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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-16
Wonderful Resources of Louisiana.

Wonderful Resources of Louisiana.
What we regard as the best
and by far the most complete re-
view of the resources of this
State is embodied in an article,
''The Untold Treasure of Louisi-
ana," written by Mr.. Garnault
Agassiz for the February num-
Der of the National Magazine.
Practically one-half of the space
of the magazine is devoted to
this article, in the preparation OF
which Mr.. Agassiz spent about
one year and visited every par
ish in the State, getting first
hand information and seeing for
himself the products and the in
dustries which he so interesting
ly describes.
The article. which covers sew
enty-six pages, is handsomely
illustrated with photographers
Of the subjects treated, and be-
cause of the thoroughness with
which the work has been done
and the mass of valuable infor-
nation set forth, it deserves to
have place in every library in
the State.
Deeply impressed, as he evil
IDENTIFY has been, by the natural
riches of the State and the great
opportunities it offers the capita
list and worker, Mr.. Agassiz
asks: Why have men, in their
eagerness to better their condi-
tons, gone out, in advance of
civilization, into our own Great
West, into far northern Canada
and Alaska, under the very
shadow of the Arctic circle itself.
combating the ravages of win
ter, the droughts of summer, la
boring from sunup to shutdown
they and their wives and their
children, too often to wrest a
mere existence from the soil, in
stead of following the line of
least resistance the course of
the river or creek meandered by
their very gates-to Louisiana,
the land where, in the poetic
words of Longfellow, the grass
grows more in a single night
than in a whole Canadian sum-
mer."
There is every reason to be-
lieve that after reading Mr..
Agassiz's excellently written
article thousands of people, who
contemplate moving into Canada
to better their conditions, will
pause and put to themselves the
same question that the writer
has asked Of himself. IN. o.
Daily States.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-16
Notice.
January ~, 1911:

january ~, 1917.
] hereby give notice to all persons
not to trespass on the following
lands. to-wit: Lot IA, sec. %, and
lots 2, 3. and >. tip. On. r. e. La.
Mer. Men of honor will need no fur
Their notice, otherwise they will an
swer to the law.
G. r. NITGENT. SIR.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-16
THREE GREAT BARGAINS

fine little rverar go mile from Montgomery where
they have good school Fronting Red river
with large sandba in bank 80 cuva
tion 40
buildings Price
purchaser four price
81 miles of Cofax river
land Is in cultivation hill land 20
fruit good with hail.
porch and back galleries. three house good barn
and other buildings well
Price $500 half cash. balance in annual What asap!
104
ing the river and in cultivation Is
woodland No above 1908
overflow. houses This $45
Abargan that
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-16

State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant
Thirteenth judicial District
COurt-NO.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
Officers Think P. n. DaIlam Tells tho
Truth About the Fatal Acct
dent of Friday
Evening.
HELD BY THE POLICE
Handed Revolver to Best Friend
When It Was Discharged and
Killed Him In.
stantiy.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
OMAHA, Nebr., May 6.--The police
are inclined to think that the shooting
last Friday evening of A. w. Barclay,
expert accountant of Minneapolis, was
accidental, but will hold P. II. DalIan,
his best friend who was In the room
at the time, until the Inquest, to be
held this afternoon.
Phillip DaIIam Of Warsaw, Ill.,, faith
er of the young accountant, held In
jail on suspicion, visited his son Sum
day afternoon and expressed himself
as confident that his boy Is innocent
and that the whole affair was an ac-
cldent.
Young DaIlam sticks to his story
that the gun went off while he was
handing 1t to Barclay. A post mortefn
examination held Saturday afternoon
revealed that the bullet went through
the heart causing Instant death.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
ONLY TWO WEEKS
MORE TO LIVE
Rev. RIcheson is to 90 to the Electric
Chair for Murder of
Sweetheart.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
BOSTON, May 6.-Two weeks from
today, unless his sentence is commut.
ed, Rev. C. V. T. Richeson will have
expiated in the electric chair the MUIR
der of his former sweetheart, Avis
Linne1l.
According to released prisoners who
spent time In Charles street JILL
where the minister-murderer has been
confined since his sensational arrest at
the home of his flance, Violet Ed
mands, Richeson is yet hopeful that
Governor Foss and the executive coun-
Gil will grant him leniency for his
confessed crime. Attorneys Lee and
Morse, counsel for Richeson, also are
hopeful that their client will be per-
mitted to spend the remainder of his
life behind bars.
Because of this hopefulness, Richie
son is said to be in good physical and
mental condition. 1t is almost certain
the matter of Richeson's plea for len
iency will be acted on this week. Il
such action is unfavorable to him, he
will be taken to the death cell at
/ Charleston state prison Thursday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
MATTE, IOMAX PRAYS
THAT TAFT SAVE HER

