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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Appendix Worth $4,000 Out.

New Orleans.-Is an appendix in
the body of millionaire of more
value in dollars and cents than tho
aforesaid piece of anatomy in tha
body of bread winner? Last sum
mer during the heat of the Legislative
session at Baton Rouge, Frank B.
Williams, St. Mary lumber king and
chairman of the republican state CEN
tral committee of Louisiana, was sud-
denly stricken with appendicitis. Dr.
Charles A. Danna, house surgeon OF
the Charity hospital, who was in
Baton Rouge at the same time, was
called and relieved Williams Of his
troublesome appendix. According to
the story going the rounds, Danna es-
Inmates the value of his professional
services and the success of the opera
ton that probably saved the life Of
Williams at the sum Of $20, 900. VIII
t1istms IS sara To nave protested yigor
ously against the size of the surgeons
bill and is said to have suggested that
$4,000 would be reasonable amount
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
MRS. FLASH KILLED BY, TRAIN
Fails to See Approaching Locomotive.
Body Hurled Sixty Feet and
Neck Was Broken.

Crowley-The quiet and peaceful
ness of Thanksgiving was marred in
Crowley Thursday when an eastbonnd
Southern Pacific passenger train
struck and instantly killed Mrs. Jo--
seph Flash, wife of one Of the bust-
ness men in Crowley. The unfor-
tunate woman was crossing the track
near her home at the time OF the ac-
cident and failed to notice the rapid
approach of the train. She was struck
by the fore part of the engine pilot
and was carried or thrown sixty feet
along the track. She was instantly
killed.
When the body of the woman was
picked up from the ditch into which
it had fallen, it was discovered that
the left arm was broken, both legs
broken below the knees, left hip
broken, neck broken, besides showing
evidences of being considerably mutt
lated about the mouth and face.
In the clothing of the dead woman
was discovered a purse containing
four or five hundred dollars. This
was found sewed into the lining OF
the Woman's skirt.
While the inquest was in progress
at the home of Mrs. Flash, the house
caught fire, but was soon extinguish-
ed.
But one witness, a small negro boy.
saw the deceased struck by the en-
gine.
The deceased was the wife of Jo-
seph Flash, notary of Crowley. She
was about 46 years old and leaves, be-
sides husband, one son, Earl Flash
The family has resided at Crowley for
over twelve years.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
NEWS FROM THE SEAT l0F WAR IN BALKANS
RUSSIA MAY GET INTO GAME

ST. Petersburg.-Chances for a
peaceful solution Of the Balkan crisis
are increasing daily Russian diplo'
macy, supported by that of France
and Great Britain, expects to tide
over the Austro-Servian conflict re
garding the Adriatic and drive bar
gain with Austria and Italy, based on
recognition of Albanian autonomy in
return for Austria's giving Servia ac'
cess to the sea
According to views of Russian dip
lomats, permanent settlement is de-
They are of the belief that there is
no reason to make the Servian posi-
ton economically untenable. The
main object is peace, but not peace
at any price.
The most important task for diplo-
macy at present is to hasten a con-
clusion of the negotiations between
Turkey and Bulgaria. 1t is said to be
not impossible that Russia may exert
her good offices for peace, either in
the form Of advice or pressure. Rus
sia does not desire to take any ac-
ton that might compromise her good
relations with Turkey in the future.
Russia, it is said, does not want any
Turkish territory, but desires only the
freedom of the Dardanelles for her
Black sea trade, which represents
three-fourths of her grain exports.
Austro-Hungarian reservists resid-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
CHURCHILL ON HORRORS Of WAR

