ask Court To Cut
Matrimonial Splice

Julius H. Hartmann, a young Wash
ington commission merchant, is de-
fendant in a divorce suit filed today
in the District Supreme Court by Mrs.
Helen r G. Hartmann. a bride Of nine
months. Three days after their we'd
ding, November Il, last, 1t is reported
the bridal couple quarreied and separa-
ted.
Mrs. Hartmann, through Attorneys
David Rotchschild and c. F. Diggs,
charges her husband with misconduct.
She resides with her parents at 245
Twelfth street northeast
Clyde L. Williamson also has filed suit
for divorce against Mrs. Mabel L. William
son, charging her with misconduct and
naming a weli-known Washington real
estate man as correspondent. MT and
Mrs Williamson were married in 1906,
and have no children. Her attorney is
C.. Z. Emig.
The Washington times., 1911-08-09
Artistic Floral DESIGNS.

Choice homegrown flowers cIeverly
and quickly arranged by GUIDES artists.
1?14 F.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1911-08-09
Guards Target Practice
Season Closes TOday

The last shot of this season at a
target on the Congress Heights rife
range will be fred shortly before sun
down today. and the District National
Guard will not have an opportunity to
engage in outdoor target work again
till next spring.
The range will be closed this year
two and a half months ahead Of time
For the last week. the recently enlist
ed recruits have baen stationed there
and have been tanght the art of handl-
ing and manipulating the army rifles.
Great satisfaction at the results OF
this years target practice has been ex.
Dressed by both the range officers and
the brigade officers of the guard.
The Washington times., 1911-08-09
Told To Beat It," Is
Mans Plea In Court

She told me to take my clothes and
CO." said Alton c. Maddox, a shoe sales
yesterday for failing TO support his wife
and children.
She said she didn't need me around
the house at ALL" he went on, and told
me ! might as we'll beat it for good.
But kept on sending her money every
week until three weeks ago when had
20 pay nv union dues or lose my job.
I'd like to go back to her now, but she
don't seem to see 1t that way"
Maddox said he was willing to pay
Mrs. Maddox $6 a week. and asked per-
mission to go to Florida and go to
work there.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-15

SPLENDOR MARKS OPENING OF SCHEL CANAL

he did the subject ample justice.
Mr. Joseph Fritchie, one of
the stockholders in the enter
prise, and whose home is Lam
caster, Pa, made a brief but
stirring talk along general lines,
in the course of which he felici-
tated St. Landry and the State
at large, adding: I'VE of Penn
sylvania are very grateful for
the splendid hospitality that has
been shown US by the people
here and throughout the State.
But there is only one way the
landowners can pay the debt of
gratitude they owe Mr.. Schell,
and that is by cultivating every
available acre of land there is in
the district. I believe they mean
to do this, and if they do, this
will become the richest section
in the entire south, and one of
the Wealthiest in the union"
Mr. S. Locke Breaux, of New
Orleans, was down for a talk on
Development of Rice Industry
in Southwestern Louisiana"
Starting with the earliest intro
duction of the industry in this
State, he intelligently reviewed
its history, finally declaring that
with the building of the Schell
canal the prestige Of Louisiana
as a rice-producing state would
never be taken from it. This is
the greatest irrigation project
the South has ever known and
it means more than / or any
other man can say for the uplift
of the entire southwest.
MI. Charles E. Chambers, of
the Department of Agriculture,
gave an instructive talk on the
subject, The Future of Amer
lean Rice" and he was followed
by the Hon. Thos. H. Lewis, of
Opelousas, who had as a topic,
The schell Canal, and the Man
Who Built It."
The spot upon which the
plant is erected, he explained,
is near the crest Of the elevated
tableland that overlooks the val
lev and which extends uninter-
to the Mississippi, fifty
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pumps WIZ
miles away. The waters of Bay
on Courtableau will flow through
a supply canal four miles long,
to the pumping plant and into
the reservoir, $50 feet in width.
The pumps each 1000 horse
power, guaranteed 1900 horse
power, sufficient to lift the water
over the hill. The intake pipe is
forty-eight feet below sea level
and the discharge pipe fifty
eight feet above the water line.
The first union is complete. The
cost, including the right of way
was $500, 900. The cost of the
canal, pumps and plant was
1915, 600 alone, and $185, 900 was
paid by the company for the
right of way. The cost of install
lation was about 500, 900; the
profit to the stockholders on TO-
600 acres of irrigated land is $685.
600, or 10 per cent on the stock
of $3.50, 600; 20, 900 acres will be
added in the tract irrigated at a
cost of not over $500, 900, or
about one-third of the first in
stallation.
THE irrigated area will be in
creased yearly. The company
estimates a yield of an average
of ten sacks to the acre. In con-
nection with the work of oper-
ating the plant, Mr.. Schell will
interest himself in an expert
ment farm on the irfigated tract. ;"
Father Maring, of Grand Co
teau College, made an interest
ing talk in which he predicted
that Gods richest blessings
would surely follow so splendid
an effort of man.
Short talks were also made by
Mr.. George S. Earl, engineer Of
the Sewerage and Water Board,
of New Orleans; Mr.. Barnett,
Senator R. F. Gueydan and Prof.
J. 3. AsWell. Following these
came the blessing Of the Rev.
Father Engberink, the touching
Of the button by little Miss Schell,
and the formal Inauguration ex-
ercises were over.
When the whistle announced
the starting of the big pumps
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-15

