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The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR APRIL =. 1919


claiming: "Heleni how -"
Never mind any how or why" she
protested. only promise me you will
buy; and please don't ask questions
II flashed through Harrington's
mind that she may have overheard her
father discussing an intended coup
with his brokers. True. he would have
no hesitancy in furthering his own
ends by making use of information
pertaining to market conditions from
any other source on earth, but this
was quite impossible. and he told her
so.
He attempted to argue that il would
be unwise to plunge into such a thing,
II Tor no other reason than that il
would jeopardize rather than aid the
hoped-for marriage: but, true to her
word. Helen was prepared for all oppo-
sition. and in the end he promised to
comply.
Happy in her first victory of the day.
she bade him goodbye. and upon
reaching the door. called back teas
iingly. .'"All is fair in love and war. you
know" But before Harrington could
reply she was gone.
"A nice predicament to be in"
thought he. Tom says stay away
from the governor. and Helen insists
that mix it with him. It's very ap-
parent that | must disappoint some
body. oh. the deuce! here goesl and
besides. the dullness OF this Office Is
getting on. my nerves" He put on
his hat and went out
An hour later Mr.. Winslow's secre-
NaT go IL L. = l. 4
was breathing hard, and the eager
CLEAN shining in his eyes would seem
to indicate that he had been aroused
beyond his usual placidity. an. X. &
c. is being purchased in big blocks
this morning." he said.
The gentleman addressed wheeled in
his chair and asked sharply: "Who is
buying"
Harrington. the new broker"
"The Iron Man seldom gave evil
dence of any emotion in his business
transactions; however, this came as an
unexpected shock. Buying heavily, as
his secretary had said, meant an inter-
ference in certain contemplated ma
neuvers. Cautious of speech, he kept
the other waiting impatiently. Finally
he asked calmly. "What is the market
quotation"
"One hundred and fifty. firm"
very WELL" he said, as il to him
self. I'VE will let him have all he
wants"
You mean"
81 mean just what l say" he con-
tinued in a clear. calm voice. sell
M. X. & c. When the market has
dropped to a hundred. stop" He
might have sold a paper of pins with
as much concern. Turning back to
his desk. he continued. "You may go,
but see that my instructions are car
ried out to the letter. I'll teach that
young man to keep out of my affairs"
The eager expression in the younger
mans face gave way to one of satis-
faction. You may depend upon me,
sir" said he, and rushed away to give
orders.
Clyde Drysdale had been Mr.. Wins
lows secretary for a number of years,
and in this time had reaped harvest,
though it cannot be said his dealing
did not at times border breach of
trust. His speculating. If. indeed the
cut-and-dried process of manipulating
finance could be so called. was carried
on in a secret manner. On the other
hand, he had been a faithful worker,
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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-08-10
NIGHT Of TERROR
SPENT ON SOUND
By Five Young Orleanians,
Who Had Gone Out In
A Small Open Boat
STOOD TOGETHER
AWAITING END.
Brave Efforts Made, But
Cries Unnoticed and at
Last Turn to Prayer.

Battling against death. with the odds
heavily against them, five young men
remained in the waters of Mississippi
Sound, off Waveland, for twenty five
hours, and just when all hope of being
rescued had been given up, they were
saved and restored to their distrac ted
parents Monday afternoon. They went
out at IL o'clock Sunday morning.
Their experience was probably un-
precedented, and that they are alive
and uninjured is nothing short of mi
raculous.
THE FIVE oRLEANIANs.
The young men, summer residents,
who lived to ten the thrilling story are:
E. ]. Louapre, Jr., q years old; Rene
Louapre, t9 years old; Fernand Lou
apre, Is years, all brothers, living at
1912 Frenchmen street; Willie Hutch
inson, 16 years, living with his parents
at 1902 Frenchmen street; and Joseph
Lestelle, 16 years, of 1906 Frenchmen
street, New Orleans.
The boys left Nicholson avenue at ii
O'Clock Sunday morning in sixteen
foot cat boat which was formerly oper-
ated by power, but now has no engine,
sail having been substituted. They
removed the rudder and were steering
with an oar,
STRUCK BY SQUALL.
They cruised for more than three
hours, when squall came up and over
turned the boat. The oar, mast and
canvas and the baling can were all lost,
Having had previous experience on
Mississippi Sound, and knowing the
dangers that lurked in the waters, the
young men lost no time in planning
what was to be done. They resolved te
stick together to the last and bend every
effort to let others know of their plight
The young men worked hard and
finally had the boat righted, but the
water could not be baled out, so they
stood in the little craft and hoped
against hope for safe return to thei1
families, but feared for the worst al
the while.
The boat drifted with the current and
tide all night. AT times it was close te
the shore, but still too far to be within
calling distance. With eyes and ears
alert, the lonely and desolate young
men watched and listened for any craft
that might bring aid.
PRAYED FOR RESCUE.
They prayed most fervently that God
would spare them from being drowned
although, as the hours wore on, this
fate seemed inevitable.
None but they could adequately de-
scribe their feelings, and none coulc
express the Joy that filled their hearts
when the rescuing party came for them
The Claudia, an auxiliary catboat
owned by Ernest A. Carrere, of New
Orleans, and manned by Leslie P. Beart
and Harold Delbert, was the craft thai
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-08-10
va FOR SALE BY:
j. 0. nAUFFRAY

