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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
TURKISH SOLDIERS ENTER ADRANOPlt
Battle With BuIsarians Holding CITY.
Advent of New Bulgarian Cabinet
Turkey Makes Claims Known.

I.ondop,-The Turks have entered
Adrianople after a brief conflict with
the Bulgarian garrison Sunday. BASIN
bazouks are burning, pillaging and
committing atrocities.
The Roumanian troops are advanc-
ing in an easterly direction and threat
ening Eastern Roumelia.
The events of the last few days
saws a correspondent, indicate the
complete collapse of the authority Oh
Europe"
The Servians and Greeks were re-
pulsed Friday and Saturday all along
the line.
News from London says: The
crisis has arrived. Thirty thousand
Roumanian troops have reached UT
chaniji and Etropole, within forty
miles of Sofia. Enver Bey, at the heao
of the Turkish cavalry, has arrived al
Adrianople, where the Bulgarian gar
rison of 1000 has received orders mo-
to resist the Turks"
The advent of a new Bulgarian capl
net. comprising a coalition OF the I'D
eral groups, seems to have brought
prospect that peace negotiations sooI
will be entered into. After vain al
tempts to negotiate separately VIII
Roumania, the Bulgarian government
accepted the advice OF Austria ant
Russia and offered Roumania an I'm
portant territorial concession. Bu
garia also sent delegates to meet IN
Servian, Greek and presumably Rou
manian representatives at Nish Z
negotiate an armistice and peace.
1t is confirmed from Athens tina
Servia, Greece and Montenegro ar
ready to participate in the negoti;
tons. Turkey, however, has intro
duced a new complication and has no
flied the European powers of her II
tention to make the Martha river tn
new frontier.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Lake Charles improvements.

Lake Charles.-Kelly, Weber e. Co,
the pioneer wholesale grocery concern
at Lake Charles, announce that early
in the coming fall they will erect a
brick, fireproof warehouse and modern
cold storage plant at the corner OF
Pine and Arm streets, at an estimated
cost of $4,000. At the same time the
capital of the company will be in
creased from $4,000 to s150,O0O.
Among the improvements announced
during the week are a $4,000 distrib-
uting plant for the Standard Oil Com
pany, the remodeling of the Chavanne
building for a picture theater, the re-
construction of the Viterbo building
for the Mckee Drug Company and the
issuance of permits for a dozen new
residences ranging in cost from 81 300
to $4,000.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Rain Falls In Louisiana.

Crowley.-The anxiety of the rice
farmers of the Crowley section was
uuieted Sunday when heavy rain
fell. The north winds that have pre-
vailed during the past week or ten
DAYS have caused evaporation of the
water faster than under ordinary ell
matte conditions, and in many IN
stances irrigating plants and farmers
who thought they had their crops sur
ficiently flooded so as to not be com
PEELED to do any further pumping this
season were again obliged to make
preparations to renew pumping. The
evaporation has been so fast that
some caught unprepared. and, as 1t
is almost more vital that the crops
have plenty of water at this tlme'
when maturing, than at any otner
period, the rain of Sunday was god
send and will relieve the situation.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
HUEUTA SENDS DIAz OUT OF MEXICO
Goes to Japan to Thank That Country
for Its Participation in the
1910 Centennial.

CITY of Mexico.-General Felix Dlaz
has been named as special ambassa-
sador to Japan to express the thanks
of Mexico to Japan for the latters par
ticipation in Mexico's centennial IN
1910.
BY appointing General Diaz to this
mission President Huerta appears 10
have eliminated him temporarily, at
least, from the politics OF Mexico. Inc
president, when formally comforting
the honor on him Thursday, said that
he hoped that he would return 10 Mex
leo in time to be a candidate in the
presidential election which Is called
for October 26.
General Diaz, however, would have
to plan his trip carefully so that time
would be left to him for the compile
ton of his program in the presidential
campaign. Approximately a month
will be occupied in the trip to Japan,
and another month in the return, and
| it will be necessary not to dlscredlt
the mission by too much haste in leav-
ing Toxic.
There never has been any secret
about the desire of General Diaz to
stand for the presidency and that he
should be a candidate was part of the
agreement entered into by him with
President Huerta as the price OF peace
in the capital Huerta was to be the
provisional president and Diaz was to
name most of the cabinet, with the un
derstanding that he should be free to
work out his own political future. Al
most at once he was proclaimed the
candidate for the presidency by nu
merous political clubs, but the growth
of the rebellion against the Huerta ad
ministration and the failure of Diaz u
remain before the public in a spec
tacular light, in addition to the gen
eral apathy of large part of the peo
pie toward the election, results II
placing him in a position where evel
many of his own partisans believe hi
election will be impossible.
President Huerta insists that tn
elections will be held, but If they are
q there is yet in sight no man who's
popularity is sufficiently general I
q make his election at all certain, III
|, less it is General Huerta himself, VIII
q can not legally become a candidat
unless he first retires from the Pres
O dency.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
New DRAINAGE District Formed.

