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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04

w. A. Rimes, Ruston, La, finds Fo-
ley Kidney Pills to be tonic in action
and quick in results. He says: 81
took Foley Kidney Pills according to
directions and l must confess the re-
suits have been marvellous. / recon-
mend them to all who have kidney or
bladder trouble" j. w. Duncan Co.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
A Vacuum.

Chairman addressing a meeting)-
I am sure we will all be very sorry
our secretary is not here tonight.
cannot say We miss Is vacant chair,
but ! do say We miss is vacant face
Tit-Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
The Louisiana Press Association.

4
Tuesday afternoon, April 80,
the Chronicle editor took the
train for Alexandria, arriving
there in time to participate in
about half of the afternoon ses-
sion of the first days proceed
ings of the Louisiana Press AS
ISOLATION, which held a conven-
ton for three days this week in
that city. Only about fifty of
the editors and newspaper repre-
sentatives of the State were pres
ent. Some were kept away be-
cause they desired to attend the
Louisiana Centennial celebration
in New Orleans on April 80,
while quite a number in the over
flowed parts of the State, and in
sections threatened with crevasse
and overflow, found conditions
entirely too serious to leave their
homes.
The three days session of the
association was full of interest
and pleasure to the members
present, and their deliberations
will be found Of interest to the
State at large. The citizens of
Alexandria did the handsome
thing in affording the guests a
most elaborate and pleasing pro-
gram of entertainment, includ-
ing a combined smoker and BAN
quet at the Hotel Bentley, a visit
to the Pineville insane asylum, a
ten-mile automobile ride around
the famous Horse Shoe Drive on
Bayou Rapides, besides numer-
GUS courtesies and incidents of a
lesser nature.
One of the most interesting
and instructive papers read was
by DR.. Oscar Bowling, president
Of the State Board of Health. on
Prison Reform. !" The Doctor
had just returned from a visit to
the overfiowed section of north
east Louisiana.
The visit to the Pineville Hos
pital for the Insane was of great
to the press representa-
tives, who were surprised and
to see the order, sys-
tenn, cleanliness and beauty of /
the grounds, buildings and en-
vironments. They were particu-
larly impressed with the evident
and fitness of DIR. John |
N. Thomas, the superintendent |
in charge.
The concensus of opinion among
the newspaper men was very |
decided that DR.. Bowling and DR.. |
Thomas were two men that should |
be entirely above removal in the
scheme of political patronage. |
The expression was advanced and
heartily endorsed that the politi-
,al removal of either of them
would be a crime against hui
nanity and the State.
Time and space forbid our Civ
ng an account of the many
speeches made and the enter
,ainment afforded, suffice it to say
hat all was of the very best.
The next meeting of the as
ISOLATION will be held at Shreve-
bort.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04

Red river at Colfax has de-
clined in all about ten feet since
it begun to fall two weeks ago,
and is getting down to normal
stage.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04

1t Is a mistake for the man who
gets up in the morning with q bad
taste in his mouth to attempt to get
rid OF 1t by Quarreling with his wife
or whipping the children.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
Where Samson Would shine

A fond father rendered a dull SUM-
day afternoon pleasant by telling his
small SON Bible stories. BY and by
he told how Samson carried away
the great gates of GAIA. Said the son,
who had learned much through many
fittings: "Oh. daddy, wouldn't he be
a fine moving man?"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
Football Item.

He stood on the bridge at twilight
as the game drew near its close.
Twas pensive mood in which he
stood on the bridge of the halfback's
nose.-Washington Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
Daily Thouuht,

Music is architecture translated or
transposed from space into time; for
In music, besides the deepest feeling.
there reigns also a rigorous. mathe-
NAUTICAL intelligence-Hegel.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
Arbitration.

Papa. what does arbitration
mean?" 1T means that when two
powers Of equal strength get hold of
smaller country. they agree to d.
vide 1t equally."-Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04

Lame back is usually caused by rheu-
matism of the muscles of the back, for
WEIGH you will find nothing better than
Chamberlain's Liniment. For sale by
all dealers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
Uncle PennywIss Saws:

Parents get very little credit for
their efforts. Nearly every Teller who
ever sold papers for a couple of days
alludes to himself as a self-made man.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
The Model Roads of Grant Parish.