coming. Sunday morning pneumonia
was detected, and that evening the
spirit took its flight from earth to its
Maker.
A New Orleans print says: At Nc
Donogh No. 10 and in Father Heffer-
mans church no one youthful person.
ality more typified the beauties of an
ideal childhood. So excellent was the
lads mental capacity that in his exami-
nations at school last session little Jo-
seph was advanced two grades, and he
had looked forward even in the joys of
vacation to the time when he could re-
turn to his books.
The funeral took place Monday even
ing from the O'Hara home, 224t Ba-
rome street. The sympathy of many
goes out in this hour of deep bereave-
ment to the grief-stricken father and
mother, and to the surviving brother
and sister, William O'Hara and Miss
Ruth O'Hara. 49,
DR.. O'Hara and family are no stran-
gers to the people OF Bay ST. Louis and
to the members of the summer colony.
To them much sympathy is extended,
feeling, as we do, for the grief stricken
parents, brother and sister, from whose
lives has been extinguished one of the
brightest lights. DR.. O'Hara is the
well-known coroner of New Orleans.
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picked them up. The boat could not
go direct to the noundering boys, but
Jules Favre went to their aid in a skiff.
The boys we're picked up at Square
Handkerchief, an oyster reef probably
six or seven miles from Cat Island.
The Claudia put to sea in search OF
the boys, and the men, knowing the lay
OF the wind, figured out about where
the boat of the boys would drift to. The
unfortunates were sighted by Leslie p.
Beard, who kept lookout from the
mast OF the Claudia.
The lads were clad in bathing suits
and we're in a serious condition when
taken aboard the Claudia. Fortunately,
there was an outfit aboard for the max
ing of coffee, and the youths were re-
freshed somewhat on that hot stimulant.
1t was stated that Sunday night was
a fearful one for the boys. One OF the
number, being an expert swimmer. de-
termined to make try to reach the
beach, some five miles away, and put off
from the boat. He had not gone far,
when he was seized with cramps, but he
had the presence of mind to call for
help, and he was assisted back to the
boat. They were actually in the water
Monday from about a. m. until noon.
1t did not take the famish ed and
greatly fatigued young men long to get
into the boat, although they had to be
assisted by several men who accom-
panied Mr.. Favre.
GIVEN GREAT WELCOME.
DR.. SCOTS pier was the landing place
for the gasoline boat, which was look ed
for by great number of the relatives
and friends of the rescued. They wer e
assisted to the Louapre home, where
they were put to bed and given treat
ment. All were pronounced remarka-
bly, well, considering the circumstances.
AT o'clock Sunday night it was de-
cided by the relatives and friends of
the young men that they must have
met with some mishap, as nothing had
been heard from them.
Searching parties Immediately started
out in all sorts of boats, but the night
was dark and cloudy, and little or no
results were hoped for by those who
volunteered in the work.
FAMILIES SEARCH LONG.
Messrs, Louapre, Hutchinson and
Lestelle, accompanied by several of
their friends, came over from New Or
leans on the earliest train and took up
the work themselves. The telephone
and telegraph wires were employed in
the hope that all nearby resorts might
be heard from, and every possible clew
Was followed up. Mrs. Lestelle came
over Sunday morning and was in Wave
land and Bay st. Louis during the
night and shared with Mrs. Louapre
the terrible anguish consequent upon
the disappearance of their sons and
their young friends.
Ernest J. Louapre, Jr., is secretary
and treasurer of the Lou apre Wood
and Willowware Company, of which
his father is president, young Hutch
inson is employed in Irby's tobacco
plant with his father, and Joseph Les
telle is butcher in the Delamore
market-an of New Orleans.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-08-10
ANGEL Of DEATH
VISITS 0'HARA HOME
Joseph Francis O'Hara, the
Youngest Son and Idol of
the Home, Victim of Ac-
cident-Death Results Un-
expectedly After an Oper-
alton Performed in New
Orleans on Sunday Last.