Abbeville-The police jury at its
meeting Monday created new drain
age district in the upper portion of
the Third and lower part of the First
wards, to be known as the Magnolia
drainage district. Steps are being
taken to form another drainage dis
trict just to the south of this, to be
known as the Crooked Styx drainage
district. In order that the contem-
plated scheme of drainage be made eff
fective it will be necessary for these
two districts and one of those In
Prairie Gregg to unite in digging one
main canal emptying into Vermilion
bay by direct course.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Arrested for Attempted Assault.

Shreveport-While her husband,
Prof. G. c. Rimes, blind music teacher,
was absent and she was alone in the
house with her baby, Mrs. Rimes was
attacked viciously by NJ. b. Farmer,
a poolroom man, who was placed in
the parish Jail Saturday charged with
attempted criminal assault
Farmer formerly roomed at the
Rimes home, upstairs over a store.
He entered the place and Immediately
grabbed Mrs. Rimes, embracing and
trying to overpower her, despite her
desperate resistance.
Realizing that she would sooa be-
come exhausted, Mrs. Rimes duped
her assailant who went downstairs TO
fasten the door While he was gone
she telephoned the police.
Upon learning that the police were
coming, Farmer retreated, but the
description furnished by the bind
| mans wife led to his capture.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Louisiana.
! NeUs !
From, all corners
of the great State
Get Together Idea Popular.

Lafayette-That the business men
OF Lafayette made no mistake in their
judgment as TO the temper of the peo-
pie of Southwest Louisiana when they
issued their Lets Get Together war
cry less than a month ago is amply
proven by the hearty response they
have met from every section of the
district.
The newspapers OF the district early
took up the fight, until now there is
scarcely one in the entire district from
which assurances OF interest and sup
port have not been offered and freely
given.
The banking interests are almost
universally rendering their support, as
are hundreds of private citizens.
This week the first of the 'snowball
excursions was run from Lafayette to
Lake Charles, making short stops and
picking up the boosters" at each sta
ton en- route.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Sheriff Thinks He Has Gossiot Slayer

Shreveport-Sheriff Flournoy thinks
he has sufficient evidence against the
negro, George Thomas, to back up
charge of murder for the killing OF
John Gossiot The officer found a
mule at the home of Thomas father
and the animals foot prints are the
same size as those found near where
the assassinated man was found. II
is thought Thomas rode this mule
The sheriff has also found some foot
prints in the bushes at the scene oil
the murder, and these are exactly like
prints made from Thomas shoe
Thomas still proclaims innocence Of
the deed.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
1rainmen May Yet Strike.

New York.-The $4,000 trainmen and
conductors who threaten strike
against the Eastern railroads will not
agree under any circumstances to have
the roads grievances arbitrated at the
same time as the demands for better
wages under the Newlands' amend
ment to the Erdman act, according to
a statement issued Thursday by w. e.
Lee and A. B. Garretson, presidents,
respectively, of the trainmen's and
conductors brotherhoods.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
BOILER EyPlOOES ON FAST TRAIN; KILLED
Accident Happens Near Houston when
Train Was Trying to Make UP
Lost Time.

