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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-14

BROADER GENERAL JOHN J. PERsHISG
Bud Dajo Is an extinct volcano in the
interior OF the island Of Suiu. They
were armed In the main only with the
creeses or Malay knives. barongs and
spears. The American troops on the
island. numbering about coo. advanced
through the wilderness into the inte-
rior to compel their surrender. This
was accomplished by surrounding ard
starving them out.
General Pershing. besides being de-
partment commander of Mindanao. is
governor of the Moro province. This
territory. lying to the extreme south of
the Philippine archipelago. is not IN
der the Philippine legislative govern.
ment. but is wholly under military
rule and the Philippine commission.
The military commander has supreme
authority. and lest Americans be over
run he must maintain his supremacy
intact in the face of the uncirilized
Moro tribes. -....r.
pershina . Capable Officer.
When General Pershing was appoint
ed to the command Of the Moro prov
ince 1t was an, occasion of new hopeful
ness among Americans interested in
the welfare Of that country. Genexal
Pershing commanded the American
troops in the campaigns In Mindanao
and Sulu ten years ago and Is regarded
as among the few American officers OF
rank who really understand the Moro.
His order for the disarmament OF the
Moros is characterized as one Of those
bold strokes which prove worth the
risk involved. 1t Is conceded II the
Moro can he prevented from rowing
about the country armed great stride
will have been made toward his set
Ting down permanently to peaceful
and Industrious pursuits.
The order that caused the uprising
was that all guns must be given up by
the Moros and that no Moro may take
his creese. barnng or bolO outside OF his
home or away from the little plot Of
ground surrounding II. No one who
has not been ia chr Philippines can ap.
preciate what this order means. say
army officers
How the Moro Lives.
The Moro lives by his bolo. one might
say. even when pursuing agriculture. as
the more mildly disposed and indGstrI
Gus tribesmen now do. But the creese
that long knife with the wary blade.
and the barong. which in a large sized
creese, are what he loves as he loves bis
own soul The Moro invented the creese
1t is peculiarly his own in common with
other Malay peoples. He usually pre-
fers the creese to the modern rife.
: Nor is ii strange that he should hold
the creese and the barong so highly
when one considers his history and his
way of getting living for hundreds of
years before the last thirteen IN. which
Uncle Sam has tried to make peace
full. industrious farmer and iaborer
out of him.
The island Of the Philippines next
largest to LuZon. on which is Manila.
s Mindanao South OF Mindanao IS
The Sulu archipelago. extending almost
to Borneo. Both Mindanao and the
archipelago are inhabited mainly hv
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-14
MRS. JUDSON HARMON.
She Got Pardon For Life Prisoner Who
Promised Her to Reform.

Through the efforts OF Mrs JudsOn
Harmon wife of the governor OF Ohio.
Rufus Rurcham. Il life prisoner In the
Ohio pplIitentiary. has been pardoned.
Recently Mrs. Harmon became inter
eStpd In his case and obtained from
Burrham Il promise to lead an upright
life and abstain from all intoxicating
liquors She got her husband to visit
the penitentlary with her. and together
ihnv teil.o:! nth pn-"h2m Mrs H1r'
mons nierceS>ion. together with
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-14
N. B. LEAVITT.
He Has Written . Book on His Fifty
Years In the Show Business.

Years In the Show Business.
NJ B. Leavitt. one of the pioneers Of
the show business in this country and
the organizer Of the first theatrical
syndicate. has written a book on his
fifty years in theatrical management.
1t was Mr.. Leavitt who induced Buff,
faio Bill to take his Indians and COW
boys to Europe. and ne was the first
American manager to make produe,
lions in England.
MIR. Leavitt in his book deplores the
decline of minstrelsy and attributes the
present small popularity of that form
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-14

learned his art without tuition. insist.
ing that~a teacher destroys individual,
fly
Admiral Davis entered the Nav;
academy in 1861 and served through
out the civil and Spanish wars He
was born at Cambridge, Mass. on Aug.
I645, and was retired by operation Of
law four years ago.
Admiral Davis is the author of sew
eral books. and be also wrote biog-
raphy of bis father. who also was q
rear admiral. He is very popular
among army men at the national capt.
tai. where he resides
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-14

Recent Bride, Who 10 Daughter Of
the late Joseph Pulitzer.

