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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-04-26
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
Fight Between Taft and Roosevelt
Will Effect Election This Fall.
Constituents BCmbardng
Representatives with
Letters.
(Speciaf to the JOurnal}

Washington, D. c., Apr. -, l9l2.-
The Democrats ia Washington are
watching with great deal OF interest
the bitter fight between Roosevelt and
Taft for the republican nomination.
The fight has become so bitter that its
effects are bound to be felt when it
comes TO the election in the fall.
Roosevelt entered the fight so late
that President Taft had secured nearly
enough votes to insure his nomination
before the Roosevelt fight got good
start, However, the overwhelming
victory that he won in Illinois and
Pennsylvania has had the effect OF
discOuraging the denomination OF
President Taft. It is believed that If
Roosevelt should win the nomination,
the Taft people would knife him at the
polls thus insuring the Overwhelming
election Of a Democrat.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-04-26

Provided: That this Article shall

Provided; That this Article shall
not apply to legislation to be consid.
cred by the General Assembly when
convened by the Governor in extra.
ordinary session as provided tn Arti-
Gle - Of the Con stitution of the State
of Louisiana.
Section .. Be 1t further resolved.
etc, That the official ballot to be
used at said election shall have print.
ed thereon the words: "F0r the pro-
posed amendment TO Article % of the
Constitution providing for annual
sessions, not to exceed thirty DAYS, &C
the General Assembly, under certain
provisions and restrictions, and the
words: "a ains the proposed
amendment TO Article % Of the Con-
sttution providing for annual ses-
sions, not to exceed thirty DAYS, OF
the General Assembly, under certain
provisions and restrictions.
Section 3. BE it further resolved,
ETC., That if adopted at the said cleo
ton in November, 1912, this amend.
ment shall go into effect and be oper-
alive on aud after the first day +
January, 1914.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-04-26
NON. LEON LOCKE WOULD
ELIMINATE KASTY LEGISLATION
Proposes to Introduce Bill to Refer
all New Laws to to be Passed to
the People for Ratification
Before Final Action
Is Taken.

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at the seat Of Government on the sec.
! Ond Monday of Nav. 1914. at = o..
clock noon, and anuallv thereafter ON
the second Nondav of Nav md the
sessions thereof shalI no limited To
thirty DAYS ShOuId a varancv occnr
in either House the Governor shall
order an election ia fiji such vacancy
for the remainder Of the term,
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ne annual session OF the 1eherai
Assembly nelo IN ''lo snail pass upon
TIE measures Introduced oor'nS THE
annual session OF tne previous year
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-04-26
ARsRt Welsh Citizen Honored.

" l. E. Robinson, one of the
/. prominent citizens in south
~ louisiana, aud one of the
'@ tAe Republican party in
wave has been selected as a
|, !, rom the Seventh District to
II \ Hls Republican National con.
~, !" De held in Chicago in June.
u,aSon has done much for the
~. louisiana, and is worthy the
n. u'efed upon him in thus being
+" Nelp represent his state in
4 ~ a National leader for the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-04-26

A bill has been introduced by Sena-
tor Works OF California for ex-
tending the presidential term from +
to years. This is a bill that most
everyone in this country except poll
ticans would like to see passed and
if the voters throughout the country
will continue to lombard with letters,
we will soon be electing presidents
only every years and prohibiting
them from serving more thanone term.
Durino a presidial year every bust.
ness men must expect business to be
slow and it is foolish for this country
to indulge 10 so much politics when it
gains nothing by it, but suffers a
positive loss.
The evening world., 1912-12-18
HEAR NEW HAVEN OFFICIALS.
Federal Grand Jury Continues In
Quiry Into Combine.