The letting of the contract foi
building the second system OF
model roads in Grant parish will
probably be advertised within
the present month. We learn
that the delay of the past few
weeks in this matter has been
cccasioned by the endeavor to
command ready cash for the
proposition, because it gives a
decided advantage in dealing
with contractors; and we are
pleased to state that such an ar
rangement has been about salts
factorily agreed upon. In any
event, the letting of the contract
wiifebe concluded in the near
futures.
Grant parish has the distinc-
ton of being the first parish in
the State to put itself in line to
share in the State fund for the
building of model roads, by the
adoption of a five mill tax for
five years for this purpose. And
we have followed this up by get
ting the first appropriation out
of the State fund for this pur-
pose. This has attracted atten-
ton to Grant parish, and gives
US considerable reputation
throughout the State for pro-
gressiveness.
The special tax voted for five
years gives Grant parish in round
figures a fund of one hundred
thousand dollars, and perhaps a
little more. To this is to be add
ed the sum we receive from the
State under the good roads law.
which may or may not double
oar available funds for road
building.
Last year the first contract
was let for building a system of
model roads eastward from Col
fax, amounting in all to forty-six
miles. This system is about
four-ffths completed, and will
connect the towns of Colfax, Dry
Prong, Bentley, Pollock, Selma,
Georgetown and Rochelle. The
contractor hopes to complete this
contract by the middle of June.
A great deal of speculation and
ignorant adverse criticism has
been INDUCED in as to the cost of
these particular roads. 1t has
been generally understood that
they would cost $17S5.OO perl
mile, because the engineers gave
that as the basic figures within
which the roads were to be built.
AS a matter of fact the actual
payments will probably be $500
per mile less than that figure. |
The amount thus far paid out on
these roads is approximately
SOS, 10000, of which the parish
paid $42, 000.00, and the State
$26, 10000. making payments
for these roads the State and
parish authorities only pay for
90 per cent of the work as it is
completed. reserving 20 per cent
OF the amount until the final set
Element.
The second contract for a sys-
TEN OF roads leading northward
from Colfax, which is soon to be
let out, will be for about SO miles.
This road will connect Colfax.
Aloha, Montgomery, Hargis,
Verda, and some intermediate
points. When it is completed
Grant parish will have practical
ly eighty miles of the best roads
in the State. The opinion is con-
fidently held by our authorities
that this last 33 mile stretch of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
Uses Of AIIen,sts.

Whatever should we do without
alienists. who tell US things every
body knows In language that nobody
understands?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
ANNOUNCEMENT.
For Circuit Judge.
We are authorized to announce

We are authorized to announce
hON. Il. p. EDWARDS,
of Arcadia, as candidate for Judge of
the Second Circuit Court of Appeals,
composed of the parishes of Bossier,
Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, Union,
Lincoln, jackson, Vim, Caldwell and
Grant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04

In These Strenuous Times.
The man who thinks before he
speaks has to think fast toskeep his
ideas from being back numbers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
Poor sustenance

Hope soon grows gaunt when Il
fed on nothing but promises.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
More Attention Paid to Il.

The sneer Of an enemy is gener-
ally more helpful than the flattery Of
a friend.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04
Discipline and EnScIencv.

Discipline is the root and founda
ton Of efficiency.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
Discuss Way by
Which Wheat Crop
May Be Increased

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-Doubling the wheat
crop Of the United States Is the posi-
bility raised by scientific discoveries
made by Prof, Aaron Aaronsohn OF
Jerusalem, according to announcement
made at the University of Chicago to-
DAY. Prof Aaronsohn is director of the
agricultural experiment station in
Palestine. The investigator, who found
the original wheat plant growing wild
in Palestine after years of search, is
engaged In crossing the plant with bet
ter grades Of wheat in order to produce
a superior one.
The experiments, Prof. Aaronsohn as
serted, show that race of wheat can
be produced adapted to the seml-arfd
regions Of Algeria. Tunis, Syria, Egypt.
Turksstan and other eastern countries
and to similar land In the United States
Plants grown by the experiments thrive
In rocky, shallow and dry soil without
cultivation.
This Is really the biggest proposition
regarding the food supply of the world
now before u.s. said Prof John Merle
Coulter, head Of the department of
botany at the university, who talked
with Prof. Aaronsohn.
The crossing Of the wild wheat with
other grades will insure crops in drouth
and In arid lands. 1t will be the saliva
ton or the eastern countries"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
Murder and Suicide
in a Crowded Cafe

