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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-06
PASSING OF EDWARD McGEHEE
COLLEGE.
WOodVille Republican:

Woodvilles Republican:
After an eventful career of one
half of century, the historic old
Edward McGehee closed its. doors,
Friday, and the buildings and grounds
will be purchased by the Corporation
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-06
bers $4,000 each; all direct gubernf
torial appointees.

torial appointees.
Engineering body is empowered tc
select a $4,000 highway commission
er who is naturally an indirect Sc
lection of the governor.
Superintendent of the New Basin
Canal and Shell Road; Walter c
Murphy, New Orleans, present in
cumbent; salary, $4,000
State Armorer, New Orleans; sal
airy, $500.
Superintendent State House, Baton
Rouge; salary, $1,000.
Three jury commissioners, New Or.
leans; salary of each, $1,000
Registrar of Voters in New Or,
leans; Edgar T. Leche, present in,
cumbent; salary, $4,000.
Registrars in fifty-nine parishes;
salary of each $500 and an addition.
al income at ratio of $25 for each
1000 population in eack parish
making average income of each off
cial about 5000. These may be abol
ished and the offices given over to
the assessors.
Members of sixteen levee boards;
they serve without direct salary.
However, J. T. Mcclellan, president
OF the Fifth District, is said to draw
almost as much pay as the governor
by reason of his supervisory work
for the board
And the Boards.
Members of all the boards control
ling State institutions. They receive
no salary, but get per diem and mile
age for attending meetings.
Three members of the Board of
Control of the State Penitentiary;
salary of two, not less than $4,000;
president, former Governor w. w.
Heard, gets $4,000. Direct guberna-
torial appointees.
Numerous State Examining boards
such as the dental, Osteopath, Allo'
path, ct al. There are scores Of these
honorary positions for which there
will be hundreds of applicants.
Then, there are numerous State
commissions, such as the ConServa,
ton Commission, which has a SIS a
month secretary in the person OF
former Representative Harry P
Gamble of VIM parish, Representa-
tive Henry E. Hardtner of LaSalle,
being chairman.
The State Fire Insurance Rating
Board also has a $1,000 secretary
from VIM parish-a gubernatorial
appointee indirectly, although the
act creating the board did noe pro,
vide for such an official.
Take Your Pick.
Charity Hospital for New Orleans
and Shreveport and indirectly the
house surgeons Of these institutions,
as we'll as the governing administra-
tors of educational institutions, all
asylums, and State universities, the
board in control of the Southern Uni,
versity of New Orleans (colored in
stitution) having a SIS month sec,
rotary, and salaried superintendent
CT a farm operated in Jefferson par
ish.
And this is not all. The governor
has authority-at least Governor San
ders found it-for filling vacancies
in school boards and other places
to which men are elected. He also
appoints district and other judges tt
fill vacancies, district attorneys anC
other high officials The judges
draw from $4,000 to $4,000 each. He
has power to fill the $4,000 office OF
State superintendent of education.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
BANDITS LOOT TRAIN
FIVE MEN HOLD UP ROCK ISLAND
PASSENGER.
Mali and Express Cars Are Cut From
Coaches Near HurIburt, Ky-
and $75,ooo Secured.

MempEis, Tenn.-Five train robbers
looted the mail and express cars Of
the Rock Island train No. 43. near
Hurlburt. Ark, and got away with
from 100000 to $4,000 consigned TO
a bank in Oklahoma
The money was taken from the
safe of the Wells-Fargo Express com
pany and the robbers escaped with
their booty long before an alarm was
spread.
The train left Memphis about mid
night After it cleared the western
terminus of the Mississippi river
bridge it was boarded by two masked
men. They climbed over the tender,
covered the engine crew with guns,
then the train was halted. The engt
neer was bound and gagged, then
kicked off into a ditch. The fireman
ran the train on several miles until 1t
was signaled to a halt at a campfire
alongside the track. where three other
bandits waited
The engine with the two cars mean
while proceeded to a point mile east
Of HurIburt. Ark. Then the robbers
ransacked the postal car, blew open
the safe in the Wells-Fargo express
car, gathered their plunder and made
of In the darkness.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
GRAND JURY INDICTS SO
True Bills Are Returned Against la
Dor Men by Dynamite Probers
at indianapolis.