The Federal Grand Jury to-day con-
tinued the secret inquiry into the mat
ter OF the proposed trsfic arrangements
. between. the New York. New -Hayen
land Hartford Railroad and the Grand
Trunk Railway alleged to be intended
to stlhe competition.
The wtne SEES examined to-day were
Timothy T.. Byrnes, vice-prcsident II
the New Haven Road; Benz Camp
, bell, ,vice-pre sidept- Of the New Haven
BROAD and head Gf the traffic depart
mont; T.. H. FitzhuSh, vice-pres!dent Of
tue Grand Trunk: J. z. MYrdook,, vicc-
prestaerit' Of the Southern New England
Railway; y. X, Dugan, secretary to
President Mellcn OF the New Haven
Road, and George H. Curtis. president
Of the OBrien Construction Company,
which has the contract for the exten-
-, sSon. OF tbs soutnern Nav England
Road into Providence.
The evening world., 1912-12-18
BANDS TO PLAY "AMERlcA" As
> 1918 COMES IN.

How much better It Is. therefore, 10
lend a note Of dignity to tho occasion.
We are PLANNING 10 nave several large
bands-uhe more money we receive the
more bands we, Will .Eet-placrd ip the
big squares to- play for tho people
These bands. which will start to play
at 1870 In the evening. win render ma
tiona anthems and popular songs until
a few minutes before midnight, when
they will all play America, keeping
the strain going until 1918 has stepped
across the threshold.
1T is sincerely hoped By the commit
tee that the people will respond to this
effort to better conditions on New
Years Eve, and, will lend their presence
and their voices at the different centres,
instead Of swashbuclling up and down
the streets making dlscordant noises
and hlllng their stomachs with indigesti-
BILE things to eat and drink"
Many prominent men are Identified
with the safe and sane" movement,
among them being Or: Lyman Abbott
DR.. Felix Adlef. DR. John H. Finley
the Rev. Frank NJ. North, the Rev. pr.
George Alexander, Dlstrict-Attorney
whitman. William j. tschlcifc!ih, rabbi
Stephen 5. Wise, borough President
George S. McAneny and Arthur Won
Briesen. Should this years affair be
successful 1t Is intended to build up a
number OF trained choruses OF 1900 or
1000 members each to sing at future
New Years Eve celehaatibns, l.,
The evening world., 1912-12-18

offers some splendid sugges-
lions for Christmas gifts; for
example:
The evening world., 1912-12-18
IFS THAf'HEADACHE |
=. JAN. | NEN:YEAR'S
REFORMERS FIGHT
r1g.S9,.s
Slum-Made Confetti Makes
Folk H. and i.Noise :
Deafsps fSome. =
SONG TO WELCOME 1913
Committee Condemns Dis
orderly, Howling Reyels
and Plans Concerts. '.f'

Come all, We little Gothdp'ites. -..
Your orders now receive
1s0drdtng demonstrations to .-'
Be mode on He,o Years Eve: ....
No bells shall olan0, no rdttles
rat" ~ VS.. sf
No raucous trrmpets bldre;
I~sfead. svset sbu0s and roumde-
lays
y shall mn he etentn0 air, 1915
No sctne she'll foto---no lager beer:
No tender fodsts be sold
Ssss sinp untif you're tired. then
90 Nome and 90 to bed!
Poor httle 1918. While vet unborn,
ef1e prantsinK child of the centuries Is
siready being. plotted and conspired
against by desperate men. who fain
would steal from the youngster the
glsmor and hNarity with which his pre-
oecessors from time immemorial have
been uehered into the world!
In place of confetti they would sub
stitute compliments of the season." In
place of horns and rattles they would
establish bands OF music In the public
squares. and instead OF cheers and
shrieks and ribald laughter they would
urge the vast conoourse of Now Years
ceaebrents TO consregate az given points
and sing the national anthems of the
world.
A safe AMI sane New Years Eve
- the ambition Of this volunteer COM
mittee Of prominent citizens, which is
even now preparing to strip the nigh,
Of revelry Chief Conspirator Jacob
Riis. With whom the idea originated,
declares that the 'untoward rowdyism
and debauchery" of New Years Eve
has been worrying him for some time
past, and that he hopes TO successfully
float his propaganda on the wave of
popular opinion. TO the end that We
may all be happier, healthier ana wiser
on New Year morning than We were
the night before"
The evening world., 1912-12-18
'RM CAUSED ~ REvELs TO
MORALS AND HEALTH.

