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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-12-13

We would suggest to a certain
young man, who is wearing his nose in
sling, as result of coming in contact
with board (?)a few evenings ago,
that he would conserve his facial con.
tour if he should get the habit of carry
ing lantern when calling ON his best
girl.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-12-13

The Lake Arthur Heaald heads an
interesting column of matter pertain.
ing to the work being done by DR..
Bowling, as, "Dr. Bowling Again at
Work" Why use the word Agar"
Bro. Putnam, has there been time
since the Doctor has been in the state
that he has not been "at work"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-12-13

Your ancestors fought and died in
order to secure for you, the blessings
of liberty. Are you willing to give up
this priceless heritage for the paltry
sum of one dollar? If rot Pay Your Poll
Tax Today.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-12-13

The time for paying your poll tax is
drawing to a close. But two weeks
more remain in which you can retain
your right to vote. and exercise your
rights as an American citizen. Better
ply that tax today, you may forget it
tomorrow.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-12-13
Well Known Hayes Man Passes
Away.

Ares David, one of the we'll known
citizens OF the Hayes neighborhood
died at his home, Thursday morning at
&30. Deceased leaves a wife and sew.
eral children to mourn their loss.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
Aviator and Teacher
 On Long Flight Are
 Imperilled In Fall

[ Philadelphia, May 4-MarshaM Earl Reid, the Philadelphia amateur avia- tor. and G. w. Beatty, his instructor, narrowly escaped death, this after noon, when the biplane, in which they were flying from New York to Phil- adelphia was wrecked near Eiizabeth. N. J.
 Neither man was seriously injured. The machine was smashed to pieces. Reid and Beatty had been flying 40 minutes and had covered 37 miles. They were up 400 feet and were mak- ing for Railway. r
 Suddenly the motor began to mise fire The aeroplane went down at a dangerous angle. They just cleared . bunch of trees. smashed through two fences and landed on a small creek where the aeroplane overturned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
Sweetheart Al Ring Side When ketChe'I
 Fought K. 0. Brown

Disguised as boy and wearing eye glasses to conceal her melting orbs. a girl we'll known in this city witnessed the fight between Knockout Brown and Al Ketchel in South Norwalk last Tuesday night. A prominent lO- cal attorney acted as escort for the girl.
 The feminine boxing fan swaggered past the door keeper and he didn't suspect anything was wrong. The girls makeup was so clever that even those who sat near her didn't notice anything strange. There was a req son for her anxiety to see the fight. She is the sweetheart of one of the contestants and she couldn't wait to read the newspaper accounts of the battle.
 She watched her favorite every min ute and every time he landed blow she smiled When her hero was be. ing buffeted about the ring she shrank back in fright But the girl declared after it was all over that she would not have missed it for anything.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
Flood Situation
 ii heW Orleans
 Becomes PeriIous

New Orleans. La, May 4-Great gangs of workmen are. today, battling with the waters of the Mississippi to prevent the flooding of Baton Rouge. With the town of Bayou Sara, only 20 miles north of the capital. prac- tically swept away and the levees about the capital threatening to go out at any moment, the situation in this state. today, was extremely crit ical. The people of Melville have fled from their homes while portions of New Orleans itself are threatened The water is nearly a foot higher than at any time in the history of the city.
 Workmen are guarding the levees at the foot of Canal street, the chief business thoroughfare. where the wa ters are tapping the top of the dykes.
 On orders of Captain Logan. of the army flood rei,ef & corps, ,, 'ns . pecP1e to 2. late yesterday. Two special trains were rushed to the scene. Women and children were first taken from the town At night one train return ed and the men who stayed behind to continue the seemingly hopeless fight against the waters were taken out
 At Bayou Sara today the streets are under 9 feet of water. When the waters rushed in late yesterday houses were toppled from their foundations A great sheet of water leaping through a gap in the levee 300 feet wide swept everything before it. The smaller more substantial structures and the wreckage carried on by the flood There Is scant warning of the breahe in the levees and panic reigned for a time.
 Men and women ran wildly into their homes, picked up their children and fled. leaving all of their belong ings behind. Others took their posi- lions in boats and were picked up by the crest of the flood and were car ried miles from the town The & farm them, headed for high ground as rapidly as possible and today addi- tiona! hundreds are homeless or without food or shelter.
 The government rescue corps are overwhelmed with the task before them. Small boats are being sent out as rapidly as possible to bring in the refugees many of whom are maroon ed in tops of trees.
 Special trains were run between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, yes terday, but today the railroads an- nounced that they had been forced to abandon them.
 Fordoche and Ravenwood both pros- porous towns, were added to the cities under water. early today. when water from the break at Bayou Sara swept in. All residents were saved but the property damage will be heavy.
 At Baton Rouge 500 students from the state university are working be- side 1000 convicts from the state penitentiary in an effort to save the levees.
 About 5000 square miles of Louisiana is now under water. It was estimated, today, that the flood dam age has already reached $60.000,000 and S25,000,000 more may be added as a result of the fresh breaks The loss to the rice growths, alone, is estimated at $2,00o.00o, while the damage to wheat, cotton and other crops is placed at $7,000.000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
School Committee Resigns In Body;
 Darien Is Disturbed

