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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07
CLOSING HYMEL|A.

incomplete Condition of New En-
bankment Causing Much Uneasi-
ness Throughout Threatened Dis
trict-Lafourche Board Urges
Haste.
At a special meeting of the La
fourche Basin Levee Board held in
New Orleans Monday afternoon, the
sum of $4,000 was appropriated for
the use of the United States engi-
neers in completing the construction
Of the new levee at HymeGa. The
federal government has made proyi-
sion for this work and financial as
sistance from the levee board will
probably not be required, but in
view of the slow progress Of the
work, which has been the subject of
many complaints and appeals from
residents of the district behind the
crevasse, the levee commissioners
deemed it wise to prepare for any
emergency and to, have a sum of
money on hand for immediate use
should it be needed.
A few days ago President E. G..
swartz of the levee board wrote to
Capt. G. Q. Sheriff.. of the United
States Engineering Corps, urging
greater speed on the Hymelia levee
contract and suggesting that the
dredgeboat Pascagoula, be again
placed at work on the embankment.
He said the board would be willing
to stand part Of the increased ex-
pense, and pointed out the neces-
sity Of completing the levee before
1913.
In his reply Captain Sheriff. said:
AS you know, the contract was
let to the Southern Dredging Com
the work, but unfortunately they
have not advanced the work as rap
idly as they should have done. In
view Of this fact, / placed the Units
ed States dredgeboat Waterway on
the work Oct. %, and the dredge
Ram on it a few days later. Both
are l6-inch dredges with capacities of
putting 1000 cubic yards of earth on
the levee each twenty -four hours. I
have not seen the work myself for
some days, but Mr.. Knobloch reports
that the progress is not entirely sat
isfactory. I have, therefore, wired
to the chief of United States engi-.
neers asking that the Pascagoula, or
a dredge of equivalent capacity, be
sent there Immediately to complete
this work.
Il wish you would assure the PEG
pie living behind the levee that this
office will stop at no expense what
ever within its capacity to secure
for them protection from the next
high water
Work on the 1evee is. being push
ed forward as fast as possible, the
Southern Dredging Company having
rented additional implements from
the Fry Brothers Company to hast
en- the construction.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07
THE GOVERNOR AND THE DOCK
BOARD.

Official and political circles in New
Orleans are much exercised over a
controversy that has arisen between
Governor Hall and the Board Of Port
Commissioners, commonly known as
"the dock board The governor
sent a request to four Of the mem
bers that they resign lin the pub
lie interest. ~ Commissioner Adolph
Dumser, president Of the Metropol-
itan Bank, who has been an eff
cient and valuable member of the
board for eight years, resented the
language of the request as an in
sulting and unjust reflection upon
his official record, and declared that
he would not resign. Thereupon the
governor peremptorily removed MI
Dumser and appointed as his success
sor +. H. Fulton, president of the
Commercial National Bank. The
New Orleans Board of Trade took
cognizance OF the matter and trans
mitted resolutions toe the. governor.
strongly protesting against dragging
the dock board into politics, to which
the governor replied that his action
had been taken after mature dellber-
alton and that it was based upon
desire to take the dock board out OF
politics. An effort is being made to
get the other commercial and BUSH
ness organizations of the city to
join in thes&board of trades protest,
but several will probably decline to
interfere on the ground that the con-
troversy has assumed political
phase.
If there is any good ground Of COM
plant against the members of the
dock board it ought to be made pub
lie by Gov. Hall in justice both to
himself and the deposed commission
ers. There is perhaps not a public
board in the state that has enjoyed
a better reputation for faithful service
and conscientious performance Of
duty than this same dock board. I'm
der its administration vast deal Of
good work has been done in extend
ing and improving the condition and
facilities of the New Orleans harbor
and wharves, and none but words of
praise have been heard with refer
tence to the efficiency, economy and
integrity OF its operations.
Unless this reputation is unde-
served and things have been going
on beneath the surface of which the
public has been kept in ignorance,
Mr. Dumser and his colleagues have
a right to resent the imputation that
their retirement from office is to the
public interest, and their indignation
is natural and excusable.
II the dock boards good repute is
really open to question and the or
ganization has been dabbling in poll
tics, as Gov. Hall plainly intimates
in his reply to the board of trade,
the people should know it, and we
suggest that the governor owes it
to them to take them into his con-
fidence in the premises.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07
Armistice Concluded in Turkey.