Harry J. Smith, Treasurer OF the New
Years Eve Committee. which is arrang-
ing for band concerts at several CEN
tres In Manhattan. declared this morn
ing that funds for the eradica ton, Of
ooisterousness" were coming In rapidly
and that the new idea of New Years
Eve promised to DO a great success.
THE movement Is I'm absolutely nom
political, non-sectarian appeal to the
people OF New York city" said MIR.
Smith. made with a view toward the
establishment OF certain dignity IN
the celebration of the birth of a new
year. 1t has already been tried in San
Francisco. where 1t met with tremen-
6ous success and there is no reason
Why II should not prove equally popular
here
There IL no way OF estimating the
actual harm that is done. in purely
accidental way, during the wild revels
The morals of young men and women
arc Knocked galley west; confetti, made
In the slums under insantary condi-
ions. lodges. In peoples eyes and
mouths; deafness, in more than one In
stance. has been traced TO the incon-
siderate blowing Of a screaming horn
into delicate ears
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
Chean Power in St. Louis

The dam at Keokuk that power company has built at a cost of about $25, ,O00 000 is about 150 miles from St. Louis, and yet 60,000-horse power of hyro-electricity is to be transmit ted to St. Louis to be used and applied in that city. This shows how rapidly transmission of power without ma terial loss has been possible in the last 10 years.
 The Mississippi has not as yet pro- duced any electrical power below Minneapolis, and the dam at Keokuk is regarded as daring piece of en- gineering as well as of financing, for the Mississippi, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, lis big river sub ject to periodical floods and at times, where the dam is located, to the ac- tion of masses of ice. But the works constructed have now had tests at all seasons and no doubt is left of f,ll practical success"
 Towers have been built to support the transmission cables and St. Louis, 150 miles away, is inviting manufac- turing enterprises that desire cheap power to locate at once. The wonder of transmission is the greatest of all. That a vast force, 60,00O-horse power can be transmitted 150 miles, is 'in- deed worlds wonder, even though the world has become hardened to wonders of an electrical nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31

Linda A. Griffith in Leslie.
 For the actor in a moving picture company early hours are the rule. When working at the studio the time
 of arrival is from to a. m. When the work is at some distant location,
 ' a. m. is none too early for the start
 The director. photographer and those
 cast for the principal acting parts make
 the trip by automobile, and the long ride home. after working all day in
 the hot sun, is refreshing to tired
 nerves and bodies. There is to the mov ing picture actor, the pleasure and health of outdoor work and the in- spiration of real, not painted scenery. To the artist the portrayal of a story such as Helen Hunt JackSon's "Ra- mona," produced by the Biograph com pany at the actual places in Ramona S life, cannot fail to inspire more per- feet characterization than could be
 had at rehearsal on the stage of a city theatre.
 In the taking of the photo drama for moving pictures the scenes are not acted and photographed consecutively.
 It all depends on the scenes, technically called sets" Should the second, fifth
 and ninth scenes happen in a draw ing room, these are photographed while the drawing room scene is on the stage and the camera in it's place. Then,
 should the story shift to the noun
 tains, all scenes happening there will
 be taken. When the story is completed, the reel of film which is either 1000
 or 200O feet long, must be cut, scene by scene, and, then the parts pasted to- gether to tell the consecutive story as in the script It will readily be seen that the moving picture artist has a harder task than the artist in the drama of the spoken work, for he must act according to the location of story and not with the continuity of the plot un- folded To approach a climax out of clear sky is somewhat more difficult than gradually to work up to it from the very beginning of the story as on the dramatic stage. The rehearsal of A moving picture story is practically the same as one on the stage. Lines are spoken at both They are not writ ten but are supplied by the director and sometimes by the actor.
 To successful moving picture actor, the first requirement. if probably per sonality. And of equal value is an ex- pressiye face, with features that can project the ruling thought. It is an cas- fer task to speak thoughts than to look them Grace of figure, and, for Wom- an beauty of face are absolute neces- sities Grease paints and powders do net hide a multitude of sins from the strong lens of a moving picture camera.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
The Penny Savings Bank