Houston. Tex.-Two trainmen were
killed and two mail clerks injured
when the boiler of the locomotive pull
ing the New Orleans special on the
Southern Pacific exploded at Fauna,
ten miles east of Houston, Friday.
The dead are:
Alfred Tyler, Houston, 1921 Gentry
street, engineer.
e. 8. Montemet. New Orleans, La,
fireman.
The injured are:
e. ]. Shannon, New Orleans, mail
clerk.
j.. M. Wofford, New Orleans. mail
clerk.
Reports are to the effect that the
train was running late when the acct
dent occurred. having been delayed al
Lafayette to change engines. Assist
ant General Manager w. s. Waid, who
conducted an examination OF the
wreck Immediately after 1t happened
reported that it was due to low watel
in the boiler Of the engine.
The remains Of the engine. com
bination baggage and mail car. a wood
en- coach and the front trucks OF
steel coach were derailed. Severa
other coaches and diner, composin,
the rest of the train. remained on tn
rails and the passengers sustained m
injuries.
A relief train was rushed to tn
scene from Houston, carrying doctor
and railroad officials. The bodies
the dead men and the two injure
were brought to Houston.
The engineer Of the doomed trai
evidently had a brief warning ths
something was about to happen, TO
according to testimony given tn
board of inquiry by the train ere
and passengers, the air was apple
Just a few seconds before the expl
sion occurred.
The board Of inquiry, composed
eighteen men, thirteen railroad me
and five business men, reported th'
It is the unanimous opinion OF II
board that the cause of the explosic
was due to low water in the boiler.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
New Texas Postmasters.

Washington. - Texas postmasters
commissioned Saturday were: Edward
Kennedy, Arson; James ]. Erwin, Bal
linger; Kate G. Burke, Crosbyton;
David p. Porter, De Kalb; John W.
Gaskin, Jacksboro; Mrs. William F.
Holmes, Jasper; Robert w. Bennett
Kennedy; Alice c. Cheney, Mount
Pleasant; Green H. Riddlee, Omaha
Thomas A. Stafford, Robstown; Annie
F. Higbee, Slaton; Leonard II. Salter
Stanton; Alfred H. Abies, Terrell;
Tom r. Stewart, Whitney; Fred T
Ingerson, Barstow; William j. Lamb
Mabank; John ]. Ball, Orange; Greer
B. Taylor, Pecan Gap.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
EXPRESS ROBBERY ARREST.
Amy Is Charged With Concea""s
s21,446 of the $22,500 Stolen.

Eunice.-A. f. Amy, commonly
known as Babe" Amy, was arres.eu
Saturday charged with concealns
$21. 446 stolen from the Wells Farso
Express Company at Lake Charles Ill
October, 1912.
Sheriff Reid of Lake Charles came
to Eunice with a warrant for the ar
rest, which was made by Deputy Sher-
iff Josh A. Read of Eunice. Inspector
Hood and a detective of the wells
Fargo Company were also present.
The officers took possession of all
the property held by Amy, which con-
sists of real estate he purchased In
Eunice. for which he paid $4,000 in
cash. and one automobile.
The officers also searched Amys
house and found some money. The
amount found was not made public.
Sheriff Reid and Inspector Hood left
via automobile fer Lake Charles with
the arrest.
When brought face TO face with
Sheriff Reid in his cell in the Cal
casieu parish prison A. E. Amy, who
was arrested at Eunice in connection
with the $22,500 express robbery last
October, denied that he was guilty.
Sheriff Reid says that the arrest was
made on the charge of having received
stolen money. so it is not believed that
Amy is one of the principals in the
robbery.
Sheriff Reid said that he had very
strong evidence against Amy. and he
thinks that there is little chance of
his showing that he did not receive
some of the spoils, although the young
man may have had nothing 10 do with
taking the money out of the station.
1t is reported another arrest has been
made and the party has confessed, i'm
plicating Amy.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Rice Maooot Does Damage.

Crowley.-Reports from the vicinity
of Iota, northwest Of Crowley, are to
the effect that the rice maggot is do
ing considerable damage to the late
rice. They are so plentiful in some
fields as to create a stencil that can
be detected while passing by in the
public roads. This pest appears when
the crop begins to sprout out out
usually disappears when the field Is
flooded.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
SECRETARY of War Visits Galveston.

