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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
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WASHING

.AcQuisftidn Of the telegraph lines OF
G.xhet United States by the government
HI&d their. operation as part Of the
Y 6ostal'. sefVce will be recommended
TO congress In short time by Post
.;naster Geleral Hitchcock.
The demncrats Of the house are
I ready 10 proceed with their program
~, the reyisapn nf the tariff. lAe
6rst sun IN the battle viii be fired
this week.
A battle Of words between Repre-.
sentatives Ben johnson of Kentucky
and Martin r. Madden OF Illinois In
the house Saturday, while the ssDisi:
trict Of Columbia appropriation bill
was under discussion nearly resulted
in blows. "a @F 70 Vi
A statement that there were $4,000
former Japanese soldiers In. Hawaii
who would support Japan If that
country and the United States went
to war, created a deep Impression on
the house committee on military af-
fairs Saturday when Major General W.
III. Carter. assistant chief Of staff OF
the army made the assertion.
The movement for fitting celebra-
ton in 1913 of the fiftieth anniversary
OF the battle of Gettysburg took def
mite form Friday, when the Pennsyl-
vania commission having the matter
In charge appeared before the joint
congressional committee and made
public its plans. 81
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce Saturday
sprung a surprise on the committee
on judiciary when, on motion of Rept
resentative Smith of Texas, 1t appoint
ed a subcommittee of five to investi-
gate and report to the full committee
ut its next needing whether the In
terstate and foreign commerce COM
mittee should assume Jurisdiction OF
Ill the bills relating 70 the amending
Of the interstate commerce act, the
antitrust act and also relating to the
shipment OF liquor into prohibition ter
ritory. 81
Official confirmation Of the resigna-
eton of Robert Bacon. American am
nessador at PartS. reached the White.
House Friday when President Taft
received a personal letter from ME-
Bacon.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
Prosperous Season for Farmers.

Prosperous Season for Farmers.
Baton Rouge.-The last year has
seen steady growth in diversified.
tion, with truck and cane taking tie
place of cotton. The past year has
been the most prosperous one that
the farmers Of the parish have known
since the advent Of the boil weevil.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
DOM Esric.

The storm-swept Atlantic coast -
piling up a record Of wrecks OF ships
and suffering of men that promises
% eclipse the havoc Of ell previous
rigorous and severe winters on the
Eastern seaboard. During the past
few days-ard the end is not yet In
s;ght-the revenue cutters patrohng
che coast have extended aid to thfrty
seven tempest-tossed vessels end thear
HELPLESS and frost.bitten crews. whom
they have transported to havens OF
safety. The aggregate value Of the
salvaged ships runs into miiions, ana
Il is estimated that about 300 lives
were saved by the revenue cutters and
the life-saving service. working sep
arately or jointly o o
Frozen stiff and covered withs drift
wood, the body 9of ar unknown man,
supposed to be the unidentified man
who plunged from Pullman 0car at
tached to New Orleans train on De
cember IL, at Houston, was found IN
the waters Of White Oak bayou Satur.
day, The discovery was,Smade by
thfee boys who were searching the
bayou bank for driftwood.
In the shadow of weakening walls,
threatening at any moment to totter
and fall, a squad OF firemen worked
five hours Saturday to wrest from the
ruins of the Equitable building IN new
York the body of Battalion Chief wiz
liam Walsh. who met death in the tire
OF last Tuesday. They found him with
outst, etched arms, pinned face down
ward by q giant iron beam and Win
only his rubber coat showing.
According to the latest report ON
construction of battleships. the secre-
tary Of the navy is advised that the
battleship Texas, which will be one
Of the greatest Dreadnoughts OF mod
ern times. with its even dozen 14'incn
gums. was 4S.1 per cent completed on
January l.
The temporary iron ore dock at Fort
Bolivar, Texas. built by the Gull, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe at cost slightly
IN excess OF $4,000. was completed
Saturday.
Six persons, five women and q man.
were killed when an express train on
the New York division OF the Penn
sylvania railroad crashed into a light
station wagon at the Linden avenue
grade crossing in Torresdale, suburb
OF Philadelphia, Sunday.
Names shipbuilding record IN lsl1
emphasizes the decline OF that once
great industry, the entire output Q.
the State, including all sorts OF cralt
Of all sizes, falling below 10000 TONS
whereas in times past the new ton-
mage ranged from 10000 to 10000 and
occasionally as high as 10000 or 10000
tons.
The fifty-eighth anniversary celeora'
tion OF the Houston Turneverin was
Leld on Sunday with one OF the iarg'
est CT iowds that ever attended such an
s,ent present to enjoy the hospitality
Df the society.
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reaehers Hold successful Meet.