Stamford, May 1.-The nine members of the School committee of Darier handed their resignations to the Sc. Iectmen this morning with a state ment of reasons for their action. I, seems that the newly created board of finance of the town cut down the school appropriation $1.550 The com mittee say the sum granted is not suf. ficient to pay the expenses of the schools for the coming year and they do not feel willing to go forward and employ teachers and incur other obli- gations which would necessarily ex- ceed the amount of money available.
 What will be done about the mat ter is not yet known. The filing of the resignations has caused a seusa- tion in Darien.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
Four Strikes Cripple
 Chicago Newspapers

Chicago, May With four strikes in force against Chicago newspapers so that comparatively few copies of morning editions were distributed the union pressmen, wagon drivers, news boys and stereotypers planned to con- tinue their fight against the news paper publishers association.
 The stereotypers went out at mid- night Small riots, today, resulted from attempts of newspapers to get their papers sold on downtown news stands.
 The Daily Socialist. the Day Book and a morning paper from the press es of the Daily Socialist, all of which are taking the side of the working men in the fight, hold absolute sway and are the only papers that can be purchased all over the city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
Would Stop Church
 From Building Addition
A. S. Brown Begins Proceedings Against Church Founded In f72S

County Commissioner Simeon Pease and other trustees of the Greenfield Congregational church, Fairfield, have been served with papers in legal pro- ceedings brought by Albert Alfred S. Brown of Fairfield, trustee on the Susan W. Nichols estate. The plain. tiff seeks to restrain the church from building an addition to it's present structure. It is claimed that the new building will obstruct the view from the Nichols property.
 The present church building was built in 1725 and a short time ago the trustees bought small plot from the town of Fairfield on which it is in- tended to build the. addition. The plot is 50 by 36 feet. The ground on which the church stands was origi- naIly used as a training ground for the militia in colonial days but both the town and the state gave up the title to the church. The present ac- ton is returnable to the United States Circuit court in Hartford the first Tuesday in June
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
NEARLY 250 YOUNG CATHOLICS BECOME
 TOTAL ABSTAINERS
Bishop Milan Administers Sacrament of Confirmation
 at Sacred Heart Church
Many Catholic Pastors As sist In Impressive Exer- cises-Bishop Is Guest of Father Sweeney.