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22.-Mrs Anna ODon-
nell was stabbed to death by Leonardo
Morreale In downtown cafe last night
while the room was crowded with men
and women diners. Morreale then
plunged the knife into his own heart and
fell dead
Morreale recently came here from Day
ton, O., and became acquainted with Mrs.
ODonnell shortly after her husband went
to San Diego, Cal, where he intended to
start in business. A letter in Morreale's
pocket addressed to a brother in New
York showed that Morreale was consumed
with jealousy and believed that another
man had supplanted him in the affections
of Mrs. ODonneH
Identification of the woman was made
today. At first 1t was thought that she
had come from Dayton also,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
INDIANA MILITIA IS
ORDERED TO RACE TRACK

PORTER, Ind, Oct. 2-Two COM
panies Of Indiana soldiers took possess
sion of the Mineral Springs race track
this afternoon.
The soldiers pitched their tents within
the inclosure They kept everyone from
entering and those who were within the
inclosure they held. More than fifty
women who had arrived in expectation
of seeing the races, as this was ladies'
day, were not permitted to leave the
track
When the time came for the first race
the horses came from the stables, pre-
pared to enter the track. Captain Kimball
of the South Bend company ordered his
men to fix bayonets, and the horses,
with their Jockeys, were driven back
into the stables
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
SPLENDID WORK

TECUMSEH, Neb., Oct. 21.-E.
V. Parrish, Manager Publicity
Bureau: Instead of going to
church Sunday night I read your
contribution to The Bee Develop
ment edition, and feel that my
time was well spent. I wish to
thank you and The Bee for the
splendid work performed, ] be-
lieve that the edition will prove
Of great value to the state and
Ito many interests. Sorry similar
endeavcr was not put forth long
ago by those who should have
had the development bug in their
systems. g. w. POOL.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
CAMPAIGN PLANS REVISED
Final Two Weeks Will Witness Con-
Centration Of Energy.
NEW YORK IS STORM CENTER
Republicans aad Democrats Sending
Beat Speakers ThePe--,Moosers
and Democrats Are After
Pennsylvania,

.NEsWs, YORK, Oct. 22.--Campaign man
ayers are reviving plans for the windul
OF the presidential fight. The injury t
Colonel Roosevelt, the voluntary with
drawal of Governor Wilson from the
stump, and the fact that neither President
TAFT or Vice President Sherman has
| taken part In the active work of the cam.
paign, has resulted in changing plans In
all three Of the chief political campaigns.
The ensuing two weeks will witness a
concentration Of activity In the sections
where the respective managers believe
the outlook Is most favorable for tho
capture Of disputed ground. Governor
Johnson is to fill in most of Colonel
Roosevelts proposed engagements in the
east, and the democratic leaders are rush.
ing a number Of their chief speakers into
Pennsylvania and New York to take up
the work planned originally for Governor
Wilson.
Democrats After Pennsylvania.
The democratic campaign will center in
Pennsylvania from this time forth, ac-
cording to statements made here. A
score of democratic senator's and con-
gressmen who have been speaking
throughout the country will be sent into
the, state this week in the hope of making
inroads on heretofore solid republican
ground. .te
The republican fight also is to be quick
AfA.z 30
forces In New York state. Secretary OF
State Knox is to deliver several speeches
in eastern cities, including Buffalo and
New York, 1t is expected that Senator
Lodge and Secretary Meyer will join the
republican speaking force, which already
includes Secretaries Nagel and Wilson.
Former Congressman J.. Adam Bede and
John NJ. Harlan Of Chicago, who fol-
lowed Colonel Roosevelt throughout his
entire western tour, will stump New Eng
land and eastern states until election
Big Meetings In New York.
Colonel Roosevelt's arrival from Chi
cago today was not expected to alter
progressive plans. Senator Joseph M
Dixon had determined to leave to the
judgment Of Colonel Roosevelts doctors
the question Of his appearance October
so at the big progressive rally at Madison
Square Garden, New York, but prosres.
sivs leaders were plainly hopeful that the
candidate will be able to Join Governor
johnson and Oscar s. straus in that DEM
onstration. Should he speak there Gov
ernor Wilson will probably speak in the
same hall at democratic rally the fol-
lowing night.
Democratic leaders have determined
upon Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, Kansas,
Nevada and New Jersey as the states
where they will concentrate efforts to
carry the state legislatures In the hope
of elccting democrats to succeed repub-
licans in the United States senate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
READY TO ATTACK VERA CRUZ
Mexican Federals Send Notice Of As.
sault on City.
FOREIGNERS ARE LEAVING
Neutral Zone is Agreed Upon and
Both sides viii Respect Flags
of the Red Cross and
Other Nations.