Teachers Hold Successful Meet
Hammond.-The TanGpahoa Parish
Teachers' Association held Its fourth
session In Hammond, which proved to
be the most interesting Of this seas.
on's meetings. Several prominent edu-
Gators addressed the gathering. Par
irons Of the schools and many teach
ers throughout the parish attended.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
sehooIs Get checks.

Baton Rouge.-The department Of
education has sent out clecks to the
rs agricultural schools in the state
representing the last half of the 1911
appropriation for the agricultural
schools, amounting to $12.500, giving
each of the agricultural schools $500.
The high schools of the state were
also sent checks by the department of
education. The total appropriation
was for $4,000. The checks to each
Of the state high schools rs for
$1,000.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
Pleads Guilty to Charges.

Pleads Guilty 20 Charges.
New Orleans.-Herman A. Wulff,
until recently cashier OF the CONNER.
cial Germania Trust and Savings
bank Of New Orleans, entered = plea
Of guilty to charges Of obtaining
money under false pretsnses. He
was remanded for sentsnce. Wulf1
has been connected with banking in
stitutions in this city many years. He
has q wife and several children. His
alleged defalcations ct the bank 70.
tai about $4,000.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
Banks Have Good Season.

Shreveport.-The banks Of this city
have had very prosperous year. De-
posits increased many thousand dol
lars over 1910. And had it not been
for the cotton hoidi.jy movement,
business would have been even
greater. A total Of s750,O00 has been
withheld from the market. One bank
alone having loaned approximately q
million dollars on cotton.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
Gas Explosion Causes Injuries.

Gas Explosion Causes Injuries.
Shreveport.-An explosion Of gas
that had accumulated in a sewer man.
hole and was discharged when one Of
the workman's shovel struck piece
of steel, nearly cost the life Of Steod
Henry and Unit Brown, negroes en-
'ployed on underground wiring work.
They were blown out Of the pipe, and
carried TO & sanitarium with faces and
hands badly burned. Several others
barely escaped injury.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
GRADING On New Road.

Crockett, Tex.-Grading has begun
on a new government railroad that ID
to be built from Crockett to the Trim
ity river. The road will be owned and
operated by the government, and used
to carry material to the lock and dam
at Hurricane Shoals which is being
built there
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
shreveport ouarantInes Texas.

Shreveport Many Shreveport citi-
gems, including Mayor Eastman, are
hoping that the whole state of Louisi-
ana Will establish quarantine against
the whole state Of Texas because Of
the reports Of spinal meningitis In .
number Of Texas cities and towns,
against which places Mayor Eastman
quarantined Shreveport the gateway
from Texas,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
SUGAR BEET MAN cRITlclzes,
IA. Been Studying Conditions In
'Europe-comparss Them With u,ss.

Western ssewsp.psr Union News Service. e
= Shreveport.-A washington dis
patch says that secle'ary truman G.
Palmer, ,sof tne ohi.ou a.es Beet
sugar Asoclations no nas 1ustSre-
turnedS teSWasnlrgton A.er q four
months study OF 'the Oeet sugar IN,
dustry inS Europe, drew sharp coz
trast between sugar conaluons there
and in the United states. ne declared
that while Europe wen. On In ths1
even tenor OF 'her way Dullolng the
industries which woMo bring the
greatest returns. tne' SUGAR industry
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
a.nker Mvst Serve Sentence.

Banker Must Serve Sentence.
New Orleans.-A motion for 4 new
trial for William Adler, former prest
dent Of the defunct State National
hank, was denied In the United States
court Of appeals. Adler viii now have
to serve six years in the federal
prison, to which he was sentenced
some time ago for embezzlement
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
70 Nave Better Drainage.

70 Have Better Drainage.
Aloxandria.-At . meeting Of the
city board Of aldermen the streets ana
drainage committee made recommen-
dations for extensive Improvements
In drainage and ,idewalk paving. The
city engineer wa instructed to pre-
pare plans for the proposed drainage
and present his report at, the next
regular meeting Of the board.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
Prisoners Break Jail,

Prisoners Break jail.
Alexandria.-Three men, ]. g. San.
ders, Bert Allison and Henry Martin,
broke out Of the city jail by forcing
apart the iron bars with a piece Of
wood broken from a bed In the cell.
They were imprisoned for minor Of.
fenses.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
oioantle cana pIoyv,

Midland, Tex.-Henry N. Half Of
Midland has purchased q 60-horss
power oil pull tractor with . gang Of
so plows. This is the largest agrt
cultural implement ever shipped to
West Texas.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
Auditor Receiving Reports.