Miss Edith Louise Pulitzer. elder
daughter Of the late Joseph Pulitzer
owner Of the New York World and the
St Louis Post-Dispatch, was recently
married to William ). Moore ut New
York. The wedding was quiet affair
owing to the recent death OF the
brides father.
MIR. and Mrs Moore sailed for Eu
rope aud will spend their honeymoon
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-14

WHARF AT JoLo, CAPITAL OF sULU. SHOW.
ING MOUNT DAJo IN THE DISTANCE.
positively wild men: others are inocu,
lated with the iaziness of the abo,
rigine: large number are mountain
dwellers by Inheritance; others live in
boats on the island waters. while there
are others still who are chronic rob
bers
The last, OF course, are responsible
for most of the disorder. 1t is beliey-
ed the last of the large organized
bands OF rowing plunderers has been
broken up. The other Moros are pro-
crossing in agriculture. but their add
vance is necessarily slow.
The Moros are the only natives OF
the Philippines who now give Uncle
Sam any trouble. All the others have
Welded to bis ciyilizing influence
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-14
Burbank's
Latest
Discovery

UTHER BURBANK announces
that he has discovered proc
n esses whereby he could use
hn i,Aa NnE nH The ,aI.illa: mimi
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-01-14
Governor
Who Went
To Prison

~OVEREOR BEN WADE moor
81 Err Of Tennessee. who rrrently
- - spent two days and nights In
the state penitentinry. dn 81
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
Suggests Independent Candidate

A New Orleans contributor to the
Times Democrat of that city says
in the issue of the. 22nd:
| am glad to note that the citi-
zens of Lafayette will denounce Mr.
Thomas H. Harris at mass meet
ing, for his political trickery, and
will request his resignation; but he
will OF resign. Then, why not put
in nomination an independent can.
didate?
This can be done under section sc
of Act 252 of 1898, which requires
1000 qualified voters to sign a nom
ination paper for a Statewide of.
flee. These 1000 signatures can cas-
lily be obtained here in the city il
necessary.
Under Section 81 of the same aci
this nomination has time to be filed
until three weeks before the com.
ing election, which will be held on
the first Tuesday after the third
Monday in the month of April next
Because of his political methods
IN the recent campaign, an indie.
pendent candidate, If given suffi
cient publicity, can beat Mr.. Harris
VIM. C HARDER.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
$4,000 Reward

For Jack Campbell, alias Lewis,
wanted for assassination of Police
Officer Porter Sanders, on March
fst at 8 p. NJ. in Shreveport, La.
Descriptions: Jack Campbell, ne
gro, has gone under name of Lew
is; age % to 25 years; feet 9 in
ches; weighs about i40 pounds; dark
brown complexion, has thin scar
on upper lip. When last seen need
ed shave and had on blue over
all suit, striped pants under over
alls. Left bareheaded and not hat.
Home at Ads, Louisiana, near Ba-
ton Rouge Junction, and at time of
murder worked for the T. &. p. in
section gang at Shreveport. VIII
pay above reward.
Notify f. H. Luear, Chief of po-
lice, or J. P. Flournoy. Sheriff,
Shreveport, La.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
CharaeS Ignored

Among the bills returned by the
Grand Jury, as being ignored, is the
charge against A. C. Legnick and H.
"a. Barnett, solicitors connected with
the Shreveport Journals contest.
The information filed on the COM
plant of H. S. Hart and J. pambly
was that Legnick and Barnett had
obtained money from them under
false pretenses.
As alleged, the basis of the false
pretence is that Hart and Damhly
were induced, individually and
without the knowledge of the other,
to subscribe stated amount with
the assurance that each would Sc
cure the first prize.
It was only after talk over the
contest that Hart and Dambly real
lied, as alleged, that they had been
a party to scheme which led to
the charge against Legnick and
Barnett, solicitors. of obtaining
money under false pretenses.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03

whose life has been taken in the
twinkling of an eye, by a law de.
fiant negro.
The body of the officer was taken
to Roll Osborn and prepared for
burial, which will take place in the
cemetery at Texarkana.
In their sympathy, citizens of
Shreveport can contribute substan-
tial relief in money. In their dis
tress, the widow and orphans are
in need of money.
A commendable act of the Coun-
Gil yesterday morning, when the
death of Officer Sanders was made
known, was the approval of an or
der directing that the pay of this
fearfesse officer be continued one
month and that it be paid to his
widow for the use of herself and
her children.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
Officer Sanders