London.-"The only epitaph history
could write upon such catas-
trophe," said Winston Spencer
Churchill, first lord of the admiralty,
in referring to the possibility of a
general war as result OF the Balkan
situation, would be this-that a
whole generation of men went mad
and tore themselves to pieces
He said thst Iise i strong feeling
naturally existed between Russia and
Austria over the Balkan question, a
resort to war by them would be hor-
ror utterly disproportionate to any
cause existing or any compensation
that might be achieved.
Christian civilization" he con-
tinued, "looks across the tangles Of
diplomacy to the sovereigns of those
august empires and asks whether
kingship might not in these modern
democratic days win for itself new
luster and proclaim to the mnltitudes
of enfranchised toilers, in whose
hands power is being increasingly
reposed, the fact that the monarchy
is the bulwark of European peace"
A great gulf, Mr.. Churchill said,
separated the affairs of Russia and
Austria from those of the other Eu-
ropean powers, and that they had only
to pursue the policy of trusting one
another, which they had been pur-
suing, and nothing could drive them
from the path of sanity and honor.
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~ NEWS Of ALL III
N LOUISIANA III
'APPoINTEEs NAMED.
Governor Names the Orleans Jury
Commission, Charity Hospital and
Caddo Levee Boards.

Commission, Charity Hospital and
caddo Levee Boards.
Baton Rcnga Jury nissioners
for Orleans parish, members of the
Charity hospital board and Caddo
levee board and others we're appoint
ed by Governor Hall as follows:
Jury Commissioners, Parish of Or
leans-A. w. Newlin, Robert E.
O'Rourke and ]. J. O'Brien.
Charity Hospital Board, Orleans
Frank B. Hayne and Charles A. Far
well, four years; J. P. Blair and John
T. Gibbons, three years; Orloff Lake
and William E. Stauffer, two years;
Edgar B. Sloan and James B. Sinnott,
one year. There are no doctors on
the board.
Caddo Levee Board-W. B. Means,
John H. Sentell, John J. Lay and John
NJ. Robinson, to succeed themselves;
w. V. Robson, to succeed H. L. He'll
perrin; John Glassell, vice James w.
Dixon, and ]. H. Jordon, vice S. A.
Dickson.
Joe Monget of Baton Rouge was ap-
pointed on the State board of engi-
neers, to succeed himself.
Albert Levert was named on the
Atchafalaya levee board, and c. H.
Mccain, attorney, to assist the tax
collector of Grant parish.
|, Four of the old members of the hos
pital board are retained by Governor
Hall, Messrs. Hayne, Farwell, Glib
bons and Sinnott. With the excep-
ton of Mr.. Hayne, who received his
first commission from Governor Hall,
those named hold over from the San
ders administration.
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DISEASED VICTIMS pF WAR, OUT
SIDE OF coNsTAHTINoPLE,
PRESENT AWFuL SIGHT.
IN GREAT CITY A. IS GAYETY
Songs and Laughter BY Joyful Crowds.
Grow callous to Peril-Enjoy Life
While They Mai-other
News From the Front.

Constantinople asa sna corr
'edy are strangely mixed ii the scenes
within and without the limits of Con-
stantinople. Only 4 few hours ride
from the city neglected cholera vic
TINS may be found by scores and
hundreds, the dead and the dying
lying side by side, some without shell
ter and others in the crowded bar
racks or beneath weather-worn tents
Heaps of blackened and distorted
unfortunates are to be found at San
Stefano The use of disinfectants
seemed unknown and the most ele-
mentary precr Itions were neglected.
The ground where the victims lay
was covered with litter and filth. Only
few physicians, assisted by a small
group of overworked nurses, were to
be seen.
Dozens of the afflicted creatures
cried out in vain for the slightest as
sistance and only the stoutest hearts
could endure the spectacle. One
could not help but feel that they were
fortunate who had perished in battle
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Three Negroes Lynched.

Shreveport-Wood Burke, Jim Hurd
and Silas Jimmerson, three negroes
who made an almost fatal assault on
Deputy Sheriff Edwards of Bossier
parish several weeks ago, were taken
from three deputies who were convey
ing them from the Caddo parish Jail to
Benton Thursday and lynched.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Boy Loses Both Legs.