the vast crowd surged to the
dam, and with great acclaimWel-
coined the successful launching
of what will ultimately be the
largest single project in the en-
tire South. The committees in
charge Of the days proceedings
follow:
Arrangement con Wolff,
chairman; NJ. I. Ramsey, seere-
tary; E. L. Loeb, G. P. Dunbar,
James O. Chachere, Hon. Thos.
H. Lewis, Dr.. L. Lazaro, Thos.
McCaffery, F. P. Martin and P.
L.. Zernott.
Reception Committee Mayor
Miller, of Washington; Judge G.
L. Dupre, Judge B. H. Pavy,
Hon. Peyton R. Sandoz, Captain
Samuel Haas, ]. G.. LaWler, J.
G. Carriere, E. P. Veazie, DR.. J..
A. Haas, E. B. Dubuisson, R.
Lee Garland, Hon. E. T. Lewis,
w. J. Sandoz, L. E. Littell, M.
l.. Swords, Yves Andrepont,
Dudley L. Guilbeau, ] b
Plonsky, Max Klaus. j. ]. Car
.riere, L. J. Dossmann, Prof. A.
w. Bittle, Isaac Roos, G.. R. Bail
lilo, Kirt Lynch, j. 7. Mary, F.
J. Derbes, L. A. w. Quirk, Leon
Lastrapes, E. Durio, Ozema +.
Fontenot, j. J. Perrodin, Mayor
Halphen, of Opelousas; Thee.
Doucet, Oscar Melancon, ]. J.
Thompson, F. P. Butler, H.
&c. Comeau, DR.. Chas. Boagni,
Hon. E. D. Estilette, Hon. Il.
Barousse, Vim. M. Crawford, r.
Z. Derouen, O. A. Durio, A.
Leon Dupre, DR.. J. ?. Saizan,
DR. B.. A. Littell, DR.. H. Kill
patrick, 3. 7. Miller, Frank
Randolph, John ThistlethWaite,
P. Tankel, H. B. Estorge, Leon
IS. Haas, Raymond Breaux,
Aaron Jacobs, Geo. H. Hanley
Remi Mornhinveg, Charles B.
Chachere, Henry Lastrapes, Jr.,
&c. A. jackson, Z. A. Deshotels,
]. ]. Henderson, David Roos,
Frank T. Constant, Jonas Bailey,
|sr., S. M. Plonsky, Mason Nc
Bride, A. B. Anderson, Robert
Harry, ]. F. Vidrine, Aft. Fon-
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ington he rode out to Bayou
Courtableau and Bayou Carron.
He inspected these streams
casually, but always critically.
He kept his business to himself
by always courteously eyading
all direct suggestions as to what
that business might be. For
three years thereafter he wander
ed up and down these streams,
now and then making a trip to
the Atchafalaya. He became
known as the Mystery Man.
He ran lines, and took levels,
marked the waters stages and
made calculations.
This Mystery Man, other
wise j. Franklin Schell, found
that he had discovered something
worth while and he kept ever
Iastingly at it. He found that
once on the table lands there was
a straight stretch of more than
a hundred miles to the gulf CON
tanning millions of rich but arid
lands. He knew that all plant
life needed water and he set
about to produce this sustaining
necessity. The waters Of the
Atchafalaya were plentiful, mex
haustible, but it required money,
and big money, to place these
waters where they would do the
most good and at the proper sea-
son suitable to the specific crop.
Mr.. Schell returned to his ma
tive state, Pennsylvania. and he
told his friends what he had
found and the possibilities the
proposition held. He succeeded
in organizing a small company,
and on the 18th of january
of January, 1903, the first shovel
of dirt was thrown out of the
Schen canal.
During the next four years the
father of this gigantic irrigation
scheme was tossed on a pestila-
tial sea of trouble. Nearly
everywhere he encountered OBJ
stacles, and incidently suffered
many physical hardships. But
his honest conviction and his in
doml1able courage kept him
going, and in 1908 he succeeded
in organizing the Union Irriga-
ton Company. Sincea that date
the work has been comparative
" easy, it being merely a matter
of manual labor putting into con-
crete form a tangible engineer
ing scheme. The canal as COM
pleted, runs west from Washing
ton, with right-of-Way to the
gulf. In the general direction
of Opelousas there is a ten mile
lateral, with smaller branches
where needed. The Opeiousas
Continued on page ~
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followers of j. Franklin Schell.
Excursion trains came from
Alexandra, Baton Rouge, Lafa-
yette and New Orleans, while
far-of Pennsylvania sent a spe-
ciaI of eight Pullmans carrying
some hundred natives of that
State, each of whom had come
to see and to learn.
And the day was also one for
politicians, of high and low de-
gree. Outwardly they caressed
each other; privately they used
the keen knife of criticism and
told what they would do and
and what the other fellow had
not" done. But the people didn't
mind this. They gave an un-
hearing ear to what was said and
devoted their hearts and minds
to the Schell canal.
The occasion was graced by
the presence of Governor Jared
Y. Sanders, and staff, and there
were other notables from other
sections of the State.
THE DAYS PROGRAM.
Immediately above the big
powerhouse a small grandstand
was erected. This was suitably
but handsomely decorated and
here gathered the greatChrong.
The program was one of unusual
interest, and covered practically
every industry embraced in
Louisiana. There was not a dull
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-15