In the presence of most of the Cath ollie pastors of the city, Bishop John J. Milan of the diocese of Hartford nation to class of nearly 250 boys and girls of the Sacred Heart parish in that church this morning. The visiting priests included Rev. c. J. McElroy. P. R.. of St. Angus tines church.: Rev. J. F. Murphy, pas tor of St. Marys; Rev. J. B. Nihill, pastor of St. Patrick's; Rev. Father T. J. Kelly, pastor of St. Peters; Rev. A. E. Komara. pastor of St. Johns; Rev. Felix Baran, pastor of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel; Rev. M. A. PanAovsky, pastor of St. Georges.
 Fathers Sweeney, Judge and Mooney of the Sacred Heart church also par ticipated in the ceremony. Father Mooney offered the low mass at 10 o'clock. Following the mass the can didates for confirmat tion, the girls In dainty white frocks, the boys in dark suits with white waists and red car nations, were marshaled to the altar rail where Bishop Milan placed the holy chrism upon their foreheads. and administered slight blows upon their cheeks as a reminder of the Christian virtue of humility.
 Bishop Milan followed his usual cus- tom of administering the pledge of total abstinence to the entire class. Every one arose and repeated the promise to refrain from intoxicating liquors until 25 years of age. The bishop spoke on the keeping of com mandments, dwelt upon the signifi- canoe of the sacrament of confirma- ton, and administered the episcopal blessing upon the class.
 Bishop Milan left the city this after noon, after dining at the Sacred Heart rectory as the guest of Father Swee- neV.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
IF TEDDY SHOULD
 DIE WHAT WOULD
 WE DO? ASKS TAFT
President, In Maryland, Re- fers to Predecessor As
 An "Innovator"
"I Am a Man of Peace, But When I Fight I Want to Hit Hard"- Primaries on Monday.

Bay View, Md, May 4'I am a man of peace and don't want to hght--but when I do fight I want to hit hard"
 This was the opening gun which Maryland campaign. When he said it the knuckles of his clenched hama whitened as they struck the plat form
 The sentence was typical of the days campaign trip. The President struck back at Roosevelt with even sharper phrases than those which sur prisedI and delighted his campaign managers in Massachusetts last week.
 .I tremble for this country were Theodore Roosevelt to die with so much depending upon his life" was the Presidents sarcastic exclamation at Laurel, after asserting that evi- dently the Coloners idea was that the tob of President was f, bear the banner of social revolution"
 At Hyattsville, the President christ ened Roosevelt with another new name. '-The innovator is abroad in the land." he asserted. 'I must fight,"
 sThe cause I represent is not being injured by misrepresentation of me and my administration by Theodore Roosevelt which, as a man. I must rise to resent. When MT. Roosevelt says, This is a fight of the people against the bosses,' he is spreading the impression that if you nominate him he will abolish bossism. In the seven years he was President how how many bosses did he abolish? Did he abolish Platt or Quay In Pennsylvania, he has merely changed one boss for an other. Finn, who supported Mr. Roosevelt in Pennsylvania. is the most notorious boss that State ever had
 aIs 1t a square deal for him to accent boss support and then criticise me for doing the same?"
 NO" yelled the crowd.
 'sWen," resumed Taft, that's what ! have to fight S The Executive paid his respects to former Attorney General Bonaparte. who spoke ct the Roosevelt meeting in Baltimore. last night. He named hin. sarcastically. My friend-if I xzsay stjol cal him khat.
 ~Attorney Bonap&rte." he continued, "says I am a substitute President. Weal. T cannot reply to thEt Such personal appearances matter of taste
 Roosevelt left Baltimore jubilant over the reception accorded him in mass and overflow meetings, last night. HIS supporters predict vdc-
 Taft leaders, however, are supreme
 Roosevelt has the "edee'' on Taft by having his name placed first on fine ballot. While the fireworks of the political fracas are centered upon Roosevelt and Taft, the Democrats are also frantically stumping the State Governor .,t;nnrs Hnrmon ana Get1raeH Glsep spoke yesterday near Rockville. Gov ernor Wilson made his appeals last Monday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
$40,OOO FIRE IN
 SOUTH NORWALK

Norwalk, May 4.-South Norwalk was the scene of a $40,000 fire at noon, today. A gasoline tank, ex- ploding in the stock room of the In- terstate Raincoat Company on the third floor of the Swartz-Corbett Block in the business center. was the cause of the fire. One hundred and twenty-five employees escaped without injury. The entire factory and stock were destroyed. The factory of the Old We'll Cigar Company on the sec ond floor of the building and the large business stores on the lower floors were also ruined.
 Offices were damaged by water and smoke. The heaviest loser is the Old Well Cigar Company, by $32,000, mostly tobacco in stock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
SOUNDS
 WARNING NOTE