Baton Rouge. - Archie M. Smith,
state supervising auditor, is receiving
reports from the different state boards
and institutions handling public funds,
covering the disbursements during the
past three months.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
Attendanee Greatly ,nereaAsaesd.

Attendance Greatly increassd.
Baton Rouge.-Farmers' Demonstra-
ton Conference opened at Louisiana
state university for the third annual
session. TheGconference of farmers
Of Louisiana showed a greater growth
than has ever been seen. The attend
ance has been trebled.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
aehool aulldina Propoaed,

8cHOoT 60UutH9 PF0poSeUs
Raceland, La.-At a meeting Of the
school board Of the second district
Of Lafourche parish officers were
elected and a large school building
was proposed, to cost approximately
81, 900.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
$4,000 OPERATIVES STRIKE.


Lawrence, Mass.-Eight companies
OF state militia, including one field
battery. are holding the mill district
of Lawrence under martial law after
much rioting, due to the strike OF IT,.
900 operatives in the big cotton and
Woolen mills.
At least $1,000 other hands were
thrown out Of work by the stopping
Of machinery and the attacks on mills
by strikers. In one instance a com
pany Of militia had to charge mob
with fixed bayQQets, one boy being
probably fatally hurt. Thirty-five
armed rioters were arrested during
Monday and . few strikers and mill
employees who were defending the mill
gates were treated for bullet wounds
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20

I II is expected thar withinsthes snex.
swos weeks an appeal will be sent to
Governor Foss .ofsMassac Sand
the executive souncilSln ians sefforts SO
! saw the life of@Clarence, y'aT. Richie.
soh. condemned to death for the mur;
der of Avis Linnell.s ~.s rs.
"Assistast Attorney General JohnSw.
Brady hofusSs Ssthat banksscan not enter
into an agreement to eliminatg over
drafts without Gviolating the antitrust
laws Of Texas. = He . SO s.advised s-the
banking conmissionerein responsible
a query from thafofficialS ''.s
Robert .M. La Follette was indorsed
for thespresidential nomination ats a
mass Meeting cpf progressive. repub'
licans FROM all par.ssof South /! Dakota.
Cattle q Fort worth declined from
Sc to 1oc Wednesday Hogs are '1oc
tos15c lower. /.
The neutrality law Violation case
which has occupied the attention Of
tile federal court at Brownsville for
the past ted days was finally brought
10 close Wednesday when the jury.
after being out cover <etwenty-four
hours. returned a verdict Of guilty Of
counts two and three asldefined in
the indictments against Colonel FlA.
SChapa ofSSan AntonioSghe. only .onesof
thestwenty.three defendants ON trial
whose .case had dot previously been
disposed Of A'
In joint session sthe senate and
house of. theisKentucky legisla ature
Wednesday g at e Frankfort, formally.
elected ollie IN @James,; democratic TO
tie United States senate to succeed
Thomas H. Painter March; 1913. .
William Twiman, believed to be in
sane, Wednesday murdereu his father
at scottsville; N. Ysskiueda deputy.
sheriff and severelyewounded three.
others before capture. was effected tss .
"A freight traiIsof twenty. cars and a
switch engine we're demolished iand
one man hurt ina. Read-ons collision
near Hsrlingep. Texas, "Wednesday +.
Securities Sorths So. .oeo:oodsx were z )
moved from the vault :.insthe: burned
Equitable buj ujlding iINew5Y orks Wed
nesday. oths paper said to:bewoEEth
u billion or 1Hore are said to 'be safe
in the maiDs vaults .:sS. :: .s::. G
o. Experiments lin Pecos. codntyprcve
that Egyptian long staple cotton can
be successfullyss,apydl lpgyefitablSs SsgrewWn g
in West Texas. 49,. - 20
A $4,000 Fedora building issunder
atssulphus Springs. Tex
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Burton.-George w. Miller, Of New
ark. N. J., an attache OF a street fair
was accidentally killed while unload
ing some iron pipe, his skull being
crushed, producing instant death
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
shopmen Laid CT.