indianapolis. - Thirty-three indict-
ments we're returned before Judge An
derson by the federal grand jury
which has been investigating the dy-
Mantle outrages of the past six years
Summonses are being prepared for
the arrest of forty or fifty labor lead
ers scattered throughout eighteen
states.
March II was set as arraignment
day and clerks began the work Of
making certified copies of the indlct-
ment and preparing summonses. An
effort will be made to arrest every
man named at the same hour and
nearly every defendant is now known
to be under surveillance in different
parts Of the country.
Many Of the indictments center
around the activities Of Ortie McMani.
gal, confessed dynamiter, and those
who went to Detroit in June. 1907, and
induced him TO become a member of
the ravaging band have bene in.
dicted
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
U. S. AND HONDURAS CLASH
American Marines Are Landed When
Congress Declares Valentine Syn
dicate Contracts Are Cancelled.

Puerto CorteE, Honduras-A clash
has occurred between United States
and Honduras authorities over en-
forcement of a government decree d.
recting representatives of W S. Val
entine to surrender to the government
authorities the railroad, wharf and
other properties held under lease by
the Valentine syndicate.
Seventy-f1ve marines from the Uni
ted States gunboat Petrol landed and
seized the wharf and railroad Hon.
duran troops then were ordered to
stop all trains. The governor has filed
a protest.
The congress of Honduras has de-
clared that all contracts made with
Valentine are cancelled. The congress
directs the president of the republic
to take possession of all the property
Immediately on behalf Of the govern.
ment.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
s1O7,5OO FOR PORTS
SENATE PASSES LEGISLATION
FOR HARRoR IMPROVEMENTS.
AshtabuIa GETS $45,oo6to Rebuild the
Main Light and for Fog Sig.
mailing Apparatus.

Lorain-The national senate took
but three minutes to pass harbor i'm
provement legislation for Cleveland,
Ashtabula and Lorain involving an ex-
penditure of $107,500.
One bill provides $17,5OO to equip
the Cleveland harbor with the most
modern fog signal apparatus. The
new fog signal is to be constructed
in connection with the new main light
on the west breakwater pierhead.
This the report says is necessary be-
cause of the prevailing thick weather
at Cleveland principally caused by
smoke from the city.
Ashtablla gets s4500o for the re-
building of the main light and the
equipment Herewith OF . fog signal
station.
Lorain also gets $4,000 for a new
main harbor light, fog signal station
and improving the range lights.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
IRISH ONLY H0OT
WINSTON CHURCHILL DEFlEs
BELFAST RIOTERS AND URGES
HOME RULE IN SPEECH.
QUITS BELFAST IN HASTE
Bad Feeling Develops But Meeting
Ends Without VIoIenee-OutIines
Scope of Governments Bill ProVid.
ing for Parliament in ireland.

Belfast. Winston Churchill
came here to the heart of the Orange
mans country made an address and
left safely for home minus the broken
head which his opponents had predict
ed for him.
The first lord Of the admiralty and
John f. Redmond, leader of the Irish
Nationalists, spoke from the same
platform on the home rule bill Mr.
Churchill outlined the intentions OF
the government with respect to self
government for Ireland and declared
no greater boon could come to the
empire than the settlement OF the
long and bitter quarrel between the
British government and the Irish peo-
pie.
When Mr.. Churchill, with his wife.
arrived at the Central station his
party was given a somewhat mixed
reception. A number Of Orangemen
who had gathered at the station greet
ed them with groans and boos, out
cheers of the large crowd Of Liberals
and NatiOnalists
The presence in Belfast OF the
largest military force ever gathered
to preserve peace among the Irish
factions and a drenching rain com
bined TO check the bellicose ardor Of
the anti-home rulers. whose hostility
was vented mainly by booins and
hootiRg.
The essential feature Of the Liberal
governments home rule bill to be In,
troduced into the British parliament
were set forth by Mr. Churchill.
The bill is 10 contain provisions for
a fair representation in the two
houses Of the Irish parliament OF all
classes OF the Irish people and restric'
tions will be placed on the passing OF
laws or the imposition Of taxes which
might be unjust to any party. while
religious freedom is to be secured.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
TOBACCO SEED SHOULD ALWAYS
Be OF THE BEST POSSIBLE GRADE
Easy to CICau by Simple Apqarags Designed for Taking
Out Light, Immature Seed, and This Will Help
to Improve he Crop