Morgan City.-Aldren Verratt, nine
years old, met with an accident Fri
day that cost him both legs. The boy
fell from a cane train near the depos
and was run over by the train. One
leg was cut off, and he was taken to
the Patterson sanitarium, where the
other was amputated. He is the SON
of Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Verrett.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
New Orleans Rice.

New Orleans. - Rough Honduras
rice was steady Saturday; all other
grades firm. Receipts: Rough, 9,444
sacks; clean, 2,148 pockets; millers.
1864 sacks. Sales: Rough, 3,492
sacks Honduras at $2.56@4.36 and 3du
Japan at $3.31h; clean, 1856 pockets
Honduras at 2A @5hc and 1886
Japan at 35-16@31Sc. Quotations:
Rough. Honduras sks56@4.40, Japan
$g.b0@3.75; clean, Honduras 4@5Ac
Japan 3A @3Ac.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Gaivestonjan Loses Money.

New Orleans.-B. H. Mardfeldt, a
stranger from Galveston, Texas, re-
ported to the police that he lost a
pocketbook somewhere in the vicinity
of the postoffice containing $275. Mr..
Mardfeldt does not believe that he
was robbed but states that it is like
ly he lost the valuable wallet, which
he had loose in his pocket.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
$4,000, 600 Is Assured.

New Orleans.-With an additional
100000 assured for completing
work on the Texas and Pacific's ter
minals, Judge T. j. Freeman, first
vice president of that road, returned
Friday from a ten-day trip to New
York. There he was in conference
with capitalists who are financing the
$40, 100000 enterprise at New Orleans.
He declared the conference was sat
isfaetory in every detail.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
A general war might plunge Europe
almost into the desolation of the mid
die ages.
BuIgarians Slaughter Turks.

BuIqarians Slaughter Turks.
Londcn.-"I am informed on i'm
peachable authority" says the Times
correspondent at Saloniki, that the
Bulgarian irregular troops left in
charge of kavala after its surrender
some time ago, alleging that the
Moslems had plotted massacre, ar
rested $50 of the Turks and slaugh-
tered them, mostly with bayonets, out
side the town. This action was taken
in spite of promises to protect the
lives of citizens.
1.-THE irregulars furthered the mas
sacre by alleging that the Turks burn
ed several villages before the en-
trance of the Bulgarians into the
town of Drama; that $50 Christian
families perished, and that num-
Der of the leading Jews had been ar
rested and grave fears were enter
tanned for their safety. They also
allege that when the Bulgarians en-
tered Erres they were fired on by
the Turks and an officer and two sol
diers were killed. The Bulgarians
thereupon began to clean up the town.
massacreing 100 persons by the
Moslem process"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
FOREIGN NEWS.

Municipal rabbit breeding is to be
tried out by Schoneberg, suburb OF
Berlin, Germany This is the last ex-
pertinent in the effort to find way
to combat the high cost Of living and
furnish meat to those to whom the
present prices are prohibitive.
Parliamentary suffrage for women
is embodied in the proposals TOR the
reform of the Danish constitution, to
be presented shortlys This clause has
been accepted by all of the political
parties, so there is no doubt that Den
mark will soon be numbered among
the states which have granted the full
franchise to women. The weaker sex
already has the municipal franchise
and in no country in Europe has the
movement for the advancement OF
women been SO strong as in Denmark
England Saturday at Melbourne,
Australia, won title to the Dwight
F. Davis cup, emblematic of the
worlds championship in lawn tennis,
by winning a third match from the
Australian defenders.
The Servians, ignoring the procla-
nation of Albanian independence,
have occupied the port OF Durazzo
without resistance. This information
comes in a direct dispatch from that
town to London Friday. Thus the
conflict is raised in acute form be-
tween Austria and Servia.
A large part of Adrianople has been
set afire through the dropping Of
pyroxylin bombs from aeroplanes.
The disease ravaging the Turks may
not be cholera, but European typhus.
according to latest reports.
Mexican rebels met their first de
feat Wednesday in the projected
movement against Juarez, Mexico,
when repulsed by small federal gar
rison at Guzman, five miles south OF
the border.
Bulgarian recruits of the 1914 class
have been summoned to join the
colors December 5.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Arrested on Forgery Charge.