Joseph Francis O'Hara, youngest son
OF DR.. and Mrs. Joseph A. O'Hara, of
New Orleans, who are regular summer
residents of Bay st. Louis, died in that
city Sunday night, at HAS o'clock. 1t
appears the little fellow had been rid
ing on his bicycle in the vicinity of his
home at Cedar Point, and, as he reached
the corner of Front and Julia streets,
fell from his wheel, hurting one of his
knees. Manly in bearing and charac-
ter, and not wishing to cause his par
ents any apprehension, he hid the
knowledge of the accident from them
until last Thursday, when high fever
set in.
The lad received the best of local
medical attention until his knee began
to swell, reaching snch proportions that
it was decided to operate the member.
Accordingly, on Saturday morning he
was taken to New Orleans, and the
operation was performed the same
morning by Drs. Stafford and O'Hara,
but the desired results were not forth
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{. F. O'Brien, Secretary.

r. F. O'Brien, Secretary.
Tuesday evening, August 6, 1912, $50
o'clock p. m. The board reconvened.
Present: Hon. r. w. Toulme, mayor;
Geo. c. Firsching, R. w. Webb, alder
men; r. J. Murtagh,s marshal; r. F.
O'Brien, secretary. Absent, Pasqual
Lutzzi, alderman. The board resumed
the examination of the assessment rolls,
but same not being concluded took a
recess to Wednesday, August z, 1912,
at $3.50 o'clock p. m.
R. w. Toulme, Mayor.
Attest: r. F. O'Brien, Secretary.
Wednesday evening, August z, 1912,
the Board reconvened. Present, r. w.
Toulme. mayor; George G. Firsehing,
R. Blaize and r. w. Webb, aldermen; /;
r. j. Murtagh, marshal; R. F. O'Brien,
secretary. Absent, P. Lutzzi, alder
man. On motion of Alderman Webb,
seconded by Alderman Firsching the
following resolution was passed and
adopted:
Whereas in the opinion of the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen the bond of
the treasurer of the City of Bay st.
Louis is insufficient and inadequate be-
cause said bond is in the penalty of
Five Thousand (s5OO0) Dollars and be-
cause of On issuance of municipal
bonds of said city and the sale of said
bonds for the sum of S5O, O,98S.3s, which
additional funds Of the city of Bay ST.
Louis are likely to come into said treas
urer's hands; now, Therefore,
Be itresolved, That the treasurer of
the city of Bay st. Louis be and he is
hereby required to furnish and file, as
required by law, new and ether Official
bond as such treasurer, with sureties
and conditioned as provided by law, in
the sum OF Fifty One Thousand Dollars.
Approved in open Board upon this
the 7th day Of August A D 1912.
Concluded next week.:
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-08-10
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL.

The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The reports of the various city off,
GERS were investigated, found correct
and approved, the financial report
ordered spread upon the minutes; the
others filed.
The report of the street commissions
showed expenses amounting to $3.50
for labor and $500 for carriage.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-08-10

A regular meeting Of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Bay ST. Louis was held at the City
Hall thereof on Saturday, the 3rd day
of August, A. D. 1912, at o'clock P.
NJ. There were present Hon. r. w.
Toulme, mayor; Geo. C. Firsching, R.
Blaize and r. w. Webb, aldermen; r.
J. Murtagh, city marshal; r. F.
O'Brien, secretary. Absent, Alderman
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-08-10
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Try it once ; you'll see why
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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-08-10