Telegraphic advices from Constan-
tinople announce the conclusion OF
an armistice between Turkey, Bull
garia, Servia and Montenegro on the
4th instant and a consequent cessa-
ton of hostilities pending negotia-
tons for a treaty of peace. Greece
has not as yet agreed to the armis-
tice, presumably because she fears
that her interests and claims are
not assured of satisfactory consider
alton by the signatory powers, but it
is not likely that she will long hold
aloof from the movement to end the
war or that her Balkan allies will
play her false in the final adjustment.
There is every indication of the ear
ly conclusion of the brief but i'm
portant and eventful Balkan-Turkish
war.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07
Port Barrow Youth Fatally Crushed
by Train.

While a Texas and Pacific locomo-
tive was switching coal cars on the
West Kentucky Coal Co1npany's spur.
in Port Barrow last Saturday after
noon, Alvin Mollere, aged eight years,
who was sitting on the end of one
Of the cars for a ride, lost his bal
ance and fell under the wheels, be-
ing horribly mangled before the train
could be stopped. The unfortunate
lads right arm was crushed, both
hands were badly. lacerated and his
right knee entirely denuded. The
railroad surgeon. DR.. E. K. Sims, was
summoned, and upon his instructions
the injured youth was placed aboard
the 1922 a. m. Texas and Pacific train
Sunday and sent to the Charity Hos
pital in New Orleans, accompanied
by a trained nurse. An operation to
remove the crushed arm at the
shoulder was successfully performed
by the hospital surgeons, but the pa
tient was unable to withstand the
shock, and at 12::45 O'Clock Monday
morning he passed away. The re-
mains We're brought to Donaldson
vile on the Limited Monday after
noon, and after church services were
Inferred in the local Catholic Gene
terry.
Young Mollere was son of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis A. MoIlere, OF Port
Barrow, and was a manly and promis-
ing little fellow The terrible acct
dent which cost him his life is deep
ly deplored, and profound sympathy
is extended to the heartbroken par
ents and other relatives.
The time has come to remind Won:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07
Boxing Contest Tomorrow.

Silas Reed, heralded as the
champion of Kotzville," and Dave
Jones, proclaimed the "undefeated
slEa,er of Donaldsonville, have been
matched to fight 20 rounds at the
Gondran Theatre tomorrow afternoon,
the bout to begin at 2 O'Clock. These
husky dinges met recently at Valen-
zuela, and after nine rounds of red
hot fighting Reed accidentally fouled
his opponent and was disqualified by
the referee. The mill was one of
the fastest and most interesting ever
staged in this section, and was pro-
nounced by the big crowd which
witnessed it to have been more than
worth the price of admission
The public is assured that tomor-
rows contest will be for blood
and strictly ON the level.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07
Program, for Meeting y ~
Teachers.

Following is the iilteTess 4
gram arranged for the rlea ~ !
New River branch q n
teachers, association to e Il
the johnson school o y Nh
Dec. 10, beginning az 8 ~
M: ..rs I'll
Opening exercises, fea
irons.
Model Number e M
Grade" Miss Bernadetss D s. s IL
Model Story I I
Grade. Z Miss Carrie Big y 81, 4
Sociology, chapters ~ q
Mary A. Gray.
THE Use Of the lOlsss S.
Blanchard. ltaraaggg
practical value ol ,! III 4
ciety Work, z A. =. stlsl', ! i
Relation Of the w.
Community ]. B. Gasd 4. D II.s
aThe Teacher ana II d i!
chapters 16 and " y
sWhat Can be Done u I,,,ss Ii
nomics and Domestic sl IS 81
Country Schools, MISS
Let us Drtnt your
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07

The esteemed Iberville South pays
The Chief compliment by quotlns
it's editorial on the maintenance OF
the Republican party franchise IN
Louisiana and crediting the produc-
ton to the Monroe NaWs-star, p o..
how is the South going to- square u
self with the newsy luminary that
scintillates on the banks OF the
nellucid Ouachita?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07
Street Pavement 10 be Repaired.