uuently plants from such seed are
likely to be chosen in the first pull
ing. Even though the light, immature
seed sprouts more quickly, it has not
the vitality to produce as good,
strong, desirable plants as has the
heavy, pature seed.
Plants produced from light, imma-
ture seed have a tendency to vary
in type and maturity, in some cases
being very early and as a rule having
leaves that are small, coarse and uir
desirable. The immature seed, ae-
cording to careful observation, pro
duces plants which are more. subject
to diseases, such as mosaic and
frenching diseases. SO common II
the Miami valley.
1t is impossible TO separate heavy
and light tobacco seed by hand. H
will pay the tobacco grower or grow'
ers In & aeighborhood to own
simple, inexpensive machine de-
signed for this purpose. See the nc
companying illustration. This gepar-
ator is composed of six feet Of one
inch glass tubing, two feet OF one
inch rubber tubing and an ordinary
Paris green duster for blower. The
glass tube is held in an upright posi-
ton by rack.
Referring to the illustration 1t will
be observed that the upright glass
tube is jointed at x, y and 2, rubber
tubing being used for the connections
At joint z, a small piece of bolting
cloth, allowing air to pass through,
but not the seed, is placed over the
end of the glass fube d and tubes c
and d and boiling cloth are made
secure by rubber land z. The glass
tube C is then disconnected at the
Joint Y and about an ounce of tobacco
seed placed in it for separation. The
bolting cloth holds the seed in the
tube C and allows y current Of air to
pass through from the blower B.
The glass tube should be graduated
into one-fourth ounces, 30 as to make
it possible to read the amount Of light
seed blown out at any time. The
blower is connected up and used to
furnish the current Of air for separ-
ating the seed. Allow the seed to set
tie back in the tube c every few sec
onds to read the amount blown out
| and to note the purity of that remain
ing. The tube is then disconnected
and the heavy seed emptied out.
The experiment station at German
town, Ohio, has been using and adYo
eating a machine of this kind fo'
some time. The station hnds it OF
much value in the ways mentioned
and offers to clean seed free of charge
w. H. DARST,
College os Agriculture, o. s. q.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
VOTES TO CUT DOWN ARMY
House Adopts Amendment Dropping
Five Regiments Of Cavalry, or
1000 Enlisted Men.

Washington.-Five regiments Of cav
airy we're dropped from the army list
when the house passed an amendment
to the Hay military bill
This means the mastering out OF
nearly 1000 enlisted men, the absorp.
ton of the officers into other
branches Of the service. and an annual
saving In pay and equipment OF more
than $4.500.000.
AS the bill now reads that section
which provides pay for the enlisted
men by an appropriation of more than
$15000,00O makes the appropriation
conditional on the proviso that on
July l. 1912. there shall not be more
than ten regiments of cavalry in the
United States army.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
END LORIMER QUIZ
INQUIRY INTO ELECTION OF I'LL
NoIs SENATOR. BEGUN LAST
JUNE, CLOSED.
DIcTAGRAPH TEST is MADE
Opinion 10 Divided as to Sherldan's
Ability as stenosrapher-Hines on
Witness Stand, Says Girls Rribe
Tale ls False.