Berlin, May 4E'-Safety instead of speed or comfort That will be the motto adopted by all German steam an attempt will be made to secure an international agreement along the same line.
 Mondays conference between the government officials and the represen- tatives of all the German ocean lines. 1t was made clear today. will adopt stringent measures suggesting amend ments to the laws governing ocean traffic.
 Secretary of State Delbruck will pre- side and the entire Titanic tragedy will be reviewed.
 The German steamship men are copying the British in their determin- ation to announce that the disaster would not be repeated. It is expected that the conference will outline a pro- gram for an international conference to be held at later date.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
Will Of Benjamin Guggenheim Titanic
 Victim In Probate $150,O0O to Charities Sev- eral Millions to Family
 Relatives

New York. May 4.-The will o1 Benjamin Guggenheim, millionaire victim of the Titanic disaster. was filed here. today, in the probate court His widow, Floretta GuggenheIm Senator Simon Guggenheim, and VII liam Guggenheim, brothers of the dead millionaire, are made executors
 The will was dated December D 1905, and bears a codicil dated February 18th, 1905. Sixteen New York charities receive $150.000 of the estate, which is not estimated, al- thought it is believed to amount to several millions.
 The Guggenheim home and fur nishings in this city go to the widow Floretta Guggenheim.
 Two sisters, Mrs Rose Loeb and Mrs. Cora Rothschild, each receive the income from $75,000 during their lives and at their deaths it reverts to their children. To Nettie Gersttl daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim' s dead sister, is left $75.0 His two sisters -in-law, Mrs. Robert Nathan, and Mrs. Albert D. Grass each re- ceive $25,000.
 Of the residue. one-third is willed to the widow and the remaining two- thirds is bequeathed to be equally divided among his children. Bonita R., Marguerite Selianan and Bar bara Hazel Guggenhelm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
MISS BY|NCT0N TAKEN TO
 TASK, APOLOGIES FOR HER
 ATTACK ON LOCAL CHARITIES
Sensational Incident of Recent Conference
 of Charities and Corrections
Injustice of Her Charges Brought Spontaneous Reuta ton By Probation Officer, Mrs. Burgess, to Whom
 She Later Sought to Make Amends

when MISS Margaret ?. Byington, Who made so-called investigation of the charities work in Bridgeport, attempted to denounce the local sit- uation at the recent meeting of the state charities in Waterbury. she was taken so severely to account by Mrs. isaac Burgess, girls probation officer and matron of the Bridgeport Girls club, that she afterwards apologixed. MISS Byington publicly condemned the work that has been done by the char 1table workers of Bridgeport; deplored the conditions in the Charities depart itable efforts and activities in this city. She did this before a large au- dience of women and men from all over the state in a meeting held in connection with the state charities association meeting in Waterbury two weeks ago. The story of the scene that followed is just gaining circula- tion in local charity circles.
 Mrs. Burgess was in the audience. She listened to Miss Byington's slur- ring remarks and misrepresentations as long as she could and then asked to be allowed to speak. She then took Miss Byington to task: told of the good work that had been done by the charitable workers in this city and so completely convinced the au- dience of Miss Byington.s unfounded statements that when she finished there was round after round of ap- plause and Miss Byington was placed in a most embarrassing posl ion. Her face became flushed and she fidgeted about nervously but made no reply. Mrs. Burgess is not a member of the local charities associations. She is employed by the association and has been identified with charitable work for many years. She has a thorough knowledge of what has been done in Bridgeport; knows what sacrifices and what good the women of this city have done and is in a position to speak authoritatively on the work
 Among other things Miss Byington
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04