court held that the only punishment
for first degree murder, notwithstand- !
ing the pleas for clemency, was death.
Today, apparently, Matte Lomax's
only hope of escaping the scaffold is
communication of her sentence by the
chief executive. If she hangs, the Dis
trict of Columbia's scaffold will see
the execution of the first woman IN
Washington since Mrs. Surratt was
executed for her part in the Lincoln
assassination.
Matte Lomax had been separated
from her husband and called at his
home at his request, tor reconcilia-
ton. He became abusive, assaulted
her and during the struggle in the
dark, after lamp had been extin-
guished in the melee. Lomax was shot
by his own revolver, held by his wife.
The negroes was never able to give
clear story of the shooting, but plead
ed self defense.
Scores of prominent men and wo-
men are urging President Taft to grant
her 2 Communication to life imprison-
ment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
Continued on page 81
GULF STREAM CARRIES
TITANIC BODIES AWAY

which made navigation difficult, and
scattered the bodies far to the north.
On April 2S the weather cleared, and
the search was resumed. One body
was recovered that day. Another body
was recovered the next day and still
another on the thirtieth. On May l
the weather was improved and the
body OF Joseph Finny, a Liverpool
leather merchant, was picked up.
Later in the day the last body found
that could be brought to port, that OF
a steward, was recovered.
Two bodies of members of the crew
were found, but we're in such condi'
ton that they had to be Immediately
buried. The captain of the Nina
was not sanguine that the government
steamer Montgamny, which VIII no"
take up the search, will recover many
bodies. He says most Of them have al
ready drifted into the gulf stream ano
will be soon in such condition, that, Il
found at all, they will have to be i'm
mediately buried.
All of the bodies recovered by the
Nina wore life belts. The list o.
bodies recovered, as given out by the
ott,cials here, did not vary at all from
that sent by wireless and made public
last Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
Steamer Minia Picked up Only
Fifteen Corpse in the
Sea.

United Press Leased Wire Service.]
HALIFAX, N. s., May 6.-The
Western Union cable ship Nina with
fifteen bodies Of the Titanic victims on
board, docked here today. The only
body OF a we'll known parsonage
aboard was that OF Charles NJ. Hays,
the dead president of the Grand Trunk
railway which was claimed by his
widow and officials of the road who
have been waiting for It. Most OF the
other bodies we're members OF the
Titanic crew.
The story OF the trip was duplica-
tion of that told by the Mackay-Ben.
nett, with the exception that because
OF the currents the bodies were much
more widely scattered and the search
correspondingly more difficult. On
the first day, April 26, eleven bodies
were recovered Then came q dense
fog, and brisk northeasterly gale
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
Has Been Sentenced to Be Exc
cuted in the City of
Washington.


United Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON. May 6. When
President Taft returns from his Ohio
trip he will be asked for the second
time to avert the hanging of wo-
man, Matte Lomax, the negress who
murdered her husband, who faces ex-
piation on the scaffold for her crime.
Nearly three months ago, Tart granted
her respite until May 90 pending a
judicial determination in another mur.
der case of whether iurys finding
guilty, but without capital
punishment was legal under
the District of Columbia code.
Such a verdict was returned II
the Lomax case. But the supreme
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
Success or Failure Of Chicago Newspa-
per Strike HInges on the Action
Today Of tho
Printers.
OPEN SHOP MOVEMENT
Labor Leader In Charge Of the Strike
Says Newspapers Have Begun
Move to Fight Union
Labor.