Galveston, Tex.-Secretary OF war
Lindley M. Garrison and Major Gen
eral Wood, chief of staff, arrived in
Galveston Sunday from Houston, hav-
ing come from there by automobile
after spending two hours in that city.
General ]. B. Aleshire, chief OF the
ouartermaster corps; Captain ]. s. b.
Schindel of the general staff OF the
army, and w. T. Pedigo, private secre'
tary to Mr. Garrison, were with tne
party.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
contrahand Ammunition.

Ell Paso, Tex.-United, States Off
GERS, assisted by Mexican consular
agents, captured the largest consign-
ment of contraband ammunition, ever
taken when they discovered four Mex
leans Wednesday covering with coal
a number of boxes containing $4,000
rounds of rifle cartridges, which they
had placed in car in the Santa Fe
railroad yards.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Woman Hanos Herself.

Thibodaux.-Mrs. Arthur CHAM
laene. who before her marriage was
Miss Elizabeth Poche, was found
hanging to a cross beam under stair
wsy in a dark closet in her daughters
home Saturday. Mrs. Chamlagne had
been indisposed for several years, and
in the last few months her illness
had caused her mind to become un
balanced.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Eordoche Lumber Organization.

New Roads.-A new saw mill in the
Tenth ward of this parish is that OF
the Fordoche Lumber Company, Limit
ed. The capital stock is $4,000. The
following constitute the board OF d.
rectors: Joe Harrell, Carl +. Watson
and Paul Jones of Pointe Coupee par
ish. Until the next election the Off
GERS shall be Joe Harrell, president;
Carl Watson, vice president and secre'
tary. and Paul Jones, treasurer.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
AbbeyiIIe Building Active.

Abbeville.-J. o. >Broussard is plan
ring to erect a two-story brick build
ing On State street, at the northwest
corner. opposite the court house
square. which will be used for com,
merciaI purposes. Joe Russo will put
m a brick building on his lot adjoin
ing Bailey's drug store.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
New Orleans Rice Market.

New Orleans.-Rough rice in GOOD
demand for Honduras and fair 1or
Japan. Clean strong. Quotations
Monday: Rough, Honduras $2.25@
45O. Japan $2.OO@2.5o; clean. Hon
duras AZ @5hc, Japan 81 @Ssc. Re,
CENTS. 1865 sacks. Sales: Clean, 400
pockets Japan at 3Ac.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Surrender $1,000, 900 Duties.

Washington. Secretary McAdoo
Saturday decided not to appeal the de-
cision of the customs court granting
free entry of wood pulp and paper to
all countries having favored nation"
treaties with the United States De
cause that privilege is granted to Can
ada. The treasury must surrender
$4,000, 900 in duties.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
AbIe-eodied Men to Work Roads.

Jefferson City, Mo.-The governor
Monday issued proclamation setting
apart August 20 and Fl as public holi-
days, to be known as good roads
days" Every able-bodied man in the
state is to put in these days working
upon the public highways.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Chinese Mutiny on Board Steamer.

New Orleans.-Mutiny of twenty-six
Chinese on the steamer Comus arriV-
ing Monday from New York resulted
in a panic among the passengers, the
probable fatal shooting Of one OF the
mutineers, the wounding OF three
others and slight injuries to First o.
ficer M. l.. Proctor of the Comus. The
general fight occurred on the forward
deck of the steamer.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
slim Of Paper Has $ss,ooo,ooo Value

New York.-With a slip of paper In
his pocket representing about $SS,O0O,-
600. Frederick v. s. Crosby, treasurer
of the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany. walked into the office OF the
Central Trust Company Thursday. He
turned the paper over to the trust com
pany as trustee and thereby completed
the first step in the dissolution OF the
Union Pacific and Southern PACING
roads. as decreed by the courts.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Asks for War Vessel.

Mexico City.-Alarmed by threats OF
the rebels to attack the port of From
terra, on the east coast, the American
consul has asked Washington to send
a gunboat. The rebels have occupied
two American-owned plantations near
the city and have done much damage
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26

Alexandria.-Phil and James john
con two negroes not related, were
ebot with shotguns at the Louisiana
,urnentipe camp in tpe southwestern
section of this PARISH Saturday PM
is dead and James is teriousiy wouhu'
ed and expected to die
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
plot TO Dynamite U. S. Consulate.