The untimely ending of the life
of Officer Sanders in the discharge
Iof his duty is generally deplored.
He was from Texarkana. He had
been in the service of the Traction
Company proceeding his employ
ment on the police force. He leaves
a good wife and several children
to mourn his demise. He was held
lin the highest esteem by all who
knew him.
Until receitly he had been in hard
lines. II was ON Friday when he re-
ceived his pay that he rejoiced in the
statement that he was about even
with the world, having paid off his
debts and now he an dhis good wife
could see daylight ahead of them.
He had been on the police force
about eight months, and had been
'diligent and faithful in the dis
|charge of his duties.
As he had been cramped for
lthe means of a livelihood and in the
payment of his debts, he could not
lspare the money to become mem
Der of the Police Relief Association
but anticipated joyfully the end of
this month when he would be enabl-
led to meet the fees of the associa-
ltion for membership.
| This is indeed narrowing case.
Think Of q woman with several child
rem dependent onI their protector
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
THE GRAND JURY
Report Submitted Friday Afternoon
indictments for the Violation
OF the Sanitary Code.

Friday afternoon the Grand Jury
recently impanelled for the ensuing
six months submitted the first re-
Iport as follows:
10 the Hon. t. +. Bell, Judge of the
First Judicia District Court, in
and for the Parish of Caddo:
We, your grand jury beg to re
iport that We have made diligent in
quiry into the cases presented to
IuS.
Or the one hundred and forty
cases presented we have found
Ininety-eight true bills, ignored thir-
ty-eight complaints, and continued
five for further hearing.
We have inspected the. parish
jail and find same we'll kept and the
lunfortunates therein contained hu-
namely and well treated and cared
for. We recommend in this connec-
i tion that the police jury if possible
have walls scraped and painted,
and that the cells be likewise treat
ed. We wish it understood that
this recommendation is not in the
light of complaint, but to have
conditions that are to our mind
rather above normal further inn
lproyed.
We have examined many cases
iof parties carrying concealed wea-
pons, and many crimes of more
Iserious nature which were the re-
,sult of this most reprehensible hab-
lit, and respectfully submit to the
court that our experience has
lshown that if this habit of carrying
concealed weapons could be abated,
other and more serious crimes
would be greatly decreased.
Our attention has been called by
the health department of the State
to the violations of the sanitary
code. We have made some investi-
cations along these lines and hav.
returned true billsin SO of thes,
violations. We realize that the rigid
enforcement of this ordinance is a
new departure, and the people are
slow to comply with the regula-
ltions; but with the knowledge that
the health of the people is of the
highest consideration, we desire to
ay that at our next session, we ex-
|pect TO go fully and carefully into
the violations of these health laws.
We understand that there are strict
laws regulating the method of the
sale of food stuffs for horses and
cattle, and we think that there
should be at least as great care Ia
ken to protect the health of the hu-
man being, and that every effort
should be made to see that their
food is handled in a clean and san
Iitary manner. Respectfully,
w. B. WAKEMAN,
Foreman.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
Comparative Statement.

Comparative Statement.
This VT Last yr.
Since yesterday % 81
Same day last year f43 -
Thus far last year fl3 81
Thus far this week %
Since Sept. L. -f33,870 iOi, 500
Stock on hand - 2i,9os i6.O59
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
MARCH is EXPECTED TO BE A COLD MONTH WITH CROP
WEATHER BACKWARD
ar zIs4 als a. q sos

March expected to cold
Most the
weather will prevail with few exceptions Generally
Uo Denver Washington,
States About normal precipitation
usual rain Pacific slope.
In above chart the treble line
rainfall The line with round white temperature
casts Where above treble line expected
Where below treble
Dates are Tor Meridian 80 Count two earlier
and later
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
Was Not Present at the Political
Jubilee

1t is due Judge L. C. Blanchard
to state that he was at home Tues
day night when the political jubi-
lee was in progress from the front
steps Of the Court House facing
Texas street. He is a friend of Judge
Fullilove and would not favor his
|recall.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
Eslrayed

Taken up by B. +. Rattiff and es-
|(rayed before me the undersigned
|a1lfhorify, one two-year-old red
steer: no marks or brands; bush OF
<ail white.
Owner must come forward, prove
k34operty and pay charges or same
pill be sold at Blanchard, La March
8. 1912 al II o'clock according to
&a& E. L. MCCAIN,
. FeI1. 45. Justice of Peace.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
Indicted for Violation of the SAM
tary Code

Or the number of indictments by
teh Grand Jury for the violation of
the Sanitary Code are.
DIR. R. H. Gulledge; V. Vaky; D..
L. Simich, of Columbia Restaurant:
Henry Goedeken; Mabel purser, of
Oil City; w. B. Stanley, barber; P.
T. Alexander, druggist, Oil City;
Newt Little, merchant; G. f. Long;
Ranse Cole, Oil City, liveryman; w.
D., Whitmeyer, city. 8.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
COTTON MARKET

Office of The Caucasian.
Shreveport, La, March 2, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
Shreveport Market.