H. p. Ellis, superintendent of CON
struction Of the Southern Bitulithic
Company, and III. B. Apple, foreman
Of the construction crew, arrived
here last week and made an inspec-
ton of the pavement in Railroad
avenue and Mississippi street, to
which certain repairs have long been
necessary. They stated that their
repair outfit had been shipped from
Hattiesburg. Miss, and that as soon
as it arrived here a force of men
under Mr.. Apple would be put to
work on the local streets While
the pavement as d whole is in good
condition, several bad spots have de-
yeloped, notably the one in front Of
the Gondran Theatre, which has been
an eye-sore and a source of annoy
anee for months.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07
Notwithstanding the repeatedly

Notwithstanding the repeatedly
stated and frequently demonstrated
fact that The Chief is an independent
and non-partisan newspaper, the
Shreveport Journal persistently con-
tinues to employ the parenthetleaI
designation (Republican) when quot
ing editorials from our columns. SeV-
eral other Of our esteemed contem-
poraries seem to have broken them
selves of this habit, and we commend
their reformation to the Journal as
worthy of emulation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07
TuIana'S KICK.

"Well, it was clean game anu
Tulane had no kick remarked a Il.
s To- rooter at a discussion OF the
Thanksgiving football tussle. " ! GU
are Mistaken" retorted a Dystanuel'
"for Tulane certainly did have.
kick, and good luck for her she a1d,
for it was kick that gave hef the
only three points she scored.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07

Apropos of the Balkan war the a4 run
nv man of the New Orleans states
saws the circumstance OF the ser
VANS taking Kastoria doesn't mean
that the army was unhealthy, ana
that Tchatalja sounds more IKE q =
snaDpy sneeze than strong line OIL
forts.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07

Several Democratic citizens Of "a
onemines have not yet entered the
1ists as candidates to succeed the
Republican postmaster OF tnal pu - o. -
but there's plenty of time 1or Tue
few backward patriots to come lot
ward.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07

John Schrank, the demented crank
VINO tried to assassinate Col. Theo-
.dore Roosevelt at Milwaukee, has
been adjudged insane and committed
to an asylum.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07

Louisiana is making a fine show
at the Chicago Land Show, and no
state in the Union has a better show
for such a showing.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07

Some more important elections are
coming. Pay your poll tax.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07

The time has come to remind you:
Pay your poll tax.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07

Let us print Jour ~
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-07

Died, at his home in Baton Rouge.
Nov. %, 1912, at 2 o'clock a. M,
George H. Morrison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
COL. ROOSEVELT IS
 BUNCO|NG FARMER

Plymouth. N. H., August 50.-"Mr. Roosevelts solution of the high cost of living simply is to induce the poor far mer to work little harder and longer so that he might produce little more. said Eugene W. Chain today, prohibition candidate for President, in an address fere. He did not dare say a word about brewers, distileries. saloon keepers, bar tenders and others engaged in the manu- facture of liquor who do not produce anything contributory to happiness. In- stead of prodding the farmer to make him produce more why does MT. Roose- welt fear to point to the vast army which produces insanity, poverty, crime and dependents?"
 'rhe fact is that these old party can didates are simply feeding the American public with buncombe on this high cost of living issue The middle man, in adequate soil culture and the tariff may have something to do with it, but you could eliminate all of these factors and the cost of living would remain a bur den. The man who doesn't work at tke production of something useful should not eat, and wear what more use- full members of society have produced. The people are entitled to be treated as though they had intelligence and Mir Roosevelt Is not treating them that way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
BAD FREIGHT WRECK
 DELAYS TRAFFIC.