[ United Press Leased Wire Service J
CHICAGO, May 6.-The association
publishers Of this city made big |
stride against the strike of five unions |
and today published and distributed
regular morning editions. The stereo-
type and press work was done by i'm
ported workers, who have been
brought in to break the strike. The
papers had wide circulation In the
residence districts and outside towns,
but they were practically barred from
the loop district by the newshoy' 8
strike. Afternoon papers promised
three editions today.
There was practically no rioting
during the night and early today, and
although large numbers of police
were kept on special duty, about news
paper offices and in accompanying all
wagons manned by non-union drivers.
the bluecoats had little to do. The
Daily Socialist with it's morning and
evening editions continues to be the
sale down town.
The success or failure of the strike
today was believed to depend largely
upon the action of the Typographical
union, and representatives of the
publishers said today they had reason
to believe that President Lynch would
keep the union printers at work.
Active charge of the strike was in
the hands Of George L. Berry, inter
/ national president of the pressnsen S
union, today 1t is Berry's purpose to
bring pressure to bear upon the print
/ ing trades and attempt to induce them
to Join in the move against the pub
fishers. In statement today, Berry
made the direct charge that the mem
bers of the publishers organization
were Just beginning move to force
cut of all the newspaper Offices in the
country allied with the association
all the unions and create an open
shop, in all their mechanical depart.
/ ments.
4 THE American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association has had this plan In
mind for MONTHS said Berry today
"and the action in Chicago is the
opening gun in their campaign against
union labor
Fifty auto truck drivers, employed
4 by paper concerns, went cut today, de
claring they would not deliver white
paper to any of the newspapers
against which the strike of the Other
FIVE crafts is directed
An enthusiastic meeting of the Chi
cago A. F. of L. was held yesterday a
which all union men in Chicago were
urged to stand by the striking unions
and sympathetic strike of printers
and other trades on the newspapers
was advocated as the surest way il
which to tie UP the publications AM
bring the strike to an end satisfactr,
! to the unions.
Max Annanberg, circulator for tn
: Tribune, was slugged and knocked III
conscious by strike sympathizers te
day in a small riot at Clark and VAST
ington streets He was aiding in tn
!. distribution of papers in the dowr
town district when some one struc
:. him on the head.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
Hammond In Berlin !.

United Press Leased Wire Service ]
BERLIN, May 6.--John Hays Ham
nond and the special commission sent
by the United States to invite Euro
psan nations to participate in the cele-
bration Of the opening OF the Panama
canal at the Panama exposition to be
held in San Francisco in 1915, reached
here today. The American ambassa-
cor arranged for an audience with
Emperor William. Hammond and his
party will be the guests of honor at
numerous semi-official entertain.
ments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
war department Is Expected to Issue
Call for Men TO Go Down
and Clean up the
Greasers.
SHOOT ACROSS RIVER
p,l, a, MexIcans Fire at Private John
Baker From Ambush and Clip
or Ono Of His
Fingers.

r,rn,.ed Press Leased Wire Service.1
DENVER, May 6.-That the war
denartment is expecting to call for
volunteers to go to Mexico, is declar-
"a by Colonel James Bulger to have
been established by the semi-official
rscognition Of regiment of cavalry,
bs il organizing in this state.
He has received books of inspection
~ drilling and war fare from the
/. washington authorities, he declares.
and has been notified that his regi-
rsnt will be called in the event that
volunteers are needed.
Adjutant General John Chase has
given permission to Colonel Bulger to
use the national guard armory for
regimental meetings.
Shot From Ambush.
FL, PASQ, Texas. May 6.-Feeling
,sainst the Mexicans is running high
mere today as the result OF the shoot
Inc d, Private John Baker OF the
twenty second U. S. infantry by two
Mexicans hidden in clump OF bushes
across the river. While Baker was not
seriously wounded. his companions In
the infantry assert that the shooting
was deliberate. Baker says he was
laying on the bank OF the river, being
on partol duty. when he saw two
Mexicans on the other side creep into
ciunip Of bushes. Without warning
they fired al him, one bullet taking Of
one Of his fingers and the other pass
iug through his hat.
E. q. steeyer, commanding The
troops here. has made a report Of the
affair to the war department. The
government will also be asked to in
yestigate the reports from Chihuahua
that Mexican bandits murdered ] D
Harvey. Norman colonist. and al
American. Harvey was working OF
his farm when bandit suddenly ap
peared and shot him down in tn,
presence of his three sons.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
The Chinese Loan.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SHANGHAI, May 6.-The negotia-
tions for the proposed international
loan today reached deadlock owing
to the refusal of the premier, Tang
shao-Yi, to accept the financial super
vision of the four participating pow
ere. The premier declares this would
be equivalent to admitting captivity
and processes himself confident that
aid will be obtained from other
sources, with more generous provi-
sions. The premier adds that he fears
the present suggested loan conditions
would be opposed by the nation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
Southern Negroes Living OF the
Government and Refuse to Work
Unless at Point Of
a Gun.
THE FLOOD SITUATION
Heavy Ralns on Sunday Made the
River Boom and Conditions Are
Desperate at Dozen
Points.