Acting as the special envoy of
q greater and broarder prosperity
and as sponsor for the largest
irrigation scheme the South has
known, little Miss Erma Schell
at $50 Saturday afternoon
touched the electric button that
held in thraI the powerful pumps
of the Union Irrigation Company,
and the next moment they were
belching the waters of the At
chafalaya into the canal above,
bringing to full fruition the
eleyen-year dream of j. Franklin
Schell, the conceiver and builder
of the Schell canal.
More than 1000 people wit
messed the dramatic event, and
when the powerful machinery
jumped into action the sound of
their huzzas Numbered down a
hundred miles of rich but arid
plain and foretold the coming Of
life-producing waters, which
meant the ultimate reclamation
of more than 1000, 600 acres of
land.
The crowd that gathered at
the canal last Saturday was en-
Enthusiastically receptive, and rep
resented the best there is in this
State and in other States. The
people came afoot, horseback,
buggy, wagon, auto and train.
Some, yes hundreds, came as
doubling Thomases, but they
went away firm believers in and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-15

~ &A
in full action.
tenot, Prof. Willis Prescott, Miss
Anna Roy, Mrs. Kirt Lynch,
Mrs. DIR. fitzpatrick, Mrs. Leon
Lastrapes, Mrs. Fred. Martin,
Mrs. DR.. Rogers, Miss Carrie
Wolff, Miss Hilda Klaus, Mrs.
Sam. Plonsky, Miss Rosetta Nc
ICaffery, Miss Eleanor Wartell,
Mrs. Frank Zernott, Mrs. Adolph
Anderson, Miss Alice Elise Car
riere, Mrs. A. j. Bercier, Mrs.
j. w. Jordan, Miss Belle Dupre,
Mrs. Joseph Firnberg, Mrs. Lo-
reno Mornhinveg, Miss Irene
.Shute, Mrs. George Edwards,
Mrs. John Lewis and Lawrence
Larcade.
THE FINISHED CANAL
The parent, or main canal is
$50 feet wide and has a total
length of thirty-one miles. But
later it is expected that the chief
supply channel will be extended
to the eastern section of Texas,
thus making it one of the largest
single irrigation schemes in the
world. AS at present mapped
out. and partially completed, the
leterals will be two hundred and
fifty feet wide, and embrace a
territory of some two hundred
line miles. From these laterals
subsidiary channels will be built,
thus taking in practically all the
available land in southwest LOU
Iisiana. The building of these
smaller feeders will be under
taken, of course, only as occasion
demands.
For the current year plans are
made for the irrigation of only
about 80, 900 acres, but when
another twelve months rolls by
it is expected that fully 100, 600
acres will bereadyf for the water.
It is believed thatrice will be the
principal crop, at least for a few
years to come. and with this idea
in mind there has been establish
ed near the canal an experiment
station under the direction of the
United States Agricultural De
partrnent. During the year
twenty-five varieties Of rice will
be tested with the view of de-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-15
J. FRANKLIN SCHELL.

J. Franklin Schell has not yet reached the meridian Of
life, but in the years that he has lived he has builded for
himself a monument that will last with time. His concep-
ton Of the canal is little short of an inspiration; the consum-
nation of the idea, gigantic.
When Mr.. Schell was called upon Saturday for q brief