shreveport-Due, it is understood.
to depression in business, 65 men
were laid off indefinitely at the Kan
sas City Southern Railroad shops
here.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
dNA1uRzLaGAsiaExPL!osIoN
Building and Property.
@ - % -

Building and Property.
O ~ - q
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Shrevep6rt-An explosion caused
by a cigar match coming in contact
with an accumulation of natural gas
that escaped from a defective pipe
underneath the Chamberlain Cafe, a
two-stQry brick structure, on Texas
streets0in the heart Of the business
district, followed by q fire whiahs de-
stroyed the building and injured sew
eral The total damage was probably
$4,000. Everybody In the cafe at
the time Of the explosion, which was
so terrific that It shook the entire
business section and houses several
blocks away, had q thrilling escape.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
st,tion IL Rohhed.

Hahnville.-A thief broke open tho
door Of the Texas and Pacific station
at Hahnville AMI stole express valued
at about SO. There b no clew.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
Sold 100000 Raas of Rice.

Sold 15U,OOU Bags OF H1cc'
Houston, Tex-Within the last few
days the Southern Rice Growers AS
sociation OF Texas has sold approx.
mately 10000 bags Of rice.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-20
A $4,000 FederA building issunder
at;sulphuf Springs. Tex
.s FoREIGN.e

Canalejas y Mendes wasSpremier, re-
signed Saturday. Thescabinetdesign-
ed as the result of 9Sdivefgence d
views with King Alfonso as to. the ad-
visibility of committing the death
sentence Of one OF the rioters tswho
murdered I sudgs SaSd w8unded sew,
eral court offieials IA The, tSgh Of
Cullera, province of Valencia. last Sep
temb.r. SS e @ =
The appointmente at Rome ofsMgr.
Bokgians. bishop Of Adria. as. apos
tolic dersgssts gss. to Mexico. .has'ees1t con
,n.Si Tn. s:asr,, spaSsesbn.st asn ,s,s..,a., ~
qua, Brazil Obtained an Injunction
against ths Standard Oil Company 9f
Brazil, an Americaa.s institution, WHICH
served TO stop the constructionsof the
compan$s swarehousest thsfe.
The Chamber Of Commerce at Lon.
dora England. Saturday adopted res
olutione that theschamber should make
prepresentationsto the goyernment on
tho suggestion eontainedgn President
ft's9fecentS tSmessage to congress.
that preference sshould( (be given to
american ships as regards tolls to
be charged for passing. through the
Panama canal ~
"a band Of Bulgarians threw three
bombs into can open-air meeting of
the inhabitants of Zilkowa, near
Uskub. European Turkey. Saturday,
killing three persons and injuring
twenty two. Themeeting was dem
onstratfon in favor of the Turkish gov
ernmeptaS o.
Horrible. atrocities have been COM
mitted bysthe tribes in Portuguese
Africa during revolt of the natives
there, according to news received at
Lisbon. A number of Portuguese Of
ficials who were captured by natives
were burned alive. The rebellion oc-
Cured in the province Of Muxima and
the natives captured all the white men
who crossed their paths. Some OF
these were Immediately burned at the
stake. while others had their lips se-
yered and their eyes pulled out Of
their sockets before they were thrown
into the flames.
The republican assembly at Nankin.
China. has voted tho Introduction Of
gold standard modelled on that Of
Japan. It also approved bond issue
81 100,0o0,00o taels (about $70.oo0.-
,0o). secured on the internal revenue
Tor five years with interest at the
rate Of 8 per cent per annum.
The French aviator Ruchonnet was
killed Saturday while landing In his
monoplane at Senlis, France, about
thirty-two miles from Paris. A false
maneuver with the levers caused the
,eroplane to crash to the ground, and
f,uchonnet was instantly killed.
An unprecedented heavy socialist
zote, which probably reached 100000,
and socialist gains proved. as ex-
pected. the feature Of the 1912 elec-
tions to the reichstag held throughout
the German empire Friday.
For the murder of an English mis-
sionary the English government has
sent a British gunboat, the Belama, to
the Solomon Islands and landed a
punitive expedition. which ravaged the
islanders village, killed ten natives
ard wiped out huts, pigs and all else
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-11
A sUBER.AG1sr LEGISLATOR