/ United Press Leased Wire Service !
NEW ORLEANS, La, May g.
Heavy rains having prevailed through
out Louisiana and parts of Mississippi
yesterday, the flood situation at near
~ dozen Louisiana points was des-
perate today. OF the larger towns,
Baton Rouge. Morganza, Melville and
Bayou Des Glaces are seriously threat
ened and thousands Of men are en-
deavoring to strengthen the levees
AGAINST the rising waters.
At all of these points the water was
tapping the tops of the levees today
and only the piling of thousands o.
sandbags against the sides prevented
their going out This relief, however,
may prove to be only momentary The
constant rise of the river has caused
! the levees to be SO thoroughly water
soaked that they are liable to crumble
and break at any time.
On orders from Governor Sanders,
militiamen today rounded up every
negro in Morganza Melville and Baton
/ Rouge and forced them to work on the
ilevees. Since the government start
ed issuing rations in this section.
hundreds of negroes have been living
! off the government, but when an ef-
! fort was made to have them work on
/ the levees they refused. They will
now work under guard of militia.
All women and children have been
j taken ont of Melville and Bayou Des
Glaces. They were taken out on
special trains, but the service has now
/ teen abandoned and the men must
fee for their lives should the dikes
give way. There is the greatest suf-
/ fering from the lack of food as the
4 government and state authorities are
unable to reach all the sufferers. Over
u one hundred thousand persons have
been rendered homeless, and special
boats are being sent out to pick ur
those marooned in the food centers.
Thirty Drowned.
NEW ORLEANS, La. May 6.-Thir
ty persons were drowned in the in
terror Of Point Coupee parish early to
day when waters from break In the
Mississippi levee rushd into the dis
trict without the slightest warning
Survivors reported that twelve bodies
, have been recovered and that thu
death list may reach fifty.
Point Coupee parish has beer
threatened for days along the rive
.. front, but 1t was not believed tn
back waters from the Mississippi ant
smaller streams would cause grea
damage in the interior, or the floo'
reach that far A great volume OF wa
ter swept the parish early today, how
ever carrying everything before II
Survivors declare that the peopl
: were caught entirely unprepared an
!, were miles from either telephone o
. telegraph station.
!. The flood situation was PRACTICAL
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
CHR ie EIoated.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW ORLEANS, La, May 6--The
Hamburg-American liner Bermuda,
which went aground at the mouth OF
the Mississippi river yesterday, was
f,oated this afternoon and proceeded
10 sea She was not damaged The
Bermuda is bound for Hamburg with
valuable cargo,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
Democratic Primary.

JACKSON, Miss, May GA presi-
Dental primary to ascertain Missis-
sippi's preference for the democratic
nomination will be held tomorrow.
Only the names of Underwood and
Wilson will be on the ticket. The
night promises to be close, although
the Underwood leaders claim an easy
victory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity-Generally
fair tonight and Tuesday Not much
change in temperature.
For Illinois, Iowa and Missouri -
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday.
Not much change in the temperature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
Daily River Bulletin
observations

Local Obeervatlons.
May 5, 4 p. M, "A degrees, clear.
May 6. Z a. M, Ga, degrees, partly
cloudy
Mean temperature for May 5th, SO
degrees; highest 70; lowest SO; low
est last night 81.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06

Read The Daily Gate City. 10
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CONTINUED on page 80
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06

subecrlbers Of The Daily gate CITY
a. se-ved the full Lsassd Wire ser.
v,ce Of che United Press Associations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
THE WEATHER

Generally Fair. Local temp
- p. m. IA; 7 a. m. 81.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-09-05