New Orleans-A man said to be
wanted on an alleged charge of pass
ing bad checks in Texas cities is un-
der arrest. He is said to have con-
fessed to cashing check for 500 at
local hotel, and another at store,
the latter being for $50.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
eTArE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.

November was an average month
for immigration through the port Of
Galveston, the immigrant aliens pass
ing through the port numbering 1856.
The nonimnigrant aliens totaled thir-
ty and the returning United States
citizens numbered sixty-one. Four
aliens were debarred during the
month. The number of deserting sea
men was higher than usual. forty-six
cases of desertion from vessels In
port being reported by Statisticlan
Matthias Muzar in the records OF the
aoffice of Inspector In Charge Alfred
ial .rmpton The amount of cash car
81 L,by the aliens was also average,
e,mmiErant aliens having with
them for a start in the new world
1920. OF this sum $4,613 was in the
possession of eighty-ane Germans,
while forty Bohemians came second
with 1898 and sixty-four Hebrews
were third in the list OF nationalltles
with s1,0O7. Twenty-four nonlmmi-
grant aliens brought with them $l,75S.
Choosing w. F. Doughty Of Marlin
to succeed to the presidency, ana Sc
lecting Dallas for the meeting place
of the ensuing annual assembly, the
thirty-fourth convention-greatest by
all odds in the history OF the organ
ization-of the Texas State Teachers
Association. terminated its proceed
ings at Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday.
The old town of Washington, twice
the capital of Texas, was burned FIT
day
Chestley Williams, the negro who
shot a farmers wife and assaulted
her daughter near Rhine, Ga, Satur-
day, was dragged from the court house
at McRae Sunday by mob ana rld'
died with bullets.
William Bell, until a few weeks ago
a trusted clerk in the First Natonal
bank of Pensacola, Fla, Saturday
pleaded guilty in the United States
court to the theft of $4,000 from
the bank on September Is. Judge
Sheppard sentenced him to two years
in the Federal reform school at WASH
ington. .. C.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
To Clean Up Water Works.

Natchitoches.-Ast the result of DR..
Oscar Dowling's investigation of the
Natchitoches water supply, the mayor
and city council, at a special meet
ing, have decided to have the grounds
about the water works plant cleaned,
fenced and drained and any objec-
tionable building removed.
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as compared with these sufferers in
their hopeless struggle with disease.
On re-entering Constantinople the
correspondent was struck by the ami
nation and even gayety prevailing in
the shops and restaurants, particu-
larly in the most frequented streets.
Amid the throngs on the sidewalks
faces reflecting depression or any
sense of the horrors on the threshold
of the city were few exceptions.
These glaring contrasts of light and
shadow forced the observer to the
conclusion that the day of Turkey as
a serious and powerful empire has de-
parted. In the cafes crowds of men
and women forming a great medley
of nationalities and races were drink
ing, smoking, chatting, laughing and
singing. Bulgarians and Turks min
gled without the least show OF mutual
animosity.
One Bulgarian milkman, whose cart
stood outside, sang Bulgarian song
in the presence of number of Turks.
The latter protested only mildly,
while officers in the street seized the
cart and horses and arrested the tune
full milkman on the charge Of lese
majeste. The crowd hardly noticed
the incident.
The fear of massacres,. so long
acute, has disappeared before the
menace of cholera, at least so far as
MI
jority seem to have grown callous to
any peril and are determined to en-
Joy life while they may.
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Disease Pronounced Hog Diphtheria.
Crowley. - Although the malady
which has been depicting the herds
of swine in Acadia parish for several
weeks has not yet been definitely
diagnosed, a prominent cattle breeder
of this section states that it is with
out doubt hog diphtheria
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Esa I
Will Revive Horse Racing.