The Alabama Penny Savings bank is 22 years old, and tomorrow it will be moved into it's new building on Eigh- teenth street. This building is one that would be a credit to any bank in any town in this or any other state. It is six story steel reinforced structure in the heart of the business district.
 Dr. Pettiford, the founder and pres ident of the Alabama Penny Savings bank, has built up ah institution as sound as dollar in order to be help ful to his race. It cares for the idle money of the colored people, and it offers them all the advantages that other banks in this city offer to white people.
 This bank is the largest bank in the world built up for and by colored folks. Its business this year was near ly half a million dollars. It has no rival in the negro race, and the open ing of its new building on New Years day will be an event of more than ordinary interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
T.II.INk TICKER

George R Webb in the Worlds Work.
 There is a talking ticker now. a ma chine that will entertain and instruct gist of the days political speeches. baseball scores. election returns and any other news that seems important. It will tell you all this in your own home as soon as you could find 1t out if you stood in front of tho newspaper vital news to tell 1t will entertain you with ragtime or grand opera. When you go to the station the same machine will tell you when your train leaves or what track your friends train is coming in on. When you go abroad 1t shipboard: for it enables the captain to give simultaneous orders to all the crew no matter where they are. All these things are true if you happen to live in the right apartment house in Wilmington. Philadelphia. Baltimore. or New York, if you go to the right station, and if you go to sea on the right ship, for the magnaphone that does all these things is new and has not yet had time to be very widely adopted.
 The news service is accurate and bulletins. are read over the line. From every available source the news comes into the central distributing station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
JEFFERsoN,s ADMrRER MIXED

From the Century.
 Jefferson was the most delightful story teller have ever met. writes Mary Shaw in the January Century" describing "The Human Side of Joseph Jefferson. His varied life and experiences were won Terre Haute, Ind, and the theatre was near hotel. We got out of the cab and were strollng through the hotel corridor, when very pompous man came mp to Mir Jefferson, as persons frequently did, and, extending his hand, said:
 MT. Jefferson, you do not know me, but l know you very well, and, sir, l am very glad to see you in our city. You are a great actor. l have seen you ever since I was a little boy"-he looked fully as old as Mr. Jefferson-"and l have all ways looked forward to your visit to this place.
 He went on praising Mr. Jefferson, who presently said:
 q thank you very much. You are very kind,
 Upon which the old gentleman went on:
 T tell you everywhere in this town peo- pie are glad to see old Josh Whitcomb."
 Tbere was a moment of silence, and then Mr. Jefferson said:
 ''I think you are mistaken. I play Rip Van Wrinkle. You must mean MT. Thomp- son: he plays Josh Whitcomb."
 The effusive gentleman paused long enough to collect his wits, and then said cheerfully:
 "Oh, yes. So you are the old fellow who played Rip Van Wrinkle? We'll you're good. too"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
DOWN ON THE FARM

From an Exchange.
 Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture said the other day:
 Tt has become the fashion for every body to declare that the profit from the high cost of living all goes to the farm CT. We hear on all sides about the farmers automobile and talking ma chine. his Persian rugs and player piano. his wife's furs, his daughters college education, and so forth and so on.
 I've must take these statements with a grain of salt. l wish the farmer all the success in the world, but there's far more accuracy in story I heard the other day than in all this talk Of rural luxury and opulence.
 "A city chap, the story ran, went on a farm to help with the haryenstinS in return for his board.
 "The first morning. when the farmer called him, it was so dark and frosty that the city chap couldn't resist an- other brief snoozc before getting ur. But he was, at that, out in the field by o'clock.
 ".Fine morning" he said to his em- ployer. genially.
 "Through the dim dawn light the farmer scowled at him. "It was he said"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
 READY TO OBLIGE