With the wreeking of third 2' freight express last night between Wads- worth and Mountain Creek, about SEQ o'clock, all railroad connection over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad com pany's tracks was discontinued for 16 hourE.
 owing to repairs under way on tue tel egraph system of the railway company report of the wrecking of the freight did not reach Birmingham until after 9:S0 o'clock. According 10 railroad offl- eials here last night, only ten cars of coal were derailed into the gully. No per sonal injury was reported last night. According to reports, fire broke out soon after the wreck, and for some time the train crew had great trouble in control. ling this. The loss in the cargo of coal will run very high as great deal of that which was dumped into the creek cannot be recovered.
 Cincinnati Limited Train No. will be delayed S at Montgomery until 6 o'clock this morning, and il is expected that this passenger train will reach Bir- mingham about noon today. However this fact did not delay the limited above Birmingham. as special was made up here and the train ran on the lmited's time for Cincinnati, thus enabling pas sengers from Birmingham to reach their destination without delay.
 Two wreclsers, one from Birmingham and one from Montgomery, were on the scene of the wreck soon after the report reached these cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
HORRORS! THE IDEA!

/ ashngton. August 30.-Pauline Wayne 1. <sident Taft's prize COW, the gift of Uncle Ike" Stephenson of Wisconsin, was so peeved today over published report that she had clandestinely been mixed on the White House lawn by J. F. Koeher of Canton. Ohio. that the of hcia milkman declared he just could rot do thing with her.
 Moreover Pauline was interrupted all cay long as she munched the tender grasses of her private pasture by squads of reporters who came for interviews and to the rude clicking of camera shut ters demanded to- know:
 .Is 1t true. Miss Wagner" and to each query modest Pauline returned from her soft brown eyes a glance bespeaking a reproach and Indignation and whsp of her tail, which Is to say in bovine with business of hauteur;
 He did not
 Miss Wayne was magnfcently gowned for the interview in a robe of holstein- friesian velvet having a white back ground with rosettes and trimmings of jet. She wore a bandeau of white. start ling jet earrings, spotless stockings Of cream colored silk and was shod with flesh colored pumps.
 T wasn't mixed on the White House lawn by a stranger" decialed Al .ss Wayne tearfully when she finally con- sented 10 talk in little moos and grunts between sobs, Because in the first place haven't been on the White House lawn In more than year, but have been enjoying life on the pasture near the army quartermaster's stables. More- over. I'm a very able. athletic young lady and quite prepared to protect my self. There Is absolutely not a word of truth in 1t and if you don't believe me ask the White House policeman
 The lone minion of the law who sol smnly guards the executive house when President Taft is away allowed that. in the first place he never contradicted a lady; and, in the second place. if a COW was milked on the White House lawn. if must have been some huzzy trying to pass herself off on strangers as Pauline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
ACTION IN POTTER
 CASE UP T0CORONER

Seattle. Wash, August 30.-Action by the district attorney leading to the prose cution of the Chinese physician who was giving Louis Potter the sculptor. treat. n ent for a skin disease when Potter died in an obscure hotel, rests with tho ceroner's office 1t was announced to- right
 After a days investigation Prosecutor Murphy said he believed criminal charge of malpractice, or practicing with out license could be brought. but that no formal action would be taken until word came from the coroner to go ahead
 Coroner Snyder said he was waiting for the chemical analysis of Potter's stom- ach and blood before proceeding. The coroner said, however, he believed the treatment given by the Chinese was re. sponsible for Potters death.
 The identity of Potter's woman com ranion remains q mystery Neither the prosecuting attorney nor the coroner has seen her since the sculptors death and scquaintances of Potter here say they know nothing of her whereabouts.
 The mysterious woman who acrerl- nanIed Potter to Seattle and was with him when he died was found tonight il, the office of the physician who had been attending her She refused to divuIge her identity. Corner Snyder said che told him zshe was not married to the sculptor The Chinese physician iss till missing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31