The public school opens with good
attendance on Monday morning. Sept.
2.
The normal department has an en-
rolment of ten students and most of
these are working for d high school
diploma and normal diploma which
will entitle them to first grade cer-
titicate.
A new feature of the work in the
upper grades this year is the depart
mental work in the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades. working under the
same plan as the high school. This
gives every teachera chance to speci-
alize in one kind of work. Miss Wold,
English grammar: Miss Hedenstad,
S. history; Miss Olson, arithmetic:
Miss Miller, geography.
This greatest step forward in edu-
cation this year is the consolidated
schools. Three buses with over fifty
children come from the country and
take advantage Of a good school that
will help every boy and girl to an
equal opportunity in life.
Jos. Heraly and K. A. Norsen and
Misses Cassidy, Maybury and Max
well will have charge of the arrange
ment of the school exhibit at the
fair.
| The various departments are wait
ing anxiously for the new building
when they will have chance to dc
the full regular work. Parents will
remember that until the new build
ing is ready students will study at
home as far as possible.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-09-05
Gard of Thanks

We hereby tender our sincere and
heartfelt thanks to our many friends
for their aid and sympathy in our
deep affiiction in the loss of a hus-
band and father We especially ap-
preciate the brotherly acts of the
members of the Masonic and Odd
Fellows orders.
MRS. ANTON LARSON AND CHILDREN.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-09-05
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

Lucas Kells was in the cities Friday
and Saturday.
Mrs. Mamie Sutton is visiting
friends in Mildred.
Miss Gladys Warren is visiting Miss
Margaret Hilsdale.
Mr.and Mrs. Frank Rose were Mel
rose visitors Tuesday.
Adam Ingram went to Park Rapids
on business trip Monday.
Miss Tessie Buckley left on Friday
for Slayton where she will teach.
Miss Bertha Schwanke and mother
left Monday morning for Melrose.
Mrs. C. A. Galusha has gone to
Grand Forks to visit her parents.
Mrs. Edotf from St. Peter is visit
ING her mother Mrs John johnson.
Mrs. Howard Bishop of Westport
was Sauk Centre visitor Thursday.
Miss Florence Becker returned
from three weeks visit at Fergus
Falls.
G. l.. Johnson returned Saturday
evening from business trip to Chica-
90.
Mrs J. G.. Working and son left.
Saturday for Duluth to visit her par
ents.
j. &C. Collins departed Tuesday over
the Northern Pacific Or Seattle,
Wash.
Mrs. Lulu Lent left Friday for Jop-
lin, Mo-, where she will spend the
winter.
Fred Deters took the early train
Monday morning for a visit to the
state fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mann and sons
left Thursday for their home in De-
wills Lake.
Miss Babe Mckay left Monday noon
for Bertha, where she Will teach the
coming year.
Miss Jennie Myhre returned to Be-
midi Saturday where she will teach
again this year.
Miss Laura Mcintyre left Saturday
for Long Prairie where she will teach
the coming year.
Mrs. J. C. Swift and her sister Miss
Alma Christensen came down from
Evansville Friday.
A. ]. Powers returned Monday af
ternoon from his three weeks vaca-
tion at Backus, Mimi.
Miss Anna Stromberg left Saturday
for parkers Prairie where she will
teach the coming year.
Alphonso Barto came in Sunday
from Minneapolis and departed Mon
day noon for Fargo.
Miss Grace Noel, who spent tie
summer with friends in Indiana and
Iowa, returned Friday.
Miss Leta White went down to st.
Paul Wednesday morning to visit her
sister Mrs. Bert VanCamp.
Billy Parker came III from Chicago
Saturday and viii be in this part Of
his territory for some time.
Mrs. Mertie Nickerson, who has
been visiting Mr., and Mrs. Ed Evans,
has returned TO Minneapolis.
The Misses Title and Emma Fors-
berg left last Friday for Jamestown,
n. d.. where the ensing year.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Emerson went
TO Minneapolis Tuesday to visit
friends and see the state fair.
Mrs E. e. Compton and daughter
Ruth went to st. Cloud Monday noon
and returned on the evening train.
Miss Marie Cyr left Friday for hel
home in Minneapolis after a visit of 9
week OF more with Mrs. A. w. Aus
tin.
C.. B. Bentley left Tuesday mornins
for Mankato and other points on bus
iness, expecting to be absent severa
days.
Mrs. Oscar Holman, who has beer
spending the summer with her sistel
in Anacortes, WASH, returned Fri
day.
Geo. c. Duel of Naperville, Ills.
left for his home Monday after few
days visit here with his son Rev. 4
w. Duel.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-09-05

We have . full supply Of the best
grades Of both hard and soft coal
and our prices are right. Give ~
call. Jas. Ingram Lumber Co.
phone So.