Shreveport Market.
The market closed steady.
Receipts % bales.
Low middling = 8 Ia
Middling 10 i-s
Good middNng - - 10 SIS
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
River Forecast

Red River. A further fall will oc-
eur at Fulton during the next 4s
hours, and the change will be unim-
portant at Shreveport.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-03
OFFICER MURDERED
Porter Sanders a Victim of a Ne
groe's Bullet While in the Dis
charge of His Duty-Campbell
Fled. Two Negroes Believed to
Be Sanders Assailants Killed
While Running From Policemen.

Porter Sanders, policeman,
whose beat was on Texas avenue,
was directed Friday night at about
S o'clock to enquire into a complaint
|telephOned to the police station. 1t
was reported that a negro with a
pistol had threatened to kill Pris-
|Cilla Bryant at her at No. 1913 Muir
ply street.
Officer Sanders reached the house
after the negro, Jack Campbell had
left. He and negro named John
ny and the woman had quarreled.
Campbell was jealous of Johnny.
Campbell had threatened to kill the
woman.
Accompanied by Johnny. who
came reluctantly, Officer Sanders
reached the working car of the r.
x P. on the switch of the r. Il P.
track near Texas avenue. Officer
Sanders met Foreman Harrison, to
whom he explained his coming.
Foreman Harrison volunteered
10 accompany Officer Sanders TO
the car where Campbell had con
cealed himself. Having forgotten to
take his pistol, Foreman Harrison
retraced his steps TO got his wea-
pom. In the meantime Officer San
.ders walked TO the car where Camp
bell was. As Officer Sanders ap-
peared in the doorway four shots
We're fired simultaneously. Officer
Sanders fell backward and as he
fell he discharged one shot from
his pistol. He was dead. Two shots
had taken effect in his hands and
two in the breast, one near the
heart.
As Officer Sanders fell backward
Campbell leaped from the car and
ran.
The murder of Officer Sanders
on being telephoned to the police
station led to a number of police
men being ordered to the car from
which they We're divided and start
ed in search of the murderer who
was believed to be concealed in
some house near by.
In negro house in street near
Texas avenue there was visible a
dim light. One of the officers on
listening attentively heard low vol
|ces speaking. The officer raped
at the door several times. Sudden
ly the door in the rear of this house
was opeTed from which two ne
.groes fled. The negroes divided, one
going in one direction and the other
in an opposite course. The police
pursued. Calling on the negroes to
stop. One Of the negroes was kill
ed by Officer Tanner and the other
by Officer Brazer. Before Brazer had
shot he and the negro had tustle
and the negro, being the stronger,
released himself from the police
mans grasp.
The two negroes were brothers,
one having been convict, as stated
on good authority They came to
Shreveport from Bethany, to which
place the bodies have been convey
ed for burial.
In the pursuit of these two ne
groes the police were confident they
were after Campbell who for, the
moment has escaped and for whose
The Cecil Whig., 1912-02-10

cept our distinct duty to so champion
those interests; affording the leadership
IN constructive lines that the exigencie-
Hr the times continually demand, rel, :
ing upon the constant support of every
subordinate and Pomona Grange to sus-
tain and advance that leadership.
3. That We shall recogni the supreme
need of rural affairs today as fedora
tlon OF rural town forces, for it's own
elevation and Improvement; the power of
church and school and home ard grange ,
and the enlistment OF all rural capaci-
ties, individual and collective, in one
broad, energetic cooperative purpose for
the betterment OF all things in that par
tlcular locality. And that the grange
snail supply leadership where leadership
Is lacking; or with equal cheerfulness
shall furnish support for other leader
ship when support is the greater need
a. That We shall recognize that the i'm .
provement of the rural community, the
farmer and the farm, must come from
within rather than from without; and
that to develop latent or unused capaci-
ties is far better than to import them.
In this respect the grange strikes the
very keynote of the rural problem, in
trying to do with the rural people rather
than doing for them-while illustrations
are furnished by the score Of what rural
communities can do for themselves, by
themselves, when once aroused to a real
alton of their own capacities by a
capable and effective leadership.
s. That We shall recognize that the flu
ture of the town, the state and the ma
tion depends upon its young people, and
that to their best training and develop
ment we may well seriously address our
selves. Every effort made for them,
every cent expended in their behalf, every
thought for their welfare, every plan for
their future a golden investment certain
to yield dividends beyond human esti-
mate, the grange in this respect alone
possessing an opportunity of unparal-
leled magnitude. t..s. -
6. That we shall recognize that the
only organizations that have with
stood the test of time are those which
have rendered to their locality and gem
Grafton service larger than H., meas
ured by purely personal ad1antage to
their own membership; and behold here
in the grange avenue to permanence,
through distinct and definite community
service, along the practical lines so much
in evidence the past few years and which
must be further extended and intensified
The Cecil Whig., 1912-02-10
Hog Cholera