Eagle Pass, Text is said on gooI
authority United States Consul Luther
Ellsworth at Piedras Negras has re-
ported to Washington the discovery
of a plot to dynamite the American
consulate and that his life is in i'm
minent danger. Consul Ellsworth now
takes refuge at the army post in Eagle
Pass nightly. The official records OF
the consulate were removed 10 the
American side for safekeeping Thurs
day.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
President Pardons a Man.

Washington.AThe plight of fed
eral prisoner dying of tuberculosis
and whose life might be prolonged by
freedom caused President Wilson
Thursday to commute to expire at
once the four-year sentence OF James
Perrin, convicted at Cleveland on Feb
ruary "a last of embezzling while a
postal employee.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
c+r,ck and Killed by Lightning.

Lake Charles.-Sally James, Z
year-old negro girl. was struck and In.
stantly killed during an electrical
storm Monday night at her home ID
the eastern part of town. Her broth
or. who stood by her side, was Sc
yerely injured by the same bolt.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
G. Romain Under Arrest.

New Roads.-Joseph st. Roman OF
Discharge was brought to New ROADS
Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Jules
patin on a charge preferred against
him by Telesphor Major, whom ne
sbot from ambush July IL.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Walsh estats Only $4,000.

Chicago, m.--The estate Of John R.
Walsh. whose fortune was estimated
at $4,000, 900 before the failure of his
banks in 1905, has shrunk to $4,000.
according to the attorney for the ad-
ministratrix. who appeared Wednes-
day before the board Of review.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26

A terrifying accident to Swedish
submarine. which sank with her crew
like a stone in 200 feet OF water.
then rose after desperate expedient
was resorted to. on July 2, has Just
become known. despite official efforts
To keep the affair secret.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
"kilIino" Of Wild Gas Wells.

Shreveport.-A method whereby the
closing of the wild gas well in the
Caddo field may be financed by one
company was outlined Monday at a
conference among President M. L.
Alexander of the state conservation
commission and commissions recently
annointed to devise ways and means
to raise money for killing" the VITA
gassers.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
To Form Irrigation District.

Harrington, Tex.-A movement is on
foot to form an irrigation district and
take over the present canal. Men
have been appointed to confer with
the present owners to get an option
on it.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
cornus Christi Votes Bond.

Corpus Christi, Textile voters OF
Nueces County Saturday authorized
bonds in the amount of $250.O00 for
the construction of court house ana
Jail. The issue before the people OF
the county to vote 100000 for good
roads in district No. 2 was defeated.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
First Bale at Sinton.

Sinton, Textile first bale OF this
years cotton crop for San Patricio
County was ginned at the Taft gin.
The cotton was grown on the farm OF
d. C. RACIAL at Rosita. in the south
ern portion of the county.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
c.vivaI Closes at TaIisheek.

Talisheek. - The revival meeting
came to a close Saturday night. Great
interest was manifested throughout
the meeting. Sixteen united with the
Methodist church and many others ex-
nroesed a desire to join later.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
n,.doino IntercoastaI Canal.

Orange, Textile local fleet OF YES
sells, saw mills and factories signaled
welcomes by whistle blasts Thursday
night to a large dredge brought IN
port for use in starting the Orange
Calcasieu section of the intercoastal
canal from Orange to the Calcasieu
river
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
West viroinian Is Convicted.

Webster Springs, w. Va.-Ralph
Duff. member of the West Virginia
house of delegates. was Wednesday
convicted of bribery in connection
with the late United States senatorial
campaign. Duff is the second legis-
lator convicted.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
To eridue Angelina River.

Nacogdoches, Tex.-The comniis-
sioners court has appropriated FUNDS
to cover one-half of the expense o.
putting in a bridge over the Angeiini
river on the Purcella road, between
Nacogdoches and Angelina County.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
~euloarla Has Accepted Terms. !"

Bucharest, Roumania.-It is Off
cially confirmed that Bulgaria has &C
cepted conditions laid down by Rou-
mania and also has agreed to the
terms with Servia and Greece.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-26
Crude ON Advance, Five Cents.

Tulsa, Okla.--A &c advance in the
price of midcontinent petroleum, the
second within two weeks, was an
nounced Monday by the Prairie Oil
and Gas Company, making the present
market quotation CSC a barrel.