On motion of Alderman Pirsching,
duly seconded by Alderman Webb. it
was ordered that the five lights petit
toned for by the taxpayers of the first
ward be installed.
His Honor the Mayor appointed, with
the sanction of the Board, Mr.. Jos.
O. Mauffray as the fifth member of the
bond commission, said appointment be-
ing unanimously carried.
The following bills were allowed and
ord orod noid.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-08-10

A Biloxi print furnishes this social
item; Mrs. L. Lopez, Sr., has issued
invitations to dinner and dance at the
Country Club Thursday night in honor
OF her daughters. the Misses Lopez.
This affair promises to be one of the
most brilliant of the season.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-08-10

Mr.. II. w. Brown, well-known mer-
chant at Logtown and one of the prom
inent and best known men of the
county, was a visitor to the county
seat during the week, accompanied by
Mr.. A. Brown.
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R. W. Toulme, mayor, salary. y...,........s % 90
Geo. c. Firsching, alderman, salary..... 90
R. Blaize, alderman, salary ............... 90
r. W. Webb, ." ............... 90
R. j. Murtagh city marshal. .............. 65 90
r. F. O'Brien, secretary y.................. 80 90
L. Bangard, street commissioner. r......... 10 90
Thos. Adams ST., meat Inspector. 10 90
Jas. III. Breath, treasurer, salary 10 90
JAS. Taconi, tearnster, for July .......... As 90
Jim Hollis, janitor city hall, sal. for july. 10 90
John Craft, pro rata salary CO. supt. edu-
cation, salary. ........... 80 45
Mrs Nora Barrett, janitress public school,
salary for July. y.................. ...... 7 80
+. II. Egi0H, making real and personal as
sessments .......................... 200 90
William Sehwall, witness fee. e............. 90
Arthur Fayard, ............. 1 90
Geo. Seauzeneau ...... 90
VIM. Schwall ..... / co
Jno. Tongre, ............. 1 90
Gussie Gilbert, ,........... 90
Ferulnana DECKER ..........'.. w
r. W. Toulme, fees in mayors COURT. 19 30
r. j. Murtagh, 80 10
R. F. O'Brien, stamps ice, and kilograms 95
Thos j. Conway, repairing harness for
city's stock. .....-.-............. %
roWeT DiuB W huse' anu uiuSs'.'.'-'' W
Coast Plumbing Co., plumbing for city
pound and repairs to toilet........... S IL
Conrad Sick, lumber. r...................... ls 64
Gray Mfg Co., lumber. er.................... 70 AZ
MIS-. II. .. r1ernas, IL posts LOT pouno' at
zoe each. -......................... 4o
Cumberland Tel. Co., marshaPs phone.. 20
Chas. G Moreau, sea coast Echo, pupi.
legal notice S339; and ordinance NO.
Al so''o' hiaAins piool VI pupiioaeioh
for amendment to cnarter, 5oc........ %
Cumberland lei w. pnohe LUZ puoho
scnooi lor 'uiy ''..'' '..''' 20 20
b. H. Engman muse hor puoi Sonooi... ~
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scnooi.' %
Day o.. 'ouS ioo, ,Asn'
WORKS. LAO s1ree. hsn'a' a. 9i'o' i--'' Aso w
Ciauo Moh'i' Repairing oi's "asoh anu
snoeing.. ...'... 40 40
D. r. SuinVan' ehsineei' saiafy LUZ june 40 w
'uy... i@o W
Eugene Dei'1son oo.' n'a'0' 1a' ~ : 90
/. Banpard. for labor from July 1st to
August ard, "a days ats2.25............ at 76 so
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Ordinance No. Anew Series.
An ordinance to amend an ordinance
numbered 80, new series, of the city
of Bay st. Louis, regulating the con-
yeying of lumber, timber, logs and pill
ings in the city of Bay St. Louis.
Be it ordained by the Board of May
or and Aldermen OF the city OF Bay St.
Louis that the second paragraph of Or
dinance No. SO, new series. of said city
be and the same is hereby amended so
as to read as follows: Be it further or
dained that it shall be unlawful for any
person to convey moro than one thous-
and superficial feet OF lumber, timber,
pilings, logs, or other wooden material
il one load on any vehicle OF Whatso-
ever character. whether licensed or not,
over and upon the streets Of the city Of
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the Honorable Board of Mayor and Aldermen
the City of Bay st. Louis, Miss.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-11-14
REPAIRS AT
THE | T HALL
BASEMENT is BEING KENOrEI.
ED MD MUCH MORE ROOM
is OBTAINED FOR .,TORAGE
PURPOSES.