VERA CRUZ, Oct GA demand for
tbs. aprrendef Of the city was sent yes.
terday by General Betran, commander
of the federal troops. The letter was
brought to the rebel lines by Captain
Llmon and was couched In most polite
terms, concluding with the intimation that
If the rebels did not surrender, duty would
oblige the federal commander to use force
General Felix DiaE, replying to the
note thanked General Baltran and said
he was sorry the situation would compel
him to offer a forcible defence. At the
same time he asked General Beltran to
fix the longest possible time for the
evacuation of the city by the nonconI~
batants.
General Diaz then sent copies of both
communications to the foreign consuls.
asking that foreigners In the city should
make an inventory of the effects left be-
hind when they moved out and promising
to indemnify them as soon as possible
for the damage that might be entailed by
the battle. General Diaz also addressed
a communication TO Captain Hughes,
commander of the United States cruiser
Des Moines, saying that he would con-
duct the situation according to inter-
national law and specifically saying, ut
is unnecessary to disembark American
marines on my account"
The federal commander also addressed
the American consul saying: IT shall nor
attack the city before the lapse of twenty
four hours and during that time Ameri-
cans should seek safety"
General Diaz has since asked General
Beltran to name the time and place at
which non-combata1ts could pass both
lines
Captain Hughes has conferred with
Commodore Azueta the federal COM
mander, as to what would be his atti-
tude during the fighting. Commodore
Asueta promised not to participate nor
to fire in the direction of the city.
Captain Hughes then warned the COM
modore that any breach Of his promise
would be considered hostile act toward
the United States.
Wharf No. is to be a neutral zone for
the shelter of foreigners. The ware
houses are to be placed under Command
OF Captain Hughes, The Des Moines is
to be moved to this wharf Admission
to the zone will be obtainable only by
means Of a card from one Of the foreign
consulates.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
SHERIFF STOPS THE MILL AT
END OF SEVENTH ROUND

NEW YORK, Oct. A-Sheriff Har-
burger stopped the bout between Gun
boat Smith of California and Jim Stew
art of Brooklyn at the end Of the seventh
round at Madison Square garden tonight.
Stewart had been punished severely from
the start. but his ring generalship pre-
vented a knockout.
Smith, who weighed in at 1870 pounds.
twenty-six pounds Fighter than Stewart
floored the heavy man twice in the OPEN
ing round with left hook and right
swing. In the seventh round Stewart
held at every opportunity and at its con-
clusion the sheriff jumped into the ring
and ordered the fight stopped.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
PRESIDENT RETURNS TO
WASHINGTON SUNDAY

BEVERLY, Mass, Oct. 22.-Presldent
Taft will return to Washington for the
winter next Sunday. 1t was announced to-
day by White House officials Mrs. Taft
and Miss Helen Taft will remain in Bev-
erly until November 4. The president will
go back to the capital by way of Cam
bridge Springs, Pa, where, on Saturday,
he has a speaking engagement.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
Kansas Woman Shot
By Her Best Friend

SALINA, Kan, Oct. 22.-Mrs w. r.
Cox, who was found unconscious in her
home yesterday after having been shot,
today admitted to the police that she
had been fired upon by her close friend,
Mrs. Carl Ward, who short time later
committed suicide by shooting herself
and jumping into a cistern. According
to Mrs. Cox the shot which struck her
may have been fired accidentally while
Mrs. Ward was showing her a revolver.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
USE OF VOTING MACHINES
OPTIONAL IN CHICAGO