VIII HeVlVe 6oFSe HdcIH9.
New Orleans.-Racing will be re-
vived at the old suburban track at
McDonoghville, across the river in
Jefferson parish, on Sunday after
moons. It has been rumored for some
time that the movement was on foot,
and definite announcement was made
Saturday
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Terms Of the Armistice.

London.-The terms of the armis-
tice. according to the Standard, pro-
vide that the armies shall remain in
their present positions and cease en-
trenching, reinforcing or bringing up
ammunition. Adrianople and Scutari
shall not be evacuated, but their gar
risons shall receive rations daily suf-
ficient for one day.
Bulgaria, the correspondent adds. is
willing that Adrianople shall remain
Turkish, provided Turkey will pay an
indemnity OF $250.000,000.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07

Held Up and Robbed by Negroes
Lake Charles.-Police are searching
for two negroes who held up Henry
Fisher near Orange Grove cemetery
and at the point of gun robbed him
of $47.S5 and a gold watch. Fisher.
who is employed at Iowa, was on his
way home to spend Thanksgiving.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07

Franklin-Tony Cavido, an Italian,
who on November 10 killed Clarence
Smith on Alice C. plantation, because
he ran over and killed his five-year-
old sister, was arrested in Shreye
port by Deputy Sheriff Charles Pecot
and brought back to Farnklin.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Child Drowned in Tub.

Baton Rouge.-The 2-year-old child
of Mr. and Mrs. William Dougherty of
Deerford, this parish, was drowned
while playing in a tub of water. The
child lost his balance, fell into the
tub, and when found by his mother
was dead
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
A New Bank at sulphur.

Sulphur-The new bank has the
furnishings installed and has gone
into business in the building former
ly occupied by Slime Brothers. This
is a branch of the Calcasieu Trust and
Savings Bank of Lake Charles.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
3attIeship Fleet Visits New orlean

BattIeship Fleet Visits New Orleans.
New Orleans.-The battleships Min
nesota, South Carolina, Kansas and
Michigan, under command of Rear Ad-
miral Frank F. Fletcher, dropped an
chor off the foot of Canal street
Thursday. More than $500 sailors
and marines will have stay Of a
week in New Orleans.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Germany Ready in Event Of War.

Berlin.-The German minister OF
war, General Josiah Won Herringen,
said Saturday in the imperial parlia-
ment:
Il can give the positive assurance
that everything necessary for the
eventuality of war has been done
He made this statement in answer
ing an inquiry as to whether the ia
new machine gun companies provided
for in the law of 1912 could be Or
ganized without delay.
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A Neoro Kills His Wife.

Franklin-Eddie Freeman, negro,
shot and killed his wife, Victoria
Freeman, on the Providence planta-
.tion. There were no eye-Witnesses,
and Freeman declares the killing was
accidental.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Commission investigating Wreck.

Crowley.-Shelby Tailor of Crowley.
chairman of the Louisiana railroad
commission, left for Baton Rouge to
attend a meeting of the railroad COM
mission to conduct an investigation Of
the Texas Pacific wreck
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Win Demand s24o, 100000.

n.-Telegraphing from Sofia,
the Daily Mails correspondent as
serts that the allies will demand from
Turkey as war indemnity f4S,0o0,-
900 (s24o.000, ,O001. The CONSTANT
AFTER an armistice is signed an in
terval of week will elapse for the
appointment of plenipotentiaries to
negotiate peace
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Anniversary of Church.

Franklinton-The first anniversary
celebration of the founding of Zona
NJ E. church, South, was celebrated
at Zona, La, Thursday night. An in
teresting program was rendered.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Peters Lake-PearI River Bridge.

Bogalusa. the efforts OF
the Progressive Union, first class
bridge has been ordered built by the
police jury at Peters Lake and Pearl
river, east Of town.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-12-07
Snowfall at Mer Rouue.

Mer Rouge-Winter weather pre-
vailed Thursday, snow falling for an
hour, but melting as rapidly as it fell