repairs which are now being
made in the basement of the city
nail will make a much handler ar.
fangement o. that part of the build.
ing and will have more room for stor.
age purposes. At the present time
there is for only one car load
OF ocal and often it has been necessary
to haul coal during the winter from
the waterworks, which occasioned an
addltlcnal expense for hauling
charges.
II tadies rest room is being mov-
ed to the room in the South west
corner room of the basement. A new
toilet room is being installed with
ample light and room. The present
room which was used as the Jail.
now used as the rest Don and the
room which was used as the pail.
viii be divided by a partition run
ming length wise east and west. A
doorway viii be cut into the north
wall leading into the boiler room. and
the north half of the room will be
used for a GOA storage room. The
other half will be given over to the
mechanical engineer to use as a
workshop. for the storing of water
works supplies and repair work.
1T is probable that the militia COM
pany will be changed to occupy the
south east corner basement room. The
present quarters on the top floor are
mewhat i~nconvenient to the COM
pnay and also furnish some annoy
to others in the building. The
changes as contemplated vii be fin
before cold weather sets in.
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ROBY CLEARED
BY THE JURY
W. Il. RNHN, MANAGER OF ELE.
NaTOR COMPANY Is EXON
GRATED.

Aberdeen, S. D.-The reciprocity
treaty with Canada and ar over-ac
commodatlng disposition on the par
OF stockholders, is held responsible
for the failure of the South Dakota
Farmers Elevator company a yeal
ago, and the arrest and trial of w. b
Roby, the manager ON a charge o.
embezzlement, for which a jury has
Just acquitted him,
Inc company owned five elevators
at Brentford, Nerdon. Randolph
Stratford and Nahon. all small towns
IN this vicinity. The stockholders. a
year OF two ago, adopted a resolution
permitting farmers to store their
gram at the company elevators free
of charge, instead of exacting the
usual fee of 8 cents a bushel. The
storage capacity of the five elevators
was not sufficient to accommodate
all the wheat which rushed i'm and
which frequently mounted as high as
100000 bushels, and the company
sold the wheat as it accumulated. re
deeming the elevator receipts when
presented by the holders and protect
ing itself by buying futures"
Then came the reciprocity treaty,
and the ~tluctuation in the price which
characterized the market during the
peHdency or the treaty. Manager
itoby was caught in the market
several times, because of the unusual
fluctuations, while conducting oper-
atoms for the company, and finally
the company failed. Roby's arrest
followed and he was charged with
the embezzlement of $4,000. This
last spring. The court asked for
a Dill OF particulars, and this fall.
when the case came up again, the
complaint was modified to the ex-
tent that the amoun alleged to have
been embezzled was $4,000. COM
p%rising four different items. two
checks for $1,000 each and two
checks for $4,000 each, which had
been paid by Roby to Minneapolis
houses to protect trades
in futures on hand at that time.
Hoby Acted for Company.
The prosecution tried to show that
the money represented by the four
had been embezzled by the
manager of the company, but the de-
tense contended that the checks had
been paid to the commission houses
va TIE uldl course OF DuSlneSS
Roby himself had not profited.
nor sought 10 profit, by the transac-
hons Ill any way and that the oper-
atoms were carried on solely in be-
aalf of and i'll the interests of the
company.
If the customary storage charge
lad been made, the fund accumulated
II that way would have protected the
company from loss which occurred
because of the fluctuations of the
grain market while the treaty was
bending. the defense contended. and
he acting of the stockholders. which
vas taken in the fall of 1910, rather
han any lack of judgment or willful
flolatlon of law on the part of Man
Roby, caused the trouble.
The jury, after being out all night.
'eturned a verdict acquitting Roby.
The case was very hard fought on
both sides. States Attorney Harkin
icing assisted by former District
.ndse a. w. Campbell while Judge
!. w. Crofoot and f. G. Huntingdon
we're the attorneys for the defense, :