Rev Otis Range oS Guflford, who as chairman of the Woman Suffrage Committee of the last Legislature, gave much help to the Woman Suf- 1ragists of Connecticut, it still active 1y interested in the cause of Votes for Women At a meeting at Guilford on Tuesday of this week MT. Range took the chair, and after the speeches of g-e women he gave an effective ad
 4ress relating his experience as a rep EanaR&a&aFA ct the Capitol. It is not
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-11

the men of Connecticut, in MT. Ranges opinion, nearly so much as the women
 themselves whom depends the granting of the vote. When the wO- men really make an earnest demand for the ballot, the men will be ready
 and even eager to give it to them and
 those men who last year voted in the Legislative Assembly against the con- st1tutional amendment granting the suffrage to women, will be the first to say, We always have been for it. Of course the women ought to have the ballot if they want it." MT. Range
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-11
REGISTERED LETTER IS
 RETURNED FROM WRECK

One registered piece of mail which can't be identified has been returned to the local post office, from the West port wreck. Aside from that one piece of mail the local office has seen noth- ing of the mail which was sent out of here on the train which went into ruin at Saugatuck bridge.
 It has become known that between 4,0O0 and 5000 pieces of mail were
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-11

spoke of his own experience Mrs Range he said was quite as competent as he was himself to vote rightly and to understand the issues on which the vote was taken, and he did not think that there were many men in Con necticut who would be willing to as Sert deliberately that their wives were not sufficiently intelligent to vote
 The other speakers at this Gui1ford meeting were: Mrs. ". Spencer A4ur ray of New Haven, who is still at her summer home at Indian Neck. Branford; Mrs. R. Neil Mitchell of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-11

Westport; and Mrs. Edward Porritt Of Hartford Mrs. Murray took as her topic the article in a recen number of the Ladies' Home Journal. in the and showed how wofuIly nisinformed a woman would be who trusted for her knowledge of the outside world the irresponsible shallow and untrue statements Of a predrdiccd ill-infor1ll- ed youth. One would like to see the letters a college bred, wide minded mother would write to her son. They surely would contain more of informa~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-11
PERSONAL MENTION.

Corinthian lodg, A. F. G A d-. viz receive a visit from Grand Mastew Justin, Holden of Norwich and hiw staff, Tuesday, Oct. 2z. when the fodG@ will hold its regular needing ana EH04aG the Master MaSons degree.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-11

saved from the wrecked mall car The car carried a heavy consignment from New Haven, Hartford, Sprfns7elcs Boston and other express points be- tween Boston and New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-11

50 Jones still rides horseback. He's away behind the 1imes.'
 "T don't see it that way
 Well. you'n admit that the eques- trian has to take a back seat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-11

ton and far more of wisdom than these foolish effusions. If the writer of His Letters' is the best product of tho old fashioned Anti Suffrage home, the sooner a new and better educated race of mothers takes hold of the training of the genera tion the better for the future America.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-08
Open Season for Game Birds.
A DREAM SONG

I've folded them close and tight. dear,
The hopes of long ago.
And put them away with a sigh for
the day,
The day of love, YOU know.
OF course, il was only fancy
From the clear. blue sky above,
When We heard the air of song SO
fair,
And thought il the sony OF love.
Rut now in the long days since. dear,
There are times when I hear il yet,
The song that was only a fancy,
The song that ! cant forget.
Exchang"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-08
NOTICE.

Notice To the stockholders. all lH
singular. of the First National ha'
~ Lakeland. Florida
Notice is hereby given thar N.
iag of the stot kholders Of this ia
viii be held.i The dlre tor
Tie hank un Sa'urll -
l'i., ~ Tho hour If 10 o't'a
n, for the purpr "a oi voiin ta
acainst an increa.c 40 ~"
e K OF aid aanl, % So
i'tr''g raising he capital
rom SO, ooo 20 10 s7s.6Ho
a.c reaue It'd to De- rrosen,
meeting
ii. tt..XTus
Cas-
~ 1uJ ficrda. .mly % fs
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-08
CHAUTAUQUA AUDITORIUM
LEASED TO STOCK COMPANY

The ChautauQua auditorium has
been leased to w. b. Kennedy and
w. 5. Hull. the former being of,
Grand Island, Neb., and the latter
of Des Moines, Iowa.
The lease is for term of three
years. during which time the lessecs
Will conduct it as a vaudeville
house. The house will either DO nut
on an Orpheum circuit or high-class
stock This will in no way inter
fere with the Chautauqua Assembly.
the association having reserved the
right to hold the sessions there free
OF charge.