Hog cholcra IS a germ disease, the germ
generally being carried by dogs and buzz
cases rapid, but the germ itself has never
yet been isolated, hence no specific rem
ian recommended that as this is near the
butchering season it would be in the line
of wisdom to dress at an early day all
healthy hogs when by any possibility the
disease does visit one, the stock should
le properly isolated, the corn ration cut
The Cecil Whig., 1912-02-10
FLAGS TO BE PRESENTED.

The National flags, one. the gift of Hon.
Henry w. Hoffman. the other that of the
Union ladies of Elkton, and two hand
some markers, the donation of Mr. Fred
erck c. Crowley, will be presented to
Col Schley's Fifth Maryland Volunteers,
on Washington's birthday, at the Mary
land Institute Hall. The presentation
will be made by the Hon. Henry W..
Hoffman, Collector of the Port of Balti-
more. The regiment will be out in full
force and fully equipped.
The Cecil Whig., 1912-02-10
\ GRANGE PLATFORM.

4. That we shall. recogni the great
present need of agriculture for encour-
agement and shall endeavor to meet that
need by every means within the power
Of this great far reaching organi alton;
by legislation, by appropriation, by edu-
cation, by cooperation; TO the end that
to the farmers themselves greater
reali alton of the dignity and honor of
their calling may be brought, and to all
other classes a new appreciation of how
vitally essential to the very existence OF
life is a growing and prosperous agricul-
ture
>. That we Shall recogni the right of
the Grange to champion rural interests,
anywhere and at any time, in state or
national councils, and shall earnestly ac-
The Cecil Whig., 1912-02-10
ELKTON ACADEMY.

The trustees of Elkton Academy hav-
ing received information from Mr.. Ken
nedy that he could not fill the vacancy
as teacher in the school, elected, on
Thursday last Henry w. Thorp, at pres
ent teacher in Anne Arundel county. 1t
will be ascertained in few days whe-
ther Mr.. Thorpe will accept the situa-
tion. Mr. Thorp taught in the Academy
at Elkton, from 1S43 to 1S49, and was, we
are informed, a general favorite.
The Cecil Whig., 1912-02-10
Good Grange Platform

in his annual address on the work of
the year, State Master Charles NJ, Gard
ner, of Massachusetts, at the annual
state session in Worcester, outlined a
Grange Platform" which is as appli-
cable to other states as to Massachu-
sets, and which summari es in parti-
cularly concise and instructive way the
grange attitude in todays affairs. 1t
was as follows:
The Cecil Whig., 1912-02-10
SNOW AND SLEIGHING.

The snow on Monday last was the most
extensive fall that we have had this win
ter, and our streets have been Ginning
with the merry bells the greater part Of
the week. The warm sun on Wednesday
injured the sport considerably
The Cecil Whig., 1912-02-10
DEATH OF A TEAMsTER.

On Monday last, in the neighborhood
of Port Deposit, negro teamster, in the
government employ, was thrown under
the wheels of the wagon, by the running
away of the mules, and had his head
mashed, causing immediate death.
The Cecil Whig., 1912-02-10
MARRIED.

Jackson -Heaton-On Wednesday, the
5th inst, by Rev. Thomas sumption, Mr..
John E. jackson, son of Alexander and
Mary a. Jackson, of Principle Furnace,
TO Miss Hannah M. Heaton, daughter OF
Jesse and Mrs. Heaton, of Gurleytown.
Gray Matson-On the 4th inst, by Rev.
Robert Alexander, Mr.. Zachariah Gray,
of Hound Hollow, Md, to Miss Adaline
Matson, of Lancaster county, Pa.