talk an ovation was rendered him as he arose. With that
simple but impressive modesty that has characterized the
mans every effort, he told the story of the conception OF the
project and the difficulties which beset the building. In
conclusion he said:
Il feel that what l have done was just what was in
tended to be done here, and thank the good Creator that II
/ have been given the strength to carry out the work. It IS
a work for the benefit Of humanity at large, and this is but
the beginning: fl am allowed to live long enough Z a ! snall
ton of the canal has been my dream for years, and now that
it is done I feel that with the aid of my confreres something
that will be a lasting benefit to the country at large has been
completed.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-04-15

termining the char acter best suit
ed to this section of the State.
THE SUPPLY CANAL
The canal that brings the water
from the Atchafalaya river par
tally is over the bed of Bayou
Courtableau, and the remainder Of
the distance is covered by acana1
fifty feet wide and fourteen feet
deep. AT present this feed canal
is four and a half miles long, but
when the work is completed this
distance will be reduced by an
air line channel to one mile, with
a width of seyenty-fiye feet.
The supply canal empties into a
a tunnel under the tracks of the
Southern Pacific. From this
point the waters are taken up by
the big pumps. This tunnel is
ten feet below sea level, and the
lift to the main canal is approx
mately % feet. At present there
is a seven-foot suction, which is
divided into two streams of forty
two inches in diameter, making
it the largest centrifugal pump
ever built. The r. D. Woods
Company, of Camden, New Jer-
sey are the makers of this power
full machinery.
CAPACITY OF PLANT
The plant as it stands today
has a maxium capacity of $50, 600
gallons per minute, with a mini
mum discharge Of rs, 900 gallons.
This means ample supply for
more than 2, 600, 900 acres Of land.
To move all this volume of water.
and lift it to the height required,
there are two 1000-horse power
Russell four-valve compound con-
densing engines, with shafts
twenty-five and one-half inches
in diameter and thirty feet in
length. With the sea level as
the known basis the main canal
is just seventy-tWo feet above,
so it will readily be seen that the
actual overcoming of this large
natural handicap is a splendid
triumph.
THE MYSTERY NAN.
All of this wonderful work,
which is but briefly outlined here,
here, is the work of one, a citizen
of large ideas, an interchangeable
worker, j. Franklin Schell. It
has taken him eleven years to do
what he has done, but as Gov
ernor Sanders very tersely said:
He has done it" And the glory
is his, but he gives it as a ma
tural heritage to st. Landry and
the State at large.
On March %, eleven years ago,
Mr.. Schell came to st. Landry
unheralded. Starting from Wash
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IhsSt landry DAD ClaFIeR Is Wllhsul
aaant one 81 the BEST edited nd pFiRtsd
Wsekliss In the WhOIa Ssuth.-AEERiCAE
NEWSPAPER UNION.
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL.

st. Landry Clarion IS The 0f~EctaIJourS
every public body IN the parish. Poll
nv. School Board IaVee Board Mumi-
les of Opelouss $. unset and Melville