Garmisch, Bavaria, August So.-A woman. whose name is given in the advices received here as Mrs. F. o deFuniak, who is said to have lived in New York. was killed today In an automobile accident near zirl, in the Tyrol.
 Mrs Sang and her mother and son. registered as Americans. residing near Paris Mrs Browning of New York and Messrs. Garbett and Harrison of Lon don, and an English chauffeur, were the other occupants of the machine one of the women is reported to have been seriously injured and one of the men suffered broken arm. The other members of the party escaped with minor hurts.
 The accident was caused by the dis arrangement of the brake of the car.
 The Paris residential directory gives Mir and Mrs. F. J. Sang as living in the Boulevard des Batignelles in that city. None of the New York di- rectories contains the name deFuniak.
 Louisville. Ky, August So.-Mrs. deFu- niak who was killed today near Zirl in the Tyrol, after the death of Captain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31

Washington, August 30.-Present un- settled conditions in northern Mex leo and the danger to foreigners in that region were today charged to the "collapse'' of the Orozco rebellion and the breaking up of the rebel army into small predatory bands Is a statement issued by Senor De La Cueva, charge of the Mexican embassy.
 Senor Cueva declared that the Mex ican federal troops had practically dis banded the Orozco force and that the scattered remnants were seeking 10 force intervention by s~a United States through ravaging the border country.
 'It Is certain" he said, that the status of the foreign element in that part of Mexico. where the scattered clements of Orozco's army are now wandering is much more uncertain and precarious than it was when the rebel forces were more combined nominally under one leader. The collapse of the organized rebellion and the disperslng of it's various clements into predatory bands that are ravaging the country along the border without much regard for the actual location of international boundary lines and recognizing no property rights of Americans or other foreigners in the Mexican border states has followed as a result of government successes This condition was predicted after the first really serious defeat or the Orozco forces in the state of Chi- huahua nearly two months ago. one should remember, moreover, that TOT eign interests in Sonora are greater than in Chihuahua
 "The Mexican military leaders are trying their best to run down and de- stroy the various marauding bands. While success is attending their et- forts it Is patent that the complete restoration of law and order in the states of Sonora and Chihuahua VIII consume weeks and perhaps months
 considering the rugged character CT the country and the almost total ab- sence of railroads, and even wagon roads available for artillery use, great progress already has been made by the Mexican federal troops.
 "For this reason the Mexican ad- ministration thinks that it may falrly claim consideration and the exercise of patience on the part of those few public men in the United states who have been clamoring for interven- tion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
Text Book Issued

New York, August 3O.-rhe democratic text book for the 1912 campaign, book of more than 400 pages was issued to- day It is the joint publication of the democratic national committee and the democratic congressional committee. It's contents include the platforms os three parties. the speeches of acceptance oi woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall and a mass of material on the tariff and high cost of living.
 At the same time the national commit tee gave out an article calling atten- ton to the publication in the text book of a purported receipt for a No,W0 con ,trfbuton by the United States Steel corporation to the republican campaign fund in 1904.
 Acting Chairman McAdoo Of the demo- cratic national committee announced to- night that 165 banks had wired today their willingness to accept and forward cam paign contributions for the three parties. A large number of cities and states were repre- scented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-31
FIVE ROBBER|ES
 WERE REPORTED
Most Daring Was the Theft at the Brandes Jewelry
 Company's Store

Five robberies were reported at police Headquarters yesterday morning. In each case the amount secured was consider able and the jobs showed evidence, ac- cording to detectives, of having been worked by experienced yeggmen.
 The Tulks Liquor company had stolen from its store a black water spaniel puppy, for which a liberal reward has been offered. W. II. Boker, who lives near the Fossil mines, had his watch with chain attached and two lodge em- bIems and one pocketbooll taken from his room early Friday morning. K. k. Collins, 2S01 First avenue reports the loss of an openface Admiral watch, gold chain and Masonic charm attached and s10 in cash. James Stokes, a negro, re- ported the theft of large quantity of clothes, having been taken from his pressing shop at No. 24 North Four teenth street
 The most daring robbery of all tive and the one where the largest amount was taken was the opening of a window of the Brandes Jewelry company at 20u Second avenue. north. yesterday morn- ing at 6 o'clock The thief made an en- trance by cutting through the glass with a diamond and, according 10 an estimate of the owner, made away with about $i5o worth of jewery