deplored the manner in which work of the local charities departments is conducted and said that there was little to be expected of the work of the department because no trained in- vestigator and worker was employed. She said she hoped that Fred E. John son the new superintendent would fin time be able to reach out and get in touch with the women charitable workers of the city with the result that eventually trained worker would be employed In answering ed the audience that while no trained investigator was hired and no one who possessed a special college train ing, was engaged in charitable work in the city, yet the women of the city who had given their time, money and thought to the work of helping the needy poor, had accomplished just az much good as could be expected from any trained expert. She said that trained experts could do no more than had been done and to back this up she gave examples and instances of what had been done and of some of the eases that came up and were handled.
 She was warmly applauded when she finished. When she was asked today to tell of the incident Mrs. Burgess requested that nothing be said about it and refused to make any state ment, except to say: Really. I'm sor- ry if anything gets into the papers about this because 1t would make 1t unpleasant for me. I am no speech maker and I don't know really what I did say as I spoke on the impulse I didn't like the way Miss Byington spoke of Bridgeport and thought that something ought to be said in answer to her. That was all there was to it. Please don't use anything about it.''
 It was learned that Miss Byington afterwards went to Mrs. Burgess and apoYogtzed for having talked as slse did about Bridgeport, saying that ehe had not meant to cast s1urs on tho work of the women in this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
Methodist Conference
 Seriously Considering
 Electing Negro Bishop

Minneapolis, May EThe Methodist General Conference, today was still centered upon the coming election of new bishops. It is considered likely the committee will retire at least three of the present bishops on account of age.
 In the resolutions that will be con- sidered within the next few days, the negro question is given more attention than 1t has ever received at a gener- al conference. It is even suggested that a negro be elected bishop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
AST0R'S FIRST WIFE DID NOT
 ATTEND FUNERAL Body of Titanic Victim
 Buried Beside His
 Mother Both Children Accompanied Their Step Mother at
 Simple Services Disposition of 4 Astor Millions to Be Made Known This Afternoon When Will Is Read.

New York, May 1.-The body ot Colonel John Jacob Astor, who lost his life when the steamship Titanic sank, was buried here today beside the grave of his mother in Trinity Cemetery, on Washington Heights The funeral services were held al RhinecIiff On The Hudson, the Rev Dr. Ernest c. Saunders presiding. All flags in Rhinecliff were at half mas, and business stopped throughout the village while the funeral was in pro- gress.
 A curious crowd thronged the streets leading to the little Episcopal church and the services of a dozen officers were necessary to keep them at a re- spectful distance
 By request of Vincent Astor, hei1 of the dead millionaire, only the for was used and the funeral sermon will be preached at Trinity church in New York. tomorrow, by the pastor, Rev Dr. W. T. Manning.
 As the cortege entered the Rhine cliff church door, pr. Saunders re- lowed by two funeral psalms, the les- son and three hymns, prayer and the benediction.
 Nearer My God to Thee" which for years has been sung at the funerals of the Astors. was omitted. Relatives feared that the strains of the fami- liar hymn. which was played by the heroic bandsmen of the Titanic as she slid into her last resting place. might cause the collapse of Mrs Madeline Force Astor. the young widow, who is in a delicate condition.
 After the services the body was brought to New York on special train for burial. A
 Mrs. Ava Willing Astor. former wife of the dead millionaire, did not attend the services though she had been es- pecially invited by Mrs. Madaline Force Astor. 4In the funeral party were Vincent Astor. the young widow who escaped from the doomed Titanic, her sister, Miss Katherine Force, her father and mother. Mfr. and Mrs Will liam Force and Miss Muriel Astor who had accompanied her mother Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, from England to attend the services.
 Late today, it was said, the mem- bers of the family would go to the Astor residence on 9th avenue and listen to the reading of the will which the dead millionaire signed immediate !y after his marriage to Miss Force.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
Cannon Has New Cognomen for the
 Irrepressible "Teddy'
Caused Laughter In House By Refer
 ence to Him As a ''What Not"

Washington, May 4.-Uproarious laughter convulsed the House, today. when members thought Former Speaker Cannon referred to Colonel Roosevelt as a what nor'' candidate.
 Ut may be that the White House. next March, will be occupied by a Republican,, Democrat, of what not" said Cannon, in favoring mak- ing the salary of the presidents sec retary $7,5OO a year and not reducing 1t to $6,000.
 Representatives cheered and laugh ed while some shouted Teddy, Ted dy!"
 'I did not intend to call Bryan by that name," Cannon retorted to the Democratic side, turning the laugh against the majority.