Washlngton.-Hearing Of testimony
in the senatorial investigation Of Sen
ator Lorimer's election is concluded.
Attorney Hanecy was given permis-
sion to file brief and also present a
plea of res adjudica- Final action
by the senate is not expected before
June. although the preparation Of its
report will be begua at once by the
committee
The nature Of the plea ts that Sen
ator Lorimer'S seat was placed in
jeopardy once before on the same
charge and that the senate decided
he was entitled to his toga. The de-
fense will plead also that no addi-
tional evidence of material Importance
was brought out at the second inves-
tlsation, and that the present com
mittee has no Jurisdiction.
The Investigation just ended began
on June 20, 1911. The committee has
been in session 102 days and has ex-
amined 1870 witnesses. II Is estimated
that the cost Of the inquiry so far as
the government is concerned is $1O1,-
900.
Three things engaged the attention
Of the committee on the last day OF
it's inquiry-tests Of the ability OF
]. E. Sheridan, stenographer en-
ployed by the Burns Detective agency,
to take down conversation heard
| through a dictagraph; an apology
from Milton w Blumenberg who lost
his position when he denounced Sher.
idan's notes as manufactured" and
Edward Hines denial of the story told
by Miss Sewers that he had tried TO
bribe her.
The dictagraph tests Of Sheridan's
ability we're made under conditions
approximating those encountered in
Toronto when he made notes OF con
versation between Charles MCGOWAN
Hines-Lorimer witness. and two de,
tectives.
At the conclusion Of the tests the
opinion was Just as much divided as
before regarding Sheridan's ability tC
take down conversation heard
through dictagraph.
Edward Hines said he started tc
send a telegram to his company but
changed his mind.
81 went back to get the message
had given Miss Sewers" said Hines
'+and while waiting to get her atteu
ton saw a message signed by Bailey
The substance Of the message waf
that the hearing had been postponed
She looked up and asked me II was
interested In the message. l said
was a little. With that she turned
the message over.
''She gave me my message, tore II
up and walked away. ! had no money
IN my hand nor did offer her any.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15

The gathering and storing Of the
Ice crop should be an important work
on the farm during the winter months.
Every farm home needs ice in sum-
mer, especially for cooling and keep
ing dairy products.
The first essential to successful
farm refrigeration is properly con-
structed house in which to store the
ice. This should be located con-
veniently to the lake or stream
which is to be the source Of supply
as the hauling and transporting is the
most expensive part of the ice-har.
vesting business.
The cylindrical ice house is the
best form because it gives a smaller
outer surface in proportion to the
volume. However, for farm use, the
cubical house is more practical and
cheaper TO build 1t should DO To-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
Crazed BY Coffee.

Columbus. After he had drained
his seventeenth cup of black coffee in
succession, William Messerschmidt at.
tempted to stab his mother with a
pocketknife. His brother called the
police, who had hard work to subdue
the frenzied man. Later in the city
prison he attempted to choke himself
with q handkerchief. He will be held
for examination by the probate court.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
COURT RULES AGAINST LEWIS
Overrules Demurrer to Indictment Of
Banker Accused Of Misuse Of
tire Malls.

st. Louis.--JudGe Amsdon. in the
federal court, overruled a demurrer
to the indictment against E. G. Lew
IL. accused OF misuse Of the mails in
connection with the Peoples United
States bank. Shepard Barclay, attor
ney for Lewis. contended that the
grand Jury which returned the bill
was not properly constituted.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
ARRANGE A NEW ARMlSTICE
Chinese Empress DoWaser Makes
Various Demands In interest Of
imperial Family.

Peking-A complete armistice has
been arranged. but bargaining between
Premier Yuan Shi Kai and the repub-
lican leaders is likely to continue for
several weeks before the court finally
retires.
Chinese papers publish the terms
laid down by the empress dowager
which include the perpetuation of the
titles Of the entire court, retention by
the imperial family Of the palaces in
Peking. continuation Of the imperial
guard at the expense Of the republic
and the right Of the court to exact
regal homage from the nation. 1t is
believed that the republicans will not
accept some Of these terms.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15

be lined with rough boards and the
outside covered with drop siding or
with up and down siding and bat
tened to cover the cracks. The space
between should be flied with cinders.
shavings. saw dust, etc. The roof
can be made of either shingles or
some other roofing material. A door
should be left ut one side through
which the ice can be put in aud
taken out. This door should extend
from the top of the building to within
four feet of the bottom. Ventilation
should be provided by lattice windows
on either side Of the gable or ven
tilator on top Of the roof.
Ice should be gathered from
streams or ponds that have an abun.
dant supply Of fresh water. Stsgnant
water increases the danger OF dis
ease. Choose time, if possible,
when the water has frozen quietly,
as 1t is desirable to get a perfectly
solid. transparent ice. It should be
cut in square or rectangular blocks,
so they will fit together we'll in the
house, This cutting is easily done
with an ice plow, although handsaw
can be used, after first being marked
out into squares.
The blocks of ice should be placed
fiatwise. over the insulating material
on the floor. They should be kept
close together and the surface made
level. On top Of this tier place the
blocks edgewise, keeping the surface
level with an adz. Continue this un-
til the house is full There should be-
at least eighteen inches of insulating
material all around the mass of ice.
OSCAR ERR,
CO llege Of Agriculture, Ohio State
University.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
An Ice Aouce, Showing Method Of
Insulating.