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Oct 22-Chlcago
electors In precincts where vote machines
were to have been employed exclusively
in the election were granted the option
of vote by machine or by ballot, in q
supreme court order issued today.
The court ordered the election commits
sioners to furnish at all the precincts
ballots. ballot boxes and voting booths,
even in the precincts selected for the
installation of machines, and ruled that
each voter may choose his method with
out suggestion or advice by the judges
Of election.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
Kimmel Claimant
Quickly Disappears

ST. LOUIS. Oct 22.-The kimmel
claimant, affsr "a ssslfse his first appear
ance in court at the hearing of the
previous suit for $4,000 of George A.
KimmePs life insurance, today disap-
peared from the, court room Just as the
insurance companys attorneys were
about to call him as a witness,
He had been served with e. subpoena
made out to "a. j. White, who claims
to be Kimmel." He refused to take the
legal paper, saying that his name was
Kimmel The paper was put in his
pocket. A recess was taken to find the
claimant and after it was decided that
he had left the court building deposi-
ttons were read
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
Labor Federation
Endorses Kenyon

DES MONIES, Ia, Oct 22.-Senator
William S. Kenyon, George w. Clarke,
J. w. Good, H. M. Towner and State
Senator ]. T. Clarkson have received the
endorsement Of the executive committee
of the Iowa State Federation Of Labor.
The action was made public here yester-
day.
' The committee is composed of Presl-
dent A. L. Urick, J. NJ. Leonard and Gus
Brooks of Des Moines; ]. H. streif of
Sioux City, r. G. Stewart of Cedar Rap
ids, Theodore Christensen Of Clinton and
S. C. Turner Of Ottumwa
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
KILLS HIS WIFE AND ~
TELEPHONES FOR POLICE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22-"rve just
killed my wife" said voice on the tele-
phone at police headquarters today.
You'd better come get me before kill
myself"
At the address given the police found
Mrs. Alice Currier lying dead on the
floor. George, her husband, told the
police his wife had attacked him in a
delIrium resulting from typhoid fever
with a knife and pistol and that he shot
her in self defense.
Currier was formerly an inmate of the
Napa insane asylum.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
JACK Johnson SHOT IN
FOOT BY A NEGRO WOMAN

CHICAGO. Oct 22-search was made
in Jack Johnsons cafe early today by
Deputy United States marshals for a
negro woman employed in the place as
an entertainer, who is said to have shot
the pugilist in the foot several days ago
A rumor spread through the city Thurs
day night that johnson had been shot
and the government officers declare that
II was true. The woman, they say. did the
shooting.
The shooting is said to have followed
a quarrel aud the pugilist is said to have
pledged everyone in the place to secrecy.
Johnson denies the report
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
Children Burn to
Death While Their
Mother is in Jail

BUHL, MINI, Oct. ga policeman
who was taking Mrs. Nicholas Mattson
to jail on a. charge Of drunkenness here
yesterday stopped at school and told
her lb-year-old son to go home and care
for her other two children. The boy,
finding the house cold and the children
crying, lighted fire in CRATE. He
then went out to procure something to
eat and returning found the house burned
to the ground, and In the ruins the
charred bodies Of his brother and sister.
aged, respectively, years and II months.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
Illinois Heiress
Wants Husband

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. PA letter
signed Miss r. X. Radcliffe, general
delivery, Elgin, Ill.," was received today
by Mayor Rolph, implorng him to find
a husband for the writer before the close
of 1912, lest, being unmarried, she lose a
fortune of $30,00O
Miss Radcliffe describes herself as q
years old, rather good looking, and an
admirer of western men. The man must
be five. feet seven inches tail, weight
from $50 to IT'S pounds, good looking, and
not mere than 80 years of age.
HE must be a home man, with loving
disposition" she adds,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-23
Undertaken Falls
Dead at Funeral

SIOUX CITY. Ia, Oct. 22-(Special
Telegram .)-While conducting a funeral
this afternoon James p. Westoott, an
undertaken, egas stricken by apoplexy
He fell into his assistants arms, was
hurried to his own undertaking estab-
lishment and died there in few min
utes. He was son Of C. T. Westcott,
who conducted an undertaking business
here for thirty years.