From the Chicago Post.
 A Texas sheriff, visiting New York to take prisoner back to the south, was turned over to an inspector who was to be his amusement guide. They wound up at an East Side ball where there were a few dips present.
 After a half Hour the inspector called one of the crooks to one side and said:
 See that tall man with the son. brero?"
 "Yes, what about him?'
 Hes a Texas bull I'm showing around and I think it would be fancy idea if you could nick him for his ticker"
 .'Nix, you're trying to put me in bad"
 Nothing like it-purely joke, that's au. To show you I'm on the level give you my word that you won't get in trouble and I'll give you s5 note for his watch
 "All right; here it is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
HIS NEW
MOSLEM COMPLACENt

world is Moslem exec ie" afsas
 Christians, and when sl-es tax ss.s
 We cut their threats. Christians ne genially informed me, will all go to hell" And when I pressed the point, he affirmed with great heartiness that l, too, W as bound for the same destination.
 I tried to get into his mind the fact that the vast majority of Moslems are under Christian rulers. His face showed that he had a simple explanation. l was ly- ing. l asked him if he knew all about Mecca, and he said Yes" l showed him a picture of the Kaaba, and he was awe struck The photograph was according to the description he had always heafu- Then l showed him the mosque at Me dina. When he affirmed that he knew the Koran, I asked him to suggest favorite "sudra,' and then I read 1t to him from a translation of the Koran 1 carried with me. The man was thunder struck. The printing press had shaken the foundations of his self complacency, and that is what is happening all over the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star
 A RE either and neither pro A nounced "eether" and 'neether 4 x or "eyethers and "neyther? This question, much disputed. is ans wered in favor of "cether'' and "neeth- ern by Julian W. Abernathy in use ful little book entitled Correct Pro- nunciation,r and published by Charles E, Merrill of New York. Not a single modern dictionary gives "eyether' the preference, says the little book and goes on to quote Richard Grant White who says "eyether" is an affectation and second rate British affectation at that. Which should hold the eye ther' advocates While. And now about tie word vase. It's pronounced .vace whether it comes from the Decent store or Tiffany's. "Vaze" is wrong, says the book, and "vawzr is vulgar Another tally for us old fashioned folks.
 Perhaps you've been confused by hearing people talk about rice, and finding out afterward that they meant the noun rise" Well. they were wrong, too. A straw vote of the best modern dictionaries hands the prefer ence to "rizcn as the proper pronuncia- ton.
 Another word that is frequently mis- pronounced is depot. It should be .'deeepo," not "deppo" or "daypo.D Our old friend, Jean valjean, of course, is properly "zhan valzhan.' and the great state of Kansas is pro nounced as tAough the first were z, The folks who insist on making it soft are all to the bad
 J. Pierpont Morgan is a "finnanseer, not "fynanseer'
 The Renaissance is pronounced "ren- esans," accent on the last syllable, not Renaysans, and Salome gets her last syllable pronounced
 Poets are filled with the divine ''af- flaytus,' not the divine "afflaatus"
 The ruler of Japan is the mikado with the accent on the second syllable as all serious minded students of Gill bert and Sullivan know, and never the mickadoo.
 Gibberish is pronounced with a hard 2, and not "jibberish," and the word flaccid is ''naksid," not "hasid."
 Amateur is .,amatIrr." not 'amatoor'' or "amachoor."
 The Antipodes-Australia, you know are pronounced "antipodeez."
 When the wind soughs through the branches is 'sows,' never 'suffs' faucet is a 'fawset," not ''fasset"
 
 These are only q few examples. The book contains 200O words. which are commonly mispronounced. and 500 prop CT names which are frequently inn properly spoken A little study of ii will enable you to baw1 out almost any of your friends frequently. besides tend- ing to improve your own vocabulary.
 "Careless and slipshod enunciatior among presumably cultivated people, the author says, lis probably more com mon in the United States than in any other country in the world. A Fresh man is proud of his speech and treats Ct as fine art, while an American re-