Gated on dry ground, on high place
if possible. 1t is better not to build
an ice house too close to the resi-
dence because of the dampness.
An important poirt in building an
zee house is to have the foundation
md floor so arranged that the water
rom the melting ice will rapidly
Train away. The floor should consist
4 material that will insulate the ice
rom the earth and so arranged as to
prevent circulation OF air d. the base
{ the house. The foundation proper
nay be made of concrete, stone or
Irick. set deep enough to prevent the
building from settling. A tile drain
ihould be placed along the side of
he foundation or through the center
4 the floor. A trap placed at the
md of this drain will prevent the in
;ress of air. The floor should be
porous sand, crushed rock and Gin
lers. On top of the sand place Gin
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
ICE HARVEST IMPORTANT TO FARMERS

ders and on top of this a thin coat OF
cement. The insulating material
such as chaff, cut straw or sawdusl,
should then be put on before the ice
is put in. The inside of the house
should be at least six inches above
the outside surface.
The frame of the house can be
made of two by fours. The inside eau
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
Baldwin University Expands.

Berea Baldwin university has
aided to its departments the Cleve-
land Pulte Medical college Of Cleve-
lard The agreement was reached
at a joint meeting of the trustees of
the institutions. The new department
will be known as the Cleveland Pulte
Medical College of Baldwin university
and all degrees will be conferred by
the president of Baldwin.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
Injuries Prove Fatal.

Dayton-Edward F. Pryor, who for
twenty years was FIRE commissioner
cf Dayton and the man who picked a
railroad engineer, D. c. Larkin, for
chief of the department resulting III
his continuous service in that office
for nearly two score years, died at his
home on South Ludlow street from in
juries sustained in a fall Saturday
afternoon. He was 81 years old and
his advanced age made recovery i'm
possible.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
Murder At Newark.

Newark. - ]. Busu, and G. Zarola,
fought and when the smoke of the
battle had cleared away, both men
were covered with blood. Rusu was
stabbed about he neck and temple and
was rushed to the hospital, but died
on the way there. Zarola ran to his
home, where the police found him GOV.
cred over in bed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
Aoed Minister Killed,

Sidney.-The Rev. D. H. Hathaway,
a retired minister Of the Nethodists,
while going to church, was hit by a
workcar on the Western Ohio and in,
stantly killed. He was walking up the
track and did not hear the approach
ing car and the motorman could not
stoa the car in time TO prevent the
accident.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
GEN. JAMES B. WEAVER DEAD
Former Congressman and Twice Nom.
Inee for President Succumbs to
Heart Failure at pes Moines.

Des Moines. la.-Gen. James b
Weaver, veteran OF the Civil war. for.
mer member of congress. twice nomI.
nee for the Office OF president OF the
United States and pioneer OF political
reform, is dead at the age OF seventy.
nine years.
Death was due to heart failure fol.
lowing an attack OF acute indigestion
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15

A rich man in Pennsylvania. and a
member Of the bar at that. has had
to pay a $40 fine and $50 costs be-
cause he tried to beat Uncle Sam out
Of a cent by sending through the mail
q cheek folded in a newspaper.
Served him right, you say? We
thought you would
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15

Salineville. - Leward Bright ha
sued the Economy store here for
cents change he alleges he failed t,
secure when he made a five-cent pur
chase and gave quarter in payment
The case Is up for hearing and boil
sides have hired lawyers.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15

The Importance Of using good seed
has been demonstrated SO often that
every farmer should know that it
pays him well to plant only the best
Tobacco is no exception to this rule
1t has been fully proven that the
lack of uniformity in the size of the
plants in our tobacco fields is largely
due to poor seed. Light, chaffy seed
that is low in vitality gives US weak,
slow-growing plants.
Many growers cut of or harvest the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-15
Lanino Case Dismissed.

Eiyria.----Judge Washburn dismis
sell the cases against ]. c. Gibbs and
ex-Congressman ]. F. Laning charged
wish misapplication of 100000 in the
transfer OF funds from the Ohio Saw.
Ings. Loan and Investment company
of Norwelk to the Ohio Trust com,
pany of Cleveland, which failed.